Emberglow

ed above for aeons atop the false god throne Dictate meaning to the meaningless in a universe of indifference Invisible threads of control sew the fabric of their illusory hold Indoctrinate and isolate them all Hearing only what they’re told they want to know Blind to the outside now We’re living our lie calculated Dissimulated truths to keep from falling out of line Delude, deceive, until it’s undeniable Sightless eyes that fail to recognize We were kings This echo chamber’s failing These gods are misaligned Cracks are forming veil’s falling Distract the masses one more time Indoctrinate and isolate them all Hearing only what they’re told they want to know We’re on the inside taking all This grief is our making Only remnants of the past in our wake If we could wake from this moment And see our future in the absence of light CHORUS To the ends of time they march lockstep in line We preach, we leech, with no trace of empathy Now take a look into the sky but never questioning why We never had the strength to pull ourselves out from this hell Indoctrinate and isolate them all Hearing only what they’re told they want to know Blind to the outside now We were kings

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Mind degraded Doubt lingers in the air Thoughts have faded from hope turned to despair Bleak words inscribed on abstract walls make for a heavy tome How long have I been feeding this nothing feeling all along? Bow to disembodied enemies within me Someone please take it all away as we take our final steps Into this endless night Wide awake I can’t escape it Thoughts in disarray reaching deep inside But I’ll fight my own way through And light the path it’s leading to The darkness that I embrace Just embers in its place Succumb to devastation Disconnect from your elation And see the world your suffocating tomb Lights are failing and their voices fade from meaning I can take it all away Hold on to one last breath Denied embrace of death As we take our final steps CHORUS Dig deep reach just a little deeper The walls are crashing but we’re not in the clear Hold tight to memories of forgotten faces The ones who told you that there’s nothing to fear Come to embrace the emberglow Wake to face the darkness CHORUS

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

I’m all around Particles that make up the world around you Back to the building blocks of life I break you down Behold the power to create and to destroy Behold Atomizer Truth dies, I rise, bow down and realize There’s no escaping as reality haunts you I strike while you’re unborn Your flesh lays ripped and torn Your form now lies beneath me Burst out from amongst the stars Landing on your planet to bring destruction Your failure to prevent me Has cost you all you are Crush your souls Divide you and bury you in the mounds Of sinew and broken bones CHORUS Pervasive thoughts, no way out Power over all, I’m the end of you My time is now, no way out Power over you, undo you all My time is now Become the slaves to all my power The control I wield at will Brings you to your fucking knees now Behold you cower Behold the path of the lost CHORUS Humanity reformed

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

One step I’m moving to explode Another chamber lock and load All the shots that I’ve been forced to make Take them out Digital crusade set on a path to make a change A moral arbiter but I change my mind from page to page Here’s reason 104 to think just how I feel Unlink or disconnect and you’ll miss me turn from face to heel Fall into the dark, don’t let them fool you Fall into the dark, the webs that bind you I, I’m the deceiver You, my hate receiver I, I’m the usurper You, you’re screaming murder A destiny machine, a world at my fingertips Twist the knife of instigation in the navel of their abnegation Tethered to my words, hooked on all accounts Feed the loyal herds, compile and swallow the absurd CHORUS A fleeting moment’s all we’ve got To try escape our wretched minds Fall into the dark, don’t let them fool you Fall into the dark, the webs that bind you I, I’m the usurper You, you’re screaming murder

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

The roots that wrap the skin like bark It falls apart as the poison pumps its way through The core to all your hearts Your world crumbles under my guise Dig the soil to find no way out You’re stuck in hell forevermore now You live to sustain all my life Your world falls beneath my shadow Reach for the surface Come take from the light it calls you Not to be undone more Wipe the cycle Deny the light that’s your salvation Tales of suffering as I grow Putrid sight I can take even more descending To rule with memories of the unborn My vines are taking over I climb slowly out of the darkness You are a weed that grows Behold my cruelty no comprehension Cover garden so pure Eroding at the life below The tangle it strangles Atrophy seeps from my thorns Bloom disease from perfect process A curse from the unknown CHORUS You will never be free from the choices you made We will never let go You’re stuck in the muck and the mud that I made We have lost all our hope

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

I try to move but I can’t feel the ground anymore I carved this barrier to shield me from what I’ve done before Behind this flesh of stone You say you don’t need me (My gaze, cold grey) But why won’t you leave me? (The flies have forgotten me) You say you don’t need me (Cracks form, blood pours) Why won’t you leave me alone? (Hate soars, I’ve found this judgment again) My struggle has come forth to make me face myself This white room bleeds into my sorrow there is no more doubt In this cursed place I fail to atone Immobile husk I’m set in comforts my fear I’ve become a burden made of stone For what I’ve done, I’ve pushed all compassion away These cracks now paint the star maps The journey disconnected With each pin I stake the hurt brings me closer to pure I won’t lament for my cracks and the wormholes I’ve torn into this world I look around and I can tell that I’ve been stuck here before I’m lost within cold voids forevermore In this cursed place I fail to atone Immobile husk I’m set in comforts my fear CHORUS I created with beauty, with hatred My goal to make, to hold a piece that I can’t break I can’t see me now You say you don’t need me (My gaze, cold grey) But why won’t you leave me? (The flies have forgotten me) You say you don’t need me (Cracks form, blood pours) Why won’t you leave me alone? (Hate soars, I’ve found this judgment again) Truth is what I’ve pulled myself out of For where I’ve been, I’ve traveled the stars through the cracks My path still shows on star maps A constellation reminder But each sun I see tells me that I've traveled so far

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

Lost inside this mind, I’ve been wasting all my time I question everything, I won’t hesitate to throw it all away Look outside my windowpane to see that it’s all the same to me You can fake, you can take, but you’ll never see the tale is ending Dead inside, just take a moment Drown in denial, descend Every time I’m forced to walk the line in this ocean of lies And now I’m starting it over From where I opened up my eyes I won’t ever break, never hesitate ‘Cause it’s taking over There’s no momentary release, take it from me Excise, am I the one to realize? Reality is being sold on the cheap Mainline scripted headlines make it an impossible summit to reach Ascending this chasm we have to climb from Every time I’m forced to take a stand in this ocean of lies CHORUS I’ll fight, stand in the spotlight Not your puppet anymore So tear these strings from me and you’ll never see That I’m taking over Reach Wherever the light can break Only glimpses of where I would take on the world If this life wasn’t set to fall Break the illusion once and for all CHORUS I’ll fight, stand in the spotlight Not your puppet anymore So tear these strings from me and you’ll never see That I’m taking over

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Shelves that are adorned with specimens Perpetually displayed Finger through the pages of the catalogue of pain You hoard the weak and the strong You hoard eternal oversight Oversight Kept from the light In silence define us in your eyes Holding our fates for eternity Taking the last of the light Controller, beholder Another being crosses your path Another figure to add to your collection now You appraise another soul To a collection decided And taken in from the flame CHORUS Now only you can see The darkness in their eyes Populating, disaggregating Taking the last of the light Day by day taken away With your awareness blindsided I can take all I want I collect all who roam alone And have complete CHORUS Now only you can see The darkness in their eyes Populating, disaggregating Taking the last of the light Day by day taken away

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Just take a breath and see There’s nothing left for me inside this hell now I’m not afraid to let it go I’ve been lost but now I’m found Showered in the glow of newborn meaning Set fire to perception drown everything they know We’re a product of their throes Ebb and flow Paramount to expectations Just another ghost in the machine Solace for your aberration I’m breaking, I’m aching For a chance I can do this on my own And fight alone I know the story that lives in this heart So I’ll write this tale from the start Paper dreams and concrete walls Leave it all behind Make them see what you can be Sick to death of this A sense of worth is what we’re seeking So take the leap The platform’s called the train is leaving This is solace for your aberration CHORUS Solace for your aberration CHORUS

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Take another look to the sky As you question what’s before your eyes Clouded judgment to deject and to despise It’s hard to see the picture when you know the puzzle’s full of holes Frame the pieces just to paint what you‘ve been told Espouse the putrid nightmare, words that spill onto the screen Bait and switch the truth, burn the fools who disagree If you’re not afraid to look inside The only place for you to hide my friend Deny reality until the end Of all that came to be A callous mindset on repeat Chains that bind to apathy Ignorance won’t set you free Marching orders come online, digital prophecies False new age messiah calls, prepare to bend the knee Calls for blood and eyes for treason, yearn to belong for any reason Blinkers on and bullshit loaded But now you see the picture as your ship leaks from the splintered hull Sinking feeling as reality comes crashing at the end CHORUS Reason for treasonous indoctrination Freedom for no one self-fulfilled abomination Retract the putrid nightmare, words that plague you from the screen Bait and switched the truth revealed, convince yourself that this is not the end A callous mindset on repeat Chains that bind to apathy Ignorance won’t set you free

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025