Create​/​Conquer​/​Destroy

by Ascend the Fallen

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released 11 June 2011

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Track Name: Wastelands
THIS PLACE IS A WASTELAND
AND THIS WASTE IS NOW IS OUR HOME
WE KEPT ON BUILDING MACHINES TO CONQUER OUR DREAMS
STRIPPED OUR EARTH DOWN TO ITS BONES

WE'VE CLIMBED THE PILLARS OF HEAVEN
TO BURN THE MOTHERFUCKER DOWN
LET THE DEBRIS FALL AND GIVE NEW SKIN TO OUR GROUND
WE'VE CLIMBED THE PILLARS OF HEAVEN
TO BURN THE MOTHERFUCKER DOWN
BURN IT DOWN

THIS IS THE END - THE END OF THE END
A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE THINNING POPULATION WE'VE PENNED
THEY SAID APOCALYPSE IS COMING THROUGH THE RADIO WAVES
WITH AN EPIPHANY OF SYMPHONIES SO PERFECTLY PLAYED
I AM A FRIEND - A FRIEND OF A FRIEND
IN CONJUNCTION WITH DYSFUNCTION I AM HERE TO DEFEND
I'VE GOT MY BACK AGAINST THE OCEAN - I HAVE SHARPENED MY BLADES
THEY ALL SAID EVACUATE BUT I'M AIMING TO MISBEHAVE

AS I LOOK OUT UPON THE HORIZON
I CAN FEEL A STORM APPROACHING YET ITS PRESENCE IS SILENT
NEVER HAVE THESE WINDS FELT SO VIOLENT
OUR FUTURE HAS BEEN STOLEN BUT I'VE CHOSEN TO FIND IT

WE'VE CLIMBED THE PILLARS OF HEAVEN
TO BURN THE MOTHERFUCKER DOWN
LET THE DEBRIS FALL AND GIVE NEW SKIN TO OUR GROUND

CRAWL UPON YOUR CRUCIFIX
THIS GENOCIDE – OUR IGNORANCE

THIS IS AN EYE - AN EYE FOR AN EYE
A NEW POLLUTION EVOLUTION FOR YOUR POWER SUPPLY
IN THIS APOCALYPSE I'M HUMMING TO THE CHAOS BRIGADE
WITH AN AUXILIARY ARTILLERY SO PERFECTLY PLAYED
THIS IS THE END - THE END OF THE END
AN INTRODUCTION TO DESTRUCTION I AM HERE TO ASCEND
WITH THIS PLANET AS OUR TROPHY WE HAVE SIMPLY RETRACED
ALL THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR FATHERS AND THEN LAID IT TO WASTE

THIS PLACE IS A WASTELAND
AND THIS WASTE IS NOW IS OUR HOME
WE KEPT ON BUILDING MACHINES TO CONQUER OUR DREAMS
STRIPPED OUR EARTH DOWN TO ITS BONES

PURIFICATION - AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS WELL I HAVE FOUND OUR FOUNDATION
THE WATERS POISONED BUT I'M THINKING I MIGHT
HAVE JUST A SIP TO TASTE THE EVILS WE'VE BEEN BRINGING TO LIFE
CONTAMINATION – IN THE CENTER OF THIS HELL WE’VE BECOME THE FOUNDATION
EATEN AWAY BY THE PARASITES
THERE’S NOTHING LEFT - NO WILL TO SURVIVE

THIS IS THE END
THE END OF THE END MY FRIENDS
THIS IS THE END

WE'VE CLIMBED THE PILLARS OF HEAVEN
TO BURN THE MOTHERFUCKER DOWN
LET THE DEBRIS FALL AND GIVE NEW SKIN TO OUR GROUND
WE'VE CLIMBED THE PILLARS OF HEAVEN
TO BURN THE MOTHERFUCKER DOWN
AND IN THE ASHES OF OUR MISTAKES WE WILL NOW DROWN
Track Name: Consumed
TO FEED UPON THOSE DARK DESIRES
MY SOUL DISSOLVES AS I'M CONSUMED
WE'VE STRUCK THE MATCH TO LIGHT THE FIRE
ENGULF THIS WORLD WE NEVER KNEW

TAKE BACK THESE SHATTERED DREAMS
SWEEP THEM UNDERNEATH THE RUG OF YOUR MATERIAL NEEDS

CONSUME - CONSUME
FROM BENEATH YOU IT DEVOURS
COMING - IT'S COMING SOON

HERE WE WERE - WE WERE HERE
AND THERE WE WENT
HERE WE ARE - WE ARE HERE
BUT ARE WE DEAD?

TO TASTE THE FLESH OF THOSE DESIRES
WE WAIT AS BAIT TO BE CONSUMED
THROW OURSELVES RIGHT INTO THE FIRE
ENGULF THESE SOULS WE'VE NEVER USED

CONSUME - CONSUME
FROM BENEATH YOU IT DEVOURS
COMING - IT'S COMING SOON

THE EARTH HAS TEETH- WE'RE GUNNA OPEN IT UP
IT'S GUNNA SWALLOW US WHOLE
HERE WE WERE - WE WERE HERE
AND THERE WE WENT

THE EARTH HAS TEETH- WE'RE GUNNA OPEN IT UP
IT'S GUNNA SWALLOW US WHOLE
HERE WE ARE - WE ARE HERE
BUT ARE WE DEAD?

DEAD?

CONSUME – CONSUME
FROM BENEATH YOU IT DEVOURS
JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING SOON
Track Name: Vultures
THESE PLAGUES HAVE BEEN DELIVERED BY THE HANDS OF A SELFISH WHORE
A SEA OF WAVES FROM OPEN LEGS HAS CRASHED UPON THESE SHORES

NOW YOU'RE DROWNING IN THE TIDE
SCREAMING FOR HELP AS I WATCH YOUR DEMISE
TORN FROM YOUR DISGUISE
CHOKING ON THE BLOOD THAT YOU'VE SPILLED WITH YOUR LIES

AND ARE YOU SORRY?
ARE YOU SORRY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE?
YOU CAN SEEK FORGIVENESS BUT ALL THE SICKNESS HAS JUST BEGUN
AND I'M NOT...

A SWARM OF VULTURES WOULDN'T FEAST UPON YOUR INSIDES
YOUR TASTE IS FAR TOO ROTTEN, YOUR TASTE IS FAR TOO ROTTEN

YOUR TASTE IS FAR TOO ROTTEN

THIS IS A LOAD OF BULLSHIT, THIS IS A LACK OF PASSION
WHEN LIFELESS DREAMS AND HONEST MACHINES ARE NOTHING BUT DISTRACTIONS
THIS IS THE END OF LOVE, THIS IS A CRIME OF PASSION
HOW TWISTED DREAMS AND BACKWARDS ROUTINES CAN BRING SUCH SATISFACTION

THESE PLAGUES HAVE BEEN DELIVERED BY THE HANDS OF A SELFISH WHORE

NOW YOU'RE DROWNING IN THE TIDE
NOW YOU'RE DROWNING IN THE TIDE

AND ARE YOU SORRY?
ARE YOU SORRY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE?
YOU CAN SEEK FORGIVENESS BUT ALL THE SICKNESS HAS JUST BEGUN
AND I'M NOT...

I'M NOT SORRY...

A SWARM OF VULTURES WOULDN'T FEAST UPON YOUR INSIDES
YOUR TASTE IS FAR TOO ROTTEN, YOUR TASTE IS FAR TOO ROTTEN
Track Name: Consequences
SHAKING - OUR HANDS ARE SHAKING FROM THE COLD
THE CONSEQUENCES WE NOW SUFFER SHALL PAVE THEIR WAY WITH GOLD
OUR FUTURE - NO FUTURE - EVERY CLOUD HAS CRUMBLED TO DUST
PROMISES - PROMISES - FEEDING OFF THE WEAK WITH SUCH LUST
POWER - YOU USE YOUR POWER FOR CONTROL
BUT WITHOUT STRINGS SOME PUPPETS STRUGGLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THIS HOLE

JUST TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN...
THEY SAID, THEY SAID...
JUST TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN...
DIGGING DEEP YOUR CLAWS INTO THE CADAVERS WE PORTRAY
THE INSTRUMENTS OF GREAT MISFORTUNE - A WRETCHED SYMPHONY
HIGH UPON YOUR TOWER YOU PRAISE OUR KINGDOMS SLOW DECAY
BREAKING - OUR BONES ARE BREAKING FROM YOUR HOLD
AND WITHOUT SPINES THESE SERPENTS FEED OFF THE HOPE THAT WE HAVE SOLD
POISON- THE VENOMS POISON TAKES CONTROL
BUT WITH LUNGS COLLAPSED SOME FOOLS STILL STRUGGLE TO CRAWL OUT OF YOUR HOLE

JUST TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN...
THEY SAID, THEY SAID...
JUST TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN...

DIGGING DEEP YOUR CLAWS INTO OUR CADAVERS
DIGGING DEEP YOUR CLAWS INTO OUR CADAVERS

NOBODY IS FREE UNTIL EVERYBODY IS FREE
NOBODY IS FREE UNTIL EVERYBODY IS FREE

BUT WITHOUT WARNING HOW WILL WE KNOW WHEN TO RUN?
CAUSE WITHOUT POWER THEIR HANDS WILL SEAL THESE WALLS SHUT
AND WITHOUT WINDOWS HOW WILL WE SEE THE SUN?
Track Name: Nameless
THEY ARE THE ORPHANED ONES NOT GIVEN A NAME
BORN TO A WORLD WHERE THEIR EXISTENCE IS PLAGUED
BEHIND A MASK – FORCED TO LIVE IN DISGUISE
IF THEY EVEN GET THE CHANCE TO SEE THE WORLD WITH THEIR EYES

BECAUSE NOT EVER WILL THEY BREATHE WITHOUT FIRST GIVING A FIGHT
AND NOT EVER WILL OUR IGNORANCE BRING DARKNESS TO LIGHT

THEY SET THE FIRE TO THEIR FOREST - SO WE JUST WATCH THEM BURN ALIVE

THEY ARE THE ORPHANED ONES NOT GIVEN A NAME
THE MISSING PIECES IN THIS PUZZLE OF SHAME

THIS IS NO LIFE - WHO HAS THE RIGHT?
TO THROW AWAY LIFE – YOU HAVE NO RIGHT

I HAVE NO FAITH IN A HUMANITY
WITH NO RESPECT FOR IT'S SANITY
WE MIGHT AS WELL BE LEFT DYING
WITH THE CARCASSES OF YESTERDAY
NO SWEET VIRGINITY - NO TOMORROW
THIS DEEP AFFINITY THAT WE MUST SWALLOW

I’VE COME BEARING AN URGE TO UNRAVEL YOUR MECHANICAL LANGUAGE
I’VE COME DARING THE SCOURGE TO UNRAVEL THEIR PURITANICAL WAYS

BECAUSE NOT EVER WILL THEY BREATHE WITHOUT FIRST GIVING A FIGHT
AND NOT EVER WILL OUR IGNORANCE BRING DARKNESS TO LIGHT

THEY SET THE FIRE TO THEIR FOREST - SO WE JUST WATCH THEM BURN ALIVE
OFF THE FLAMES WE WILL THRIVE - WATCH US BURN ALIVE

I HAVE NO FAITH IN A HUMANITY
WITH NO RESPECT FOR IT'S SANITY
WE MIGHT AS WELL BE LEFT DYING
WITH THE CARCASSES OF YESTERDAY
NO SWEET VIRGINITY - NO TOMORROW
THIS DEEP AFFINITY THAT WE MUST SWALLOW

THIS IS NO LIFE - WHO HAS THE RIGHT?
TO THROW AWAY LIFE – YOU HAVE NO RIGHT
THIS IS NO DREAM – WHO PULLS THE STRINGS?
TO THROW AWAY LIFE – WE HAVE NO RIGHT
Track Name: Nightmares
HERES YOUR CHURCH AND HERES YOUR STEEPLE
YOUR DOLLAR SIGNS IN THE SHAPE OF PEOPLE
TWISTING THEIR FAITH INTO A PROFIT MACHINE
YOU'VE SPREAD THIS FILTH ACROSS OUR EARTH
FILLING YOUR POCKETS WITH GREED

YOU HOLD THE HAMMER OF HYPOCRISY
POUNDING AWAY WITH SUCH ATROCITY
POUNDING YOUR LIES INTO THESE

COWARDS WHO NOW DEVOUR
YOUR FRUIT SO SOUR - YOUR SELFISH GAMES
NO SOULS - DRUNKEN OFF POWER
YOU ARE NO MASTERS - WE ARE NO SLAVES

HERES THE CONTRACT - THE DOTTED LINE
YOU'LL ALL BE SAVED IF YOU ALL CAN PAY THE PRICE
EMPTY YOUR WALLETS - GET ON YOUR KNEES
AND SPEAK YOUR PEACE FOR SAVING YOU BY FEEDING ME

WHERES YOUR HONOR? - WHERES YOUR PRIDE?
YOU ARE A CRIMINAL - A MASTER OF DISGUISE
IN YOUR WORLD OF LIES

THE BIGGER YOUR GUN - THE LOUDER YOUR VOICE
THE SMALLER YOUR WORTH - THE WEAKER YOUR CHOICE

TO KNOW “AM I SAVED?”
TO KNOW “AM I SHAMED?”
TO KNOW “AM I PLAGUED?”

TIMES CHANGE - TIMES CHANGE BUT IGNORANCE NEVER LEAVES
TIMES CHANGE - TIMES CHANGE BUT NO THESE WORDS ARE NOT FREE

BLOOD OF THE FATHER
BLOOD OF THE BLIND
BLOOD OF OUR MOTHER
BLOOD OF MANKIND

IN YOUR DISGUISE POUNDING YOUR LIES INTO THESE

COWARDS WHO NOW DEVOUR
YOUR FRUIT SO SOUR - YOUR SELFISH GAMES
NO SOULS - DRUNKEN OFF POWER
YOU ARE NO MASTERS - WE ARE NO SLAVES

TIMES CHANGE - TIMES CHANGE BUT IGNORANCE NEVER LEAVES
TIMES CHANGE - TIMES CHANGE BUT NO THESE WORDS ARE NOT FREE
Track Name: Reflections
I WAKE UP ON A MOUNTAIN TOP
I DONT KNOW WHERE I AM BUT I KNOW WHERE I HAVE BEEN
BURNING UNDERNEATH THIS SUN FOR TWENTY-FIVE LONG YEARS
AND ON THE DAY THAT ROCK DIES OUT I'LL SHED NO FUCKING TEARS

LET IT DIE - WATCH ME FALL
I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THIS WORLD OR ANYTHING AT ALL

IN THE MIRROR I DON'T SEE A FACE
ONLY THE OUTLINE OF A MONSTER THAT HAS TAKEN ITS PLACE
AND FROM HIS NOSE UNTO IT'S CHIN
THE WORMS CRAWL OUT–THE WORMS CRAWL IN

I WALK UP TO THE EDGE AND OPEN MY ARMS WIDE
DIVE HEAD FIRST INTO THE DARKNESS, NEVER SAY GOODBYE
THE BRIDGES HOME HAVE BURNED, MY HISTORY IS DUST
NO ONE LEFT TO CATCH MY FALL, NOBODY LEFT TO TO TRUST

I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING
EVERY OUNCE OF MY SWEAT, EVERY TEAR OFF MY CHEEK
I GAVE UP EVERYTHING
THROUGH THE CRACKS IN YOUR SMILE YOU HAD MADE ME BELIEVE
I'VE BROKEN EVERYTHING
EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART, EVERY BRANCH OF MY TREE
I'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING
EVERY DROP OF MY BLOOD, NOW I NO LONGER BLEED

I NO LONGER BLEED
(I'M FALLING DOWN, I'M FALLING DOWN...)
I NO LONGER BLEED

IN THE MIRROR I DON'T SEE A FACE
ONLY THE OUTLINE OF A MONSTER THAT HAS TAKEN ITS PLACE
AND FROM HIS NOSE UNTO IT'S CHIN
THE WORMS CRAWL OUT–THE WORMS CRAWL IN
IN THE MIRROR I DON'T SEE A FACE
ONLY THE OUTLINE OF A MONSTER THAT HAS TAKEN ITS PLACE
AND FROM MY NOSE UNTO MY CHIN
THE WORMS CRAWL OUT–THE WORMS CRAWL IN

LET IT DIE - WATCH ME FALL
I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THIS WORLD OR ANYTHING AT ALL
Track Name: Unwanted
I'VE BECOME ONE WITH THIS BLADE CLENCHED IN THE HANDS OF MY FATE
LIVING THIS LIE FOR WAY TOO LONG
WIPING THE BLOOD FROM MY HANDS, ON THESE FEET A NEW MAN NOW STANDS
I'VE DONE MY TIME BUT IT WONT BE LONG...

IT WONT BE LONG UNTIL YOU SEE THEY'RE ALL DEAD
ALL DEAD

THIS HUNGER DEEP INSIDE US THAT FUELS OUR DARKEST NEEDS
THE SUICIDE NOTE THAT WE WEAR RIGHT ON OUR FUCKING SLEEVES
THIS HUNGER DEEP INSIDE US THAT MAKES US FEEL ALIVE
WILL ONLY PROVE TO BE THE DOORWAY TO OUR OWN DEMISE

WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE REASONS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEFEATED
RETURNING TO A PLACE NO MAN SHOULD CALL HOME
WE'VE DONE OUR TIME BUT IT WONT BE LONG...

IT WONT BE LONG UNTIL YOU SEE THEY'RE ALL DEAD
AND DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
UNWANTED - SWALLOWED BY THIS HELL

THE REASONS WE'RE DEFEATED
THE REASONS ARE NOT STOPPING

WE HEAR THIS SILENCE COMING, IT'S COME AS NO SURPRISE
I NEVER THOUGHT A PULSE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD IMPROVISE
THE HUNGER DEEP INSIDE US THAT FUELS OUR DARKEST NEEDS
IS NOT STOPPING

LIVING THIS LIE FOR WAY TOO LONG
WE'VE DONE OUR TIME BUT IT WONT BE LONG
IT WONT BE LONG UNTIL THESE ROADS REACH THE END
AND IT WONT BE LONG UNTIL YOU SEE WE'RE ALL DEAD

WIPING THE BLOOD FROM MY HANDS
ON THESE FEET A NEW MAN NOW STANDS

WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE REASONS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEFEATED
RETURNING TO A PLACE NO MAN SHOULD CALL HOME

IT WONT BE LONG UNTIL OUR ROADS REACH THEIR END
AND IT WONT BE LONG UNTIL YOU SEE WE'RE ALL DEAD
AND DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
UNWANTED - SWALLOWED BY THIS HELL

ITS NOT STOPPING
ITS NOT STOPPING
Track Name: Eulogy
OUR HANDS WILL ROLL THE DICE OF OUR FATE
I WAS NEVER ONE WITH LUCKY NUMBERS SO I'M PRAYING, DISOBEYING
ALL THE THINGS WE'VE EVER TOUCHED, THE SIGNALS I'VE RECEIVED
TELEVISED THIS TRAGEDY, OUR ROTTING FANTASY

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - THAT'S WHAT I SAID - OFF WITH THEIR HEADS
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – PAINT THE TOWN RED

KEEP ON MARCHING, KEEP ON SEARCHING,
KEEP ON MARCHING, KEEP ON HUNTING

KEEP HUNTING, LETS UNLEASH THE HOUNDS FOR THEIR PREY
AND I WAS NEVER ONE FOR PLAYING JESUS BUT I’M SAVING, RESURRECTING
EVERY BRIDGE YOU'VE EVER BURNED, THE STRUCTURE IN THESE WAVES
SINK THE SHIPS THAT WE ONCE SAILED, THE BEAST WE COULDN'T TAME

TAKE A LOOK AROUND, WE'RE LIVING WITH THE LOST AND FOUND
RISING FROM THE GROUND, THE LIVING DEAD ARE ALL AROUND
EVERY BRANCH WE'VE EVER TOUCHED, THE MAGGOTS IN OUR GRAVE
FEED OFF ROOTS OF WHAT ONCE WAS, THE TREES WE COULDN'T SAVE

LIARS - WE ARE ALL LIARS
FUELED BY DESIRES - LOSING OUR SPEED
FROM THESE CIRCUITS PROGRAMMED TO WORSHIP
ANYTHING WORTHLESS – EVERYTHING
FROM THESE CIRCUITS PROGRAMMED TO WORSHIP
ANYTHING WORTHLESS – EVERYTHING

YOU WERE A GODDESS OF MANY NAMES
FROM THIS DUNGEON I'VE BROKEN YOUR CHAINS
FUCK YOUR KINGDOM, FUCK YOUR CROWN
CAUSE FROM YOUR THRONE I'VE PULLED YOU DOWN TO
GRACE THE PEASANTS WITH YOUR PRESENCE

FROM YOUR THRONE I'VE PULLED YOU DOWN
TO CREATE – CONQUER - DESTROY