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Ghosts from the Past
02:38
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The betrayal's no surprise
It was written in your eyes
As you led the fool's parade
The P.R.I.nosoaur brigade
Every sentence you conceive
Is a slogan to beLIEve
In the quicksand where we grope
We will find a shred of hope
While you hold the reins with pride
To our Genocide
We're sinking fast
Joining the cast
Of ghosts from the past...
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2. |
Doppelganger
07:53
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3. |
Seven Masks
07:45
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Frightened by a dream
And a distant clap of thunder I awoke
And sought my 7 masks to give me shelter
Only to find them gone
And all at once I shook with the tremors
As the second water broke
Naked, like a book without a letter
A child by theft reborn
With black hole eyes to eat the sun
And feed upon this brave new dawn
Gone is my pale mask of shame
The meek face I so often wore
While you crushed my dreams of youth in your name
And nailed my broken wings to the floor
Gone are the safe masks of reason
Of sadness and joyous facade
Lost is the smooth face of treason
The deacon of my masquarade
Gone is my dark mask of hatred
Forged in the pits of hell
I only wish I knew before we parted
how to break its vicious spell
Listen to the tale
That this fallen king of liars wryly spoke
You've been made to wear
The chains and fetters
Of slaves by fear torn
With timid eyes, too weak for light
That gaze upon the starless night
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4. |
Demons
03:51
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Underneath the lipstick lies
Locked within your dreamy eyes
There lies a demon mocking me
I can feel your fever rise
As I rage to melt the ice
And set it free
But you try to pull the chain
Turn the key and lock the pain
So deep inside
Can you hear the master call
Ordering the masks to fall
And pick one side?
Will you choose the soft oblivion
Of your guilty moral cage.
Or join in the chorus
Of your demons dancing in the flesh?
Can you feel the madness growing?
Can you hear the Maker's rolling dice?
Can you feel your heartbeat slowing;
Memories and tears synchronize
Can you bear the icy gloom
As you kiss the hand of doom
Or cry, sharing all the loneliness
Of those who lived to die
Not knowing why
Will you climb the spiral stairways
Of the endless iron mesh,
Or join in the frenzy
Of the demons dancing in the flesh?
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5. |
Soul Dusk
04:31
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I stand up to my knees
In the wreckage of the past
Seeking memories
Before the night arrives at last
To claim my broken husk
With no hope for dawn after dusk
Once upon a time
I stood proud and tall
Complacency my wine
Arrogance my call
But the ugly truth I see
Weighs so much more than fantasy
I am the architect of my pain
And this gangrene kingdom is my reign
The icy voice of fear
Was the snake who long ago
Slithered round my ear
Making promises to show
How to cure the poisoned tree
But all along the poison stemmed from me
In my tongue of hate
Lies are opiates
Made to ease the stride
Crippled by my pride
Love has fled today
Colors fade away
Darkness sets the play
With only shades of gray
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6. |
The Eagle has Landed
04:19
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Wasted Dreams
Battered bones
Behind my frozen stare
Jagged screams
From broken homes
And no one seems to care
Accuse!
Pointing the finger to shift the blame
Abuse!
Facts will not linger to spoil your game
Because you know
No one can hope to defeat
He who knows how to cheat
Fate with each and every throw
Mastermind of crime
Lord of the slime
Cancer your paradigm
Promises made
Face must be saved
You hold the blade
Sharpened and cold-iron wrought
What can you say?
"Feeling ok?
It's sacrifice day!"
Time to feed the beast you brought
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7. |
Erich Zahn
05:29
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8. |
A Season in Hell
04:56
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I'm dragging the stone
Arms open wide
I'm laughing alone
As the hunger begins to subside
I will cover the stains
With a fake sense of pride
Drowning the pain
With this bottle I keep by my side
Spiraling down
Superstitious
Ignoring the facts
Alcohol clown
Getting vicious
In all of my acts
So take a good look
At the cold winter waste of my soul
Read my secret book
With the red ink of hate - my birth caul
Do you think I'm ok?
Do you think all I need's a "good friend"?
I don't care what you say
Always knew how my story would end
Wasting my life
In a web where the spiders grow fat
Swallow the knife
And the pain it's as simple as that!
'Cause behind your polished smile
I can smell a rat
Things you said between each blow
Like kittens wearing Velcro toes
March around inside my head
And make the fever grow
Lonely youth
Crass, uncouth
Lashing out defensively
At simple words that cut like swords
The violence of truth
An ugly bastard knave
That nobody can save
Waging war against humanity
Looking for Eden
I fell under her spell
My rite of passage
A season in hell
The house where fallen angels dwell
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9. |
Homo Homini Lupus
07:53
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Watch
A billion entities
In perfect unity
Joined in silent march
No banners to unfurl
No sense of self to be
Mechanical and free
To claim this insect world
Destined from birth
To dig through the earth
No questions to ask
They live for the task
Work and feed
Protect the breed
To die for the hive
Is why they're alive
As you watch
their silent march
You ponder the math
The chromosome path
That led them to be
So aloof, can't you see?
The evident analogy
Aren't they just like you and me
Without the pain and misery
Of our "humane" society
Watch...
Watch...
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The pieces of the puzzle fall in place
Hidden in the haze
So subtle, like the lines upon a face
A way to end this burning skin-bred craze
And exit from this maze
Strip off this sick flesh I've borne
This is the night to be reborn
Cradled in your poisoned thorns
I feel the rush of the hormones
They boil in my veins
They're eating away the old cast
Leaving no trace of my dark past
Skin breaks as old blood is forced out
No room for fears or doubt
Let it flow out...
No more longing for my childhood days
In the end, nostalgia never pays
Acid tears frame my last goodbye
Waving at a world that passed me by
I will withdraw to my warm cocoon
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12. |
Insects Part III - Imago
04:29
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The meat sickness is bent upon him now
It's time for me to breed
And as he sleeps with vomit as a pillow
His mouth recites the creed
The smell of latrines and blood Vaseline
Clings to his chin with the languor of sin
Sodden with gin, he is rotting within
Touch of gangrene, if you know what I mean?
Natural host for my seed
Broken man,
Open wide!
Join the clan
Harbor my offspring with pride
Losing hand
And I hope you understand
Life feeds upon life
Listen to the sound of the ascension
The choir beneath the skin
Focus, if you will, your full attention
Let the miracle begin
All my eggs bursting deep
Cradled in the dark heat
Ripe homunculi weep
As they tear through the meat
Out into the night
Ready for the flight
Buzzing in a swarm
To feel their might
The sirens wail above the shrill staccato
Of crack babies in plight
Lured by their percussive ostinato
I will make things right
For I am legion
Hidden , out of sight
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