Ascent Of The Fallen: 210

Triumph is out of reach
When borders remain untouched
And envelopes state domain
Covering this dying flame

Bleed for the noble cause
As kings crown their future heirs
To lead us to promised lands
Further into depths of grey

We've fallen too deep to
Repent mistakes of truth
Condemned us all now to
Haunt this place

Chorus
Holding on to broken wings
For fear the sky won't remember me
(The ascent of the fallen)
Reaching out just to pull you down
I scream Please take me home

Observe our dying days
And refuse to make a change
As shadows pursue the sun
Closing in on moments gone

Beg for a genesis
Yet don't know this story's end
Rip out the wasted page
And see nothing will ever change

Chorus

My days are fading still
Standing up to the ledge
I do not fear to fall
But to return I must face
The endless ascent
Into forever

From crests of human hope
To depths of the chosen few
The world becomes a stage
Burning in my dire view

We've fallen too deep to
Repent mistakes of truth
Condemned us all now to
Haunt this place

Chorus
Holding on to broken wings
For fear the sky has forgotten me
Tomorrows sun
Is the chance I seek to ascend
Please bring me home




The Light That Dims: 120

Burn through days like I'm falling
Burning them down
Falling faster towards dead end
Set both eyes on the future
Both eyes ahead
No reflection to catch my past

Chorus
Now I can, now I can
Now I can not find
Where I am
Where I've been
And this loss of time
Know I can, know I can
Know I can not find
Where the prints
On my path
Have been placed of mine

Light the fuse and catch the embers
Gather the dust
Always yearning for days ahead
In my mind I'm deception
Deceiving the world
Full of haste with nowhere to run

Chorus

(I can't wait for tomorrow)
(I can't wait this time)
(My lifetime spent waiting)
(Now this is my only prize)

Burn the light of redemption
Redeem all that's lost
Taking care not to kill the flame
Too many steps in the wrong direction
No idea how far I've strayed

Chorus
Wish I can
In the end
Be the one who finds
Where the prints
On my path
Have been placed of mine

Now I can not find
Where I've been my whole life
I've only just arrived
To see the fading start




Driven: 190

Take a piece of this world break it
Find our place in the tragic
Contemplate all the questions we face
Never get the answers

Destroy all that we love here
Clinging to the morals of ancient tales
Fascination with tragedy
Will find ourselves the next story

Chorus
The reality before us
Doesn't seem so real
Peel back the layers
To see its mankind
The reality before us
Doesn't have to be
Push past the layers
And see it's you and me

Vicarious we get our thrills
Imagine we are anywhere
Fear the place that we love most
But we don't want to be too close

We wish to always shield our eyes
And hum sweet songs to be disguised
Follow all the trends of men before
Follow all their feet to empty shores

Chorus

It's you and me

It's your fault I'm to blame
Point your finger
I'll do the same
Our future darkens
While we play this game

Spinning out of control
We're hidden from the light
Our instinct tells us to survive
But to survive we must go against
Our instinct

Our nature is taking over
Fighting to be the last one here
Seems to be the goal
Only the strong survive

So who will all survive

Chorus



A Darker Side Of Me: 180

I've become
A simple man in a complex cage
A mind that slipped away
Slipped Away

In this place
Time ticks without a trace
Try and catch
The grains as they fall
As they fall

Chorus
Keep the light at bay
Darkness lie to me
I don't want to see the mirrors face
Hold my eyes awake
Focus all my strength
To watch the pillars coming down

Silence overwhelms
Even the hopeless thoughts
Won't scream my name
Scream my name

Stand aside
Let me find
All the sand
And fill back this hourglass
Let me try again

Chorus

My reflection is not
The one I know
Filter connection to
The darker side of me

Chorus
Keep the light at bay
Darkness tell me lies
I don't want to see the mirrors face
Hold my eyes awake
Focus all my strength
And watch the pillars as they fall




Shatter: 160

Deep skies of memories
A life, long lost of harmony
Tells the truth
In the silence beyond words

Before the tables turned
The crown, dethroned
The ones who've earned
Fragments carried out by those of the higher order

Set far behind my eyes
Lies visions of the infinite
Showing me the blind side
Drift away with sinking tides
The message of what's to come

Chorus
Shatter
Under weight of calloused thoughts
Held greater
Than the sum of all its parts
Come down
to seal the fate upon our laps
No sound
To separate the silence from the void

Stretch the days of reckoning
Further push the ties
The collapse of a fallen sun
Brings a darker dawn

Chorus

(Set far behind my eyes)
(Visions of the infinite)
(Scattered sources of light)
(Carrying the messages of what's to come)
(Like broken links to the chains of our fate)

Shatter
I Shatter
Under darkened skies

Chorus

Greater than its parts
The warhead
The start of a new design




My Collapse: 170

I have seen the broken world
Never knew its shame
I have been the guest of spite
But never knew its game

What can I call this place
So lost and void of grace

The shadows breathe The darkness sees
The other side That will never go away

Chorus
I woke up and saw today
Was darker than before
Walls were shattered
Foundations battered
I'm left for dead
What I feel Is my collapse
My own breath my enemy
The future falters
The dream state alters
I'm left for dead

I have studied all my scars
Now I know their place
I have mourned and felt lament
Enough to learn their taste

What if I felt regret
Could I then show my face

The hollow fate The haunted day
The other side

Now I know my darkened days
Cast a shadow peripheral demise
Stand beside me
The inevitable speaks true
My words I swallow This is my collapse

I have lived forbidden lust
And now ignore the shame
I have been the mastermind
But now repent the blame

What if I turned away
Refuse to make a change

The fallen dreams The fallacy
The other side

Chorus

I'm left for dead




Piece Of Mind: 170

The gates to oblivion are closed
To the average traveler
A gazer at best
Is all we'll be
Is all we'll ever be
Circles spun around our guardians
Paths carved through the stars
Restless we float on by
Basking in the void

Chorus
Now we are beyond its hold
The vastness of void
The end of time
Is that which beckons us on

Together we form this structure
Together we redefine
Our minds are the frame
That casts us onward
In search of the divine

Chorus
Now we are beyond its hold
The vastness of void
The end of time
Is that which beckons us on
Now we are memories collective
The thoughts that are born
Passing together
In the mind like a storm

We are the ones who measure
Infinity, the sky
We are the ones who falter
And ask no reasons why

Our destination will forever be
Eternity
Drifting through the endless darkness
In search of new dimensions

Chorus

This is our piece of mind
We are a piece of the mind
This is our piece of mind




Worlds Apart: 190

The balance sways
Shift with the pendulum
Climbing and falling
Embrace this change
For a moment
I see the sky

Chorus
Break away
From dead end believers
Who lost their way
(Lost their way)
Curse the day
The Followers deceived us
So guide their light to me
To shine amongst their ranks

The moment fades
The present escapes
The past as I fall again
Leave the reigns
Brace for departure
As gravity brings me home

Chorus

The last descent
Breaks the mold
Climb the ropes
breathe this relief again

Break Away
As the world
Descends to grey
Break Away
All are betrayed
But I won't be there
To suffer the fate of this day

Chorus




Faded Timeline: 230

I see my life through pieces
The puzzle is how I fit
Bordered in by flowing crowds
Tiptoe through the lifeless streets
Everyday perspective changes
Maybe I'll face another way
Following conformal choices
Led to be just another face

Timeline won't you befriend me now
Memories engraved on this fragile page
Try to trace the faded words
But never seem to get them just right

Timeline won't you rewind for me
Show me the steps that were out of place
Tell me the words that were never spoken
And whispers never heard

Chorus
Every day moments fade away
Oh please Father
Can you give me some time to save
I'll repay you when I sleep

Remembrance won't you be kind to me
Remind me of days that were void of the gray
Pass by the shadows that were denied a face
And tell them this was not your place

Chorus

I'm lost in reverie
Searching for the answers
To be found
Will I ever see
Artifacts in front of me

Chorus



Through The Black: 200

You take what you want
Hold it close so you don't forget
Your mind shapes a perfect mold
Fill it in with all your faults
Your imagination ends
Nothing left except dead ends
Claw to grip the higher ground
Slip and see it's only you now

Never thought to look behind

Chorus
I will open your eyes
To see the path you chose
It leads down dark halls
And shadowed ways
The end is a light
When viewed from the start
But now you pass through the black
Welcome to your world

Break through
You never knew and never will
All the chances lost to thrill
So won't you

Bring it down again
Pull it close so you hear it well
Echos call for you
Maybe this time you'll let them through

Never thought to look behind

Chorus

Bring it down again
Hold it close so you see it well
Breathe in life again

Chorus