When you feel like you’re living a lie And you find yourself questioning why Defeated before you can try Your dreams slowly wither and die When you greet each new day with disgust And you feel you have no one to trust Despite how you try to adjust Your world seems to crumble to dust Have you ever felt your trials had gone unrewarded? Have you ever felt you were no longer supported? You’ve been end-of-lifed When nothing you do turns out right And fulfillment is nowhere in sight Depleted of all will to fight You’re at the end of life

Dark of the moon, a sacrificial night Convene at the appointed time Faces obscured in the shadowy light Descend into the hidden shrine Worshippers donning robes of black The ritual of old begins Entering into an unholy pact Committing unforgivable sins The long-forgotten spell is cast An echo from the distant past The distant past Wards are inscribed, the circle is closed Ignite the ceremonial flame The sound of inhuman chanting grows Calling out forbidden names The masses descend on an unconscious child Lain upon the altar of stone An innocent soul, beaten, raped, and defiled Offered up to gods unknown The orgiastic frenzy builds As sacrificial blood is spilled The blood is spilled Out of the light Lies a hidden evil held at bay Into the night An ancient horror is unleashed to slay By those who dare to open the way Time stands still, the stars have aligned The Watcher stands by the gate In a nightmare dimension with angles unkind Demonic forces lie in wait A blinding flash fills the windowless room Lighting runes of magic on the walls An unnatural air of impending doom As eldritch powers answer the call The laws of nature are defied Crossing over from the other side The other side The curiosity of man A truth he cannot understand The human race will be undone The invocation has begun

Open your eyes Take a look at yourself in the mirror The world is passing you by While the end of your life draws nearer The comfort you find inside your own mind Is safer than facing the rest of mankind Why can’t you see? You’re living in a virtual reality Interactive device Your shelter from civilization A simulation of life Like a journey with no destination The whole world, they say, is a keystroke away “Where do you want to go today?” Why can’t you see? You’re living in a virtual reality Why can’t you stop pretending? You’ve isolated yourself in fantasy Why can’t you see what’s happening? As we embrace technology Have we turned our backs on our humanity? Each of us now exists In a world of our own creation We’ll never know what we’ve missed In this self-imposed incarceration Designing objects to be just like you and me The ultimate triumph of our vanity When will we see? We’re living in a virtual reality Reality

Crawling through the brush Alone against the night, a solitary figure Five hundred yards to go Inch by inch, with dirt-encrusted fingers Dropped off behind enemy lines A man on a mission, with a target to find The objective is near, the orders were clear Take out the garbage, and then disappear One shot, one kill By the numbers, it’s just another drill Lying in the mud Silent and unseen, frozen in position Self-inflicted wounds Fighting off fatigue, he carves a new incision He tries to resist the paralysis The rest of the world seems to no longer exist An exercise in self-discipline Mind over body, as the waiting begins One shot, one kill By the numbers, it’s just another drill No need to think, no room for guilt One shot, one kill Minutes pass like hours Time seems to expand, and everything is clearer He knows what must be done Aim is fixed upon his quarry, coming nearer Closing the deal seems so unreal A taste of a power he was not meant to feel Target acquired, kill shot is fired Mission complete, another conscience retired One shot, one kill By the numbers, it’s just another drill Squeeze the trigger, feel the thrill One shot

All that we’ve been fed, all the same lines Engraved into our money, engraved into our minds Who’s fooling who? Who’s fucking with you? I’m losing control, I’m losing my soul Some still accept everything they’ve heard Everything they’ve read, hang on every word No real thoughts to say, living day by day My disbelief has grown, I’ll make my own In God we trust? Who’s in control of us? In God we trust? To save our souls, we must The demagogues speak, tell us how it should be Tell us how we should feel, well, not for me All my life I have fought for independent thought I will not buy it, I’ve been burnt by it In God we trust? Who’s in control of us? In God we trust? To save our souls, we must What’s real? What’s lie? Have doubts, ask why Think twice before it’s done Trust me, trust in none What’s real? What’s lie? Have doubts, ask why Think twice before it’s done Trust me, trust in none What’s real? What’s lie? Have doubts, ask why Think twice before it’s done Trust me, trust in none What’s real? What’s lie? Have doubts, ask why Think twice before it’s done Trust me, trust in none Coincidental, confidential Cover-up, lie Set up, made up Ruled, hands tied Long arm, strong arm Control denied Persistence, existence Struggle or die

Wasting every moment of your life Insanity creeps into your conscious mind Boredom opens up the door to your inner self Not so far away are the burning gates of Hell Solitary depression gradually builds inside Alone until the end, until the day you die Day by day, wisdom is lost inside your brain Confusing thoughts rule you, driving you insane Reality is hard to handle, so you cope with drugs Fly higher than a kite, you’ll fall in the pit you dug Lost long ago, your eyes are blinded by ignorance No one can help you climb this barbed wire fence Lost, your mind is gone Life, it did you wrong Hate the human race Kill without a trace Lost, your mind is gone Life, it did you wrong Hate the human race Kill without a trace Thoughts of homicide won’t leave your head All you hear is music and the screaming dead They call from the grave, they want you to kill They’ve dominated your body, now they’ve taken your will You shake with anxiety as you approach your prey Defenseless human being stands alone today Slash his throat, stab him through the heart Sadistic butchery, you rip him apart Death smells like fresh morning air to you You laugh as you watch his blood spew Splattered with gore from the dismembered carcass You know you can’t hide this murderous mess Lost, your mind is gone Life, it did you wrong Hate the human race Kill without a trace Lost, your mind is gone Life, it did you wrong Hate the human race Kill without a trace Hell is where you’ll go Animosity is all you know Thrive to hurt and kill Eliminate the soul and will Listen to voices that alter your mind Twist your perceptions, leaving you blind Obey without question, only to find The voices have gone, and left you behind Alone to die Life imprisonment is not for you You flee from society but what can you do? Stop for nothing, running on for days You’re getting weak from the sun’s shining rays Suddenly you fall down to your knees You feel a burning pain that makes you freeze Shot in the back, brought down by a cop Your body and mind go numb as your heartbeat stops The next thing you see is your fiery grave No pearly gates, you’re Satan’s slave Eternal agony is what you deserve You’ll rot in Hell, and Satan you’ll serve Lost, your mind is gone Life, it did you wrong Hate the human race Kill without a trace Lost, your mind is gone Life, it did you wrong Hate the human race Kill without a trace Hell is where you’ll go Animosity is all you know Thrive to hurt and kill Eliminate the soul and will Hell is where you’ll go Animosity is all you know Thrive to hurt and kill Eliminate the soul and will

Six feet underground you sleep In the earth with worms that creep Laid to rest before your time Now you slowly lose your mind Premature burial Eternal rest, prolonged agony Premature burial No escape, struggle frantically Silently dwelling on your fate You will soon asphyxiate Wonder how much time has passed Every breath might be your last Premature burial Eternal death, grim reality Premature burial Man v. himself, silent soliloquy Claustrophobic solitude Left to die, no air, no food Waiting for this dream to cease Buried alive to rot in peace Premature burial Eternal rest, prolonged agony Premature burial Only death can set you free

I don’t know why I can’t conceive We’ve lost ourselves We’ve been naïve We have our lives spoon-fed, the blind by the blind are led Why can’t we learn to stand without someone to hold our hands? We ask no questions of the ones we hold so high above I won’t lay down and die, I’ll fight ‘cause I own my own life Own life Turn on, tune in What do we see? Of course it’s true It’s on TV Believe it when they tell us that we need the shit they sell us It’s the thing to do—for those who have no fucking clue Afraid to make a choice, we’re guided by that gilded voice I won’t believe the lie, I’m free ‘cause I own my own life Own life And all the people say, “What’s wrong with our lives?” And those in power tell us how to live our lives And all the people say, “What’s wrong with our lives?” And those in power tell us how to live our lives And those in power tell us how to live our lives And all the people say, “What’s wrong with our lives?” And those in power tell us how to live our lives And all the people say, “What’s wrong with our lives?” Why can’t we see? When will we learn? Within, without All things in turn We can’t survive without someone to ease those nagging doubts Unsure of who we are, we seek an answer from afar Rely on church and state to be the masters of our fate I scream up to the sky, “Fuck you!” ‘cause I own my own life Own life Own life Own life Own life

Another day begins, full of fear and doubt about my life What have I done, and what is to come? I look into the past and question the decisions that I’ve made Where would I be if I chose differently? Could things have changed, or is life preordained? Regrets fill my head, as I lay awake in bed What have I done wrong? Another day begins, uncertainty pervades my deepest thoughts How do I know which direction to go? Pondering my life, feeling some pride at just how far I have come But is this all I am, a shell of a man? The dreams I pursue, will they ever come true? Is this really I, where my destiny lies? Where do I belong? Another day begins, a fresh new start to work towards inner peace Or is it my fate to live with this hate? I reflect on life and death, balancing the line between the two Why should I live? Life has nothing to give Why should I try? Either way I will die Death is better somehow, I’ll just end it now As another day begins

Just let me get this off my chest Are you frightened of success? Are you scared to be your best? Are you happy with your so-called life? You say you want to ride the wave You say you live to take the stage You say so much, but where are you tonight? You came along just for the ride He never failed who never tried To reinvent, push on, survive Do not relent, adapt and thrive What the hell is wrong with you? What the hell else will you do? What the fuck was going through your head? You could have swallowed up your pride You could have chosen to decide You could have, but you chose nothing instead Too old to try, too young to care Good fortune smiles on those who dare To reinvent, push on, survive Do not relent, adapt and thrive Who is it you think you are? Who has carried you this far? Who, in fact, is your worst enemy? Just let me get this off my chest Just let me show you who knows best Just let me make it clear for you to see When times were tough, you ran away I held my ground, I’m here today To reinvent, push on, survive Do not relent, adapt and thrive Just reinvent, hard though it seems Do not repent, stand by your dreams