1. ESSENCE AND THE MOON

Who am I, the moon with no light of it's own
Prominence in black velvet skies
It wounds me deeply as you speak to my soul
The realization of existence unfolds

A whore with no warmth and no place to call home
The moon reflects the glory of the sun
As willed, some are brought to life
You can only share a gift if you have been given it
Radiance of white and pearls of lights are nothing in comparison

When they behead me I wish only for light to spew
Forth from my neck

Destruction will come swiftly
Even the stubborn will fall
The tree that won't give up it's leaves
Moon boasting glory not of their own

Their ruin will be smitten throughout the universe
Wraith will strike them down
Many bodies and souls, the mountains will fall
You are being foretold

When they behead me I wish only for light to spew
Forth from my neck
So in the vast darkness on earth, maybe another shall see
The truth that has been revelead

Like the heat of a tear drying sun
The complete eternal sacrifice of the son cannot be undone
The sun, moon, and stars, entwined with a heavenly glow
Such a foul and sacred creatures is not worthy
A heart of flesh, ears that may hear, and eyes that truly see
Lord willing you shall receive
What do I have to give? Take everything
Leave nothing I do not need

In essence there is death until your heart is replaced
Freed from you frozen chains
A fleshly transplant your coin may not buy
And your actions cannot sway


2. SOLARIUM

Brick by brick you build your walls.
You would like to think you have achieved.
Your structure grows only to fall.
What is this goal you speak of to gain?
You follow the path of illusion.
When you perish, is this what you plan to take?

Dead bird never felt so alive,
until resting in my hands.

All other paths are fraud.
Will what you live for last?
Remind yourself, as do I need to be.
What do your goals intend to achieve?
Your life is only a fraction.
Ask for cognition, apprehension.

The sowing of your own enlightenment
Will not allow reaping of salvation.
Your reason, man-made solarium.
What do your goals intend to achieve?
Our time is only a fraction, only a dimension.

So pray, destroy, and rebuild if necessary.
Whispering past your ear... eternity.


3. WAR AND RAPTURE

Father, God in Heaven -
Please hear, grant my prayers.
Save me from myself, my sin, this hell on earth.
You are reality, my world is but a dream.
As I walk, death walks towards me.
One more day closer to the coming.

My pulse grows as the scale leaves me.
Alone I am weak, easy to devour, prone to deceit.
I lust, I hate, I lie to myself.

Alive to the world is dead to the grave.

Beautiful creations…
Wasting my days away.
Hear me, change me, break me.
I have traded roaches for mice.
Lies for white lies.
I know it is time. I must move on.

There is so much tragedy but impossible to weep.
No time to cry, tears of beauty,
A luxury I barely receive.

War, is this blood drenching my soul?
Too many a time I have lost control.

I hate this sin but indulge in it.
Long for, but dread a walking sunset.
Here comes Leviathan,
his time to strike again.

I wish to walk in the light.


4. MALADY

Temporary fulfillment, unsatisfying.
Between winter and summer,
Lukewarm, this is where I fall.
The flower teaches a lesson of life.

A garden left unattended
Is not far from the heart and mind.

The wind is needed to make
The tree grow stronger -
Higher and farther to its potential.

Distraction are what these demons call on.
The idols of the earth, they make their whores.

I beg for you. Is this the state of my heart?
Revive the forest, The woods
That they may stand strong.
Purge all that is dead,
So that new life may grow.
I beg for freedom, a heathen
Asking for everything.

Lay me across the anvil.
Cool the fires of my vengeance.
Purge the heart and mold its shape.
Cover me in the blood.
The one cure for all our sickness.
The cure for sin and shame.

Malady of the spirit, a malady of my soul.
Even my lack of explanation is unsatisfying.
Bridge this void.


5. THRESHOLD

(Instrumental)


6. CARNIVAL MIRROR

As you quench your lust opening your thighs to mutilation.
Minds so twisted they are satisfied by their own rape.

A drugged soul.
Bodies lying naked and paralyzed.
Thoughtless walking corpse chained and guided by the blind.

So curious, so deadly. So temporary...
For the fashion of this world passeth away.

Venomous are the pleasures of this world.
A vast festival, a constant vanity fair.

Immoral people, of a disgraced nation.
Such perversion of God’s greatest creation.

Not one pure motive, Most corrupt, All are tainted.
There is no hope without a savior.
All are hopeless to sin without a savior.
Aroused by perversion, entertained only with destruction.
Entranced by the axe of a woman.
Entwined with temptation.
Following in the steps of dead men.
Living a Godless lie, the truest deceit...

It does not take long for the simple man to become consumed.
A little sleep, a little slumber...
Wrath and judgment knock at the door of the sluggard.
The glutton feasting on the flesh of his brother.

Two faced serpent, all are friend, and all are enemy.
So emotional, so emotionless.
Burned up you shall be, as are diseased swine.
Carnival Mirror, you have killed my child!

All are hopeless to sin without a savior.
The love of my life was nothing more than death seducing.

The lust of your life is a lie...
The lust of my life is a lie!