Illumination

Digging in the ground Digging in the mud Sweat streams down my face My spit tastes like blood Hide me with locks from your hair I cannot breathe Bleeding... Dying... Digging... Falling apart The torch went out The room went dark Running in the fog Crawling through the mud Tears fall down my face My spit tastes like blood Cover me with locks from your hair Through my mind My driven mind We both knew Love is blind Insanity is always near Deep in my bag full of fear I cannot see The pain that trigged your screams I cannot see From the corner of my eye I feel them closing in I know they caught the scent of me And then they went for me... I chose for you to stay with me

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

Only ashes and bones remain My hair is wet, my eyes are sore The past has been fed to the flames I cannot breathe anymore I try to stand on my feet, but I fall I try to walk, but I crawl Life – as we knew it, is over And you are gone Forever gone... I will not bend to a cross I will not kneel at your feet Greed and anger Made us younger Couldn't save us when the tower fell All my strength and all my hunger All is lost And none will live to tell I rest in the ruins of days gone by Of young affection and velvet sky A slave to greed... I do not feel regret anymore I sense the presence of birds Encircling me... And I am gone Til jord skal vi bli Dark is the night Dead is the moon I will not kneel I'd rather die Facing my doom I will not kneel

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 25, 2025

Caressing the anger Nothing will ever be the same again At your most beautiful This is my destination Left behind in desolation At your most beautiful Leave me You talk like you know But you don't and it shows She should have outlived me I've listened before but I can't anymore So just leave me I tried so hard to find something that I could believe in But there's nothing there so there's nothing to fear Who's gonna be here if you want me to leave? Caressing the anger This is my destination At your most beautiful Leave me You talk like you know But you don't and it shows She should have outlived me I've listened before but I can't anymore So just leave me I tried so hard to find something that I could believe in But there's nothing there and there's no one who cares Who's gonna be here if you want me to leave? Who's gonna end it when you cannot make it stop? Can you hang on for today?

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 25, 2025

My violent mood swings peak And my hands are as heavy as rocks I have no time and no space I am falling behind Just take me home My patience has all run out And I feel like yelling; – it is too much I have abandoned all charm and all grace I have fallen behind There is no god The night is cursed Loud and blurred Still it rains It rains like hell Rain on empty shells My violent mood swings peak And my hands are as heavy as rocks I have no time and no space I have fallen behind There is no god Screaming voices Ring in my ears I don't want to know their names

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 25, 2025

I've been trying to participate in masquerades The throne's been empty for too long Paradise for those who play along and the fortunate ones I've been listening to the voice at night And he is right I am the chosen one And my shepherd, he has paid my ride I will go with a smile I've been begging for the public eye Now watch me fly Can you see what I've become So expose me – I shall be released When the flesh paints the street I was walking through the valley of the living dead Did not count the tears I shed Always chasing those elusive dreams A drop of blood in the stream

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025

When the morning weeps Endless sky is near And the road you choose By my hand is lead In the morning light All is clean and young And the spider webs Shine like silver threads But you must not fear the dark I will watch over your sleep Until the morning comes All woods have to fail I will watch over your sleep Lead me Please guide me Unchain me Untie me I see your shadow Your shape on the wall But I cannot hear your voice when it calls Can you tell dreams from reality? Can you tell sense from insanity? Sometimes it all melts down And mix into half-lies

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025

Millions crusading against mocking heresy Madmen race to enforce the book that answers all our needs Tongues tuned with razorblades teach us divine misdeeds Our clerics will kill to make us stay down on our knees Another war is over And the pain is almost gone Each wound has been healing We're so eager to move on Tongues tuned with razorblades Still teach divine misdeeds Our clerics will kill to make us stay down on our knees

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 25, 2025

Never knew quite when it stopped Nor when it began Just a chain of happenings Years floating Days passing by Falling in and out of madness Walking on the edge Pretending Faking strength Hiding behind smiles Never knew quite when it died Nor when it was torn Just a chain of bad ideas Years floating Days passing by You may think time stands still, it does not It disappears In the wake Whatever sense it makes We never learn from our mistakes Whatever comfort it might bring Nothingness embraces everything

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 25, 2025

I failed to impress you, and you Feel free to abuse me All has been in vain We're through So please stop pretending Years I spent were wasted on you Words have been spoken My chains have been broken This street has an end, I have failed Never will again My life was invaded by you This image of straws that break against the wind We're through But the world keeps spinning Endlessly I have no answers for you Weight off my shoulders Unleashed No more hiding... Leaving deadlands Release me On your own Bitter and old Dead and gone Carved in stone

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025