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Nothingness or God
03:05
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What awaits beyond
the impenetrable
past the last heartbeat
only my instincts tell
more than flesh and blood
more than sinew and bone
our souls set forth into the great unknown
unity of all
beyond the veil of time
unique purposes
sent out by the divine
nothingness or God
nothingness or hell
do we travel eternity
inside of different shells
angelic beings demonic entities
Await unseen in our nightmares and dreams
Where our choices determine what is our fate
an earthly Paradise a grotesque fantasy
Lies that deceivers would have us all believe
to live unrestrained in a wilderness of pain
only serve themselves
now this world's a hell
flames consume our lives
rising in our eyes
nothingness or God
nothingness or hell
do we travel eternity
inside of different shells
the unknown realms await
past the last breath through the gates
rewards at the end of the fight
follow the darkness or light
nothingness or God
nothingness or hell
nothingness or God
nothingness or the fire of hell
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The coldness of the world is sinking in
fought it back but it's hell-bent to win
my fellow man seems like an enemy
the scars run deep through my psyche
swept along by the flood tide
there's nothing left that feels like mine
struggle against it day after day
nothing seems to make it go away
negative thoughts inside my brain
contaminate driving me insane
the dead man's hand is what I draw
everything rots within death's claws
an overwhelming sense of Doom
overtakes slowly consumes
an overwhelming sense of Doom
an overwhelming sense of Doom
overtakes slowly consumes
an overwhelming sense of Doom
seems like I'm trapped in purgatory
I can see them but they can't see me
it's their world and no one reaches out
drowning in despair and doubt
halfway to dead and there's nothing left
the torment of enslavement till my final breath
a nightmare with no way to break get free
locked in existence of misery
an overwhelming sense of doom
overtakes slowly consumes
an overwhelming sense of doom
an overwhelming sense of doom
overtakes slowly consumes
an overwhelming sense of doom
coldness of the world will not sink in
I fight it back cuz I'm hell-bent to win
my fellow man is not my enemy
Time heals wounds and I'll be free
won't be caught in the flood tide
I'll hold strong to all that's mine
I'll overtake won't be consumed
Defeat
An overwhelming sense of doom
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The darkest days are what awaits
And from those times there is no escape
Things are tearing apart
Things are toppling down
The signs of chaos and collapse around
In the darkness before the dawn
Defend the line we've drawn
Hold together as a world comes undone
Unified we fight as one
I've seen evil right in front of my face
Sometimes reflected in my own rage
But these are people disguised by a plague
Will usher in the darkest of days
Beware of idols with false titles
Your suicidal if think they care cuz I know
The grab for power is upon us all
The sleeping pawns will be the first to fall
In the darkness before the dawn
Defend the line we've drawn
Hold together as the world comes undone
Unified, we fight as one
I watch the insanity spread
Protect my blood and kin I hold sacred
Hold together as the world comes undone
Unified, we fight as one
Unified, we fight as one
Unified, we fight as one
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Endless absurdity confounds
In the rubble of devastation that surrounds
Guided by delusions to the rocks in the mist
Prisoners of fools captives of fantasists
They raised the madness of hell to the surface of Earth
Crushed by circumstances dead at birth
Now watch as the shock waves fracture out
The day is finally here for us to break out
Thousand yard stare
Thousand yard stare
Thousand yard stare
Thousand yard stare
Tried to infect with a slave mindset
Tortured words to denigrate and infect
The tortuous ways we were forced to endure
Mocked while we struggled without a cure
Refused to try to understand
Or try to reach out
Pretended not to see our tears
Or hear us shout
Now you dare to wonder why there's hate in our eyes
After generations of abuse we’ve started to rise
Thousand yard stare
Thousand yard stare
Thousand yard stare
Thousand yard stare
Taught us to hate and fear each other
So any chance for change is smothered
We understand how the games been played
Now we refuse to be your slaves
Won't kill or die in tyrant's wars
Now we can clearly see the score
It's all setup for us to lose
We'll never let ourselves be used
THOUSAND YARD STARE
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Back to Haunt
02:05
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I'm not the aggressor and I'm not the traitor
that's the reflection that stares from your mirror
ran me down to sabotage all that's mine
the more that I look the more that I find
now it's all finally coming back to haunt
now it's all finally coming back to haunt
the games are over
can't fool us anymore
now it's all finally coming back to haunt
tried to be the better man
tried to let it go
took a step back
let my fuse burn slow
everything I gave and all that I've done
in a state of disbelief
my trusts obliteration
now it's all finally coming back to haunt
now it's all finally coming back to haunt
the games are over
can't fool us anymore
now it's all finally coming back to haunt
all of our trust is gone
we won't be prayed upon
no we are not your pawns
we won't be preyed upon
preyed upon
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Flames of War
02:11
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The last sights that will ever see
The last sounds that will ever hear
The last things that will ever feel
The last days hunted and fear
Darkened Acrid smoke in our eyes
The howl of the conflagration
ignited by the hatred
A pandemic of condemn
The countdown to the last conflict
The omnicidal flames of war
Mass extinction is what's in store
Fleeting images
Dissipate
Striking back
With all their hate,
The fires of incineration
Erase civilization
Vaporizes flesh from bone
Shattered ruins stand alone
The omnicidal flames of war
Mass extinction is what's in store
The last sites that will ever see
The last sounds that will ever hear
The last things that we'll ever feel
The last days hunted in fear
Darkened Acrid smoke in our eyes
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Never Say My Name
01:42
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A serpent's tongue the venom drips
fangs pierce through till the flesh is ripped
false allegiances to align
wounds cut too deep to heal this time
words have meaning and they find their way back
Machiavellian schemes a constant attack
a hollow construct a house of cards
hunting for the victims to use and discard
never say my name again all the bonds have frayed
never say my name again turn and walk away
red is boiling in my eyes
which of the two faces is this
gaining from the subtraction exploiting kindness
profess to care only two ensnare with malevolent intent
Cut out all who won't surrender to your will
who refused to be bent
never say my name again all the bonds have frayed
never say my name again turn and walk away
won't ever let myself be used again
there's no way to make amends
burned so many times now an enemy
nothing lower than a traitor to me
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Beyond Despair
04:14
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Dying through another day
Frozen in the amber
famine and frustration
Tears me in their claws
So far beyond despair
Can't wake from the nightmare
Crawling through the wreckage
That stretches as far as I see
So bleak in all directions
I stagger through desolation
So far beyond despair
Can't wake from the nightmare
Shattered blocks of stone
Pulverize flesh and bone
Fighting for each shallow breath
just to outlast this living death
So far beyond despair
So far beyond despair
So far beyond despair
So far beyond despair
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Omens
01:09
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Never turn away from the truth
Let nothing impede the way
The light of certainty guides my steps
From my path I'll never stray
Have to see things for what they are
Not the fantasies that deceive
Won't surrender for synthetic peace
I will fight for what I believe
Signs and omens
Signs and omens guide
There's more to this world than what we see
Faith's a hope in possibilities
Imperceptible realms exist throughout eternity
Follow my instincts
Gather my strength
I live by my words and I obey my own laws
Through the example of how I live
They will remember all they saw
Signs and omens
Signs and omens guide
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Destructive Path
03:04
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Trapped inside a cycle repeating the same mistakes
Ridiculing others to a point that we can't take
All except for your precious chosen few
No one's achieved anything except you
The arrogance is beyond belief
An ego that won't be checked
Is it all just a chemical imbalance
Or an inferiority complex
Still blind to the reality
That you are your own worst enemy
Still blind to the reality
That you are your own worst enemy
Could have walked through life as brothers
Now enemies and strangers to each other
After decades of the misery
Of bad decisions we can't believe
Still blind to the reality
That you are your own worst enemy
Still blind to the reality
That you are your own worst enemy
You ruined everything
Poisoned memories from the past
Violated my trust
Tread a destructive path
Destructive path
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11. |
Odin
03:20
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A thousand times
Viking blood runs through my veins
See the tortured and the slain
Unleash the wrath inside of me
Disgust for all the wrong I see
Don't tell me that this is
The way it has to be
Predators walk among us free
We can no longer live in peace
It must discist it all must cease
I will repay a thousand times
I will repay a thousand times
I will repay a thousand times
I will repay
Their delusions created a horrific mess
We have been ruled by cowards and fantasists
The world that was has been deformed
I refuse to accept their madness
I won't conform
I will repay a thousand times
I will repay a thousand times
I will repay a thousand times
I will repay
Brainwashed me into thinking that I was insane
That my anger was wrong and should be constrained
To forgive acts of evil is insanity
Let Justice flow from me
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