in the shadows of towers we rage against the sky call out the cowards who avert their eyes this twisted structure erodes from within clings to its foundation until the bitter end you will never know my name until your paper castles all explode in flame then you'll know that it's too late you will pay the price for how you fucked the human race pull the wool Over thine own eyes the shepherd is the piper leads you to your demise break the silence the promise the balance the separating walls the windows of the palace downpressed, united nothing left to lose to the enemies of man: "we will not bow to you" "we will not bow to you" you pompous parasites bleeding your mother dry in fleeting victory your defeat is catalyzed your raving knaving hands grip one last neck you stand behold behold e pluribus unum in the shadows of towers rage against the sky call out the cowards who avert their eyes infest infect infiltrate obsessed no rest no rest till we annihilate you will never know my name until your paper castles all explode in flame then you'll know that it's too late you will pay the price for how you fucked... you will never know my name until your paper castles all explode in flame then you'll know that it's too late you will pay the price for how you fucked... for how you fucked the human race

Rise You faceless You thoughtless You voiceless victims Cry no more Your past erodes inscriptions I gather my goodbyes Press them together Til time and space subside Under this heat and pressure But I am bound to carry on In shades of grey Solemn strangers call my name I cannot trust in any god; I'll place my faith In fragile human will and form I hope these walls Come crashing down Before the day we're torn asunder And if you fall Without a sound I'll pull you up Or you'll drag me under But I am bound to carry on In shades of grey Solemn strangers call my name I cannot trust in any god; I'll place my faith In fragile human will and form Blind to the beacon Head in the sand With passing glances We move along Through thick illusion And frosted glass The sky, laughing madly, Spins far too fast Now redshift the horizon See tainted Eos rise In bookmatched perfection This matchbook inspiration I am bound to carry on In shades of grey Solemn strangers call my name I cannot trust in any god; I'll place my faith In fragile human will and form I am bound to carry on In shades of grey Solemn strangers call my name I cannot trust in any god; I'll place my faith In fragile human will and form We are not still We are not dead The earth still shakes The torch still burns We are not still We are not dead We are not still We are not dead

Well I'm the selfish animal Diseased, the fever, got it all Undressed, my willful, seething skin crawls My lungs are blacker than my soul Don't ask me why, 'cause I don't know Just hope I die before I'm old, YEAAAAAAH Well I'm unclean, a libertine At least I'm more than a machine Cruisin' in my lust patrol Got my gun, got no control So no one knows you like I do Tragic tongues and words all true Guess we didn't think this through too well Got some pills, I'm on the run Three shades of plastic, had my fun My shock machine is set to stun again Well I'm unclean, a libertine At least I'm more than a machine Cruisin' in my lust patrol Got my gun, got no control Yea, I'm unclean, a libertine At least I'm more than a machine Cruisin' in my lust patrol Got my gun, got no control I'm more than a machine I'm more than a machine I'm more than a machine I'm more than a machine Go to hell, mom and dad No wedding bells to make you glad Or bigotry to make you mad no more And this is for all poison tongues And all your drowned and broken lungs And all the songs we've never sung again Well I'm unclean, a libertine At least I'm more than a machine Cruisin' in my lust patrol Got my gun, got no control Yea, I'm unclean, a libertine At least I'm more than a machine Cruisin' in my lust patrol Got my gun, got no control

He opens the door And cries out in pain In Babylon blind They think he's insane Only their arrogance Equals his rage He's hollow and broken And our hands are stained He turns to the north Speaking in storms Then to the west Changing his form Cries to the east Fall on deaf ears And last to the south Makes real all our fears Hark! The angels have taken his heart The angels have taken his head The angels have taken his tongue The angels have left him for dead But we can no longer be blind In our police state of mind Porcelain virgins lift their skirts To sell these gilded pyramids Their thighs inscribed: In god we trust– The party line, the piper's hymn Every day the ticking clock Subdivides the hours Another bitter shot Reminds me I'm a coward I’m a coward Sleepwalking slaves Cast off your chains All that you loved Has been lost Sleepwalking slaves With fury awaken Call out the names Of those who betrayed them Empires rise and fall like waves As fear and fire are unleashed Revolution's razorblade Deftly paints the crowded streets To ten thousand screaming bombs Cities are wheat before the scythe Monuments to long-dead gods Crumble under blackened skies For every broken promise We will take our vengeance Burn down this rotting city Light up this dying world Burn down this rotting city Light up this dying world Burn down this rotting city Light up this dying world When will we wake up from this Dream that we destroyed our temple? Someday we'll forget foolish Dreams that we can find the answers Hark! The angels have taken his heart The angels have taken his head The angels have taken his tongue The angels have left him for dead But we can no longer be blind In our police state of mind Won’t you stay by my side Until the fall of this police state of mind Won’t you stay by my side

Road to the gallows We buy our houses on They're all paved in gold Never cold; withstand the stocks and bonds Days long; nights hollow The holes are black and cold In my mouth swallow Pride of past Prince of inner casts Beyond these hills we've bled Our countries we have fled For what but all these caustic images I'll pull the trigger If it will get me by Like moths; now cinders A healthy alibi Living life with deep lucidity To know that which does ail me And write just like Thucydides Embark in prayer honestly Beyond these hills we've bled Our countries we have fled For what but all these caustic images Mirages. This broader class of businessmen - my brothers Has our government turned backs on us? Who must repair this progress? It must It must be us. Oh... Built on immigrant bones and arrowheads Taken back promises Built on immigrant bones and arrowheads Taken back promises What will become of our children Too young to know this? Sacrifice... Assault to prosper When slumber leaves you dry Postage paid bullets Dead letters; paper lullabies Beyond these hills we've bled Our countries we have fled For what but daydreams and nightmares Beyond these hills we've bled This country we have wed For what but all these caustic images

this boy breathes fire snake’s tongue spits kerosene into the mouths of liars their secrets evergreen this boy breathes fire, restless chaos diffused in electric veins and lungs of glass; he agitates the air a catalyst, a catharsis the end of the end of days i fold up hope and fear in paper planes and toss them high over these walls gravity escapes and i don't even want to try to touch the ground (to touch the ground) eyes fixed upward, we are weightless in the sound (in the sound) we are fools and kings and noble cowards once again (once again) with ragged voices singing at last we've learned to live no stars tonight moon burns in half-light you and i will take flight move unhindered as points of light last hurrah raise your voice raise your glass, your expectations we will feast before we fast we will feast before we fast [interlude] (GO!) never will i be still never will i be still never will i be still never will i this boy breathes fire snake’s tongue spits kerosene into the mouths of liars their secrets evergreen prophecies self-fulfilling can’t stop my brain from spilling succumb to inner pressure argent strands sublimating and i don't even want to try to touch the ground (to touch the ground) eyes fixed upward, we are weightless in the sound (in the sound) we’re fools and kings and noble cowards once again (once again) with ragged voices singing at last we've learned to live never will i be still never will i be never will i never will i be still

One thousand days beyond the sun Bodies warm, hearts growing numb Through mist and shadow, cloud and shade We're falling fast to the ends we've made Empty jars lie on windowsills In fading sun, gathering dust A year underwater hasn't drowned my will But my confidence fails at a touch And this place has never been my home And here my balance is fragile But how can you believe you're alone And forget we're entangled? When will we be here again At this crossroads of summer tides I fear that this is the end The end of a life full of lies Now face to face We're inverted Through time and space We come alive And someday soon We'll be unburdened If our planets align Through streetlights and bonfires And whispers of storms I've held her up I've kept her warm Memories once bright Now grey and dim Pressure constricting, I hold myself in When will we be here again At this crossroads of summer tides I fear that this is the end The end of a life full of lies This time there's no turning back All barriers and bridges collapse No secret left to betray Confess, repent for judgment day And fall into place Close your eyes, cross my fingers Shed this disgrace Place your hand on my heart Run through these veins With this page as my witness Feel this embrace You are mine Victory is ours When will we be here again At this crossroads of summer tides I fear that this is the end The end of a life full of lies When will we be here again At this crossroads of summer tides I fear that this is the end The end of a life full of lies

I remember when you told me "I hope this will never change" and on our hands and scraps of paper scribbled secrets I've kept safe for all the days that I've been dreaming and the nights I lie awake will you take my hand and promise me that you will never break? There are times when I still taste you on this bitter summer air and the ghosts of hatred once deserved weigh more than I can bear but I'm so sick of saying sorry and of saying it so well and of asking your forgiveness when I can't forgive myself so I will build this pyre strike this match like lightning burn myself, that liar down until there's nothing left but the only way to stop us growing numb tonight i swear i'll catch this fire destroy what I've become remember when I told you that this life is a war? waste our deeds on the field of dreams don't know what we're fighting for But this is where I'll make my stand upon this hill I'll die witness now my certainty my fist raised to the sky I will build this pyre strike this match like lightning burn myself, that liar down until there's nothing left but the only way to stop us growing numb tonight i swear I'll catch this fire destroy what I have loved Immolate this These masks These cold and fragile crutches To flames Forsake all hoods and veils and snakeskin cough up all that's black and wretched cold and ugly is this ghost an empty shell or is there still a spark left of me? when all else is torn away there remains a single truth in passion and purity we are ignited i will build this pyre strike this match like lightning burn old self, that liar down into nothing i will build this pyre strike this match like lightning burn old self, that liar down until there's nothing left but the only way to stop us growing numb tonight i swear i'll catch this fire destroy what I once was At last I've found the only way to stop us growing numb tonight i swear i'll catch this fire destroy what I once was

Listen, here lies the body I should have died in It's cold and covered in sweat I swear I never knew I'd meet the hospital She was just a foot in front His feet felt heavy in the heat He was speeding And now Please let me decide Fever's not the enemy I fight not only death, but life Don't stay by my side I've heard the word of God And he's died So why'd you slave to save my life... You, His understudy Now Never in my life have I seen such pity Such fury In the eyes of dreamers You'd wonder who'd blame the doctor In the case of strangulation It's been done in years past So why rehash old demons This bread denied merely tastes of grandmother's ashes Over her body She stares Says, "You, yea, you're just like a saint" I don't care Ha, you'd swear I am capable of great things I've wanted to love her An escapade undercover Karamazov plays somewhere across the street Determines my fate; Expectations to meet "Theatre...or you don't love me" An imitation of what you used to be? Ahhhhhhhh! There too will come a time when You! will never see the light You! will never see the dawn again If my heart stopped at 80, Would you shatter my ribcage to save me? These vaccine victories are fleeting Not every body is a dying soldier Fighting for his life (His country more) Ah, I've fought my war (Bayonets and bandages to repair the damages Burning portraits to rekill the dead) Ungrateful; hateful for a blessed gift Such is mortal man alive What becomes of our humanity when we conspire in our own demise (interlude) When you put me under...I Fought on the side of the dead To know kills your pleasure So I lie instead, though You! will never see the light You! will never see the dawn again Frightened by suffering They shrink away at the sight of this face Not that saint with the name Sarah Never forgotten Karamazov plays somewhere across the street Determines my fate; Expectations to meet "Theatre...or you don't love me" Imitations of the living