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Wastelands
04:51
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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
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Consumed
04:40
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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
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3. |
Vultures
04:45
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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
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4. |
Consequences
04:40
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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?
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5. |
Nameless
04:52
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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
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Nothing
03:45
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7. |
Nightmares
05:01
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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
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8. |
Reflections
03:59
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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
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9. |
Unwanted
04:46
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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
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10. |
Eulogy
05:16
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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
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