Song: You haven't earned it
Album: Storm
[" Storm " CD]

You crave attention
As if it's due to you
You want permission
To behave as badly as you do

You want respect, but
You don't act respectable
You want fame to fill the void
Where you once had a soul

But you haven't earned it
You haven't walked long enough in these shoes
You don't deserve it
You have'¹t nearly paid your dues

It's so pathetic
This image you portray
Shatters like crystal
And slowly fades away

You want the world's eyes
You need the accolades
You want the money
And all the empty praise

But you haven't earned it
You haven't walked long enough in these shoes
You don't deserve it
You have'¹t nearly paid your dues

When it's all over
What will you have left?
You'll still be incomplete
Forgotten and depressed

You want acceptance
It's all you wanted all along
You want forgiveness
From those who you have wronged

But you haven't earned it
You haven't walked long enough in these shoes
You don't deserve it
You have'¹t nearly paid your dues

Song: Assemblage 23
Album:
[" " CD]

In stillness
A silent weight
Pausing as the minutes each evaporate

A desire
To leave a scar
To raise a voice from within the dark

Decaying
Cascading
Existence falls apart
Around me
Within me
So I must leave my mark

CHORUS
This is a document
To prove that I was here
This is a document
To prove I was at all
And when my voice ceases to be
Will the echo still ring loudly?
And when there's nothing left of me
Will my memory still go on?

A flicker
Transitory state
An echo of an instance that burns a way

A moment
A shard of time
A solitary thread that threatens to unwind

Decaying
Cascading
Existence falls apart
Around me
Within me
So I must leave my mark

(CH)

Distant
An approaching age
When this document falls beneath another's gaze

Too late
We have lost the dawn
The signal's loud and clear, but the transmitter's gone

Decaying
Cascading
Existence falls apart
Around me
Within me
So I must leave my mark

(CHx2)

Song: Breath Of Ghosts
Album:
[" " CD]

I hear the breath of ghosts
Hiding behind the wind
Like an icy choir exhaling
A promise to rescind

I hear the breath of ghosts
Escaping from their lungs
Calling forth the names of those
That took away their tongues

CHORUS:
A temporary permanence
A fortress of onionskin
With motives so transparent
With no means to an end

I feel the breath of ghosts
Like fingers on my skin
Tracing senseless patterns
Revealing nothing in the end

I hear the breath of ghosts
Whisper in my ear
With every drooling syllable
It preys upon my fear

Song: Let Me Be Your Armor
Album:
[" " CD]

let me take the fall
let me take the blame
let me carry you from hell to home again

let me walk to you when your legs are weak
let me find the words for you when you can't speak

(chorus)
let me be your armor
let me be your shield
let me take away the pain you feel

your armor

let me be the light that guides your way through darkest night

let me be your armor
(end chorus)

let me take the blows
that were meant for you
let me help you with the trials you're going through
let me keep you safe from the world outside
let me wipe away the tears that fill your eyes

(chorus)

let me keep you from experience you need
let me bind you with my selfishness and greed
let me stifle you let me have control
let me smother every aspect of your soul

(chorus)

Song: Underneath The Ice
Album:
[" " CD]

I can feel the violence
Spill across the floor
Mys eyes have grown too clouded
To see it anymore

Fading into nothing
Turning into steam
Left in desparation
With nothing to redeem

CHORUS
Underneath the ice I find
A place to rest my weary mind
The cold deep water numbs my pain
Until I can face myself again

Waiting for redemption
That never seems to come
Hands reach beneath the surface
But I don't know where from

I'm not ready to return yet
I just need a moment more
So I can try to remember
What it is I came here for

(CH)

Sinking Fast
Too dark to see
The buzzing din
Envelopes me
Too late now
Nowhere to go
I'm sinking in
The undertow

Song: Away
Album:
[" " CD]

Concentric circles
Forever closing in
Another travesty
That never should have been

The latest entry
On an ever-growing list
And yet you never change your ways
Your denial still persists

Run away, run away
Run away from the setting sun
Run away, run away
Run away from the things you've done

With accusing fingers
You jut into the air
To single out the ones
You blame for your despair

But the mirror's broken
No reflection can it afford
Only scattered glances
Of it's pieces on the floor

Run away, run away
Run away from the setting sun
Run away, run away
Run away from the things you've done

The ground beneath you
Will crumble into dust
The breath that forms your words
Will never fill your lungs

And as your senses dull
A thought enters your mind
"I'm that one who caused all this
there was no one else this time"

Run away, run away
Run away from the setting sun
Run away, run away
Run away from the things you've done

Song: Graverobber
Album:
[" " CD]

“You think I’m crazy, right? Would that make anything better, if I was crazy? Is that it? Would that make anything better?!”

Night falls with black wings
He throws at her bed
Gets stressed and takes off
To sing to the dead

Oh graverobber, oh graverobber
Oh graverobber, oh graverobber

In nightmares
His breath stings
He wanders like he’s lost

Seven days
He’s frozen dry
He rotted in the frost

Flying doves
Watch from afar
As he falls at the ground

Seventeen ring
From the sky
The course he has found

Oh graverobber, oh graverobber
Oh graverobber, oh graverobber

“You think I’m crazy, right? Would that make anything better, if I was crazy? Is that it? Would that make anything better?!”

Behind him
With his sleeping friends
He lays down his head

Kissing lips
Are tasting the
Souls from the dead

Robber and Thieves
Have no respect
For those he loves

Solemnity knows
Someone else
He falls prey to

Oh graverobber, oh graverobber
Oh graverobber, oh graverobber

7 Days


Seven Days,
I'll never leave this house again.
Seven Days,
I'll never leave this house again.
Seven Days,
I'll never, leave this room again.
Seven Days,
I'll never leave this room again.
Seven Days,
I'll never leave this bed again.
Seven Days,
I'll never leave this bed again.