#293: Young Heretic - As Hell Retreats

Young Heretic

As Hell Retreats

Genre: Metalcore

As Hell Retreats on: Facebook MySpace

I can only hope
That everything you tell me is righteous
Because I cannot see it all.
I can only inherit it for my own safety.
With no revelation of what this all means
I’ll keep believing there is something
And only hope that I am living life with a meaning.

But who are you? Who are you, god?
What am I looking for?
Am I afraid to search so I can keep my image clean?
Or should I cross this line, because I feel so alone?
I’m only feeling alone.
Am I the only one who feels like I’m living a perceived lie?

With no revelation of what this all means
I’ll keep believing there is something
And I can hope I’m living life with a meaning
Or am I living life for nothing?

#292: Cry of the Oppressed - In the Midst of Lions

Cry of the Oppressed

In the Midst of Lions

Genre: Deathcore

In the Midst of Lions on: Facebook MySpace

This is a cry of the oppressed! This is a cry of the oppressed!

I fix my eyes above and I scream for relief.
This suffering is just too much.
My God, hear my cry.

My throat is raw from screaming
and the pain is setting in.
What's become of my life?
This isn't how I imagined it.

He is faithful. He has heard my cry.
This darkness will not be allowed to be the end.
Deliver me from the hands of my oppressors.

Show me the light. Show me the light.
I fix my eyes above and I scream for relief.
This suffering is just too much.
I will trust in a God who first trusted in me
to save me from the hands that placed me here.

Free me from my oppressors.
Lead me from the chains that bind me here.
Free me from my oppressors.
Lead me from the chains that bind me here.

I will trust in a God who first trusted in me
to lead me from the hands that placed me here.

I am free. I am free. I am free! I am free!

I'm no longer a stranger in a foreign land.
The promises made have been answered.
I will walk with my head held high,
Proclaiming the name of the one who saved me.

This is a cry of the oppressed!

#291: Scrolls of the Megilloth - Mortification

Scrolls of the Megilloth

Mortification

Genre: Grindcore/Death Metal

Mortification on: Facebook MySpace

Guidance of our intimacy
Holy love is what I see
Direction from the book of life
Song of songs in the Megilloth

Existence of admiration
Man's part of God's creation
Scrolls of the Megilloth
Scrolls of the Megilloth

David's genealogy
A female friend is she
Ruth is a book of love
To overcome difficulties
Boaz, symbolic of Christ
Redeeming His holy Church

Esther, victory of morals
Over conniving racist king
Sovereignty and great courage
Protection of God's people

Taken to captivity
A sense of tragedy
Jeremiah's Lamentation
Grieving for his nation
Destruction is a logical result
Of defying God

A book of philosophy
Frustration absurdity
Everything has a season
Purposed under Heaven
Ecclesiastes, Solomon's searching
Just like your life

#290: Rites of Death - Antestor

Rites of Death

Antestor

Genre: Dark Metal

Antestor on: Facebook MySpace

Rites of death, rites of undeath
We're falling, we're falling down

I told you we're in too deep
Transfer life into what's dead
The act of human playing God

Redoing the acts of medieval
Witchcraft and the worship of dead

We're falling, we're falling down
From our throne, so supposedly high
When we confront the power great
The might of our own creator

Transfer life into what's dead
The act of human playing God

The rites of undeath
Is the testament of our own death

#289: Orison - Hope for the Dying

Orison

Hope for the Dying

Genre: Melodic Death Metal

Hope for the Dying on: Facebook MySpace hopeforthedying.com

My prayer, my prayer
That faith will be my voice of reason
Through trials and storms
My hope will always lie in you
If I should fail
Your mercy will be never failing
My hope in the unseen to stay forever strong

That through flame and fire
My mouth never denies
That my hearts desires
My mouth never denies

You pardon all of the transgression that I’ll ever see
Your mercy reaches past my burdens and my apathy
If ever I should thirst with water you reach out to me
If ever I should fear unfailing love will surround me

Rectify my life,
I want to burn for you
Take this flesh and bone
and make it what you will

That I may seek you in the darkest of the blackest nights
That I may know that those who truly seek will always find
That I may knock and know the door will always open wide
That I reflect upon the day the stone was rolled aside

#288: Like There's No Tomorrow - Author, Creator

Like There's No Tomorrow
(Feat. Travis & David Of Darkest Before Dawn)

Author, Creator

Genre: Deathcore

Author, Creator on: Facebook - Darkest Before Dawn on: Facebook

They don't believe that you can change at all.
And I myself am not convinced, but I know you know you're better than this.
I'm so fed up.
I've had it with you passing judgement on my life, while you celebrate your sins.

Look in my eyes, listen to me now:
Why is it so hard just to tell me the truth about how you feel, if you can't understand what I mean when I ask you why you treat me this way, every time you lie to me?
Why?

Would you trade your soul?
As far as anyone knows, you've already sold what's real.
And when you find yourself at the edge of the shelf, remember what you're here for.

Look in my eyes, and see what you've become. We are both victims, caught up in this constant struggle to prove each other wrong.

I hope you'll listen to me, I hope you'll understand.
We were not meant to dismantle ourselves with this petty execration.

We were called to love, unconditionally.
We were called to Love, unconditionally.

I forgive you, not because I want to, but I forgive you
because I know that there is something better waiting for us on the other side of this
conflict if we can only work through this together, lest we perish within the conclusion that we can't forgive ourselves.

Why would you trade your soul?
As far as anyone knows, you've already sold what is real.
And when you find yourself on the edge of the shelf, remember what you're here for.

You were meant for so much more.
Remember what you're here for.

#287: from One End of the Sky to the Other - Phinehas

from One End of the Sky to the Other

Phinehas

Genre: Melodic Metalcore

Phinehas on: Phinehas.us Facebook MySpace

part the dark sky that keeps me from Your eyes
even as the darkness descends
my cry came to Your ears
as my heroes fail me
they leave me to fend on my own
my cry came to Your ears

the earth withers beneath me
i'm always looking towards the clouds
i know we are not alone
can't help but feel You in my bones
when all is dead and gone Your love will still remain
from one end of the sky to the other you burn your banner

cords of the grave, snares of death cannot take me from You
i see the eyes of the empty
they form an eclipse above me
until i find safety in Your memory
safety in Your memory
safety in Your memory
safety in the memory of Your faithfulness

bright lights are breaking through the sky
dark clouds are pouring from Your feet
the seas and valleys all run dry
so reach through the sky and capture me
my cry came to Your ears
dark clouds are pouring from Your feet
your love saved no mercy for Yourself

so reach through the sky and capture me


the earth withers beneath me
i'm always looking towards the clouds
i know we are not alone
can't help but feel You in my bones

when all is dead and gone Your love will still remain
from one end of the sky to the other you burn your banner


the earth withers beneath me
i'm always looking towards the clouds
i know we are not alone
can't help but feel You in my bones

#286: Matriarch - As Hell Retreats

Matriarch

As Hell Retreats

Genre: Metalcore

As Hell Retreats on: Facebook MySpace

My matriarch, my anchor
Was the only thing to give me grasp and connection
To what love was to me and what love could ever be.

Instead you decimate my thoughts of what a loving being I could have been.
Now I will never reach that high.
She was the saint that had believed in me, Lord.
She was the only saint that I had eyes for.

You left me here, alone. What did I do?
I was starting to put my faith in you!
Could you not see that she was the only one that kept the single golden thread
From being cut from truth?

Nothing stays gold, or so I am told
Now may I be so bold to say that this life is worth nothing!

I am only so young, God.
But you don’t even flinch to take away my matriarch, my anchor.
Innocence is dead.
My matriarch, my anchor…is dead.

#285: Requiem for the Blessed Damned - Your Chance to Die

Requiem for the Blessed Damned

Your Chance to Die

Genre: Melodic Death Metal

Your Chance to Die on: Facebook ReverbNation MySpace

The depths of our depravation.
Oh how far we've fallen,
further and faster into the depths
always prepared to take the next bite.

Forgetting what is right here,
but have you ever looked into the eyes
of someone who is dying?

Its always someone else's problem,
unless our appetite for flesh hasen't been sated.

All the sacrificial blood that was spilt!
Oh blessed country, how far you've fallen!
Your wound is as deep as the sea.
How you love your complacency!
But soon the earth will shake, the skies torn asunder.
And all will see your foul nakedness!

You will loath yourself for what you've become.
Outside the sword bereaves, inside there is only death.

How we conform to this world, afraid to break the mold.
Accursed flesh, which only seeks to kill!
Accursed soul, bound for the pit of fire!
I would cut out my own tongue
before I would betray You again
for I love Thee more than my own life!

If we must bow, let it be to the only Truth which has stood for all eternity.
And all will bow in one way or another.
Be not deceived, all will fall.. they'll fall down to their knees.

So light up the darkness
Destroy the blindness
Embrace the innocent
And fear not to believe

Discard this decaying flesh,
and choose wisely your god,
for mine will devour them all!

#284: Hush Yael - Oh, Sleeper

Hush Yael

Oh, Sleeper

Genre: Metalcore

Oh, Sleeper on: Facebook MySpace

Hush Yael, I hear them coming,
We'll hide here until we're safe.
Just hold tight to me,
Until they find what they need.

Hush little Yael,
I hear them leaving for the beach,
Where on the stone and sand,
Your sister finds her sleep.

Wet your jaws for the world,
We're going back to the darkest hours.
Where our kind has confirmed,
We are the masters of sin and slaughter.

On the 22nd day of the 4th month,
1979 warrants a judgement.
'Cause he came,
And he saw,
And this coward conquered a family asleep in their home.
(Rise! Rise!)
We must rise for the helpless and fight for their justice!

So lift your voices high,
Higher than the mountains of their spite.
We are,
We are the fearless,
The ruthless,
The heralds of our time!

So lift your voices high,
Higher than the mountains of their spite.
We are,
We are the fearless,
The ruthless,
The heroes of our time!

She had to watch,
Him pull the trigger in her daddy's back,
Then put his face to the waves until he took his last.
Then he took her life with the butt of his gun,
Four years from when her life had begun!

(Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise!)
We are all weavers,
At the loom of slaughter.
But we will rise and make these victims our martyrs!

So lift your voices high,
Higher than the mountains of their spite.
We are,
We are the fearless,
The ruthless,
The heralds of our time!

So lift your voices high,
Higher than the mountains of their spite.
We are,
We are the fearless,
The ruthless,
The heroes of our time!

Make him beg for his life!
Make him beg for his life!
He made me watch as my family died.
He'll never know what its like!
So cut him slow until his soul takes flight!

Hush Yael,
They found him and they put him in chains,
The one who broke our home,
Is finally feeling pain.

Hush little Yael,
I'm sorry your lungs are empty.
But in your new home,
That man will not be seen.

End him slow! End him slow!
Make him feel the rocks that her temple rode!
End him slow!

#283: Man Made Disaster - Betraying the Martyrs

Man Made Disaster

Betraying the Martyrs

Genre: Melodic Deathcore

Betraying the Martyrs on: Facebook MySpace

I can't fight, you just made me what I am.

The fate made you my curse, as much as you are my poison.

I will live, but only if you save yourself, so please don't run away from me.

My name is life, I have ran across unimaginable vasts of land,

I have lived too long for you to comprehend.

I will never remember the names of all those that have held my hand,

that have held my hand.

I have cried in the faces, in the faces of a million corpses.

Though I will not live forever, no I have a parasite,

He who was the power to aid me, to cleanse me of disease.

Before you can save me, you must save yourselves.

Don't try to kill me for I will kill myself, so please don't run away from me,

see what I'm worth, my name is life, my body is earth, so please don't run away from me.

I have a body, its name, the earth, the power I bear will soon be apparent to you,

I will shake down in a cold suffocation spit a fiery death, consuming unbearable hate.

I will digest all traitors with a gut of concrete mass. I'll blow you away!

A wave I send to wash humanity clean with the soap of the martyr's tears,

it's been seen before, and will be seen once more, revival will be no option.

(Revival) will be no option. You must save yourself.

Don't try to kill me for I will kill myself, so please don't run away from me,

see what I'm worth, my name is life, my body is earth, so please don't run away from me.

I can't fight, you just made me what I am.

The fate made you my curse, as much as you are my poison.

I will live, but only if you save yourself, so please don't run away from me.

My name is life.

#282: Vindicator - 7 Horns 7 Eyes

Vindicator

7 Horns 7 Eyes

Genre: Melodic Death Metal

7 Horns 7 Eyes on: Facebook MySpace

Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck
I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold
I have come into the deep waters, the floods engulf me
Fear and trembling have beset me, horror has overwhelmed me

I am worn out calling for help, my throat is parched
My heart is in anguish with me, the terrors of death assail me

Many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me
They sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their words like deadly arrows
When they draw the bows let their arrows be blunted

O Lord, how many are my foes!
But You are a shield around me, O Lord, You bestow glory on me

I cry aloud, and He answers me
I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me

#281: Wake Up, #37, Wake Up - Not One Is Upright

Wake Up, #37, Wake Up

Not One Is Upright

Genre: Mathcore

Not One Is Upright on: Facebook MySpace

You bolt the door
And swallow the key
That's right, say you can't believe
There's no need-when you're freed-will to be
This is art.
Cannot see-can't perceive-cannot be
The coming of the end
Wince:
Strain to see-in this void-we're losing it
Is the art of man

Wrench these words from my jaws, drain, dehydrate

Because these words are fallible imperfect vessels tossing in a sea of thought
I can't tell you the truth but I can tell you where it is.
Dilettante
Settle or panic,
Passion blurs your vision
Midst your stride,
Risk it
You start to fade

Drop anchors. I can show you where it is.

Drop anchors.
Unrefined, my paradigm

Function, form, and fashion:
I know that what I am saying is raw, but witness the turning wheels of this global economy, grinding up man into ever smaller pieces. I see blank eyes and restless drawls responding to the emerging crisis of modern life, ringing emotions out. Don't invent inside what is out. Reason knows perfection as thirst knows water. If you're thirsty, then believe and satisfy your thirst. Drink from this cup. Come on bended knee. Don't let passion brand your battle, it'll only wear you out. Drink at the cross of redemption.

#280: Crowns - Phinehas

Crowns

Phinehas

Genre: Melodic Metalcore

Phinehas on: Phinehas.us Facebook MySpace

Draw your depiction

Stars become scars in the palm of Your hand bridged by blood

Your blood paints the paragon of unrequited love

Do you remember pain followed by reassurance and the light shining through

Bearing the poise of a Redeemer choking the shadows defeating death

Providence: laid out before us

A father's arms reaching as

The nations will hear a new song

As we're lead to the water

The nations will hear a new song

As we're lead to the water

Give us discernment

Doors that glow at the sound of forerunners' words

We are empty until you sit at the throne of our hearts

Break us free; unshackled from our dire condition

We have hope

Kings of earth bow down lose your crowns

Kings of earth bow down lose your crowns

Bow

The nations will hear a new song

As we're lead to the water

The nations will hear a new song…of rebirth

#279: Apostle - Hail the Blessed Hour

Apostle

Hail the Blessed Hour

Genre: Metalcore

Hail the Blessed Hour on: Facebook MySpace

The hearts of men are ravaged
In this age of destruction

This world seeks only to destroy itself

Seek what this Rotting flesh offers only for a time
Mankind is blinded feasting on the broken

And in the darkness the earth cries out
For the tongues of man no longer cry
They no longer sing of the glory of the lamb

Can my voice be heard or will I stand alone
As I sing of the Glory of the lamb that was Slain
The lamb that was Slain

The truth has grown silent

For the tongues of man no longer cry

They no longer sing of the glory of the lamb

The lamb that was Slain

Of the glory of the lamb that was Slain

That was Slain

Will I stand alone

#278: The Wishing Well - Phinehas

The Wishing Well

Phinehas

Genre: Rock/Metalcore

Phinehas is ridiculously good and deserves more attention. This song stood out to me, being a large departure from the style of the rest of the album. All of thegodmachine is incredible, though.

Phinehas on: Phinehas.us Facebook MySpace

A thunderstorm, a distant shore; I've witnessed this before

Patience was fleeting

If a thousand coins on the ocean floor would bring back love to me

I'll wait forever

Fill the sea with dreams of a wishing well

Waves bring back my coins to me

Drain the deep that teems with my empty shells

Slaves of sand still call for me

I once had love to give

I once had hoped to live

The rarest stones will break my bones and golden salt stops my lungs

The perfect limbs and haunting eyes begs the seas: begin to rise

Fill the sea with dreams of a wishing well

Waves bring back my coins to me

Drain the deep that teems with my empty shells

Slaves of sand still call for me

Man: And when these delusions come to fruition

Believe you me

I will strangle my self into nothingness

And be reborn from the dream of a blasphemous fool

In my sordid pelt of mold

I'll earn back years to me

The god of a nightmare will fall as I take back what is…

Devil: Mine!

Worthless swine enraptured by my vanity

Your soul sank under the weight of gold you offered me

Man: a waste of a life, squandered my heart until it rests upon the ocean floor barren

Watching the light descend deeper and deeper

A deadening feeling starts to grow in my ribs

Man: From where I lie, the waves overflow, with my blood

Devil: From where I hide, the snakes overgrown, with your blood

Man: Where are my years

I'll bleed dry by myself

I wish I was someone

Devil: You wish you were someone else

#277: Water - Hands

Water

Hands

Genre: Hardcore

Hands on: Facebook

Forgive me for falling out,

it's just not the way I see you.

Take me to the water.

Let there be light!

To reveal everything we've become.

Take me to the water.

I'm losing my faith

at the hands of the dynasty.

Take me to the water.

I just want something real.

From the shore, with the waves to my back.

I can see a wasteland of blasphemy.

Spoiled fruit, reaped from crooked trees.

God, are these your seeds?

Are these your branches?

I'm so disgusted with all of this.

I want to recover.

Forgive me for falling out,

it's just not the way I see you.

Take me to the water.

Let there be light!

To reveal everything we've become.

Take me to the water.

Be still my brother.

Be still so we may hear His voice.

Let there be light!

Take me to the water.

#276: Eyes Wide Open - Sleeping Giant

Eyes Wide Open

Sleeping Giant

Genre: Hardcore

Sleeping Giant on: Facebook MySpace Music Video

They try to silence my voice

they try to hold me down

but I'm still screaming out, I'm still screaming out

They try to silence my voice

they try to hold me down

but I'm still screaming out

"You better pray"

They call me fanatic 'cause I can stand on my own.

I speak revivalist. I got this fire shut up in my bones.

They call me fanatic.

And all the church doors they stay closed because I testify.

They preach sermons but they still don't know.

The fanatical forerunner. I prepare the way.

I speak a message of truth. Take heed- I mean what I say.

You better pray.

So hide yourself in the darkness.

Keep your prayers to yourselves

because any fool can pray

just to get recognized by someone else.

The secret life of fanatics,

they can stand on their own

they recognize the church doors stay closed.

They call me fanatic 'cause I can stand on my own.

I speak revivalist. I got this fire shut up in my bones.

We pray with our eyes open to see the victims of injustice.

I’m not just one man- all heaven stands with me.

I've got a message for the world: It's not just us.

You better pray.

#275: Forgive Me - The Crimson Armada

Forgive Me

The Crimson Armada

Genre: Hardcore

The Crimson Armada on: Facebook MySpace Twitter

Forgive me
For I can't keep quiet anymore

Just so you know these words you say mean everything to me
The very sounds are the strings to my heart
I am overwhelmed and can't be silent
So please forgive me if I can't keep quiet
I'm so fulfilled and so inspired
I've got to tell the world

Forgive me
I just can't keep this joy in me

I’ve got to let the world know
Why my heart won’t stop racing
Believe me
I swear there is no better feeling
I’ve got to let the world know
That there is nothing else that I'll be needing now

Forgive me for I can't keep quiet
The voice of heart cannot be silenced
Believe me because I know, I’ve tried it
And he always pulls me back to him

I breathe for you, I sing for you
I will scream with all my heart
This is everything that I believe
And you are everything I need
So I will scream with all my heart
This is everything that I believe

Forgive me
I just can't keep this joy in me

I’ve got to let the world know
Why my heart won’t stop racing
Believe me
I swear there is no better feeling
I’ve got to let the world know
That there is nothing else that I'll be needing now

I’ve got to let the world know
That there is nothing else that I'll be needing now

Forgive me for I can't keep quiet
The voice of heart cannot be silenced
Believe me because I know, I’ve tried it

This is everything that I believe

#274: Juggernaut - The Crimson Armada

Juggernaut

The Crimson Armada

Genre: Deathcore

The Crimson Armada on: Facebook MySpace Twitter

Try as you might you will never bring me down
This means nothing. You mean nothing.
The best you'll be is dead to me

You can rip out my tongue
And I'll speak of His love.
You can pry out my eyes
And I'll show off His love.
You can tear off my flesh
I'll share the warmth of his love.

You've got nothing on me
I am the Juggernaut
You are nothing to me
I am the juggernaut

So tremble before me

Try as you might you will never bring me down
This means nothing. You mean nothing.
The best you'll be is dead to me

So give me your best, or better give me your worst
I will follow my king to the back of a hearse
I am the juggernaut, and I come in the name of the King
I am the juggernaut, now tremble before me

Tremble
This means nothing
You mean nothing
Tremble

The best you'll be is dead to me.

#273: Brave the Seas - See The Light

Brave the Seas

See The Light

Genre: Hardcore

See The Light on: MySpace

This ship has reached the four corners and returned empty handed.

Brave the seas. Dark and sour, a line we lead.

Expected ease. Heavy the hour, an arrow we need.

We expect such ease.

Take hold this vessel, oh helmsman. This compass, in your hands.

Captain, take us to the ends. For we're with you, yes we can.

Brave the seas. Dark and sour, a line we lead.

Heavy the hour, an arrow we need. We expect such ease.

For far to long I had to steer this ship alone.

For far to long I pushed through the raging storms.

I stood there empty and lost, I beckoned for direction and purpose.

But Father, Oh Father... I called your name.

God I've seen you move, I've seen you rescue the lost, and heal the lame.

Jesus, I want to know you. I lay my life before you.

Thank you for dying on the cross and washing away my sin.

I have nothing to offer but still you stand before me with open arms.

Father, I believe.

I believe in your love.

I believe in your grace.

I believe in your unending love.

I believe in your amazing grace.

#272: Narrow Gate - Centuries Apart

Narrow Gate

Centuries Apart

Genre: Death Metal

Centuries Apart on: Myspace

This path unbeaten leads me to doubt the success that it promises.
Seeming alone, I will fight the battle which I will lose to myself.

I blame clarity, ignorance and my own pride; the only driving force.
Regret I won't, though the spite builds a bitter unfamiliar climax.

These walls are thin and my morale is thinning.

How can I be so sure in a time where only wrong distracts me?
I am torn to desperation beyond my own doubts.
The path only narrows itself ahead and options diminish from the sealed fate.

I hope and fear that I am fearless.

I'll fight the battle, I'll lose to myself.

#271: Xenosynthesis: Requiem Aeternam, Pt. 3 - Becoming the Archetype

Xenosynthesis: Requiem Aeternam, Pt. 3

Becoming the Archetype

Genre: Progressive Death Metal

Becoming the Archetype on: Facebook MySpace

The heart of flesh has taken root inside
The light of life has been injected
Like circuitry across the expanse of space and time
Another darkened soul has been connected

Soli Deo Gloria
You can't save yourself

Enemies are rising up against the light
Yet it will go on shining even in the darkest night

Lifted up from the ocean's tomb
His body modified, surgically improved
Given a heart that never stops beating
Given lungs for underwater breathing

To return to the ocean floor (walk among the dead)
To walk among the dead below (light will outpour)
Despite the flesh, light will outpour (and it will grow)
And in darkness hope will grow

Soli Deo Gloria
You can't save yourself

The ocean echoes back the music of eternity
The blackest sky gives way to perfect beauty
Requiem Aeternam
Soli Deo Gloria

#270: Mark Of A Saint - To Bow or To Burn

Mark Of A Saint

To Bow or To Burn

Genre: Death Metal

To Bow or To Burn on: Facebook MySpace

Deception holds no boundaries.
They bear the mark of a saint.
Surrounded by the filth of this world, our throats become empty graves.
a contaminant plague.
Unleash false theories of faith.
A faith you never chased.
Be warned....deception holds no boundaries.
They bear the mark of a saint.
Self served pretenses grow beneath rotting flesh.
your heart still dies within your chest.

Who are you to proclaim a love you hate?
Who are you to bear the mark of a saint?
I will call you by name....coward.
You and hell embrace....coward.

You war against what you have not become,
Posing with fake standards.
Hide behind your walls of judgment.
Cast stones against battered bodies.
Our light will silence your lies.
Our truth will break teeth in your mouth.

You will never know the love of my faith.
Who are you to proclaim a love you hate?

Who are you to bear the mark of a saint?
You will never know the love of my faith.

You and hell embrace.

#269: The Introduction & The Book of Life - Ark of the Covenant

The Introduction &

The Book of Life

Ark of the Covenant

Genre: Deathcore

Ark of the Covenant on: Facebook MySpace

The Introduction:

This is the end.

My God, what am I here for

if its not to live for you

and why do we live

to burn ourselves

My God, what am I here for

if its not to live for you

and why do we live

to burn ourselves

Why do we live

to just burn ourselves?

The Book of Life:

(ft. vocals by Darrell Tauro of Wrench in the Works)

Inking your name with my blood
so you can overcome, this life
and run home, to your home away from home
but a place you know, that makes you whole
so listen close
I decide where you go, tell me
why should I write your name on this page
what did you do for my name sake

(kill you with love)
I’ll watched you die bloody
(kill you with love)
in restoration
(kill you with love)
then put the fear into
(kill you with love)
your creation
(kill you with love)
unto the Lord's glory
(kill you with love)
it's Revelation

He is the only, He is the only
One I love
He is the only, He is the only
Fear I have

He is the only, He is the only
One I love
He is the only, He is the only
Fear I have

And I'm standing here watching you shake
trembling
So now tell me what are you so afraid of
nothing but one
with the Holy ghost
dwelling within you
your second life remains
nothing can hurt you

But just in this world
you will die but once
but after the body’s dead
then nothing
Nothing

Inking your name with my blood
so you can overcome, this life
and run home, to your home away from home
but a place you know, that makes you whole
so come on home

#268: The Mother of Prostitutes - Mouth of the South

The Mother of Prostitutes

Mouth of the South

Genre: "Progressive Ministry Metal"

Note: This song is available for free download on their Facebook's BandPage, along with another excellent song, "Idolatry."

Mouth of the South on: Facebook MySpace

I can't define myself, I've got a lot of baggage with me.

I've worn so many masks, I can't recognize my face.

What do you see in me? Why waste your time on something unclean?

What do you see in me? Why waste your time on something unclean?

I've forsaken my vows, I am a harlot,

but your hands are still reaching for me.

You've unlocked my chains, but I refuse to leave this cell.

I remain in these shackles, surely this is my hell.

I am diseased, I am filthy.

I step into glory but the shadows never leave the back of my mind.

Your eyes see right through me, only you can know my heart.

Tell me, do I still have a pulse? Or is it too weak to hold a spark?

Surely there is someone else who deserves a king like you.

I'm far too unfaithful to be pursued.

I've heard you calling me so many times before.

Why waste your breath on such a filthy whore?

"My son, my son!" You keep calling out my name.

"My son, my son!" You keep screaming at me...

"I'm not going anywhere!

Run to my arms I'll set you free.

Your chains are gone so run to me.

Run to my arms, you've been set free."

#267: Bread & Butterflies - Faith in the Unseen

Bread & Butterflies

Faith in the Unseen

Genre: Metalcore

Faith in the Unseen on: MySpace

Fingernails, Fingernails
Dig your grave!
My fingernails are digging into a shallow grave.
A shovel in my hand, a shovel in my hand.
What did I do to ask for this?
You said you'd be there,
look at me now.
Help me see the light of day again.
Help me see the light of day again.
Help me see the light of day again.
The door is cracked we're coming through.
The door is cracked we’re coming through.

#266: The Witching Hour - My Heart to Fear

The Witching Hour

My Heart to Fear

Genre: Metalcore

My Heart to Fear on: Facebook MySpace YouTube

We haunt these walls
Stud for stud
Every nook, every cranny
Blood for blood

The curtain opens as an angel takes the floor

Steady your nerves
Your sleepless nights are about to return
Steady
Your
Nerves

Give me your eyes for just a minute
I will not let you down
We can play hide and seek
As long as you speak
Of my name on your way out

No

Son, son
If you don't pray before you sleep
You will be prey yourself
The demons will taunt
Slyly they'll play
Softly their aged voices sing
Damn you
Damn you
Damn you
You will be mine

You say it's all in my head
Tell that to the camera
You say it's all

No demon, no man, no power that be
Could ever have the strength
To keep you from me
To keep you from

Bringer of the morning

Vex
Dishearten
Crush
Subjugate the child

We watch you in your sleep

If demons exist
God does too
And don't get me wrong
In essence it's true but
That's the snare that caught my feet
Because now every night they watch me sleep
They watch me sleep

We watch you sleep

#265: Dying Words - My Ransomed Soul

Dying Words

My Ransomed Soul

Genre: Hardcore/Metal

I couldn't find lyrics to this, but I have every intention to attempt a transcription. Like normal, it's an ongoing process, and probably won't be 100% correct. Because I've been listening to this band constantly for the past two days since I found them, I thought I should post up one of my favorite songs.. though they haven't released that many for me to choose from. Suffice to say, I like them all.

My Ransomed Soul on: MySpace Facebook

It was in a moment

That everything [?]

Blessed? my soul

Like a ?

I've never been so broken

I've never been so honest

So I [?]

I screamed aloud all I've done

And it has become too real

I know nothing I can do to tell you

I've never been so broken

I've never been so honest

Be graceful; be loving; be true

I was dying inside

I have [?]

And [?] tore me apart

So these are my last words to you

I've never been so broken

I've never been so honest

Be graceful; be loving; be true

#264: Authenticity - The Gun Show

Authenticity

The Gun Show

Genre: Deathcore

The Gun Show on: Facebook Twitter MySpace

Lets get this straight that everyone around you is not what they seem.

We are all living a double life, what our spirit wants the flesh denies.

Why is it that we as Christians can go through the motions so perfectly.

That our speech is a well oiled machine and the lies just come so naturally.

Wear that mask, like its who we really are inside.

Who are we fooling, this world can tell a fake from initial conversation.

We wear that mask, in hopes that no one finds out what a mess we are.

Who are we fooling, only people at your church believe you.

Wipe that smile off of your face, what’s the point of being so fake.

Everyone of us has pain, do we really trust in who we claim.

We need a transformation.

Your pride is bringing you to the point of lying to yourself,

pretending that you're better than everyone who doesn't believe like you.

But how does puffing up your chest portray a love you say you know.

A love that came to this Earth to live as flesh and blood.

So He could dwell with the same type of people,

you won’t even acknowledge, we've got it backwards.

We must all learn to live transparent lives, for we all are sinners by nature.

We're no better than anyone else.

We all know where we come from, all that remains is a choice.

#263: The Girl - The Gun Show

The Girl

The Gun Show

Genre: Deathcore

The Gun Show on: Facebook Twitter MySpace

You are beautiful, every curve and intricate detail is crafted in a delicate mold.

Form the softest touch of your skin to the warmth of your gentle heart you are truly beautiful.

You were uniquely made so stop judging yourself based off of other girls' looks.

Wake up and open your eyes for your emotional insecurities will be the end of you.

You will let those negative thoughts in your head

fuel your actions and dictate how your life is lead.

Founded on lies upon lies of how you think the world will view yourself.

The more see the more you think the more you find.

That you believe your self-worth is based off of.

The attention that you get from the people in the world around you.

But that leaves your self-confidence lacking.

With those painful emotions running away with you

but how can anyone like you if you can’t even like yourself?

So you look for attention in all the wrong ways.

Wanting love but lust is all you’ll find.

So what reaction do you expect to get from your lack of modesty?

Disrespect yourself and disrespect is all you’ll see from men.

You are precious in the eyes of God

you were never met to be the object of lust.

You are precious in the eyes of God

you were never met to be the objects of lust.

Please know that those insecurities are nothing but lies.

They come in many forms and they’ll lead you to believe you’re not good enough to have a happy life.

Don’t give in to lies.

Don’t put so much weight on seeking after relationships.

I charge you O’ daughters of Jerusalem.

By the gazelles or by the does of the field.

Do not stir up nor awaken love until it so pleases.

#262: Abandoned - To Bow or To Burn

Abandoned

To Bow or To Burn

Genre: Deathcore

To Bow or To Burn on: Facebook MySpace

Where is my spirit?
Why has this made me question you?
Every care I've shown has been erased.
Where is Your spirit as my heart begs to be renewed?
Hollowed out and broken, this suffering has no end.
I'm holding on to every thing that every moment brings.
With comfort fleeting, another piece is torn away.

I cannot see, my sight is darkened with rebuke.
Into the depths I've fallen, without a single sound of truth.

For every time I've fallen, a new beginning waits.
Desperately reaching for you, is this Your testing grace?
Every time I've fallen, a new beginning waits.
Desperately reaching for you, this is Your testing grace.

I can't believe You'd abandon me.
I can't believe. I will not believe.

Falling from Your grace, I've seen the depths for far too long.

Where is my spirit?
Why has this made me question you?
Every care I've shown has been erased.
Where is Your spirit? As my heart begs to be renewed.
Hollowed out and broken.
This suffering has no end...

#261: Head High Heavy Heart - I Built the Cross

Head High Heavy Heart

I Built the Cross

Genre: Deathcore

I Built the Cross on: MySpace

Hold your head high heavy heart.
Things can only get better from here.
Let Him be your light through dark times.

Hold your head high heavy heart.

Press on press on through dark times.
Don't let them get you down.
They're only words without meaning. (x2)

AND I PROMISE YOU!

Things can only get better from here.

Don't let them get you down.
You've come so far. OH!

Will you hold onto your promise

and keep pressing on?

There's light on the horizon.
I promise you this.

Don't let them get you down.
You've come so far.

Hold onto your promises.

And keep pressing on!

Press on press on through dark times.
Don't let them get you down.
They're only words without meaning.
There's light on the horizon.
I promise you this.

Don't let them get you down.
You've come so far.

Hold your head high.
PICK IT UP! OH!

There's light on the horizon.

#260: The Rising End (The First Prophecy) - Zao

The Rising End (The First Prophecy)

Zao

Genre: Black Metal/Metalcore

Note: apologies for the lack of updates, I haven't had much time to enjoy music lately, let alone feel little enough stress to remember making a new post. This song popped into my head not too long ago after not having heard it in months, I went back and listened to it and loved it. Its album, The Funeral of God, is thought-provoking and a good example of a lyrically-driven concept album. In essence, it's about the aftermath of the departure of God. I recommend reading through the lyrics to those interested.

Zao on: MySpace

Bombs rain down like heaven's tears
The Earth shall die and disappear
And today, we wish the skies were grey
For now they're just black and empty

Ripped and turn from inside out
Things too dark to think about
No miracles
No bleeding hands
God has parted

Bombs rain down like heaven's tears
The Earth shall die and disappear
And today, we wish the skies were grey
For now they're just black and empty

And when the end, she comes
Rains down on everyone
Fire from the sky
And when the end, she rides
Breathing out suicide
Life and death are one
And when the end, she comes
Rains down on everyone
Fire from the sky
And when the end, she rides
Breathing out suicide
Life and death are one

As a flame burns to touch the sky
So it shall be with man's cry
And this night all will pass away

And when the end, she comes
Rains down on everyone
Fire from the sky
And when the end, she rides
Breathing out suicide
Life and death are one
And when the end, she comes
Rains down on everyone
Fire from the sky
And when the end, she rides
Breathing out suicide
Life and death are one

#260: Death is the Beginning - Mortal Treason

Death is the Beginning

Mortal Treason

Genre: Death Metal

Mortal Treason on: MySpace

I love You
You're my all
I will bow down before You
You're my God
My everything
When I fall You pick me up
You've always been there
You always will
I spit in Your face, You wash my feet
I drive nails into Your hands
Broken is Your heart because
You're pushed away
Can't we understand?
Broken is the groom who mourns for his dying bride, for their eyes to open once again

I want to see You in my life
I want to know You're in my heart
I want to touch
You and be free
I want to feel You
Open my eyes let me see what You see and what You feel
Break my heart; make me desire more of You in my life
Let me know what it means to leave this world behind

Christ forgive me for running from You
I will give You all my life
Take it away now
Take this broken man

Take this tired spirit and renew me now
Renew me
Jesus, I love You
You are my true love
Let my tears clean Your feet and heal Your broken heart

Here's my life
Here's my heart
Take it away with
You
Take it away

#259: Dig Your Own Grave - Mortal Treason

Dig Your Own Grave

Mortal Treason

Genre: Death Metal

Note: This song has very interesting atmosphere, it instantly stood out to me in the album. Finally getting a chance to read along with the lyrics, it clicks incredibly well. It also features one of my favorite breakdowns. Because I feel the lyrics tied in so well, I bothered to go through and fix the lyrics below, but I wanted to include the snippet at the end and source where it came from. DarkLyrics is a great site, and a lot of the lyrics here come from there.

Mortal Treason on: MySpace

There are thousands of people as far as the eyes can see;
You can sense the suffering as you draw near

Standing before them you can see the pain in their eyes
It breaks the mind and weighs on the heart

Standing before them you can see the pain in their eyes
In their eyes now we are wading through this sea of souls
The smell of rotten flesh brings me... brings me to my knees

Now... now they gather, [to] march on to the grave
[With] shovels in their hands, with death in their eyes

Longing for a time of peace, longing just to die and the heavens cry

Tears fall like rain from the legions of angels weeping in pain

Tears fall like rain from the legions of angels weeping in pain
[As they] dig their own grave.. their own grave

[They] dig their own graves by the life that they lived and the choices they made

Dig their own graves by choices they made;

Now it's too late

The bridge has been destroyed
Now we are wading through this sea of souls
The smell of rotten flesh lets me see

"It is about a dream I had one night. I saw thousands of people.
It looked like a sea, and they were all like zombies marching.
They had shovels in their hands and their faces carried the look of death and agony.
The dream went on and on but at the end I realized it was about
how going through life living for our selves or for the moment,
careless and foolish, ignoring God was like digging our own graves. -- Seth" (lyrics source: DarkLyrics)

#258: Psalm of the City of the Dead - Zao

Psalm of the City of the Dead

Zao

Genre: Metal

Zao on: MySpace

As we wait here for a sign
We are greeted by the end of time

These streets aren't paved with gold
You are my everything
My soul is growing cold

#257: A Call to the Martyrs - Mortal Treason

A Call to the Martyrs

Mortal Treason

Genre: Deathcore

Mortal Treason on: MySpace

Mass murder for the sake of Christ.
Time has come to live, to die, to pass away, to burn away.
They're coming again.
I feel no pain.
Life inside this world has come.
It lived. It died. It passed away.

Now is the time for selfish annihilation.
Hail Jesus, hail Christ.
Hail to the King.
His blood covered my sight.
Open my eyes.

Why can't they see you in this life?

His blood covered my sight.

Life has cut me down to size.
My heart is open.
I can hear you calling my name.
As you do, open my eyes.
Your life reigns.
I can hear you screaming out.

I could never ignore your call.
Now is the time.
Selfishness under my feet.
Now you can never hide the pain that lies in your heart.
It will push you straight to your grave.
Live for the Lord and you will see the truth eternally.

#256: Heart of a Servant - I Built the Cross

Heart of the Servant

I Built the Cross

Genre: Deathcore

I Built the Cross on: MySpace

Impaled high above the cross the sins of the world pour out from your hands and feet.
Mocked and defiled, embedded in your head are thorns.
This is love. Lord, I am eternally grateful.
My heart is all I have to give.
Now religion has destroyed.
This was never how things were meant to be.
We are no longer bound by the law.
In His blood we find freedom. We are saved by grace.
So give me peace through these times of struggle, and hope through these times of despair.
Give me the heart of a servant, so I may worship with all of my life.
Your religion is dead, but Jesus, you give life. This is my purpose: to live for your glory.
Lord, I give you praise.
You died for me, I will live for you.
I would give my life for this.

This is my purpose: to live for your glory.
Lord, I give you praise.
You died for me, I will live for you.
I would give my life for this.