Awakened

Reality no longer battles perception. This letter's written to no one. Sincere, I sought your truth and divine purpose through myths of revelation. Guidance all wrapped up in a paper box, supported only so long, as my mind was the enemy. I could not in conscience hold on. AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart. STAND FAST and press on, TRIUMPH AWAITS AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart. STAND FAST and press on, TRIUMPH AWAITS us The powerful constant that I had once leaned on is no longer there (no longer) You call this shameful disbelief, a process like losing my closest friend. AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart. STAND FAST and press on, TRIUMPH AWAITS AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart. STAND FAST and press on, TRIUMPH AWAITS us Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart, before we can rebuild them again - a greater foundation. I wish there was another way, but no amount of devotion can fix this. Triumph awaits! [x5] Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart, before we can rebuild them again - a greater foundation.

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 25, 2025

Your resilience inspires me Facing tragedies I will never face Your presence is humbling To think of all that you have overcome It took such little pain For our lives to coalesce Finding what I could've found in no one else You bring me through the darkness of myself And show me that frailty can be turned to strength Suffering Persistence Such sorrow Yet resilience From the outside I've deceived the world With false bravery Yet you have taught me so much more Much more than I can ever teach And someday you might Need someone to lean on I can only hope that I'll have gained the courage To be there for you in whatever you face You bring me trough (you bring me through) The darkness of myself And show me that frailty (can be turned) Can be turned to strength Suffering Persistence Such sorrow Yet resilience At times I'm carried on the shoulders of a child I find power in your firm fallibility My source of hope is seeing that weak prevail And I'm better able to live because you're alive I could not imagine a world without you Where I looked you in the eyes and left you to die Suffering Persistence Such sorrow Yet resilience

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025

There are days when sorrow seems never-ending, Like the countless roads upon which I've driven The price of attachment in pursuit of dreams That I so often can't seem to remember Yet there are days when beauty cannot be contained It even crawls out from under ordinary things A foreigner, No place to go Holding on, Making the most, Of what little time I have All the wasted words I said, In all the cities that I left, The last act of our precious play, Must not close with regret I will not leave wishing I had done things differently The moments I treasure are seldom the ones That I planned for And if I knew where pain hid, I might still let it go, So when the audience has run toward the latest drift, It will be my time to face the life that I have set, A foreigner in my own home, Holding on, No place to go All the wasted words I said, In all the cities that I left, The last act of our precious play, Must not close with regret (regret) All the wasted words Some days the line between peace And pain seem more like blur, But I know with certainty, I can't leave wishing, I cannot leave I can't leave wishing, I'd done things differently

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025

Each little piece begins to stack up Now suffering under the weight of my choices And I hardly recognise myself Somewhere along the line There stopped being lines at all (whispering silence) Whispering silence The subtle contradiction Compromise creeps in Forgetting who I once was Slowly changing Who I once was Each moment seemed so small When looked at by itself But it adds up And it has torn me down All lines are gone (whispering silence) Whispering silence The subtle contradiction Compromise creeps in Forgetting who I once was Slowly changing Who I once was So close to the truth But still impossible It was never one thing And too many to try to add up Fueled by faint deception Conflict without acknowledging opposition All because I had taken pride in my hidden lies Whispering silence The subtle contradiction Compromise creeps in Forgetting who I once was Slowly changing Who I once was It was never one thing And too many to try to add up All because I had taken pride in my hidden lies

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

All these moments of pain Must add up to something, Our bodies have been trained to keep it all in, But our hearts, still hold on Some say to release it, forget about your past, Instead we count the cost, it's part of us That doesn't mean that we cannot move on, It's just a memory of what we were once were No matter what it is we've faced It's now part of us (part of us) We can overcome Why rid of fuel that can make us stronger When properly put behind us (put behind us) And in the same way that Everything good in life can be taken away So can all this pain No matter what it is we've faced It's now part of us (part of us) No matter what we've faced in this life We can overcome Trying to forget is a burden we can never bear, When facing trials openly, There's nothing left to hide, New paths of strength come alive No matter what it is we've faced It's now part of us (part of us) No matter what we've faced in this life We can overcome We can overcome

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025

I fought who I am inside Until I wanted, I wanted to die Instead of finding balance I found hatred Consumed by failures and ignoring my own strengths Pushed out sea without learning to swim Or stranded in the desert with no lungs to breathe With no lungs to breathe I had almost lost everything How can I be expected to readily be content With a view of life that has rejected The basis of what has helped me to survive? And replaced them with precepts Rather than instruction Full rule is an illusion (illusion) All I can do contain selfishness And unveil what little power we may have With no lungs to breathe I had almost lost everything (everything) Tearing away my flesh before taking The time to understand it A miracle may not be the answer (tearing away my flesh) When anchoring first on what I have (before taking the time to understand it) The ability to change Like being stranded in the desert With no lungs to breathe With no lungs to breathe I had almost lost everything (everything)

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

Fighting so hard to be heard Yet having nothing to say You talk about changing masses But forget those close to you Most of us have given up On these words that all sound the same But I am still willing to believe If you have done all that you can You can justify almost anything If you are willing to be loud enough But once you've spent everything To change the world around you Even if your voice is taken away Such actions will still inspire Most of us have given up On these words that all sound the same But I am still willing to believe If you have done all that you can Drained Spent Determined Intent Now you've earned the right to be heard We've been deceived by elegant speech Whose only concern is mere distraction Defender Drained Spent Determined Intent Now you've earned the right to be heard I will follow to the grave A man who's willing to die Most of us have given up On these words that all sound the same But I am stilling willing to believe If you have done al that you can I am willing to die Defender

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

Like a swarm of flies colliding with a moving windshield So are our lives on this never-ending road I have left behind my mark only to be later washed away And was consumed with the allure despite the inevitable decay When did the road that I'm on become my only home? When did this become the one place I truly know? (I truly know) A journey making us like weeds Where the wind steals our splendour But spreads it to the distant fields Despite our fragile imperfections Yet shaking walls and wearing wheels Can never capture my heart the way you do When did the road that I'm on become my only home? When did this become the one place I truly know? (I truly know) I am missing what makes me whole

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 25, 2025

The storm is coming and I have no choice To accept nature or lose my voice Shall I scream and plead for nothing Or build a roof over my head? I mourn the days that I wasted Trying to change what has been set Fighting against myself Before I tear, tear out my eyes I'll just admit they're part of me I've labelled enemies who do not hate me And then claimed friends who could care less All an unnecessary struggle So now I truly know what it means to repent Changing everything Before I tear, tear out my eyes I'll just admit they're part of me (they're part of me) Instead of fighting against myself I will open my eyes To find who needs me I am awakened I am awakened

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025