Delusions

Illusions running down my throat Your eyes get lost in the thick white smoke I blow into your face ...Why are you so afraid? We're all standing into a meaningless eternity... Tell me why can't you see right through me? Why can't you see that I am only an illusion? ...Aren't you scared that you'll lose yourself in me? Aren't you worried... That I'll lose my dreams in you? 'Cause darling we are all living a lie We've risen above the depths of our love And now there is nothing to hide our real world behind We can deceive ourselves no more... When will the hourglass break? Do I have to tear our your bleeding heart From deep inside your soul For you to let me in? ...Lying ourselves into a meaningless eternity Tell me... We've risen above the depths of our love Can we accept illusions are all that we have? Is there a truth worthy enough? Is it really worth waking up? Indulging in lies... Reality might just tear us apart?

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 24, 2025

Hush now, the morning's near Her crystal light will wash away all your fear Your teary eyes she'll blind with hope She'll make you believe There's meaning to reveal Make you believe yesterday couldn't be real So wipe your eyes now and be brave Let that false hope lead your way: This frail mirage might just warm your frozen heart Brace yourself... There really is nobody out there To hold your hand - when you are ready to fail Darling hush now... The night is near To bury your pain in darkness and fear And on the dusty roads we ride With nothing but our foolish pride Trying to find the way forward Desperately searching for Who we really are So close your eyes now and be brave Let those dreams stand in your way Their frail mirage might just want warm your frozen heart ...If it's all for the happy days Don't turn around don't look ahead For meaning you will have to face The demons you've erased

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 24, 2025

Could I ever lose my way? Leave behind all that's been Would the world seem the same? Void of memories Those broken moments Never fading, Aching smiles and tears Deep inside I feel It's so insane, so surreal But I know I can't forget And I know I can't forgive Some things just never change Some just fade away No matter how we want them to stay No matter how we try to hold on they're just gone And we have got to keep on living Try loving the moments while they last Leaving dusks behind Reborn in the brave new light of dawn Even if every smile - every laugh Is screaming, aching, bleeding inside

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025

Sneaking, lurking inside the mist Of our screaming ego A lonely, a faded echo Eagerly counting down the days Until we're done with it all Signalling an end to all of those hopeless dreams 'Cause we are so far behind... It's time to realise the here and the now It is the moment we'll miss when we look inside Searching for all that could've been That could've been... We are crawling inside for dreams That will never mean as much As we thought, as we hoped They'll just fade - like a lover's touch But fear not - 'This too will pass' Chained down but alive Blinded by the weight of time Slipping away like clouds... A thousand lies, a thousand fires Burning inside broken hearts A thousand times we fall and rise Aghast at our final demise It's time to realise the here and the now It is the moment we'll miss when we look inside Searching for all that could've been That could've been...

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 24, 2025

Woken by lifeless moonlight Abandoned by dream and night All awake but still inside Trapped behind words too subline Desperation is long dead I am lost and I am damned To watching the world go by Without a trace, without a smile ...Wake me up... My voice drowns in tears As I left go of your hand anf tell you to leave Still I'm choking on unsought thoughts Shapeless ghosts of old memories Desperation is long dead... ...I need to break away, I need to break away or die This pain is too real and alive Suffocating from the inside I wish I knew another way out Another time and place Another life to face Suddenly it all became so clear It's so easy not to care So easy to let go... 'Cause it's in my blood Flowing through my veins and I've no way out of this now But maybe just maybe the other side will welcome me Into the darkness I yearn Into a frail infinity Void of self and memory... But you my darling will stay and realise That you are so lost now Just watching the world go by Without a trace, without a smile ...Wake me up

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025

Living inside a world of reflections Feeding off shadows cloaked as happiness Wrapping delusions in silky webs Stuck to our chests like the meaning that'll make us a whole A nobile goal to live and die for Within our cocoons in cosy and warm Sliding off reality into a rabbit hole Waiting, hoping, screaming for love and lust For our flesh to turn to dust In the midst of our fragile flames We burn and rise Lost in our great demise Ignorance delights inside our little broken hearts And we decide That we have now arrived To a great end that just wasn't worth the ride

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 24, 2025

Anxiety embraced my days again Trapped by your voice I've lost all my strength So close and still so distant How can I live this lie for you? Though I might have been lost for a while I see clearer than ever now 'Cause I'd speak but there's just nothing more to say Words never sounded so in vain You're chasing dreams only meant to break Burying yesterday's mistakes For you it's all the same Never known to doubt just to obey Inside four walls - safe never mind the chains To break free is to lose your possesion It's so much easier to live each other's delusions 'Cause I'd speak but there's just nothing more to say Words never sounded so in vain You're chasing dreams only meant to break Burying yesterday's mistakes Delusions outdated Failures unaided So afraid of changes We'll fall again There's no denying that your words warmed me up inside When I lay awake at night, in the darkness that just grew far too dark But then if you had lied that everything was all right - I never would have thought to fear the dark There's just nowhere to progress from here, Your inept conviction slowly wears me away So lost inside the might of our horrid past oh so glorified... Lost inside stale fables of men Made to terrify, control and bride Our hearts - filled with love Hands covered in pagans' blood Oh when'll we take the fall? For all that's been So we can rise with meaning newly found Inside our own hearts...

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 24, 2025

A stolen glance in the moonlight A subtle touch and I believe again Trying to feel our wary steps In the darkness that is sweet Like the red wine on your lips Just like the illusions that I'll miss When finally all this slips away... Dreaming under torrid ruins The embers fade into the mist And I could scream but I must pretend The world hasn't changed And I'm the same But I know the distance will slowly withdraw And dreams will fade away ...Still the shadows of hurtful doubts Of they fill my sleepless nights... Finally adrift in the shelter of dreams All I see is the deceitful eyes of love... Still your lies are sweeter than any truth I've heard And so, for now, I don't even mind Dreaming under torrid ruins...

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 24, 2025