Long Live Man

First breath, eyes open, it's pitch black I'm floating in a thick mass, body's frozen, is this witchcraft? I gotta recap, think fast I'm blind, lost and broken, feel weak, trapped out of motion Echoes break the silence, I'm alive and hoping I'm not alone Other minds roam, I hear them speak, feel them in my bones Hear them mutter, slithering whispers, thoughts crawl in my skull Like a billion souls bound together, a blank ball of matter Bathing numb, aging noun, just waiting Paralyzed just waiting for something more Paper rips Paper rips, wood rots, metal rusts Paper rips There will be light And there was light A white flash and it all goes immaculate Slowly dragged through bliss, freed from oblivion We stroll through these halls in the gut of the stallion We walk as one, we ride to the pantheon Below the neons, beyond the fumes Gears grind and mountains bloom (Quantity is quality) Silver giants waltzing, weaving the thread of us Grey sisters crafting Birthing armies as the steel cuts For men we march I see tiled shores Concrete wonders Bright stores, a promise of grandeur Difference is a plague Survival of the fittest We're all the same for we swore to perfection Impotent must be slain Survival of the fittest Mistakes are praised by evolution Fuck We're fucking miracles We're dipped by the ankle in chemicals, our rise is mythical We're fucking miracles Impotent must be slain Difference is a fucking plague We're born and bred to serve Prosthetic sons of mighty man Fresh out of the maiden's womb, shaped by the mother We kneel to the crone, let her blade thunder Slaughter the strange, the noble must be praised All heroes are made in China I am the sword in the darkness I am the watcher in the mall I am the shield I am the shield that protects the comfort of men We are the swords in the darkness We are the watchers in the mall We are the shield We are the shields that protect the comfort of men We are the swords in the darkness We are the watchers in the mall We are the shield We are the shields that protect the comfort of men We are the swords in the darkness We are the watchers in the mall We are the shield We are the shields that protect the comfort of men We are the swords in the darkness We are the watchers in the mall We are the shield We are the shields that protect the comfort of men We are the swords in the darkness We are the watchers in the mall We are the shield We are the shields that protect the comfort of men We are the swords in the darkness We are the watchers in the mall We are the shield We are the shields that protect the comfort of men

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 25, 2026