Castle in the Clouds

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The air Is Alive! I’ve waited far too long, been sleeping way too long and now I Take Back My life! I live to roam the earth, and I will find my worth The secret of the Stone is Grave, it lays to waste the hearts of men I warn you do not seek it, turn away while you still can So I go into the Great Unknown I’ll let it Lead where it will, I’ll never be standing still I go into the Great Unknown This road before me will shape my story If you go there will be none to walk beside you Who can share your burden or reach out to guide you (x2) I'll march on all the same (x2) I will show my face I will prove my name I will find my place I will open up the gates There is a great fortress in the air The answer that you seek is hidden there So I go into the Great Unknown I’ll let it Lead where it will, I’ll never be standing still I go into the great unknown This road before me will shape my story

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Take a moment’s time Look to the edge of everything that you have found (It goes forever, and I could never, and I could never, and I could never) Take this wondrous sight See beauty dawning on the edge of the horizon (And I could never, and I could never, and I could never, and I could never) I see far away a Fragile flame hung in the sky A pale cold flower in the night sky, It leads me on it pulls me in and now I’m chasing after the moon and chilling light the land is shaping I see far away a Fragile flame hung in the sky A pale cold flower in the night, planted among the stars and watered in the twilight, planted among the stars and watered in the twilight But I chase it away I move and it moves from me (in reach; out of touch) A cold flame that will not stay I have to catch it before the day Run around, run around till you find it, I hope that this love isn’t clouded by blindness And keep it down, keep it down in your heart now, but never let it fade Don’t let it fade, let it fade, let it fade away Keep pressing on, this love is strong but it may not stay It’s bittersweet, a rose, a thorn, a choice I must make Take in all this space Your kingdom reaches out as far as your eye can see It goes forever, and I could never, and I could never, and I could never Take my thoughts in stride A heart can be so free and filled that it is lonely And I could never, and I could never, and I could never, and I could never Run around, run around till you find it, I hope that this love isn’t clouded by blindness And keep it down, keep it down in your heart now, but never let it fade Don’t let it fade, let it fade, let it fade away Keep pressing on, this love is strong but it may not stay It’s bittersweet, a rose, a thorn, a choice I must make Time's not on my side Can't feel your warmth, where do you hide? Where did you flee? I cannot find you You spoke my name, you flew away, and left me confused Please show your face to me again before the sunrise Time's not on my side Can't feel your warmth, where do you hide? The last Rays of your light are fading The path I'm following along is separating (The path I'm following along is separating) Run around, run around till you find it, I hope that this love isn’t clouded by blindness And keep it down, keep it down in your heart now, but never let it fade Don’t let it fade, let it fade, let it fade away Keep pressing on, this love is strong but it may not stay It’s bittersweet, a rose, a thorn, a choice I must make

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I don't want to feel so broken anymore And I don't want to feel alone anymore I don't want to be here, no I don't want to be here at all I don't want to feel so broken anymore And I don't want to feel alone anymore I don't want to be here, no I don't want to be here at all You were my heart You were my heart You were my heart You were my heart, my heart

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I will not compete this way I refuse to run your race She feeds off all of the anguish and wrath Of those who could not escape from her grasp I wish you could see yourself as I do All these obstructions are tangled round you I will not compete this way I refuse to run your race Turn and run, escape while you can You're just a part of her master plan You've heard the stories and still decided not to heed She promised you, she'd be everything that you need She was an Angel or at least that's what you believed But when you turned your back, you knew that you were deceived You've heard the stories and still decided not to heed She promised you, she'd be everything that you need She was an Angel or at least that's what you believed But when you turned your back, you knew that you were deceived I won't back down, I will hold my ground I won't back down, I will hold my ground You were the world on my chest Now that you're gone, I've got nothing left You've heard the stories and still decided not to heed She promised you, she'd be everything that you need She was an Angel or at least that's what you believed But when you turned your back, you knew that you were deceived You've heard the stories and still decided not to heed She promised you, she'd be everything that you need She was an Angel or at least that's what you believed But when you turned your back, you knew that you were deceived You've heard the stories and still decided not to heed You heard the stories, you heard the stories She was an Angel or at least that's what you believed You heard the stories, you heard the stories Light fires, light fires thanks to your goodbyes Let's start new but start without you I thought you might have been better than this But that ship has sailed and you will not be missed I thought you might have been better than this But that ship has sailed and you will not be missed

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Black bleeding from The skies above Seeping into this parched Earth Savage ink of this world's blood My name is formed, marred across the land "Chaotica" scrawled out by the Withered Hand Feel the power of consuming fear Dread clutched your heart as I draw near A blackened tongue utters my name My hunger seeks more lives to claim My strength rides in upon the wind, an ancient evil was condemned Now wandering freely once again, lurking no longer I descend Where I walk Even the Earth is wise enough to tremble Forms of light curse my life I'll burn the world, swallow it alive Feasting on all those in my way Ripping out the heart of the day Black bleeding from The mourning skies Poured out on all the Earth Hiding from my eyes

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I cannot remember the last time that I could see the shore The black clouds above have wrapped the sky into their deadly fold This tempest all around pulls me down into the ocean’s core Tell me what it is I’ve done that brought about this rain and cold ...The things I left behind Go on and let your rage unwind Here I am. now’s your time I haven’t been that hard to find You think you're so wise and strong I have been here all along Feel my fury, spare your wrath Just another fool in my path You think that you’re All My fears have taken form They've blotted out all the light Cast away by the waves (by the waves) Guiding lights went astray (went astray) -NO- Live, learn, or at least you live Forgive, forget, or at least you forget The sea at storm has pulled me in This is a fight I may not win The sea at storm is testing me Is this my end or destiny? The sea at storm has pulled me in You’ll never harm a soul again The sea at storm is testing me This is for all the suffering Tidal anger pulls me under Tidal anger

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

You've got an Axe to grind and tight closed eyes Your contradictions come as no surprise That you made yourself blind to your own lies I think I'll sever my ties A penny is far too much for your thoughts Your putrid mind corrupts and rots There’s more to you than meets the ear Just nothing that I want to hear Try seeing things through another’s eyes You don't have to lobotomize To open someone else's mind You have become what you despise I won’t waste another moment on your dogma Obstinance: manifested. Blind-eyed, Closed-minded disaffection Spare me your so-called “wisdom” You’re a fake, an arrogant fraud Save some judgement for God You’ve had plenty of practice preaching, why won’t you practice what you preach? (Chorus) You’ve got an axe to grind and tight closed eyes Your contradictions come as no surprise That you made yourself blind to your own lies I think I’ll sever my ties Your idolatry breeds hypocrisy Your eyes are blinded by the pride you see That the elegy that you wrote for me Should have ended up so differently You're a mockery of humanity The incarnation of dystrophy You're a harbinger of catastrophe A plague, pure ruin, you are disease

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

He roams the earth by night He prays to catch a sight Of the thing that escapes his mind It hunts and haunts escapes and eludes It's gone when he opens up his eyes It’s nots living when you’re dead inside I’ve been through Hell, I’ve tasted heaven, I’ve walked the road that joins the two Now I’ve lost myself somewhere inside of me and I'm not sure what to do This past year has been the hardest time of my life and I would kill for a rock or a hard place But now the clock has turned, I guess the lesson learned is that The heart of stone shatters into the most pieces It's been difficult and getting worse ever since the start, I burned down every bridge between my mind and my heart The flame that lit my way The Moon led me astray The things my heart once had That led me down this path A wilted fragment of my Focus A hidden thorn among the roses

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

I’m so tired of sleeping and sick-to-death of this illness and Each day I can feel as the stronghold of my mind Slips out of focus, away from these dreams Heart beaten down, torn at the seams This can't be the end of everything that I've done All the darkness in this world could never block out the sun There’s no evil that surrounds us that can outweigh the good Bound by the light, lifted up from the ground where we stood Vitality is gone from me, my apathy a eulogy That reads: “here lies a tragedy A hollow shell of what was me” You’re a skeleton of your former self, and I can see that you lack a spine I fear there is no cure for this Lethargy-wrapped narcotic bliss No shock that can awaken me No force to break this apathy Wake me up, wake me up, I'm far too dead to die I can't remember how long it's been since I last saw sunlight Wake me up, wake me up, I'm far too dead to die I can't remember how long it’s been since I saw any light Vitality is gone from me My apathy a eulogy That reads: “here lies a tragedy A hollow shell of what was me.” Restore to me vitality

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026

Years spent roaming Through countless nights This road before me The end in sight It Falls Around The fortress walls they crack like brittle bone Hear the sound Magnificent and full of horror Go live your life outside of the shadows Be a voice, not an echo I stand on battered feet From the ground beneath I can’t help but think it’s the end My path ends here Stained glass falling everywhere I see it passing through the air And past the broken shroud I found: An end to my life on the ground Stained glass falling everywhere I see it passing through the air And past the broken shroud I found: An end to my life on the ground Look around at desolation See the fall of the creation A fear was born of insurrection: End of my life or a new start? Far beyond the moonlight’s reach I have traveled looking for the fortress in the air that I was brought to seek Led by the Stone, away from Sea Finally I have found meaning to my quest that has always been inside of me But the fortress walls crack like brittle bone They reveal the Secret of the Stone Live for Life without the fear of Death Glory fades and the Grave takes the rest It Falls Around The fortress walls they crack like brittle bone Hear the sound Magnificent and full of horror Go live your life outside of the shadows Be a voice, not an echo I stand on battered feet From the ground beneath I can’t help but think it’s the end I’ve faced my fears, I’ve fought my doubts What I found was a Castle in the Clouds I see the walls of the great Castle, so strong against the attacks Crumble before their own dead weight, and spread a web of cracks There’s more to life than death And seeing is only believing for the blind But Death and I are the best of friends We’ve been close so many times Through forests and plains I have wasted away Over mountains and glaciers my skin turned to gray I gave up my home to travel alone Into the world, leaving all I had known LISTEN TO ME In every trial from far away I have been here with you each step of the way It Falls Around The fortress walls they crack like brittle bone Hear the sound Magnificent and full of horror Go live your life outside of the shadows Be a voice, not an echo I stand on battered feet From the ground beneath I can’t help but think it’s the end

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026