AFTeRSHOCK
Album • 1997
Pain filters through what I've become The infection spills right through me They say the sands of the hourglass will seal the wounds But my open wounds will never mend Now I spread my arms Embrace me Drive your stake An offering-unto me Entwined by your charms Can't break free Forced to hang but not to die And now I see nothing
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
Decadence surrounds me, But I will not submit I watch subservient demons suck individuality away by the ounce Life burns, I watch it disappear in trails of blackening smoke, life drowns, I watch it sink in pools of hellspawned blood What lies ahead for our children but hazed discord How can they be taught to love their neighbors by those who don't love themselves Divest your entity Now you make love to four inches of plastic every day Where did it start, where will it end You've become a lustful slave to a being that survives as a parasite of weak wills Break those chains of pressure and transcend the cold darkness Drift free with me now my bloodied wounds have healed Just my heart bleeds for you, crucified to the X What lies ahead for our children but hazed discord How can they be taught to love their neighbors by those who don't love themselves Divest your entity I will not now, and never fucking will, divest my entity
Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025
Cast among the waves You reach for me A familiar hand of strength and guidance I must push away As the sky above me grows dark I am paralyzed by pride I struggled with my own freedom As the oceans waves encompass what's ahead Cast among the waves You reach for me A familiar hand of strength and guidance I must push away And now I drift I have cut the cord Chaos drives me forward Blind into dismay Now I rely on whats inside
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025
Identity Expression for me My inner sanctum No compromise Spiritual inspiration is not assigned by the masses Offered answers to questions I have never asked Given solutions to problems I never saw as present As I falsify your lies That were promoted as truths I don't want what's true I want what's real You give to me that which can never be You tell me to reach for tangible goals in an incoherent world Reflect upon a mirror of broken glass Look upon things not for what they appear to be But for what they are (Repeat) You cannot judge what you cannot see, hear, or feel You have judged me evil as I hover in my apparitional state But when we gaze into each other's hazed eyes Which of us really sees the other
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025
You planted your seed Into my very being The season ends Now reap your bounty Harvest all we've grown My throat holds back the pride But I cannot swallow my own heart Our lifesblood drained-Our bond-decomposed Now I cradle the remains as I cry alone Sewn amongst the others Now the unforeseen has come true I fall to the earth again My atrophy caused by your blade Is it true all this time you've sought refuge from another in my soul
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025
Shadows drift across the wall Monstrosities fashioned by those I cannot see, by those I cannot hear, by those I cannot comprehend What's left Consume the poison Expulsion of my own essence follows Extruded by you Have you ever questioned yourself My life burns purity Your weakness tries to extinguish me I have set myself ablaze I remain set ablaze Let me breathe in the oxygen It burns a molten blue My shell may melt away But the sustenance still remains I have cast away your shadows I have cast away your lies All those shadows of apathy have built a wall of self destruction and now that wall begins to fall in upon itself, taking with it all that surrounds Will you ever care
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025
Life is unleashed, let it burn the flesh of those who disbelieve Hear the thunder roll, see the mountains fall Wait for judgement to fall on you Mercy dissipates, anger overtakes The light surrounds, it saturates the darkness that you bleed You cannot pacify the purifying sapient one I ascend above your remains, light unleashed You descend unearthly plains, light unleashed Seething anger fills his veins, light unleashed I revel in your pain, light unleashed Light is unleashed, let it scorch a path to the spiritually divine Now I tread the pummeled bones, that lie dormant, bleached by the light Mercy dissipates, anger overtakes They once were you, all you stood for, all you let yourself be Now they fade, I lift, sovereign is the light I ascend above your remains, light unleashed You descend unearthly plains, light unleashed Seething anger fills his veins, light unleashed I revel in your pain, light unleashed
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025
This track is instrumental.
I'm twisted into a knot that only you can unwind Untangle me so that I may prepare to be twisted again I crave your caressing touch, I crave your loving eyes I crave your enveloping arms, as I'm crushed the pain overtakes me (Ressurect me - Reincarnate me) Thoughts of you fill my mind to the point of emptiness I hear your voice, sweet sounds But sounds are battles on the surface of silence And silent are my screams to you as you burn me I'm left mummified in ice, please comfort me again Grab my hand, pull me close, and together we'll fly away Your branding words of devotion and love Forge the blade I use to cut myself, watch me die I wither into nothingness But with one sweet word, one touch, one kiss, you bring me back to life (Chorus) Without the pain there would be no pleasure Without the sorrow there would be no joy
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025
I refuse to drown in this sea of hate That continues to engulf our earth I believe in the right to speak your mind No matter my opinion on your fucking words' worth Take a look around and see the people everywhere Being judged upon the color of their skin And the length of their hair You choose to degrade others lives Their religion, gender, and race I can deal with your words but your actions go too far It's infringement of rights, get the fuck out of my face (Bridge) You're not a god Freedom of speech can be a catalystic tool In the hands of evil, ignorant, minds If you were the god you think you are I wouldn't want to be part of your mankind (Bridge) (Chorus) I fight because of my anger You fight because of your fucked up pride If your ignorance is your defense It's your fuckin' kind that I despise
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025
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