6. Murky Waters

HOLD YOUR BREATH AFRAID
GRASP THE ROPE IN FEAR
GRIP JUST SLIPS AWAY
YOU YELL BUT NO ONE HEARS...

YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL DROWN

YOUR FRIENDS SHOWED YOU THE WAY
THEY LEFT YOU TO RUN WILD
THEY JUST TURNED AWAY
YOUR ANGERED WITH A SMILE

YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL DROWN
YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL BE FOUND OR NOT

DROWING IN THE DARKNESS
LIFE'S...ENDING...SORROW
BODY FEELING LIFELESS
LIFE'S...ENDING...SORROW
THE MINDS AT PEACE AN CONCIOUS
LIFE'S...ENDING...SORROW

WHERE ARE YOUR FRIENDS NOW
HAVE THEY LET YOU DOWN
THEY CAN'T BRING YOU BACK
THEY JUST LET YOU DROWNED

YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL DROWN

7. Hatreds Rise

SLASHING
THROUGH THE FIGHT
BEFORE HIM
DRESSED IN THE ARMOR
OF THE DEAD

CROSSED FISTS
CAN'T DENY
THE SWORD SO SWIFT
GETTING CLOSER TO THEIR LAIR

FOLLOW ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU A KING...
(SIIGING OVERTALKING)
FIGHT WITH ME AND KILL FOR YOUR KING

HATRED WAS A MAN OUT TO SEEK
VENGEANCE FOR THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER.
FOR HE IS THE ONE BARES THE MARK
OF THE GREAT WARRIOR KING AND
NO ONE CAN STOP HIM

WAITING
FOR TONIGHT
THE AX SWINGS
INTO BATTLE ON THE WALL

THE HIGH PRIEST
BLESSED THE BLOODSHED
OF DEFEAT
THE SMELL OF DEATH ROAMS
THROUGH THE AIR

STRIKING
BLOWS FROM LIFE
FOR MY KING
DEATHLY VICTIM OF THE BLADE

RISING
FLAMES OF WAR
SHINE THROUGH THE NIGHT
UNTIL THE DAWN THE TROOPERS STORM

STABBING AND SLASHING -
WHEN NIGHT FALLS
THEY ALL MUST DIE...
BEATING AND BASHING
WITH BLOOD LUST
FROM HATREDS RISE...

STABBING AND SLASHING -
THE NIGHTS GONE
ON ONE ALIVE...
BEATING AND BASHING
WITH BLOOD LUST
FROM HATREDS RISE...

8. Distorted Lives

I'M SO DISTORTED, THAT I'M FADING AWAY
HUMAN DESTRUCTION HAS NOW SEALED OUR FATE

THE TRUTH IS WAR
THERES SUFFERING
I AM A STRONGER MAN
MAN WHO I AM...I'M DISTORTED LIVES...

I'VE SEEN THE WORLD SUFFER HUMAN DISTINCTION
I'VE SEEN THROUGH EYES OF RAGE
IT'S TIME TO STAND AND RISE

AND FACE THE WAR
AND SUFFERING
THE WORLD WE SCORN IS OUR
WORLD UNCAPTURED...

DARK MACHINES THAT SHADE THE LIGHT
WON'T LET YOU UNDERSTAND
I SIDE WITH INNOCENCE
AND HAIL FOR RESISTANCE...RESISTANCE [2X]

DARK DISEASE THAT TAKES THE LIFE
OF ALL OUR FELLOW MAN
NO TIME FOR IGNORANCE
SALVATION HERE IT COMES AGAIN...

I'VE WATCHED THE EARTH, SLOWLY WITHER AWAY
HUMAN DESTRUCTION HAS NOW SEALED OUR FATE

THE TRUTH IS WAR
AND SUFFERING
I AM A STRONGER MAN
MAN WHO I AM, I AM MAN
DISTORTED LIVES, YOU SINNERS SIGH
SOCIETY NEEDS...DISTORTED LIVES

9. New Eyes Of Old

PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
THE FIRST STEP IN CREATING A SITUATION
DREAMS...OF NEW..LIES CONFUSED
LIES TO YOU WILL TRUTH SHINE THROUGH
WHAT THE RAIN WON'T WASH AWAY
THE SUN IS BLACK WITH SHADES OF GRAY
REFLECTIONS OF THESE STRANGER DAYS
SEEN THROUGH NEW EYES
DIE THROUGH OLD...

NEW EYES...EYES...LIES
CONFLICTING WORLDS UPON YOUR BACK
THE WEIGHT WILL FATE UNDO
SEEN THROUGH EYES OF NEW...
CRUCIFY ME SANCTIFY ME...NOW
LIVE THROUGH NEW EYES
DIE THROUGH OLD

NEW...NEW EYES OF OLD
LIVE...DREAM..DIE

DESTINED TO REPEAT
DOOMED TO FORGET [2X]

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
NIEVE AND BLIND A CURSE FOR OUR TIME
WE LIVE OUR LIVES DAY BY DAY
OUR HEARTS BLEED WITH FEAR...LIES
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO MAKE A CHANGE
WE WON'T SURVIVE THESE STRANGE DAYS

CRUCIFY ME SANCTIFY ME...NOW
SEEN THROUGH NEW EYES DIE THROUGH OLD

NEW...NEW EYES OF OLD...[2X]
DESTINED TO REPEAT...DOOMED TO FORGET...[X2]
NEW EYES OF OLD [2X]

10. Ten Thousand Thrones

CAST AWAY BY DARKNESS
IT'S TIME TO LET YOU KNOW
VOICES OF MANY SOLDIERS
ARISE TEN THOUSAND THRONES

THEIR JUST TURNED AWAY, THEIR TOLD THAT THEIR OK
THE SPREAD OF CHEMICAL WARFARE
DESTROYED THE HUMAN RACE
LIFE IS DARKENING, SICKENING
ENDLESS CONSCIOUS SLUMBER, TEN THOUSAND THRONES

PARALYZED, DEPRESSION
SCHIZOPHRENIC MINDS
NEW BORN RETARDATION
A WAR THEIR BORN TO FIGHT
LIFE IS DARKENING, SICKENING
ENDLESS CONSCIOUS SLUMBER, TEN THOUSAND THRONES

CANCEROUS TUMOR INVADING THE MIND
LEAVING BEHIND
ASHES ARE BURNING THAT FALL FROM THE SKY
POLITICALLY DEVINE
HONOR THE CODE AND DEFENDING THE LINE
PRETENTIOUS LIES
THE FIGHTING OF WAR IS SHATTERING LIVES
THE DEATH OF MANKIND

WHY HAVE WE FORGOTTEN
A WAR, THE HOLOCAUST
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION
TEN THOUSAND LIVES WERE LOST

album:the gathering (1999)

1. D.N.R.

Lies... broken dreams
Dismal past
is there more in life...
should I... know
Ending wars... ending pain
Ending of mankind is insane
and there's all the possibilities
some will fail and some will achieve
Even through in my youth
I didn't know but what can I do
and I may not ever see
In my pain, my suffering
Can not live for the rest of my life
DNR Do not resuscitate me...

Life... lost unseen
behind the mask
and with the open arms will I grasp
Open doors... open minds...
Ending all the madness I hate

And I may not ever see
In my pain, my Misery
Can not live for the rest of my life
DNR Do not resuscitate me... DNR...

Wing of sadness... will
hold my prayers
all this madness... will
end my fears
contempt in life
Conceptualize, wrong or right
The ending of life...
God save me now...

Time... end it now
No going back
Can you see the light as you pass
Ending wars, ending pain...
Waited all my life to be saves

And I will not ever see
All the pain and suffering
Can not live for the rest of my life
DNR Do not resuscitate me... DNR

2. Down For Life

When I see my brother
What I see is like no other
What we had forever lost
Can't deny our friendship
Feeling like it's time to end this
bad relation ripped apart

When we're young
and disarranged
We didn't know it
any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering

I am not about to run away
Turn my back to him
In his darkest hour
Give him will to fight
Antagonize his thoughts
See him thew his thoughest times
Purify his weakened heart

All the friends
We feel the same
the way it was
back in the day
The more we change
He stays the same
Will we ever see our friend again

I... feel that...
I can't protect my friend from himself

All I've got
are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
as troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
and always will be

When we're young
and disarranged
We didn't know it
any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering

I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
help him self

You... can't hear what I say
Never going away...
still friends down for life...
can you still fight...

All I've got
are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
as troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
and always will be

Now in the end
it plain to see
what kind of friend
He has been for me
all along he could never see
Who he was
and always be

I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
help him self

3. Eyes Of Wrath

Eyes of wrath
The beast is on your back
Razorblade slice your neck
Slowly tear you down
Takes another life
To feed his bloody lust
Random crime spree attack
There's no random at all

Dead city nights
Another daughter's done
Another victim of circumstance
Took the wrong way home
Can you hear the screams
The music of the dead
A ritual of broken flesh
Anoints the silver blade

No one lives forever
There is no forever
And I'll tell you why
Rage, Rage soothes the pain
Pain, Pain soothes the rage
Lash out in anger
that never will chance
I can never escape
Rage, Rage Soothes the pain
Pain, Pain Soothes the rage
Rage, Pain

4. True Believer

Do you believe in the darkness below
Well I can summon them up
If you really want to know
As I tow the line
between bad and evil
Nothing can touch me now
True believer

Born in sin where I pledge my evil oath
Violence is golden now
Did you really want to go
As I draw the line
between bad and evil
Nothing can touch me now
True believer

True believer...
nothing can stop me now
and nothing can touch me now
True believer...

No use in praying forever shall I roam
Smoke dusted angels now
It's the only way I know
As I cross the line
between bad and evil
Nothing can touch me now
True believer

Ash to ashes, Dust to dust
all I ever wanted was power of the blood

Pause, Now look what I have done
What I have become
I'm the chosen one

Never gonna take me
Never gonna change me
Never gonna escape me now...

Do you believe there is evil in my soul
One final high is the way
That I really want to go
As I cross the line
between bad and evil
Nothing can touch me now
True believer

5. Three Days In Darkness

In a world polluted inside
let's pretend the nightmare is done
from the earth the magma will rise
From the sea comes cancerous tides
The meaning of life ends in prophecy
Premonitions bring tragedy
is the hope for humanity

Molten fire.. flies through the sky
Burning high... eclipse of the sun
Blackened skies
Rites of the night
The days in darkness in 2012

Mother earth's been withered by time
Already dead and we didn't even know it
Watch the stars to give us a sign
From above, all the angels descend
The meaning of life ends in agony
Raped by impurities
Not chance for humanity

Molten fire.. flies through the sky
Burning high... eclipse of the sun
Blackened skies
Rites of the night
The days in darkness in 2012

Magma splits the earth and shifts below
Molten lava bursts and overflow
Rise as we wait, annihilate
Burning earth pulls to the sun
Rise as we wait, obliterate
Burning earth pulls to the sun
Three days of darkness in 2012

Mega cities still blaze in the night
Burning the ashes they choke
From the earth the magma will rise
Enveloped in poisonous smoke
so the meaning of life ends in prophecy
Premonitions of tragedy
still no hope for humanity

Molten fire.. flies through the sky
Burning high... eclipse of the sun
Blackened skies
Rites of the night
The days in darkness in 2012