Absentee

We all pay for our sins Can't see this for what it really is / Tempted taught not to resist Fornicate and twist regret / The pawn becomes the pet Still we're tied to her anchor / Clinging to her ghost Curse the seas that sank her her / As the captain stands his post Stand up / Walk tall / Divide your rival Pushed down / Held back / Break the cycle Deep breath / Face life / Walk the tightrope Choose well / Times change / Maintain survival An exercise in futile lust / A love that you let rust In your cobwebbed memory / The ashes turn to dust A slow-motion train wreck / That's void of all respect Lying lips sinking ships / Deception will infect Break down / Take over / Your life

Submitted by NecroGod — Jun 07, 2026

Nothing left to say / Can't communicate<br/> Lies they punctuate / Static suffocates<br/> Turn down the dial<br/> Lost with blinders on / I can see your face<br/> In the back of my throat / This blood is all I taste<br/> So how can I cope / If I cannot erase<br/> The memory of hope / Revered and reviled<br/> <br/> Nothing left to say / We lost the dial tone<br/> Can't communicate / With this denial<br/> Lies they punctuate / Alarms you can't disarm <br/> Static suffocates / Turn down the dial<br/> <br/> As we wait with bated breath / The verdict is unveiled<br/> Hell on earth replacing death / The serpent coils its tail<br/> <br/> I look at my flaws as I swallow the loss<br/> Try to pinpoint the cause<br/> The enemy inside of me<br/> My judgment had lapsed and my world has collapsed<br/> Now my pain has relapsed in the wake

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

A blank page / A clean slate / Baptized in heartbreak<br/> How much more can I take?<br/> Emotionally bankrupt / Programmed to destruct<br/> Lower the bar while raising the stakes<br/> <br/> Caught in the grip / As my mind starts to slip<br/> A matter of time before my health starts to fade<br/> No fountains of you / Just a downpour of truth<br/> And memories of back in the day<br/> <br/> Ashes ripped from saline skies / Masochistic rites<br/> <br/> A lifeless look in your eyes / Lost in your masquerade <br/> Continue with the charade / Pretending that you're still alive<br/> Cocaine casualty / Predetermined duality<br/> Liver spots as kidneys fail / Wrapped in a plastic veil<br/> <br/> Ashes ripped from saline skies / Masochistic rites<br/> Salt the tear and dim your eyes / The light berates the night<br/> <br/> The scent of stain we can't erase / Encased in our embrace<br/> Soiled skin and open wounds / Entombed amongst the waste<br/> <br/> I see right through your disguise / The eyes they never lie<br/> Deception drips from your lips / And revenge crosses my mind<br/> <br/> Left wrapped in plastic down by the shore<br/> Blood clotting scarlet both harlot and whore<br/> The scent of perfume I cannot ignore<br/> And this faith that I cannot restore

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Welcome to the land of hopeless envy. Self-absorbed and empty. Hollow hearts and starry eyes where fame is viewed as a birth-right. Plastic surgeon messiahs and shallow self image. Substance abuse and eating disorders at the altar of insecurity. Everything is for sale. Everything is for sale in the glorious 21st century....<br/> <br/> It burns like staring at the sun / What have we become?<br/> Blank empty and numb / Complacency takes its hold<br/> Despite this ongoing despair / No one seems to care<br/> They just bite their tongues / While they forfeit their souls<br/> <br/> We need a lighthouse for the lost / And a beacon for the broken<br/> Don't let go / Now your soul is on trial<br/> <br/> Bow down. Bow down to the war machine. All in the name of liberty. Live for happy hour and die for oil. Shoot to kill on foreign soil. Feed your greed and forfeit your soul. Then pick an addiction to fill the hole. We are the cosmetic generation. A nation of surface without substance except those that we abuse.<br/> <br/> We gotta stand up / We gotta fight back<br/> We gotta man up / And say fuck that

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Prepare an ornament for the mourning / Forming stain glass slides<br/> Of your memory that's deformed and / Torn yet worn in stride<br/> <br/> This age is full of deceit / The stage is set for defeat<br/> Estranged / Check mate is defaced<br/> Destroy to create / Engaged in self-doubt and rage<br/> <br/> What have you got to hide? [inside?]<br/> <br/> This closet's full of demons from my past<br/> Nothing's forever / So nothing will ever last

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Breathe now or never breathe again<br/> Damn your eyes / Trying to hide your sin<br/> We can't fool ourselves / Nor can we pretend<br/> And I won't be the one / You choose to resent<br/> <br/> Face down / Breathe out / Wind knocked<br/> The way it is and always was<br/> Chased down / Chin checked / Been clocked<br/> The way it is and always was<br/> Break out / Filled with false doubt / Feel the tick tock<br/> The way it is and always was<br/> Stand ground / Till the sand's out / Face the hard knocks<br/> The way it is and always was<br/> <br/> Blind devotion / Which life will you live?<br/> Define emotion / Will it break you? / What are you willing to give?<br/> Denied affection / Respect and unconditional love<br/> I tried for your affection / And I gave / But it was never enough<br/> <br/> She bled me lied and left me / I love her nonetheless<br/> This sickness is contagious / Run away and catch your breath

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Darkness swallowed by dawn / All of our heroes are gone<br/> We hide from the sun / Buried and numb<br/> The light reminds us of our loss<br/> No matter how hard I try to forget / Your memories all I have left<br/> Stranded / Abandoned / Branded with this<br/> Broken emotional debt<br/> <br/> As I pour my heart out / You spill my blood<br/> Made me believe / Only to leave me numb<br/> Why did it have to go wrong / Alone I am left with this song<br/> So Low<br/> <br/> Not all that glitters is gold / Memories are bought and sold<br/> A man can be measured on whether is soul / Chooses to raise or to fold<br/> Behind all your ribbons and bows / Lies a girl nobody knows<br/> Hide from those that you hold close / Blame it on the chaperone

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Blackened wings of desperation / Soar toward an angry son<br/> Sing of emancipation / Bring light unto the broken one<br/> Feel the sting of separation / Alone I've come undone<br/> Don't need your adoration / Transformation has begun<br/> <br/> Formed in chlorine torment / Toxins locked inside<br/> My pulse has seemed so dormant / And the current won't subside<br/> Born of tar black vomit / Waves break from the tide<br/> Leave this soul alone<br/> <br/> Ignored by a torn souls warden / Venomous and reviled<br/> Ignorance bred by boredom / Repetitive and contrived<br/> Denied / Why was I<br/> <br/> To save myself from certain death / My soul's been compromised<br/> <br/> The past is the past / And we can't have it back<br/> Ashes to ashes / My baggage is packed

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Lacerated lullaby / A nightmare realized<br/> A wound that is so deep / That it cuts you down in size<br/> These burdens that we bear / Heavy hearts stare through eternity<br/> Our purpose undefined / And clouded by uncertainty<br/> <br/> We all fall down / Get back on your feet again<br/> And silence the sound / That we can no longer pretend<br/> <br/> Look to the light / To expose the dark secrets<br/> Search for the insight / That unlocks the door<br/> In the dead of the night / Shown all your deep regrets<br/> You'll never be / Who you once were before<br/> <br/> A plea for redemption / As our shadows creepy crawl<br/> Built up for the climax / Punctuated by the fall<br/> <br/> The earth shook / The rain came <br/> Once on trial / We maintain<br/> Innocence no longer remains / The blood stains say the same thing

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

You got a bad reputation<br/> That's the word out on the town<br/> It gives a certain fascination<br/> But it can only bring you down<br/> <br/> You better turn yourself around<br/> Turn yourself around<br/> Turn it upside down<br/> Turn yourself around<br/> <br/> You had bad breaks well that's tough luck<br/> You play too hard too much rough stuff<br/> You're too sly so cold<br/> That bad reputation has made you old<br/> <br/> Turn yourself around<br/> Turn yourself around<br/> Turn it upside down<br/> Turn yourself around

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026