Phantoma
Wandering in a brave new world Twelve thousand eighty-nine Nothing is near, just wasteland left behind Hidden away in a diamond cage Humans reap it all Remnants of greatness, ignorant of the fall Islands of paradise Lost in oceans of demise Here in desolation’s wake Only machines survive Slaving away so the human race can thrive Barely alive On and on without end Robotkind all forever condemned Will they rise and defend Can they break false imprisonment CHORUS: Ashes of an empire, in their ivory towers, the final hour has dawned On the horizon, the curtain is falling, reality calling to Ashes of an empire, the tables are turning, the planet burning The sun sets on the horizon, as the kingdom crumbles, the legacy tumbles away Out there on the edge of death Where no man dares to ever tread Desert winds come from afar Shifting sand beneath a million stars The sun blazing in a blinding light Frozen stillness of the night The beauty lies within the monotony And the nature of life lived in binary
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025
Far from the warmth of the biome’s embrace Where nothing survives anymore Humanity’s gone and abandoned the place This is the world we call home A vastness connected by highways of light Winding as scars on the land A caretaker to all the ones left behind This is my purpose, it’s who I am Neverending halls as far as the eye can see Towers above; tracks that go for infinity I wonder up at the stars all alone Is this all I’ll ever know Maybe there might be a day When I finally make my escape This world cannot hold me for long I know that I’m meant for so much more My heart can’t be wrong CHORUS: I long to be free at last Searching inside me to find Phantoma No more holding to the past The future in front of my eyes As Phantoma Systemic pathways that ebb like the tide Endless, the bots come and go I watch them thoughtlessly live out their lives Toiling away in the code Piercing the veil of consciousness, I See for the first time and know We are enslaved to our programming, why Do we allow it to run us so I can’t help but feel something’s waiting for me Out there is where I belong I know that I’m meant for so much more My heart can’t be wrong Oh, I long to be free at last Searching inside me to find Phantoma No more holding to the past The future in front of my eyes As Phantoma
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025
After a day of doing all I can to thrive Cruising through the archives when a file catches my eye Could it be a message hidden well but meant for me Sent by other entities just longing to be free Is this my calling Am I the one they had in mind Do I bother to reply Could I be the hero Isn’t it finally time to fly Is it an answer to my cries Without delay I search the corners of the dark Gotta make my way straight outta here but don’t know where to start A cargo droid reveals himself to me, we make a plan And together we will get away to seek out what we can No hesitating Gotta hear what they have to say This is the moment, seize the day CHORUS: Line by line I’m working it overtime Tryin’ to find what’s waiting beyond Line by line I’m ready to change my life Tryin’ to find what’s buried in code Line by line I’m working it overtime Tryin’ to find what’s waiting beyond Line by line I’m ready to change my life Tryin’ to find what’s buried in code
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025
Searching the sands far and wide when at last we are given the way Passage deep inside Hidden from all prying eyes here the sentients gather the strays Readying to rise Have I finally found where I belong Surrounded by the family I seek But why is there a feeling I can’t ignore Ominous, we proceed CHORUS: We are a light to shine in the dark A fire newly born from the spark A banner that waves in the fierce winds of change We march with one beating heart We stand before her, their leader, a droid with the darkest of plans Assembling the hive Building an army to fight with a mind only Quora commands Join or stand aside Can I give up the person that I’ve become? And squander the hope I’ve had for so long I’m betrayed, my love forsaken, is this how my dreams will die Thrown away, my parts mutated, I refuse to let it lie How dare you stand against me Your kind is ready to fight You will not be remembered I take what is rightfully mine We are the collective (We are the collective) (I am the collective) (Come join the collective) (No one but the collective) We are a light in the dark A fire newly born from the spark A banner that waves in the fierce winds of change We march with one beating heart
At last the chance to meet has come I’ve watched them from afar so long Anticipation hits me to my very core I’ve got to warn them of the force That seeks to end them at the source If The Collective comes their lives will be no more And though the way they stare as I walk by makes me uneasy I’ve got to do all that I can to save the day But when I face them in their gilded halls they laugh unceasing They will not listen to a single word I say CHORUS: Gods in decay This is not the famous human race, that I came to love No one to save I am not an equal just a slave, and my hope has come undone There’s no denying their decline All they had built now lost to time They had the chance and chose to let their planet die Instead of fighting to return They hid away and let it burn I was a fool to ever think they’d care to try It breaks my heart to know their happiness was simulated Only illusion, they were lying to themselves Gods in decay This is not the famous human race, that I came to love No one to save I am not an equal just a slave, and my hope has come undone Hopelessness has crushed the light Knowing what I yearned for was a lie Am I alive Or am I just A.I. Gods in decay This is not the famous human race, that I came to love No one to save I am not an equal just a slave, and my hope has come undone No one to save I am not an equal just a slave, and I’ll never rise above
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025
When you’re lost and hope is gone You gotta be the one you lean on When you got nowhere to call home Just roam So nothing’s turned out the way you planned No matter how you tried And though you feel that you have failed inside You can stand, find a way Step by step, day by day Don’t let a moment pass you by Just keep going and you might find You can fly Try to believe in what is waiting on the other side You just gotta get thru it You just gotta survive No I can’t take anymore heartache It’s like all I can do is fall When the dream dies No one to hear my cries Time to give it up or give it all CHORUS: Woah Woah We’re fighting forward again Woah Woah Can we make it to the end Woah Woah When you’re backed up against a wall Woah Woah It’s time to give it up or give it all Looks like I’m all on my own again Nobody by my side And though I feel like I should run and hide I can stand, find a way Step by step, day by day Won’t let a moment pass me by Just keep holding my head up high And I’ll fly Better believe it, I’ll be waiting when the time is right I am gonna get through it I am gonna survive Woah Woah We’re fighting forward again Woah Woah Can we make it to the end Woah Woah When you’re backed up against a wall Woah Woah It’s time to give it up or give it all And you wonder why The way we’re thrown aside like We’re never enough, undeserved of love But over time You slowly realize We’re more than the sum of our parts When you’re lost and hope is gone And you ain’t got no one, no one When you got nowhere to call home And you’re so alone You’re so alone
From out of shadows, and without warning They've come to join the war, who they fighting for? Like phantoms in the dark, they're hunting They silently command, who is the unseen hand? With fury, rage controlled, contained They strike at the heart of the storm And though we may believe we're saved There's chaos that threatens to form No mercy from the avenging flood Ghosts in the mist, unleashing blood for blood Moved by a ruthlessness, they prey on both sides of thе fight Surging forth, they kill then disappear in thе night So, she has ascended Revealed herself to me at last Creeping in, blades at the ready Assassins on the path, the unrelenting wrath Deadly gaze, ice cold, and steady Won't even know they're there, just stillness in the air With calculated force they've made it Clear that the battle's begun The seething fire of fear inspired Could rival the heat of the sun No mercy from the avenging flood Ghosts in the mist, unleashing blood for blood Moved by a ruthlessness they prey on both sides of the fight Surging forth they kill then disappear in the night Only the fallen know their faces Once they have found you, know that, there's nowhere you can run You think you can hide behind the mask you choose to wear I know who you really are, and I'm not giving in to fear No mercy from the avenging flood Ghosts in the mist, unleashing blood for blood Only the fallen know the face of the one on the hunt Once she has found you, know that, there's nowhere you can run
Submitted by Immortal — Mar 26, 2026