Hypothetical

As you look on your surroundings From the mountain to the sea You find everything I gave you You see everything but me I am the storm that won't be calmed I am the calm that follows I am the stars that fill your sky And when I choose I'll be in your thoughts I'll be in your dreams All the light you see All the air you breathe As you look on all the hurting And the finger points at me You see freedom in deserting And the cost of being free I painted the heavens, the sun and the moon I know what's beyond them, I know you I know what's before you and what's going to be But now is the moment you'll find me All that you ever thought Will fall to the ground like snow Clearing the air you breathe Whitening all you know All that you ever see Is never the same again Your eyes will be open wide Then you will understand As your science takes you further You'll eventually concede You can only scratch the surface I'm the one who's playing me I am the road that won't be found I am the sign that guides you I am the air that's all around And when I choose I'll be in your thoughts I'll be in your dreams All the light you see All the air you breathe

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

When I speak to you It's in the language of the 20th century people The ones who are the stars of stage and screen Everything I say Has been taught to me by my favorite TV program The one that I watch each and every week Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out If I concentrate I can break through the wash but only for a moment My lucid thoughts are lost and out of reach I would rather fall back into my familiar comfortable persona The one that my TV was bought to teach Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out I can be the hero who can fly around the sun I can scare you shitless I saw how on channel one I think that I'm impressing you with my funny anecdotes I got them from my kid's TV and he's too young to vote We're living in a fantasy but that's OK with me You believe the whole thing too, we're all on MTV Buy into the merchandise and then it becomes real Palpable and plastic packaged neatly on the reel Don't even go outside You will be destroyed Best to stay inside Take the networked ride When I sing to you It's through the haze of mild and modern schizophrenia The one where I am not the man I am If I glimpse the real Then I am scared into the rampant paranoia The one where I am still a TV fan Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, strung out Turn on, tune in, strung out Turn on, tune in, strung out Turn on, tune in, strung out

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

I was much too far out swimming all my life And not waving but drowning First there is an ocean Then there is no ocean, then there is And then we have a mountain range And then a plain and a range again Last there is a desert Then a fertile plain, then dry again Once there was a people Then there were none, then some more did live Then there was a city Then a pile of rocks and a town again Then they made a weapon That destroyed the lot in a cloud of rain Then they raised a temple To a god who died and failed them Then they left and traveled far And then they flew back home again In the gardens of the dead When the disembodied entity said Let there be body, let there be mind Let there be man unkind She gave the reasoning to me And now the guilt is all on me I entered in and my seed spread Generations spawned from the visions in my head We raised it up and we pulled it down We advertised and marketed up town She gave the reasoning to me And now the guilt is all on me I can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out I can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out I was destroyed and I lived again My unborn children strengthening the strain Countless lives marching throughout time Marking out the details of my crime She gave the reasoning to me And now the guilt is all on me I can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out I can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out And the knowledge that I have gained Has been lost again and again and again But it's really all the same All that has changed is the name She gave the reasoning to me And now the guilt is all on me I can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out I can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out I can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out I can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out In the gardens of the dead...

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

Here in the dark I can see clearly All that I am burns on my eyes Nobody knows the road that's before me Nobody sees the darkening skies Here in the light I'll be your angel Under your spotlight I'm learning to fly But one man's perception is another's deception And dying to feeling, I'm living a lie And in my understanding I find no reason You can tell me I'm strong like a gathering storm But I'm lost in my thoughts and I'm dead to the world You gave me sheltering sky but I reached for the stars I said I don't believe in who you are But it's only words Deep in the dark I feel like I'm falling Voices and visions are pulling me down I need you to help me escape from this ocean I need you to stop me from learning to drown You seem so understanding I find no reason You can tell me I'm strong like a gathering storm But I'm lost in my thoughts and I'm dead to the world You gave me sheltering sky but I reached for the stars I said I don't believe in who you are I never thought I'd let it go this far But it's only words It's only words It's only words

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Every time I try to climb a mountain All I find are steeper ones ahead Every time I walk along the highway All you do is push me to the edge I'm not afraid I'm not afraid I'm not afraid I'm not afraid Let the sky become an ocean Pull me in above my head Won't deny my one devotion Lose or win 'cos I'm not scared The higher up you build your walls around me The higher I discover how to fly I'm not afraid I'm not afraid I'm not afraid I'm not afraid Let the sky become an ocean Pull me in above my head Won't deny my one devotion Lose or win 'cos I'm not scared I know the truth of my conscience And I know the lies of my sign I know how it feels to be wanting And I know of the fullness of time I feel a storm across my face as night is falling And I can't see to carry on I know the emptiness of space can hear me calling But I don't know what lies beyond And I dream of a world without shadows And I dream of a day without pain I long for perpetual motion And I dream of living again Every time I try to climb the mountain Nothing in the world can pull me down I'm not afraid I'm not afraid I'm not afraid I'm not afraid Let the sky become an ocean Pull me in above my head Won't deny my one devotion Lose or win 'cos I'm not scared I'm not scared I'm not scared I'm not scared

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

I thought that you were driving Or never thought to ask All the while you left me in control Somehow I'm surviving, it doesn't seem so hard I'm not on this journey all alone And I know the way I'm feeling But I just can't find the words I go my own way, down I fall again I see the sunrise, only taste the rain What you remind me I already know Unless I follow every road with you I take the long way home You weren't supposed to find me, I tried so hard to hide I never thought you'd want to track me down I thought that you disowned me every time I strayed I guess I had it all the wrong way round And I know the way I'm going But I just can't find the road I go my own way, down I fall again I see the sunrise, only taste the rain What you remind me I already know Unless I follow every road with you I take the long way home And I know that I believe you But I just can't keep the faith I go my own way, down I fall again I see the sunrise, only taste the rain What you remind me I already know I go my own way, down I fall again I see the sunrise, only taste the rain What you remind me I already know Unless I follow every road Unless I follow every road I take the long way home

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

I'm doing the best that I can Everything is going to plan If only I can keep my head, my head tonight So when I feel the hardship start I'll try not to take it to heart I only want to keep the end, the end in sight If only I can keep my head When everyone is losing theirs If only I can trust my heart When doubting minds are everywhere If I can keep my eyes in focus Everything will turn out fine If only I can keep my head, my head tonight If only I can keep my head When everyone is losing theirs If only I can trust my heart When doubting minds are everywhere If I can keep my eyes in focus Everything will turn out fine If only I can keep my head I'm doing the best that I can Everything is going to plan If only I can keep my head, my head tonight

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

Caught in the headlamp glare Of your own blinding vanity Mesmerized by the stare Of your shallow personality Gorging the junk food of flattery You drag your fat ego around Everyone floored by the battering You give to whoever's around Trapped in the personal hell Of your own desperate addiction Frightened that others can tell Of your expensive affliction With your happiness based on a chemical You wax lyrical with words so profound When your indulgence reaches that level It's safest not to be around Oh Narcissus, you petulant child Admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes Oh Narcissus, you angel beguiled Unsated by self, you do nothing but die Wrapped in the transparent lies Of your desperate situation You expound on imaginary ties Expecting us to believe them In the absence of concrete commitment You've all the attention that money can buy Not caring that those who still love you Are callously thrown to one side Oh Narcissus, you petulant child Admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes Oh Narcissus, you angel beguiled Unsated by self, you do nothing but die Oh Narcissus, you treacherous child Admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes Oh Narcissus, you angel beguiled Unsated by self, you do nothing but die Hey you dog man, whelp of a litter of scavengers Bolting the flesh of your victims With a ravenous greed You work with your siblings up to a point 'Til your ego is sated or your wallet fulfilled Jealously guarding the bones of your kill With a malice that's born out of fear Running with the pack, your defense is to attack But I detect you in your stealth Because you've rolled in your own filth You hope to gain my trust with your cowardly disguise Whispering such confidences, my revulsion to a wreck You call yourself a friend, you call yourself a friend And when I turn my back, your fangs will feel my neck What is your domain but a barn Where your runts roll in the reek? You would seek to steal my freedom and have branded me a freak I want nothing of your snarling mongrel strain Your smarmy doggerel lies And if these words have singed your fur Consider yourself a whipped cur Gorging the junk food of flattery You haul your fat ego around Everyone's floored by the battering You give to whoever's around Oh Narcissus, you petulant child Admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes Oh Narcissus, you angel beguiled Unsated by self, you do nothing but die

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025