Paramount

I've been struggling for so many years now Aiming high, yet shooting low My biography is like a looking glass There's someone I don't know Always asking me about my destiny Spoken anger without words On an empty street without life and joy No sunlight to shine bright Unfold the blueprint - your key to existence A master plan for life - just play your cards right Broken wings won't fly The more adrenaline, the higher I fly Without quest I find no rest With every new goal there's yet another one Constant pain to burn my chest Heading out to roads that won't ever end Alpha, omega: no interlink The higher I fly, the deeper I fall Going up means going down Confront yourself - your blueprint for existence The master plan for life - start playing your cards right Broken wings won't fly Collecting pieces to a map - still struggling to proceed I'm feeling constant pain - deep wounds of inferiority Confused I watch the chaos - divine creation unfold With every single step I make - I'm stepping back again It's hard to fly with broken wings - on and on and on and on In the short run, I'm running out of time Clock ticking cuts the air Still running, yet it's a waste of breath I'm gonna crash and burn Working my way to the very end On a point of no return In a bitter world without life and joy Dark forces hold my ground Confront myself - with blueprints for existence My master plan for life - I'll play my cards right Broken wings won't fly

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

You A faun in twilight Immaculate perfection I A god in half-light A hero in a play Pale blue scenery Fleeting moments passing by Dots and anagrams In the sands of time and the wind Us A monument of sand to Defy the odds Us A rampart made of dreams That would not last So tired without you The sultry heat of summers gone Melted hands of time An enigmatic poem on our skins With each changing of the tides We renewed a fragile bond We were blessed and we were cursed A gush of water swept away All we swore and all we said Indelibly, unspoken spells Unbroken hours slowly passed We are Ghost and shadows straining to be heard We are Like ships and waifs waiting for the tide We are Surrendered to the heat, surrendered to the wait We are Long gone with the wind Listless summer days Without care of where to go Coming back to me Tinted moments of our luck Though we were too weak Wished to pause the restless clocks To hold life for a while The peal of bells above the rain (Made it end) A gush of water swept away All we swore and all we said Indelibly, unspoken spells Unbroken hours slowly passed We are Aching whispers, windswept memories We are Like birds in flight sleeping on the storms We are Not Daphnis or not Chloe anymore We are Long gone with the tide

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

Like a brilliant thief You stole into the room Night was so long Now all the lights are way too bright One small voice Of conquest and doubt One deep breath Easily sweeps the stars away A world of pantomime in black and white A wingless angel on a willful flight With eyes wide open - through an opened door With eyes wide open - swim the river running deep With eyes wide open - that chase the clouds away In skies wide open - eyes of knowing, opened eyes, and they've already seen it all Go out at night Perplex the dark with light Stretch out this life To see what it is, what it means Build a stronghold Of keepsakes and air And dreams you can cling to After the magic has all gone In places of turmoil and uncertain sights Untouched you'll grow in the shadow of a wall With eyes wide open - through a boundless room With eyes wide open - the road unfolds ahead With eyes wide open - paint your sky in red and blue In nights wide open - I rest beside of you Watching every pulse and the peace of your sleep A world of pantomime in black and white A wingless angel on a willful flight With eyes wide open - through an opened door With eyes wide open - swim the river running deep With eyes wide open - that chase the clouds away In skies wide open - eyes of knowing, opened eyes, and they've already seen it all With eyes wide open - through a boundless room With eyes wide open - the road unfolds ahead With eyes wide open - paint your sky in red and blue In nights wide open - I rest beside of you Watching every pulse and the peace of your sleep

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

Visions from above Father's son on high Sharing all his love He's the one to make you fly Christ the redeemer - an icon for mankind Atop the Corcovado mountain sky Both his arms are open wide Inviting you to see the light Open-heartedness - old virtues come alive There is magic in the air Enter on a higher sphere Existential interlink between yourself and holy god Turn around and look through my eyes You may find the world's archetype Distinct viewpoint of the world Longing for a rest in peace Moses brought the ten commandments to be learned Watch me, touch me now - I'm error-free, no doubt You're gonna see the world through different eyes Different eyes are gonna change the world - you just have to Turn around and look through my eyes You may find the world's archetype - the holy ghost Corco - Corcovado, Corco - Corcovado Corco - Corcovado, Corco - Corcovado Visions from above Father's son on high Sharing all his love Standing there with open arms Christ the redeemer - icon for mankind Atop the Corcovado mountain sky Christ the redeemer - monument of hope, so high Can you feel the magic high and low Watch me, touch me now - I'm error-free, there can be no doubt You're gonna see the world through different eyes Different eyes are gonna change the world Turn around and look through my eyes You may find the world's archetype - the icon of God

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

When the skies are wounded And a beacon's ceased to shine When dusk is coming all too soon When we sometimes slip along the way When we're haunted by a word we should have said And all the things we should have done There's a place to lay your head between the sun and moon Deep within the mind and underneath the skin Deep within the breath, behind a wakeful eye Far beyond the sacred ground of an island in the stream Riding the sea, riding the sea Toward a secret place where our shadows sleep When we're hurt, when we freeze When we get lost on hopeless seas When all our feelings seem to starve When there's nothing left to rely on When we doubt, when we deny The pulse of sunlight in the ice There's a place to lay your head between the sea and sky Deep within the mind and underneath the skin Deep within the breath, behind a wakeful eye Floating on a lunar sea of timeless memory Riding the waves, riding the waves Deep inside a precious place where our shadows sleep We stood like statues In a wall of salt Unmoved and lost for words Never to forget Clouds were drifting floats On endless midnight waves We were strangers in the night There's a place to lay your head between the sea and sky Deep within the mind and underneath the skin Deep within the breath, behind a wakeful eye Floating on a lunar sea of timeless memory Riding the waves, riding the waves Deep inside a precious place where our shadows sleep

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Like a demon, like a ghost Balancing on nerves, dancing on the edge Like a wheel or a dream Spinning endlessly, spinning helplessly A painted drama, a feverish restraint An unspoken trauma in sweltering nights Like a ray of light that stains a bitter sweetness Into the darkest wine A dark chimera wide awake Sipping from the lifeblood I drank, drank from you I drank wine like blood Blood like wine And the magic sounds of inspiration I learned, learned from you A hidden secret Black as rain Moving me, moving on and on This is the way of the mystic Into the eyes of god This is the weight that moves the hand This is the hand that moves the stone A ravaged beauty, unfeeling and unsafe A power that resides in the labyrinth of sound This is a fire that ignites itself This is a mystery of art So much more than craft or chemistry Gabriel 'gainst Azrael You spoke, spoke to me A silent prayer For the pain And the driving force of desperation You sang, sang to me Haunting songs of hope And songs of doubt Moving me, moving on and on A force like lightning over mountains A permanent disease It's you and me together On a highway without end I drank, drank from you I drank wine like blood Blood like wine And the magic sounds of inspiration I learned, learned from you A hidden secret Black as rain Moving me, moving on and on

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

Did you see - the lonely tree? Crowded by the birds - bringing back old memories Birds of prey - roaring near Aiming at the shores - waging war on men In the end - bridges burned Arching cross the sky - mother dropped her little boy I'm feeling - and dreaming There will come a day when the cranes will fly again I put a strip on its leg for prayer One thousand cranes make you last forever This is our cry, our bridge to the divine Flying birds - they will touch the sun Just let them fly - they enlighten the dark world This is our cry, this is your bridge to the divine Twist of fate - scorched to death Apollo didn't know that they were messing up our world God of sun - what went wrong? On a summer day - all got covered by black rain I put a strip on its leg for prayer One thousand cranes make you last forever This is our cry, our bridge to the divine Flying birds - they will touch the sun Just let them fly - they enlighten the dark world This is our cry, this is your bridge to the divine Fly away - fly away - touch the sun Fly away - fly away - peace on earth

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

The sky sheds elegies As you pass another cape A silent company On a way without repose Behind the dunes And the shifting sands of cinnamon A lost and lonely pavement Of unconquered sanctuaries Of untouched reveries echoing Leftovers - dragged through time and memory Leftovers - that live on as seasons pass Leftovers - never let you go And all that remains Is molded in the last light of the setting sun And all that is retained Is nothing but an image without words And all that is means nothing anymore Not that it was Always beautiful Not that it was Something to hold dear But in the end it was Just another puzzled piece of you Now you're a martyr seeking nails To match those precious wounds Always looking back Looking back to something that you lack Leftovers - that will never let you go Leftovers - under the sky of a fallen paradise Leftovers - never let you go And all that remains Is molded in the last light of the setting sun And all that is retained Is nothing but an image without words And all that remains doesn't mean anything at all Leftovers - dragged through time and memory Leftovers - that do not speak anymore Leftovers - under the sky of a fallen paradise Leftovers - never let you go And all that remains Is molded in the last light of the setting sun And all that is retained Is nothing but an image without words And all that remains can be folded in a purse

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dram. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" - one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together." (Martin Luther King Jr., 1963)

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

The air is steam and fire A lift-off to negate defeat A victory imperfect, there's always more It's all we've ever longed to reach And all we've ever longed to see Someday, somewhere On a highway to the sun With marveled eyes, with blinded eyes we'll watch The holocaust of our wildest dreams From here to nowhere (nowhere, nowhere) From there to somewhere (somewhere, somewhere) From the seas to the highest heights From the moon to the lowest lows From a spark to a raging fire From the heart to the sateless mind Stunned and amazed by what we are We celebrate and name the stars Expand, aspire, don't look ahead The more we grow the less we see The less we see the more we'll find The light that blinds is darkness to our eyes Through a telescope I dream A summit in the sky blue snow I'll carve my name into withered stone It's all I've ever longed to do And all I've ever longed to feel I'd burn the midnight oil to get there If I could only reach you now If I could only name you now The blind spot on a yellowed map Stunned and amazed by what I am To feel alive in some lonesome luck Explore, desire, don't look ahead The higher I go the less I see The deeper it hurts the less I feel And the heart of the matter is hardly to perceive From here to nowhere (nowhere, nowhere) From there to somewhere (somewhere, somewhere) From the seas to the highest heights From the moon to the lowest lows From cult to culture, from ape to man From the hand to the hungry mouth

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025