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“Polluted Horizon”
Far away and almost forgotten
Fading into a mist
Giving back all that you've gotten
Reliving everything you've missed
Unaware of the complications
Fearless of what's to come
You're single mindedly focused and
Not giving a shit about what you've become
- You know you just don't care -
You know you just tune out
You've heard this all before
And you know what it's about
You know you try your best
You know you hit a wall
You've reached your limit
And now you'll take the fall
Drifting off and needing salvation
In need of anything that could give you hope
When in need you will find it
You'll find the strength to learn how to cope
With the pain that you live with
The pain that's psychosomatic
When you can find a reason to go on
This life may not seem so frantic
Chorus
Getting hazy and out of focus
Losing sight of the master plan
There's nothing to clear this polluted horizon
Nothing can cleanse the work of man
Chorus
“Razor”
Sometimes you just can’t take it
You feel you’ve got no choice
When everything’s gone wrong
And you don’t have a voice
No one cares about you
They don’t pay no mind
You’re tossed on the streets
You’re an unwanted kind
- You’re reaching the end of the line -
Gazing out over the abyss
Feeling your patience wearing thin
Dragging a razor across your wrist
Sometimes you think it’s worthless
There’s no reason to go on
Things will never get better
Your life’s an eternal dawn
Doomed to wander the streets alone
No one standing by your side
When they say life has a meaning
You know they’re feeding you a line
- Chorus –
- Chorus -
“Addiction”
The drug’s not my addiction
It’s merely my escape
From all of the horrors here
Beginning to take shape
It’s power gives me respite
It lets me slip away
Into a greater consciousness
Where everything’s okay
- When you don’t know any better -
And even when you do
Sometimes you choose the only path
You can put your faith into
You may feel defeated
And ready to succumb
But you’re confident where you are
Is better than where you came from
The pill I have in my hand
Doesn’t make me weak
It means I want to see some color
When the landscape is so bleak
I’m tired of the monochrome
I want something to behold
I want to take my petty dreams
And turn them into gold
- Chorus -
The feelings that I have now
They are not my own
But they are the best ones
I have ever known
Everything I’ve ever worried
Seems to slip away
As Euphoria kicks in
I swear someone listens when I pray
- Chorus -
“Frozen Rain”
The night sky blackens
The moon gets tucked away
I scan the horizon
To hear what the gods say
The message gets lost
Floating somewhere in the sky
I ask for life’s answers
But the gods give no reply
- And the frozen rain crashes down -
And chips at my veneer
It leaves me cracked and torn apart
Bleeding life and fear
The shadows fall upon
The already black silhouette
The gods watch the fearful
Capturing them in their net
Figures on the horizon
Get picked off one by one
Soon I’m the only one left
When will the gods be done?
- Chorus -
And the frozen rain crashes down
Slowly eating me away
It leaves me cracked and torn apart
A slow, stale decay
The crying heavens
Can force my head to bow
It can take away my sight
But in the dark it can show
The meaning of life
What I should never find
And it is this knowledge
That is damning mankind
- Chorus -
“Firebrand”
When all is gone – and it’s all broken down
It’s no surprise – that you’re around
You and disaster – you go hand in hand
Like the ring of fire – etched round where you stand
You’re the catalyst – for everything bad I’ve known
You’re the one bad habit – I haven’t outgrown
- When I find the answers -
I’ll be sure to let you know
What I’ve been in search of
And how far I have to go
And once I find the answers
I’ll finally know myself
Be able to be confident
And not need your god damn help
You’re the firebrand – blinding my sight
As I’m escaping – you pull me back with spite
I build myself up – for you to tear me down
The joy of my failure – the jewels in your crown
You take your pleasure – in watching me fail
Wallowing in pity – and bathing in despair
- Chorus -
You’re so self absorbed – you don’t have a clue
Don’t you know – I’m not a fan of you?
- Chorus -
"Angular Light"
In the angular light
That comes down from the bulbs
You tend to abstract
And dramatize your faults
Painting the picture
Of a mangled corpse
Only held together
By lateral supports
And when you turn away
The image starts to fade
It dissipates
Once its point is made
It never overstays
It doesn't linger back
Once it has been seen
It abandons the track
But when it needs to be
It can envoke fear
Its everything a soul can take
Wrapped up in a sneer
And if you gaze too long
Upon the withered form
You'll find it well adapted
To making you transform
- When you need a mold to reform your soul -
And you pour your heart into an empty bowl
There's no cellophane to lock in the pain
It evaporates into a vapor of shame
When you forge a life out of sorrow and light
You stripe yourself bipolar and give double sight
There's no way to avoid starting out destroyed
The synapse too large to traverse the void
The image of your spirit
While it may need censoring
Contains gravity
And mystery that's entrancing
And so it becomes hard
To find an excuse
To be so uptight
When you're already so loose
And if you'd settle down
And if you'd look inside
Under the twisted folds
There's a diamond to find
But it's a rough cut
And there's no clarity
But even through the murk
Exists the purity
And so it may seem
That you're disfigured
Stretching yourself
To live up to your word
So turn off the lights
And let it all go dark
And maybe in the morning
You can wake up to a spark
- Chorus -
And when it turns to day
When the morning breaks
And the angular light
Shines on the crests of your wakes
That will be the time
When you pick up or fold
Let yourself go down the drain
Or put yourself in a mold
- And if you find you're no longer confined -
By the net of fears that's so damn intertwined
You can see the blight that has turned you white
As your copper toned skin reflects the angular light
In the angular light
Your shadow cuts a shape
Begging for forgiveness
Of the impending rape
- Chorus -
“Black Light”
The black light of the sun
Seems to be strong today
As news is uncovered
And we begin to pray
Looking for shreds of hope
In the tattered fabric
Any kind of prayer
That could cure the sick
- And the black light shines down on me -
And in it’s shadows I can see
Everything that’s important to me
And the black light guides the way
Giving me wisdom and the words to say
Everything important I’ve wanted to say
In times of crisis
When we rally around
This is when we realize
That miracles abound
That there’s always hope
Even in the darkest days
Nothing can deplete that
Not even black light rays
- Chorus -
And the black light in times like these
Shows me beauty and lets it be mine
It’s everything important to which I was blind
And the black light it seems to me
Is not an omen but instead a plea
For everything important to be important to me
In desperation
When all seems lost
We can remember
The terrain that we’ve crossed
And how it seemed so hard
We swore that we were done
But then we thought of you
Smiled and said, “It’s only just begun”
- Chorus -
"Curl of Smoke"
Watch out for the times that you've hated
They're coming back they've been reinstated
They will
Only find you if you deny what you've created
They'll be patient cause they've already waited
- Just take a slow drag of your cigarette -
And think about all the times that you regret
As the smoke curls away up into the sky
There's a redness that's burning in your eyes
It says you need to cry in order to let go
But you never listen cause you think you already know
It's just a fact of life that you try to deny
You see it coming and you push it aside
They will
Never give up they will never shy
You'll have to accept them before it's nigh
- Chorus -
What you never want to see always comes back to you
It's foolish to think that this is something new
They will
Abide by the rules saying that you can't undo
Everything unfortunate that you've ever been through
- Chorus -
Take one more drag of your cigarette
And look behind you at the times that you regret
The smoke curls away up into the sky
And draws some redness in your eyes
You need to cry in order to let those times go
They can only drown in the tears that you flow
“Ace of Spades”
The way I look at it
There’s only one escape
We have to leave ourselves
We have to go our separate ways
And I know it’s hard
To leave the one you love
But it’s better now
Than having to shed blood
- Let’s not try to understand -
Where things took a wrong turn
We’ll just have to face the facts
That trust can’t be re-earned
And those who say it’s better
To have loved and lost
Are obviously the ones
Love has never double crossed
The past is in the past
We can’t live it again
And we’d only by lying
To say that we’d still be friends
Cause times have become hard
And trusts have been broken
And the new things that we feel
Are best left unspoken
- Chorus -
Feelings never disappear
The connection never fades
Seeing that person again
Is being dealt the ace of spades
Love is always precious
And I guess I would agree
But when it crashes
It leaves a deadly debris
- Chorus -
“Numb”
The untenable are always sweeter
They’re the ones you have to draw nearer
Their simple touch brings a pleasure divine
Partly the allure of crossing the line
Those you can’t have you always want
The conquering of such is something you can flaunt
The risk is great but so is the reward
But the pain of sitting idly can’t be ignored
- You’ve got me feeling numb -
You’ve got me shaking where I stand
I’ve never felt this vulnerable
I’ve never had to play this hand
I’ve always worn my heart silently
Never hung out on my sleeve
And now it’s been torn open
And I can feel myself bleed
Those out of reach have a magnetic pull
They can make even stone into a heart that is full
But caution must be paid and warning be noted
For this kind of love there is no antidote
A promise was made and so must be kept
The thoughts of love must stay in my head
For with them come problems you can’t imagine
Until you slip and see first hand the damage
- Chorus -
A heart can be broken in so many ways
Even by the words she doesn’t have to say
It’s better to stop and hold back while you can
Because before too long you’re alone where you stand
- Chorus -
“Crying Blood”
You did me in – you tore me down
You screwed things up to the point where I can’t tell up from down
You play your games – you lead me on
And even though I know how you work I can’t help but be your pawn
You pull harder – on the noose I wear
The thin line of roughened flesh stands out like a solitaire
- I’m crying blood that I’ve lost you -
I’m bleeding hope
I know not to accost you
You’re only a whore
Those icy blue eyes – the sucker me in
Something in them eats at my courage and flushes under my skin
You catch my eye – you draw my ire
You rub the ash in my face as I burn in the fire
You drag me down – you tie me up
That suffocating feeling means that it had to be love
- Chorus –
You never know – when enough is enough
Your hands are soaked in my blood and it’s stained your cuff
- Chorus -
"Not to me"
There's a difference in saying you believe and you know
It’s why I can say I believe you're a saint but I know you're a whore
And as long as I try to repress those thoughts from myself
There’s no way I'll ever be able to say something else
Because by the time it gets to this it's always over
There’s just nothing to prove that you're still a lover
- Not to me -
Not anymore
There was a time
Once before
But that's gone
The sand's run out
I'm still here
Along with the doubt
There's nothing quite like seeing you crawling on your knees
It’s why I know there's no way you'll ever be able to get back with me
Pity is one thing but being pathetic is another
There was a great woman once but you sure as hell ain’t her
She had style and grace and a sense of dignity
And you can never mean what she did I'll guarantee
Chorus
There's one thing that I can't stand to look at anymore
And it's your body lying helpless on the floor
Disheveled and ragged and reeking of depression
You’re giving up hope as some sort of concession
But that's exactly what makes you so god damn pathetic
There’s just some people like you who just won't give it
Chorus
“Veil”
Where do you go?
Where do you hide?
I want to go there
Swim in the tears you cried
I was thinking
That we could run
Go off together
You shouldn’t be alone
- Babe – when you look sad –
I just can’t believe
That no one’s ever told you
How you are so naïve
But that’s your charm
You’re innocent and frail
You look like an angel
Hiding behind that wedding veil
Why do you pull back?
Why can’t you love?
I know it’s hard
But it’s something to be proud of
I was thinking
I’d be good for you
You need someone
And I think I need you
- Chorus -
Why do you look hurt?
Why can’t you see?
I know trust is hard
But in me you can believe
- Chorus -
“Bid Farewell”
Cold rapping on the windowpane
Washing over, extinguishing the flame
That burned as an effigy
To remember, to help me believe
I find nothing to ease the pain
Dull the senses, or try to avoid
Leave it be to avoid more hurt
Grow stagnant, hopefully revert
- I bid farewell to the ones I loved -
I let them drown in the rising flood
I never wanted this
To feel their cold kiss
I bid farewell to the ones I adored
No longer can their words go ignored
I never wanted much
Just to feel a loving touch
Now I bid farewell
There’s nothing to erase those thoughts
Keep them locked up, to burn them out
Memory is the price we pay
To continue, to survive this day
Sometimes it seems too much
Too much to hold, too much to clutch
And maybe we let it slip away
To ease ourselves, afraid of betray
- Chorus -
Cold rapping on the windowpane
Embodies sorrow, gives something to blame
It burned as an afterthought
Erasing trouble and the memories we sought
- Chorus -
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