Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I
Like an empty hourglass Time has come to a halt Where the overthrown is now rebuilding Shifting to a sight unseen Set against the obscure In this breeding ground of doubt and yielding Fear without a stop Without restraint As the world goes I must keep my head Clear out of the way Out of this hold Latching on to all I used to shed [Lead: Gardberg] When the wolf is at the door On the hunt fo a change Unreality becomes existence Cannot burn this frostbite off Everliving ordeal Always close at heart, yet in the distance I am the wanderer from the fold Through aimless days I drift alone But never on my own What is part of me Is also part of you Sleeping in the nameless depths Waiting to come to the throne [Lead: Stefanović] Fear without a stop Without restraint As the world goes I must keep my head Clear out of the way Out of this hold Latching on to all I used to shed I am the wanderer from the fold Through aimless days I drift alone But never on my own What is part of me Is also part of you Sleeping in the nameless depths Waiting to come to the throne The day of death never came No funeral, no dark exit The nights of murder and breathing shadows I watched the sun rise
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
When built, the damage done The all-absorbing eye With ball and chain Against the grain Where lost tomorrows die Feeding storm Yet the walls still stand Changing form King of nothing on a throne of sand Cannot break out of this maze Said to leave a deep trace - once designed What has been fought since day one In a war never won - now defined [Lead: Gardberg] This deadweight of the soul A state of siege upheld The worlds i weave Of make-believe In waking dreams expelled The more the truth distorts The less the mond is a blur Thought correction Resurrection Patching up the future Feeding storm Yet the walls still stand Changing form King of nothing on a throne of sand Cannot break out of this maze Said to leave a deep trace - once designed What has been fought since day one In a war never won - now defined Void of anguish Nourished by isolation and self deception Subconsciously i must have felt as awe and dread increased My nightmares will soon all be so vivid and visible The punishment came to strike As the roots come undone Bit by bit, one by one Ripping out any chance of control Life is caught in a haze Preying on rainy days Giving rise to a shell of a soul Watch fate take wing! As the roots come undone Bit by bit, one by one Ripping out any chance of control Life is caught in a haze Preying on rainy days Giving rise to a shell of a soul What thrives in hiding And on fear Is making itself known Like doubt in the clear A shared illusion Shown and destroyed The error perfecting the void [Lead: Gardberg] Cannot break out of this maze Said to leave a deep trace - once designed What has been fought since day one In a war never won - now defined
[Lead: Gardberg] Cannot clear this hideaway Building walls inside All I see is waht now lies before me Set aside the cutting edge Navigate the clouds Rid the non-existent of its cobwebs I know this trail only too well Leading astray my control The time has come to break the spell Once and for all Jaded patterns of the mind Making terms with fate In the watches of the night I am set free On the hunt for exit roads Ways of shedding skin Something that will give the key another turn I know this trail only too well Leading astray my control The time has come to break the spell Once and for all At the far end of despair Where the sun departs The bare bones of reality Reformed in dreamlike states ALtered source The sticking point Materialized in the flesh A new form of hell Bleeding heavens dry I know this trail only too well Leading astray my control The time has come to break the spell Once and for all [Lead: Gardberg]
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025
[Lead: Gardberg] Welcome into my maze A labyrinth of concern Once clear and easy to grasp Now point of no return Gateways, backwards though time Curtains falling on every morning's sun In spite of myself I am bleeding ascendancy dry Restructuring shells Where my vision will not turn a blind eye Welcome into my maze A labyrinth of concern Once clear and easy to grasp Now point of no return No tomorrows grace will end this - what is known as the dark night of the soul In spite of myself I am bleeding ascendancy dry Restructuring shells Where my vision will not turn a blind eye This newborn despair Cannot take away my bearing wall Yet in disrepair As I am winning where losing is all This journey will be long, I know Though it appears to take me nowhere It has me retained It might have no end, no salvation All I can do is dream And at the same time curse all hope [Lead: Stefanović]
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
At the heart of innocence Outlooks torn and shadows trenched Found a shelter from the wind once blowing hard Fearsome stories laying claim of a beast no man can tame The remains of shattered hopes and visions scarred Yet another thorned embrace As if all falls into place On an ever-changing path to the unseen Where defiace comes to feed Captured struggle shall be freed A new nightmare born with every waking dream Day in and day out Always at my side By reason of doubt Cannot bridge this great divide Way in and way out Crossing swords with pride The odds you now shout From the deadlocked halls inside When the tide is on the turn And the ropes around you burn Cutting out the deadwood of the sightless host Under mind-expanding skies Failed conceptions cleanse the eyes It is in moments of despair we live the most Day in and day out Always at my side By reason of doubt Cannot bridge this great divide Way in and way out Crossing swords with pride The odds you now shout From the deadlocked halls inside [Lead: Gardberg] Day in and day out Always at my side By reason of doubt Cannot bridge this great divide Way in and way out Crossing swords with pride The odds you now shout From the deadlocked halls inside
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025
Ever - ever and again Calling in, striking blind Setting up a claim for the throne supreme Always - always at a stop Constant sameness, well in hand Crossing paths no matter how far apart I know holding the line against myself Will just brace what cannot be cast out As though bridging the void in which I dwell Under - under various forms Keeping off, bending rules Grinding down the sun once risen in vain Order - order of the stray Reckless yearning, punished will Entering a state unknown to the mind I know holding the line against myself Will just brace what cannot be cast out As though bridging the void in which I dwell With the seasons we change as one, body and soul The shadow of my shadow The abyss that makes me whole [Lead: Gardberg] [Lead: Stefanović] With the seasons we change as one, body and soul The shadow of my shadow The abyss that makes me whole I know holding the line against myself Will just brace what cannot be cast out As though bridging the void in which I dwell
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025
Targeting blaze Like a mass of fire Climbing higher Targeting blaze Never to retire Poisoning desire See the shift in cold print Born in the blink of an eye Will I ever be the same? Targeting blaze Always ner in hiding Endless, biding Targeting blaze Till no longer guiding What is now colliding See the shift in cold print Born in the blink of an eye Will I ever be the same? Laid siege to all at once Torn in the blink of an eye Time to play the waiting game [Lead: Stefanović] Inside out I know the source of my fears Even so it is all beyond my control
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025
Laid out smokescreens Blaze the trail Fear triumphant As I fail The dream incinerator A black hole on the rise The darkness generator Casting its shadow Alter, set to ride the wings of the unknown Alter, old tomorrows now adjusting Alter, an agenda carving change in stone Alter, the unbearable weight of nothing Range of vision Narrowed down Lucid breathing As I drown The dream incinerator A black hole on the rise The darkness generator Casting its shadow Alter, set to ride the wings of the unknown Alter, old tomorrows now adjusting Alter, an agenda carving change in stone Alter, the unbearable weight of nothing [Lead: Gardberg] The cold shield broken through Transparent passage The onset of a storm Gathered in the ashes Across the sands of time Beyond the frontier Where voids form the patterns You will find my sphere Alter!
Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025
The blaze of a dying sun, lighting up the skies An extinction watched from behind a two-way mirror Broken source of energy rebuilt Piercing through the multiple shields I cannot see, nor can I hear Senses blocked, as I am trying to get back If I set free the change I fear Will I be thrown off the track? On the razor's edge of fate, wielding the scepter The beast does not change and the beast is hungry A scent beyond the compass of the human mind Here where the limits are indefinite And reason is on a hiding to nothing I cannot see, nor can I hear Senses blocked, as I am trying to get back If I set free the change I fear Will I be thrown off the track? On the razor's edge of fate, wielding the scepter [Lead: Randén] Tried to turn away from the truth denied When the enemy is your will deified Torn inside all through [Lead: Stefanović] Phasing out of loss, constraint and despair Like a closing wound, yet beyond repair This tide is running strong Phasing out the chapter The now is where you belong Awaiting ever so long This tide is running strong I cannot see, nor can I hear Senses blocked, as I am trying to get back If I set free the change I fear Will I be thrown off the track? On the razor's edge of fate, wielding the scepter
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025
Changes come as seasons go Camouflage will hide no such scar as mine Anger and fear versus emptiness This strange vendetta tears at the heart of my soul You cannot save me Nobody can A firm refusal to die But barely holding on To whatever that is near Obsessions and madness Come as unforeseen saviors So run from me, just run Cause no matter what I may want I am sill going to hurt Do not try to change this I stopped so many years ago I humbly accept and remain Almost begun liking my stay You cannot save me Nobody can And when you have been here For as long as I have been You will slowly turn, becoming part of hell itself [Lead: Stefanović] You should be full of fear To really have to live by your words In an ever ongoing everyday war Not chosen nor played by any set of rules Your appeasement and naivety Is an insult, it nauseates me One day in my prison Your will to live would perish quickly We are not the same I have become something else So vastly different Oceans and depths Filled with only hurt From here to there No equal do stand by me [Lead: Stefanović] I, nemesis My hell My heaven Your nightmare My world And when you have been here For as long as I have been You will slowly turn, becoming part of hell itself
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025