You threw me that lifeline But all I can remember Are all of my mistakes With these words of love With these hands of hate All I can think of is what can I create Something special for the lovers Something angry for the hateful Anything but this handful Of empty promises And broken tokens of All my failures to come And they will come With the rising tide With the setting sun They come And I must choose What am I to do With all this pain All on my own Alone You gave me so much time But for all my attempts to take I left everything to waste I spoke hateful words In love my hands I worked And I Slipped away I let my crisis spin me In a mighty whirlwind down Down Down And I Was stripped of all I held dear And now I am a beggar for your ear To hear my cry All I wish Is to be What we knew I could always be Someone to love you and hold you near Someone to shut out all the fear To keep that light lit and burning brightly To fill your desires and keep the nightmares at bay Out of sight and out mind All I need is a little more time Just a little more Give me a little bit more Time Time Take me back Please bring me home For all that I still lack Please just bring me home

Make me out to be the villain like the only wrong is on one side death is the deal for killing I lost my last shred of mind with my sight Take me out like filthy trash god gets in the way of the fruit of the vine I once saw her laugh go away go away go away go away gone in an instant with the sound of a gun one final innocence left to rot in the sun leaving all violence is like living in silence and no man’s an island or so I’m told live in a cage to a ripe old age or wander the sea like a rootless tree better to be ready, better safe than sorry better to take a shot then take the fall no witnesses, no folly everybody knows your insane and it’s your fault I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m not sorry gone in an instant with the sound of a gun one final innocence left to rot in the sun leaving all violence is like living in silence and no man’s an island or so I’m told so let’s go come around come around we’re all gonna drown come around come around we’re all gonna drown come around come around we’re all gonna drown in Lake Lewisville

Feel the heat burning out your brain I don’t believe I can feel pain after closing blood red curtains final act ending so certain killing this sickly sideshow that we called love beat me blue and cut my back unlock the door leave a crack but don’t count on me to survive more likely the dead walk alive bring back this ugly plague that we called love fifteen months since I left home fifteen miles to walk alone I don’t know but I’ve been told I will die before I grow old no more lies and mo more plans I don’t plan to be the man the man to hold your ice cold hands fifteen fifteen fifteen you’re on your own drink one drug to make a mask then swallow another to bring you back giving up on giving in to that slightly malicious grin sobering up and over what we called love simply put a hollow whore strictly cut down to the core we all know what they will say say it in such a silly little way that we never ever really had what we called love fifteen months since I left home fifteen miles to walk alone I don’t know but I’ve been told I will die before I grow old no more lies and mo more plans I don’t plan to be the man the man to hold your ice cold hands fifteen fifteen fifteen I’m on my own fifteen fifteen I’m fifteen inside fifteen scarlet scars fifteen harlot tears fifteen painted cars and doors and all the things that I don’t care about anymore Fifteen fifteen fifteen I can’t take this anymore you can’t make me anymore do what you want me to I do what I want to Fifteen fifteen fifteen I can’t take this anymore you can’t make me anymore do what you want me to I do what I want to do what you want me to I do what I want to do what you want me to I do what I want to do

Shadowy figurines flying behind dark red eyes Performing some sort of ritual in my mind Black figurines floating through solar space This has now become a dark ritual of mine Lava like liquid pouring down my throat Ashen mountains breathe deeply reddened skies From one mouth into the other Spread wings unto the ether Breathe in red and blue haze Stand under the mountain shade Dreams watching angels fly In the shade of the red mountain sky Asking for answers before you know the questions What is life behind this bloated haze Heated conversation giving way to brighter lights Gaze upon your god’s own face Mentioned in the ancient tomes of old Cast out the demons raping the heavenly bastion Trapped under surging oceans Electric feel to pass in motion Trapped under seals of caution Bathing in chaos This grand commotion

Cut it out take it all away I can do without what I cannot say look at me like a leper sinking like a stone like a sheep to a shepherd I only want to go home another note another line another shot another time carry me home just want to be there when I feel alone tear out all my hair fingers caress but never stay long goodbye and god bless bury me to this song come on down give it all away I can quit anytime name the place and the day shove me out to sea watch my worries and cares fly so far from me into thin air I disappear I disappear I disappear under moonlight carry me home just want to be there when I feel alone tear out all my hair fingers caress but never stay long goodbye and god bless bury me to this song please carry me home just bury me alone

Mesmerize the simple of mind hypnotize every boy and girl one hidden truth among a thousand lies to every eye the red lights lure the best policy lies in honesty tell me true, where did you sleep last night god put your lips here to test me tell me now, where will I sleep tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow all the time that I borrow spent endlessly on you oh tonight oh tonight put out the candlelight I promise I’ve only eyes for you soft and smooth like silk sheets like those times spent helplessly playing the strings of my heart for keeps always aware, appearing so selflessly walking around and above the crowd shouting and hitting it off so smooth laughing out loud, ain’t you so proud like tiny puppets: you pull, we move and tomorrow and tomorrow all the time that I borrow spent endlessly on you oh tonight oh tonight put out the candlelight I promise I’ve only eyes for you I lie for you I die in you I lie with you I cry and I cry and I cry

Love will never conquer As long as shame stands in the way My love goes out to those Who are cut deep and bleeding out What hopelessness brought you there The same as mine I fear Lost searching for a purpose Filled endlessly with care Never to be returned If only kindness could exist Without the fear of failure If only it would rain And wash away the pain That love will never conquer As long as shame stands in the way The death of a father The rejection of a lover I’m crying out for a savior That I won’t die in vain A tender heart thrown and shattered Like a monster slain Beaten, torn and battered Never to feel the same My heart bleeds for you My heart a blackened blue It is sad but it is true I believe it’s safe to say That love will never conquer As long as shame stands in the way

Prepare to be let down Prepare for the sound Gifted crawling out from under the rug Begin the march of the bugs For so long they have been nesting For so long they have been resting And now the time has come For the filth to rise above Covered and smothered and reeking of tragedy Covered in dirt and blood seeping out of me They told me everything was okay They promised a throne fit for a king And I listened and obeyed greedily These bugs march beyond belief These beetles and roaches are more than they seem Chanting a battle song of defeat Ranting and rattling the brains of their enemies These marching bugs made a fool out of me Feel the thrill and create failure Seal away for good the creature Silver screen feature of design Slivers seek leeches lurking in the grime A crime for a time of every day Building a machine stunted and grey Stuck with the blunt end of the knife Running with scissors open into the night The bugs are on the march And no one is free and nothing is free And I am not here and I now believe And nothing can stop these bugs marching on and on and on and on

I have been sinking for so long I’ve lost count of the days barely kept afloat I have been drowning for so long I’ve lost all the breath left within my lungs I was once a great captain of a mighty ship that sailed across the seas But then my senses left me one by one and my crew soon followed one by one by one A drunkard, a coward, I cast my body into the water, for it was all I had left I have been buried at sea I am just a ghost Haunting these waters Awaiting a soul who can see Through the mist that surrounds me For someone who can save me From this burial at sea I have been sinking for so long I’ve lost count of the days barely kept afloat I have been drowning for so long I’ve lost all the breath left within my lungs I was once a powerful king of vast land that stretched across the earth But then I become a coward, always afraid to speak and so my men lost faith in me And so they fled, one by one by one, until there were none left Ships sunk, homes razed to the ground This wasteland, I have built No more strength No more hope This wasteland, all that is left This wasteland, I have built

I feel my darkness inside rising Grand delusions under glass ceilings Resurrecting and repenting Upon the black serpents head Days of the walking dead Nights of sleepless dreaming Fallen angels reveling Black designs upon the face The earthen pressure under grace Trace the golden ruins Fingertips gripping tokens Holding keys to unlock the mind Folded creases blocked and blind Unravel the universe through space Only time will speak through shades Unleash the demon unleash the beast Released to freedom to fight and feast Bullets in the backyards and gardens Grinding knives hard and sharpened Carcass flies rather than die Born to drown in the open sky Iron sloths spew spit and grime Truths unveiled within their lines Behold the lies and overcome Under shadow and cloak of grey Ghosts pound the beating drums Marching unto battle into the deafened fray Forming spectral silver streams Slivers of sand in creases and seams Upon the backs of cattle and sheep The wolves out to hunt those asleep Rendered upon the maps in X’s The witches and hags casting hexes In the reign of the great shower Revered and burgeoning with power Dumped in a distant pond The soul of mankind The fate of all who’ve wronged The fires that bind Flaming sword in hand Gleaming shield by side The revelation the final stand Reaping spirits as the hooded ones ride Finality of revolution Lucky roll of the dice Brought down to completion Bathed in the blood of the Christ