At the Expense of Humanity

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You, I demand your attention A story would be told about a boy who's growing older now Now's the time to dive inside your warped and tattered mind The pieces do not fit the puzzle or your logic's path And as I sit in the candlelight A silhouette from behind Failing gods Into the shadows of my mind, mindful of the implications Failing gods Where was your god when brother died? Failing gods A cancer patient hopes he'll win Failing gods I'm by your side until the end Punished by the hand of god for seizing fruit of knowledge The metaphor made flesh, you'd carve me pound for pound And as he rots in his death bed I see his father with calloused eyes There is no rhyme or reason

Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025

Waste away for hours, slip away The only way out of this cage - you're wasting away - By the window watching autumn leaves My only break from reality He lies in his agony He'll die, this I feel, but But what's the purpose behind? He lies, shades of pink in the light Implies terrible things will happen to all Never had a normal life, I'm not the same Severed ties to community - your fears are legitimate - Meander through hallways day by day Leave my mind to die by day The mind, when unfed it It feeds, so insatiable It eats itself The mind, so unnourished It eats any idea it comes in contact with He lies to himself yet He cries out for mercy, but still he keeps up his faith He lies to the others, he cries when they ask him he's doing I'm not

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 25, 2025

You say I'm angry, I can't deny that it's burning in my veins But that's only the symptom You say I'm searching, I tell you now...the things that I have seen could crush your fragile state of mind I call it folklore Wander the moonscape, let your spirit fly Disguised as strength and yet I never question why Wander the moonscape, a dreamworld farewell Your id desires freedom, subterfuge by self Born in my mind, a seed of misanthropic fear I can't identify as one of you and yet I know It's not a phase, it's not a stretch...I'd love to rid myself this useless cage of human flesh We call it folklore Wander the hallways, let your spirit fly Disguised as innocence, you never question why Wander the hallways, a conscious farewell Your id desires freedom, subterfuge by self Wander the hospital, let your spirit fly I am a lonely vessel, a candle in the night Wander the hospital, subconscious farewell Memories and time will fade, how long can broken ships sail? Lies and lies from generations die Yet I'm the only one who questions why we're here

Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025

I walk alone at night, hoping that I'll find epiphany or more...a deeper understanding Always knew that I'd die alone, never thought that I'd find a home Home, a different meaning, (for someone) who is solitary Always knew that I'd die alone, never thought that I'd find someone Someone to be by my side, to help me find the fleeting light Full moon shines I'm swimming in my deepest fears Clouded skies I'm treading in the blackened waves Never mind Something is here Crashing waves Relentless in my throbbing ears Flowing blood A highway jam that's in my head Pounding fear Time to reveal Feeling now that my brother's tale doesn't have a happy end End to a broken line, this wretched soul/observer Always knew I was special, I...I am taken back by... By the surreal feelings here, almost like a dream world here Glowing moon It's almost like a lucid dream Lurking doom Or is it just a catalyst Never mind Time to go back Gentle wind I look up to his room alight So exposed I'm standing naked in the rain Now return...to numbing death Cancer burns families down Rips cracks into canyon walls Step by step up to his room Lying there, mother beside Fantasy is torn apart, reality is fucking stark Stark in the face of tears, eyes that show our fears Mom caresses his withered hands, hold on tight and pray aloud Loud is the comfort of men, yet they're silent in their pride Indoor breeze This surely cannot happen now Earned your keys into another bleaker world Blood and bone You won't escape Only smoke Emergency to save his life Without fire No longer am I here alone Earned your keys Time to grow up

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025

Peeling back the layers of what is real Darkness comes into my realm surreal and Pulsing steady, macabre delight It calls to me beating, somewhere in the night Oh how it burns Dreams broken by you, your suffering and your pain Infect those you love, we share in all the pain Now! Time to be seen See! All that has been Free! All that you think (Let us inside you) No! Let us be you Please! Soon we'll be through What?! Do you desire? (All that I can know) I sit alone by windows So silent, meditating quiet There's nothing odd it seems but A drop of sweat spells it all out Shadows with eyes A force of nature has found a friend Shadow's disguise The memories are cast into light Speak, speak to me she pleads...so kind and motherly One shouldn't speak his thoughts, just keep to your own self Why (I!) have you come here I (You!) want it all clear Shall (We!) we learn about each other and more? Why (I!) isn't the question I (You!) want it all clear Shall (We!) we take our hands, leap into the void We spoke for endless hours, what seemed like lifetimes passing by All that is dark and twisted, a journey through what I once knew Signs from within What might be certain might also fail Signs all around Life with blinders, I shall be found Darkness behind, behind the door, it's Darkness inside, inside each of us I'm in a dream/reality, a paradox so real Contact, eternity between us Answers, it's opening floodgates in my mind Looking straight into my soul he asks me "Are you ready to forgive me?" (Forgive him now!) Now begins my spiral fall into the black Grey ethereal world of answers, answers and lies Curiosity divine yet frightening When left alone the mind will turn on, turn on itself Opened doorways, let the dark come in The void seems frightening but it needs you, needs to be seen No more dreams, the things I've seen in a lifetime of mere seconds - Time compressed, what's the deal to be struck between yourself and I? - No limits, I want to fly, leave the world of mortals far behind No body, I want to die, live as one with the elements in space - A noble step to the light of the darkness of reality - - Count to three, then you'll see this has all been just inside your head - No! I want to stay You! Do not betray I! I found you there (I have freed your soul) We (I!) are to be bound I (We!) cannot be found Die! (No!) singular path (for my desires) Awaken from the stupor of meditation gone awry But still the pain is with me, and to my right he's lying there Stand into light The morning beams of the sun's twilight Stand up and see a newfound path of your destiny

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

Rays of sunshine through the haze in these melancholy days A mind who's blinded by the pathos til the nerve is burned and numb Have I gone too far? A fallen star, but did I ever really shine? Blur the lines and pray, but not to god, I yearn the flawed embrace of man I feel the lines have thus been blurred The catalyst of mine occurred Bent the straw and broke the line This new reality of mine

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025

Waiting for heaven to shine Watching the life force of my brother drain away Carried on through hellish halls; dimly lit, I hear the calls (You can't save me) I'm breaking down Family weeps together and the presence of another man (Michael Andrus) has just arrived - I am the father of the man who's dying here - - This is my power, authority of god - I carried hopes with me that somehow we'd avoid these ego games and sport for your control Life, after this life, after this death (You're wandering in a lucid nightmare now) To be the wraith who wanders endlessly through space (You're looking death in its pallid face this time) Carry me away and split this soul apart In this wold of mine inside my head Carry me away and bring me to the edge To the edge of consciousness and pride Skies of grey and howling wind, let the combat trial begin (Fratricidal) We'll spill the blood - My son has little chance to make it through this hell - - His guts are liquefied and chemo treatment's failed - I cannot say that you are wrong or you are right But words from you are venom, no agreement is in sight Life, ending his life, mercy disguised (You're withdrawing into lucid nightmares now) He'll be the wraith who wanders endlessly through space (You're looking into a fantasy this time) Carry me away to dream forevermore In this world I'm promised to explore Carry me away and bring me with you there To where pain is gone and dreams are real Dancing starlight Dance with me Dancing starlight Time, time to decide, palaver's time (Time to decide what to do with dying men) To be the man who holds authority of god's kind will (This vanity illusion will decay) When the bastard son is held into the light Pass the light and praise the King of Rome When the bastard son is old enough to rule Then your reign will end by Mordred's hand

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 25, 2025

"So it's clear, brother Looking back I have regrets and Though I know I hurt you Cast aside your mother and left you Understand the pain that scarred my mind and twisted my heart Please forgive my actions Please allow me to die with dignity" Wishing silently just to cry and curl up on the floor Looking down at him, pale and sunken eyes, bony fingers and rib cage Rage, rage in my heart, dying to kill, pull all the flesh from the bone Sinew from bone, stabbing to death, all that's repressed and Rage, rage in my heart, dying to die, easy as one finger's pull Pull the trigger, end it all now, nothing is worthwhile Day by day I see him fade Day by day I want to follow him Fading time, his mind is dulling like a blunted spear once proud Kill the pain, benumb him Dull his senses, just let him fade away Sleep away to stop the pain Pretty soon he'll fall asleep for good Death is closer yet, no one knows when Helplessly I go on No one cares for you, no one dares love you Leave your mind to itself Rage, rage in my heart, dying to kill, pull all the flesh from the bone Sinew from bone, stabbing to death, all that's repressed and Rage, rage in my heart, dying to die, easy as one finger's pull Pull the trigger, end it all now, nothing is worthwhile Set me from from myself I cannot take any more Rage, rage in my heart, dying to kill, pulling off ears and your lips Knife between ribs, slowing heartbeat, all that's repressed and Rage, rage in my heart, dying to die, easy as one leap of faith Come from nothing, end as nothing, nothing is worthwhile

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 25, 2025

Between rage and sorrow We sense approaching death The drugs put him to sleep He's conscious less and less . He will come back to us, god will not abandon . I gave him life and I won't see my pride and joy slip away I know that I hide alone, but I will never leave you I wouldn't have you take this path of what I'll soon become Please Sitting in corners alone . Please come back to me No . Trust in the gift of life He will pass on in the night . Lies I hope that I may be wrong . God will relieve those with faith Please . I will not give up on you I'm bracing myself for the storm - Storm! I will not yield - - I know that you would pray - - But no prayers will sound while that thing is still around - I just can't take it all, this constant hate and fear Like a snake the circles round and round and feasts upon itself . I know that you two butt heads, but can't we let that rest? . My son is dying here and still you can't put differences aside?! He . Will you consider my words? I just want to be alone . I How can we deal with this shit? . You've already danced with death Then . We could go on in shifts There's no sense dealing with him . Trust How can I trust in you people? . It is your only choice - Madness - Can I be set free? . No more Now show yourself - Selfish - Picking on my brother's wife . Stop now His poor love - Cold bitch - Just leave her alone . Please, now! Everything's ending - Snide jabs - Leave the girl alone . Michael! It's good that my brother can't see . Now Watching the strength in her heart . Tolerance comes to an end So . Now you can see why I left Stories have come to life . Yes A glimpse into broken minds . Everyone carries burden But . Don't let it fester in you I know that it's my sacrifice

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

Cast aside the impulse of my fear Leave behind the world you once held dear I feel cursed by heaven Cut loose my frustrations Lead to darkest waters Treading in the void of death I'm ready to deny (the body of your waking life) I'm ready to defy Fall asleep, I'll meet you there (Burning the fray!) Sacrifice your waking life Count the sheep until you fade (Burning the fray!) Then your feet will touch the shore He gasps, raspy breathing No more life support and He's swimming on his own Circling the void he will roam I watch my brother die (The mind of your waking life) I ask the heavens, "Why?" Fall asleep, I'll meet you there (Burning the fray!) Swirling mist coils round your feet Fall asleep, I'll meet you there (Burning the fray!) Almost like a twisted dream Nemesis starts at our hearts, again with his fights and righteous scorn Mother is done, rebuking him, rage of paternal love divine "Get out", she says, "leave her alone, you're heartless and vile, I want you out!" After she's done, Jared is gone...flat-lined as if he saw it all And now, after all He sees his own son dead And flees into hallways As we're left with just a corpse Fall asleep, I'll meet you there (Burning the fray!) Slip your feet into the warm Fall asleep, I'll meet you there (Burning the fray!) Leave your mortal shell behind

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 25, 2025

Resting in fields of a nebula, I rise from my throne of stars There to my right is a gaseous form, and I speak but no words come forth Colors burn the human eye Godlike structures etched in time Paradox of change divine, cast from shadows We're all one creature, life form, cell, and form divine I am bleeding into the cup of immortality Mockery of human form Spirit child, you're now reborn Enter through these astral gates, fly beyond and seal your fate Dreaming of you now, wondering if you're still here Move through the arches, the dark behind the doorway now Glitches of gold in the sky above me, wince at its light as you cry in glory Now that you have eternity at your hands, will you find all you sought before? Fantasy renewed yet different Given life anew but skewed and warped You've made the progress and done me proud I'll call you family and lift the shroud Bestowed my wisdom upon the noble meek There is reward for those who seek I found thy wisdom, but at a price Gave up all that I am, soon I will forget that I was once a being with everlasting hope And yet I learned the lesson, shed the mask and coped Pass the light, remember the fallen I will be the King of Rome Singing songs to honor the loved You will be the King of Rome Given the choice of how to live Honor my family scarred and torn Cancer is just a part of life Everyone tumbles in the flames There is no reason to explain anything by the hand or will of God Life's a burden, love is loss You're not a winner when you don't even play Give it all and it's not enough Nothing that's worthwhile comes without some pain

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 25, 2025

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