Naught

Is this a mirror, water, or distant mirage? In the tight room, such a slick maw No one can keep up, spinning it too far But does it feel good? Like the sweetest air To run with fibs, and make them care And it's a big room, flooded with starry eyes And I could leave with a smile If I could never come back With your lights, leave us alone It's blinding, leave us alone It's outline like a mountain, carved out like a thug It's mouth, a storm, a show, a trap! Calling out to the falling rocks We can make them stop before they get to us Sorry if no one comes around They've gone fishing in a mound of forged evidence (I thought I told you to never come back around here I told you to never come back) With your lights, leave us alone It's blinding, leave us alone It's mouth a storm, a show, but nothing but a trap "What? Gou're still here? go away." With your lights, leave us alone It's blinding, leave us alone Is this a mirror, water, or distant mirage? I thought I told you to never come, never come, never come back

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Now it had come a time when nothing is aligned And there is movement somewhere behind Scattered and lost in doubt, and left to figure out And when it struck, the mess was disgraceful Take the knife, don't let it go for any reason Twist it in And get me while I'm turned around That world is full of itself and full of treason And you can keep it all You're making no mistake Your treachery could clear the room out, but Your charm could bring them right back Swinging every little piece where it's adored and safe But your trail is a room and a body splattered How can you live like that? Take the knife, don't let it go for any reason Twist it in And get me while I'm turned around That world is full of itself and full of treason And you can keep it all Run to the open arms of the weak and empty Run to where it's easy Run to the open arms of the weak and empty (Chorus)

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Your ship is sinking, the lights are blinking And I am watching as you drown Your ship is sinking, and your obsessing The lights are blinking You are going down Keep asking why the boards have broke As every scream will only choke So many words, it doesn't move As you're struggling to breathe, you realize... The ship is sinking, ship is sinking Ship is sinking, the ship is sinking You had a warning You kept ignoring And now you're drowning You are drowning Lightening and tears The boards have broke And every scream has only choked Now as your lungs take in the cold The fading of your life is the one thing you cannot control The ship is sinking, ship is sinking Ship is sinking, the ship is sinking Ship is sinking Your ship is sinking, your ship is sinking...

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Behind the door, a struggled breath will come Beat them, those eyes Beat you if you try (Moving on the other side) Beat you if you try Out went the days when the diamonds showed light (Your paranoia's your friend) It's the wind...from them (It's the wind) Destroy the days when the heart won't slow down Wave them goodbye Beat them if you try

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

The sun is gone (the mouse closes his eyes) The trail is shiny (leading up to the prize) We take what we can (take what we can) We will take it all The roots are buried underground We will not starve before the mouse Somebody said (never take the whole thing) But greed is mighty (we can take the whole thing) And since we're down here (since we're down here) We will take it all We're far beneath the flowers The gatherers and hunters The instinct to take everything Why not stay down here And watch him starve We won't leave it but we don't want it (None for the mouse) Climb down When he wakes he will find Nothing for the, nothing for the mouse One dies, one prospers, we play Mourn the mouse We leak into the whole (Hair will poison your cache like a cavity) Winner takes hoards Shove it down

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

You don't know what hate is yet But you will You don't know what pain is yet But in time you won't remember when you lived without it But you're innocent? That's funny If that were true you wouldn't be here in the first place Resentful? That's natural But you'll find ways to cope I wish I could tell you there was more to look forward to (I wish I could say) I wish there was more for you (I wish I could tell you) I wish I could say that it gets better than this (I wish there was) More than this Destructive thoughts will come and go But mostly they'll just come Relax, don't think about it Ignore them, they'll go away That's easier said than done Confusion leads to frustration And that just leads to anger Depression, anxiety will be your best friends Get to know them well (Chorus) I wish there was more than this

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I woke up and there was a power outage I woke up and the hall was black I woke up and I couldn't see the corner He was there What's there? I woke up and saw nothing

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I know the trap I've always avoided it But when the star fell in the desert, I fell down as well It kept me in the sand The asphalt laid a plan and helpless to the draw That pulled me in and kept me down Down in the swimming hole, it smells like alcohol And all the things I couldn't see that night are killing me Down in the swimming hole, it smells like alcohol And all the things you did, I'll never know The sky deceives, it gives, it burns until you learn as well If you sew yourself to the clouds, you'll live And maybe, you'll wipe the grains from your eyes Down in the swimming hole, it smells like alcohol And all the things I think when I am weak are killing me Le, dissolve, it's less than low This time I sell my soul Less starts the show This vicious side This torch is in my jaw Down in the swimming hole, it smells like alcohol And all the things I couldn't see that night are killing me Killing me

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Entrance to hell is right outside my window I stay in, it's no better inside It's such a mess in here, filthy, unlivable I try to breathe in here Then I take a step onto the floor and make it outside And it's cold and ugly under the pipes and Nobody gets where it's safe I fell into the moat where it's dirty and dry And nothing is looking the same Entrance to hell is right outside my window I've stayed in, it's no better inside Before you came to me it was easy to hide And in my hour of need, when it all blew up You made your cut and left it to bleed (Chorus) But no one ever gets outside without losing part of their life I'm not across, but at least I'm out No bridge in sight And nobody gets where it's safe I am stuck here in the dried moat The dogs stuck here with their bones I am stuck here in the dried moat It's all clogged here with their bones (Chorus) No one ever gets outside without losing part of their life

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Making money off their stupidity Making them fall to the ground on down on their knees They glorify, deify, and follow me An image with a smile is all it takes They glorify, deify, and follow me I'm as ruthless as I am fake They can't see, I'm lying though my teeth So easily, I lie right through my teeth I suppose I'm a parasite I feed off attention I have an insatiable need for power, fame, and adulation They glorify, deify, and follow me An image with a smile is all it takes They glorify, deify, and follow me I'm as ruthless as I am fake They can't see, I'm lying though my teeth So easily, I lie right through my teeth If it weren't for the weak-minded I'd have no authority I'm a wolf in sheep's clothing that they're blindly following (Still I remain a most malevolent fiend Leading all the brain washed fools with their heard-mentality) (Can't they see, I'm lying through my teeth?) (So easy to deceive, I'm lying through my teeth) They can't see, I'm lying though my teeth So easily, I lie right through my teeth Glorify, deify, follow!

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

On your birthday you went to play and get away, it's a day late Happy birthday, happy birthday Happy birthday, happy birthday When the round dogs' breath smell like bogs Try a biscuit, blow on candles Happy birthday, happy birthday Happy birthday, happy birthday Happy happy happy happy Happy You're the paper in the scissors Take your trinket Close the blanket Happy birthday Happy

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

We started out as little kids believing things were hidden Straight surfaces no cracks beneath I wanted to believe it We realize at the time there isn't much of a burn Wait 'til your turn Don't try to fool yourself You're sweating all around your smile Under civil disguise Those senses were a human voice There is another side to all this pressure under your suit Here on the losing end look at them based on how they looked at you Such a slave on this chain until the day we are done Isn't it fun? Don't try to fool yourself You're sweating all around your smile Under civil disguise Those senses were a human voice You will find that the fly's based on nothing Just a way to hide from the fear You kept avoiding Don't try to fool yourself Under civil disguise Put out my hands to the delusion When I look at you I'm a fool I've got one too I try to fool myself By wasting time at this fork in the road Under civil disguise Those senses were a human voice

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

You are mistaken when you come with shovels in your hands The ghosts caught between your teeth will find their way home And empty hides left that you sniff out, will consume you Take themselves back Watching your teeth bend closer to the ground Raining from your mouth, watering and hungry As as your feet walk closer to the mouth You'll be the grubbery for your robbery And how you will pay for the rush of rot through your heart The fork turns beneath the ground It ends this way (Chorus) You cannot keep all the lives that you eat... And empty hides left that you sniff out, will consume you Take themselves back When you chew now, you should look out When the ground moves, hungry like you

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026