Force it to begin Spark the flame To firebursting sin Doctrine denied Over and over again
Keeping death of all things private Expose this failed creation What is done is dead What is done is dead
To be content, an abomination Are you satisfied Are you done with this
The ultimate rebellion The sacrifice is endless The ultimate rebellion Be nothing to no one
What's in a true life? Behind the crumbling walls Of dream and infant illusion Action without movement Desire without heart It is over and done It is over and done To crave for touchless objects And fathom without eyes The fall of all things personal That no one sees
The ultimate rebellion The sacrifice is endless The ultimate rebellion Leave nothing to no one
Awaken to the screams Of unresolved Demands and accusations Words are free
These are the outer symptoms Of inner detonation Will force us to inaction Rid us of resolve Take the burden off me Lead me to my grave
The ultimate rebellion The sacrifice is endless The ultimate rebellion Leave nothing to no one
2. The Lesser Faith
Dreamt up a new word today In my ignorance I gave it meaning Who was I to know To say it is to know it To hear it is to believe, is to believe
I dreamt the world would end I was not wrong To doubt, to discredit The words I've heard before From inside a shell pretending
It's all you've shown your faith And what you've always known So lay your trust in the unthinkable It's time to justify your lesser faith
It's all your faith has shown And all you'll ever know Why do you matter, you're insignificant How can you justify your lesser faith?
To know it is to fear it To fear it is to say no, is to say no To the blazing highs and lows I know I'll fail To break, to cast it down You take your lead From a staff that must be broken in two
It's all your faith has shown And all you'll ever know Why do you matter, you're insignificant How can you justify your lesser faith?
3. Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive)
This is a ghost town Alive with the echoes of failures fled Lit up by shining faces, That parade these streets What used to be Of humility is gone You walk the mounds Of skull and bones Where living is denied I see more movement in decomposition Than in those hollow eyes
It is the only place I know Where death is most alive It is when truth is turned to lie That death is most alive
Set flame to the ensnarers And pierce that ornate shield Branded by what claims you You wear the mark of death Tear from loss and agony A character defined Stripped of all but tragedy What life is left to find Go now, until there's nothing left Go now, the dying has begun
It is the only place I know Where death is most alive It is when truth is turned to lie That death is most alive
So I flee from all that is me To hide behind this pale dead face Whatever happened to desire, want and need Whatever happened to integrity Imagination is a curse in all of this Whatever happened to the ones left behind
This is a ghost town Bodies dragged through endless streets Go now, to never return I've seen more pitiful humiliation Than you could never hide
It is the only place I know Where death is most alive It is when truth is turned to lie That death is most alive
4. Blind At Heart
I tell you here Of all that crimes and hours broken What never came, will never be the same I tell you this, I tell you what
The mind that has been flooded All the exits sealed A poison set to enter The unforgiving me
Probes and infiltrators Infiltrate me
It's in these hours we forget ourselves (Ourselves) Within a fire that consumes itself (Itself)...Go
No need for your defenses My angerwall will hold Take your steady pride In monotony and beat
Invaders and corruptors Invade me
It's in these hours we forget ourselves (Ourselves) And never again Within a fire that consumes itself (Itself)
A super nova of flame on fire This broken spirit, blind at heart
Bite down hard on frustration The siege that can't be broken This hollow flame of fear I tell you this, I tell you what
So close without connection Locked inside the sphere I take the blame upon me And scream at what I see
I'm blind at heart So blind at heart
It's in these hour we forget ourselves (Ourselves) And never again Within a fire that consumes itself (Itself)
5. Icipher
Like lust has yet to fail me No power to subside My instincts never broken This downfall so close at hand
The thing that scares me most Is the fear I see in others And the thing that really Frightens me to the core Is when I see that fear in you
Like shields against the action No enemy to subdue We barricade forever The which hinds inside of us all
The thing that scares me the most Is the fear I see in others The thing that really Frightens me to the core Is when I see that fear in you
To break the rules and patterns Are you're scared enough Before the end is here Are you scared enough
Are you scared enough Are you scared enough
The thing that scares me the most Is the fear I see in others That look that sends shivers Down my spine Will haunt me to the end Of living days and nights You're the thing that matters to me most And I sense this fear in you
6. Inside The Particle Storm
Inside the particle storm Where clouds of napalm shimmer With the promise of one final dawn
Inside the particle bliss Where ages collide into nothingness Obliteration's one final kiss
A claw in the garden of eden Clogging the bloodstream of birth Tearing a hole in the fabric of life The horizon enriched with scars
Inside the particle blaze A chamber of dissolution Proclaiming the end of days
We leave now Nothing will follow, nothing at all The cleansing flames of entropy To devour us all
Our lungs are filled with sarin Our children drowning like dogs Handcuffed to the weight of cold dark matter Without purpose, meaning, or name
Inside the particle storm The poison gene of humanity Nullified
This is the moment When black ships anchor to the sky The heavy hands of chaos Descend in merciless demise
7. Empty Me
What night never abandoned In shallow darkness dwell The evidence in pools of black Light cannot penetrate, light cannot penetrate
Have you come for my forgiveness There's nothing left to give No response to your repentance This empty me
Lifted from the living days To be bent right out of shape Let blades and satisfiers Cut and lick these wounds In reversal of repentance This bastard son of lies To bring meaning to it all, meaning to it all
Have you come for my forgiveness There's nothing left to give No response to your repentance This empty me
Take now from this body A coward's heart And a soul beyond repair Empty me
Between insecurity and reason Self deprecation as a means to the end Out of reach but never closer A cure that searches for the cause Cause for chaos
Have you come for my forgiveness There's nothing left to give No response to your repentance This empty me
Drawn from memories the fragments linger On ages of thought and seconds of sleep What is it here that tempts the night To stab the day and kill the light
8. Misery's Crown
All has now been broken On streets I dare not walk Freedom is an illusion I build my fences high If there was something out there I've learned not to expect There's a hundred million reasons Not to care
Don't bring it Don't bring it Don't bring your misery down on me
Don't bring it Don't bring it Don't bring your misery down on me Wear misery's crown
As always in these matters You broke the deal of deals And wasted what was given To revel in your mess I gave up all for nothing I tried my best and failed There's a thousand million reasons Never to share again
This is how it all begins This is how it all begins
Don't bring it Don't bring it Don't bring your misery down on me
Don't bring it Don't bring it Don't bring your misery down on me Wear misery's crown
This is how it all begins
Come now Come now Come now
Don't bring it Don't bring it Don't bring your misery down on me
Don't bring it Don't bring it Don't bring your misery down on me Wear misery's crown
9. Focus Shift
I think I just forgot To pick up the shells From my recent discharge And you took the blame Explanations falter To ears fallen deaf Wherever I go I get lost
A reference to something That both of us knew Nothing that favors the few In the darkness electric we see That silence has spoken tonight
I think I have lost my language Whatever I've said I deny I think I have lost my way Whatever was missing is gone I let my focus shift
Your face is a map I fail to discover Drowned the sounds Lost in the order It's the look that stayed my words The unblinking knowledge Interlocked and holding No stalemate to break Take hold of the flame that unites In the silence that speaks to me now
I think I have lost my language Whatever I've said I deny I think I have lost my way Whatever was missing is gone I let my focus shift
I struggle to find the words That negate my meaning I fail to comprehend What message is given
I decline the steady hand That leads to rejection Tempted by the closure With no sense of pride Drown the fury and swallow the fire Drown the fury, swallow the fire
I think I have lost my language Whatever I've said I deny I think I have lost my way Whatever was missing is gone I let my focus shift
10. The Mundane And The Magic
Seen through these dreamless eyes Blind buildings stark to the sky Silhouettes as dividing walls Guarding the eternal secret Where is the flame to haunt you Who do you answer to My lies are always wishes Lies that make me See beyond the rationale Accept the fate that nothing is meant to be Be the least connected Stay true to the last original
Apply layers to reality Things only you can see Add a beat to normality To tap the core of insanity
I let my dreams cross over To days of endless gray If I could merge the mundane and the magic We'd forged a new unknown I let my dreams cross over To nothingness and back again If I could merge the mundane and the magic Where is the dark I came to find
In latter days as time will find you Memories will never let you get closer The silent sighs in useless company Wish for darkness and death again In the face of ignorance and fear I cast it right back Some things were never there to begin with Objectivity is truth denied
Apply layers to reality Things only you can see Add a beat to normality To tap the core of insanity
I let my dreams cross over To days of endless gray If I could merge the mundane and the magic We'd forged a new unknown I let my dreams cross over To nothingness and back again If I could merge the mundane and the magic Where is the dark I came to find
11. A Closer End
[Japanese bonus track]
As in the life of rain You're only alive when you're falling The coldest chill In the emptiness of reason
You brought it upon yourself It's slow but final With nothing to gain You brought it upon yourself It's slow but final It begins today
So light up the days With the darkest of waking dreams For endless puzzles To reflect our aim
You brought it upon yourself It's slow but final With nothing to gain You brought it upon yourself It's slow but final It starts today
It seems you've passed the mark Of indescribable dark I fear you've drowned In hope of what you think will come
Extracted from the sharpest of moments Built to greet you when the time will come Empty spaces on foundations of denial Your structure is dust
As in the death of dream Awakenings will leave you stranded Where no one is listening Where no one is around
You brought it upon yourself It's slow but final With nothing to gain You brought it upon yourself It's slow but final It begins today
12. Winter Triangle
[Australian bonus track]
13. Below The Radiance
[Expanded edition track]
[Music: Henriksson, Jivarp. Lyrics: Stanne]
I don't mind the fall It's the climb from the bottom That hurts the most
Here today, a stab of emptiness Divert your eyes From the judgemental stares So nonforgiving Yet what do they know And what have they seen I cannot do it
[Chorus:] I plunge myself against these rocks of ice Go Helldriven hounds now on my trail
To play a part Uphold a bland facade Do the expected If only nothing remained Of facts and furies These are the seconds That will not be forgotten This is the time What have I done What do they know I cannot do it
Eyes on the prize Yet never tell them In shadows hide it What eyes can tell How well you know Familiar urges The same old place Where you will know it And they will pay
