1. HAUNTS OF VIOLENCE

Save us from this world, things turning black
Move a few steps forward, only to fall back
Save us from this world - this place, it haunts our souls
Masses wander lost in a world filled with abuse
Mankind fallen - the evil closes in without a fight
Where is the light, the light to lead us home?
Living in this world; sickness and evil tearing at my soul
Can you feel it?
Mankind is bent towards evil in his heart
The heart is deceitful; desperately wicked, sick beyond a cure
Man is evil in his heart and every intent
From his youth; crime-ridden planet reaches for your soul (Jeremiah 17:9 & Genesis 8:21)

Haunts of violence
Haunts of violence
Fill this fallen world (Psalm 74:20)
Haunts of violence
On this lost world, people seek to do your harm
It's nothing you deserve; wrong place at the wrong time
But you and I offend the Lord God above
In how we have sinned; in our lives there's not enough love
For the Lord's anger is against all nations
His wrath is against all the armies of the earth
He will destroy, giving them over to slaughter
All their slain will be thrown out
Corpses will give off all their stench
Mountains drenched in blood
Heavens will roll up like a scroll (Isaiah 34:2-4)
All the host of the earth will wither away
The violence of this place
Is nothing like the Lord's wrath coming in power
Those who fight against the Lord int he Last Day
Will face a great plague of rot and decay
Flesh will rot off
Rotting eyes in their sockets
Tongues in their mouths (Zechariah 14:12)
Can you feel it?
You're backed against a wall in this place
The world seeks to use you and the wrath of the Lord will destroy your soul
Is there escape from the violence of this place?
Jesus Christ: faith in the savior will save your life
Haunts of violence
Haunts of violence fill this fallen world
Haunts of violence, malevolence and wickedness
Haunts of violence - any way out of this world?
On this lost world
People seek to do you harm
It's nothing you deserve
Wrong place at the wrong time
But you and I offend the Lord God above
In how we have sinned
In our lives there's not enough love
"For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace...
The arrogant, the evil doer will be chaff
And that day is
Coming will set them ablaze...
But for you who fear my name the son of righteousness
Will rise with healing on its wings...and you shall tread
Down the wicked for they shall be ashes
Under the soles of your feet on the day that I prepare" (Malachi 4:1-3)


2. CARRY THE WOUNDED

Walking around in your body but you're spiritually dead
Denying the means for having your sins forgiven
No regeneration, justification, sanctification
Or entering Heaven; as good as dead is the life existing
In rejection of Jesus Christ your Lord
Your only Savior
He wants you to be born again (John 3:3 & 3:17)

Without acceptance of Christ, no presence of the Spirit
You are presumed dead. The choice is yours, you see
So carry the corpse; rejected second birth
You carry a corpse, and the body is yours

Right now, existing in a state of spiritual deadness
Must be born again in your heart, in your spirit
Stony heart sitting in your chest is lacking
True faith in the love of the kind that
Jesus showed, yes, you must face the fact
A man died for you so that you could enter
Heaven's rest, where tears no longer fall (Isaiah 2:8 & Revelation 21:4)
If you'd let Him
He'd give you a new heart of flesh

Without acceptance of Christ, no presence of the Spirit
You are presumed dead
The choice is yours, you see
So carry the corpse; rejected second birth
You carry a corpse, and the body is yours

I'm speaking spiritually; the things that I am saying
Are an analogy for your spiritual state of being
Something you maybe up to now have
Been neglecting, don't you know it's something that
Is affecting your entire life right now?
Can you imagine
Everything working for your gain? (Romans 8:28)

Without acceptance of Christ, no presence of the Spirit
You are presumed dead
The choice is yours, you see
So carry the corpse; rejected second birth
You carry a corpse, and the body is yours


3. DESTRUCTIVE HERESIES

What keeps a man from his God?
Believing there is no such thing as
Almighty Creator of man
What evidence supports the nonexistence of God?
Why do we chase after lies?
Contentedly swallowing lie after lie?
How can we not ever see we're following after destructive heresies!

Hypothesis requires valid scientific methods of experimentation
Deduction comes from observable, repeatable analysis of data base construction

Life from non-life disproved long ago
Spontaneous generation: a requirement for evolution
Negates the theory at inception: realize
A God is required

Abrogated hypothesis, logical contradiction
Blind faith truly is a requirement for evolution
Atheist philosophy forced to accept the fiction
Vain struggle in the face of God

Professing to be wise, they have only become fools
Drilled into our childrens' heads
The thought of evolution is the truth - dismissal of the Lord's act of creation
Truth resides in valid science

Tombs of ancient life, old bones provide the fossil record
Evolution, by definition, requires change one gene at a time
Data testimony proclaims only massive changes abruptly
Current fossil record has a notable lack of transitory forms

Life did not spiral upwards into higher life
God created separately the simple and the complex
Homologous anatomical structures in lifeforms
Proclaim the same creator of all
Opposition to Genesis is not based upon
Emperical data, but personal philosophy
Evolutionary process: absurd hypothesis
No one can disprove the Great I Am

What keeps a man from his God?
Believing there is no such thing as
Almighty Creator of man
What evidence supports the nonexistence of God?
Why do we chase after lies?
Contentedly swallowing lie after lie?
How can we not ever see we're following after destructive heresies!

Hypothesis requires valid scientific methods of experimentation
Deduction comes from observable, repeatable analysis of data base construction

Cyanobacteria: Precambiann Era
First of known lifeforms, did not require evolution
Miraculously performed "modern" photosynthesis
With original, primordial anatomy!
Scientific establishment: Modern Era
Completely unable to explain the fact that
The first supposed lifeforms were incredibly complicated
All their mouths were silent

For since the creation of the world, God's invisible attributes, eternal power & divine nature
Have been clearly seen, being understood in what has been made: men are without excuse
For even though they knew of God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks to Him
But in their thinking became futile, and their foolish hearts were darkened (Revelation 2:23)
The wise became the fools!


4. THE WICKED WILL ROT

Where will the soul go after the body dies
Once this mortal coil fails, last breath of this life? (Revalation 2:23)
Eternal after effects caused by actions in this life
Resurrected to fire or life in His paradise (John 5:28-29)
Because they have sinned against the Lord their blood will be poured out like dust
And their entrails like filth, neither their silver nor gold
Will be able to save them on the day of the Lord's wrath
In the fire of His jealousy the whole world will be consumed (Zephaniah 1:17)
The memory of the righteous will be a blessing
But the name of the wicked will rot (Proverbs 10:7)
Tossed away from those justified by the blood of the Lord Christ
Nothing but a passing vapor time forgot
Time to die; expiration of your natural life
Now for judgement, will the memory of your name be
As a blessing on those who remember it after death?
Will it last forever
Or will it rot?
On this earth, you shall decide your fate
On to eternal life or death
Eternal existence in the Lord's love
Or eternal burning in Hell


5. SUPPLICATION

This life is bearing hard down on you, always coming down to the wire
Don't you know that you were never meant to exist without Him?
Can't you see - nothing happens but by His hand; never truly alone
Don't you know - can't exist on your own; only skin and bone
On your own, you would die
Your Creator gives you life
Don't you know all your have in this life came from your Lord God in love?
All you have, all your life, you owe to Him
His very breath gave you life in your bones; without Him you are but nothing

You must tell your Father what you need, always coming to Him in prayer
If you haven't done that yet, you must go to your knees
Pray, "Heavenly Father, Lord above, I don't want to be alone
Put your Spirit in me Lord, I repent, want to live as I should
All your words, your commands come from love
All I have came from you out of love, no reason to give it, no!
I want to live as You meant, as your child
Jesus Christ paved the way; no more sin can separate me from your love!"

Supplication of the destitute, the prayers of humanity
You must realize you can't save yourself, no strong enough, no
All humanity is the destitute, in need of the Lord
Didn't want to see His creation burn in Hell
But for sin there's a price that must be paid; it's in His nature, justice must be served
But He said, "You needn't pay, I will pay,
For your sin, Christ has died; your second chance - Justice has been served and you do not have to burn!"

I could not accept Your love for me; unrepentant sin held me down
Too much pride, not enough knowledge about how You sacrificed for me
Nailed hand and foot, pierced side, crown of thorns, scourged human body
Suffered death undeserving, in my place; all my sins erased

Though He was without sin, for your soul, He suffered death
Any sin in your life caused His death - Can you live with that on your conscience?
But He said, "I forgive; it's over now
Take my hand
From this death, I did rise - I'll take you with me if you come"


6. SOULS IN TORMENT

Souls in torment - agonize over your life
Souls in torment - misery falls on your like rain
Souls in torment - despondency overwhelms the mind
Souls in torment - am I condemned to feel this pain?

Suffer inside, lamenting the life you have to live
Writhe psychologically; rotted, decaying sense of will
Stagnant perceptions; life pregnant with the problems you can't solve
Depression has set in; colors bleak the life you have to live

Shadows fall across your life, times of brooding insecurity
Darkness lurks in this place; once you fall into a pit of despair
Inaction and depression will lead you to a dismal state
You must know you cannot abandon your self to that miserable fate

A soul in torment - not relegated to that place
A soul in torment - can rise above by the Father's grace

The answer to your condition lies in your relationship with God
He is your maker, Creator of the place in which you live
A fear of the Lord is a fountain of eternal joyous life
Turning any man from the snares of death that reach for him (Proverbs 14:27)

Dilemmas intrude in your life. Enduring these trials is part of life
From them we learn to be strong; the spiritually sound will see a better day
Any intimidating storm can be more than endured by the grace of God (Romans 8:31)
As clouds must dissipate, so these shadows move on to reveal the light

Souls in torment - agonized over your life
Souls in torment - misery fell on you like rain
Souls in torment - despondency overwhelmed the mind
Souls in the mind - not condemned to feel the pain

Trust in the Lord, anxiety departs the life that you life (Luke 12:22-30)
Depression melts away, overcome by the Father's loving will
Knowing that there is a purpose for all the trials in life
Faith in our God; He goes before us all in adversity

Dilemmas intrude in your life
Enduring these trials is part of life
From them we learn to be strong; the spiritually sound will see a better day
Any intimidating storm can be more than endured by the grace of God (Romans 8:31)
As clouds must dissipate, so these shadows move on to reveal the light

A soul in torment, torment...
A soul in torment, torment...


7. SEPARATE FROM INIQUITY

Watching the sin of the world
Impetuous, molesting
Jesus, the one to whom every knee will bow down, confessing (Philippians 2:10-11)
As the One Lord, who watches and sees all
He's paid for every crime - even paid for every one of mine
He was the ransom for every one of us (Matthew 20:28 & 1st Timothy 2:6)
God as a man died to set you free from the chains of sin

Separate yourselves from the evil of this fallen world
Holy Lord calls you to repent of your wickedness and immorality
Separate yourselves from the evil of this fallen world
Holy Lord calls you to repent and to separate from iniquity

As the Savior, he calls everyone
Through His Spirit, believe, you are empowered to live as Him (Romans 6:14 & 8:11-12)
Believe in the Lord, that he died and rose again (Romans 10:9)
As your One Lord, He frees you from the self-destruction of sin
Sins from before will be washed away
As He does heal, He says, "Go and sin no more" (John 5:14 & 8:11)
Not to be of this world He saved you from
Separate yourselves from unrighteousness, do not quench the Spirit (1st Thessalonians 5:19 & Ephesians 4:30)

The one who says "I have come to know Him"
And does not keep his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him (1st John 2:4)
If you know that the Lord is righteous
Then you must know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him (1st John 2:29)


8. SEARED CONSCIENCES

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons
Such teachings come through hypocritical liars whose consciences have been seared... (1st Timothy 4:1-2)

Wicked men of hardened hearts, irreligious, blasphemous
Preaching untruths to anyone who will lend an ear
Lies from the serpent, victimizing
Fallen false prophets preach
Blistered moral senses, intellectual noxious state
Twisting Scripture sent by God, lost all sense of fear
Bowing through the charred minds, evil writing
Torrid winds of change

They truly know, gone beyond caring; hypocrites crying shamelessly out
Preaching untruths, so plainly lies; exchange the truth for a lie

Lies from the god of this world, from the prince of the power of the air
Infiltrate minds that don't care, infiltration
Pretending to preach the truth, they lie
Scripture predicted the fall away
Last days see men depart from faith
We're living now in the Last Days

Seared consciences, seared
Preach untruth, preach
Seared consciences, seared
Preach untruth, preach

Immoral men of vile hearts, spiritual deviants
Oxidized minds, cauterized sensations of fear
Consciences reticent; gone apostate
Morally silent cerebrums
There are those who preach untruth, no longer walking in light
They have asked God to take their crown of life
Lost souls driven in a hot wind
Like dead leaves in the breeze

Seared consciences, seared
Preach untruth, preach
Seared consciences, seared
Preach untruth, preach


9. UNDER THREAT OF DEATH

Animosity rampant in this atmosphere, not afraid to die
Nonconformity, will not be constrained, see the glimmer in my eye? (Romans 12:2)
A relentless onslaught, experience persecution for faith
Unless; even death is on my side
I takes me to His arms, holy sacrifice of a martyr
Exist for the day I'm by His side

Hatred courses all around here, people want to see
Believe Jesus is the Son of God - for this would you dare to die?

As time goes by, your faith is tested hard
For having your faith in Jesus Christ you're called to be strong
Under threat of death - the righteous will stand to the ending of the age
Persecution for faith, no price to great in this war we wage

As you look at me standing for my faith in Him, spit into my eyes
Overwhelming forced to see the truth; for a lie no one would die

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life
Nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come
Nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any created thing
Shall separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:38-39)

As time goes by, your faith is tested hard
For having your faith in Jesus Christ you're called to be strong
Under the threat of death - The righteous will stand to the ending of the age
To their very last breath; see their names write in the Book of Life's pages (Revelation 20:11-15)

In times gone past, men have given their lives to the last
In Christ's name, ignoring all the terrible pain
When under oppression, martyrs gave their lives for the Son
Can you do less? Are you really even oppressed?
You must live for Christ with every single breath
Even under the threat of death


10. PORTRAITS OF DEATH

Portraits of decay...
Necrosis
The death of an organ of your body
Accusing; neurotic hearts of men call for death

Many die never knowing that there's more to life than loving only lust
Never turning from the animalistic pleasures of the hedonism they trust
Realize - great pleasures do exist in the service of our Father
Crawl across the planet in our vain, wanting existence
Always on the lurk for a new form of amusement
Have you never stopped and thought, "There's more to life than this...?"

Is there anything else? Or do we just kill time until we die?
Life wasted away by a philosophy that keeps you from the light
Agnosticism, another philosophical axiom
Hide behind the assumption that you can't be sure of God

Is this a portrait of your own life
Portrayal of a mindset not unlike your own?
You say, "It's my life," and you'll live it that way
I tell you what I've painted is a portrait of decay
You may not notice, blinded to your state
The life you now live has only one prognosis

Necrosis
Your heart left to die in your sins
Mere existence; you spiritually unborn must awake

Is this a portrait of your own life
Portrayal of a mindset not unlike your own?
You say, "It's my life," and you'll live it that way
I tell you what I've painted is a portrait of decay

Many die with a heart grown cold and lifeless from loving only lust
Never finding a meaning for this life, only killed what time they had
Realize - a heart that's left for dead will only take your life away
Don't you know your worth? A God has died for you!
Crawled inside a man called the Son of God
Suffered unto death, and rose, to take your sins away

Is there anything else? Or do we just kill time until we die?
Life wasted away by a philosophy that keeps you from the light
False religion, you just keep moving through the motions
Hide behind appearing you have a faith in Him

Is this a portrait of your own life
Portrayal of a mindset not unlike your own?
You say, "It's my life," and you'll live it that way
I tell you what I've painted is a portrait of decay
You may not notice, blinded to your state
The life you now live has only one prognosis

Necrosis
Your heart left to die in your sins
Mere existence; you spiritually unborn must awake