cunning, baffling, powerful
(beaten to a pulp)
vigorous, irresistible
(sick and tired of laying low)
dominating, invincible
([ive got no] self control)
overwhelming, unquenchable
(i'm powerless - have to let go)
i can't escape it
it leaves me frail and worn
no longer take it
senses tattered and torn
hopeless surrender
obsessions got me beat
losing the will to live
admitting complete defeat
fatal descent
spinning around
i've gone too far
to turn back round
desperate attempt (to)
stop the progression
at any length
limits obsession
crawl into my glass prison
a place where no one knows
my secret lowly world begins
so much safer here
a place where i can go
to forget about my daily sins
life here in my glass prison
a place i once called home
foreign maternal bliss again
chasing a long lost friend i no longer can control
just waiting for this hopelessness to end
					

(run) fast from the wreckage of the past
a shattered glass prison wall behind me
(fight) past walking through the ash
a distant oasis before me
(cry) desperate, crawling on my knees
begging god to please stop the insanity
(help me) try to believe
stop wallowing in my self pity
we've been waiting for you my friend
the writing's been on the wall
all it takes is a little faith
you know you're the same as us all
(help me)
i can't break out of this prison all alone
(save me)
i'm drowning and i'm hopeless on my own
(heal me)
i can't restore my sanity alone
(into the door)
desperate
(fighting the war)
help me restore
(to my sanity)
and the struggle of hope
(i need to learn)
teach me how
(solemnly burn) help me return
(to humanity)
i've been feeling secure of the way that [this struggle can hold]
believe
(transcend the pain)
livin the life
(humanity)
open my eyes
(this new odyssey)
a prayer inside of me
(serenity)
that i never knew
(sense of mind)
help me to find
(the courage to change all the things all that i can. huh!)
well help you perform this miracle
you might set your past free
you dug the hole, but you can't bury your soul
open your mind and you'll see
(help me)
i can't break out of this prison all alone
(save me)
i'm drowning and i'm hopeless on my own
(heal me)
i can't restore my sanity alone
					

way off in the distance i saw a door i tried to open
i tried forcing with all of my will but still the door wouldn't open
unable to trust in my faith i turned and walked away
i looked around felt a chill in the air, took my will and turned it
over
the glass prison which once held me is gone, a long lost fortress
armed only with liberty and the key of my willingness
i fell down on my knees and prayed - thy will be done
i turned around saw a light shining through
the door was wide open
					

temptation -
why won't leave me alone ?
lurking every corner, everywhere i go
self control -
don't turn your back on me now
when i need you most
constant pressure tests my will
my will or my wont
my self control escapes from me still...
hypocrite -
how could you be so cruel
and expect my faith in return ?
resistance -
is not as hard as it seems
when you close the door
i spent so long trusting in you
i trust you forgot
just when i thought i believe in you...
it's time for me to deal
becoming all too real
living in fear -
why did you lie and pretend ?
this has come to an end
i'll never trust you again
it's time to make your amends
look in the mirror my friend
let's stare the problem right in the eye
it's plague me from coast to coast
racing the clock to please everyone
all but the ones who matters the most
reflections of reality
are slowly coming into view
how in the hell could you possibly forgive me ?
after all the hell i put you through
it's time for me to deal
becomin all too real
living in fear -
why'd i betray my friend ?
lying until the end
living life so pretend
it's time to make my amends
i'll never hurt you again
				

daybreak
at the bottom of lake
it's a hundred degree's i can't breeth
and i won't get out
'til i figure it out
thought i'm weak like i can't believe
so you tell me "trust me" i can't trust you
just let me show you
but i gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt
'cause i don't know if i know you
doing fine but i don't waste my time
tell me what it is you want to say
you sin, you win, just let me in - hurry
i've been out in the rain all day
so you tell me "trust me" i can't trust you
as far as i can throw you
and i'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt
'cause i don't know if i know you
don't tell me you wanted me
don't tell me you thought of me
i won't, i sware i won't
(did)
i'll try, i sware i'll try
(lie)
mother mary quite contrary
kiss the boys and makes then wary
things are getting just a little bit scary
it's awonder i can still breathe
never been much of a doubting thomas
but nothing breaks like a broken promise
you tell me 'bout your two more coming
but once is just enough for me
i had gotten used to being a soul destroyed
she comes in apparently to fill the void
all dogs need a leash and at least i forgot it
and she would never hurt me though she's never said it
but i'm gonna ask her today
i din't wanna scare her away
your town, i'm all alone
and i just can't stare at the phone
i wanna talk about lifelong mistakes
and you can tell your stepfather i said so
				

there, there it is
i swear he's gonna murder that poor kid
wait, i hear it again
don't turn on the lights until we
hear the way it ends

under peruvian skies
vanessa regretfully waits
the story unfolds in her eyes
where midnight hysteria's
no big surprise
battered and bruised
always confusing
the love that she's losing for hate
poor vanessa
poor, poor vanessa

hey, i hope you know
i'm taking all of this with me when i go
shame, you're not to blame
i'm the monster you created
in your daddy's name

under peruvian skies
vanessa regretfully waits
the story unfolds in her eyes
where midnight hysteria's
no big surprise
battered and bruised
always confusing
the love that she's losing for hate
poor vanessa
poor vanessa

terror by night
liar by day
telling her secrets
won't take them away

under peruvian skies
vanessa regretfully waits
the story unfolds in her eyes
where midnight hysteria's
no big surprise
battered and bruised
always confusing
the love that she's losing for hate
				

napalm showers showed the cowards
we werent there to mess around
heat exhaustion, mind distortion
a military victory mounting on innocent ground
hearing voices from miles away
saying things never said
seeing shadows in the light of the day
waging the war inside my head
war inside my head
years and years of bloodshed and warfare
our vision was to get in and kill
a free vacation, palm trees and shrapnel
trading antacids for permanent sci-fi in hell.
hearing voices from miles away
saying things never said
seeing shadows in the light of the day
waging the war inside my head
feeling strangers staring my way
reading lines never read
tasting danger with this where it all has said
waging the war inside my head
				

standing in the darkness
waiting for the light
smell of pure adrenaline
burning in the night
rain and blinding flashes
aiming at the stage
intro taking is to rome
tonight it's sonic rage
still the cage made between these hollow walls
hoping to find in me the answers to
the test that stumped them all
the boy is just simply crazy
he has all these delusions
we honestly think that maybe
he might need an institution
he lives in a world of fiction
i'm afraid he could use some help
we've just got the place to fix him
save him from himself
curled up in the darkness
searching for the light
the smell of pure stale sweat and shit
steaming in the night
random urine testing
pills - red, pink and blue
counseling and therapy
finding not a clue
they will gate made between these hollow walls.
hoping for to find in me the answers to
the test that stumped them all
we've come here to find the answers
looking for a clue in the case
we just cannot just let him live here
and put all this work to waste
why don't we try shock treatments?
i figured he could use some help
we have just the tools to fix him
save him from himself
				

what if someone said
promise lies ahead.
hopes are high in certain
scientific circles..
life won't have to end.
you could walk again..
what if someone said
problems lie ahead..
they've uncovered something
highly controversial..
right to life is strong..
can't you see it's wrong?
humankind has reached the turning point..
towards the conflict at ground zero ready for a war..
do we look to our unearthly guide..
or the white coat heroes..
searching for a cure..
turn to the light..
dont be frightened of the shadows it creates..
turn to the light..
turning away would be a terrible mistake..
anarchistic moral vision..
in these trays of death
facing violent opposition
unmolested breath
ethic inquisitions breed
antagonistic views
 right-wing sound bite premonitions
a labyrinth of rules
are you justified..
are you justified..
are you justified..
..justified in taking life to save life?
this embryonic clay
wrought in fierce debates.
would be thrown away..
or otherwise discarded..
some of us believe..
it may hold the key..
to treatment of disease
and secrets highly guarded..
are you justified..
are you justified..
are you justified..
..justified in taking life to save life?
humankind has reached the turning point
towards the conflict at ground zero ready for a war.
do we look to our unearthly guide..
or the white coat heroes..
searching for a cure..
turn to the light..
dont be frightened of the shadows it creates..
turn to the light..
turning away would be a terrible mistake..
we're reaching..
but have we gone too far?
harvesting existence
only to destroy..
carelessly together
we are sliding..
someone else's future
before days frozen still..
someone else's fate
we are deciding..
the miracle potential
the sanctity of life
faced against each other
were divided..
should we push the boundaries
or should we condemn
moral guilt and science have collided
turn to the light..
we defy our own mortality these days..
turn to the light..
pay attention to the questions we have raised
				

shine- lake of fire
lines takes me higher
my mind drips desire
confined and overtide

living this charade
is getting me nowhere
i can't shake this charade
the city's cold blood calls me home ...
home ... it's what i long for
back home ... where i belong

the city- it calls to me
decadent scenes from my memory
sorrow- eternity
my demons are coming to drown me

help- i'm falling, i'm crawling
i can't keep away from its clutch
can't have it this habit
it's calling me back to my home

i remember the first time she came to me
poured her soul out all night and cry ...

i remember i was told there's a new love that's born
for each one that has died ...

i never thought that i
could carry on with this lie
but i can't resist myself
no matter how hard i try

living their other life
is getting there nowhere
i'll make her my wife
her sweet temptation calls me home ...
home ... it's what i long for
my home ... where she belongs

her ecstasy- means so much to me
even deceiving my own blood
victoria watches and thoughtfully smiles
she's taking me to my home

help- he's my brother, but i love her
i can't keep away from her touch
deception, dishonor
it's calling me back to my home

her story- it holds the key
unlocking dreams from my memory
solving this mystery
is everything that is a part of me

help- regression, obsession
i can't keep away from its clutch
leave nodoubt, to find out
it's calling me back to my home
				

lost in the shy
clouds roll by and i roll with them
arrows fly
seas increase and then fall again

this world is spinning around me
this world is spinning without me
every day sends future to past
every breath leaves me one less to my last

watch the sparrow falling
gives new meaning to it all
if not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day

i'll take seven lives for on
and then my only father's son
as sure as i did ever love him
i am not afraid

this world is spinning around me
the whole world keeps spinning around me
all life is future to past
every breath leaves me one less to my last

pull me under pull me under
pull me under i'm not afraid
all that i feel is honor and spite
all i can do is set it right

dust fills my eyes
clouds roll by and i roll with them
centuries cry
orders fly and i fall again

this world is spinning inside me
the whole world is spinning inside of me
every day sends future to past
every step brings me closer to my last

pull me under pull me under
pull me under i'm not afraid
living my life too much in the sun
only until your will is done
					

end of passion play, crumbling away
i'm your source of self-destruction
veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
leading on your deaths construction
taste me you will see
more is all you need
you're dedicated to
how i'm killing you

come crawling faster
obey your master
your life burns faster
obey your master
master

master of puppets i'm pulling your strings
twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
blinded by me, you can't see a thing
just call my name, `cause i'll hear you scream
master
master
just call my ame, `cause i'll hear you scream
master
master

needlework the way, never you betray
life of death becoming clearer
pain monopoly, ritual misery
chop your breakfast on a mirror
taste me you will see
more is all you need
you're dedicated to
how i'm killing you

come crawling faster
obey your master
your life burns faster
obey your master
master

master of puppets i'm pulling your strings
twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
blinded by me, you can't see a thing
just call my name, `cause i'll hear you scream
master
master
just call my ame, `cause i'll hear you scream
master
master

master, master, where's the dreams that i've been after?
master, master, you promised only lies
laughter, laughter, all i hear and see is laughter
laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries

hell is worth all that, natural habitat
just a rhyme without a reason
neverending maze, drift on numbered days
now your life is out of season
i will occupy
i will help you die
i will run through you
now i rule you too

come crawling faster
obey your master
your life burns faster
obey your master
master

master of puppets i'm pulling your strings
twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
blinded by me, you can't see a thing
just call my name, `cause i'll hear you scream
master
master
just call my ame, `cause i'll hear you scream
master
master