TRAGEDY LYRICS

1. No Cemeteries Here

birthed into a fiery inferno
faceless children inherit this hell
the modern currency: bomb shrapnel
and ammunition shells scattered in
the barren dearth and scarred hills
where piles of human bones
rise up from the arid earth
like roots + litter the ground
with skulls + hardened flesh
the ravaged empty plot
with dismembered limbs and human ash
there are no gravestones here
there are no cemeteries here
there are no headstones here
to honour fallen ones
this site is desolate
the sight more desolate still
scorched in summer by infernal heat
swept in winter by bitter cold
remnants of an unvanquished war
remnants of a savage war

2. Close At Hand

choices are made, their bidding is done
capitulation willing, tranquility consumed
and so here we are to confront yet again
our willingness to accept
the fate they are prepared to give
pills administered as the i.v. drips
the shots are given but the pain subsists
black hole approaching, cold darkness takes hold
take one last breath as the final curtains close
imminent impendent doom
close at hand

3. The Grim Infinite

like prisoners in the perfect jail
the workers needn't be watched
because they watch themselves
not only those who give the orders
but those who command what orders to give
we are guard and guarded at once
status, position, competition, reward
we are guard and guarded at once
misdirection, deception, illusion, control
teetering just on the edge, the edge of the abyss
the meaningless nothing, the grim infinite
we are guard + guarded at once

4. The Feeding Hour

victims shrieking execrations
thousands dead from heat prostration
frightened by the beast on the other side
a mirrored nightmare poisoning blight
remedies from the speeches of fools
who gave us bandages to cure our disease
there will be no morals
only each other left to eat
no one prays to the skies anymore
a cloud of ashen sickness
an unbreathable thickness
there will be no slumber when
closing our eyes means certain death
the starvation marches have started
the scythe is being swung
without aim or abandon
but we will carry on
the starvation marches have started
the bell will soon be rung
marking the feeding hour
but we must carry on

5. Wail Of Sirens

the wail of sirens falls upon deaf ears
the bombs fall silent but for all to see
with eyes wide open we watch
in suspended motion we pray
as their bombs fall loudly
where our silent bodies lay
we hug our children + say
we hug our sisters + say
in plain sight they prey
in plain sight they see the whites
of the eyes + the grit of our teeth
and yet...they still defeat
our hearing lost to blasts of tyranny
our ears deafened from lifeline + defeat
they rely on submission
they depend on our lack of will
they thrive upon our ignorance
and salivate on our grief

6. Darker Days Ahead

embracing the aftershock, prepared for loss
stoking the fires of destruction
basking in the blistering heat
I never think of the future, it comes soon enough
we never think of the future, it comes soon enough
temperatures rising, storm clouds descend
on ignorant hordes, manipulation + control
by unseen forces in plain view before us
to their gods the tyrants pray
on the weak the vultures prey
we fight still through subversion
until the foundation rots away
darker days ahead, we have darker days ahead

7. Black Against Night

beyond darkness + dull despair
beneath the sacred plots + fragile thought
lay the last vestiges of hope
and the loss of defeat
no shadows fall at dawn
but ash to blackened ground
tonight the last light flickers
tonight the last light fails
black against night
black against night

8. Power Fades

we have waited, weak + lone
for your coming, mighty one
our pockets empty, our spirits cold
give us glory for blood + gold
to the earth their power fades
like a dying prayer almost silent
whispering: we have been triumphed
and anarchy, the skeleton
bowed + grinned to everyone
to the earth their power fades
police + priests, a sick charade
and to the earth their power fades

9. To Earth Like Dust

with step as soft as wind it passed
over the heads of men so fast
that they felt the presence there
and looked and all was empty air
and the prostrate multitude looked and
ankle deep in blood, trudged along
without aim, trudging through
the freshly slain
rise like lions after slumber
in unvanquishable number
shake your chains to earth like dust
which in sleep enveloped us
and anarchy, the ghastly birth
lay deadened earth upon deadened earth
the horse of death whose hooves did grind
to dust the murderers from behind
a fervent chorus from beneath was
heard + felt + at its close
a fervent chorus from beneath
these words of hate + fear arose:
rise like lions after slumber
in unvanquishable number
shake your chains to earth like dust
which in sleep enveloped us
we are many, they are few
we are many





TRAGEDY LYRICS