CYNTHESIS LYRICS

1. The Man Without Skin

[Music: Jasun Tipton / Lyrics: Erik Rosvold]

PLEASE GODS DO NOT LET THEM FORGET ME
SEASONS HAVE CHANGED AND NOW HAVE FORCED ME
TO FIND A WILL AND A WAY TO GO HOME
AS I LIE IN THE COLD I AM DYING
I LIFT MY HEAD AND BEGIN CRYING
OUT TO SOMEONE TO SOMETHING TO ANYTHING
TO ANYONE AT ALL

THE HORRORS RETURN AND CHURN IN MY MEMORIES
THOSE BODIES THAT BURNED
THERE WAS BEAUTY AND GRACE
IN THAT PLACE THAT WE LIVED FOR
NEVER A TRACE OF A FACE WE DIDN'T CARE FOR
BUT NO MORE

NOW SOME PRAY TO THE MOON AND SOME STARE BLANKLY
INTO THE EYES OF THE DOOMED
THEY PLACE THEIR HANDS GENTLY
ON THOSE WHO HAD GONE TOO SOON
AND PLEAD TO ME INTENSELY
"GODSPEED BE ON YOUR WAY GO ON"

SO PLEASE GODS DO NOT FORGET ME
AS I LIE AT THE GATES OF THIS CITY
FIND ME THE WILL AND THE WAY TO RETURN

2. Incision

[Music: Jasun Tipton / Lyrics: Erik Rosvold]

DARK FIGURES GATHER AROUND
ASTOUDED AT WHAT THEY'VE FOUND
OUTSIDE THEIR CITY WALLS
SOMETHING PROFOUND
WITH HIS TRANSLUCENT SKIN
THEY CAN SEE A LIGHT WITHIN
GLOWING, NOT ONE KNOWING
HIS PLIGHT OR HIS ORIGIN

TAKEN DEEP WITHIN THE CITY WALLS AND SHUFFLED THROUGH TWISTING HALLS
DEAF TO THE IMPRISONED CALLS TO A VIEWING ROOM TO BE INSPECTED
MACHINES DESCEND OVERHEAD IN A HOPE TO REVIVE THE DEAD
BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THE ONE REALLY ALIVE WHILE THEY WERE ONLY JUST LIVING

THEY PIERCE THAT BODY BRIGHT
AND RELEASE A LIGHT
IT HOVERS AND BLINDS THEIR SIGHT
ILLUMINATING THE NIGHT
AND THEN ONE STEPS ASIDE
AND SCREAMS "IF WE CONQUER HIS MIND
WE CAN USE HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN
TO FULFILL THE PLAN"

WHAT WE HAVE WHAT IS HERE WILL SUIT OUR DEEDS
HARVEST GRIEF CLEAR THEIR LANDS SOW THE SEEDS
NOW THAT WE STUCK THE NEEDLE IN
HE'LL FORGET FROM WHERE HE BEGAN
ERASE THE THOUGHT THE IDEA THAT HE'S FREE

THE TIME IS RIGHT THE TIME IS NOW HE'S AWAKE
THE BLADE WILL CUT AND SLICE TO BRING CHANGE
FOR ALL TO BE BORN AGAIN WE'LL INFLUENCE THE EVERYMAN
WE CAN GET WHAT WE WANT ALL WE NEED

IS IT OVER IT'S OVER DOES THE END WELCOME ME?
IS IT OVER IT'S OVER THEN WHO WILL SUCCEED?

PROP HIM UP APPLY THE CHAINS LET HIM BLEED
THE BLOOD OF SAINTS THE WORDS OF KINGS THEY WILL HEED
SOME WILL THINK WE ARE EVIL MEN BUT WEREN'T WE ALL BORN OF SIN?
COME TO TRUTH THAT CAME FROM US SO MAY IT BE

IS IT OVER IT'S OVER DOES THE END WELCOME ME?
IS IT OVER IT'S OVER THEN WHO WILL SUCCEED?

I FEEL AS IF I'M BACK IN THE SNOW AGAIN
THEN I BELIEVE I'M IN A STERILE ROOM
I FLASH BACK TO THE JOURNEY I HAD TO MAKE
NOW I'M BACK INTO MY WAITING TOMB

SLEEP NOW SLEEP NOW OUR BROTHER
DREAM DEEP ETERNAL BLISS
RECOUNT REMEMBER YOUR FUTURE
OPEN HANDS WILL TURN TO FISTS

3. Divided Day

[Music: Jasun Tipton / Lyrics: Erik Rosvold]

I AWAKEN IN THE NIGHT
BUT IT JUST MIGHT BE
THE DAWN OR THE DAY
HUMMING MACHINES SOUND
I'VE SEEMED TO HAVE DROWN
IN A SEA OF CHANGE

CAN I REALLY PERCEIVE?
CAN I REALLY BELIEVE?
IN THIS NEW-BORN DREAM
HERE THEY COME AGAIN
TO IMPLEMENT TO IMPLANT ME WITH THEIR SCHEME

LIES
CLOUDING EYES
WITH "HOLY" WATER
TO RENDER BLIND
TO DEFEND DEFEAT AND TO CONQUER

I'M YOUR LIFE I AM YOUR SAVIOR
ALWAYS NOW AND FOREVER
I'M YOUR LIFE I AM YOUR SAVIOR
DO NOT THINK THAT YOU WERE NEVER
MORE THAN YOU WERE EVER SHOWN
SO COME IN DON'T GO OUT ALONE
FOLLOW ME AND YOU WILL SEE
I'LL RELEASE THE DEITY

LIES
TOO MANY TIES
TO SO-CALLED FATHERS
TO LOOSEN AND UNBIND
TO RIP TO SHRED TO TEAR ASUNDER

I'M YOUR LIFE I AM YOUR SAVIOR
ALWAYS NOW AND FOREVER
I'M YOUR LIFE I AM YOUR SAVIOR
DO NOT THAT THAT YOU WERE NEVER
MORE THAN YOU WERE EVER SHOWN
SO COME IN DON'T GO OUT ALONE
FOLLOW ME AND YOU WILL SEE
I'LL RELEASE THE DEITY

DENY YOUR MAKER
DENY YOUR MAKER
DEFINE YOUR MAKER
I AM YOUR MAKER

NOW THEY SEE THE WINDOW
THE WAY THEY MUST GO
TO WIPE AWAY THE SHADOWS
AND THE DUST TOO
TO LEAVE IN ASHES
TO FORGIVE THE PRESENT TOO
AND THROUGH THAT WINDOW
I WILL GUIDE THEM THROUGH

4. Shallow World

[Music: Jasun Tipton / Lyrics: Erik Rosvold]

THEY ARE HUMAN BEING BUT THEY ARE NOT HUMANE
ILLUSION IS THE SOLUTION IN THIS MAGICIANS [sic] GAME
I SHOW THEM ONLY SHADOWS TO MAKE IT APPEAR
THAT THE TRUTH IS SO SIMPLE BENIGN AND SINCERE
TO PACIFY TO OCCUPY TO GENTRIFY TO SOLIDIFY

THIS IS ALL WE'VE EVER MEANT YOU TO BE
JUST LOOK IN AMAZEMENT AT THE FLICKERING SCREENS
THE COMMANDS ARE LISTED HERE FOR ALL TO SEE
CAMERAS' EYE EVERYWHERE STILL YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE FREE
IN STATUS AND IN STATE TO ANYONE TO ANY FATE

STAY RIGHT IN LINE DON'T YOU EVER STEP ASIDE
NEVER THINK FOR YOURSELVES FOR I WILL ABIDE
YOU ARE NOT ALONE YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE
FOR I AM HERE BESIDE WATCHING THE MINDS DECLINE

WE'LL KEEP YOUR [sic: sung as YOU] ATTRACTED TO ALL OUR DISTRACTIONS
ERASING ANY DOUBTS AND CRUSHING ALL FACTIONS
SO BECOME A HEATHEN WITHIN OUR NEW HEAVEN
NO NEED TO EVER THINK AS TO WHAT IT ALL MAY MEAN

5. Profits Of Disaster

[Music: Jasun Tipton / Lyrics: Erik Rosvold]

YOUR LACK OF SELF WILL DRAIN YOU
SO YOU WILL CONSUME ANYTHING
FROM A HAVE NOT TO A MUST HAVE
THE COMFORT [sic: sung as COMFORTS] THAT SOME THINGS BRING

WE MAKE YOU FEEL ALONE JUST ANOTHER DRONE ANONYMOUS UNKNOWN
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE YOU TREASURE YOUR WEALTH SIN NOW AND PAY LATER

FROM MANUFACTURED INSECURITIES
TO SILVER TO RINGS OF GOLD
YOUR IMAGE IS ALL THAT YOU ARE
ALL YOU ARE IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TOLD

SO BY AND BY YOU WILL BUY
INTO A SLOW MOTION SUICIDE
OBSESSED WITH YOUR POSSESSIONS
ADDICTED TO YOUR PRETENSIONS
WOULD YOU TRADE YOUR LIFE FOR JUST ONE DIME?

AND SO YOU WILL BLEED
DROWNED BY THE ENDLESS NEED

AND SO IT WILL FEED
THE GREAT GREEN GOD KNOWN AS GREED

YOU BEG FOR MORE FOR ALL YOU ADORE
ALL IS HERE BUT BEWARE
THE AWE LASTS FOR ONLY A MINUTE
AWFULLY STILL IN YOUR DESPAIR

SO BY AND BY YOU WILL BUY
INTO A SLOW MOTION SUICIDE
OBSESSED WITH YOUR POSSESSIONS
ADDICTED TO YOUR PRETENSIONS
WOULD YOU TRADE YOUR LIFE FOR JUST ONE DIME?

FILLING EVERY ROOM
OVER-FILLED WITH YOUR PRIDE
YOU WANT TO TAKE IT ALL
STILL MORE LACKS INSIDE

DON'T THINK THAT WE
NEED TO FOOL THE WEAK
THEY DO IT TO THEMSELVES
& BELIEVE "IT'S PART OF ME"

DON'T THINK THAT WE
NEED TO FOOL THE MEEK
THEY DO IT TO THEMSELVES
AND BELIEVE THEIR ENEMY

FILLING EVERY ROOM
OVER-FILLED WITH YOUR PRIDE
YOU WANT TO TAKE IT ALL
STILL MORE LACKS INSIDE

FILLING EVERY ROOM
OVER-FILLED WITH PRIDE
YOU WANT TO TAKE IT ALL
STILL MORE TO SATISFY

DON'T THINK THAT WE
NEED TO FOOL THE WEAK
THEY DO IT TO THEMSELVES
& BELIEVE "IT'S PART OF ME"

DON'T THINK THAT WE
NEED TO FOOL THE MEEK
THEY DO IT FOR THEMSELVES
& BELIEVE THEIR ENEMY

DON'T THINK THAT WE
NEED TO FOOL THE WEAK
THEY DO IT TO THEMSELVES
& BELIEVE "IT'S PART OF ME"

DON'T THINK THAT WE
NEED TO FOOL THE MEEK
THEY DO IT TO THEMSELVES
& BELIEVE THEIR ENEMY

6. The Edifice Grin

[Music: Jasun Tipton / Lyrics: Erik Rosvold]

WE MUST GAIN MORE POWER
OUR ENDS ARE OUR MEANS
WE NEED MORE AMONG US
TO ELEVATE ME

IF WE VENTURE OUTSIDE
BRING THEM INTO OUR MAZE
THEY WILL LISTEN TO ME
AND BE AMAZED

TAKEN FROM THEIR LANDS
BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD
SELL THEM A FREEDOM
NOW THEY'VE BEEN SOLD
OUT

A CLOAK CONCEALS A DAGGER
A SMILE HIDES MALAISE
WE SOLIDIFY OUR FUTURE
SHROUDED IN A HAZE

COME NOW MY BRETHREN
LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
THEY ARE ONLY CHILDREN
TEACH THEM TO LEARN

RECRUIT THE DESTITUTE
THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE FOR
A MILITANT RELIGION
BRUTAL TO THE CORE

THE GODS AND I HAVE SPOKEN
SO LEND ME YOUR EARS
PROVIDE ME YOUR BODIES
I'LL SUPPLY THE FEARS
WITH MINE

A CLOAK CONCEALS A DAGGER
A SMILE HIDES MALAISE
WE SOLIDIFY OUR FUTURE
SHROUDED IN A HAZE

WHILE WE STAND UPON A HIGHER GROUND
WE WATCH YOUR SHIP GO SINKING
DEMIGODS ARE WHAT WE ARE
WE MAKE YOU WEAK
BUT WE ARE REALLY WEAKER
PROVIDING THE PROBLEM
AND THE SOLUTION

ONCE THEY'VE SERVED THEIR USEFULNESS
WE WILL QUICKLY DISCARD
DEALING THEM A LOSING HAND
WHILE WE HELD THE WINNING CARD

ALL MEN ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL
SOME ARE LESS SOME ARE LESS AND SOME ARE MORE
THEY LOOK TO ME AS IF I KNOW EVERYTHING
ALL I KNOW IS HOW TO TAKE THEM INTO WAR

TAKE THEM FROM THEIR LANDS
BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD
SELL THEM A FREEDOM
NOW THEY'VE BEEN
SOLD OUT

7. Twilight

[Music: Jasun Tipton]

[Instrumental]

8. A Song Of Unrest

[Music: Jasun Tipton / Lyrics: Erik Rosvold]

JUST LIKE THE PHOENIX I STAND BEFORE MY FALL
I'M WRAPPED IN WINGS OF TORMENT
FEELING ALL

JUST LIKE THE PHOENIX I STAND BEFORE MY FALL
I'M TOSSED IN WAVES AND TORRENTS
SEEING ALL

SO WHY DID I LIE TO ME LIE TO ME?
AND WHY I CANNOT SAY
IN THIS FAILING LIGHT SOMETHING BRIGHT
YOUR DISTANT BEACONS SHINE
AND BECKON ME BECKON ME BECKON TO ME

I CAME TO TAKE YOU ALL BACK TO THE CITY
BUT NOW THERE'S A SENSE UNLIKE BEFORE
ALL THESE LIVES LEAVE ME SO SENTIMENTAL
THE SENSATION SHAKES ME TO THE CORE

JUST LIKE THE PHOENIX THAT ROSE FROM IT ALL
I REGRET WITH GRIEF AND HORROR THAT I CAME
TO HARVEST SOULS

WHY DO YOU CARE FOR ME CARE FOR ME?
AND WHY DO I FEEL THE SAME?
WE CAN'T STAY HERE NOT EVEN A DAY
THE PRICE YOU'VE PAID MUST BE RECKONED
WHILE THE MOON ASCENDS IN SILVER AND BLUE

THE WORLD STILL TURNED BUT NOT FOR ME
STILL I WON'T LOOK BACK BITTERLY
LIFE WENT ON I FORGOT JUST WHY
OUR PROMISED LAND NOW STANDS A HAVEN OF LIES

THIS HOME OF OURS NOW LAYS [sic: sung as LIES] IN SORROW
IF THERE ARE NO TODAY'S [sic] THEN THERE'S NO TOMORROWS
OUR PEOPLE WILL SURELY DIE
IF WE DO NOT TAKE OUR TURN AND LEARN TO FLY

SO SING OUT INTO THE NIGHT
RING OUT SUBLIME DIVINE
SO SING OUT THE TIME IS NIGH
FOR I AM HOME AGAIN

I CAME TO ENSLAVE THEM CAME TO ENSLAVE THEM ALL
BUT I FELT MY VOICE UNCERTAIN
THEN HEARD THE ELDERS CALL

WE NOW STAND TOGETHER OUR MISSION TAKES ITS FORM
I HEAR THE WINDS UNFOLDING
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM







CYNTHESIS LYRICS