#191: Canvas - Sacrificium

Canvas

Sacrificium

Genre: Death Metal

My face the canvas for your vision of me
Happy smiley face, too weak for life itself,
Corrupted - superhuman - hypocrite with a halo
Prisoner and hostage of it's own faith

The vision - distorted, not me at all
What you hate and fear, projected on me
Lack of knowledge, lack of mind,
Fearing I'd wipe the clouds from your eyes

I struggle, I fight, I fall, I bleed, but my soul is free
I suffer, I starve, I cry, I die, but my soul is free

Despair, one of my worst enemies
Brave enough to admit, my human weakness
Prison, hostage and their guard I see too
Anxious to see how they trying to get out

My scars are telling the story - I am human
Trying to survive this place - nothing else
Trying to survive this place - but not alone
Trying to hold my feet on the ground
(I am not alone)

I struggle, I fight, I fall, I bleed, by bloody reality
I suffer, I starve, I cry, I die, my soul is free

Smiley face protects me from killing
Fighting the infinite reasons to hate
Trying to survive this place, everyday
Smiling face on the canvas survives

#190: I Think I'm Going To See You - Showbread

I Think I'm Going To See You

Showbread

Genre: Raw Rock

Madness is like love, it makes you see the world a different way
Maybe love just helps you say the things that madness can't convey

When an evil spirit leaves a man, it goes flying through the desert
Looks for a place to stay and then comes back
And that's what's got me hiding out from rapists, thieves and perverts
The newsman telling me we're under attack

Because the more the world puts in my mouth, the less I feel like chewing it
I found the way to madness and I'm opening the door
Cause the more they say what's on my mind, the more I feel I'm losing it
They tell me what to care about and I don't care anymore

Cause there's a hole in the fabric of my sanity
and it's getting big enough to see through
And on the other side of losing my mind I think I'm gonna see you

I pledge allegiance to myself, don't make much sense to me
And if freedom frees the idiots, I don't think I've been set free
With all the emphasis on money and guns and looking out for number one
Seems like clouds in my coffee

Because the world is a lady with a veil over her face
But I'm tearing it away cause she's got something to hide
And all our hopes and dreams I fear have been badly misplaced
Cause life means giving up yourself, I'm not afraid to die

Cause there's a hole in the fabric of my sanity
and it's getting big enough to see through
And on the other side of losing my mind I think I'm gonna see you

There's a fire on the flag that makes you who you are
And I think my mask is starting to slip
And now that everything's breaking down, I think I'm getting a grip

The more the world puts in my mouth, the more I feel like throwing up
I've found the way to freedom and I'm opening the door
The more they tell me how to care, the more and more I'm giving up
Afraid of God and life and death, I'm not afraid anymore

There's a hole in the fabric of my sanity and it's getting big enough to see through
And on the other side of losing my mind I think I'm gonna see you

There's a hole in the fabric of my sanity and it's getting big enough to see through
And on the other side of losing my mind I think I'm gonna see you

There's a fire on the flag that makes you who you are
And I think my mask is starting to slip
And now that everything's breaking down, I think I'm getting a grip

There's a hole in the fabric of my sanity and it's getting big enough to see through
And on the other side of losing my mind I think I'm going to see you

#189: The Madness of Nebuchadenezzar - Pantokrator

The Madness of Nebuchadenezzar

Pantokrator

Genre: Death Metal

Fun fact: The instrumental intro for this song is exactly 30 seconds, on the dot.

Thou, O King, art King of kings...
Thou art this head of Gold!

Dew covereth my skin as I wake up in the fields
Amongst the beasts I roam
A beast I am

My hair is grown like eagles feathers
My nails like claws of birds

Behold my howl in the night
I was warned, I was told by the prophet
Pride is madness
And madness will rob me of all

The brute of the fields
I bear the marks of the wild
I am the ghost of evening shade
For seven years I have haunted the forests
Driven out from the realm of men
Entrapped in the realm of shadows

I was told by the prophet
Humility is wisdom
And wisdom will give me my crown

Through humility glory will be mine
As I lift up my eyes I finally realise
As I praise the Lord of the heavens
The past slips away like a dream

I know who I was
I know who I am
Nebuchadnezzar
No less that a king
Now more than a man

#188: Trilogy of Knowledge - Believer

Trilogy of Knowledge

Believer

Genre: Trash/Prog Metal

[INTRO: THE BIRTH]

[MOVEMENT I: THE LIE]

The fruit from the tree was so pleasing to my eye
The serpent said that I would not die

The serpent shall be cursed, he will crawl about and eat dust
I will put enmity between the woman and you
Man will crush your head, you will strike his heel

The wisdom of the world will be mine if I eat
What can it hurt if I take it and eat?

I will greatly increase the woman's pain
When bearing children all of your days
You will desire man, he will rule over you

Take some, man, gain wisdom, too
Eat from the tree, it's what you must do

The land will be cursed because of man
Producing thorns to make him bleed
By your sweat you will live until death
Dust you are and to dust you will return

[Genesis 3:1]

[MOVEMENT II: THE TRUTH]

(Then Jesus was lead by the Spirit into
the desert to be tempted by the Devil.
After fasting 40 days and 40 nights, he
was hungry. The Tempter came to him
and said...)

If you're the son of God
Tell these stones to become bread

Man does not live on bread
But by words from the mouth of God

If you're the son of God
Throw yourself to the ground, God will save you

But is written
Do not put your God to the test

All the world I give you
If you bow and worship me

Leave me now and worship
The Lord your God, serve Him only

When Satan left him there
The angels came to him
Temptation lost

[Matthew 4:1-11]

[MOVEMENT III: THE KEY]

Evil scheming, wicked violence
And such is the end of all with ill gotten gain

Hatred, rejection, mocking others
This takes the lives of those with ill gotten gain

Do not walk on paths of the wicked
They are the darkness and they don't understand

The path of the righteous first dawns, gleaming
Shining brighter 'till the full light of day

Do not offer body to sin
Offer yourselves to God as those brought to life

Therefore put on the armor of God
So when that day of evil comes, you can stand your ground

[Pr. 1:19, 4:14-19; Ro. 6:13; Ep. 6:13-14]