This is where forever opens This is where all flesh is grass This the mask and this the virgin This is where it falls apart
Holy mother, triple goddess Dream and death through blood evoke Through your womb we bleed and burn and now: Rise again
Breaker of worlds
So the seed is sown to reap and so the blood is sweet anew So intone the word not spoken Now the time to break the truce
Ah! And the world splits apart and the essence flows free And whatever she gives I am ready to take
For the keeper of the crossroads is the keeper of the keys; the one who stirs your silent dreams, the one who wakes the fear As she stands before you at the lake to lead you to the shore, she's the one who is the breaker, she's the one who waits no more
Breaker of worlds
2. To Kill And Kill Again
On the eleventh day, he reached out his hand and made the sign of parting, spoke the words of taking leave and of never going back
To breathe the air of dreams To walk upon a path of bodies To know what carnal means To live the law of hate and cold flesh
Wailing for the solace in a lie No echo here. No truth. No time.
To blind the eye to see To feed on every broken moment To kill and kill again To end it all while it's unfolding To know the only way: To love the beast and then to beg it to die from every wound
Listen as the mourning herald sings the dirge to which we march in time
Crawling naked 'neath the burning stars, sleeping beauty dries
Never
3. The Cluster Children
Where do you go? I don't know
Cold carbon air Breathing out filth Breathing in burning blue Nothing breaks me now
Go!
Let my hands go
Go!
(Today The hour on time The breathless second Another perfect view)
(Today A contradiction that talks one way A blind, stuttering fool is healed I'm not quite finished)
I am fire and reborn
Go!
(Today A mirror broke in ecstasy And desolation bled to death I've been forgiven)
Go!
On hands and knees Taking in all in one stride I have covered my own tracks and all falls into place
We will all go
4. Ruby Red
Send him from this land, he's bleeding A display of pain worn as a crown
Are you strong? Are you worthy?
Are you pure? Are you clean and wholesome?
In his face the plea of mercy Like a child corroding to a man
While the blood still flows he is enchanted Ruby red, the streak of hidden malice hides the smile
Are you strong? Are you worthy?
Are you pure? Are you clean and wholesome?
Oh, there's cancer? Oh, there's mistrust? Burn and cut, burn and cut
There's nothing There's nothing here There was nothing before You don't know this
Life can take you far, but this is further Once the lie is in, will he prove worth it? Know
(So we all give in)
No defence will stand through pity Powerless, kneeling before the bleeding heart
5. Head On Pillow
Head on pillow Hand and mouth like dust that softly, softly falls Spirit and flesh, wait and see In time it all amounts to bone
6. Turn The War On
Turn, turn Let the rosegrove burn Turn, turn Watch the flies and learn Turn, turn Grinding it down Turn, turn Make it go on
Sleep tight, wait long Hold on, stay strong
There is a beast within And there's no peace without I speak the lie as true And it has blinded you
Sleep tight, wait long Hold on, stay strong
Let the rosegrove burn Watch it all come down This is what I've earned Watch the flies and learn
Thrown back in line (So now the war is on) Thrown back in line (And now devotion's done) Thrown back in line (So let revulsion on) And now the vultures come
Sleep tight Wait long Hold on Stay strong
Turn, turn Let the rosegrove burn Turn, turn Watch the flies and learn
Turn
7. 4 Chambers
Chamber of the mourner Ashes of a morning mass Six feet of earth to lay On wooden home forever
Chamber of the griever Hope of dawn cut away Bowing to defeat This time the path cut short
Chamber of the sorrower Mausoleums closed in silence Wow given to fulfil Let no one stand between
Chamber of the dead Pleading spirits to awaken Build the gate, brick on brick There will be another key
8. Ten Times Defeat
A daring step The waiting crowd A hungry child must learn to bow
Yes, this is all the bitter truth The gritty sand beneath your feet The taste of failure on your mouth This is a game of hurt
Yes, this is all the bitter truth Yes, this is cold reality This is what you have come to
Yes, this is all the bitter truth Yes, every gesture was in vain This game is harsh and you have lost You know it all comes down to this: Pathetic lies and vanity The taste of sand inside your mouth
A daring step The wanton smile A desperate man Tells desperate lies
Yes, this is all the bitter truth The gritty sand beneath your feet The taste of failure on your mouth
9. Traitor's Mark
I see myself through read, dead eyes I make myself this prison For Babylon the time has come This time I'm sure you'll listen
This is the day (A given word) This is the hour (was broken twice) Nothing's forgiven and nothing will even the score
I hold my seed, a perfect hate I make this mask a weapon For every time I lied myself a tenfold to your burden
This is the day (A given word) This is the hour (was broken twice) Nothing's forgiven and nothing will even the score
No morning comes to tie my hands in tired sleep The love I left to die alone is all I keep
My blood is silence in my veins It all ends here The final bond of innocence the last to tear
The last bitter step Through ruins and dirt Only one deed remains: To lay it all at your feet, dead
I mark you red, a traitor's mark I name an "M" for malice For all those years I lived a lie One pound of flesh from your body
This is the day (A given word) This is the hour (was broken twice) Nothing but ashes to mourn for
I have betrayed all that I am Nothing's forgiven and nothing will even the score