ZAO LYRICS

1. Cancer Eater

We give and take life from either side of the knife
With his stale bloody gloves, he reaches in
Knowing death has a plan, holds the filth in his hand
Shuts the cellar door tight and makes his goodnight

2. Physician Heal Thyself

Physician heal thyself
Can you cut yourself precise and deep
As to reach in and remove what's dying inside of you
A colossus of irony
Physician heal thyself
With great intelligence and experience
Can you prescribe a way not to die alone
We are not what we are
The structure deconstructing
Arrogance and blasphemy
There are no controls
Like the unfortunate patient
The physician dies sick and
Alone

3. Everything You Love Will Soon Fly Away

Everything you love will fly away
On the wings of an unknown destiny
Behind the sun and disappearing sky
Everyone you love will pass away
Some before, some after, some together
Somewhere along the way
Everything you are will be forgot
Your memory dies with those who knew you
History itself grows old and falls apart
Everything you've gathered will be lost
Ripped from your hands by fate's Desire
Or the entropic breath of time
Everything we are, we are when we're alone
Chaos and order stand side by side
One day sitting on the top of the world
The next day dying on the side of the road

4. It's Hard Not To Shake With A Gun In Your Mouth

I am not a prophet or a teacher
I am a failure of God
Standing in a circle of my brothers
Their fangs out
Every thing I had I gave to you
Every time I tried I would lose
It's hard not to shake with a gun in your mouth
Every time
I try I hear my mother's voice
And see my mother's eyes
But when hers close
I'm scared so will mine
You are no brothers
Filing out the church of
Cain
Like a thousand foot pious snake
Hiding its sins deep in its stomach
Digesting them one at a time
And your voice is a sounding trumpet
Announcing the mountains that you've moved
But love is the farthest thing from you

5. Kingdom Of Thieves

From the day they washed ashore
The first brick in the foundation
In the kingdom of thieves
Befriend and destroy
Built upon stolen land
Painted with innocent blood
Give thanks and betray them
Shove them into dark corners
Feed them the leftovers of dogs
Dig up their graves and laugh
Pick your teeth with their bones
The fruit of the holy voyage is sour and cursed
Forced by our heroes
To walk a trail of tears
Forced by our forefathers
To watch their wives and children die
In this great, honorable, holy American land
In the kingdom of thieves
The great American land

6. Killing Time 'til It's Time To Die

Killing time 'til it's time to die
Do you remember when you were a child?
And the sky loomed above like a great mystery
We hoped we'd crash into the other planets
Growing old we become numb and obsolete
Growing into our accursed bodies
With tired eyes and a tired soul
Growing to fit into our accursed bodies
Cant' wait to die so I can get some sleep
Give up life just to get by
We were born into this curse

7. There Is No Such Thing As Paranoia

There is no such thing as paranoia
Walking living nightmares embodied in a horrifying form keep your fears in front of you
Or they might crawl up your back
These things are based in reason
The fact came to life from fiction
A response based on condition
Reason can quickly abandon the mind
On her hands and knees she cleaned up
The blood her mother spilt
Did you see the look in his lifeless eyes?
The poor boy with a hole in his head
Caved in with the claw of a hammer
Swung by an arm of cruel intent
This is no dream
This is happening

8. Pudgy Young Blondes With Lobotomy Eyes

Pudgy young blonds with lobotomy eyes
Keep their fingers down their throat to attract all the guys
Who will drug them at bars and take them home to his friends
She'll wake up the next day and she'll do it again
Vomit yourself into the social shining spotlight
Pudgy young blonds with lobotomy eyes
Get fat shoved in their chests and sucked out of their thighs
And your new broken nose will look so good when it mends
Worship MTV, watch and worship the trends
Queen of the congregation at a wax museum
Sit and rest at the feet of your airbrushed deity
Follow
Obey
Fall into the crowds
Falling faster
Blind
You're blind
Roll your eyes
Follow and just pretend
Your life is a shallow fleeting trend
Your life is so shallow

9. My Love, My Love (We've Come Back From The Dead)

My love, my love we've come back from the dead
It's been seven years
Past the seventh day
On the seventh night
Crawl from within the earth tonight
The wind it howls, the wind it screams
Pulled up like puppets on invisible strings
Rise from the earth
Undead breath of life
Holy revenge shall take place tonight
(The dead travel fast)
My love, my love we will feast tonight
On the flesh of our enemies
Who put us in the ground
The ones who put us in the ground
With their blood on our hands
We shall be able to rest again
Rest in the arms of our grave

10. American Sheets On The Deathbed

Liberty and justice for those who can afford it
There's American sheets on the deathbed
And American bombs in the sky
American ghosts in the graveyard
The American heart beats in the TV
One nation above God
Himself
There's American fangs on the serpent
And American blood on his tie
American pride in his heartstrings
American venom drips from the TV
He who controls the all-seeing eye
Would rather kill than live in peace
We are monsters in the eyes of the world
Divided while we conquer

11. A Last Time For Everything

A last time for everything
My head is burning inside
Once again they've found me
Their swirling voices fill my ears
Leave this all behind you
Screaming their way into my mind
Leaving everything you know behind
I'm in fast-forward and you are in rewind
The song plays when life and death align
The shaking seems so still
When you're shaking as well
In time we all crossoveralive inside our death
Fear escapes alongside of my breath
A last time for everything
Time stops for one
But not for another
Sever the great strings of the earth
The fear is what keeps us here







ZAO LYRICS