1. The Man Without Skin

Please Gods, do not let them forget me
Seasons have changed and now have forced me
to find a will and a way to go home
As I lie in the cold, I am dying,
I lift my head and begin crying
out to someone, to something, to anything
To anyone at all

The horrors return and churn in my memories
Those bodies that burned
There was beauty and grace
in that place that we lived for
Never a trace of a face we didn't care for,
but no more

Now some pray to the moon
and some stare blankly into the eyes of the doomed
They place their hands gently
on those who had gone too soon,
and plead to me intensely,
"Godspeed be on your way, go on..."

So please Gods, do not forget me
as I lie at the gates of this city
Find me the will and the way to return

2. Incision

Dark figures gather around,
astounded at what they've found
outside their city walls
Something profound
With his translucent skin,
they can see a light within
Glowing, not one knowing
his plight or his origin

Taken deep within the city walls
and shuffled through twisting halls
Deaf to the imprisoned calls
To a viewing room to be inspected
Machines descend overhead
in a hope to revive the dead,
but he was always the one really alive
while they were only just living
While they were only just living

They pierce that body bright and release a light
It hovers and blinds their sight,
illuminating the night
And then one steps aside and screams,
"If we conquer his mind,
we can use him again and again to fulfill the plan!"

What we have, what is here will suit our deeds
Harvest grief, clear their lands, sow the seeds
Now that we stuck the needle in,
he'll forget from where he began
Erase the thought, the idea that he is free

The time is right, the time is now: he's awake
The blade will cut and slice to bring change
For all to be born again, we'll influence every man
We can get what we want, all we need

Is it over? It's over
Does the end welcome me?
Is it over? It's over
Then who will succeed?

Prop him up, apply the chains, let him bleed
The blood of saints, the words of kings they will heed
Some think we are evil men,
but weren't we all born of sin?
Come to truth that came from us, so may it be

Is it over? It's over
Does the end welcome me?
Is it over? It's over
Then who will succeed?

I feel as if I'm back in the snow again
Then I believe I'm in a sterile room.
I flash back to the journey I had to make
Now I'm back into my waiting tomb

Sleep now, sleep now our brother
Dream deep eternal bliss
Recount, remember your future
Open hands will turn to fists

3. Divided Day

I awaken in the night,
but it just might be the dawn or the day
Humming machines sound
I've seemed to have drowned in a sea of change
Can I really perceive, can I really believe
in this newborn dream?
Here they come again to implement,
to implant me with their scheme

Lies, lies, lies, lies!
Clouding eyes with "holy" water
to render blind
To defend, defeat and to conquer

I'm your life, I am your savior,
always now and forever
I'm your life, I am your savior
Do not think that you were never
more than you were ever shown
So come in, don't go out alone
Follow me and you will see
I'll release the deity

Lies, lies, lies, lies!
Too many ties to so-called fathers
to loosen and unbind
To rip, to shred, to tear asunder

I'm your life, I am your savior,
always now and forever
I'm your life, I am your savior
Do not think that you were never
more than you were ever shown
So come in, don't go out alone
Follow me and you will see
I'll release the deity

Deny your maker
Deny your maker
Define your maker
I am your maker

Now they see the window,
the way they must go
to wipe away the shadows
and the dust too
To leave in ashes,
forgive the present too,
and through that window
I will guide them through

4. Shallow World

They are human beings, but they are not humane
Illusion is the solution in this magicians' game
I show them only shadows to make it appear
that the truth is so simple, benign and sincere
To pacify, to occupy, to gentrify, to solidify

This is all we've ever meant you to be
Just look in amazement at the flickering screens
The commands are listed here for all to see
Camera's eye everywhere, still you think you are free

In status and in state
To anyone, to any fate

Stay right in line, don't you ever step aside
Never think for yourselves, for I will abide
You are not alone, you'll never be alone,
for I am here beside, watching the minds decline

We'll keep your attracted to all our distractions,
erasing any doubts and crushing all factions
So become a heathen within our new heaven
No need to ever think as to what it all may mean

5. Profits Of Disaster

Your lack of self will drain you,
so you will consume anything
From a "have not" to a "must have"
The comfort that some things bring
We make you feel alone, just another drone,
anonymous unknown
Like everyone else, you treasure your wealth
Sin now and pay later
From manufactured insecurities
to silver, to rings of gold
Your image is all that you are,
all you are is what you've been told

So by and by, you will buy
into a slow-motion suicide
Obsessed with your possessions,
addicted to your pretensions
Would you trade your life for just one dime?

And so you will bleed, drowned by the endless need
And so it will feed the great green God known as greed
You beg for more for all you adore
All is here, but beware
The awe lasts for only a minute
Awfully still in your despair

So by and by, you will buy
into a slow-motion suicide
Obsessed with your possessions,
addicted to your pretensions
Would you trade your life for just one dime?

Filling every room over-filled with your pride
You want to take it all, still more lacks inside

Don't think that we need to fool the weak
They do it to themselves, believe "it's part of me"
Don't think that we need to fool the weak
They do it for themselves, believe their enemy

Filling every room over-filled with your pride
You want to take it all, still more lacks inside
Filling every room over-filled with pride
You want to take it all, still more to satisfy

Don't think that we need to fool the weak
They do it to themselves, believe "it's part of me"
Don't think that we need to fool the weak
They do it for themselves, believe their enemy
Don't think that we need to fool the weak
They do it to themselves, believe "it's part of me"
Don't think that we need to fool the weak
They do it to themselves, believe their enemy

6. The Edifice Grin

We must gain more power
Our ends are our means
We need more among us to elevate me
If we venture outside, bring them into our maze,
they will listen to me and be amazed
Taken from their lands, brought into the fold
Sell them a freedom, now they've been sold
Out!

A cloak conceals a dagger, a smile hides malaise
Solidify our future, shrouded in a haze

Come now my brethren, leave no stone unturned
They are only children
Teach them to learn
Recruit the destitute, this is what they're for
A militant religion, brutal to the core
The gods and I have spoken, so lend me your ears
Provide me your bodies, I'll supply the fears
With mine!

A cloak conceals a dagger, a smile hides malaise
Solidify our future, shrouded in a haze

While we stand upon a higher ground,
we watch your ship go sinking
Demigods are what we are
We make you weak, but we are really weaker
Providing the problem and the solution

Once they've served their usefulness,
we will quickly discard,
dealing them a losing hand
while we held the winning card
All men are not created equal
Some are less...some are less and some are more
They look to me as if I know everything,
when all I know...all I know
is how to take them into war

Taken from their lands, brought into the fold
Sell them a freedom, now they've been sold
Out!

7. Twilight

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8. A Song Of Unrest

Just like the phoenix, I stand before my fall
I'm wrapped in wings of torment, feeling all
Just like the phoenix, I stand before my fall
I'm tossed in waves and torrents, seeing all

So why did I lie to me, lie to me?
And why, I cannot say
In this failing light, something bright
Your distant beacons shine
and beckon me, beckon me
They beckon to me

I came to take you all back to the city,
but now there's a sense unlike before
All these lives leave me so sentimental
The sensation shakes me to the core
Just like the phoenix that rose from it all,
I regret with grief and horror
that I came to harvest souls

Why do you care for me, care for me?
And why do I feel the same?
We can't stay here, not even a day
The price you've paid must be reckoned
while the moon ascends in silver and blue

The world still turned, but not for me
Still, I won't look back bitterly
Life went on, I forgot just why
Our promised land now stands a haven of lies
This home of ours now lies in sorrow
If there are no todays, then there's no tomorrows
Our people will surely die
if we do not take our turn and learn to fly!
Fly!

So sing out into the night,
ring out sublime divine
So sing out, the time is nigh,
for I am home again, home again

I came to enslave them, came to enslave them all,
but I felt my voice uncertain,
then heard the elders call
We now stand together, our mission takes its form
I hear the winds unfolding
The calm before the storm