1. EMPTY PROPHETS

Spit the truth out
Cast it aside
I see you constantly bleeding the blurred lines
Stand offended
Cry wolf again
I assure you we aren't the same

Yet our veins flow with the same soured blood

Shallow words from apathetic heads
Nothing more than empty prophets

I see a world tearing itself apart
And those who wish to profit

It's not the sentiment of your speech
But there are holes in the words you preach
I know I'm not a better man
But I can smell bullshit when it's in front of me

Yet our veins flow with the same soured blood

And in the end
All it comes down to
We want to hear a voice echoing our own
Something to take our minds
Off our empty lives
To know we're not really all alone

Stop searching for glory
You are your own obstruction and ruin
Stop searching
You'll find nothing
Nothing behind those empty eyes

This illusion you hide behind
Is your broken axe to grind


2. I SEVER

[Verse]
I shed this skin like a weightless veil wrapped around a statue
I flooded the past to see what would surface
And there was nothing to hold onto
Familiar hands reached out to pull me to the ground
The knife in my back was the jewel in your crown

[Pre-Chorus]
Misplaced dependency
A slave to the anxiety
But distance doesn't always make those faces fade
I am torn in two
Can't distinguish the lies from truth
Cut through this world that I am attached to

[Chorus]
Cohort to bane
I sever, I sever
Crooked reflection
Disposed to separate
Cohort to bane
I sever, I sever
Crooked reflection
I'll cut the cord completely

[Bridge]
Remnants of the past resound
Never too late to burn those bridges down

[Chorus]
Cohort to bane
I sever, I sever
Crooked reflection
Disposed to separate
Cohort to bane
I sever, I sever
Crooked reflection
I'll cut the cord completely

[Outro]
Here I now lay this to rest
Fare thee well, my ally
Feels like I may drift forever
On this fire I will burn
Here I now lay this to rest
Fare thee well, my ally
Feels like I may drift forever


3. CYCLE OF SUFFERING

Who's tipped the scales against me?
The balance outweighed perpetually
Crushed by our own tombstones
And a harsh reality

And it washes over me again
The feeling of fire against cold skin
Awaiting the relief
But only finding penance
And there is no fighting for air
When there is no will
As there are no subtleties between foes

It's so clear to see
As the blind belittle
Yet follow each other
Some of us were born to suffer

I've felt the waves of pain
Crashing against me
And with no sign of escape
It's too overbearing

There's an enveloping despair
And there are demons beneath our skin
You can't point the finger unless
You've pointed it within

And no atonement
Can ease the inevitable
There's something to be learned
As we connect to the unknown

I never saw the light
'Til I was already out of the dark
And when I thought I'd left it completely
The void dragged me back

An endless cycle of suffering


4. SHIELD

[Verse 1]
Absorbed in the deceit
We feel the axiom depart
I've seen the crushing hands of karma
Tear lives apart
Sit and lament
As I descend
I find no solace in the lies that I've built
And I repent
To circumvent
Made no bones about the wounds that I've left

[Pre-Chorus]
I swear I've tried
But the guilt is eating me alive
A recurring throe
To plunge me deep below

[Chorus]
When I've fallen
When the pain comes
I will be braced for the worst
So here's hoping
You're my saviour
I bear the burdens of the earth

[Verse 2]
Controlling every lucid moment
No sign of respite
I slip beneath the conscious mind

[Pre-Chorus]
I swear I've tried
But the guilt is eating me alive
A recurring throe
To plunge me deep below

[Chorus]
When I've fallen
When the pain comes
I will be braced for the worst
So here's hoping
You're my saviour
You'll shield the darkness of this earth
I'll shield the darkness from you

[Bridge]
I swallow the burdens
And on these imperfections I dwell
Entomb me in this self-constructed hell
Penance

[Chorus]
When I've fallen
When the pain comes
I will be braced for the worst
So here's hoping
You're my saviour
I'll learn to witness all this weight


5. CALCIFIED

[Verse 1]
Turning inwards
I see the walls closing on me
Trying to keep this part of me alive
And find my way back
Through the labyrinth
When the darkness was just a place to hide

[Pre-Chorus]
So sick and tired
Of seeing the blood drain from your face

[Chorus]
Eyes turning grey
I see you calcifying
Rotting from the inside
Giving in to the weight
Internally crucified

[Verse 2]
And I severed its head
Before it could sever mine
Trying to keep above the surface
And there's no one left to save but yourself
Oblivious to the sound
Of your own disillusion

[Chorus]
Eyes turning grey
I see you calcifying
Rotting from the inside
Giving in to the weight
Internally crucified
Lifeless

[Bridge]
And the malice serves
To drown the desperate
And those deep claws
Don’t easily relinquish

[Chorus]
Eyes turning grey
I see you calcifying
Rotting from the inside
Giving in to the weight
Internally crucified
Lifeless

[Outro]
You're buried alive
Conform as you desire


6. INVIDIA

[Verse 1]
Cold lungs inflate with a burn
Displaced at every turn
Desperate to maintain
Some semblance of dignity
And we all fight wars
That can't be seen
Solemnly
And we suffer like the martyrs we are
All I hear is
A never-ending plea
Drained and pulled in
To our own misery

[Pre-Chorus]
And we've forgotten, it seems
Everyone's alone and everyone bleeds
We're haunted by the thoughts more than the toil

[Chorus]
Tired of being alone
And the fingers you've worn to the bone
Are feeble yet clawing for more
Yet you wish it all away

[Verse 2]
Like embers burning
A captious voice within
Scarred and frail
Breaking through tender skin
And what we already have
We hardly deserve
Yet our hands are outstretched like the beggars we are

[Pre-Chorus]
And we've forgotten, it seems
Everyone's alone and everyone bleeds
We're haunted by the thought more than the toil

[Chorus]
Tired of being alone
And the fingers you've worn to the bone
Are feeble yet clawing for more
Yet you wish it all away

[Post-Chorus]
Some will acknowledge their own descent
And some will drown
Amidst their own contempt
Contempt

[Bridge]
I look for the cracks
To find an escape
Somewhere to take a moment to catch my breath
All I find is flaws
In myself and others
Awaking demons screaming
I am here

[Chorus]
Tired of being alone
And the fingers you've worn to the bone
Are feeble yet clawing for more
Yet you wish it all away


7. IDLE HANDS

[Verse 1]
Held tongues, dying to speak
Restless hands turn tired and weak
Intention grows from a seed
Ignites the flame beneath our feet

[Pre-Chorus]
And the ire growing
Spreads like fire
A mass insurgence
Upraising the pyre

[Chorus]
What keeps the wolves at bay
While you sleep and they come to prey?
We forget their disdain
And all that's left is the fear they crave

[Verse 2]
Seclude to divide the fixation
Accomplices of our own ruination
Lost words and abandoned sages
Searching for meaning in all the wrong places

[Pre-Chorus]
And what has become
Of our objection?
So easily pushed aside
By steadfast complacence

[Chorus]
What keeps the wolves at bay
While you sleep and they come to prey?
We forget their disdain
And all that's left is the fear they crave

[Bridge]
Are you not adverse
To those you mistrust?
Are you not sickened enough?

[Chorus]
What keeps the wolves at bay
While you sleep and they come to prey?
We forget their disdain
And all that's left is the fear they crave


8. APEX OF DISDAIN

[Verse 1]
The gears turn with tedious motion
And as the pendulum swings, divides widen
Paradigm be damned. salvation comes at a price
And you will pay with your life

[Chorus]
Step by step you lead a dying march to shallow graves
These poisoned roots become our earthly cage
Earth to earth, dust to dust
Only ash remains
Your salvation comes at a price
A disregard for all life

[Verse 2]
Status breaks, tense and overburdened
Frail shadows move behind the curtain
Culture be damned, salvation comes at a price
A concealed sacrifice

[Chorus]
Step by step you lead a dying march to shallow graves
These poisoned roots become our earthly cage
Earth to earth, dust to dust
Only ash remains
Your salvation comes at a price
A disregard for all life

[Bridge]
Under the sun
We all fight for significance
But I know under these watchful eyes
It takes so much more to feel alive
Under the sun, under the sun
We forgot where we came from
But you just stand there as those flames grow
And watch it burn
Watch it burn

[Outro]
When you take more than you need
We'll bite the hand that fucking feeds


9. ARMS LIKE A NOOSE

[Verse 1]
Obstructed paths
Consumed by oppression
Trapped inside a premonition
And I wish that I could dream
Of something other than this grand dismantling

[Chorus]
We burn through these bodies
But we're no strangers to purgatory

[Post-Chorus]
Progression ends
And as we suffocate
We're comatose
Laid out on our backs
With our hearts exposed

[Verse 2]
Connected ends
Bleed into one
There's comfort in the misfortune
And I wish that I could sleep
But I pray that I don't dream of foreboding seas

[Chorus]
We burn through these bodies
But we're no strangers to purgatory

[Bridge]
I can see the shore
But I tread in slow motion

[Outro]
We are bound to a toxic culture
And as the sun fades
We're prey for the vultures


10. DEVILS IN THEIR EYES

[Verse 1]
Cursed with taking a lesser form
Destined to be the downtrodden

[Pre-Chorus]
An exploitation of power

[Chorus]
What makes you feel?
A disconnection so completely removed
What last moment resides?
No last look up to the sky

[Post-Chorus]
And we all realize there is a choice to be made
But taking life is not your fucking choice to make

[Verse 2]
And their nerves feel the pain as their blood is
Being drained to serve you

[Pre-Chorus]
An exploitation of power

[Chorus]
What makes you feel?
A disconnection so completely removed
What last moment resides?
No last look up to the sky
We are devils in their eyes

[Bridge]
And everything you know
Fades in some way over time
But how are we still clutching to the past
Like we depend on it for life?

[Outro]
Centuries of misuse
Unjustified abuse
And just because we have the means to dominate
It doesn't grant us the right
We are devils in their eyes
We are devils in their eyes


11. DISINTEGRATE

[Verse 1]
If there is a common ground
Then we stand on separate land
We breathe the same foul air
But your head's buried in the sand
We'll all be forgotten
When what is left has rotten away
We'll be long in our graves
Clutching onto our differences

[Chorus]
How can you perceive
The world that you see
So erroneously?
Aren't you growing weak
From the poison you speak?
Your words burn
But how much damage can be undone?

[Verse 2]
A burden unto yourself
Projecting your own inner hell
We disconnect from the common threads and await the final knell
The dust won't settle
Till what's left has rotten away
And by yourself you are bound
Another nail to hammer down

[Chorus]
How can you perceive
The world that you see
So erroneously?
Aren't you growing weak
From the poison you speak?
Your words burn
But how much intolerance can be unlearned?

[Bridge]
Are you just afraid?
Or has your fear finally turned to rage?
Aimless violent fists at a world you can't comprehend

[Outro]
How much damage can be undone?


12. ABANDON

[Verse 1]
There's no smoke without fire
But all I see is ash
Awaken to silence
And paralyzing repetitions
I've let you down
And not for the first time

[Chorus]
Light my path and I'll burn it all down
Once and for all
I see you speak but I can't hear a word

[Verse 2]
Sleep can't come soon enough
But it never does
A colorless view
Just one step too slow behind
I've let you down
As I always will

[Chorus]
Light my path and I'll burn it all down
Once and for all
I see you speak but I can't hear a word
I just hear the steps that you walk

[Bridge]
And when the wind blows
We're all lost
We're dust
And scattered across the earth

[Verse 3]
There is a void
Consuming me alive
Pulling me in
Crushing my will to survive
There is a voice
Inside me
A thousand whispers guiding
Telling me to leave

[Outro]
We are the suns and moon
And every grain of sand is in my palm
And every star is in my mind
When I leave, I'll leave nothing behind