Zack Hemsey

Only notions he considers are hollowed and lost thoughts Visions that confer only sorrow that time’s caught A ghost upon a body so shoddy and scared soft A mind so terrified it’s resigned and it’s shut off But that’s to be expected when a boy has been sele...

Law hangs by a thread Hate grows when it’s fed Though blue skies overhead The sun shines on the dead And blight creeps up through the beds On calm winds plague can descend And paradise turns on its head When brutality looms and upends We’re alw...

Feelings overflow And I’m not letting go Though in my heart I know I know ref.: Don’t wanna be over you (3 x) But you are not you She said this wasn’t easy for her Deciding to walk away wasn’t easy to her And she said, she felt the world was...

Eyes wide shut but they know Buried alive by the lies in their soul Their stride of a blind man's stroll Well for whom does the next bell toll I'm too many years in the zone Too many years to have built what I own And many dumb fool try to take what I've...

You never know your shot at fame is over till it passes Till the hourglass is empty and it’s backwards And in the vacuum you just wonder how this happened As the artist in you now gets enveloped inside a casket I’ve put much money and time into this passio...

There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own you cannot even imagine it. I am beyond your comprehension, i am Sovereign. Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh. You touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding. Reaper? A label...

There's time on the wall, but no one around His will is numb, he's half in the ground If all we are is all we were Then he'd soon pass on without a whisper And life goes on And I will not be told I won't be controlled I don't want your cure I...

I won't return So don't wait for me Cuz I won't find peace Until I find home I ain't never walk a mile in nobody else's shoes I don't really know why some do the things they do But I can understand what so many have been through I can feel the urge to...

Evil on the mind and blood splatter in the air Lying on the pavement beating in despair Cruel were the blows as they battered and impaired He was shown no sympathy and he wouldn't be spared And all the townspeople were gathered and stood there Watched the...

I see a ghost in a photograph I feel that wave come up under me I see myself in that other half I feel that pain pull me underneath I see the times that we'll never have I hear the sighs of content we'd breathe I feel the smile that I wish I had But al...

Verse 1: I heard they found a way to no set place That they’re way ahead and winning but there’s no real race And they’re feeding on the thrill of a chase When they’ll never find a way to keep the pace I heard they found a way to build our dreams C...

Monuments atop the summit of the mind But stone pillars turn to dust when attention shines That granite chips when the point of observation pries Them cornerstones are prone to crumble right before our eyes Now that’s the truth in lies Grave deceptio...

I am icon I am that pictured in those tales [?] I am that witch from the brink respawns I bring unrest when the seas have calmed I am legend I am fool I am one of many I am under no rule I am peasant I am loom I'm disparaged I'm consumed and most certa...

I used to hear them say of bad news, when it rains then it pours Fitting for a generation yearning out for more A story of the ancients etched in relics from before Faded echoes that survive this vicious cycle that we mourn No telling how much pain a p...

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A sky red from the blood Rose cheeks dull from the mud Hands worn through from the sludge A self no longer begrudged And murder is a potion of love Sacrifice devotion thereof And he without sin never was Now a changing of the guard has begun A kingdom...

No man alive this planet can illuminate your path No guide that came before can show the way beyond the pass No footprints on the trail for you to follow in the tracks For you to make it there you have to leave without the map And no amount of pleading...

Now this one starts under a fine bliss With happiness and a divine kiss A loving home including three kids When all was well before the sickness But this one comes with an affliction Consulted doctor with condition And he found cancer in position...

Intro: When the sun fades out And the blackness shrouds And the wolves all howl And the stones fall loud When the fear is found And nightmares hound Will you drown in the plague that surrounds Verse 1: Weight upon a point of pressure, watch as it im...

The motive was to work till a fortune of size grew With which a life of leisure by reason would ensue From which no turn of hardship would threaten to undo To sacrifice the short to invest in the long view And so it went, the hours and weekends they pu...

Words of a scribe No words can describe But they can serve as a guide And you can learn if applied Now some burn from the match Some fall through the cracks So for those lost, this a map Silver crimson black To know silver is to know respect In disg...

Habits of the lemmings die hard Patterns of obsession go far Digging ditches so they never see the stars Now all them lessons learned get buried in the yard And ways of the weapon bombard Building mountains of them body bags large Rubbernecking while col...

He was down on the floor with his lips to a glass Said he dreamed of a future that won't come to pass That he once strived to excel in a world so vast But why run a race when it's rig and he's fixed in last Then he mused all of life is a joke and he la...

Soothsayer can you save them? Can you save them? Can you see the streets in blood? The remnants of your name? Soothsayer can you save them? I had heard of her gift Off the road from nowhere Divine in her sight If your after aware A child and no trick...

Dogma looks but never peers through the smog So in the clear will appear that black swan To trap love you must wade through the fog But try to grab it once you have it then it's gone Now some never see beyond these walls And some never see those worm...

He left work for a 2-week leave Overdue for some rest indeed Heading north to a place upstream Where his wife and his son now waited to receive One quiet home deep in retreat Where nobody would know where to reach It was oh so sweet But imposition of w...

Whatever takes to lay to rest all competition, I do So pray to repent that those devout forgotten will not find you Don’t make an attempt to follow, wallow in your own discomfort Discover how to pay your respects, accept them as your brother I’m leaving a...

The sun was scattered through the colored glass The floor was stained as light enveloped in a bath And shadows on the wall from piles of books were cast With rows that formed an aisle in through which I passed These the quarters of a recluse whom I’d come...

He was living his life in a fog Oblivion’s welcoming arms His view of society marred No perception of forces at large Quite the misfit and always on guard In his mind rang a silent alarm And so lays the ground of a future that waits When you feel like y...

This is not the right way (8x) Some have said that I was given keys to the city of your dreams I'm more content to walk outside the walls and catch a breeze I'm more inclined to climb on by or ride internal seas I'm more alive to vibe inside a mansion ful...

Before I die alone Let me have vengeance Before I die alone I will have vengeance (2x) Before I die alone Before my time has gone There's just one thing I have to do Before the fire and stone Before your world is gone Have you some patience 'Cuz I...

She was alone in a bathroom Eyes fixed like a statue Wrists soar and her face bruised She just waiting for more bad news Now she's white like a full moon As she can't bear what the test proves At a crossroads, need a rescue Cuz what she gonna do Hold...

Could you even understand What it’s like to be used at hand By so many men I had so much trust in you To have you turn around And sell me to pay your dues So why was I I not good enough And how was I So damn foolish Could you even understand A...