Hear me now, my tale to be told
Of dreams of greed and sins of old
The tide breaks calm and closes in
The sails catch wind my tale begins...

Journey out to sea, Lust and greed follow me
Ride the path to shame, Winds of deceit call my name

Shipwreck of centuries o

When the night is gettin' old
And the air is gettin' colder
You know I'll never fold up
I turn my back on fear...

As I lie awake alone
And the voices come to taunt me
Every night another haunting
Driving me beyond my years...

When sleep finally flies me away

Sometimes I wanna cut myself
So you'll flow out of my veins
The kiss that tainted my blood
Is beating down my heart again

I want to bleed you from my heart
I want to bleed you from my veins
I want to kill you... in my mind
I want to bleed away the pain

These d

All this suffering yet I cannot feel it
Words of consolation I bring to you
I am torn by grief and sorrow
For me there's no tomorrow

Hiding under your shroud of security
For your peace of mind
I've lived and learned with gifts bestowed on me
But I was left behind

Gaunt figures of a dismal world
Cast in grey with tattered flags unfurled
Gone beyond just me and you
The perfect symmetry of being ripped in two

Blue is the color of life
While you're cast in grey
All the years of tomorrow
That are gone today

Pallid shadows o

This mortal path I tread its trials are killing me
As swirling winds of change now blow inside of me
And clouds of ash have blinded eyes that once could see
The path to happiness that lies in front of me

Looking down at circle number nine
Where my soul will fly
Circle n

Breathing in this life I'm livin' yeah
The taste is bitter sweet
All the hardships endured
I anticipate
The time when I'm solid

Looking past the downpours
To a day that's cloudless

Now, each day I pray
The turmoil will pass
I'm hoping that today is the day

I've opened myself up
Exposed my vulnerability
Yet all you can do is sit there in silence
Leaving me empty

God forbid you should show some emotion
God forbid you should ease my pain
God forbid you allowed me security
That all my words have not been in vain

God

Life's so fast, got to make it last
You've got to let your feelings show
Don't have all the answers to cure life's cancer
I've been around enough to know

Life... another cross that we bear
Hope... amidst the pain and despair
Release your pain

World's a mess, we've

Crawling through your mind
A cancer on the inside
Spreading sickness 'til no life remains

You let me gain a foothold
Now, I'll never let go
I will choke your spirit down to its last breath

You are dead already
I'm just placing pennies on your eyes

I'm the im

As I lay here my lifeblood is flowing
Can you feel all of the pain I'm knowing
Cannot understand but still I know feelings
Your frightful existence has me reeling
What importance do I hold for you
Just a status symbol of the things you do
You can rationalize your reasons<

The memory lives in me to this day
I awake that morning to sorrow and to pain
I stand silent amidst the cries
Told your soul's been called
Robbed of all your guidance
When it was needed most

Drown me in a sea of empty
Deliver me to nothingness
Beyond the door wh

Reaching for the heavens
But my hands are full of holes
The holes in my hands
Won't let me grasp the stars

Reaching for the heavens
But my hands are full of holes
The holes in my hands
Won't let me grasp the stars
So long I've been a dreamer
My head high up

A bleaker day I've never seen
Reality has settled in
Cause when I look at you I'm sick inside
When I think that what we shared has died

Love dies... only pain survives

The cruelest of all illusions
Darkest of all deceptions
I naively believed that love transcends

If you could see the world
In the same light as I do
But you don't
So you can't and you won't
You'll never understand my views
And I don't care
You can't relate
I'm past the point of hate
And you know it

I've got my heart on my sleeve
For you to love or

Out of the blackness
Comes the saving light
Lifts me on wings
To a dizzying height

I can't believe it
I know I need it

Revel in feelings
Of borrowed time
Taking for granted
The things I thought were mine

Time is coming near
The day that I

From the inside looking out
Distorts what I'm about
Strains from emptiness
Change to bitterness
You have turned me
To what you thought I was
I don't care now
The past is now the past

The scars inside don't heal
The pain no more can I feel
I'm callous, al

All through life
Whatever I've been dealt
I've taken it in stride
And I've always felt
Sure of myself
Confident with pride
Rode through it all
Grounded from inside

Always

Even through
The adversity
I never let the pain
Break the will in me

Here I stand looking into you
No need to tell me what you're going through
Cause man I've been there myself

When life dealt out pain
I'd swallow it and hold it in
Then I learned to unlock the scream
Buried deep within
Now parts standing still are moving

Reborn

You pretend to be my friend
But you can't make that which isn't real
You fill your mind with facts
But you will never get the feel

It's not quite right
You're not what you seem
One part false
Two parts obscene

Back stabbing hypocrite
Won't let you s