1. THE MESSENGER

Bow at your maker
Follow his law
Set forth for all mankind
In his name I spill wrath
And spell out your fate

Servant
Soldier
I am the messenger
No place for mercy
There is but only one way
Admission, submission
Fall to your knees and pray
Or dig your grave

Like past wars fought for heaven
I defend faith on earth


2. CONFESS

Crossroads of solitude
Let the fires burn
Smashing anything that moves underfoot
Telling stories of their bleeding wounds
Meaningless words of poetry
Butcher poetry

Snakes crawl all over the world
Ever closer to the light
I'll cut off their heads just to see if they die
Do you know the pain of life
I'll show you all just how to die

You'd better run through the night
Because the gates to fate are open wide

Confusion's wheels spin round and round
I'm caught under the wheels
Committing this body to the ground
I confess


3. THE DARK TOWER

(Instrumental)


4. A SLOW SUICIDE

I have made a grave mistake
And tempted a vengeful fate
Just a shot away from a soulless death
On the eve of a slow suicide
I'm chipping away night after night

When I look in the mirror I don't see the man
They thought I could be
All my loves have washed their hands of me
I can't absolve the stains of my sins
And it's likely I'll make the same mistakes again

When the demons enter my blood
I don't care about anything or anyone
When the demons enter my blood
I don't care about anything or any love


5. LAST TEARS

Through tears of pain I cry
Through years of pain I'll die
In this lust I burn
From my love you turn

An ocean of sorrow I wade
My tortured spirit it fades
In halls of madness I dwell
Obsession of you is my hell

In solace I die for you
These last tears
I cry are for you


6. THIS DUSTBOWL EARTH (INSTRUMENTAL)


7. WARBIRD

The bird cries war from black clouds above
Bullets and bombs scatter dirt and blood
Sirens scream in the light of the moon
Death and destruction, oblivion viewed

Fire rains from the sky
Pick up your arms or lay down and die

Shoot

Radiation's clouds drift on winds of doom
The fallout punishing the children in the womb

Warbird take to the sky
Warbird death from above


8. SINCEREST MISERY (1,000 DAYS)

Swept up in a sea of misery
I am washed away
Throw your flowers at my living tomb
And just walk away
Pray for my soul some other day
Pull the wool from your eyes
Because sorrow's here to stay

And I don't care what lies you follow
Or what tales you swallow
I'm only feeling sorrow and pain
Bitter sorrow and pain
Bury me in tragedy
My love return to me

I'd spend 1000 days in hell
For just one moment in the presence of your flesh again
You are my sincerest misery
Return to me