STRENGTH THROUGH WOUNDING
PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA
EXSANGUINATION
MALLEUS MALEFICARUM
NARRATIVE OF SOUL AGAINST SOUL
CLOVE SMOKE CATHARSIS
THE PRAYER POSITION
NO POETIC DEVICE
THE LAST KISS
WEATHERED TOME
AT A GLANCE
GOD CALLED IN SICK TODAY
MIDNIGHT SUN
LOWER IT

Strength Through Wounding

Through our bleeding
We are one
Through the darkness breaks the light
Through the light unending pain
Deify the wretched ones
Till the darkness comes
Again

Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

I know it's
Here we retreat
For where else could we go?
To great disbelief there is somewhere we belong
In negative space
Supposed flaws go unseen
But our strength is shown

In darkness together
We're bringing the light
In darkness together
We are forming
The fire tomorrow is born of the night
In darkness together
We
Ignite

From all we've been shunned but we found a new home
To great discontent it is greatness that we own
In luminous eyes
Reflections of fear absolute
All hate what we've become

In darkness together
We're bringing the light
In darkness together
We are forming
The fire tomorrow is born of the night
In darkness together
We
Ignite

Through our will we brought fear
Left to burn beneath the Sun
We are one

When daylight forms blinding walls
Where do we go?
The darkness calls
Days arid are scorching all
Where do we go?
The darkness calls
When daylight forms blinding
Binding walls where do we go?

The darkness calls

Exsanguination

Welcome the whole new pain
And take comfort in
What you've become
I waved as I passed myself along the way
I have arrived so unashamed
But my reflection no longer seems the same
It seems much dimmer now
It seems so dim

Just stumble and fall
Into a world that's over crowded
And you will find me
Won't recognize me
And I won't
Recognize myself

I've arrived so unashamed
But all my senses no longer seem the same
I can sense everything
My sight's so clear

In an instant
My life just slipped away
I fought for life
The whole time you were
Holding me down
You watched me dying
Holding me down
You brought my rebirth

Malleus Maleficarum

Open my eyes as I submerge
And I won't deny what I've been since birth
I'll die drowned by your standards
Breathe in the life of the summmer's death
As the orange and red breathe their first breath
So welcome as they're burning through

We all begin to burn
Autumn's flame dance's in my eyes
Set alight for all we've learned
My ashes falling

My skin is singed but it heals my heart
And with glowing pride I'll wear my scars
I'm honored by your hatred
Leaves fall we arise again
And the end impending
It will begin
So welcome as it's burning through

Ashes fall and I'm rising up again
Ashes fall
As we all arise

Narrative Of Soul Against Soul

To the wounded
I have seen
The self image they've forced you to reduce to shattered glass
With the only remaining value lying in it's jagged edges
But the few who warrant waking for
Await their recognition
No fear of death
But with fear of life
Your weakness kills everyone
So live

Angels for everyone
For no lack of searching I can't seem to find one
Angels in everyone
What of all their promises?
Can't seem to find much more than lies
Angels in anyone

A permanent solution
To a temporary problem
Before I'd lay
Me down to rest
I'd throw away everything to live

Clove Smoke Catharsis

Lean against the night and laugh
As I try to scale the walls
Ingnored futility fills the air
You're only there to watch me fall

If only pure sweetness was offered
Why's this bitter taste left in my mouth?
If I could catch my breath
Just to exhale
I'd know that I held it in to long

From above comes a faint smile
A new vantage such a view
Familiarity know disowned
Just sit and stare as I walk away

The Prayer Position

Now
Peel the skin
Back from the flesh
Steal the flesh back
From the starving static minds

From nature we must stray
To clarity we'll climb

Deadly impulse
Seems so natural
Just look beyond it and we'll find

A brand new evolution
Here begins a brand new line

And in the distance there's a gathering
That no longer seems so far away

Pushed to our knees so let us pray
And all together
We'll bring the real rain
Watch all that's wasted wash away
So let it come
Our will be done

Stature retrieved
Regain our form
Break free from instinct
That's left us all confined

From nature we must stray
To clarity we'll climb

Tradition ingrained
Now impermissible
Now comes a call for all to find

A brand new evolution
Here begins a brand new line

I can't help but fear
Look to my species and tremble
To think that God is just

And in the distance there's a gathering
That no longer seems so far away

No Poetic Device

I've been dreaming
I was dreaming
I was lucid
I was dreaming blood was seeping from my pores
Who'd believe that it was all my own decision?
Cracked faces and medicated smiles
Set fire to my home before I turned and walked back in
For even needle open my chest and insert ten pins

I just anticipate
What awaits
When I awake
Break

I die in my daydreams

The gardens have all been overgrown
I pushed my hand through the thorns
To crush the final rose
A deadly secret only I suffer to know

I can't eradicate
What awaits
When I awake
Break

I die in my day dreams

The Last Kiss

Hung in your room
Swaying
Hoping only that you'll see
All by myself
I'm alone in such poor company
The deeper I think
The deeper I seem to sink

I can't
Stop the insects that are feeding
Pull the needles from beneath my skin

I broke myself
Shattered
Tied a bow around every peice
You'll love the eyes
Have they always shown so vacantly?
The more I show
The less you'll want to know

I can't
Stop the insects that are feeding
Pull the needles from beneath my skin
Now I'm on display
I am becoming
Hurt myself today
It's all for you
Do you like
Do you like
What I'm becoming?
Hurt myself today
It's all for you

I part the night
Flashing
Approaching as I watch you flee
Pushed through your panes
Seems I've landed quite uncomfortably
But as I pass through souls of broken glass

I can't
Stop the insects that are feeding
Pull the needles from beneath my skin

Please don't ask me
What I think
Trust me
You don't want to know
Please don't ask me
To open up
Trust me
Trust me
Cause I can't

Weathered Tome

They're coming 'round again
I've returned and they've been waiting
Their aged offererings
Received and returned
Passed through wet eyes
I tremble as I feel them rolling in for, my sins
The old ghosts know
So chilling as I feel them mourn within my soul
As the mourning grows

Unfold before me
Turn back the page again
Twenty four hours spent
Wishing
That
The day was never ending
Shadows of glory
Shading my heart again
Recall the summer when
I left my heart to cool beneath the shadows

I'm coming 'round again
I've returned and no one's waiting
I strain my eyes to see
But it's so hard to read
The old tags on the fallen walls

At A Glance

No haven now
As I watch it pour from everywhere
Just like the storm that has come out of thin air
Gentle caresses
Just as paper thin
Frail and only
Lack the strength to hold

What if could go to sleep for days
Would you count the hours
Or would your restlessness consume
Fading memories of me?

Fall into open arms that offer their protection
Quick to deny that they're open to deceit
Long to believe that support will never cease
Bitter and lonely
Those they've left before

The vibrant heart so quickly growing old
The warmest eyes so quickly growing cold
Just a glance for they don't care to see
What becomes of me

God Called In Sick Today

Let's admire the pattern forming
Murderous filigree
I'm caught in the twisting of the vine
Go ascend with ivy, climbing
Ignore and leave for me
The headstone crumbling behind

I can't help my laughter as she cries
My soul brings tears
To angelic eyes

Let's amend the classic story
Close it so beautifully
I'll let animosity unwind
Steal away the darkened pages
Hidden so shamefully
I'll still feel the violence of the lines

I can't stand my laughter as they cry
My soul brings tears to angelic eyes
And miles away my mother cries

Omnipotence
Nurturing malevolence

Midnight Sun

What went down by the side of the road?
What I saw at the edge of the sea
Only those elements time cannot wear
And they follow
What slipped out through the cracks in time?
What takes out the color in me?
What awaits beyond infinity?

Beyond and to all time I stand

Of the wind, with the great gale
What went down the falling leaves?
What came forth from the remains?
What is always lived and gone unseen?
What has caused the night to fall?
Who speaks of eternity?
Who awakes tonight eternally?
Beyond and to all time i stand. I stand

You had to ask

I stand
And to all time

Beyond and to all time I stand
I stand...

VINYL ONLY

Lower It

An invitation
Excluding no one
So walk right in and destroy the fucking place
You've lost your right to be part of my family
The family that welcomed you
You joined and left in disgrace

Your flag was flaming
Before it ever started flying
Your flag was burning
Burning down everyone in true salute

Sense of commitment
A sense of pride
I heard you say that we shared a destiny
Now it's plain to see you've got no sense at all
The name that once honored
You disgraced and made a mockery

I could always see
The smoke from miles away
I could always see
The weakness in your eyes

Far away I feel the lies
While the sky is burning
You will always be unwanted