HELL WITHIN LYRICS

1. Shadows Of Vanity

Re-iginite the fires I'm set to burn
They stack the odds at every turn
So drop another needle
Get your head a little clearer
Lipstick stains on your cocaine mirror
Hold it in
A bitter taste
Spit it out
You've got to run while you can
Restraint thrown to the wind
Never an escape for those who play this game
Suffice to say If you sell your soul to the man in black
Then surely you must know his name
One more shot
One more line
One more fix and I'll be fine
My god, I've got a gun against my head
A rusted blade to file
Draws a bitter sting
For failures taste is far too plain
Temptations just an alley length away
You'll kick a thousand times today
Hold it in
A bitter taste
Spit it out
You've got to run while you can
Restraint thrown to the wind
Never a chance you could win
An epitaph of lust, excess
Dreams turn to death
A once wide-eyed starlet
Buried ghost white harlot
One more shot
One more line
One more fix and I'll be fine
My God, I've got a gun against my head
We are the peddlers of flesh
Buying dreams but selling death
I'd like to watch it all burn down
It's going to kill you
It's going to kill me
In vanity we see how small we are
The hand glides across the wall
Broken nails fit a broken doll
Rope burns across he neck
Refection shattered as her fist went through it
They like to criticize you
Ask for help?
They'll deny you
Just once I'd like to turn the tide
The killer dwells inside me
It's begging to be set free
Concrete and steel won't hold me down

2. My Exit In Red

I've bled myself a river red
Well, I'll bleed for you no longer
Time will not be kept my master
My riddled body shakes
The fear inside me breaks
The arrowed tongue beckons me Crawl...
Enslaved my bitter soul
A hundred knives cutting, stabbing
My brittle bones
Ground in the grease of addiction
I've seen the end
Through many miles of long dead road
Leading nowhere
Have I stayed for too long?
Hold fast the moorings break
So frail the chains
You can't heal the wounds I've spent years on
So callous in our shame
Blind to what I hide
Grip the wheel, lead footed
Straight to my demise
No sympathy when the addict dies
I've seen the end
Through many miles of long dead roads
Leading nowhere
Beneath the river bed
A scarlet rive red
Flowing cold from the hole in my head
The lives that we make are only a prelude to our graves
A shell of a man takes his shot
Just one shot to the face
I'm blind to what I need
My resolve fast fading
Stomach knots
Evisceration
My god can't you set me free?
Lord, end this tragedy
I've seen the end
Through many mile of long dead roads Leading me nowhere
Beneath the river bed
A scarlet river red
Flowing cold from the hole in my head
My exit in red
Grant peace to me

3. Lay Down Your Arms

Constricting
Choked breathing
Serrated wounds left bleeding
(Why?)
The dead fall through empty eyes
(Scorch my black skies)
Escape with your life
I touch my hand to the fire
The numb seductress
Splintering decay
Burning numbered days
Feed on my blood until you get your fill
(Bear down and sink in)
Drain me until there empty eyes turn still
(Come take your Vengeance)
Such a vibrant heart
Blackened now, I left my mark
Give triumph to the poison
My lies were my own choices
Deaf ears can't kill these voices
Oceans burn
My time of losing
Cities fall
What am I chasing?
Tear down walls
Yet I don't see you on the other side
I still breathe your scent
A twisting knife
The fading light dies
Killers
Liars
Chase this shot of gasoline with fire
The fall and rebirth of the vile
One false step
One man down
Your words are daggers piercing through my soul
(I hear a calling)
Changing as your perfect skin turns cold
(Dead leaves are falling)
Our time was cut short by the ones you trusted
Bought their lies
I'm not a fallen man
Blood drawn from praying hands
Against me take you stand
On this night I fall
(I know you are listening)
Take me back to your prison
I got a taste for these four walls
Take me back to your prison
I got no taste for life

4. The Spiral

A writhing sleep
A waiting gun
A black premonition
A crow to follow home
So here we are again
The fork carved in the road
White knuckles grip the wheel
A full liquor tank set to blow
I'm not afraid
I don't give a fuck if I live or die
I just want to see twisted metal
The broken glass shards right through my eyes
For salvation a bullet ride
Not a stained glass prison of lies
Are you afraid?
You can't make it home
The crack façade of love has left you stained black
Rotting and cold
So drink up
Let the acid burn
Deaf. Numb. Blind
Serenity in a gutter sleep
They'll make you feel at home in the absence of the truth
The only hole you'll get is in the comfort of the noose
She's soaking wet
This love's a crime
But goddamn it, it feels so good to watch the fear take over her eyes
So drink up
Let the acid burn
Deaf. Numb. Blind
Serenity in a gutter sleep
A velvet lining
Some words of prayer
Such a merciful god
(To the ship-like minions)
Thumbs his nose in the air 1234!
This ship of fools is going under
A broken mast impales the martyr
A blood red sky bled from our father
The spiral turns wine to water
Stained life from this debt
Take my last breath

5. In The Absence Of Fire

You've got a heart like a loaded gun
Shed the skin and spare your eyes from what I've done
So You've got a game to play?
The deck is stacked so I'll walk away
I'm haunted by my lust for your taste
Cutting myself feels right
Sometimes I don't know if I'm alive
A siren haunting once silent shores
Weighted me down in the brine
I'd toss the key to my own shackles
To taste your lips just one last time
Blind men can't stare in wonder
Her snaking hips will pull you under
A burning kiss tastes of gasoline
Well on my way to the pyre
Just strike the match, my love
I'd die just to burn in your fire
In the absence of your fire...
The blackest waves to take my ship away
The spiraling decay of all we had
My angel, tie my noose of blackened halos
With every single breath
I die a little more
Cover my mouth
Sink your teeth in
I'll still love you blindly
Clawing at the walls that cage me
Why couldn't you just forgive me?
I know your hate
I've been there
It gets no better with every passing day

6. Between The Dead An The Deceived

I have opened my eyes to a world against me
A futile, weak offensive
Met head-on with crushing malice
I'd live on more days just to watch you die
For contempt, my savior I was not a cross that you'd bear
I am your bastard child
You see me in your eyes
Suffered your life I have
Drunk fucking liar
Into the arms of god
Willingly let you fall
For your place is hell
You left me there I know it well
Why have you forsaken me?
I was lost
Reared by a father's first
Lived the lie
Paid the cost
Crush all the ones who've wronged you
Rip out the tongue that scorned you
Therein redemption lies
Let them burn
Let them burn
Cut the marrow
Taste the barrel
End the sorrow
Let them burn
Light the fire
Stack the pyre
Hang the martyr

7. For The Taking

Adapt
Submit
Your thoughts are not your own
Defined by fear
Your relish in the role of victim
You really think I'll let you get away?
I might be bruised and bleeding
Long forgotten
One foot in the grave
Stand up
Stand down
I'll cut you at the knees
There's always a place to run to
But doesn't pride slow your feet?
Time has forsaken me
Go live your mundane life and never look back
I'm still alive
You should have let me die
So goddamn ripe for the taking
Your aims not true when you're shaking
No need to dwell in what made me feel safe
My fire for you burned me
Yet left alive
A blackening stain
Ripped apart
An open heart
Downed pray for carrion flocks
Don't try to pick out my eyes
By my hand you'll surely die
Have you ever felt like you'll die all alone?
A black premonition that your life's been sold?
Some cruel puppet master broke your soul
Ripped out your ten dollar heart of gold
All falling down
Burning leaves
Put the fire with all our dreams
How can I tear you out and not bleed?
How can an open wound sustain me?
I've been here for days...
There's always a place to run to
Yet the places keep getting smaller and smaller

8. Merciless

Yesterdays gone
Or so I was told
Tomorrow just another day old
I'm drowning hordes with pointing fingers
Stepping on the bones or another dead ringer
I know you all wish me hell behind your plastic smiles
A broken jaw will slow your tongue
You're too green to walk this mile
The pain instilled (my fist of retribution)
I take what I want, when I feel
From where I stand your nothing
Choose wise the ones who turn the screws
(I'll burn you down and smile)
For I've nothing to lose
A belly full
A silver spoon
A heretic inside your room
I've broken bigger men without much effort
Cut off the ties I've severed
So all at once or one at a time
A hollow point to ease your mind
No warning shot to quicken haste
Just fucking die
The pain instilled (my fist of retribution)
I take what I want, when I feel
From where I stand your nothing
Lsian by the hand that you left stained
Merciless in my hate
Don't appeal to me
For all I'll do is watch it bleed
Destroy another life for crimes so petty
Can't take back the life you buried
Open yourself to me and I'll recoil
The crippled lamb
The whoring daughter
The royal prince that's bred for slaughter
Cut from a cloth long since discarded
Expired to for which you bartered
You'll find no pity in my eyes
I'd just as soon watch you lie down
In this kingdom of shit
Built to reach the skies

9. A Silent Prayer For The Haunted

Daylight
Four days you're gone
Still chasing sleep
Black spectres born from dark shadows in my mind
One step to the edge I'm taking
The last remnants of who I used to be
My still blackened skies
You've got to burn your eyes to see
Unguarded thoughts betray a frail mind
So what
If I lost all compassion?
(Just like you)
Would you make me a martyr?
I'm not afraid to die
Shut me up with some new damage
One step to the edge I'm taking
The last remnants of who I used to be
My still blackened skies
You've got to burn your eyes to see
Flowers for an empty grave
To your knees to brush away
An epitaph you just can't say
Between the leaves reads your name
The tide has washed you back to me
Into my arms lay you down to sleep
Call it love or just revenge
A fitting end for us, my friend
Time for mending came and went I tore you from my heart
So just walk away I tried to open your eyes
Your soul was shackled since the point of inception
There is no grace
So just fall away
The hourglass spans the length of a life time







HELL WITHIN LYRICS