1. TOMBSTONES

Snuff out the last of hope
No way out of this alive
Now consecrate
the definition of insane
A foolish lie
driven to paralyze
These morticians dig themselves another hole
oh, another hole

Show me the second face
The spirit that longs to strike
and illustrate
broken backs for a paradise
The tongues of gods
defy laws and morals
Fed from the trough until we're fat enough to slaughter
oh, to slaughter

Granted title to display power
Deception tactics of corruption
Hear not words of pragmatic resolve
9-1-1 please send the coroner

No contempt lurks in your grey palettes
Not black or white nor even pale colors
Judge, jury, and executioner
Play it tough until you're found cornered


2. BURN

Waist deep in the pit
of a scorned conscience
Ripe with debauchery
brooding with negligence
Sever the rope and swallow the key

I knew not the price that I'd pay
not knowing your name
Karma calls conniving
Oh, the lessons I've learned
now just wait your turn
Was it worth the romance?

You're gonna burn
Burn

Epiphany that you
should've held hostage
Surrender on your death bed
Conceiving lament arson
there's no penance

Hold regret
in the wounds that are sown
Your soul bleeds bitter slow

Lungs - blackened with seed
Sinus - straight to the source
Liver - drink of the pain
of hearts
And quote the raven never more

I wonder what do you gain
when you speak of me?
A coward's always hiding
Now seer the taste on your tongue
and eat from the sun
You'll find out in the end

You're gonna burn
Burn

Epiphany that you
should've held hostage
Surrender on your death bed
Conceiving lament arson
there's no penance

Hold regret
in the wounds that are sown
Your soul bleeds bitter slow


3. SPELLBOUND

Her hair like a new moon
her skin was like the full
Black nails and lipstick
a glass of wine and cigarettes
Autumn was her scent
this Morticia I've only met
The devil's caress
of glitter and of spider webs

From her glance to my stare
she acts as though I'm not even there
She played me with witchcraft
Chasing love is like chasing death

She was draped in scarlet rags
like blood staining stone
Her eyes were so dead and gone
like a sun that never burned

Long legs in stockings
her curves so torturous
Of silk lace little bows
mesmerized by her sultry pose
Whisper incantations
spellbound by the sight of her
Slow breath - the rise and fall
of her breasts - a pagan doll

From her touch to her kiss
I can't give in, yet I can't resist
She played me with bitchcraft
Chasing love is like chasing death

She was draped in scarlet rags
like blood staining stone
Her eyes were so dead and gone
like a sun that never burned

Rejection
how can I heed when I can't even see
my reflection

Resurrection
but how can I breathe as the fool that believes
her deception?


4. LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

You stabbed yourself with your father's sword
Convictional eyes atop your pedestal
Praise the mime that was sterilized
Worshipped by vile immitations
Extortional pride - a legend in his own mind
Pseudo apathy - your clever disguise
Cantankerous and you blame the Earth
Yet the mirrors show all the answers

The King that lies
The King that dies
No fortune in the price of death
Not Nikoli
nor Einstein
You're the spirit of their demise

Give up those that would bare your name
Shelter the ones that take everything
Seek your soul in a trashy hole
Or the bottom of a bottle
Beneath the surface there is a boy that hides
In bondage of hate compassion subsides
Sway to the beat, the rhythm of your drum
The easily deceived - the only ones who listen

Your selfish pride
Speaks suicide
No fortune in the price of death
Not Vincent Price
nor Jesus Christ
You're the spear driven in his side

Alas, the savior can't save himself
Respect - put in what you want out
Footsteps of contradiction
Clench tight while you choke on your own advice

The rhythm of his drum

I guess I'll just go fuck myself
Your red little light burns out
This glass insurrection
Sleep tight - you'll find death in the after life

The rhythm of his drum


5. SYMMETRY

Desire changes a gentleman's touch
Tangled up on our fleshly voyage
Speak of worlds you and I would conquer
Worship between every little kiss

Trace every curve
of the thorn's leaves
Strange are the tides
a spark breeds

Falling
(you and I were symmetry)
Crawling
(you and I will never be)

Do you ever feel alone?
Or beg so much it hurts?
Do you share this broken soul?
Are there ever second thoughts?
(I'm so goddamn numb)

Her scents still stain my fingertips
Regrets; I guess it could be so much worse
Let slip this aortic tourniquet
Presence; I feel her in every step

To stare in the eyes
of the thief
But the pain inside
her alchemy

Falling
(you and I were symmetry)
Crawling
(you and I will never be)

Do you ever feel alone?
Or beg so much it hurts?
Do you share this broken soul?
Are there ever second thoughts?
(I'm so goddamn numb)


6. BLACK LIGHT

When all is docile
would you reconcile
or is rage your game?
Cold and frozen
why were you chosen
to wreathe in flame?

A back that hides the knife
bottled up inside
Cut through this vein
The monster that seeps out
abashed in wretched clout
only of flesh I am made

Can you find the spot of white
under the black light?

Seek not the memories
of a darker place
if you tame this beast
Pick a poison
before it comes undone
a war for every gain

A back that hides the knife
bottled up inside
cut through this vein
The monster that seeps out
abashed in wretched clout
only of flesh I am made

Can you find the spot of white
under the black light?


7. LAVENDER

All I have are these photographs
to remember by
If only selfishness
was enough to keep her alive
So here's to the greatest
soul you could ever know
A void like cancer spreads
I'm falling down the rabbit hole

Linger by the hospital bed
complete incoherence
Although unresponsive
I pray that you can hear us
Her final request
she didn't want to die alone
I can feel my world coming down
a cold like I've never known

No more pain
Hold on
Oh Mary
It's heavy
So heavy
So scary
Hold

Hold on

To carry your casket
the weight is unbearable
Of honor and regret
her spirit unconditional
Commit to the Earth
say your last goodbyes
I know you're looking down
above lavender skies

Maybe bury
in pet cemetary
What of your rise and fall?
Maybe another time
or another call


8. THE VEIL

Old town silhouettes
under a burning sky
Small children that laugh
in Halloween disguise
The smell of dead leaves,
of oak, and moss
A fall gentle breeze
and a dim lit porch

Wrought iron gates
abode of macabre
Sunsets in reverse
over East Hill
Of hallowed light
and twisting shadows
Fear not the fright
of what's to come

So speak to me
in your native tongue
Share the tales of old
for just one day
Greed and gluttony
for your love I mourn
we'll watch the whole world stop
on Samhain

A bouquet of dead leaves
and wilted flowers
Cross in to the veil
the witching hour
Of wine and feast
decorative candles
A trick for a treat
the dawn will devour

So speak to me
in your native tongue
Share the tales of old
for just one day
Greed and gluttony
for your love I mourn
we'll watch the whole world stop
on Samhain

I'll damn the sun


9. HER DARK EMBRACE

On this dead shore
where the water falls naked still
Fog creeps and crawls
like a blanket of holocaust
Purged of all light
her hour near, familiar rite

Dressed of snow white
present offering, poisonous gift
Lulled acrid scent
pale skin imprisonment, hair fire red
There's no one
that tastes of your bloody kiss

Her dark embrace

Lay down your life
where your colors show black and white
Damnation
this curious consequence
Stake my heart
and grant me this final rest

Her dark embrace

From the cold darkest abyss
My life is drained, stolen by your kiss
Bless the dawn if I may wake
For my only regret was your dark embrace
This pride and solace will know my grave
But her smokey whisper revives my pain

Free me


10. CAUTERIZE

Heal me

Feel pain