Immolation

Call us the Devil
But it's you who holds the darkest heart
Call the weak to arms
Savage words to your savage world

Abusing control... Menacing all

Call yourself the victim
But it's you who walks a vicious path
Call them to the mayhem
For you they'll lay down with the dead

Rabid conviction... uphold the threat

A swarm of terror
Across the land
Spreading sickness to curse the world

Punishing judgment
Will bring the end
Cast the nightmare to take down mankind

A swarm of terror
Across the land
Spreading sickness to curse the world

Can you feel it coming
Can you feel it closing in
Looming all around us
A horror waiting to begin
Smell it in the air
A sense of havoc growing strong
the tides about the truth
Poised to take us down

And one by one we'll fall... Giants side by side
And one by one we'll fall... The irony of our end

Rage of silence builds
A calm that's so deceitful
We're our own prey
Watching the night fall
We can not stop this
It pulls us under
The tides now turning
Poised to strike us down

And one by one we'll fall... We'll slowly dissapear
And one by one we'll fall... Our darkest day draws near

We had it in our hands, we thought we had the power
But controll was an illusion that finally defied us
Took it all for granted, too little was too late
Finally catching up to us, grandeur has a heavy cost

Burn the world around us, incinerate the skies
Fading into nothing, but what did we expect
Now the final fury of our final hours
In awe of what we've done, so beautiful to watch

Believe in the liar
His words will convey
Profound and charismatic
Influence all to his side

Tell them what they want to hear
Keep the wolves at bay
Swallow all the truth
And spit deception out

Together we'll pave the way
To his omnipotence
Calming all dissention
Dissuading intervention

Hiding sanity - Strangling reason
Remove his wicked tongue - Or face the consequence

Divide and conquer... uproot and tear down.. the world is his
Provide the cause... cause the effect... create the hatred
Extort our passions... extort our strenghts... force our hand
Distort our vision... distort your promise... bending glory

Undo the world - Unleash its fury
Release our demons - Infect us all with your venom

We saw it coming and watched him rise
We did nothing to stop this mess
A fool's kingdom, a fool's king
We raised the liar and crowned the beast

The lives of many... on the heels of victory... will know defeat
He led us blindly... so blind in anger... we could not see
The cries of reason... so loud their cries... fell on deaf ears
We'll bear the scars... and take the pain... for one more day

I can feel the weakness in you
It's just a matter of time
Once I have control
You'll never be the same

I make you question faith
Put your morals to the test
Bend you into submission
My essence you can not fight

I'll show you things you've never seen
Expose the darkness deep within
Taste and feel a different world
Leave behind all you were

New heights of passion and the pleasure of pain
Show no compassion, show no remorse
My helpless slave, do as I say
Indulge in me to the end

Taunting
And destructive
Go ahead
You know you want it
Feel tmptation
Just give in
Taste it once
You won't go back

The easy path was clear to see
The choice you made has brought you here
Your broken life in front of me
Spiral down into my arms

All will hear my voice
Change the course of time
My fury disrupts the world
Reward me with wonders beyond my dreams

So easy for me to believe
So easy for me to see
That the path I'm walking down
Was chosen for me

When the time has come, all will know my name
And with these hands I will own the day
tearing down the sun, leave my youth behind
Only just a child, I will shed my life
My innocence made me easy prey
Stole my thoughts and fed me theirs
Another faceless child, another holy soldier
Ripped apart by lies and sent into the war

I'm too far gone, it's taken control of me
There's no tutning back
My time has finally come
For this moment, I am God

I've sacrificed my life fot you
And given everything I was
Revere this precious gift of mine
Your son will never rise again

The world will watch me
In a blaze od twisted glory
Will you remember what I have done
Or forget that I was your son

> You?ve left me in the filth
Youve left me here to die?Why?

Look at how youve broken me
Cant you see what you have done?
Is it the devil in you?
Or just a selfish heart?

So much loyalty
But devotion had a price
I carried you, I help you up
But you tried to drag me down
All the fatal blows youve thrown at me
You rubbed it in my face
Now you are dead to me
Your death will set me free

Miles Ive walked for you
But youve given not a step
Remember all Ive done
How quickly we forget
Youve taken me away
So far from who I was
And almost pulled my soul
Right out from under me

Youve cast a thousand lashes
I never said a word
Another thousand lashes
Left me screaming at the world

Free
Now Im free
Youre dead to me
Now Im free

Forward moving, never slowing
A soulles machine that hungers for victory
Tear through the soil, tear through the soul
Power in motion, daunting procession

Swift and cunning...
Striking down the opposition
Stand and fight...
Resist its might and be erased

Rolling forward, like thunder for glory
Seizing the day, seizing the night
All or nothing, and all it will take
Breathing its chaos over the land

Raining down...
A storm of fire, intimidating
Its poison touches all...
For generations to come

Cutting the throats and bleeding all hopes
Tireless and savage, preying on fear
Courting death, while trampling life
Exist for the battle, live for the war

Assume no blame...
The blood it sheds, a purpose served
And when it's done...
We'll call it back to march again

Miles to suffer
So much before us
Confusion follows
Fills the air

The struggle ahead
Will change us all
Shock our conscious
Test our strengths

Walk through the fire
Force our steps
Weaken our hearts
With chilling screams of death

Death is creeping ar our backs
We dread to think what lies ahead
Hysteria exploding all around us
Flames that touch the sky
Numbing fear takes over
Prepare yourself, for the worst is yet to come

Cascading down like rain
Our blood, our hopes, our being

Learn to breathe
The agression in
It thrives in you
Must forge on
We believe
This must be done
Embracing madness
We must forge on

Cowards, with your empty hearts
And narrow minds...So bitter
our confusion is overwhelming
So aimless and misguided
Your search for a higher power
Something better than yourselves
In a perfect world, your perfect god
Is a coward just like you
Watch them gather, they flock together
For in numbers they feel strength
Will you find your way to paradise,
Through the darkness within your light
To the children, they feed his body
Peel his flesh from off the cross
In his blood they'll wash away
All the dirt from their souls
Obedient young, they'll join the flock
With minds like clay and hearts so pure
Fill them with his words and fears
And feed them to the waiting beast
His open arms and splendid brilliance
Devours those who can not see
The dimming light from high above
Vanquished by their higher coward
How can you glorify and praise
One so weak, imperfect and insane
The magnitude of his madness is so clear
In the eyes of the herd that he keeps
Look what you have become
Just another like all the rest

Not all of us choose to believe
Some of us choose to live
Not all of us follow so blindly
And accept all that we hear

Maybe you're not so smart
To look outside yourself
Maybe you've chosen unwisely
In the God you've made your own

I'll be my own leader
I'll be my own saviour
I'll be the strength that carries
I'll be the light that guides...me
I will make you see
Your devotion is in vain
I'll be the one left standing
When all of you are kneeling
And smiling, so content
I'll wipe the smiles off your faces

Don't you dare pity me
I've made my choice and I'll prove you wrong

My voice will thunder through the heavens
And my flames of hatred burn
I believe in me and only me
And I bow to no sovereign

Silent is the storm that awaits
As our crumbling world starts to give way
Falling around us a new kingdom rises
billions of souls sinking and sinking
The flames from below dance at our feet
Soon to rise up and carry us through
The burning gates ablaze in glory
Marvel at the fall of man
Glorious flames...Rise above
Show us pain...and cleanse our world
Our selfish eyes see no wrong
Closer and closer to God we believe
But farther and farther from grace we'll fall
Closer and closer to our kingdom of fire
Comfort us with words of hope
We stare into the coming dark
Blanket us with eternal night
The sweetness of death upon our lips
Far are we...From everlasting joy
Close are we...To a world below
A world of hate...A world of pain
A world too blind to see
A world of judgments ...A world of sadness
A world void of truth
A world of the power mad...A world of corrupted lives
A world destroying itself ahead of its time
A world of lust...A world of corrupted lives
A world destroying itself ahead of its time
A world of lust...A world of greed
A world with no hope
Bastard son, you spread your arms to suave us from ourselves
This weak attempt has failed us so, just like your fabled father above
This shadow you've cast upon our world still conceals the light
So pick a God, for there's no one left that can save us from our end
We'll beg for life
We'll beg for forgiveness
We'll beg for pity
We'll beg to be closer to God
Foolish souls will never see
The closer to God the closer to our end
For Christ can't undo this sorrow and pain
For when he died his soul went below
Glorious flames...Come us all
Bring us closer...To a God Below
Far are we...From everlasting joy
Close are we...To a world below

I know this is my chosen path
To believe in no one but me
I know this is my chosen path
You've always kept the promise
You've always kept the faith
Well I never will and never had to
I've sinned and sinned
I've sinned and I will again
According to your higher standards
For this I'll go to hell
You hypocrite, you never did
Your truths are lies
Your lies are so pathetic
I'll never give up my soul for you
I've sinned and sinned
I've sinned and I will again
To you I am darkness
To you I have no soul
The smoke from the flames
Will rise up forever
Put my hand in the fire
Put my head in the flames
I can believe
I know it hurts
My skin is melting
I know its real
My skin is melting
And it feels so right
To you I am darkness
To you I have no soul
the smoke from these flames
Will rise up forever

Lay your hands...Your healing hands
Upon my flesh...My sinful flesh
And heal this soul...My tormented soul
For I am lost within this place
The light I've seen for my entire life
Won't guide my way...It's failing me
You're failing me...And soon I'll see
That with your death this passion dies
My devotion to you was complete
I've carried the weight of your cross
The burden of life presses me
These nails are in too deep
My passion suffocates me
Jesus you suffocate me
Help me down
From my cross
I'm dying here
My faith it fades
I've suffered long
My passion
Lost in prayer
I lost my soul
Lost my way
I followed you
you led me deep
Into despair
Where there was hope
Gloom was waiting
My devotion to you was complete
I've carried the weight of your cross
The burden of life presses me
These nails are in too deep
My passion suffocates me
Jesus you suffocate me

Take your heaven
And your hell
And leave them for the children
I refuse to believe these lies
Show me you're real
Prove your greatness
Can you show me that you really loved us
That you really died to save us from damnation
I don't think you can, I don't think you will
Divine illumination sees no path to forgiveness
When the one who defies the lord i
s cast out forever
Banishment from the house of
God is not what I fear
For his kingdom is divided
and his people shall stray
I commend myself for this unpardonable sin
For now more than ever I see clearer than before
One above, how mighty are your wonders
Your kingdom is everlasting, yet so empty
Your saints have chosen sin over glory
Your strength has diminished...My fallen one
The misery that surrounds me,
I'm repulsed by your name
Your images has brought despair
to the ones you've forsaken
Your death I'll rejoice as you sickness disappears
Lament in your own failure,
for in death there is rebirth
I commend myself for this unpardonable sin
For now more than ever I see clearer than before

Messiah or man
To me you gave this bloodied crown
And with it came such tragic folly
such strong devotion from those so weak
Lend me your soul...I'll fill it with fear
Carry you high to where you can see
The fall that awaits, so inviting and cold
From the high place we'll fall below
In death I am born
From man to God
Through blindness
Your suffering
Forced upon this cross...High above in shame
Forced upon this pedestal...High above the blame
Your blood holds my Kingdom high
A kingdom built on fear and lies
So sour has this bread and wine become
For I am not a God, a martyr or a king
I've bled as you bleed
I've cried as you cry
I've sinned as all of you
I've died, as you will too
But I see through your blindness
And I wait for your fall
Resurrected by your faith
But I'll never walk this world again
Hang me high above all and nail me to forever
Never let me fall from this highest of places

Son of highest
You are falling
You are falling
Not floating from out of the sky
You deceive us
You betray us
You will not lift our hearts to eternity
But leave a hole with despair
We waited and waited
Our crosses born
And still you did not come
And how does it feel
As life passes by
We will not know until we pass
that you are a lie
Will we receive the mark
Of those who did not believe
The temptations that are burning us alive
But you tell us that there's sin in what we think
For forgiveness we'll believe your every word
but will you show us what our souls cry out to see
No...No...No...
Son of man, are you the son of God
No...No...No...
did you die to cleanse this world of sin
No...No...No...
Will you return from the dead to
save the world again
No...No...No...
Has the blood you shed turned the darkness into light...No
Son of highest You are falling
You are falling
not floating from out of the sky
We waited and waited
Our crosses born
And still you did not come