Shrine of New Generation Slaves

Into this world I came Filled with fear, crying all the time I guess my birth left a great scar on my heart and mind Now I hand-pick cotton and struggle to sing "I am happy and I do what I like" But my voice breaks, and I start to hate my singing and simply everyone Mama told me be good, work hard, and love Mr. God Every Sunday, I lie, trying to realize why Ain't nothing more to say, Your Honor Don't look at me like that The truth is, I am a free man, but I can't enjoy my life I came to a standstill with lies and hopes inside my head Always seemed too late to turn and too soon to understand No, I don't have a stomachache It's just my face I got stuck, I ran aground I got used to spewing bile I wonder whether all those years hadn't been a waste of time So how am I doing? Oh, I can complain Smoke too many cigarettes, but I don't care Into this world I came Filled with fear, crying all the time

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

I could be foreign forever to your otherland I could be foreign forevermore to your promiseland One life was great, but another… No, I don't want to live on the edge I won't follow you I found my own I will stay I could be foreign forever to your hastenland I could be foreign forevermore to your neverland One little brick, then another, and I will build that wall anyway You can find me there, rested and calm, without mask This is where I will stay Look around where we are who we are What we always want Twenty-four, seven, three sixty-five Sometimes little more I was chasing your shadow, not knowing I'd become your slave I could be foreign forever to your otherland I could be foreign forevermore to your promiseland One life was great, but another… No, I don't want to live on the edge I won't follow you I found my own I will stay I could stay forevermore I've said a farewell to never-ending smiles I did not look good in red From my place I can finally see how much of this shade I called myself was me, and what was left behind I could be foreign forever to your otherland I could be foreign forevermore to your promiseland One life was great, but another… No, I don't want to live on the edge I won't follow you I found my own I will stay I could stay forevermore I've said a farewell to never-ending smiles From my place I can finally see how much of this shade I called myself was me, and what was left behind

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

When I scroll back through our recent days Try to understand how we could forget We made a promise to one another that nothing would ever break what we had Now we never talk when we fall apart We never talk when we fall apart We pretend we're OK, surrounding ourselves with one-way friendships and so-called friends I know we got used to new us, and I don't want to be there I don't want to be there where we are I know we got used to new life, and I don't want to be there No, I don't want to be there where we are Silence fallen between All the doors are locked, all the words unsaid, and we're still afraid of time Started to keep ourselves at a distance that we could control Not too close Not too far Now we never talk when we fall apart We just never talk when we fall apart We pretend we're OK by filling up our inner space with little hates and so-called love I know we got used to new us, and I don't want to be there I don't want to be there where we are I know we got used to new life, and I don't want to be there No, I don't want to be there where we are I know we got used to new us, and I don't want to be there I don't want to be there where we are I don't want to be there I don't want to be there where we are So walk away with me

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Day outside grows black I lie faceup in my shell Squeeze my eyes shut and feel like falling into blank space Had allowed that life to drift For I've chosen a different trail When light fades, I feel like falling into blank space So you realized Ingested real life Grew up in the time of pushing through the crowds So you realized Chose unreal life Settled in the mobile Handy pocket size Wanted to be your light Illuminate your smiles Wanted to be your cure Bridge between self and us Wanted to be your prayer Wipe the tears from your eyes But I turned my back Come on! Could have been a tree of dawn rooted deeply in the ground Bearing fruits Far away from falling into blank space But I took refuge from myself in the crowded solitude Now I dash and feel like falling into blank space Wanted to be your light Illuminate your smiles Wanted to be your cure Bridge between self and us Wanted to be your prayer Wipe the tears from your eyes But I turned my back Got lost inside Come on!

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

I live surrounded by cherished memories I have a weakness for collecting them Alphabetize As far as I recall my childish rituals Icons of that world always filled my shelves and heart Now I shelter from the rain Hole up in my cage You don't have to think too much today They filled in for your brain Curled up - Deprived Curled up - Deprived I shut away In a world of synonyms and handwritten notes My own puppet performances Endless bedtime stories I could touch the moon and switch off the sun I could have my dreams and dream about better times Now I shelter from the rain Hole up in my cage You don’t have to think too much today They filled in for your brain Curled up - Deprived Curled up - Deprived I shut away (x2) Please don't call my name

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

We are escalator walkers in the brand-new temple Came to reshape identities Shed our skins Be reborn and feel the same Feel the same: that no one here is real We are moving standees in the shrine of choices Incarcerated between floors of hope and disappointment We feel the same Feel the same: no one here is real We feel the same Feel the same: that nothing here is still We are stairway drifters made of cyber paper Google boys and Wiki girls Children of the self-care We come to pray every single training day Looking for a chance to survive Buying reduced price illusions Floating into another light Melting into another lonely crowd We feel the same Feel the same: that no one here is real We feel the same Feel the same: that nothing here is still Used to have our love And now - Disposable needs Used to have our souls And now - Refined new skins Take - Use - Throw away - Forget Dragging our feet Tired and deceived Slowly moving on Bracing shaky legs against all those wasted years We roll the boulders of sins up a hill of new days Up - Up a hill of new days In the arms of the setting sun, our burdens cast shadows over fiery ground Catching final rays We try to reach the journey’s end before the sun will die We sense we’re almost there, (We sense we’re almost there) but the night comes too soon (The night comes to soon) And we crawl in the dark, (We crawl in the dark - x2) not ready to face up (Not ready to face up) to unknowing lies (To unknowing lies) We ache to go back (Ache to go back - x2) But we can’t stop But we can't stop, so we walk ahead So we walk ahead (x2) Walk ahead

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Night outside grows white I lie faceup in my shell Open my eyes Don't feel like falling into blank space Had allowed that life to drift For I've chosen different trail When darkness fades Don't feel like falling into blank space Want to be your light Illuminate your smiles Want to be your cure Bridge between self and us Want to be your prayer Wipe the tears from your eyes When the night returns, I won't collapse I am set to rise

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025