LYRICS
Vox Populi
VOX POPULI
Take me down, down, down, down, down.
Beneath the surface, masquerade my misery.
I reached out in the dark
only to pull my hand back with nothing, after all.
Take me down, down, down, down, down. (x4)
Will you remember me?
And we created an ocean of gods,
with the voice of a thousand to none.
So, peel back the veil that brought beginnings
our nights were spent beneath the stars.
And I’m still blinded by the lack of faith in me.
In me.
& you lost your faith in me.
But we lived, when we lived in error
cracked stone, you unearthed this terror
Dear sightless lullaby, please save us once last time.
Yet we live in spite of the Morningstar.
Down, down, down, down
So take me down, down, down, down, down.
And we created an ocean of gods.
(Reap what you sow)
With the voice of a thousand to none.
When our light keeps safer in silence
broken jaws wont end the violence
blood on your tongue, I’m the nihilist-
these circles won’t save you now.
‘Cause I’m out of options.
Drown in our ocean of gods
or sing out to sparrows and fawns
long lost resentment with claws
I’ve been awake for it all
wired to earth for the fall
I can’t this time, I’ve been trapped in your lie-
dear sightless lullaby.
RITUALS
RITUALS
In these
Realms of light
atop my throne of
black and white
sever ties through blood and rites
rituals so kneel tonight
through broken glass
hearts stitched up
“Love to last”
holy for me I’ve made you fast
if only we’d made it back
Let go
we don’t feel the same
and we cant waste away
oh and eyes roll
If I don’t stop myself
I’ll feel this way again
so hold the ritual
all night long
we’ve said enough
And I’ll tell you now
I lost, you found
devotion to the desperate
The morning star
will shine upon your door
a resume of sound, you’re looking for
against the dark I hope you feel my love
a symphony of lust I can’t ignore
and oh my love
don’t you bare those teeth at me
Razor blades, you like it back and forth
marked for death
without a thousand roses
at my threshold.
My, what a deadly martyr
drown us in these leagues of water
pinned down by my sheer desires
to know the warmth of her fires
of her fires.
Oh god could you be my sin?
And the chemicals overflow
and my pride wins
but heavens no,
not rain or snow
could take you to
the worlds I own
Oh my love
last call to heed the warnings
I hope you bend before you break
we taste such pretty sinsin moonlight
come down
come down
come down
beneath the ocean that I love
mercy is a gift that you’ll never find
come down
‘cause I
buried you deep
where Its safest from my mind
you’ll never step where the
gold meets the lights
caution be damned
You’re the blinding
And I’m the light.
SO THAT IT MAY PERSIST
We’ve got this porcelain love
that may break sometimes
down on our knees
we let it wake our signs
We’re dream-walking now.
oh you’re the love
while I’m the tide
I pull you in and watch you dive
Am I too late?
Am I too late?
It’s cracked like glass, my tortured soul
Hold my hand don’t let it go
Am I too late?
Am I too late?
oh my love I see it too late
Reflections of broken nightmares
no, creature of my affection
I let you feed on my ambitions.
So, sink your teeth in just a little more
don’t bite off more than you can chew
all my life I’ve been alone
waiting for angels to
pour the sand my hourglass is all but broken dreams
oh my love I see it too late
Reflections of broken nightmares
no, creature of my affection
I told you once its found with me
but then I break it
only on the surface of the skin can I fake it
Call out once more for a king that forsakes us
see the stars once-
its a curse and I cant shake it
spirits ran through your hair like you’re make believe
Seraphine, I could really use the fucking dopamine.
SCYTHE
I still see you
run from the shadow
you reap what you sow
I’m your god now
so swallow my ego
Cat got your tongue?
One in the chamber of a loaded gun
I’ll have you in time
And I love the way
you run from the grave
contemplate me as the liar
knife over spades
hearts are remade
love for the chase
I desired
‘cause I love the way
you run from your pain
exorcise your dark dreams for me
I never said that I would let you go
I never said that I would let this go
‘Cause
I love the way that you sin then plead
I love your body in all my greed
I recount love, like a broken dream
scythe to my heart you are all I need.
run from the shadow
you reap what you sow
I’m your god now
so swallow my ego
Cat got your tongue?
One in the chamber of a loaded gun
so wont you
run run run run run? (x3)
LUNAR EFFIGY
I can feel it’s calling me
to be broken and lost in grace
I can feel it calling me
to leave the past behind me
&
Tell me, love
is it my affliction?
tell me it fades away
digging down deep where the ashes lie
balance over might & I swore forever
I swore forever
Crystals like her eyes and
blue souls but they run red
dark kiss on the pavement
where our death and the gods met
Its constantly found between
severing what’s left of me
crimson tides in loving eyes
she awaits me patiently
so, claw out the sun
so you cant see what you’ve done
I’m just fire and failures now
(I can feel its calling me)
&
Tell me, love
is it my affliction?
tell me it fades away
digging down deep where the ashes lie
balance over might & I swore forever
I swore forever
my mistakes are apparitions
it’s covered in black, knives in my back
calm before the storm
that rages deep
I believe that somewhere there’s peace
clairvoyance escapes me.
Quintessence of love that I lost
gold where there’s lead blood for the cost
Her wings pull me down
(I believe that somewhere there’s peace clairvoyance escapes me)
Her wings hold me down
(Quintessence of love that I lost)
somewhere this garden lies, lost to you and I.
ARBORETUM
who said that you could be broken?
not left alone when you needed me
shadow my love as it’s lost in you.
I’ve bled enough for this life, but who?
Who is the soul in the mirror?
Who is the soul in the mirror?
a ghost of what’s left
beneath the skin and bones
sanctuaries unkempt
beneath this plaster mold
and who said I’m alive?
Faulty wires left to time.
who said that you could be broken?
not left alone when you needed me
shadow my love as it’s lost in you.
I’ve bled enough for this life but who?
Who is the soul in the mirror?
Who is the soul in the mirror?
Those eyes made to break me
constantly awake sees
me for what I am but
rejects what our fate brings
Those eyes made to break me
constantly awake sees
me for what I am but
rejects what our fate brings
Those eyes made to break me
constantly awake sees
me for what I am but
rejects what our fate brings
AWAKEN
All love but I’ve hollowed in time
wires and the concepts went blind
Followed but the shepherds confined
I push out without a heart I call mine
I say we never escaped
chained with this broken lock
I say we stayed here by choice
convictions weren’t enough
how could you say that with love?
My pupils dilate
I say you’re under a spell
I said enough is enough
I lie awake
hate every night
so I could hold her
I’m not your savior
But its not over
While I’m awake
I’m cracking from the weight within
and all that suffering
was it enough?
Because I’ve
had my fill of filth
Bones tied back with silk
ropes and wax until
love breaks minds
hold still
the blood wont stop
looks kill
Her tears made it rain for a thousand years
Her tears made it rain for a thousand years
Her tears made it rain for a thousand years
eyes of millions
minds uncertain
holy was her light
and misery loves company
complexities all one
I loathe to
claim I hold her soul too
while I fell in love with this pretty lie
but muse be damned
caught in expanse
of love we left behind
Because
I’m the shadow singing on your mantle
songs in the night from your broken candle
lost love to the endless midnight.
TARNISHED LOVE
Ethereal Treason
Tarnished Love
Two truths, one lie,
everything you said was a waste of time
Tarnished love, but we take what’s mine
(oh)
hold the ropes close, I’ll break the line
I loved you but you wasted mine
two shots, one lie
“every little thing was a waste of time.”
And I don’t know if it’s sane
but I hang on every word that you say
I cant help but explain
that every time you leave I’m left with pain
We’re in and out
with sight and sound
lost in her golden shroud
broken, no doubt
I can’t see it through-
I’d take water in my lungs
to breathe for you.
For you.
& I don’t know if its sane
I don’t know if its sane
Wire inside me
failing my circuitry
we blossomed from the seas
dark lunar effigy
Two truths, one lie
everything you said was a waste of time
yeah, you took what’s mine
(oh)
hold the ropes close, I’ll break the line
I loved you but you wasted mine
two shots, one lie
“every little thing was a waste of time.”
& I don’t know if it’s sane,
but I hang on every word that you say
I can’t help but explain
that every time you leave I’m left with pain
& I don’t know if it’s sane,
but I hang on every word that you say.
I can’t help but explain
that every time you leave I’m left with pain.
And we left it brokenhearted,
no life left.
100 miles of desolate road,
where’s our warning?
clearly what glitters isn’t golden
I couldn’t love myself again again again
And I don’t know if its sane,
(I couldn’t love myself again again again)
but I hang on every word you say.
(I couldn’t love myself again again again)
(word you say)
And I don’t know if its sane,
(I couldn’t love myself again again again)
but I hang on every word you say.
You say.
CHAINED IN TIME
Bound by these chains
I fell to the ground
Lonely enough
I held love for the sound
remember the skies
back when feeling were found
between the past and the currents surround
so call back the oceans
tame all the seas
betrayed by the sting
of my memories
So hold this line
I see mistakes are made
in black and white
so hold these ashes
while they fall
love like home
felt like mere hours
id see her alone
feelings were never unsure
here in the void
I found love
like sinking a ship
the sharks circle above
deep is the sea
won’t you swim up with me?
And why won’t you see?
While were drowning within
eyes behind a mask
left here alone
unholy a task
countless, my love
what fire could last?
I’m sorry
oh yeah?
what fires could last?
I’m sorry.
Blind before the lights
witness the strength
creation of might
reduced to mere ash
from grins to insight
hollow in graves
I lost you in time.
RECURSIVE CLOCKWORK
Painted eyes with stolen harmony
I’ve given all to stop the bleed
come or go, you’re on your knees
better men than you have tried
better men than you have tried
I await in the dark
the void, the endless
so stop me if you’ve heard it please
but true love is dishonest
& I promise.
Because I’ve seen the face
of love and hate
god forbid I feel ashamed
when we both know
its been our fate
whats smoke to the fire
you set ablaze?
How can you take
what can’t be made
and twist it deep until
it breaks
while you whisper
that you’re genuinely sorry?
Ill never say that broken phrase
if I cant feel it when you say it
I guess I’m leaving but who’s really sorry?
‘Cause I make the same mistakes
again again again
Yes I made the same mistakes again.
A DISTORTION OF MOMENTS
There’s a sweet symphony
clawing at your door
found me adrift upon the stolen shores
Acquiescence of a lonely sort
and I can’t sleep
we float above the stars awake constantly
No I can’t sleep
bound by the whispers of the sky’s fractal embrace
So won’t you see me for what I am?
Lets call it fiction
if you listened
I would run to golden lights
not just sedition
your ambition
couldn’t stop the bloody fights
And I let you go
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
When I can’t escape myself
I’ll turn myself on you
Are we lost or found?
Because unstable lines
are formed beneath uncertainty
So can you deceive
what I believe will set you free?
and I can’t sleep
we float above the stars awake constantly
No I can’t sleep
bound by the whispers of the sky’s fractal embrace
Lets call it fiction
if you listened
I would run to golden lights
not just sedition
your ambition
couldn’t stop the bloody fights
And I let you go
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
When I can’t escape myself
I’ll turn myself on you
Are we lost or found?
Are we lost or found?
Are we lost or found?
Are we lost or found?
And these memories
now they’re give or take
And all I thought I’d be
is buried in mistakes.
DEATH IS A DREAMER
FACE CARDS
our love is treason
and I’d swing in the sun
if the moon of my night
could love.
If the moon could love.
Look, dear love,
look dear love
I held faith
in your stars.
I found the key to my soul
long ago…
and you’ll break me down inside
while I’m holding all the face cards.
With the words in tact
as they slide down your throat
I’m unbroken.
I’m unbroken, I-
Take everything back.
No more stars in December.
When there’s nowhere to hide,
no more lies,
our love is treason
GRAVEBOUND
because I sold my life
for a chance at redemption
all my time
wasted on her intentions
I’m slave to the soul of her love
with death in her touch
am I asking too much?
my soul
lets out a cry
sing my name for them to say.
I cant escape the sword she swings every day-
I’m gravebound
buried my heart way down
I’m gravebound, yeah
I’m gravebound.
and I suppose its fair that way,
I suppose we’d never stay.
we’re gravebound.
we’re gravebound.
lets fade away,
let go and fade away.
Ink to the touch
and her skin is a rush
blood for her blood
when is blood not enough?
Because were gravebound
we’re gravebound and down
we’re gravebound.
I’ve given all my soul for this.
(won’t you be happy when my soul is dead?
Alone in my head, alone in my head)
all my soul for this.
(and my sadness, my sadness wins again)
all my soul for this
My soul, lets out a cry
sing my name for them to say
I cant escape the sword she swings every day
I’m gravebound
buried my heart way down
I’m gravebound, yeah
I’m gravebound
And I suppose its fair that way,
I suppose we’d never stay.
we’re gravebound
we’re gravebound
lets fade away
let go and fade away.
I am the one that sings to shadows and gods.
I am the broken left beneath the surface.
Gravebound.
My soul
lets out a cry,
sing my name for them to say.
I cant escape the sword she swings every day.
I’m gravebound
buried my heart way down
I’m gravebound, yeah
I’m gravebound
and I suppose its fair that way
I suppose we’d never stay
we’re gravebound
we’re gravebound
lets fade away
let go and fade away.
DEATH IS A DREAMER
I’ve been pleading
to the gods of death
telling me to sing to who’s left
stuck in your dreams
you’ve become the next thing
that’ll pray for love
we’re silver at heart
but death is a dreamer
reflective eyes
my soul couldn’t keep her
lost yeah I’m lost in you
lost yeah I’m lost in you
sleepless souls
all hang on you
what could you have done to stop it?
blood from the pedals
that rose from my dreams
filling the cup
that was meant for me
I’ve been pleading
to the gods of death
telling me to sing to who’s left
stuck in your dreams
you’ve become the next thing
that’ll pray for love
we’re silver at heart
but death is a dreamer
reflective eyes
my soul couldn’t keep her
lost yeah I’m lost in you
lost yeah I’m lost in you
graves for thousands of sins
you reap what you sow
but the needles within
cold are the sands to the bones
don’t leave it to me
or I’ll die alone
alone
now I’m alone inside
the death of me
I’ve been pleading
to the gods of death
telling me to sing to who’s left
stuck in your dreams
you’ve become the next thing
that’ll pray for love
we’re silver at heart
but death is a dreamer
reflective eyes
my soul couldn’t keep her
lost yeah I’m lost in you
lost yeah I’m lost in you
I’m exhausted babe
something in me let it fade away
kill my mind like prey
something in me must’ve died today
you talk pretty for a liar
split souls with a heart on fire
split souls with a heart on fire
I’ve been pleading
to the gods of death
telling me to sing to who’s left
stuck in your dreams
you’ve become the next thing
that’ll pray for love
we’re silver at heart
but death is a dreamer
reflective eyes
my soul couldn’t keep her
lost yeah I’m lost in you
lost yeah I’m lost in you
