They Wait For You Still
Low men in yellow cloaks <br/> have taken my body and my mind<br/> To the other side crawling back from both space and time<br/> to recover what was lost<br/> <br/> If change is the only constant will I forgive<br/> and let all ire die?<br/> <br/> A sinister calling on the phone,<br/> that was unplugged, is how it will begin<br/> From which way they come, I’m never sure<br/> Looking inward converging paths you could not trace<br/> <br/> I would not advise to speak their names<br/> or to know their face<br/> Pay no attention to shapes in the sky, moths at play<br/> And they in plain sight<br/> Placing an ad in the classifieds they are looking for me,<br/> my life, a bargain trade<br/> <br/> Maybe they’ve come after you for yours as well<br/> It’s time to run so leave no trace of where you’ve been<br/> No life to hide but better than, to go with them<br/> Eyes only see half the truth of who they are<br/> From neither sun nor star.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Beyond the door closing in like times before<br/> Burning lights start to spin that pull you down<br/> and pull you in all your voices echo in pain<br/> <br/> Torn apart fall to the gray<br/> Did you see those lights?<br/> Maybe in your head. Dead lights burn with no flame<br/> <br/> This time you lose you can’t win.<br/> And the world doesn’t care.<br/> They seem alone fleeing serpents of their own<br/> Dead lights. All around. Burning somehow.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
I raise my voice high among the many<br/> No longer sound I hear only pain<br/> A thousand lives lost this time<br/> It’s burning inside of me<br/> <br/> I don’t know the taste of air<br/> Untouched by the hands of failure<br/> And the wind comes in haste<br/> Pulls me down, lays me to waste<br/> <br/> What is the sentence what is the crime<br/> If only I’ve the words to make you see<br/> <br/> A waste of our lives when sympathy runs dry<br/> And loss is cut like weeds<br/> Empathy it seems a disease read about<br/> But never tried<br/> <br/> To whom they scream
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Instrumental
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
Monstrous and consuming<br/> There was no sun but just enough light<br/> Things grew but twisted and broken<br/> Great shapes seemed to move in the fog<br/> And the panic spread<br/> Many vanished but some hid<br/> In the ruin like vermin<br/> The long dark endured<br/> <br/> I run in fear of unknown horrors<br/> I run as far as I can see<br/> In a world with no dawn<br/> A hopeless shadow of who I used to be<br/> When I awake I run through a dream<br/> In this nightmare kingdom<br/> Did they once call it a dream?<br/> Life and living, it’s long become my prison<br/> Feet nailed to the floor<br/> Arms bound body shackled<br/> If we won the battle then we lost the war<br/> That spreads and invades<br/> Fear is contagious and becomes our new plague<br/> You writhe in pain and scream in the dark
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
I’ve held these burdens for you<br/> Are you…………not pleased?<br/> You will not walk alone<br/> Down the road I heave weaved<br/> Among the threads <br/> I let you stray<br/> Hang on the edge<br/> <br/> Only a few steps more<br/> You won’t let us down<br/> Your body is broke<br/> And your mind is gone<br/> But the ghost won’t move on<br/> <br/> A harder way I’ve never known<br/> Can’t kill two birds with one stone<br/> Fire in your eyes strings you to life<br/> <br/> You fucking clear a path<br/> Because I cannot see<br/> The weight is upon my back<br/> And I mark my road with pain
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026
The castle grows quiet where have they gone?<br/> It feels so empty here today<br/> What have you done in your name?<br/> Now for your acts you’ll be soon slain<br/> You’ve had your day, little kings<br/> Now you’ll go the way of all things<br/> <br/> I’ve opened my mind to the world outside<br/> And I feel crippled and insane<br/> All that I’ve worked for all that I’ve learned<br/> Will only haunt me as I burn<br/> <br/> We have always lived in this castle<br/> But now left alone with no one to blame<br/> Wanted to change what I should have changed before<br/> Wanted change but change is done<br/> The only change left is to burn<br/> And see it turn to ash<br/> <br/> You have that Midas touch<br/> What was gold, turns to husks at your command<br/> A reflection of how you look inside<br/> Flowers wither at your feet<br/> <br/> You’ve built up your walls left blank<br/> But not tall enough to hide your shame<br/> You cannot gaze into mirrors<br/> To see what you have become<br/> <br/> I wanted to say what I should have said before<br/> Wanted to say but no one left to hear<br/> Left with nothing become nothing<br/> Will I be nothing?
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026