Cycle of Suffering

Spit the truth out, cast it aside I see you constantly bleeding the blurred lines Stand offended, cry wolf again I assure you we are not the same Yet our veins flow with the same soured blood Shallow words from apathetic heads Nothing more than empty prophets I see a world tearing itself apart And those who wish to profit It's not the sentiment of your speech But there are holes in the words you preach I know I'm not a better man But I can smell bullshit when it's in front of me Yet our veins flow with the same soured blood And in the end, what it comes down to We wanna hear a voice echoing our own Something to take our minds off our empty lives To know we're not really all alone Stop searching for glory You are your wn obstruction and ruin Stop searching you'll find nothing Nothing behind those empty (eyes) This illusion you hide behind Is your broken axe to grind

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Who's tipped the scale against me? The balance outweighed perpetually Crushed by our own tombstones And a harsh reality And it washes over me again The feeling of fire against cold skin Awaiting the relief, but only finding penance And there is no fighting for air When there is no will As there are no subtleties between foes Its' so clear to see As the blind belittle yet follow each other Some of us were born to suffer I've felt the waves of pain Crashing against me And with no sign of escape It's too overbearing There's an enveloping despair And there are demons beneath our skin You can't point the finger unless You've pointed it within And no atonement Can ease the inevitable There's something to be learned As we connect to the unknown I never saw the light Till I was already out of the dark And when I though I'd left it completely The void dragged me back And endless cycle of suffering

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

Absorbed in the deceit I feel the axiom depart I've seen the crushing hands of karma Tear lives apart Sit and lament as I descend I find no solace in the lies that I've built And I repent to circumvent Made no bones about the wounds that I've left I swear I've tried But the guilt is eating me alive Recurring throe To plunge me deep below When I've fallen When the pain comes I will be braced for the worst So here's hoping You're my savior I bear the burdens of the earth Controlling every lucid moment No sign of respite I slip beneath the conscious mind I swear I've tried But the guilt is eating me alive Recurring throe To plunge me deep below When I've fallen When the pain comes I will be braced for the worst So here's hoping You're my savior You'll shield the darkness of the earth I'll shield the darkness from you I swallow the burdens And on these imperfections I dwell Entomb me in this self-constructed hell Penance When I've fallen When the pain comes I will be braced for the worst So here's hoping You're my savior I bear the burdens of hits earth

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

Turning inwards, I see the walls closing on me Trying to keep this part of me alive And find my way back through the labyrinth When the darkness was just a place to hide So sick and tired Seein' the blood drain from your face Eyes turning grey I see you calcifying Rotting from the inside Giving in to the weight Internally crucified And I severed its before it could sever mine Trying to keep above the surface And there's no one left to save but yourself Oblivious to the sound of your own disillusion Eyes turning grey I see you calcifying Rotting from the inside Giving in to the weight Internally crucified Lifeless And the malice serves To drown the desperate And those deep claws Don't easily Relinquish Eyes turning grey I see you calcifying Rotting from the inside Giving in to the weight Internally crucified Lifeless Your buried alive Conform as you desire

Cold lungs inflate with a burn Displaced at every turn Desperate to maintain Some semblance of dignity And we all fight wars that can't be seen Solemnly, and we suffer like the martyrs we are All I hear is a never-ending plea Drained and pulled into our own misery And we've forgotten it seems Everyone's alone and everyone bleeds We're haunted by the thoughts more than the toll Tired of being alone And the finger you've worn to the bone Are feeble yet clawing for more Yet you wish it all away Like embers burning, a captious voice within Scarred and frail, breaking through tender skin And what we already have, we hardly deserve Yet our hands are outstretched like the beggars we are And we've forgotten it seems Everyone's alone and everyone bleeds We're haunted by the thoughts more than the toll Tired of being alone And the finger you've worn to the bone Are feeble yet clawing for more Yet you wish it all away Some will acknowledge their own descent And some will drown amidst their own contempt Contempt I look for the cracks to find an escape Somewhere to take a moment to catch my breath All I find is flaws in myself and others Awaking demons screaming, I am here Tired of being alone And the fingers you've worn to the bone Are feeble yet clawing for more Yet you wish it all away

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

Held tongues dying to speak Restless hands turned tired and weak Intention grows from a seed Ignites the flame beneath our feet And the ire growing Spreads like fire A mass insurgence Upraising the pyre What keeps the wolves at bay While you sleep and they come to prey? We forget their disdain And all that's left is the fear they crave Seclude to divide the fixation Accomplices of our own ruination Lost words and abandoned sages Search for meaning in all the wrong places And what has become of our objection So easily pushed aside By steadfast complacence What keeps the wolves at bay While you sleep and they come to prey? We forget their disdain And all that's left is the fear they crave Are you not adverse to those you mistrust? And you yet sickened enough? What keeps the wolves at bay While you sleep and they come to prey? We forget their disdain And all that's left is the fear they crave

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

Oh The gears turn With tedious motion And as the pendulum swings Divides widen Paradigm be damned Salvation comes at a price And you will pay with your life Step by step You lead a dying march to shallow graves These poisoned roots Become our earthly cage Earth to earth Dust to dust Only ash remains Your salvation comes at a price A disregard for all life Status breaks Tense and overburdened Frail shadows move behind the curtain Culture be damned Salvation comes at a price A concealed sacrifice Step by step You lead a dying march to shallow graves These poisoned roots Become our earthly cage Earth to earth Dust to dust Only ash remains Your salvation comes at a price A disregard for all life Under the sun We all fight for significance But I know under these watchful eyes It takes so much more to feel alive Under the sun Under the sun We forgot where we came from But you just stand there as those flames grow And watch it burn Ah, watch it burn When you take more than you need We'll bite the hand that fucking feeds Ah

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

Obstructed paths Consumed by oppression Trapped inside a premonition And I wish that I could dream Of something other Than this grand dismantling We burn through these bodies But we're no strangers to purgatory Progression ends And as we suffocate We're comatose Laid out on our backs With our hearts exposed Connected ends Bleed into one There's comfort in the misfortune And I wish that I could sleep But I pray that I don't dream Of foreboding seas We burn through these bodies But we're no strangers to Purgatory I can see the shore But I tread in slow motion We are bound to a toxic culture And as the sun fades We're prey for the vultures

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Cursed without taking a lesser form Destined to be the downtrodden An exploitation of power What makes you feel a disconnection so completely removed? What last moment resides? No last look up to the sky And we all realize there is no choice to be made But taking life is not your fucking choice to make And there nerves feel the pain as their blood Is being drained to serve you An exploitation of power What makes you feel a disconnection so completely removed? What last moment resides? No last look up to the sky We are devils in their eyes And everything you know fades in some way over time But how are we still clutching to the past like depend on it for life? Centuries of misuse Unjustified abuse And just because we have the means to dominate It doesn't grant us the right We are devils in their eyes We are devils in their eyes

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

If there is a common ground Then we stand on separate land We breathe the same foul air But your head's buried in the sand We'll all be forgotten When what is left has rotten away We'll be long in our graves Clutchin' onto our differences How can you perceive The world that you see So erroneously? Aren't you growing weak From the poison you speak? Your words burn But how much damage can be undone? A burden unto yourself Projecting your own inner hell We disconnect from the common threads And await the final knell The dust won't settle Till what's left had rotten away And by yourself you are bound Another nail to hammer down How can you perceive The world that you see So erroneously? Aren't you growing weak From the poison you speak? Your words burn But how much inteolerance can be unlearned? Ah, are you just afraid Or has your fear finally turned to rage? Aimless violent fists At a world you can't comprehend How much damage can be undone?

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

There is no smoke without fire But all I see is ash Awaken to silence And paralyzing repetitions I've let you down And not for the first time Light my path and I'll burn it all down Once and for all I see you speak but I can't hear a word Sleep can't come soon enough But it never does A colorless view Just one step too slow behind I've let you down As I always will Light my path and I'll burn it all down Once and for all I see you speak but I can't hear a word I just hear the steps that you walk And when the wind blows We're all lost We're dust And scattered across the earth There is a void Consuming me alive Pulling me in Crushing my will to survive There is a voice Inside me A thousand whispers guiding Telling me to leave We are the suns and moon And every grain of sand is in my palm And every star is in my mind When I leave I'll leave nothing behind

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025