1. EPITAPH PRO VICTUS

You can lay down and die
Weakness visible to see
I will reap the benefits of this world
So much out there for me
Anything worth a damn in this world
It’s worth fighting for
You can be overthrown by dread
You can choose to wade through the dead

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Oppress or uplift
You are the holder of this gift
Surround yourself with likeminded
To be free or to be bounded

This agency given to us
Holders of our own destiny
Be wise in your decision divine
Fallen men or men alive
Anything worth a damn in this world
It’s worth fighting for
You can be overthrown by dread
You can choose to wade through the dead

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Free or to be bounded
To be free or to be bounded

What will your epitaph be
Will it inspire to believe
Believe that this life is worth a damn
Words spoken from the dust
Through the lies and the lust
Helping the world to understand
The world will soon bear down
Stand strong and be proud
Leave a legacy for all to share
What will your epitaph be
My friend for you and not me
It’s up to you for my time has passed

This agency given to us
Holders of our own destiny
Be wise in your decision divine
Fallen men or men alive
Anything worth a damn in this world
It’s worth fighting for
You can be overthrown by dread
You can choose to wade through the dead

[Chorus]

To be bounded


2. CAUTERIZE

Words in warm regard now held in disregard
Hanging by a vein
Make haste for your new life
Our destiny left in strife
Begging with invocation

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Cut and cauterize
Love will be denied
I was a fool to believe
That you were the one for me

The thing that I want most seems hardest to obtain
That’s life’s distain
Through the future years you will be held dear
Despite the pain you bring

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Second best, I must contest will never be first for me

Cut and cauterize
Love will be denied
I was a fool to believe
That you were the one for me


3. ECHOES OF THE PAST

Rising from the suffocation at expediential speed
Rising to the surface just to remember how to breath
To feel the need again, in prison from the deep dark abyss
To feel the need again, to remember what you won’t miss

It’s pulling me under
Into the deep dark abyss
It’s pulling me under

Quarrelling with adverse forces at hand
Furthering the distance the more I understand

Transcending limitations of our thoughts
Surpassing the demons we’ve once fought

[Chorus]
Internal war will end
Now is the time to transcend
Turn misery into peace
Fear not this sweet release

Don’t let yourself fall victim to the all encompassing
You must fight this dreaded despair
You must fight, fight to prevail
Fight to prevail

It’s pulling me under
Into the deep dark abyss
It’s pulling me under

Quarrelling with adverse forces at hand
Furthering the distance the more I understand

Transcending limitations of our thoughts
Surpassing the demons we’ve once fought

[Chorus]

Each passing year is an echo of the past
Don’t let yourself fall victim to the deep dark abyss
To remember what you’ll never miss


4. DREMAS AND DISPOSITION

This isn’t happening
It cannot be
This lingering feeling of dread
Sleep consumes my head
You’re very real
Composite of dark appeal

Phosphoresence in closed eyes
Insecurity of denied
You’re very real
Composite of dark appeal
You are the horror
You are the night
You are the disposition of this life

Be gone

Gravitated from below
You must be transposed
Assailant in the dark
You’re not the contents of my heart
You’re very real
Composite of dark appeal

You don’t know me
You never will
I’ve met you in dreams past
Subconscious thoughts that last

To the shadows you go
Dawn is upon these eyes
Another day to the living
Admiration of divine
Dreams and disposition
Dreams…

[Chorus]
You are the horror
You are the night
You are the disposition of this life

Dreams and disposition


5. PLAYING WITH FIRE

Many years have passed
Since fate favored my path
I'm tired, brittle and done
My bones that I give thee mean nothing to me now
Fade and accept for what it's worth

You've seen it all before
This oh so common trend
Once straight and narrow
The path now bends

Slippery is the path I walk
To avoid the slime is to heed the talk

We're playing with fire out of pure desire
Surrender to your fears
We're playing with fire out of pure desire

Masking unwanted truths from them
Avoiding confrontation that may stem
Each step into the darkness
Closer to the grave
Wielder of time knows in my mind
These things will still remain

You've seen it all before
This oh so common trend
Once straight and narrow
The path now bends

Slippery is the path I walk
To avoid the slime is to heed the talk

We're playing with fire out of pure desire
Surrender to your fears
We're playing with fire out of pure desire

Compounding adversity through the years
Facade of stone to hide the fears

We're playing with firE


6. ANSWER IN THE DARK

Where have you been, it's been so long
Coiled in my torment - feelings once so strong
We evolve and will forever be changed
Your light brings my night to day
You calm my nerves
You take away the pain
Defenses lowered, you are my gain
You've brought me back with a hope of new
Searching, hoping of a life with you

To the fall of my guard
You have saved me from myself

Seize the moment, seize the day
A moment too late will be a life in shame
We evolve and will forever be changed
Your light brings my night to day
You calm my nerves
You take away the pain
Defenses lowered, you are my gain
You've brought me back with a hope of new
Searching, hoping of a life with you

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To the fall of my guard
You have saved me from myself
Even when it rains for days on end
Through the storms this love won't end

A perfect moment in time

[Chorus]

You take away the pain


7. THE END

As fire falls from the sky
Last glance we meet eyes
Through the turbulence in the night
Flashing red is the vigil light

Screaming terror all around
White knuckle count down
Descention of repentance
Non-believer in acceptance

Until I cease to be
This breath within me
Become one with all
In every rise there is a fall

This is the end

As body and mind separate
I believe this is my fate
Close your eyes, now is the time
Drapery of dreaming eyes

So this is how it ends
Ones beginning is my end
Down in a blaze of glory
Final chapter in life’s story

Until I cease to be
This breath within me
Become with all
In every rise there is a fall

Silent is the air
Life given in due care

An epic tailspin into darkness
Fragments raining from the sky

Silent is the air
Life given in due care

An epic tailspin into darkness
Fragments raining from the sky

This is the end to all things