1. MODUS OPERANTI

You know what ?
I heard something, not long ago.
And now it echoes.
It bothers me.
It makes me sick.
It proves your filth. I know your secrets.
You aren't a model for a demon.
Mend your wounds.
Your lies are bleeding.
Convince someone else of your shoveled in confidence.
Buried away, but I know.
And if I had my way, a thousand eyes would witness.
You point your finger at me with one foot in your grave.
Liar.


2. SKIN LIKE WINTER

Ashes to ashes dust to dust
Beautiful child turning into stone
With your eyes so dim I shudder
Bitterness runs through your soul like small children
Confusion dances in the dusk of your mind exchange your blessings for deceptions
Good night kiss skin like winter
Cherished one fading away I can see your breath begging to resurrect into death
Hiding scars back laced with splinters
Audience of a congregation make your way to the front close your eyes
And grieve you played your part so well.


3. POLICE JOHN POLICE RED

Good friend, I know that you can't see with your hands on your eyes.
I tried. You lied.
No more taking chances.
No more chances.
Your face is a mask, I can feel it.
No one is a sucker for you.
If I could, I would, I would steal it.
I'd steal it away from you to breathe.
I'm holding my passage.
I fall to the ground.
You are laughing at me.
You are dying, you fool.
A death parade, this way comes.
I'm holding a banner of white.
I hear them stomping, wearing upside down smiles.
I spit to make mud.
And I drown myself in.
I'm digging you out from a downgrade
And I'm dragging you under the stairs to breathe.
Come armageddon.


4. WALK ON BY, WALK ON ME

Your tongue pierced my fragile heart
Careless words are daggers thrown unaware
Unapproachable unwilling silence from a sounding voice
You entwine
Praise with curses
Your words burn like hell itself
Silence from a sounding voice
All this by the tongue created
Your words become hell itself
I lay bleeding in the flames
The tongue creates it
Tongue...