Burning the Bridges to Nowhere

This is my chance to distance myself from fiction Our synthetic life was censored, contrived, No point of reference This used to mean something I used to feel something Keep your pity I don't need it Wish I could blame this all on you Sometimes I look around And can't accept this is it now It might've never been real But at least I got to pretend for a while [Chorus] My life has become stranger than fiction The darkness comes and goes But it'll never take me Misread the signs The road to our fall is paved in lies I watched my heaven turn to ash As those I trusted looked away Now you're a ghost to me A delusional lie A fantasy [Chorus] My life has become stranger than fiction The darkness comes and goes But it'll never take me The infection Has poisoned our focus For too long In search of anything That we can know is real There's nowhere to run this time I need to know you see this Tell me there's beauty but I can't feel it now Someday today Will fade into the darkest corners of my memory If I could go back I'd still grit my teeth And just go through with this I need to know you see this Tell me there's beauty but I can't feel it I can't accept that this is it now The darkness comes and goes But it'll never take me

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025

Impaled on picket fences The choice to follow your dreams Was only ever a dream You were born nothing That’s what you’ll die with To see hopes light I would give anything We are chasing our tails Within distractions beyond our control Because there must be something more [Chorus] Who are you to say that’s it’s not worth it Sliver of all you’ve been promised I know why you can’t let go of all this The obsession is all you’ve ever known To just let go I’ve seen what that can do to a man When mediocrity is unacceptable To strive for something, anything Keeps me sane All the problems non existent Just to persist is a vision all it’s own [Chorus] So who are you to say that’s it’s not worth it Sliver of all you’ve been promised I know why you can’t let go of all this The obsession is all you’ve ever known As I walk through the valley in the shadow of you I know doubt and despair in my …desperation won’t get me through Regret is a part of me You’re living proof You’ve had my loyalty You’ll always be my sanctuary This liberation is all you’ve inspired All I will ever need to find I can never let go [Chorus] Who are you to say that’s it’s not worth it Sliver of all you’ve been promised I know why you can't let go of all this The obsession is all you’ve ever known

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025

It’s all control Don’t care how I get it I just need it I’ve been watching you I follow you Hold you down and force you To think like me [Chorus] Deaf, blind and numb Not as abhorrent as it seems No one to blame Nothing to change Won’t miss what we’ll never find You left me here But in your failing light I found salvation When all else is lost I’ll find my self worth [Chorus] Deaf, blind and numb Not as abhorrent as it seems No one to blame Nothing to change Won't miss what we'll never find on our own How many times must we accept a lie Before it becomes truth I’d rather die Then exist in blissful ignorance and follow the flock to you This climate of fear Won’t keep us safe forever I stare blankly in to you Process my world the way you present it Lost in the frequency that proves hypnotized you’re nothing but an addict Leave us behind One last time We’ll never have to see the end If we just close our eyes As above So below

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 25, 2025

Viral by nature we bloom Consuming the garden Bored without chaos Draining an ocean of wealth Over stimulated in every way It's probably just a placebo Meant to keep you asleep [Chorus] Ours is the art of decay X-rated and ultra violent There could’ve always been enough But it would’ve never been enough For us Now Eden's burning down My future is raised by a box I feed it pills to keep it docile Lulled by my sense of security On a neon vacation That could never end It's probably just a placebo Meant to keep you asleep [Chorus] Ours is the art of decay X-rated and ultra violent There could’ve always been enough But it would’ve never been enough For us Now Eden's burning down Just entertain us Keep us down and afraid of ourselves What we could be What eyes will never see Now Eden’s burning down

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 25, 2025

Over and under but still held on to my dependence You can always sense my sins And carry out my sentence It ends tonight This battles’ almost lost Some demons never die So keep them at bay will have to be enough Fetal, writhe I'm not looking above It’s 3 a.m again I’ve lost my faith In government and god I've searched for a message I've prayed for a cure Found nothing but questions In the space between their words [Chorus] The fact you never gave up May have to be enough I’ve lost as much as I’ve found What do I have now? Don’t hold your breathe For an apology I’ve done the best I can since then So what the fuck do you want from me? You’re the bliss You are the parasite You are the love I can’t accept They are sterile But they are far from Pure on the inside They are the dirtiest of a all They hide behind their walls And tell you, you are nothing I've searched for a message I've prayed for a cure Found nothing but questions In the space between their words Pretending Painting self portraits Something indulgent A little less real Show them a handful of faces And none of them will ever be mine [Chorus] The fact you never gave up May have to be enough I’ve lost as much as I’ve found What do I have now? Are you pure? Are you pure on the inside?

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025

Run away but don’t pretend you’re innocent You’ve felt it building for years and done nothing To circumvent the causes and the affects Of avoidable imbalances There were people here who cherished you Followed you, looked up to you What is left for us now? So many things I never got to say Like that wherever you are You’re fuckin dead to me! I helped you abandon your duties And tried to ease your pain So go and crawl inside yourself for comfort Your mind will follow you there Deny until there is nothing left to live for Don’t act so goddamn surprised that life isn’t fair So many things I never got to say Like that wherever you are You’re fuckin dead to me! I helped you abandon your duties And tried to ease your pain So rally me to your cause Then run away and justify it all Only loyalty will satisfy you Something you know nothing of Your lack of dedication Was my liberation Imagine where I’d be If I had made you proud I used to pity you Until I felt your disease inside my head You cry victim To anyone who will hear You disgust me You were on the other side of the world Before you ever went there

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 25, 2025

Staring out through the streaks on the window Peering inside in to all of the secrets there Try to endure but the scrutiny kills me Done some repairs but it’s worthless in the end [Chorus] If there is no savior The rest of our lives is all we’ll have left I can tell that you’re reading our thoughts Just like a script to the parts we all play Every move is a tribute to weakness Every kindness is a devastating charade [Chorus] If there is no savior The rest of our lives is all we’ll have left Only you can make sense of the masks that we all wear Can you really see through the barrier? Through all the filth and reflections Self worth becomes increasingly confusing When all signals cross and become obsolete I found that the shadows were safest But now you’re here and I’m questioning reason I can never be, never see as clear as you can I’m flawed can’t you see? Sure you can because you’re perfect We all just dress up in a run down dolled up carcass Wanna see if you’re really so comfortable in your own skin? [Chorus] If there is no savior The rest of our lives is all we’ll have left Would you bow to this maker? Would you ever accept second best? Did you make a difference? Or are you really lost yourself? Does it really matter? Or were you just staring into the sun?

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

It's finally come and gone full circle A steady decline is the only thing I've shown I always thought that this would hurt more I can honestly say I feel nothing now... Now I have nothing to follow So I will find my way on my own Stop the descent before it takes me Climb out of the hole that doesn't have to be real anymore Now I have nothing to follow So I will find my way on my own Come down and see There is a side that has died completely Push away the guilt Fight off the regret Emptiness is nothing in the shadow of a greater reason I'll find a way out of this Now I have nothing to follow So I will find my way on my own It took today to show me I'm slipping slowly Never again will I come undone

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025