Cross Roads
Blown out gauge… I may have pushed things too far With hands left unclean, this broken machine has left me far from home! Is every breath I take, just a minute too late? The thoughts inside me overloading…is life really this hard? The fact i’m not dead, hanging on by a thread is a testament to the strength left inside me Now….I am….alive! Kicking and screaming, I know I’ll suffer for the rest of my life. Who knew you’d be a hand in the ties that bind? A life you made so fucking complicated. A beaten path and now you question me why? My salvation, is what you deny. Cold embrace…this time you pushed me too far. Your smile deceives as you lie through your teeth and left my heart for broke! Now I erase your name, from a life you claim, a temporary path you’ve chosen! Is life really this hard? How long has it been? Was the ride worth the sin? You can lay on your cross as i drive the spikes in Now….I am….alive! Kicking and screaming, I know I’ll suffer for the rest of my life. Who knew you’d be a hand in the ties that bind? A life you made so fucking complicated. A beaten path and now you question me why? My salvation, is what you deny. Bleed for me…all of the times I hit the ground running. Would I do it all again? Be afraid…you look so calm when you see me coming. Don’t you remember who I am? I’m burning inside! Save my soul for the rest of my life! You couldn’t take this from me. Alive, but burning inside…save my soul for the rest of my life. My salvation…is life really this hard?
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025
Pray this day never ends Because I ain’t never coming back Soak the Sun into my eyes Reflections of the Mississippi sky… of the sky… It burns my eyes… Rest my head so I never forget Tie my hands before I wind up dead Light gasoline – ignite my fire Throw my soul like a lit cigarette Live my life like it’s my last breath Light gasoline – ignite my fire – my one desire Shake the dust from which we came The streets of saints will light my way Ever clear soaks through my mind The spirits burn their flame into the night… through the night… It burns my eyes… Rest my head so I never forget Tie my hands before I wind up dead Light gasoline – ignite my fire Throw my soul like a lit cigarette Live my life like it’s my last breath Light gasoline – ignite my fire – my one desire
Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025
I feel I’m hanging on a line Nothing seems to work anymore… so go alone Second guessing my own life Just seems like whatever I hold, turns into stone Now as I watch you walk away, I cry to myself Will it ever be the same? Pull back my finger and chase the blame… I’m not chasing anything, anything at all… But I can’t seem to open this door! Dead inside – I’m dead inside – call me when it’s over Because I don’t think that I can love again Dead inside – I’m dead inside – call me when it’s over Because I don’t think that I can love again Forever seems like it’s in a day Watching from so far away… shades of gray I feel I have so much to say Although we don’t talk anymore… so go alone And pictures hold the frame… Frame of mind when we all laughed, no one cried and never felt the pain… Take back my finger and change the blame But I’m not chasing anything, anything at all… I can’t seem to open this door… There’s no way I’ll let you see me fall! Dead inside – I’m dead inside – call me when it’s over Because I don’t think that I can love again Dead inside – I’m dead inside – call me when it’s over Because I don’t think that I can love again Left my heart for you to abuse and walk away Let my feelings go in… I know someday, I’ll learn to live again… Let my feelings go… But not 'til you walk out that door! Dead inside – I’m dead inside – call me when it’s over Because I don’t think that I can love again Dead inside – I’m dead inside – call me when it’s over Because I don’t think that I can love again
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025
Just make this go away. There's nothing left inside for you to take. I can't believe I'm all by myself ripping away all that remains, pieces of me, they just fall away. As I fall, further away from myself I seek the days that escape me. I choke on the ones I'm left with the monster's building inside me. And I hate the way I feel. I pray THE wounds will heal. Before the darkness, how long will this last? I try - with every waking moment of my life as I waste away To hide - the monster that is building up inside the scars in me So blind - pins and needles buried in my eyes whats left of me Goodbye - to everything thats chasing me Look into my eyes, do you see yourself? The reflection I see everyday. I'd bury my hate, but the pain is killing me. As I look in the mirror to see my face clearer, reflections of shame staring back at me. I choke on my wretchedness, the monster builds up inside me. And I hate the way I feel. I pray THE wounds will heal. Before the darkness, how long will this last? I try - with every waking moment of my life as I waste away To hide - the monster that is building up inside the scars in me So blind - pins and needles buried in my eyes whats left of me Goodbye - to everything that's chasing me So blind - now I know how you make me feel. So tired - everything I know is crushing me, and I know that you can not trust in me. Now I know how you make me feel.
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025
Last call for nothing This whiskey won’t forgive Like a splinter through my mind Strong like a mountain You know I shed my skin back in Tennessee And tonight I’m gonna bleed this city dry What do you think of me now? How do I look from the ground? Do my words take you home? Like a bullet hits bone? What do you think of me now? Don’t think I’ll ever say I’m sorry For what you all expect of me So I’ll leave you all behind Time has come – stage is set Just might make me an outlaw yet With enough rope for you to hang me with It’s so useless – so damn useless What do you think of me now? How do I look from the ground? Do my words take you home? Like a bullet hits bone? What do you think of me now? My turn to do whatever it takes To seize the world and drag it down to me Time has come – stage is set This life might make me an outlaw yet! What do you think of me now? How do I look from the ground? Do my words take you home? Like a bullet hits bone? What do you think of me now?
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
I’ve been circling around you I’ve been looking for an end As the daylight surrounds you The darkness seems to bend Now I want to know that your innocence is what I deserve I need to know that your innocence is all that I deserve I can see by the light in your eyes you’ve grown colder Am I the one that’s left behind? I can see by the light in your eyes you’ve grown colder Am I the one left behind? Now I’m searching for an answer But your silence deafens Your face it tells me everything To forgive is to forget I want to know that your innocence is what I deserve I need to know that your innocence is all that I deserve I can see by the light in your eyes you’ve grown colder Am I the one that’s left behind? I can see by the light in your eyes you’ve grown colder Am I the one left behind? I can see by the light in your eyes you’ve grown colder Am I the one that’s left behind? I can see by the light in your eyes you’ve grown colder Am I the one left behind?
Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025
This track is instrumental.
Are you ready to explode? After the sacrifice Wipe this shit off my face – such disgrace I’ve been stripped and beat down with a gun to my head But when one door closes another opens I’ll find shelter from the rain No more walking away As the sun begins to fade I’m thinkin’ Tomorrow comes and the world was gone Would you regret what you have done or would you smile and wave? On the level of my life No need to justify How bleed or how I play – everyday No method to the madness I’m in Cross my line and you wind up broken Time to take back everything No more walking away As the sun begins to fade I’m thinkin’ Tomorrow comes and the world was gone Would you regret what you have done or would you smile and wave? No more sense of failure I am justified No more hands to hold me down It’s time for me to fly No more walking away As the sun begins to fade I’m thinkin’ Tomorrow comes and the world was gone Would you regret what you have done or would you smile and wave?
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025
I want to reach out and touch the sky I want to touch the sun, but I don't need to fly I'm gonna climb up every mountain of the moon And find the dish that ran away with the spoon I've crossed the oceans turned every bend I found the plastic and the gold at rainbow's end I've seen thru magic and through life's reality I've lived a thousand years and never found the key Got no religion, don't need no friends Got all I want and I don't need to pretend Don't try to reach me, 'cause I'll tear up your mind I've seen the future and I've left it behind
Submitted by johnmansley — Nov 09, 2025
It’s beginning - it’s beginning to take shape But are you listening? How much more do I have to take? There’s fingers in my face - take a number for the blame I never said I was perfect, it was you that lost the game And I can’t believe – but now I see It’s just like pulling teeth I could’ve swore I heard you scream You know you’ve got some nerve when you feel no pain But I don’t have to feel like pulling teeth I don’t care what you have to say You know you struck a nerve but I feel okay and I don’t have to live this way Smoke and mirrors Mirage of trust for the hole that you dug No grass to green To catch the eye of the wandering dog No pages long enough for my words to go unsung Sad to think this is where you wanted to wind up And I can’t believe – but now I see It’s just like pulling teeth I could’ve swore I heard you scream You know you’ve got some nerve when you feel no pain But I don’t have to feel like pulling teeth I don’t care what you have to say You know you struck a nerve but I feel okay and I don’t have to live this way Through it all you’re still tired and miserable How much more do I have to say? Or should I play? God damn! It feels like pulling teeth I could’ve swore I heard you scream You know you’ve got some nerve when you feel no pain But I don’t have to feel like pulling teeth I don’t care what you have to say You know you struck a nerve but I feel ok and I don’t have to live this I don’t have to feel like I don’t have to live this way
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025
Time keeps pushing forward back Oh these calloused hands Were made to tear down the walls that were built to last But as the story goes No you never know The signs you see might just be the light you need on this broken road These crossroads in life lead to the ocean ahead There’s left and there’s right but I’m never turning back Searching for signs, waiting for something Like waves washing over me After the tide I won’t be standing here I don’t believe in fate I’m not built that way The road I travel is a life that’s been left unpaved Sometimes I’ve lost my way Broken down and strayed But staring back to a past that just won’t last is when I turn and say These crossroads in life lead to the ocean ahead There’s left and there’s right but I’m never turning back Searching for signs, waiting for something Like waves washing over me After the tide I won’t be standing here Got my feet in the sand - the wind in my hair I’ve been searching so long So out of place hiding away like a diamond in the ruff I’ve taken the fall – been held out to all Till I stalled on empty New wind in these sails To steer me through hell till the storm becomes a calm Storm becomes calm The storm becomes calm… Through all that’s past is said and done I’m still here to sing my song Through the night into the dawn I’m still here to sing my song
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025