Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)

I don't know why I never told you I don't know why I never tried When we shed these bitter skins again (Skins again) All the reasons come to life But now it's over Now it's over Now it's over Now it's over I don't know why you never asked me And I don't know why you never cared When we hide these little sins again (Sins again) All the reasons have to die But now it's over Now it's over Now it's over Now it's over Now it's over And now it's over Now it's over And now it's over No No No No No

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

One, two, three Yeah Drop it Bones in the water and dust in my lungs Absorbing, archaic like a sponge The ultimate way is the way you control But can you stay if you detach your soul? Bury the present and squeeze out the past The ones you endear to never last Chemical burns and the animalistic I'm just another hardline pseudo-statistic Can you feel this? (Can you feel this?) I'm dying to feel this (I'm dying to feel this) Can you feel this? (Can you feel this?) Blood on the paper and skin on my teeth Trying to commit to what's beneath To find the time is to lose the momentum You learn the lessons and immediately forget them Automatic and out of my reach Consult all the waste to find the key Minimal life and the polysyllabic I'm just another blank page, push the button, pull the rage Can you feel this? (Can you feel this?) I'm dying to feel this (I'm dying to feel this) Can you feel this? (Can you feel this?) I am all, but what am I? Another number that isn't equal to any of you I control, but I comply Pick me apart then pick up the pieces, I'm uneven I am the damaged one All my life and the damage done I am the damaged one All my life and the damage done I am the damaged one All my life and the damage done I am the damaged one All my life and the damage done Can you feel this? (Can you feel this?) I'm dying to feel this (I'm dying to feel this) Can you feel this? (Can you feel this?) I'm dying to feel this (I'm dying to feel this) Can you feel this? (Can you feel this?) I'm dying to feel this (I'm dying to feel this) Can you feel this? (Can you feel this?) I am all, but what am I? Another number that isn't equal to any of you I control, but I comply Pick me apart then pick up the pieces, I'm uneven I am all, but what am I? Another number that isn't equal to any of you I control, but I comply Pick me apart then pick up the pieces, I'm uneven Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

One, two, three, nil Chaos, it's just the beginning Every promise I made, I'm rescinding Center mass in the middle of the monster I'm getting tired of drowning the constant Cry for help, it's debatable The only reason that you love me is I'm hated by all Come on, come see dysfunction I guess we're gonna leave it open for discussion Who am I? Where am I going? Maybe I'm looking in the wrong direction Maybe I'm looking for any direction This is not my war This is not my fight This is something more This is not my life (This is not my) Revolution (This is not my) Convolution (This is not my) Expectation (This is not my) Desperation Yeah, holed up, scarred, and tamed for the hell of it Look at me, I am the glorified malcontent Save me? Save this All I gotta do is give up, and all is forgiven I'm sick of being the butt of a cosmic joke And I don't get the punchline A million people lined up for miles To see the Great Big Mouth shut up and apologize This is not my war This is not my fight This is something more This is not my life (This is not my) Revolution (This is not my) Convolution (This is not my) Only reason to question why Today, I said goodbye! Goodbye Oh, I didn't need to leave to stay right here Today, I said goodbye, goodbye Oh, I didn't need to leave to stay right here Today, I said goodbye, goodbye Oh, I didn't need to leave to stay right here Today, I said goodbye, goodbye Oh, I didn't need to leave to stay right here Today, I said goodbye Yeah I'm the pariah (Break me) I am the liar (Save me) I can take anything (Make me) Accuse me of everything (Kill me) Cut off the system (Enslave me) Deny my existence (Waste me) I won't be afraid (Try me) I won't be unmade (Deny me) So come on, break it off Come on, buy the lie Come on, say it, say it Come on, say goodbye Goodbye Oh, I didn't need to leave to stay right here Today, I said goodbye, goodbye Oh, I didn't need to leave to stay right here Today, I said goodbye, goodbye Oh, I didn't need to leave to stay right here Today, I said goodbye, goodbye Oh, I didn't need to leave to stay right here Today, I said goodbye One, two, three, nil Yes

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I push my fingers into my eyes It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache But it's made of all the things I have to take Jesus, it never ends, it works its way inside If the pain goes on, ah I have screamed until my veins collapsed I've waited as my time's elapsed Now all I do is live with so much fate I've wished for this, I've bitched at that I've left behind this little fact You cannot kill what you did not create I've gotta say what I've gotta say And then I swear I'll go away But I can't promise you'll enjoy the noise I guess I'll save the best for last My future seems like one big past You're left with me 'cause you left me no choice I push my fingers into my eyes It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache If the pain goes on, I'm not gonna make it Put me back together or separate the skin from bone Leave me all the pieces, then you can leave me alone Tell me the reality is better than the dream But I found out the hard way, nothing is what it seems I push my fingers into my eyes It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache But it's made of all the things I have to take Jesus, it never ends, it works its way inside If the pain goes on, I'm not gonna make it All I've got, all I've got is insane All I've got, all I've got is insane All I've got, all I've got is insane All I've got, all I've got is insane All I've got, all I've got is insane All I've got, all I've got is insane I push my fingers into my eyes It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache But it's made of all the things I have to take Jesus, it never ends, it works its way inside If the pain goes on, I'm not gonna make it All I've got, all I've got is insane All I've got, all I've got is insane All I've got, all I've got is insane All I've got, all I've got is insane

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Come on Watch those idiosyncrasies Watch all the idiots fall on me Running out of ways to get outta the way Take another shot just to stay the same But I need some balance, back it off Fill your lungs till it makes you cough Tell me everything's gonna be all right 'Cause I don't think I'll make it through tonight The only way Is all the way The only way Is all the way The only way (The only way) Is all the way (Is all the way) The only way (The only way) Is all the way Oh my god It's Judgment Day, and I'm not prepared Everybody out there's runnin' scared So take a little bit off the top I don't care, just make it stop I won't give another soul to you (I will never) I won't give another life to you No, you have to stop, stop Stop, stop Do one thing and say something cryptic But the styles always clash One thing I know for sure The hypothetical won't work anymore One wrong move, and they will pound My nails are tight inside my wrists This sacrament is sacrilege and sentimental Deity experimental, faith is accidental I won't give another soul to you (I will never) I won't give another life to you (I will never) I won't give another thought to you (I will never) I won't give any more of my hope to you Quit it, what do you want? Quit it, what do you want?

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Give me the dust of my father Stand on the face of the ancients Bare the secret flesh of time itself Follow me, I've come so far, I'm behind again Follow me, I wish so hard, I'm there again Follow me, follow me All that I wanted were things I had before All that I needed, I never needed more All of my questions are answers to my sins All of my endings are waiting to begin I know the way, but I falter I can't be afraid of my patience There's a sacred place Raziel keeps safe Follow me, I've seen so much, I'm blind again Follow me, I feel so bad, I'm alive again Follow me All that I wanted were things I had before (Oh, oh) All that I needed, I never needed more (Oh, oh) All of my questions are answers to my sins (Oh, oh) All of my endings are waiting to begin

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Yeah I am a product of your conduct The uncontrollable urges that made me Have made us all, are you proud? Do you even care? You taught us all to lie, that's how we made it here You should've buried the truth with your secrets But you were far too impressed with your pretense Now, as far as I know, I don't know anything 'Cause you made damn sure I wasn't anything Distractions, reactions The only way to go is to go away Discarded, retarded Before I let you go, you have to let me (Yeah) Clawed away from human clay We are the broken shards the art disarray Before you condemn, you rape them, feed us meconium Stunt our growth from our souls to our throat, cut You shouldn't wall us up with your apathy But you did, and now you're only growing enemies This is the catalyst, the alpha, the first breed 'Cause you made damn sure, now we're everything Distractions, reactions The only way to go is to go away Discarded, retarded Before I let you go, you have to let me Much to my surprise, I will wake up And follow the path of the ones I am made of But this time I won't give in I will save you from my sins What is wrong with this? ManipulationViolence and chaotic Go Ensconced ('Onch) in all that's wrong (Wrong) I slam you shut (Shut), I can only take so much How many times do I have to mistreat you? Constantly biting my hand as I feed you Maybe now you'll understand severity I'll sum it up with the best of amount of brevity Welcome to the transformation Welcome to annihilation Welcome to the man that wanted Everything but couldn't have it Distractions, reactions The only way to go is to go away Discarded, retarded Before I let you go, you have to let me Much to my surprise, I will wake up And follow the path of the ones I am made of But this time I won't give in I will save you from my sins (Yeah) Save you from my sins (Yeah) Oh, save you from my sins

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

She seemed dressed in all of me Stretched across my shame All the torment and the pain Leaked through and covered me I'd do anything to have her to myself Just to have her for myself Now I don't know what to do I don't know what to do When she makes me sad She is everything to me The unrequited dream A song that no one sings The unattainable She's a myth that I have to believe in All I need to make it real is one more reason I don't know what to do I don't know what to do When she makes me sad But I won't let this build up inside of me I won't let this build up inside of me I won't let this build up inside of me I won't let this build up inside of me I catch in my throat, choke Torn into pieces I won't, no I don't want to be this But I won't let this build up inside of me (I won't let this build up inside of me) I won't let this build up inside of me (I won't let this build up inside of me) I won't let this build up inside of me (I won't let this build up inside of me) I won't let this build up inside of me (I won't let this build up inside of me) (I won't let this build up inside of me) (I won't let this build up inside of me) She isn't real (I won't let this build up inside of me) I can't make her real (I won't let this build up inside of me) She isn't real (I won't let this build up inside of me) I can't make her real

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

This is the year where hope fails you The test subjects run the experiments And the bastard you know is the hero you hate But cohesion is possible if we try There's no reason, there's no lesson No time like the present Tell me right now, what have you got to lose? What have you got to lose except your soul? Who's with us? I fight for the unconventional My right, and it's unconditional I can only be as real as I can The disadvantage is, I never knew the plan This isn't just a way to be a martyr I can't walk alone any longer I fight for the ones who can't fight And if I lose, at least I tried (We) We are the new diabolic (We) We are the bitter bucolic If I have to give my life, you can have it (We) We are the pulse of the maggots I won't be the inconsequential I won't be the wasted potential I can make it as severe as I can Until you realize you'll never take a stand It isn't just a one-sided version We've dealt with a manic subversion I won't let the truth be perverted And I won't leave another victim deserted (We) We are the new diabolic (We) We are the bitter bucolic If I have to give my life, you can have it (We) We are the pulse of the maggots (Do you understand?) Yes (Do you understand?) Yes (Do you understand?) Yes (Do you understand?) Yes Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die) We fight 'til no one can fight us We live, and no one can stop us We pull when we're pushed too far And the advantage is, the bottom line is We never had to fight in the first place We only had to spit back in their face We won't walk alone any longer What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger (We) We are the new diabolic (We) We are the bitter bucolic If I have to give my life, you can have it (We) We are the pulse of the maggots (Do you understand?) Yes (Do you understand?) Yes (Do you understand?) Yes (Do you understand?) Yes Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die) Say it again, say it again (We won't die)

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Go Stapled shut, inside an outside world, and I'm Sealed in tight, bizarre but right at home I'm claustrophobic, closing in And I'm catastrophic, not again I'm smeared across the page and doused in gasoline I wear you like a stain, yet I'm the one who's obscene Catch me up on all your sordid little insurrections I've got no time to lose, I'm just caught up in all the cattle Fray the strings Throw the shapes Hold your breath Listen I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that I'm ripped across the ditch And settled in the dirt and I Wear you like a stitch Yet I'm the one who's hurt Pay attention to your twisted little indiscretions I've got no right to win, I'm just caught up in all the battles Locked in clutch Pushed in place Hold your breath Listen I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that My end, it justifies my means All I ever do is delay My every attempt to evade The end of the road And my end, it justifies my means All I ever do is delay My every attempt to evade The end of the road I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that I am a world before I am a man I was a creature before I could stand I will remember before I forget Before I forget that Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, oh You're wasting it You're wasting it You're wasting it You're wasting it You're wasting it

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

She seemed dressed in all of me Stretched across my shame All the torment and the pain Leaked through and covered me I'd do anything to have her to myself Just to have her for myself Now I don't know what to do I don't know what to do When she makes me sad She is everything to me The unrequited dream A song that no one sings The unattainable She's a myth that I have to believe in All I need to make it real is one more reason I don't know what to do I don't know what to do When she makes me sad But I won't let this build up inside of me I won't let this build up inside of me I won't let this build up inside of me I won't let this build up inside of me I catch in my throat, choke Torn into pieces I won't, no I don't want to be this But I won't let this build up inside of me (I won't let this build up inside of me) I won't let this build up inside of me (I won't let this build up inside of me) I won't let this build up inside of me (I won't let this build up inside of me) I won't let this build up inside of me (I won't let this build up inside of me) (I won't let this build up inside of me) (I won't let this build up inside of me) She isn't real (I won't let this build up inside of me) I can't make her real (I won't let this build up inside of me) She isn't real (I won't let this build up inside of me) I can't make her real

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Yeah Pathetic (Benign), accept it (Undermine) Your opinion (My justification) Happy (Safe), servant (Caged) Malice (Utter weakness) No toleration, invade (Committed) Enraged (Admit it) Don't condescend (Don't even disagree) Desire (Decay), disappoint (Delay) You suffered then (Now suffer unto me) Obsession, take another look Remember every chance you took Decide, either live with me Or give up any thought you had of being free (Don't go) I never wanted anybody more Than I wanted you (I know) The only thing I ever really loved Was hate Anyone (No), anything (Yes), anyway (Fall) Anybody (Mine), anybody (Tell me) I want (You), I need (You), I'll have (You) I won't (Let anybody have you) Obey (Me), believe (Me), just trust (Me) Worship (Me), live for (Me) Be grateful (Now), be honest (Now) Be precious (Now), be mine (Just love me) Possession, feed my only vice Confession, I won't tell you twice Decide, either die for me Or give up any thought you had of being free (Don't go) I never wanted anybody more Than I wanted you (I know) The only thing I ever really loved Was hurting you (Don't go) I never wanted anybody more Than I wanted you (I know) The only thing I ever really loved Was hate Yeah Yeah Stay inside the hole, let me take control Dominate You are nothing more; you are something less Innocent Something has to give, something has to break Omnipresent Fingers on your skin, let my savage in You deserve it You deserve it You deserve it You deserve it You deserve it (Don't go) I never wanted anybody more Than I wanted you (I wanted you) (I know) The only thing I ever really loved Was hurting you (Was hurting you) (Don't go) I never wanted anybody more Than I wanted you (I wanted you) (I know) The only thing I ever really loved Was hate You're mine (I know who you are) You're mine (I know who you are) You're mine (I know who you are) You're mine (I know who you are)

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Tell me, tell me that you want to Tell me, tell me that you want to Ha-ha-ha, shh, wait, wait Not yet, not yet, not yet, not yet Yeah I can see you, but you can't see me I could touch you, and you wouldn't even feel me Wait a second, and you'll settle down I'm just waiting till you really let your guard down You're relaxed, you're sublime, you're amazing You don't even know the danger you're facing If I'm quiet, I'll slide up behind you (Behind you) And if you hear me, I'll enjoy trying to find you I've been with you all day I'm trying to stay calm I'm impatient, and it's really hard to breathe I'm going to empty you and fill you in with me Just keep the violence down Not yet, don't make a sound Oh, God, I'm feeling it It's reaching fever pitch My skin is caving in My heart is driving out No mercy, no remorse Let nature take its course Watching, bring me to my knees Waiting, I am your disease Lover, set my symptom free Covered, you can't stop me Shh, wait, shh, no Wait, wait, no Shh, wait, wait, not yet No, wait, wait I'm sweating through my veins I'm trying to hold on It's unbearable, it's almost worse for me I'm gonna tear you apart and make you see Make you see Bring me to my knees Waiting, I am your disease Lover, set my symptom free Covered, you can't stop me This is the virus The virus of life This is inside us The crisis, the knife This is the virus The virus of life This is inside us The crisis, the knife It's almost time to play It's time to be afraid I can't control the pain I can't control in vain Oh, God, I'm ready now You're almost ready now I'm gonna love you now I'm gonna put you down I see you in the dark I see you all the way I see you in the light I see you plain as day I wanna touch your face I wanna touch your soul I wanna wear your face I wanna burn your soul Watching, bring me to my knees Waiting, I am your disease Lover, set my symptom free Covered, you can't stop me This is the virus The virus of life This is the virus The virus of life This is the virus The virus of life This is the virus The virus of life This is the virus The virus of life This is the virus The virus of life This is the virus The virus of life This is the virus The virus of life

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026

We, too, feel alone We, too, feel alone We, too, feel alone We've, too, feel alone We, too, feel alone We, too, feel alone That place in my mind Is that space that you call mine That place in my mind Is that space that you call mine Where have I been all this time? Lost in sliding fatal decline I've been waiting for this to unfold, but The pieces are only as good as the whole Severed myself from my old life Cut off the only thing that was bright What If I never saw you again? I'd die right next to you in the end That place in my mind Is that space that you call mine That place in my mind Is that space that you call mine I won't let you walk away Without hearing what I have to say Without hearing what I have to say Without hearing what I have to say

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Feb 21, 2026