Inner Universe

We think we’re part of the free world, but we’ve never been so wrong As time is being moved out of joint we cannot imagine any defiance Somehow thinking that we’re unaffected when we stand against the racing standstill We’ve lost the will and resolve to move away as all alliances have long been broken apart Our hearts die somewhere in silence In search of resolution, in the name of progress What was set in motion has spun out of control If truth is spoken at the end of all this And what will be heard we cannot imagine And I feel this is how the story ends Our lives now derailed by momentum We cannot see the outcome anymore We’ve lost all hope and vision to make it out Deluded by profusion and unrelenting need So we wander alone as all that is solid melts into air Lost in isolation we cannot prevail against these odds Our minds turn into overdrive to endure this terminal state of being In the face of revolution, in the name of progress What was set in motion has spun out of control If truth is spoken at the end of all this And what will be heard we cannot imagine And I feel this is how the story ends

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

A whispering silence, a call looming from beyond A longing for sleep that brings rest from all the grief Past friends, past lovers, past all the earthly content I found volition in self-abandonment See the fortress wiped out by rain and hail standing in the dim light of an evenstar Breaching the core; exploding into a thousand gleaming sparks for all to see The storm is settling, the fortress lies in ruins, just to be built anew Staring into the void black static fills the eyes I’m driving the blazing lance into the heart of darkness So for all the deeds left undone; all the words unspoken I bid thee farewell my friend; forever fare thee well Or can’t you hear the whispers in the deep? Flickering flames are slowly gathering to burst into a new sun A star born from the gaping hollows of a lonesome heart This legacy of a broken soul Carry it out into the world, so the new disciples, they shall follow the longest trail At last he is calling me home, back into the mirk I bid thee farewell my friend; forever fare thee well A few moments may remain to stand atop the pantheon of dreams Its shadow cast into the emptiness inside Victorious beneath the wavering stars and scattered clouds

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Offworld to a place where fortune lies Far from this smeared neon glow and rainy nights Down here where no answers were to be found Driven to escape without avail and against all odds A new life awaits you they preached, asking where we will be when all comes crashing down If all lose ends meet, we must not fail, for with this comes the end swallowing us whole We lay dying at the eve of our days, beneath dimly lit skies, brimming with life As your blood ran cold and my heart stopped beating Now embraced, our mortal remains Still we’ve seen like pyres on the firmament, these glorious bursts of posthuman transience The scent of burning flesh filled our nostrils A blissful feeling of victory pulsating within It was a call of destiny and we answered We held the day in the palm of our hand Once echoing threnodies for the fallen, now silenced by time I’ll tell your fervid heart what it was like to be alive Of flashes of light piercing through the darkness I’ll tell of signs of struggle, now long forgotten When memory has become corrupted and we’re long gone

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

When there's nothing to rebel against When we can’t see beyond the obvious We’re falling victim to shortsighted social constructs Break’em down to the essential Now take a good look and see Claim the moral high ground and set yourselves up for the fall Our public discourse poisoned by self-righteousness We are so afraid of all that is real Confirmation bias is all that we seek You’re caught inside the echo chamber Forge ahead as the leader of movement As I try to free myself of this delusion by entering a new state of revolt These dead letters pass for a better solution So we’re just as guilty as our fellow man Nothing but fact resistant beliefs A statute of emotion not thought I can no longer stand this complacency As I cut off this nefarious stream of words For in this debate there’s no place for reason or logic All hidden in self re-assurance No normative sense of self You’re caught inside the echo chamber Forge ahead as the leader of movement As I try to free myself of this delusion by entering a new state of revolt These dead letters pass for a better solution So we’re just as guilty as our fellow man

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025