IN DARKEST DREAMS LYRICS

1. Despair

[Psalms 88]
O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out to you day and night.
Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.
For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
I have been dismissed as one who is dead, like a strong man with no strength left.
They have abandoned me to death, and I am as good as dead. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.
You have thrust me down to the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.
Your anger lies heavy on me; wave after wave engulfs me.
You have caused my friends to loathe me; you have sent them all away.
I am in a trap with no way of escape. My eyes are blinded by my tears.
Each day I beg for your help, O Lord; I lift my pleading hands to you for mercy.
Of what use to the dead are your miracles?
Do the dead get up and praise you?
Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love?
In the place of destruction, can they proclaim your faithfulness?
Can the darkness speak of your miracles?
Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness
Talk about your righteousness?
O Lord, I cry out to you.
I will keep pleading day by day.
O Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face away from me?
I have been sickly and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
Your fierce anger overwhelms me. Your terrors have cut me off.
They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have encircled me completely.
You have taken away my companions and loved ones; only darkness remains.
Each day I beg for your help, O Lord; I lift my pleading hands to you for mercy.
Only darkness remains...

2. The Vanishing

Don't leave me in despair
One more thought I cannot bear
To all the pain I feel inside
This season soon must end
Don't leave me in despair
One more thought I cannot bear...
No sign of hope
For the dream of better days
A fabled misconception
Reaching out to touch the sky
As ominous clouds darken
Reminding me of my failures
This world is a dying wasteland
Suffer – through the misery of this life
Torment – feel the pain it brings
Suffocate – from the crushing weight of this world
Broken - exquisitely empty
Getting lost within the madness, I taste death
I hear the screams behind the smile of treachery
Betrayed and tossed aside, insignificance confirmed
Left and abandoned, burned me down and walked away
The Vanishing - Betrayed and tossed aside
The Vanishing – Insignificance confirmed
The Vanishing – Left and abandoned
The Vanishing – Burned me down and walked away
No sign of hope
For the dream of better days
A fabled misconception
Reaching out to touch the sky
As ominous clouds darken
Reminding me of my failures
This world is a dying wasteland
Getting lost within the madness, I taste death
I hear the screams behind the smile of treachery
Betrayed and tossed aside, insignificance confirmed
Left and abandoned, burned me down and walked away
Suffer – through the misery of this life
Torment – feel the pain it brings
Suffocate – from the crushing weight of this world
Broken - exquisitely empty

3. Bleeding Out

Emptiness invades this accursed existence
As this darkness still pervades
Stripping life from life, leaving decay in its path
Behold the ruins of dashed hopes and shattered dreams
Bleeding out - hope is gone
End it all - watch it fall
No peace here - truth evades
Fade away - darkness abounds
Horror grips the heart when convictions burn in flames
Making room for madness to take hold
Feelings of a life, lived in vain, a nightmare brings
Wretched failure and futility
Bleeding out - hope is gone
End it all - watch it fall
No peace here - truth evades
Fade away - darkness abounds
I cannot live a lie
Yet the truth still evades
There is no peace here
Only pain and anguish
God if you do exist
Reveal yourself to me
I need some answers
And a new reality
See me fall
Watch it all
Fade away
End it all
See it all slip away
Bleeding out - hope is gone
End it all - watch it fall
No peace here - truth evades
Fade away - darkness abounds

4. Steal Kill Destroy

There is no love greater than he who lays down his life for a friend
The lesson fallen on deaf ears
With blade in hand the church betrays their own
Beware the Churchian, enemy in the midst
Seeking out those whom they can devour
Their aim - to steal, kill, destroy
The sheep have become the wolves
No sense of loyalty, faithfulness a joke
Their use of love and trust, pure manipulation
Devil in disguise - Friendly fire - premeditated act
With sharpened claws, trusting companion, watch your back
Beware the Churchian, enemy in the midst
Seeking out those whom they can devour
Their aim - to steal, kill, destroy
The sheep have become the wolves
This is not the way it was meant to be
Doctrine of love turned to insanity
Denomination = Domination = Demonation
Love has been replaced with seeking selfish gain

5. End Game

I see the blood-stained scars so ornately carved in your arms
You tried to slit your wrists again, can't stop this pain in your heart
So difficult to breathe, to seek, to speak, to laugh and to feel
You can't stand one more night like this – you can't... you can't
All I am is empty
Pain like knives cut deep through my soul
All I am is empty
Break the skin, let death come in
So numb to feelings your emotions have been beating you down
Can't see past your own shame, left in the cold, hand to the flame
In the silence of darkness you've been left to wither away
But in the dark there is a light that can save and heal you today
All I am is empty
Pain like knives cut deep through my soul
All I am is empty
Break the skin, let death come in
Take this pain away today
I choose your way
Lord, this I pray
All I am is empty
Pain like knives cut deep through my soul
All I am is empty
Break the skin, let death come in
Let death come in...

6. A Midnight Star Falls

7. Demon Seed

8. Losing My Religion

[originally by R.E.M.]

9. Cesspool

10. No Retreat

11. Five Year Winter

[originally by Zao]

Dear Tiffany,
You've made me nauseous for the last time
Everything I've said to you, I will form into a spike (to drive through my throat)
In order to stop my words
This time I'll put them
In the ground along with my memories
And my feelings...
I'll burn it down and walk away
Let the fire warm my back
I wish that you would say you hate me
That would make it so much easier
Burn it down and walk away
Burn it down and walk away
Burn it down and walk away
Burn it down!
Burn it down and walk away...

12. Death Is Dead

He was despised – and rejected
A man of sorrows – acquainted with
Most bitter grief – we turned our backs
On him and looked – the other way
When he went by
He was despised
And we did not care
No, we did not care
It was our weakness – that he carried
It was our sorrows – that crushed him
We thought his troubles – were punishment
From God – for his own sins
For God so loved the world
He gave his only son
That who believes in him
Would have eternal life

Death is dead
Death is dead
Death is dead
Death is dead
Death is dead
Death is dead
Death is dead
Death is dead

I saw the Son of God standing before men
I saw them hand down the sentence – crucifixion
He was beaten and whipped beyond – recognition
He was tormented – crown of thorns – brutalized
Bludgeoned – the spikes – drive the nails – into flesh
Bloodied – scarecrow – horror – all for you

I saw the Son of God standing before men
I saw them hand down the sentence – crucifixion
He was beaten and whipped beyond – recognition
He was tormented – crown of thorns – brutalized
Bludgeoned – the spikes – drive the nails – into flesh
Bloodied – scarecrow – horror – all for you

He was despised – and rejected
A man of sorrows – acquainted with
Most bitter grief – we turned our backs
On him and looked – the other way
When he went by
He was despised
And we did not care
No, we did not care
It was our weakness – that he carried
It was our sorrows – that crushed him
We thought his troubles – were punishment
From God – for his own sins
For God so loved the world
He gave his only son
That who believes in him
Would have eternal life
He was innocent – he was crucified
He was innocent – he was murdered
He was innocent – he was crucified
He was innocent – he was brutalized
He is – risen – death is – conquered
He is – alive – death is – devoured
He is – risen – death is swallowed up
He is – alive – death where is your sting?

Receive him
Receive him
Receive him
Receive him
Receive him
Receive him
Receive him
Receive him
Receive him

13. The Dreams Of Disillusionment And Pain

[Instrumental]








IN DARKEST DREAMS LYRICS