Grip Inc. Nemesis 1. Pathetic Liar Does a trusting face, reflect its heart Shaking hands, or breaking wrists Life's all a lie Stealing glory from the hearts of others Stood facing mirrors Reflections thrashing in disbelief Vile, crass, gaunt, ashen-faced Cringing, crawling, hiking in disgrace Shredding skin, changing face Snake-eyed, never making sense Blinded with conceit Lost in total paranoia Fallacies in judgments But no open regret In winter winds or summer breeze The only truth is fear Pitiful, dismal, spiteful, parasite scum Vile, crass, gaunt, ashen-faced Cringing, crawling, hiking in disgrace Liar 2. Portrait Of Henry Carnage, at the flick of the wrist Oh! Mortal Spirit, disdain never discriminates To dismember is natural To annihilate is habitual Every step taken Ushers in dread Hunger forever calling Deeper in to ugliness Serene in debauchery Man's caricature is his fate Monster within Turns inside out Only to face Face itself Face itself Face itself Face itself Face itself Primitive barbarian, reprobate, born savage 3. Empress (Of Rancor) Driven to tears while being sucked dry Beaten down, exploited, left in bits No hint of self seeking, cold hard facts overlooked While the ritual of disgust begins Premeditation, no trace Rigid execution Of plans severe Trust overlooked While draining emotions Avoiding with grace Concerns unanswered Slowly, methodically, breaking bonds of blood Gown of tradition, splashed with crimson Hidden deep in the belly of hate Black widows bite dealt with precision Trading her body in the pretense of love Prevention of instinct Survival never a second throught, submit The wall to survive, buried absolute Avoiding with unanswered Hanesty betrayed The struggle for breath begins The web is spun breath begins Never to let the children see the Gown of tradition, splashed with crimson Hidden deep in the belly of hate Black widows bite, deaaalt with precision Trading her body in the pretense of love 4. Descending Darkness Pushed into the Mounth of the Abyss A world that owes nothing Trapped in an emotionless empire Silent are endless parades Respect like smoke Lost in cyclones Breathing along the isle of no return The gavel crashes upon A system built for The substitute fix only to shatter Crisp brittle sorrow Smacks hard into melting faces Friction sinks into rotting masses Swallowed by seas of sand Deep in the bloody soil Buried under the sins of our fathers Bodies splinter From the bowels of sorrow Escaping to twist in the wind The scent of darkness 5. War Between One War between one Supporting temptation Relentless conclusive seduction MOving faster, fucked up tormented Poverty bites, but comes in second Needing now to Taste the magic, with slave mentality Blistering from self inflicted madness Accusation, trusting non one Intolerant, sick of the bullshit Cruising disgusted Down roads of the fallen Vulnerable, alluring a higher plain Wounds only heal by looking deeper Don't yield, find yourself Reach inside to fink the truth At the center of this spiral sedation Strange purity lost in real nightmares Accepting demise with slow torture 6. Scream At The Sky Patterns in the ground Structures built for what Real the premise We are not alone Truth kept locked away Evidemce, records destroyed Sightings shrouded in abscurity Abductions, scarred remains Comming to, returning from where Testimony defies all reasoning Scream Secrets will survive Never to melt away Nothing disappears without a trace Hanger 18 denied Encounters called a hoax All out conspiracy of silence Skeptical attitudes Enforced by policies Denial of cover-up The biggest lie of all Scream. Scream at the sky My body snakes in pure frustration I feel you watching me I feel you piercee my eyes No mysteries closed with open minds Scream, scream at the sky Scream, scream at the sky Scream 7. Silent Stranger Cold winds blow across the desert Which shall be crossed before morning Moving swiftly across water and sand Reaching the point of the return Silent stranger, chasing dreams Living with danger embracing the new Days gathering, rain of shine Living roads with ambition Minority a wheel within a wheel The only crime is being alive Move from place to place Avoiding detection Prison without bars Land of the free In the New World IN the New world Merging culture Escaping poverty Morals challenged Changing identity Cold winds blow across the desert Which shall be crossed before morning Moving swiftly across water and sand Reaching the point of the return 8. The Summoning Still and silent in the tomb The mystery it starts to move Bound and wrapped golden faced Disorder fills the sacred place Invisible in their mindst illusive in disguise The mind is strong, the flesh is weak Conserved and distinct through centuries For disturbance all shall pay Bandage and bone turns to grey Fractured silenced aroused from exile Sparking resurrection of of pain When I move nobody sees me When I scream nobody hears me Fill the tremble in the tomb Wrath is unleased inside the tomb Ambiance of revenge fills all Intruders intertwined with the sands of time Take cloak inside the tomb Reform with awe did prevail Guardian keeper did rise unknown All is at rest calm petrified 9. Rusty Nail Low is easy to find, justice hard to achieve Conversations always failing Look straight ahead, see only that is real Stop the endless search for judgement Circumstances revolve apportunities rap defying Stabbing pressures of decision Like stepping hard upon rusty nails Disease flows without resistance See pole skin turning red Provocation rules throughout Burning with desire Watching others fall away Concealed always to stay Behind the eyes of insanity No compromise the poison flows freely Bringing naked brutality The will to command constant everlasting Endless battle for recognition Clear the warnings rampant negativity Attrition of man explodes 10. Myth Or Man Sucked into vortex on a full moon night Air tasted sweet speed felt right Down winding highways following cats eyes Glowing fierce and pines my mind runs shallow Eyelids getting heavy the road tells me to follow Into the desolate amongst the remains savaged isolation Unexplained deaths in the valley The myth of the devils lair lies deep in suspicion And folklores for centuries Credibility never challenged Rumor panic smoke screen desire To conceal reality Nemesis or Deceiver, stench of natures dungeon Horror upon horror, shiver as the jackal howls Looking our from the hillside Smoke rises from the valley below Unearthly screams cut through the rain Every creature dies, paper mouses burn Tears fall at the Wall of Names Sacrifice for freedom, punishment or reward Take the journey of fear or hope Nemesis or Deceiver, stench of natures dungeon Horror upon horror, shiver as the jackal howls Lunatic fringe, aura of the shrouded pulls Myth or man beyond the call 11. Code Of Silence The silence grows loud Echoing through the halls Abandoned by our protectors No effort to serve, protect Heartless tunes beat Swirling behind badge and gun Allegiance to enwritten low Depravation shut away Code of silence Code of silence Bodies beaten and bloody No chance of innocence No effort to step forward The silence grows louder 1997 Metal Blade Records