Forest Of Shadows
			Among the Dormant Watchers

1. Self Inflicted Torment

Your time will come
And you will bleed
All along the highway
While facing your wicked ways

You saw the weak
Desperately trying to surface
You frowned upon their misery
And pulled them back into the abyss

Ignoring their painful demise
Showing no sign of remorse
When they were dead
You took the flowers from their graves

High and proud, like a servant of death,
You turn a blind eye to the atrocities that you create
High and proud, like a servant of death,
You dig your own grave
As you unleash sights of woe

You saw the weak desperately trying to surface
You frowned upon their misery
Now they frown upon you

Your time will come
And you will be haunted
Repercussions of a malicious way of life
Lost happiness and lasting pain
Self inflicted torment
Your time will come
Your hell awaits


2. Drowned by Guilt

... and there I was
In the cold black water
Struggling,
Like so many others
But now
It was just me
All alone
All alone
I felt my weakness
My nemesis
Staring at me with no remorse
As if somehow guilty
And sentenced to death

... and there I was
In the cold black water
My pale dead body
And there I was
Drifting on the waves
Drowned
Drowned


3. Lost Within

Peace
Was there ever peace?
Was there even a time
When you smiled upon the world?
When your colors were not black and blue

Was there ever peace?
Was there even a time
When you smiled upon the world?
When your colors were not black and blue
Was there ever peace?
Was there even a time
When you smiled upon the world?
When your colors were not black and blue

Peace
Was there ever peace?
I like to believe there was
Somewhere
Hiding within the wreckage that is you

War
There is a war inside of you
A war that makes you blind
That makes you rage
That tear you down and shut you out
You are lost within a dolorous kingdom
And you are struglling to become victorious

I still dream of a day,
A day when you submit to defeat
And swallow your pride
When you would remove that crown of thorns
And take time to smell the flowers
That you were given


4. Dogs of Chernobyl

Once upon a radioactive ecocide
Where life had turned grey
Left in the aftermath
Abandoned
Abandoned

Forever loyal to their masters
Awaiting and protecting
Until the light would shine again
Until they would reunite

And when that day did come,
They welcomed their masters
With unconditional love,
With unconditional love
Only to face betrayal
Betrayal

They were given no mercy
They were given no mercy
As their masters shot them down

The dogs of Chernobyl
Died wondering why
They died wondering why

Once upon a radioactive ecocide
Where life had turned grey
They died wondering why
They died wondering why


5. We, the Shameless

We, the shameless
An excluded species
Sitting in high thrones
As self proclaimed masters
Of a dying world

We, spill their blood
As we see fit
Claiming their land as if ours
Leaving their wounds open
And worst of all without feeling guilt
And worst of all without feeling guilt

There is no language
To excuse these atrocities
Unleashed upon them
Our fellow earthlings
On which we prey

We, the shameless,
We see it all pass by
We are killing ourselves
And everything around us
While dreaming of a fairytale end
While dreaming of a fairytale end


6. Lullaby

Sleep my friend,
My love and life
This is the hour I wish would never come
When that which is and we thought would be
Is soon to be vanquished
As you close your eyes,
The draperies will fall
And tomorrow will no more be ours,
As death do us part

Our kingdom of peace,
Where we were one,
Lies fallen and gone
In ruins
A bleak garden withering away
In which I will mourn
In which I will cry out your name
In desperation
Trying to transcend,
As colors fade away

Sleep my friend,
My love and life
This is the hour I wish would never come
Take my hand and let this now
Fade into a forever dream
The time has come to bid farewell
Let the last gleams of light
Be a beacon on your journey
To the setting sun
And the neverland


7. Yours to Devour

Mine is yours,
But yours can never be mine
I often stare into your eyes
Reaching out with my distress
Trying to speak of this injustice

Mine is,
And was always,
Yours
It was never a matter of choice
As I did not have the capacity
To refuse your claims
Of being your property
I am nothing but your captive
A unit
A weight
A product
You dress me up in lies
And sell me to the world
You claim to show compassion
And treat me with respect
Still,
My life is in your hands
My life is yours to take

Here I am at your disposal
To fulfill your carnal pleasures
My suffering a prerequisite
I am here to satisfy
Your untamed will
To devour my flesh
Here I am
Here I am
Now, then and forever on
Awaiting
Awaiting
Now, then and forever on
Awaiting

I know you will put me out
Whenever you see fit
There will be no mercy
And no signs of regret
I am here to satisfy
Your untamed will
I am here to satisfy
Your untamed wil
To devour
My flesh