1. SKELETONS OF DESTINY

(Instrumental)


2. THE ALTERNATE VISION

Scatter the ashes of the fellow fallen
Fueling the fear for the future calling
Burning redemption, the flowers wither
Into oblivion we now slither

Burned to the bone...
And you don't ever want to know

Needful is the power,
And pitiful are our lives,
Of who are wished to be feared,
Rather than scorned.
For a new perception,
Towards the vision,
Amidst the fires,
For the new empire

We're haunted by bloodstains and cries,
Filled with the screams beyond our tainted lives
To rid the past, as long as I last
Planting from scratch,
The seeds of a forgotten time
For a new perception,
Towards the vision,
Amidst the fires,
For the new empire

Rays of hope for us,
In me you trust,
Building the bridges that gives us the new daylight.

Needful is the power,
And pitiful are our lives,
Of who are wished to be feared,
Rather than scorned.
For a new perception,
Towards the vision,
Amidst the fires,
For the new empire


3. SOLACE AND FEAR

Desperate,
For the coming chaos,
The gray skies turn clear at last
The tables have turned our way
Dreams of a new tomorrow
Away from pain and sorrow
Of what used to be

We walked the paths
Of skull, bones and fear alike
But now it's ours to shine
A new start for all
Away from eternity's crawl
The savior you are...for the endless fight

We are ourselves away from distress
Our journey just begins
A further race through the plains of doubt

Will we remain with the wolves?
Your masterplan...for a ship of fools
All we need is some assurance
Away from the clutches of dominance

Where was freedom?
For our blood spilled
Our trust, with you, to erase

Those dark years,
For our tears ran dry
That sucked our hope...
Now are these lies?

Are you blind at heart?

Nights of worry
Solace from fear
Voices of concern
For your answers are near

Your ideality...Set against the darkest of hours.
Are we following the trail of doom?


4. ANOTHER SIN

Don't tell me what to do
Don't tell me what to say
I know far better than you
Cause you are you, you're not me

Don't tell me what to say
I'm on my own
With no rules
I am within my shell
Need no one
Just need my own self

They've come to blade my skin
Without a nature,
Is this a sin? (Another sin)
They've come to twist my aim
Without a nature,
Is this their gain?

Don't tell me what to say
I'm on my own
With no rules
I am within my shell
Need no one
Just need my own self

My honor is mine to claim
Our vision will never be the same
If your words are true, not just lies
Then look straight at me, in the eyes

Distorting my senses
The hours...seem endless
Sedating my chances
You'll never bring me down to...
Down to my knees
Will not be bound to...
Bound to your needs

You tried to feel my sense
You tried to kill my chances
Look straight to me in the eyes
I am me, myself...Am I?


5. ALL THE KING'S PAWNS

Is this my freedom?
Is this the way to my dreams
Have I passed the sacred gate?
That shows me the way to my fate

I can't feel the pain
Can't hear the screams and shouts again
The hope once lost in vain
Has it come to me?
Am I insane?

The feeling of despair
Fills the air
In the cold face of bane I stare
Twirling in the chains of constant suppression
Leaning myself towards violation

Have I lost my sense?
This can't be true
In the realm of madness?
Where is the sadness that I knew?

Dominated by his hate
Through those years we've been decimate
By his words he puts to shame
Those who turn against his game

Have I lost my sense?
This can't be true
In the realm of madness?
Where is the sadness that I knew?

He is lost in his desire
We are slaves in his fire
Through his eyes we are one
In his games we are the pawn

Dominated by his hate
Through those years we've been decimate
By his words he puts to shame
Those who turn against his game

He is lost in his desire
We are slaves in his fire
Through his eyes we are one
In his games we are the pawn


6. AT ONE FELL SWOOP

Feel the rage burning inside
My heart grows colder and finally turns to stone
Dissolving the counter,
With my empire
Their futile efforts brings upon the inexorable pill

When it comes down to this
They will find
The receiving end of my demented ways

At one fell swoop - A strikedown of wrath
At one fell swoop - My vision illuminates the path
At one fell swoop - Doubts were raised from the very seed
At one fell swoop - Defiance moving against the very creed

Violate, incapacitate.
Insolence that seals their fate
Cross the line, just to find
The perfect reason for a needed crime
I will stand alone
Upon the rightful throne,
A nation sown from dust and bones

Eradicate, asphyxiate,
The perfect vermin bait
This is my war, this is my savior
I'll take them down
Even if it takes my last breath

At one fell swoop - A strikedown of wrath
At one fell swoop - My vision illuminates the path
At one fell swoop - Doubts were raised from the very seed
At one fell swoop - Defiance moving against the very creed

Upon all your corpses
I will sing the hallowed harmony
Upon the midst of my chivalrous crafted plan

Upon all your corpses...the final solution

At one fell swoop - A strikedown of wrath
At one fell swoop - My vision illuminates the path
At one fell swoop - Doubts were raised from the very seed
At one fell swoop - Defiance moving against the very creed

For a new perception, towards a new empire
I planted from scratch,
The seeds to a forgotten time
The savior I am
For the endless fight
This is my assurance to erase those dark years.
On my own with no rules to play
This is my vision and I'll do things my way
By my words I put to shame
Those who turn against my game
For the trust and faith in a leader is paramount
My grand design of greatness along the premise of greed.


7. SWALLOW THE SPLINTER

Our cries of pain haunt the night
The iron fist drains our might
Promised words that fell from grace
A somber plea on a tearful face

We are clinging on the edge
What will become?
The end we pledge?

Atrocity reaps our hallowed ground
In a sea of blood...we are left to drown.

The fires are burning bright
And we are forced to charge right straight into the inferno

Are there so many years to come?
Inside the cell of our own home
No praise of heroes to be sung
Only hope to embrace,
Through perdition we are hung.

"We put our trust and faith in our leaders
And they have given us a better state of existence
But as greed overpowers principles
We fall victims to the chains of helplessness
The sparks of evolution will never catch
Because they have given the voices
Of dissent no loophole to crawl through
Men are misled by flaws
And flaws destroy men
We are ensnared forever
By your filthy desires"


8. LAYER BY LAYER

Solace at every corner
The fire that soothed all souls
The faces of liberation
From agony to be told.

The grand design of greatness
Smeared with greed
Worms from the promised words
To lace the endless feed

Behind, the cries, there lies,
Conceding to subscribe (to the end)
Where the flag, flies high, upon this bloodstained night

Fixed on a point that spurns compassion
My kaleidoscopic death in segments
Powerless...the thorns of hollowness
That spilled enough blood to drown regret
Moments of silence that welcomed eternal laughter

Fixed on a point that spurns compassion
My kaleidoscopic death in segments

Dire ominous extravagance
Brews the storm of turbulence
A vision made for eternity
Now withers in the flames of destiny
The face of defeat thus scorned
Awaiting death from the endless mourn
Layer by layer,
Breath after breath,
Cometh the bitter hour of rest

Upon my knees I fall,
With hands up to the sky
Ashes on ashes,
Blood on blood
Hope runs out of time
Facing the hollow
A flat line that is so near
Actions headed for nothing
An afterlife of guilt to fear

Layer by layer, the city's on fire
Behold the coming of the perennial disaster
Layer by layer, the city's on fire
Behold the spawning of the colossal disaster.