OVERCOME

Lost in a world of hate
Where everything is wrong
Never need to sedate
Everyone is unfeeling
All too often it seems
We watch our lives lay barren
For all the death we've seen
Have yet to understand it

Where are all the answers
Where is all the hope
When did all this happen
And how do we overcome?

A thousand years have passed
And all still look to stone
For meaning that will last
For thousands of years to come
But what has all this brought
A thousand years of bloodshed
In the name of stone
Misleading and degrading

Where are all the answers
Where is all the hope
When did all this happen
And how do we overcome?
Lie and say it's perfect
Tell me all is well
Let me keep believing
There's no purpose for a hell

All is quiet now
Everything is too surreal
I watch and wonder how
All have somehow left this place
Abandoned for the sake
Of the ones that went before
Never such a mistake
As that which took the faith away

PERFECT SKY

The sky's so perfect I could scream
As if I've not woken from this dream
I feel a terror seeping in
Something just beneath the skin
Everything feels wrong
Everything is wrong with me

The stars kept staring back at me
Hiding something I can't see
All these memories flooding back
Filling up the heart I lack
Everything is wrong
Everything feels wrong with me

Such familiar horizon
Comforts me as it always has
A pale glow shall soon wash over
Leading to the home I never had
Everything feels wrong
Everything is wrong with me

A world devoid of inspiration
And I have never felt so weak
I seem to see myself as a failure
The old mirror so oblique
And yet I breathe each day
And yet I breathe each day
As if to prove I am alive

A simple mark of desparation
As I throw my mind away
A fleeting spark of inspiration
Of the words I cannot say
Everything feels wrong
And everything is wrong with me
Everything feels wrong
Everything is wrong
Everything feels wrong
Everything is wrong with me.

QUICKSAND EFFECT

And here I am alone once more
The same as many years before
And now I see that what makes me
Is fading rapidly
As soon I'll be right back to the start
With hollow words and a heavy heart
How could any of this be?
I'm fading rapidly

I can feel it slipping away
My precious grasp on reality
My little world and all I see
Is fading rapidly
I never thought it'd end this way
You'll understand it all someday
I won't drag you down with me
I'm fading rapidly

I'm sorry I was ever here
Erase me from your memories
Please don't cry for me
I'm only bleeding
I'm sorry I can't dry your tears
Forget that I existed
It's just too late for me
I'm only bleeding

I write these words for all to hear
But no one seems to care
One last step is left for me
I'm fading rapidly
There's so much that's left to say
As my voice is fading away
I once was blind but now I see
I'm fading rapidly

QUIET FURY

There's a light out in the distance
Shining out for me
Perhaps now I may find solace
And all this was meant to be

I am lost
That may never change
I might someday forgive myself
From that which I am chained
I am lost
And I may not be found
Let what I have left behind
Stay buried in the ground

The light coming closer
Almost near enough to touch
Though I may be bleeding
It's not yet been too much

I am lost
That may never change
I might someday forgive myself
From that which I am chained
I am lost
But finally heading back
Miles to go before I rest
And the sky is turning black

REGRET

I see the world before my eyes
Everything I love always dies
How could I survive
When my life isn't mine

I can't remember

There is a hole in my side
Where my pride used to be
My shattered ego runs and hides
Just for no one to see

I still can't remember

There is a place I can't go
A place where nothing moves
And as my heart begins to slow
In the tangled web I wove

I can't remember

I've always known my fate
To spend eternity searching
It's my love has long since died
Lord knows how hard I've tried

But I still can't remember
But I still can't remember

How could I ever live this long
When all I've loved is so far gone
A cruel twist of fate held me on
But soon enough I will be gone

Memories fade but pain is forever
But I still cannot remember
I can't remember
I can't remember
I can't remember
I can't remember.

STRAIN

There we stood upon the ridge
Awaiting the edge of dawn
Watching the skies for signs of life
Our faces lost in time
This foreign land on which we stand
Bears the marks of empathy
The final days of sweat and strain
Will live in infamy

Our soldiers fled and our heroes bled
As the axis made its advance
False hopes remained though most disdained
There is nothing left to see
It's all gone way too far
Never thought of consequences
Forgetting where I've been
Yet I see it in my dreams

I can see the endless sky
I can feel the fire burning
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?

The morning after strikes
The burning hammer falls
Looking down on fields of fallen
The future seems so bleak
But we cannot surrender
No we cannot surrender

I can see the endless sky
I can feel the fire burning
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?

TORMENT

I once was found but now I'm lost Among a sea of
endless faces Retribution for my sins And the ones I've
not committed Torrential rain and I walk on Beyond the
edge of the horizon And I have seen it all before But
I've not the soul to bear it. There is light and there
is dark And there is nothing in between And as sure as
any other I will suffer as I've been I've found pride
and I've found shame And it eats me up inside Through
the anger of the storm And I will wait here evermore
Seven days I've stood alone Reflecting on all of my
actions Staring at the distant lights That paint the
heaven's nightfall And never think about the past And
all the things that had to happen It's all forgotten in
the end And nothing ever truly matters. Strain --------
There we stood upon the ridge Awaiting the edge of dawn
Watching the skies for signs of life Our faces lost in
time This foreign land on which we stand Bears the
marks of empathy The final days of sweat and strain
Will live in infamy Our soldiers fled and our heros
bled As the axis made its advance False hopes remained
though most disdained There is nothing left to see It's
all gone way too far Never thought of consequences
Forgetting where I've been Yet I see it in my dreams I
can see the endless sky I can feel the fire burning
Where do we go from here? Where do we go from here? The
morning after strikes The burning hammer falls Looking
down of fields of fallen The future seems so bleak Our
strength is growing weak But we cannot surrender No we
cannot surrender. Dissonance ---------------- Life will
move in patterns Circling for all time Repeating all
accomplishments Repeating all the failures Life will
end in patterns Laid out for all to see Eyes are closed
and cannot witness What was never meant to be Reap what
you have sewn Sew what you will reap Continue on this
cycle And die in disbelief Take what you have wanted
Take what you don't need Live a life of crapulence And
die in bitter greed Parasitic culture Dissonance in
waves No one hears the outcome Forgetting all we gave
Parasitic culture Dissonance in waves Sacrifice the
faceless And justify the slaves The world is too much
with us The world is not enough To satisfy your hunger
The monster you've become Running from persecution
Running for your crimes The anger and the hatred Will
eat you from inside Inconsequential actions
Inconsequential fears Drive terror through the masses
They scream and no one hears Uncaring for the outcome
Uncaring for your soul Take a look in the mirror And
release what you've sold. Frozen --------- Yesterday is
gone Tomorrow seems to empty Time keeps passing by
Passing me too quickly Afraid of what I feel Afraid of
moving forward I turn towards the sky And watch it
tumble downwards All my life to live The reasons all
escape me Nothing can suffice All I know is misery
Afraid of what I feel Afraid of moving forward Lies
surrounding lies Life without a purpose So close to
giving up Can't help but wonder why On the verge of
letting go I'm so empty deep inside And I am all alone
No one hears me screaming So far away from home And I
am frozen through I feel I'm shutting down Outlook
growing cold My senses burning out And finally I go
numb Afraid of what I feel Afraid of moving forward The
heartache and the pain Will bleed me dry again.

UNFULFILLED

I watched the turrets fall
Watched crumble into ashes
I heard the midnight call
The sweetest sound of nothingness

I saw the omen come
Saw it fall into the sea
It burned all through the night
And left a world of nothingness

When all is said and done
When all the lights go out
I am left to take the reigns
To see to all that's unfulfilled
When all is said and done
When all the lights go out
I am left to take the pain
And see to all that's unfulfilled

Stare into my eyes
I see the world as it should be
All along I hear my voice
Screaming at a wall of nothingness

So many years in here
I've wasted all my time
Dreams lay scattered to the wind
The hollow wind of nothingness