1. WELCOME

I peer through cracked glass
See the eyes of the abyss
No future with no past
Dying — with a kiss

Once protected
Now subjected
Like wingless doves
We played our roles
Seek only love
Without souls
Shattered we spread

Welcome
Welcome home
The hour has come
No where to roam
Life’s not too long
It burns in your vein
Knew all along
The darkness will remain

Time devoid of recall
Seconds before salvation
Emptiness welcomes all
Fervor a zealots passion
Forget as time slips by
The price is paid in this cell
Its true the bastard dies
Welcome to hell

Breathe endless sleep
No tears to weep
Eyes plead for reprieve
We wait for liquid ecstasy

Burn until no one can see
Burn until you are free
Burn you deformity
Wretched eyes — stare but never see

No ears to hear
No mouth to speak
No eyes to see
Now burn you impure soul

Burn know you’re not free
Burn until your ashes plea
Burn and you unlock the key
Wretched eyes –

Locked door imprison
Syringe kiss of complacency

In here screams are lost
Bonds broken run away
Free but at what cost

No regrets for what is done
No forgiveness is to come

Final chorus
Time devoid of recall
Seconds after salvation
Emptiness welcomed all
No fervor dead passion
Forget as time slips by
The price was paid in this cell
Its true the bastard died
Welcome to hell

Welcome
We’ve been expecting you


2. DECEITFUL HEART

Open your eyes and you’ll see
The heart remains
Deceitful still
Above all things
I don’t know what to believe

Uncertain future ahead
All i love is dead
Alone and still covered in red
Truth unsaid
I don’t know what to believe
I don’t know

Look inside of me
A maelstrom in the sea
Truth i cant perceive
Respite i disbelieve
What is lost is gone
Will guilt define me

The pillar of my soul
Reality no longer a whole
Smeared reflection in my hand
Looking back in demand
Life’s just a grain of sand
I don’t know what to believe

Gave faith in time of need
Now we only bleed
Was this my crime
For the first time
Regret so sublime
I don’t know what to believe
I don’t know

Wicked grin of a cheshire cat
Flick of silver will you look at that
Fog of memories play like rotting tape
Muffle screams eyes tear for escape
Do these eyes accuse or forgive
Why do these hands deny love to live
I don’t feel the warmth as i see the red splash
I know its my fault into the winds i cast the ash

Everything i ever had
Everything i ever will
Lies now in my arms
Never moving always still
No longer able to confess
Innocence reduced to a
Blood soaked dress

Damn the guilt grows too strong
Monster called a monster comes
Beast within murders love
I’m accused of blood spilt

What is real or fantasy
I feel what the heart can see
Fragments left past decree
Summation of my guilt


3. OBLIVION

Always be told
What to believe
Never did think
To disagree

Euphoria
Follow Decree
Freewill is yours
Why not be free

When all is said and done
I am the one to see
Blindly walk hand in hand
Unified Destiny

Full of indifference
This hive mentality
Discard your ignorance
We can find victory

Oblivion, Oblivion
Searching for something to believe in
Oblivion, Oblivion
standing at the edge of reason

Oblivion, Oblivion
Blind leading blind to sing this holy hymn
Oblivion, Oblivion
falling from the edge of reason

Promise of hope
Eternity
Beguiled in mass
They cannot see

Only in Time
Will destiny
Reveal the truth
Their lunacy

Standing alone am I
Calling to you and we
Can break the chains that bind
Or we drown in the sea

Stand as one if I must
Wait for death by decree
In fables you give trust
Know the truth dies with me

Here I stand
I’m not done
They have heard
You’ve not won

Finale
Your ignorance your legacy
Absolution remember me


4. EPILOGUE

Timeless life through endless pain
Individual thought patterns of the soul
False hope offered to all
Symbolic jest mocks reality
Another round numbs the pain
Another slam forget disdain

One choice
Can you make it
Cant see tomorrow
One time
Eternal anguish
Never-ending sorrow
One thought
Crushing down
Redemption or absolution

Human are we hearts tainted by leprosy
Spiritual healing spreads our hate
Sound of perseverance
Cries united defiance
Silenced screams fade away
Drowning in the rubicon

Armed and ready
Free from blame
No more pain
Wash away the human stain