NEVERMORE LYRICS

1. Narcosynthesis

Hypnotize me, mesmerize me
Drain the color from my eyes
Patronize me, energize me
Change the world, internalize
How did it come to this,
Narcosynthesis
Alienate me, learn to hate me
Crucify your ideals the flesh is the swine
We are the last ones and we're bleeding
For an unseen god
Turn my blood to sand
Lives fall through the hourglass and grow cold
What are you searching for?
Turn my dirt to gold
Time the healer the great concealer
Please salvage my soul
Victimize me, vilify me
Vilipend and amend the sins you condign
You are nothing and you speak for
All that never was

2. We Disintegrate

I am the poet
The prophet in the pit
Like a hollow-point bullet
Straight to the head
I never miss
You

Within the dark communion of self awareness
There lies a void called ego
An endless fusion of stillness and chaos
To bring its death can bring rebirth
I want to freeze the time
(dissolve into gray)
As we disintegrate the light
Let the rain come down,
Let the solitude surround
I want to change the lines
And purify the divide
Are we ever free or slaves to technology
Outside the fallen walls of pride and prejudice
There is a voice that speaks in circles
Empty illusions still fall before us
There is no future so profess your pain

3. Inside Four Walls

Inside four walls I live my life, doesn't matter what I've done
The government's always right
They tell us what to be they tell us what to believe
They're wrong my friend is gone

Inside four walls,
Inside four walls
The day they took away my friend

Injustice made it's mark
All the political whores only come out after dark
If anyone knows the way
Build me a bridge so I won't fall astray

Inside four walls, inside four walls my friend
They took away your freedom
And the pigs still preach their lies

The system falls apart
The pigs still laugh feeding off our broken lives
Can anyone tell me why
Some violent criminals do far less time?

Inside four walls, inside four walls my friend
They took away your freedom
And the pigs still preach their lies

Inside four walls, inside four walls my friend
They took away your freedom
And the pigs still preach their lies
Inside four walls, inside four walls my friend
They took away your freedom

But they'll never take your mind

4. Evolution 169

Welcome to the pleasure dome, now take a seat the crowd is watching you
Just rats in this experiment
Now learn the maze but don't tear yourself in two
Don't let it pull you down

And one by one we crawl, and two by two
Into the mouth of madness, we seek the perfect view
We reach another turn then fall out of time
In organized chaos
Evolution 169

You can touch but never taste the answers
Like the way that I want you
Today I killed my ego, if hell is real
Dear god please tie my noose
And then he pulled me down

And one by one we crawl, and two by two
Into the mouth of madness we seek the perfect view
We reach another turn then fall out of time
In organized chaos
Evolution 169
And one by one we crawl, and two by two
Into the mouth of madness, we fly away

Don't set your mind to one side
Don't set your mind to one side

5. The River Dragon Has Come

Today the warning came in the flood
Architects and fools never cared for poor men's blood
Cursed to repeat the past they are
The river dragon swims upstream
They've built another wall

The three will fall
Save us from the flood
Washed away we drown
Three will fall

The river dragon
Has come
Souls wash away
The earth has spoken and taken them to their graves

Those who cannot remember the last
Fall away, far away
The distance meets its task

The three will fall
Save us from the flood
Washed away we drown
Three will fall

The river dragon
Has come
Souls wash away
The earth has spoken and taken them to their graves
The river dragon has come
At first light of dawn
The earth has spoken
And in the crush they are gone

The three will fall
Save us from the flood
Washed away we drown
Three will fall

The river dragon
Has come
Souls wash away
The earth has spoken and taken them to their graves
In the mass destruction the bringer shows his form
Technology the beast
The seventh crown

6. The Heart Collector

To see the actor without tears
Dark rivers carve the years between the lines of self control
In my psychotic karmic fear, I own your tears anyway
And I am you and we are not afraid

And we won't be here for long
The heart collector sings his song that's slowly boiling over

Nevermore to feel the pain
The heart collector sang
And I won't be feeling hollow for so long
Nevermore to feel the pain
The words fall out like fire
I'll believe when you can't believe anymore

The stage is empty now
I hope we hold and cannot allow
Corrupt eclectic takes his fatal bow

And we won't be here for long
The heart collector sings his song again

Nevermore to feel the pain
The heart collector sang
And I won't be feeling hollow for so long
Nevermore to feel the pain
The words fall out like fire
I'll believe when you can't believe anymore

7. Engines Of Hate

Can I be your personal demon–
Sit back absorb the words
And feast on my mind's semen?
Can I be the devil on your shoulder?
We all fall down as the world gets colder

I uncreate, I desecrate
I spit the truth into the engines of hate

Can I be your chemical pariah?
The world's such an ugly place.
It seems useless sometimes trying.
Will you watch the hate machine spin evil
Or will you look away and plead apathy again?

I uncreate, I desecrate
I spit the truth into the engines of hate

We sing into the sky on the production line
We are the holy swine, impurity defined
You can't ignore us anymore
You cannot judge us anymore

The sheep are made to follow
Choke back the puke and swallow
The sheep are told to divide
The engines of hate still grind

I uncreate, I desecrate
I spit the truth into the engines of hate

8. The Sound Of Silence

[P. Simon, 1964]

Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,

And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls."
And whispered in the sounds of silence.

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."

9. Insignificant

Ours is not to question the reasons why
Crippled indecision repeats the path I once denied
Insignificant, am I?
The color of sundown, of crimson sky
The beauty that breaks down
And gives the day unto the night

[Chorus:]
And then one day you'll realize
Just a speck in the spectrum
Insignificant, am I?
And then one day you'll realize
The beauty that breaks down
Never knows the reason why

Scan my horizon as blue turns to black
The sky is gone again
And all beneath are born to die
Insignificant, am I?

[Chorus]

The brother of sundown
Has bleached away my past
To look into the sky
If only for one last time

[Chorus]

The brother of sundown has bleached away my past.
To look into the sky if only for one last time

[Chorus]

10. Believe In Nothing

Into a strange new world, into the after
All your tears might find you've fallen too far
Take another look, take another ride
Can't we make them leave the hate behind

And I still believe in nothing
Will we ever see the shape of tomorrow?

Into the empty storm, into the formless loss of hope,
Where we can forget the game

And I still believe in nothing
Will we ever see the cure for our sorrow

Nothing is sacred when no one is saved
Nothing's forever so count your days
Nothing is final and no one is real
Pray for tomorrow and find your empty still

Nothing

11. Dead Heart In A Dead World

To see the last survivor fall
To see their bastards sons against the wall
To see the emptiness as we decay
I see the world is dead, I am betrayed

Dead heart in a dead world
Dead heart in a dead world

This rotten hole that I call home bled dry again
This lesion marked upon my soul
Left an empty hanging man

Across the fields, into the sea
To find the light from within
Out of this lake I've tried to crawl
I think I'm there and then again I fall
Again I fall

Burn your gods and kill the king
Subjugate your suffering
Dead heart, in a dead world

We must remember wounds so deep
Take time to heal
And sometimes though we struggle still
Life seems surreal

Emotions turned to cold dead wood
Can still have life once more
The door that slammed upon your heart
Torn away, torn away

Burn your gods and kill the king
Subjugate your suffering
Dead heart, in a dead world
Burn your gods and kill the king
Subjugate your suffering
Dead heart, in a dead world
Dead heart, in a dead world

12. Love Bites

[Bonus track]

We make you feel safe
When you feel warm
That's when I rise, that's when I crawl.
Gliding on mist, hardly a sound
Bringing the kiss, evil's abound
In the dead of night, love bites.
In the dead of night, love bites.
Into your room, where in deep sleep
There you lie still, to you I creep.
Then I descend, close to your lips
Across you I bend, you smile as I sip
Now you are mine, in my control
The taste of your life, and I own your soul
Softly you stir, gently you moan
Lust's in the air, awake as I groan
In the dead of night, love bites you
Invites you to feast in the night
Excites you, delights you
It drains you to white
Love bites.
You knew at first sight, you'd enjoy my attack
That with my first bite, there'd be no turning back
So come in my arms, I strike any hour
I will return to trap and devour.
In the dead of night, love bites.
In the dead of night, love bites.
In the dead of night, love bites.
In the dead of night, love bites.
Love bites.
Love bites.
Love bites.

13. All The Cowards Hide

[Bonus track]

It's time to play a game
A game of chances
And now recall the names
Of those who passed before us
Today you could lose your life
Do as you're told tow the line
Hypocrisy is what we die for
Cattle to the slaughter born are we?

All the cowards hide
As their puppets dance they laugh
They pull the strings

It's time to play your hand
The cards have been dealt
Atone the sins of man
And cleanse your spirit
Do what they say surrender will
And you wont go to hell
A human pawn of suited cowards
There is no truth, only power

All the cowards hide
As their puppets dance they laugh
They pull the strings

All the pawns resign
To the wheel of chance
They watch the wheel spin
No one wins

Fall, obey, another number meets the end

All the cowards hide
As their puppets dance they laugh
They pull the strings

All the pawns resign
To the wheel of chance
They watch the wheel spin

All the pious lies
We subvert the minds of youth
To lead them to truth

All the pawns resign
The appointed fools
Oppress our worthless generation

Fall, obey, another number meets the end
Obey, obey, obey
Fall, obey, another number meets the end
Pray, you're saved
Your hidden past is the last laugh
Obey

14. Chances Three

[Bonus track]

Theres just three chances
In your life
To shine in the sun
Take them
Live through them
They show you how to love
Youth is fleeting
And sweet full of wonder
Then falling away
Turn and your grown, earning wisdom
Then you'll grey like a leaf in the autumn
Life just somehow passed by
Chances three
Life's sweet memories
All in the blink of an eye
Who's to say where we're going
I wont struggle to try
Chances three
Life's sweet memories
To take to the other side
Just three chances
Youth is fleeting and sweet
Full of wonder
Then falling away
Turn and you're grown earning wisdom
Then you grey till the wind calls your name
Chances three
Life's melody
Cryptic symphony
And we dance on the strings
Chances three







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