Know Hope

They say the things that love you will never stay Is that really true? I guess you made everyone leave before they could hurt you But who taught this to you? Hurting people will always be hurting people It was you that made me me Every storm made me soak to find stronger roots, yeah I am reminded, I am reminded All my roots are starting to show yet I'm still trying to grow And I am reminded, I am reminded there is still hope And I hope one day you will understand pain is just a brand I've given my life to keep it away from your skin And I hope one day you will understand pain is never planned And the start of a cycle is always the end When we are the victims And that's how I know I need to write about this for you The youth that never get told the truth That's my problem, I've got intentions on both sides Stitched together with lies and more songs left to write Do things, write this time About how to untangle all the knots that we kept tied My stomach is weak because you made me me And someone made you you We are the victims And I am the hope And I hope one day you will understand pain is just a brand I've given my life to keep it away from your skin And I hope one day you will understand pain is never planned And the start of a cycle is always the end When we are the victims You, you are the victim And I am still learning Till I can be the hope

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

If you give up on me Then I give up on everything I didn't come this far to not tell you the truth And you'll know it's true because the answers that I tell you Will make you all feel sick, feel hateful Feel useless and used Just remember that every piece of trash Was one time itself first used Say the word and I will go quickly to a light Too much of any one thing at a time will leave you blind Say the word and I'll go quickly to a light Too much of any one thing at a time just left me blind You need to get through what you are going through Someday, someone somewhere will need you If you give up on me, then I give up on everything Back and forth my reason grows I didn't choose this, I was chose Back, back and forth my reason grows I didn't choose this and I want to go Home is where the hurt is, and no one even knows Say the word and I will go quickly to a light Too much of any one thing at a time will leave you blind Say the word and I'll go quickly to a light Too much of any one thing at a time just left me blind If you give up on me Then I give up on everything If you give up on me Then I give up on everything

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

We are the same disease One way too old One way too young to treat Our feet stuck in the same concrete, we just want to be free Aren't you sick of knowing that you could truly be Something that stays and makes a difference before it leaves? Aren't you sick of hearing all the pain in me? Aren't you sick of being sick from the same disease? Come to me with anything that you'll ever need Come to me when you're rebuilding Sometimes it's good to build up walls, not to keep anyone out But to see who cares enough to knock them down We can start again With our names written in new cement We can write the date Right after we dig ourselves out of the messes we've made You'll never know what you have Until it's gone through hell for you Come to me with anything that you'll ever need Come to me when you're rebuilding Sometimes it's good to build up walls, not to keep anyone out But to see who cares enough to knock them down You'll never stop making mistakes, but if you learn from them You will never make the same ones twice Next time, there may be no next time Next time, there may be no next time Come to me with anything that you'll ever need Come to me when you're rebuilding Sometimes it's good to build up walls, not to keep anyone out But to see who cares enough to knock them down

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

Question everything Have I already been buried? I can see no light but I am still stuck here breathing Maybe a wretch like me is supposed to stay forever buried So you can see the analogy of what happens When you keep things buried beneath, buried beneath I have been buried for years, but why am I still breathing? I don't make mistakes, I bury them Suffocating soul that the devil just won't claim Suffocating soul that the devil just won't claim I dug this grave, now it's time to tell the truth from it I dug this grave, now it's time to tell the truth from it You put one foot on the lid, when did I let it close? One foot on the lid, 5 feet left to go Forgive your enemies but never forget their names Suffocating soul that the devil won't claim Suffocating soul that the devil won't claim I don't know if I believe in you anymore But everything needs an analogy

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

I know I'm lost with no motivation to find my way back I left myself down a paper trail of the pages of my mind Now I want them back I'm somewhere between no courage among The other things I lack Lost in desperation where an ember turns to an ash Somewhere along this path I crossed the line Broken promises I've made without thinking twice Left my second thought and reason behind All in the name of making this world mine All in the name of building my own Why do I think that I have to live this life alone? I know I'm lost! I know I know I'm lost, I know I know I'm lost But what scares me the most is that I'm starting to feel at home I know I know I can't stay here forever When we lose ourselves we find each other I find this strange comfort in being lost in life Wherever I end up, will I belong there this time? So when you feel your heart sink into your chest Don't forget everything is okay in the end We are not okay, but this is not the end yet We are not okay, but this is not the end yet We are not okay, but this is not the end I know I know I'm lost, I know I know I'm lost But what scares me the most is that I'm starting to feel at home I know I know I can't stay here forever When we lose ourselves we find each other

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

How am I supposed to write about hope With catchy hooks and melodies and make you sing along? Well, I titled this whole album before I tried to write a song And the truth is hope can be a burning sun The closer that you seem to get The quicker you get lost in the sight of It keeps casting its shadow of our burdens behind us And the more we try stand inside the light The more a darkness seems to grow Is darkness the shade where I've found peace? So maybe this time I need to be Standing for someone to believe I'm like a weathered oak with "know hope" carved in me So maybe this time I need to be Standing for someone to believe You can take the life from me, you can take the life from me But I'll always be here standing still every time you need me Hope is at the root of each day It's still casting a shadow of my darkness behind me And the more I try to show you with the light The more a darkness seems to follow You will never change what you refuse to face You will never change what you refuse to face Like a shadow we always grow Every time we try to find the light So maybe this time I need to be Standing for someone to believe I'm like a weathered oak with "know hope" carved in me So maybe this time I need to be Standing for someone to believe You can take the life from me, you can take the life but Maybe this time I need to be, maybe this time I need to be me You don't know who you are anymore Tonight I don't know either but we are standing still But we are standing still, we can't be moved When hope is at the root, the root of you Every time the wind grows still And I continue to lose movement You are there to walk up chin down and carve your name Every time the wind grows still And life pushes you further Come carve your name, know hope in me

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

Some days you're the pigeon And some days you are the statue Some days you're meant to just sit back and observe While the worlds takes its turn and just shits all over you Some days you need the rain because no one gets paid to come Clean up the messes that life makes all over you I don't know who I am in this moment, I know I disappoint you You don't know who I am anymore, well, that makes two of us Are you following a god and this song got in the way? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but I am not sorry Is this the truth, the light, the sight, the roots, or the noose? Everyone is religious only until they don't need to be anymore That's not faith, no, not to me All I have left to make are memories and mistakes And new questions I'll take to the grave Do you know how it feels to have your past Sink it's teeth right into your back Only to turn around and see yourself? Keep the hell away from me Keep the hell away from me The devil you know is better than the devil you don't The devil you know is better than the devil you don't Keep the hell away from me, keep the hell away from me You can still lead a positive life with a negative mind, yeah You can still lead a positive life with a negative mind You can still lead a positive life with a negative mind, yeah You can still lead a positive life with a negative mind Keep the hell away from me

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

We've been deserted, that doesn't mean that we deserve it Is it worth it, keeping ourselves at bay? Set sail, you've spent way too much time living your life In exile to say goodbye to the shoreline Maybe if I'm sent off to sea, I'll find out what this means to me I've got a message I carry, that I have forgotten to read Maybe if I'm sent off to sea, I'll find out what this means to me I've got a message I carry, that I have forgotten to read I don't need another day, floating away Lost in the sea of regret I've made I want to wash up new for once For once I don't want to float face down We've been deserted, that doesn't mean that we deserve it Is it worth it, keeping ourselves at bay? You can try and fail, but don't fail to try Do I deserve this? If you're deserted, you can't desert it You can never leave an island in your mind Until you lose sight of the shoreline You can try and fail, but don't fail to try Some people spend their entire lives in exile You can never leave an island Until you lose sight of the shoreline Times like these, they come in waves Make your footprint and send it right back away All you're saying to me tonight here in the open skyline Without darkness, no star can learn to guide the way Maybe if I'm sent off to sea, I'll find out what this means to me I've got a message I carry, that I have forgotten to read Maybe if I'm sent off to sea, I'll find out what this means to me I've got a message I carry, that I have forgotten to read You are not as lost as me, you are not as lost as me No you're not, no you're not as lost as me If you were and you were I wouldn't be here writing No you're not, no you're not as lost as me If you were if you were I wouldn't be here writing Someday you will find me

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

Am I stuck inside my own mind Or am I just an insect in amber Frozen in a moment and forgotten in time? Where is my mind? I don't want the world to see me I want the world to see where it is I've been I just want someone to feel like they can be something There's got to be more than feeling this alone I've been through enough, leave me alone Now I feel so confused, maybe I was made to learn on my own I've been through enough, leave me alone Now I feel so confused, maybe I was made to learn on my... My own I don't want to go to the grave Wondering what I could have made, will I ever change? I don't want to live day by day Wondering if I'll ever change, get back I don't want to live day by day It's never too late, too late Too late to make the change Everyone you've known, these moments you're lost and alone You've pushed everyone away even when they tried to stay Where did this come from? Enough is enough I've been through enough, leave me alone Now I feel so confused, maybe I was made to learn on my own I've been through enough, leave me alone Now I feel so confused, maybe I was made to learn on my own I can't do this on my own I can't do this on my own I can't do this on my own

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

I wish I had more time to sort out all of this out inside my mind I only have one day, it's given at dawn And at dusk it gets taken away I can't control what I think, so how can I control what I say? I don't know who I am at the moment and I can't pray I can't pray for the answers anymore I only have myself to blame for losing control I've always needed something, maybe I needed to be alone And I don't need to be saved I'm not saying that it's too late, but way too much has changed You call it savior and I call it a learned behavior You call it the light I refuse to see And I call it the mask I've seen underneath Just do and say the same, the same thing No opinion preserved in stained glass Holds more moral truth to me I only have myself to blame I only have myself to blame for losing control I still need to be saved, just not by you I still need to be saved, just not by you I only have myself to blame for losing control I've always needed something, maybe I needed to be alone I only have myself to blame for losing control I've always needed something, maybe I'll be alone

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

And I owe it all to you This change must fall on you Change for everyone else and you'll do things backwards Nothing works out itself Move on So stop running away I can feel you cause your feet are keeping time with me How could anyone choose to live this way? In the past they won't escape We are the same, you and me, no direction and a steady pace Some of us don't choose to live this way Maybe the best part of you Was waiting for your past to die This change must fall on you Change for everyone else and you'll do things backwards Nothing works out itself Move along Today one step can lead to many And I want you to run in time with me. not away It's so much easier to just breathe in the air Than it is, than it is to exist in it Sometimes we carry ourselves only as dead weight Sometimes it takes your whole world falling apart To really know what you stand for Life falls apart, but did you ever see Where every piece could land? Maybe pieces of you were preplanned to fall apart So they could fall together So they fall in place for someone else And you said that you, you needed a voice And I needed a reason to believe Believe in yourself because you are the same as me No one ever changes if they don't change for themselves, you're not alone How are we supposed to live, how are we supposed to breathe? How are we supposed to carry on with all of this buried? This change must fall on you Change for everyone else and you'll live your life backwards I understand you, you're not evil Despite what they may say

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026

And I'm too abused To walk away from this Of all I've been through I just wouldn't change it If I could go back in time and change everything I wouldn't change a thing because it made me who I am And I'm so confused, I don't seem to know What's real or what's make believe anymore But I must move forward for you and do this all for you Without you there is no me And I'll stay even if you choose to leave The world will always keep turning, keep turning Keep turning its back on me And I just wouldn't change it If I could go back in time and change everything I wouldn't change a thing because it made me, it made me I am not leaving this room tonight Until I know that I've changed at least one life And you are not leaving not knowing Not knowing how you are changing mine Please don't sing louder than me Unless you're singing with a heart backing a beat Then you'll know there's a reason for this song Please don't sing louder than me Unless you're singing with a heart backing a beat Then you'll know there's a reason for this song To find you and sing along This is not another singalong This is one breath made from different lungs This is not another singalong This is one breath made from different lungs

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 21, 2026