SMOKE RITES LYRICS

1. Heavy Rain

Pitch-black cloud of self-loathing
Hanging overhead like a lasher's whip
Swallowed bile comes back choking
The storm is here, the storm is here to stay

Down comes the heavy rain
And every drop inflicts infernal pain
Down comes the heavy rain
Baptized in blame

Ache strikes hard like a thunderbolt
Out of the blue, yet expected
Blackout - wake up, in the dark and cold
Clenching teeth in futile backlash

Down comes the heavy rain
And every drop inflicts infernal pain
Down comes the heavy rain
Baptized in blame

Heavy rain grows into a tempest, the world around gets flooded
Every breath just fills the lungs with dirty, murky water
Every failed pull into shore ends up in drifting further
Once again it's time to drown in undefeated current

2. Imminent Doom

Did you hear the rumor, that our world is ending soon
'Cause you look at me, like it already happened
Death of love, it's almost a relief
No point in grief, it's been anticipated

I can see it in your tired eyes
This catastrophe is no surprise
I can see it in your tired eyes
Let's revere these newly vacant hearts

We have been spinning, like a top
Then we arrived nowhere, as a result
You ain't complaining, I made peace
And we regret nothing, we just roll with this

I can see it in your tired eyes
This catastrophe is no surprise
I can see it in your tired eyes
Let's revere these vacant hearts

Yeah I see it in your eyes
Yeah I taste it on your lips
Yeah I smell it in your scent
And I feel it under the skin

Imminent, imminent, imminent
Imminent doom, yeah...

3. Demonologue

Oh no, it's the voices again
Oh no, it's the voices again
Oh no, it's the voices again - sometimes at night they speak to me
I know, I could get rid of them
I know, I could get rid of them
I know, I could get rid of them - if I took my medicine

Pill to make them disappear and pill to help me see things clearer

Pill to overcome the fear, pill to ease the agony
Pill to fix the memory... pill to kill a part of me

Oh no, they try to melt my brain
Oh no, they try to melt my brain
Oh no, they try to melt my brain - sometimes I can't recall my name
I know this is not who I am, I know this is not who I am
I know this is not who I am - poison running through my veins

Pill to make them disappear and pill to help me see things clearer

Pill to overcome the fear, pill to ease the agony
Pill to fix the memory... pill to kill a part of me

I've been hiding them for days under my tongue
Flushed them down the drain and it made me strong
Whispers in my ears turned to screams, dear lord
I'll gut you all like pigs 'cause they told me so

4. Total Lung Capacity

Through the blinding snow, through the searing sands
Through the monotonous plains
From the deepest pits to the highest peaks
Never-ending pilgrimage

Breath, breath, breath
Breath, breath, breath
You'll find what you seek
Breath child, breath child, breath

In the dreadful gloom, in the lurid haze
In the cold, torrential rain
Under the cruel sun, in droves and alone
Never-ending, thorny road

Breath, breath, breath
Breath, breath, breath
You'll earn what you need
Breath child, breath child, breath

Roam and grow - strong and tall
Claim the throne - take it all

Breath, breath, breath
Breath, breath, breath
You'll get everything
Breath child, breath child, breath
You'll get everything
Breath child, breath child, breath

5. Stayer

Tough love is what we have - resentment, disillusion shared
Still owe you everything - you always have been there for me

Once so strong
Now too frail to carry on
Once so strong
Now too frail to carry on

It's hard to watch you fade - not knowing what to do to help
Fighting this crippling fear - that you will shrink and disappear

You are a monument to me
Don't crumble down, don't come apart

Once so strong
Now too frail to carry on
Once so strong
Now too frail to carry on

You are a monument to me
Don't crumble down, don't come apart

No, you can't fall
No, you can't fall
No, you can't fall
No, you can't fall

6. Forlorn

Release me - from this jail
I locked myself in, then threw away the only key
Relieve me - from the burden
I carried willingly, for now, I'm limping overstrained

God
Damn
Mortal coil
God
Damn
Useless toil

Repay me - for the anguish
I have endured, this heartache is incurable
Restrain me - from self-harm
And wounding ones I love, they have been ill-used enough

God
Damn
Mortal coil
God
Damn
Useless toil

Remind me - where are thee
'Cause all I see is evidence of your default
Reply me - please answer
Letters I wrote in blood and sweat and tears remain unread

I curse you Lord
Remain forlorn







SMOKE RITES LYRICS