THE CONTORTIONIST LYRICS

1. Infection

I have seen the sun rise and set,
Felt my blood drip from my mouth,
But nothing could have prepared me for what came next.

Is this just paranoia that has shaken me, shaken me right down to my core?
Or is this just the beginning of worse things to come?

Have my eyes begun to deceive me again?
The reality of this wretched end will bring us to our knees.

We are all better off dead.

There is nothing we can do tonight,
But hope this all gets better with time and patience.
The falling days will consume us all and turn our bones to dust.

2. Realms

Thousands of wasted words, millions of misinterpreted miscommunications;
Progress is slowing, a delayed reaction has caused a momentary lapse.

All of this feels like a nightmare I can't escape,
Caught between the realms of sleep and bad reality
That has left me trapped under ice.
And I'm drowning and fighting for air to survive, with nowhere to go.

I feel the water fill my lungs and take me into it's arms.
I never thought I would end, I never thought I could die like this.

I refuse to look into the light.
No - I will not die like this.
What did you expect?
This is not a dream, but a thought.

Death will come to me on my own terms.

3. Eyes: Closed

All that is left of me are the eyes of a killer.
Cold and calculated rage calls my name,
Rips my soul right from my chest.

These are the days that show what desperation has done to me;
My thirst for blood grows with every step.

The world seems to be drowning, but I'm burning in lies;
My life is still burning in lies and I'm sick of this shit.
Behold my darker side for all to see,
The darkness hiding in these pale eyes.

I've seen the skies topple from the heavens
And watched mountains crumble under the weight of the rain,
Yet all I can feel is contempt.

I've felt our lives change for the better
And witnessed the fall that changed our lives forever.
Watched our faded forms walk into the mist,
Into the light - of revenge and hateful spite.

I awake from my slumber tonight,
Forever changed into this insatiable bloodhound.
Desperate for this change, desperate for change that affects every day.
I will not stand still and watch this ruin our lives and numb our so

4. Eyes: Open

Never! Again!
Never! Again!
Never! Again!
Will I fall victim to this curse!

5. Oscillator

This is passion personified into a rage
That is ripping and tearing at my body and soul,
Thus leaving me weak.

I've had just about all I can take; this is driving me mad.
I've never felt so alive as I did,
Watching the blood drop from your chest and into my hands.
This feels so incomplete without holding your still-beating heart in my hands.

The game has changed, from which we cannot return.
I'll watch you suffer and enjoy every moment of it.

6. Apparition

[Instrumental]

7. Predator

I have scoured the earth for the pieces of me that I lost when you left;
When you walked across the threshold of love
And into the open arms of betrayal.

I've left no stone unturned,
No page of the book unread,
No corner of the earth unexplored.

I start to fear that these pleasantries have gone on for far too long;
Have carried out for far too long.

Why don't you entertain the thoughts of everything that you love being gone?

Life starts to turn into a broken record,
One endless shitstorm right after the other.
Why don't we grab another drink to take for the road,
And make things easier on the both of us.

We can only pray that this does not kill us all, devour us where we stand.

I've swallowed my fears, protected every inch.
If it makes this better for you, if it makes this stick...

I have prayed for total annihilation from everything
That has held me to you through all of these lifeless days.

If there is one thing that I have learned over the years,
It's that there is no change without conflict.







THE CONTORTIONIST LYRICS