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Serpent of Lies
04:05
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Writhing, crawling through the eyes of man
Painting a picture of death's plan
Slowly, it edges forward just to be
A slithering enemy that lies inside of me
Serpent of lies
Live your days in hell
Scorched skin is your tell
Crawling through my eyes
Dead men tell no lies
Serpent of lies
Wandering through every last hope to find that peace of mind
Searching but never found one thing to live for
Live your days in hell
Scorched skin is your tell
Crawling through my eyes
Dead men tell no lies
Serpent of lies
I pulled you out so I could spit in your face
You make me sick and you've done fuck all to pay
Memories of when you were the I stuck in my eyes
Why was it me, what have I done
Why me, what have I done
What have I done
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I will see you in hell
Pulverising everything that stands in my way
The dawn has broken and apocalypse begins today
Crushing, ripping, tearing sinew
I know that something inhuman lies within you
Grind their bones to dust
Castrate them from their greed
In your eyes lies no empathy
I prescribe you a scalpel for your agony
I will
Drag you all through hell
In death you'll find salvation
In fire
I will see you in hell
Grind their bones to dust
Castrate them from their greed
In your eyes lies no empathy
I prescribe you a scalpel for your agony
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Fuck who you are, don't care who you are, don't care if you
Spit, make a sound, make another sound make another
Move and you're dead right fucking now right fucking
Click goes the trigger and the bitch falls down
Everything dies in a matter of time
When we cry is there a reason or a rhyme
When your eyes fade into the black
What would flash before them, what would you take back
What passes before a guilt-ridden whore
Is nothing merely more than a series of wars
Shrouding the skin with a layer of lies
A dead blank stare is all I see from those eyes
I want to see you choke on your own blood
I wish I never fucked you because I knew you never would
Does it feel good to know that I'm a psychotic fucking animal
What passes before a guilt-ridden whore
Is nothing merely more than a series of wars
Shrouding the skin with a layer of lies
A dead blank stare is all I see from those eyes
I want to see you die
I've changed my mind, leave me behind
I've changed my mind, you fucked with the wrong state of mind
And now you die
Fuck who you are, don't care who you are, don't care if you
Spit, make a sound, make another sound make another
Move and you're dead right fucking now right fucking
Click goes the trigger and the bitch falls down
I want to see you choke on your own blood
I wish I never fucked you because I knew you never would
Does it feel good to know that I'm a psychotic fucking animal
All I see is death and war
That's all you'll get from me
I've changed my mind, leave me behind
I've changed my mind, you fucked with the wrong state of mind
And now you die
I want to see you choke on your own blood
I wish I never fucked you because I knew you never would
Does it feel good to know that I'm a psychotic fucking animal
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The Matriarch
03:44
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A mark is pressed in the grooves
In the shape of a wound
A tell of where I belong
This is not my home
She knows my name
She feels my pain
When I cut, when I bleed
Matriarch, I feel your heart
It's not your war, come back you whore
Fuck and leave, you deceive
Led me to believe you loved me
Crystalline, as she flies above the night
Leaving the machine in a state of anti-light
Where has she gone, what has she done
Now that she's dead, out comes the sun
A tell of where I belong
This is not my home
She knows my name
She feels my pain
When I cut, when I bleed
Into the light, slowly she rises and becomes one with everything
Twisting and turning through prysmatic scatters of white and black and fuck all else
What does it matter and what does it mean when death and god both enter the scene
She takes, she gives so we all can live and die just to relive and begin
God is dead
Fate lives
What does it matter and what does it mean when death and god both enter the scene
She takes, she gives so we all can live and die just to relive and be free again
Matriarch, I feel your heart
It's not your war, come back you whore
Fuck and leave, you deceive
Led me to believe you loved me
I want you to remember me
I want you to keep me in your mind
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Cast the Stone
03:16
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Driving the fine line between damaged and fine
Reaching for something that I can call mine
You'll never know
You'll never know what it feels like to be
Left in the shadows, no one can see
Suffering in silence, acknowledge me
I am so sick
I feel like shit
If machines could feel
I imagine this would feel the same
Life stops at the source, begins at the end
We have to endure to be free
Fighting for life until they tear it away
Black as the night, black as the cursed day
You'll never know
You'll never know what it feels like to be
Left in the shadows, no one can see
Suffering in silence, acknowledge me
Driving the fine line between damaged and fine
Reaching for something that I can call mine
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Eyes Wide Shut
04:02
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Strapped in, locked in tight
Not a chance to fight
Needle in my skin
Sates the beast within
Breathing through your
Useless gritted teeth save your breath
Eyes wide shut
Breathing
Not for long you fucking pig
Save your sorrow for those you've killed
Too long since I've laid a fucking hand
On someone or anyone who's not someone I am
Call it empathy, I call it fucking greed
Taking everything that suits my nature and my need
Useless, crushing everything standing in your way
Evil fucking monster
Eyes wide shut
Breathing
Eyes wide shut
Sewn between the lines keeping everything in
Let it spill out, let them gaze upon my art
Death suits your image as a corpse, that's who you are
Dying but your soul has yet to depart
Strapped in, locked in tight
Not a chance to fight
Needle in my skin
Sates the beast within
Go
Breathe in, feel again
Breathe out
Not for long you fucking pig
Eyes wide shut
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Follow the Storm
04:19
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Would you follow the hollow
Would you sell yourself for the greater good
Of mankind and their dead minds
Would you sacrifice your thumb to save the whole hand
You're no worse for wear than us
First the weak will fall, then us
And by the people, for the people, equal death
A fucking masquerade of heresy
Like sacrificing numbness to give into the plan
Like jumping from a bridge just to stick it to the man
We're bleeding over here, we're bleeding over here
Can you see us
You've seen your fair share of unfair shares
So why don't you stand and join us
You're misguided by a light you've never seen before
It's so tantalising, rising from that place within
Anger, hatred, bloodlust, terror
Would you follow the hollow
Would you sell yourself for the greater good
Of mankind and their dead minds
Would you sacrifice your thumb to save the whole hand
Like sacrificing numbness to give into the plan
Like jumping from a bridge just to stick it to the man
We're bleeding over here, we're bleeding over here
Can you see us
Get the fuck up
Follow or die
Paralysed by all these fucking mistakes
I wait for the tide to take me away
Heaven here I come
I can't wait to hatefuck the lord and his son
Just another lesson in futility, letting go
Sobriety causing devil's thoughts, I'm on my own
Jump down
Just another lesson in futility, letting go
Sobriety causing devil's thoughts, I'm on my own
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Tear It Down
04:34
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Burn it down, watch everyone gather around
To see their town in flames
My favourite word, destruction
I'm a fan of entropy, and beside me is my gun
Bullets, locked and loaded
I'm not afraid to die, are you
Tear it down
To the ground
Can you hear the cries surrounding your soul
Those are your fucking people
Step on them now while you can
We will bite the feeding hand
Murder in the flesh of a contract
Sign here and be slaves for life
No
We are not your slaves
Fuck what you think
Down, another lesson gone down maybe this time
Apocalypse now, we'll all fall down
Jesus wandered the barren plains
To find his home in hell
Go
Tear it down
To the ground
Burn it down, watch everyone gather around
To see their town in flames
My favourite word, destruction
I'm a fan of entropy, and beside me is my gun
Bullets, locked and loaded
I'm not afraid to die, are you
No
We are not your slaves
Fuck what you think
Down, another lesson gone down maybe this time
Apocalypse now, we'll all fall down
Jesus wandered the barren plains
To find his home in hell
Just like an atom bomb
We're crushing everything
Leaving nothing alive
In our wake
And this is where your story
Just like an atom bomb
We're crushing everything
Leaving nothing alive
In our wake
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Something lies beneath the skin
Want to see its true face
Rip it out, I know who you are
You tried to fool me once again
Fate, long time no see
I was more alive the last time we met
And I'm cornered between you and dying
What the fuck am I meant to do here
Well I guess I'll take my leave
You lie with your eyes
Your mouth tells me I'm wrong but your eyes say I'm right
Disingenuous, what I am in this moment, you'll never be
Me
I want to kill you again
I want to rip you to shreds
It's only fair payment for what you've done to me
Fucking animals, you scream like you're not having fun
Beneath that mask I know you'd love to see them run
Well I guess I'll take my leave
You lie with your eyes
Your mouth tells me I'm wrong but your eyes say I'm right
Disingenuous, what I am in this moment, you'll never be
Me
It's a parable to the unbearable
It's unbearable, let me out
Gagged and bound to the state of society
Don't look at me like I'm crazy, I know you all want to see each other dead
Don't fucking lie to me
It's a parable to the unbearable
It's unbearable, let me out
Gagged and bound to the state of society
Don't fucking lie to me
Well I guess I'll take my leave
You lie with your eyes
Your mouth tells me I'm wrong but your eyes say I'm right
Disingenuous, what I am in this moment, you'll never be
Me
I want to kill you again
I want to rip you to shreds
Rip it out, I know who you are
You tried to fool me once again
Fate, long time no see
I was more alive the last time we met
It's a parable to the unbearable
It's unbearable, let me out
Gagged and bound to the state of society
Don't look at me like I'm crazy, I know you all want to see each other dead
Don't fucking lie to me
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10. |
Destruction of Beauty
03:36
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Has it really begun
The beginning of the end
What's been left undone
Something's unfinished
A cracked statue is formed in the mind's eye
Let me get some peace of mind because I have a right to die
I'm standing up, getting stronger again
But the more I fall down the less I have a will to live
Something's in the air
Something's in my head
Something's in my heart
Must get it out
I must contain your beauty with a hammer
Feel the steel against hypocrisy
A cracked statue is formed in the mind's eye
Let me get some peace of mind because I have a right to die
I'm standing up, getting stronger again
But the more I fall down the less I have a will to live
Just a little more before our time's up let's live forever in
Hell, I want to see you burn with me
Hope you're fucking glad you'll live a little longer than I, but
Why should I cry
Something's in my head
Something's in my heart
Must get it out
I must contain your beauty with a hammer
A cracked statue is formed in the mind's eye
Let me get some peace of mind because I have a right to die
I'm standing up, getting stronger again
But the more I fall down the less I have a will to live
Has it really begun
The beginning of the end
What's been left undone
Something's unfinished
Fuck what you think, I'll carry on
With a burden in my heart
This is the sound of all my pain
I am the blade against the grain
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Remain
02:48
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In my heart you'll remain
Just a piece of a piece of a piece of a memory
Take your time, you've taken mine anyway
Anything to erase the fucking pain in my heart
Cannot bear it anymore
Not that you would care if I gave up anyway
Anyway, I'm moving on from the past
Never going back, one day it'll all fade to black
One day we will both meet at the end of life
One of these days we'll both die
Separated, gone without a reason why
Why
One last time, one last drive
You get what you deserve and I get mine
I'm going to fucking kill you then kill myself
In my heart you'll remain
Just a piece of a piece of a piece of a memory
Take your time, you've taken mine anyway
Anything to erase the fucking pain in my heart
Cannot bear it anymore
Not that you would care if I gave up anyway
Anyway, I'm moving on from the past
Never going back, one day it'll all fade to black
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12. |
Conversation - The End
01:43
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