The Place After This One

(There’s a devil on my back) They say the devil's on your shoulder but I swear he’s in my bed No way I’m ever getting better with it spinning in my head He don't care if you want it He don't care where you've been A fucking cycle that goes round and round and around and around again It’s a cry out for help to you and nobody else You can lie and you can tell that I am doomed and I don’t know myself Love me if you want I know that I'm wrong Try and change me Blame me if you want For anything at all I threw it all away There’s a devil on my back You can run but it’s useless You can hide till you let it in You can tie your own noose, man Over and over again It’s a cry out for help to you and nobody else You can lie and you can tell that I am doomed and I don’t know myself Love me if you want I know that I'm wrong Try and change me Blame me if you want For anything at all I threw it all away There’s a devil on my back Like a child in the darkness I was begging to see Do you care that I'm desperate Down on my knees No love No hope No peace Like a fear that you can't shake Nightmare coming true There's no rest for the lonely I swear there's proof No love No hope No peace I threw it all away There’s a devil on my back

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025

I made myself a victim and I counted up the score I called your pill my medicine and made myself your whore I told myself I loved you and that we needed space You kill me with your silence, tie me with grace You can pray but you’re always gonna carry the weight You can beg but you’re never gonna bury the shame What a waste, what a waste, no we’ll never escape Yeah, you’ll still be left with loss You're stuck living in your skin Till the bitter end You can pray but you’re always gonna carry the weight Yeah, you'll still be left with loss It was 3 am and I was begging God to teach me to get high He told me ride it out, make Him proud and stare straight at the sky Now I'm stuck in this white-tiled hell Lining up in a straight jacket Yeah, I know that I said I need help This ain't help, it's a bandage Don't fix my head You can pray but you’re always gonna carry the weight You can beg but you’re never gonna bury the shame What a waste, what a waste, no we’ll never escape Yeah, you'll still be left with loss You're stuck living in your skin Till the bitter end You can pray but you’re always gonna carry the weight Yeah, you'll still be left with loss Loss I'm lost I failed, was this all just for nothing God, I thought I'd feel something Was this all just for nothing I can't feel a thing You can pray but you’re always gonna carry the weight You can beg but you’re never gonna bury the shame What a waste, what a waste, no we’ll never escape Yeah, you'll still be left with loss You're stuck living in your skin Till the bitter end You can pray but you’re always gonna carry the weight Yeah, you'll still be left with loss

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 25, 2025

I found another way to hate me I’ve been wringing out my soul I got a taste of something empty And I keep wanting more Paint me on the wall Dare to watch me crawl Say what you want Say what you need Cover me up with your disbelief Come on and watch me fall I’ll swallow the pill I’ll live with the truth I’ll do whatever you want me to do I’m done earning your love Fuck you, I'm enough If I kept on living your way I’d be six feet underneath No, I didn’t keep a single thing It was all so fucked Paint me on the wall Dare to watch me crawl Say what you want Say what you need Cover me up with your disbelief Come on and watch me fall I’ll swallow the pill I’ll live with the truth I’ll do whatever you want me to do I’m done earning your love Fuck you, I'm enough Come on Just leave me to myself Leave me to myself Fuck you, I’m enough Fuck you, I’m enough

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025

You tried to write your story with all our blood You lit the match but I got a gun Now everybody, everybody on your knees Everybody, everybody on your knees It feels like falling Evil you wanted Bet you feel safe Carry the weight One chance and you're all in I can't believe it You gave everything And all you made was shame Shame And all you made was shame Gave everything you had, now you got nothing left but shame I drew a line in the sand that I know you won't cross Call me out, run your mouth, now you got what you want Face it, you’re gone now Fake it, no god now Take it and bow down I hope you’re proud now It feels like falling Evil you wanted Bet you feel safe Carry the weight One chance and you're all in I can't believe it You gave everything And all you made was shame Shame And all you made was shame Gave everything you had, now you got nothing left but shame Everybody, everybody on your knees Everybody, everybody on your knees It feels like falling Evil you wanted Bet you feel safe Carry the weight One chance and you're all in I can't believe it You gave everything And all you made was shame Shame And all you made was shame Gave everything you had, now you got nothing left but shame

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 25, 2025

When nothing makes sense And everything's spinning in place Stuck in the hell that you made Tomorrow will be better they say When it’s not, I’ll say it again It’s 6 am and I’m still awake It’s been that way for a hundred days I’ve got this pain deep in my chest It follows me like blind regret I ain’t got no body Cause I gave up my soul Nah, I don’t wanna be sorry I don’t need to be sold It feels the same You give, you take It’s all the same to me When nothing makes sense And everything's spinning in place Stuck in the hell that you made Tomorrow will be better they say When it’s not, I’ll say it again I’ll say it again, yeah yeah I don't even care You were never even there We were just a lie Just a bunch of wasted time Nothing left to bear There was nothing ever there Not a single reason why How can you live with yourself? When nothing makes sense And everything's spinning in place Stuck in the hell that you made Tomorrow will be better they say When it’s not, I’ll say it again

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

Two days, I still can’t catch no sleep I came down, my heart feels outta sync I daydream that there’s nothing more for me By now, you’d think I would believe In every word you said In every lie you fed In every word you left me begging to see the end There used to be a spark here You know you snuffed it out Stop acting like you care While my heart's in your mouth So tell me, how’s it feel now That you circle with the vultures So tell me, how’s it feel now That you circle with the vultures Laid out, the sun is in my eyes I smile, they’re eating me alive It’s too late for me to even try Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye There used to be a spark here You know you snuffed it out Stop acting like you care While my heart's in your mouth So tell me, how’s it feel now That you circle with the vultures So tell me, how’s it feel now That you circle with the vultures I don’t know how to let it go So I’ll let you tear my skin from the bone Fading in and out of the light I let you take me to the other side I was never worth it You made it real I was never worth it I’ll never heal So tell me, how’s it feel now That you circle with the vultures So tell me, how’s it feel now That you circle with the vultures

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025

What if I learned to hate What if you learned to fight fair What if you didn’t make me feel like a criminal Look in the mirror, you animal What if I learned to care What if you didn’t use me What if I didn’t bite my tongue, you cannibal I can forgive but I won’t forget this Dig your grave and call it home Now you’re stuck at the bottom Carved your name in the stone You cannibal There's no hope, put an end to this nightmare Watch it die, breathe it in, no, I’m not scared I’ll meet you down at the bottom I am the one that haunts your ghost What if you walked away Instead of spitting your poison It didn’t have to end up like this You’re drunk, buzzing on the regret You want a goodbye, I wanna disappear Couldn’t spin another line that I wanna hear Couldn’t say another word that would make me care I can forgive but I won’t forget this Dig your grave and call it home Now you’re stuck at the bottom Carved your name in the stone You cannibal There's no hope, put an end to this nightmare Watch it die, breathe it in, no, I’m not scared I’ll meet you down at the bottom I am the one that haunts your ghost Cannibal You cannibal So I’ll pray to anything, anyone That can save me from what you are So I take another step, another way This road don’t look so far So tell me that I’m not enough And you’re happy that I gave up The deeper and further this goes The more I realize the love that I deserve

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025

Hey, watch me, it’s free I can be your martyr A different breed of liar Hey, are you like me? Nothing on the inside A perfectly drawn outline I wanna feel vain but I’m really a mess It’s hard to accept I’m such a mess Everything is public and there’s nothing free I’m an artificial mountain, you can have the keys All the lines blur into one I’m a ghost that’s on the run I made myself public, I’m a masterpiece Sell my soul for free Sew my eyes shut Block out all the sun Close the doors Open me up Tell me that I’m perfect I need more, give me more A voice in my head and a weight on my chest Calling to me, digging into my flesh I wanna feel vain but I’m really a mess It’s hard to accept that I’m such a mess Everything is public and there’s nothing free I’m an artificial mountain, you can have the keys All the lines blur into one I’m a ghost that’s on the run I made myself public, I’m a masterpiece Sell my soul for free If I’m being honest here If I’m being honest, I’m on the run

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025