New Junk Aesthetic

We cut our teeth in the bedroom We slit our wrists in our costumes All of them, witches, witches, witches, witches We are the death of the party We are the life of the funeral All of us, ragmen, ragmen, ragmen, ragmen I want the ripened fruit I want the fresh meat I want the first born I want the down beat We traded vows on the front line They ushered us through the stop sign All of them witches, witches, witches, witches We found our way in the blackout We are the ghosts in the lighthouse All of us, ragmen, ragmen, ragmen, ragmen I want the open wound I want the dark street I want the virgin blood I want the wet heat

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

How ironic I'm nailed to the cross While the vultures stuff their mouths God and the devil are split by a thin white line Six feet from an early grave Nine inches from being saved Eighteen hundred miles of skeletons on the interstate Why do I give myself away Why do I bleed so easily Why do I give myself away To be yours? Six feet from an early grave Nine inches from being saved Eighteen hundred miles of skeletons on the interstate Why do I give myself away Why do I bleed so easily Why do I give myself away To be yours? If death's coming it best come quick If death's coming it best come quick If death's coming it best come quick Or I'm all yours Her clothes will crack and peel off A hard stance that a habit made soft I am eaten of worms until I give up the ghost If death's coming it best come quick If death's coming it best come quick If death's coming it best come quick Or I'm all yours Take me home How ironic I'm nailed to the cross While the vultures stuff their mouths God and the devil are split by a thin white line Why do I give myself away Why do I bleed so easily Why do I give myself away I'm worth nothing to me

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

Wait 'til they send your son home in a box See if you're dancing when water is everywhere Anguish is endless but death's unambiguous Wave as it carries him off And pose while it fits you in hospital gowns And flirt with the men dressed in white Slip into bed with the fire that consumes our house Sing on your surveillance tape Smile in your autopsy photo for once Phone up the boys that have buried your bones Where do you get off loving life? As if it's done any of us any good Oh, you're gonna wish you were me When the unsuspecting are dragged to their graves And you're standing on the edge holding a rose Dead where we stand And if you concern yourself with such things As your status and what's in fashion Don't say you can't be this bothered Death becomes us all You've got some nerve having hope in this ghost town port of call Someday your insides will turn themselves out Tell me what purpose our efforts have served When we end up in the ground More acts will follow the roles we have played And everything loved will expire I've seen it all and I'm worse off because of it Good men have died in my arms I've been everywhere yet we'll end up at the same depth What's the point? Oh, you're gonna wish you were me when the unsuspecting are dragged to their graves And you're standing on the edge holding a rose Standing on the edge holding a rose Don't say you can't be this bothered Death becomes us all You've got some nerve having hope in this ghost town port of call There's nothing to see here And nothing gazes back at me There's nothing to see here And that nothing looks back at us There's nothing to see here And nothing gazes back at me There's nothing to see here And that nothing looks back at us

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

I dropped my conscious and cast another stone I took to preaching while dancing on the coals I can't say where I've been and only god knows where I'll be But there must be a place for a wretch like me Oh, Lord knows I'm tired But I won't rest my head until I'm home And if my hands find themselves another body Well, you can't blame them for trying to keep warm Morals are simply a matter of time And where you lay your head's a question of pride But, when it's said and done, you'll find it in the lines That privilege and wit made me misfortune's child Can't tell collapse that it needs to slow down Can't tell death that it shouldn't come around And when they take my head and put it on a stake I'll know that guilt and disgrace keep the dead men awake Bartering your vigor for a paralyzing love What have you done? What have you done? I took the scaffold and laughed until I fell Girl, if you need me, grab another from the well I can't imagine what hell might have in store But I know once I'm there I won't wander anymore Oh, Lord knows I'm tired But I won't rest my head until I'm home And if my hands find themselves another body Well, you can't blame them for trying to keep warm Oh, Lord knows I'm weak But I can't clear my head if I'm asleep Morals are simply a matter of time And where you lay your head's a question of pride But when it's said and done, you'll find it in the lines That privilege and wit made me misfortune's child Can't tell collapse that it needs to slow down Can't tell death that it shouldn't come around And when they take my head and put it on a stake I'll know that guilt and disgrace keep the dead men awake We've lived under this dark cloud forever Waiting for the bad luck to break Just let me try that one again With a little more feeling We've slept at the crossroads together Trying to make an honest mistake Just let me try that one more time Without a smile on my face Another road as empty as every promise is If life is pointless, then point taken, say amen So light another candle, put my body out to sea Because your heart is no place for a wretch like me Another stranger passing, a common dissonance If life is pointless, then point taken, say amen So light another candle, put my body out to sea Because your side is no place for a wretch like me When they unearth these passages Will I appear to be proud? Not if you're listening close enough Not if you're sounding it out

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

God knows I've longed to feel something, but now's not the time Caught up in the heartless disorder of a Friday night Focused on staying distracted 'Til I lose sight of the tiresome and clinical patterns of my life I will cherish this love for the rest of my night The rest of my night One day I'll find myself facing the firing line, serves me right For the record, I've written my crimes I will cherish this love for the rest of my night The rest of my night Lord have mercy on my soul I've had a good run but can't run anymore Just put me down Lord have mercy on my soul I've had a good run but can't run anymore Just put me down Can't sidestep the long arm for too long with this paper trail I've let them devour my heart for some material But I'm a drunkard, a coward, a crook, I oughta change my ways Face the music, carry the can, et cetera, et cetera What next? What next? What next? What next? Oh, there's gotta be something more than this What next? What next? What next? What next? What next? What next? There's gotta be something more than this What next? What's next? Trust me, I'm still with you somewhere Trust me, I'm still with you somewhere Trust me, I'm still with you somewhere Trust me, I'm still with you somewhere I just wish it were here Someday I'm bound to feel guilty, but now's not the time I'm sure I'll get what I'm due, everything will be fine Hell bent on finding the next fix in the fog You're in a cab on the way to your house, change the locks I will cherish this love for the rest of my night The rest of my night Lord have mercy on my soul I've had a good run but can't run anymore Just put me down Lord have mercy on my soul I've had a good run but can't run anymore Just put me down Can't sidestep the long arm for too long with this paper trail I've let them devour my heart for some material But I'm a drunkard, a coward, a crook, I oughta change my ways Face the music, carry the can, et cetera, et cetera Please forgive me

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

Put me to rest before it spreads It's not long until the bugs Eat through to the castle walls And besiege my noble heart New flags are raised Cut off the gangrened limb In this case, it begins at the neck Save yourself from me Save yourself from me Please, once and for all The impact is dead ahead So take the gun and apply the brakes I can feel the onset of lust course through my veins Help me let go Hell is holding on Help me let go Hell is holding on So relieve me of life And give me what I came here to get I'm not coming home Not coming home Not coming home Be it undead or dogs They will come for what's mine Though I put up no fight at all It's not my fault So on And so on So on So on This is not me This is not me You can't mute the virus once it screams your name I've changed the guards at the gate for the sake of the king This plea is old hat These bites are old hat This song is old hat Every word is old hat I'm not coming home Not coming home I'm not coming home Be it undead or dogs They will come for what's mine Though I put up no fight at all It's not my fault Happy dagger, make it brief Happy dagger, be brief Happy dagger, make it brief Happy dagger, be brief Start the chemical fires Chimneys bleed white smoke Before the worms even find me The crowd is given new hope

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

I have lived every day of my life Thinking only of what I should think When I read back at everything that I have written Of how I've lived my life And in the process of doing so I have missed out on the chance to be alive Just to stay an observer Of an impartial observer Here I go again, I'm chasing my tail around the sun Standing beneath a tortoise under an elephant under the world The gravity of the battle means nothing to those at peace I can't believe I thought my thoughts meant anything When we think we've reached the end, we're only back where we begin We think we've reached the end, we're only back where we begin Superman Superman Superman We are starving to death on full stomachs Running miles, new hearts on old legs If I had known all the howls were false alarms Oh, just imagine the ammo we'd save Here we go again, I'll come to your party if it goes Until four question marks at least Three or less, and it's not worth my time at all On nights like those my absence trumps my company When we think we've reached the end, we're only back where we begin We think we've reached the end, we're only back where we begin Superman Superman I truly believe I'll be remembered And that even this sentence will be studied Oh, will you think that I am wise 'cause I'm aware of that? Or am I just killing myself before they get me?

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

You've heard the voice of God, solely Everything is so clear to you Reload for the greater good Focus Throw us at the feet of the fools You don't know how lucky you are That your life is so characterless All the world's a cage, and we are animals pounding on the glass Housebroken, declawed, unaware of the threat Bull hooks that keep us in line while cameras flash And we play while the trespassers plot to collect on their debts There were eyes everywhere that I went There were eyes everywhere that I went You'll be found Mark my words You will be found Stripped down and held to the light You will be found They will narrow their eyes, take aim and bring the world to its knees You'll be found Mark my words You will be found Just because you have figured it out Doesn't mean it won't happen to you Just because you have figured it out Doesn't mean it won't happen to you All the world's a maze, and they are scientists plotting every move Big brother will keep us in line with snipers on the roof Though I'm cautious not to draw the attention of the fiends I'm the happiest sadist around once surrendered to the drink There was fire everywhere that I stood There was fire everywhere that I stood Just because you're afraid of the dark Doesn't mean that it's frightened of you Just because you're afraid of the dark Doesn't mean that it's frightened of you Empty your head, quiet You've heard the voice of God, solely Everything is so clear to you Slow down your racing heart Steady Quickly or it moves out of frame We are nothing more than mannequins Everyone is put on display This will not pass in time The moment will not pass Caught in the act for our lives The moment will not pass The dark doesn't flinch, take heed The moment will not pass Cover your tracks, we're sitting ducks The moment will not pass We are nothing more than mannequins

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

My cancer came knocking It was dressed to the nines So I peeled back my skin and I let it come inside But it won't leave Though the guests have gone It just pours a drink and requests another song Now it sleeps in between us Splits and doubles in size Apes my nuances of desertion, lust and arrogant pride And it drags me out of my head And it drags me out of my head The plague is now empowered The plague is now empowered The plague is now My cancer waved torches Broke the lock on my door But I was powerless to refuse it anymore Is everyone comfortable? Is everyone having a good time? My friends are all vampires Come to drain and transform I kept the window cracked and the light on Kept the leftovers warm Maybe I make myself sick Maybe I make myself sick Make me give a damn And I will be with you everywhere I will open the sky I will follow you into hell Kill everyone in our way Yeah Open your heart to the snake oil peddlers Open your heart to the snake oil peddlers Open your heart to the snake oil peddlers Open your heart to the snake oil peddlers

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

Cleaned up the mess I'm in, now I am born again Naked, spotless motion without strings I've flushed the filth to sea, the limbs and sharp debris But if that water rises, woe is me Hearts aren't beating, they're counting down Breaths aren't stolen, they're groomed and given out The closet is teeming with broken bones I'll be driven out and swallowed whole I walk the crooked mile with the devil on my back Puppeteering schemes with every step But I once could walk through walls and drift above it all Pursuing endless love to endless depths Hearts aren't beating, they're counting down Breaths aren't stolen, they're groomed and given out The closet is teeming with broken bones I'll be driven out and swallowed whole Object all you want But I am not done with you Lives will be lost Children will grieve Entire nations will crumble and blood will run deep But we will be redeemed You and I will be weightless We'll stay unborn So death can't start the clock Oh, and love can seep through our pores

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

Yeah, I know I look worse for the wear But I have everything at my fingertips I've been infantilized by a pat on the back and an endless go-ahead Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride Ain't nothin' gonna slow me down Oh no, when there's no one disapproving Yet it's women, not lack of ambition That keeps good men bedridden Jesus Christ, I am forever making the same mistakes Yet it's women, not lack of ambition That keeps good men bedridden Jesus Christ, I am forever making the same mistakes I'll continue to stumble around as long as everyone cheers me on Am I the only one without the weapon to end the war? Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride Ain't nothin' gonna slow me down Oh no, when there's no one disapproving Yet it's women, not lack of ambition That keeps good men bedridden Jesus Christ, I am forever making the same mistakes Yet it's women, not lack of ambition That keeps good men bedridden Jesus Christ, I am forever making the same mistakes Deaf men in the city of sirens Blind men in the presence of snakes I told you, I told you But I'm adrift in a sea of temptation I told you, I told you A newborn with inadequate skills I told you, I told you Turn the party up, honesty be damned How fucking pathetic of me I can't go on this way Not when I have your heart Oh. what a childish life I've led God, what a wicked man I have been But ain't nothin' gonna break my stride Ain't nothin' gonna slow me down Oh no, when there's no one disapproving

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

Despite what you think, I can offer you nothing I'm sea sick and strung out and tired of adjusting Hands on the dashboard where I can see them Hands on the dashboard where I can see them Let me think Let me think I'm all backed up Just let me think If you would be my bride The smoke and mirrors of blissful lies will throw the hounds off the scent Learn the lines Learn the lines Learn the lines Learn the lines It's all I'm asking We steal what we need, and the rest, we call love Steal what we need, and the rest, we call love Take back the night Drop the captures and run for your life It's not what it seems Stockholm syndrome's just excessive grief If you leave me, I'm coming with you I promise you that If you leave me, I'm coming with you I promise you that Get out while you're still God's child We are deer in the headlights Motionless 'til we're ripped to shreds Stop following me around Stop following me around Learn to lie Learn to lie Learn to lie Learn to lie That's all I'm asking We steal what we need, and the rest, we call love Steal what we need, and the rest, we call love Take back the night Drop the captures and run for your life It's not what it seems Stockholm syndrome's just excessive grief If you leave me, I'm coming with you I promise you that If you leave me, I'm coming with you I promise you that Get out while you're still God's child Hands on the dashboard where I can see them Hands on the dashboard where I can see them Don't look up The cheap thrill of our impending doom's all I have The cheap thrill of our impending doom's all I have The cheap thrill of our impending doom's all I have The cheap thrill of our impending doom's all I have

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026

Amidst the most barren scene How are we lost, lost, lost? You've gotta be fucking kidding me Shut up, just give me the wheel and I'll drive You are not yet fit to speak on my behalf We deserve to be moved by more than force alone Instead I've been witness to loss upon loss upon loss We're assailed by the thoughtless who sing to their own Caught in the middle, I'm pinned between the egos and the drones Skill's been called to arms Goddamn kids have grown up to let down All around us are dissonant sounds We're misplaced and we'll never be found All these kids have grown up to let down I'll be spinning in my grave for the rest of my life Have I taught you children nothing all this time? This labyrinth that we're puzzled by Is nothing but a straight line But sometimes those are even harder to navigate We deserve to be moved by more than force alone Instead I've been witness to loss upon loss upon loss We're assailed by the thoughtless who sing to their own Caught in the middle, I'm pinned between the egos and the drones Pride's been called to arms Goddamn kids have grown up to let down All around us are dissonant sounds We're misplaced and we'll never be found All these kids have grown up to let down If this is the state of my art, then I secede If this is the state of my art, then I secede We're walking Spanish down a plank that stretches miles You are not yet fit to speak on my behalf What a shame we're forced to suffer the senselessness and inanity

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 25, 2026