Watching From a Distance

Sometimes when I watch you, You seem like the same person that I once knew And watched from a distance, But never able to do more than I ever would Looking at you, I find again I am starving in your mystery So far away, and some kind of helplessness And then I remember that I know you love me, I know you do Sometimes when I listen to your fearless voice It's the voice I once heard, I want to know you and understand you More than I think I do To keep the wonder, the moment you seem Like a stranger to my heart and me And all at once in an instant I see you perfected again Though you've never changed Please remember when you ever think of me

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

I am not feeling the green burning flame, As I gaze back along footprints you have made And I am not dreaming of more than you have shown You are not a foundation, you are not a stone But I'm afraid of the way that I'm feeling Afraid of this new understanding now Afraid for the beauty within me, And that which I hold within my hand And this is the ultimate secret That many before me have ever known So capture me while I am weakest I want to know, I want to know Here I am wide open, Surrendering to your side I have laid down my armour, I have no sword at my side I leave behind me the ruins Of the fortress I swore to defend I leave behind me foundations, I'll leave you a man I'll need you to mend And through all the battles around me I never believed I would fight, Yet here I stand a broken soldier, Shivering, naked, in your winter light

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

In the darkness I unravel New truths I have suffered For so long to embrace, They will change me from here on But I can't share it with anyone I wish you were with me tonight When I am not alone I sever silent moments Building bridges with meaningless words, And only feel the distance further Remember being happy in our silence? I wish that you were with me tonight I don't need a reason, there's nothing to explain I can't reproach your leaving to justify my pain But can I really understand? I wish you were with me tonight I read over all you wrote me The words mean so much more these days They echo in my soul, They sting me like a burn Can someone feel too much? I wish you were with me tonight (for David)

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

I want to be master of my own Emotions with a fire that fills me But I don't understand myself, And I don't know what my heart is anymore I don't want to be standing in this war Through pity and responsibility, So come into my life with your violence and pain, Because I feel the depths of a love I've never known Take a hold of my life, make it into one that I want it to be Make a whole of my life, make my faces one that I want you to see I can't stand to see confusion in your eyes When I drift away sometimes, Could I ever be more faithless in my life For all the hope that I've found in these days? It's always frightened me how some things lose their meaning How some things change direction with a breeze Don't ask me where I am, I am trying to come home But I can't keep myself from drifting Take a hold of my life, make it into one that I want it to be Make a whole of my life, make my faces one that I want you to see And sometimes it makes me feel feelings that I never hoped to find And sometimes it makes me feel like I'm living out of time

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

I think of mornings we might spend If I came home to find you there Both talking freely of ourselves, Or sleeping through the break of day And so much honesty, That's why I'd never feel the pain And in my weakest moments, I'd often look that way again I think of evenings we might spend If you stayed home to find me there Reaching across our distance With all the hurt that's in our lives And if it came to be, I would not understand the pain And in my darkest moments I want to feel that way again And I know that I'm wrong, I know that I'm wrong But casting shadows, there's a light that shines on But when I look into your eyes, I know I'll find it there So I don't understand the pain I thought was never there And when I see you smile I know there's something stronger yet Than any dream I ever placed at someone's feet

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

"You are the love of my life I am your sacrifice." Blind with greed she spoke unto him A deal of unforgivable sin Seven years of happiness, Granted her worldly desires. But when it was time for her to die The Devil came to claim her soul. She made a promise - no turning back; A lifetime of heaven For an eternity of pain. To Hell you descend now, Satan is laughing; All joy is turned to sorrow, pain and misery.

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

When the world nears its end, When the revelation looms, They will pay for all their crimes; Touch them with the hand of doom. "Just believe in yourself" That is all that they can say; But when the day of judgement comes they will never find the way. Can't you see it? Are you blind? Are you scared to change your mind? Are you afraid to look a fool? Or don't you want to live by rules? You've got to stop and change your ways - You cannot live with your mistakes. You'll be lost and I'll be free. You'll burn a sinner for all eternity. Think that you know everything; Don't believe in good or sin. Time has come to change your ways Because you will never win. True believers have no fear - The road to Heaven for you is clear. Sinners, will you think again When your final day is near? What are you going to do when you're standing at your trial, And you're looking back on life Seeing your mistakes? Thinking of yourself all of the way - Well did you ever give a thought to the price that you would pay?

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

As I stare across the world there is nothing to behold. Wicked people have control - How can this be so? Born as one. There are those who do not care - Killing and creating fear; Justified by their own greed. Hope is lost or so it seems. Wicked leaders weave their ways, They'll make the world a better place- Blind fools follow their blind leaders. Don't believe the things they say. They want to take your mind away - Don't let them have their way. Wait until Judgement Day; Then they'll have Hell to pay. Living under the same sky, We search for answers then we die. Wishing I could change our ways. Looking up to better days. Born as one but living free.

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

Last night I saw the most dreadful thing in the world. I could not believe she once was my girl. I froze with fear when I looked into her eyes. I couldn't understand it - she died so long ago. Please, you must believe me - I tell you no lies! But what I saw last night was alive... Yet not alive. The stench of dank earth she brought to me, And though I still dearly loved her I couldn't help but scream. Oh no, no, please God...no!

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025

Love has died. Mourning for the funeral bride. I believe I will see her jaded eyes When we meet once again in Paradise If that's so then I cannot wait to die. Now I know love is lost forevermore. Now I know life is not worth living for. But still death will not suffice - She will not be with me in Paradise. How can this be real? When I'm in Heaven you will be in Hell. We will love again Never more.

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

She was so beautiful; Such a sweet and pretty thing. Now she's filled with disgust When she hears the church bells ring. She has the maddest eyes That fill me with a sense of dread. How she screams and turns away From the cross above her bed. Bonded by the vampire. Begging for release. "Set me free!", she cries; Holy men have tried. She was my one true love And I thought she'd always be. Some nights she screams for blood. Some nights she moans to me.

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025