The Agonist
Album • 2015
Craving possession Material obsession You function solitarily On lower brain transmission You want it, you need it You're never gonna get it Cause really what you're chasing Is a lie to begin with Paralyze Manufacture aspiration Design the ideal outcome Would you like to hear your story? All this time you've played the part A part that was chosen just for you Bite down on the painless Enter the gates of Horn and Ivory With fire at my back I will tame the waters I will learn to swim Fear is not my master How do I Breathe? You will choke How do I walk? You will fall Instinct to the extinct Paralysis by analysis Trapped in delusions Ghosts are out to haunt you The world you've grown to love Is slowly crumbling You need it, you want it You're never gonna get it Cause really what you're after Is a fictional desire With fire at my back I will tame the waters I will learn to swim Fear is not my master Enter the gates of Horn and Ivory
Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025
Confess to your sins Immorality's my witness The search for redemption A never-ending trial - your victim The battlefield has transformed Blades unto bullets Killing is easy but Ruling is key Strike millions of targets at once Bullets unto light The means for authority imposed upon mankind False sense of security interacting as your guide A woven fabrication as a radiant design Enclosing all written access, there's no place left to hide We bare ourselves To the eye of the sun Take all you need In the name of Killing is easy but ruling is key Confess to your sins Immorality's my witness The search for redemption A never-ending trial - your victim A saint-like figure you demand Take a look at your reflection The world's not your own to command Imperfection staring right back at you Anytime Anywhere With five eyes watching We bear witness Anytime Anywhere With five ears listening We will attend The eye of providence Thus, I present my final words A moment is all I ask for My greatest fear, eternally Is that nothing will ever change Confess to your sins Immorality's my witness The search for redemption A never-ending trial - your victim
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025
Fools, out of desperation Cursed to repeat this ancient hand While all their friendly gestures Are just a part of your grand plan No cause for celebration Your self-destruction lies ahead Weakened, frigid from the terror No absolution shall be fed It's time to play with fire Chase the visions from the past And never stop till the very end From the womb and through life We're born and bred just to die Can we redeem for our crimes? Tangled and swollen in lies OBEY! You are a servant to my will Part of the system Swear your loyalty to me Or pay the price Please can you forgive me? No, I won't let you disguise All the schemes that you tried to untie There's no way out now from the pit You must realize Please won't you release my soul? From the womb and through life We're born and bred just to die Can we redeem for our crimes? Tangled and swollen in lies It's time to play with fire Chase the visions from the past And never stop till the very end From the womb and through life We're born and bred just to die Can we redeem for our crimes? Tangled and swollen in lies From the womb and through life We're born and bred just to die Can we redeem for our crimes? Tangled and swollen in lies
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025
Describe the ability to feel... A reality far from real. Give me the meaning behind this touch. Yield speech to the vibe that you clutch. Grant me the truth I’ve longed for a lifetime and liberate my soul from my now elapsed crime. A tear to cause not liquid to draw from my eyes. A hallow’s beginning to now sever my ties. For a smile so warm I endeavor to retrace my heartbeat. To grasp a cure for the disease condemning me to my defeat. It burns, it penetrates my very flesh To devour it whole... it reeks, it torments my poisoned flesh. To savour it all... Feelings reviving. There’s not denying. Is this a blessing or a curse? What is the remorse? This sensation inside me. Give me the meaning behind this curse. A howling echo binding with magic. An ever-recurring process in ceramic. A tranquilizing scent densely growing to play its role. To delicately disperse through every poorly patched hole. It burns, it penetrates my very flesh To devour it whole... it reeks, it torments my poisoned flesh. To savour it all... Can you explain this? Give me a reason. Feelings reviving. There’s no denying. This is a blessing, not a curse. Describe the ability to feel... a reality far from real. Give me the meaning!
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025
Truthful words are rarely beautiful. Throw on a weak disguise. Sugarcoat them with pride. Facts remain the same. And beautiful words are rarely truthful. Tales of fiction lie on your tongue. Let the sweet poison unravel. Free to associate the bonds that we create. With pretense at stake, exceed our limits. You are the image. We are the construct. An edited society. Hollow text inside your safety net. Faceless redirected. Eyes are the window to the soul Where no one can hear me. Isolated from within. We fail to communicate. Grasping to my social fence. Is anyone out there? The medium has become the messenger. A distorted sense of knowledge. Intercepted meanings with no trace. Always moving towards a new direction. Free to associate the bonds that we create. With pretense at stake, exceed our limits. Explore the new dimension Inside this generation. (Is anyone out there?) Hollow text inside your safety net. Faceless redirected. Eyes are the window to the soul Where no one can hear me. Isolated from within. We fail to communicate. Grasping to my social fence. Is anyone out there?
Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025
Kneel! All must concede to her will of everlasting greed. Kneel before your queen. Feel the wrath of her alliance. Bow down. Drain the lake. You won’t believe your eyes. Drain the lake. It will reveal her lies. At nerves end, you push with full force. A blinded intellect will suffocate the tale built in your favor. No restraints on your tongue. Her beautiful face reflecting grotesque imagery. Taking action. Wars engaged. We are fighting to rid all past tense. Break the bond. Unnecessary evil An inviting facade on a shameful foundation. She will pull you to your knees. Bow down! A gift and a curse. The savior to the nemesis. A necessary evil. One thing we can’t deny. No restraints on your tongue. Her beautiful face reflecting grotesque imagery. Taking action. Wars engaged. We are fighting to rid all past tense. Break the bond. Unnecessary evil.
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025
Starlight darkens the edge of the blade Made to perforate your true immortal state (or will this be another cheap victory) Raise your shield, break your arms Today, there’s no reason to fight So go ahead, and heal your wounds Under artificial night skies (You forgot to listen to yourself) Test the waters, you will see -dive deep- Black eyes paralyze - no sight - At the foot of the bed they lie in wait -weak mind - Architects hallucinate. The last one standing will be mine I’ll swallow every piece of time Life can bring no guarantees Built my trenches, am I guilt free? To forsake my harmless state Will be my guide I must try to find a better way Vision blurs, senses heighten Drowning in the finer pleasures Architects hallucinate Stairways to the surface (or will the guilt keep weighing you down) Shadows rising tall to consume you The monster you embraced (The monster you embraced) Is a structure you must precipitate The last one standing will be mine I’ll swallow every piece of time Life can bring no guarantees Built my trenches, am I guilt free? To forsake my harmless state Will bee my guide I must try to find a better way
Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025
The mind cannot dominate When all my logic is erased. If you repeat the same mistakes. The soul will never alleviate . Running against time to make ends meet. Arguments invalid. It’s highly dysfunctional you see. In full retrospect. I won’t accept the incompetence. Rotting in the weaker side of me. For all my wounds to be healed, I concede to the greater part of me. The perfect embodiment, My inner victim. Let all the flaws regress, With mind in balance. As far as stories go we’re a wicked fairytale. The bumps and twists too rough to settle for a lesser deal. Threw the weight on granted terms to hide my worst downfall. A lesson well earned, the unexpected outcome. I won’t accept the incompetence. Rotting in the weaker side of me. For all my wounds to be healed, I concede to the greater part of me. True opposites collide. In this fragment of an entity. I am one, forever incomplete. Imprisoned in my own defeat. My reflection, mortal challenge sinks In the depths of regret. Failure to consent, no will to fight. In full retrospect. Running against time to make ends meet. Arguments invalid. It’s highly dysfunctional you see. In full retrospect.
Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025
The gift of poison I'm the right mistake Cruel words can heal me Touch - a gentle disease Where skies are green The grass burns red Terminal youth outlives me Sight - an abstract sense I'm the worst theory Your downfall, my majesty In this restless syndrome I'll drown the flavours Such an innocent crime Taste - my ascending demise Step outside your comfort zone Come to meet your best downfall
Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025
Would there be a sign to save me from my sins? Can you find the will to fake a bitter grin? Eyes wide shut and I’m sinking in too deep, Cause I’m stigmatized by all the lesser human beings. Empty shells rising. No disgrace - no remorse. Absently intruding into thought, into mind. Faith is the fuel for your survival. You are condemned to their mockery. Giving purpose to the deceased. Forgiveness I shall grant. In your your defense you must repent. Follow the crossed line. Follow when all senses will transform to logic. Mass consumption of the thirst for power. This illusionary key’s my ticket. To as simulated freedom. A reflection greatly outlived. Seek permission for desires within. Blindly trailing towards the path prescribed. Your free will equals misconception. Bound in chains, never cease to deny. Wicked presence alluringly divine. Fall to make peace with your ill defeat. Stand tall and claim for amnesty. When all senses will transform to logic. Mass consumption of the thirst for power. This illusionary key’s my ticket. To a simulated freedom. In the name of the temple, you rise and fall, Burn the savior to honor the scribes. Silence! Mass has begun. Originality shunned by religion. Faith is the fuel for your survival.
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025
A breath — a moment couldn’t take it. A smile — your face couldn’t fake it. A dream — a vision couldn’t make it. We are all particles of life. Extend your hand to reach the obvious. The image planted in your eyelids. A second guess, a need to focus To find the secret deep inside. Our wheels forever stuck in motion. Disoriented human notion Won’t satisfy your own devotion To all the particles of life Identic figures are inverting. The mind’s perspective is a strong point Connecting purpose to the Yang and Ying. Unlock the mysteries inside. Clocks ticking, sounding harmony From left to right in perfect union. The rhythm softly manifesting Inside all particles of life. Is presence all that really matters? Strongly posed — no face, no gender. Basic human interaction Revealing mysteries deprived. You hit the floor, a wound will grow. You tell a lie, the truth will show. Deserving fate as cause unfolds Within the particles of life. She falls down, down, down. Through the earth and out the other side Among the bodies that walk With heads downward to the sky. Return to the earth, Away from tangled nature. Down down down again. She searches through her mind for her garden. Take the answer’s failure to describe Simplified delusions. Taste the yearning underneath her skin. Liberation within. As above, so below. A proposal in reverse! Consume the flesh of progress. She contemplates surrender At the bidding of the conclave. She falls back into herself. Down down down. Take the answer’s failure to describe Simplified delusions. Taste the yearning underneath her skin. Liberation within. The words from all your stories bind me. A selfless mirror used to blind me. When no reaction can deny me The secret deep within your mind. Your very weakest bone I’ll follow To fight the reason of the hollow. Self-loathing creature of tomorrow Inside the particles of life. A breath — a moment couldn’t take it. A smile — your face couldn’t fake it. A dream — a vision couldn’t make it. Clocks ticking, sounding harmony From left to right in perfect union. Identic figures are inverting. Our wheels forever stuck in motion. Disoriented human notion. You hit the floor, a wound will grow. You tell a lie, the truth will show. As above, so below.
Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025
You! Pull me out and plug me in Light the brain Start me up Automatic we're bound We wind up like clocks Assimilation of perfection My flesh and bone exists no more Viral program in me Am I just your creation? Terminate this operation Taking back the chance to feel alive Disconnect me from the dream You infused with reality (release me) Cut the cord that defines you Memories are fading My life's disintegrating Initiate the procedure to transform my body Into a greater form to serve your gain Access the brain to eliminate The source that constrains us to be humane Am I just your creation? Terminate this operation Taking back the chance to feel alive Disconnect me from the dream You infused with reality (release me) Cut the cord that defines you Disconnect us from your dream Bleeding out the circuitry You've got to cut the cord Cut the cord and wake up! Memories are fading My life's disintegrating
Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025
Give us your potions To conceal the decay A never ending tomorrow And a forgotten today An extended stay In the arms of security A fear of the unknown And the slow death of longevity You have yet to understand existence Tell me what's so grand about infinity When time is defied (a product in the making) All reason goes blind (to sell to the weaker) And if we deny (victims of nature) The meaning of life (to extend the lie) What will there be left For us to preserve Come drown in the fountain Submit to the water's grasp Sleepwalking through ages No thought of collapse Embers glow - hanging on Slips smoke to the sky An act of The Futile To blink the mind's eye You have yet to understand existence Tell me what's so great about infinity When time is defied (a product in the making) All reason goes blind (to sell to the weaker) And if we deny (victims of nature) The meaning of life (to extend the lie) What will there be left For us to preserve With no final words To bring meaning to death Will we ever accept the end?
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025
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