THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE LYRICS

1. Fertile Steps

My life is proof purgatory is real
Pain is my brother
Temptation my sister
Married to Misery against my will
I tear open my chest
Let water collect
Roots grow
Crack bones
Fertile steps is my best bet to turn it all around

Relapse
Collapse
Relinquish
Rebuild

A slip of the tongue and it falls right out
Drags along the concrete
Red carpet to Hell on Earth
As the streets burn
On this Saturday night
Boiling over with anger
I scream

Honesty is honesty the foundation of respect
But none of you would know a thing about that
Integrity's exactly what you lack
We're not friends
We never were
We're worlds apart in how we act

The hand i've been dealt
I will play to the best of my ability
No one can bluff me into giving up
Can't stare me down
Won't ever phase me out
When I know all the tricks of the trade
Always one step ahead of the game
Because I am a repeat offender of the worst decisions in the world
Can't believe all the things they said would happen have
And I should know by now
That nothing good ever happens after midnight

Fertile steps

The hand i've been dealt
I will play to the best of my ability
No one can bluff me into giving up
Can't stare me down
Won't ever phase me out
When I know all the tricks of the trade
Always one step ahead of the game
Because I am a repeat offender of the worst decisions in the world
Can't believe all the things they said would happen have
And I should know by now
That nothing good ever happens after midnight

I will take back what they took from me

2. False Awakening

Why are my perceptions playing tricks?

How can I release myself from this false awakening?

Look and inspect
Everything's out of whack
I need to reset
Take a second and breathe
Recover my wits and get to the bottom of this

My heart attacks and caves in on itself
Think I'm losing what soundness I had left

Now, I'm awake, but then I realize it's fake
Oh no

Paralyzed with fear
What if none of it's real?
The question thrives
Burnt bright on the back of my eyelids
Awake or asleep
What if none of it's real?

Why are my perceptions playing tricks?

How can I release myself from this false awakening?

Why are my perceptions playing tricks?
How can I release myself from this?
Will I ever wake up?
Why are my perceptions playing tricks?

How can I release myself from this false awakening?

Look and inspect
Everything's out of whack
I need to reset
Take a second and breathe
Recover my wits and get to the bottom of this

My heart attacks and caves in on itself
Think I'm losing what soundness I had left

Now, I'm awake, but then I realize it's fake
Oh no

Paralyzed with fear
What if none of it's real?
The question thrives
Burnt bright on the back of my eyelids
Awake or asleep
What if none of it's real?

Why are my perceptions playing tricks?

How can I release myself from this false awakening?

Why are my perceptions playing tricks?
How can I release myself from this?
Will I ever wake up?

3. A Dime A Dozen

This is where the bodies collect
Manifest, then disappear without a trace

Led astray by what they seek
Unsatisfied, dissipate their present state

Forever exchanging lines in your head
Will only pull you under
We all have future resting places and we are all former strangers
Just worry about the now and you'll be further than you've ever been

If seeing is believing
Life seems to have meaning
But I'm not convinced
I'm not so sure

This is where the bodies collect
Manifest, then disappear without a trace

Led astray by what they seek
Unsatisfied, dissipate their present state

Eliminate the chains of thoughts
That restrain you from moving forward
We all have future resting places and we are all former strangers
Agonizing over what's to come
Will never work in your favor

If seeing is believing
Life seems to have meaning
But I'm not convinced
I'm not so sure

Forever exchanging lines in your head
Will only pull you under
Break the cycle now

A dime a dozen
Everywhere you look these days
All painting pictures
Worth not even a single word
Wasted time with wasteful minds
Always agonizing over what's to come

4. Numbskull

Out of sight, out of mind, but what if its all in my head? 

At this point, I'm open to any suggestions, that might keep my life from being consumed

Grit my teeth, close my eyes, and then I bury my face in my hands

But I can't help peering through the cracks of my fingers to see what's staring back at me
Every time it's the same damn thing I feel the panic shoot through my veins

All around, I search for any escape, as the frenzy blows up my brain
Overwhelmed

Irrationality keeps attacking me

This bed has become a casket and my fears keep asking to tuck me in tonight
Cold seals it away

Reaching for the outside

Fog up the glass with a breath

Write a plea on the window pane
Can anything help me?
Help me
Out of sight, out of mind, but what if its all in my head?

At this point, I'm open to any suggestions, that might keep my life from being consumed

Grit my teeth, close my eyes, then I bury my face in my hands

But I can't help peering through the cracks of my fingers to see what's staring back at me
Every time it's the same damn thing I feel the panic shoot through my veins

All around, I search for any escape, as the frenzy blows up my brain
It is what it is

I am who I am

It is what it is

I am who I am
The room is always whispering

Endlessly working to lock me in
Numbskull
I
I accept my fate

Numbskull
I
I accept my fate

5. The Face (A Face Amongst The Flames Pt. 2)

This is Darkness
I have returned
Do you remember the last time we spoke?

Any last words?
Yes, I have some
You'll neer rid of me
We are one

I'm the beginning
You are my end
Rotting the bone
Under your skin

One without the other
Can never work
This is eternity
You are my host

You tried to kill me
Burn us both alive
But without you Death wouldn't take me and now true pain will come alive

Everything echoes
Nowhere to hide
This can't be happening
I destroyed this side
Try to fight it
With all my might
Close to surrender
Something catches my eye

The spider drops down as I lay in the bed
Just the person I needed to see I said
Every night the ceiling stares back at my face
So my eyes wander to the edge
You're always in the corner consumed by your web
And the same question always spins in my head
What's it like living in the darkest corners of the room?
And he said
The darkest corners of life only exist in your mind

You won't win, You can't win, I won't let you
You won't win, You can't win, I won't let you
This is my choice
This is my life

We will soon burn
Our lives will end
Body destroyed
The Light will win

This is Darkness
I have returned
Do you remember the last time we spoke?

Any last words?
Yes, I have some
You'll neer rid of me
We are one

I

6. Morality

Morality has fled
Chased out into the streets
Persecution of the one thing we need

It's time to face the facts not turn our backs for once
Turning a blind eye is only living a lie

Asphyxiated
Contemplating
Of how so many take so much they have for granted

Have I been forgotten?
Have I been cast out for good?
Thrown down into the gutter, left abandoned, to be washed under

Respect is earned
Always expected in return
But these days it never seems to be delivered

Morality
Do you remember me?
I am Morality
Do you remember me?

Morality has fled
Chased out into the streets
Persecution of the one thing we need
It's time to face the facts not turn our backs for once
Turning a blind eye is only living a lie

7. Haste Makes Waste

Give me a sign
Tell me I've crossed the line
Pushing 95
In my old man's ride
Windows down
The wind's whipping through
I got nowhere to go
I got nothing to do

The problems just don't matter
Or the troubles hanging over my head
When I let it run wide open
All the pressure lifts off my chest

Favorite band blasted to the max
Drumming along on the steering wheel
Singing my heart out like I wrote it and I'm still driving like I stole it

The gas pedal graces the floor
The engine comes alive under the hood

Roaring and snapping at the lines that cage it in
Hungry for more it races ahead

Who says there's a difference between speed and power
Knuckles white
Gripping the wheel
Going 100MPH

What's going on with my mind?
Want to pass on the double line
Am I reckless?
Am I wrong?
Am I going too far?

Haste makes waste

The problems just don't matter
Or the troubles hanging over my head
When I let it run wide open
All the pressure lifts off my chest

And I actually feel alive
oh, I actually feel alive
Oh, I actually feel alive
I actually feel alive

8. Deadfast

I'm beginning to think that my mind and soul are polar opposites
Where did it all go wrong?
Things are so far gone
How do I still exist?

Nailed dead fast to the wall
Crucified by every thought

Repeat
Over and over
Make sure it's all perfect and in place
Bite my knuckles
Crack my fingers
Dwelling on events that will never occur
Slave to myself
A hazard to my health
Slave to myself
A hazard to my health
Obsessive compulsive suffering

Where did it all go wrong?
Things are so far gone
How do I still exist?

All I do is count
Use the same sayings that help calm me down
Check the door
What seems like a hundred times
Only to walk back
It's just people don't understand
Think I'm a freak, crazy for how I am
Making remarks like it's their job
Always talking in my ear
They say
You need to fix this
You need to focus on that
Take these meds
Stop acting like that

Well, the ten stop program
Didn't work worth shit
Now what am I supposed to do?
Where did it all go wrong?
Things are so far gone
Where did it all go wrong?
Things are so far gone
How do I still exist?

How do I still exist?

Nailed dead fast to the wall

Crucified by every thought

Where did it all go wrong?
Things are so far gone

Nailed dead fast to the wall

Crucified by every thought

9. Skeletal

All I see are skeletons of what could have been

The conversation comes to a stand still
You still wonder why?
In one ear and out the other every time
You still wonder why?
The room begins to fill with guests
Delusions of romance
Diluted by non-sense
Licking their lips in suspense
Waiting on the rest of their lives

Lust is all that is left
The gold and white seams
Soft skin and soft eyes
The gold and white seams

Hunger with regrets and sin
But ascension has begun
Wrung out by the hands of a familiar feel
I need someone that will do more than listen
Help me face the things I can't by myself
I'm the first to show up every time and always the last to leave

Drifting off with no warning
You still wonder why?
Staring out at nothing
You still wonder why?
The party's over
Don't even try asking why
Everyone needs to leave
Don't even try asking why

All I see are skeletons

All I see are skeletons of what could have been

All I see are skeletons

And I find myself alone like I always do
Looking for love in the wrong places will do that to you
Looking for comfort from things that are as empty as yourself
Will do that to you again and again
I need someone that will do more than listen
Help me face the things I can't by myself
I'm the first one to show up every time and always the last to leave

10. Ego Death

Ego Death
Birth of the new
Things have changed
For the better and the worse
Self aware
Self denied

All the struggle
It wears and tears
Close one door
Another opens
Lost in more than just translation

Out of body
Isolation
Lucidity
Blinding
All working together in perfect tune

Talking in circles
Empty
No purpose
Listless
Lost completely
Ego Death
Birth of the new







THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE LYRICS