1. RAISING GOLEM

They came from the earth
Whilst eyes were turned to the skies for sign
And out of the lake
Dredged up by our darkness, cold, malevolent, alive

A man appeared in the town
He painted sigils on gateways and the kirk
Kept a watch on the wall
The light retreated before the fast approaching storm

Take the blood, the clay and hide
From the awful light of day
I call on the devastating name
Giving their life, raising golem

And down among the reeds and mud
The mouths of creatures form the words
Through invocation and the rod
The army of forgotten Gods

Oh what have we done
Adversaries of the sun
Oh what have we done
Adversaries of the sun

So these are our kin
The dark projection of what we are within
The venomous snake
Beating at the gate

Take the blood, the clay and hide
From the awful light of day
I call on the devastating name
Giving their life, raising golem

Rise, arise adversaries of the sun
And so they live, oh what have we done
Born of the darkness inside your mind
Oh what have we done, raising golem


2. BREAD AND CIRCUSES

Unto you the people
You shall never need
I am your Lord Protector
Every mouth I feed
Bring your children to me
I shall teach them well
Bend the knee to Caesar
Come join the shades of Hell

I shall lay before you,
Heroes, villains in our play
A spectacle fantastic

There are monsters that we must defeat

For to rule a people
Is a simple thing

All that they want, all that they need
All they desire, the world is a stage
Watch as they die for your applause
Feed them bread and circuses

As they die for you,
Break the bread and pass it round
In the colosseum

All that they want, all that they need
All they desire, the world is a stage
Watch as they die for your applause

As one man stands up
And with a gesture of his hand
Is fate determined

All of your life
All of your life within the safety of the herd
All of your life
All of your life upon the stage of the absurd

All that they want, all that they need
All they desire, the world is a stage
Watch as they die for your applause
Feed them bread and circuses

All that they want, all that they need
All they desire, the world is a stage
Watch as they die for your applause
Feed them bread and circuses


3. ON THE WATER

Lower the flag, sound the bell
I remember hearing as the ship was going down
We filled the boat and cut the line
Cast our lot and favor to the cruelty of the sea

Full seven men, packed tightly in
Two burned and bleeding from the fires on our ship
The captains voice, across the night
Called ‘mind me to my children, I am headed for the deep’

On the water - On the water
On the water - On the water
On the water - On the water
On the water - On the water

When hunger came, all reason left
We drifted far into the fog, a great bird overhead
The silent mist, then madness came
We are the butchers, the eaters of the dead

On the water - On the water
On the water - On the water
On the water - On the water
On the water - On the water

I blessed the blade, I cut the neck
We drank the blood upon the deck, we are the damned
I blessed the blade, I cut the neck
We drank the blood upon the deck, we are the damned

On the water - On the water
On the water - On the water

Fifteen weeks till rescue came
When only we three came ashore their mothers turned away

We dealt the cards, we cut the deck
We drank the blood, we ate the flesh, we are the damned
We dealt the cards, we cut the deck
We drank the blood, we ate the flesh, we are the damned

Fifteen weeks till rescue came
When only we three came ashore their mothers turned away

Well the sun turned black and the sky was falling
Three men left by the light of the morning
And the madness came and the gulls were calling
And there were there men left by the light of the morning

And the sun turned black


4. DEEP STATE

A silent figure watching out from beneath the ancient trees
This secret commonwealth is hidden far beneath the light of day
In moonlight the earth wakes in caverns the stones break

And we are paralyzed
Frozen in the deeper sleep
Paralyzed

Inside on the outside - White light white light
The eyes of the deep state - Burning, burning
Inside on the outside - White light white light
The eyes of the deep state - Burning, burning

Lord of the flying fires, legions of the hidden sun
Are bleeding through into the light from our nightmare they have come
Intention, hostile, your bloodline, the lost child

And we are paralyzed
Frozen in the deeper sleep
Paralyzed

Inside on the outside - White light white light
The eyes of the deep state - Burning, burning
Inside on the outside - White light white light
The eyes of the deep state - Burning, burning

Three men arriving from the east
Black skies above the ashen priest
The earth is buckling in protest
The armies of the dispossessed

We call out, in nightmare yet find we remain there

And we are paralyzed
A cold wind blows through hell tonight

Inside on the outside - White light white light
The eyes of the deep state - Burning, burning
Inside on the outside - White light white light
The eyes of the deep state - Burning, burning

Three men arriving from the east
Black skies above the ashen priest
The earth is buckling in protest
The armies of the dispossessed


5. PILLAR OF FIRE

Oh no, they’re burning their Gods again
The sacred and the profane
A pillar of fire

My my, its crawling beneath my skin
The visions are crowding in my Heaven and Hell
From the garden of the dawn to the ocean night

All is said and all is done
And nothing new beneath our sun
All we built and all we knew
Is turned to dust, just me and you
Falling through the universe

Hey hey, the Gods have all gone away
The people have learned to pray
To a pillar of fire

And these dark cathedral spires
Point like fingers to the skies
Accusingly accusingly accusingly
The question always why

I’m looking down at a body on a table looking up
I’m looking down at the body on the table looking up
And all we are is held by silver thread
Sewn into the earth, sent back to the dead

All is said and all is done
And nothing new beneath our sun
All we built and all we knew
Is turned to dust, just me and you
Falling through the universe


6. KILLING THE KING

Silence, upon the land
As winter eats into the soul
No fire, within the hall io cleanse this land
Of wickedness and blood

Crow calls within the wood
On black sands, the plague ships burn
As for the law, what law there is has failed

Your savior is never to come

There’s a man in the sky for the faithful
There’s a face in the moon for the child
But we are the knights of the wasteland
In a mad world we’re for killing the king

The evil, the arrogant haverisen
upon the piled up bodies of our dead
And the stones crack and the mountains
Crumble down into the sea

And who will stand with me

There’s a law of the land to condemn us
And the law of the just makes us strong
For we are the knights of the wasteland
And justice is burning, we’re killing the king

Those who would divide and conquer
Our scaffold shall greet them well
The oak of our fathers take the task
The fall to Hell

Rise up in the Eastland
Arise! In the north
For we are the knights of the wasteland
And when a dark sun rises

We’re killing the king


7. A WHITE HORSE

The sword, held over water
Bright in the moonlight glisten
The word, comes from the river
Gods as they coldly whisper

I see a white horse

The land, red with the lifeblood
Of every war and conquest
We stand and offer our arms up
Our sun is setting in the West

Our blood is a river
Running to the sea
The moon is the mother
Man is the cruel beast

And is the banner held by steady hand and even
Among the elder ones the stories echo still
And shall we hear the tale of lions beat by ravens
Strong timber under sail and iron on the sea

I see a white horse

Our blood is a river
Running to the sea
The moon is the mother
Man is the cruel beast


8. THE BIG HOUSE

They’re bringing home the farm boys in these polished cedar boxes
To lay them in the orchard, by the wall beneath the yew
And every year the flowers grow and mothers come to take them
And sit at silent tables staring out across the fields

And the men up in the big house send their captains and surveyors
And the young men of the village take the journey to the wood
Where they cut and dress the timbers open fire and follow orders
And they lay them down in boxes in the orchard home for good

And the men up in the big house sell them tools to do their labor
And they place their curse upon them and their tax upon their neighbor
And they beat them in the market square and steal the gold they lend them
They kill them in the timberyards the hell to which they send them

Timberyards

In the timber yards, we pray for night and curse the day
In the timber yards, do the work, take the pay

Somebody’s son, these boxes
Somebody’s son, these boxes

Somebody’s son, these boxes
Somebody’s son, these boxes

And the men up in the big house come at night to see the mothers
And they force their seed within them when the menfolk are away
And they drag them off in tractors to the fields of their fathers
And bind them fast as oxen to work until they die

Somebody’s son, these boxes
Somebody’s son, these boxes


9. RFID

All praise, hail to the genius
Streamlined for your convenience
One shot non intravenous
Branded, it’s so ingenious

One living eye beneath my skin

Don’t let them in
Don’t let them in

Credit? No money anymore
You took the mark Babylon the whore
Now just numbers upon a screen
Programmed to serve the living machine

Someone’s always watching you

Come the division
Those who refuse the mark must die
It’s your decision
Stand with the free or serve the lie

RFID - RFID - RFID
RFID - RFID - RFID
RFID - RFID - RFID
RFID - RFID - RFID

Protest kept to a minimum
Suggestions implanted into them
The end of all rebellion
Shocking the disobedient

Someone’s always watching you

This is your helpful guide
It’s only data passing through
The panic you feel inside
You’re feeling the collar choking you

RFID - RFID - RFID
RFID - RFID - RFID
RFID - RFID - RFID
RFID - RFID - RFID


10. SEVEN WHEELS

We love to watch the children as they play
We love to see the simple toys they make

Oh wondering will they ever make their way out of the mud
Oh wondering will they ever rise above their blood

Within a man, a ladder to the stars
Within a man the future and the past

Oh slumbering, the serpent sleeping coiled within itself
Oh remembering seven wheels that lead you to the self

We wait for childhood’s end
We long for childhood’s end

We look towards the stars
Time is calling
Seven wheels of fire
Will raise the fallen

We look towards the skies
Help is coming
Seven wheels of fire
I know they’re coming

In exile in exile
Alone upon a dying world
In exile in exile
Alone upon a dying world


11. WHAT IS A MAN

I hide my tears in a cloud
Now that the rain is here
All my life in a glass
Oh what a disease is a man

I hide my face from the world
For I don’t belong here
Cast my bones to the wind
Oh what a disease is a man

I have struggled with the Angel and the Demigod
I have faced the night of sorrows on my own
Shipwrecked on the shores of the dark night of the soul
Take me home

Take me home to the Sea
Voices are calling
For I am a child of the deep
Setting my sail for the morning


BONUSTRACKS


12. THREE DOWN

I know what I saw
I saw the eagles of deceit
Rise up in the west
I saw the people on their knees
Begging for war

For justice and revenge and so we were cast
The fate of every nation this is a sign

I know what I saw
I saw the hand of the magician
Pass over the crowd
People were weeping for their vision
The terrible truth

The stillborn child was cast into the sea
The molten lake of fire beneath our feet

When you see the lie
When the arrow finds its mark
When you feel the rage
Signs are rising from the dark

Are you looking for sign
They’re falling from the skies
Are you looking for sign
The grand deception
Are you looking for sign
I know what I saw

Are you looking for sign
A lake of molten steel
Are you looking for sign
They’re falling from the skies
Are you looking for sign
By way of deception
Are you looking for sign
Thou shalt do war

I know what I saw


13. WE ARE THE TERROR

I know you, you always had the cleanest hands
The brightest smile a grinning skull
Yes I know you, the hungry ghost of cenotaph and cemetery
They’re calling you the glorious dead

I’m starting to see that we are the terror
I’m awake in the dream state and we are the terror

I see you master of imaginary enemies tragedy
Yes I see you counting out the coin among the carrion atrocity

I am the blood
You are the heart

I’m starting to see that we are the terror
I’m awake in the dream state and we are the terror
I’m starting to see that we are the terror
I’m awake in the dream state and we are the terror

Oh I see you choking as the graves are opened up
Lovers, wives and children when is enough, enough
These fallen will rise again and draw you down into
The filth and mud and drown you in their fear and pain and blood

So these are the gates, your kingdom awaits

We are the terror
We are the terror
We are the terror
We are the terror

I am the blood
You are the heart


14. IN TIME

This world of cruel men
By fabric and design
Some born to thrones of gold
Some broken on the wheel in time

In time

How many lifetimes pass
In pain and blood and fear
Whilst others drink their fill
What answer have we found down here

Fate indiscriminate
The swage will form us all
Upon the iron block
Down where the hammer falls

Where the hammer falls

Crushed by the silence in between
Where the hammer falls
The hungry jaws of the machine

In time

This world of cruel men
By fabric and design
Some born to thrones of gold
Some broken on the wheel in time

The revolution of the ages, these pages in flame
The great illusion the confusion in the time that we made
I’m tiring, so tiring these endless days spent in thrall
As food for the dark lords who feast on fear and the soul

Where the hammer falls

Crushed by the silence in between
Where the hammer falls
The hungry jaws of the machine

Cast into the light
And shadow world we fight
And struggle to survive
Beneath the all seeing eye

Where the hammer falls

Crushed by the silence in between
Where the hammer falls
The hungry jaws of the machine

Like a door revolving every soul
Evolving life on life
A sentence, perpetual repentance