1. DEAD THRONE

What you hold dear is a false account
What you hold dear offers no salvation
Trust in that I’m not right for this
Know that I’m not the one to hold you up
I can’t hold you
I can’t hold you

Dead throne, we’ve put the world up onto a dead throne
Dead throne, we’ve put the world up onto a dead throne

She will slip... slip away
You will see your downfall

Dead throne, we’ve put the world up onto a dead throne
Dead throne, we’ve put the world onto a dead throne

I am guilty, I have fallen
There are things that have come between you and me
I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry
Let all be put to shame who serve carved images

We’ve put the world on a dead throne
We’ve put the world on a dead throne


2. UNTIDALED

Back for the fourth time around and still meaning every word
Never more honest, always too tired
Drowning in the pages I’ve planned
Provoke, destroy
I could be the lost cause, for I am dead poetry
In this reflection, we are perfect disorder

Bring back balance, bring restoration
I saw the waves again, I felt the impact
I saw the waves again, I watched the current sway us
Bring back balance, bring restoration

Go !

Lost in the clouds and my heart is sleeping
Within the tide, although my eyes are dying

Back for the fourth time around and still meaning every word
Never more blatant, always too thoughtful

If I could change things, I’d change myself...

Time to be joyful in no consistency
Faith can be our only regularity
Time to be joyful in no monotony
There are no final goodbyes, this is our certainty

Bring back balance, bring restoration
I saw the waves again, I felt the impact
I saw the waves again, I watched the current sway us
Bring back balance, bring restoration

And just like that my life ceased to be

If I could change things, I’d change myself
Sunk to the bottom of a deaf, lifeless world


3. MAMMOTH

I won’t let this ruin me

My orchestra, my indecision
It all comes back full circle
From grace to all my hate
I never meant to hurt anyone
I came for peace, and for great reason
There is no solace, there’s no alleviation
In all our money, or within her golden teeth

Is this it ? Is this how it goes ?
I am the wretched one, I am the beggar’s hands
It comes back full circle
I cannot help but feel nothing

Pick it up !
Such a bitter friend, change can be
Remind me God, refresh what’s turned to grey
Oh my intentions, you vanish with the wind

Is this it ? Is this how it goes ?
I am the wretched one, I am the harlot’s bones
It comes back full circle
I cannot help but care no more
Is this it ? Is this how it goes ?
It all comes back full circle
It comes back full circle
I cannot help but feel nothing

All that you know...
I am all that you know

He had a vision as to what comes next
So disregard this unholy place


4. VENGEANCE

You are a sickness : my only sincere plague
Is this what you’ve worked for ?
Running your false empire to the ground
What is this substance that made your very own morals change ?

It’s gone a little too far to turn back now
It’s gone a little too far to turn back
Always running I am the outcast
Keep running, keep running away

On to the next one, how can you have no shame ?
Gone is your reason, think of from where you came

God as my witness, there will be no love lost

This is my vengeance : from here on out it’s no regrets
You are my sickness : I gave it all my very best
This is my vengeance : from here on out it’s no regrets
You are my sickness : I gave it all my very best

It’s gone a little too far to turn back now
It’s gone a little too far to turn back
Always running I am the outcast
It’s gone a little too far to turn back now
It’s gone a little too far to turn back
Always running I am the outcast
Keep running, keep running away

On to the next one, driven by what you gain
Broken honor, you came and you went

We’re just another crack in the wall
Here with no love lost


5. R.I.T.

Turn your back now
Lose yourself in hesitation
Dancing, dancing, always dancing, and staring at the floor
The sun came out just long enough to go down

She shows the symptoms of being my suicide
I’m holding you to blame for this
I won’t stop selling myself short
The broken windows... All of the glass
Knife in my hand... The questions I’ve asked
I dream about her more nights than not
I can’t drown this away

With every single move that you make
You come closer to breaking me
With every single breath that I take
You push further from helping me
But you can’t, you can’t
I’m pulling the weight again
With every single move that you make
I come closer to ending me

I blame myself, and it’s not the first time
You see me for what I am : damaged
Turn your back now : I will bask in the blackness of my darkest days

With every single move that you make
You come closer to breaking me.
With every single breath that I take
You push further from helping me
But you can’t, you can’t
I’m pulling the weight again
With every single move that you make
I come closer to ending me
Self-loathing me


6. MY QUESTIONS

Something has got to give
When did I start choking ? When did I start drowning?
Is this what’s to become ? All thoughts left to wait

Is this what’s to become ? Is this...
My questions unanswered
I wish... I wish this would break
I wish this would break

What am I doing here ? These waters extend for miles
My heart remains the same
Will I ever, ever stop choking ?
Will I ever, ever stop drowning ?
Oh how the faithful city has become a harlot
I should not have put that on you
Leave my body at the river, let me pass along downstream

Is this what’s to become ?
My questions unanswered
I wish... I wish this would break
I wish this would break
My questions unanswered. I wish this would break
I wish this would break. I wish this would break

I breathe in your shadows and sleep in your disinterest
I breathe in your shadows and sleep in your disinterest
Let the tears fall, let me write some sad songs
That you don’t deserve, that you don’t deserve
Let the tears fall
Will I ever, ever stop choking ?
Will I ever, ever stop drowning ?


7. KANSAS

It is though God by command has withdrawn every other throne.
And God is saying, "No. These people will deal with me alone."


8. BORN TO LOSE

Blessed be those who have no idols
Invoke holy honor, sanctify the patient
I don't see the world the same
I'm no one's hero so just forget my name

I abhor you
With every foolish thing that you say

None of it is worth the time
Another meaningless war

You don't know what you need
We're all so back and forth, nothing is as it seems
You don't know what you need
We make the same mistakes, we've ruined everything

What is it this time ? What must you call holy ?
This is your lifeline, nothing is at it seems
If I were you I'd give it up
I'd give it up ! I'd give it up !
If I were you I'd care
I'm born to lose with a noose around my neck
World be damned and move forward

I abhor you
With every selfish thing that you say

None of it is the worth the time

You don't know what you need
We're all so back and forth, nothing is as it seems
You don't know what you need
We make the same mistakes, we've ruined everything

Born to lose
Born to lose with a noose around my neck


9. FOREVER DECAY

Still broken
I can’t see anything but you
I don’t even know if I want to

I’ve been so wrong in this
What does this mean ?
Where did it go ?
All is best, all is lost

What does this mean ? Where did it go ?
All is best, all is lost, all is gone

Forever in ruin, I can’t just disappear
Forever in ruin, I can’t let go
Forever in ruin, forever decay
I can’t see anything but you
I can’t let this go

Still searching
I might be missing you for years
Every month feels like a lifetime
When will this pass ?
Goodnight, farewell, I’m nearly done with this day
Goodnight, farewell, our grace has met its end

Forever in ruin, forever decay
She fell in love with the city
And since then I don’t mean anything
She fell in love with the city
And since then I don’t mean anything
Forever in ruin, forever decay
Forever in ruin, forever decay

I’ve been so wrong in this
What does this mean?
Where did it go ?
All is best, all is lost

What does this mean ? Where did it go ?
All is best, all is lost, all is gone
Forever in ruin, I can’t just disappear
Forever in ruin, I can’t let go
Forever in ruin, forever decay
I can’t see anything but you


10. CHICAGO

In this grave hour, I have composed our final song
The last words of our love lost
I called your hands home
For years, for years, for years, for years on end
It’s become distant and I hate my helpless defiance
No !
You have no problem finding me
Although you only commit unintentionally

I do it for the Lord, I do it for Chicago
I once lived for you, and I’ve never ever been so wrong
We keep building, building to find no release


11. CONSTANCE

What has exhaustion brought me ? Unvisited
But still too busy to close my eyes

Maybe one day I’ll grasp the pattern
Maybe in time this will all be readable
Maybe in time

As if the solitude could bring me any peace
I was greeted with constance, I found no sleep

These thoughts are nothing but wished away
I can’t remember what it is to be content
These thoughts are nothing but wished away
I can’t remember what it is to be content

Show me the exit : let the signals fade
Maybe one day I’ll defeat the cycle
Maybe in time I’ll be able to define this... this wretched purgatory

As if the solitude could bring me any peace
I was greeted with constance, I found no sleep

These thoughts are nothing but wished away
I can’t remember what it is to be content
These thoughts are nothing but wished away
I can’t remember what it is to be content
This is bound to fail
This is bound to fail

Go ahead !

The enemy will not resist, deceived until the end
I hate this persistence, my eyes may never close
I hate this persistence, my eyes may never close


12. PRETENDERS

Never have I been so disgusted
Never has it all been so clear to me

Watch out for pretenders

No one of any positive reputation
Will respect what you’ve done
Judgment will befall your rule
The wrath will break your law
Harshness will have His place on this
You fake, you were meant to fall down

Stop, restart

Watch out for pretenders

Obtain perspective, re-evaluate your inception
Endless imitation, obvious plagiarism

I know how you function
There will be an end to your profit, your possession
How did it all become, become published ?
How can no one see these things ?

How can no one see these things ?
You fake, you were meant to fall
How can no one see these things ?
You fake, you were meant to fall down
You fake, you were meant to fall down

And now the record went gold
But not an ounce of sincerity was achieved

I know how you function
There will be an end to your profit, your possession
How did it all become, become published ?
How can no one see, see these things ?

Stop, restart
Stop, restart


13. HOLDFAST

We will not be forgotten
Holdfast ! Holdfast !

I will never subject myself to the flames
You are a demon to me, your power is but a fraction of me
But a fraction of me
And with that I, I make progress
Within each step I move

Save me for the waters have come up to my neck
We will not be forgotten
Glory to the patient and to those who have hope
We will not be forgotten

Studying photos and deleting pictures
With bleeding clouds ahead we pray for boldness
We pray for boldness, we pray for undying grace

Save me for the waters have come up to my neck
We will not be forgotten
Glory to the patient and to those who have hope
We will not be forgotten

No !
I don’t plan on going anywhere without you
Holdfast ! Holdfast ! Holdfast !
My body was meant to rot
But these words will never pass
Bless the Lord, oh my soul
For these words will never pass

Save me (We will not be forgotten)
Holdfast ! Holdfast !
Save me (We will not be forgotten)
Holdfast !