Just a fascination of what lies beyond A life that's free Under mind responsibility My greatness is wide Love of self, the lie Curse the scrutiny Embrace the thought inside I will, manipulate You will capitulate What you've given me is a path perverted Adapted, disjointed philosophies Emotional dependence My grasp is relentless Perfected in mind Planted and instilled This formation of a dark temptation The ease of it all Disease enthralled This fantastic dream Subject to a darker scheme I will manipulate You will capitulate What you've given me is a path perverted Adapted, disjointed philosophies Emotional dependence My grasp is relentless Your love becomes inverted A path becomes perverted I watched them drown Under a clear blue sky Weighted with guilt I watched them die

There is no cheat It comes as the ghost thief Quick and fleeting There is no guarantee for tomorrow We are not home We are passing through Try and hold on as we may Matter will not sustain I will proclaim The end is not the end Escape It's just a vapor Escape A temporal list Escape – escape There is a realm Escape – escape Where time does not exist Contained in a whisper This is all I see This is just a dream What is to be Cannot resist Nothing more Nothing less Nothing else Nothing more Nothing less Nothing else Will attest Escape It's just a vapor Escape A temporal list Escape – escape There is a realm Escape – escape Where time does not exist Escape It's just a vapor Escape Where time does not exist

A smile does the deal No matter if it's real Insincere prayer It will go nowhere You pave the way for that sorrowful day Obtained all you want A deathly law you sought Forgotten covenant Forgotten part of remnant The words keep on changing Double-minded rearranging With a forked tongue Shifting lines, your neck is hung Oblivious to this life God given, glorious heights One kill does the deal No matter if it's real You are reaping greed You are reaping lust Reaping covetous Reaping apocalypse You are reaping greed You are reaping lust Reaping covetous Reaping apocalypse You are reaping greed You are reaping lust Reaping covetous Reaping apocalypse You are reaping greed You are reaping lust Reaping covetous Reaping, reaping, reaping apocalypse

I am not who you think I am I am not who you think I am I am not who you've made me to be, be, to be My pedestal is decayed with sin Collapsing all around me With all your expectations With all your preconceptions The straw man I am, not called to be Your idea, of how you see me I am, not called to be Your idea, of how you see me I am not, I am not In a place to pretend In a place to pretend To be a fake version of a man The straw man I am, not called to be Your idea, of how you see me I am, not called to be Your idea, of how you see me I am, not called to be Your idea, of how you see me I am, not called to be Your idea, of how you see me Not called to be, of how you see, how you see me

You were here, just a moment ago I saw your face I never thought I would know The emptiness of this place I never thought I could comprehend Absence that dug so deep I never expected to bury you incomplete You were the one who comforted You were the one who told me You were the one who made me live Gave me this gift Broken, broken These bonds and moral coils Never to return, never again Broken, broken These bonds and moral coils Never to return, never again You have seen the ocean And the promised land Beyond sight and sound Where mortal dreams command Universe unfolded Glorious heavens shown So expensive Deep truths become known I will endeavor to see you again In the world that lies beyond I will endeavor to see you again Beyond this veil of sight Broken, broken These bonds and moral coils Never to return, never again Broken, broken These bonds and moral coils Never to return Never to return, never to return Never to return, never again

Made yourself into more than a man The anointed one by your own hand Speech is perfect, masked vulgarity Sight is straight, dark rigidity All is copacetic Projected, unaccepting Everyone is hurt Everyone is broken Everyone is bleeding Inside I've lived enough to know Everyone has suffered, suffered Inside, inside Who would even need to see? Who would even seem to care? What you see is shallow Who would even need to see? Who would even seem to care? There is no room, no room for despair That mask is so deceptive Despite this life Try and hide, try and hide From down low, so much darkness Casts a shadow on your broken halo I've lived enough to know So much darkness Seeds are sown Everyone is hurt Everyone is broken Everyone is bleeding Inside I've lived enough to know Everyone has suffered, suffered Inside, inside Who would even need to see? Who would even seem to care? What you see is shallow Who would even need to see? Who would even seem to care? There is no room, no room for despair Everyone is hurt Everyone is broken Everyone is bleeding Inside I've lived enough to know Everyone has suffered, suffered Inside, inside

Abundance and wealth Prosperous lethargy Faith is fragile It stays in its infancy Provision is expected With no stretch of circumstances My weapon of choice is to ignore your voice Scorch the earth Orphaned and desolate Lack is consuming all Laceration In progression Maimed and broken Other lives unspoken Contrast with my everything When I have it all I don't need anything I took it all in the fall I don't need love Don't need peace Only the hypnosis of I don't need love I don't need peace Just an affluent fleece Abundance and wealth And the internal strife Abundance and wealth And the insipid life This bitter pill is no easy kill I am fine, look what I possess That is my self worth Is it meaningless? I exchange the truth for a lie Every day I live That is my self worth Is it meaningless? Scorch the earth Orphaned and desolate Lack is consuming all Laceration In progression Maimed and broken Other lives unspoken Out of sight and out of mind Languish in another kind Who is to say we should pray? The death of all humanity Null and void with no action The thing provides my satisfaction A bill of goods has been sold The American dream takes its toll Insipid life of nothing Humanistic Insipid life of nothing This is my American dream

I am a fraud without you I am a lie without you On my own I fend for myself No consideration of anything else I am drawn, I am This is my skeleton This is my skin I will remove this disguise I will remove this mask you met me in The day we met I wanted nothing A selfish being, blind and seething Compelled, I am drawn to you By God, I am saved by you You pierced this conscious You broke this shell You planted conviction Where there was only hell Compelled, I am drawn By God, I am This is my skeleton This is my skin I will remove this disguise I will remove this mask you met me in

Constrain, restrict, politic, dismiss Constrain, restrict, politic, of sin Laws that dismiss Laws that remit Utilize societal ties The war is now us versus them Power – control This is not my war Against flesh and blood This is not my war Against flesh and blood Hatred, contention, selfish ambition Hatred, contention, strive for position Strive for authority Envy and jealousy Marginalize a man Your war is now us versus them Power – control This is not my war Against flesh and blood This is not my war Against flesh and blood This is not my war Against flesh and blood This is not my war Against flesh and blood

I am not the standard No rule to be upheld This was a set up All intended to fail Betrayed Could not face the truth Crushed innocence Despised by this youth Crushed innocence, despised Failure is my companion Mortal laws at play Nothing in this union Nothing but decay What can be rebuilt No way to break free Every option of guilt Submerged under this sea Give unto me your sorrow There is no way to break free Give unto me your malice Dark insecurity Submerged under a mountain of loss Figment of the psyche The loss of what may be Time may heal all wounds Not when it reappears Not when the scab is ripped open Not when life is broken No cross have I hung No one I have healed No wounds have I bled That fate was sealed Give unto me your sorrow There is no way to break free Give unto me your malice Dark insecurity I have taken I have taken, your despair I have taken I have taken, your despair