Katagory V

Numb and frustrated So tiered, so bored Your soulless art form Deafening and corrupt No point, no truth No strength, so wrong No point, no truth No strength, so use Why can't we see It's already chosen for us Programmed to ignore what is not simp...

Planting your seed of hate Your beliefs so selfish and benign The media is fueling your fire No regard for life Your views a religion Your eyes closed to the facts And you'd kill for your passion Do you have something to live for? What is there left...

What have I done, the things that I did The wicked, troubled influences Accepting changes, and understanding And what it takes to leave it be. Two so unlike and different Can become the same in heart and soul Two so unlike and different Can become the...

When you gaze up to the stars In the pale silence of the night How things change as you get old Wondering if your dreams take you home Can you hear them speaking your name Alone in the dark, reaching out from the past Tell who you are Can you hear them...

Going though the motions As if it was meant to be Going through the motions Timeless, you must move on Frozen, in your mind You can't stop, stop the world Helpless, Time presses on It goes on and on and on... Holding your head in your hands Wishing...

Time to make a change To what we have known so long. Wait for the answer; Patience will be the reward. Our day will come. Hard is the hill we climb. Steadfast, we keep moving up. Far away is the goal we seek, Keeping score in our hearts. Our day will...

I thought about you for the first time in so many years How you were then, where are you now Back then it seemed like our love would last forever Summer felt so short, when we were young Do you ever think of me? I still think of you… Do you ever think...

Depleted of my will, drained of my soul I have struggled to win, but feel I must let go The energy pulled from my body This affection worn and frayed Why can’t I climb out? Clutching at what remains Why can’t I resist When you bleed me through Lost...

Chasing down this salary With nothing left to feed your soul Why can’t life be like a carefree ten year old Was it so innocent, so simple There was dirt on my hands and blood on your knees In the mirror, the reflection of that boy inside of me There’s a...

All the leaders have fallen Screams death ring into the sky Dungeon steel keeps on calling Bloodstained walls and the keeper of death I rise among you; I hold the cold steel in my hands Insane leaders who live in fear of her Evil Princess coming for yo...

Brave the Darkness Eyes are closed to Reality Fading In, fading out Letting my mind go Moving Closer, Closer to you Breathing deep, yet silent I drift away Holding you in my thoughts You slip away Breathing deep, yet silent I drift away In this se...

Standing in a sea of emotions, Calling out your name. Do you hear me crying, (“One more time, one more night?”) So long I lived through this lie, Wanting to make the best. We’ve grown apart after all this time; (Last moments, lost feelings.) Far too l...

They have come for her This forlorn child Removed from the mother Enslaved by the drug A Desperate Father tries Fighting against the tide This father had no choice Stigmatized by society A quandary of our time Life or Law, what will it be? They ha...

We are taking control Free ourselves from your reign We will fight to the last breath Our choice has been made Your greed will be your demise Corporate whores, it’s time to bleed No more soul stealing We chose our own path now No time left for you O...

(Once,) A pact was formed among the valley’s kings. (Their goal:) To move the world with what they’d play and sing. (Risk) And sacrifice were all that they had known. (For years,) They fought with hope to see their legions grow. (Then) One day a chain with...

Time moves forward, as I do Never looking back I did my time for love that betrayed me I live on One foot forward moves me close to a new life ahead Mistakes left behind, unforgiven And I live on Lies left behind, I’m a stranger to my hometown blood...

Follow my children, Ascend to the sky Take your place by my side Screaming in dark night Nights of forever, are taking control See the fear in their eyes Pull from the darkness that feeds off the light Flames of hearts that were real Screaming in dar...

Long ago, living by the lake of salt Here in this desert city, a dream came to form Like knights on a crusade, we sought out to prove them wrong They said we would fall That no one would care And after all this time We out lived them all We are kings...

In these trouble times in life and love, people often find Their joy and happiness Are all a state of mind The path that lies ahead of you And the will to Change it's course That choice is yours Could you feel the time running short Your candle burni...

You take it for all granted Believe what you’ve been told Soon you’ll be left behind Because you never listened to your heart You feel the fire burning inside But you’ve followed the blind Taking advice from fools Wasted on fleeting dreams You think...

Listen to me know before the end is here A charismatic man will infect you with powers and beliefs Anesthetized with words, the message has been sent First you listen, then you follow - stand up for yourself Caught up in your dreams, wake up to the truth...

Do you feel them taunting Idle threats in mind What was once apologies Now become a pack of lies Break free from this weight inside Listen to me, I won’t hide From now on I’ll stand my ground Listen to you, I’ve done my time Daunted by past mistakes...

Lying here in bed I listen to the soft sounds Ringing In my head You soft, spoken voice Still exists even though you’re gone Maybe tomorrow, maybe never I hope to see you again Knowing I’ll be by your side That is why I wake To the morning light A...

Drawing the blade in my defense against the ignorance, Pushing you back, keeping you out. Nothing on this earth will change the way I feel; Forcing you back, forcing you out. Bleed for me, tyrant of souls. Victory will be mine. Cry for me, cowering fool;...

I can’t survive without you I need the pain in my veins It seems I’ll never learn I take my life for granted Love is found inside of you I crave the release so bad Will they care if I die today? It’s just a small thrill always Take my life in my own...

I have watched from a distance Your reaction to this evolution No, you can't please everyone You feel that it should be done I'll do things my way, no matter what the cost My satisfaction outweighs this dissension No loss, No heart is broken No time t...

Time goes by, and still no answer the pain and stress builds inside Countless days spent in limbo Has my request been denied? Wasting time and wasting my breath Tossed away, no response I lay awake, feeling empty My will and faith, they grow thin So...

You used to be such a different friend Tan you are today The things we talked about seem so far away I'm letting you go, but I will carry on My face goes cold, the fading lights Watching from the shadows grow I'm letting you go... For one last time...

Back in the days where the world was a wasteland Fear and pestilence would reign The terror and panic spreads like a wild fire Brining shrouds of sorrow Gods of war, gods of the aftermath Destruction lies in their wake The violent skies with clouds of u...

Where you gonna go What’s it gonna be like What the hell you gonna do With the rest of your life There’s a price to be paid For the choices you’ve made Everything you do Well it just comes back Don’t you try to blame the world Just give the devil his...

We have held strong to our beliefs Perform our parts from the heart out on our sleeves We sometimes feel that it’s near the end But somehow make it through another day We ask ourselves, is it worth it all The sacrifice to the ones we love When we first...

Can't you see the full moon rising Can't you see the sun turn black Can't you see the messiah's coming back Do you feel the need to surrender Do you feel the need to repent Do you feel the needles in your head Can't you hear the whole world dying Can'...

Can you see the full moon rising Do you see the sun turn black Can you see the messiah’s coming back Do you feel the need to surrender Do you feel the need to repent Do you feel the needles in your head Can’t you hear the whole world dying Can’t you hea...

Sensual addiction—you stole my heart, Which blinded me to the truth about you. Sexual mission—you played me for a fool And lied about your intentions. Sinister seduction…sinister seduction… Body attraction—all I want, all I need: Just to be inside you...

I’m afraid I don’t remember how it happened, But I do recall the end result. One blurry, chemically-induced romantic night Had shaped our future. It’s all my fault. How could I bring a life into this world When mine had only just begun? When the sins of...

Lives of the damned are portrayed Feel the pain in these walls Enslaved in the dungeons of steel Tortured lives, tortured souls Death and decay, rotting corpses They lie next to me And the ground and the steel The shackles and chains It takes my silen...

What happened to us Where did we go wrong Were we in love Where has it gone You left me all alone You said it had to be Don’t want to hurt me You set me free The beginning of our end All alone here I am What can I do, I still love you What can I d...

Screams in the distance, Fear in the night Burn the witches Chants from Beyond, A time that has died Watch them bleed Evil’s to sin, and sinners must Marked by the martyr, burned at the stake Kill them all Hunted for crimes not understood, hung and bur...

Like staring into the sun You’re blinded by arrogance Steadfast in your opinion You crush those who disagree and contest There is no way to get through And no way to win You say I’m wrong even though I’m right There is no way to get through And no whe...

Reaching the sky Clutching at my heart The sun begins to die Leaving me for dead Scream echoes fades Last horizon waits Dark visions gray The cold silence No more tomorrow No more last goodbyes Until the end of time Shadows drain my eyes The bloo...

Take a look at yourself Is it different than yesterday Feel the walls, Feel the walls Breaking down inside you The quick flash of hatred Burns and spreads like wildfire See the red, See the red Building up inside you Into the fire feeding the flame...

Screaming and yelling From three separate threats. Outnumbered and out of control: Your presence dictates my own survival. A thick blanket of darkness Blackens unfamiliar streets. The fear inside makes me tremble, And terror aids my fast moving feet....

This road to nowhere, is the path to our dreams We’ve struggled within, to find who we are Night after night, carved forever in stone We engrave our souls We must live today, and fight for today (oh oh) We will try again, always try again, (oh oh) Our...

Silently standing Standing on my own once again My soul is turning inside out Isolated Isolated from the world My heart turns to black My mind is on overload slowing sinking, sinking deeper Watching the horizon fade away My eyes are blind, I can't...

As years go by, will you still be there When things change, will you falter? Blindsided by the ignorance Still searching for something new Ever growing Always moving Caught between two worlds Looking for a change Always moving Will it be the same?...

We should have seen all of the obvious warning signs When our affair had started behind a wall of lies. Married so young, I was afraid to be all alone. Life wasn’t good, but it’s the life that I’d always known. You would forsake a friendship you’ve had for...

Part I: Crest of life I'm sailing on the deep blue see Charting new paths on my destiny All alone in the night In the sky a lone star shines A vision, is it all in my mind And the breeze is taking over I can't be stopped, I'm on my path now Searchi...