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Feel
02:32
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i try to shatter my insecurity
i can’t breathe
kill these feelings
they choke me
i've suffocated my will, while my wick burns at both ends
anyone who shows interest passes through my hands
grains of sand build
i find myself buried under the pressure
pressure to fulfill, to love, to sacrifice
unable to open myself to the possibility
i remain locked with no key
no entrance i am trapped
bound to this feeling i can't describe
never giving myself to anyone
feelings of nothingness leave me blank
how can i feel nothing
how can i know how anything feels at all
my final expression will be my lack of expression
as you reach, i let go
i become the nothing that i feel
i beg for feeling
i beg for love
a freezing soul
never to be warmed
never to be held
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Three Thousand
02:10
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every second you live
3000 are lost
every breath you take
is their last
murder seen as necessity
life exists to live, their death is unnecessary
human silence, we allow this agony
bloodlust has created industry
commodified murder
boundless human greed
separate what we don't need
sacrifice your comfort
denounce your vanity
there is no difference
why kill just to eat
why kill to live
if i could be the loss to end it all
i would sacrifice myself
in reverence, to see the end
mankind must pay
by the end of this song 393,000 animals have died an unjust death by the hands of those who uphold a tradition of bloodlust. those who see murder in a light of necessity and continuation, fail to see the lives they are destroying and the accessible alternatives to preserving the lives of all innocent animals who have no voice. we must speak for them. we must be the end of their suffering. it is abuse, it is rape, it is a horrible existence filled with pain and suffering that you can stop. it is no longer time to ignore or deny. you cannot excuse yourself any longer. for the animals, go vegan
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It's Forever, Now
02:12
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my world has died, i can’t pass over yet
watching forever, tears on your headstone
black feathers, broken wings
black shadows, i still hear her screams
is this resurrection, is this life after death
vengeance sought through the eyes of love
the eyes of revenge see all
i am guided by love
the bullet’s loaded with hate
i take life from those who took my life from me
i am complete and total madness
i am retribution, i am fear
stealing flowers from other’s graves
to rest upon yours
remember when you said "mine?"
and i said "forever"
you said "only forever?"
it's forever, now
tears or endless streaks of rain
it can't rain all the time
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4. |
Validity
02:13
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is validity only a word fractured in my head
a sequence of errors produced this identity
coding wired to the wrong bones
heart functioning at half capacity
binary repetition constructs this mold
solitary, confined to this cord
keystrokes can be bullet holes
shot through users interface
created within a system
born into a body
machine produced identity
machine produced standard
die with no expression
invalid, nothing can compute
invalid, nothing can transfer
fluidity null to equation
contained in prefabrication
can validation equate to meaning
can the wires wrap around the heart
so tightly it might burst
nerve endings severed
these wires have torn into my heart
these boundaries have dug into my skin
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Sentience
04:06
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cold complacent gaze
awaiting affirmation
bleeding out their wounds
engraving humanity’s headstone
break the fingers of man's calloused hands
let loose the grip of dominion
everflowing greed saps willingness
escape this trance, dreams of idealism
act against sorrow, vanity, and complacency
to sacrifice, to action
reclamation of a birthright
reclamation by any means
risen through trials of inhumanity
i choose my destiny, i choose action
in a world of death i state my life
in your world of fantasy, reality must strike
anger is a weapon, outrage is compassion
if we do something, now is the time
if we do something, another will follow
they’re dying, let it end with us
no longer time to ignore or deny
i state their life through liberation
this world of death
let it end with us
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7. |
The Will of Fire
03:08
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detest these flames only to be swallowed by them whole
convict yourself to a dying world and you will die with it
i have exhausted my tolerance
i vow discipline, abstain from your institution
a product of your world that promotes injustice
advertised with violence and abuse
this is how you corrupt minds to think
pushing society's life of poison relief
every life taken by your product
every grave filled with your relief
every life shattered by intoxication
convict yourself to die by the hands of this fate
i will purge myself in flames
the will of fire burns on
this is my statement, my life, no compromise
sealed by this blood commitment
branded flesh for hate has burned it
fear is outweighed by this rage, this burning hatred
i stand in reprisal of this world
mark for mark, fire with fire
everlasting vengeance rests in my blood
i will spill every drop for my convictions
the razors that cut, the fire that burns
my blood, my flesh
all for my convictions
in protest of this world, straight edge
the will of fire cleanses
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Poisoned
01:46
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from hand to mouth you've poisoned
from your own hand to the mouth of your children
you’ve poisoned your own blood
you want this world to burn
burn with it, you’re poison
this poison consumption disgusts me
capitalization of suffering
murdering free thinking
industry shackles society
lick the blade, drink your own blood
can’t you see you’re killing yourself
the violence in me reflects the violence that surrounds me
this life is poison, this is a protest
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9. |
Only in Death
03:01
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why thrive in happiness
why be filled with warmth
freezing negates all feeling
emptiness never to be filled
no one is real
nothing is real
motions, actions
i see through
every motive forged
selfishness leads you
every action taken
is littered with motives
nothing is sacred
nothing is taken in time
everything thrives in suffering
everyone is at a loss
at such a loss i hope this world never wakes me
lulled to sleep one final time
praying my heart stops beating
until something gives me a reason to live
how many kisses of steel
will bring this light to a close
how many steel kisses
will drain me of all that i have
i’ve been trapped behind these veins
self expression is not enough
i can only see through the gaps
the cracks of what i wish to be
there’s light on the other end
i want it to hit my skin
i’ve had my arms out in the dark for far too long
hoping to touch something
only in death can i express myself
only in this expression, only in death
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10. |
Heaven is Cold Now
03:00
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no angels, no miracles, no heaven above
there is only black waiting and cold earth to comfort
fear has created a place that’s deathless
life is cold and filled with tragedy
it soon will find us and we will know
heaven is cold now
father in heaven, i am not coming to the light
if there's a chance of you receiving me into your arms
i would rather roam in the darkness forever
i will never submit to acceptance of divinity
if good intentions could be used to slit these wrists
they’d bleed me fucking dry
humility would bleed me dry
if only god's deaf ears
could hear the screams of this world
i am poisoned by eating the body
i am poisoned by drinking your blood
i would rather take my life in reverence
god's love is murder
cold dead hands load the bullets of ministry
tradition is the gun to my head
the holy spirit blasts out the back of my head
halos and horns are indistinguishable
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