ODIUM LYRICS

1. Burning The Bridges To Nowhere

This is my chance to distance myself from fiction
Our synthetic life was censored, contrived,
No point of reference
This used to mean something
I used to feel something

Keep your pity I don’t need it
Wish I could blame this all on you

Sometimes I look around
And can’t accept this is it now
It might’ve never been real
But at least I got to pretend for a while

[Chorus]
My life has become stranger than fiction
The darkness comes and goes
But it’ll never take me

Misread the signs
The road to our fall is paved in lies
I watched my heaven turn to ash
As those I trusted looked away

Now you’re a ghost to me
A delusional lie
A fantasy

[Chorus]
The infection
Has poisoned our focus
For too long
In search of anything
That we can know is real
There’s no where to run this time

I need to know you see this
Tell me there’s beauty but I can’t feel it now
Some day today
Will fade in to the darkest corners of my memory

If I could go back
I’d grit my teeth
And still go through with this

I need to know you see this
Tell me there’s beauty but I can’t feel it
I can’t accept that this is it now
The darkness comes and goes
But it’ll never take me

Burning the bridges to nowhere

2. Within The Distraction

Impaled on picket fences
The choice to follow your dreams
Was only ever a dream

You were born nothing
That’s what you’ll die with
To see hopes light
I would give anything

We are chasing our tails
Within distractions beyond our control
Because there must be something more

[Chorus]
Who are you to say that’s it’s not worth it
Sliver of all you’ve been promised
I know why you can’t let go of all this
The obsession is all you’ve ever known

To just let go
I’ve seen what that can do to a man
When mediocrity is unacceptable
To strive for something, anything
Keeps me sane
All the problems non existent
Just to persist is a vision all it’s own

[Chorus]
So who are you to say that’s it’s not worth it
Sliver of all you’ve been promised
I know why you can’t let go of all this
The obsession is all you’ve ever known

As I walk through the valley in the shadow of you
I know doubt and despair in my

…desperation won’t get me through
Regret is a part of me
You’re living proof
You’ve had my loyalty
You’ll always be my sanctuary

This liberation is all you’ve inspired
All I will ever need to find
I can never let go

[Chorus]

Who are you to say that’s it’s not worth it
Sliver of all you’ve been promised
I know why you can't let go of all this
The obsession is all you’ve ever known

3. Blue Channel

It’s all control
Don’t care how I get it
I just need it
I’ve been watching you

I follow you
Hold you down and force you
To think like me

[Chorus]
Deaf, blind and numb
Not as abhorrent as it seems
No one to blame
Nothing to change
Won’t miss what we’ll never find

You left me here
But in your failing light
I found salvation
When all else is lost
I’ll find my self worth

[Chorus]
Deaf, blind and numb
Not as abhorrent as it seems
No one to blame
Nothing to change
Won't miss what we'll never find on our own

How many times must we accept a lie
Before it becomes truth
I’d rather die
Then exist in blissful ignorance and follow the flock to you

This climate of fear
Won’t keep us safe forever

I stare blankly in to you
Process my world the way you present it
Lost in the frequency that proves hypnotized you’re nothing but an addict

Leave us behind
One last time
We’ll never have to see the end
If we just close our eyes

As above
So below

4. Viral By Nature

Viral by nature we bloom
Consuming the garden
Bored without chaos
Draining an ocean of wealth
Over stimulated in every way

It's probably just a placebo
Meant to keep you asleep

[Chorus]
Ours is the art of decay
X-rated and ultra violent
There could’ve always been enough
But it would’ve never been enough
For us
Now Eden's burning down

My future is raised by a box
I feed it pills to keep it docile
Lulled by my sense of security
On a neon vacation
That could never end

It's probably just a placebo
Meant to keep you asleep

[Chorus]
Ours is the art of decay
X-rated and ultra violent
There could’ve always been enough
But it would’ve never been enough
For us
Now Eden's burning down

Just entertain us
Keep us down and afraid of ourselves
What we could be
What eyes will never see
Now Eden’s burning down

5. Insomnia

Over and under
but still held on to my dependence
You can always sense my sins
And carry out my sentence

It ends tonight
This battles’ almost lost
Some demons never die
So keep them at bay will have to be enough
Fetal, writhe
I'm not looking above
It’s 3 a.m again
I’ve lost my faith
In government and god

I've searched for a message
I've prayed for a cure
Found nothing but questions
In the space between their words

[Chorus]
The fact you never gave up
May have to be enough
I’ve lost as much as I’ve found
What do I have now?

Don’t hold your breathe
For an apology
I’ve done the best I can since then
So what the fuck do you want from me?

You’re the bliss
You are the parasite
You are the love I can’t accept

They are sterile
But they are far from
Pure on the inside
They are the dirtiest of a all
They hide behind their walls
And tell you, you are nothing

I've searched for a message
I've prayed for a cure
Found nothing but questions
In the space between their words

Pretending
Painting self portraits
Something indulgent
A little less real
Show them a handful of faces
And none of them will ever be mine

[Chorus]
The fact you never gave up
May have to be enough
I’ve lost as much as I’ve found
What do I have now?

Are you pure?
Are you pure on the inside?

6. The Ghost Upstairs

Run away but don’t pretend you’re innocent
You’ve felt it building for years and done nothing
To circumvent the causes and the affects
Of avoidable imbalances

There were people here who cherished you
Followed you, looked up to you
What is left for us now?

So many things I never got to say
Like that wherever you are
You’re fuckin dead to me!
I helped you abandon your duties
And tried to ease your pain

So go and crawl inside yourself for comfort
Your mind will follow you there
Deny until there is nothing left to live for
Don’t act so goddamn surprised that life isn’t fair

So many things I never got to say
Like that wherever you are
You’re fuckin dead to me!
I helped you abandon your duties
And tried to ease your pain

So rally me to your cause
Then run away and justify it all
Only loyalty will satisfy you
Something you know nothing of

Your lack of dedication
Was my liberation
Imagine where I’d be
If I had made you proud

I used to pity you
Until I felt your disease inside my head

You cry victim
To anyone who will hear
You disgust me
You were on the other side of the world
Before you ever went there

7. Claw My Eyes Out

Staring out through the streaks on the window
Peering inside in to all of the secrets there
Try to endure but the scrutiny kills me
Done some repairs but it’s worthless in the end

[Chorus]
If there is no savior
The rest of our lives is all we’ll have left

I can tell that you’re reading our thoughts
Just like a script to the parts we all play
Every move is a tribute to weakness
Every kindness is a devastating charade

[Chorus]
If there is no savior
The rest of our lives is all we’ll have left

Only you can make sense of the masks that we all wear
Can you really see through the barrier?
Through all the filth and reflections

Self worth becomes increasingly confusing
When all signals cross and become obsolete
I found that the shadows were safest
But now you’re here and I’m questioning reason

I can never be, never see as clear as you can
I’m flawed can’t you see?
Sure you can because you’re perfect
We all just dress up in a run down dolled up carcass

Wanna see if you’re really so comfortable in your own skin?

[Chorus]
If there is no savior
The rest of our lives is all we’ll have left
Would you bow to this maker?
Would you ever accept second best?

Did you make a difference?
Or are you really lost yourself?
Does it really matter?
Or were you just staring into the sun?

8. Identity Of The Doomed

There can only be one conclusion to this
The damage caused goes beyond the surface
The most important resource is almost gone
The capacity for communication

Who will be left for forgive us?
When we’ve finally gone too far

[Chorus]
We’ll live forever
Through their eyes

Don’t just throw this away
Finally collapsing at our peak
We could’ve been the solution
Then again we’ve always been the cause

Who will be left for forgive us?
When we’ve finally gone too far

[Chorus]
We’ll live forever
Through their eyes

This is much more
Than a minor conflict
It’s in our blood to feed off of the conflict

Exploit the earth
And be expelled

There will be those
Who look back
See what we were
An evolved disappointment
Strange how we all can see it
But nothing is done
Nothing of meaning

Realize we are just a virus
A wriggling mass
The annihilators
If this is our cause
Nothing can stop us now

[Chorus]
We’ll live forever
Through their eyes

Will we be remembered
As the ones who lost sight

Don't just throw this away
Finally collapsing at our peak
Just primates playing god
Blind insects playing with fire

9. No Way Out

It’s probably all just a delusion
Slipping in and setting me free
Sometimes when I feel like it’s over
I pretend that you’re still here
Watching over me

So dull and medicated
Complacency has taken all I am
Disgusted with my weakness
Forever having let this in
No one can

[Chorus]
Show me the way out of hell
It’s the only way I’m gonna break through

Everything I hold dear is only mine through deception
I’m not on solid ground
Any day now they’ll find out what I am
And walk away
Everyone leaves in the end

So dull and medicated
Complacency has taken all I am
Disgusted with my weakness
Forever having let this in
No one can

[Chorus]
Show me the way out of hell
It’s the only way I’m gonna break through
Help me escape from the guilt
That rightfully belongs to you

When did I become the target of your debts?
So many years of pain I can’t repay

Maybe just this once
These grey skies could be blue?
I’ll see your bet for the stars
And I’ll raise you

[Chorus]
Show me the way out of hell
It’s the only way I’m gonna break through
Help me escape from the guilt
That rightfully belongs to you

Disgusted with my weakness
Forever having let this in
No one can ...

10. The Descent

It's finally come and gone full circle
A steady decline is the only thing I've shown
I always thought that this would hurt more
I can honestly say I feel nothing now...

Now I have nothing to follow
So I will find my way on my own

Stop the descent before it takes me
Climb out of the hole that doesn't have to be real anymore

Now I have nothing to follow
So I will find my way on my own

Come down and see
There is a side that has died completely

Push away the guilt
Fight off the regret
Emptiness is nothing in the shadow of a greater reason
I'll find a way out of this

Now I have nothing to follow
So I will find my way on my own

It took today to show me I'm slipping slowly
Never again will I come undone







ODIUM LYRICS