Vainglory

[Instrumental]

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

Words as sharp as knives, bite your tongue or the rest will follow. What makes a man stems from the inside, paralyzing the outward of our being, shows who we truly are when the masks are shattered. This substance that holds you up won’t last long, a fake persona can only get you so far. There’s no light, it’s so dark inside, help me understand, was it ever even there at all? How have you become so blind? The mask is so clear to see. The blood on your hands of the life you led means so much more when this is all you have left, when facing the end and nothing but regret. Will you not repent? Open our hearts, give us grace we don’t deserve. With our drug of choice, the sin we blindly follow, it’s time to make a choice, come clean of the wolf in sheep’s clothing. You’ll never escape what you have coming. Put to death this false concept of seeing. You will stand at the throne with nothing left. Open our hearts.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

I’ll take these words like a beating, but they are far from the Truth. You will find meaning when you realize this world is not about you. Where’s the compassion? What rank are you to tell me I don’t belong? Pride comes before the fall, you are not God, you never will be. When this is over, you only make enemies, you were made for so much more. Oh to love with a purpose and lose our arrogance. The more you put yourself on a pedestal, the more wrath will be given to you. Harsh words try to destroy the hope inside. I see who you are, where you’re heading, this path leads only to Hell. Venom dripping from your lips, wounds the ill, I know you see it. My hope will not die, this world is not mine, I’m not God in it, stitch the mouth and show compassion. We are not the same I see your intentions, they try to tear me apart, you love yourself with death in your heart. We are not the same. We need to love and get “me” out of the way, you are not God, you never will be. Your words are venom to the broken, and I’m broken, I will love you and you will hate me. We are not the same.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

Staring at the canvas of life What seems to be evidence is deception You know it but don't want it Itching ears will hear what they want to hear Ignorance distorts reality when we are all living in a fantasy with what we want and see is how it must be Buy into what we think is fact is an illusion To cope with our selfishness I won't be deceived Your tactics won't affect me A war is raging Will we be consumed? We are infected with symptoms untreated We fell for the lie to be immune of the poison pouring out to destroy Consume Stay away Ruin lives so precious With deceit to believe There is nothing more than what we see Get out of the way You can't ruin me This is the struggle of good and evil Lean towards concepts disguised As an excuse for our sickness It's a fake We were created to discern Not everything fed to us is fact Keep deceiving with your lies I know the canvas doesn't end when I die I won't be deceived Your tactics won't affect me A war is raging Will we be consumed? I won't be deceived Your tactics won't affect me A war is raging Will we be consumed? We are infected with symptoms untreated We fell for the lie to be immune of the poison pouring out to destroy Consume Stay away Ruin lives so precious With deceit to believe There is nothing more than what we see

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

How long will this happen? We are wrecked, turning to idols to satisfy the hunger only You can fill. Worthless, our attempts to find comfort in the emptiness of this world. They choke us out thinking we will find it, pour more salt into the wound. This won’t be my end, I have just begun to know what it means to live, forget this, I am done with emptiness. There is more than what this world will tell us to live for, the cares and the burdens will no longer be concern. I will leave everything and watch it melt away with greater purpose than self sufficient therapy. I will not go quietly, too long we have listened to the lies that only drag us down, they choke us out until we die, I will never die like the rest who get swallowed alive. I will never die.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

I know this is real and that’s all I need to keep me going. My soul will plead until the end. I’ll take this to the point of no return, no reason to look back. Truth has been set, my eyes have seen a new life hidden in the depths of repentance. Good bye, try to hold me back, what I was, now forget. Decisions have come with resistance coming at full. The plot inside us all is longing to control, but I won’t let it with the power that I have been given. Try stopping me now, this is real, there’s no reason to doubt. I belong to You, what should I fear when I have freedom from understanding my desperate need for more than highs, more than highs so temporary. I don’t belong, still You call me Your own. Still You call me Your own. I’m pressing forward for You until the end, no looking back, You saved my soul, I won’t forget.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

We stand in awe of You and what You have done, the work You do is all around to prove You are God. There is nothing more we need to see, You spoke existence into being, and speaking, all goes down in flames. You look at us with love. We can’t grasp what You offer, another chance for redemption with Your power. You hold all things together, and in an instant, this will all be over. Give me a voice to speak for the weary and the weak. To show what You have done, with a heart of stone and death, molded into beating flesh. I swear I will stand by what You have done to give hope where there was none. I swear I will stand by what You have done, You are King, Alive, Death trembles at Your voice. We stand in awe of You and what You have done, the work You do is all around to prove You are Good. There is nothing more we need to see, You spoke existence into being, and speaking, You have revived me. I can never give You enough credit, I have seen what You have done, I can’t go quiet. You are who You are, and who You are is Love. All praise to Your name, You are king, forever reign.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

What will they see? Conviction? Corruption? Actions are dead when they don’t add up to the words that are spoken, there’s no justifying, no getting yourself out of this. You reap what you sow and then some more, they see you for who you are. Which side will it be? There has to be a difference from the rest. Don’t claim to be what you’re not, condemned we stand condemning others when we are the worst of all. We will never attain perfection, humble yourself from within. If others don’t see the difference, don’t boast anything. We are set apart, so live it. Who will they see when they are beaten? Unloved? Mistreated? And forgiven? They will know we are different by how much we love them. This is my plea to you, remember the love given to you that you did not deserve. They will know, we are different by how much we love them. They will see a difference, they will see love. Live it out.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

Can You hear me? Is my voice loud enough? Why do I hear silence? I am restless. In this moment, quiet is getting louder. I’m left here waiting, when will I get my answer? Hear me at the moment when I lose all. Don’t give up on me, I know I’m frail and unclean. I need strength to get back down on my knees. How long will I hear quiet through the trials and the violence that threaten my thoughts screaming I’m alone? I’m not good with intentions to reveal my cause. You have spoken, my hardened heart shut You out. Forgive me, I know I’m selfish, unworthy. I am nothing without Your love for me. I said not to You with how I want everything. Your silence has been screaming while my ignorance has left me deaf to your calling. To Your meaning, I know You hear me, Your silent screams leave me undeserving. This time I’ll shut up and learn. This time I’ll learn to listen. You can hear me, my voice is loud enough, it’s not Your silence, it’s my ignorance. Hear my voice, renew my mind, speak to me.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

The time is now, hear His voice whispering your name. Seize the day as a chance for a new beginning and an end to the burdens strangling, taking the air you breathe. The search will be over to fit in, to belong, hope is knocking. Say yes to the call replaced with a hole, wanting objects to fill that will never fill enough. There has to be more than the brokenness, more than the dead ends. We are longing to be more than used for nothing. This is now, a time to find where I fit in, time for a change, sick of the same thing over and over again. Why go in circles that are useless, a never ending path of failure and disappointment. It doesn’t have to be like this. You are wanted by someone whose love never ends. Hear His voice whispering your name, seize this day as a chance for a new beginning. Wake up! It doesn’t have to be like this, it doesn’t have to be this way. It doesn’t have to be like this.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

What’s the point to this if we cancel out the reason for hope? What’s the point to this if we trust ourselves to make us whole? There is only one answer, there is only one You, to fix this disaster, to fill us with Truth. We hide behind so much pride when all You want is us to be new, like never before I’m asking You, change my heart for good.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

What have you done, think you deserve anything and everything? That’s not how it is, we are the ones who justify everything by the deeds we possess, adding up righteousness. When they are all ashes, they will never make us blameless. We are guilty for the crimes we commit and keep repeating. We cover them up with a front. When will we realize we are the source of chaos? Our works are rags turned into ashes. The good we have done does not reach salvation. Our motives reveal death, living forever is a gift. Simplicity has left confusion, an image of what good means has been tainted with our disease. Reaching for that image will slowly kill. Corrupts, to destroy everything at will. You came to us to prove Your splendor. We try alone and fall into destruction. Our efforts are meaningless, we can’t save ourselves. We will fail, our attempts are void. It’s not what we have done but everything You have done for us. What You have done for us. We can’t save ourselves, we need Your help. You can save us, You will never fail, You are the one to make things right despite the cover up that we are fine. Our works are rags turned into ashes. It’s not what we have done but everything You have done for us. What you have done for us.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025

I want to get this out of the way, You know where I stand, I’ve been hanging by a thread. I’ve been bruised, in return I put You to death, I’m a mess and You see me for who I am. This has gone on for far too long. Shifting blame to others instead of myself, I know I have gone wrong. Frustration has put me towards the end of the rope. Deny myself to make You first is harder than everything. Promise me Your word, if I forfeit will You lift me up? Promise me Your cure if I confess will I be made new? If I confess will You be there with open arms? I’m at the end, give life to this body that’s dead. I’m dead. Pick me up as I fall. I know who you are, I’ve seen you hurt, I’ve been there all along, I am your deepest need. You can’t replace Me. I see you as you fall, My arms have already caught you. You are everything to Me, what you’ve done, I paid the price to set you free. No one can come against Me, I am Just, I am Love, I am Glory. I’ll meet you at your deepest needs when you are weak and My promises I will never break. I’ve been true to you when you turn your back on Me. I knew who you were before I let you breathe. I will heal your deepest hurt and hear your every cry. My name is Jesus Christ, Resurrection and the Life. I am Life. If you believe in your heart and confess with your tongue, I will save you, I love you, your battles I have already won. I am Life.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Dec 01, 2025