1. THE FIRST EULOGY

Brothers and sisters,
We are gathered today
To celebrate the life
Of the recently deceased.

Taken from this Earth,
It's such an unfair manner
By forces outside of this realm.

Death is not vital
Temporary separation from the beloved person,
Who will be brought back to life
On the Day of Judgment.

We shall now bow our heads,
In prayer for the dead.


2. PURGING OF THE WICKED

The stench of charred remains,
Cascades outward,
Draining life from,
Huddled masses.
Black out their names.
Forget their faces.
Without a trace,
They disappear.
They prayed for this,
Such instrinsic,
Beneficial,
Genocide.

This life (this life) is so full of possibilities
That we
(that we)
Must purge
(must purge)
Ourselves of this disgrace.
Please wait!
Perhaps
We should think this through?
But you
Make haste
To provide for us all.
(provide for us all)

This place is hell
And can't be ignored.
I hold out hope.
Such blatant disregard
For human life
Won't be ignored.
I hold out hope.
Such empty promises
To your people.
They'll turn on you.
Your day of judgment will come.
I felt the burden
Of demons on my back.
Instead of angels
Taking me from this...
The screams of children
Echo from the prison,
Conveying torture
And regret.

Make them suffer
For their crimes.
The time has come to...
Pay the price.

This life is so full of possibilities
That we
Must purge
Ourselves of this disgrace.
Please wait!
Perhaps
We should think this through?
But you
Make haste
To provide for us all


3. UNLEASH THE SERPENTS

Crashed!
They were sisters in fortune;
The serpents they struck them at the darkest of nights.

Two ships sharing a gravesite,
Homogenized like a pile of bones.
Two ships sharing a gravesite,
Homogenized like a pile of bones.

Virtue scorned in favor of mere survival.
This is not the place for heroes.
This is desperation in its truest form;
Many fail to escape their splintered graves.
Virtue scorned in favor of mere survival.
This is not the place for heroes.

Clocks won't turn back to save us now.
We won't forget that we have a chance.
Finding solace in the hope that we have,
This fragile lifeline is our only way out.

Clocks won't turn back to save us now.
We won't forget we have a chance.

Go!

And then the sun came up,
A tiny shred of hope.
Good timing for
A promise to get back home.
The light
Within
Never waivers,
Never dies.
Instead, it saves you from this.

Failure to find shelter in this hell of ice assures you pain that you'll never recognize.
Failure to find shelter in this hell of ice assures you pain that you'll never recognize.

This is our destiny,
You can't turn these ships around.
This is our destiny,
You can't turn these ships around.

This is our destiny,
You can't turn these ships around.
This is our destiny,
You can't turn these ships around.

Clocks won't turn back to save us now.
We won't forget
Clocks won't turn back to save us now.
We won't forget we have a chance.
.finding solace in the hope that we have,
This fragile lifeline is our only way out


4. AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF TORTURE

Rotting and bloated,
The corpses pile up,
Another sign of what we all have in store.
Your good intentions will not lead you anywhere.
Signals are useless,
They've called off any search.

Your decisions....where is your rationale?
Be realistic, we don't have a prayer.
This is the fight of our lives,
And if we fail,
My captain,
Our blood is on your hands.

And if we fail,
My captain,
Our blood is on your hands.

The failure of humankind,
Our greatest tragedy.
Consume your fellow man.

The definition of eternity
Is a moment alone.
An endless cycle of torture
Is all we have known.

Let go of your sheepish notions of coming out alive--it will never happen.
See death as a comfort as it's agony to survive.
We are the starving.
We are the weak.
We are the cowards.
We are the meek.
And if we fail,
My captain,
Our blood is on your hands.

We are the killers that you dream about.
We are the villains that you fear


5. THE EYES OF THE RANGER

Dismember me,
For I can't bare to lose you.

Your hands around my throat.
Attempted strangulation.
Forced without reprieve upon my neck.

This pain that plagues my mind shall slowly fade.
I can't believe that this is more than a dream tonight.

And I know that there's a reason why I still care.
Gouging out my eyes and tearing at my scalp,
I cannot remember why I ever fucking tried.

This isn't black and white, it is dark red.
You'll learn your lesson from this mutilation.
With blood spewing from your once emboldened eyes,
You will regret this day and what you've done to me.

Hungry for restitution,
Bodies afloat.
And I remain.

I will stay committed to you for I am your ally.
As we part we proceed as one conjoined entity.
With blood still dripping my knife,
I wait for this day to end.
Despite my deepest fears,
I will never lose hope


6. ON THE WINGS OF PEGASUS

A nation of cowards.
Our ideals betrayed.
Tides of injustice.
Traitors to ourselves.

Offer my entrails
As sacrifice to your god,
And then imagine
What we could have had.
A call for justice,
Or a call for treason?
The universal
Problem-solver.
Please don't shoot until
You see the whites
Of their eyes,
A recurring cry.

Strap him down and his evils will be reconciled.
Flip the switch and everything will be alright.

A nation of cowards.
Our ideals betrayed.
Tides of injustice.
Traitors to ourselves.

Inject
The poison
To make us
Feel safe.
Inject
The poison
To make us
Feel safe.

Inject
The poison
To make us
Feel safe.

It will crush you,
Shattered teeth and broken bones all in spite of your best intentions.
It will consume you,
Ruined lives and tortured souls all because of
Your need for a scapegoat.
I have ignored this carnage for far too long,
But now my conscience
Has caught up with my heart.
Has caught up with my
Heart.

Carry me away
On wings that cannot fly
To the land of second chances
Where hope conquers fear.
Carry me away
On wings that cannot fly
To the land of second chances
Where hope conquers fear


7. RAISE THE BANNER

I tried so hard to find solace.
Instead I found discomfort.
I had one chance to learn from mistakes that I made.

One more decision that will come to haunt me.
Resort to violence and it will get hard to see through the eyes of an unsuspecting victim.
Blinded by fear and prejudice,
I failed to see you bleeding in my foolish state.
I failed to find a problem in my ignorant stage.
It was such a tragic tale of your aggression that you entrenched yourself with a gun.

I tried so hard to blaze a path,
To make things right and prosperous.

I'll raise the banner against intolerance.
I'll fight against those who preach ignorance.
A culture of horrors,
A nation led by fear.
It must cease to be, or we are doomed.
We must walk the path to enlightment,
But yet you are so unwilling.
If you don't give,
If you don't acquiesce;
We are destined, destined to repeat our mistakes.


8. INTERLUDE

(Instrumental)


9. BACK TO THE SURFACE

This is inherent
This is second nature
I won't deliver without your promise that you will save me when I'm in need
I can't trust anyone else
And I know that you will be the end of me
Vacancies in your honesty shall limit our ambition
Our memories are transposed on photographs that you gave to me
I framed them up
Tucked them away to relive what was once aversive
It's not the end
This will last forever
It's not the end
Find your way back
This moment it has replaced my means to find an explanation for all i ever
where has it gone?
I will do anything

Relive
Regain
I can't
Surrender

One life, one struggle, we will carry on
Through strife and hardship we shall proceed


10. AND THE ANGELS WERE SILENT

With souls on fire, they shall surrender peace.
But blood still flows from the eyes of martyrs.
In light of hatred, we now know our purpose.
Dear God, what is this? What is it that you've done?
These moments, forgotten shall disappear.
It's not a menu from which to pick and choose:
For God, for marriage, for life but fuck the poor?
And I wont lose hope that one day I'll believe
But until then I'll be the cynic.
Then again I could be in the wrong but I guess that's what faith is.
I know there's still hope that compassion will rise again.
This faith burns in their eyes and blood still flows from my wounds.
I fail to find the faith despite what I wish for.
With souls on fire, they shall surrender peace.
But blood still flows from the eyes of martyrs.
Entrenched, they suffer from the things that they hide from.
They seek salvation which they will never find.
For the lost, for the poor, for the disregarded.
For the souls, for the faith of the broken-hearted.


11. I NEVER WAS A WHITE PICKET FENCE

You run in circles just to feel alive.
This endless cycle must be broken.
Define a role, place me in it.
As you reflect a dark world.
My life inside your distorted eyes.
Your baseless pride and such damning lies.
Differences you won't realize.
Differences you can't compromise.
This life will fade, don't you know
There is no point in this sad charade,
The cash parade that you march in?
You've sold your soul so go ahead
And be on your way.
Bow to your gods-party sluts and heiress whores.
Your rules do not apply,
For I am not just like you.
Party sluts and heiress
Whores define your culture in which I want no part.
This is my life. These are my dreams.
I will never let you define me


12. THEIR OWN HELL

Defend the young for the plague has come.
An ominous cancer is here.
Unleash the beast of your scornful misery.
This is our only chance to achieve peace.
Enter a darkened world, a realm in which
The demons surround you and bask in the mayhem
They have wrought forth from their own hell (as light protects them).
And hatred it wraps itself around my neck (strangling me).
For what seems like a century (the misery)
That falls beneath the surface to be crystallized in my heart.
The night has come again. For us to change the past.
Hate and lies become a myth. This is how we'll live.
Fight. This is our war. Fuck them all and fight them off.
Don't be defeated. An ominous cancer is here. Release us now.
From this tethered life. This is our only chance to achieve peace