Midheaven

...And out of the great beyond came a pitch black multitude Here to choose the weakest of our race Hellhounds with the Devil's own face Confused a violent strike with something finally here to guide the way Our faith in order was a mistake Fearful and divine, and devoid of grace They try to run, but there's no escape And the light decayed on that final day, fear crept up inside Night became something more than a trade, a weakness that we all can share Death's glow in the wind, this is the end And I watched as a spiral took shape across the sky It was like a call from the other side What will you do now? The fires of hell are raining down Deep inside you're starting to shake, and are slowly losing ground Everyone is dead. Your bravery is useless Your bravery is useless And I watched as a spiral took shape across the sky It was like a call from the other side, and there I cried Out of control and paralyzed, as everything I once was died No way I'd be dying honorably, if they came and took my life now No way I'd be dying honorably Regrets in tow, didn't even stand a chance So hear me, the final lines have been drawn To build again, to fall again, it's worn me down to the last straw I held on so long to my home, until a tempest came She came in and swept it away X2 Where's your bravery? What will bravery do for you now? X3

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

You make your way, but don't belong I swear you're not the only one Is that what you've been dreaming? Is that what you've been dreaming? There's other ways of staying strong Than keeping out the other ones I feel the light years between what you say and what you mean You won't get through with that phony confidence I hear you speak, but nothing is said You'll be stranded on the other side Endless nights upon endless nights Endless nights upon endless nights You'll be alone Alone to the grave There's a place in all of us, the same in everyone Making right the balances in all of us Aching, burning, growing, learning and building the world around us Until our lives are done, we'll share the same emotions Shed tears of eulogy, then turn to plant our seeds Still you can't hear me Call out your name and try to get through I never hear back, never hear back And my words became a thousand arrows Slicing through the endless barricades So that everyone on earth could hear my call And I watched for you Now I know you're putting me on, you've chosen to Swear off the general population ...And all those around you draw to quiet, your eyes dart across the room But it's just an illusion, the room doesn't exist, there's only you and I And it's almost like we can't fail at all Or maybe we've failed already... what you choose to see is real: A cold dark world of enemies, obstacles you could never overcome Or a bright future ahead So tell the whole world and we'll start brand new Strip the shackles off, let me look at you If you can't reach out like you've been longing to I'll have to rethink all that I thought I knew Call out your name and try to get through I never hear back, never hear back Call out your name and try to get through I never hear back, never hear back from you

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Tap the primal circuit, the current lets you know you're alive Make this crushing power ceaseless and you could capture the world Embracing the electric kingdom, it could all come crashing down Unseen surges coming closer, I fight to defend my denied throne I took selected analysis, that day I never felt more addicted Barely surviving the shock, soon I found myself In a cruel revolving door You said failure, I said, you're turning to... Cruel sources Discredit all I did, you put so much of yourself in these cruel sources They've set you on fire, no-one left to defend my honor from Cruel sources Discredit all I did, you put so much of yourself in these cruel sources Cruel sources I'll change up the trend for the hell of it Then you'll see I never did support it Carving away at the block I became the light I'd so long been searching for You said savior, I said, you're turning to... Cruel sources Discredit all I did, you put so much of yourself in these cruel sources They've set you on fire, no-one left to defend my honor from Cruel sources Discredit all I did, you put so much of yourself in these cruel sources Cruel sources An electric current fuels the lust again Like a feral god I've stepped far outside the lines but I feel no shame Stole the scales and I cleared my name Now try... try to pry them from my dead hands Try... try to pry them from my dead hands Cruel sources Discredit all I did, you put so much of yourself in these cruel sources They've set you on fire, no-one left to defend my honor from you

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Slaving for my solace of mind Digging in the sand until there's blood on my hands Careless to the state I'm in, I've so long been alone I've so long been alone, I can't go on Rain down, rain down and cleanse my soul Flow like a river Forging insight by pagan torchlight In cadence warlike, we draw tears from the sky Because the well's run dry Rain down, rain down and cleanse my soul Flow like a river I've spread out my seed, it's gone in all directions It starts to feel like the promised land is a fantasy And heaven has been swallowed by the desert In a drought without submission, not a cloud in the sky This course keeps getting harder the more I try And I dig up dry bones, and the corpses cry As they open their eyes to see the world's decay This world's a tomb There's a clamor in my heart and it's over Where is my prize It's over Where is my prize, my promised prize? Forging insight by pagan torchlight In cadence warlike, we draw tears from the sky Rain down, rain down and cleanse my soul Flow like a river X3

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Look at me now, I'm losing control I don't know what to call myself I know that I'm sick of playing a role All along I've been kidding myself seeking out a set reality They say sanity is dictated by what the larger percentage of society sees What does that mean? Clearly nothing, clearly nothing Psychology is not an exact science, in fact There is no exact science, though it may seem That means I'm okay, and everything is okay All along I've been kidding myself Life is falling apart at the seams Somehow I'm doomed to go over the same ground in these Compulsive circular thought patterns, over and over, time and again Over and over, time and again I think I've got it all worked out, then I forget every conclusion drawn Every epiphany, gone I felt safe, then the walls came crashing in one day without warning Everything that I thought was stable starts to wash away Can you feel it? It's the motion of the tide Watch yourself now, there's an ocean deep inside You could drown in it. x5 Look at me now, I'm losing control Might even be learning to enjoy the sting of the irony Changing my shape, I slide through the doorway Can you feel it? It's the motion of the tide Watch yourself now, there's an ocean deep inside You could drown in it Watch yourself, there is no ocean deeper than this Watch yourself, it's an endless journey through the abyss All along I've been kidding myself, working equations It's a long walk in and there's no clear way home Everything I was in constant change, I'm not the same, I'm not the same

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

To hit the mark, to bring the rain To take a climb, the path to fame I sat dreaming alone, then it came out of nowhere An all too familiar voice with a false face The voice of the jealous It's less than encouraging, the walls have been closing in Though in droves the masses came, years from now they'll say: From the way out, from the way out Fools rushing over the hills There to watch him fall, there to watch him fall From the way out, from the way out Fools rushing over the hills There to watch him fall, there to watch him fall ...And there amidst a sleepless night it came to me Endurance, endurance, it came to me And now nothing can stop me or keep me in line Get out of the way as I take to the sky It's hard to discern all the motives I see One thing's for sure When the crowds have dispersed and forgotten me And forgotten their dreams, I'll still be all that I am I am more than a clown for you Hear me, and know it to be true From the way out, from the way out Fools rushing over the hills There to watch him fall, there to watch him fall From the way out, from the way out Fools rushing over the hills There to watch him fall, there to watch him fall

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Until you're ready to break, until you're ready to bend... critical condition, critical Until you're ready to break, until you're ready to bend The years will wear down every brick you lay There's more to life than selling your days Money makes sense in the world today, they say I'm not living that way, I'm not living that way Setting off, setting off their alarms, because I've got a voice of my own I won't be a product on the industry line You stand for nothing or you stand alone Leave it to us to cross the final line Can you feel the dawning of our time? Take a moment to turn and see the signs Can you feel the dawning of our time? It's time to wake up and turn the light on, come on Can you feel the dawning of our time? Turn the light on... Setting off, setting off their alarms, because I've got a voice of my own I won't be a product on the industry line You stand for nothing or you stand alone Until you're ready to break, until you're ready to bend... critical condition, critical. x3 Setting off, setting off their alarms, because I've got a voice of my own I won't be a product on the industry line You stand for nothing or you stand alone Pitiful, doing what you're told You stand on the watchtower here in our last hour And say that you know, typical of those that will never see Say that you know... typical of those that will never be free Just like that, they took our strongest years in the name of greed Just like that, made commercials out of our broken dreams As pitch black from factory stacks turns all the world's beautiful colors to gray Empower the rights they can't take away: Raise your voices Echoes of the spirit, echoes of the spirit, resounding in tones that set you free Shout with me, we are awake! Setting off, setting off their alarms, because I've got a voice of my own I won't be a product on the industry line You stand for nothing or you stand alone Critical condition, critical... figured it out because we've all been here before Critical condition, critical condition... we've all been here before

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

You've come to save the world, well what do you believe? What do you believe? X2 So you've been chosen? x4 You've come to save the world, well what do you believe? What do you believe? X2 So you've been chosen by your eyes, by your hands By the choices that you call your own And the price that you would sell your own soul, pay the toll Carry your, carry your last test of flesh and bone We make exchanges as the story unfolds You've come to save the world, well what do you believe? What do you believe? X2 So you've been chosen? x4

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

Who are you, and what have you become? A charming illusion, a source of confusion Another day and you'll win the race A charming illusion, a source of confusion Who are you, and what have you become? A charming illusion, a source of confusion Another day and you'll find your place A charming illusion, a source of confusion Another rise to power, no matter who or when And we will know of our freedom never again, never again A common thread of distance in the hearts of men And we'll have love for our brothers never again, never again We are all the victims of a will to overcome A will to overcome How far we've gone out of touch... There's no right side of war, there's no right side of war You can't justify it... There's no right side of war, there's no right side of war To erase away all that we've become They can't see we're all one A voice cries from underneath "Dark shepherd, strongly though you wield the staff You're weakened by comfort There's no way you're prepared for what happens last." Action/reaction, like an eye for an eye from our tribal days The lesser ones demand reaction You dare to challenge the one universal law that set you up to fall? Do you understand now why your days are numbered? The course of events were a riddle, a pause in time A search for the conclusion as we stood in line Honored our oppressors, and paid our fines Then all became clear as the ferocity inside began To hear the drums of war resound across the land Announcing the fate to shed blood upon the earth: it is ours Doomed to repeat our history There is more than one path to how things could be No time to question how, when or why We simply come together or die To a system of capitalist politicians, false face of a greater power Your empire will fall, bringing about the end of an era Warmongers, your bloodlust to conquer turns the moments of our lives Into a ticking timebomb before creation Counting down the days Rot in your graves How far we've gone out of touch... There's no right side of war, there's no right side of war You can't justify it... There's no right side of war, there's no right side of war To erase away all that we've become To erase away all those we love There's no right side of war, there's no right side of war Who are you, and what have you become? A charming illusion, a source of confusion Another day and you'll win the race A charming illusion, a source of confusion Who are you, and what have you become? A charming illusion, a source of confusion Another day and you'll find your place A charming illusion, a source of confusion Another rise to power, no matter who or when And we will know of our freedom never again, never again A common thread of distance in the hearts of men And we'll have love for our brothers never again, never again We are all the victims of a will to overcome A will to overcome How far we've gone out of touch... There's no right side of war, there's no right side of war You can't justify it... There's no right side of war, there's no right side of war To erase away all that we've become They can't see we're all one A voice cries from underneath "Dark shepherd, strongly though you wield the staff You're weakened by comfort There's no way you're prepared for what happens last." Action/reaction, like an eye for an eye from our tribal days The lesser ones demand reaction You dare to challenge the one universal law that set you up to fall? Do you understand now why your days are numbered? The course of events were a riddle, a pause in time A search for the conclusion as we stood in line Honored our oppressors, and paid our fines Then all became clear as the ferocity inside began To hear the drums of war resound across the land Announcing the fate to shed blood upon the earth: it is ours Doomed to repeat our history There is more than one path to how things could be No time to question how, when or why We simply come together or die To a system of capitalist politicians, false face of a greater power Your empire will fall, bringing about the end of an era Warmongers, your bloodlust to conquer turns the moments of our lives Into a ticking timebomb before creation Counting down the days Rot in your graves How far we've gone out of touch... There's no right side of war, there's no right side of war You can't justify it... There's no right side of war, there's no right side of war No right side of war, there's no right side of war. x2

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Now that we've reached the end, and I'm the only one surviving I'm just waiting for the morning light to touch my skin, warm my heart But I see a dead world at sunrise, a dead world at sunrise And nothing can reverse the state Who now will pray and save my soul when hell ascends and calls my name? I'm alone, so forth and so on Their faces left, I'm longing for death, I'm in torture, torture... It's all that's left of my memories The cold hard truth, bitter and sweet Though I can't touch them, see them They are there, silent... They listen, silent though they listen. x2 But I see a dead world at sunrise, a dead world at sunrise And nothing can reverse the state We are still one Oh yes, I'm back I'm left missing pieces of myself, of myself Missing pieces of myself, of myself, of myself. x2 (...Then I looked, and I heard a messenger flying in midheaven, shouting aloud, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell upon the earth, because of the voices of those who are yet to sound!")

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025