Time Waits for No Slave

Pent up and chewed up Pent up and chewed up at a fleeting glance Misconstrued in the mood for assistance Flames fanned with compliance We all have fallen foul We all have fallen foul And forced the striking hand Indiscriminate and loathe To now backtrack - see red and fight fast Punishment is somehow Always due somewhere down the line Until this realisation dawns: Spare the rod and you'll arise Spare it! Spare the rod Spare the rod and you'll arise Spare it! Spare the rod You'll arise, you'll arise, you'll arise A strong-arm is for bleak times But spare this rod and arise Pent up and chewed up Pent up and chewed up at a fleeting glance Misconstrued in the mood for assistance Flames fanned with compliance We all have fallen foul We all have fallen foul And forced the striking hand Indiscriminate and loathe To now backtrack - see red and fight fast Flurries of blows to tenuously prove that dialogue Rarely makes things right Until this realisation dawns: Talk it through, gain insight Talk through! Talk it through Talk it through, gain insight Talk through! Talk it through Gain insight, gain insight, gain insight A strong-arm is for bleak times But talk it through, gain insight So spare this rod and arise So spare this rod and arise So spare this rod and arise So spare this rod

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 24, 2025

"To have and to hold for all eternity" Limitations and ambitions are a pretext to falling short We'll be doomed, marooned and two fatalities Anomalies in whispered circles For pledges we could never hope to fulfil But if it works for you Then it works because of you Not a diktat from a guild For who love is (unflinching) servitude Castigate or deprecate - they want heads hung in shame When a union runs its course For pledges we could never hope to fulfil Irrepressible, irresponsible love Is the wild-eyed antidote to cold imperatives Love is the wild-eyed antidote To cold imperatives Love is like the last day you'll ever live So why lose that spark When our paths begin to merge? It's the yoke of absolutes - those pledges We could never blight in compliance Love is the wild-eyed antidote to cold imperatives Love is the wild-eyed antidote to cold imperatives Love has since been hi-jacked to tether down its whims Obey, obey, obey so the passion dilutes Obey, obey, obey, obey, obey, obey, obey Perhaps under angry clouds of the imagined higher force Refrain, refrain, refrain From ending on a high note Refrain, refrain, refrain, refrain Refrain, refrain, refrain Perhaps under angry clouds of the imagined higher force Perhaps it's this and other such constraints From which we must divorce From which we must divorce

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 24, 2025

You don't need space to focus There is no cause to dream Compulsive gatherer leans over drifters And the lame to get right to the prize Stampede at expectation's peak Stampede at expectation's peak Blow to blow Job to job Work to rule, lauded one Work to rule with derision You don't need space to focus There is no cause to dream You don't need space to focus There is no cause to dream Run a mile Dialled in Work to rule, pre-emptive Work to rule, primitives Indeterminate are the hours Or minutes to happily take stock At the point when you return to the earth Precious little left to objectify and shun Will you wish you'd broken ranks? Or was 'living' still a drawback? Indeterminate Your achievements just egocentric figments? To settle down and be tranquil The preserve of the idle (!) Obsessive go-getter means to surpass Every pleasure and dumb time-waster Stampede at expectation's peak Stampede at expectation's peak Take up slack Break your back Work to rule on the rack Work to rule... and collapse And collapse

Submitted by The Void — Apr 24, 2025

Born between chaos and hatred - a lottery of fate We sit on the brink of extinction The world lies in wait Just a scratch on the surface Of time that will wash away We delude ourselves with the notion That we are here to stay As life starts to shrink An impending state of neurosis Will we awake from this negligent narcosis? On the brink, the brink of extinction We're on the brink, the brink of extinction Locked together in a mindless campaign It's only now we see Appreciation is the one redemption For all that lives and breathes Like a virus it's conscious - impure We have farmed disease It's time now to step back And find an inner peace As life starts to shrink An impending state of neurosis Will we awake from this negligent narcosis? On the brink, the brink of extinction We're on the brink, the brink of extinction Will we avoid a natural selection? Do we have the right to survive the failures? Nature, its force - the scales unbalanced What's the next step? How do we evolve? The brink of extinction On the brink of extinction Can we avoid a natural selection? Do we have the right to survive the failures? Nature, its force - the scales unbalanced What's the next step? What can we resolve? On the brink of extinction As life starts to shrink An impending state of neurosis Will we awake from this negligent narcosis? On the brink, the brink of extinction We're on the brink, the brink of extinction

Submitted by The Void — Apr 24, 2025

Sanitize To blitz every lasting stain Turning fashioned... Heads turn Heads to marvel at plastic landscapes Heads to fill a vacuum of synthesized grace Globalise In continuum to equalise Turning littered... Heads turn Heads to forego distinctions to make Heads to embrace prospects of life in a cage Plastic landscapes, synthesized grace Distinctions to make, life in a cage Time waits for no slave Time waits for no slave Just give them convenience upon pain of death Cut out the middleman Keep them uniformly spoon-fed Time waits for no slave Time waits for no slave Just give them convenience Upon pain of fucking death Honoured cattle-class turning fattened heads Turning fattened Heads turn Heads to enthuse in a permanent daze Heads once longing for flaws to disassociate Permanent daze, disassociate Synthesized grace, life in a cage Here we go! Time waits for no slave In one breath you denounce The authoritarian reach Turn of the cheek and you're basking In the fake sunlight The fake sunlight of its grip In one breath you denounce The authoritarian reach Turn of the cheek and you're basking In the fake sunlight The fake sunlight of its grip Of its grip The fake sunlight of its grip The fake sunlight of its grip

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 24, 2025

Push the envelope further from reality Banishing the hope, interrogating strategies Inhumane aggression, isolation jails Forcing a confession when all else fails To stand in judgment of a so-called offender That represents immoral behaviour Push the envelope from the civilised norm Push the envelope, catastrophic storm Stripped of life and limb by this torture germ Stripped of life and limb just for standing firm Naked and bound, pain and consideration Extremely profound, grotesque cooperation Cruelty implied, no sense of divide Particular intensity, deception and lies To stand in judgment of a so-called offender That represents immoral behaviour Government task force questioning the source Widespread abuse Innocent victims of power misuse Push the envelope from the civilised norm Push the envelope, catastrophic storm Stripped of life and limb by this torture germ Stripped of life and limb just for standing firm Psychological intimidation Traditional methods of interrogation Polluting our culture, it's prolific, outright For nothing more than specific insight A dire killing thrust Push the envelope from the civilised norm To satisfy the lust Push the envelope, catastrophic storm When beaten to their death Stripped of life and limb by this torture germ Lingering aftermath Stripped of life and limb just for standing firm

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025

For independence we alone define Open-ended, not monopolised, it's just as it is Does not need overstatement Don't broadcast it from the rooftops It's we alone that convene But radical actor there you are The radical statesman picking holes But radical actor there you are The radical statesman's checklist of faults But radical actor there you are In radical terms this target's soft But radical actor there you are In radical terms it's power to your lost soul But radical actor there you are The radical heights of alienating To be a cut above - or below Infighting starts to establish A clearly marked distance because image is at stake Infighting starts to establish A clearly marked distance because image is at stake Mindlessly stifling, downbeat clique Downbeat clique, downbeat clique Down-at-heel tyranny, downbeat clique Downbeat clique, downbeat clique Infighting starts to establish A clearly marked distance because image is at stake Infighting starts to establish A clearly marked distance because image is at stake Pitifully sniping, downbeat clique Downbeat clique, downbeat clique Re-branded morality, downbeat clique Downbeat clique, downbeat clique Exactly what are YOU achieving? The faithful patron of one conclusion With reflection, effects are null and void It's just as it is But radical actor there you are The radical statesman picking holes But radical actor there you are In radical terms it's power to your lost soul But radical actor there you are The radical slip into social structure And your threatening alliance with the norm With the norm, with the norm, with the norm With the norm, with the norm, with the norm

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 24, 2025

Redress effects Of past and current discrimination Intention to promote access to education Equality, employment, public institutions Meekly lamenting racial group victimisation Intent to destroy traditionalist opinion In whole or in part - this fallacy dominion Intent to destroy by reverse definition Intent to destroy Long, arcane sliding scale on the population Rubbishing preferential treatment accusations An accomplishment to live and learn In my opinion Intent to destroy traditionalist opinion In whole or in part - this fallacy dominion Intent to destroy by reverse definition Intent to destroy Ingrained affirmative action Dismays conservative factions Ingrained affirmative action Prevention is better than a cure However obvious or obscure Prevention is better than a cure However obvious or obscure Quick degradation At the root and inciting violence Encouraged prejudice toward ethnic appearance Oppose the hierarchical machine Oppose dominance! Intent to destroy traditionalist opinion In whole or in part - this fallacy dominion Intent to destroy by reverse definition Intent to destroy Ingrained affirmative action Dismays conservative factions Ingrained affirmative action Prevention is better than a cure However obvious or obscure Prevention is better than a cure However obvious or obscure Protest old punishments, free from harassment Fresh ideology breaks model society Burning resentment, departing conformity Inflicted confinement created anxiety Ingrained affirmative action Dismays conservative factions Ingrained affirmative action Prevention is better than a cure However obvious or obscure Prevention is better than a cure However obvious or obscure

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 24, 2025

Overbearing drive to break loose But not to inflict any wounding Back-breaking stack of societal codes I'm hurtling toward apoplexy "Conduct inappropriate!" Cry misappropriating know-alls Conduct inappropriate! Institutional oafs break loose Care to neutralize us human germs Guidelines they so staunchly espouse Adjustable once they are exposed "Lifestyles disproportionate!" Cry misappropriating know-alls Lifestyles disproportionate! Verbal diarrhea Verbal diarrhea Verbal diarrhea Verbal diarrhea Virtuous fawning makes my flesh crawl Virtuous fawning makes my flesh crawl Are you some god, king and sage? God, king and sage? God, king and sage? God, king and sage? Superfluous slurs Superfluous slurs Resent, interject, intercept and molest Superfluous slurs Entrap, double back Then collapse and entrance Superfluous slurs "Lifestyles disproportionate!" Cry misappropriating know-alls Lifestyles disproportionate!

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 24, 2025

Now that the time has passed We look back in angst at the past Now that the dust has cleared The ugly head of fear has reared Was there ever a guiding truth A light to silence the cries? Suspicion is building a case to counter-attack the lies To counter-attack the lies Now that time has moved on Can we look to the future with hope? Now that the dawn has returned Forget not the sense of pain Is the world still a masquerade - a déjà vu of trauma? Hidden plans and corrupt ideals Molest the true spirit to live We cannot fight what we cannot see Larceny of the heart We can't take back What we didn't know was taken Larceny of the heart Now that the time has passed We look back in angst at the past Now that the dust has cleared The ugly head of fear has reared Now that time has moved on Can we look to the future with hope? Now that the dawn has returned Forget not the sense of pain We cannot fight what we cannot see Larceny of the heart We can't take back What we didn't know was taken Larceny of the heart Stripped to the nerve we obey A shadow empire lies in wait Stripped to the nerve we obey The pounding pulse of deceit The pounding pulse of deceit We cannot fight what we cannot see Larceny of the heart We can't take back What we didn't know was taken Larceny of the heart Larceny of the heart Larceny of the heart

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 24, 2025

Procrastination on the empty vessel Roll over and over to take a breather Is this dereliction of duty To not throw a giant stick in the works? To labour so rigidly Fleeing safe havens of natural beauty Procrastination on the empty vessel Toil to the bone so the machines roll on Is this vague assumption That a call to a halt will signal our untimely end? To labour so rigidly All the safe havens of natural beauty We don't believe that we have the nerve We can believe that refusal won't hurt We don't believe much in... We don't believe much in... We don't believe much in... ourselves Nil retribution on the empty vessel Bracing ourselves as we smashed our routine This feels like liberation Or a call to a halt that signalled Our untimely end (?) To have laboured so rigidly Barred from safe havens of natural beauty We don't believe that we have the nerve We can believe that refusal won't hurt We don't believe much in... We don't believe much in... We don't believe much in... ourselves Ourselves

Submitted by The Void — Apr 24, 2025

The past drags behind us like a dead weight Prone for the large part, yet piling on the guilt Bullying, rebuking, lest we re-imagine Because by moving in the here and the now It has become ingrained as a given Directionless, transparent, brittle beings we are But consider this: Those who can't escape the past Are condemned to repeat it They place us in a losing battle But will we die for any flag? I don't think so Quietly unwilling, escorted... There is little of our choosing Disorientated by the noise of custom It dissipates the present and the future unbalanced Excluded for envisioning a new space Those who can't escape the past Are condemned to repeat it Condemned to repeat it Those who can't escape the past Are condemned to repeat it Condemned to repeat it Condemned to repeat it The past gives us an oversight But we have nothing if it is rehashed Are we so stupefied That we've run out of steam? The past can keep us blissfully ignorant Away from a plunge Into the (exhilarating) virgin unknown Are we so fucking drained, that we've run out of steam? Are we so stupefied, that we've run out of steam? The past drags behind us like a dead weight It has become ingrained as a given Directionless, transparent, brittle beings we are They place us in a losing battle It dissipates the present and the future Directionless, transparent, brittle beings we are But consider this: Those who can't escape the past Are condemned to repeat it

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 24, 2025

Abject... Engulfed... Assail the heathen you Cheer the martyr home Never drop your guard Smear campaign against clarity A no-sided argument A no-sided argument Bite that tongue! Slum in a turgid rut Self-flagellate to assure Pleasures trampled flat Obligation to those pious myths A no-sided argument A no-sided argument You seem a brow-beaten husk Sheltered from salacious 'everything' You've reached saturation point Every violating human touch Sets bombs off inside your brain You've reached saturation point You've reached saturation point You've reached saturation point You've reached saturation point With turmoil as an epitaph A no-sided argument A no-sided argument A no-sided argument A no-sided argument A no-sided argument

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 24, 2025

Bent double and the vibrancy has gone Bent double and the vibrancy has gone Tremors upon shutdown of my auto-function They sold it well: Contentment, contentment Contentment with no effort No effort, no effort Domesticated drone lets slip its motor skills Domesticated drone lets slip its motor skills Nothing seems to click without my auto-function They sold it well: Disempowerment Disempowerment, disempowerment On demand, play dead, play dead, play dead On demand, play dead, play dead, play dead On demand, play dead, play dead, play dead On demand No verve and no drive, as I passed it all on No verve and no drive, as I passed it all on Trails of life relieved via my auto-function They sold it well: Appeasement, appeasement Appeasement and smooth transferral Transferral, transferral On demand, play dead, play dead, play dead On demand, play dead, play dead, play dead On demand, play dead Do I have need to speak? Or emote? And problem-solve? Or dream anymore? Have I shrunk in stature or plummeted Into deep hibernation? On demand, play dead, play dead, play dead On demand, play dead, play dead, play dead Play dead On demand, play dead Play dead, play dead Play dead, play dead

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025