One Small Voice

Just imagine things beyond the chains of understanding Beyond reason, beyond logic, beyond fear Believe the inconceivable, feel the unbelievable Don't bother asking "Is this real?" Just imagine meaning in the things you never dreamed of Like your leaders, your lovers, and your songs Natural Order's changing, in effect Giving everyone a cause Dreamer dreaming in a seeming sleepless land Just imagine: Just imagine something inside nothing Like a child in emptiness Or a dreamer in the dark Creative cryogenics - a mind A candle yearning for a spark Dreamer dreaming in a seeming sleepless land Just imagine: Just imagine peace where there was none before Under virgin skies Just imagine children with hope Again in their eyes Just imagine: Just imagine people really caring And not just saying they do Just imagine nations really talking Like me and you..

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Barbed wire and barriers are holding me Though the barricades are only in my mind I can't seem to break through the walls Even though I am made of steel Like steel to a fire I weaken and bend in the wind Create the desire for crossing the wire I'm laying it all on the line Crossing the border Leaving the sadness far behind Surrounded by anger and fear I'm the eye of the hurricane Like a leaf on a tree in the wind I yearn to break free Create the desire for crossing the wire I'm laying it all on the line Crossing the border Leaving the sadness far behind I'm crossing the border Fleeing the echoes of my mind

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

When the light starts to dim in the evening When the day starts to fade Your body echoes an uneasy feeling You know you're feeling afraid You don't know where you're going Or where you've been You try to run- but it's too late You've stumbled in -Now you're Screaming, 'cause you're afraid of the dark Screaming toward the light Screaming, 'cause there's a fear in your heart Screaming into the night On your face I can see that you're worried On your face I see fear Is this the time that you said you'd run lady? From your darkest fears You don't know where you're going Or where you've been You try to run- but it's too late You've stumbled in -Now you're Screaming, 'cause you're afraid of the dark Screaming toward the light Screaming, 'cause there's a fear in your heart Screaming into the night It's too late to run now I'm right behind You're over now- I see you Screaming into the night

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Here I am in a spotlight Alone: all over again And you are home by the firelight With someone else, instead of me: The words seemed so real And baby that's why I feel Alone again I swore you were my friend Now I'm all alone All alone again The rhymes I could make If me heart wasn't breaking In two: over you Oh I'm the fool For believing in things I can't hold in my hands I don't understand The words seemed so real And baby that's why I feel Alone again I swore you were my friend I'm all alone All alone again

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

Somehow, somewhere, someone Sold me the wrong set of dreams Like a rag doll in careless hands I come apart at the seams Like a willow I'm bending -an actor pretending The script I've been given is true Like a child that is force-fed I'm throwing this shit back at you Anger and fury my Anger and fury my Anger and Fury my Anger and fury my Wall of anger -my cacophony Neon and screens were my feeling machines No wonder I feel like a fool I'm a fire of resentment with media methane as fuel My soul and the soles of my shoes both have holes Still somehow I get through the sorrow Two pairs of socks and a shot in the arm 'till tomorrow

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Hello darkness my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left it's seeds while I was sleeping And a vision that was planted in my brain Still remains - Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light -That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share -And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools", said I, "You do not know" "Silence, like a cancer, grows" "Hear my words, that I might teach you" "Take my arms, that I might reach you" But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are Written on the subway walls - and tenement halls" And whispered in the sounds of silence

Submitted by MetalElf — Nov 11, 2025

We, the people Face the challenge of our lives Apparent heirs of this domain The time is short for us To set a new priority Or we will surely pay the price - of the world - Your world - My world - Our world In the name of progress We take more than we need Respect for life exchanged For corporate greed Chemical waste destroys Our land and sea With no regard for the future Of our world We, the people Face the challenge of our lives Apparent heirs of this domain We, the people shape our destiny And the time is now to take care - of the world - Your world - My world - Our world We must unite -to survive!

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Watching the setting sun You feel the days gone by Autumn is ending- with winter impending Was summer just a lie? But just like the seasons You know you spring will come You're young forever Just like the setting sun You'll rise again You're young forever Taking on time in a race That you can't win Down but not out it's clear you're wise Beyond your years Time is a ship that keeps on sailing Despite our hailing tears But just like the ship The wind will fill your sails You're young forever Just like the setting sun You'll rise again

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

One small voice had a dream Now he's seen the other side One small heart ached for his people His children, and his pride Just one man With one hope for the world Just one man And one small voice was heard One small voice had a cause So he lived in a cage One small love that endured Through his pain and his rage Just one man With one hope for the world Just one man And one small voice that was heard One small voice Just one small voice

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

Hero, Warrior Sit behind the lines and make the call Leader, Believer A vestal three-piece high above it all But until you've walked the miles With the people that you lead You can't understand their pain When the common people bleed Fuhrer, Big Brother Victimize the weak and make us strong Teacher, Savior Sanctify your answers, right or wrong But until you've walked the miles With the people that you lead You can't understand their pain When the common people bleed --You should be decorated Adorned by scarlet bars A celebrated General To brandish blackened stars --You should be decorated Your ribbons frayed and torn Upon your paper pedestal For the children to adorn --You should be decorated Leader, Believer Victimize the weak and make us strong Teacher, Savior Sanctify your answers, right or wrong But until you've walked the miles With the people that you lead You can't understand their pain When the common people bleed --You should be decorated

I looked unto the Old One, in the Sacred Halls I found him there amidst his grief, and crumbling walls The tears that lined his face Told the tale he tried to hide Of castles made of sand, and of the tide A whisper through his sobs I heard him softly say "My kingdom for a wise man: yesterday" "No one can save us, no one can stop the end" Not all the king's horses, or all your amen's: There's no disarming, no forewarning Morning is over - forever burns the night Time's forever fused with the night The passions of men -in a flash Put an end to the light No one can save us now Nothing can stop the end Not all the king's horses, or all your amen's No disarming, no forewarning Morning is over- forever burns the night Time's forever fused with the night The passions of men -in a flash Put an end to the light Shadows seething - darkness fills the sky Ashes wreathing - fire burning on high Suffocation - the light all gone away In the end - no final words to say

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025