1. RECKONING DAY

They force us down
We dig our graves
Constant reminders that there’s nothing to save

Through the breaking of backs
And sweat on the brow
The endless exchange of whips cracking down

Awake - the power that runs deep inside
Quake - as I demonstrate my might
Shudder - as a new dawn approaches
Your reign is over now take what you’ve caused and

Fear me, for now I’m unbound
Won’t stop ‘til it crashes down
We are the master and you are the slave
Now bow to us on this reckoning day

So brittle the bones
Which comprise the man
Though he stands tall, hardened and ready

Determined defiance
Willing to die
A martyr for his people to rise

Awake - the power that runs deep inside
Quake - as I demonstrate my might
Shudder - as a new dawn approaches
Your reign is over now take what you’ve caused and

Fear me, for now I’m unbound
Won’t stop ‘til it crashes down
We are the master and you are the slave
Now bow to us on this reckoning day

We will not be enslaved
Through decay of soul we fight
Here lies no peace for those who contort our plight

The speck of light waning
Shrouded by veils of chain
The slave becomes the master
By his own whip he shall be slain


2. SHACKLED

The days grow longer now
Waiting for you beside me
Never to love again
Can the world hear my pleas?
You left me as I fell
Face first into the ground
Regret and lust sear my flesh
Clarity of mind found

Waiting to see you again, I seek only truth
Let me go falling once more, this blackened heart seeks only You

My soul begins to unbind
All weakness left behind
Remnants haunt my every thought
Through day and night, distraught
Hold on to memories
Hold on to what we once were
A failed experiment
Let lessons be learned

False intentions, feelings of dementia
Deprived of life, departure advantageous

Waiting to see you again, I seek only truth
Let me go falling once more, this blackened heart seeks only You

Waiting to see you again, I seek only truth
Let me go falling once more, this blackened heart seeks only You
The stars weep for you tonight, a signal in the distance
Dead for eons destroyed, the end of my existence


3. SLIPPING

These skies now turn a dark shade of gray
Falling into darkness only at midday
But I know there’s something beautiful
Waiting for me to stray

A fragile cigar slowly burning on the edge of an ashtray
The no one there to put it out lets it burn away

Follow not this path led by mind
But create anew, your own path by heart
Paved by the strength and selflessness
Once forgotten, love is found within

You led me astray through this dark path
An endless maze, my world begins to crash
There is no hope for this weak-willed man
I must let go, I won’t hold on

Holding on for dear life my fingers slowly slip away
Unknowingly I ease my grip before I fall into grace

Follow not this path led by mind
But create anew, your own path by heart
Paved by the strength and selflessness
Once forgotten, love is found within

This fallen man will triumph
Undo a wrong to make a right
Take a stand, shut up and fight
To claim this life as his

Follow not this path led by mind
But create anew, your own path by heart
Paved by the strength and selflessness
Once forgotten, love is found within


4. BURY YOUR DEAD

Midnight depredation
Your body reeks of fabrication
The lies once told cemented in

The past should stay dead
But its burial has yet to be
Tomorrow’s light, it shall forever see

Come to terms with your mistakes
Life will give and life shall take
Say goodbye to dreams, denied
All your hopes and dreams must die

Going out with a Glasgow smile
Lay to rest, your past so vile

Ritual delusions
The lies you tell just dig you deeper
Like rotting flesh to the maggots

Witness the birth of death
You’re only digging your own grave
Your flaw is what they crave

This flaw is your past
This initial buzz, it doesn’t last
If you continue down this dark path
Death’s cold embrace, you’ll feel its wrath

Going out with a Glasgow smile
Lay to rest your past so vile
Hammer in the final nail
Be done… bury your dead

Waiting for the things that will never be
The past haunts you constantly
Looking at the world as something in which to confide
Tonight, all that is good and pure in you will die
Close the doors you left wide open
Like wounds in a stuck pig, life pouring out
Digging my own grave never felt so comforting
But if my time never comes… bury me alive

All bonds are broken
The mystery left unsolved
Comes back to haunt you

All ties are severed
Pulled tight, then snapped
Naivety is so damn sweet

The past will come to haunt you
And kill all things that you thought true
Move on, put it six feet under
Walk away; take no part in her blunder

Going out with a Glasgow smile
Lay to rest your past so vile
Hammer in the final nail
Be done… bury your dead


5. CONTROLLED EXISTENCE

Broken, cast into the shadows
I feel the rage boiling inside
Pain eating me alive
You won’t make it out with your life
Waiting, I watch those around me
Contemplate the choice of my surroundings
Think about my place in reality
The outside is not where I belong

Cast out from the rest
Can’t seem to find my place
I cannot exist in this race

Wicked are those who succumb
To the pressures placed upon us
Pressures that weigh down on me
I shall not give into thee
Marvel at the sight of those who’ve fallen
Their minds enslaved, controlled to the grave
Mutilated, the face of society
I’d rather die than be a part

Cast out from the rest
Can’t seem to find my place
I cannot exist in this race

We shall now rise


6. THE FALLEN

Slip the noose around your neck and slit your wrists with Promises
Of new life, rebirth, false hope and assurance that he gives A damn about you.
Would you give your life to the one that could not be? would you sacrifice it all for petty belief?
(Yes!) Then be smited by the hands of social degradation
(No!) Then feel the wrath of words unspoken and proof Unseen.

These hellish visions torment me
I lose my grasp on reality
I try to hold on but cannot find the strength
Here I shall lay and forever remain blank

The question arises at all the wrong times, but they seem so Right.
When you feel so down, but wanna be up, he’s always there to Comfort you
But when you come to your senses, you feel he’s just another Façade
And when he doesn’t say *I love you* you say *fuck him*

These hellish visions torment me
I lose my grasp on reality
I try to hold on but cannot find the strength
Here I shall lay and forever remain blank