WRAITH OF THE ROPES LYRICS

1. Chamber Of The Wraith

[Lyrics by S. Rottinghouse]

All ye who enter...
Abandon hope.
Hear the faded whispers...
Of the Wraith of the Ropes.

2. Final Reflection

[lyrics by Rottinghouse]

I don't feel like myself anymore
I run my fingers over open sores
Self administered lethal injection
Snow white powder in my reflection
Watch it dissolve into hallucinations
I can see it all in clouded visions
I want so much to cause this pain
I want so much more to take it away
Can't live another day, not this way
I leave a white trail of life for death to follow
Had to get high to get so low
Bury myself in sorrow

Had to fill my veins to feel so hollow
Toxify to realize
That deep inside it's all a lie
It feels so good I want to die
Don't care enough to say goodbye
I don't care what kills me as long as I die
Take it away, can't live another day
Sometimes I don't even feel like myself anymore
I run my fingers over bruising skin and open sores
I can't believe I never thought of this way out before
In a pool of blood I lay near death upon the floor
Heightened contempt for all the things about myself I hated
Tighten my fists, and hold my breath until the feelings faded
Every alternate path to sate my wrath's been contemplated
It seems of all life offers, death is the least complicated
The razor takes two forms of agony
One is clouded, one is sanity
Drag it along the veins I polluted
My thoughts are clean, the blood is diluted
I don't care what kills me as long as I die

3. Lake Of Decay

[Lyrics by S. Rottinghouse]

Blackened laughter, what we're after
Winds of change will, bring disaster
Broken limbs will, lie in ashes
Legions form from dying masses
Pain... never-ending pain...

Limbs of clay will drift away
What's insane will stay the same
Waves of pain will cure the brain
Connect our veins to the lake of decay
Life after life, reborn revived
The living die, but the dead survive
Yellow fingers reach for the sky
From decay, the dead will rise

Spread the plague, await the grave
Within our shells, spirits depraved
In this form, fate demands
Death will form where we lay our hands
Limbs of clay will drift away
What's insane will stay the same
Waves of pain will cure the brain
Connect our veins to the lake of decay
Our broken frames that bare affliction
And tearless eyes that seek salvation
We grind our teeth, and bleed infection
We see our fate in the lake's reflection
The curse of the wretched
The breathless, and sickened
To crawl below heaven
And writhe with the wicked
Casket bound, in tattered skin
I ache to let the maggots in
I don't deserve this
I crack the surface
Draining blood, in flesh of canvass
Armies march with static eyes
Wondering if we're alive

4. Alone

[Lyrics by S. Rottinghouse & E. M. Hearst]

Death angel manifest
Malignant existence
Black candles flicker out
Nothing left here for me now
Sinking into deep depression
I lie awake in isolation
Inner fears are interfering
I am suffocating
Slash, lacerate
Eyes fixed on the hourglass
How slowly lonely hours pass
Everything is desolate
In senseless self imprisonment
Happiness never known
I die alone

Shaking hand holds the razor blade
Cringing as it penetrates
Gray skies spill despair
Eyes void, and unaware
Plunge back, feeling desperate
Lying still, inanimate

Life is frail, wheels of fate make sure we fail
Offer your heart and all you gain
Is a life of never-ending pain
I waste away until there's nothing left
I'm forcing out my final breath
Slash, lacerate

5. Death Bed

[music & lyrics by Hearst and Rottinghouse]

There is a light at the end of the tunnel
My silhouette stands so clearly
And some holy presence that longs to embrace
Draws back it's caress as it nears me

With only darkness laid out in my path
I've resigned myself to the sensation
The flames of the liar sing hymns of despair
And I offer myself to damnation

Will anyone discover
My corpse beneath these rotting covers?

Am I on my death bed now?
I lift my eyes towards the tower
Emotionless I wait for death
With bitter thoughts of what I've left

Desperate to glance at the faces once more
Beyond the fever-dream door
The future dissipates
Mocking my hideous fate

Breathless, was I ever anything?
I try to hold onto the life I'm leaving
Breathless, was I ever anything?
I try to hold onto the life I'm leaving

Am I on my death bed now?
I lift my eyes towards the tower
Emotionless I wait for death
With bitter thoughts of what I've left

With fear I transcend reality
Longing only to live again
Desperate to relive my memories
And slip into another dream
I cannot escape myself
I cannot escape Hell

Fear destroys solitary life, in ruins
Straining my eyes to see
The deceased walk along
These corridors of misery

Will death bring me peace?
Or will the inferno engulf me?

Now the nightmare drags me under
Howling wind and crashing thunder
Waking now brings only anguish
rustling leaves of rotting forests

And do I sleep, is all life gone?
I wake up to horrors of dawn
The moon holds sway, must I remain
In bloodshot pain, or may I stray

Twitch and shake am I awake?
My clouded dreams are taking shape
Sleepless nights could lead to this
I reminisce, I can't resist

Known by the moon more than the sun
Where have I been what have I done?
I'm haunted by their silent screams
In memory of misery

In memory of misery
In memory of misery

6. Snow Dragon

[Instrumental]







WRAITH OF THE ROPES LYRICS