Jonin : The Secret

Alternative Metal / USA
(2007 - Tribunal Records)
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1. THE SECRET

Autumn, laughing, cruelly stirred the ashes
Brandishing black debris
Sickened us with memories gone rancid
Under time's fallen leaves

This secret's
Exposed us
For what we most despise
And we just can't
Get back to
The lives we recognize
If there's no
Forgiveness
For all we've compromised
Then please just
Look at me
And tell me that we'll try.

Winter, sighing, drew us into slavery
Searching through empty rooms
Outside in the callous wind we're shaking
Numbing our open wounds.

Sunrise, stumbling, forced us onto our feet
Into another day
Cast light on the roots still lying beneath
Laid bare for all to see

This secret's
Exposed us
For what we most despise
And we just can't
Get back to
The lives we recognize
If there's no
Forgiveness
For all we've compromised
Then please just
Look at me
And tell me that we'll try

All these hurts, these lies
Please just let them die

All these hurts, these lies
Please just let them die


2. HEEL

Show me your pale lines
Lithe winter dancer, mine.
One more pretty face
Driven to the brink.
Scarred without restraint
By another's rage.
I see your pale eyes
Begging for answers, no.
Your parted lips,
Let lies slip.
Tangled in your heat,
Lost track of what's real.
Now you're grinding me,
Underneath your heel.

Now you're grinding me
--flush on your skin
Underneath your heel
--nails digging in

Now you're grinding me
--don't ask questions
Underneath your heel
--take what's given

I am not the one
I am not the one
I am not the one
I am not the one
Under your heel
Under your heel

Show me your pale lines, your lies
Lithe winter dancer, you're mine
Come and punish me
With your vacant kiss
It's the saving grace
Of what won't be missed.


3. SMALLER

Another joke
At the expense of those
Who thought that they could trust somebody.
But they're so dumb
How could they not have known--
How could they not have seen this coming?

We don't all think that way
And we don't fit
Inside your need to cause pain.
Inside your script
We don't all feel that way
So as you spit
We'll sit back, watch your world shrink
And take what's left.

Another joke
At the expense of those
Who count on others to keep secrets.
But they're so dumb
How could they not have known
That you would prey upon their weakness?
You like to save
Up all their old mistakes
So you can make them writhe when you please.
You like to take
Their confidence away.
You like to make them feel like nothing.

We don't all think that way
And we don't fit
Inside your need to cause pain.
Inside your script
We don't all feel that way
So as you spit
We'll sit back, watch your world shrink
And take what's left.

I know your eyes
Won't turn inside
I know you hide
I know you hide
I know your blind
Hiding inside
You hide away from the light
That shines
Shines
On
Your lies
Your lies

Another joke
At the expense of those
Who will not worship at your altar.
But they're so dumb
And you're the smartest one.
Your world is slowly getting smaller.

We don't all think that way
And we don't fit
Inside your need to cause pain.
Inside your script
We don't all feel that way
So as you spit
We'll sit back, watch your world shrink
And take what's left.


4. GATHERING

I've gone mad with jealousy.
And i've fallen too far behind.
They've got no more sympathy.
There's not enough to go 'round.

Feel the current shift
The truth is sinking in.
This gathering wave
Is about to break.

We're scraping the bottom now.
We're praying for a way out.
Dredge the mud for providence.
There's not enough to go 'round.

Feel the current shift
The truth is sinking in.
This gathering wave
Is about to break.
Watch illusions rot
Everything we're taught
Crumbling away
Underneath this weight.

No one said it was fair.
Just take what you can while it's there.
Beg, steal, borrow
Just do what you must to get by
No one cares if you sink or you swim
It's a lie that we all get
A chance at a much better life.

We'll open graves
If that's what it takes to reclaim what's ours.
Can we be saved?
Where is God in this, our darkest hour?
We played our roles
We did what we're told, stayed out of the way.
Played by the rules
We bought what they sold and now it's time to
Pay
Pay.
No one said it was fair.
No one.

Feel the current shift
The truth is sinking in.
This gathering wave
Is about to break.
Watch illusions rot
Everything we're taught
Crumbling away
Underneath this weight.

Crumbling away...

No one said it was fair...

Fair.


5. LIAR

Can't wait until they say it's ok.
Can't break underneath all of the strain.
Can't wait for the ones who won't see.
Can't break, we've already made it real.

They tell us that there's not enough
Cause to fuel these illusions.
They tell us we're not good enough
Wracked with fear for our future.

They're lying
They're lying
They're lying
They're lying

Can't wait until they say it's ok.
Can't break underneath all of the strain.
Can't wait for the ones who won't see.
Can't break, we've already made it real.

They're lying
They're lying

They're lying, they're lying to us.
They're afraid of what we might become.
They're lying, they're lying to you.
They're afraid of what you might do.
They're lying, they're lying to us.
They're afraid of what we might become.
They're lying, they're lying to you.
They're afraid of what you might do.

Liar!
You'll never be anything.
Liar!
You'll never love anyone.
Liar!
You'll never be anything.
Liar!
You'll never be good enough.

They're lying
They're lying


6. SHOALS

(Instrumental)


7. FLOOD

Flood met your door
Feel it spray off the drowning road.
Soaked through the floor
Your fingers stray, you're all alone.
Each wet stitch clinging to your skin
Drawn tight with every inch you bare.
Don't resist as it's seeping in.
Some secrets can't be hidden here.

Don't try, love, you're already mine.
So struggle all you like, you can't defy
The rising tide.

Perched at the edge
Just one slip of a lying tongue
Could cause regrets
Your fingers drip and you're just so close.
Each hot breath screaming for release
Dragged down beneath the breaking waves.
Rivers pouring through every crease
Some secrets need to stay that way.

Don't try, love, you're already mine.
So struggle all you like, you can't defy
The rising
Don't try, love, you're already mine.
So struggle all you like, you can't defy
The rising tide.

You'll wish you'd never come to me
I'll ruin you, i'll set you free.
You'll wish you'd never come to me
I'll ruin you, i'll set you free.

I know that you want me
So hold back and taunt me.
I know that you love me
Spread open and flood me.

You'll wish you'd never come to me
I'll ruin you, i'll set you free.
You'll wish you'd never come to me
I'll ruin you, i'll set you free.
You'll wish you'd never come to me
I'll ruin you, i'll set you free.
You'll wish you'd never come to me
I'll ruin you, i'll set you free.

Just an inch away
You're crawling towards pure bliss.
Time to wash away
Your empty martyr's stare.

Don't try, love, you're already mine.
So struggle all you like,
You can't defy the rising
Don't try, love, you're already mine.
So struggle all you like,
You can't defy the rising tide.


8. SHAMELESS

I spent most my youth just working in my mind.
I have seen the truth, and my path is clear, my terms are defined
And I'm not ashamed.
I can't see all ends, but I surely see through you.
So bring all your friends, and come laugh at me for what you won't do.
No, I'm not ashamed.
I spent all these years hoping I'd be show the way.
It never appeared, and finally stopped listening.
It's my turn to speak.

So walk with me, or get out of my way.
We're not the same
And I'm not ashamed.

You can't force me
Into silence.
I won't regret
I won't regret this.
We're not the same.
I'm not ashamed.

Come and reject me, roll your eyes and walk away.
Come and dissect me, 'cause the more you talk the less I care.
You're not rid of me.

So walk with me, or get out of my way.
We're not the same
And I'm not ashamed.

So walk with me, or get out of my way.
We're not the same
And I'm not ashamed.
So walk with me, or get out of my way.
We're not the same
And I'm not a---


9. THE MARCH

It's too late to rethink the plan.
Now we're in can't you understand?
This is right! This is for our good.
And we must follow through.

We're coming face to face
With all of the lies
We've told to accomplish this.
We can't compromise.

Stand and fight reload and repent.
Blaring noise drowns out all dissent.
This is right! This is for our good.
And we must follow through.

We're coming face to face
With all of the lies
We've told to accomplish this.
We can't compromise.

We never wanted this.
Don't question our motives.
You always wanted this.
Look how low the price is.

Look how low the price...
Look how low the price...

Darkest night.
We will light with fire.
Our glory soaring ever higher.
This is right! This is for our good.
So help us follow through.

We're coming face to face
With all of the lies
We've told to accomplish this.
We can't compromise.

Help our saviors burn the damned
We will change the world.
Help our saviors burn the damned
We will change the world.

We will change the world for good


10. BREATHING

The pictures I keep are my darkest times;
I smiled in them without knowing why.
The frames I compose are another life;
One where I know that if you bind yourself to me
Take my hand then one day we'll have everything...
You've given me all that I need.
A reason to keep breathing.

Lost in a sea of grey
I guard my anger jealously.
Look through the veil;
Through all my conceit
It's all for show and if you bind
Yourself to me take my hand
Then one day we'll have everything...
You've given me all that I need.
A reason to keep breathing.

We've gone beyond.

Bind yourself to me
We're naked once we scrape the black away.
You've given me all that I need.
A reason to keep breathing.
You've given me all that I need.
Look at my face: this is real.

So keep breathing
So keep breathing
Come to me
Come with me
Keep breathing
Keep breathing
This is real
This is real
This
Is
Real...


11. THE EMBRACE

Clouds wept like burns on the sky.
Shook us from sleep, growling ragged and low.
Shrouds of wind clawed at our eyes.
Causing unrest at the doorway of dawn.

Dragging the well of all my blackest fears
Saw faces surface I thought I'd escaped.

Sun's spite bleached the mountainside.
Scorched fingers grasping, desperately to hold.
Stripped of all reason, I climb.
Coarse voices laugh, mocking me from below.

Scaling the face of my most cherished dream
Reached out to find your hand.

Jagged stars, wheeling overhead.
This is ours we were born to it.
Jagged stars, wheeling overhead.
This is ours we were born to it.

Dragging the well.
Scaling the face.
Home.
It comes to this:
Embrace the breath
That lets you scream.

Jagged stars, wheeling overhead.
This is ours we were born to it.
Jagged stars, wheeling overhead.
This is ours we were born to it.

Horizon split open wide.
We rise and await the rain...
Rain...

It comes to this:
Abandon it
Release your grip
And we have failed.
One option left:
Be merciless.
Embrace the breath
That lets you scream.

It comes to this:
Abandon it
Release your grip
And we have failed.
One option left:
Be merciless.
Embrace the breath
That lets you scream.

It comes to this:
Abandon it
--that lets you scream
Release your grip
And we have failed.
--the breath
One option left:
Be merciless.
--that lets you scream
Embrace the breath
That lets you scream.

It comes to this:
Abandon it
Release your grip
And we have failed.
One option left:
Be merciless.
Embrace the breath
That lets you scream.

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