Lyrics


'Tis Now Struck Twelve: The Shape Of Goth To Come

Cellophane Save Your God

I've been here for so long,
just waiting for an answer
The question remains so strong,
please give me your answer

The question isn't so hard,
A simple yes or no will do
Yet the question isn't so hard-
Does anyone really answer to a god like you?

Please tell me why you're a god,
as hammers drive you to martyrdom
Rise again, just for me,

And the millions of your bastard sons
Your hands upturned, your head towards dad,
That horrible expression of peace on your face
Hides the paradox of god and man,
and the hope of eternal embrace'
can you tell me when you became

a god? for I'd like to give that
life a taste If it's so easy,
sure you saved us all from sin,

but I don't remember
asking for deliverance
screaming to the sunshine
"too far from grace" is not
far enough for me
you won't return to answer
What makes a man so goddamned righteous?


Kristrake

Killing in the name of me, ascension of a higher greed
Feeding animosity, I'll break you till ya bleed-my need
Sundown ripping through the dream, sensing underlying schemes
Slow rotting of purity, I'll wait until you come my way

Want to be free of me? Well that won't be too easy
Sadistic udertakings, inhaling all your pride-you'll see-
Failing in a victory, altogether sad-empty,
So this is sanctity? I think I'd rather burn, motherfucker

Signs of my goddamned coming are everywhere too
It's not a life, unless you live, so get off your fucking knees
And see the everything, see it all a once
And relish in complete freedom of your wants
If desire's a sin, if it must be denied,
You'll find yourself wishing for yet another sign
This connot be
It cannot be, It cannot be this way forever.

Kristrake! Lost Faith!


Zombie In Toyland

Soaring high above the tangible
Creating worlds from nothing at all
Spinning and dancing, ecstatic and free
It’s too late by the time I notice the zombies

Let me
Let me be me
I’m not you
And never will be

The soul won’t exist when apart from the clay
At least it won’t be the same person anymore
You waste your time, you waste your life
The zombies will be here any minute now

Skulking, living dead manifestations of these
Forgotten hell’s what I fear the most turns out to be
Myself when corpses walk relentless and stead
Just kill yourself before they get in your head
Fear me, I’ll fear you, if it’ll help you get some sleep
Stop me, I’ll stop you, the zombies ate your soul
Hear me, I’ll hear you, if it’ll make you whole
Hear me, I’ll hear you-for life

I can’t endure your secrets
I can’t escape your lies
I killed you again
I killed you again and again
You walk into my life
You’re fucked
I won’t let you be me again
I won’t let you breathe me again
And again you’re falling and breaking me
I don’t want to feel. No.


Lock & Load

Breathing...isn’t so hard...

It’s time, my friend, to lead me to the carrion
Please forgive me If I don’t follow the vultures,

Today I think I’ll damn God for the guilty,
And let the bottomfeeder’s have their day,
Let persecution rise and forever...
Reign I killed you once or twice, your pride,
remembers
Who do you really think will take more pain?
I’ve devoted my life to suffering so don’t
breathe
Anymore than my oxygen allows you to,

Introspected, forlorn beast of energy,
I...I will not avenge,
Vindication Is for the defeated,

And now...it comes down.

To be hate-
I don’t want this anymore
I won’t believe anymore
I can’t trust you anymore
And I am only to blame,

And I have all but saved,
My own soul
Is lost
To be loved
Is not an option here
Enslaved
I will walk...

And I am only breathing
And I have all but walked...
Away


Pathos

Forever I'd feel this way, my life drained by this world,
Soon I'll find my escape I'll reap this evermore,

Tommorrow's a memory until it sees today,
Why weren't you there, my friend? I think you needed me...

Life is taken from those who cannot,
Learn from pain and deal with destiny,
When the waves of the world come crashing down,
See them screaming, drown in their self-pity,

Sordid faces, sneering, smiling,
Pointing fingers at the guiltless ones,
Feel the pangs of a new-dawned sanity,
As it writhes and rapes within your veins,

It's not my fault that I'm so weak
(It's not my fault that I'm so weak)
It's not my fault that I'm so weak
It's all your fault that I'm so weak
(It's not my fault that I'm so weak)

I've fallen
I've fallen at your feet, help me

Life is taken from those who cannot,
Learn from pain and live through destiny,
Feel the pangs of a now-doomed sanity,
As you crack and wither, you've blown away...


When Two Oceans Meet

Tell me something...

Is this more than you want
Is this more than you need
A mundane jaunt
A lifeless seed
Yes, I believe that this whole world's full of possibilities,
Some desired, hope's on fire, they're all the same to me
When the rains come down and show no sign of ever stopping,
Can't you just let the water flow in?

Coming back to the place
I made my greatest mistakes
Forgotten memories of dawn
And understanding
Makes fools of us all, for when the night is through
And the dark moves through me
It comes back to me..
Come back to me
It all comes back to the beginning
And the future that we made,
Overseen by the oceans

When two oceans meet
They become one
Melancholy forgetfulness
Will bring them back to one
When two oceans meet
There is born a forever storm
What was two goes back to one again
See how they make the colors

Where do we go from here?
I have seen the other side of love
But will the oceans ever meet again?

See how they make the colors
See how they break the colors
See how she lays in his arms
See how they sleep alone


Scream For Me I Am Mute

Waiting for you, my fourth drink in my hand
Going over the things I’ll say,
Repeating the words a thousand times in my head
Why did you come here?
Why don’t you go and bother someone
who wants to listen to your babble...
But while you’re here...
Bleed for me my wounds have healed, scream for me I am mute

Crying-your tears don’t understand these things
You must hurt so that I remain sane
I have bludgeoned myself
To the point where I don’t feel anything,
So-

Why don’t you feel it for me
Take a few shots for the team
I’ve got to put this on someone
Why not the one I love most
How vulnerable is your soul?
I want you to

Scream-scream for me I am mute
Bleed-bleed for me I have healed

So it comes right down to the why?
I’d have thought you would have left by now
All your empty questions
Will leave you with nothing but frustration
Don’t-

This is for the fear that won’t die
Getting to the point I won’t try
Too hard to make you feel my memories
It’s not a question of why,
You won’t walk away happy this time
I need you-

This is for the fear that won’t die
Let’s hear it for the fear that won’t die
(repeat)
I’ve got no time to feel pain
I’ve got no more answers
Just walk away
Just walk away
I’ve got to eliminate the pain
Just walk away
Don’t walk away
It’s too late

I bleed
Bleeding again, the scars were sealed
Scream
Screaming for myself again

Hell it subsides
Pain it breeds life
I am a living paradox
Don’t walk away
Don’t walk away
I have learned...


Nothing But The Dream

Beneath the stars of a night
THat shows no ending, we might
Give the world a drink of enlightenment
If the shadows fall quicker than the night moves
Enduring pain beyond hope,
Enlivened by self-remorse
We breed an understatement
To forever rest on the edge of the dark
Do you need a hope?
Understand your oath
We live in nothing but the dream
Do you feel the same?
Cold and unforgiving
We die in nothing but the dream


Undue respect for the ones,
The living lies, forgotten sons
We bring here truth, and soul and pride
Burning for those who aren't strong enough
And giving the wealth to the wise
From life we deem what is right,
Kept from occlusion our sight
To love and hold the walking wounded
Believe me as I stand right now
Or should I speak aloud?


Will you wait until the dark falls across
Your mother's face before you see the light fade away
Will you wait until your brother's are buried again
Low. That we tried.

Licking the sword then taking it deep my guts don't seem
to like dying, I'm waiting for something that was always here,
but it's much more satisfying to hope when nothing ever makes sense
we bleed the next best thing for trying
time escapes a soul in search and gives
you nothing but hopes and the dream

I've seen the gods, Drank from the womb
I've touched your mind, And I am you

Looking through the eyes of a wounded beast
Cornered, prodded,
The world just doesn't seem such a safe place anymore
I shouldn't think the blood that is shed
In the name of martyrdom
Should be a different color than mine shed on the floor

We live for nothing but the dream
Give me nothing but the dream


Fortress

Bleeding under the rules of a force
Oppressing the very essence of time
Stagnant wounds, infected by the world
Seems the human condition has no reason to the rhyme\
Seal, seed, seethe
Break me from these walls

I, enslaved, drink the piss of my tormentors
(creeping through the cracks into)
Bending under the pressure of their world

Self-inflicted life's ambition,
You have problems? Well I'm on fire...
Alice never saw things from this side of the reflection
I'm on the dark side of the mirror
Seal, seed, seethe,
Break me from these walls

I, enchained, drink the blood of lost lovers
(kneading flesh into cookies)
Breaking under the pressure of their words
(seein' things different on a force fed mind-trip)
I, in pain, ejecting bile through all orifices
(it's stand-up time for Lucifer)
And I won't wait any longer for their world to end
I've grown so cold

Eat My Heart, Suck My Heart
Suck My Soul, Rend my sex
Enjoy your meal, and frappe the rest
For the kids to suck through straws

Now that I'm empty of all security,
I think it's time to emerge from Hell
To spread my acid words on the innocent beast,
I am the black fortress of mankind's anger


The Price Of It All

You have given me a strange gift
The power to percieve you
The power to feel you
The power to know that you are more than you think
But with this gift there comes a price,
And it is one for which I’ll pay dearly for all of my life
To pay the rest of my days for who I am
And for what you are to me

It is sometimes tragic, although irrefutable
And will always leave me devoid
Longing for an unattainable goal
In this game of forced aversion
And hidden desires

Why can you not see this?
I have always seen you...
Wasted youth.

(It’s sad)The price of it all, as we dance around in circles
Feeding off our minds
(It burns)The price of my love, I’m finding it so hard
To deny this anymore
(repeat)
You’ll never know the way I feel
You’ll never see what you’ve done to me
You’ll never want me the way that I want you
In this cruel life there’s nothing for the giving
You’ll never know me
You’ll never see me
You’ll never need me
Like I need you now

All I want is you to feel
This alone need be real
And without tears with no regrets
Someday , maybe I’ll pay my debt
I long for nothing but your touch
Me and my virtuous lust
See me and know that although we’re apart
It’s inside of you that I found my heart
Am I the only one?
I am the only one.
Only you can save me now
Only you can save me now
Save me now
Save me now
Only


All Is On The Brink

Wait’ll you see me now
I doubt I’m much the same

I’ve laid you down a hundred times
And every time I should’ve died
I’ll have to settle for sleep instead
Now, without you, that too is

Dead. Will the storm light up my life again?
Wanting. The love of life, the life of love, I’m
Giving. You gave it all, I gave it nothing
Reeling. One last time.

Depth of reason distorts perception
And again I fall victim to a memory
Why are you doing this to me?
Why have you let me do this to

Myself. As the storm lights up my life again
Wanting. To live in love, to love to live
Give me. I gave it all, you gave it nothing
See me. As the wedding march sounds...

Four Seasons becomes Carmina Burana
Ode to Joy rings like Moonlight Sonata
Canon comes down in Requiem
And the Wedding March sounds like a dirge

ITALIAN (Maria)
"attento al freddo prima ke venga
dovresti scegliere invece di bruciare
stando per lungo tempo sul sole
pensi che avrei dovuto imparare."

You have to understand, my dear
I’ve never burned anything
I didn’t love
Now one last time
Before the end
Let go of who we are
And stand with me, in love,
One last time....
Crying in the rain, Dying in the rain
That’s where you’ve left me
That’s where I’ve left me
I’ll wait.
Don’t you see me?
I’’ll wait.
Can’t you see me crying?
Crying in the rain, the strength is
Dying in the rain, you’ve told me I will be Lost



And We Shall Take Up Serpents


Prelude

What if god,
willing shew his wrath,
and to make his power known,
endured with much
long suffering
the vessels of wrath,
fitted to destruction.


Sliver

It was a full moon, and I was full of its lunacy
To understand it would require the same from you,
But I’ve never been one to tell long stories,
So I let those hands do the pleading while
Fake eyes search for meaning,
Screaming, til the fluid burst from her crotch
Under nothing more
Than a suspicion
Tainted compassion
Soaked in loneliness and malice
She had to have seen it…

Lurching again towards a walking slime,
Every broken dream yet devised,
I live in a sorrow hole where you'll find me,
And you'll never want to find yourself alone

Are you listening
This isn't special
Take my hand...
Not wise.

My last nerve- My last nerve exists in a world of its own
Designed to protect-Designed to protect them from a fate they cannot know
I’ve taken great care to hold the claws back, for it wants
Precisely what it cannot have
(Blood, wounds, fractured)
A lifetime of numbness, you’ll insert the IV as soon
As you know I'm tangible

Crone’s face, perverse Aphrodite
The altered form befits both the pain and passion
Prerequisite of one who has already lost
The battle that she will never stop fighting
Yet still I approached, perhaps I needed her needing
More than she needed to need me
Bipedal morphine (Black death) Bubonic aspirin
Sorrow sponge with strength to spare,
And she never saw it.

My last breath- My last breath will be drawn in the arms of a whore
As the boundary-As the boundary is crossed, and we watch the sliver wane
Into nothing but the void of a false memory
The continued existence of a madness (Love, doomed, fractured)
That is better left forgotten
Misplaced creature
No longer communal anesthetic
As the sliver wanes into the void (Blood, wounds, fractured)
And in that nothing, you’ve learned a valuable lesson
That you're are not here for me, you’re here because of me (Love, doomed, fractured)
Keep your eye on the sliver, and maybe next life
You’ll survive with your soul intact (Blood, wounds, fractured)
Dance beneath the sliver.


Battle Hymn Of The Redundant (Psalm)

Time cannot fault this filthy scene
Nothing feels like life inside the small death when you scream
Cut your loss, flay the crowds
Supplication realized through fury colored sound

Sink into the shattered eyes
Love your disillusion more than life
An abberation in the face of time
We're torn right down the middle of God's spine

Lies! Charlatans you carny pukes:
Non-Existent scars belie your dead notion of "truth"
Bow you whores, slurp my pride
"Dying inside" is just a poor excuse for suicide

Ripping out your bloodshot eyes
Maybe now you'll see beyond the myth
Fuck your mom again in her caravan,
Never feel the warm embrace of daddy's fist

You're nothing new,
You're just the same as the last
(Should've Known!)
you're just the same as last time

Plucking out your bloodshot eyes
Maybe now you'll see beyond the myth
I fucked your mom again in her caravan,
Never feel the warm embrace of daddy's fist

Fisting your mouth, taste my skull rings
Choke on broken teeth of fashion, wash down w/ green tea
Slave the pit, walk the mile
Shut your fucking traps and face the bitter end of style
Time cannot fault this filthy scene
Nothing feels like life inside the small death when you scream
Cut your loss, flay the crowds
Supplication realized through fury colored sound


American Gothic

Cry Havoc!

Reformation takes the form of a terrible thing,
The beauty of a system built on labors of blood
Future generations will now fall to a god,
Never dreamed of by our dads in century 18

Fight the Dream
Damn the Way
Constitute, Declare, I’ll have the Soup of the Day
Scar the Flag
Botch the Pledge
Allegiance is the yoke upon your submissive necks

This will be my caveat,
This is now my coup de tat,
To trample all the Theists in our way, still…
(WE WILL BE DENIED)
This will be my Tet Offense,
This is now my Polish Blitz,
To scorch the earth, leave nothing in our wake, still…
(WE WILL BE DENIED)

E Pluribus Unum

Retribution gives the tribe a reason to be alive,
Scouring their pride for something more than one hog
Chieftains of the West would like to share of your crops,
Assuming you don’t mind the price of free enterprise

Burn the House
Split the States
Filibuster, lobby, try the chicken-fried steak
Taint the Courts
Fuck your Seats
Suckle like a whelp on floppy bureaucrat teats

This will be my caveat,
This is now my coup de tat,
To trample all the Theists in our way, still…
(WE WILL BE DENIED)
This will be my Tet Offense,
This is now my Polish Blitz,
To scorch the earth, leave nothing in our wake, still…
(WE WILL BE DENIED)

“Friends, comrades, ladies of fine accoutrement and
gentles of calloused hand and broad
shoulder, lend me your ears or spurn me a heretic.
The time for mental imprisonment has come to an end, and your inaction will only lead to
further enslavement under the guise of “True American Values”;
a conglomerate of meaningless
traditions that fly in the face of this country’s
birth and serve no other purpose than to
insure you remain weak, subservient, and unquestioning of your master’s lash,
your God’s will.
For how are these different? How does one attempt to define slavery
when one remains a willing slave?
How, prey tell, does one demand independence,
while in the same breath, expect complacence? This ineptitude of reason must not gain purchase further, lest you all
aim to be made in the image of the gods you claim so heartily to despise.
There can be no peace in protest, no bloodless revolution,
not if one claims, with much vitriol,
that he or she would truly aim to see the system “turned upside down”.
The lack of the chaotic element in your organizations,
your misguided ideals and pleas for “peace”,
have left you all impotent, without threat, soft, and boring.
Would you truly rise up when called upon?
Would you truly know how to defend your lands
and family when the time comes to take up arms
against a tyrannical, bloated oligarchy?
Or will you gather en masse to agree with me,
because I have a bullhorn, and you don’t?”

This will be my caveat,
This is now my coup de tat,
To trample all the Theists in our way, still…
(WE WILL BE DENIED)
This will be my Tet Offense,
This is now my Polish Blitz,
To scorch the earth, leave nothing in our wake, still…
(WE WILL BE DENIED)


Lucretia My Reflection (By Andrew Eldritch)

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down
I hear empire down

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Love lost, fire at will
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill, I hear
Dive, bombers, and
Empire down
Empire down

I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
Get down, get undressed
Get pretty but you and me,
We got the kingdom, we got the key
We got the empire, now as then,
We don't doubt, we don't take direction,
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me

We look hard
We look through
We look hard to see for real
Such things I hear, they don't make sense
I don't see much evidence
I don't feel. I don't feel. I don't Feel

A long train held up by page on page
A hard reign held up by rage
Once a railroad
Now it's done...

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down...

We got the empire, now as then,
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection,
Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me...


Angelskin

You slipped away once, I don't make mistakes twice,
I'm sure by now that you've learned I'm quite patient
Let's get you out of those wet and soiled garments
into something more comfortable and clean, now-
give yourself to me without resistance, and I'll
give you something special for the pain- don't
talk back, bitch, or I'll break your other
fucking arm, too.

I'm gonna take my time

Stop bleeding on me, it's not time yet,
I have to hold it in till the perfect moment
When you tell me, that you love me, and I
get to consummate our union with the scalpel
it's almost time,
hold on to me now,
What's the last thing you want me to hear?

Flay yourself for me,
The more you fight, the worse it's gonna feel-
Oh dearest angelskin, now you look so terrified
I won't relent; you're mine

(Take your time)
oh, I mean to
(take your time)
this work is very tedious
(take your time)
I wouldn't have it any other way
(take your time)
it's got to be perfect,
(take your time)
Oh it's so difficult, evisceration
can be so difficult
(take your time)
working under such conditions,
Oh it's
(take your time)
so difficult and she won't stop screaming,
and
(take your time)
I have to keep her alive

Flay yourself for me
drape your flesh upon my weary shoulders
such a pretty angelskin, take a look at your outside
time to finish my work, plunged in...as you die,
I'm inside.