Shaped by Fire

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Have you ever been blinded by the pain? blinded (blinded) by the pain Unwilling to see, senseless So blinded by selfishness only focusing on myself And ignoring anyone else Becoming driven by despair Feeling trapped into a corner Losing more and more of reality Perceiving all the hurt only one-sidedly Have you ever been blinded by the pain? Losing yourself inside the heartache Losing yourself Feeling too powerless to change Stuck and unable to escape Incapable to see another way I need someone to shake me... to wake me I don't even need full clarity Just to start the shift from blind to blurry Have you ever been blinded by the pain? Losing yourself inside the heartache And does that mean we cannot change? Or will we always be seen that way? Will we always be seen that way? And does that really mean we have not changed? Or does it only mean The truth is not in how we're seen? But in the actions that we're now determined to take Revealing the new path we chose to mend the heartache Was it a pattern or a disastrous mistake? Is the truth in what you see or what i say? Have you ever been blinded by the pain? Losing yourself inside the heartache And does that mean we cannot change? Or will we always be seen that way? Be seen that way? Blinded by the pain? And does that really mean we have not changed?

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 25, 2025

the wise before me chose to refine themselves melt away their shortcomings by enduring trials a process we will all undertake even if we try to prevent change face it before you are pulled in face it while it’s still within like iron shaped by fire we aren’t born this way shaped by fire we are reborn through pain we aren’t born this way we are reborn through pain though i too have endured fire i wasn’t wise enough to ignite the flame myself but carried enough fuel for a flicker to excel face it before you are pulled in face it while it’s still within (x2) shaped by fire we aren’t born this way shaped by fire we are reborn through pain we aren’t born this way we are reborn through pain (x2) the time has come to watch the fire grow find new things to throw in don’t let the flames get low i’ve grown used to the heat that makes me reevaluate what i carry with me and what should be thrown away face it before you are pulled in face it while it’s still within shaped by fire we aren’t born this way shaped by fire we are reborn through pain we aren’t born this way we are reborn through pain (x2)

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025

The life that I sought was Already like a jail Long before I was ever bound Wrapped up in chains No one had built the bonds Use to hold me captive I had locked away myself In a captain-less ship Destined to destroy ashore Destruction was my savior Crushing, collapse, crashing From the impact I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me But I keep fighting to get away The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me My control disappeared 'Cause it was never real Aboard a ship with nowhere to go Guided by lifelessness A skeleton without a soul Crushing Collapse looming ahead Crashing is imminent From the impact I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me But I keep fighting to get away The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me, pulling me Though I found freedom when I stopped fighting everyone else And loosened up the anchor That I had tied around myself I let go of the chains! Chains! Just let go of the chains! I let go of the chains used to hold me in My addictions! Killing me from within I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me But I keep fighting to get away The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me But I keep fighting to get away The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me But I keep fighting to get away The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me Just let go of the chains! Chains! I let go of the chains used to hold me in my addiction

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025

Pulled both ways but still suspended The worst of each, reduced and blended Still suspended Suspended! I thought I was stuck between two worlds Because I was not willing to let go! Recklessly pulled both ways But somehow still suspended The worst of each (the worst of each) Reduced and blended (reduced and blended) But as life unfolded I realized The momentum to drift from side to side Came from within, came from inside! I feel torn between two hearts dying but I'll trade them in for one (I'll trade them in for one) Broken and exposed, collapsing So why would I hold on? (So why would I hold on?) One heart turned black (burned black) The other blue and bruised Arms breaking, arms breaking from the dreams Dreams shattered, the dreams that I can't reach There has to be, there has to be a choice I have not seen I feel torn between two hearts dying but I'll trade them in for one (I'll trade them in for one) Broken and exposed, collapsing So why would I hold on? (So why would I hold on?) I feel torn between two hearts dying but I'll trade them in for one (I'll trade them in for one) One darkened over time burning away the shame Erasing hidden insights I did not want to be seen The other was beaten from being exposed So it hurt less to never hold it close I feel torn between two hearts dying but I'll trade them in for one (I'll trade them in for one) Broken and exposed, collapsing So why would I hold on? (So why would I hold on?) I feel torn between two hearts dying but I'll trade them in for one (So why would I hold on?) I'll trade them in for one! Neither heart had the power to fill my veins Or be the source of who I want to be (Pulled both ways but still suspended...)

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

You've lost touch! You've lost touch with the outcasts Have you forgotten your own past? Have you forgotten that your house is made of glass? (Is made of glass?) So while you're pointing your fingers You are unable to use your hands to help with solving, solving real and present problems 'Cause we're appealing and you've become too perfect to understand You're a gatekeeper Blocking the entrance to nowhere You're a gatekeeper Trying to keep others in despair Keep others in despair I don't want you to get dirty reaching down to a lowly creature I don't want you to show mercy and make me like you, self-righteous preacher Did you think you were the only one The only one who held the keys? Did you hope that your judgement would Spread just like a disease? You're a gatekeeper Blocking the entrance to nowhere You're a gatekeeper Trying to keep others in despair The self importance of the moral elite To think that their approval means anything So eager to capitalize Capitalize on other people's pain But when the healing begins So quick to turn away Have you forgotten? Have you forgotten your own past? You're a gatekeeper Blocking the entrance to nowhere You're a gatekeeper Keeping others in despair

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 25, 2025

(The wreckage seemed too great for me I saw my dreams collapsing) Collapsing! But through debris of tragedy Not one of us died fighting The wreckage! We somehow found a way through storming weather Enduring skies turned gray when we all said never The winds, the rain Downpour needed to cultivate We don't get to choose when it rains We can fight or just get washed away Will we be transformed or feel like we're drowning? Drowning! The wreckage! So use the storms ahead to flood out shortcomings And then use what is left to water what is worth planting The winds, the rain Downpour needed to cultivate Debris, tragedy But not one of us died... But not one of us died fighting We don't get to choose when it rains We can fight or just get washed away Will we be transformed or feel like we're drowning? Will we fight or just get washed away? And now the mountains that we face Are starting to look more like hills We rose to a higher plain so the whole horizon fell It fell, the whole horizon fell Through the debris of tragedy Not one of us died fighting Fighting! We don't get to choose when it rains We can fight or just get washed away (away) Will we be transformed or feel like we're drowning? (drowning) We don't get to choose when it rains We can fight or just get washed away (away) Will we be transformed or feel like we're drowning? (feel like we're drowning) The wreckage that once seemed insurmountable to me Is now becoming a part of rebuilding We somehow found a way through storming weather Enduring skies turned gray when we all said never So use the storms ahead to flood out shortcomings And then use what is left to water what is worth planting Deep roots that refuse... Deep roots that refuse... Deep roots that refuse... Deep roots that refuse to break Deep roots that refuse... Deep roots that refuse to break Deep roots that refuse to break...

Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025

I took what you gave me, destroyed it all I had to lose everything to know that I was wrong And now I see what was true all along A void in me now that everything is gone (Now that everything is gone) The emptiness can be a source of clarity Taking away a way for us to hide Always revealing No choice but to rebuild No voice, no peace, no love, no home Nothing left to hold Nothing left but hope Take my broken frame What still remains free from the chains (free from the chains) Nothing left to hold, nothing left but hope Like hunting for prey that we don't even need to track So easy to follow what's next, we are left with only one path, one path No choice but to rebuild No voice, no peace, no love, no home Nothing left but hope Take my broken frame What still remains free from the chains (free from the chains) Take what's left in me, what's worth saving No matter how much time it takes From merely hope we are brought back to life From broken bones we revive Take what's left and create Take what's left and then rebuild (You had every reason to give up on me But you stood and waited when everyone ran away) I took your gifts, destroyed them all (destroyed them all) And then lost everything to know that I was wrong (that I was wrong) But you still carried me when you could barely walk (you could barely walk) You reminded me, I was never too far gone (Take what's left) Take my broken frame What still remains free from the chains (free from the chains) Take what's left in me, what's worth saving No matter how much time it takes Take my broken frame What still remains free from the chains (free from the chains) Take what's left Take what's left and rebuild

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025

The worst form of illness is one that goes undiagnosed Subtle decay secretly spread, a cancer of the soul A cancer! A cancer of the soul We are all dying Some of us just faster than our friends But pointing to a greater fault won't cure what we have hidden (hidden!) I used to be able to pretend but I can no longer hide from who I am My deceit was displayed for all to see The only thing that could have saved me Only after we've fallen Can we then find the cure? Looking up from the bottom When dust settles it's clear (When the dust settles it's clear!) It's so easy to believe that you are nothing like me 'Cause your deceit is lesser and yet to be seen But does that change what you're hiding? Only after we've fallen Can we then find the cure? Looking up from the bottom When dust settles it's clear Only after we've fallen Can we then find the cure? Looking up from the bottom When dust settles it's clear Only after we've fallen Can we find the cure? We are all dying! A cancer of the soul We are all dying! A cancer of the soul A heart that is bound by snakes With a mind that's sprouting wings A dangerous combination That fails to address our infection (Infection!) My deceit was displayed for all to see The only thing that could have saved me Only after we've fallen Can we then find the cure? Looking up from the bottom When dust settles it's clear Only after we've fallen Can we then find the cure? Looking up from the bottom When dust settles it's clear Only after we've fallen (fallen!) We are all dying (dying!) But will we find the cure? Only after we have fallen Looking up from the bottom It seems so clear

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 25, 2025

There's a sentence they gave me Then one that remains unchanging Like skin that's burnt by frost It'll peel if I pull away It hurts to hold or let go As I'm trying to sustain Like feeling hunger pangs and eating bone to stay alive It tears me apart inside but it seems like the better way to get by Like a broken hourglass they fell Cutting sand through my fingers down the deepest well I know the toll it takes But I won't let you go The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know There is no turning back I can't fix what I broke The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know! You're a part of me that I may never be able to repair Like a lung that's collapsed I'll always know that you're still there Always surrounding my heart Even if it rejects air I know the toll it takes But I won't let you go The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know There is no turning back I can't fix what I broke The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know! The true sentence I still face Is one I brought upon myself Lost in a dark cell They said it's easiest to just numb yourself and let go But these open wounds will forever feel fresh And I refuse to let them close yet I know the toll it takes But I won't let you go The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know There is no turning back I can't fix what I broke The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know! I know the toll it takes But I won't let you go

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025