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DARKEST HOUR
Hidden Hands Of A Sadist Nation (2003)
So Sedated, So Secure (2001)
The Mark Of The Judas (2000)
The Prophecy Fulfilled (1998)
Hidden Hands Of A Sadist Nation
1. The Sadist Nation
2. Pay Phones And Pills
3. Oklahoma
4. Marching To The Killing Rhythm
5. The Misinformation Age
6. Seven Day Life
7. Accesible Losses
8. The Patriot Virus
9. Veritas, Aequitas
1. The Sadist Nation
One nation under the gun
Where forward thinking is shunned
A morbid tradition
Of archaic value systems
Where violence justified
Is just another pride
Under the surface lies
A holy plastic empire
With guarded golden fences
Where misfortune
Shelters decisions
A pain wrought from blood flowing green
The myth of protection
Is a sick fascination
A culture of violence is what you are feeding
Fear is an heirloom
And hate is contagious
A nation of sadists is what you are breeding
It's everywhere
It's everywhere that you see
But who decides
If you watch or turn the other cheek
And only in your mind
Is it your given right to be armed to the teeth
It's a common disease
The only immunity is to disarm
This holy plastic empire disease
2. Pay Phones And Pills
I can still see
You sucking the life out of me
I can still feel the chill
Down my spine when you told me
Always one fateful night
That turns the tide
Always one fateful night
With nowhere to hide
To live and die
In a day there's nothing
Left to say
Time will not erase
The counting down of the days
You finally got
What you've been waiting for
A handful of pills
Didn't soften the blow
One month of sucking it in
It started to show
Waking up to realize
It's not a dream
Was the hardest thing
3. Oklahoma
Within a mechanical pose
And a heart pumping a need for control
Forced to fit inside a mold
Living to dehumanize is gonna take its toll
Take it in
And let it saturate
Under the skin
Until you can't even
Remember when
You first felt the sinking
Feeling that
Something's missing you
Traded for a gun
Did we inflate your sense of pride
And did it feed your lust for power
When you threw us to the ground
You took what's ours and sold it back
Another day another dollar for this town
Your uniform made a perfect burial suit
4. Marching To The Killing Rhythm
A grand deception
Disguised as gods redemption
Forcefed delusions of grandeur
Calling out for
A willing sacrifice
Of a nameless enemy
Necessary losses
Fulfill the bloodlust fantasy
See through this fa§ade
Of retribution
This machine
Is marching to the killing rhythm
Spilling blood in veign [probably means "vain"]
Subdues the vengeful masses
So put your blinders on
Replace your conscious with a flag
So you can forget
Money runs thicker than blood
5. The Misinformation Age
So serene is the bleached white scene
Of a thousand crimes you'll never see on TV
Swept away only to pave the new way
This misinformation age is upon us all
Waking up to the sound
Another muffled cry for peace
Waking up to the sound
Another muffled cry for truth
Cut out the eyes
Of anyone and everyone
Who might see through the lie
Ignore the cries
Before it all
Becomes all to clear
Comes crashing down
Fill their heads with a false sense of security
Fill their heads with fear
Embracing ignorance is the new way
Of keeping the huddled masses in line
Silent servants rise up
And make yourselves be heard
6. Seven Day Life
You think it's easy to live the silent lie
But your second face is peeling
Every word spoken every blink of the eye
Deceit makes itself revealing
Sickening how easy trust can be offset
Blatant truth will burn right through your ??
I hope this happens to you
And I hope your soul's splitting in two
And you can look me in the eyes
Your stagnant poise generates a blame
Filtered through the heart that's dying
Self absorbed soon enough you'll be rung on
And in this pretentiousness attitude drown
The twisted truth is inhaled by all
But its purest form is thriving
This will happen to you
Someone you trust will be untrue
Rot on the inside
This will happen to you
And you'll feel the ache of being used
7. Accesible Losses
All you can hope for is
To make a slight connection with
All these clogged receptors it's
Not getting any better by the look of it
No people just numbers
If you had your way
The world would be
Just a market a fucking market
The meaning is lost when
You put a price tag on it
Well I bought it we all bought it
Warm greetings cold dismissals
It's all part of this game we play
I don't need it we don't need it
You put on your best face
That condescending smile makes me sick
I see through it we all see through it
I know now all you want
To reap the benefit of the loss
Well I took it we all took it
Your intentions transparent
And only now that it's too late
I regret it I regret it
8. The Patriot Virus
We are the embarassment to market suicide
Without eyes full of genocide
We live where flags can buy more than others' lives
Where it's fashion to show your love homocide [homicide, most likely]
Of the victim we haven't seen enough
For the victim it's the esape that keeps them drugged
It's the best blood money can buy
It's the best way to fund genocide
A violent missionary sect
Feeds a bullet for every word against
Salvation in a warhead
The patriot virus is being spread
The only antidote the give is to fear what's next
Prepackaged and advertised with a hymn
Singing anthems for the walking dead
Fear what's next
9. Veritas, Aequitas
Instrumental
So Sedated, So Secure
1. An Epitaph
2. So Sedated, So Secure
3. The Hollow
4. Another Reason
5. No Closer Than A Stranger
6. A Cold Kiss
7. Treason In Trust
8. The Last Dance Massacre
1. An Epitaph
The future five align. Empty promises find us all the time.
Would you put it all on the line for the lost and frozen years?
Leave us the bastard sons. Leave us the broken ones-
To fend for ourselves, one by one.
An epitaph not worth looking back.
Another sunset falls on red on black.
We hit a wall of dotted lines.
An epitaph not worth looking back.
Post cards of dust on bones. If the bad news doesn't beat us home.
A rusted chain of sympathy for time well wasted, losses faded.
A rusted chain of sympathy for time well wasted, losses...
2. So Sedated, So Secure
I feel so sick
So sick again
Just when I thought it went away
This time there's nothing I can take
To calm it down, to make it sleep
All this spent waiting
For a cure that's just beyond reach
One more forgotten day in line
One more desperate cling to control
Just don't wake up from this routine
This plastic mask covers everything
I heard you say you had the answer
A quick fix-- an easy way out
This time I'll try anything
To be so sedated, so secure
3. The Hollow
Stripped to the bone
Left standing alone
You want everything
And find falling home
Follow-- follow the hollow
And now there's no one left to burn
Nothing to lose, nothing to earn
Did you find what you were looking for?
Was the greed worth selling yourself for?
A bloodlust so deep it cuts
With the faith of a sadist's
Healing touch
And you follow the hollow
Your life is wrapped around greed addiction
And you follow the hollow
Your life is wrapped around the things you need
Addiction
4. Another Reason
Keep your eyes on the trigger
And your mind on the ecstasy
Just caress the emptiness
Sit back and let it bleed
We need salvation
We need another god on the TV screen
We need to believe
Fill your pockets with other's casualties
Just a talk show leaper prophecy
Just caress the emptiness
Sit back and let it bleed
Can you show me happiness?
Can you show me the other side of the prison chain?
Can you show me primetime addiction?
Sadistic delusion
Our father, Our sponsor, Our cheap plastic figure
Our father, Our sponsor
Can you spare one more dollar?
5. No Closer Than A Stranger
You are a servant to your god
You are a slave to a book
You say you are just a messenger
But you'll end up hooked
This place feels like home
Walls echo, screaming no
This tough love feels
Like I'm being choked
Dependant on a whim
Bow down before him
You suckle righteousness
And siphon lies
This rope feels like home
My mouth is gagged
My hands are bound
This tough love feels like
I'm being drowned
And in a daze one day
You'll wake up old and gray
And realize you've alienated
Those who cared about you
Say you will forgive me me again
Your pride is the birth of your original sin
Say I can be saved again
Well I won't and I think you know
Because of you
This is not all for him
It's for you
The blessed father
Tainted blood of a martyr
6. A Cold Kiss
Of a dying breed and a decaying seed
We've been watching for years
Waiting for it to bleed
Handshakes and contracts
Just before they turn their backs
We've played along for far too long
We've played along for far too long
We'll lay this down to waste
We'll leave you with a bitter taste
A long road no closer to home
Long road and we know we're still alone
We've played for far too long
We hope you listen to at least this song
Nothing but traces
Countless empty faces
With black lips
A cold kiss
Of rejection
7. Treason In Trust
Shades of lies forming stained glass
The beauty of which distracts
Until it shatters down
Crashes down
Those whose colors shown until now
Accusations hurled at deaf ears
A link that breaks by light let in
The truth will surely fade
Ever rolling waves
Wash them away
They'll run from light they helped hide
Pointing fingers at each other
Screaming
Until the sound of truth subsides
Screaming slowly turns to singing
Songs of shadowing of lies
Lies
Rebuilding shadowing of lies
Lies
Circumstantial truth of compromise
Lies
Rebuilding shadowing of lies
Lies
Paling apathy for truth survives
8. The Last Dance Massacre
A sudden gasp for air
One false move
A blank stare is waiting for you
Try to piece it together
But you haven't a clue
A blank stare is waiting for you
It sends an impulse out
Desperately searching
Feeding off remains of it all
Another burning bridge
Another casualty paid in full
Just let it crumble down
And put to memory
Remains of the wasted years
It wouldn't be the first time
It's all come crashing down
The awful truth is finally out
It's worse than you thought
Feeding off remains of wasted years
The Mark Of The Judas
1. For The Soul Of The Savior
2. A Blessing In Tragedy
3. The Legacy
4. Part II
5. Eclipse
6. The Mark Of The Judas
7. Escape Artist (a.k.a. "The Circler")
8. Messiah Complex
9. How The Beautiful Decay
1. For The Soul Of The Savior
That's all right because you wish you were dead
You live life with a hex over your head
A savior's mouth with a serpent's tongue
But don't forget you're like this with the chosen one
And I forget about my losing streak
But you never slip at a chance to remind
It sounds like you should save a prayer for me
But I'll take my chances with the unworthy
And you know the quick path
The righteous, the way back
I'll end up the only one
I'll end up the lost son
And you know the way back
The righteous, the way back
I'll end up the only one
I'll end up the forgotten
And you know the quick path
The righteous, the way back
I'll end up the only one
Swallow it all and wash it all down
It must be the weight of that crown
And all the lies seem to become me
Because it's easier than the truth
Failure; the only thing that seems to matter
It's not the fact that you're the walking dead
So save a prayer for me
Don't waste a prayer on me
2. A Blessing In Tragedy
A blessing in tragedy
Burning what's left in effigy
Wreckage, when there's nothing left
Wreckage, the birthright of regret
A place where truth can hide
A place where fallen egos can survive
A place where fear rusts through pride
A place where heroes go to die
Self delusion, self destruction
Falling so short of faith
An empty shell
A carcass left of greed
An empty shell
In the shade grows another weed
And you wear the scars well
Merciless liar
How many times till your shadow haunts you too?
3. The Legacy
A legacy that rots with time
Cold before it hits the ground
I've heard the screams from the inside
I know-- never look back
When memories fade to flashes
The trust-- was just a trap
Look for my picture in the ashes
Deceit riding under a white flag
A casualty of sincerity
Dust on the gallows
And not a tear in sight
Just like the old days
Perfection rotting from the inside out
A place face that cracks with age
A blank stare screaming with rage
Sunken cheeks a lonely heart
Sadistic seduction-- you know the part
4. Part II
Instrumental
5. Eclipse
Mass ceremonial suicide
A nation of millions caught in the jaws of a lie
Uniform stagnant filth
Sub culture with no remorse or guilt
Feeding the frenzy of fears
It feeds on it's young for years
A new chain for the same set of slaves
A new shovel for the same set of graves
I can't pretend I care anymore
None of this is worth anything anymore
An angel with the eyes of a whore
This facade has been bleeding from the core
A new home not far from the past
A new home from the same suffocating past
6. The Mark Of The Judas
You want to own this
You want to control this
Well I chose an eternity of this
And laugh at the fire
Take all you want and all you need
You never cared what you left of me
Never give what you can't take back
The true mark of the Judas
Never forget
The true mark of the Judas
All my words blinded by piety
And I won't lose myself like you did
Fears-- you want to talk of fears
Well I'm the one who's been hiding
All these years
Too many secrets
Too many lies
I will never be clean again
Too many secrets
Too many lies
7. Escape Artist (a.k.a. "The Circler")
This time the circle closes
This time there's nothing left for you, for me
This time the circle closes
This time we lay this to rest
Others just like the others
Loneliness, hopelessness
Others just like the others
Hopelessness, hollowness
Others just like the others
Hollowness, heartlessness
Tonight, I'll kiss your poison lips
This time your past surrounds you
This time the circle closes in
This time salvation binds you
This time the hate will break you again
Fears-- you said face your fears
But the tears make it all so clear to me now
Tonight, I'll kiss your poison lips
8. Messiah Complex
I saw the world die a little today
Just to feel the wealth of the decay
Just so you can know what it feels like
What tears taste like
We owe it all to the sickness inside
We owe it all to the fears we've learned to hide
We belong where traitors can touch the divine
Where the unforgiven can send us a sign
Was it the symptom?
Or was it the sickness
Or was one last try
Our only weakness
Falling face first
Tears stinging down your cheek
Drowning face first
A haven for the wretched, the cursed
Only the lonely
We belong where fires can seer this from our eyes
9. How The Beautiful Decay
Paranoia and you can still pretend
How this cross will always mend
Paranoid and the pestilence sets in
What failure looks like when you begin
'Cause you've heard this one before
And it won't stop you from walking out that door
Wasted on nothing but borrowed time
Wasted on the guilt that's all mine
This is how the beautiful decay
And the pain washes the color away
How the wicked find their separate ways
How you'll look on that day
I promise no surprises
Last time I lost myself
I promise no surprises
The Prophecy Fulfilled
1. Choir Of The Prophecy, Fulfilled
2. Reflections Of Ruin
3. Broken Wings
4. This Side Of The Nightmare
5. This Curse
6. Coda XIII
1. Choir Of The Prophecy, Fulfilled
When the screams can't carry far enough
When the sands of time burn razor marks
When the ice burns cold and I can feel no more
I'll know, I'll know
I've seen this all before
I've felt this way before
I've heard this song before
Before
All this sings the prophecy
As the burning bridge falls out from under me
All this sings The Choir Of The Prophecy Fulfilled
On bent knees of shame
Face down in the tears
Waiting for the waiting to strike me down
When the screams can't carry far enough
When the sands of time burn razor marks
When the ice burns cold and I can feel no more
I'll know it's happened again
2. Reflections Of Ruin
Blood seeps through the cracks of your lying teeth
As you've lost all hope in forgiveness
Because there's no one left to forgive you
Regret, lie to yourself
Because you're the only one you can believe
Regret, lie to yourself
Because you're the only one left
You've built yourself on lies
And I'm condemned to say I was once like you
The four walls of your past surround you
Like the screams you pretend not to hear
Regret, lie to yourself
Because you're the only one you can believe
Regret, lie to yourself
Because you're the only one left
Nothing will compare to the nights you spend
Screaming at the mirror for something you can never apologize for
Regret is the noose you hang yourself by
3. Broken Wings
Instrumental
4. This Side Of The Nightmare
All this down in flames
For just one more breath
It's not worth this
It's worthless
This Side Of The Nightmare
The sound of tears on the shell of this broken heart
And time does nothing except close around me
This Side Of The Nightmare, rain still falls
As the suffering calls
Hear the tears still fall to the floor
As the suffering calls my name
How far can you carry this cross?
This falling sacrifice
How far can you carry this cross?
5. This Curse
You, you left these arms holding nothing
Alone, set in this tomb of my tears
Liar, I know now that the truth was just another lie
It's too late, my heart has broken black
It's over and failure is the only memory that hasn't turned to rust
Sorrow; the only thing that doesn't seem to crumble at the touch
My throat still bleeds each time I call your name
But you will never know how hard I tried
Liar, I know now that the truth was just another lie
It's too late my heart has broken black
It's over and failure is the only memory that hasn't turned to rust
You, you left these arms holding nothing
6. Coda XIII
Instrumental
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