Long Night’s Journey Into Day

There's a storm on the horizon, there's a shadow on your door. There's a sense of dread that's rising, and it's coming back for more. It doesn't matter what you say, too late to change the damage that you have done. There's a feeling you can't run from, there's a gnawing sense of doubt. The wheel has come around and caught you underneath. We all know what you're about! It doesn't matter what you say and you can't escape, there's nowhere left to run. The quiet of the night is the hope of empty men. But the eyes you cannot face, and you won't be rid of them. There's a vision in your nightmare and eyes you dare not meet. Your soul is dead and hollow, dehumanized and incomplete. It doesn't matter what you say and you can't escape, there's nowhere left to run. It didn't have to be this way, it didn't have to be! The quiet of the night is the hope of empty men, but the eyes you cannot face. The eyes! The quiet of the night is the hope of empty men. But the eyes you cannot face, and you won't be rid of them.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Nov 12, 2025

So now I'm standing in the ashes Remembering your face If I'm honest and don't think too much about it There are things that seem a challenge to replace I know I let myself be played Trying to fix a broken toy More than healing, time brings clarity I think of everything I had to keep suppressed Perhaps the one you're using now can just ignore it Or you'll wallow in each other's vapidness We all bear scars, but some are too far gone To know when they might be healed I fought I tried But I will bleed for you no more 'Cause you're someone else's problem I struggled I cried But I am paralyzed no more And you're someone else's problem now I know I can’t expect That you will count the cost You’re too myopic To know what you have lost I fought I tried But I won't bleed for you no more 'Cause you're someone else's problem I struggled I cried But I am paralyzed no more And you're someone else's problem now I begged You lied I won't bleed for you again 'Cause you're someone else's problem I suffered I cried But I permit myself a smile 'Cause you're someone else's problem now I won't bleed Someone else's problem I won't bleed You're someone else's problem now You're someone else's problem now

Submitted by Morgoth — Feb 10, 2026

When you hear a voice in marked opposition you and others like you demonize the speaker in derision. You surround yourself with thinkers of your kind, never challenging your view or opening your mind. You're polarized and blinded! There was a time when we might speak and seek the common ground. That dialogue now lost to us, the distance too profound. When your vision is not what I want to see when the words you speak are challenging or threatening to me. I can close myself away in this cocoon reinforced by others not reflecting on our view. We're polarized and blinded! There was a time when we might speak and seek the common ground. That dialogue now lost to us, the distance too profound. We're polarized, we've deepened this divide, we're out of reach and blinded. There was a time when we might speak and seek the common ground. That dialogue now lost to us, the distance too profound. There was a time when we'd engage and seek the common ground. That dialogue now lost to us, the distance too profound.

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Nov 12, 2025

Nothing lasts forever, changelessness is death. Still a part of us will fight it to our dying breath. Nothing can be permanent, the machines of this place will fail. The illusion of stability across our eyes a fragile veil. I am I, the voices cry, wreaking havoc on the world. Fleeting and impermanent, the tempest ever swirls. Fragile and ephemeral, summer never lasts. The sting of pain will leave you, all agonies will pass. Change will come, plans undone. Anticipate it and then act, don't run. Accept the tide of change or it will drag you under, don't rail against a life of change. Embrace a life of wonder!

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Nov 12, 2025

I thought this strand was ours, that one day we would meet along its shore. That future is foreclosed, denied me like a thousand more. It's over, the dream is gone, out of reach for me after all. Preserved in perfect pain! They must have changed the way the game is played or I never knew the rules, I could see the prize within my grasp and watched it slip away from view. I could try to second-guess myself or learn what kept me from the goal. Unless I see the point was not to have, the point was just to grow. What if there's no purpose served by blame, by me, or someone else? If I fear a world in black and white I misunderstood the cause. The problem is the lens, the issue is perspective. Perspective! What if there's no purpose served by blame, by me, or someone else? No more blackened window panes, I choose a life in color. I face the light of day anew full of possibility, I can choose to change my view. I will live in color! No excuses, unafraid I will live in color. No more need for blame, I will own my choices. I will light the flame and I will live in color. I can try to take the world and bend it to my will but that's only a partial answer. There's beauty in the ebb and flow, grace in our missteps if we see with open eyes. Realize there's no purpose to be served by blame, let it go and open wide your eyes. Lean into the ebb and flow embrace it when you fall to rise again. No more blackened window panes, I choose a life in color. I face the light of day anew full of possibility, I can choose to change my view. I will live in color! No excuses, unafraid I will live in color. No more need for blame, I will own my choices. I will light the flame and I will live in color. A fuller spectrum lights the day Strengthens it with color. Unconfined by darkness unlimited by black and white. A world illuminated, I will see the color. Riches of a better way Living life in color In one life or many each moment is a masterpiece. I select the view and I will live in color.

Submitted by Finntroll — Nov 12, 2025

The setting sun rings in shadows! The face of a little man consumed by insecurity, the world is such a threat. He tries to quell the voices but isn't sure he can. So he'll do his best to control, or pick up his toys and go home. The world must be so frightening to make him feel so small. A pathetic situation, he doesn't matter at all. The rising sun bathes in light the face of an arrogant man. Striving in the shadows, cast by his success. He tries to reinvent himself but isn't sure he can. So he tries to stand so tall because he knows he's small. This world must be so fragile to make him feel so weak. Laughable but tragic, vainglorious but bleak. Shelley wrote the story two legs in the sand, your monument is fleeting and everything must end. Our legacy is writ by and relayed by those who knew. Will anyone be left who has a favorable view of you? Spare me from your childishness and petty insecurities, take your grand illusions and stay the Hell away from me. Shelley wrote the story two legs in the sand, your monument is fleeting and everything must end. Our legacy is writ by and relayed by those who knew. Will anyone be left who has a favorable view of you? Pride will come before the fall two legs in the sand, the rising sun is setting and everything must end. The mark of what we've done in life is viewed through others' eyes, and the truth of all your actions will cut you down to size.

Submitted by Morgoth — Nov 12, 2025

I know that you were bad for me and you never really cared, whether shallow or convenient your promises were empty air. And yet… I know that you were using me, I know I should move on. You consumed the very best of me and I was just a pawn. And this won't be the end of it even though it's gone. It's not about intent but lack of empathy You're heedless and oblivious, or maybe only cold. And I curse myself for caring, and I hate that I am weak. And I know these woods are beautiful but I’ve promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep but I’m running, I’m running. I know that it was poison! And yet?

Submitted by Grave666 — Nov 12, 2025

Last time to see this view, last memory of you. Last time my tongue will have the taste. The final words I write, the final kiss good night given short shrift in my haste. Time moves slowly till we have none left. We all reach a point in life when it takes more than it gives but the tipping point is lost to most. In an instant it is gone though our time may still go on, every memory becomes a ghost. Was that our last embrace, last time to see a face? Hear a voice or write a name. The final bottle bought, the final lesson taught, the final incident of fame. Time moves slowly till we have none left. We all reach a point in life when it takes more than it gives but the tipping point is lost to most. In an instant it is gone though our time may still go on, every memory becomes a ghost. Time moves slowly till we have none left. We all reach a point in life when it takes more than it gives but the tipping point is lost to most. In an instant it is gone though our time may still go on, every memory becomes a ghost.

Submitted by Morgoth — Nov 12, 2025

All is quiet on New Year's Day A world in white gets underway I want to be with you, be with you night and day Nothing changes on New Year's Day On New Year's Day I will be with you again I will be with you again Under a blood red sky A crowd has gathered in black and white Arms entwined, the chosen few The newspapers says, says Say it's true, it's true And we can break through Though torn in two We can be one I, I will begin again I, I will begin again Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Ah, maybe the time is right Oh, maybe tonight I will be with you again I will be with you again So we're told this is the golden age And gold is the reason for the wars we wage Though I want to be with you night and day Nothing changes on New Year's Day On New Year's Day On New Year's Day

Submitted by Morgoth — Feb 10, 2026

Who are you? Who am I? Particles of dust floating under threatening skies Struggling Foolishly Doomed to watch inert, knowing that our dreams will die We sell our hopes for stones to build Temples of regret We grow up We forget What we lost Or even that we dreamed at all How many of my dream Will I watch die a violent death While others seem to watch theirs thrive? Like children let loose in a hostile world Stumbling blind with grasping hands That cannot reach the light We push the boulder up the hill To watch it crash back down How have I changed? Where is the summit? I've been climbing all my life and want to see And all that I invest in Does it just wither? Or is something to be learned eluding me? Build a castle in the clouds And watch it fall to earth It’s a struggle through the night To keep our hopes alive If we make it to the day Can they still be saved? Should I dare to dream? Should anybody dare to dream? “Resilience is its own reward” I can hear the fools all say Is it better if we have no hopes Than to watch them turn to ash and blow away? No disappointment in a life In a life that does not hope In a soul that never strives But how empty is that life? You can scarcely even call it one It's really just existing It's a lie denying pain Pain is real without a doubt But suffering’s a choice And if dreams are just our energy They never really die We reshape them with another voice We can choose to die with old dreams Or live and dream anew It's a long night's journey into day But come what may I'll make it through Yeah I will make it through It's a struggle through the night To keep our hopes alive If we make it to the day Can they still be saved? It's a struggle through the night But the promise of the day Can sustain us through our pain We can dream again Dare to dream Dare to dream Keep on dreaming Keep on dreaming

Submitted by Morgoth — Feb 10, 2026

"Save your prayers. God is not here with us now. There is only the darkness here...and your death." I swear this room is empty, but I can hear the voice and eyes are crawling on me just like flies Calling into question every thought and choice Telling me that all I know is lies Dejected and disgusted, I'm inclined to give it up What's the use? Why go on? It all means nothing! [CHORUS] I'm starting to think I've been deceived and there's no reason to believe And all has failed, there's no relief The tempting whispered thoughts of the noonday devil! Am I beyond redemption, sick beyond repair? Is all this just a futile exercise? If everything's a failure, then it's more than I can bear to stumble on in search of some false pride Tear me down, juice me up Break my will and watch me fall Wear me out, let me go The flesh, the flesh is weak! [CHORUS] No! I refuse! No! I can do this! No! I will fortify my will into an iron tower! I'll put those thoughts out of my head I won't be given up for dead I'll focus on the road ahead Get behind me now! Faith deserts us all sometimes when demons infiltrate our minds, but I'm not gonna lose this time I'm going to break the back of the noonday devil!

Submitted by Warbringer — Nov 12, 2025

So now I'm standing in the ashes Remembering your face If I'm honest and don't think too much about it There are things that seem a challenge to replace I know I let myself be played Trying to fix a broken toy More than healing, time brings clarity I think of everything I had to keep suppressed Perhaps the one you're using now can just ignore it Or you'll wallow in each other's vapidness We all bear scars, but some are too far gone To know when they might be healed I fought I tried But I will bleed for you no more 'Cause you're someone else's problem I struggled I cried But I am paralyzed no more And you're someone else's problem now I know I can’t expect That you will count the cost You’re too myopic To know what you have lost I fought I tried But I won't bleed for you no more 'Cause you're someone else's problem I struggled I cried But I am paralyzed no more And you're someone else's problem now I begged You lied I won't bleed for you again 'Cause you're someone else's problem I suffered I cried But I permit myself a smile 'Cause you're someone else's problem now I won't bleed Someone else's problem I won't bleed You're someone else's problem now You're someone else's problem now

Submitted by Morgoth — Feb 10, 2026