All We Leave Behind

Are these words truly real? Spoken as whispers, heard as shouts Am I shattered without you? Am I clouded by doubt? Through the echoes of my soul Thoughts of anguish, fear unknown Am I fragile without you? Now I’m anxious again My mind conjures thoughts of damnation So hard to find some peace Beneath sorrow is hope Release disgrace inside I fell behind the race of life And with you here, I can catch up again There's comfort in this place With you by my side, there is promise A shimmering path to the exit So long as we can hold onto this A midst this storm, Share your strength A turbulent stasis This is the face of transcendence I fear what I'll leave behind Will be devoured by the chaos of time Don't stray too far Can't stand to think what I'd do without you Beneath sorrow is hope What good will I be? Release disgrace inside What will become of me? I fell behind the race of life And with you here, I won’t give up until the end I will cherish your existence I will never forget your pain Embrace this transition And become what you have always dreamed

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Time is drifting by Life’s great mystery is blind We’ll never know Tyrants hold their grasp Existence will never truly last Fictional flow I’m falling below Crawling, dying it’s the last time I’ll cry for help Just like summers end The leaves they fall, wither, and die This is where it began Searing sun will blind our eyes Sparkling stigma in a flash of light Pale remembrance of our genesis Who is this stranger so vaguely familiar A specter of my past self, illusions from another life Behind shadows Inside this room Suppressed gallows The mind consumes Alone I die, alone I die, alone I die Devoid of consciousness Enthralled by emptiness so vast We are waiting to pass dreams I’ve had are drifting aside A vague glimpse of the soul A burning wildfire grows on the horizon We must turn our back on tragedy And embrace the wings of change Behind shadows Inside this room Suppressed gallows The mind consumes Alone I die, alone I die, alone I die Tragedy consumes, comprehension abhorred Perception twists a temporary form of being Alone we wait in this ever growing black Where are we going? An agenda unannounced Will we awake to meet the dreamers? The makers of our consciousness This is unstoppable, relentless I question our existence This is who I am? Is this what we are? Intentionally accidental? On this island in the cosmos We await our final form Primordial destination Evolution is reborn I sense the unknown And it feels like home The gardens of rejuvenation Hide the pains of devastation Alone we travel in a sea of dreams And consume a tragic nostalgia

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Through this great reach, inside a storm Chaos consumes my internal war And life’s beauty, forever destroyed Like flowers that wither, expression has slipped away Has slipped away... Why should we commit to a perfect life? Show me how that could be And make this all worth while We are just a tear in the fabric of time So why do we endure and suffer through all these trials? Chaos consumes this ever shifting world All things beautiful are bound to be destroyed Why should we commit to a perfect life? Show me how that could be Make this all worth while We are just a tear in the fabric of time So why do we endure and suffer through all these trials? And suffer through all these trials We are suffering The great lengths we go to discover the truth We lose ourselves in seeking permission Comfort of endless knowledge We can't be trusted with The wind moves us in silence We flow with its violence Tenderly we reveal Throes in which we conceal Agony, punishing Desperate thoughts remain unseen We are slaves to our guilt We reveal against our will We conceal our true self Agony, sacrifice Remains unseen We are slaves...

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Outside this place is a home And it seems so far away Though I wish to return A part of me wants to stay Forging a war torn path Hidden away from the light of day We've gone too far to disappear From the hearts of our home My final breath is almost near We must keep pushing on I cannot die A gripping, crushing fear I will not die Is tearing me apart Will anyone see what we've done? Does it really even matter? (I hope we make it out alive) I cannot die The clarity of my mind I will not die Separates me from my heart Singeing the last shred of innocence I thought would still remain An essence of our mortality Left behind on this campaign Within our hearts has a place The dogs of war reside I cannot die Within our hearts I will not die The will to survive Death comes in a brilliant flash The volley explodes to my right Tearing flesh through to bones On this September night Charred flesh, mangled limbs The cries of broken men Inside our hearts A frozen place Inside our hearts The dogs of war reside Inside our hearts, the dogs of war

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

We are committed to the unwavering comfort of all things constant A futile dream, a fleeting conscience Forgive me, I blamed you For all the pain that still resides Confounding discomfort, so I stayed away As time goes, I crumble My bones are buried in these sands I’m broken, I’m bleeding From these scars and all the lies I’ve said The shadows Rise around me That sinking sensation Is coming back again Drifting away, been feeling that I’m floating Dreaming away knowing this old soul is gone I want to blame the morning for decisions that I’ve maken I wait here, still in mourning contemplating choices still to come For too long I stayed away Avoiding the glare of the watchers Among the silence The sunset The World Breaking again, been thinking that I’d become Buried again seeing this old soul is torn Finding strength in shattered remains These dreadful moments bring experience and wisdom is gained I need to change before the sunrise I hide behind a false facade Pushing backwards against the tide Resistance is growing across the wind Falling, fading beneath the rocks Spirits are burning beside the sun Now, this is a silent time Among the sunset, deep in reflection I won’t follow mistakes, repeating the sins I’ve done I’ll be a beacon of hope this time Reflecting to fading skies Shine I see my fate, the sunset that consumes me Consumes

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

That feeling of overwhelming fear A coma like stasis devouring me Irrational thoughts start to permeate I am destroying myself Entering a dark world I see life defeated Don't recognize myself anymore Sinking, discouraged My friends turn their heads To see a familiar face Will they turn away? I hold my breath and wait Trembling with unshakable fear Embracing a new form This desolate place Can't be mine I smash the mirrors Can't stand my sight And to the ones That have been broken Find compassion You’re not outnumbered (Something Terrible) It's not easy to forget A day of tragic assemblance The smells, the taste Too bad our memories can’t be replaced We seem alone, but not for long (Are we dreaming this Subjective state of perception) We seem so alone, but not for long (Can we reach out and receive Make contact with what’s beyond) Worthless, vacant Empty, transparent Remember Regression I taste the burning ash Hot death upon my breath These widowed thoughts, lost minute I rush around my mind But I am standing still Panic and confusion, typhlotic Bow down to the shame I feel that’s living upon my face Shattered windows in the halls I can feel the emptiness upon this home Decompression Isolation Away from the poison

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

I open the door Smokes in the air Where a flame has gone Lost extinguished love I try to retain All my dignity But my knees give way Through my veins I fall to the floor The guilt is here once more Through the years amassed Time has never passed My eyes are alive A river to my soul In my confusion, I'm awake I'm painting all the lines I sense your resonance I feel it in my hands But it slips away Like a dream These thoughts i can't control I’m deep in a daze Am i alive? Is my soul awake? I look into my eyes I see you hiding there You haven't left my soul You're a part of me Won't let you go Let you go Fear is the truth you must all feel, Calling us We are blaming our life, Down Inside Bow down, its okay, feel the air now, calming Dear one you and I are kismet, and beyond Pulses dancing with the worlds , truth begins Feeling the earth, the suns up high in the heavens reign Again shadows fall I will be there You haven't lost me and you'll never Forms are endless Spirits remain in the circle For you will see This universe never stays... still...

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025