TESSITURA – UNEARTH THE UNDERWORLD - LYRICS
WOUNDS OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Beauty unseen by eyes so hollow
A world tuned grey, a heart so shallow
Delusions of grandeur reflect in seed
Tended so carefully
Sewn in earth for other to eat
Guided to violence for mental disease
When faith is used for selfish needs
Words become so enchanted, tongues so deadly
Drink the blood and eat the flesh
Slaughter the lamb in the house of death
Praise the father for killing the sun
Push these beliefs on everyone
Force feed the weak
Mindless followers spread the disease
Mouths forced shut must speak
To bring light to the hypocrisy
Sitting upon a throne of thorns
What is morally right has been ignored
Arms forced open and palms turned up
What is the position of love?
Sharpening edges against skin
Slitting open the wounds of the righteous
It must be done
They can’t be allowed to go on
Words they abandon
Identified with self-loathing
The truth no one can tell
The truth no one can tell
The truth no one can tell
Force feed the weak
Mindless followers spread the disease
Mouths forced shut must speak
To bring light to the hypocrisy
Militant Christian, teaching the masses
Know all of your wrongs, and all of your errors
I am void of flesh, I am void of feeling
I am void of everything
That gives you meaning
BISON HAT
Heed my warning
Take what remains
Before we ask them to come forth and take the reins
Keep me wise to the lies
And with barely open eyes
We'll watch as these collapsing walls
Refuse to compromise
Can't see a way out
Can't feel my way down
Like speaking truth will only land us
Deeper in the ground
We're slipping, soon to drown
And will we, find a way out?
Can't find a way out
Light the fires of neverending nightmares
Leave me to the task and I will seek what you desire
The moon will cast the light as night extinguishes the pustulous fire
Endless tension crystalizes bridges slick with slime
Hide your eyes to see the violence hidden in the shadows of time
Escaping wraths of judgement til the autumn sighs its breath
Twisting through the rivers of blood with spirits bringing burning black death
Yeah, the decks, are flooding now
Rains bring sullen darkness
By which we're all defined
Meet me, beyond the border
Event horizon line
As we, journey further
With sanity unfurled
Will we find a way to
Unearth the underworld?
Will we find a way to
Unearth the underworld?
STAGNANT
Apollo didn't fly today
We hope that all is well
Crossroads have brought us to
This unsuspected Hell
Darkness is upon us
And the hourglass has turned
Demons have been frozen
And the angels have been burned
Let us see the future
Give us passion, give us flame
Give us understanding
That you gave the past the same
We cross a bridge built of
Redemption and of light
Guiding us into a world of night
Hands are cupped over ears
As they're hearing a warriors wails
And we drown in their tears
As they burn in the fires of ignorance
All these roads have been cut
And buildings erect
And all for the fear of eternal neglect
Stand up to the weakness
And march with the fiends of acceptance
Hell arrives on Earth
Because of patterns in the sky
Man will never walk on water
Pigs will never fly
Let the knowlegde hammers
Smash the glowing rocks to dust
Been given eyes to see
Been given freedom, given lust
Leaves fall from the trees
Awakening arrives
No more shall we follow
Based on punishment and lies
Tomorrow waits for us
We ought to do her proud
Plug your ears and use your mind
And make it fucking loud
SEVERED EARTH
Taken from The sky
We stand to wonder what the gods despise
Our lives we reprise
Into the hate that fuels us to fight
Why are we cursed?
Trapped here on this severed earth
Why must we wait?
In this house of blades we cannot escape
Fate is not on our side
Abandoned by those we once held high
Nothing left to sacrifice
There are no more stars in the sky
And once they descend
There’s no line between foe and friend
For they’ve come to hunt
To devour us one by one
“So, they’ve come for us”
“They can’t conquer all of us”
“We must show them all of us”
“Fight with all that’s left of us”
It must stand to reason?
If they can be beaten
Reveal in them a weakness
One that will defeat them
We must justify ourselves
Just enough to escape this hell
We were not made to suffer
For the mistakes they’ve made themselves
“So, they’ve come for us”
“They can’t conquer all of us”
“We must show them all of us”
“Fight with all that’s left of us”
Target their greed
And their lust
The intense fear
They hide from us
Taken from The sky
We stand to wonder what the gods despise
Our lives we reprise
Into the hate that fuels us to fight
Severed in two
The earth and the shy
To wage a war
Where Gods and mortals die
OF THE INFERNO
Travesties adorned with paint
These sacred characters have been betrayed
Judgement falls on those who taint
The timeless entity of youth
All wild grasses have been trimmed
All the skyward stars have dimmed
The only question left to ponder is "Why?"
Is there a passion left to look into the future?
I won't look the other way
I won't look the other way
Open your eyes and don't forget the miracle
Memories haunt you from the past
Kill em if you must, but you've now betrayed the trust
Of the ones forver unsurpassed
You've let the founding fathers be cast aside
Do not assume loyalty to the demon that's inside
Though left with hatred, I'm stuck inside the past
Withdrawn acceptance of this iconoclast
I only wish you'd do right by green and blue
Your crumbling mountain to them is desert dew
Look from the outside, imposters in the ranks
And evidently forgetful of the thanks
Owed to those who helped assemble this machine
I won't look the other way
I won't look the other way
We accept the falling of snow
And demise of this unfathomable power
History teaches so
Three decades beyond your finest hour
The fire inside me still burns
While the children all pretend nothings changed
Counting down the return
Or a time when words can be exchanged
Once the gods of thunder
Now a psycho circus of deluted clowns
I ain't the weak one
Don't want a truce
No more the parasite
Not worth a deuce
I won't look the other way
I won't look the other way
As anger floods me, my back remains unturned
This admiration you rightfully have earned
Always remember there were men behind the masks
And I'll look the other way
I will look the other way
