Entry for Round 250
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : kaysirrah
Vocals : i_am_a_bowling_golem

"Perfect Crystal World"

Verse 1
Keep an eye out for the limo
Jesus Christ is coming
Wearing diamond studded garments
And his skin, they say, is stunning
Everybody clear a pathway
The red carpet’s been rolled down
He strolls into the theatre
His entourage surrounds
 
Pre-Chorus
But behind the wave and blinding smile
Is light that burns the eyes
A glistening bit of salty water
Welling up that does belie
 
Chorus
A perfect crystal world
Insulated air
Calculated fantasies
For all the fans to share
A perfect crystal world
Undulating on a ledge
Blurring all the emptiness
That lies beyond the edge
 
Verse 2
In a hollow hotel room
The ceiling feels so low
Though there’s space enough for legions
Still the walls, they seem to close
The table makes him angry
So he smashes it to bits
Takes his knife and shreds the curtains
Breaks the mirror with his fist
 
Pre-Chorus
He’ll pay for all his rage again
It’s known with words unsaid
Yet still the lasting loneliness
Rings loudly in his head
 
Chorus
A perfect crystal world
Insulated air
Calculated fantasies
For all the fans to share
A perfect crystal world
Undulating on a ledge
Blurring all the emptiness
That lies beyond the edge
 
Bridge
And if he falls, he fears
There’s nothing but the void
But maybe that’s the only 
Way to stop the noise
Building grand illusions
A double sided blade
Surrounded by a gilded cage
That he alone has made
 
Pre-Chorus
His mother used to tell him
As mother’s sometimes do
Be careful what you wish for
Your wish might just come true

Perfect Crystal World

Entry for Christmas Round 2022
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : countesskillalot
Vocals : countesskillalot
Cover pic: Artwork by Sabrina_Ripke_Fotografie: https://pixabay.com/photos/hot-chocolate-cocoa-cookie-1782623/

"Christmas Always"

Can you feel it?
ItÕs getting colder outside
Time that we lit
All the candles tonight

ÔCause all I wanna do 
Is hide out here with you
CanÕt conceal it
IÕll be yours on Christmas night

I wish we never had to go away
Why canÕt it be Christmas every day?

We could wake up every morning and weÕd never leave this place
And outside the snow is falling, but IÕm locked in your embrace
Yeah, the house it smells like gingerbread, but you are all I taste
Oh, the things IÕd do to you if it was Christmas always

Got you gifts too
TheyÕre right under the tree
If you insist, you
Might even unwrap me

ÔCause IÕve waited all year
To be with you, my dear 
Darling itÕs true
YouÕre my real-life fantasy

I wish we never had to go away
Why canÕt it be Christmas every day?

We could wake up every morning and weÕd never leave this place
And outside the snow is falling, but IÕm locked in your embrace
Yeah, the house it smells like gingerbread, but you are all I taste
Oh, the things IÕd do to you if it was Christmas always

Christmas Always

Entry for Round 261
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : Spireal
Vocals : Kilazur

"Bad Liar"


0:16
Depuis trois longues années 
Vous vouliez m’enfermer 
Et ma chance a tourné - ce soir 

0:26
Derrière, je dois laisser tous mes - espoirs (I'm forced to leave my hopes behind)

0:48
Et pourtant, j’avais mon plus bel imper 
A ce qu’on m’avait dit, ça faisait l’affaire 
Si votre agence est des plus perspicaces 
Pourquoi ne voit-elle en moi qu’une menace ? 

1:10
Oui, c’est bien cette enfant
Qui me cache des gens 
Et on aurait du savoir
Qu’un martien dans un grand huit, c’est facile - à voir

1:36
I never belonged in space 
Oh, let me live and retire
Just take a look at my face
I’m a bad liar 

1:56 
(break)

2:08
Je ne vous veux rien, je n’ai pas de mission (I do not want anything from you, I'm not on a mission)
Sauf une belle journée dans un parc d’attractions (Except having a great day at the theme park)

2:18
Avant que je vous suive, dites à vos hommes : (Before I have to follow you, tell your men)
Je ne suis pas normal mais c’est tout comme (That I may not be normal, but it's as if it were the case)
Car avant que vous me tendiez un piège (Because, before you set up a trap)
Ma tête n'était remplie que de manèges (I had nothing on my mind but rides)

2:40
Et je n’ai fait que fuir (All I did was run away)
Car je ne sais pas mentir (Because I don't know how to lie)

2:50
I never belonged in space 
Oh, let me live and retire
Just take a look at my face
I’m a bad liar 

I’m a bad liar
(Mauvais menteur, mauvais menteur) x4

Bad Liar

Entry for Round 263
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : heffreeee
Vocals : dcofycats

"Feel, Reveal"

VERSE
Walls closing in
Room starts to spin
Just close your eyes
And look within

Can't take the grind
That nine to five
(You know) Pushing paper
Really dulls the mind

PRE-CHORUS
Forgot about my dreams
But now I'm making green
Haven't felt a god damn thing
Since I was seventeen 

CHORUS
Feel, reveal
Break the seal
Heal, congeal
What's the deal?

Queue, renew
Pay your dues
But don't lose yourself as you're passing through

VERSE
The grind refines
A wayward mind
(You know) Pressure creates
A diamond's shine

Don't get me wrong
Most days are long
They've honed my skills
And I've grown strong

PRE-CHORUS
Through the daily pain
I made my gains
Now I'm able to see
Beauty in the mundane

CHORUS
Feel, reveal
Break the seal
Heal, congeal
What's the deal?

Grow, let go
Be in the know
Go, bestow
Reap what you sow

See, agree
You hold the key
Plea, foresee
No guarantee 

Queue, renew
Pay your dues
But don't lose yourself as you're passing through

Feel, Reveal

Entry for Round 264
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : all_aflunters
Vocals : jestbubbles

"Do You Mind?"

Do you mind the 3am calls
Do you mind when I fall
Do you mind if I lose it all
Do you mind
Do you mind

I picked the phone up 10,000 times
But never said your name
I watched the clock beat out of rhyme
As I listened to the rain
I kept the hall light on for you
But it’s all the same
I turned the fan on low for you
But you never came
I closed my eyes to stop it all
And ease the pain

Do you mind the 3am calls
Do you mind when I fall
Do you mind if I lose it all
Do you mind
Do you mind

Do You Mind?

Entry for Round 265
Theme: Puzzle
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : ScottPontiac
Vocals : jestbubbles

"The Money Pit"

An old buried treasure
Many hundreds of years old
Despite so many measures
Killed the most crafty and bold

Located in Nova Scotia
Pirates have buried the gold
And although the digging got closer
The booby traps always took hold

Many must die 
To see its secrets revealed
Oak Island's been tried
Once the hold was unsealed

Digging for glory - a treacherous sport
Bad luck as the crevasse descends
The treasure be hidden by devious minds
With all of it leading to death 

Many expired, in search of the hoard
The booty of Captain Kidd
And carvings the Aztecs did
Located an ancient Roman Sword!
A 500 year old garnet
Buccaneer's loot incarnate

And they found a cross made of lead !
The world was enthralled
From the Knights Templar it's said 
The money pit it is called

Pirates can be the most poisoned of souls
Stealing; murderous; depraved
Such jewels are held deep in the trove
And all of it leads to the grave

The Money Pit

Entry for Round 266
Theme: 100 Words
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : cookiegolem
Vocals : allouttaupvotes

"Just One Word"

Since our earliest of dawns
Have we always been this torn?
Society's rise is society's fall
Doom always listens to our call

We fight ourselves as we keep fighting each other
The war in our heads leads to war with our brothers
Killing is so easy, so simple to let the blood flow
It takes many more words to breathe, listen and stop the blows

Just one word can start a war
Over one hundred are needed to end it
It's easy to stay silent and kill
It's harder to find the will
The will to understand
The will to accept

Just One Word

Entry for Round 309
Theme: Music And Lyrics With Different Tones
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : regnskyer
Vocals : ironlung1814

"The World Is Leaving Me Behind"

Verse 1:
And it's happened again
A disaster so minor so small it shouldn't matter
All of our faults underlined by the cost of it all
And we're so small, we're so small

Pre-chorus(optional):
Like grains of sand between strands of grass like trees in this universe

Chorus:
The world is turning over me but I'm going nowhere
(I'm) held in place by the consequences of my actions/inactions
I'm grasping at every surface around me trying to hold on to something
But the world is leaving me behind

Bridge 1:
This day
This day is the best day of my life
I wanna do right by the guy I used to be
I wanna be happy, I want, I want, I want…

Quieter Chorus/Bridge 2:
I want the sun on my skin, I wanna feel it in my chest
I wanna be the happiest, I want, I want, I want…

Chorus:
The world is turning over me but I'm going nowhere
(I'm) held in place by the consequences of my actions/inactions
I'm grasping at every surface around me trying to hold on to something
But the world is leaving me behind

Pre-chorus/Outro (optional):
Like grains of sand between strands of grass like trees in this universe

The World Is Leaving Me Behind

Entry for Round 310
Theme: Sample Life
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : tomble2000
Vocals : ironlung1814

"Rinse Repeat The Change"

[Verse]
Starting over again,
A copy facsimile
Life turns, blinks past me
All we have can’t be.

Falling fast, look back,
A taste of fear turns black
Repeat the fate we know
Meanings a state of flow

[Chorus]
I blink and I miss the frame
Every scene, it’s all the same
Repeat and change the noise
Live until we close, 
A taste of what's to come,
Slip till there is none, 
Sample, copy fade,
Rinse repeat, the change.

[Verse]
We learn so we should change
It all just stays the same
Take a breath to feel
A past copy of what’s real

We make the same mistakes
A life lost to the ache
A simple grasp of power
Makes us fear the passing hour

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
A far flung memory
The reflection I can’t see
A hour becomes a year
A life lost, change is here
A wild look to the past
The future set to last
We copy our worst in haste
A fight lost to the brave.

[Chorus]

Rinse Repeat The Change

Entry for Round 311
Theme: Conspiracy
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : 4starview
Vocals : allouttaupvotes

"Scopolamine"
Elvis and JFK
Are hanging with Saint Germain
L. Ron Hubbard’s still floating through space
And all third degree
Illuminati 
Are bigfoot and yeti
Vampires and harpies

Under my hat 
of tin foil 
I can see more clearly 
Without the wool 

Trails drip off the edge
Of a discoid terrain
While Disney fears
The coming climate change
And if the moon exists
Why would we go anyway?
And the all-seeing eye
Peeks at me then peers away

Under my hat 
of tin foil 
I see more clearly 
Without the wool 
No more rose lens
Since the red pill
I removed the wool
I removed the wool

A shadow government
Leads the UN
Maintain the States
In a state of disarray
Pretense and masquerade
Play into the charade
The truth belies
The lies we’ve been supplied

I removed the wool

Under my hat 
of tin foil 
I see more clearly 
Without the wool 
No more rose lens
Since the red pill
I removed the wool
I removed the wool

Scopolamine

Entry for Round 173
Theme : Air (Elements Part 3)
Music : Digital_Failure
Lyrics : vladimirdlc
Vocals : Kilazur

"Say Goodbye"

[Verse]
From the silence blew a whisper
flying doors and broken words
tempest evolving all around us
echoes from the past

Lost our names in the withholding 
and in grace we held our burdened breaths
as its power grew strongly
we no longer had a place

[Pre-Chorus]
On Air we fly
our fragile fights
goodbye
say goodbye

We're gusts of sand
our hollow hearts
hold tight
in our hands

[Chorus]
Feel me in the threads of the wind
as we arise, there I'll
let my own chest be your rest
while we arise
just this time

Forget all that is past
take my wings
as your salve, this time

The air will consume
Or let us breath
I'll be your breath
l'll be your Air

[Verse] (Spoken word)
We're like withered leafs carried by the wind
In that air we danced
the same air that brought us life
also brought us dread and fear
the same air that lets our past be meaningless for just a moment
moved us away, drove us through the sea
brought us to the Sahara and back
An Air strong as a storm and soft as a whisper.
And for that same air
We breath.

[Pre-Chorus]
On Air we fly
our fragile fights
goodbye
say goodbye

We're gusts of sand
our hollow hearts
hold tight
in our hands

[Chorus]
Feel me in the threads of the wind
as we arise, there I'll
let my own chest be your rest
while we arise
just this time

Forget all that is past
take my wings
as your salve, this time

The air will consume
Or let us breath
I'll be your breath
l'll be your Air

"Until The World Burns"

Say Goodbye

Vocals by Clark: https://soundcloud.com/clarknj
Lyrics by Aliceline: https://soundcloud.com/user-610457343

Bittersweet (feat. Clark)

Vocals by pfeifits: https://soundcloud.com/jonny-pfeifer-598307352
Lyrics by Aliceline: https://soundcloud.com/user-610457343

"This Is All I've Got"

There's darkness living in my brain
I've begged for relief but it's here to stay
I managed to keep it hidden away
You made me show you and now we're both afraid

The storm's coming down, and I can't pull us out
So we'll bleed, and we'll rust, ashes turn to dust
How did we lose so many parts of us?
Please forgive me love, but this is all I've got

This is all I've got
This is all I've got
This is all I've got

You know that I could never be a saint
I've let me drown in too many mistakes
Your faith in me has always been misplaced
Holding me close was your sin and now we can't escape

The storm's coming down, and I can't pull us out
So we'll bleed, and we'll rust, ashes turn to dust
How did we lose so many parts of us?
Please forgive me love, but this is all I've got

This is all I've got
This is all I've got

I apologize for what I've made of us
Please forgive me love, for this is all I've got

This is all I've got
This is all I've got
This is all I've got

This Is All I've Got

Entry for Round 200
Theme : Storyline - Team/Chapter 3: Selling out/Record deal
Music : Digital_Failure, Gerkology
Lyrics : partyeefee, lightningrunaway
Vocals : brandon3004, carmencandelas

"Why Don't You Love Her"

 Verse 1
She patiently waits for you
While you have one of your tirades
She doesn't criticize you
When you have been like this for days

She tries to comfort you
But you just push her away
And sometimes you treat her badly
But she chooses to stay

Chorus
Why don’t you love her
Why don’t you care for her
Why don’t you love her
Unrequited love is a heavy burden to bare

Verse 2
He won’t even look at you
Can only hope that he will stay
Hold on, can you get through
He won’t give you the time of day

Don’t want to be alone anymore
Running so long for the chase
Never hear the words you’re waiting for
How did we end up in this place

Chorus
Why don’t you love her
Why don’t you care for her
Why don’t you love her
Unrequited love is a heavy burden to bare

Why Don't You Love Her

Lyrics by partyeefee

"Back To These Days"

Been, and gone
All sorrow that you knew
We start, at the beginning
The skies are clear and blue

We'll take, the passage together
Hold on until we get through

We can do anything here
Doesn’t matter which day, which year
We belong in this place 
Forget about time and space
Bring us back to these days 
No longer stuck in those ways
Then you will see
Life is so free

Come, with me
It won’t be just a dream
We’ll find, the ending
Under a warm sunbeam

We took, the passage together
Held on until we got through

We can do anything here
Doesn’t matter which day, which year
We belong in this place 
Forget about time and space
Bring us back to these days 
No longer stuck in those ways
Then you will see
Life is so free

Listen, the clouds 
Like waves reaching the shore
Soft glow, it surrounds
A blanket of petrichor

[Break]

We can do anything here
Doesn’t matter which day, which year
We belong in this place 
Forget about time and space
Bring us back to these days 
No longer stuck in those ways
Then you will see
Life is so free

We can do anything here
Doesn’t matter which day, which year
We belong in this place 
Forget about time and space
Bring us back to these days 
No longer stuck in those ways
Then you will see
Life is so free

Digital_Failure

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