- atonement
We all pay for our sins
Can't see this for what it really is / Tempted taught not to resist
Fornicate and twist regret / The pawn becomes the pet
Still we're tied to her anchor / Clinging to her ghost
Curse the seas that sank her her / As the captain stands his post
Stand up / Walk tall / Divide your rival
Pushed down / Held back / Break the cycle
- Breathe Now
Breathe now or never breathe again
Damn your eyes / Trying to hide your sin
We can't fool ourselves / Nor can we pretend
And I won't be the one / You choose to resent
Face down / Breathe out / Wind knocked
The way it is and always was
Chased down / Chin checked / Been clocked
- Creepy Crawl
Lacerated lullaby / A nightmare realized
A wound that is so deep / That it cuts you down in size
These burdens that we bear / Heavy hearts stare through eternity
Our purpose undefined / And clouded by uncertainty
We all fall down / Get back on your feet again
And silence the sound / That we can no longer pretend
- Desperation Angel
Blackened wings of desperation / Soar toward an angry son
Sing of emancipation / Bring light unto the broken one
Feel the sting of separation / Alone I've come undone
Don't need your adoration / Transformation has begun
Formed in chlorine torment / Toxins locked inside
My pulse has seemed so dormant / And the current won't subside
Born of tar black vomit / Waves break from the tide
- Dialtone
Nothing left to say / Can't communicate
Lies they punctuate / Static suffocates
Turn down the dial
Lost with blinders on / I can see your face
In the back of my throat / This blood is all I taste
So how can I cope / If I cannot erase
The memory of hope / Revered and reviled
- Halt
Pointed at my forehead / Cocked and loaded
My mind's illusion / Refused abused and distorted
So take the gloves off / And arm your warhead
My heart's contusion / Confused condemned and contorted
Halt / Face left
Don't turn the other cheek / Or take another breath
At fault / Contempt
- Lighthouse
Welcome to the land of hopeless envy. Self-absorbed and empty. Hollow hearts and starry eyes where fame is viewed as a birth-right. Plastic surgeon messiahs and shallow self image. Substance abuse and eating disorders at the altar of insecurity. Everything is for sale. Everything is for sale in the glorious 21st century....
It burns like staring at the sun / What have we become?
Blank empty and numb / Complacency takes its hold
Despite this ongoing despair / No one seems to care
They just bite their tongues / While they forfeit their souls
We need a lighthouse for the lost / And a beacon for the broken
- Ornament
Prepare an ornament for the mourning / Forming stain glass slides
Of your memory that's deformed and / Torn yet worn in stride
This age is full of deceit / The stage is set for defeat
Estranged / Check mate is defaced
Destroy to create / Engaged in self-doubt and rage
What have you got to hide? [inside?]
- So Low
Darkness swallowed by dawn / All of our heroes are gone
We hide from the sun / Buried and numb
The light reminds us of our loss
No matter how hard I try to forget / Your memories all I have left
Stranded / Abandoned / Branded with this
Broken emotional debt
As I pour my heart out / You spill my blood
- wrapped in plastic
A blank page / A clean slate / Baptized in heartbreak
How much more can I take?
Emotionally bankrupt / Programmed to destruct
Lower the bar while raising the stakes
Caught in the grip / As my mind starts to slip
A matter of time before my health starts to fade
No fountains of you / Just a downpour of truth