Lyrics

 

From the self titled Gates Of Dissent album:

01. Choronzon
02. Identity
03. Asmoday
04. Initiated
05. Zipfront
06. Kingdom (Malkuth)
07. Unsettled
08. Ritual
09. Anathema

From the forthcoming The Death Posture album:

01. The Night Land
02. Vision Of Flies
03. Darker Than You Think
04. Towards An Evil End
05. Negative And Limitless
06. Resurrected From An Archetype
07. The Focus Of Life
08. Black Grey Nascent
09. Tenebrarum
10 . Exhaustion
11. Priest Of The Raven
12. Apophenia
13. The Theurgist

From the :06X03: collaborative project:

Reclamation

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01. Choronzon

I've murdered all sense of security
and brought to life the knife of doubt
buried the heart of confidence
under every thought and fear of fault
I've defined myself in the design of decay
as reasons fail and dissent sets in
opened my mind to questions and lies
and lost again to the death within

contained in selfish arrogance and pride
lies a dormant hate for life
burning through the heart turned to dark
the self I knew is dead and gone
hollow and drained, I want to start again
to find the strength to grow and dream and live
I killed my pride to refute my mind
as reasons fail and dissent sets in

I don't believe it's tragedy
to end the heart that holds you back
I could progress proceed to a self from chaos
capable of understanding this life
I don't believe it's cynical
to leave behind this ego of mine
I could progress proceed to a self from nothing
capable of understanding this life

I'm not afraid of the weight inside
day by day it's just the way I've become
it's not the heartache or the pain and despair
it's the need to finally let them out

reality means nothing to me
devoured down the throat of the savage mouth
defied in the face of the true demise
the self I knew is dead and gone

I don't believe it's tragedy
to end the heart that holds you back
I could progress proceed to a self from chaos
capable of understanding this life
I don't believe it's cynical
to leave behind this ego of mine
I could progress proceed to a self from nothing
capable of understanding this life
I won't be swayed by selfishness
and the constant need to validate my mind
I am all the faith and devotion I need
to conquer this pathetic weakened life
I won't be swayed or in any way denied
the wealth of my belief in the strength of my heart
I will question this existence
and shape this life to reflect
and protect the extremes of my will

I'm not afraid of the weight inside
day by day it's just the way I've become
it's not the heartache or the pain and despair
it's the need to finally let them out

I'm not afraid of the weight inside
day by day it's just the way I've become
it's not the heartache or the pain and despair
it's the need to finally give them a voice

sacrifice my life to the heart of sincerity
its the nature of our lives to deny our ability
questioning our minds and the world we've devised
instead of killing off the doubt and all the hate inside
I won't be brought into the trappings
or the fear and misconceptions
I won't give in to the sadness
that we live with everyday
it's just a part of our surrounding
not the meaning of our lives
and we'll grow to kill the darkness it inspires in our minds

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02. Identity

gone are the days
spent searching for reason
with only disappointment
to gain for our trust.
awake and aware
of disorder crowned king
and the mouths eating mouths
eating mouths eating tongues

dead in the grave
faith is a failure
life is just injustice
and a constant decline
dead in the grave
faith is a failure
life is just injustice
and a caustic rising tide

hurt in my eyes
with intentions of receding
and everyone's resentment
for the cracks in my voice
alone with my knives
and the darkness I've created
removing my reflection
with withdrawn and quiet harm
dust and bones
and the comfort of their totems
identified my need
for accepting my retreat
calm and removed
with the silence of blood
and the scattering of crows
like the march of a funeral

dead in the grave
faith is a failure
life is just injustice
and a constant decline
dead in the grave
faith is a failure
life is just injustice
and a caustic rising tide

it's my fucking right to feel desperate and alone sometimes
even the strong of will feel a collapsing in their chest
I just want to be forgotten and not everyone's concern
I just want to be forgotten
and goddamn left alone
it's my fucking right to feel defeated and upset sometimes
against the constant shifting of reality's ups and downs
only chaos and disorder are consistently devouring
mouths eating mouths eating mouths eating tongues

the shape of my heart's
not as confident today
and the madness and attrition
aren't as quick to slip away
my mind resolute
to finding peace among the thorns
I'm not surprised to find
my world
come alive in darkness

dead in the grave
faith is a failure
life is just injustice
and a constant decline
dead in the grave
faith is a failure
life is just injustice
and a caustic rising tide

it's my fucking right to feel desperate and alone sometimes
even the strong of will feel a collapsing in their chest
I just want to be forgotten and not everyone's concern
I just want to be forgotten
and goddamn left alone
it's my fucking right to feel defeated and upset sometimes
against the constant shifting of reality's ups and downs
only chaos and disorder are consistently devouring
mouths eating mouths eating mouths eating tongues
it's alright its alright if I enjoy the hurt and torture
it's okay for me to savour every moment of the pain
I just want to be forgotten and not everyone's concern
I just want to be forgotten
and goddamn left alone

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03. Asmoday

with every moment strangled
our response is always hollow
always taking life for granted
and presuming we're the kings
voiceless in our struggles
pale accepting of the trauma
asleep in dreams of sorrow
with no answer for our fears

there's no feelings or desires
just the ghosts of such responses
our involvement isn't true
we're just the fools of our senses
we're inhabiting these corpses
with no clarity or purpose
there's no source of liberation
to awaken us from death
and though we teach ourselves to reason
to survive and still believe in
all that comes of our true meaning
is a pitiful demise
wrought with pain disgust and failure
even all the more despairing
by the lack of our awareness
of the graves we've made ourselves

no
I don't believe we're hopeless
it's in our constant self-defeating
I've grown to feel so cheated
no
I don't believe we're hopeless
despite the odds against us
we still feel the life within us
no
I don't believe we're hopeless
it's in our hearts' conviction
illumination grows distinction
no
I don't believe we're hopeless
despite the odds against us
our life still burns within us

our vision filled with torpor
we can hardly face the future
heaven knows we lack intention
we can't even find direction
what intensity compels you?
is there nothing left to love?
if life is so complacent
what the hell is there to care for?
we instill our minds with shadow
forfeit passion for distraction
fail our higher restitution
for a stale dissatisfaction
burning empires with our fever
losing aeons to self-hate
humility and frustration
justifies our cynic state

our grief remains nameless
meaningless and dull
the sun is all but useless
only showing off the cold
that pervades instead of reason
instead of life instead growth
and the only true devotion
is in freedom of the soul

there's no feelings or desires
just the ghosts of such responses
our involvement isn't true
we're just the fools of our senses
we're inhabiting these corpses
with no clarity or purpose
there's no source of liberation
to awaken us from death
and though we teach ourselves to reason
to survive and still believe in
all that comes of our true meaning
is a pitiful demise
wrought with pain disgust and failure
even all the more despairing
by the lack of our awareness
of the graves we've made ourselves

no
I don't believe we're hopeless
it's in our constant self-defeating
I've grown to feel so cheated
no
I don't believe we're hopeless
despite the odds against us
we still feel the life within us
no
I don't believe we're hopeless
it's in our hearts' conviction
illumination grows distinction
no
I don't believe we're hopeless
despite the odds against us
our life still burns within us

our grief remains nameless
meaningless and dull
the sun is all but useless
only showing off the cold
that pervades instead of reason
instead of life instead growth
and the only true devotion
is in the freedom of the soul
with only remnants of our senses
offering a chance to truly hold
the light that lies within us
and illuminates our goal
of living life with purpose
free to give the love we've known
to utilize our full potential
no longer dead and alone

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04. Initiated

a perception of reticence
and a pinion inclined
to revolt against
and contradict
the ambitions of the mind
desire for disruption
rupturing the heart
removing senses
from the self
and breaking thoughts apart

the measure of our tempest
encapsulates the skies
our focus for
frustration
cathartic through decline
invoking of hostility
haunting the integrity
with remnants
of complacency
absolved in full futility
a losing hold on patience
a balance come unwound
a casting
for defiance
a burning future found
squaring of the circle
subsuming of the lines
borrowing
the hands of knives
and immolating time

so kill
sacrifice stability
and kill
the fear of your divinity
and kill
the urge to die complacently
with nothing to fucking show for it
but a wasted life of blindness
so kill
and end your source of sorrow
and kill
the need to serve and follow
and kill
the urge to live complacently
to free your soul from blindness
you've got to fucking find it first
and kill

our prayers suppurated
our voices still unheard
with ties to flesh
in pride and faith
we get what we deserve
soporific self-confinement
ever more resigned
to listless thought
progressed to null
and void of life inside

fighting for enlightenment
cutting through demiurge
autonomy
caught in contrition
confidence resurged
determined for denouncement
the end of our design
with no restraint
and no remorse
our eyes are open wide
in control of reverance
dissention fetishized
the greater self
initiated
hearts uncompromised
unrestrained our vision
unlocked the door to life
through the key
of consciousness
we awaken our true minds

so kill
sacrifice stability
and kill
the fear of your divinity
and kill
the urge to die complacently
with nothing to fucking show for it
but a wasted life of blindness
so kill
and end your source of sorrow
and kill
the need to serve and follow
and kill
the urge to live complacently
to free your soul from blindness
you've got to fucking find it first
and kill

initiate your mind
release yourself from reason
escape the death inside of you
and find the path to freedom
initiate a dream
a sense of strength and meaning
intensity of purpose
and a life that grows to feed it
initiate your mind
release yourself from reason
escape the death inside of you
and find the path to freedom
initiate a dream
a sense of strength and meaning
intensity of purpose
and a life that grows to feed it

so kill
sacrifice stability
and kill
the fear of your divinity
and kill
the urge to die complacently
with nothing to fucking show for it
but a wasted life of blindness
so kill
and end your source of sorrow
and kill
the need to serve and follow
and kill
the urge to live complacently
to free your soul from blindness
you've got to fucking find it first
and kill

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05. Zipfront

the rising of heat
the ache of desire
my hand on your wrists
you lose control for awhile
you slit my mouth with your tongue
I split your lip with my teeth
yeah if I were you
I'd stay away from me

there's no tomorrow

with every chance
to do things right
we shared the same intention
of doing things wrong
you give the heat that you breathe
you let me swallow your screams
I give what you need
I'll take your pain to extremes

are we to live incomplete?
and repent for our failure
in exhausting our dreams
we find escape from our senses
in the fear in your eyes
I sense a fire of desire
in exhausting our lives
we find escape from defeat

I don't believe we can ever achieve
a life worth the efforts that our tears intervene
I don't believe we'll survive through our grief
in the face of indifference and regret of our weakness
I won't believe in what tomorrow conceives
shame stains our hands in the guilt of our needs
our desire to know and experience our dreams
held submissive and resigned by the threat of our fears

there's no tomorrow

the rising of heat
the ache of desire
your heart imitates
the pulse of your struggle
give defiance to me
give your stand and collapse
leave the blood and it's meaning
be mine, be silent

are we to live incomplete?
and repent for our failure
in exhausting our dreams
we find escape from our senses
in the fear in your eyes
I sense a fire of desire
in exhausting our lives
we find escape from defeat

I don't believe we can ever achieve
a life worth the efforts that our tears intervene
I don't believe we'll survive through our grief
in the face of indifference and regret of our weakness
I won't believe in what tomorrow conceives
shame stains our hands in the guilt of our needs
our desire to know and experience our dreams
held submissive and resigned by the threat of our fears
I don't believe we can ever achieve
a life worth the efforts that our tears intervene
I don't believe we'll survive through our grief
in the face of indifference and regret of our weakness
I won't believe in what tomorrow conceives
shame stains our hands in the guilt of our needs
our desire to know and experience our dreams
held submissive and resigned by the threat of our fears

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06. Kingdom (Malkuth)

this life
and this world we live in
the mind
and the spirit divided
confined
and reproachfully resigned
our design
and our failure of design
giving way to failure
giving way to failure

denied?
at least I tried

these days
indebted to convenience
our hearts
and how they deceive us
the light
and the power of our shadows
inside
we're lost to our own voice
giving way to failure
giving way to failure

denied?
at least I tried

we are being lied to
and there's nothing we can do
our belief in world stability
and everything held true
is wrong
and ours in words alone
in ignorance of our kingdom
our own world goes unknown

this life we know is nothing
and acheivement holds no clue
our faith in our abilities
and everything held true
is wrong
and compromised of life
avarice and inertia
manifested in control

this life
and this world we live in
the mind
and the spirit divided
confined
and reproachfully resigned
our design
and our failure of design
giving way to failure
giving way to failure

we are being lied to
and there's nothing we can do
our belief in world stability
and everything held true
is wrong
and ours in words alone
in ignorance of our kingdom
our own world goes unknown

the death of our endeavours
surrendered and consumed
our process of complacency
and everything held true
is wrong
and a blindness we endure
our virtues are our failures
and our progress is flawed

we are being lied to
and there's nothing we can do
our belief in world stability
and everything held true
is wrong
and ours in words alone
in ignorance of our kingdom
our own world goes unknown

controlled by our diversions
our confidence confused
compassion and consistency
and everything held true
is wrong
and folding in our minds
denied the path of wisdom
we need to want to know the truth

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07. Unsettled

without the conviction
to follow thru
with hurt and self contempt
eating inside of you
the constant fear collapsing
all that you do
and the incendiary desire
to resolve the truth
unfulfilled and haunting
the moment removed
from the center of reflection
and vicissitude
in our awakening to meaning
a stillness blooms
and opens our eyes hearts and minds
to the world view where is there a reason
for us to feel completed?
awakened to the meaning
and in control of our own lives?
discouraged lost and beaten
subsumed and self-defeated
where's the disagreement?
the need to feel alive?all purpose and meaning
inevitably denied
all alone and disillusioned
against the struggles inside
demanding of ourselves
to find the reason to survive
we all fail sometimes
in the conflict of life
without the conviction
to ascend and rise
our intentions dejected
our hearts cast aside
there's no room for the weak
there's no room for the blind
we all fail sometimes
we all fail sometimeswhere is there a reason
for us to feel completed
awakened to the meaning
and in control of our own lives?
discouraged lost and beaten
subsumed and self-defeated
where's the disagreement?
the need to feel alive?
how are we to reason
with the fear and disappointment
surrounding us in failure
and consuming our desires?
a stillness in our senses
resolved in intense interestleave nothing unsettled
leave nothing unsettledwhere is there a reason
for us to feel completed
awakened to the meaning
and in control of our own lives?
discouraged lost and beaten
subsumed and self-defeated
where's the disagreement?
the need to feel alive?
are we meant for this detachment?
are we strong enough to survive?
do we let the degradation
crush our will to endure the lies?
can we find the heart to persist
to resolve the past and live?leave nothing unsettled
leave nothing unsettled

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08. Ritual

I won't give in to the entropy
that's found its way in to my mind
my eyes fade to grey
and my heart beats decay
but the cracks and collapse
feed the path to my dreams
the architecture of anatomy
is designed to fit our paradigms
alchemical signs
in circles and lines
are the patterns and mantras
of my ritual life

don't don't settle
for less than yourself
don't consent
to a false belief
don't don't settle
for less than yourself
don't consent
to this world's deceit

I won't deny or abandon this hell
but I'm taking apart what is left of my self
my hate and desires
are the fuel and the fire
for the engines of chaos
and the end of this world

this heart of mine won't betray the hurt
nor allow this world any further guilt
these eyes of mine are the only insight
into my ruin and suicide

don't don't settle
for less than yourself
don't consent
to a false belief
don't don't settle
for less than yourself
don't consent
to this world's deceit
my ribs are teeth and my mouth goes deep
swallowing the taste of the bitter deceased

this heart of mine won't betray the hurt
nor allow this world any further guilt
these eyes of mine are the only insight
into my ruin and suicide
these days I grow ever more alert
to the lonelyache that infects my soul
seducing and consuming
I'm at home in the cold
and proud to have survived
in it's poisonous hold

I don't believe in the life that we know
the probabilities of life controlled
through ashes and earth
suicide and rebirth
the strength of my will
sets the worth of my soul
and the strength to grow
to survive and succeed
to leave this life and to fully believe
in the power of lust and desire and greed
and to use them to finally release and break free
nothing is true, everything is permitted
as the cracks in my head begin to spread
I've destroyed the me
filled with doubt and debris
and arranged the language
of my ritual death

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09. Anathema

a coldness cuts through confidence
like clouds across the sky
if I could only stop my heart
the way I shut my eyes
in spite of my determined breath
and learning to survive
through years of hurt and sadness
and shadows deep inside
it wells up cold and suffocating
devours through the mind
suffering in desperation
I endure and I survive
but the scars are harsh reminders
and the darkness is all mine
and awaits to cut through confidence
like clouds across the sky

these are days of resilience
finding balance in my life
becoming familiar with the tempest
exploring it's darker sides
I'm not afraid of it's approaching
though I can feel it on the rise
like the seasons and their cycles
the moon and it's bitter light
it wells up cold and suffocating
devours through the mind
suffering in desperation
I endure and I survive
but the scars are harsh reminders
and the darkness is all mine
and awaits to cut through confidence
like clouds across the sky

my suffering is sentient
resilient, it breathes
destitution isolates this heart
and spreads like a disease
these veins flow with inertia
anathema lives in me
cursed and born to sorrow
with no trust and no belief
except in dark catharsis
finding comfort in cold grief
a stillness lies in sadness
a beautiful retreat
I find myself in my resolve
in tears I feel complete
no longer in fear of my will
or the scars and what the mean

these are days of resilience
finding balance in my life
becoming familiar with the tempest
and exploring it's darker sides
I'm not afraid of it's approaching
though I can feel it on the rise
like the seasons and their cycles
the moon and it's bitter light
it wells up cold and suffocating
devours through the mind
suffering in desperation
I endure and I survive
but the scars are harsh reminders
and the darkness is all mine
and awaits to cut through confidence
like clouds across the sky

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01. The Night Land

then grieve for the heart
tied to circumstance
tied to every trial
and every hardship by our hands
blinded by the dark
and our internal deference
suffering is such as life
into the Night Land

recusant, the Night,
in its untouched objuration
a curse, a blight, a verity
of watchfulness and fear
memories of grace
harken hollowness interred
and I kneel to empty shadows
and I long to feel the dawn

in stillness as in discord
sordide as the sky
the refuge and the ravage
sordide as the sky

then grieve a broken heart
to hear her spirit's tears
pure and permanent
across the everlasting night
low your head in reverence
the dreams are only dreams
the frailty of our world
built on ignorant beliefs
self induced departure
self dismiss, deny
the dead can have their darkness
we can have our cries
pure and permanent
across the everlasting night
stepping through the Gates
into the inner LVX

the Darkness grim and cold
the Darkness grim and cold

recusant, the Night,
in its untouched objuration
a curse, a blight, a verity
of watchfulness and fear
memories of grace
harken hollowness interred
and I kneel to empty shadows
and I long to feel the dawn

in stillness as in discord
sordide as the sky
the refuge and the ravage
sordide as the sky

recusant, the Night,
in its untouched objuration
a curse, a blight, a verity
of watchfulness and fear
memories of grace
harken hollowness interred
and I kneel to empty shadows
and I long to feel the dawn
d etachment comes accustomed
the disconsolate evoked
in every suffered healing
every sunrise a lost hope
dreamed of harsh to hazy
and a loneliness beheld;
inconceivable of meaning
then silently bereaved
low your head in reverence
low your head in reverence

the Darkness grim and cold
unconsciousness projects
our bleak and haunted souls

the Darkness grim and cold
unconsciousness projects
our bleak and haunted souls

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02. Vision Of Flies

a nightmare born of dreams
misjudged insects for kings
a holy right denied
a hollow voiced reply
and all we feared and all revered
a festering cold demise

commanding hearts with spades
digging their own graves
a vision filled with flies
and all that it implies
and all we feared and all revered
built a thousand corpses high

suddenly we've found the means
echoing the fire inside
the shadows swarm our hour of need
and swallows clear the length of the sky

a violent heart's release
all anima made complete
the corporeal made divine
flesh and blood enshrined
and all we feared and all revered
the day I fully made you mine

suddenly we've found the means
echoing the fire inside
the shadows swarm our hour of need
and swallows clear the length of the sky
shallow breaths held in our lungs
pensively our mouths submit
with feathers bound in twilit tongues
and bone and sand pressed to our lips

cursed and denied
skinned and buried alive
our empire of failure
a kingdom teeming with flies

cursed and denied,
skinned and buried alive
devil amongst devils
insect infested minds

cursed and denied
skinned and buried alive
our empire of failure
a kingdom teeming with flies

cursed and denied
skinned and buried alive
devil amongst devils
heaven was never on your side

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03. Darker Than You Think

what senses prevail
that all virtue's consumed
by the archetype wolf
by the Shadow and Moon
how insistent the dark
and what evil allowed
how instinctive our blood
harsh and aroused

what condition seduced
what hunger instilled
by the need of the beast
and the taste of the kill
with predatory strength
virility and power
to slaughter the night
to fuck and devour

heaven can hold
all matter and mind
the devil will own
what hearts cannot hide
the concept of faith
civility and pride
holds no weight in the dark
holds no weight in the light

what unconscious design
congregates in the self
what covetous heat
mocks the fires of hell
in infinite depths
what complexions unfold
abstracted from reason
with intentions unknown

darker than the raven
with feast of fetid meat
darker than the graveyard
where God's gift is grief
darker than midnight
when all angels sleep
darker than your nightmares
darker than your dreams
darker than the devil
isolated sanctity
darker than perdition
condemned and suffering
darker than redemption
individuate belief
darker than your nightmares
darker than you think

heaven can hold
all matter and mind
the devil will own
what hearts cannot hide
the concept of faith
civility and pride
holds no weight in the dark
holds no weight in the light

what provision of lust
what desires awake
to inspire and arouse
and ejaculate
with predatory strength
virility and power
to slaughter the night
to fuck and devour

darker than the raven
with feast of fetid meat
darker than the graveyard
where God's gift is grief
darker than midnight
when all angels sleep
darker than your nightmares
darker than your dreams
darker than the devil
isolated sanctity
darker than perdition
condemned and suffering
darker than redemption
individuate belief
darker than your nightmares
darker than you think

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04. Towards An Evil End

It never fails
It never breaks
this bitter heart
will devastate
it never halts
nor hesitates
this bitter heart burns
with bitter hate

The darkness pulls again
towards an evil end
The darkness pulls again
towards an evil end

It never fails
It never breaks
this bitter heart
will devastate
it never halts
nor hesitates
this bitter heart burns
with bitter hate

The darkness pulls again
towards an evil end
The darkness pulls again
towards an evil end

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05. Negative And Limitless

I choose to exist in the vast countenance
to cease to exist and build the infinite
awake the sacrament invoked in luminance
the skies wrenched adrift,
negative and limitless

with weak breath, come decieve us
transcendence far removed
in the bleak hours, bled and reborn
the mouth of reason suffocates
in regret of existence
cold and desperate by design
the need for demons, consecration
justification for our pain
(devils and angels are just the same)

neither neither bone nor heart alone relents
in senses born of light in seasons of the dead
neither neither form nor word made manifest
rivers run with blood
negative and limitless

the failure in our veins against all confidence
the vision and the voice drowned and desperate
the sorrow in our eyes in silent evidence
misfortune names the night
negative and limitless

persuade upon the pure what crime our fear commits
convey upon the damned what damage faith inflicts
deliver severance to contend with permanence
impossible intent
negative and limitless

with weak breath, come deceive us
transcendence far removed
in the bleak hours, bled and reborn
the mouth of reason suffocates
in regret of existence
cold and desperate by design
the need for demons, consecration
justification for our pain
(devils and angels are just the same)

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07. The Focus Of Life

never say never to always
always resist cowardice
question the questions and answers
follow your own sense instead
always say always to never
never believe what's been said
the illusion was all just a vision
the reasons are all in your head

send us sorrow, send us lies
send us heaven's thunderous cries
call the fire down from the air
through the Tempest, through despair
we break free
meet face to face with defeat
let it bleed
put danger back in our dreams
and break free

never say never to always
always reflect your intent
contention and anger forever
a fever to burn till the end
always say always to never
never regret or relent
live for a reason to die for
transcendence through dissent

send us sorrow, send us lies
send us heaven's thunderous cries
call the fire down from the air
through the Tempest, through despair
we break free
meet face to face with defeat
let it bleed
put danger back in our dreams
and bare teeth
calmly cut through deceit
and break free
give the darkest heart of your grief
to me

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08. Black Grey Nascent

come alive
in radiant faith
now awaken
and open your eyes
set aside
derisive thoughts
draw breath
and open your eyes
come alive

come alive
a formative heart
let go
and open your eyes
find light
in pure intent
find truth
and open your eyes
come alive

it doesn't matter now
it doesn't matter
what goes around
comes around
it doesn't matter now
it doesn't matter
what learns to hate
will always hate
it doesn't matter now
it doesn't matter
what goes around
comes around
it doesn't matter now
it doesn't matter
what learns to hate
will always hate

come alive
a nascent mind
now awaken
and open your eyes
join the fight
against deceit
resist now
and open your eyes
come alive
a formative heart
let go
and open your eyes
find light
in pure intent
find truth
and open your eyes
come alive

it doesn't matter now
it doesn't matter
what goes around
comes around
it doesn't matter now
it doesn't matter
what learns to hate
will always hate
it doesn't matter now
it doesn't matter
what goes around
comes around
it doesn't matter now
it doesn't matter
what learns to hate
will always hate

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09. Tenebrarum

with only the faintest touch
and a sediment trust
with only a shadow of tears
and the night revered
with only an empty truth
in a thought removed
we're only the ghost we fear
as the dark draws near

what stands to hollow ground
as the sky falls down
what matters to sun and stars
as we lose our hearts

look into my eyes
and promise me
the strength to live
will absolve severity
will sacred breath
and resplendent arrogance
protect against
the light diminishing

I'll never know
the way to suffocate
this haunting sense
of time empyreal
devotional
and echoed infinite
contentiously
the weight will break you

with only vestigial faith
and an open grave
with only a heart profane
built on loss and pain
with only contempt and grief
born of false belief
we're only the strong made weak
turned to apathy

what stands to hollow ground
as the sky falls down
what matters to sun and stars
as we lose our hearts

look into my eyes
and promise me
the strength to live
will absolve severity
will sacred breath
and resplendent arrogance
protect against
the light diminishing

I'll never know
the way to suffocate
this haunting sense
of time empyreal
devotional
and echoed infinite
contentiously
the weight will break you
down

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10. Exhaustion

in empty days and anxious nights,
when truth has failed and fairness dies,
when hopeless grief defeats your faith,
I'll be your strength, I'll keep you safe

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11. Priest Of The Raven

don't fear the dark
close your eyes and pray
call upon conviction
bleed autonomy

don't fear the dead
the spirit lives and breathes
all we ask is trust, intent,
and all that's in between
don't fear the Mind
and the answers we receive
Wisdom reawakened
is our immortality

don't fear the light
or the failure it reveals
nevermind the tenement
destroyed by dead ideals
don't fear contempt
for occluded liberty
demonstrate refusal
of betrayed integrity

adulate the blackbird
sublimate the soul
venerate the raven
contest against control
deny the bitter anodyne
renounce all that you know
command the stars and heavens
'as above so below'

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12. Apophenia

I've been fading
further away
feeling colder
and more alone today
this heart's haunted
hollow and grey
I've been fading
further away

it's getting harder
not to give in
it's getting harder
not to give in

there's no heaven
no salvation to gain
every dream ends
and takes something away
this heart's haunted
hollow and grey
there's no heaven
and no salvation to gain

it's getting harder
not to give in
it's getting harder
not to give in

so tell me
am I wrong to feel defeat?
in indifference
have I failed to be sincere?
I've been desperate
I've been lost and I've been weak
so tell me
will I ever be complete?

so tell me
am I wrong to feel defeat?
in indifference
have I failed to be sincere?
I've been desperate
I've been lost and I've been weak
so tell me
will I ever be complete?

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13. The Theurgist

under my own will alone
my life at my command
the balance of the light and dark
I carry in my hands

fire
I devote my heart and mind
I alone define my life
I invite the light inside
and set my soul on fire

there's no truth without direction
no meaning is enough
I confess dissent with conviction
and attest to my distrust
under my own will alone
my life at my command
the balance of the light and dark
I carry in my hands

fire
I devote my heart and mind
I alone define my life
I invite the light inside
and set my soul on fire

fire
I devote my heart and mind
I alone define my life
I invite the light inside
and set my soul on fire

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Reclamation

disorder
denial
consumed
with conflagration
resistance
repentance
defeat and
reclamation

holding out for reasons
reason won't survive
holding out for reasons
reason won't survive

disorder
denial
consumed
with conflagration
resistance
repentance
defeat and
reclamation

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