The Dying Things We Live For

You become transparent when you’re held to the light Even at your worst I tried to make the wrongs right You pulled the wool over my eyes Sick of burning at both ends You push to break the bend Never, someone, I’ll defend Could’ve been should’ve been You say it was never supposed to be this way Built up to come crashing down with your name Could’ve been should’ve been You say it was never supposed to be this way Return to dust the same way that you came You should know better than anyone The past can never be undone Blank stares from the people you once knew Your downfall is overdue You’re no king A broken crown sits at your feet Pieces of what you used to be You only see what you want to see You become transparent when you’re held to the light I think it’s time you learn to take loss in stride and walk away from what’s mine Rock bottom and you’re falling faster every day You’ll find no compassion You’ll find no sympathy You should know better than anyone The past can never be undone Blank stares from the people you once knew Your downfall is overdue You’re no king A broken crown sits at your feet Pieces of what you used to be You only see what you want to see You’re no king A broken crown sits at your feet Pieces of what you used to be You only see what you want to see Return to dust the same way that you came There is no compassion No sympathy (No sympathy) Return to dust the same way that you came You’re no fucking king

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

I'm counting down until the day that I can close my eyes Sick of the lows that come with the highs I’m counting down until the day that I can reach past the light To find there is no other side Searching for hope becomes a disease Too sick to live, too sick to bleed You make things hard on yourself When you start bleeding out for someone else These are the numbered days We can't erase Don't spend a lifetime making the same mistakes Over and over again We cave in, without thinking We throw ourselves to the wind Over and over again We cave in, without thinking We throw ourselves to the wind I'm counting down until the day That the sun swallows the world whole and all of Hell follows I'm counting down until the day there's nothing left inside me And all my bones are hollowed out Searching for hope becomes a disease Too sick to live, too sick to fucking bleed Too sick to fucking bleed, go Too sick to bleed (To sick to bleed) You make things hard on yourself When you start bleeding out for someone else These are the numbered days We can't erase Don't spend a lifetime making the same mistakes Over and over again We cave in, without thinking We throw ourselves to the wind Over and over again We cave in, without thinking We throw ourselves to the wind We throw ourselves to the wind I'm so sick of all the lows that come with the highs I'm so sick of all the lows that come with the highs

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

If it wasn't for this bad luck that hangs up over my head I'd have no luck but maybe once I'd hope for the best What would it take to change my expiration date? Sick of borrowing time I will never repay There's an art to losing every single thing you love Where do you turn when all you're left with is bad blood? Is this what it's like, to be put back on the shelf? Left to collect the dust of someone else The light in the back of the tunnel quickly fades to black Seasons change as I'm left in the past There's no home sweet home When you're sinking underneath just like a stone Sinking down, sinking down alone There's no home sweet home Nothing left to believe in Everything you know is slipping away Right down the drain, is this all in vain? Nothing left to fight for Every new chance brought another door, slammed in my face Yet I still came back for more, too stubborn to swallow my pride Afraid to admit that I've been set aside, taken out of the limelight What would it take to change my expiration date? Sick of borrowing time that I will never repay There's an art to losing every single thing you love Where do you turn when all you're left with is bad blood? Is this what it's like, to be put back on the shelf? Left to collect the dust of someone else The light in the back of the tunnel quickly fades to black Seasons change as I'm left in the past There's no home sweet home When you're sinking underneath just like a stone Sinking down, sinking down alone There's no home sweet home Nothing left to believe in, there's nothing left Nothing left to fight for, there's nothing left

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

I'm trapped inside a cynical way of thinking Why even bother with a world that pulls me down when I'm sinking? What I'd give to be naive The only way I can feel is to disconnect myself from everything If you can't come to terms with the life that I choose to lead Stay the fuck away from me If you can't come to terms with the life I choose to lead Stay away from me I won't get stuck on looking back We're all so guilty of wanting what we'll never have Fight fire with fire, there is no desire in me To be like anything you want to see I'll write you off, write it all off No second thoughts You can trace the lines to connect the dots Write you off, write it all off No second thoughts You can trace the lines to connect the dots Nothing gold can stay Every breath you take will bring you closer to your dying day Too much time to contemplate the black and white I refuse to sell my soul for a place to die I don't owe the world a god damn thing I don't owe the world a god damn thing I don't owe the world a single thing And I won't get stuck on looking back I won't get stuck I won't get stuck on looking back We're all so guilty of wanting what we'll never have Fight fire with fire, there is no desire in me To be like anything you want to see I'll write you off, write it all off No second thoughts You can trace the lines to connect the dots Write you off, write it all off No second thoughts You can trace the lines to connect the dots So if you can't come to terms with the life that I choose to lead Stay the fuck away from me Stay away from me I don't owe the world a god damn thing Stay away from me

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

I’ll spit back every word that you threw in my face Hell is home either way Another nail in the coffin For the first time in days, I see clearly I won’t lead myself blindly to the light There’s no truth that will give me peace of mind What did you expect? For me to bow down and beg for forgiveness? I won't give in How does it feel for your words to be irrelevant? Just know that there will be no song of grace to lead you in No holy water that will rid you of your sins There will be no light to pull you from the dark side Left to decay inside your own lies Fiction will never become fact To each their own We all breathe our last breath alone Fiction will never become fact All hope is dead and gone He’s never coming back I will bear a new cross to show what I’ve lost I will bear a new cross to show what I’ve lost Speak now or forever hold your tongue When you look up to the sky above, do you feel anything but empty love? The dying things you’re living for Give it up, give it up There will be no song of grace to lead you in No holy water that will rid you of your sins There will be no light to pull you from the dark side Left to decay inside your own lies Fiction will never become fact To each their own We all breathe our last breath alone Fiction will never become fact All hope is dead and gone He’s never coming back I will bear a new cross to show what I’ve lost I will bear a new cross to show what I’ve lost I will never repent My blood’s already been spent Choke on the words you preach You’re not heaven sent I will never beg for your forgiveness I will never repent I will never beg for your forgiveness I will never repent Never repent

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

Face to face with the bad; with the good I will rest in peace forever misunderstood Forever misunderstood This is the give and take No place to dream in a world that never falls asleep Another rat in a cage Empty words fill every page A never-ending race to finish lines I can’t achieve In this weightless state I’ve become so empty The damage is already done, but the worst is yet to be seen No wishful thinking A slate that can’t be wiped clean Here and now is all we know Until we’re forced to let go, I’d give it up to find a new home A place that I can call my own Damned if I do, damned if I don’t An infinite climb We’re told to walk along a thin line Can’t fall out of place I’ll speak my mind I won't go quietly into the dark abyss that waits for me There is no way of life Worthy of this mother fucking sacrifice There is no way of life Worthy of this sacrifice We all expire Time waits for no one We will burn under the same sun Stained black Every broken soul that’s left We all expire before we exist The damage is already done, but the worst is yet to be seen No wishful thinking A slate that can’t be wiped clean Here and now is all we know Until we’re forced to let go, I’d give it up to find a new home A place that I can call my own Damned if I do, damned if I don’t Here and now is all we know Until we’re forced to let go, I’d give it up to find a new home A place that I can call my own Damned if I do, damned if I don’t The damage is done The damage is done

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

It comes and goes in waves Will there ever be a life worth all this pain? While they’re building you up, you’ve gotta prepare for the hang Bitter winds blow in to remind you of time you spent killing yourself To find an empty bed Killing yourself to find a place to rest your head Nothing green on the other side Death has no compromise History repeats the same routine again It’s hard to play this game when you never win Caught between everything that you need to be And what you want the world to see It’s hard to live with yourself when neither side can be pleased It comes and goes in waves Will there ever be a life worth all this pain? When there’s nothing left for them to take, you leave out the same way you came Bitter winds blow in to remind you of the things you’ll miss Killing yourself to find a better way to live Killing yourself to find meaning in this Learned to love the misery and lack of company that death is promising me Learned to love the misery and all the tragedy that death is promising me A little hope will get you nowhere at all You reap what you sow We are not eternal A little hope will get you nowhere at all You reap what you sow We are not eternal We are not eternal We are not eternal It comes and goes in waves Will there ever be a life worth all this pain? While they’re building you up, you’ve gotta prepare for the hang Bitter winds blow in to remind you of time you spent killing yourself To find an empty bed Killing yourself to find a place to rest your head Learned to love the misery and lack of company that death is promising me Learned to love the misery and all the tragedy that death is promising me It comes and goes in waves Will there ever be a life worth all this pain? It comes and goes in waves Will there ever be a life worth all this pain? We are not eternal We are not eternal

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

They always seem to kick me when I’m down What a way for them to tell me I’m worth nothing more than dirt on the ground Just pull the chair from underneath my feet and throw me out into the cold streets They say some things are better left unsaid To know the truth would be too much for me to comprehend Force fed to believe there’s something more for me Set up to fail with no chance to succeed Wasted days spent watching my life pass by Take me away, back to a better time where I’m not standing in line ready to die I know I’ve been here before, questioning everything Left with my heart on the floor I know I’ve been here before, questioning everything Left with my heart on the floor Kick me when I’m down Numb to the pain A face with no name Just pull the chair from underneath my feet and throw me out into the cold streets They say some things are better left unsaid To know the truth would be too much for me to comprehend What you see is never what you get Distorted hope for the hopeless In sickness and health This black cloud will follow me ‘til I’m burning in hell Until I'm burning in hell Wasted days spent watching my life pass by Take me away, back to a better time where I’m not standing in line ready to die I know I’ve been here before, questioning everything Left with my heart on the floor I know I’ve been here before, questioning everything Left with my heart on the floor In sickness and health This black cloud will follow me ‘til I’m burning in hell Until I'm burning in hell

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

Left for the vultures alone to rot You’re nothing but a shadow of a person that I forgot A silhouette to remind me of what I’m not You’re just a shade; a duller color than you used to be Death is a lesson that you’ll learn the hard way Too little too late I’ll watch you manipulate every beautiful thing you’ve seen You’re just the scum left underneath Too little too late Such a bittersweet way to relive hate With darker days ahead Hard to love with a heart that’s already dead Born destined for dirt The truth should hurt I wish you nothing but the worst Born destined for dirt The truth should hurt I wish you nothing but the worst There’s no time you’ll get back No matter what you give, when the clock runs out you’ll be left to relive, all that you tried to hide away There’s no escape from the skeletons you keep in your grave Too little too late I’ll watch you manipulate every beautiful thing you’ve seen You’re just the scum left underneath Too little too late There’ll be no use for a name on your grave No one will remember you anyway When fate decides it’s time for you to die I’ll be the one to pull the noose tight When fate decides I’ll be the one to pull the noose tight Born destined for dirt The truth should hurt I wish you nothing but the worst Born destined for dirt The truth should hurt I wish you nothing but the worst There’s no time you’ll get back No matter what you give, when the clock runs out you’ll be left to relive, all that you tried to hide away There’s no escape from the skeletons you keep in your grave Too little, too late Too little, too late Death is a lesson that you’ll learn the hard way Death is a lesson that you’ll learn the hard way

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

If all you love is everything that’s killing you I know your pain and what you’re going through I swear it never rains anymore; only pours A different day with the same war If all you love is everything that’s eating you up I know your pain You feel like you’ve had enough You’ve lost so much you don’t keep score A different day fighting the same war To say a prayer would mean I had some faith But I guess distance got the best of me All it did was teach me how to hate We’re all devils in our own hells trying to escape Memories we can’t erase Good things never come; I give up Grown to love not being enough Remove me from the frame A picture that was meant to fade away Wither away to grey To say a prayer would mean there’s a glimpse of hope in me That’s something that I’ve never seen But I’d walk on water if it made me believe It’s only sink or swim There’s no chance for me with these concrete limbs I know all your love is the cause of your grief I know exactly how you feel You’re the same as me We’re all devils in our own hells We're all devils in our own hells We're all devils in our own hells Good things never come; I give up Grown to love not being enough Remove me from the frame A picture that was meant to fade away Wither away to grey Wither away to grey Wither away to grey Wither away to grey Wither away to grey Wither away to grey Wither away to grey Wither away to grey Wither away to grey Wither away to grey

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026