Father Shadow

"While I can't hold your hand son, I will have your back" If a mountain stood in the way of my father The mountain would move aside A feat that wasn't passed down to me A boy with a crown, an ill-fitting one People post-breakdown, how their souls have been tested In these times everyone is both judge and jury And you still live in cages just with longer chains New world disorder, that's how we exist New world disorder, we can't resist Dredge my heart of all the fear that I have inside Minds, they forget but the scars remember everything No matter how much I've tried, you will reject My attempts to be your rightful king Your king And I seem to make enemies Faster than I make friends I can't really find the remedy Do we get the life that we deserve? New world disorder, that's how we exist New world disorder, we can't resist Dredge my heart of all the fear that I have inside Minds, they forget but the scars remember everything No matter how much I've tried, you will reject My attempts to be your king I tried to burn away my fear and anger And how I prayed it would hurt no longer Imagine a king who fights his own battles I prefer my demons stirred not shaken You can drown your pain but it will learn to swim Some people treat life like a disease And I am one of them, I am one of them All the fear that I have inside Dredge my heart of all the fear that I have inside Minds, they forget but the scars remember everything No matter how much I've tried, you will reject My attempts to be your rightful king Your king

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

We put our trust in the future and in its technology Radioactive waste and other problems yet unsolved by man What if our future selves are refugees on the run Scavenging for food, chasing shelter to hide from the sun Control your fate Before it's too late The war of oceans rages on but not for long And once we're gone the waters won't miss our kind Coming generations They'll have enough of their own problems It's naïve to think they'll Also solve the ones selfishly handed down by us Why can't we stop ourselves From polluting the water on which we depend Wallace Hartley will play with his men While we sink towards our bitter end Nearer, my God, to Thee That's what they'll sing Can't you hear? Oh, yes I hear it The war of oceans rages on but not for long And once we're gone the waters won't miss our kind Two hundred years of abuse, too late for truce And whoever wins, we will lose Nearer, my God, to Thee That's what they'll sing Can't you hear? Oh, yes we all hear it For the seven oceans For mankind If it's war that it takes We are ready to wage it For the seven oceans For mankind If it's war that it takes We are ready to wage it The war of oceans rages on but not for long And once we're gone the waters won't miss our kind Two hundred years of abuse, too late for truce And whoever wins, we will lose We will lose The war of oceans And once we're gone From this world Once we're gone the water's will not miss our kind

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Don't push someone that cares A person you trust Into not caring at all anymore And don't you try to repair that which you can't restore It's hard to patch that hole in your broken soul When corrosion finally stains the bond Everything seems to widen the breach And you keep pinging everything in your path I twist and turn during the bloodbath But your imperfections are what makes you perfect Never allow your dreams and goals To only end up deep inside your heart And there's a world out there waiting for you and me It's all right there, at hand, within our reach If we can mend the breach When the wrong train arrives at the right station And you get more than you bargained for Don't let the worms eat your heart away Steel your resolve and seize the day And you keep pinging everything in your path Your path Never allow your dreams and goals To only end up deep inside your heart And there's a world out there waiting for you and me It's all right there, at hand, within our reach If we can mend the breach And when you feel Atlas has lost his grip of the world Let us try to hold it up together as long as we can And when it feels like we're swimming in concrete you and me Let us agree there will be two beautiful sculptures for all to see Never allow your dreams and goals To only end up deep inside your heart And there's a world out there waiting for you and me It's all right there, at hand, within our reach If we can mend the breach

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Answers seem to change but the question stays the same Did we grow together or as a deadly tumor Bound to burst all over our long and winding story No lighthouse in sight And these are troubled waters Strong currents, unseen rocks When your love is deep It will hurt the most And it's in that depth that all the horrors dwell They never sleep No matter how much you cry It's always down here where love comes to die Our story was like the trials of Eurydice and Orpheus But at times it looked more like the betrayal of Jason and Medea There's never just a single battle in a long and weathered war Some you win And some you lose Too late to pray On judgment day Just full bleed ahead Through this heartbreak hurricane When your love is deep It will hurt the most And it's in that depth that all the horrors dwell They never sleep No matter how much you cry It's always down here where love comes to die Time is the cruelest hangman of them all And he gives no quarter During our downfall Tie the rope tight So it will never sever There's hope to be found in this world For the hopeful of us And for all the lovers that still fight When your love is deep It will hurt the most And it's in that depth that all the horrors dwell Love does not come cheap Sow what you want to reap Don't tear trust down And you might never drown

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

The lands of Hestonia Are burdened by dreams, madness, and rage The Church of Progression will stop at nothing To quell the heretical art A first agent of the church Both feared and revered And you will know his name He is Fate's Hand At the end of all Fate's Hand Will find the truth The Cog and Eye leads the way Fate's Hand He knows the call Fate's Hand Ordained since his youth No heresy will escape his path Everything changed in the lair of The Thirteen and with that Anshada page But sanctity of doctrine must be maintained The Infinite Machine demands it An age of demons we'll avoid If the tome is destroyed And you will know his name He is Fate's Hand At the end of all Fate's Hand Will find the truth The Cog and Eye leads the way Fate's Hand He knows the call Fate's Hand Ordained since his youth No heresy will escape his path The Infinite Machine senses all of his wrath Magic must die to logic and math Behind her red sash Eyes within eyes within eyes By article seven of the doctrine her life is forfeit May the One God of the Infinite Machine guide us on May the One God of the Infinite Machine guide us on Akas, Feyr, and Varsil fear my fury The Prima Heretica will burn by the wrath of Fate's Hand At the end of all Fate's Hand Will find the truth The Cog and Eye leads the way Fate's Hand He knows the call Fate's Hand Ordained since his youth No heresy will escape his path Fate's Hand

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Time, it seems to run slow But here it doesn't run at all The light, the dark The day and night I understood it all Caught between the tick and tock That's where we end up When we fall But I was not allowed to rest There was a grander plan Forged by the creatures of the clouds You still have a part to play Spear of destiny, feel my pain When the day murders the night In this change of heart Enter Royalgatory This is where you live out your life And the Seraphim they rejoiced As much as they feared All shall love me All shall fear me And all shall exist because of me Spear of destiny, feel my pain When the day murders the night In this change of heart Spear of destiny, here I'll remain And carry the weight of this world With my heart in chains Naked, I stood before them all And I felt my wings grow Oh, how this wounded their pride deeply And I heard all the angels sing In golden armor and silk I moved Towards the heavenly throne King of Angels and all of heaven I'm the heart of the world Spear of destiny, feel my pain When the day murders the night In this change of heart Spear of destiny, here I'll remain And carry the weight of this world With my heart in chains

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Every now and then I see them (The) footsteps I’m supposed to walk But the shadow falls dense around me I’m just a candle to a roaring bonfire Father, your ultimate sacrifice Gave me safe passage back to the world Now I’m stranded in this fool’s paradise (And) there’s no cure for a shattered soul People, I beg you I am on my knees I can’t stand this It’s killing me Even when you lose yourself I will still be here for you And those times I hurt myself I will ask nothing of you, no No, nothing of you in return Mother, you laid all the hate on me You both had a taste for saving the world A mammoth undertaking Was placed upon me People, understand I don’t want the throne Even when you lose yourself I will still be here for you And those times I hurt myself I will ask nothing of you, no No, nothing of you in return I will still be here for you And those times I hurt myself You have to silence the fear you have in your heart Always do more than what’s required of you Even when you lose yourself I will still be here for you And those times I hurt myself I will ask nothing of you, no No, nothing of you in return People, I beg you…

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Some fractured memories reside In Thule, lost corners of my mind (But) my brain can't handle the divide So I simply left it all behind I turned to guns and rage To protect what I've become Spent hard time in a cage Madness was the only outcome Don't break from the line Don't delay your enemy When he's making a mistake Just allow me to dispense some death for you This is not living, this is surviving I will find you And as long as I am free, you'll never be (A) futile pursuit You are reckless with my soul and conniving Completely run through As it's not your responsibility I lost control behind the bars And I don't ever want it back It's crucial to the world of ours That my defense is to attack There's no safe place for me To die peacefully Don't break from the line Don't delay your enemy When he's making a mistake This is not living, this is surviving I will find you And as long as I am free, you'll never be (A) futile pursuit You are reckless with my soul and conniving Completely run through As it's not your responsibility Fire didn't temper It hardened me A heart of ice Set on your demise I learnt of my power That could devour (us all) Don't break from the line Don't delay your enemy When he's making a mistake Just allow me to dispense some death for you This is not living, this is surviving I will find you And as long as I am free, you'll never be (A) futile pursuit You are reckless with my soul and conniving Completely run through As it's not your responsibility

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

You are the reason why I despise the world But you are the only reason why I'm still in it Time never healed my wounds It just made them more infected They talk about their heartache But I got a fucking heart attack I can’t reach my mind I can't reach my heart Why can't I leave you behind? Never have a choice Never feel rejoice I damn my inner voice And when two rivers run together They can never be distinct again Locked in a dream To filter out your polluted stream And when two rivers run together They can never be distinct again Locked in a dream To filter out your polluted stream Every time I talk with you I never have a choice Every time I try to sew my wounds You stretch them wide open Time never washed my brain It just made it more infested I will break out of this mind prison I will break out! I can’t reach my mind I can't reach my heart Why can't I leave you behind? Never have a choice Never feel rejoice I damn my inner voice And when two rivers run together They can never be distinct again Locked in a dream To filter out your polluted stream And when two rivers run together They can never be distinct again Locked in a dream To filter out your polluted stream Every time I talk with you I never have a choice Every time I try to sew my wounds You stretch them wide open And when two rivers run together They can never be distinct again Locked in a dream To filter out your polluted stream And when two rivers run together They can never be distinct again Locked in a dream To filter out your polluted stream I can't reach my mind I can't reach my heart Why can't I leave you behind? Never have a choice Never feel rejoice I damn my inner voice I can't reach my mind I can't reach my heart Why can’t I leave you behind? Never have a choice Never feel rejoice I damn my inner voice I can’t reach my mind I can't reach my heart Why can’t I leave you behind? Never have a choice Never feel rejoice I damn my inner voice

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 09, 2026

There is nothing left for me There is nothing left for you There is nothing left at all A wasteland of my mind Don't think you ever will see Don't think you ever will know How much I actually cared About everything we shared Why the fuck did you lie, then? Why in hell did you bring me down? Don't you realize? No one gets out of this place alive Haven't been screaming all these years Just to see the world crashing around me Maybe this life is overrated But I won't let the world burn around me A situation like this should never exist Then why are we out of control? I see smoke from the Eden fire Watch it go higher and higher You pulled me up from the dream Let's compare scars, you and I You are always on my mind I will never leave you behind You broke my engagement to Solitude, and made me throw away (Throw away) The ring of retaliation Maybe this life is overrated But I won't let the world burn around me A situation like this should never exist Then why are we out of control? I see smoke from the Eden fire Watch it go higher and higher Haven't been screaming all these years Just to see the world crashing around me Maybe this life is overrated But I won't let the world burn around me A situation like this should never exist Then why are we out of control? A situation like this should never exist Then why are we out of control? I see smoke from the Eden fire Watch it going higher and higher A situation like this (Like this) Should never exist (Exist) Then why are we out of control? I see smoke from the Eden fire Watch it going higher and higher

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 09, 2026

A fugitive from unreality No sign of my goddamned serenity Lost in these barren lands That have nothing I demand Had to look for something new (Something new) And that day, I found you I found you (I found you) Living in a house of cards Waiting for it all to fall Hope for the best, plan for the worst That's what my life is all about Living in a house of cards Waiting for it all to fall Hope for the best, plan for the worst That's what my life is all about A quasar from reality With damaged mentality I'll start editing your life Replace the captain of your brain ship Before we set sail for the fail (For the fail) Living in a house of cards Waiting for it all to fall Hope for the best, plan for the worst That's what my life is all about Living in a house of cards Waiting for it all to fall Hope for the best, plan for the worst That's what my life is all about My destiny outruns me And I can't find that key To lock up everything that's bad inside of me Don't you disagree That your life would be so much better Without me, that isn't hard to see Hard to see Living in a house of cards Waiting for it all to fall Hope for the best, plan for the worst That's what my life is all about Living in a house of cards Waiting for it all to fall Hope for the best, plan for the worst That's what my life is all about Living in a house of cards (Living in a house of cards) Waiting for it all to fall Hope for the best, plan for the worst That's what my life is all about Living in a house of cards Waiting for it all to fall Hope for the best, plan for the worst That's what my life is all about

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 09, 2026