1. BLOOD CHILDREN (AN INTRODUCTION)

(Instrumental)


2. BLEEDING MASCARA

Go!

A wraith with an angel's body
A demon with a smile of gold
You soul-sucker
I won't become like you
A killer with the perfect weapons
Crystal eyes and a heart of coal
You soul-sucker
I won't lose myself in you

Look how pretty she is
When she falls down
Now, there's no beauty in
Bleeding mascara
Lips are quivering
Like a withering rose
She's back again

What the fuck do you think love means?
It's more than words and more than feelings
Sucking me dry
Is my marrow that sweet?
Your dead lovers have left
A trail of broken hearts and misspent hopes
Sucking them dry

Does their marrow taste of sweetness, sweetness?
I hope you choke

Look how pretty she is
When she falls down
Now, there's no beauty in
Bleeding mascara
Lips are quivering
Like a withering rose
She's back again

She's back a—
She's back again
She's back


3. RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED

I can see her now
Dancing around, her drink in hand
All her baggage in tow
I just want to forget and let go
Of all of the joy, the pain
I took your guilt and placed it into me
And now I kiss it goodbye
Our last dance ended fatally

Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard
Baby, you just died? (You just died)
Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Have you ever cried so hard?

There she goes again
Another masquerade in false circumstance
She'll fuck you just for the taste
I just wish that I could replace
All the memories of
What makes my blood run cold
And as your blood flows through me
I say goodbye to what we had

Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard
Baby, you just died? (You just died)
Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Have you ever cried so hard?

She came and went
I gnawed through my lip
Makeup smeared in her eyes
Each sob's a reason to say goodbye
Sometimes when you're holding on
You'll never see the light

With flowers in her hair
I gazed upon with dead lover's eyes
She never looked so good
And I never felt so right

With flowers in her hair
I gazed upon with dead lover's eyes
She never looked so good
And I never felt so right
I never felt so right
I never felt so right

With flowers in her hair
I gazed upon with dead lover's eyes
She never looked so good
And I never felt so right

Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard
Baby, you just died? (You just died)
Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Have you ever cried so hard...

You just died?


4. THIS FLESH A TOMB

I feel eyelashes on my cheek
And they lacerate my flesh
A pain so good
So, put your hand in mine
Never let go
Never wake up
'Cause I'm done with promises

I'm taking blood oaths
Feels like you could
Kiss my imperfections
My imperfections away
And I would stand
Stand by your side
Until the sun turns the sky
All the colors I see in your eyes

And I'll never need to see the sun again
There's enough light in your eyes
To light up our little world
So, take me, take me away
Kill me slowly
I'll never be the same

And I swear to you, on everything I am
And I dedicate to you all that I have
And I promise you that I will stand
Right by your side
Forever and always
Until the day I die

The bite marks on my neck
Never felt so good
I'm losing control
And it's all that I can do
Not to black out, fall into lust with you
Your kisses infect me
The dark gift is loving you

And I'll never need to see the sun again
There's enough light in your eyes
To light up our little world
So, take me, take me away
Kill me slowly
I'll never be the same

And I feel immortal
And I want to make you feel the same
So, stand by me as we immolate
We can burn in each other's arms
And I feel immortal
And I want to make you feel the same
So, stand by me as we immolate
We can burn in each other's arms


5. YOU ECLIPSED BY ME

I began my ascent at minus zero
You made so sure of that
You tried to keep me down here
Your complacency has been your downfall
Nobody made you king of the world
And now I'm here to dethrone
So, kiss the ring, motherfucker
It's my time, my time to shine
Grasping for the straws as they fall
Maybe you make a splint
For your broken ego
For your broken ego

And I say thank you for the scars
And the guilt and the pain
Every tear I've never cried
Has sealed your fucking fate
Did you take me for a fool
Or were you just too blind to see
That every effort made has failed
And there is no destroying me?

Hate can be a positive emotion
When it forces you to better yourself
You built me, constructed my desire
Perfected my hatred
Now I'm driven to be
Ten times better than you think you are
Ten times better
Than you think you are

Piece by piece, I've built my walls
And burned the bridges down (Ooh)
That lead back to people like you
So full of malice, so full of scorn (Ooh)
You tried your best to crush my spirit
You tried to steal my soul (Ooh)
You pushed my back against the wall
And I broke it down

I will not be broken
Though I am the one that bleeds
I will not be broken
I am the one
I will not be broken
Though I am the one that bleeds
I will not be broken
I am the one
I will not be broken
Though I am the one that bleeds
I will not be broken
I am the one

And I say thank you for the scars
And the guilt and the pain
Every tear I've never cried
Has sealed your fucking fate
Did you take me for a fool
Or were you just too blind to see
That every effort made has failed
And there is no destroying me?

There is no destroying me
No, there is no destroying me


6. THE CRIMSON

I feel it welling up inside
And Robert Smith lied
Boys do cry
And with blood tears in my eyes
I'm an Anne Rice novel come to life
I can't hide the monster anymore
One can only feel desolate for so long

Until one starts to change
Into something the mirror doesn't recognize
I metamorphosize
The darkness has been biding its time
To claim its latest victim
Fresh meat for carnal desires
To become what I became
I viewed the sun for the last time

Will you still hold me
When you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red
My heart is dead and so are you

And it pulses through, the desire to change
To deconstruct all of my
All of my past failings
But where to begin?
Because when you live in sin
It's hard to look at saints
Without them reflecting
Your jet-black auras back on you

And all I have is hope
My inner burn's not fading
I'll wipe the blood from my cheek
And get on with my day

Will you still hold me
When you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red
My heart is dead and so are you

And all I have is hope, and all I need is time
To bury in pine under six feet of time
The lies I told me about myself
Claw my way out
Pick the splinters from under my fingernails
I won't lose hope, I won't give in

Just live and breathe and try not to die again
Just live and breathe and try not to die again
Just live and breathe and try not to die again
I try not to die again

Will you still hold me
When you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red
My heart is dead and so are you

Will you still hold me
When you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red
My heart is dead and so are you


7. THE REMEMBRANCE BALLAD

These days are closing in
The end has become apparent
We're only here for so long
Will anyone remember my name
When time has washed away
The dust of my ashes?
When my head rests
In a velvet-lined casket?

What's out there?
What is my eternal fate?
And it only just recently hit me
That this life is just a state
Mortality fading
Like the innocence of love
I'm scared to death
Of what's to become

Of my immortal soul
Of this eternal flame
Will you remember?
Will your heart sing with pain?

Who calls out my name? (My name)
Who can tell me what happens
When my eyes close
For the last time? (My eyes close)
Does it all simply end
In a blanket of darkness? (Does it end?)
And what of my soul?
What of my soul?

All those things that you couldn't say
You should've said (You should've said)
All those "I love you's" lost
Weighed more like lead on your chest (Lead on your chest)
All those things that you couldn't say
You should've said (You should've said)
All those "I love you's" lost
Weighed more like lead on your chest
What of!

Of my immortal soul
Of this eternal flame
Will you remember?
Will your heart sing with pain?

Who calls out my name? (My name)
Who can tell me what happens
When my eyes close
For the last time? (My eyes close)
Does it all simply end
In a blanket of darkness? (Does it end?)
And what of my soul?
What of my soul?

If I could take back
All those misspent days
Every second of anger
I would wash my sins away!

Who calls out my name? (My name)
Who can tell me what happens
When my eyes close
For the last time? (My eyes close)
Does it all simply end
In a blanket of darkness? (Does it end?)
And what of my soul?
What of my soul?

Who calls out my name? (My name)
Who can tell me what happens
When my eyes close
For the last time? (My eyes close)
Does it all simply end
In a blanket of darkness? (Does it end?)
And what of my soul?
What of my soul?


8. AN INTERLUDE

(Instrumental)


9. CORSETING

Just swallow the pill
And think of me no longer
Just let go and take yourself out
Before I, before I kill you, too
Aren't you tired of me fucking you
Fucking you over and over?

You were the last person
I wanted in my sights
And my heart honestly breaks when I think of you
I understand now what "I love you" means
It's doing the right thing
No matter of the consequence

I'm tying you up
Using the nicest lace
Trying to kill you softly
Trying to erase your face

All the while, I'm doing my best not to
Rub my love against your head
I'd redecorate the walls with your inner thoughts
But I'm afraid it's the wrong shade of red
But I have these sadistic urges
And I don't want to take them out on you

I'm tying you up
Using the nicest lace
Trying to kill you softly
Trying to erase your face

Right now, you're the only one
Who understands my plight
Right now, you're the only reason
I can't sleep through the night


10. DEMONOLOGY AND HEARTACHE

So unaffectionate, so insecure
You claim to know a thing or two about heartache
And what it's like to have your insides pulled out
And I believe you
I see it every time your pallbearer's pallor
Is obscured by the darkness (The darkness)
Dancing across your face (Across your face)
And when the blackness veils your eyes in pain

I know what it's like
When memories make you wince
And love letters read like obituaries
And photo albums are the books of the dead
I need no reminders (No more reminders)
I'll forget the past and lay it to rest

If I had my way, I'd cut
The calluses off your
Off your breaking heart
If I could get past the sternum
Cauterize those wounds
With every kiss I could give to you
I'm holding your heart in my hands
The reason it still beats

Am I being too cryptic?
Am I being too obscure?
Am I being too cryptic?
Am I being too obscure?

Love kills, romance is dead
And I don't even trust myself, but I love you
And you can pull my wings apart
And pin me down under glass
Until the end of days
If it can help you discover
That we share the same pain
I just hope you write your thesis before
Your subject is dead
No life after death

If I had my way, I'd cut
The calluses off your
Off your breaking heart
If I could get past the sternum
Cauterize those wounds
With every kiss I could give to you
I'm holding your heart in my hands
The reason it still beats

If I had my way, I'd cut
The calluses off your
Off your breaking heart
If I could get past the sternum
Cauterize those wounds
With every kiss I could give to you
I'm holding your heart in my hands
The reason it still beats


11. MY SANITY ON THE FUNERAL PYRE

Paranoia is the insect worming its way
Through my subconscious thoughts
It's the larva of my self-doubt
Gestating in my heart as I spiral down
And everything I touch is breaking
And it falls to earth in splinters
And I shiver as every splinter
Finds its way underneath my skin
And after 22 years, I can still make my skin crawl
Every shortcoming's a pitfall

On my way
To making amends
Within myself to be
To be what I became

Sometimes, it feels like the whole wide world
Has made itself my enemy
But I will stand upon my own two feet
And raise, raise my head up

I lick my wounds
Trying to cleanse the infection
Rabid and diseased
Reality fades away
When I pushed myself too far
A dream of emotional perfection
Has left a wounded heart
Trying to perceive the gifts inherent inside me
It's like squeezing the trigger
It's like opening fire

On everyone
Who's let me down
On every beautiful lie that is
That is only fiction

Sometimes, it feels like the whole wide world
Has made itself my enemy
But I will stand upon my own two feet
And raise, raise my head up

For the first time
I'm losing control and I like it
Freedom feels like the noose is gone
For the first time
I'm losing control and I like it
Freedom feels like the noose is gone


12. NEVADA'S GRACE

In this perfection, I lament her beauty
Her voice, a sour note in this bitter serenade
In this perfection, I lament her beauty
Her voice, a sour note in this bitter serenade

And all these words I could have
Would have, should have said
Ring out like gunshots
Across long-lost days
If that wasn't love
Then what the fuck was I thinking?
I would bare my soul
Just to bask in your grace

And your beauty
Your strength inspires all of my days
I would carry any load
Just to bear your cross for a day

Go!

In this perfection, I lament her beauty
Her voice, a sour note in this bitter serenade
In this perfection, I lament her beauty
Her voice, a sour note in this bitter serenade

Your love fills me up
When the blood in my body's drained
And your strength is my backbone
When I feel every bone break

I'm built for pain
I swore to let no one in
And there you were
A vision of beauty

It takes my breath away
You took my breath away
And it takes my breath away
How you took my breath away
And it takes my breath away
You took my breath away
And it takes my breath away
How you took my breath away

How could I know that you
Would take my breath away?
And how could I know one kiss
Would change everything?
Your love fills me up
When the blood in my body's drained
And your strength is my backbone
When I feel every bone break

Your love fills me up
When the blood in my body's drained
And your strength is my backbone
When I feel every bone break


13. FIVE VICODIN CHASED WITH A SHOT OF CLARITY

After all this time of asking questions
Of trying to find
Something to quiet this soul
I'm left alone within my mind
Into this self-made hell I dwell
It's not as hot as you think
More so dark and cold
With no room to breathe

I'm sorry, I don't think it's going to be okay this time
My heart has skipped its final beat
It's beating me down onto the floor
That must mean that the pills are working

The glass isn't half empty this time
I smashed it on the ground
A long, long time ago
It shattered when it fell, and I broke to pieces
Each shard's another reason
Another way to give up

This skin is so tight (So tight)
That the air (The air)
Can't reach my brain (My brain)
There is nothing
Telling my heart to beat any faster
To let me scream for help

I'm sorry, I don't think it's going to be okay this time
My heart has skipped its final beat
It's beating me down onto the floor
That must mean that the pills are working

The glass isn't half empty this time
I smashed it on the ground
A long, long time ago
It shattered when it fell, and I broke to pieces
Each shard's another reason
Another way to give up

I will never give up
I will never take the easy way out
I will never give up
I will never take the easy way out

Come on!

The glass isn't half empty this time
I smashed it on the ground
A long, long time ago
It shattered when it fell, and I broke to pieces
Each shard's another reason
Another way to give up

This is, this is life
This is, this is struggle
This is, this is love
This is, this is war

This is, this is life
This is, this is struggle
This is, this is love
This is, this is war


14. YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME [BON JOVI cover]

Shot through the heart and you're to blame
Darlin' you give love, a bad name

Fuck you

An angel's smile is what you sell
Promise me heaven, then put me through hell
Chains of love, got a hold on me
Passion's a prison, you can't break free

Whoa!
You're a loaded gun
yeah, whoa...
There's nowhere to run
No one can save me
My damage is done

Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your games
You give love a bad name
You give love a bad name

You paint that smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boy's dream, you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye

Whoa!
You're a loaded gun
whoa...
There's nowhere to run
No one can save me
The damage is done

Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your games
You give love a bad name
You give love...

Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your games
You give love a bad name

Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your games
You give love a bad name
You give love a bad name