Sympathetic Resonance

God, I pray for you, quite the task at hand Dear God, I wait for you, child to a man God, do you hear cries of kindred souls? Dear God, the broken man reaps what he has sown Pray for me, I am not alone Dear God, exorcise strangers from my home So cold the winter of discontent, a lifetime to remember Life seems so animated, neurons firing round after round How illogical, stillness makes my skin crawl But where I run isn't anywhere at all I can't let them take me down Will her sickness break her crown? Why in the name of God would they hold her down? I can't let them put me six feet under One-eyed Pollyanna left out in the rain A stitch in time will mend her fine and on the shelf again Scarecrow and the tin man dancing in her dreams Come the dawn a bitter pill keeps her there, it seems Shelter me, my asylum, shelter me Incarnation of the dead memories Masterful liar, a reflection We are flawed, flawed to perfection In the eyes of a child, cut so deep she'll never ever love again His addiction left her bleeding In the eyes of a child, locked away in a heart-shaped box It holds a secret, she hears it breathing In the end thy kingdom come, in the end thy will be done This and nothing more, quoth the raven In the end thy kingdom come, in the end thy will be done Here forevermore, this and nothing more Rise higher, open your eyes, child All of God's graces you were born to be here Just as you are, child, neurotically wired Rivers of tears won't wash the strand away Rise higher, open your eyes, child All of God's graces you were born to be Will I always see through the eyes See through the eyes of a child? Cross-eyed Mary, quite contraire How does your garden grow? Seeds of sorrow yield tomorrow Harvesting the fruit you bestow Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Walls of shame built brick by brick Sitting in his angry chair Fear became a means to an end In the eyes of a child, cut so deep she'll never love again His addiction left her bleeding In the eyes of a child, buried in a heart-shaped box It holds her secret, she hears it breathing Down on her knees, dying God on a cross of gold No deliverance, tears are seething All the king's horses and all the king's men Tried but they could not put Pollyanna together again Rise higher, open your eyes, child All of God's graces you were meant to be here More than you are, child, neurotically wired Rivers of tears won't wash the strand away Rise higher, open your heart wide All of your demons will finally fade away Will I always see through the eyes of a child? Why do we remember the cold November rain? A stitch in time would save us nine and on our feet again Scarecrow and the tin man, much like you and I A broken heart, you've lost your mind, you become what you deny Shelter me, my asylum, shelter me Incarnation of the dead memories Masterful liar, my reflection We are flawed, flawed to perfection

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

Cry me a river that flows through fields of dreams Through the wings of the nightingale And twilight memories An angel's gentle kiss of lifeless breath within your mind So beautiful the symphony, disjointed and sublime Close your eyes and dream your life away, away Forever and a day, queens of the May beckon you To dream your life away See through the mirror, how it seems ever clearer now Translucent and so surreal, my scars just fade away A passion play of shadows sings a midnight serenade The rush of guilt for all my thoughts comes to light as another day Close your eyes and dream your life away, away This abstract masquerade in disarray You're the pawn, so dream your life away The willow tree I engraved your name A thousand tears, it still remains Cold November rains Wash your blood from my veins And as the hours meld into the years Windows to my soul reveal The answer to my prayers is not the dream, but to believe (Close your eyes) Close your eyes and dream your dreams away, away Forever and a day, queens of the May Beckon you to dream your life Close your eyes and dream your life away, away Sanctuary, I can't face another day So I'll dream my life away

Morning desert sun horizon Rise above the sands of time Come journey to arcana Travel starry spheres in trine Master, they shall fear thee Martyr, they endear thee Father, it was written, so it shall be Mother, yield the pure seed Child, it's your destiny so Hallowed be thy name Under stained glass sky A crown of thorns it intertwines The mortal and divine together Under stained glass sky Sands of the dunes and dust of the bones Have swallowed them and all left behind Gods of the fire fall from the sky On a wing and a prayer Master, they shall fear thee Martyr, they endear thee Father, it was written, so it shall be Mother, yield the pure seed Child, it's your destiny so Hallowed be thy name Under stained glass sky A wailing wall of tears divides The trinity of terror spawning Under stained glass sky Under stained glass sky Under stained glass sky Under stained glass sky Under stained glass sky Under stained glass sky Under stained glass sky, I don't want to die I've fallen from the sky I know what I am in their eyes Truths are only lies told over and over again Pray, tell my hands are tied An infidel here lies Rise the crimson tide of a dead sea Where nothing can ever survive She rose from the crimson tide The maiden dead waters baptized Tears rain from her eyes Drowning the depths of her soul Standing with her maker, giver and the taker Siren from the shore, she echoes the verses And curses them all Living, dying, bleeding, crying Elvin and serpentine under a midnight sun Shadows are dancing, spirits romancing The cautious embrace of a quiet refrain Dreaming, praying, trusting, believing The truth of her testament witness to all that remains Cloaked in silence, shrouds of violence A radical harem has twisted her tongue Dream the last dream, dance the last dance, breathe the last breath A penance for what she dare believe As the tempest rends there's a maiden that mends An interwoven tapestry Shreds of truth in the sacred stratum Embroidered with iniquities By any measure, heirloom treasure Threads of doubt, kingdoms fell This lady she knows all that glitters isn't gold Her stairway to heaven is a matrix through hell Conspiring eyes through a veil of lies A whirling dervish dances in The here and the after, rage for the master It was written so it shall be As they sleep the devil's kitchen Prepares a feast of misbeliefs The collective screams of tortured souls Brought Satan to his knees Brought him to his knees Master, they shall fear thee Martyr, they endear thee Father, it was written, so it shall be Mother, yield the pure seed Child, it's your destiny so Hallowed be thy name Under stained glass sky A crown of thorns it intertwines The mortal and divine together Under stained glass sky, I don't really want to die Under stained glass sky Round and round and up and down the dervish goes Where his tempest rends, the prophets have foretold Maiden who knows all that glitters isn't gold Sacrificial lamb, hallowed be thy name Under ashen sky Continents they can't divide The interwoven tapestry The fabric of our lives

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

I am over my head, the river that sustains became a waterfall Don't let go, I'm in too deep and I can't breathe Under, pulling me down, the long arm of the critic pathological And I digress, I know I'm not the only one I know I'm not the only one On the fence again Means have met their end The winds of change around the bend And I'm on the fence, my friend I stand close to the edge, the crystal fault gleaming with perfection And I wonder why the glass beneath my feet gives away I am bringing to life a puppet of pretension and denial And so haunting is the painted affect of his smile Painted affect of his smile On the fence again Means have met their ends The winds of change around the bend I'm on the fence, my friend On the fence again The ghost that I befriend is with me till the bitter end I'm on the fence, my friend I'm wandering through my field of dreams Darkened clouds surround me Reckless, I abandoned you Throwing caution to the wind Diary of dead memories resonates inside me Dissonance from afar, so blessed, so cursed we are Pages of my life torn away and thrown to the sky Me and my shadow, why, it's never easy to say goodbye Crawling before we believed we could stand Fall after fall we would trust once again Shattered and broken, love the illusion takes us by the hand When it abandons you, you will understand When you held the rose in your hand And you failed to understand You held too tight, the thorns they made you bleed You laid love down to die, wilt away before your eyes Flaws are of your own, not of the rose, you fool I am over my head, the river that sustains became a waterfall Don't let go, I'm in too deep and I can't breathe Under, pulling me down, the long arm of the critic pathological And I digress, I know I'm not the only one

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

1) Any Given Day Looking through stained windows, blue and out of my asylum The keeper of the key has lost the way and locked the doors behind him Beyond these walls and hallowed halls there shines a new horizon Draw the blinds, 'cause in my mind, I am a rock, I am an island Enter the asylum, sanctuary waits Through the gates of salvation, never giving, never living The keeper's pleased to own you, there is always hell to pay So on your knees and pray, 'cause it's any given, any given day Bleeding through my windowpane, a purgatory rain Drowning me in sorrow, will it wash away the pain? Words before me answer not and yet forever trying I'd give my life, the life I live, to live like I was finally dying Listen to the wind blow, something's in the air There's a bad moon rising Keep denying, keep on hiding here In this house of the setting sun, counting one by one All my numbered days, and it's any given, unforgiven Insurrection, resurrection, any live long day Halo of empathy shine for all, but you deny me Hate, rage, fear, they are here Shaking like a wounded animal Kept alive behind each door the keeper opens Is a haunting memory Whispers in the dead of night The shadows of the liars They have come for me Halo of empathy shine for all, but you deny me Hate, rage, fear, they are here Shaking like a wounded animal Please, heaven, rain on me Wash away my disease Halo of empathy shine on me I believe, shine on, shine on me Shine on me Release ten-fold this stranglehold And I'll be free to live like I was finally dying Burning the asylum, embers through the air Through the gates of damnation Rising from the ashes, nothing's going to keep me here No one can ever own you, nor should you ever dare Embrace the fear of any given, be forgiven Insurrection, resurrection, any given day 2) Strangers like Me And when it's said and done, dance with fate begun Battles lost and won, hold on, hold on The May Queen turns the key, unlocks a secret diary Words bleed endlessly, how long, how long? And in a twisted mind, truth and lies are intertwined Like a puppet on a string I bring the keeper back to life The world I believe breeds strangers like me Mortal asylums that shelter the disease Wandering without aim, our devices shift the blame A death grip on a trigger, a plea of the insane Resonance of sympathy, frequencies disharmony Reversing my polarity turns beauty into ugly Distorted bandwidth in our mind unravels wave lengths undefined Relentless and malign, cycling over and over Hold, hold on, you're just a heartbeat away Hold, hold on, to any given day

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

I heard the angels cry in vain I guess they knew it was time Time for you to join them The words are lost in silence There's nothing they can do or say to will Heaven awaits as eyes lie so very still The hands of time could never fill The void left so suddenly behind you Love lies bleeding It's sad to know your diamond eyes They won't shine upon us anymore Weeping willow, your name engraved Though seasons change, it still remains Eternal winter will not wane Through the cold November rain I will watch over you Incense and myrrh Silken red mahogany Beautifully disfigured The scent of orchids fills the air Incense and myrrh A candle's flame unwavering A choir of the angels, places of so high they sing Tears rain down, down on me Incense and myrrh Herein lies a mystery A cradle filled with wonder Transcends to fatal tragedy Incense and myrrh A vacant room, a diary Memoirs through the eyes of a child And the keeper's broken promises of sanctuary Shelter me, carry me, pray for me Then will you scatter me into the stained glass sky Halo of empathy, shine on me Bleed for the inner child, like the wild rose, it has wilted away The candle fades as a part of me has died Tears rain down, down on me

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025