Manic Impressions

Colors diluted by the lies And painted thick across the sky Have seen all life whither and die I gaze up at this forgery Up at this dark grim tapestry And mourn the world once promised me Beneath this canvas monochrome Wrapped in the shroud of this grey home I'll paint a picture Nothingness surrounding me As far as any eye can see This doesn't really have to be I, deeply from the colors, drink Feel them warming, filling me The comfort that I need so desperately Beneath this canvas monochrome Wrapped in the shroud of this grey home I'll paint a picture all my own So blind beneath this canopy So still in lifeless scenery So pale within this shadow over me The grey no longer satisfies The colors neutral to these eyes I long again to see the sky I search to find a brighter side With eyes so frail against the light Which seems at times to burn me from inside The grey no longer satisfies The colors neutral to these eyes I long again to see the sky Colors diluted by the lies And painted thick across the sky Have seen all life whither and die I gaze upon this forgery Up at this dark grim tapestry And mourn the world once promised me Beneath this canvas monochrome Wrapped in the shroud of this grey home I'll paint a picture all my own

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

The roll of distant thunder breaks The afternoon of silence wakes They hurry through from Petergate as if they know this dance In fury blind I drive at night Across the moors, the open roads Beneath the freezing starry skies, racing in some trance These cities are illusions of some triumph over Nature's laws We've seen the iron carcass rust and buildings topple into dust And as the waters rise it seems we cling to all the rootless things The Christian lies, technology, while spirits scream and sing… Oh, God, I love the world Well I never said I was a clever man But I know enough to understand That the endless leaps and forward plans will someday have to cease You blind yourselves with comfort lies Like lightning never strikes you twice And we laugh at your amazed surprise as the Ark begins to sink The temple that is built so well, to separate us from ourselves Is a power grown beyond control and a will without a face And watching from outside I wish that I could wash my hands of this But we are locked together here, this bittersweet embrace… Oh, God, I love the world And if one day the final fire Explodes across the whitened sky I know you said you'd rather die and make it over fast With courage from your bravest friends Waiting outside for the end With no bitterness but an innocence that I can't seem to grasp I know, somehow I will survive this fury just to stay alive So drunk with sickness, weak with pain I can walk the hills one last time Scarred and smiling, dying slow I'll scream to no one left at all I told you so, I told you so, I told you so… Oh, God, I love the world

Submitted by NecroGod — Nov 09, 2025

All those things that I tried to be, While wandering further from me I 'd choked myself in my apathy, Until I no longer could breathe My heart, and my hand, always reaching… Without you within, I was searching… For something real The fear followed me and tightly closed my eyes. The pain crippled me and buried deep the will to even try… To see so much standing before me And think there was nothing here for me How much more wrong could I be? How much more wrong? The warmth of life had forgotten me And left me so cold and alone But you covered me and placed into me A feeling like none I had known My heart, and my hand, I have traded… With you in my arms I am closer… To something real The fear followed me and tightly closed my eyes. The pain crippled me and buried deep the will to even try… To see so much standing before me And think there was nothing here for me How much more wrong could I be? How much more wrong could I be? My heart, and my hand, I have traded… With you in my arms I am closer… To something real To see so much standing before me And think there was nothing here for me How much more wrong could I be? How much more wrong could I be?

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

I don't dream anymore Yes, they just seem to fade Always stripping me so clean… Deserting me I strive to retain my goals And try to achieve a certain life So I can at last be free Once again allowed to dream I try hard to keep my hold So as not to drift away Still, I cling to hope in vain… To dull the pain I strive to retain my goals And achieve a certain life So I can at last be free Once again allowed to dream Someday I'll understand These aspirations at hand I strive to retain my goals And try to achieve a certain life So I can at last be free Once again allowed to dream Someday I'll understand These aspirations at hand Someday I finally will see My ambition's mortality… Someday…

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

Donning a sweet contented mask Acquiring bliss, a grueling task Adoring a regretful past Wondering how long it can last Frequenting a cold empty void And fearing I am, paranoid Obeying this despondent way The crumbling hopes, the price to pay Contorted veil of false fulfillment So easily explained away…explained away Nothing changes the future past Pretending to the very last Contorted veil of false fulfillment So easily explained away Driving onward, must gratify I'm posing in a satisfied lie Disregarding this emptiness And settling, now, for so much less Contorted veil of false fulfillment So easily explained away Donning a sweet contented mask Acquiring bliss a grueling task Nothing changes the future past Pretending to the very last Contorted veil of false fulfillment So easily explained away…explained away… Explained away…

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

My touch means nothing, it's just a sympathetic mock embrace This pity for you leaves nothing but a bitter taste Persistent lies, nothing but useless words of waste You voice seems harmless through these softened tones of grey But grey is still black Your face is nothing but a transparent fixture Perception is nothing but a distorted picture Expectations are taking in the deceptive mixture Your substance is nothing but a lightened shade of grey But grey is still black A carousel of vanity Apparently persuading me Still all the while evading me Accepting all, believing none Always pretending we are one So meaningless Intentions mean nothing, it's only for the one inside Regression prevented, carried on the truthless tide Cold breath, mistaken, whispers with a senseless pride Your front is nothing, nothing but misted cloud of grey But grey is still black Your face is nothing but a transparent fixture Perception is nothing but a distorted picture Expectations are taking in the deceptive mixture Your substance is nothing but a lightened shade of grey But grey is still black A carousel of vanity Apparently persuading me Still all the while evading me Accepting all, believing none Always pretending we are one So meaningless Your face is nothing… Perception is nothing… Expectations are taking… Your substance is nothing but a lightened shade of grey But grey is still black

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

You've grown into this faceless mask and empty shell And, like a ghost of your indulgence, you wear them well. Still haunting something, by your own hand, lost And you shiver with the chilling sense You've saved nothing for yourself… The lies, the games, Devoid of guilt or shame Now you resent what you became And the reality of only you to blame You wander through each desperate hour and numbered day And long to hold each wasted moment spent in vain Still missing something you've slain so wrecklessly And ignored it through shortsightedness The thought that someday you might care The lies, the games, Devoid of guilt or shame Now you resent what you became And the reality of only you to blame Now you resent what you became And the reality of only you to blame You've grown into this faceless mask and empty shell And, like a ghost of indulgence, you wear them well Still haunting something, by your own hand, lost And you shiver with the chilling sense You've saved nothing… Nothing for yourself… Now you resent what you became And the reality of only you to blame

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

To see the world so differently Had never seemed a crime But still I felt the punishment of disapproving eyes The criticism misconstrued Had driven me away In bitterness which helped create the world I grew to hate 'Round and 'Round and 'Round and 'Round we go Divided by the things we can't show Now, you're standing beside yourself In anger, you hide yourself Afraid for me Inside, is something no words can reach And only that time could teach Now I anxiously await Our Reunion A feeling that I couldn't place A reflection I couldn't face By making you my enemy, it was easy to run from me Naivete's distorted view All the things I thought I knew Now I finally understand what separates the "men" from the man 'Round and 'Round and 'Round and 'Round we go Divided by the things we can't show Now, you're standing beside yourself In anger you hide yourself Afraid for me Inside, is something no words could reach And only time could teach Now I anxiously await Our Reunion 'Round and 'Round and 'Round and 'Round we go Divided by the things we can't show Now, you're standing beside yourself In anger you hide yourself Afraid for me Inside, is something no words could reach And only that time could teach Now I anxiously await Our Reunion

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

Repeat this habitual course To lift this weight which drags me under Treading in my remorse I must stay above the surface longer Shattering… Shattering needed rest Awakened reality I must confront without… These idle hours of sleep Welcome this simple change Find solace in my frequent slumber Leaving the once mundane Escape this world of wretched plunder Shattering… Shattering needed rest Awakened reality I must confront without… These idle hours of sleep Shattering needed rest Awakened reality I must confront without… These idle hours of … …Sleep

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

We have pretended far too long Ignoring far too much Accountability long overdue We have neglected far too long Assuming far too much Hoping out ignorance will see us through We have hated far too long Hurting far too much Feelings of compassion stripped away We have followed far too long Denying far too much Responsibility has gone astray I hope in my heart of hearts With all my soul and mind That it's not irreversible That this isn't all there is We have accused for far too long Blaming far too much Never really able to accept We have doubted far too long Distrusting far too much Our contempt leaves no room for empathy I hope in my heart of hearts With all my soul and mind That it's not irreversible That this isn't all there is

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025