Asunder / Like Flies On Flesh Split 1. The Fall of Elders Blue moon shone, quiescent the night Stones of the gods set in the sky Bound to the earth the watchers of life Arms raised to touch the heavens Behold the splendor of elders The thrones of natures reign Survivors of a million nights and days Embracing life, a home to all inside A blackened cloud arrives and all hide All eyes fixed upon the heavens On the horizon, Armageddon's horde Overwhelming fear of a new lord Birds take flight, the screams warm of doom In creatures minds, the thoughts that all life dies soon Earth trembles from beneath Nature cowers to the holocaust machine Eden's purity diseased Thrones destroyed the crown's been seized Winds of rapture doth blow The children weep for thee Your kingdom falls from grace and majesty A ravaged wasteland of stumps, butchered Torso's and limbs lie pulped No bird song remains Only the murmuring whirl of blades Scorn for the ogres of conquest The tyrants of concrete thrones Only to rise and fall on their own 2. Tides of Ruin Reconciliation Howls the thundersome winds Almighty are the swells Ever beating from within Roam the trodden path of toll And mercurial descent Eyes welled with blinding tears Clarity of providence Unfolding chaos into depths beyond To fulfill a prophecy That devours and anguished soul Under collapse we shiver Wake of despair drifts in decay Blackened wings seared by The flightless woe of hearts ablaze Lotus of mire, withered Tides of ruin, all is lost Water touches sky, fire, the earth Deliverance at any cost As they reach with oustretched hands Seeking a spirit to fill their shell Soulds hide deep in the shadows Fleeing from that mortal hell Watch them die As they march towards the other side Bound to the hollow promise Of a heaven sent to this forgotten realm Where only pain remains 3. Eulogy: Part I 4. Prelude to a Storm I watch as the play unfolds with cold, empty eyes. I gaze through cracked reflections, what have I become? Death whispers through eternity, I call your name inside my dreams. Shroud me inside of eternal darkness, allow me sleep without fear. 5. In Spite of You All Liar... denying all that is real. Betrayal turns to fear. Liar... denying all that you feel. Betrayal turns to tears. Reaching out towards the end, draining my life's blood. The mournful bane called winter, all life is in vain. Like the dying of day, we grow further away. Instead of love, we filled our hearts with pride, all I feel is pain and how I feel betrayed. Did I ever know you at all? Your empty soul will feel no loss. There's a price to be paid for the damage is done. Now I know the limits of my trust and I shed tears for no one. We destroy our homes, we resent our brothers. We exploit ourselves but we blame each other. So go your own way. Whisper your dreams to an empty room. 6. Punishment I have faced our future. I have felt the dying, and how I dread tomorrow with the fucking dawn of each new day. Within this violent cycle we too shall perish. Unaware of our own demise, prisoners of our fear. Sickened by shame. Kneeling, scraping, clawing, cutting to the bone. Burning, twisting, gnawing, my flesh begins to crawl. Helpless, broken, and scattered, my body is retching in vein. Struggling to break from existence. Trembling... a slave to my pain. 7. A Pain That Lingers I've seen cathedrals of the empire, expand in monstrous ways to serve their Gods. I've seen the benefits of industry, giant hives belching smog. I know injustice, I know apathy. I've seen the nations rise and fall. I've found betrayal in my closest friends. I've seen enough to hate you all. I am controlled by why I hate I am slave. I am a victim of my rage and I am in pain. I know that nothing comes from hate, I just can't help it. I know the path I lead, but I'm halfway there. Bright with a pain that burns inside, sparked by rage and fueled with pride, fills my heart and clouds my mind with anger and rage. Late at night, when the cold wind blows, the sky is weeping pain and sorrow, this flame is all I have to comfort me.