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It´s Never Enough

The night closes in and you’re alone.
In the darkness your mind begins to see.
The deafening silence lays you bare.
You can’t run from who you’ll always be.
The thoughts flood in and the barriers break,
You’re sinking fast in the tide of dread,
You need to stop but it’s only the start,
Relive the rage of what was left unsaid.
The swords that shed your blood still sharp and gleaming,
Slice through the facade and leave you screaming,
The bullets that tore your flesh still flash like lightening,
Rip through the calm, ten times more frightening.
 
Chor:
It’s never enough, you can’t still the storm
You can’t soften the hate.
However hard you try the monster you deny
Has sealed your fate.
It’s never enough, you can’t cool the flames
You can’t soothe the fear,
No matter what you do the hopes that you pursue
Just disappear, just disappear.
 
The hours crawl by and you wish for death.
In the vacuum your heart begins to hear.
The cries of your buried emotion resound.
Your fate obliterates all that you hold dear.
The panic takes hold and your shields collapse,
You’re plunging deep into the endless abyss,
You need to be whole but you’ll only be half,
Be at last the person that you’ll always miss.
The swords that shed your blood still sharp and gleaming,
Slice through the facade and leave you screaming,
The bullets that tore your flesh still flash like lightening,
Rip through the calm, ten times more frightening.

Forever Out of Reach

You watch life from behind the glass,
You can see but you cannot touch,
You can hear, but the words don’t reach you,
You can’t feel, stasis has you in its clutch.
You’re like a machine in a sentient world,
You function insensible in your trance,
Processing concepts you can’t grasp,
Your humanity never had a chance.
They told you no one would ever love you,
And you tried hard to prove them wrong,
But you are who you are and in the end,
You trespassed on soil where you’ll never belong.
 
Chor:
What you need is forever out of reach,
You can no longer practice what they preach,
Smash the glass that isolates,
Crush the curse that violates.
The aberration is here to stay,
Imposing laws you can’t obey.
You’re moments away from losing your mind,
The hopes that died are the ties that bind.
There’s no way to cross the breach,
What you need is forever out of reach.
 
Drifting in silence where hells collide,
Explode into molten showers of pain, 
On course to implode in timeless space, 
You know that you'll never find heaven again.
Wandering the barren plains that wait
To suck you into their airless dusk,
Beyond the realm of any warmth and light,
Your body an empty, wasted husk.
You believed there could be some saving moment,
Just once, a redeeming, radiant song, 
But you are who you are and in the end,
You trespassed on soil where you'll never belong.

Too Many Worlds Inside

You were born in a foreign land,     
Never knew from where you came.
You were a stranger to yourself,
Didn't even recognise your name.
You played the part that they gave you,
Dying of shame on the stage. 
You wore the clothes of another, 
A painted mask hid your rage.
You heard words that left you speechless,
Saw things that weren't for your eyes,
Pain branded your self-respect,
You lived in the hope of your demise.

​Chor:
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide,
You carry too many worlds inside.
No one to trust, no one to tell,
You burn alone in your silent hell. 
Nothing to wish for, nothing to lose,
Nothing your vanquished spirit can use, 
Nowhere to stop, nothing to guide,
You carry too many worlds inside. 
 
You fought in a distant realm, 
Lived in a place where you didn't belong.
Defied the truth that stood before you,
Trying to right an invincible wrong. 
You crossed continents of suffering,
Trying to reach some shore of peace.
You sacrificed your dreams,
Hoping to make the nightmare cease.
You killed the life that breathed inside you,
Writhed in agony alone, 
The rivers of blood still drag you under,
To drown in a sea you should never have known. 

There Is No Love Here

Do you think that anything lasts forever?
That there’s someone who can bring you joy?
We’re all so twisted by our madness,
We only know how to destroy.
Do you believe the dreams they feed you?
That there’s someone who will make you complete?
We’re so tortured by our own demons,
The power of love is obsolete.
We hurt, we break, we devastate,
We crush, we take, we denigrate,
We lie, we attack and we accuse,
We kick, we scream and we abuse.
 
Chor:
There is no love here, there is no love here,
In each hopeless tear, there is no love here.
We create victims of our despair,
In our withered hearts love hasn’t a prayer,
We shatter lives in a single breath,
The human touch is the kiss of death.
In the name of love we unleash our hate,
With our warped affection we suffocate.
 
Do you think that anything cures the sickness?
That there’s someone who can bring you peace?
We’re so exhausted by our struggle,
To accept ourselves and find release.
Do you believe the myths they sell you?
That someone can raise your self-esteem?
We’re so infected by our anguish,
It’s war not love that reigns supreme.
We hurt, we break, we devastate,
We crush, we take, we denigrate,
We lie, we attack and we accuse,
We kick, we scream and we abuse.

The Time Is Up

 
You near the water's edge
To make the impossible choice:
The silence as all meaning drowns
Or the sound of the siren's voice.
In the distance flares a light
That captivates your gaze,
Searing the sunless shore
Where you wish away your days.
And your winter never ends,
You crave the warmth you never feel,
And the insidious dread descends,
Can you turn your nerves to steel?
 
Chor:
The time is up,
How're you gonna wrench free
Of the devil between you and the deep blue sea?
The time is up,
Now you have to decide
Between the stagnant sands
And the surging tide.

You can't stand the senseless grind
You can't take the endless wait.
You're through with the vapid routine
That our rigid lives dictate.
In the twilight reason snaps,
And crumbles into dust,
You're on the edge of losing it all,
And doing what you must.
You have to make the winter cease,
You have to feel the warmth you need,
You have to find that last release,
And make the flow of dread recede.

Rewind, Delete

You try to breathe but there's no air.
You search for hope but there's nothing there.
You feel the emptiness and it's eating you alive,
You just want peace but you're condemned to survive.
The fear runs deep and your blood runs cold,
You paid with your life when you broke the mould.
The scars that betray your soul are beyond all healing,
Your heart still beats but you're beyond all feeling.
Nothing on earth will make you whole,
You need to change what you can't control.
 
Chor:
 Rewind, delete,
Destroy the bones that defeat
And betray,
Wipe the lie away.
Return, to ash,
You always knew that you'd crash
And burn,
And then fade to grey. 
 
You want to scream but there's no sound.
You see no sense in the life you’ve found.
You needed love so much and it tore your heart in two,
It doesn't touch you now, you know you're only passing through.
The void reaches in and your words reach out,
Your flesh deceived your self but you had no doubt. 
The scars that betray your soul are beyond all healing,
Your heart still beats but you're beyond all feeling.
Nothing on earth will make you whole,
You need to change what you can't control.
 
Delete, rewind,
Release, unbind,
Destroy, cremate,
Wipe away, eliminate.

What´s the Point?

The money won't make you happy, 
The power won't make you prevail,
The clothes won't hide the defects,
Our lives are designed to fail.
That car won't take you where you need to go,
No one can teach you what you need to know.
That house won't protect you from the cold,
 You fell for the lies that you've been told. 
 Like fools, we try to search for meaning,
 Follow the rules and keep on dreaming.
 In this twisted world, we try to live forever,
 Fight to survive, because we're afraid to sever
 The ties.
 We believe in life 'cause we're afraid to die.
 
Chor:
 What's the point
When the aim is lost?
We're bitten by the frost 
 That numbs our senses,
 Freezes our defences.
 What's the point?
 Why follow the light
 When we exist in a night
 That has no dawn?
We'll never fly
‘Cause our wings are torn. 
  
The parties won't satisfy you,
 The sex won't calm the unease.
 Excess won't fill the vacuum,
 The drugs won't cure the disease.
 That mirror won't show you what you need to see,
 Those diamond chains won’t set you free.
 No one can save you from your damaged past, 
 The walls of this prison were built to last.
 We cry, but the tears don't quench the sorrow,  
Search for some sense, in the years we borrow.
 In this twisted world, we try to live forever,
Fight to survive, because we're afraid to sever
The ties.
 We believe in life 'cause we're afraid to die.

This Hopeless Place

This cell measures 1 metre square
And the walls are made of flames.
No one knows that you’re burning alive,
That you’ve been called by other names.
This shell is a brittle trap
That ensnares you in its guise.
No one can see past the damaged veneer,
​The impostor you despise.

Chor:
You can fight all you like, disappear without trace,
But you’ll always come back to this hopeless place.
You can resist all you want, stare harm in the face,
But you’ll always come back to this hopeless place.
You can soar to new heights, live each dream you chase,
But you’ll always come back to this hopeless place,
You can grasp at the light, escape sorrow’s embrace,
But you’ll always come back to this hopeless place.
You’ll always come back to this hopeless place.
 
No seasons touch this forsaken realm
Where the winds of exile wail.
Suspended in ice that never thaws,
The last of your strength will fail.
No reasons left to draw you back,
It’s better to forget,
The sterile seeds you sowed
In the bitter vale of your regret.

As Dark as It Gets

You want no ties, they just hold you back,
Slow you down, throw you off track.
There are no more dreams, nothing left to achieve,
No more causes in which you believe. 
You want no more pain, there's been so much,
You annihilate everything you touch.
There are no more roads you want to tread,
No more skins that you can shed.
You don't want to die, you want to never have been.
You don't want to forget, you want to never have seen.
So many silent wars that you waged and won,
The battles no one saw to mend the damage done.
 
Chor:
This is as dark as it gets,
The oblivion that never forgets.
This is the wilderness,
The pit that’s bottomless.
You’re diving through blackened, desolate skies,
Nothing beneath to break the fall,
Your spirit drains as you realise,
It’s the landscape of everything you recall.
This is as dark as it gets,
The oblivion that never forgets.
 
You don’t want to grow old, you never got to be young,
A struggle in vain, a hero left unsung.
No morning light can pierce the gloom,
Your tower of strength has become your tomb.
Ice to ice, dust to dust,
Your will of iron reduced to rust.
The truth hits home and you’re struck dumb,
You know that the worst is left to come.
You don't want to die, you want to never have been.
You don't want to forget, you want to never have seen.
So many silent wars that you waged and won,
The battles no one saw to mend the damage done.

Dementia

This is pain beyond pain,
This is the voiceless cry.
This is rage beyond rage
And you want to know why.
 
The present doesn’t exist,
All that’s left is the past.
Then even memory will fail
And death will laugh last.
The dementia devours,
The dagger twists in your heart,
Access denied,
You’re now in worlds apart.
 
This is pain beyond pain,
This is the voiceless cry.
This is rage beyond rage
And you want to know why.
 
Words left unsaid,
Now there’s no one to hear.
Wounds left unbound,
That never disappear.
There’s no way back,
From that surreal terrain,
That dazzling mind,
Will never shine again.
 
This is pain beyond pain,
This is the voiceless cry.
This is rage beyond rage
And you want to know why.
This is pain beyond pain,
This is rage beyond rage,
Our lives laid waste
By the scourge of age.
 

 
 
 
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