1. SHATTER

Shatter under the weight of truth
Suffocate under the veil
You've blindly cast before your eyes
Ruin and decay
Are all that remain of a world once pure
Bury me under the illusion
Of all that you've ever known

Drown in the river never crossed
Burn with the kingdom you've created

From the ashes may you open your eyes
And see the world that you've left behind


2. TORCHBEARER

Open your eyes
And meet the creation of your self-pity
The one left to rebuild
From every second you've thrown away
The one left to carry your torch
When the path ahead lay in shadows
The one who will suffer
When the weight of valiance is suffocating

And while I may find the strength to carry on
I cannot carry this burden much farther

But somehow determination prevails
Either driven by aspiration
Or a devotion to idle love
Neither of which bare the certainty
That my persistence was not forlorn
Only the lingering truth
That even the selfless will be betrayed

This is what I have to give you
What's left is lost
For you will light my pyre
Now make me a fucking martyr


3. ELEVEN

When no light remains
And thoughts are lost upon a blank canvas
We find ourselves drifting
Between shades of black and white

A hollow shell
Nothing but vague shadows

And so night falls
Like waves crashing upon stone
Dissolving cascades of memories
Lost amongst the silence

Between these dancing figures
Lays the temptation of escape
Dividing the barrier between flesh and fiction


4. OCEAN OF COLOUR

Still grey fields, and black vein silhouettes
Idle beneath an auburn sky
An ominous stage hosting unending tragedy

When all is buried
Only then will we lament the faded

Like shards to sand, and sand to the sea
We will all fade into eternity
An endless cycle, until the last tear falls
And as I stand, between beauty and decay
I remember not what I have lost
But what I will be remembered for

Ruin consuming
Decrepit remains
A broken landscape stained with pestilence

Solace bound within reverie
Above graves of the departed

When all is buried
Only then will we lament the faded

Like shards to sand, and sand to the sea
We will all fade into eternity
An endless cycle, until the last tear falls
And as I stand, between beauty and decay
I remember not what I have lost
But what I will be remembered for

When the sun meets the sky
Where the moon breaks the earth
You will find me here
Drifting through an ocean of colour


5. CARVING THE WORLD

I've lived to see adoration break
and crumble under the plight of adversity
Vows bound under hollow words
Foundations, and illusions of hope
dissolve amongst a sea of temptation

Only perseverance remains
On this path I've walked so long
Through anguish we must rise
To carve the world before our eyes

Let valiance grow in the wake of affliction
And silence the deafening resonance of doubt

I've seen dreams of salvation
fall through trembling hands
and wither in solitude

Only perseverance remains
On this path I've walked so long
Through anguish we must rise
To carve the world before our eyes

I've seen the will of the unbreakable
decay like fallen leaves
And the pure corrupted by false convictions
But I will remain still

I watched as your shadow faded
your fragrance lingering in idle air
I watched our words collapse
and lay in ruin

Through anguish we will rise
To carve the world before our eyes