1.The Curtain Hits The Cast
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matt Johnson, Matthew C Mcchesney
The walls come crashing inward
We bleed from an open wound, we feed upon the broken
Saturated with fears as were stricken by years
Stare idle to lifeless oceans
I won't be defined by failures of the hypnotized
Fade into desperation, cast out and ostracized
The rapture so relentless
From the mouths of serpents falling I watched tomorrow die
All hope is buried in the past
Bleed for the absolution, desire tears at the will
I can't be forced to empathize
With the masses, the son of apathy
I won't be defined by failures of the hypnotized
Fade into desperation, cast out and ostracized
The rapture so relentless
From the mouths of serpents falling I watched tomorrow die
All hope is buried in the past
So look down the end of a barrel
Pray for an escape before the curtain hits the cast
Grieve for the death of creation
While you bleed for the depth or your illusion
From the mouths of serpents falling I watched tomorrow die
All hope is buried in the past
So look down the end of a barrel
Pray for an escape before the curtain hits the cast, cast
2.Narcoisis
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matt Johnson, Matthew C Mcchesney
Submit to the numbness of narcotic sleep
It dulls my eyes and dilates under the expanse of gray skies
The dark comes to surface, in my dreams the world burns
Falling like prisms, turned numb to the pain
Like my father spit on me tell me how worthless I am
As daylight filters leaves
She wept so many tears for me of desperation
Forgive me father, forsaken have been left to die
The walking dead surround me, the hubris of our shame
Sleepwalkers and the lemmings of modern day
And I'm sorry I always pushed you away
Please let me go
Cradled in its grip with a gun up to my head
Stomach aches, skin is white, I'm always back for more
You wanted to live
Time lapsed while I couldn't breathe
Inspiration has died and nothing makes me feel alive
Time, time lapsed while I couldn't breathe
As we slowly fade away in the end your all buried to me
If callous hearts collide could I reopen the wounds left
scarred?
To let those emotions bleed of the ghost that's left of me
Cradled in its grip with a gun up to my head
Stomach aches, skin is white, I'm always back for more
You wanted to live
Time lapsed while I couldn't breathe
Inspiration has died and nothing makes me feel alive
Time, time lapsed while I couldn't breathe
As we slowly fade away in the end your all buried to me
3.Crown Yourself King, Kill Yourself A Queen
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Alan Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney
The relics of my long dead past
A black rose in constant bloom
No tears for my misfortune
This shadow
Heart no one intrudes
And I've lived in my own way
These words I've lived to tell
When you knew you couldn't save me
To open arms or death you gave me
If my words open your eyes
Would that make this justified
I've been left behind
So why do we seek our tortures?
Blind words of noble men
This opaque heart I curse
I've come so far now
The past I've left behind
These years of anguish left me hollow
You have crowned yourself a queen
Yet a pawn that you have made
I choke in the blackened waters
Amidst the waves, alive we'll burn
4.Silence And Goodbye
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Alan Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney
These embers turn to flames of yearning
I walked behind for too long
I can't stop the bleeding
These open wounds you left aren't healing
How the days just burn away
For you, I wished for something better
Cover my mouth and take my breath away
You killed the life inside of me
You walked away and left me to crawl
These changes in your heart deserving
Nothing more than to say you were right
Cover my mouth and take my breath away
You killed the life inside of me
You walked away and left me to crawl
Open your wrists, I'll let you bleed on me
Don't live another day
You walked away and left me to crawl
These open wounds aren't healing
Nothing is forever
And when I dream of the light in your eyes
I still reach for you into the night
Nothing is forever
Cover my mouth and take my breath away
You killed the life inside of me
You walked away and left me to crawl
Cover my mouth and take my breath away
You killed the life inside of me
You walked away and left me to crawl
5.The Castaway
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Charles Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney
Upon my crimson thorns
A king in my own mind
Encase my dying heart
These wall built far too high
No more my words shall be
Taken for granted by you
Your vanity, my failure
The silence burned us through
I've been lost in endless seas
My heart died long ago
I curse my failures as I fall from you
This one last flame I wish to burn
The day that left us dead
Time's carved my bitter soul
That you don't understand one last flame
Within the waves she looks as I recall
Naked and cold, one last flame
Now when I cast my eyes to open water
Her image will appear
A vision of beauty broken
Her words forever spoken
'How could you leave me here?'
I've been lost in endless seas
My heart died long ago
I curse my failures as I fall from you
This candle's burning one last flame
The darkness covers all
With a dying breath I speak your name
Alone among the fall
6.Dystopiate
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Alan Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney
Most people live without purpose
Blessed are the dead
You'll find the weight of burden heavy
Like a soul filled with lead
Our bones will grind together
In a mass grave, no one weeps
While children drown together
Sustain the creatures of the deep
I reject your morals
I've seen too many years of sorrow
Fuck this rotting planet from poisoned waters
East of nothing
We lost our burning passion
Pain of failure is hard to bear
Took a bullet ride to Cobain fashion
For our deeds were watered in our fears
How civil men turn vicious
In the quest for gold and wealth
Use words of plastic values
Then hit below the belt
7.The Wolves At Your Door
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Alan Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney
This is my retribution
Your betrayal awoke my ire
Your one life counts as hundreds blood
Drained cast upon the pyre
Empires fall and cities crumble
Still no remorse left for the dead
And I search for you in a sea of faces
They're all the same to me
Ask the dead if they'll trade places
And this wolf you would set free
This wolf you would set free
All light will vanish
Your angels sing no more
The stain of choking prayers
The wolf is at your door
You sit with rival gods
At your feet you find your place in hell
This is my retribution
Your betrayal awoke my life
8.From Atrophy To Obsession
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Alan Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney
Don't turn away
Don't say your last goodbyes
I bled for you
You know I tried
When you're rid of me
What will you look back and say?
That your wasted time
You can't get back and try
Left too numb to cry
And now the skies have blackened
This cross I bear for you
And now I'm dying again
By flames of my obsession
I won't let you go
If I could clip off your wings
Spit out the bitter poison
Silence will leave you cold
Hold on to this misery
When it's all that you've known
I hold on
In the wake of your absence
In my heart I can't let go
And now I'm dying again
By flames of my obsession
I won't let you go
If I could clip off your wings
Spit out the bitter poison
Silence will leave you cold
I do this all for myself
Always I seek redemption
Silence will leave you cold
9.Fear Will Cast No Shadow
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Alan Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney
Our demons are on display
Be damned these eyes have seen
You can't cure a poisoned soul
Can't fix an addict gene
Like a vulture to a corpse
Like a convict to a chain
Among the harlots and the whores
'Don't fear the dark', she said
Fear what it wides
In every trace of malice
That filthy whore resides
Between her legs lies man's infection
St. Peter closed the gates of heaven
Welcome to Babylon 2007
Empathy beats in our hearts no more
So different looks your paradise
When birthed by Satan's whore
Rape, souls we'll rape
Defy him
Shapes, profane shapes
Deny him
In this heart I give to you
My bleeding virtue
My life in vain
We're all dead inside
(Trespass against me)
We're all dead inside
(And by God, I'll catch you)
In this heart I give to you
My bleeding virtue
My life in vain
We're all dead inside
10.Your Time Is Mine
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Alan Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney
Raise your voices to the stars
Upon this silent alter
From lips to her brow, still accused
Did I not bleed for you?
I can't get the stain off
Burned by the foolish pride
You left me with idle hands I left love
I let it turn to dust
My blood runs cold
Her kiss a venomous taste
Roses turn to withered stalks
Alone I tread this path I walk
I can't get the stain off
With my heart on my sleeve
Like a badge of sorrow
You made a fool of me
Now your blood is my desire
To drain you of life I must do
Give yourself to me
To walk away from light
Let me drown in the flood
Blind by the fear of what was
Some are kings, all are fools
None can last, none can choose
Take these scars, I gave a lifetime
11.All That Falls Around Us
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Alan Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney, Sean Robbins
Distance between us
Bears its weight on me
These words I pledge to you
I will never falter
I resent the burdens laid on you
Through my convictions
We will be together again
No matter what the trials, they will not break us
My life reflects these screams
Hate tore through me at the seams
Been shaped through bitter years
The venom burned my tears
My life I give to you
This fight I will not lose
You are my heart
Alone I am nothing
The weapons they trust
Will slowly wither and rust
Ensuring all that falls around us failed you
I'll see you again
It's just more then I could stand
This road I walk is paved with failure
This is my declaration
Impose my will, they fall against me
These walls are suffocating
All the world has seen the scars I bear
I know you'll never judge me
Through my convictions we will be together again
I can't forget the past
These wounds were meant to last
Yet I still face the day
A testament to strength
The rage to overcome
My battles fought and won
You are my heart
Alone I am nothing
12.March Of The Clones
Lyricist:Tomas Eughene Church, Matthew Alan Johnson, Matthew Charle
Mcchesney
Stupor of fools trapped in a paradox
Slip back, dream state
Flesh crawls as your body rots away
Angels with broken halos
A swan song burn away the day
It's not your plight, so why even try
A trap in every word you say
Now you're left to pick up the ruins
She holds you captive in lies
I can't see the strings
Yet I feel them pulling slow
I've got hell inside of me
I'm falling down
How could you feed me poison?
How could you take my dignity?
She holds you captive in lies
The clones keep marching on
13.Portrait
She's draped across the bathtub
Or lying on the floor
So cold her pale white skin
I'll touch her to be sure, blind redemption
The words were draped
In broken embers
Regret is all that I have
I can't seem to sleep without her face
The lines under my eyes
Foretell my sleepless nights
Why am I holding on? Denial of frail wrists
The words were draped in broken embers
Regret is all that I have
I need you to paint this portrait in my mind
To take away my pain
Crawl back into the womb
Pre-mortal emancipation
The scars ripped across her neck
Mimic the holes of trephination, throw her back
The words were draped
In broken embers
Regret is all that I have
I need you to paint this portrait
14.Smut Queen
Not a vestige remains
Of the naive, misled girl
This place will claim your soul
Spit in your mouth, bind and gag you
It's easy to lose your mind
Then blame it on apathy
(Denial fits you well)
The medication that you pray for
Leads back to your misery
From the cradle of emotional wounds
To the floor of physical scars
You fuck the liars who deliver nothing
Yet promise you the stars
I'll pray for endless fires for endless days
Burn this fucking place away
Burn the corpses and spit on the ashes
Of a faded memory
From perfect skin to ashen gray
There is an art to the pain of your life
With every tear that falls
It's a part of you that will forever die
It's easy to lose your mind
Then blame it on apathy
(Denial fits you well)
The medication that you pray for
Leads back to your misery
Is it worth the sin?
Does it relieve the pain?
On your knees again
Queen of the charlatans
Xanax and a loaded gun
Smut queen, watch you run
They'll shed no tears for you
They'll watch you die unloved
Search for the missing pieces
Cut away by those you trusted
There is an art to the pain of your life
With every tear that falls
It's a part of you that will forever die
It's easy to lose your mind
Then blame it on apathy
(Denial fits you well)
The medication that you pray for
Leads back to your misery
Now you're immortalized
Queen of the gutter
Relinquish yourself from life
To spite the ones that suffer
15.Worn Out Wings
Take up the hammer, strike the iron
Silence is filling you now
No escape for your misdealings
Misery guides the vines that twist and choke inside you
Seize the day, drop the blade
The end is truth, I'm living proof
I watched my future die
Through all the burned down bridges
Wasted years spent chasing demons
There's nothing left to regret
Not even a fool like you should go on
Fly into the sun
I'll laugh when worn out wings burn
Through all the burned down bridges
Wasted years spent chasing demons
Another burned out town, acidic, dried out
Starving, desolation dealt in spades
Kill yourself, let there be no lies between us
Trephination of the will
Kill myself, let there be no ties between us
Another chalk line for the till
There's nothing left to regret
Not even a fool like you should go on
Fly into the sun
I'll laugh when worn out wings burn
I haven't shed a tear
It's been so long through bitter years
Maybe I'm the one who'll die
When worn out wings burn
Temptation baits the addict gene
Familiar places, empty spaces
Hereditary path of destruction
Coma-white riddled with sickness
Through all the burned down bridges
Wasted years spent chasing demons
Abandon your hope, for no one is listening
Turning a deaf ear to you
Excess of this unfit king I am
To this earth flesh I'll deliver
There's nothing left to regret
Not even a fool like you should go on
Fly into the sun
I'll laugh when worn out wings burn
I haven't shed a tear
It's been so long through bitter years
Maybe I'm the one who'll die
When worn out wings burn
16.Fixed Like Medication
These pills that kill the pain
As I wander through pitch black corridors
Neck-deep in stagnant fog
To the rhythm of this disease
I'm but a slave to the muse that will kill me
Addiction seeps within my bloodline
The only thing I need is killing me
As the concern passes for me
You're giving up
Out the door as you said your last goodbye
Fixed by this medicine
Beaten and dragged, sunk to new lows
Amongst the buzzards, carrion and crows
She eats my flesh and bleeds me slow
Take me to my solitary gallows
My darkest love, how far we've come
I'll let you kill me, just take away my pain
The concern passes for me
You're giving up
Out the door as you said your last goodbye
Spiritual failure, cut from absent concern
Rising like the tides, the flood weighs heavy
In her tears I'm drowning, I knew her masquerade
Yet I dove in anyway, now I'm sinking in fathoms
Stand amidst the oceans roar
Under tormented skies
A grain of sand
Of a kingdom built on lies
The concern passes for me
You're giving up
Out the door as you said your last goodbye
As the dirt falls on my grave
Just say goodbye
Turn away, walk away
You did all that you could
You can't fix yourself with medication
17.A Great Distance
Distance has bred avidity
I'm trapped and cannot fail
Now I dissolve alone
These days have bled me dry
I've been left alone here
To drown in my own fears
These days have bled me dry
If lies were true and lies were new
Would you still walk alone
Or would you sharpen words
That cut me to the bone
I've been left alone here
To drown in my own fears
Darkness cover me tonight
I'm trapped in your shadows
I'm broken by sorrow
Love will be denied to me
We're at the ending of our travels
Her bitter words I bleed
The grains of our spent lives
The sands were shifting downward
Killing what I can not have
Met me melt away the lies
Let me take away your soul
I cant make you real
I watched the stars die in your eyes
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