1. EMPIRE PAVED IN BLOOD

We are the slaves to a parliament of whores
Drunk on the stench they fear for fictitious wars
Who is this foe that stands before me
Surely no different, just wants to be free
Enchanting the hearts of thousands
Live event of shared pain and brutal death

Gladius in hand
I lunge forward
Feet hit blood-soaked sand
My emotions numb in what I've become
What I've become
Stab him in the throat
Push it deeper

How can we live on this way
Cheering the madness of cities that decay
Choking on death 'till nothing is left
Sit idly by and watch thousands die
Christians in thousands fed to the lions
The killing of thieves no mercy nor reprieve
I procure my blade and blindly obey
Numbing the madness of the empires paved in blood

I shall vanquish
All who stand in my way

Now that the crowds
Have gathered and gone
Now that the blood-stained
Chalice is won
I kneel heart beating
And broken in the light
Of the sun with the feeling of guilt


2. NEGLECTED

Living in fear is not living at all
Dying in love is living
A thousand years in the space of a day

Neglected cityscapes
Will never escape
Reverting back to the old way
Our lives decay

Yeah
Nothing can stop me
Yeah
Nothing can stop me now
Outside a war is raging
On the motherfucking streets
It's not something we can ignore
It's something we must beat

Depriving the youth
Of the truth
Is child abuse
How is humanity supposed to change
With bigots like you stuck in the old ways

The old way

Words are meaningless
Empty and seemingless
Momentary lapse of reason
Leads to acts of treason

Born is chaos & raised in hell
We are the ones you cannot sell


3. VAMPIRE

She bathes in the blood of her victims

We entered the tomb of doom and gloom
As part of a dare of giggle and scare
As we entered, inside the centre
A tomb was slightly ajar
Then the mightiest rumble made us all fall and tumble
It came from quite afar
As we fade, curiosity did build
We could not dissuade

So we did waken
The spirit forsaken
She rose ever so smoothly
She whispered three words
With the music we heard
Her words entered into me
Now she turned to us both
With her fangs in our throats
Enchanted by her cold touch
She locked us in fear
With a devilish sneer
With nowhere to hide or run

The eyes of the vampire
Burn into the soul like red hot fire
Imprisoned by her own desire
Just another slave for her empire

Over a thousand years of war
The vampire makes the rivers flow red
And the skies turn black
In the city of death
Where fear overpowers
The minds of the living souls

She bathes in the blood of her victims
Hundreds die for her sadistic pleasures
She will reign terror forever and ever


4. DICTATE WHERE WE ROAM

Mass entertainment logic defies

No longer will these tears subside
As drops turn to waves and then to tides
Mandatory suicide
I will not abide
I will not abide
In you I will not confide
I will not abide
In you I will not confide

Dictate where we roam
Rich sitting at their thrones
Throwing us bare bones
No emotions are shown
Letting pigs feast first
Leave us with unquenched thirst
Recite what’s been rehearsed
In chorus we leave them cursed

So humanity spits to the grave
Uncaring of what life gave
On the brink of death we wait to be saved
Once we’re free a new path will be paved

To the listener there are two sides to the coin
As I now pronounce you and nature re-joined
'Cause on these two paths you can take
The one will make and the other will break

Two choices for humanity
Unfathomed ugliness or beauty
And based on our inherent complexity
A choice of perfection or vanity

Because six people knew
That as cancer grew
The voice that was reason
Took acts we call treason
To stand up to the force
That had us divorced
From our mother called earth
On the day we birthed

Fight not for a nation
But rather for earth
And fight not with hate
But rather with love