Light Assemblage 23

sight or sound can penetrate at all Though silent storms may try to tear me down When dusk descends, I'll still be standing tall To the ones who want me on my knees You cannot control my destiny There is light

Drive Assemblage 23

Crushed between the cogs that work us When I feel I'm slowly losing touch Sometimes I drive to run from all my demons Sometimes I drive so I can be alone Sometimes I drive to see the world in different light

Darker Assemblage 23

The day is fading, all our fates are intertwined Without the light of wisdom, what else can be done But fumble blindly until at last our race is run?

Crush Assemblage 23

In dying light, the day is fading Defeated eyes regard the sun That sinks behind the broad horizon Until the two melt into one Beneath the gravity of failure Pinned to the unforgiving earth Bargains we

Longevity Assemblage 23

"I forgive your weakness In light of all this bleakness You were merely human Destined to be ruined Startled as your brevity Turned to my longevity I can't follow your steps Can't go the places you went

King Of Insects Assemblage 23

Chatter to the wind Make your decree And save your venom For the ones who disagree Your castle walls are falling Your body's frail Your window on the world Is minuscule in scale Burrow deep now Escape the light

Let The Wind Erase Me Assemblage 23

Attenuate the light of day So I can see the lines and details And not the hazy, plastic blur That floods my eyes 'til I can't see Let the winds erase me Like the memory of a kiss Let these waters take

Divide Assemblage 23

transparent textures Billowing curtains as hard as steel For all the noise filling the landscape Whispers and cries with no reply It's quiet here within these boundaries And thoughts collect like pools of light

Never Forgive Assemblage 23

Paint cruelty on me But its all the same No one believes someone In your mind-frame Rain down tears of regret You haven't seen the worst of it yet Your name a foul epithet Never forgive, never forget The light

Ghosts Assemblage 23

from vagaries Fruitless missives predicting an end Mere conjecture impersonates prophesy Finding doom in every change of the wind Inside a culture of spiritual violence Demons singing like creatures of light

Bi-Polar Assemblage 23

worthless and so am I I hate my life I want to die The landscape rises to meet my feet The sky descends to fill my arms For once I finally feel complete For once I know I can't be harmed All I know is light

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...

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...

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...

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...

Purgatory Assemblage 23

"So here I standCompletely aloneMy skin absorbs the rainHelpless to controlPieces within the wholeI can feel it starting againA sudden descentI never meantTo manifest itselfCaught unawareIn frozen ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

23 Baby Queen

high for conversation I'm sorry, my friends are getting mad fucked outside And there was a fight, but it broke up I don't wanna call this shit a night, but I might just And my ciggy wouldn't catch a light

Effigy 23 American Head Charge

theres nothing I hate as much wet the lips shut your pretty mouth use the kiss tommorrow fails to exist still she keeps on looking of course [2x] now theres nothing I it all surfaces in this light