Glistening Flesh

I try so hard to see things in a better way
Knowing deep inside it's not right
When I stop thinking every day about you
I'll be in the clear once more
It truly hurts to think
That I may have to let go of you
No pain, no gain it seems
And I know that I want the best for me

It's over, no more from your trauma dreams
Or your failed promises
It's over, I will wise up as I grow older
To see through glistening flesh

You left a mark on my burdened soul
It will take so long to heal
I can taste freedom from my longing for something good
From you there's nothing
It truly burns me within
That I lost something I could have had with you
I will paint your skin
With the lies you told me, and the cold manipulation

It's over, no more from your trauma dreams
Or your failed promises
It's over, I will wise up as I grow older
To see through glistening flesh

Let me move on
Let me live
I see beyond
Glistening flesh

Time will heal all wounds
I will be rid of you
Signs that I'll improve
Eye me around every corner
You left me in disorder
You left me in disarray

It's over, no more from your trauma dreams
Or your failed promises
It's over, I will wise up as I grow older
To see through glistening flesh

What lies above hides what is beneath
A smooth face hiding a scarred heart
To see through glistening flesh
Is to win the war on cold hearts

Ballistic

Make swift exit from me
Or I will go to ballistics
And paint this city red
And the blood will rest upon you
You turn me the wrong way
One too many times
And I can't tolerate it
And you wallow in it all

I'm going over the edge

Imp in sheep's clothing
Succubus of the mind
I'm going over the edge
I'm going over the edge
I'm going over the edge
I'm going over the edge

Ballistic

Make swift exit from me
Or I will go to ballistics
And bring ruin to everything
And you will be the last of me
You rub me the wrong way
Only one last time
And I cannot take it
And you won't hurt me again

I'm going over the edge

Imp in sheep's clothing
Succubus of the mind
I'm going over the edge
I'm going over the edge
I'm going over the edge
I'm going over the edge

Ballistic

This is my last stand
I will bring ruin
To all we all hold dear
If I find you anywhere near
I'm going feral soon
I'll go apeshit from you
And your mind games
And I will not blink

As I go ballistic

I'm going over the edge
I'm going over the edge
I'm going over the edge
I'm going over the edge

Imp in sheep's clothing
Succubus of the mind
Devil in fancy red dress
This is the last time

I'm going over the edge
I'm going to ballistics

Armageddon

The end times will never arise
The bloody end I've prophesied
Sold to foolish sods every way
Stupidly believe in the end of days
Armageddon

I'm a con with the darkest heart
My words are a weapon, lies like art
Poisoning the well for the "heretics"
My polemics consist of all but shit
Armageddon

Hellbent on spreading words of venom
I am the keeper of light in God's eye
Hellbent on spreading words of venom
I am the keeper of light in God's eye

We bow to him
We swear to him
Armageddon
We bow to him
We swear to him
Armageddon

I Have To Follow

You say that I have to follow
Who says that I am a dog to begin with?
You insist that I have to follow
With my will, I'm not one to mess with
No one can lead us into the fire
Without throwing a funeral pyre

They say that I have to follow
Who's the king and who makes the rules?
They insist that I have to follow
He who hammers down us all is cruel
Not one man can lead us to death
Without a payback for his debt

I have to follow
The world is so hollow
I have to follow
The depths of freedom so shallow

Can he make us all equals?
Can he bridge the gap separating us all?
Will he live on his promises?
Or will he treat us all like piss?

I have to follow
The world is so hollow
I have to follow
The depths of freedom so shallow

I will not fall for a self-proclaimed king
Who did not fight for such a petty thing
I will not collect my freedom to give them up
To him, this life is mine

You say that I have to follow
Who will make me a willing doormat?
They say that I have to follow
If I defy him, will he take off my head?
Bring yourself down to our league
And with the suffering you've brought to us
I'll make you fucking see
And then you will plead

I won't follow you
The world is just too hollow

Spiritual Immolation

Open the doors for my past demons
To fly right back in, kicking & screaming
Why don't you open it further for them
You seem to enjoy the chaos ensuing
You'll get yours', mark my words now
I'll put you in the position you put me in
And then you can swallow the laughter
That you so seem to enjoy
You'll pay for this, you'll burn for this
You'll suffer spiritual immolation
You'll scream for this, you'll bleed for this
You'll suffer spiritual immolation
Your heart will break
And I won't reach out my hand
And heal you again

Painful Option

Please misplace her, please disgrace her
Can you give her one last taste
Of the grace I have to give her?

Know not of whom I beg
To make her finally see
I'm alone in all of this
Should I just call it quits?
Effort taken for nothing
Not a thing is returned
And I am lost with only
One painful option

I'm down, down on my knees
The man in me smashed to smithereens
Nothing seems to work for me
Nothing seems to work for me
Nothing seems to work for me
Incidence got the best of me

Who can give her one last taste
Of the grace I have to give her?

Tears of frustration
Must bring a quick end
This connection I felt
In her is severing
The veins to my heart
Are painfully tearing
So I am left with only
One painful option

Who can give her one last taste
Of the grace I have to give her?
Who can help me bare her truth
Of the person I can be to her?

I'm left with only one option
And I am too deep in tune
To change for myself
The wavelengths I've felt
Were like nothing ever before
I beg to know what to do
So I am left with only
One painful option

But what is it?

I'm down, down on my knees
The man in me smashed to smithereens
Nothing seems to work for me
Nothing seems to work for me
Nothing seems to work for me
Incidence got the best of me

Please misplace her, please disgrace her
Can you give her one last taste
Of the grace I have to give her?
Can you help me bare her truth
Of the person I can be to her?

What am I to do, when the love you felt seemed so true?

Our Rose Hearts

The glowing hearts of millions
Inkling away into nothing more than
Paper-thin abstract cuts
Once veiled things now shadows
Of the former things we all have been
A side to us all only left unseen
Come the day that we wake up and smell
The roses that we burn or sell
Tap into inner strengths numbed by time
The roses of our hearts will flourish again

We kill what we don't understand
We fear what we don't know
We swear by the comfortable and the seemingly safe
We revere false rewards and grandstanding lies
So much for being so fucking great

We need to erase our fear of the unknown
We need to grow out of our eternal childishness
We seem to be on the right path sometimes
We breathe for something great but can't yet grasp
It is evolution we so sorely need

The few and the far between hide and think
Truly grasping the balance of all things
When will we all stop and see
The bountiful things that we all can be
So come today when we wake up and smell
The roses that we burn or sell
Realize we're capable of great deeds
The roses of our hearts will flourish again

Where's the "great nurturer" of life?
Where's the vast rewards we recite?
Blight on the mind all these painstaking lies
We need a healthy change for all time

Come the day when we wake up and smell
The roses that we burn or sell
Tap into inner strengths numbed by time
The roses of our hearts will flourish again
Flourish again, flourish again

Our black rose hearts
Will redden once more
Flourish again, flourish again
The roses of our hearts will flourish again