1. HERETIC

I walk alone
Where others dare not go
Walk hand in hand with death
Dare to speak my mind
Believe my ways are right
Only to be condemned

Oh no
That feelings coming in
Don't turn your back
On the heretic

Victim of defiance
In your world of sin
A stab to the back
Wander not alone
Question the unknown
Before judgement


2. AND KINGDOMS FALL

"I wrote this song about a couple of close friends dealing with the harshness and pain of substance abuse.
This song remains very dear to me this day"
(Brian Korbain)

Each breath a struggle
Your dreams slip away
Blinded, reality
Gets harder and harder to face
Killing themselves
What can explain
A moment of pleasure for a lifetime of pain
Killing themselves
What a waste

Dare to realize
It's never to late
You can't brush it off
As just a dream
It's never too late to change

...And Kingdoms rise
...And Kingdoms fall
Down will come baby cradle and all

Lured in, prisoners
To its domain, crippled
It watches you bleed
What a waste

Dependency grows
Need more and more
With nothing to show
The endless war

Life slips through your hands


3. THE CIRCLE

"Our take on censorship and the PMRC.
"Unheard of then, accepted now" is saying think
Of Elvis and the Beatles with an XXX rating in
The 50's and 60's,
Both are now harmless by today's standards"
(Brian Korbain)

Condemn before they understand
Censorship is out of hand
Quick to judge and slow to learn
Afraid to the let the wheels turn

Look to the past
Your superstitions didn't last
And all your words
They seem so foolish now

The screams never heard
Their dreams are never understood

The circle will never change
The circle will never change

Unheard of then
Accepted now
and all you hypocrites
Have forgotten youth somehow

Are we really so different from yesterday
The more we know the more that we portray

Denounced by society
And it's foolish hypocricy

Why must you be so naive
Shut out things, see what you want to see
Your lawsuits with intent to maim
are useless scapegoats to shift the blame

You close your mind
It's the blind leading the blind
What does freedom mean?


4. ENEMY WITHIN

You're fighting far from the space around you
And now you're holding you're ground
You're Enemies keep circling around you
You can't even make a sound

You're twisting your body inside out
And now for what
Your conscience
The Question
Your Position
The Enemy Within

Well you think that its all over
And Now you're on your way
Your Politics keep bringing you over
Burning your voice night and Day


5. TIME RUNS SHORT

"Inspired by my house being broken into
And robed multiple times as a kid
(Even on Christmas Eve one year)
It's about the feeling of invasion, helplessness and loss.
But on a happier note, it's my favorite solo on the record"
(Brian Korbain)

Your reason i can't see
No solution no happy ending
In this world we hold so dear
There's to much, too much fear

If we build a new
We build on trust
But we're the fools to believe
The reward we receive
Disappears in the blink of an eye

Is there no love left in the world?

Oh the tangled web we weave
Conscience is non existing
To be raped of all, only tears to fall
Only to be scared, no mercy to be spared

Shameless world, at a loss for words
Show pity for the theif
What possesses torment
Who allows it to be
Who could have a heart, and tear apart
Something sacred to the soul
It's all bittersweet, the sincere are in the cold

With time we all can change
But what do we when time runs short


6. PALE SHELTER

(Instrumental)


7. SHIFTING FIRE

Sacred no warning
Thinking no more, cause you won't last
Falseness is around me
Taking no more all men must clash
Hey you, in the darkness
Don't see the light, don't come too near
Dazed and lifeless
Don't mess around don't laugh with fear

Shredding your victim, you rip like a knife
Ripping no further, you take someone's life

Your life's
Shifting fire
Plans, buried underground
Shifting fire
Drowned without a sound

So you've slowed down
Sat you can't last, it's all in the brain
Morning, your head pounds
Tells you to stop, you've gone insane
Order after order
You're to the edge, explosions near
Built up, deep inside me
Can't get the mesage clear

Final destination
You see the end, but death is here
Soaring, revolution
A bit fed up of fallen tears

Hey you, in the darkness
Don't see the light, don't come too near
Dazed and lifeless
Don't mess around don't laugh with fear

Shredding your victim, you rip like a knife
Ripping no further, you take someone's life


8. LET 'EM BLEED

"My personal favorite.
This song live was responsible for many a destroyed nite club
Railing, tables, & chairs we're no match
For the swirling mass of bodies the song created.
It was absolutely intense live!!!"
(Brian Korbain)

Scream, let it build into a rage
Like fanatics set loose from their cage
Uncontrolled mayhem, on the floor
And oh, you're dying for more

Feel the power rushing down your spine
It's a sign, for madness to strike
Let 'em bleed

Scream, you withstand pain
Electricity is flowing through your veins
Like animals, you answer with a roar
And oh, you're dying for more

Hysteria is ruling your mind
Pumping adrenaline increasing inside
After all, isn't that what we are here for?

Lunacy set in, have you gone overboard?
Answer to question is your scream for more
Fists in the air
As the energy explodes in your head

Let 'em bleed


9. EVIL FOR EVIL

"Rewritten and rearranged by producer Kurdt Vanderhoof (Why? Just to change it he'd say)
The new version was not a band favorite,
And not well received by many at Metal Blade"
(Brian Korbain)

Always on her back
Tearing her apart
Ready to attack
The one who broke her heart

When she begins to trust
Always seems to let loose
Now the tables turned
And you will pay your dues

Evil for evil

Caught up in her spell
There is nowhere to run
She's after your soul
Your fate has begun

You were always on her mind
She was willing to please
And you left her behind
Now you're on your knees

Evil for evil

You stabbed her in the back
Now she's stabbing you
Feel the blade cut right through your heart

Evil for evil


10. THE SEARCH

"My anti-war song back in the day,
It's kind of funny how the lyrics really hit home
With all the current problems in the world today"
(Brian Korbain)

We see the time slip through our hands
Hatred builds between foreign lands
So much is spoken, still nothing is said
Will the words rhyme, will we live to see the end?

Wasted minds forge the battle plan
Instead of taking the time to help unite man

What will it take
To learn from pour mistakes
Destruction of the world
Stand up, rise to your feet
March through the street
Crusaders on a never ending search

Why must we die to prove our faith
Why must we cry it seems like such a waste
Oh, but man must have his rival
To prove the strongest is fit for survival
And why? Cause in battle he'd gladly die

We close our eyes
And try ti hide
From the ruth we see
And what it means, the end of mankind

Sometimes it seems like no one cares
That the fate of the world is in evil hands
The voice of the people is silent
What will be the outsome, only time will tell

Hear our cries, realize, there must be another way