Paths Of Possession : The End of the Hour

Melodic Death / USA
(2007 - Metal Blade Records)
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1. MEMORY BURN

Bludgeoned, bleeding, burning, screaming, barely alive
Cattle feeding, hardly eating, waste, of life
Forest sweeping, slowly creeping, look, in their eyes
Bullets meeting flesh with teeth to rip, out their insides
Rage, is a shadow, behind me, sorrow, is what, I, will unleash
It's time, the fabric, is coming, apart

I am now, one with pain
This focused mind, must, guide me, through

Smoking village, torn and pillaged, run, for their lives
Killing women, shooting children, must, stay alive
I find one dead, gunshot in head, I look, in his eyes
With chewed off lips he smiles at me, I'm coming, apart

Burns remind me, I am here
I can't count the dead, I can't count the years
Into the ditches as darkness falls
I can smell them crawling, through, the, pits, of, Hell

Like the sun, the explosions sear the sky
Burning brightly, its shrapnel, tastes my flesh

I'm ripped, apart
I have been, ripped.


2. THE ANCIENT LAW

I awaken
Through the fog of the dying
Her face, it, calls me home

Through the doors, a strangers scent, cuts the air
Run

Run, I swear I'll find you, your blood, it stinks upon the wind
Look to the sky, you will find no comfort there
You are doomed and screaming for the end, you will
Suffer the faces fallen, to wounds that will not heal
Blackened ages rape the dawn, plead for you perishing
I cannot let you end
Until you've learned the horror of these things
Lost God, in the ditches, in my, Hell
Now he's here, in the palm
Of, my, wrath

Fall, face first in maggots, dark purity spit upon the ground
No one can hear, there is no savior near
You're thrashing wildly on the ground, blood will
Choke all your throated moaning, as fingers reach your bones
Deep inside, I kill for all the others, your blood will testify
This act, it is my right, abide by, the ancient law

I found your God, he is here, he's been crushed by
My vengeful hand, staring down, I am punishment
Blackened and burned, one of us, you are not
Abide by, the ancient law, what's mine is mine
You shall not tamper with, or you will
You will, fall.


3. I AM FOREVER

Those eyes, they bore into me, as I stripped them of their life
How can this be? Polluted memory
All these things happened, were they real?

I can still feel, this hatred burns intense
More than my memories from the past
And who is he? I murdered violently
This wretched vision through my mind, an open door

This was not, for your eyes, this was not, for you to
See me, I am, forever, traveled far into eternity, dark abyss

They're calling me, I will be home in days
All of these nightmares left behind, my skin is burned
More died, the more I learned
A vicious killer I will leave in the ditches, I will leave behind

This was not, for your eyes, this was not, for you to
See me, I am, forever
The bloody truth, is upon your, distant, gaze

Dark twisting thoughts consume my head
Time is standing still for my journey home
A sickening reflection is staring me down
As a monster, disfigured, I return to my world
And for these things, my people spit on me
Do faceless cowards dare to speak? The cringe beneath
Their Gods and their beliefs, afraid to face me, I am, forever.


4. IN OFFERING OF SPITE

I relish in the blood that covers me
As it dries onto my face I smile, wide, with contempt, I smile
As fate has shown me, I've seen this all before

I drag him back, in that house dwelt a treacherous love
As I slowly crushed her air away, I could see no more for me
To suffocate the silence, I ignite the house in flames
In offering of spite, to whoever is guiding me
Show me

All these things I have seen, in my death throws
Years of past, rinsed away
Can it be that through this I have discovered
A way to view things that have not, yet become?
What will become?
Is my will

I must not be, afraid to view this
A gift I've stolen from the Gods
To take my veins, and bleed them out
I will stare death down in his home, I am forever
(I am forever), these wounds they fuel me, now

I relish in the blood that covers me
As it drips onto my face, I smile, wide with contempt
As fate will show me, as fate will warn me
Near death I will see.


5. PUSHING THROUGH THE PASS

I will come upon you, someplace in a dominant time
We mend the break in the weak frontline
Waist deep in the knowledge, that will save us
Overrun by the yellow dogs
Pray for salvation from napalm Gods
Bubbling skin always brings a smile, to, my, face
Fall back, to the rear
The cowards, arrive, with numbers, overwhelming
They are swarming from beneath the ground
I will let you pass

As I step above nated soil, I flip the page on the world behind
My only thought is to see her face again
I can hope that there is someone else their
Look at his face of shame that scare
I rush out, with a hundred furies, more vicious than Hell
The hunt, begins, this time, I win, the slaughter, until
No one will see the horrors I will tell, I will let you pass

Somehow I make it through

Pushing through
As I carve my miseries, reminders in my flesh
Pushing through
Another glimpse of reality, another glimpse I shall endure

Pushing through
I find horrid visions, when my life starts to fade
Pushing through
They all point to something, I cannot quite see it yet
All through this land, the signs, the end of man
It is approaching and until then, you'll pass
When I cut my life drains away
An open gate to the end of days
Can it be that all these things will come? I will call upon you
Everyday flatlines in Grey, a dance with death, a gamble
Someday my eyes will never wake again
I will call upon you, again, I will let you pass

The years triple down, quickly we age
Pushing through the past.


6. POISONED PROMISE LAND

Vicious wounds, cluttered upon my arms
Many marks I have forgotten
Steady rush, as the nightmares take hold
Close my eyes to find the pieces, they are mine, they are mine
Widening eyes as the light burns away
Assure myself I own the heavens, they are mine

We are born, into submission, we are approaching the hour
I can see everything, we are bound, to a poisoned promise land
We are approaching, a poisoned promise land

Every scar, has a story to fear, every line, a tale of terror
Swallowing stones, that I should cast aside
Vomit the pride I should have honored
I should have honored

A poisonous land, I don't need your forgiveness
I don't need your forgiveness (x3).


7. ASH IS FALLING RAIN

Blackened skies, surround me, when I cut my veins
Every-time it is the same, ash is falling rain, but why?

Floating down, to the earth, burnt human remains
Choking all, who inhale this ashen falling rain
Wading through a sea of black
The mothers hunter their young
As starving beasts, a carnal curse
Apocalyptic dwellers, thin and Grey
A fertile seed in the darkness
Peering out through open membrane

All is lost, it's raining death from the poisoned clouds
Breathe it in, feel it burn your lungs, as you choke up blood
It starts to drain from your ears and eyes, in time
This will come, feel it well
Staring down at all the rest, in agony, all but me
Sunken eyes, still and blank in the darkness
It's all the same, in my dreams

With blazing eyes, I will crawl out from the womb
With two clenched fists full of her guts
I start to breathe, I inhale everything
A hint of death blankets the air, but why?

Wet with blood, it's clotting up at the moment
I've seen the eyes, of the dead
I, have, traveled back, from the brink of forever
I am alone, in this world
Now I know, now what I must do, I will go, deeper still
I will, Journey back, to the sea of ashes
And see, what will become.


8. THE END OF THE HOUR

For all the faceless, walking dead, across the land
I will go, to a place that, you don't understand
I put, the razor, to my wrist and spread it wide
And as the blood drips from the walls, I, slowly, close, my eyes

This was not meant, for your eyes
This is the end, of the hour
There's no use wasting precious time
This is, the end, of the, hour

Hours I have wasted, sitting here, wet dripping pain
At last my eyes roll back, the visions start again
The earth will split', the skies will rain ash to the land
Black clouds of death roll in, what is this?
Is it, the end of man?

This was not meant for your eyes
This is the end, of the hour
There's no use wasting precious time
This is, the end, of the hour

This ruptured vein, black and vile
Is pouring truth, from, a sacred place
And we will see that when the world burns
The weak will be thrown in that fire
Join with me my brothers, as we march to endless glory
Let's burn it down, let's burn it down
In glorious ashes, we, will, burn
The empty nest lies here, awaiting his return
Our murderous father, his intentions, we learn
Eradicate the mindless flocks upon the shore
And we will slip away into, these, ages, forever

This was not meant for your eyes
This is the end, of the hour
There's no use wasting precious time
This is, the end, of the hour.


9. AS SANITIES SPLIT

Black, ageless fire, surrounding fallen innocents
A haunting vision beckons me to this tainted place
As sanities split, I cannot recall the journey here
Born on the twilight of this future that will drown in blood

I cannot lead, this blinded, following
I cannot touch, what they, touch
I cannot taste, this vengeance that's to be unleashed
I cannot feel the things you do

Burns on my face, melted skin that will not heal
Corrupted smiles greet me every-time I turn around
As sanities split, we grant all unrelenting agony
Forced forward onto the edge of madness
I will follow you there

I will not lead, this blinded, following
I will not touch, what you, touch
I will not taste, this vengeance that's been promised me
I will not feel, the things you do

And when the sun burns out, the air will call upon our flesh
To bring our remains to the blackened, shores
And I will not cry out, I will stand stronger still
And mock that flames that cover all of you

And when they finally melt my flesh
I will laugh through the end, as I slowly crumble to the earth

You cannot breathe, you can't see anything
You'll slowly slip inside the flames
This panic spreads, until we are all dead
A brand new slate to start again

Black ageless fire, surrounding fallen innocents
A haunting vision, beckons me here.


10. ENGULFING THE PURE

You called it down, a bloody wrath
A finger points to the distant horizon
You try to scream, with bulging eyes
Your feet are frozen in your steady barren hole
A blinding light, a flash of heat
Those who are there disintegrated immediately
Melted masses with an idiots faith you fall

Let it burn down, all hallowed ground
There are none that are exempt from this selection
I wear my mark, a wrinkled scar
A wound that's deep enough to call upon this judgment
Your God's a fool, and your prophet is doomed
You think that soon you'll awaken in the Heavens
As you burn alive with all your brethren

And in this, the chosen have been cleansed
Unaware of their time
An eastern wind carries the sweet stench of decay
May we mark it, in flesh
With none alive, you are the witness, I am the fire
You are afraid, you should be, I am the burn
Your searing pain, I know it well, I am the fire
You are afraid, you should be, I am the burn
I am, engulfing the pure, engulf the pure

You can look inside yourself for the answers
But you will never know the purity of this hour.

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