Temple Of Void Summoning the Slayer 1. Behind the Eye Have you truly seen the eye? Peel the layers, reveal what's inside An influx of saturnine Feeding into a damaged mind From the cradle to the grave Constant lash of the negative It's in death that we truly see Horror pales to reality True corruptions of humanity Scorched this earth with their apathy Trauma begat monstrosity Forged is dysregularity From the cradle to the grave Constant lash of the negative It's in death that we truly see Horror pales to reality Isolation and overwhelm Pushes down the authentic self A lifetime of visions can grow depraved Hurled towards an end that cannot be saved Rung by rung Never looking back In the end, not any less dead Just buried in a lavish coffin 2. Deathtouch Moments fleeting Recall lost Awake or sleeping? Reminiscence fading out An idealist fantasy So drunk upon the sweet nectar Of euphoric denial And you'll sift through the ashes Of the want and the lust And you'll find as time disaligns And the past is crushed... Memory turns to dust The memory turns to dust Through the want and the lust You'll try to deny the demise In the end was just So memory turns to dust Mirrored anguish As a gaze of pain Projects a reflection just as broken As the source And you'll sift through the ashes Of the want and the lust And you'll find as time disaligns And the past is crushed... Memory turns to dust The memory turns to dust Through the want and the lust You'll try to deny the demise In the end was just So memory turns to dust Seek to find, yet never see Puerility justified To fight all belief And you'll pick up the pieces Of the love and the trust And the mind, by design, becomes blind And confined by disgust... So memories turn to dust... You'll find as time disaligns And the past is crushed... Memories turn to dust Turn to dust The memory turns to dust We turn to dust 3. Engulfed Feel the spiral coming on again Familiar waves of heat wash the mind Start the pace on the same Trampled circle As your bones throb with Pulsating numbness Watch that floor crack and crumble In exquisite darkness You begin to plummet Down... (x4) Engulfed in black Tenebrosity truly obscures The eclipse of madness as it overshadows And you continue falling Down... (x4) Walls warp and dissolve But your boundaries are meaningless Destination stagnation Shielded within emptiness Just because they can't see you Doesn't mean you don't disappoint Simple failures can become horrendous Over-promise an under-deliver 4. A Sequence of Rot Deep tragedy without relief I'm sinking fast With your hand nowhere in reach We failed to meet Unity in a common ground Built upon empathy And I slowly wither inward So we can remain worlds apart Though it may align and nearly connect The pulse is always lost I see you turn to me Desperately to fill the void While my own ripped beyond reprieve Bleak destiny From what could be If hope and trust weren't forced Behind the screen And I slowly wither inward So we can remain worlds apart Anxiety. Mutually Together we laid the bricks over vulnerability Seems that we lead such different lives And I know I'll bereave you eventually 5. Hex, Curse, & Conjuration Gathering The distinct elements Tampering Prodding the dark veil Meddling A fish eye marks it sealed Conjuring only pettiness To deceive Is to convince yourself And believe Lies are justified To receives Accountabilities Yet to see Only outside dearth So this is why You can't feel I can't find Saddening This is existence And this curse Never seems to break Evil isn't a thing You can use and put away Dark magic comes at a price And always gets repaid No! (x4) Dark magic comes at a price And always gets repaid 6. The Transcending Horror A doomed voyage into the mouth of hell Find sanity's exit where reason failed Cold damp rock Distant shrieks Your unlikely guides across the deep To navigate through darkness But what terror lurks beyond? And I can't find the answers Through the discord of screams But the cacophony is not always What it seems Extrinsic power forces inside Eating holes in your logic And solace denied You drag your fingers Push toward the sound The end impending But can't gain the ground And you'll find you're facing yourself And you'll find that it's all part of the plan Scenes replay Transient bursts of better days Agony From the things I wish That I could change Thought decay Sense my recall drift away Questioning Is resentment justified this time? Real life Or is this all inside of your mind? 7. Dissolution What takes your pain away? The healing words I failed to say? A penance I could not pay To bring you home and keep you safe? And so many times I tried To stop my mind, or make it right In the end I failed to decide And lost the way as fear took guide And now the night's begun A pink moon burns over setting sun Indication that the day is gone With nothing changed, yet still we long And I tried to rationalize. "It's better off a compromise Perhaps another place or time Can light your way back to mine."