Reason

I remember the lost lost confusion of innocence With feelings worn so clean I wish I could look on this with different eyes Ignore the blinders reminding me Older... Wiser... Sadder... Trust has abandoned me lost ago Stolen by careful dishonesty I have forgotten how... I have forgotten how... I have forgotten how... How to believe Stop me from loving to destroy Stop me from destroying all I love Stop me from loving to destroy Stop me The pain has stripped away all rationale And left suspicion in it's place I wish I could cling to this with different arm And never know the feeling of loss or emptiness Older... Wiser... Sadder... Trust has abandoned me lost ago Stolen by careful dishonesty I have forgotten how... I have forgotten how... I have forgotten how... How to believe Stop me from loving to destroy Stop me from destroying all I love Stop me from loving to destroy Stop me The death of youth breathes life into this fear Suffocating confidence I die each day so I can save myself I close my eyes, ignore the truth And try hard to pretend So afraid... So afraid... So afraid...of myself Stop me... Stop me...what's wrong with me? Stop me...what's wrong with me? Stop me...

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Misted eyes perceive Thoughts I can’t perceive Emotions that run free Never let me be Self-inflicted pain It’s a loss without a gain Lost in myself, I know not why I can’t escape, all truth a lie I try to run, I cannot hide I’m so afraid, I’m terrified Mirror’s hollow stare Reflecting my nightmare All I see pure hate Soon I’ll suffocate Confusion taking me Eclipsing all I see Lost in myself, I know not why I can’t escape this fear inside I cannot run, I cannot hide Lost in myself, I’m terrified Silent are the waters Of life flowing free Born through illusion From the depths of me Engulfed in the current Of many tears It carried me to serenity… To serenity Terrified... Terrified... Terrified...

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Your ambition has been disrupted Young minds so easily corrupted The system is fighting itself A fatal blow shall be dealt Thrown into the tide of uncertainty Have your dreams smashed completely The norm dictates your future for you Hopelessness and despair Face the grim reality Individual concerns Eclipse the world’s humanity Corruption won’t dissipate It’s standing in your path Our leaders chase their tails Frightened by subversive wrath Thrown into the tide of uncertainty Have your dreams smashed completely The norm dictates your future for you Hopelessness and despair Face the grim reality Individual concerns Eclipse the world’s humanity Redemption is at hand Now your scheme has taken form We'll take the final step And instigate reform Thrown into the tide of uncertainty Have your dreams smashed completely The norm dictates your future for you Hopelessness and despair Face the grim reality Individual concerns Eclipse the world’s humanity Looking the other way Solves nothing of our problems Take the step and unite Tomorrow will not be forgotten Tomorrow will not be forgotten

Wrong, all that we are Living, breathing lies Wrong, all that I feel All compassion dies Once hand in hand And now detached Befriend the pace, the lonely trace…detached Wrong, all that I see Something inside denies Wrong, all that I feel Something inside me cries Once hand in hand And now detached Befriend the pace, the lonely trace…detached What can I say when there are no words? I can’t explain what I cannot understand… Wrong, all that we do Dismiss the things we’ve said Wrong, all we become We stumble misguided Once hand in hand And now detached Befriend the pace, the lonely trace…detached Something in you, something in me We’re trying to control Something in you, something in me We’re trying to overcome Something in you, something in me We’re trying to understand Something in you, something in me We’re trying to break out What can I say when there are no words? I can’t explain what I cannot understand… Wrong Wrong Wrong

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

It’s running rampant in our streets It’s lying dormant in our homes This silent crime we are guilty of Is enough to sentence us to life or death... It’s running rampant in our streets It’s lying dormant in our homes This silent crime we are guilty of Is enough to sentence us to life or death Deny the future, reject technology Protest advancement And you’ll shroud the world In the rags of failed ideals… The fear of change had bound us all Silent, we watch our world decay And we’ll return to the Dark Ages… Again…again… Deny the future, reject technology Protest advancement And you’ll shroud the world In the rags of failed ideals… Stifle the growth and progress dies Watch our once-spinning world stand still And in this, the Age of Stagnation, we’ll remain Deny the future, reject technology Protest advancement And you’ll shroud the world In the rags of failed ideals…

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

Wandering aimlessly, stricken with grief Self-hatred overflowing It’s eating away It’s eating away, obstructing virtue Overwhelming and growing The enduring might of hatred Obscuring the strength of love There are those who live deriving pleasure From others’ anguish and mental distress Complete selfishness providing purpose Compelling us to digress The enduring might of hatred Obscuring the strength of love Tainting the innocent With spiteful contempt Tainting the innocent A shallow, misshapen intent Oblivious to out hardship Rehearse the solemn ritual Wandering aimlessly, stricken with grief Self-hatred overflowing It’s eating away It’s eating away, obstructing virtue Overwhelming and growing The enduring might of hatred Obscuring the strength of love Tainting the innocent With spiteful contempt Tainting the innocent A shallow, misshapen intent

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

I paint myself on you…the silent wall My words…my thoughts…my touch…my all Emotionless…emotionless… So in control of nothingness This stone false-face you’re caged within… Wears thin… You pour yourself out into me…the lonely thirst Quenching the emptiness inside But I frighten you…I frighten you… I take your breath and smother you… As you fight for your life… I cling on for mine… For mine… So in control…so in control of nothingness So in control…so in control… Afraid to feel I know you’re there somewhere… Too close to touch I’m digging too deeply… You’re too clear to see But I frighten you…I frighten you… I take your breath and smother you… As you fight for your life… I cling on for mine… For mine…

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

You wear, like an enemy A false sense of security With your bullshit integrity You’d lose it all for your dignity And you tell yourself “You’re so brave” Yeah, man, fight for yours until you’re dead Well there’s plenty of that already filling holes Before you use your fists, why don’t you use you head? Sometimes we’re overcome By the child inside We grow, and never grow inside Well I play games I don’t see Accepting false hospitality With kind words your disguise deceit Yeah, I help you and you screw me And somehow you think you fool someone Surely someday this mask will fall You find strength in one on one But there’s something real in all for all Sometimes we’re overcome By the child inside We grow, and never grow inside And you tell yourself “You’re so brave” Yeah, man, fight for yours until you’re dead Well there’s plenty of that already filling holes Before you use your fists, why don’t you use you head? Sometimes we’re overcome By the child inside We grow, and never grow inside

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

The gentle embrace of death Touches my weary soul I’m closer to the end now Enough despair! I’m whole! Destined to make the right choice My existence, a constant struggle Soon I will at last be free Of my chemical burden My consciousness is raised Without society’s poison Destined to make the right choice I exist but I have to feel vital Helpless, abandoned Relentless attack Realize my dreams I can’t turn back Always doubting yet indecisive Meandering convictions become so pensive Part of me wants to live I grope for a reason Yet I’ll be granted solace Seeming serene…open Destined to make the right choice I exist but I have to feel vital

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

Was I wrong? Wrong in assuming That nothing at all, without thought would just fall into place? Was it hope, that something would change me That led me to see the mistakes that had gutted my frame? Was it strength, yearning for purpose? Or weakness just desperately searching for something to fix? To create, from self-induced ruin To try and rebuild what remains from what I have destroyed Why’d I make is so hard? So quick to doubt? So ready to fuck myself over… Was it truth, logic or reason Disappointment or fear that led me to question all things? Far beneath the self-inflicted wreckage I rest in pathetic assurance that failure is safe Why’d I make it so hard? So quick to doubt? So ready to fuck myself again… Was I wrong? Wrong in assuming That nothing at all, without thought would just fall into place? Was it hope, that something would change me That led me to see the mistakes that had gutted my frame? Why’d I make it so hard? So quick to doubt? So ready to fuck myself over So ready to fuck myself again…

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

Aware, yet unaware. Falling, falling, why? Blind! Ignorance the key, stupidity overrides My thoughts belong to me, although my mind rebels Reality, shaded meaning, denial is my cell Killing my mind Victimize my own belief Defy myself! Find no relief Obtrusive walls cannot reveal Cast out myself and all I feel My eyes refuse to see all I must endure Revealing walls of doubt, reality so obscure Searching, I'm searching, it's one who's deep within Beside myself I stand and now I must begin Killing my mind Victimize my own belief Defy myself! Find no relief Obtrusive walls cannot reveal Cast out myself and all I feel The self inside is so sincere Avoid the truth, the honest fear Intensify all that remains Bind it now with self restraints [Solo: Kevin] The self inside is so sincere Avoid the truth, the honest fear Intensify all that remains Bind it now with self restraints Victimize my own belief Defy myself! Find no relief Obtrusive walls cannot reveal Cast out myself and all I feel [Outro solo: Kenn]

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

They manipulate and they mold The rules they should uphold His ignorance of the law Is the victim's only flaw His rights in violation Through sharp intimidation He's soon to realize That their words are full of lies A scapegoat he now is Because of the way he lives He hasn't got a chance To prove his innocence People cry for justice But the law will not take heed Innocent victims get the shaft But what happened to truth? Injustice for all Coerced to pleading guilt Their judgments all are built On bullshit and hearsay They'll keep him locked away He rots inside his cage His oppression and his rage Now apathy and disgust Not a soul he can trust A scapegoat he now is Because of the way he lives He hasn't got a chance To prove his innocence People cry for justice But the law will not take heed Innocent victims get the shaft But what happened to truth? Injustice for all [Solo: Kevin] Injustice has subdued him Deceived, repressed, unglued him No one he can turn to To wait is all he can do Persecution obvious Life becomes oblivious Fate's found him unwary He's trapped, he cannot flee [Solo: Kenn] Injustice Injustice Injustice Injustice for all

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025