1. SALT THE EARTH

Salt The Fucking Earth

You people say that I gave you something to belong to
Now you claim it's gone and it's all my fault
Nothing stays the same; even you have changed
Don't look at me like I let you down
I never asked to be your saint

Forget my name and walk away

Salt the fucking earth
Salt the fucking...
Salt the fucking earth
Salt the fucking...

Hindsight is blind and delusional
I'll slap those rose-colored glasses right off your skull
Time to move along, leave the past for dead
Either join us or rot in retrospect

You think I feel regret for changing?
Not once you see what I'm becoming

I never sold my soul to make a dollar
(I never sold my soul)
But I spent every dollar I had to make a point
That no one bought
All I ever really accomplished was showing you a good time
Before you die
But the good times are over
Consider this your kiss goodnight

Set fire to your memories
Forget my name and walk away

(may I help you?)


2. HOW WE BECAME A MONSTER

This is a message for everyone trying to save the world
It was too late thousands of years before you were born
The only way out is letting it burn; nature will take it's course
Do not rebuild; we'll end up back at the start

Single cells multiply
Boundaries were pushed and the walls gave away
New lines were drawn, evil was born
The rape of the weak by the strong
Society built a system in place
To keep all those running who cannot not prevail

YOU, you're part of the problem and you're not alone

This is how we became a monster
(This is how, this is how, this is how we became a monster)

There was no depression or anxiety
Before mass production and big industry
The cup's not half-empty nor is it half-full
It's dry as a bone
Armageddon a merciful fate
The answers will lie in humanity's grave

YOU, you're part of the problem and you're not alone

This is how we became a monster
(This is how, this is how, this is how we became a monster)
This is how we became a monster
(This is how, this is how, this is how we became a monster)

We are a virus grown out of control
Strangling that which begot us without the tiniest bit of remorse
This failed experiment must come to an end
No one was meant for this

World-wide suicide
World-wide suicide
World-wide suicide
World-wide suicide

If there is a god
We are his greatest failure
Omnipotent Frankenstein
Building a cosmic horror

This is how we became a monster
(This is how, this is how, this is how we became a monster)
This is how we became a monster
(This is how, this is how, this is how we became a monster)


3. NOTHING TO BELIEVE

I'm an artificial punk rocker
(I'm a punk rocker, baby)
I'll sell you counterfeit rock and roll
(for a price)
Hand me your dollars and your loyalties
(fork it over)
I'll give you something to swallow

There's nothing to believe
So you're following me
Despite that even I don't know where I intend to lead
You look to anyone else
To make your life complete
You'll never accept that there is nothing to believe

I'm a superficial role model
(hey, look at me)
You memorized every word I wrote
(what a waste)
Deep down you may know that I am full of shit
(I'm so full of shit)
But there's nowhere else to go

There's nothing to believe
So you're following me
Despite that even I don't know where I intend to lead
You look to anyone else
To make your life complete
You'll never accept that there is nothing to believe

You'll wake up and see through all of this
In the distant future
Just remember before you turn on me
It's not that I don't get it, I just don't care

Fuck you and everything you love
Fuck you and everything you love
Fuck you and everything you love
It's all bullshit


4. THE GIRL OF NIHILISM

I'm just an idiot, who doesn't give a shit
You only worship me because you know I'll never love you back
My black heart on the screen becomes pornography
Arousing blind obsession climaxing with full blown delusion

The girls of nihilism love watching me drown (watch me drown)
They're waiting for the day I'll drag them along
The girls of nihilism love watching me drown (watch me drown)
They're waiting for the day I'll drag them along

They can dig their own graves

My descent into hell, enchanting spectacle
We've never even met yet in your head we'll never be apart
Is this your fantasy? The perfect tragedy?
Or just another way out of an endless mediocrity?

The girls of nihilism love watching me drown (watch me drown)
They're waiting for the day I'll drag them along
The girls of nihilism love watching me drown (watch me drown)
They're waiting for the day I'll drag them along

They can dig their own graves
They can dig their own graves

Just keep on dreaming, searching for meaning
Waiting for love from me
I'm an illusion, amalgamation
Of all the things you want to see

But this black hole
Isn't big enough
For both of us
Fall into your own


5. IMAGINARY PROBLEMS

Unreal, a self-fulfilling prophecy
A self-perpetuating lie, that promises discipline
For those who step out of line
And act the slightest bit human
Big top illusions and magic
Are the cornerstone of everything
That's sacred and traditional
We've got front row tickets
To the hypnotism show

Filth, sleaze, degradation
(it's all part of your imagination)
Fear of an unsafe nation
(it's all part of your imagination)
Woah, it's all part of your imagination
Mental fucking masturbation

Keep us jumping at shadows
And chasing illusions
While we follow the impossible
Dreams are meant to be shattered
Broken and tattered and unattainable
Regret, guilty pleasures
Never say never
Forever and ever we burn
In this living hell
Born in the womb of taciturn

Filth, sleaze, degradation
(it's all part of your imagination)
Fear of an unsafe nation
(it's all part of your imagination)
Woah, it's all part of your imagination
Mental fucking masturbation

True obstacles forgotten, imaginary problems
True obstacles forgotten, imaginary problems

Filth, sleaze, degradation
(it's all part of your imagination)
Fear of an unsafe nation
(it's all part of your imagination)
Woah, it's all part of your imagination
Mental fucking masturbation

We live under the assumption
That the world could be obliterated
By perversion, it's illusion
It's all part of your imagination


6. A SERIES OF NUMBERS

The more I comprehend, the more I lose my grasp
I chase the answers, but I'm treading water in quicksand
The long vision I have cultivated has brought only isolation
There is no going back, there is no unknowing

I am a series of numbers
I can be broken down
(I can be broken down)
I can be rearranged
I don't know what makes me who I am
(who I am)

I am a series of numbers
I can be broken down
(I can be broken down)
I can be rearranged
I don't know what makes me who I am
(who I am)

Maybe if I did enough drugs or let the desperation break me
I could give up and start to see things your way
But the more I learn, the more I just pretend
To empathize with the people around me
I remain an alien, lost among the certainty of others

I am a series of numbers
I can be broken down
(I can be broken down)
I can be rearranged
I don't know what makes me who I am
(who I am)

I am a series of numbers
I can be broken down
(I can be broken down)
I can be rearranged
I don't know what makes me who I am
(who I am)

I am a series of numbers
I can be broken down
(I can be broken down)
I can be rearranged
I don't know what makes me who I am
(who I am)

I am a series of numbers
I can be broken down
(I can be broken down)
I can be rearranged
I don't know what makes me who I am
(who I am)


7. CONSPIRACY

Conspiracy

Don't kill the messenger
Just ignore him until he goes away
There is no comprehension
So there are no complaints
To burn the evidence
Would light suspicious eyes
But hidden in plain view
No one will recognize

Conspiracy

We have lobotomized ourselves
(we have lobotomized ourselves)
The vigilant we burn in hell
(burn in hell)
No one is left that could conceive
(never, never, never)
Of this great conspiracy
(conspiracy)

It's the devil's masterpiece
God loves an idiot
Or so we are told
By all the wicked men
Who control this world
Our place is not to wonder
Only to play a role

We have lobotomized ourselves
(we have lobotomized ourselves)
The vigilant we burn in hell
(burn in hell)
No one is left that could conceive
(never, never, never)
Of this great conspiracy
(conspiracy)

We've got the whole world in our hands
But nothing in our heads
Nothing in our heads
Our eyes and ears are useless
If we can't think and feel
If we can't think and feel

We have lobotomized ourselves
The vigilant we burn in hell
No one is left that could conceive
Of this great conspiracy


8. GET OUT OF THE WAY

If you had lifted a finger
If I had seen you strive
If there were minimal effort
Or a reason why
Nothing I have seen
Could possibly redeem
The apathetic wretch that's standing
Where you used to be

Where you used to be
Where you used to be

You've had your chance get out of the way
You've had your chance get out of the way
You've had your chance get out of the way
Out of the way
Out of the way

Don't tell me about regret
I don't need an apology
Stop living in the past
If it's one big tragedy
We will stay the course
Long after you're gone
It would have been much easier
Without you all along

Without you all along
Without you

You've had your chance get out of the way
You've had your chance get out of the way
You've had your chance get out of the way
Out of the way
Out of the way

You've had all your life to prove yourself to me
You've had all your life to prove yourself to me
You've had all your life to prove yourself to me
You've had all your life to prove yourself to me

You've had your chance get out of the way
You've had your chance get out of the way
You've had your chance get out of the way
Out of the way
Out of the way


9. WE ARE BEING LIED TO

She says it's not about money
She says it's all about love
She says there's plans for each of us
Handed down from heaven

But I don't share her faith in the people
That would make us slaves if only it were legal
Apparently I'm the one who's crazy
For all my questioning

Why trust anybody who says:
"You won't get yours until you're dead"?

We are being lied to
I scream at her but it's too late
We are being lied to
She already swallowed and accepted her place

As a dead-eyed siren
Singing the praises of loyalty
To a faceless master

Her desperation
Overpowered her sense of self
She was beautiful and free
But now she's just like everyone else
(who all repeat)

Work real hard, smile real pretty
Need a reason? There are plenty
To break your spirit in servitude
And be grateful for the opportunity

Why trust anybody who says:
"You won't get yours until you're dead"?
Why trust anybody who says:
"You won't get yours until you're dead"?
(lies, lies, lies)
Why trust anybody who says:
"You won't get yours until you're dead"?
(lies, lies, lies)
Why trust anybody who says:
"You won't get yours until you're dead"?
(lies, lies, lies)

Why trust anybody who says
Why trust anybody who says
Why trust anybody who says
"You won't get yours until you're dead"
Until you're dead
Until You're dead

We are being lied to
I scream at her but it's too late
We are being lied to
She already swallowed and accepted her...
We are being lied to
I scream at her but it's too late
We are being lied to
She already swallowed and accepted her place


10. THE POLICY OF UNILATERAL HATE

I fought the process
I will never assimilate
To retain my identity
I struggled night and day
Now I stare across this chasm
From distant space

The day I was born I found my way
The policy of unilateral hate

This man is an island
There is loneliness but no regret
My contempt for the rest of the world
Is all I have left
I didn't give a fuck before
Now I care even less

The day I was born I found my way
The policy of unilateral hate
I'll follow it into my grave
The policy of unilateral hate

(hate, hate)

My abhorrence knows no bounds
This world is an abomination
The universe will praise its fall

The day I was born I found my...
I'll follow it into my...
The policy of unilateral hate
(hate, hate, hate, hate)


11. THE FINAL TRUTH

If you think you'll live forever
You'll waste your life
You'll hedge your bets and lose every time
Learning there's no meaning
It will sting
When you hit rock bottom the sky is the limit

Someday you'll be left with nothing to lose
Someday you'll learn the final truth
The final truth
The final truth

Life is an empty canvas
Learn to paint
Don't wait around for some secret composer
So desperate for answers
We make them up
It's time to forget those illusions

You're going to feel alone
Sometimes you'll want to cry
Regurgitate the artificial neon light

Although my ship is sinking
I still smile
With both hands firmly on the wheel
Perhaps it's all for nothing
I'll take that chance
Today is sweeter with no tomorrow

Someday you'll be left with nothing to lose
Someday you'll learn the final truth
The final truth
The final truth
The final truth