Xasthur Nightmares At Dawn 1. Spoken in Vibes of Coldness 2. Nightmares at Dawn Looking back to your traumatic time And no one cares to solve the crime Nothing beyond the flesh I disposed No soul to linger after the coffin is closed. Give back all the pain they gave Leave them to rot in an open grave Drain the sunrise, a sunrise full of lies The demons will silence your cries Nightmares at dawn... 3. Reprisal 4. Degenerate Uprising waste of flesh, given away to anyone who'll destroy it. you can't coexist with people who want to kill you. Mix pity and freedom, enthrone and praise...what once was trash. there's a degenerate uprising for those who never learn, freedom is free for those who never earn. as we learn nothing, we're easier to control, lie to and manipulate, political correctness, political correct-less, hope and ignorance, new world order falls into place, we'll blame traitors of the human race 5. The Prison of Mirrors 2007 The prison of mirrors... we can't see, Yet trapped we are... by its reflection, It sees all fear and watches our downfall, It will rip all lies and pride from the soul. You are all... all that you hate, Force fed memories, suffer humiliation, Victim of darkness, of the inner hidden kind, I am the eye within the gleam, Shatter before a mirror that stares into (a shallow soul). Poison yourself... revel in waste, Poison yourself, in the name of evil... destroy yourself. I will always be the reason to hate your self, Mirrors... will oppress your mind, And follow all... all that you hide, Blind, step inside a subconscious warfare to guide the oblivious, Mirrors of torture, unforgiving expose your sins, Your suicide by the mirror's shattered blade. 6. Losing Hand/Redemption Empty hand, a losing hand... with no place on this earth Is redemption being released from it? Life with no beginning, no ending Where does it end? A failure- immortal- curse Empty soul, drained. With nothing put into it. No closure, no redemption beyond tomorrow And so it seemed there was no place to be redeemed. Wasting my breath, living for death Nothing in the end, there'll be nothing left. A failure- immortal- curse. 7. Portal of Hatred 8. Merciless Reflection Surveillance mirrors, smashing all the lies Haunt with reflection till it all dies Reveal yourself or be revealed You'd rather lose a limb Merciless reflection tortures throughout (I can see a soul filled with doubt) Life's rejection, you're reduced to nothing. 9. A National Acrobat (Black Sabbath cover) I am the world that hides the universal secret of all time Destruction of the empty spaces is my one and only crime I've lived a thousand times I found out what it means to be believed The thoughts and images The unborn child that never was conceived When little worlds collide I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell And flashing memories are cast into a neverending well The name that scorns the face The child that never see the cause of man The deathly darkness that Belies the fate of those who never ran Well I know it's hard for you to know the reason why And I know you'll understand more when it's time to die Don't believe the life you have will be your only one You have to let your body sleep to let your soul live on Love has given life to you and now it's your concern Unseen eye of inner life will make your soul return Still I look but not to touch the seeds of life are sown Curtain of the future falls, the secret stays unknown Just remember love is life and hate is living death Treat your life for what it's worth and live for every breath Looking back I've lived and learned but now I'm wondering Here I wait and only guess what this next life will bring 10. Screaming at Forgotten Fears 2007 A sinister telepathy is screaming at forgotten fears An exit made of your self-destruction, may your reflection guide the blade. In your lost code of self knowledge, a mere entrance for evil to enter The venom is hidden and the venom wears a mask (I serve myself upon the wings of pain's affliction, unto thee). Disconnect from my state of being (and without a trace) it was my soul that murdered yours, that murdered yours. 11. Society Wants to Die Acting out your disease Acting out your trauma The world wasn't there... to watch your drama Your words have lost meaning Lost until the mirror brought them back, (reflecting) with more ugliness than before Stare into yourself, the human whore. 12. Human Flotsam 13. Enthroned Uselessness Scars aren't enough anymore They'll only tell tales of confusion and shame I'd want to make you suffer through life With only yourself to blame Cast out from society, you're a dead weight to yourself Behind an obsolete cause... without any affect Profess to me something you don't even understand And I'll tell you your waste of life was by your own hand Your self pity is not extreme, it is not a threat You'll continue to live a lie, like a coward and filled with regret Razors are buried, now there's no way of crying You must not live for dying. 14. Suicide in Dark Serenity 2004