NIGHTS OF MALICE LYRICS

1. CCVXI

2. Staring Down The Black Throat Of The Snake

[Lyrics: Brendan McGrath, Xavier Quiles]

Damnation waits. You are denied at heavens gates. The judges become the judged as they descend into flames.

Judgement. Decay. Staring down the black throat of the snake
Judgement. Decay. Staring down the black throat of the snake

Damnation waits. You are denied at heavens gates. The judges become the judged as they descend into flames.

Follow the lost
Carry the cross
The serpents mouth opens wide to devour the unholy
These mortal sins carry with them, torment for eternity
You've spent your life judging. Above the rest, high and mighty
The Dark One spreads his wings. He has you in his sights
And now you crawl.

"They shall be made to crawl on their bellies to the kingdom of darkness"

Your flesh sloughs away. Your bones, black as coal
The lake of fire cleanses your treacherous soul.
Your holiness is hate. You've met your eternal fate.
Do you feel closer to God? Do you feel closer to God?

He has ignored the cries and prayers and the reprieve you seek
From the stygian nightmare you've peddled onto the meek.

Oh the irony as he feeds while your soul bleeds
Your creeds meaning depletes
A fate suited for your hypocrisy
Make yourself at home, you will never leave
Your pleads for forgiveness will never meet the ears of your lord and savior again.

"Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate"

3. A Myriad Misfortunes

[Lyrics: Brendan McGrath]

The heart of humanity collapses into dust
A myriad misfortunes still to fall upon us.
Behind a curtain of lies is the truth of our apathy
We cannot hide forever from this painful reality
It's grim looking forward. Hard to picture a future at all
We can't keep moving forward. We've already seen empires fall
The fields have all been scorched and all the wells are dry
The hourglass is empty. We're living on borrowed time.

There's always room in the budget for death, but life will break the bank.
So many miles left to go in our path but we're running on an empty tank.
The upper echelons hide away, safe behind the walls of their ivory tower
While we suffer for their comfort, they sit back laughing and drunk with power.

This is the hell we live in. God has abandoned us.

Approaching absolute self destruction
All we seek is something to blame.
We destroy everything in our path
All while believing in the prosper we feign.

We weren't always afraid
Take us back to the solace that we remember
But it was never real
It's just a story for the dreamers and pretenders
And who we really are
Is all in the hate we try to defend
This life is nothing but pain
And I just wish it all would fucking end

Bleed out these wretched creatures. All of the oceans turn red
The void we've left fills the air, and there's no one left to bury the dead

This is the hell we live in. God has abandoned us.

Approaching absolute self destruction
All we seek is something to blame.
We destroy everything in our path
All while believing in the prosper we feign.

We weren't always afraid
Take us back to the solace that we remember
But it was never real
It's just a story for the dreamers and pretenders
And who we really are
Is all in the hate we try to defend
This life is nothing but pain
And I just wish it all would fucking end

And I just wish it all would fucking end.

4. Throne of Shame

[Lyrics: Brendan McGrath, Mark Marin]

Pestilence, we've spread the man made plague.
Venomous thoughts of the sick and depraved.
Forever haunted by the cries of the dead,
They tried to warn us, there was nothing to save.

Reckoning, the day of judgement has come.
There's nothing left of the cities but dust.
Ghosts of the frontline who've perished in vein,
Satisfying the empire's bloodlust.

Flames of purification in the name of freedom. Bludgeoning to the sound of the war drum.
Citizens bow to their sadistic and myopic leaders. Feeding them filth and lies they can bleed for.
Pray for resolution that we'll never see 'cause in their eyes, we are nothing and we all deserve to fucking die.

False prophets speak for the Father
Wearing death like a Medal of Honor
Digging graves for your sons and your daughters
The blind will lead the blind to the slaughter.

All shall soon witness the long awaited end of times
As they force our nations down tightropes to their demise
Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be thy name
Your kingdom's burning as you rest upon your throne of shame.

Reckoning, the day of judgement has come.
There's nothing left of the cities but dust.
Ghosts of the frontline who've perished in vein,
Satisfying the empire's bloodlust.

Pestilence, we've spread the man made plague.
Venomous thoughts of the sick and depraved.
Forever haunted by the cries of the dead,
They tried to warn us, there was nothing to save.

Death, the ravenous merchant, hath no hope or care
Grinning as the apocalypse draws near
When this bleeding world breathes it's final breath
You'll see, even Death himself will shed a tear.

False prophets speak for the Father
Wearing death like a Medal of Honor
Digging graves for your sons and your daughters
The blind will lead the blind to the slaughter.

All shall soon witness the long awaited end of times
As they force our nations down tightropes to their demise
Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be thy name
Your kingdom's burning as you rest upon your throne of shame.

Flames of purification in the name of freedom, bludgeoning to the sound of the war drum.
Citizens bow to their sadistic and myopic leaders. Feeding them filth and lies they can bleed for.
Pray for resolution that we'll never see 'cause in their eyes, we are nothing and we all deserve to fucking die.

Death, the ravenous merchant, hath no hope or care
Grinning as the apocalypse draws near
When this bleeding world breathes it's final breath
You'll see, even Death himself will shed a tear.

5. Gaea

[feat. CJ McMahon of Thy Art Is Murder]

[Lyrics: Brendan McGrath, Xavier Quiles, Mark Marin]

Our days are numbered when the glaciers start to weep.
The monuments of fools will all be sucked into the deep
The water fills our lungs. The flood is here
We all will drown in Gaea's tears

The only survivors will burn in the fires or fall to the drought
No habitable place left to dwell on this planet. Our time has run out.

The water fills our lungs. The flood is here
We all will drown in Gaea's tears

When will we realize that we are hollow?
When the waves crash in our homes and the shore has been swallowed?
All of your possessions now belong to the sea.
Humanity is a fucking disease.

[CJ part:]
A thousand year plague emerged from lacerations in the ice.
We ignored the warning signs and now we're paying the price.
We just kept pushing and now Mother Nature is taking back her home
How can we act surprised when the planet cracks and it's no ones fault but our own.
Tides will swallow us whole, bringing the unforgiving doom
By the thoughtless humans living on a planet with no more room.
Unrelenting wrath brought to light
Crumbling under the storms might.

When will we realize that we are hollow?
When the waves crash in our homes and the shore has been swallowed?
All of your possessions now belong to the sea.
Humanity is a fucking disease.

It's not safe to breathe. Choking on the toxic clouds
There's nothing left to build from. No resources to be found
A mere shell of what we once were. We're now left in shrouds

The silent cries of Gaea echo through a forest where nothing grows
The irreversible damage that we've caused is catching up to us now. We will reap what we sow

When will we realize that we are hollow?
When the waves crash in our homes and the shore has been swallowed?
All of your possessions now belong to the sea.
Humanity is a fucking disease.

6. Crimson Sand

[Lyrics: Xavier Quiles, Brendan McGrath, Peter Irizzary]

It's dark and lonely on this unforgiving path you walk
To meet your maker with your head upon the chopping block.

Your only crime was not being one of them. The oppressors so hungry for malevolence.
They'll stop at nothing 'til their message is clear. Join them or fall in the name of their god.
Don't play on their mercy, they know no such thing. No man, woman, or child is safe from the butchering.
All that they know is their blades remain thirsty. The most insatiable need for...

The infidels neck
Decapitate
This offering of flesh
A gift to God
Sharpening the blade to send a message to those who disobey. Death, be their sentence
Sever the heads, force the damnable sinners to rectify. The stump lay lifeless

Life cuts to black with just one swing of the sword.
Cold kiss of steel, be thy fate of this weeping world.

Don't play on their mercy, they know no such thing. No man, woman, or child is safe from the butchering.
All that they know is their blades remain thirsty. The most insatiable need for...

The infidels neck
Decapitate
This offering of flesh
A gift to God
Sharpening the blade to send a message to those who disobey. Death, be their sentence
Sever the heads, force the damnable sinners to rectify. The stump lay lifeless

Truly unfortunate hands have been dealt
To go on like this would be hell in itself
Dark crimson red thickly paints over the sand
Your eyes only see black. Is this the promise land?

Familiar sense of nausea, your adrenaline spikes.
Your heart is racing faster. Then the headman strikes
The crowd gathers with hate in their eyes. Brainwashed by fear and force fed lies
They've come to see the end of a monster they've created.

Take their heads
Gods command
Bloods been shed
Crimson sand

7. When Death Comes, We Will Eat

[feat. Cody Harmon]

[Lyrics: Xavier Quiles, Brendan McGrath, Mark Marin]

Another day, another life ripped from it's frail bones as the rations are hardly split.
Another night plagued by the tormenting churning, we're yearning for scraps as our insides are burning.

Woe
How can they simply sit by, always ready to dine?
Out of sight, out of mind. We are nothing to them. We are condemned.

Save us from humanity. Kill off this breed
Fuck this cruel world run by gluttony and greed
The innocent are always the casualties
Only in death will they ever be free.
With each day we grow weaker. Our bones, brittle and frail.
Can we survive with nothing? We try to no avail.
Clawing at the scraps and morsels, fighting tooth and nail
Our bodies decorate the land where God failed.

The selfish pigs have much to spare but our pleas fall on deaf ears.
"Think of our families and our loved ones. We're not so different.
We did not ask for such a life, but now our children's we fear."
Yet they shrug off their disgust with smirks of sadistic glee.

The rivers turning red, we're foraging the streets
We're whispering the words, "when death comes, we will eat."
The moment when we die, God will have food for those in need
And when we close our eyes, we'll see no more children bleed

Save us from humanity. Kill off this breed
Fuck this cruel world run by gluttony and greed
The innocent are always the casualties
Only in death will they ever be free.
With each day we grow weaker. Our bones, brittle and frail.
Can we survive with nothing? We try to no avail.
Clawing at the scraps and morsels, fighting tooth and nail
Our bodies decorate the land where God failed.

The rivers turning red, we're foraging the streets
We're whispering the words, "when death comes, we will eat."
The moment when we die, God will have food for those in need
And when we close our eyes, we'll see no more children bleed
The rivers turning red, we're foraging the streets
We're whispering the words, "when death comes, we will eat."
The moment when we die, God will have food for those in need
And when we close our eyes, we'll see no more children bleed

It would seem fortune favors the bold
Do we not deserve it?
All they care for are riches and gold
One can only dream
As we drop like the flies that swarm us, the flying beasts circle in the sky.
Once we take our final breaths, the vultures will be fed better than we ever were.

Famine spreads like a virus, forever plaguing our land.
We collapse one by one. Was this Gods plan?

8. The God Machines

[Lyrics: Brendan McGrath, Mark Marin]

Our codes have brought a death wish
To this frail existence
Our minds are clouded by unnatural means of subsistence.

God's a machine whose gears are turning at a rate that's faster than we can keep up with. A digital prophet created. A man made anomaly, making us obsolete.
The flaws of design reflect the flaws in ourselves. We'll burn to the ground with it. Dependent, we're selling our souls and the lack of autonomy renders us incomplete.
The pursuit of knowledge steering us further from the truth within
The rise and the fall are happening before our own eyes, a life unsustainable.
Our own evolution is halted but the wheels of entropy continue to spin.

Our codes have brought a death wish
To this frail existence
Our minds are clouded by unnatural means of subsistence.
Slowly the rust and smoke
Consumes the blue and green
Coerced dehumanization.
All hail the god machines.

Endeavors, deceiving. Mechanized conceiving. Compassion, receding. Energy, depleting.

Deus ex machina
Dioses causan lagrimas

Rise of the mechanical messiah.
Our minds surpassed by our own cybernetic creations.

Our codes have brought a death wish
To this frail existence
Our minds are clouded by unnatural means of subsistence.
Slowly the rust and smoke
Consumes the blue and green
Coerced dehumanization.
All hail the god machines.

God's a machine whose gears are turning at a rate that's faster than we can keep up with. A digital prophet created. A man made anomaly, making us obsolete.
The flaws of design reflect the flaws in ourselves. We'll burn to the ground with it. Dependent, we're selling our souls and the lack of autonomy renders us incomplete.

All the gods we've created and killed
It was all just a fucking mistake
Society and the structures we build
It was all just a fucking mistake
Dissociation from what we really are
It was all just a fucking mistake
No turning back, we've taken it too far
It was all just a fucking mistake
Mistake
Mistake
Mistake
Mistake

9. Cast Down by Storms of Vengeance

[Lyrics: Brendan McGrath, Mark Marin]

Decades of damnation, resulting in infection
Of a mindless population controlled by hypocrisy.
Remnants of a nation, crumble into depression.
A massive soul abrasion of a monumental degree.

All the subjects are listening
The lord says as he sneers
"In my hands, I hold your future,
Darkness for a thousand years."

Fear and false prophecies
Faceless totalitarians, corrupted to the core
Fear and false prophecies
When the last drop of oil's drained from earth, what are you fighting for?

Suffer unto thee
Callous, unholy greed
Bloodstained legacy
An abhorrent mess indeed
Face your enemy
How can they truly believe that God is on their side?
Our wise entity
Hath shown us the truth that this murder will be justified
Ravage violently
They stand no chance at all, they have nowhere to hide
With bombs, we bring peace
We will rewrite history in favor of this genocide

All the subjects are listening
The lord says as he sneers
"In my hands, I hold your future,
Darkness for a thousand years."
Now what's left to be cherished
At the end of this reign?
And who shall gather the herd
Once the shepherd has been slain?

Blessed is this conquest of hate
Usurp the throne of this world of decay
The conqueror shall be crowned King of Nothing
The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away.

These empty streets beckon me, forsaken wasteland be thine kingdom.
Cast down by storms of vengeance, swallowed whole by the maelstrom.

All the subjects are listening
The lord says as he sneers
"In my hands, I hold your future,
Darkness for a thousand years."
Now what's left to be cherished
At the end of this reign?
And who shall gather the herd
Once the shepherd has been slain?

10. Sonnets of Ruin

[Lyrics: Brendan McGrath, Mark Marin]

How many days can we waste on the same tired ideas? What would you sacrifice for what you believe?
When in the blink of an eye, all we know could disappear. Would it be worth it to know what you've achieved?
And what if all we fought for, and what if all we built was all gone in a flash leaving a void so empty
Would any of it matter? Would anybody care? If only we knew the truth of our impending catastrophe

It could all be for nothing
Another day closer to suicide
We're singing sonnets of ruin
In our final days when planets collide

Do you dream of love?
Do you dream of being complete?
Have you ever known peace?
Or is that just another one of your dreams?

Now if we could see ourselves, foolishly search for meaning, creating lessons and commandments so arbitrary
Could we learn from our mistakes? Or deserve another chance? Are we just doomed to keep repeating history?
So many questions left unanswered. So many plans for a future we'll never see.
So many stories never told. We're left unfulfilled by a life of mediocrity.

I wouldn't care if it all went away
This fucking world is dead to me.

How many days can we waste on the same tired ideas? What would you sacrifice for what you believe?
When in the blink of an eye, all we know could disappear. Would it be worth it to know what you've achieved?
And what if all we fought for, and what if all we built was all gone in a flash leaving a void so empty
Would any of it matter? Would anybody care? If only we knew the truth of our impending catastrophe

Emptiness. Just going through the motions, fucking dead inside. Buried and gasping for air inside a shallow grave. We've become a distant memory so meaningless in our endless pursuit of wealth.
Digging deep to reach a place that still has light. Painful torment creeps from within

It could all be for nothing
Another day closer to suicide
We're singing sonnets of ruin
In our final days when planets collide
It could all be for nothing
Another day closer to suicide
We're singing sonnets of ruin
In our final days when planets collide







NIGHTS OF MALICE LYRICS