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Death

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Yeah (Oh) Yeah Yeah, come on Here we go again, motherfucker Yeah Come on down and see the idiot right here Too fucked to beg and not afraid to care What's the matter with calamity anyway? Right? Get the fuck outta my face Understand that I can't feel anything It isn't like I wanna sift through the decay I feel like a wound like I got a fuckin' gun against my head You live when I'm dead One more time, motherfucker Everybody hates me now, so fuck it Blood's on my face and my hands And I don't know why I'm not afraid to cry But that's none of your business Whose life is it? Get it? See it? Feel it? Eat it? Spin it around so I can spit in its face I wanna leave without a trace 'Cause I don't wanna die in this place People equal shit People equal shit People equal shit People equal shit People equal shit (Whatcha gonna do?) People equal shit ('Cause I'm not afraid of you) People equal shit (I'm everything you'll never be) People equal shit (Yeah) Yeah Come on It never stops, you can't be everything to everyone Contagion, I'm sittin' at the side of Satan What do you want from me? They never told me the failure I was meant to be, yeah Overdo it, don't tell me you blew it Stop your bitchin' and fight your way through it I'm not like you, I just fuck up Come on, motherfucker, everybody has to die Come on, motherfucker, everybody has to die (I know why) Oh, people equal shit People equal shit People equal shit People equal shit People equal shit People equal shit (Yeah) People equal shit (Yeah) People equal shit (Yeah) People equal shit (Oh) People equal shit People equal shit People equal shit People equal shit People equal shit (Whatcha gonna do?) People equal shit ('Cause I'm not afraid of you) People equal shit (I'm everything you'll never be) People equal shit (Yeah) Goddamn right

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Hold on to something Yeah, I wanna slit your throat and fuck the wound I wanna push my face in and feel the swoon Wanna dig inside, find a little bit of me 'Cause the line gets crossed when you don't come clean My wormwood meets your pesticide You'll never get out 'cause you were never alive I am infinite, I am the infant finite Come a little closer, and I'll show you why No one is safe Noises, noises, people make noises People make noises when they're sick Nothing to do except hold on to nothing No one is safe Noises, noises, people make noises People make noises when they're sick Nothing to do except hold on to nothing Oh, how does it feel to be locked inside another dream That never had a chance of being realized? What the fuck are you lookin' at? I'll tell you what you're lookin' at Everyone you ever fucking laughed at Oh, look in my eyes for the answers, typical I can feel it underneath like a miracle Everybody in the world needs more than Lies and consequences to power them Once again, it's me and no one else I can't remember if there was a someone else It's not mine, it's not fair, it's outta my hands And it's shaking, you'll never take me No one is safe Noises, noises, people make noises People make noises when they're sick Nothing to do except hold on to nothing No one is safe Noises, noises, people make noises People make noises when they're sick Nothing to do except hold on to nothing Nothing Nothing Oh, come on (Hate) Hate ain't enough to describe me (Scream) Somewhere between screaming and crying I'm not supposed to be here I'm not supposed to be (Why) When do I get to know why? (Bitter) Bitter as the stink of when I try I'm not supposed to be here I'm not supposed to be No Pull your hands away, I'm gone, goodbye, it's so depressing Withering away, take a look inside, my soul is missing All I have is dead, so I'll take you with me I feel like I'm erased, so kill me just in case I feel like I'm erased, so kill me just in case So kill me just in case (Covet) Everything around me's mine (Sty) Can't see through the sties in my eyes I'm not supposed to be here I'm not supposed to be (Down) Scratching and clawing all the way (Stay) You won't let me fucking stay I'm not supposed to be here I'm not supposed to be (Live) Is there another way to live? (Die) 'Cause it's the only way to die I'm not supposed to be here I'm not supposed to be, come on No, no, no I'm not supposed to be here I'm not supposed to be I'm not supposed to be here I'm not supposed to be

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I'm in conniptions for the final act you came here for The one derivative you manage is the one I abhor I need a minute to elaborate for everyone the everyday Bullshit things that you have done Your impossible ego-fuck Is like a megalomaniacal tab on my tongue You fuckin' touch me, I will rip you apart I'll reach in and take a bite out of that shit you call a heart Yeah Yeah Yeah I don't mind being ogled, ridiculed, made to feel minuscule If you consider the source, it's kinda pitiful The only thing you really know about me is That's all you'll ever know I know why you plague me I know why you blame yourself I know why you plague me I know why you blame yourself I'm turning it around like a knife in the shell I wanna understand why, but I'm hurting myself I haven't seen a lotta reasons to stop it, I can't just drop it I'm just a bastard, but at least I admit it At least I admit it I know why you plague me I know why you blame yourself I know why you plague me I know why you blame yourself Yeah Kill you, fuck you I will never be you, you Kill you, fuck you I will never be you, you I can't fuckin' take it anymore A snap of the synapse, and now it's fucking war Kill you, fuck you I will never be you, you I know why you plague me I know why you blame yourself I know why you plague me I know why you blame yourself I know you plague me I know why you blame yourself I know why you plague me I know why you blame yourself Well, I know why you blame yourself I know why you blame yourself I know why you plague yourself I know why you plague yourself

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

You are wrong, fucked, and overrated I think I'm gonna be sick, and it's your fault This is the end of everything You are the end of everything I haven't slept since I woke up And found my whole life was a lie, motherfucker This is the end of everything You are the end of everything Shallow skin, I can paint with pain I mark the trails on my arms with your disdain Every day, it's the same, I love, you hate But I guess I don't care anymore Oh, fix my problems with the blade While my eyes turn from blue to gray God, the worst thing happened to me today But I guess I don't care anymore, ah Fuck You are wrong, fucked, and overrated I think I'm gonna be sick, and it's your fault This is the end of everything You are the end of everything I haven't slept since I woke up And found my whole life was a lie, motherfucker This is the end of everything You are the end of everything My flaws are the only thing left that's pure Can't really live, can't really endure Everything I see reminds me of her God, I wish I didn't care anymore The more I touch, the less I feel I'm lying to myself that it's not real Why is everybody making such a big fucking deal? It's never gonna pure anymore You are wrong, fucked, and overrated I think I'm gonna be sick, and it's your fault This is the end of everything You are the end of everything I haven't slept since I woke up And found my whole life was a lie, motherfucker This is the end of everything You are the end of everything You're wrong and overrated I think I'm gonna be sick, and it's your fault This is the end of everything You are the end of everything I haven't slept since I woke up And found my whole life was a lie, motherfucker This is the end of everything You are the end of everything Suffer What the hell am I doing? Is there anyone left in my life? What the fuck was I thinking? Anybody want to tell me I'm fine? Where the hell am I going? Do I even need a reason to hide? I am only betrayed, I am only conditioned to die You are wrong, fucked, and overrated I think I'm gonna be sick, and it's your fault This is the end of everything You are the end of everything I haven't slept since I woke up And found my whole life was a lie, motherfucker This is the end of everything You are the end of everything You're wrong and overrated I think I'm gonna be sick, and it's your fault This is the end of everything You are the end of everything I haven't slept since I found out My whole life was a lie This is the end of everything You are the end of everything You are the end of everything

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Eight, seven, six, six, six Five, four, three, two, one, zero Yeah I'm a pop star threat and I'm not dead yet Got a super-dred bet with an angel drughead Like a deadbeat winner, I wanna be a sinner An idolized bang for the industry killer A hideous man that you don't understand Throw a suicide party and I'm guaranteed to fucking snap It's evilsonic, it's pornoholic Breakdowns, obscenities, it's all I wanna be If you're five-five-five, then I'm six-six-six If you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six But if you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six What's it like to be a heretic? If you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six What's it like to be a heretic? Everybody's so infatuated Everybody's so completely sure of what we are Everybody defamates from miles away But face to face, they haven't got a thing to say I bleed for this and I bleed for you Still, you look in my face like I'm somebody new Toy, nobody wants anything I've got Which is fine because you're made of everything I'm not If you're five-five-five, then I'm six-six-six If you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six But if you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six What's it like to be a heretic? If you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six What's it like to be a heretic? Yeah Ah, ah Heretic Yeah Thirty seconds, sixteen, eight, four, let me tell you why I haven't the slightest, I'm teaching your brightest They're listening, clamoring All the money in the world can't buy me Go ahead, lie to me Tell me again how you're tortured I wanna know how you followed your orders so well You're full of shit You had a dream, but this ain't it If you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six If you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six If you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six If you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six No, if you're five-five-five, then I'm six-six-six What's it like to be a heretic? If you're five-five-five, then I'm six-six-six What's it like to be a heretic? If you're five-five-five, I'm six-six-six What's it like to be a heretic? If you're five-five-five, then I'm six-six-six What's it like to be a heretic? Ah, heretic Ah, yeah

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Gently, my mind escapes Into the relaxing world of pleasure A pleasure that'll take my mind Off the reality of my life My past life... life as I know it now And whatever may come, it slowly disappears To somewhere in the back of my mind It will remain there Until I wish to retrieve it [Interlude: Corey Taylor, Corey Taylor & Clown ] Yeah Yeah Yeah Oh Yeah Yeah Yes, I will stay here for a while, for I need the break A break from the pressures of life And everything that lays in the palm of life's hands Ooh, life's hands Yeah Ooh This mode is incredible It's out of this world Too bad I must always leave it But that's life, yeah That's life, yeah That's life, yeah That's life, yeah Yes Yes Yes Yes Oh, yes

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I've known faces that have disappeared in time Find me wrapped in glass and slowly soaked in lime All my friends have pictures made to make you cry I've seen this and wondered what I've done to calcify (I ignore you) As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away (I come toward you) We all got left behind, we let it all slip away (I ignore you) As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away (I come toward you) We all got left behind, we let it all slip away I can't stand to see your thalidomide robot face I don't even try it You had to be a liar just to infiltrate me I'm still drowning (I ignore you) As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away (I come toward you) We all got left behind, we let it all slip away (I ignore you) As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away (I come toward you) We all got left behind, we let it all slip away Take this away Take this away I can feel it on my mouth I can taste you on my fingers I can hear you like the Holy Ghost And kill you if you get too close (I ignore you) As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away (I come toward you) We all got left behind, we let it all slip away (I ignore you) As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away (I come toward you) We all got left behind, we let it all slip away We let it all slip away We let it all slip away We let it all slip away We let it all slip away We let it all slip away We let it all slip away

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Destroy Too tragic to stay with you Too static to try for you These scars, they swallow hard The part of the past that's hollow and dark Too horrid to kill for you Too sordid to die with you Unstable as always, come down Everything else is just dust and sound Separate (I've lost my only way) Separate (I've lost my only way) Separate (I've lost my only way) See the shape (Broken and thrown away) I'd give it all away Come take it all away You can't resent the fear Somebody, tell me how I got here I'd give it all to you Come take it, it's all for you The noise is so damn loud, but Everything else is just dust and sound Separate (I've lost my only way) Separate (I've lost my only way) Separate (I've lost my only way) See the shape (Broken and thrown away) I don't wanna do this anymore Everything's shit, everything's been taken, forsaken Gotta start it over, 'cause I'm hearing it backwards Don't make sense, don't feel better Who's better? It's not that simple You gotta figure it out before you make things difficult It's not a word, it's a problem, the problem was easy Draw your conclusions, solutions? Anybody else wanna run? Contorting, distorting, I am undone One less propaganda nightmare fixture Are you getting the picture? Separate (I've lost my only way) Separate (I've lost my only way) Separate (I've lost my only way) See the shape (Broken and thrown away) Separate (I've lost my only way) Separate (I've lost my only way) Separate (I've lost my only way) See the shape (Broken and thrown away) I'm broken and thrown away Yeah

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

The whole world is my enemy, and I'm a walking target Two times the devil with all the significance Dragged and raped for the love of a mob I can't stay because I can't be stopped Eat motherfuckers alive who cross us I know you're all tired of the same old bosses Let me tell you how it's gonna be I'm gonna kill anyone who steps up in front of me Welcome to the same old fucking scam Same old shit in a dead fad Everybody wants to be so hard Are you real or a second-rate sports card? They all lost their dad or their wife just died They never got to go outside, shut up Nobody gives a fuck It doesn't change the fact that you suck (We are) The anticancer (We are) The only answer Stripped down, we want you dead But what's inside of me, you'll never know (We are) Bipolar gods (We are) You know what we are My life was always shit And I don't think I need this anymore Now I'm not pretty, and I'm not cool But I'm fat, and I'm ugly and proud, so fuck you Standing out is the new pretension Streamline the sickness, half-assed aggression You gotta see it to believe it, we all got conned All the mediocre sacred cows we spawned Put your trust in the mission We will not repent, this is our religion (We are) The anticancer (We are) The only answer Stripped down, we want you dead But what's inside of me, you'll never know (We are) Bipolar gods (We are) You know what we are My life was always shit And I don't think I need this anymore I am hated You are hated We are hated I am hated Everything sucks, and I can prove it Everybody dies, shuffle on, remove it Individuals, indispensable I'm the paradox deity vessel The other side holds no secret But this side is done, I don't need it Before you go, you should know you're breaking down You'll be rotten by the time you're underground Fuck you (We are) The anticancer (We are) The only answer Stripped down, we want you dead But what's inside of me, you'll never know (We are) Bipolar gods (We are) You know what we are My life was always shit And I don't think I need this anymore (We are) The source of conscience (We are) Distorted sentients There's only one thing left And I can't leave until it's sated (We are) The absolute (We are) Controlling you They're closing in, I can't escape I am hated

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Zero and zero is nothing but zero Cancer and people conspire together Running and running and going forever Collected and sampled, starving for zero Come see my cage, built in my grain Come see my cage, built in my grain Come see my cage, built in my grain Come see my cage, built in my grain Minus the inside and minus the circle Inhabit the riddle and fill in the hovel Wherein and herein, between us and near us Zero and zero is nothing but zero Come see my cage, built-in migraine Come see my cage, built-in migraine Come see my cage, built-in migraine Come see my cage, built-in migraine Keeping myself alive through your empathy Keeping myself alive through your empathy Keeping myself alive through your empathy Keeping myself alive through your empathy Let me go Keeping myself alive through your empathy Keeping myself alive through your empathy Keeping myself alive through your empathy Keeping myself alive through your empathy Leave me alone Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive Keeping myself alive

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Yeah I'm ethereal My children are legion, serial They stick to my skin like beloved cysts I tear away with my nails and teeth and fists Touch the hands of inverted saints Follow my heart through the threaded pain Callow man is a sentinel screaming I see the future, the future is bleeding Sores Every goddamn minute, I can feel 'em now Like a virus, you will never kill me now Goin' underground, comin' on like hepatitis We're out, and you can't reshape us Another bug in the construct Tearing up the main bus B Zeros and ones are everything, execute me Everywhere you look, it's like they know Their fingerprints are hidden by control This is where the line is drawn, see You can't take my soul away from me, yeah What do you need to see? Ya feel the impact? Gotta retract, everybody get back What is this? It's like a big conspiracy Fields of dejected, morbid progeny They always say that it's always our fault But everything we say is taken with a grain of salt Man, it's always the same if we talk or complain We only wanna upset the balance How's it feel to be the new abortion? The only generation to suffer extortion Everywhere you look, it's like they know Their fingerprints are hidden by control This is where the line is drawn, see You can't take my soul away from me You can't take my soul away from me You can't take my soul away from me You can't take my soul away from me You can't take my soul away from me You can't take my soul away from me Everywhere you look, it's like they know Their fingerprints are hidden by control This is where the line is drawn, see You can't take my soul away from me Everywhere you look, it's like they know Their fingerprints are hidden by control This is where the line is drawn, see Oh, you can't take my soul away from me You can't take my soul away from me Fuck you

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Gone, I couldn't murder your promise Right before my eyes The revolutions of my psychosis Kept me outta the way Once inside, all I hold is ash Fall, suppressing every feeling I'm in so much pain I have every fuckin' right to hate you I can't take it The hardest part was knowing That I could never be you Now all I do is sit around And wish I could forget you My demise, I took a life worth living And made it worth a mockery I deny, I fold, but they keep on coming (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me Who are you to me? Who am I to you? Is this a lesson in nepotistic negligence? By default, you are my only link to the outside Psychosomatic suicide Where were you when I was down? Can you show me a way To face every day with this face? Goodbye My demise, I took a life worth living And made it worth a mockery I deny, I fold, but they keep on coming (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me Oh, when I blur my eyes, they make the whole world breathe I see you fucking me And I am absolutely controlling every urge to mutilate The one and only answer, so much for memories I wanna dress in your insecurities And be the perfect you, I'm through I'm outstretched out for all to loathe Here we go, the ultimate irony Yeah, yeah, yeah My demise, I took a life worth living And made it worth a mockery I deny, I fold, but they keep on coming (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) I'm always ready to die But you're killing me (Stop) Killing me (Stop) Killing me (Stop) Killing (Stop) me Killing me

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Yeah Haha Ah Aha-ha Aha Relax, it's over, you belong to me I fill your mouth with dirt (Ha-ha-ha) Relax, it's over, you can never leave I take your second digit with me, love (Ah) You are my first, I can barely breathe I find you fascinating (Ha-ha-ha) You are my favorite, lay you down to sleep It's all that I can do to stop, love (Ah) So blue, so broken, paper doll decays I haven't left you yet (Ha-ha-ha) So cold, subversive, your eyes are full of bleach Tomorrow, I will go away again, love (Love) Love, love, love, ah Oh God, oh God Oh God, oh God, oh God It tears us, it makes us It makes us one It makes us all one It tears us apart It tears us apart It tears us apart It tears us apart You praised the Lord, he's cursed you! You praised the Lord, he's cursed you! You praised the Lord! You praised the Lord! It cuts us, it cuts us It cuts us, it cuts us up It cuts us, it cuts us It cuts us, it cuts us You can't leave... You are mine You will always be mine I can tear you apart I can recombine you All I want is to covet you all You belong to me I will kill you to love you Love you, love you Love you, love you Love you, love you Love you You fucking bitch! Fuck you! Fucking bitch! Do you see? Do you see? Do you see? Do you see? It's you and I, love Ah, you It's you and I, love Ah, you (em ta kool t'noD) You, you and I I can smell you I can smell you I can smell you, ah I can smell you on me Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, ha I fucking told you, I told you I fucking told you (Told you) I fucking told you (Told you) I fucking told you (Told you) Told you, told you, told you, told you You will live forever, you will live forever He-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, you will live forever

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026