I really enjoyed this album, I give this album a 10/10.
Favorite songs: Enemy of Logic, Sentient, and Coerce: Conform.
All lyrics come directly from the CD ... I made several changes.

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"So Close to Nowhere"

And so the cycle begins: revolving, turning, twisting, never-ending.
Self-reflective thoughts consume.
Pulling deeper to the realization of failure.

Dreams are broken and shattered within a day.
You have to learn from these mistakes.
Dwelling on the past will get you nowhere.
Move forward; don't be held back by your doubts.
The ever-changing path awaits.

The sun burns holes in this endless blackness.
It makes me realize, you have the strength.
No matter what your doubts, don't break under the weight of your thoughts.
You're the only one who can make this change.

Breathe life into these broken lungs.
Never return you mind to this place.

Ride the waves.
What will the future hold?

Don't break under the weight of your thoughts.
You're the only one who can make this change.
Dreams are broken and shattered within a day.
You have to learn from these mistakes.
Why would you give up now?
We're so close to nowhere.

Ride the waves.
What will the future hold?

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"Name Your Price"

Lose your false beliefs led to the forgone conclusion.
A passive consumer clouded by necessity.

Hang your desire for more, pay for your commodities.
With every last drop of your soul; tie the apathy like a noose around your neck.
Your possessions drag you down.

Your hands are tied in chains.
Is this the choice you make or is this the last breath we take?

Lose your false beliefs led to the forgone conclusion.
A passive consumer clouded by necessity.

Open your eyes to the truth.
There's more to life than physical value.
See past the never-ending sale laced into the fiber of our nature.
Generations bred to spend … spend … spend.
The snakes bury deeper into our souls, forever under their control.

Society turning viral, twisted visions through a screen.
Force-fed morality: from beginning to end.
Live your life by illusions, become the slave.
Possessions are meaningless in the grave.

Open your eyes to the truth.
There's more to life than what you see.

Open your eyes to the truth.
There's so much in life that can set you free.

When will you realize?

We're part of a culture that lives constantly outside of its means.
Blinded by a need for more, we're slaves to consumerism.

We're part of a culture that lives constantly outside of its means.
Blinded by a need for more, we're slaves to consumerism.

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"All That's Left"

A nation with: no hope, no aspiration.
Lost in a downward spiral, we're the ones to blame.
We always destroy what we never have.
Desolation, ash is all that's left.
We are to blame.

The selfish generation, it's all for personal gain.
There's only one solution; we have to change.
Cancer of the planet, what chance do we have?
Nothing left for tomorrow.
The time has come; we have to change so make a stand.

Spreading like a fucking virus, life sucking the bleeding of others.
Disease eating away at the roots, we won't be wiped from the history pages.
So it comes to this, a lifeless shell for the future.
What is left: eternal ruin of us all?

A darkened future, the light begins to fade, ever consuming; life slips away.
All that we have: just created.
Is this a world of hate?

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"Enemy of Logic"

In the shadows of reality, your lies fall apart.
A world molded around fiction.
Let the truth be heard, there will be no resurrection.

You're deluded and dangerous; we won't let you indoctrinate our youth.
You're a contradiction to our progress.
Filling the world with fear won't help you clear the blood on you hands.
Make no mistake; you deny logic with your false claims.
This is the death of everything you know.
The infallible word has been disproved; still you march on.
Heaven is just a manifestation of fear.
Why can't you be happy with the world we have?

Your king will fall from his throne.
His web of lies exposed.
The end of an age; your time has passed.

Fabricate salvation to ease your conscience.
He's out on his own, left out to bleed, lost in the lies you've spun.
Trapped and defenseless: falling to your knees.

A beaming white light of hope passed down through the ages, selling a false promise and leading us astray.
You preach of a higher power, but when has it proven its worth.
Lost in a sea of truth, your lungs fill with doubt.
This world doesn't need a savior; it needs the truth.

We see through your ancient fallacy.
We see through your ancient fallacy.

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"Bury the Debt"

I've dealt with the worst of them.
Been lead astray by words of untruth.
Why does this seem like a fucking game to you?
You play us with your every move.

Exactly who do you think you are?
To fabricate a dream: you made lies a way of life.
Believe me now 'cause I speak from the heart.
There's no going back.

Living conditions degrading, I'm though with this place.
Every day's a decline, dragging our feet through the dirt.
Leaders speak an endless spiral of contradictions, to which we are forced to conform.

The tides are changing, can't you see?
In this land of unthinkable deficit is getting us nowhere, but deeper down this hole.
And this is the place that we call home?
Can't you see the tides are changing?

Can't you see they're getting us nowhere?
This land of greed taxes everything; this has to end.
They fill their pockets, whilst millions starve; this has to end.

Make a conscious decision to ignore every single word that slips from your snake like tongue.
Believe in me now, I won't be the last; I won't be the last to see through these lies.

Does this seem like a game to you?
You'll never win us back; mark my words.
I won't be the last to see through these, these lies.
You'll never win us back; it's gone too far.
You'll never win us back.

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"Sentient"

Is there time to turn this tide?
Stuck in a world of electric distortion.
Mad-made lights: but not the true illumination of you.

Free within a world of captivity.

The pieces fall into place, everything we need is here.
Take what's inside you to build a better way.
You're free to make your own path.

The pieces fall into place, everything we need is here.
Take what's inside you to build a better way.
You're free to make your own path.

You only see what you want to see; you only see what they want you to see.

All of these questions with no answers, all out answers must be questioned.
Step out of this darkness and into the light.
Believe in yourself be what you want to be.
The time has passed to hide, open your mind to what's inside.

The pieces fall into place, everything we need is here.
Leave your lifeless shell for a higher perception.
We got to build a better way.

The question is: will these answers save us all?
Or is knowing the same as understanding?
Or will you perpetuate in this thoughtless state?

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"Illusion of Choice"

Look past the deception, what do you see?

The lies that they're weaving will leave us with nothing.
Don't believe your eyes, the life that we lead is a fake.
Nothing can save you now from this god-forsaken place.
At the edge of forever: forsaken and alone; the truth is upon us.
We're blinded by this deception with a false sense of hope, believing that we're free.
The truth is upon us; our world is coming undone.

Rise up from your knees.
Reject this life and the bullshit we're being fed.
We stand alone and defiant.
Headlines were built to misdirect.
Open your mind; believe in more.
The seeds of deceit have been planted throughout this world.
Steadily they grow and they strangle all that we trust and that we value.
Their vines pierce the flesh and restrict our lives.

We're blinded by the illusion of choice.
We need clarity to break free from these chains.

There's nothing for the past; our legacy's undone; the truth is upon us.
What if we become the future?
The future of our legacy undone; the truth is upon us.
What have we become?

It makes no difference what choice we make in this god-forsaken place.
The lie's twist and block our view, when their goals are all the same.
We're split and forced apart, when we should be standing, side by side, to reject these force-fed lies.

This life is a fake.
...?
This life is a fake.

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"Coerce: Conform"

This is where we draw the line.
This is where we make our stand: a declaration to revolt.

The time has come for you to accept this.
Your ignorance will leave you blind.
A brain dead puppet: strung up and entwined.
When will you wake up?

Where is your freedom now?

Sensors for systems of surveillance: coercing conformity.
Electric eyes stalk our every move.
Limitless wires confine us all.
Nameless corporations bleed our nations dry.

Tell me who's set to gain from this, from this?

Don't let your view be tainted by propaganda.
Why can't you send me to break down these barriers that restrain you.
Expose and fight this corruption, break down the barriers that restrict you.

Who's set to gain from this?
Who's set to gain from this?

The time has come for you to accept that ignorance has left you blind.
A brain dead puppet: strung up and entwined.
When will you wake up?

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"Vela"

So now close your eyes and dream of a place where we can all survive.
There will only be one chance, can we make it out alive?
Is this the end of our time, or life, as we know it?

Close your eyes and remember.
In these last moments: embraces ever haunting wind, it flies but nothing escapes.
Don't turn away to run you'll never make it out.
As the skies burn, we find peace in the flames.

So close to the end, you feel so alive.
Fate has been and gone.
This certainty, extinction is truly at our feet.

So stand tall and face what's approaching.
There's nothing left, but the faintest of memories.
All life is lost in the remorseless flames, but the cold inside will endure.
So feel the warmth from the flames brush across your face.
The inconceivable truth: there is nothing left.
Life: hanging by a thread, this is where it ends.
This is where it ends; this is the end.
No chance for retribution.
Look upon the crimson skies.

Did you really want to live forever?
Is this life everything you expected?
This is our final step, our final stand.
Millions of faces stare at the sky waiting, the waiting twists and burns.
This is the end of time.

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"Unify"

Where did it begin, when will it end?
Is destruction our only option?

Nations fight against nations, in an endless power struggle spanning centuries.
When did it begin, when will it end?
A child stands over the bodies of its family, who will pay for the blood of the innocent?
Humanity united under the rebirth of new ideals.

Rebuild what's lost with a fundamental change.
Decisions are made from behind a desk that will affect everything, except for them.
Words of victory and promise fill the air, but there will never be an end to this.

We are the same blood.
We are the same flesh.
We breathe the same air.
Forced to believe there's a difference between us.

Brother, why do you kneel before your fellow man?
Disregard these thoughts; we're equal as one.
Our voices will be heard.

…?
Stand up, be counted, we must unify.
Humanity united under the rebirth of new ideals.

We must unify.
Humanity united under the rebirth of new ideals.

Break out these chains, we are one.

Sempiternal (April 2, 2013) I give this album a 10/10, it's brilliant from start to finish!
Official lyrics (I typed them all; they come directly from the CD booklet)
My favorite songs are: Sleepwalking, Hospital For Souls, and Go to Hell, For Heaven's Sake.

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"CAN YOU FEEL MY HEART"

Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken?
Can you feel my heart?

Can you help the hopeless?
Well I'm begging on my knees.
Can you save my bastard soul?
Will you wait for me?

I'm sorry brothers.
So sorry lover.
Forgive me father.
I love you mother.

Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken?
Can you feel my heart?

Can you feel my heart?
Can you feel my heart?
Can you feel my heart?

I'm scared to get close and I hate being alone.
I long for that feeling, to not feel at all.
The higher I get, the lower I'll sink.
I can't drown my demons; they know how to swim.

I'm scared to get close and I hate being alone.
I long for that feeling, to not feel at all.
The higher I get, the lower I'll sink.
I can't drown my demons; they know how to swim.

I'm scared to get close and I hate being alone.
I long for that feeling, to not feel at all.
The higher I get, the lower I'll sink.
I can't drown my demons; they know how to swim.

Can you feel my heart?

Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken?
Can you feel my heart?

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"THE HOUSE OF WOLVES"

Show me a sign; show me a reason to give a solitary fuck about your goddamn beliefs.
I'm going blind, but one thing's clear; death is the only salvation you'll feel.

Brick, by brick, by brick.
Brick, by brick, by brick.

What you call faith, I call a sorry excuse.
Cloak and daggers murder the truth.
The bitter taste, there's nothing else.
I'll bow for your king when he shows himself.

Brick, by brick, by brick, these walls begin to cave in.
The house of wolves you built whispers in a thousand tongues.

Show me your face; show me a reason to think my soul can be saved if I sell you my sins.
I'm going blind, but one thing's clear; death is the only salvation for me.

Brick, by brick, by brick, these walls begin to cave in.
The house of wolves you built whispers in a thousand tongues.

The house of wolves you built will burn just like a thousand suns.

And when you die, the only kingdom you'll see is two foot wide and six foot deep.
And when you die, the only kingdom you'll see is two foot wide and six foot deep.
And when you die, the only kingdom you'll see is two foot wide and six foot deep.

Brick, by brick, by brick.
Brick, by brick, by brick.

Brick, by brick, by brick, these walls begin to cave in.
The house of wolves you built whispers in a thousand tongues.

Brick, by brick, by brick, these walls begin to cave in.
The house of wolves you built will burn just like a thousand suns.

You said you want me now I'm here.
You said you want me now I'm here.

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"EMPIRE (LET THEM SING)"

It's the start of the end.
Surrender the throne.
The blood on my hands covered the holes.
We've been surrounded by vicious cycles.
And we're truly alone; the scars on your heart are yours to atone.
We've been surrounded.
Let them sing; let them sing.

The deeper you dig, the darker it gets.
There's nowhere else for us to go.
We live what we learn, and then we forget.
We'll never find our way back home.

Come on.

They came like moths to a flame.
You left like a house in a hurricane.

The wolves are at my door.

It's the start of the end.
Surrender the throne.
The blood on my hands covered the holes.

We've been surrounded by vicious cycles.
It's the start of the end.
And we're truly alone; the scars on your heart are yours to atone.
We've been surrounded.
Let them sing; let them sing.

I hear them clawing at the gates, "Let us in, let us in".
I hear them calling out my name.
I don't care; let them sing.

Let them sing.
Let the bastards sing.
Let them sing.
Let the bastards sing.
Let them sing.
Let the bastards sing.
Let the god-forsaken bastards sing.

They came like moths to a flame.
You left like a house in a hurricane.

The wolves are at my door.
But I can't see the writing on the walls.
The wolves are at my door.
Waiting for my empire to fall.

It's the start of the end.
Surrender the throne.
The blood on my hands covered the holes.

We've been surrounded by vicious cycles.
It's the start of the end.
And we're truly alone; the scars on your heart are yours to atone.
We've been surrounded.
Let them sing; let them sing.

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"SLEEPWALKING"

My secrets are burning a hole through my heart, and my bones catch a fever.
When it cuts you up this deep it's hard to find a way to breathe.

Your eyes are swallowing me.
Mirrors start to whisper.
Shadows start to sing.
My skin's smothering me.
Help me find a way to breathe.

Time stood still, the way it did before.
It's like I'm sleepwalking.
Fell into another hole again.
It's like I'm sleepwalking.

I'm at the edge of the world.
Where do I go from here?
Do I disappear?
Edge of the world.
Should I sink or swim?
Or simply disappear?

Your eyes are swallowing me.
Mirrors start to whisper.
Shadows start to sing.
My skin's smothering me.
Help me find a way to breathe.

Sing it.

Time stood still, the way it did before.
It's like I'm sleepwalking.
Fell into another hole again.
It's like I'm sleepwalking.

Wake up, take my hand and give me a reason to start again.
Wake up, pull me out and give me a reason to start again.

Time stands still.
Time stands still.

Your eyes are swallowing me.
Mirrors start to whisper.
Shadows start to sing.
My skin's smothering me.
Help me find a way to breathe.

Time stood still, the way it did before.
It's like I'm sleepwalking.
Fell into another hole again.
It's like I'm sleepwalking.

Time stood still, the way it did before.
It's like I'm sleepwalking.

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"GO TO HELL, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE"

For the love of god will you bite your tongue, before we make you swallow it.
It's moments like this where silence is golden.

And then you speak.

No one wants to hear you.
No one wants to see you.
So desperate and pathetic, I'm begging you to spare me the pleasure of your company.

When did the diamonds leave your bones?

I'm burning down every bridge we made.
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break.
I'm bleeding out every word you said.
Go to hell, for heaven's sake.

I'm burning down every bridge we made.
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break.
I'm bleeding out every word you said.
Go to hell, for heaven's sake.

Go to hell, for heaven's sake.

No one wants to hear you, save your breath.
No one wants to see you.
So desperate and pathetic, you think that no one sees this?
I think it's time you knew the truth.

Yeah.

I'm burning down every bridge we made.
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break.
I'm bleeding out every word you said.
Go to hell, for heaven's sake.

I'm burning down every bridge we made.
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break.
I'm bleeding out every word you said.
Go to hell, for heaven's sake.

When did the diamonds leave your bones?
Leave your bones.

You're not a shepherd, you're just a sheep; a combined effort of everyone you meet.
You're all flesh, with no bones.
Feed them to the sharks and throw them to the wolves.

I'm burning down every bridge we made.
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break.
I'm bleeding out every word you said.
Go to hell, for heaven's sake.

I'm burning down every bridge we made.
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break.
I'm bleeding out every word you said.
Go to hell, for heaven's sake.

Go to hell, for heaven's sake.
Go to hell, for heaven's sake.
Go to hell, for heaven's sake.

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"SHADOW MOSES"

Can you tell from the look in our eyes?
We're going nowhere.
We live our lives like we're ready to die.
We're going nowhere.

Can you tell from the look in our eyes?
We're going nowhere.
We live our lives like we're ready to die.
We're going nowhere.

I thought I'd buried you and covered the tracks.
You'll have to take this with your cold dead hands.
I thought I'd buried you, what's dead can never die.

I thought I'd cut you loose, severed the feeling.
I slipped through the cracks, and you caved in my ceiling.
I thought I'd buried you, what's dead can never die.

Fuck.

Can you tell from the look in our eyes?
We're going nowhere.
We live our lives like we're ready to die.
We're going nowhere.

You can run but you'll never escape, over and over again.
Will we ever see the end?
We're going nowhere.

THIS IS SEMPITERNAL!
Will we ever see the end?
THIS IS SEMPITERNAL!
Over and over, again and again.

Rise from the dead you say?
Secrets don't sleep 'til they're took to the grave.
Signal the sirens; rally the troops.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's the moment of truth.

Can you tell from the look in our eyes?
We're going nowhere.
We live our lives like we're ready to die.
We're going nowhere.

You can run but you'll never escape, over and over again.
Will we ever see the end?
We're going nowhere.

Can you tell from the look in our eyes?
We're going nowhere.
We live our lives like we're ready to die.
We're going nowhere.

You can run but you'll never escape, over and over again.
Will we ever see the end?
We're going nowhere.

THIS IS SEMPITERNAL!
Will we ever see the end?
THIS IS SEMPITERNAL!
Over and over, again and again.

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"AND THE SNAKES START TO SING"

I've lost the plot again.
Tell your friends to sharpen their teeth.
There's a few quid to be made.

And my soul's a sorry state, so come on down you empty lovers.
Worms come out of the woodwork, and the snakes start to sing.

Do you feel the chill clawing at the back of your neck?
I start to spill; did you really think that you could fix me?
They'll sell your bones for another roll.
Well sharpen your teeth.
Tell yourself that it's just business.

Worms come out of the woodwork.
Leeches crawl from out of the dirt.
Rats climb out the holes they call home.
I fall apart; and the snakes start to sing.

Don't say I'm better off dead.
'Cos heaven's full and hell won't have me.
Won't you make some room in your bed?
Well you could lock me up in your heart & and throw away the key.
Won't you take me out of my head?

I'm just a would of been, could of been, should of been, never was and never ever will be.
We'll sharpen your teeth.
Tell yourself that it's just business.
Would of been, could of been, should of been, never was and never ever will be.

Worms come out of the woodwork, and the snakes start to sing.

Worms come out of the woodwork.
Leeches crawl from out of the dirt.
Rats climb out the holes they call home.
I fall apart; and the snakes start to sing.

If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock.
Are you still getting high?
Did you catch your own reflection in the knife my mother held?
Or the hell in my father's eyes?

If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock.
Are you still getting by?
Was I your knight in shining armour, the apple of your eye?
Or just a step to climb?

If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock.
Are you still getting high?
Did you catch your own reflection in the knife my mother held?
Or the hell in my father's eyes?

If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock.
Are you still getting by?
Was I your knight in shining armour, the apple of your eye?
Or just a step, a fucking step to climb!

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"SEEN IT ALL BEFORE"

Every second's soaked in sadness.
Every weekend is a war.
And I'm drowning in the déjà vu.
We've seen it all before.

I don't want to do this by myself; I don't want to live like a broken record.
I've heard these lines a thousand times and I've seen it all before.

Are we close enough?
There is something I must confide.
I think we've lost our touch.
There's no sparkle in those eyes.

What an awful mess I've made.
There's nothing left to say.

Every second's soaked in sadness.
Every weekend is a war.
And I'm drowning in the déjà vu.
We've seen it all before.

I don't want to do this by myself; I don't want to live like a broken record.
I've heard these lines a thousand times and I've seen it all before.

There's nothing in the air tonight.
There's nothing in the air tonight.
There's nothing in the air tonight.

Every second's soaked in sadness.
Every weekend is a war.
And I'm drowning in the déjà vu.
We've seen it all before.

I don't want to do this by myself; I don't want to live like a broken record.
I've heard these lines a thousand times and I've seen it all before.

I'm sorry love; it's not enough.
We should feel the love so painfully; it hurts right to the touch.
I know it stings, I know this cuts.
And I wish I could agree with you, but this love is not enough.

It's not enough.
It's not enough.

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"ANTIVIST"

Middle fingers up, if you don't give a fuck.
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed.
Middle fingers up, if you don't give a fuck.
You think you're changing anything?
Question everything.

The world is a shit tip; your children are fucked.
The ones you think guard you are out for your blood.
Well our minds are battered, and washed out with static.
But what exactly do you think you're going to do?

United we'll fail, divided we'll fall.
We're fucked but you're making it worse.
United we'll fail, divided we'll fall.
Give up because you're making it so much worse.

Middle fingers up, if you don't give a fuck.
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed.
Middle fingers up, if you don't give a fuck.
You think you're changing anything?
Question everything.

Oh give me a break you deluded, ill informed, self-serving pricks.
If you really believe in the words that you preach, get off your screens and onto the streets.

There will be no peaceful revolution, no war without blood.
You can say I'm just a fool, that stands for nothing, well to that, I say you're a cunt.

Kick it.

United we'll fail.
Divided we'll fall.
United we'll fail.
We're fucked but you're making it worse.

Middle fingers up, if you don't give a fuck.
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed.
Middle fingers up, if you don't give a fuck.
You think you're changing anything?
Question everything.

Middle fingers up, if you don't give a fuck.
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed.
Middle fingers up, if you don't give a fuck.
You think you're changing anything?
Question everything.

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"CROOKED YOUNG"

Believe in no one!

Hallelujah.
Well I'm saved.
Just a dozen steps and twenty-eight days.
It's a miracle.
I'll be born again.
With the lord as my shepherd I will find a way.

Fuck your faith.
No one's going to save you.

FUCK YOUR FAITH!

There's no hope for us.
We speak in tongues.
Blacker than the sun.
No death can't touch the crooked young.

There's no hope for us.
We speak in tongues.
Blacker than the sun.
No death can't touch the crooked young.

THE CROOKED YOUNG!

We don't sleep.
We don't eat.
We speak in tongues.
We can't die we're dead inside.
No death can't touch the crooked young.

Believe in no one but yourself.
The faceless won't save you.
The clouds won't hear your fucking prayers.

There's no hope for us.
We speak in tongues.
Blacker than the sun.
No death can't touch the crooked young.

Hallelujah!
I'm saved!
It's a miracle!
Thank you Jesus!
Hallelujah!
I'm saved!

Fuck your faith.
Fuck your faith.

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"HOSPITAL FOR SOULS"

(spoken part wasn't on the booklet)

The days are a death-wish.
A witch-hunt for an exit.
I am powerless.

The fragile, the broken, sit in circles & stay unspoken.
We are powerless.

Because we all walk alone on an empty staircase.
Silent halls & nameless faces.
I am powerless.

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
I can't fear death, no longer.
I've died a thousand times.

Why explore the universe, when we don't know ourselves.
There's an emptiness inside our heads that no-one dares to dwell.

Throw me to the flames.
Watch me burn.
Set my world ablaze.
Watch me burn.

How are we on a scale of one to ten?
Could you tell me what you see?
Do you want to talk about it?
How does that make you feel?

Have you ever took a blade to your wrists?
Have you've been skipping meals?
We're going to try something new today.
How does that make you feel?

Hold me close.
Don't let go.
Watch me burn.

Hold me close.
Don't let go.
Watch me burn in this hospital for souls.

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"DEATHBEDS"

Eyes like a car crash.
I know I shouldn't look but I can't turn away.
Body like a whiplash.
Salt my wounds but I can't heal the way I feel about you.

I watch you like a hawk.
I watch you like I'm gonna tear you limb from limb.
Will the hunger ever stop?
Can we simply starve this sin?

That little kiss you stole, it held my heart and soul.
And like a deer in the headlights I meet my fate.
Don't try to fight the storm you'll tumble overboard.
Tides will bring me back to you.

And on my deathbed all I'll see is you.
The life may leave my lungs, but my heart will stay with you.

That little kiss you stole, it held my heart and soul.
And like a ghost in the silence, I disappear.
Don't try to fight the storm you'll tumble overboard.
Tides will bring me back to you.

The waves will pull us under.
Tides will bring me back to you.

The waves will pull us under.
Tides will bring me back to you.

The waves will pull us under.
Tides will bring me back to you.

That little kiss you stole, it held my heart and soul.
And like a ghost in the silence, I disappear.
Don't try to fight the storm you'll tumble overboard.
Tides will bring me back to you.

That little kiss you stole, it held my heart and soul.
And like a deer in the headlights I meet my fate.
Don't try to fight the storm you'll tumble overboard.
Tides will bring me back to you.

Disarm the Descent (April 2, 2013) The return of Jesse Leach (singer) makes this album even better!!
Official lyrics (I typed them all; they come directly from the CD booklet.)
My favorite songs are: Beyond the Flames, Always, and You Don't Bleed For Me.

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"THE HELL IN ME"

Fall down into the chaos.
Staring into the depths of pain, darkness, and suffering.
I will not be moved from this place, inside of me.
Until I understand this part of me that bleeds and captures my spirit.
If it's the death of me, then I will loosen its grip.

Protect me from the hell that burns inside me.
No one can see this is the hell in me.

Bring light into the darkness.
Awaken and stir this war within us all.
Reveal my true intentions.

No one can see this is the hell in me.
Will you set me free?
Set me free.
This is the hell in me.

Lead me out of the darkness.
Strengthen and protect the voice that makes no sound.
Suffer and bleed for me.
Pulled from the hell that is in me.

Set me free.
Will you set me free?

Protect me from the hell that burns inside me.
No one can see this is the hell in me.

Will you set me free?
This is the hell in me.

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"BEYOND THE FLAMES"

Step back to see the vision.
Seduction of our minds.
The skin becomes illusion.
She pulls me down and I fall behind.
The weakness of flesh is to settle for less than we have the potential to be.
Song of the sirens call.

There is a fire within her eyes. Blinding my senses.
Now I am searching for what's beyond the flames.

What drags us down to ruin?
Where is the power that ignites within?
Seeking the substance that can't be corrupted or changed.
We remain beyond the flame.

Her dark embrace will suffocate. Choking my senses.
Now I am searching for what's beyond the flames.

There is a fire within her eyes. Blinding my senses.
Now I am searching for what's beyond the flames.

Now it's just a touch, then she feels a rush.
Her dark seduction will suffocate.

Her dark embrace will suffocate. Choking my senses.
Now I am searching for what's beyond the flames.

There is a fire within her eyes. Blinding my senses.
Now I am searching for what's beyond the flames.

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"THE NEW AWAKENING"

One … Two … Three … Four

Run the race that will lead to nowhere fast.
Trapped in the haze of this mindless false reality.
Wandering, a path laid out by fools.
That they call progression, where chaos rules.

There is more to life than this.
We are more than just this flesh.
We are alive and our time has come.
For a new awakening.

Come death. Come suffering.
I will not live in fear.
In this fleeting life where time escapes us.
The path of least resistance is a slow quiet death.
I'd rather burn out than fade away.

There is more to life than this.
We are more than just this flesh.
We are alive and our time has come.
For a new awakening.

I'd rather die than live my life in fear.
Out of step. No regrets in the new awakening.

I will not live in fear.
Live life with no regrets.
I will not live in fear.
I will not live in fear.

There is more to life than this.
We are more than just this flesh.
We are alive and our time has come.
For a new awakening.

I would rather burn out than fade away.

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"IN DUE TIME"

Pacing aimlessly when my mind is at unrest.

Unsure of what may come. 

What have I done to bring this down on me?
Helpless to make this undone.

All in due time, see the world through different eyes.
All in due time, the shadows will give way to light.

How much more can I give of myself.
As these walls close in on me.
As I slip down into this despair.
There is nothing to attain.

What victory when my soul is weak.
Where does my help come from.

All in due time, see the world through different eyes.
I see the world through different eyes.
All in due time, the shadows will give way to light.

All that we suffer through; leads to determination. 

The trails we all go through gives us the strength to carry on. 

Something within us burns.
Desire feeds the will to live.
A reason to believe I will see redemption.

All in due time, see the world through different eyes.
I see the world through different eyes.
All in due time, the shadows will give way to light.

All in due time.

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"A TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN"

These are the times that will challenge our resolve.
Living in the days of the fallen.
A voice that once spoke of strength and hope now sings the dirge of the hopeless.

You cannot break this love with hate. A tribute to the fallen.
Your choice is made so go your way. A tribute to the fallen.

With a new dawn we rise in renewed strength.
Knowing we've just begun to fight this war within.

You cannot break this love with hate. A tribute to the fallen.
Your choice is made so go your way. A tribute to the fallen.

Walk the path you've chosen.
Our faith remains unbroken.

Even if we die tonight.
This is an endless fight.
Our spirits will live on in the hearts of those we leave behind.
With broken bones and our will of stone.
In the end we will not stand alone.

You cannot break this love with hate. A tribute to the fallen.
Your choice is made so go your way. A tribute to the fallen.

A tribute to the fallen.
A tribute to the fallen.
You cannot break this love with hate.
A tribute to the fallen.
Your choice is made so go your way.

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"TURNING POINT"

In these days that pass before me.
There was an anxious felling that would hold me down.
Tearing me inside.
Bleeding my spirit.

This is the turning point the rising of the tide. No fear inside.
This is the change that takes the suffering away. No more wasting time.

Face the pain that suffocates.
As the past returns to torment me.
Wallow in my scars.
Save me before I break.

This is the turning point the rising of the tide. No fear inside.
This is the change that takes the suffering away. No more wasting time.

Find the strength to maintain.
Give me a reason to believe.
Search for truth that will not change.
Give me a reason to believe.

Find the strength to maintain.
Give me a reason to believe.
Search for truth that will not change.
Give me a reason to believe.

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"ALL WE HAVE"

When will this end.
Cast into a well of uncertainty.
Contemplating all that dwells within you.

When will this end.
It's coming to the surface now.
Stare down the throat of consequences
A lesson learned in life.
Cast off the burdens that plague your mind.
No one can understand.
Behind the silence within you.
Something has got to give.

Forgiveness is all we have, wounds will heal as time goes on.
Nothing else will give you a peace of mind.

Years spent holding on to anger and hatred.
The feeling that things will never change, it eats you up inside.
Thinking that no one could ever understand, all the pain that you hide.
Your burdens serve to hold you down.

Forgiveness is all we have, are you willing to just let go?
Nothing else will give you a peace of mind.

You can't blame yourself.
You can't hold on thinking that you're the only one.
You cannot hide, you cannot run from what's been said and done.

Forgiveness is all we have, wounds will heal as time goes on.
Nothing else will give you a peace of mind.

Are you willing to just let go?
Nothing else will give you a peace of mind.

Behind the silence, let all of your anger go to find a peace of mind.

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"YOU DON'T BLEED FOR ME"

There is something that has changed.
Corrupted in your ways.
Recite your contradictions.
This worlds' perception has been changed, distracted and dismayed.
But you have all the answers for me.

It's clear to me now you're not what you claim.
You don't speak for me.
There is no mistake it's written on your face.
You don't bleed for me.

Bleed for me.

When the scales fall from our eyes, we see proof behind the lies.
I don't believe a word you say.

I don't believe.

It's clear to me now you're not what you claim.
You don't speak for me.
There is no mistake it's written on your face.
You don't bleed for me.

Fly your flag of righteousness when underneath it is deviousness, greed and lies.
Don't pretend to know me you martyr of disgrace, with your plastic smile.
I don't believe a word you say. You don't speak for me. You don't bleed for me.

Your words betray.
The life that you live is a lie.
The truth remains I see through you.

It's clear to me now you're not what you claim.
You don't speak for me.
There is no mistake it's written on your face.
You don't bleed you don't speak.

You don't bleed for me.

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"THE CALL"

The sound of footsteps approaching.
A storm of shadows reveal a figure forlorn.
Whispering voices that slither into our ears, as temptation sings and beckons us to fall.
Under the skin, the blood begins to crawl.
Rush to the heart; drain it from the soul.
Come face to face with all you can't escape.
Will you hold your ground or turn away?

Release your inhibitions and answer to the call.

The sun shines down to reveal a true image.
Salvation sings and shows us all we know.
The road is treacherous and lonely, filled with the empty inventions of the soul.
Under disillusion, run from confrontation or do we heed the judgment call?

Release your inhibitions and answer to the call.

Leave behind this shell of flesh and bone.
In the end we will answer to the call.

The burning question remains how much is too much to give?
Do your wings have the strength to carry on?
When we see redemption, how long will we wait for deliverance.
It takes everything to keep from falling now.

Let go.

Release your inhibitions and answer to the call.

Leave behind this shell of flesh and bone.
In the end we will answer to the call.

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"NO END IN SIGHT"

The age of the old vision has passed away.
The birth of a new way.
This is confrontation.

The struggle and pain of this life remains, with no end in sight.
The strength within our souls sustains this determination; it feeds this fight.

No end in sight.

Seeing the world through hardened eyes a vision of hopelessness.
Reaching for the truth amongst the lies.
Burn down your deception.
There lies, the way of the weak.
Rise again, conquering.
Born from destruction.

Through the suffering we fight. No end in sight.
Until we see the light. No end in sight.

Thrown into the endless flames in a world of disarray.
No longer numb to the pain.
Knowing that we fight to the grave.
Wash away the fear of our ignorance.
I feel this bleeding.

Through the suffering we fight. No end in sight.
Until we see the light. No end in sight.

They will see it in our eyes, determined to leave behind our legacy.
Burned deep into our flesh to remind us the memories and scars that define us.
We may suffer, but nothing will break our spirit.
Seeing the world through opened eyes.
Separate from the ways of a world blinded to our suffering.

Through the suffering we fight. No end in sight.
Until we see the light. There's no end in sight.

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"ALWAYS"

In these moments of loss and torment.
When the vast skies don't seem to call to you.
When the weight of this world bears down and the stars have fallen like tears.

I am with you always, from the darkness of night until the morning.
I am with you always, from life until death takes me.

Monuments built in remembrance of me.
But monuments fade, erode, and decay.
The memories are all that remain.
As far as east is from the west, remember.

I am with you always, from the darkness of night until the morning.
I am with you always, from life until death takes me.

When hope seems lost, down, and lowly, I am here with you always.

I am with you always, from the darkness of night.

I am with you always, from the darkness of night until the morning.
I am with you always, from life until death takes me.

I am with you always, life until death takes me.

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"TIME WILL NOT REMAIN"

Let's go.

These are the days our lives will change and we will see our worlds collide.
Life is a journey throughout the years that pass a lesson to be learned.
There is a purpose to all that we encounter in this existence.
What build us up may one day break us down.

These days search you heart.
These days let courage overtake you.
This precious time is slipping through our fingers.
Become the change you have been searching for.

These are the days, our lives will change and time will not remain.
These are the days, right before our eyes, we see our worlds collide.

These days there is no hope.
These days never letting go.
The definition of existence is to be aware of consciousness.

These are the days, our lives will change and time will not remain.
These are the days, right before our eyes, we see our worlds collide.

None of us should be thought of as anything less than a potential to change the world.

These are the days, our lives will change and time will not remain.
These are the days, right before our eyes, we see our worlds collide.

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"BLOOD STAINS"

A river runs through the path you walk.
Got to find a way to carry on through this.
Ghosts from the past, like a noose around your throat; a constant reminder of all the lies.

Haunted by the darkness that follows every move you make.
That feeling nothing will ever be the same, but you're the only one to blame.
The blood stains.

Disarm the lies that follow you.
Will the truth soon see you through?

Disarm the lies.
Down through the deeper water you're choking.
No escaping, retribution will find you.

Disarm the lies that follow you.
Will the truth soon see you through?
Disarm the pain that's burning through.
Have no power over you.

(Drowning) … As the pressure builds, will you make amends?
(Calling) … Hear the voices sing, cast into disgrace.
(Falling) … Can't conceal the blood that stains your hands.
(Someday) … Will you break the curse and face your hell?

Disarm the lies that follow you.
Will the truth soon see you through?
Disarm the pain that's burning through.
Have no power over you.

Disarm.

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"SLAVE TO THE MACHINE"

Back from the dead, this is the final calling.
Hands grip the throat of the system, against the grain.
No more waiting for a change.
Refuse to kneel, wallowing and choking on this force-fed sanity.

This is the final calling, feeding us apathy.
Bow down and serve your master, the new machine.

Fall into illusion.
Lost in this false reality.
White noise and confusion.
Enslaved to the new machine.

Beneath the haze, a spirit we should not contain.
This life the blood that flows within our veins.
Change; arise from your slumber.
Refuse to kneel, wallowing and choking on this force-fed sanity.

This is the final calling, feeding us apathy.
Bow down and serve your master, the new machine.

I refuse to bow down.

I refuse to bow down to this system.
The new machine's conquering.
Fused into our blood stream.

I refuse.

This is the final calling, feeding us apathy.
Bow down and serve your master, the new machine.

So this album came out last year (July 3, 2012); It's been awhile and I still can't get enough of it.
Official lyrics (I typed them all; they come directly from the CD booklet.)
My favorite songs are: Luck As A Constant, Mile Zero, and Erised.

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"MURAMASA"

Somewhere in time, we welcomed in the fall.
But in the distance we can see, shining clear, our demise to be.
We're not listening to ourselves.

You ask these questions in subconsciousness,
but still we choose to deny the flood surrounding nations.
Wake up! The water is rising now.
We are the universe inside of you waiting patiently.

All the world by a thread?
Distance the lies that are sold.
They will not justify the pain.
They will not live to see the day.

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"HAVE A BLAST"

Caught in the mundane.
The day to day, it traps us so tightly.
Escape the cubicle cell enslaving time of the resident slave.
Just another clone stamped in the system who cannot think for yourself.

It's raining pens and staples on the prisoner questioning our real purpose.
Bury your sense of worth beneath the desk you call your home.

Consistent overflowing with no way out.
Now you're always entertaining thoughts meandering.
Ambition slowly rolling, steady, downhill.
A puppet never disobeying the strings attached from hands to toes.
From head to fucking toes.

And it's the thrill of life that enables us to flow.
Locked in the spirit's line, souls entwine, to journey on as one.
I guess it's the fear of all that keeps us on the road.
Locked in the spirit's line, souls entwine, to journey on as one.

Behold our creation... A walking dead.
Step back and realize what you are fed.
Escape the mortal mentality.
It's a lesson that can't be ignored for long.
My destination lies within the song.

Blistering reality.
Imagining a world in limelight.
Never will it be out of my reach.
I've heard the lies a million times, but did it ever steal from my soul?
Bleeding from the lungs, I see, a life complete above the darkest hole.

And it's the thrill of life that enables us to flow.
Locked in the spirit's line, souls entwine, to journey on as one.

A world so masochistic.
Envious, broken system.
The infant braving infested waters, collecting prominent rage.
Torment in reality, for I leave it.

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"FACEPALM MUTE"

Connect these signs.
The evidence will lend itself to be more than just a lie.
I'm not asking much, just a simple request that you think for yourself, once in this
goddamn life.

Fuck!

Forward.
The violent state of mind obsolete and taking the back seat.
Reach for the stars, control the fucking skies.
Can you silence your opinion of what I'm about to say?
Go on and let the mind perceive.

Neglect the sense of ignorance to alter life.
Embrace the beauty from inside.

WE ARE ONE.
We are the strength of the universe at heart.
Construct the light.
Implore of the energy, bestow the understanding.

Follow the scent of the sinners as the body of our mind disintegrates.
Forever is the course upon your plate.
Don't ever ask if we consume the blood and hate.
Repeat this life if you will, but don't count on forgiveness from the filthy swine.

Here we stand at the threshold of paradise, stealing a new world.
I never would have thought our place in history would come to this, but we are infinite.

WE ARE ONE.
Neglect the sense of ignorance to alter life.
Embrace the beauty from inside.

WE ARE ONE.
We are the strength of the universe at heart.
Construct the light. Implore of the energy, bestow the understanding.

WE ARE ONE.
We are the strength of the universe at heart.
Construct the light.
Implore of the energy, bestow the understanding.

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"JI"

A race suppressed by oath and seal.
The ancient tribe, it groans.
This cold life released us from the physical plane of the human race.
Closing the lines.
Pave the way, to destroy the light of their day.
Disgusting, thriving on the sun.
Teeth they grind, waiting for the planets to align.
Take back what belongs to the dominant being.
Congregate spilling blood.

We are the dark, that feed upon the living in solid shadow.
Conquer the earth, and bleed the carbon masses in solar shadows.

As the cool wind blows, feel the ice grazing over skin.
On a chilled horizon, rides the destiny of our poor and foolish kind.

From the sun into the deep, we go.
Leaving all known from above this lightless world.
The humans sleep, while violently commanding "darkness flee the dream."
Foreboding waves, unclear, crash on seas.
Drawing night.

We are the dark, that feed upon the living in solid shadow.
Conquer the earth, and bleed the carbon masses in solar shadows.

Dimensions collide, while the creature resides inside of us all.
There's something evil pulsing to life that has been repressed by civil tides.
Open the barrier lines.
A race suppressed by their repeal.
The ancient tribe still groans.
Emotion receding as the beast grows.
We boast the dark, unholy, presence abound.

We are the darkness around.

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"SCARLET"

So many reasons why one should never entertain the taste of the red.
A cry for a life of innocence escapes her.
So repent, and go running back to kill because it might make it easier.
It's the scent of fear that keeps you chained down to the ritual.
Adhere. You're a slave born into a dark world of deceit.
A slave that's longing for a retreat.

Learning to love a disaster.
Direct your soul in the essence of hate to draw the blood of the master.
Flee. The stains on your wings now carry the free.

Selfishly embrace the glory vengeance brings.
Hold courage tight.
Illuminate the night.

Punishment!
An eye for an eye, a knife to the wicked.
Just the sight of the organization burning to ashes, could put a smile on her face.
The torture ends within this wretched place.
Oh please forgive what I've become.

Learning to love a disaster.
Direct your soul in the essence of hate to draw the blood of the master.
Flee. The stains on your wings now carry the golden seal extracted from the omen's life.
One steady hand in victory.
Darkness weeps as love enfolds under a pure and crescent night.
Born from the eye into the light.

So many reasons why one should never entertain the taste of scarlet.

So many reasons why one should never entertain a taste of the red.
A cry for a life of innocence escapes her.

Learning to love a disaster.
Direct your soul in the essence of hate to draw the blood of the master.
Flee. The stains on your wings now carry the free.

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"LUCK AS A CONSTANT"

Staring up at the ceiling, while I'm falling into the flames.
Something is gnawing my shoulder and scarring this moment into my memory frame.

The fathers speak, but might as well be castrated.
It feels so good from where I stand.
The one abstaining from all human needs and pleasantries, is the one I never will be

Collecting through the sheets, a sense of power filling me, and I will never let go
I'm never letting go.
Bending will of man and the hearts of the gods.
Shut the fuck up and let us live a life we can call our own.
Leave me alone

If you love the guilt, then let it die.
A life kept so clean, will measure the price of misery.
If you love the guilt then let it die.
In silence we will remain.

If you love the guilt, then let it die.
A life kept so clean, will measure the price of misery.

But manifest a taste of paradise, and surely you'll see the sin inside of me.

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"RAGNAROK"

Forty days and nights I've spent alone.
The shadow hungry angel inside of me grows cold.
Bloodshed on my mind.
A slave to these walls.
Get away from the life sucking call.
Set me free.

Grant a pardon for the meddling soul.
The lives of the fallen deserve to take the spirits toll.
Within the asylum of a guilty fucking conscience I feel the presence of insanity creep up my spine - to lock me away in this hell.

Death has made its abode on my shoulders.
It clings to the palm of my hand eternally.
Within ascendance I shall relive the slaughtering.
You'll sing to the dirt, praying for the break of dawn.

(I can't fucking take it)

Night will bring the presence of a ravenous demon setting out to terrify.
Soul destructive like imploding stars.
There's nothing but the darkness to guide the way.
(There's nothing left inside)
There's nothing left but the darkness to guide the way.

Scald the inside.
Fold the endless search within you.
Scale the insight, for the day it lies before us.
Somewhere in time...
Off in the distance we can see, shining, clear, our demise to be.
We're not listening to ourselves.

Somewhere in time
We welcomed in the midnight leave.
But in the distance we can see, shining, clear, our demise to be.
We're not listening to ourselves.

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"THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY!"

Heart stop, and carry on through the light.
Can you tell me what I'm missing?
This sleep sought after twists the dagger in the question of what lies within.
So heart stop beating on through the night.
Give an escape for the blinded.
Although I follow, it seems to pass the time.
I wait with certainty inside this theory.

I hear them speak with tongues of fire, while setting the heavens ablaze.
Live a life high up on a wire of fear.

It's not for me to say what you need to believe, and I won't speak until it's over.
It's not for anyone to say what it is to perceive.
Steadfast, wallow in their punishment.
Take pleasure in the sight.

False cries.
Corrupting the soul of a saint and with knowledge of gods we relate.
Watch from afar, dodging religious scars.

Disregard my existence?
Don't ignore me!

Speak of forgiveness in sin?
I bathe in your hatred so putrid and crimson.
Never an ounce, never an inkling of repentance do I give.
Throw it away.
Piss on the demons and their hypocrisy.

It's not for me to say what you need to believe, and I won't speak until it's over.
It's not for anyone to say what it is to perceive.
Steadfast, wallow in their punishment.
Take pleasure in the sight.

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"MAKE TOTAL DESTROY"

Welcome to the truth; a life that's not your own.
Controlled by labor, printed paper and the corruptors of the world.
Synthetic lies collect our minds to the beat.
We've had the rug pulled from under our feet.

Media terrorists thrive on deceit, spoonfeeding bullshit served by elite societies harnessing fear as a weapon.

The time has come for all to see, the man behind the curtain cast into disease.

Take back the light.
It's a dangerous place we're headed for if we accept defeat.
Now we know it's a show they've been running from below.
Burn it down until the ground beneath the faulty entity is glistening under the wings of a golden era.
Listening to the hate they've created inside us, we grow, as we reduce their religion to bones.
Yes, we reduce them all to bones!

The time has come for all to see,
the man behind the curtain writhe in self defeat.
When will the world seek truth within?
The eye in silence grants the knowledge to begin.

Reverse what's lost.
Awake the song within you.
Rejoice aloud.
Let these words imbue.
Reverse what's lost.
Awake the song within you.
Rejoice aloud.
Let these words imbue.

Shape the future.
Sifting power back in the hands of the common man.
Give them hell for existence, pouring blood on the path they've set in stone, as we reclaim our position to the throne.
Yes, we reduce them all to bones!

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"ERISED"

There's a vessel and it's sinking at sea.
An apparition that's beckoning me.
As the cold, dark night brings on the sweat, I slowly drift away.

Stuck down at the bottom of the orange cylindrical state of mind.
What are we running from?
There's a distant sound of a melody.
Release me from this plane.

A life to live; a sedative under the skin.
Bury it, carry the cure.
Just let emotion set devotion within your heart to collect the debt we sow.

Step out from the moonlight like it's a game we play.
The checkerboard is tainted.
Drops of red will lead the way.

Black are their lies.
Gold are the tongues of the glorified.
Command disease of the body and mind.

Stuck down at the bottom of the orange cylindrical state of mind.
What are we running from?
There's a distant sound of a melody.
Release me from this plane.

A life to live; a sedative under the skin.
Bury it, carry the cure.
Just let emotion set devotion within your heart to collect the debt we sow.

A life to live; a sedative …
A life to live; a sedative under the skin.
Just let emotion set devotion within your heart to collect the death we sow.

Collecting sanity.
Simply ready for the life that awaits your lead.
There's a distant sound of a melody, and I won't leave this place.

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"EPOCH"

(Epic Instrumental)

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"FROGGIN BULLFISH"

Shut out from this ancient truth.
We are blind inside.
Migrant souls from a distant world?
There's an absence of knowledge.

Reaching out for the pulse of our own.
Now the time has come to awaken the prophecy.
Buried underneath the veil of illusion.
Given a life of freedom, only to neglect what we should feel.
Tortured by negative consciousness.

Feeling our disorder hit the froggin' wall.
Escape some way...
Awake!
Hallucinating desire.

Chase the obscene.
Travel these wonders far beyond.
Burn down the walls that bind you to this cage, or be detained.

For once, a glimpse at freedom would feel divine.
A break from this feeble old mind.
My fucking mind!

Negative scenes are just the projection of our own dark fear.
Playing the victim is not what will bring us back to salvation.
Back to reality.

What is it they all seek?
Be it the wealth or the throne?
Live your life as a drone!
Reaching out for the pulse of your own.

So high... above what they all seem to know.
Subliminal signs; a message that's unrefined.
Soaring above what they all seem to know.
Someday replay the purgatory life you lead.

Taste the obscene.
Travel these wonders far beyond.
Burn down the walls that bind you to this cage, or be detained.

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"MILE ZERO"

It starts as one festering feeling.
The kind that cuts from the flesh down to the soul.
No way to make amends for the time behind the door.
Street lights feed lies straight to the mind of the wishful wanderer.
How could he give up?
No second chances to say goodbye.

Wrapped in this cold, nostalgic energy from the cries of the ones who are buried.
Ascend beyond.

Life is ruthless and shot full of pain.
It lifts you up, leaves you out in the rain, and it hurts just to know that you're not coming back again.
I will miss you my friend.
Memories like a slug to the brain, paint the walls with a love that will stain the darkest of nights.
You left to join the stars and I cannot shake this off my chest.

In death we grieve until all have transcended from this realm.
In time we will meet again.

Suddenly I can feel the connection between dimension ties.
Open gut on the floor.
Trembling down to the core.
What is this?

It's been a long ride without you.
I'm lost inside my own world.
There's not a single day where I've feigned the acceptance, but it's a somber stroll down this road that we call life.

The silence still is crawling out of my sedated sight.
How can I be free?

Wrapped in this cold, nostalgic energy from the cries of the ones who are buried.
Ascend beyond.

Life is ruthless and shot full of pain.
It lifts you up, leaves you out in the rain, and it hurts just to know that you're not coming back again.
I will miss you my friend.
Memories like a slug to the brain, paint the walls with a love that will stain the darkest of nights.
Left to journey alone, but I can find my way back home.

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"MASAMUNE"

As I slip away... thoughts rushing through me.
Angelic call?
Or a demon that's calling my name?
Enter the intrepid state.
Enter beyond what is seen to the spiritual stream of the vacant.

Shot from the mind of the physical, leaving flesh behind.
Rejected by the holy gates.
I will not be directed!
The course of ancient power, it will follow.
Fall with me.

(Fucking grim and frost bitten)

Dark and grim for a memory.
Measuring all the glory as it seemed.
Was it enough for eternity?
Foolish schemes for a destiny lined with dreams all came crashing down on me. What will become of the energy?

Cast away.
I feel the heavens slowly turning gray.
Colors seem to fade.
As the morning star surrounds the angels sing.

Salvation is so far from unholy realms of the filth infestation.
Torture the life death-bound in wretched ways.
Repent or revenge?

There's no pardon for a meddling soul.
Somewhere in time we welcomed in the fall, now in the distance I can see shining, clear, out demise to be...

We're not listening to ourselves.

Reticence: The Musical (May 29, 2012)
Official lyrics (I typed them all; they come directly from the CD booklet.)

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"DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR"

We've compensated our days
We've gone and done it our way
Don't fear what's to come of us
We've done it plenty of times
We've done it plenty of times before

Such a road ahead
We're weighing the impossible at hand
We're weighing the impossible at hand

With a break in the passage taken
A comprehension of choice to make
With a silent reserve we ponder
The lasting effects of our ways

We're stuck in this state of ecstasy through debris
Unfortunate times have fallen upon our feet
We're stuck in this state of ecstasy through debris
Unfortunate times have fallen upon our feet

We're only saying what we want you to know
Give us your attention
Taking us so far away
She said that pain is only temporary
We play and pay her gain

Believe me when I say
We took the simple route towards
An honest mistake…an honest mistake
We took the simple route towards
An honest mistake…an honest mistake

We're stuck in this state of ecstasy through debris
Unfortunate times have fallen upon our feet
We're stuck in this state of ecstasy through debris
Unfortunate times have fallen upon our feet

Returning the path we fell down almost seems too far
We'll make the most of this under the lights the world is ours

We're only straying from ourselves when we break our word
Don't repress it just embrace the chance to hold on to what's left
We're only straying from ourselves when we break our word
Don't repress it just embrace the chance to hold on to what's left

We're only saying what we want you to know give us your attention
We're only staying until we've taken care of unfinished business
Away…away she said they have placed these ambitions on our hands

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"THE MAN IN THE BOX"

Blissful ignorance
Such a shame that we can't enjoy
Tune our minds back in to the stream
And together we'll flow

Pardon me my dear
You are mistaken
There is nothing here
To find a claim with
Please file to the back
You're interrupting
Smooth transition helps
To hide disruption

There's a vacancy unknown
Only those who fill the void return intact...I'm told
There's a vacancy unknown
Such a mystery to those who haven't

Oh no
Tell me what am I supposed to do
As everything in front of me unfolds
Calm but concerning
Search these worlds
So preoccupied

When you find yourself shaking
It's just the medication that's withdrawn from haunting you

It's no concern of ours
Just know we're saving the best part
Remind yourself that you're expendable
A perfect symmetry that lies beyond comprehension
Don't be so bold to call out towards the sky
Did you ask yourself why?

So proud to reveal deception but so unprepared
To find what lies beneath
Now your bound by restless fear
Uncovered all the pieces that provided shelter

Understand there is no turning back this time
Because you've gone too far, you've gone too far
Understand this is not negotiable
I fear you've gone too far, you've gone too far this time

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"REGRESSION TO THE MEME"

Under the circumstances
We were bound to find a new ambition
Letting go of this trend
Without a fascination
There is always unrest
Take it as a privilege
You'll find your existence

Undermining what they built is your escape
Take it and run while you can before...too late

I have misinformed you *background whispers*
I demand your best intentions
I demand your best intentions

And there's no telling what's been done
It's just a state of mindless

I've been around this story too long
Can we find another way to move on?
They're only following tradition
Can we find another way to move on?
They're only following tradition…follow me

And I'm doing the best I know I can
But they're taking the most from me again

I'm setting the course ahead
Few and far and between are etched in stone
But I'll be the first to take a leap of faith

We played the best of fools…the best of fools
And we had time to spare
We played the best of fools…the best of fools
And we had time to spare

They're only following tradition
Can we find another way to move on?
They're only following tradition
Can we find another way?

We played the best of fools…the best of fools
And we had time to spare
We played the best of fools…the best of fools
Regressing to the meme

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"VENICE IS SINKING"

Don't be so certain of what's left at hand
I'm tearing up every page
So eloquently put but misconstrued
We never stood a chance

Waiting on others to finally discover
It's just an empty space that binds us
To the world, to everything we've ever asked for ourselves

Our promises best un-kept have already found us
And all the while we still claimed…sanity
And all the while we still claimed…sanity

These lasting words took the best of us
And tore our lives apart
My final fear was the first of every choice that I regret
Life takes away all the rest of what had given clarity
Too late, never replace what's left
It's all taken for granted

I won't…underestimate the damage
So far…everything is unappealing
And all I feel is that the worst to come is right around the bend
My only hope is to reverse what's done and suffer consequence

This is more than a just reward
This is more than I bargained for
This is more than a just reward
This is more than what I thought was in store

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"REYES"

Wide eyed and waiting
Arms are at my side
There is no time for wasting

You've got to be kidding me
You're always beating on my back
You're always pushing me to be more than I am

On and on once more with my eye on the prize
Looking at the mirror with no obvious place to hide inside
And I'll prevail with the slightest of hands these ships will set sail
And under my command we...
Divided and conquer
The raising of flags will fill the sky and…

We are nothing but relegated men at bay
Brave harsh seas and follow me find glory in the wind

Be cunning
Be clever
And let it show

A thief at heart from the start cause it's all I'll ever know
If things weren't so dark waiting here in the after glow for you

I am trading black for blue
Waiting in the after glow for you

Never found a reason to go on alone
Never took the time to clear my mind

We are only relegated men
We'll find glory

Still caught in the perfect place
At the worst of times thinking twice
But now its the perfect time to adjust the line
And reverse your thoughts of old
Remember the motions before you carry yourself away
You're now in the perfect place
But you're out of time don't give up
You're not the only one

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"BEST LAID PLANS"

I've finally got something to say but I buried it alive
Now it's too too late for me to deny it
I've finally got something to say but I buried it alive
Now it's to too late for me to deny it

The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed
The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed

And everybody else has reason to walk away
You got to know somebody to know that things are going to be okay

So I left a note pertaining to all the detail left unsaid
The good deeds got erased but I left the bad ones on her bed

And when the list is read out loud
You'll know exactly where I've been
It's not about the things I've done
It's only a matter of where I'm going

The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed
The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed
The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed

And everybody else has reason to walk away
You got to know somebody to know that things are going to be okay
And everybody else has reason to walk away
You got to know somebody to be okay

I know exactly what you're thinking
You're worlds apart from me…don't be mistaken
You know that I can't be part of this but maybe I'll stick around for a while
Little did you know that I was unstable?
Wondering out about a world of strangers
False pretenses I made amends
Shaking the hand of a lasting endeavor
I've been falling so long that I can't feel the breeze
But now that I've found a release…I am free

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"AU REVOIR"

When the stars align
We cannot hold ourselves responsible
It's just a meeting of fates
Please don't hold your breath
As the sun expires on our time
Don't fear the letting go
Memories have passed this tale of growing old
We are falling in circles…

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"PANACEA"

Starting over with no hope for turning back
Still it's calling me
It's calling me

Saturated with a vigorous routine
I hear it calling me
Still calling me again

Under this stress it's a mess I cannot avoid entirely
Trapped in distraction again I fall the victim to fighting
Thoughts with focus this paradox will be the end of me

Wired head to toe the rest must go
Wired head to toe the rest must go
No need for an alibi
I can't recall what's next
Unless i learn of a past demise
This scattered recollection fails
My mind is pacing back and forth
Through walls of a restless daze
And consciousness is fading

What breaks inside is not the world to me
But will i ever make my way back safe inside this remedy
What breaks inside is not the world to me
But will i ever make my way back safe inside this remedy

If I had an ounce of strength left
I Could assure myself that I'm alright

The fall of a battling man is unstoppable
The fall of a battling man is unstoppable
Watch your step...

What breaks inside is not the world to me
But will i ever make my way back safe inside this remedy
What breaks inside is not the world to me
But will i ever make my way back safe inside this remedy

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"BLACK WATER RUSH"

Be cast aside
For crimes that were pure
Only to find
You're empty handed
Once more and I
I'll be a believer
Of the truth in wine

You can't tell me anymore
These understatements will
Surround me with
With ivory and lore

I'm fixed
Ready to stand surrounded
Breath in these flames
We'll rise from the ground and…

Once more my crimes were pure
We all end up empty handed
Once more and I'll be a believer still empty handed

No more
Ridiculed for always asking why
No more
Ridiculed for always asking why

We appose every right
Can we ingest the night and hang it on our hopes
Why hang it on everything?
Why waste it on anything?
Why hang it on everything?
Just watch we're both becoming empty handed.

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"NIGHTFALL"

(Beautiful Instrumental)

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"MEMOIRE INSUFFISANTE"

Fortune smiled and took him by the hand
You'll never have to worry
You'll never reach an end...she said
Times stretching you thin but the answers just around the bend
Now patiently waits his turn to discover a truth
Behind doors newly opened to him
It seems that nothings promised
Another act yet still the same page he finds himself
Right back where he began
Only now with pockets worth of empty promises in his hands

Pin it all on your scapegoats
Oh how misleading
They're surely the ones who cost you
Now that your dues are paid
Let complacency be the fire for your regret

Retrospect seems so familiar
With a feeling of despair
Holding on to the ground
Until the feeling you're bound to
Falling off the surface disappears

Retrospect seems so familiar
With a feeling of despair
Holding on to the ground
Until the feeling you're bound to
Falling off the surface disappears

Traces leading us
To an ends that did not justify the means

When you losses are cut
Is it more than skin deep?
We've created a way out now

When you losses are cut
Is it more than skin deep?
We've created a way out now

Retrospect seems so familiar with a feeling of despair
Holding on to the ground
Until the feeling you're bound to
Falling off the surface disappears

He counted each and every grain that trickled down
But long since overdue was the accounting of his own
Wasted wishing a past could be undone

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"TWELVE DAYS"

Carry me
Up across the atlas
Let it be
Wash my hands or find me in open sea

On and on
Surely there's an end to this
I've been left out
I realize I've landed on the other side
Considering all I've heard
Confiding in what I know
Wondering why I'd ever wait so long

You know I can see further than I should
But will I hesitate
Ending up alone
Will you add to my persistence?
With the details that I'm shown
Ambient lights behind the skies
Burning everything that I recall
You reveal my true disguise
When you are breaking down these walls

I am reciting all alone and on my own
Can you be more than I will know?
Are you whispering to me?
Leaving Marks for me to find
Will you leave me on my own?
I can see it now and it's I'll ever know
Insecurity as we sway in situation

And we'll let it be
As we're testing our foundation

I can see it now and it's all I'll ever know
Insecurity as we sway in situation...