All Hope Is Gone

It appears that we have reached the edge, that zenith where stimuli and comatose collide. Forty years ago, the man proclaimed the age of the gross to be upon us, and even though the man was destroying our heritage and insulting our intelligence, that era has become very real. We labor for pleasure and abhor the guilt of pressure. My generation will go down as the architects of contemporary disgust. Some have fought and died. Others have allowed the strong to be butchered for a price they themselves don't care about and will never understand. I myself am beleaguered by the selfish face of a kind of man that is not mankind. Distrust in information. Fundamentalism of opinion. Catastrophic boredom, and a fanatical devotion to that which does not matter. Where is your glory now, people? Where are your gods and politicians? Where is your shame and salvation? You rage for no reason because you have no reason. What have you ever fought for? What have you ever bled for? The face of the Earth is scarred with the walking dead. The age of the gross is a living virus. This is the future you have created. This is the world you have set ablaze. All your lies are coming true. All freedom is lost. All hope is gone

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

12/08/73, that was all I got, and now you got me All I ever really wanted was to take the blame I will go down in history and not down in flames Meningitis, I will survive this Dry sockets and a schizophrenic crisis The Time of the Nine has begun Get out of the way or you will suffer as one Oh, this is so typical, apocalyptical Hanging on abysmal release, Jesus I don't need this, don't wanna be this Icon in the making, my hands are fucking shaking What if God doesn't care? What if God doesn't care? Remember, surrender The time is now Continue, we're in you And we will burn your cities down America is a killing name It doesn't feel or discriminate Life is just a killing field It's all that's left, nothing's real Throw away your disposable past And fall apart like a cigarette ash We are the fatal and vital ones of the world And we will burn your cities down What if God doesn't care? What if God doesn't care? Oh America is a killing name It doesn't feel or discriminate Life is just a killing field It's all that's left, nothing's real Throw away your disposable past And fall apart like a cigarette ash We are the fatal and vital ones of the world And we will burn your cities down Down, ha We will burn your cities down We will burn your cities down Yeah, we will burn your cities down Feed the hungry, feed them shit Feed them bones and politics You wanna revolutionize? Be specific and believe your eyes Start a war in another backyard And we'll destroy your house of cards Give me a minute and I'll change your mind Give me a bullet and I'll change your life Remember, surrender The time is now Continue, we're in you And we will burn your cities down America is a killing name It doesn't feel or discriminate Life is just a killing field It's all that's left, nothing's real Throw away your disposable past And fall apart like a cigarette ash We are the fatal and vital ones of the world And we will burn your cities down Down, down We will burn your cities down Down, down We will burn your cities down America, what if God doesn't care? What if God doesn't care?

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

My guilt and my shame Always sell me short, always feel the same And my face and my soul Always wear me thin, always under control But the longest hours you'll have in your life Are the ones you sit through to know if you're right So I'll wait, but I'll pray that I'm wrong Because I think I know what's going on So let me get this straight The only will is my own I do whatever I want and stay alone All my decisions make it, untouchable and tainted I'm gonna suffer for the rest of my life But I will always find a way to survive I'm not a failure, but I know what it's like I can take it or leave it or die Stay, you don't always know where you stand 'Til you know that you won't run away There's something inside me that feels Like breathing in sulfur My life is undone And I'm a sinner to most but a sage to some And my gods are untrue I'm probably wrong but I'm better than you And the longest hours I've had in my life Were the ones I went through to know I was right So I'm safe but I'm a little outside I'm gonna laugh when I'm buried alive Stay, you don't always know where you stand 'Til you know that you won't run away There's something inside me that feels Like breathing in sulfur Like breathing in sulfur Like breathing in sulfur Stay, you don't always know where you stand 'Til you know that you won't run away There's something inside me that feels Like breathing in sulfur Stay, you don't always know where you stand (You don't always know where you stand) 'Til you know that you won't run away There's something inside me that feels (There's something inside me that feels) Like breathing in sulfur Like breathing in sulfur Like breathing in sulfur Like breathing in sulfur Like breathing in sulfur Like breathing in sulfur

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

Sitting in the dark, I can't forget Even now, I realize the time I'll never get Another story of the bitter pills of fate I can't go back again, I can't go back again But you asked me to love you and I did Traded my emotions for a contract to commit And when I got away, I only got so far The other me is dead I hear his voice inside my head We were never alive And we won't be born again But I'll never survive With dead memories in my heart Dead memories in my heart Dead memories in my heart You told me to love you and I did Tied my soul into a knot and got me to submit So when I got away, I only kept my scars The other me is gone Now I don't know where I belong We were never alive And we won't be born again But I'll never survive With dead memories in my heart Dead memories in my heart Dead memories in my heart Dead memories in my heart Dead visions in your name Dead fingers in my veins Dead memories in my heart Dead memories in my heart Dead memories in my heart Dead memories in my heart, oh Oh oh whoa Oh oh whoa Oh oh whoa

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

I know my uses, I have my pride But my heart is still untamed I learn my lessons, I've conquered death I go on, and I'm unashamed I'll paint your bones to match my eyes They're the darkest I have ever seen Until I'm lucid, I can't be told I know my voices, they tell me to believe Another fuckin' accident out of control All the attitudes will never change My imitations are leading the way I can't accept that I still don't find this strange In light of my ability to feel denial I walk away from everything with just a smile The agony of coming home has gone away It's everywhere, it's everyone, it's every day (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? I beg your pardon, I'm out of the way A new conspiracy has taken my place So over and over I smell the decay Believe what you want to, the cycle stays the same In light of my ability to undermine I walk away from apathy, I'm feeling fine The agony of cynicism beckons me It's everywhere, it's everyone, it's everything (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? Ooh, let's (Pretend) pretend we're not at the end (Pretend) Pretend that we have nothing left Let's (Pretend) pretend we're not at the end (Pretend) Pretend that we have nothing left Let's (Pretend) pretend we're not at the end (Pretend) Pretend that we have nothing left Let's (Pretend) pretend we're not at the end (Pretend) Pretend that we have nothing left Are you ready for the time of your life? (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Are you ready for the time of your life? Ooh, let's (Pretend) pretend we're not at the end (Pretend) Pretend that we have nothing left Let's (Pretend) pretend we're not at the end (Pretend) Pretend that we have nothing left

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

Contrite, commercial Arrogance, leprosy Consume the bitch, the fucker Mindless, like a child For pity's sake, I've had all that I can take We try, but in the end, we'll see There are no more codes Only who is shit and who's still free I was gonna change the world with honor and aggression No one listened, no one cared All they saw was misdirection (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again I don't want you anymore (I don't want you anymore) I don't need you anymore (I don't need you anymore) Fingerprint of God Your new religions covet This vessel wasn't built to last But I will live forever You'll never have to say surrender Because you're so part of it My total honesty has no place for tomorrow Guilty pleasures give me pain Tell my people I can't follow (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again You'll never censor me You better cherish me My reason has a voice Freedom's gone but we'll always have a choice My present future tense It doesn't make much sense I'm coming after you Fuck you all, I'm the only point of view Oh, violence and dollar signs Another processed piece of shit You hide your fault in diamonds And give away the only Cost, you can't delay the inevitable Lost, don't understand the incredible path I'm losing ground, but I won't care when I go down (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again (Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again I'm giving up again I'm giving up again

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

Do you believe? Do you fade like a dream? Let me hear you breathe, let me watch as you sleep The sparrow's eyes Promises shift into judgments I cannot deny that you were designed for my punishments The blood and the body control the cut, so it's seamless Show me your heart, show me the way to complete this Tethered to a scene, I treasure, can you help me? I sever, God, it's perfect, it's never really perfect Now, I can finally be myself 'cause I don't wanna be myself Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) I cannot maintain a semblance of normal anymore I'd rather feel pain than try to fit in with you anymore I'll throw it all away like everybody else I can finally be myself 'cause I don’t wanna be myself Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself) Free my severed heart, give me you I want it (I don't wanna be myself)

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

Welcome home Mother nature is a coward (Mother nature is a whore) No more presence, no more power (I pray for death, by the hour) Cut another smile into me (Into me is all you are) My artifice won't recognize me (You won't find me anymore) Post-traumatic war machines The pessimists still won't believe Throw away my past mistakes It's all I came to feel Let my weapons be your children Let my armies be your damned Try to suffer on in silence Try to stop me if you can Pneumatic destroyer Pathetic seducer Distortion sufficient Some day, (Some day) one day (One day) We'll live our lives again My ghosts have found their way back home I have every right to kill my own (Every right to kill my own) I am something now that never could exist My anguish conquers all Pay the price and watch me fall My only key is broken My broken key is only me Pneumatic destroyer Pathetic seducer Distortion sufficient Some day, (Some day) one day (One day) We'll live our lives again You utter waste of tired flesh It doesn't matter if you can't progress Even now they still create me Give me your ignorance, irritate me I am made of the same debris You want it all, but you didn't want me Hypocrite with no real use I'm alive, what's your excuse? Pneumatic destroyer Pathetic seducer Distortion sufficient Some day, (Some day) one day (One day) We'll live our lives again Pneumatic destroyer Pathetic seducer Distortion sufficient Some day, (Some day) one day (One day) We'll live our lives again We'll live our lives again

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

Thou shalt not Kill your fathers, destroy another life Question everything we clung to for years Live forever, design a better death Confuse a liar with a savior from fear Create a myth and separate the chosen ones Adolescent independence, dominion I only wanna believe in fucking anything But now my conscience is contradicting everything The ending's the same The world will not change The answer is clear Tell your mothers they have no sons or daughters Blame yourselves because your children are mine We are orphans, but we are not forgotten And we will find a way to save us this time We can run, but we are tired of running We're dropping seconds in a glass 'til we die We only wanna believe in fucking everything But we're alive, and we're not accepting anything The ending's the same The world will not change The answer is clear Annihilation I won't control or restrain Things I do not understand Now I realize I'm stronger, better They gave to me, now I give to you The means to burn the thoughts I had Now I realize I'm stronger, better, more We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves I will never become another piece Inside the paralytic construct I hate Live forever, well I would rather die At least I'd know I wasn't theirs to create This is yours, but you had better choose Before they take away your right to decide I guess I'll never believe in fucking anything But my solace is I can handle everything The ending's the same The world will not change The answer is clear Obliteration I won't control or restrain Things I do not understand Now I realize I'm stronger, better They gave to me, now I give to you The means to burn the thoughts I had Now I realize I'm stronger, better I won't control or restrain Things I do not understand Now I realize I'm stronger, better They gave to me, now I give to you The means to burn the thoughts I had Now I realize I'm stronger, better, more We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves We have to save ourselves

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

Bury all your secrets in my skin Come away with innocence and leave me with my sins The air around me still feels like a cage And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again So if you love me, let me go And run away before I know My heart is just too dark to care I can't destroy what isn't there Deliver me into my fate If I'm alone, I cannot hate I don't deserve to have you Ooh, my smile was taken long ago If I can change, I hope I never know I still press your letters to my lips And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss I couldn't face a life without your light (Without your light) But all of that was ripped apart when you refused to fight So save your breath, I will not care I think I made it very clear You couldn't hate enough to love Is that supposed to be enough? I only wish you weren't my friend Then I could hurt you in the end I never claimed to be a saint Ooh, my love was banished long ago It took the death of hope to let you go Oh, oh So break yourself against my stones And spit your pity in my soul You never needed any help You sold me out to save yourself And I won't listen to your shame You ran away, you're all the same Angels lie to keep control Ooh, my love was punished long ago If you still care, don't ever let me know If you still care, don't ever let me know

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026