1. REQUIEM

o'great fanged mother
i call upon thee
arise .. with vengeance
& a voice of blasphemy
[bring out your dead]
touch, taste, feel ...
NO, DON'T DO IT. STOP.
[i'm sorry, no, i can't, please, can u hear me? help me.]
that's impossible. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. STOP LISTENING!
"as long as you're under my roof, you will respect me"
[HELP ME, STOP THEM ... BEFORE I DO]
"AS LONG AS YOU'RE UNDER MY ROOF, YOU WILL RESPECT ME!"
the only truth is suffering.
The Only Truth Is Suffering.
"& it's ok to hate yourself, just lay still, don't cry for help"
.... every time he comes, you disappear.
NO. NO. NO.
RUN. ANYWHERE YOU CAN.
IT'S COMING. The Suffering Is HERE.
"I'M SICK BUT I NEED MY DISEASE"
[no one is safe, no where is safe]
"I'M SORRY. It was a mistake. Someone let me out of here."
Please, let me out of here. GO AWAY, GO AWAY, GO AWAY.
[ghost child sings]
.... surrender is your only hope.


2. WARHEAD

[intro]
WHY??!
the king of lies is alive,
look around, look inside ... INFIDEL.
INFIDEL!!!
[verse]
IT BEGINS HERE
IT ENDS NOW
THE PRINCE MUST PAY
HIS HEAD OR THE CROWN
ROB THE POOR
SLAUGHTER THE WEAK
DISTORT THE LAW
PERFECT DECEIT
[CHORUS]
DO I NEED A GAS MASK?
[should i get inoculated?]
WILL THIS WAR LAST?
[will we be incinerated?]
FALSE GODS, DEATH SQUADS
.....BLIND!
[verse]
THIS IS A CATASTROPHE!
- WEAPON SYSTEMS ACTIVATED
PURITANS HAVE INVADED
THIS IS A CATASTROPHE!
TO PROTECT AGAINST THE THREAT ....
ORDER MUST BE KEPT.
ORDER MUST BE KEPT.
ORDER MUST BE KEPT.
[chorus]
DO I NEED A GAS MASK?
[should i get inoculated?]
WILL THIS WAR LAST?
[will we be incinerated?]
FALSE GODS, DEATH SQUADS
.....BLIND!
[bridge]
THE ELEPHANTS MARCH TO WAR!
CONCEDE!
CONFORM!!
CONCEDE!
CONFORM!!
DENY THE BIG LIE!
MY TRIBE!
...join me...
AN ALLIANCE OF DEFIANCE
IN THE WARHEAD
ALL ARE WELCOME HERE!
GIVE ME YOUR TIRED,
GIVE ME YOUR SICK,
GIVE ME INDULGENCE & DECADENCE.
GIVE ME YOUR TIRED,
GIVE ME YOUR SICK,
GIVE ME INDULGENCE & DECADENCE.
HE LIED! THEY DIED!
KEEP THE PEASANTS TERRIFIED!
HE LIED! THEY DIED!
KEEP THE PEASANTS TERRIFIED!
THIS IS A CATASTROPHE!
YOU MUST LEAD IF THEY GET ME!!
ON MY COMMAND!
BREAK FREEEEEEE.
BREAK FREEEEEEE.
BREAK FREEEEEEE.
BREAK FREEEEEEE.



3. BURIED ALIVE

[intro]
i speak in verses
prophecies & curses
....i hate my life.
[verse]
no miracle is coming ....[hate you]
it's just a hole
nothing's wrong with you
must maintain control
everyone's asking questions
no place is safe
i'll forfeit resurrection
to escape the pain
... i hate my life.
[chorus]
I HATE MY LIFE.
[verse]
i speak in verses
prophecies & curses
this storm of thorns is growing ....[hate me]
there's no end in sight
chaos claws my jaw
& incites a mental riot
i'm in the mouth of madness
with a tongue of poetry
i ate the spine of Atlas
now the world is crushing me
.... i hate my life.
[chorus]
I HATE MY LIFE.
[outro]
BURIED ALIVE BEHIND ENEMY LINES
SURROGATE CHILD FOR THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND
HATE!!
BURIED ALIVE BEHIND ENEMY LINES
[buried alive, buried alive]
FOR THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND!



4. SEPSIS

SHA NAGBA IMURRU!!
ALL NAMES, ALL FORMS!
obsessed about
money & power
obsessed about
sexual encounters
obsessed about
passion & pain
possessed like martyr
getting high off the flames
I HAVE A BULIMIC MIND!
I HAVE A SOUL THAT'S ONE OF A KIND!
I HAVE A BULIMIC MIND!
LOOK AT ME ENEMY OPEN YOUR EYES!
accept your fate
for the hate you create
i'm sick of pretending
that you're world is not ending!
[i've seen the mysteries]
ALL NAMES, ALL FORMS!
SHA NAGBA IMURRU!
I SAW THE MYSTERY!
I KNOW THE SECRET!
obsessed about
dominion & death
obsessed about
infecting the nest
obsessed about
seeking revenge
for being trapped
in this body of wounds & regret
I KNOW THE MYSTERY
I KNOW THE SECRET
I SAW THE MYSTERY
I KNOW THE SECRET
OPEN YOUR EYES
OPEN YOUR EYES
OPEN YOUR EYES
OPEN YOUR EYES!
said the serpent to the snake ...
YOU WERE SHIT WHEN I FOUND YOU!
PINPRICKS & EMPTINESS! DECEIVER!!!
YOU DOUBT ME? EAT MY WRATH!
I WILL PULL DOWN THE GATES OF ABADDON!
I WILL LET THE DEAD ROAM FREE! THEY WILL EAT THE LIVING!
AGONY! AGONY!!
OBSESSED
OPPRESSED
OBSESSED
OPPRESSED
SESPIS.
sepsisepsisepsisepsisepsissssepsissepsisepsisepsisepsisepsissssepsissepsisepsisepsisepsisepsissss
[smells like victory]



5. HOUSE OF SECRETS.

[intro]
oh no. NO. LET ME GO.
[hah hehe]
NO. GOD NO!
SHUT UP!
[song]
shhhhhh. it's okay, it's okay.
this is our, dirty, little, secret.
WE'RE ALL ALONE IN THE CITY
MY HANDS ARE STONED WITH PITY
I COULD GET BY OR GET HIGH WITH FIFTY [yeah]
AND I DON'T FEEL PRETTY ... TODAY.
AND THERE'S A LADY IN A STABLE
HER DADDY READS HER FABLES
ABOUT THE MOON & HIS BRIDE
HE'S IN HER ROOM EVERY NIGHT
& FEEDS UPON A TABLE
OF SILKEN ROBES
AN ALTAR OF STONE
BUT THE CHILD IS UNABLE
TO RUN, RUN, RUN
& FLEE HIS TOWER OF BABEL
SO BLOOD, BLOOD, BLOOD
SLITHERS DOWN HER ANKLES ...
WE'RE ALL ALONE IN THE CITY
MY HANDS ARE STONED WITH PITY
I COULD GET BY OR GET HIGH WITH FIFTY [yeah]
AND I DON'T FEEL PRETTY ... TODAY.
come one
come all
witness THE FALL!
CRY TO THE SKY!
TODAY WE BREAK AWAY!
UPRISING!
UPRISING!
UPRISING!
IN THE HOUSE OF SECRETS!
WHAT HAPPENS HERE, STAYS HERE
SAY NOTHING, DISAPPEAR!
UPRISING!
UPRISING!
locked away
in the chamber of the hysterics
here, in the house ... of secrets.
we're all alone
& i will tell you of loneliness.
[shhhh.]



6. HOOKS AND SPLINTERS

YOU FUCKING PARASITE!!
I'LL BEAT YOU TIL YOU DIE!!!
it hides inside me,
IT HIDES INSIDE ME!
SIC SEMPER TYRANNUS!
EVERYDAY YOU DECAY
IN CHAINS, DISMAYED
BROKEN SOUL, SPLINTERED BONES
GHOST-CHILDREN
IN THEIR GRAVES, SOLD AS SLAVES
UNSTABLE, GREEDY FLAMES
LIFE IS A SACRIFICE
A 7 INCH SLICE
THE STILL-BORN WASTE
OF A SUICIDE CHRIST
i'm learning to like the pain ....
I HOPE YOU DIE
WE, BROKEN PEOPLE
I HOPE YOU DIE
WE, BROKEN PEOPLE
it hides inside me,
IT HIDES INSIDE ME!
EVERYTHING IS DEAD
EVERY DAY IS BLACK
WORD BECOMES FLESH
BLOODIED, BURNED, & SCRATCHED
EVERYTHING IS DEAD
EVERY DAY IS BLACK
THE FACE I WORE WAS YOURS
AS I LAUNCHED THIS SELF-ATTACK
HYPOCRITE!
HERETIC!
BLASPHEMER!
[bridge]
in pain.
insane.
a bullet in the head
a knife wound in the .....
i cried, as my innocence died.
i cried,
as my innocence died.
DEATH WILL HAVE MERCY,
I WON'T.
HERE IN THE SERIAL-KILLER HOLY LAND.
[i will sit, i will wait, i will make no mistake,
i will sit, i will wait, for as long as it takes]
IT'S NOT OVER,
WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN.
LIKE A FETUS ON THE FLOOR,
LIKE AN ADDICT WANTING MORE,
LIKE A SEX SLAVE ... CRYING & SORE ...
I WANT TO SMELL THE VIOLENCE,
I NEED TO SEE YOU BLEED,
TAKE ME INSIDE YOUR SOUL & MAKE IT WEEP FOR ME,
.... I NEED TO BELIEVE.
[outro]
I WILL SIT!
I WILL WAIT!
I WILL MAKE!
NO MISTAKE!
I WILL SIT!
I WILL WAIT!
I WILL MAKE!
NO MISTAKE!
FROM SLAVE TO MASTER!
I'VE BECOME THE HYRDA!
MORE HEADS & VENOM!
IT HIDES!
INSIDE!!
ME!!!
HOOKS & SPLINTERS!
HOOKS & SPLINTERS!
[it hurts to exist]



7. AUTOPSY SONG

[intro/gutter]
i once,
dreamed of a world ...
without consequences,
without reminders ...
of this
brutal,
gutter
i am collapsed in.
once i dreamed,
but then ... i ... woke ... up.
[song]
...open wide, look inside
at my autopsy
i feel like a woman
i feel like i care
i feel like i shouldn't
i feel like a child of despair
i feel like it's over
i feel like it's coming after me
i feel like it's closer
i feel like this is all i'll ever be
i feel like a failure
i feel like a hungry parasite
i feel like a razor
i feel like a prayer lost in flight
i feel like ...
i'm hopeless
i'm afraid i'm a slave
i'm weak & average
i feel like a hammer
i feel like a nail
i feel like i'm guilty
i feel like the wrist that it impales
i feel like a butcher
i feel like i'm being deceived
i feel like a beautiful loser
i feel like all you sheep are laughing AT ME!!
OPEN WIDE
LOOK INSIDE
AT MY AUTOPSY.
look inside open wide
look inside open wide
i feel i'm a complete waste of time
i feel i'm transparent
i feel like i can't escape my mind.



8. SUICIDE TREES

i spent my whole life
in love with despair
kept my lungs full
with the breath of their
mute atmosphere
... i became what i hate.
and thus shall i remain
to give birth to a mighty assassin
armed with a weapon of words
to defy the lies
to never compromise
no.
today, my name .... is pain.
i stood
beyond the world
whispering secret syllables
in the eyeless dark
dancing wildly
round and round on the rotting ground
surrounded by the dead dusts of Hell ...
this is how i delete myself
& this is how i corrupt everyone else
obey
obey
betray
betray
you are not unique.
you do not need to think.
take it, take it!
i will,
i will ... i will.
you succumb, so nicely.
[like an insect staring back, like a dying dove]
my love ..... [no] ..... my love.
[song]
so here we are again
the sheets are stained & bloodied
the animals scratch at my skin
here we are again
my face is scraped & bloodied
i've nothing left to give
- i wasn't there,
- i'm not involved,
- i'm innocent,
- it's not my fault.
- i wasn't there,
- i'm not involved,
- i'm innocent,
- it's not my fault.
.. here in the suicide trees.
.. here in the suicide trees.
[[no. bloody, bloody, bloody, MURDER!]]
AMONG THE EXCREMENT OF MY SINS!!
it's not happening, it can't be happening, it's not happening.
so here we are again
in secret ceremonies
changing shape, amen.
here we are again
pretending not to notice
the illness sneaking in.
- i wasn't there,
- i'm not involved,
- i'm innocent,
- it's not my fault.
- i wasn't there,
- i'm not involved,
- i'm innocent,
- it's not my fault.
.. here in the suicide trees.
.. here in the suicide trees.
toil & labor
hate your neighbor
faith in favor
obey!
toil & labor
hate your neighbor
faith in favor
obey!
OBEY.
OBEY.
HERE, I DO AS I PLEASE!
HERE IN THE SUICIDE TREES!
HERE, I DO AS I PLEASE!
HERE IN THE SUICIDE TREES!!
OBEY!!
HATE YOUR NEIGHBORS!
HATE YOUR NEIGHBORS!!
[the animals scratch at my skin]
it's not happening, it's not happening.



9. NEIN

MY PAIN, MY PRIDE
THESE SCARS ARE MINE
MY PAIN, MY PRIDE
THESE SCARS ARE MINE
i will tell you a story,
that's never been told
i will tell you a secret,
5 lifetimes old ...
my life has been a prison,
a labyrinth built beneath the mountain of Tragedy.
i'm a stain on the cloth.
i'm just an after-thought.
but i
would die
for this ....
but through the veins of decay
i'll remain to betray
to live like Caesar.
to die like Jesus.
to build my own religion,
no gods, no laws
to celebrate pain
forsaken & ashamed
to watch them all,
crawl beneath us ...
on this bed of nails & regret
dying of fevers, betrayal, & sweat
I CRY ...
[chorus]
my organs are rotting,
my enemies are plotting ...
I AM MADE OF PAGES
PARAGRAPHS & INSPIRATIONS
PAPER GIRL, BURN THE WORLD,
I PASS THE FLAME TO YOU!!
MURDER
MAYHEM
HURT HER
HATE HIM
MURDER
MAYHEM
HURT HER
HATE HIM
MURDER MAYHEM
HURT HER HATE HIM
MURDER
MAYHEM
FUCK HER
SLAY THEM!!
[verse]
my pain, my pride
these scars are mine
my pain .....
MY MISERY HAS BEEN FORMULATED
INTO AN EQUATION OF NIEN
MY SANITY WROTE
A SUICIDE NOTE
BUT ONE OF US IS ILLITERATE
AND THE OTHER ... IS BLIND
MY 1st ACT OF TREASON
WAS PICKING UP A PEN
MY 1st ACT OF LOVE
WAS FINDING MYSELF AGAIN
THE HARDEST THING TO DO
WAS STANDING UP TO YOU
NOW I'M OFF MY KNEES
NOW YOU'RE BEGGING ME "PLEASE"
I'M THE WOUND & THE WEAPON
THE FRACTURE & THE FIST
[chorus]
my organs are rotting,
my enemies are plotting ...
I AM MADE OF PAGES
PARAGRAPHS & INSPIRATIONS
PAPER GIRL, BURN THE WORLD,
I PASS THE FLAME TO YOU!!
MURDER
MAYHEM
HURT HER
HATE HIM
MURDER
MAYHEM
HURT HER
HATE HIM
MURDER MAYHEM
HURT HER HATE HIM
MURDER
MAYHEM
FUCK HER
SLAY THEM!!
[outro]
THAT STABBING IN YOUR HEART,
THAT BLACK HOLE IN YOUR SOUL,
SLOWLY RIPPING YOU APART .... THAT'S ME!!!
THAT'S ME!!!
SO LET IT BE WRITTEN,
SO LET IT BE DONE!
THE BRIGHTER THEY SHINE,
THE DARKER WE BECOME!!
VAE VICTUS!
ABOMINATION!



10. SELF-MADE

[intro]
..no..
FIND THE DEFECT
THE REASON,
THE SOURCE OF ALL THIS MISERY
-- AND EXTRACT IT ... FOREVER.

WHAT HEALS ME - KILLS ME!

[verse]

I'M A NATURAL ASSASSIN
A MASSACRE IN ACTION

I'VE NEVER KNOWN REMORSE
OR FELT ANY COMPASSION

THIS IS MY DRUG OF CHOICE
THE REASON DEMONS REJOICE

MY RAGE REMAINS
A BEAST UNTAMED

... I BET YOU'LL REMEMBER ME NOW.
GLUTTON!

I AM HEARTBREAK & DEPRESSION
REGRET WITHOUT REDEMPTION

A WOUNDED ANIMAL
AFRAID OF MY REFLECTION

I AM AN EPIDEMIC
THIS IS A CRIME OF PASSION

THE WILLING WEAK DESERVE DEFEAT
THE PENANCE WILL BE SAVAGE!

... I BET YOU'LL REMEMBER ME NOW.
... I BET YOU'LL REMEMBER ME NOW.

[bridge]

BI-POLAR
SELF-ABORTION
MIND FUCK
CAN'T ESCAPE
THESE CHAINS
OF SHAME
I'M STUCK!!

SWOLLEN IN THE MUD
BARELY STANDING STILL
HUNGRY FOR THE HUNT
& THE THRILL OF THE KILL!!

C O M E O N ! !

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SHADOW
CONTENT WITH MY DISEASE
- YOU'LL NEVER SEE IT COMING
CUZ YOU NEVER NOTICE ME
... UNLOAD!!

WORDS ARE THE REMEDY
WORDS ARE THE REMEDY

WHAT HEALS ME, KILLS ME.
WHAT HEALS ME, KILLS ME.

HEAL ME, KILL ME
HEAL ME, KILL ME

THE PLAGUE RAGES ON.

[outro]

i've built myself out of ash & agony, i am ready ....
I ... AM ... I

I AM MY
OWN CREATION

I AM
SELF-MADE

I AM MY
OWN CREATION

I AM
SELF-MADE

DESTROYERS!
I AM I!

A BONE HEALS,
A BRUISE FADES,
BUT ART IS FOREVER.



11. SHATTERED PIECES

and this is how the world died
and this is how the world died

...i can hear you judging me.

[i'll hear your confession]
I FOUND THE BEST PIECE OF ME

[kneel down]
ALONE, SHIVERING IN THE DARK

[place your face between my thighs]
3 CENTIMETERS TALL

[& talk to God...]
EATING IT'S HEART
.. but you will not feast on me today.

this is how the world died.

WHO WILL SLAY THIS THING?
[i forgive you]

WHO WILL PLAY THE BUTCHER & END MY SUFFERING?
[i forgive you]

... i fucked the minds of the masses with the fingers of liberty.
THIS IS NOT A THREAT. [this is not a threat]

i'm not perfect, i'm not a beauty queen, i'm just me.
[no one escapes this life alive]

WE ARE ALL,
PRISONERS HERE.

[all shapes & sizes]

... i scream for all the women i've never been but i hoped i would be.
[i'm proud of who i am]

FOREVER, CHASING THE SUN.
[i'm proud of me]

... she bites her trembling mind.

IT BEGAN AS ALL TRAGEDIES DO,
[forgive me, she's the one, forgive me]

WITH PAIN & DECEPTION.

... if you'll be the paper, i'll be the pen.
AND THIS IS IT .. [i've tasted hell, & it tastes just like you]
MY FINAL PLEA.

NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE ME.
NO ONE IS GOING TO CHANGE THINGS.

THE ANSWERS WILL NOT DROP FROM THE SKY.
I WILL NOT ONEDAY WAKE WITH A DIFFERENT DISGUISE.

THE ONLY SOLUTION ... IS REVOLUTION.

[art is war ... fight, fight]
[[pain makes me safe]]

.. the odds were always against me.
[lose weight/clearly think]

I EXIST.
I AM BROKEN.

I EXIST.
I AM BROKEN.

.. if god is my father then i am an orphan.
I AM BROKEN.

I'M NOT A MISTAKE
[my ancestry is a ghost story]

I'M A PROPHECY
[my love life is a crime scene]

I'M AN OMEN
[my self-esteem is a string of unsolved murders]

THE RADIO IS BRAINWASHING ME,
FILLING MY HEAD WITH THESE SELF-CONSPIRACIES.

.. i am an emotional nightmare ..

I CAN'T HIDE THE PAIN INSIDE
[builder of my own mythology]

JUST TELL ME ... YOU'RE LISTENING