Better Ash Than Dust

The fire burns Our faces warm from its heat Nights like these, they make me think About the person I once was And the person I'll become My mind turns And steps its weight upon my throat Desperate for breath while watching me choke If this is the end You can bet your ass, I won't go out like them These feelings, they keep pulling at me And they won't let go Until I face the fact, until I reap what I sow Their voices, they keep calling you They keep calling at you Until they make you believe that there's nowhere to go They'll do everything they can to drag you under But you know the truth So don't let these motherfuckers come at you Most times the things to which we cling Aren't the same things that we need We sit and watch our dance of death As we slowly drown in this selfishness This is the end, you're one of us I can't go out like them, better ash than dust Better ash than dust These choices, they keep following you But you can't back down Yeah, they gotta believe that there's no way out Our voices, the last thing they'll hear As they smash down upon us What will continue is what we allow Most times the things to which we cling Aren't the same things that we need And sometimes the things we love Are the things we need to leave We sit and watch our dance of death As we slowly drown in this selfishness This is the end, you're one of us I can't go out like them, better ash than dust Better ash than dust Better ash than dust Better ash than dust "I choose to reflect the times and situations in which I find myself. That, to me, is my duty. And at this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when everyday is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved. Young people, black and white, know this. That's why they're so involved in politics. We will shape and mold this country or it will not be molded and shaped at all anymore. So I don't think you have a choice. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?"

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026

When violence is the only language this world comprehends Don't be surprised when it speaks in a way you can understand Constant state of brutal aggression and total devastation Relentless punishment warrants violent reactions And we're all just hanging on by a thread By a thread, by a thread I can't believe you will not see The ones you've grown to hate are just like you and me You can't bury me in your disbelief You give your fear a face And now you call it your enemy It's all I see It's all I fucking see Such narrow understanding, just use your fucking head You can't see past yourself, you're just as good as dead I want no part of your one sided perspective I have no patience for your malicious intentions I can't believe you will not see The ones you've grown to hate are just like you and me You can't bury me in your disbelief You give your fear a face And now you call it your enemy (You give your fear a face) War is all I fucking see It's all I see You can't bury me (You give your fear a face) In your disbelief (And now you call it your enemy)

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026

Push your world away We're not the fucking same Your poisons Your prisons You can't have us Your poisons Your prisons You can't have us Deliberate rejection Of your shallow satisfactions Polluted views rot and rust You'll get no tolerance from us Your poisons Your prisons No truth We've got no tolerance for you Misguided hate and depthless love With no one left to take from For your world of fictitious bliss We've got no tolerance Your poisons Your prisons No truth We've got no tolerance for you Your greed Your constant goddamn needs Fuck you! We've got no tolerance for you Push your world away What the fuck did you expect In a world that is unjust? You can try and try But you can't have us What the fuck did you expect In a world that is unjust? You can try and try But you can't have us No, you can't have us

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026

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From the first time I saw you, I knew it was true No static, turbulence, no curtain, just you You gave me the tools I'd need to use When you said “Son, you must always stand in your truth” Now I build myself up, just to tear it all down Just to start all again with the pieces I've found And with parts handed down, I build as high as I can Until I hit the sky, I won't stop until then And when I can't climb anymore, I will sit and admire The things that I've done and I'll use that fire I have in my heart for those left behind to now Climb on my back and go even higher I'll give, I won't lend, I won't break, but I'll bend I'll move with the wind and I won't fear the end because I won't live forever, but I will die tall I see only one truth and that truth comes for us all Until death relieves me Until death relieves me Until death relieves me Until death relieves me Until death relieves me Until death relieves me Until death relieves me Until death relieves me I'll give until I've got nothing left I'll give, I won't lend, I won't break, but I'll bend I'll move with the wind and I won't fear the end because I won't live forever, but I will die tall I see only one truth and that truth comes for us all

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026