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The Burial
02:13
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The Grim Dogs
04:24
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"Bite marks on his brain
Ash is pouring from her skin
Watch him burn
Watch her sail
Crossroads overgrown
Leading straight to indolence
Too much time
Seeing red
Above them! Above them!
The grim dogs stare in silence
Above them! Above them!
As they melt!
Below them! Below them!
The vermin of denial
Below them! Below them!
Gnawing the marrow of their days
Nailed to their minds
The bullshit piles up high
Self fullfilling prophecy
Grunting from behind
Grinding teeth can taste the blood
Won the toss
There's no fate
Above them! Above them!
The grim dogs stare in silence
Above them! Above them!
As they melt!
Below them! Below them!
The vermin of denial
Below them! Below them!
Gnawing the marrow of their days
so they will both be born again
Ravenous mouths in the stomachs of those
Who feel lost, crave for more
But if all that is left is a charcoal silhouette on the soil
Let the wind blow."
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There is a sign in the well of mirrors
Pointing the way out
But balance is gone man it's a dellusion
Or so they say
Sea children whisper while waving knives
Slashing the spirits of those in shame
Become the bear you are
And climb your way
out of the spotlight meant for the weak because
you're no longer one of them
Become the snake, the sun, the twirling flames
For you will drown and bleed from the inside
if you stay and hear them sing
Tear that crust and let it heal again
They took the sign from the well of mirrors
and they placed a grave
up to your neck, moss filling your mouth yeah
it won't let you speak
It's ok that's not what we need now
Sea children swim now inside your lungs
Become the bear you are
And climb your way
out of the spotlight meant for the weak because
you're no longer one of them
Become the snake, the sun, the twirling flames
For you will drown and bleed from the inside
if you stay and hear them sing
Tear that crust and let it heal again
Fear not
Climb your way
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The Black Hand
05:21
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The fog beyond the shed where we hid the bark
it's catching up, gives me the chills
Inside, the reaching hands and the ticking clocks
bestowed the lies with crowns of thorns
Wayward rites caused the faith to fade
Wasting our time out of respect
Nothing's left 'cause nothing's right with us
Wasting our time out of respect
Behold! A flying axe driving through my chest
These blackened hands sift through the muck
This fog! The anthem howled by the Horned God
Makes me forget
It feels like home.
Wayward rites caused the faith to fade
Wasting our time out of respect
Nothing's left 'cause nothing's right with us
Wasting our time out of respect
"You see, we all got what I call a life trap - a gene-deep certainty that things will be different... that you'll move to another city and meet the people that'll be the friends for the rest of your life... that you'll fall in love and be fulfilled... fucking fulfillment... and closure [...] No, no no...nothing is ever over."
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The Abyss
05:27
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Wasting away
Clogging the chord with tar and smoke
Oblivious to the haste
that released it from you
Squealing and choking unable to speak at all
GOODBYE
Liars why would you bring it to life?
Liars why should it pay for your lies?
Liars was all the swaying for nothing?
Liars its tomb will weigh on your spine
Convulsive moves
Spikes on the wrists
This lovely creature was not always this way
Beneath the soft skin lies the scales
of both your hunter and prey
A four armed spawn threw the baby into the abyss
GOODBYE
Liars why would you bring it to life?
Liars why should it pay for your lies?
Liars was all the swaying for nothing?
Liars its tomb will weigh on your spine
Bright wild eyes judge you while they're falling
First words: "Love me"
Rest my child, he'll join you soon to
Love you, even after dead
Full moons will bring him back to
Love you, all bones and dust
Full moons will bring him back to
LOVE YOU
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Trapped amongst barbed clouds goddamn!
(you know why)
Lost again, chased by merciless shapes in red
I know I know, I see the pouring steam
coming out of my mouth
I should go and breathe it back
but then my head would blow, don't you know?
It's alright
One more time
I don't think that I can bleed
FIRE
While I give myself into this game
my jaw get's clenched
The more I crawl the more I crave
Against the gods, against the grain
I stand
Another round under the rain
The holoecstasy
It's alright
One more time
I don't think that I can bleed
Why should I?
All this fire, all this greed
Flowing out, hissing needs
(crimson figures hold me tight!)
All these sights, steamy shapes
swirling out of my head
Earthly trials to dispel
all these ghosts away
Come and see, my love
how I ditch my core away
Useless now
Feral drive could just do the trick
I won't lose my mind
over shadows with her scent
Watch them move
Watch them dance
I won't speak their names
Laying down
Facing up
Fleeting joy for pain
(Suck me in. Suck me dry)
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