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lesson the honoring instinct of animal pressure no blame on the red bull throw fury at him aim gorge and win less contenders on the way today let them pay nothing lost nothing gained listen here lies the warning for matador blackout blood running the dirt floor won't bleed by accident burn your game plan
as passion encircles the daily storm the heart bleeds and droughts do not bone grave bone engraved stone grave stone engraved all circles created with intention an ocean turns yellow it soothes the eye
condition tomorrow with visions inlaid the priest stands to our right a princess is mine the regress of some minds further chase the prize pretentious you follow religion is mine anger precedes my footsteps haunting past comes into head horizon seems so far away this life close to end of days kill and i will be damned forgive and i will be free unified eyesight grow
slaved into brittle and worked for days only thing that paves your stay look behind you see what you've made like a workhorse stands for miles work for you and never get tired roll 'em up it's time to go we'll be back before it's too long shaved into rhythm work for days consequences we have paid to be free in a world we've made like a workhorse stands for miles work for you and never get tired roll 'em up it's time to go we can bet on all that's lost before it's too long burning hell
sanction lived in taught by masters flight of giving be mine always here for duration miss my sweet love times of sailing keep me grounded make us sure of future sanctions
coals under foot burst into flames become the earth's ashes remain awaiting sand a burning man approach the door where i place blame take the first step cleansing my shame awaiting sand a burning man
life's changed yet remain the same basking in an afterglow i did not know i am here in shadows island lying hopeless wondering all questions exhaust me running screaming chanting for all this land i've seen its worth helping all for times sake it brings me work pinned to this world
birth original plan who will issue days and strike them hurry to mystic plains go lifesblood hurdle in the path struck down all is clear for play
if you can't get it i can't get it fly soul is single wind beneath us i can't take it if you can't take it fly soul is single wind beneath us shades of sixteen you're with me shades of sixteen remember
change stand grow these things you'll never be taste your fate all that you'll ever be a life love unconditional a life love love unconditional chase chase 'em down string 'em up hate hate the ones who bring you down
I think that someone is trying to kill me Infecting my blood and destroying my mind No man of the flesh could ever stop me The fight for this fish is a fight to the death White whale - holy grail What remorseless emperor commands me I no longer govern my soul I am completely immersed in darkness As I turn my body away from the sun White whale - holy grail Split your lungs with blood and thunder When you see the white whale Break your backs and crack your oars men If you wish to prevail This ivory leg is what propels me Harpoons thrust in the sky Aim directly for his crooked brow And look him straight in the eye White whale - holy grail
There's magic in the water that attracts all men Across hills and down streams The turning of the tide Outlook Future bright Selfish Beauty shines Light cloud rain drive on 13 years to this day red planet aligned Into sight 60,000 years of light Fascination with a mountain put to sea Built to slay and conquer All with teeth of beasts
If I stand around and watch them drown in a pool of gray When we dive in I can surely say there's feud with force Am I in your way? Please knock me down. Can I help you in? When I'm not around let us all be found in certain ways Dear Mr. Queequeg you have been informed your life's been saved You are not a black-hearted vicious mess so it has been claimed If this is the beast pulling us towards the east with mighty waves Let us look inside and pull out all your pride you know it's up to us Holding pasts in ash black earth Bound by roots Roots into sand Grow towards the giver There's an open wound placed upon my heart in anger's rage If we open up a spirit, a spirit that can bleed Ahab the leading lad we can trust his obsession carries them Meet us at the temple healing all the crippled Don't forget the maimed Lower soul sent with gifts offering Teeth of hope travel with Child laid next to mother
Given decision to live Not taken The flight towards the light I'll stay in the lava for life Erupting when gods take us all Changing the peaks makes us pour From the mountain and burn The path of our time Hail people of Iceland Journey of a land anew Ram as our liaison Vision inspire and move Awe holy island Breed the lagoon to run free Raw beauty is ruthless within the golden ring Precision of Grungir Spear of the Norse God Odin Praise our Pagan Father Founder of the Althing Given decision to live Not taken The flight towards the light I'll stay in the lava for life Erupting when gods take us all Changing the peaks makes us pour From the mountain and burn The path of our time Ruler of sky's thunder The honourable warrior All divination Beward the Hammer of Thor Lava goddess Ice and fire Settling down Ocean Geysir Gullfoss Heimaey '73
Straight line Feel it burst liver and lung Long and strong 'Til she spills her black blood Center down Vast the head body and tail Shatter life Physeter catodon Culture vulture Elephant graveyard Culture vulture Engage monster Wreaking vengeance Assault with all martial rage Sail on
Myth or legend Nymph tale washed ashore Near the kraken sleepeth stirs coral and bone Infinite city No sexy sneer Hideous creation Human and animal Banter songs of rudeness to be adhered Not on rocks that glisten Harps to listen Comb hair Tear right to pieces Left to recess a watery grave Sensing the blood of prey Swimming in fear for life Rolling over Falling into jaws Teeth that chatter It distracts them all The Fiji mermaid She will let it know Time is coming to feed and knaw
Angels dancing with a mortal a sin A giant born within a woman's womb Nephilim walking through the forest breaking limbs As we bow and give respect to the gods Save yourself Don't wait on me My feet are sewn Endless bottom The church is burning from the inside out Altars falling into ashes again An eagle fly upon horizons with sight Focusing on all our family and friends Apologize Can we rise above it Climb the line It's a good endeavor The ships arrived Let's sail into the weather Our crying eyes Save yourself Don't wait on me My feet are sewn Endless bottom
An invitation to clairvoyance It's hard to stand around and watch while they ignore us She is dumped on Used as an ashtray At the expense of an organized association I see the stones in the path we laid It's a question of tomorrow We like to breathe the ancient wind that we have followed A perfect fire to burn the land Before they knew it The sun had falledn Boiling the water where the hydra's crawling The righteous go in blazing fury And we cleanse the earth to bring it down Bring it down And God will watch it burn Releasing souls Within the wrath we wait To be dirt again There is a flame I lit I upon high
Taken down with hearts alive Our hearts alive Lurking dark underground Descend to the bottom Swim below eternally Into the deep blue sea Time and space All alone It can be a lonely place There it goes Opening up I can't stand I can't breathe Rolled fin out Oil stripped Hold is filled Ocean coil Water boils He swims to the surface Flame from mouth Smoke he breathes Enter the caverns of the deep Time and space All alone It can be a lonely place There it goes Opening up I can't stand I can't breathe Terrified Ghastly cry Spiraled lives Taken down Taken down The iron side Bucket of lead Battle is she Not for defeat The iron side Bucket of lead Battle is she
The hero of the gods The crossing of the threshold The belly of the whale Refusal of return Hollow eyes Dry pale legs Howling on Through fields and graves Language of the signs Symbols to our sight Guardian to thy throne Take on form Daylight Hide the skin Cut it off Scatter ash in the wind Shapeshifter rolling on winds of tyrants make Fierce lore of fanged horn Danger all the way Night's sea reflection The faces of bodies slain Returning to the form of natural human's fate Grown from the cold Spirits unclean Dealer of the days The ice will thaw As the soldier walks through the crimson side Researchers of aftermath Dispelling disarming man One-toed horses subject of Genesis And the immigrants Fundamental side of a human mind Hulder folk and fairies So believe The hero of the gods The crossing of the threshold The belly of the whale Refusal of return
Guide a truth Prevail and ride Into the black hole Searching the crystal Making the veins bleed The source of consciousness Alive Crystalline resonance Into the black hole Searching the crystal Making the veins bleed A deep breath before the plunge One million voices Dispelling A thousand faces Disarming Running through the darkness Holding hearts in my eyes Falling short of gauntlet Covered in blood-sucking flies The touch is cold I tore a path screaming through wind and blood I will it all Burning deep in my skull
Earth has burst Mountain flames Moon beheld Father snake Mind control Has left its nest Shame on Bulls roar loud The fearless fall Wooden vessel Broken wings Caught my killer In my grave Shame on Eyes of grace Kill again Trapped in maze Trembling fear Head scorched brow Perish the land Shame on A vast calm wilderness The call to adventure comes Lead and land atop this rock Infinite path carved with unrivaled skill
Capillarian gone away Capillarian gone away It's a shattered wave Cosmogenic cycles Universal dreams The unseen essence Energies refreshed 12 years of silence Frivolous to moments Shake the hand of lightning Capillarian carnate Capillarian carnate You don't have to go Escaping from the long way And leave us here all alone Carve Carve out your soul Lay it on the altar And leave us here all alone This river is running violence A way to catch our breath Rising from the mercury We will climb to bestow our trust Take away the anchor Amplify the mystery Inhale the earth and wind Map out the plans to our test
Elephant spirits Tower of ivory Story of ancient deities Seizure of the fleece Protector of its place Fly through dreamscapes Of valleys gullies and spires Herd across suicidal slopes Changeless moonshines Circle cyclops image A race of one-eyed beings All feared and shunned Rakshasa demon Seizure of the fleece Protector of its place Eyes all around you Enter the labyrinth Visions of the hunted Beware the birchmen Incisors thought to be Skulls of us Our release
This forest is growing faster than I can tell Cell structure eats away at a massive swell Seems however I'm a victim of circumstance Hunt for ogres and dwarfs Lion slicer Run with death Run with death White faces coming closer with every step Earth envelopes taking breath without happenstance Carve my teeth out ripping through the sheep's head curse Hunter gatherer Ridden from the cave Run with death Run with death Gone away My heart's gone away Taking everything My heart's gone away Take it now Hunt for ogres and dwarfs Lion slicer Run with death Run with death Gone away My heart's gone away Taking everything My heart's gone away Take it now
Running faster than I ever have Evading sharks of the sky Death trap and I kill again Dig through my own hives Shelter from sky Talon of raptor Force-fed glass giant moth Reaping fields of the flesh Heavy hand thwart the scheme Of the dominant nymph Omen she brings Carried on weathered wings Fly reptile Leather wings Bones hollow Petrified Running faster than I ever have Evading sharks of the sky The earth's ashing floats What is good for man Cast us out into the known
No one sees the difference in the land Where the sky meets earth Form horizons Hand of stone Arm of strength Nature's fire Fist of gold Venom stains the lips and burns the tongue With vengeance and hatred Extremities forged in nature's fire Unrelenting vigor Carve the future Feast or famine Drink deception The wells run dry The need for temptation Falling through brain field Head for divide The hand matches The hand that leads the way To kill the shepherd Just to see his face Heed the warning Ingest the rotten bone The hand that falters The hand that turns to stone Chew on the root that gives us sight Cranium shatters Feed the needles as they fall The truth The mask Brain divided
Floating in red again A deepened soil Nothing Empty cup Trade not known Showing promise of a perfect land No regrets for a fallen ground The omen passed Woman possessed Reflect on the duties held Oceans morph to dust Chasing the timeline Bolts of light flash Original storm god The atmosphere that floats above the earth Is corrupt for man This we know What has dwelt within the early dawn has gone away That's okay Dig Climb Ancient elm Root Ride the vine of father ground our carving The atmosphere that floats above the earth is corrupt for man This we know Circle Made of ash Betray her presence Huntress Gentle breath Listen to the poison rose
Ice god shakes the earth Destruction of the path Sinking deeper in the snow Eating bark with blackened hands Swollen fingers frozen jaw Warm teeth wrapped around my wrist Frostbite eating away at our limbs Slit the belly brontotherium Climb towards vermilion snowbank fall Station of the crosses prayer save all Chewing bone Euphoria Land and sky Shining skull Ice field blanket land Hunted beyond the fray No direction known Running with the band Provisions wearing thin Avalanche sweeps the land Starvation setting in Spilling all that's left Should've kept the fruits from virgin's vine Three-horned face Pillar of red Evil lives atop my crooked spine Rosebush current flow Carmine river go Solar storms erupt on the sun Ice fields blanket land Snow queen Hypothermia Ice lips Hallucination Ice field blanket land Hunted beyond the fray No direction known Running with the band Provisions wearing thin Avalanche sweeps the land Landscape ebb 'n' flow Think I felt the end of time Skulls aglow as crystal shines And starts to warm the empty climb
I flew beyond the sun before it was time Burning all the gold that held me inside my shell Waiting for you to pull me back in I almost had the world in my sight Lost love Bright eyes fading Faster than stars falling How can I tell you that I've failed? Tell you I failed Falling from grace cause I've been away too long Leaving you behind with my lonesome song Now I'm lost in oblivion I tried to burrow a hole into the ground Breaking all the fingers and the nails from my hands The eyes of a child see no wrong Ignorant bliss, impending doom Lost love Bright eyes fading Faster than stars falling How can I tell you that I've failed? Tell you I failed Falling from grace cause I've been away too long Leaving you behind with my lonesome song Now I'm lost in oblivion Falling from grace cause I've been away too long Leaving you behind with my lonesome song Now I'm lost in oblivion Falling from grace cause I've been away too long Leaving you behind with my lonesome song Now I'm lost in oblivion Falling from grace cause I've been away too long Leaving you behind with my lonesome song Now I'm lost in oblivion, in oblivion, in oblivion
It's gone away It's gone away It's gone for good Animal spirits come calling me home Through the tunnels of brilliant light The magnet of wisdom is pulling Burrowing faster the fabric of time No escape Binding spirits No escape Trapped in time space Rapid descendants The wormhole is empty The center of Khlysty surrounds me The fire is dancing in a silvery sheet of breath Black robe Necromancing Summon the soul of the spectre No escape Binding spirits No escape Trapped in time space Fire in the eye Realm of mystic majesty No escape Binding spirits No escape Trapped in time space Fire in the eye Realm of mystic majesty
The demon skin is covered in fine mist Opened his hand in my hand Holding my eyes to the future Hovering above myself Letting loose the guided Punching these holes in my head The space time paradigm Omnipresence Primal instincts Let it go Calling reason Finding you These wild hearts run Even deeper Burning through These wild hearts run Let it go Letting me free the quintessence In fine mist Opened his hand in center Holding my eyes to the future Cupping the blood myself Letting loose the guided Punching these holes in my head Losing my skin to the landslide Omnipresence Primal instinct Let it go Calling reason Finding you These wild hearts run Even deeper Burning through These wild hearts run Let it go Shield failure Speed farewell
Don't stay; run away He has ordered assassination Don't stay; run away The henchmen are gathered and waiting Don't stay; run away Your role as usurper is found out Don't stay; run away Tsarina has warned of the danger It's your own fault That is what we wanted It's your own fault This is where we lay By the light of the moon You must escape into the deep black of the night Fight the devil inside Enemies poison deep within my second sight Wasting valuable time Ride the tides of blood Illumination Beauties sudden hand Shattered crown Stretching arms up high We're on our way now Leave the Czar to die Spiraling up through the crack in the sky Leaving material world behind I see your face in constellations The martyr is ending his life for mine
Wrathful ones nine eyes gaze Holding skulls Filled and laced With human blood Shades of darkened skies Emptiness Twilight holding through Offering Life in zenith Bulls blood shot eyes Flattened portrait of the night sky Feel crust hum Facing the North Vapor space Between heaven and Earth Wisdom and the knower A planet collide Divisible we fall Hear dirt waves Wading forth Vapor space How long has it been since we flew through the shadows I have walked on many other planets Sinister twin Choking on fear Bonded iron Sink to the core
Blessed visionary cut me with your sun The rivers ran in blood Spark fueled to fire Deep withing the endless void Searching for a sign The vessel forged inside me Watches over like the death Of the moon Strike the shepherd Sheep will scatter Mountains of despair I can see the pain It is written all over your face The screaming arrows tear through my soul In the dawn your face is haunting White ghostly dreams Weight of worlds is on your shoulders Hear the voice of gold I can see the pain It's written all over your face Desperate heathens flock to sirens Guard your heartache well Momma don't let them take her Take her down Please tell Lucifer he can't have this one Her spirits too strong It's written all over your face I can see the pain You can make it all go away
I'd guess they would say we could set this world ablaze Please, please take my hand Please take my soul to rest So we can always be around It is hard to see Through all the haze at the top of the trees Hold my head on stable ground Watch as the earth falls all around Please, please take my hand Please take my soul to rest So we can always be around Faltering footsteps Dead end path All that I need is this wise mans staff Encased in crystal he leads the way I guess they'd say we could set the world ablaze Please, please take my hand Please take my soul to rest So we can always be around I guess they would say we can set the world ablaze Hold my head on stable ground Watch as the earth falls all around Take my black soul Arrive in the fires that burn my skin Guide my eyes all through this maze I guess they'd say we could set the world ablaze All that I have seen Standing on the edge The foot of precipice Floating in the sea Past the king of swords Quickly to the shore The last baron The last baron Ghost of man surrounds me in my slumber I have no fear as your wing is my shelter Cyanide he craves Coursing through his veins Providing him with strength To see this to the end Afraid of psychic eyes Faith in mystic power The last baron The last baron Will he save me? Will he save me? I was standing staring at the world And I can't see it I was standing staring at the world And I can't see it I was standing staring at the world And I still can't see it I was standing staring at the world And I still can't see it I was standing staring at the world And I still can't see it I was standing staring at the world And I still can't see it All that I have seen Standing on the edge The foot of precipice Floating in the sea Past the king of swords Quickly to the shore The last baron The last baron Ghost of man surrounds me in my slumber I have no fear as your wing is my shelter Cyanide he craves Coursing through his veins Providing him with strength To see this to the end Afraid of psychic eyes Faith in mystic power The last baron The last baron Will he save me? Will he save me? I'd guess they would say we can set this world ablaze Please, please take my hand Please take my soul to rest So we can always be around It is hard to see Through all the haze at the top of the trees Hold my head on stable ground Watch as the earth falls all around Please, please take my hand Please take my soul to rest So we can always be around Faltering footsteps Dead end path All that I need is this wise mans staff Encased in crystal he leads the way I guess they'd say we could set the world ablaze
I burned out my eyes I cut off my tongue I sealed them with all of the silver And now I have none You killed the life You took the diamond You killed the vine Death of the... You own the darkness And taken my sight You buried the stars underground You've stolen the night You can run to the sea You can run to the forest You can hide But you'll never escape You've run out of lies You've run out of time You killed the life You took the diamond You killed the vine Death of the sun
I killed a man 'cause he killed my goat I put my hands around his throat He tried to reason with the sky and the clouds But it didn't matter, 'cause they can't hear a sound Oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh oh It's just the curl of the burl It's just the curl of the burl That's just the way of the world It's just the curl of the burl Splinters in my skin just like needles and pins I cut through the pine, love the feeling it gives But I'll never die, running through these streets I'm using my hands, cutting through the disease Oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh oh It's just the curl of the burl It's just the curl of the burl That's just the way of the world It's just the curl of the burl I feel powerless Chew it up, spit the rest I feel powerless Chew it up, spit the rest It's just the curl of the burl It's just the curl of the burl That's just the way of the world It's just the curl of the burl Oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh oh Oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh oh
Change your hair Change your clothes I’ll rearrange your face for you If you can breathe When I am through I’ll give it all right back to you I wanna drink some fucking blood I wanna break some fucking ass I wanna squeeze you 'til you’re inside out I want it all Change your name Change your eyes Become the one who I despise If you are sad And need to cry Then turn around and go outside I wanna drink some fucking blood I wanna break some fucking ass I wanna squeeze you 'til you’re inside out I want it all
The temple of bodies A building with souls Given the cosmos As we let go / As we let go Locked in a dance Surrounding the moon This far from the clouds Stargasm flows Stargasm Lead us by horses On the way to our graves Father the owl It is your faith / It is your faith Awake in the moment Awaken the heart Look to the spirits Stargasm glows Stargasm And then we shift into overdrive But you’re not here And your legs and the stars collide You’re on fire / You’re on fire / You’re on fire Hanged from the solstice Bohemian grave Flesh lies the altar As we let go / As we let go Glasses are empty The owl has flown Sever relation Like you didn’t know / Like you didn’t know And then we shift into overdrive But you’re not here And your legs and the stars collide You’re on fire / You’re on fire / You’re on fire
To tempt the fool into the mine Let loose the snake with antidote Take the hand Guide the way Far away Find the truth Always / Always I’m on my way back home I’m on my way back home I see your face inside the smoke It’s hard to scream and nice to choke Take the hand Guide the way Far away Find the truth Always / Always I’m on my way back home I’m on my way back home Let’s rest awhile inside the cave Don’t cry you’ll see that we’ll be safe Take the hand Guide the way Far away Find the truth Always / Always Take your heart into your hand Always Take your heart into your hand Always I’m on my way back home I’m on my way back home
Lift you up again Give you to the trees All sound and visions are What they ask of me Let’s run fast through the fields Over mountaintops Let’s swim through ocean water And we’ll never stop Just close your eyes And pretend that everything’s fine Just close your eyes I’ll tell you when Can you show me Where to find the stream I’ve been told before That the water’s clean Will you come with me Two of us can drink Move quick we’ve got to hurry There’s no time to think Just close your eyes And pretend that everything’s fine Just close your eyes I’ll tell you when We didn’t come this far Just to turn around We didn’t come this far Just to run away Just ahead We will hear the sound The sound that gives us A brand new day Just close your eyes And pretend that everything’s fine Just close your eyes I’ll tell you when
All the love I’ve shown Given to the ones I’ve known All the love I make Is equal to the love I take All the life I’ve known Given to the life I’ve shown Along the way Free from it all Breathe in the darkest fall We laugh and cry through a brother’s eyes for now Through fire embers glow Haunted I lift the stone Letting go your spirit flies All the love I've shown Given to the ones I've known All the love I make Is equal to the love I take Life is fleeting fast Be careful for what you ask Along the way Free from it all Breathe in the darkest fall We laugh and cry through a brother’s eyes for now Through fire embers glow Haunted I lift the stone Letting go your spirit flies His thorns are on the road His thorns are on the road In the morning light The sparrow flies When the moon devours us The planet dies Free from it all Breathe in the darkest fall We laugh and cry through a brother’s eyes for now Through fire embers glow Haunted I lift the stone Letting go your spirit flies
Head down running from the beast Breakneck speed taking all my breath Black feet scraped and scarred and dripping blood Rain come down take me with your flood I came to and I was running from you Feel your breath on the back of my neck Where have I come to be Is this all that’s left for me I wish that I was still there I want to keep on breathing Bulls roar loud Snakes move past my feet No teeth no hands set me free Bones start rattling ‘round inside my head I don’t know if I’m alive or dead Where have I come to be Is this all that’s left for me I wish that I was still there I want to keep on breathing Dig deep kicking up rock and dirt and sand Out of this lifeless valley bones in hand Over these mountains to the seas of life Leave this desert for the sick and damned
With the lights down low Wrapped up like a baby And your hair hangs long Surrounding my face Straight out of nowhere Buried deep inside my past Straight out of nowhere Hoping you’ll be the last Love your warm embrace Hold me close don’t let me go Nipple pink and cold Filled up with mother’s milk Straight out of nowhere Buried deep inside my past Straight out of nowhere Hoping you’ll be the last With the lights down low Wrapped up like a baby And your hair hangs long Surrounding my face Straight out of nowhere Buried deep inside my past Straight out of nowhere Hoping you’ll be the last
I saw the creature fall Into the swamp from which he spawned I heard them laugh and say They never liked him anyway I tried to talk to them To help you on your feet again They laughed and said to me The swamp is right where I should be The creature lives The creature lives The creature lives The creature lives
We trip the light Firebird flies Burn your inside Given a lesson The path I’ve shown Follow all I know Into the spectrelight Into the afterlife It came from the ocean Gift of the sea Lava forms the stone Belief in power Believe the dream Trust your own truth Into the spectrelight Into the afterlife You listen through the light Tolling on the sea Barren eyes behind you Leave the shadows waking dreams Rising through the door Writhing with a knife Cut speech / Cut light / Cut chord And break the dawning wretch of silence Trust your own truth Souls of the fallen Death of the godhead Listen and breathe Into the spectrelight Into the afterlife
Give and take We are full of pride All is proved in time Lay me down Stand my ground Lay me down Stand my ground Taking a life I see it flash before my eyes Taking a life I see it flash before my eyes Rule by the head Endure test of time Plant the seed of mind Lay me down Stand my ground Lay me down Stand my ground Taking a life I see it flash before my eyes Taking a life I see it flash before my eyes
Pursue happiness with diligence
You take life Give nothing back You need to return what you’ve stolen You need life To multiply Devour all that surrounds you Heavy weighs the crown Low hangs the head who wears it Destroyer Of all that’s good We don’t need a death that surrounds you The bolt strikes To infect We know your intentions are impure Heavy weighs the crown Low hangs the head who wears it Sickness can’t kill this love Always alive in my heart Sickness can’t kill this love Always alive in my heart Heavy weighs the crown Low hangs the head who wears it