1. Oceans Of Sickness

As the colors turn to grey
Savor the sigh of relief
There were woes aplenty
Yet I asked for none of them
Hindered by this poisoned shell
That goes against itself
I ponder my ways, the wrongs I did
With karma to burn I cannot yield

Oceans of sickness and despair flow and form streams ever free
A sea of endless colors fills this black and white that was me

Now speak, pain, my ever present friend
Speak the words that let me rest assured
My choice is the right one and not one of haste
I have contemplated this for unbearable years

My body is my temple
My temple has been ransacked

First it chokes me, then it burns my heart
All the bitterness in there, for all to see
Hail pain, the ever present friend
That lets me know there is still one day more

Oceans of sickness and despair flow and form streams ever free
A sea of endless colors fills this black and white that was me

Oceans of sickness and despair flow and form streams ever free
A sea of endless colors fills this black and white that was me

2. Blood Eagle

With the power of your gods or childhood abuse
Reaper, the taker of life

Black lamb of god, I spit on your grave
Each day I will count the bricks
I smile like the devil you were

How can you stare in the mirror
After breaking my soul
Did it make you feel empowered
How can you go about your life
With my rended flesh torn

I will see you burn, you took what is mine, emptiness remains
I will reclaim every drop of my blood, drawn by weakling scum

How can you crawl on like nothing happened
Everything happened to me
How the hell could I get up again
When my knees were bent as was my will

With your cuts in my skin
And your hate in my veins
Spread your wings like the blood eagle
Take your last breaths as you burn
As your ravaged angel
I will help you soar

How can they stand behind each other
As a crowd that always shows up at a funeral
Not to weep but to gawk at the corpse
Tear apart every last shred of humanity

I will see you burn, you took what is mine, emptiness remains
I will reclaim every drop of my blood, drawn by weakling scum

Burn, burn!
Burn, burn!

I will see you burn, you took what is mine, emptiness remains
I will reclaim every drop of my blood, drawn by weakling scum

With your cuts in my skin
And your hate in my veins
Spread your wings like the blood eagle
Take your last breaths as you burn
As your ravaged angel
I will help you soar

3. Inward

You travel to the darkest corners of your mind
There's no telling what you might find
Uncertainties are appealing in disguise
Excitement, a toxin

No need for you to seek adventures
They will find you, all the same
When you least expect commotion
They will catch you off your guard

Perfection is now defiled, by your hands time is stained
No need to fear for scars, these wounds will bleed forever
No need to fear for scars, these wounds will bleed forever

Inflamed anger, cut the blood from flowing
Stream of bile will tranquil my fury
Infected caption, a twisted portrait
Bleed me dry until the end of time

What lies behind the stare, beneath the rage
Greeting arms, lying eyes open wide
A glance inside your ward of sins
Endear a hollow gaze

Perfection is now defiled, by your hands time is stained
No need to fear for scars, these wounds will bleed forever
No need to fear for scars, these wounds will bleed forever

Seek thyself in reasons' stead
Break down the boundaries within
Swallow the debris of life
Constructing your harness of pain
Repulsive vomit of sickness
Like sparkling acid on your tongue
Is the bitter taste of all that is low
'Cause what you reap is what you sow

'Cause what you reap is what you sow
'Cause what you reap is what you sow

4. Grief

Repentance won't justify the crimes you have done
You should've been enslain
Took life from your own flesh and blood
Pure blood now flows forever

There are no words for these murders
You should die...
You should die yourself

Innocent child, too short a life, the end touched us all
We should open our eyes
Innocent mind, still growing and learning to understand
Now that's all torn away

There is no name for this grief

What was so wrong in your mind
Didn't you have a heart?
Will someone explain
Nothing remains the same

Depression is not a reason for murdering your children
You should've rotten in jail
Life's drain and confusion is not for them
You should have just killed yourself

What hurt you so much, what made you fail?
No reason you say will do, or undo
What you have done
Torment and pain
It is not strength, what can be taken away

What was so wrong in your mind
Didn't you have a heart?
Will someone explain
Nothing remains the same

And we lay this sorrow to rest
As the bodies already burn
There is no name for this grief
And we lay this sorrow to rest
As the bodies already burn

What can we do to stop these murders
So our children can live and love
Life is a gift and joy to all
No one should take it away

There are no words for these murders
You should die yourself

5. Incarcerated

Mistake number one was I didn't listen to my father
I didn't tell anyone my twisted and scary thoughts
And one day I do it
I didn't realize
How cruel a man can be
To spill innocent blood

Mistake number two, I didn't believe my mother
Who had seen the err of her ways, my heart turned black as coal
Today I do it
Bring down the hand that defied me
Cursed be the betrayer
Ashes to ashes, lust to dust

A guilty soul will soar
When the brick walls fall
With heavy wings tried
A stone heavy heart will fly

Mistake number three was I did what others told me to
I didn't give a chance to my own diluted reason
On that day I did it
Just to get back at them
To show I am the strongest link
Without their decrepit chain

Nothing will bring back what is lost
Nothing was more lost than I
Nothing will bring back what is lost
Nothing was more lost than I
Nothing will bring back what is lost
Nothing was more lost than I

A guilty soul will soar
When the brick walls fall
With heavy wings tried
A stone heavy heart will fly

6. Gravel

They revere only empty words
I denounce this twisted world
Our seeking of more has blinded us
I cast myself out!

A growing hatred towards this sick world
Where wealth defines a man's worth
The weakling rats ruin everything
Then burn their own homes for a smoke screen

Sarcastic, hey I am a cynic
No other way to speak these days
Rid myself of this so called reality
I cast myself out!

Here in the vortex of echoes I find myself lost
No confession to atone for my rebellion
Here in the vortex of forsaken souls I let myself go
I cast myself out so no other can

Rabid dogs were once put down
Now the madmen run the asylum
Your polluted life sickens me
I cast myself out!

Bless you for showing me the door
So I know where we step outside
The gloves come off and we meet at last
Eye to eye, like man and beast always have

Here in the vortex of echoes I find myself lost
No confession to atone for my rebellion
Here in the vortex of forsaken souls I let myself go
I cast myself out so no other can

Breathing in your poisoned kingdom is like choking on gravel
I want to tear off my skin and run into the rain

Here in the vortex of echoes I find myself lost
No confession to atone for my rebellion
Here in the vortex of forsaken souls I let myself go
I cast myself out so no other can

No confession to atone for my rebellion
In the vortex of forsaken souls I let myself go

7. Grim River

So few times the words come out
Our hearts bleed like stone
So we lie until our sorrow is deeper than a dried well
But the real grief comes only at the end

How many times did we leave the fallen behind
To drag ourselves into an early grave
How many promises did we really have to break
To finally break our own petrified shame

We row this grim river to say goodbye
That shadowed delta was that last farewell
To have known you, the most I could ever ask
To have you walk by my side

"I will try... I will try and walk alone"

We get to spend time with our loved ones only once
Yet we often bid farewell in haste
This time I will say I am sorry for all those times I did not
Please forgive me

We row this grim river to say goodbye
That shadowed delta was that last farewell
To have known you, the most I could ever ask
To have you walk by my side

We row this grim river to say goodbye
That shadowed delta was that last farewell
To have known you, the most I could ever ask
To have you walk by my side

We row this grim river to say goodbye
We row this grim river to say goodbye

8. Serpent Spine

I hold within my grasp the true way
To sway the misguided, lead on the lost
I break those that have broken
I take apart that which is whole
Slither along my serpent spine, find shelter in my shadow
Carry my flame into the night, spread my truth like wildfire

In the house of shattered mirrors
Nothing is black and white
Truth bends and finally breaks
To fend off the beasts, one becomes a beast
Slither along my serpent spine, find shelter in my shadow
Carry my flame into the night, spread my truth like wildfire

When the world needed a hero
I introduced them a villain
To make a better world I burned what's left of mine
I stared into the abyss and the deep gazed into me

I hold within my grasp the true way
To sway the misguided, lead on the lost
I break those that are already broken
I take apart that which is whole

When the world needed a hero
I introduced them a villain
To make a better world I burned what's left of mine
I stared into the abyss and the deep gazed into me

To make a better world I burned what's left of mine
I stared into the abyss and the deep gazed into me

When the world needed a hero
I introduced them a villain
To make a better world I burned what's left of mine
I stared into the abyss and the deep gazed into me

9. Tarnished Halo

A little girl on the field
With no worries in the world
Shall see a war, a revolution
Even a better tomorrow
New found peace brought you
This all new love and life
You were to have children
Worked hard to provide
Must be so lonely in that darkness
No one will ever know what carries your mind from here to eternity

You can't quite remember those friendly faces that are near
But so afar, with hearts so close to touch
All clouds have silver lining, yet yours is all black
To keep away all memories and their flowing tears

Your mind now a tarnished halo, that shines while their whole world falls

In all the life's turmoil you lasted and prevailed
Conquered a new meaning
With grandchildren in your name
Then something burrowed itself into your soul
Veiling the spirit once strong enough to repel war
No one will ever know who takes your mind from here to eternity

You can't quite remember those friendly faces that are near
But so afar, with hearts so close to touch
All clouds have silver lining, yet yours is all black
To keep away all memories and their flowing tears

Your mind now a tarnished halo, that shines while their whole world falls
And as the rust eats away last hope, the walls come down and you see

Your knight in shining armor
Taken from you so long ago
Why were you left behind to suffer
In this accursed limbo
Laying at the end of the line
Waiting for him to come

Your mind now a shining halo
That shines when they keep you close to heart
As the rust slowly fades away
And the young girl falls to sleep

10. Vitriol

Like an outcast pariah
A soul without a shelter
All my youth I struggled with rage
And though it would never end
From within the darkness that clouded me
I saw a shimmer that lit up the skies
And for the very first time I knew
That my life had meaning

I walk into a new dawn
As the darkness divides
And reveals an all new light
That blinds me and makes me alive
There's no more room for hate
No room for selfish pride
Flowing with vitriol no more

I stand here with my soul bare before you
Just one look and there is no weakness left in me
To rise and fall for you
I am the armor to protect
I am the salve to heal

This lonely, battered soul, seeking peaceful haven
Scarred and burnt for life, please let me stay for a while

There's no more I
No room for selfish me
Just the patron's vigour
And a promise to keep
There's no more room for hate
Farewell to tortured spite
I cannot find myself lost in rancour
No more

I stand here with my soul bare before you
Just one look and there is no weakness left in me
To rise and fall for you
I am the armor to protect
I am the salve to heal

This lonely, battered soul, seeking peaceful haven
Scarred and burnt for life, please let me stay for a while

I... I stand here with my soul bare before you
Just one look and there is no weakness left in me
To rise and fall for you
I am the armor to protect

I stand here with my soul bare before you
Just one look and there is no weakness left in me
To rise and fall for you
I am the armor to protect
I am the salve to heal