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Inhale
00:41
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Breathe, my friends
And you shall inhale purity
For she has returned
This, she has not yet realized
By remedy of our blood
She will rise from her ailment
And once she is well again
The world can be healed
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2. |
Strange Prices
04:38
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Shedding off a graceful skin
Seeping down to where you stand
Promising to lead you from
Days of waiting for
Recovery, they're done
Offer me a room to rest
I'll return you to your health
You may speak and give release
Though you won't, you'll let me be
Our souls, the same
Strange prices
For your head
Marked around the town
In bright blood red
Take each sacred step I give
Follow through, you'll have no debt
Rinse the sleeper, drown it full
I can close your eyes for you
And bless your dream
Full facade, I take it out
Looking for the tender spot
Feel no hurt in heaven's breadth
Rejoicing with nothing there
To come again
Strange prices
For your head
Marked around the town
In bright blood red
Does your heart believe
In that good, pure light
Or do you remain
Hardened, stiff, and dry
Take each sacred step I give
Follow through, you'll have no debt
Rinse the sleeper, drown it full
I can close your eyes
Strange prices
For your head
Marked around the town
In bright blood red
Were you aware
How I needed you
From your withered form
To make anew
Does your heart believe
In that good, pure light
Or do you remain
Hardened, stiff, and dry
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Fissure and Avalanche
03:54
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Bow down until I
Drop down to level
Land, I have planned
Planned for years
Cold wind caresses
Me as I turn my
Chin down to see
See the split
Love of God (collapse and rise)
Stay below (we'll shake the skies)
Crashing now (I'm coming)
Crushing rocks, gaping wounds, fill it in
Ugly and blank
I must complete
Empty, so empty
Fill it in
Just as expected
Clouds crack with sound
Time, time to fall
Fall and shout
Love of God (collapse and rise)
Stay below (we'll shake the skies)
Crashing now (I'm coming)
Crushing rocks, gaping wounds, fill it in
Rise up
Collapse
Fissure
Avalanche
What, what, what does it kill
What, what, what does it kill
Does it kill anything
Takes time to still
Could last forever
Ever, and I'm not
Satisfied
But once it's over
Once I've gone through
Reason might say
We belong
Love of God (collapse and rise)
Stay below (we'll shake the skies)
Crashing now (I'm coming)
Crushing rocks, gaping wounds, fill it in
Fissure, avalanche
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4. |
Charity
03:42
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I'll check that nothing is left
No remnant of your stay
Did the short time that I let you inside
Satisfy your plea
I bet you'll walk one door down
The homes here all the same
Will that neighbor of mine realize
For you everyone is too weak
Should I deny that I wanted to try
Try to fulfill and give hope to a life
Flesh and blood wasted away into greed
Illusions that you chose to call your needs
I knock upon your door
You answer with a smile
I am pleased to see you, but in disguise
I hate to see my shit on your floor
I try to grab my stuff as I leave
You decide to scream
I finally can't take the lies anymore
And I just walk out your door
Should I deny that I wanted to try
Try to fulfill and give hope to a life
Flesh and blood wasted away into greed
Illusions that you chose to call your needs
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5. |
Spectre in Mirror
05:21
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Glutton
Watch as he gorges
All the life from me
It pleasures him
Monster
Look in his eyes he
Can't be human, no
This thing must die
I am lovely, I am handsome
I'm perfection defined
You are callous, you are ugly
Keep away to your side
Can't you find another vessel
Leave me out of your life
I cannot stay
Reach to me through this mirror
Maybe we can feel each other
Should I let shine or should I hide
The spectre in my reflection
Bastard
You don't belong here
You stare at me as though
I can show you love
Brother
Why won't you listen
I know your loneliness
Runs deep but I can't
Reach to me through this mirror
Maybe we can feel each other
Should I let shine or should I hide
The spectre in my reflection
I am lovely, I am handsome
I'm perfection defined
You are callous, you are ugly
Keep away to your side
Can't you find another vessel
Leave me out of your life
I cannot stay
I am lonely, I am hated
I wish I could be you
You're my reason for existence
Stay inside my head
Will you let me be your vessel
Let us be together
Please, will you stay
Reach to me through this mirror
Maybe we can feel each other
Should I let shine or should I hide
The spectre in my reflection
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6. |
The Kill Divine
04:35
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Called to arms
My soldier cry
Echoing
My nation's pride
Handed down
From generals high
Line by line
Our plan to die
Where'd they go on that field
Where was I in my mind
All the time I'd need to heal
Heal the wounded with a lie
Fighting off the urge to flee
To leave it all, yet I look behind
To where I see that beauty spring
The thrill, the joy, the kill divine
Called my boys
To stand upright
Each man trembling with
A warrior's stride
Passed around
The draft contrived
Whispered fears
It's suicide
Where'd they go on that field
Where was I in my mind
All the time I'd need to heal
Heal the wounded with a lie
Fighting off the urge to flee
To leave it all, yet I look behind
To where I see that beauty spring
The thrill, the joy, the kill divine
Called from home
My mother cried
Never gave
A sweet goodbye
Couldn't find
My letters typed
Napalm burns
My words all fried
Where'd they go on that field
Where was I in my mind
All the time I'd need to heal
Heal the wounded with a lie
Fighting off the urge to flee
To leave it all, yet I look behind
To where I see that beauty spring
The thrill, the joy, the kill divine
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Crossfire
05:09
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Fight, bleed, die, win
Fight, bleed, die, win
Four men shared this land
Neighboring palaces
Phantom, beast, dragon
And sorcerer
Each citizen bowed to one
Split families and friends apart
Each choice brought about
A thirst for blood
In the crossfire
I remember
I called
This home
Fight, bleed, die, win
Fight, bleed, die, win
Each king from his tower
Noticed the divide
And drew up their plans
They had soldiers
Turned into servant-lovers
Worshippers by default
I saw passions running high
And ran away
In the crossfire
I remember
I called
This home
In the crossfire
I breathe the air
This can't
Be home
The war merely began
As nations formed themselves
Around the barren wasteland
Of what they shared
I left and leave again
My home sweet home
Is dead
And on I go
Fight, bleed, die, win
Fight, bleed, die, win
Fight, bleed, die, win
Fight, bleed, die, win
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Come drink, dear men, and let's be merry
Bask in delight
A friend greets us home with
Signals to our seas
The beams cast upon us
We share in that wealth
Of brightness ever-singing
A song to our might
Our trek across the ocean
For island paradise
It's stood since that voyage
To heaven we return
And yet each man has his own heaven
Created in his sleep
Perhaps the plight of the traveler
Lies in waking
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9. |
Acts of Despair
04:12
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Forever, nevermore
All the same, better come through
Whichever way he tries
To forget, it's no big deal
Kneeling at her doorstep
Is a boy begging pardon
For every little sin against
That pretty, grinning face
She offers him a candelight
Says burn it all, and all is fine
He does it quick, and smoke engulfs
His heart and eyes and tongue
Forever, nevermore
All the same, better come through
Whichever way he tries
To forget, it's no big deal
Losing light, choking up
Coughing blood and breathing ash
Shepherd's gone, little lamb
Run away, this matter's dead
His sight's ablaze with images
The love and loss of lustful lies
Though it doesn't start the healing
He needs her to forgive
It's all too pathetic
The pain ain't with the memories
He'll continue his self-poisoning
With each act of despair
Do the act until it's done
Begin at zero
And end with everyone scorched
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Begin at Zero St. Louis, Missouri
Occult storytelling metal/rock band across Missouri.
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