Fear, Emptiness, Despair

Gut level, below it all Out of duty - just here Feeling like a knife's being twisted in the hole of how it is False hope An inch of pride that died when I left to hide From a non-stop battering of conditioned opinion Rest assured but not assured, all is well But I think we've dealt with the fear for far too long Unborn suffer, unborn suffer Unborn suffer the norm Born to this - I think not! I stand against 'til the shit drops We see all but do nothing, in the hole of how it is

Downwards, downwards Life's spiraling descent Downwards, downwards Life's spiraling descent All love is lost Premature and unreasoning Premature and unreasoning Perversely chained without any values Perversely chained without any values Wretched, degraded Wretched, degraded Take it all on the chin To forever hold my piece... To forever hold my piece... The reins turned, noose pull, taunt as I fall The reins turned, noose pull, taunt as I fall The figment is more painful than the fact And I'm the one to hang, just for being me! Just for being me! The murky clouds wash, solace comforts me not And I'm the one to hang, just for being me! Just for being me! Black numbing blanket smothers attrition once and for all

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 24, 2025

No place My number's up Still not good enough Enough Sequestered, should I bow my head? Unlucky? Not to be a part Accept the ordeal, bar-coded Cut the deals, downloaded Succession strains Succession strains Accept the ordeal, bar-coded Cut the deals, downloaded Succession strains Succession strains Misinformed Denied, your words shattered Purposeless I'll breathe the free air, and remain nameless Misinformed Denied, your words shattered Purposeless I'll breathe the free air, and remain nameless

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 24, 2025

Scale the inferno, take it all in Am I right or wrong, or just confused? Glamorized, dare I say it? Fantasized, but through whose eyes? Not theirs, that's for sure! Rebuff beliefs that we've lost A plague rages in all our hearts Scale the inferno, take it all in Am I right or wrong, or just confused? Glamorized, dare I say it? Fantasized, but through whose eyes? Not theirs, that's for sure! Rebuff beliefs that we've lost A plague rages in all our hearts Am I the last in line? To stop and turn, and pretend that we're really changing I'd sooner die! Am I the last in line? A plague rages A plague rages Am I the last in line? A plague rages A plague rages A plague rages

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 24, 2025

The clever box o' tricks tells me I'm paranoid But as I uncover the sourness and decay Echoes my suspicions There's more than meets the eye More than meets the eye More than meets the eye More than meets the eye Thought process is geared to caution to the wind We shuffle along discriminately There's more than meets the eye More than meets the eye More than meets the eye More than meets the eye The danger signs ignored The danger signs ignored Ignored ...of those who think it righteous to liberate the wiser Man goads woman Child strikes infant Turned against each other Or those who punch hardest for the land of competition Head swims, heart cries Because hopelessness resides When man last falls Who'll be left to fight? There's more than meets the eye More than meets the eye More than meets the eye More than meets the eye

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 24, 2025

I've walked to the ends of the earth And glanced into the eyes of those who were going the opposite way They failed to bridge the gap First contact was a threat and you could taste the surging unrest Who wrote the law that opposites attract? Who could be so naive? Everyone trusts no one Looking out for number one Ours is a primed time The finite thrill of the loathing A streak in our life bearing dreams It strengthens to soothe the open wound, but ours is a primed time It strengthens to soothe the open wound, but ours is a primed time Bonding? Do you think I want the upper hand? Broken contracts We sow infertile seeds and reparation pales

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 24, 2025

To transgress out, out of a savage state of mind A deep-rooted, continuous outcry Territory under rule But from whom? Do we choose the right to not choose to be fools? To grasp greedily, a freedom from pride A binding force, a source of strength Territory under rule But from whom? Do we choose the right to not choose to be fools? To be content to lose An act of saving, of deliverance for a while For the knowing smile of 'I told you so' 'I told you so' 'I told you so' 'I told you so' Fear and its penalties, to utter such cries Fear and its penalties, to utter such cries I think the choice is there to under-rule I think the choice is there to under-rule

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 24, 2025

Lest we forget scorched earth policies of megaton and hydrogen And taut muscle of an armory that flexes To show the world we mean business! It's all smiles and handshakes But who moves to disarm? We've cheapened time and evolution To be violently erased is non-fiction Those summits and peace treaties are just worthless words It's all smiles and handshakes But who moves to disarm? Radium, uranium - one more isotope to add the collection The age of outrage has been reasoned into submission And cries for peace are no longer in fashion I wonder if we'll see the point through cataracted eyes Or draw breath from irradiated lungs And sigh as we exit seven times

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 24, 2025

I'm retching on the dirt, it's earthiness coating my throat Coating my throat I'm wincing on the bitterest pill I refuse to swallow Swallow I'm offered the warmth of a velvet glove, an iron fist to some Iron fist I'm hounded by white right might that wants the country pure I'm incensed by those in awe of 'living amongst their own' Selective perfection will cut their own throats! I'm constantly forcing the point But we're all retching on dirt And we'll choke if we don't spit it out!

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 24, 2025

So long we shared friendship, I thought but misguided Finally you came then What I knew you were all along Spineless, you pretend to be what you're not to me And all around me Two-faced and so self-centered Two-faced and so self-centered So long we shared friendship, I thought but misguided Finally you came then What I knew you were all along Spineless, you pretend to be what you're not to me And all around me Two-faced and so self-centered Two-faced and so self-centered So self-centered It works both ways But you can't feel you obsessions blinding you You abuse, and for what do we get in return? My last chance to repent It's your last chance We'll fast on you deception After all, you've proved yourself So many things maliciously absurd I cannot trust you and I never will Still a disillusioned friend Friend

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 24, 2025

I've slipped the noose The shackles, the shackles are off My maturity fixation outshines It's go for broke and fuck it all With head held higher I am the man that used to care I am the man that used to care I am the man that used to care I am the man that used to care Who was I then? So quizzical with foresight Now I've favored to savor the flavor of nine-to-five intuition Out with the old, in with the new regime I sold my soul to the robotized dream I'm just an empty shell with integrity scooped out A painted smile, a glass-eyed high on two that can't cry Touch me, I'm cold to the merits of love I stepped back from the edge when others slipped off And all because society told me to Told me to

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 24, 2025