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01. Streets Of Despair
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I. STREETS OF DESPAIR
THIS CITY SUFFOCATES ME
A LOT OF THE TIMES I JUST HATE IT
FEELS LIKE I'M LOCKED INSIDE
WITH ALL MY MEMORIES
I WANT OUT
I NEED A QUICK ESCAPE
BEFORE THIS PLACE FUCKING KILLS ME
THE PEOPLE ALL LOOK THE SAME
POOR AND BROKEN
BEYOND REPAIR
OR FUCKING SHALLOW
I'M BLEEDING
EMPTY SORROW
I WILL TURN TO STONE
IN THIS PLACE OF DEATH
DEATH OF HOPE
DEATH OF VALUE
DEATH OF MY DREAMS
MY DEATH IN YOU
I WANT TO LEAVE AND NEVER RETURN
I DON'T WANT TO RAISE MY KIDS HERE
THE AIR IS FOUL WITH THE STENCH OF MALICE
STREETS OF DESPAIR
SUFFOCATE ME
STREETS WITHOUT HOPE
STREETS OF PETTY WRONG
AND IGNORANCE
EVERYONE IS SO MESSED
EVERYONE IS MESSED UP
EVERYONE IS MESSED UP
I NEED A QUICK CHANGE
BEFORE I BECOME THE THING I HATE
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02. Masks
05:54
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II. MASKS
THEY’RE AFTER YOUR DREAMS
THE ONES WHO HAUNT YOUR SLUMBER
THEIR WHISPERS WILL TURN ALL YOUR PASSIONS
INTO HOLLOW AND LIFELESS ADDICTIONS
THEY CRUSH EVERY GUIDE ON YOUR SHOULDER
THEIR WISDOM WILL FADE IN THE DARK
YOUR VANE WON’T BE THERE TOMORROW
A SHADOW WILL ENTER YOUR HEART
THIS IS THEIR RETRIBUTION
ALL YOUR PROGRESS IN VAIN – THE THINGS YOU’VE DONE
YOU’VE SEARCHED ALL IN THE THREE – COULDN’T FIND THE ONE
BLINDFOLDED AND BROKEN – YOU WONDER THE NIGHT
THERE’S ONLY ONE EYE LEFT TO SEARCH FOR THE LIGHT
THEIR TRIUMPH IS NEAR AS THEY HOLD THE STARS
YOU HAVE TO LAY LOW HIDING ALL YOUR SCARS
BURNED IN THE SHADOW OF CHILDREN ENSLAVED
CONDEMNED TO SERVE FOR THE NEXT THOUSAND YEARS
A FORCEFULLY CLAIMED NATURAL ORDER TURNS THE PLANET INTO A PRISON
FED BY FEAR - LED BY SLEEPLESS HORROR AND MALICE
HIDING BEHIND THEIR MASKS OF SERENITY AS THEY ARE TERMINATING WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE
TO UNDERSTAND – TO GO THROUGH
TO GET YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR LIFE BACK
YOU HAVE TO DIG DOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE DEEPEST VOID WHERE A LIGHT STARTS TO SHIMMER
SPEAK THE TONGUE OF THE DOOMED
GENERATIONS AWAIT THIS DAY
THINGS OF THE EARTH SHOW US HOW TO EVOLVE
WE LOSE OURSELVES – IT HAPPENED BEFORE
THEIR LAST DAYS ARE COMING TEAR DOWN THEIR MASKS
AFTER TEN THOUSAND NIGHTS – THIS WILL BE THEIR LAST
THEIR REIGN WILL END IN SILENCE – EXPOSED TO THE TRUTH
THIS FINAL TRIBULATION LEADS TO OUR INNER SOURCE
TEAR DOWN THEIR MASKS
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III. TORCHE THE WESTERN EARTH
WORTHLESS FORCES DENY
ACCESS TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY
WE UNDERSTAND NOTHING BUT FEAR
INDOCTRINATED INTO BETRAYING OURSELVES
BURN UP THE PATHS
PULL DOWN THE BARRIERS
NEW WORLD ORDER
DISEASE STRICKEN
BARREN LANDSCAPE
POISONED WATER
WE MUST FACE NOTHING BUT LIES
RESISTANCE MUST GO ALL THE WAY
NOTHING CAN DISTORT OUR MINDS
FORGED IN THE FLAMES OF DISCONTENT
FED MOTHERS MILK TO THE BRIM WITH SUBMISSION
NO
KILL IT BEFORE IT GROWS
BEFORE IT TAKES HOLD IN OUR HEARTS
STAND AGAINST THE GRAIN
PULL DOWN THE ADVERTS
INSTEAD OF POISON
POLITICS AND ART
REALIZE THAT WE ARE ALL DYING
NOT MUCH TIME LEFT TO LOOSE
TORCHE THE WAYS THAT TEACH US TO BE NUMB
THEIR SYMBOLS MUST CRUMBLE UNDERNEATH US
WHEN NOTHING IS JOYFUL
WHEN EVERYTHING BETRAYS
DESTROY
AND REBUILD
BURN UP THE TIES THAT BIND US
DESTROY IT ALL WITHOUT MERCY
MIGHTY VENGEANCE FOR ALL THE LIVES YOU TOOK
AND ALL THE MINDS THAT YOU DISTORT
BREAKING MY HEART
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04. The Sun Will Shine
05:55
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IV. THE SUN WILL SHINE
CARRIED AWAY
INTO REALMS FORSAKEN
HOLDING ON TIGHT
EVEN WHEN THE THREAD IS COMING LOOSE
BURNING BRIDGES
THEN TRY TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES
HOLLOW SOUL
DEADLY SILENCE
YOUR PRIDE IS ABLAZE
REFLECTING UPON YOURSELF
I AM THIS RUGGED EARTH
FIRE, FLAMES AND WATER SURROUNDING
FEELING SO ANCIENT
STILL THINGS AREN'T ALL RIGHT
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
CAN SUCH THING EXIST IN PRACTICE?
DEADLY SILENCE
100 YEARS OLD
DEADLY SILENCE
I REALLY DON'T KNOW
DEADLY SILENCE
100 YEARS OLD
DEADLY SILENCE
I REALLY DO KNOW
AND I DIE NO MORE FOR YOUR EMBRACE
AS I WALK THESE STREETS WITH A KNIFE IN MY CHEST
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05. Death Has Long Horns
06:24
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V. DEATH HAS LONG HORNS
COMMODITY
PARADED AROUND FOR OUR PLEASURE
THE SHARPENED STICK BEHIND THE EAR
AS THE CHILDREN SMILE IN IGNORANCE
THE COW SMILES FROM A PAPER BOX
INDIFFERENCE TEARS THE BLEEDING HEART
AS OUR PLANET LAYS TO WASTE
WE GROW COLDER
ACCUSTOMED TO OTHERS PAIN
KILLING FOR SPORT
INSANITY STILL HOLDING STRONG
WE FLINCH AT BURNING CHILDREN ON THE NEWS
OR FREE SPEECH TORN BY BULLETS
YET WE TURN A BLIND EYE TO SUFFERING
IN OUR COMFORTABLE BACKYARDS
LACK OF EMPATHY DESTROYS RELATIONSHIPS
AND WE WONDER WHY WE ARE NOT OK
UNABLE TO LOVE
LIVING LIFE IN ISOLATION
THEIR VENGEANCE IS NEAR
DEATH HAS LONG HORNS
YOUR CUSTOMS ARE DYING
THEIR VENGEANCE IS NEAR
YOUR CUSTOMS ARE DYING
DEATH HAS LONG HORNS
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VI. IN THE CHAPEL BY THE SEA
BURNING LOVE
WRETCHED WOMB THAT CONCEALED
THE THREAT TO ALL THAT IS SACRED
DEN OF SNAKES FERTILIZED
IN BURNING LOVE
SORRY BE THE STATE OF AFFAIRS
THAT SPRING FORTH FROM THE PLANETS ALIGNMENT
THE BRANCHES WILL WITHER
AND THE EARTH SHALL BEAR NO FRUIT
AND THE LAND WILL BE TORN
BY THIS LOVE BURNING WITH STRENGTH AND POWER
POINTLESS AND VAIN
THE ONLY REMEDY WILL BE THE DESTRUCTION OF PURITY
AND THE CRUCIFIXION OF NAKED SOULS
WANDERER OF THE PLAINS WITH A MARK ON HIS FOREHEAD
CONDEMNED TO RELIVE VENOMOUS AGES
RUSHING PAST IN MINUTES
TIME WILL FALL OUT OF PLACE
AND REVERSE ONCE DROWNING IN THE COLOR OF HER EYES
OBSESSION SHALL CUT YOU DOWN TO DEATH
BITTER EMBRACE WILL KILL EVERY ATOM OF YOUR BEING
STRANDED TOO CLOSE TO THE HEAT OF THE SUN
TIED TO THE SHEER ROCK SURFACE FOR THE VULTURES TO FEED
ALONE
FOREVER
ANGELS WILL SPEAK IN THE MIGHTY ROAR WITH SPITE
YOUR SKIN WILL CRACK IN THE BLAZING DESERT DAY
LONGING FOREVER A SAD FORGOTTEN SPIRIT
ALONE
WITH THE UNCERTAINTY
FOREVER
LOST AT SEA
TILL THERE IS NO MORE
UNTIL THE STARS FALL FROM THE BLEEDING NIGHT
GENEROUSLY DOUSED WITH DISEASE
UNTIL YOUR LUNGS COLLAPSE OVER AND OVER AND OVER
BURNING LOVE
THE SERPENT
THE DRAGONS HEART PIERCED
WILL ALL BE MEANINGLESS AS YOU PASS THROUGH THE AEONS
SO IT SHALL BE - SO IT IS
BURNING LOVE WILL UNDENIABLY TORCH ALL THINGS SACRED
BURNING LOVE WILL ERASE ALL THE LIFESBLOOD AND JOY
DRAINED TO THE POINT OF DEATH
AND RE-VITALISED SO THE PAIN CAN STRIKE AGAIN AND AGAIN
UNTIL THE END OF TIME
HOLOCAUST OF ALL AFFAIRS OF HEARTS
DEATH OF ALL GOOD
EVEN THE FAKE IMAGE OF GOD WILL BURN
AND YOU WILL BE FOREVER ALONE
IN ANGUISH
ALONE
FOREVER
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VII. LOST AT SEA (ACT 1. IN THE WELL OF DECEPTION)
REALISING FEAR
THE THREE HEADED DRAGON
THE MONSTER FROM THE DEEP
THE CREAKING OF SOULS
IN THE BLAST OF SOLAR WINDS
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
VALIDATING NOTHING
SEARCHING FOR THE LIGHT
THE BELLY OF THE BEAST
SWALLOWS YOU WHOLE
LEAVING TRACES OF NOTHING
A MEMORY OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
BLEAK FUTURE
UPON LOVE-SPIRINGS SWEET LIGHT RAIN
LOOKING AROUND ABHORRED
PEOPLE BRING NO PROMISE OF GOOD
AND I HEAR NOTHING
REASON LEADS TO WASTE
BIDING MY TIME
ON A MEMORY OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
A FOOL'S ERRAND
STICKING TO NO CHANCE OF SUCCESS
WITHERING AWAY
THO I'M YOUNG AND STRONG
AND I
WIEW UPON THIS WORLD
BE DARKNESS
NO LIGHT
SHINES THROUGH
IF I DON'T LET IT
THROUGH THE SEVEN GATES OF HELL
I MUST WALK TOWARDS
TRANQUIL WATERS
I MUST FIND MYSELF
COMMITED
TO PRACTICAL WAYS
TO REMAIN
LIVING
AGAIN I'LL TRY
TO STEADY MY SOUL
TO STOP THE EARTH
WHILE IT SPINS
AWAY
TO RECKOGNIZE
A KISS THAT KILLS
INGRAINED IN ME
THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS
HEAVENLY WAYS
YOU SLIPPED AWAY
TO WHITE NOISE
FOREVER
TO WHITE NOISE QUIETING
GRAIN OF SAND
THROWN DOWN
CRUSHED INTO
NOTHINGNESS
IN CARELESS WANDER
UPON THE DUNES OF X
NOT LEAVING THIS PLACE
FRIGID ILLUSIONS
LOST AT SEA
THE WELL OF DECEPTION
LOST AT SEA
DROWNING
CONTAMINATION
TAKING OVER
THE SPIRIT OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
LET ME GO
THROUGH PRIDE AND WORSE
AMBITION
SPEW ME OUT
ON THE DISTANT
HORIZON
NO REST FOR ME
SPEW ME OUT
SO I CAN LIVE
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VIII. BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP (ACT 2. THE INNER FOUNT OF DESPONDENCY)
ELECTRIFIED
THE AIR ITSELF IS SOUR
WITH UNPROCESSED FEAR
THE FOUNT OPENED AGAIN
VIBRATIONS
OVERWHELMING INNER IMPULSE
AMPLIFIED BEYOND
INFLICTING DEEDS MEASURE
DEADLY TOLL
THE HOWL OF A MILLION THOUGHTS
GUILT OVER BEING CAUGHT IN ANGUISH
GORGED ON THOUGHTS
BESTOWED WITH YOUR MACABRE WIEVPOINT
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
EVER TURNING BACK AND FORTH
AND THE MEN FORGOT THEIR PASSIONS
IN THE DREAD OF THIS THEIR DESOLATION
AND ALL HEARTS WERE CHILL’D
INTO A SELFISH PRAYER FOR LIGHT
INTO THE VOID AGAIN
LOOK BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP
LOOK BACK FROM AN OUTER REALM
BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP
INTO A SELFISH PRAYER FOR LIGHT
LOOK BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP
LOOK BACK FROM ON OUTER REALM
BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP
THE REEKING DECAY BRINGS ORCHIDS
POISONED WASTE FLOWERS AND BLOOMS
BREATHING SLOW AGAINST THE HORROR
YOUR MIND’S TOTAL GLORY SHINES
AN EQUAL CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS
WILL SET THE EVILDOERS ABLAZE
IT’S AGAINST YOURSELF THAT YOU HAVE TO WIN
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