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What the fuck are you What the fuck are you Looking at What the fuck Have you become Through the course of a conversation Ignorance rears its head And I turn away Playing dead Playing dead Ignore what was said Lay down all my pride Bury my conscious behind a smile Playing dead Playing dead Never again Will I compromise This tongue has bled One too many times So I'll stare in the face of Confrontation And I'll spit in the eye That sees in black and white I will not pacify myself I will not play dead Dead, dead, dead, dead What the fuck are you looking at

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Save me from my self save me from giving in give me The distance i need give me some distance so i can Breath wrapped in a cloth of deceit i made this bed in Which i lie but i won't accept this plastic lie fueled By my failure sell me salvation tell me what i lack Make me a product well packaged make me a victim of Compromise behind a shield of denial i made this bed In which i lie but i don't accept this plastic lie can I amend this average existence growing weary of Staring at these walls caught between myself and my Desire for change fueled by failure can i break this Cycle will i stand the test of time i question this Trial of life will i survive this plastic lie

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Conflict driven prince of rebellion wave your flag Proclaim revolution do you even know what you say you Condone rehearse your lines and you play the role do Your best to look the part follower i hear the words You scream but i don't think you know what they mean Like a locust you swarm around the opinions they from Carving a path of destruction through what you claim To support follower i hear the words you say but i've Yet to see this war you wage your words only serve as A means to condescend your actions don't support your Words your words contradict your actions i hear the Words you scream but i don't think you know what they Mean i hear the words you say but i've yet to see this War you wage follower

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Life sacrificed An empty shell they've molded into blind Blind With blind devotion you closed your eyes to propaganda Consume the lies What is this pride you're so quick to convey Pride I'll never understand I'll never understand standing in line Learning to die for those colors that bleed Bleeding away all sense of value All dignity Pledge your allegiance Bow down to greed What is this pride you're so quick to convey Pride I'll never understand I will not bleed I will not suffer I will not be your fucking martyr

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Everyday i become more afraid of the form i take this Person unfamiliar to me each waking moment fixated on Past encounters as i sift through the ashes of who i Used to be i fight this everyday more of the same Bludgeon myself with the hope of resurrecting my dying Dream i fight this everyday words were spilled Carelessly i'm trying to remove the stain i don't want To know the answers you'll give i would rather kill The messenger killing me i fight this everyday i reach Inside to remove the organ that's bleeding the life From this frame

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Slowly draining the remnants of this husk slowly Fading traces of this scar still draining the remnants Of this husk a withering heart blackened by your Consuming flames my tears now fall to dust my hopes Reduced to ash burn it all after all it didn't take Too much to burn the sun out of my sky was it so easy To watch as my dreams died faint senses you left Behind echoed this haunted form and then you buried me Alive so take what memory you embedded in my mind and Cast it to the flame burn it all i want to thank you From the bottom of my heart i want to thank you for Reminding me to hurt this is the answer i knew from The start this is the answer tearing me apart

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

I've heard this before when it meant more the first Time around you made your mark and tore it down Abandoned this for aspirations of fame so why rekindle The flame let it die what are you trying to sell a Feeble attempt to reinvent what you once had the first Time around you made your mark rehash the sound now All those slogans that you wear on your sleeve have Lost their validity let it die this monument that You've contrived that stale ideal does not apply Anymore never be like before better off abandoned Better left alone all those gears have rusted over Time they've grown still still you try i heard this Before let it die

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

fear of falling down once again I fall their best of intentions killed my desire their expectations exceeded mine I tried to appease them though I failed to make them see I never wanted what they wanted for me again again I tried to hide my soiled from the eyes of discipline again I failed to make them understand this was mine before they pryed the motivation from my grasp before they bastardized what I held to my heart I failed and they'll never know how they tainted me they're obligation killed my desire they're expectatiions extinguished the fire once again I tried once agin I failed

Submitted by Morgoth — Nov 13, 2025

What did you expect some kind of character assassin Someone to justify fears that you cultivate and cast You as a victim tell me what is it like to live in Fear of betrayal when every man your enemy when every Man your bane how can you ever expect to command Respect when disgrace and distrust are all you offer The world how can you ever attempt to bury the fear When you don't even know what it is you run from bury The fear bury your demons what were you waiting for a Volunteer scapegoat to take one final stab at your Confidence and kill the last of your trust every man The enemy bury the fear bury your

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Feeding the misconception buying the lie enamored by What you can't acquire label disease mark of the beast Fixated on false idols designed to deceive you consume Their sickness mouth open wide target market swallow And smile

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

I find myself alone Despise the flesh that I own This mirror cuts deep Here I go again Staring at myself Why can't I accept The image I reflect I've become the enemy I am the enemy Judgement plaguing me with insecurity These mirrors hate me Here I go again Staring at myself Why can't I accept The image I reflect I've become the enemy I am the enemy Why can't I just accept myself Why can't I just accept myself Why can't I just accept myself I will never accept myself I will never accept myself

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

This voice unheard if these thoughts don't manifest What was learned in all the time we've spent throwing Stones at a wall jaded by what we once embraced as our Own the lines we used to draw have started to gray Fall from grace have we set our sights on something We'll never achieve making idols into angels loosing Their faith fall from grace all this time we've spent Throwing stones at a wall this voice unheard these Thoughts denied the vision obscured by our content are We just throwing stones have we set our sights on Something we'll never achieve throwing stones into This wall we've made falling from grace

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026