Purgatory Assemblage 23

Pieces within the whole I can feel it starting again A sudden descent I never meant To manifest itself Caught unaware In frozen air By visions sent in stealth How far I've fallen Dancing in the ruins of Purgatory

Damaged Assemblage 23

I am merely the productOf the life that I've livedAn amalgam of sorrowsAnd the wisdom they giveBut the weight has grown heavyAnd its dragging me downIt's so hard not to sink nowBut I don't want to ...

Madman's Dream Assemblage 23

I saw cities swallowed by the oceanI saw children crying in the streetsHundreds stranded on the overpassBodies rotting in the brutal heatCries for help fell on deaf ears5 days passed and no one cam...

Truth Assemblage 23

The truth is like a dancer with shattered limbsWhat once stood proud and graceful is languishingAnd the midday sun beats down from above like a giant fistThat evaporates the veracity from within ou...

Crush Assemblage 23

In dying light, the day is fadingDefeated eyes regard the sunThat sinks behind the broad horizonUntil the two melt into oneBeneath the gravity of failurePinned to the unforgiving earthBargains we m...

Old Assemblage 23

When I grow oldAnd my memoryLeads me deep into the fog where it abandons meWill you remind meOf who I used to beWhen I was younger?When I am oldAnd the hands of timeHave ravaged all the remnants of...

Decades V2 Assemblage 23

Time is like a serpantThat devours its own tailThe coils grow ever-tighterWith each moment it inhalesA forboding sense of deja vThat cannot be ignoredIts hard to help but feelWeve seen and done thi...

Raw Assemblage 23

RawUnsheltered and exposedWhen every door is closedThere's nowhere left to find protectionNowAll that I have leftIs this brutal, wreckless depthI'm running scared with no directionDarkThe only thin...

Sorry Assemblage 23

I'm sorry I can't bleed for youThe way you want me toTo throw myself against the rocksThe way I used to doI'm sorry that I can't prolongThe pain I've been put throughI'm sorry, yes I'm sorrySo sorr...

Ghosts Assemblage 23

A thousand footsteps without directionAdrift like snowfall from winter skiesAimless parades of burning ambivalenceSelling false hope in certainty's guiseLiving and breathing in sorrow's colossusThe...

Binary Assemblage 23

Monochromatic reasoningA divide and conquer legacyDissect and over-simplifyAll hail the death of compromiseCHORUSThe world isn't rendered in black and whiteOther shades lie betweenDon't view the wo...

Anthem Assemblage 23

"We are born of stoneAnd etched by windCast aside to live or dieWe are the pawns in our own gameLike refugeesOf silent warsWe step on ever-shifting groundPromoting what we undermineFor countless da...

Surface Assemblage 23

Fall, seizeI am merely debrisScattered along the groundFalse rageA man in a cageAn explosion without a soundDrawn inBy the deafening dinCrumbling into dustLook downWatching me drownChoking on my di...

Coward Assemblage 23

CowardWhy are you frightened?So quietI can barely hear your liesCowardWas it too hard for youTo simply tell the truth?You are despisedCowardYour mask is fadingYour weakness showingYour fatal flawCo...

Bi-Polar Assemblage 23

I haven't felt so alive in yearsThe sun is shining down on meMy eyes are welling up with tearsTears of joy, tears of ecstasyEmotions I once kept concealedNow flow freely like a riverLife's great my...

Pages Assemblage 23

I read your mindBut it wasn't a very interesting readThe plot was contrivedAnd the characters were too consumed by needPage by pageEnduring each predictable turnThe paper dissolves beneath my finge...

Sun Assemblage 23

The first dayI felt changedI felt removed and brokenOver manOver GodBut weak by the same tokenWherewithalHas dissolvedA soulless apparitionLoss of choiceLost my voiceCondemned and then conditionedI...

Skyquake Assemblage 23

The morning broke in eerie silenceThe ground beneath us cracked and dryToo self absorbed to even noticeThe cracks that formed up in the skyTwistingTurningFreezingBurningTearingFusingLucidConfusingF...

Never Forgive Assemblage 23

It never felt so realNever so visceralBut now it's all too clearAnd all too typicalYou're left with nothingAnd it's all your faultRelations ceaseAnd emotions haltDid you think the things you saidWo...

7 Days Assemblage 23

Seven daysI'll never leave this house againSeven daysI'll never leave this house againSeven daysI'll never leave this room againSeven daysI'll never leave this room againSeven daysI'll never leave ...

Opened Assemblage 23

This day has altered my perceptionI'll never see things quite the sameAll that I knew was misconceptionBut all of that's about to changeI opened my eyes todayThe world looks so bright and strangeNo...

Drive Assemblage 23

"When chaos reigns without a purposeWhen the swell of sound becomes too muchCrushed between the cogs that work usWhen I feel I'm slowly losing touchSometimes I drive to run from all my demonsSometi...

Blindhammer Assemblage 23

All our fathers' backs are brokenAnd our prophets are insaneThere is no one left to guide usNo catalyst for changeWe are too young to know betterBut frailty comes with ageSo we run towards Armagedd...

Cocoon Assemblage 23

Even though I know it's only chemicalThese peaks and valleys are beginning to take their tollTrying to convince myself that all it takes is timeBut the most derisive voice I hear is mineIt opens al...

Document Assemblage 23

"In stillnessA silent weightPausing as the minutes each evaporateA desireTo leave a scarTo raise a voice from within the darkDecayingCascadingExistence falls apartAround meWithin meSo I must leave ...

Fallen Down Assemblage 23

"I've seen this face beforeIt somehow looks familiarTattered and weatherwornA sad, pathetic creatureAnd once you stood so strongYour eyes alight with promiseYou vowed to carry onA heart once beat i...

Light Assemblage 23

I stand in a barren void that's featurelessNo sight or sound can penetrate at allThough silent storms may try to tear me downWhen dusk descends, I'll still be standing tallTo the ones who want me o...

Maps Of Reality Assemblage 23

I suppose in your mind you believe you were rightThat the matter doesn't rest heavy on your shouldersBut be careful of the ones you wish to indictBlame is merely in the eye of the beholderPerhaps t...

Lullaby Assemblage 23

May you find solace in the gentle arms of sleepDespite the wolves outside your doorIn time you will see them all as harmlessAnd their idle threats easy to ignoreAnd if ever fate should choose to sm...

Naked Assemblage 23

Awake, aware, aloneLost and far from homeI walk without these wallsSo there is less to fallI am nakedI have nothing leftMy bones are picked cleanAnd riddled with regretsNothing can touch meI've not...

I Am The Rain Assemblage 23

Too eager to appeaseThe cure is the diseaseAnd it's only growing worseDay by day, it takes its holdDivides its cells a thousandfoldAnd makes your blindness seem perverseOut of sight and out of mind...

House on Fire Assemblage 23

Sifting through the ashesWith unsteady handsSearching for the remnantsOf a broken manA history of hollow livesAnd low idealsA backlog of wrongdoingWe never concealI stand upAnd walk away from the d...

Tried Assemblage 23

I tried, I failed to believeIn the reward I would receiveIf only heaven's distant sunWould burn away all the things I'd doneI tried to no availTo keep my eyes from growing paleBut my vision came to...

Disappoint Assemblage 23

Just one more timeFor the sake of sanityTell me whyExplain the gravityThat drove you to thisThat brought you to this placeThat pushed you downInto the soil's embraceGive me the chanceI was deniedTo...

Divide Assemblage 23

"I lost myself in shapeless oceansWhose depths concealed more than they showedBeliefs obscured by mists around themA legacy they'd been bestowedColumns of ice paint awkward picturesDistorted forms ...

Longevity Assemblage 23

"I forgive your weaknessIn light of all this bleaknessYou were merely humanDestined to be ruinedStartled as your brevityTurned to my longevityI can't follow your stepsCan't go the places you wentI ...

Silence Assemblage 23

"I want you to know the thoughtsMy mind containsI want you to feel the ragePulse through my veinsI want you to see the angerIn my eyesI want you to feel fearFor your own lifeI want to see the tears...

Awake Assemblage 23

I am lostThe footprints that I left have disappearedFor now, I am driving blindAccelerateWithout a destination to welcome meThis road is just an endless loopEvery time I close my eyesThe noise insi...

King Of Insects Assemblage 23

Words come easyBehind a screenWhen there's no interface to faceTo be seenKing of insectsYou eat your ownAtop an anthillYou call your throneKingdom of oneSo unawareAs one-by-one your subjectsVanish ...

Ground Assemblage 23

Be stillThough chaos reigns around you nowOnly so much rain can fall at onceBreathe inAnd let the air envelope youAnd slow and sure serenity will comeClose your eyesTry to breatheFeel the groundBen...

Consequence Assemblage 23

Mere apologies won't undo what you've doneThe echoes linger on, the backlash has begunFeigned indifference, your least convincing maskBut deep down inside, its forgivness that you askWhen hurt and ...

Let The Wind Erase Me Assemblage 23

Attenuate the light of daySo I can see the lines and detailsAnd not the hazy, plastic blurThat floods my eyes 'til I can't seeLet the winds erase meLike the memory of a kissLet these waters take me...

Darker Assemblage 23

The world is asleep with its head in its handsUnable to meet such disparate demandsCries of frustration resound in its headAnd strewn at its feet are the souls of the deadTearing the fractured divi...

Tragic Figure Assemblage 23

Once you had it allAnd threw it all away Day became your night Night became your day Did it ever rain When the skies were clear? Does it help explain How your turned up here? Peel away the layers W...

Human Assemblage 23

There have been times throughout my lifeWhen I fell so farI thought I'd never stand againI watched my dreams departThese aberrations had their placeIn the grand designBut it's unnatural to feelSo b...

Infinite Assemblage 23

"Like a grain of sand Swallowed by the desertLike a drop of rain That falls from darkened clouds I am overwhelmed I stand here awed and humbled At the feet of giants Whose shadows stretch for miles...

You Haven't Earned It Assemblage 23

You crave attentionAs if it's due to youYou want permissionTo behave as badly as you doYou want respect butYou don't act respectableYou want fame to fill the voidWhere you once had a soulBut you ha...

Regret Assemblage 23

"Some time ago I checked my conscience And found it wasn't all that clean A trail of people I had hurt A sea of sins left unredeemedCHRegret is a dull and rusted blade That covers me with scars tha...

Purgatory Pat Benatar

shadows Oh sweet redeemer will you save a place for me I am tired and I'm seeking restitution Oh will you heal me, will you take away my pain What I'm looking for is absolution Getting out of Purgatory

Purgatory Iron Maiden

Purgatory (Harris) Thinking of an age old dream, places I have never seen, Fantasies lived times before. I split my brain, melt through the floor.