Ashes Lie Still

My head feels empty and I'm staring at an empty mirror My anger surging, my pulse rising, there is nothing clearer Life stripped away, hope stolen and we've all been cheated The things I've learnt, they simply can not be repeated The thing you praise is fucking deceptive His nerve is worthless and wretched Clutching at glass But losing my grip The image of you begins to slip Life fading From this sphere Suffering Soul imprint Will not disappear As the ashes lie still Heart pulled out From my chest Struggling I can't heal Your God, I detest The sun won't rise and the shadows will fade (Shadows will fade) The cracks stay young and your face doesn't crumble (Face doesn't crumble) The ashes lie still You endure alone You wither in the soil and stone The door can never be opened The key left shredded and broken A legacy that's guaranteed to flourish through time Years left behind, we can't rewind, cut down inside of his prime We're left looking through life with shattered eyes I realize the body dies, a man I idolized The thing you praise is fucking deceptive His nerve is worthless and wretched Clutching at glass But losing my grip The image of you begins to slip This disease is building up, you'll accept your own defeat Unable to stand Earth falls beneath your feet Life fading From this sphere Suffering Soul imprint Will not disappear As the ashes lie still Heart pulled out From my chest Struggling I can't heal Your God, I detest Agony Breathless Death will hold you now My head bows down, I'm plagued with sorrow I see no tomorrow Memory (Memory, endless) Endless Life goes on, somehow This loss won't break my will No time to mourn as the ashes lie still

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Behold king infamous king carnivorous Break the seal, tales are told With tongue so silver souls are sold Could it be, that you're the one To lift this curse and raise the sun? The wanderer, becomes the road he walks upon The nomad vagabond is he His kingdom, never ending Across his furrowed brow there rests A crown forged of his pride suggests That he will walk forever facing forward Shifting our form as we shift paradigms And the ones left behind are just shadows in time Watching them fall, as we start to climb Shadows in time Behold how the mighty have fallen below Now feed on each other so desperate to grow Stripping the flesh from their bones to devour Decadent demons deceiving desires The wanderer, becomes the road he walks upon That nomad vagabond is me Across his furrowed brow there rests A crown forged of his pride suggests That he will walk forever facing forward Imperious Impervious Reckless, determined, victorious So venomous And villainous All cower in fear, king infamous Shifting our form as we shift paradigms And the ones left behind are just shadows in time Watching them fall, as we start to climb Shadows in time Shifting our form as we shift paradigms And the ones left behind are just shadows in time Watching them fall, as we start to climb Shadows in time Shifting our form as we shift paradigms Watching them fall, as we start to climb Shadows in time Watching them fall, as we start to climb Shadows in time

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

I found peace in disbelief In my mind and memories As you shield yourself inside constant hostility Your absence insignificant Rot inside your weakness You will grieve forever 'cause this is the pain that you reaped Look closely, and now you see How will you learn to live with it? You will never heal, or rebuild yourself some dignity Psychopathology, infamy, irony Everything aside, from your ethics and integrity You'll never learn Still stuck inside your process Our loyalty earned We wonder what you'll confess You'll never learn It's time to pay the debt Our loyalty earned Move on and just forget Make the most of your regrets I hope you smother in sorrow This is your malevolence Can you face tomorrow? Try to escape, climb into their minds Search through all their memories and you know what you'll find Remnants of fertility In their minds and memories They were just a target of their vulnerability Your presence caused their sickness Satiate your appetite You will grieve forever 'cause this is the pain that you reaped It remains the same Gorging into misery, day after day You won't learn to live with it It remains the same Watch as your existence, begins to decay Hard years and all that was built You made the choice, now deal with the guilt You'll never learn It's time to pay the debt Our loyalty earned Move on and just forget Make the most of your regrets I hope you smother in sorrow This is your malevolence Will you face tomorrow? Try to escape, climb out of your mind Remove the mask and tell the truth, we all know what's behind We will not accept this from you Look closely, and you will see My unavoidable fury with fuck all empathy I have mastered, living unrestrained This song is ending for you, but the melody remains This song is ending for you, but the melody remains Prepare to see my unavoidable fury, with fuck all empathy

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

Look now, where are we? Clawing for air where you buried me Look now, no more hiding Dividing, our loyalties Could you be my angel? On tides of broken glass This place has took the best of me I know this cannot last Look now, where are we? Look now, no more hiding Locked away, within they dwell Chained inside the gates of hell With flesh and fire Expose the truth of your denial Beaten, eaten by the abyss Reaching the distance, haunting resistance Weight of this blood, price of existence The Father, the Mother, the Sister and Brother All burn the same when they hold one another We're taking the knife and we're cutting the strings We're losing a life but we're spreading our wings Could you be my angel? On tides of broken glass This place has took the best of me I know this cannot last Our blood still looks the same I can't bring myself to say your name The rope you walked was thinning out You're removed, no fucking doubt Locked away, within they dwell Chained inside the gates of hell With flesh and fire Expose the truth of your denial Beaten, eaten by the abyss Reaching the distance, the haunting resistance The weight of this blood and the price Of existence Look now, where are we? Clawing for air where you buried me Look now, no more hiding Dividing, our loyalties Could you be my angel? On tides of broken glass This place has took the best of me I know this cannot last Look now, where are we? Look now, no more hiding Our blood still looks the same I can't bring myself to say your name The rope you walked was thinning out You're removed, no fucking doubt

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

You bottle up and spend your years in squander Nothing black and white Friendships left to wonder You won't hold back this beast The spectre at the feast A burden now released From hollow words The foundations of your lies are fucking burned From hollow words The foundations of your lies are fucking burned To the ground where they smear and they smoulder Filthy words can't shift that odour Beauty lies in the eyes of your casualty Fooled by your veil but we see Don't fuck us three Day by day, the grip is getting tight From your habits, hiding in plain sight Brick walls around every corner Now we've smashed them down You can't prolong the torture Put them up we'll hit them hard and push through this We ain't the ones that'll carry the scars Just a thought, use your head You selfish cunt Without action this is all Fucking dead, where we tread, we've bled From hollow words The foundations of your lies are fucking burned From hollow words The foundations of your lies are fucking burned To the ground where they smear and they smoulder Filthy words can't shift that odour Beauty lies in the eyes of your casualty Fooled by your veil but we see Don't fuck us three Day by day, the grip is getting tight From your habits, hiding in plain sight Take a look, at yourself Can you tell what you've become? Lock you up, and throw away the key Just a product of, insane mentality Take a look, a closer look Deep inside what horrors do you hide? Negligence, or abnormality Be responsible, for your morality Fuck your hollow words Fuck your hollow words Fuck your hollow words Setting sights beyond your worth Fuck your hollow words We'll make our mark upon this Earth Dead weight, left to sink Nothing more than a broken link Cut the cord before you rust We won't dissolve with you It can't diminish any of us Take a look, at yourself Can you tell what you've become? Lock you up, and throw away the key Just a product of, insane mentality Take a look, a closer look

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

When the day fades, we all die alone Soulless and rotting, in a sea of stone When the day fades, we all die alone Soulless and rotting, in a sea of stone You've had five seconds in the sun I watch you wilt away your lies are finally done Just when you conjure up the will to go on The axe is falling and you realise your pulse is gone No more, the pain has to stop Pick up the pieces, when the penny drops One call, was all it took Ignore your past, now you've closed the book Resist an urge, convulsing surge A feeling that you must purge A man or monster, first a friend Through all the shit that we've scourged Thrown away, shed aside, in a blanket you hide You smother fast, it wouldn't last, you won't survive the bomb blast With just one ember, this fire spreads eternal Without end, with no reversal The coals are burning First steps are unknown We're always learning We'll walk beyond our throne We'll walk beyond our throne No more, the pain has to stop Pick up the pieces, when the penny drops One call, was all it took Ignore your past, now you've closed the book Eternal sleep, cast down into darkness Six foot deep, will you ever find the answers? Leave this world with the guilt of the souls you have scorned When tables turn are they there when it's you that we mourn? Feels like, I'm dredging up old graves Keep them faceless, so you don't remember their names Feels like, I'm dredging up old graves I'm hearing voices, it seems you point who to blame Resist an urge, convulsing surge A feeling that you must purge A man or monster, first a friend Through all the shit that we've scourged Thrown away, shed aside, in a blanket you hide You smother fast, it wouldn't last, you won't survive the bomb blast With just one ember, this fire spreads eternal Without end, with no reversal The coals are burning First steps are unknown We're always learning We'll walk beyond our throne We'll walk beyond our throne When the day fades, we all die alone Soulless and rotting, in a sea of stone When the day fades, we all die alone Soulless and rotting, in a sea of stone You've had five seconds in the sun I watch you wilt away your lies are finally done Just when you conjure up the will to go on The axe is falling and you realise your pulse is gone Like roots in the soil An endless choice which path do you take? Whose crown did you spoil? An endless choice which path do you take? Eternal sleep, cast down into darkness Six foot deep, will you ever find the answers?

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

(Denying my reality) Close my eyes and count to ten Am I dreaming? It's happened again Fight the feeling, just knowing's enough Don't believe it, I just need the rush Hold my breath and count to ten, is this real? It's happened again, can't conceal It's never enough, so surreal All it takes is a push My existence has become Denying my reality You're not what you thought you were And I am everything you feared I'd be My existence has become Denying my reality You're not what you thought you were And I am everything you feared I'd be Sins of the flesh They all wither and die O, open your wings Fly me to death Sweet succubi Close my eyes and count to ten Am I dreaming? It's happened again Fight the feeling, just knowing's enough Don't believe it, I just need the rush Hold my breath and count to ten, is this real? It's happened again, can't conceal It's never enough, so surreal All it takes is a push Look in their eyes and it's easy to see The resentment they hold when they're staring at me All the things I should be Truth be told when I'm aiming for gold There's no stopping me All of the pain and the sickness and sacrifice Fighting the hubris, the greed and the avarice What is the cost? Is it worth it for all that I've lost? Please forgive me My existence has become Denying my reality You're not what you thought you were And I am everything you feared I'd be My existence has become Denying my reality You're not what you thought you were And I am everything you feared I'd be My existence has become You're not what you thought you were And I am everything you feared I'd be

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Liquid thoughts watch then drip into place Pick up the cross again tomorrow No I won't allow it A selfish soul full of sorrow Broken on borrowed Time and time again I think I'm hollowing out Run this knife from ear to ear, then you'll smile forever No, I can't do it No, I'll never do it Take your medicine my dear, now you're mine forever Forever No pain, no hunger, no anything, just nothingness Could this be the opening? Could this be the answer that I seek? Just take a look at me now I can't describe my face With broken wings looking down What a fall from grace Drag this blade from twelve to six, and we'll sleep forever No, I can't do it No, I'll never do it Pull the trigger now my dear, then you're mine forever Forever No pain, no hunger, no anything, just nothingness Could this be the opening? Could this be the answer that I seek? Just take a look at me now I can't describe my face With broken wings looking down What a fall from grace This is what you want To feel your blood run cold Just close your eyes and let it go And let your death unfold No No What you want What you need What I want What I need What you want What is harder to bear? What you need With friends like these What I want Stuck inside my nightmare What I need Who needs enemies? This is what I want To feel your blood run cold To soar away on wings of black And let your death unfold Just take a look at me now I can't describe my face With broken wings looking down What a fall from grace Just take a look at me now I can't describe my face With broken wings looking down What a fall from grace

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

Through the eyes of a slaughtered lamb I fear no man I shall bear witness Crack the world, Ttlas carry the weight Retaliate and dominate, the echoes of hate I've been waiting, expecting To watch the mask drop to the ground you hear that sound? It's calling, you're falling, and if you think I'll lend a hand then think Again you're fucked Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator I see you Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator I see you Masters and slaves, carnival of liars Hide in the shade, pushed into the light Masters and slaves Walk down the psycho path Constantly caught in the aftеrmath Face it, you're worthless Rеvealed, exposed Buried in chains of avarice it's true Judas, Brutus, could you? Stab them in the fucking back? Face it, you're nothing It's over, it's done Engulfed by insecurities it's clear Coward, betrayer, the fear Has gripped you by the fucking throat Masters and slaves, carnival of liars Hide in the shade, pushed into the light Masters and slaves Walk down the psycho path Constantly caught in the aftermath In the aftermath Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator I see you Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator I see you Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator I see you Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator I see through you Through the eyes of a slaughtered lamb I fear no man I shall bear witness Crack the world atlas carry the weight Reciprocate, obliterate, retaliate and dominate The echoes of hate The echoes of hate Through the eyes of a slaughtered lamb I fear no man I shall bear witness Crack the world atlas carry the weight Reciprocate, obliterate, the echoes of hate Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator I see you Liar Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator I see you Traitor Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator Liar Liar, traitor Slithering vicious violator

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

I can't eat and I can't sleep Where am I going, who will come with me? The signs are there for all to see But I am blinded by my enmity I cut the lines and I cut my losses No one knows what my loss truly is I'll scratch the vein Despite what it could mean I need this pain inside to keep me free I'm hooked on drugs, they are hooked on hope All I think about is tightening the rope I fear no fear, because no fear I see All of this time, the fear has been deep within me In all my life, I'm forgetting to live What would I givе, is be clear of the things I'm yеt to forgive As the wounds scab over The scars are there as proof you're not sober My world is plagued with disconnect I will ignore what's being thrown at me Every drop the money just bleeds The thing that matters is the fix I need I cut the lines and I cut my losses No one knows what my loss truly is I'll scratch the vein Despite what it could mean I need this pain inside to keep me free I'm hooked on drugs, they are hooked on hope All I think about is tightening the rope I fear no fear, because no fear I see All of this time, the fear has been deep within me Deep within me I will break free of this hold It's time to change my own mould My days are getting brighter still The shadow controlled My poison picked for far too long I believed I was gone A soul dimmed of all it shone My heart still beats on I kept my past inside the present And dwelled on it all Time to prove I'm made of gold Before my kingdom falls

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025