The Convoy of Ruin

How close are we to the final hours? How far are we from the days bygone? When the mornings before did not mean waiting for a storm Now we keep dreading not waking again at all Our fate doesn’t lie in the hands of a maker Our mother’s the earth and we dare not forsake her But what if what’s left is charade of a former haven It’s time to repay the debt Burn down the bridges to the old It’s time to repay the debt Lingered in limbo far too long It’s time to repay the debt Now enter the age of what went wrong It’s time to repay the debt When earth’s deserted by its sons It’s time to repay the debt Search me Find me Search me Find me Save me or let me go Time is our ultimate enemy Its claws withhold us from getting free Devoid of a plan stuck knee-deep without compass The countdown is on for the grains in the hourglass Nature will take back the helm it lost from us We got carried away and now it’s time to repay the debt Burn down the bridges to the old It’s time to repay the debt Lingered in limbo far too long It’s time to repay the debt Now enter the age of what went wrong It’s time to repay the debt When earth’s deserted by its daughters We have to to repay the debt No one won When the ocean breaches the walls

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Born to run the circle of insanity Built to guilt by the framework of hereditary Forced to hoist the flag of surrender When conscience is gone so am I Are you pure in the eyes of god? Too afraid to live under this scrutiny Perplexed by a mental scar Be numb, be still like a mannequin So many are too ready to die Just to see what is on the other side Prove your point, practice what you preach If you’re true await me on the other side Tactics of the scorched earth Scent of our youth burning down Dreams falling to the ashen ground Beneath all the layers The core is still intact Sanctify your true self And no one can crush your inside Are you pure in the eyes of god? Too afraid to live under this scrutiny Perplexed by a mental scar Be numb, be still like a mannequin So many are too ready to die Just to see what is on the other side Prove your point, practice what you preach If you’re true await me on the other side Await me on the other side

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

The visions benign The visions benign will be gone What’s left of all the fortune that we used to once retain It was taken all for granted, wasted, now it is too late Collecting all the pieces that have scattered far and wide Now what’s left to do is just to fly We need to cut our chains so we can get higher We need to overcome what we can’t condone And while our values burn in the heat of the pyre The universe will call our name Call us home when nothing else remains When nothing else remains Grey like all the wisdom that we used to once possess Blue like the aimless spirit that threw away all its success Red like the all bloodshed, spilled by the ton in vain Left us crimson scars, these marks that will remain The visions benign The visions benign will be gone We must configure the fate of humankind We fought for traces like vultures in denial Inept to save us the planet carries on Once brilliant tale will soon be gone Burn this place and bury what remains We need to cut our chains so we can get higher We need to overcome what we can’t condone And while our values burn in the heat of the pyre The universe will call our name The decadence has soiled what we used to aspire for When things have spiraled out of our loose control And while our values burn in the heat of the pyre The universe will call our name Call us home when nothing else remains When nothing else remains There’s nothing but remains

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

This time I’ll go, I’ll make it clear And you’ll know where you left me When my mind was made of fear This time I’ll go, as the ways unfold You lose your hold And I must remember What it’s like being on my own And if this time doesn’t show you What you’ve made of me (you won’t be free) You won’t hear even silence When it fills you haltingly How could I prove that we’re not the same? Contrasting perceptions under one name How could I tell you, make you believe? How does one mind break free? You won’t see me smiling ’til I’m gone Your lies have kept on piling for too long And now that these days grow numbered Take my slumber, take it, I’m jaded from hanging on And you will see me smiling when I’m done Since time can’t heal you, mark this day I’ll take my part and walk away I’ll clean up this page and write new chapters Free from all dismay How could I prove that all my unrest Derives from pretending to not be oppressed? I won’t look back, won’t shed a tear This time I’ll go, I’ll make it clear You won’t see me smiling ’til I’m gone Until I’m part of something I must run No! You won’t see me smiling ’til I’m gone Your lies have kept on piling for too long And now that these days grow numbered Take my slumber, take it, I’m jaded from hanging on And you will see me smiling when I’m done Until I’m part of something I must run

I was born by a river That fulfilled my youth Its banks are awash now Overflowed and mute But have you looked up to the sky? Have you seen what the dreams hold inside? Under this dome, far from home The levee has broken Long time ago Illusions have faded Of what we are worth For the outside world But have you looked up to the sky? Have you seen what gives the creeps to your spine? Inside the night Refine our faith Scrap insecurities We must be free to live Instead of gravity

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

So follow this treacherous road Or nosedive into darkness Sure peril awaits on the wrong side Impasse on the other So make your choice So reality settles in And we’ve resigned nearly everything But where do we build from here? Where do we go? The hour draws near when we must make the choice To hide under doubt or to raise our voice Broaden the view or constrain our scope We must trailblaze our own road So you followed the fire But nothing real ever transpired Followed the trail to the ruin of mankind The truth shall set you free So descend to chaos now Or ascend to the greater heights Where the scenery spans the horizon And the sun shall never set Take me home The truth shall set you free When you accept its gravity And so, when we reach the sky Nothing will ever the be the same Nothing ever comes without pain The hour draws near when we must make the choice To hide under doubt or to raise our voice Broaden the view or constrain our scope We must trailblaze our own road The hour draws near and we ramble still here We hide under doubt when we should fight against the fear Broaden the view or constrain our scope We must trailblaze our own road And so, when we reach the sky Nothing will ever the be the same Nothing ever comes without pain We must trailblaze our own road

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Is this how I die? The rage is alight I've run out of pages to cry on A cry on the last stages of life The end to this strife Only a reckless would break through the curfew Risk their life in a daring escape But after all what’s there to lose When you’re unable to choose The very path that defines you Take aim Rise against the flame The enemy watches your trail Endgame Endgame Take upon the blame You’ve broken the holy grail The uprising of kicked and subjected May overpower the elite This fucking system will burn to the ground And only patterns will abide So momentary, brief and arbitrary A lifespan of a human soul Long after we’re gone Words will still populate these walls Hieroglyphics of our own Unreadable cries for help Take aim Rise against the flame The enemy watches your trail Endgame Endgames Take upon the blame This is the end of your tale Endgame You’ve broken the holy grail

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Beaten Walls around me still Captive Held against my will Heathen Words to cleanse my soul Warden Of ideals that keep me whole But I Won’t submit to a system awry Walk alone Heathen to the bone Every martyr that lives like a king Every story that binds you within Every moment that counts as a sin Seize the day and unlearn everything Heathen to the bone Insurgent For not believing in tales Sceptic Of what the future entails Every martyr that lives like a king Every story that binds you within Every moment that counts as a sin Seize the day and unlearn everything Every mile that you must walk alone Every morning that you see the sun Every lie that you’re able to break Be the motion be the renegade Heathen to the bone

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Abyss I stare at the barren wasteland we have grown I try to fathom all of the damage we have done The species that we once had are gone The sights and the sounds have turned to none And all that remains is the memory of our fall Enough of the preach It’s time to release What’s been written on these pages Of death and disease It’s a manifestation of our time A vigil for our kind I can see the dreams coming down Read my tale and tear it open As the tidal waves crush us down Some are singing the songs of resurrection When the autumn leaves fall in spring One must own and reflect on their past deeds And cast the tale to the wind Our voices will keep echoing in the night Our voices will keep – echoing in the night Our voices will keep – echoing in the night Calm Always seems to make way for the storm I’m writing down the mistakes we have done Left to carry the burden of our sins In our greed we burned down everything And though I’ll be gone soon I still can’t forgive you It’s a curtain call for all we know But our past must go so that we can be reborn I can see the dreams coming down Read my tale and tear it open As the tidal waves crush us down Some are singing the songs of resurrection When the autumn leaves fall in spring One must own and reflect on their past deeds And cast the tale to the wind Our voices will keep echoing in the night Our voices will keep – echoing in the night Our voices will keep – echoing in the night

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Succumbed under water Hopes of future drowned in time Futile wishes to the wind It’s time for you to get in line Who will teach our children About the lessons long overdue Neglect by generations And the wisdom of the few Long gone is reason Subdued by the rainy seasons Hey – is there anyone out there Hey – is there anyone that cares How we’ll fare in the loneliness of the cold dark space How we buried our dreams Lost years in the blunder Overwhelmed by the floods Withheld from information Design to keep us in the line Will you stand up and strive Or bury your dreams? Will you recall this time Or be forever forgotten? Hey – is there anyone out there Hey – is there anyone that cares How we’ll fare in the loneliness of the cold dark space How we buried our dreams Bury our dreams Bury our dreams

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025