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TORN ASUNDER LYRICS
"Recollections" (2005)
1. Chapter I - Hope Is for the Weak
2. Chapter II - Another Day
3. Chapter III - Words I Disavow
4. Chapter IV - The Seventh Seal
5. Chapter V - Roses
6. Chapter VI - Legends
7. Chapter VII - Weights and Measures
8. Chapter VIII - Revelations
1. Chapter I - Hope Is for the Weak
Dwelling inside your desperate world
Trying to break free from that which holds you down
Scattered thoughts crumble into shreds of pathetic wants
You caged yourself within your needs
And now upon bended knee
You pray your wants will set you free, hope is for the weak
Empty beliefs based on convictions lack
You clasp your hands to pray above
You cleanse your soul and wait, you cleanse your soul and wait
Hope is mockery of pride, hope is failing to try
Hope is shallow and empty, hope is the salvation of the weak
Retreating into your desperation
Finding solace in the confines of your ignorance
You have placed your faith in something other than yourself
Lost within salvations end, you clasp your hands again
Redemption through hope or be damned, hope is for the weak
Empty beliefs based on convictions lack
You clasp your hands to pray above
You cleanse your soul and wait, you cleanse your soul and wait
Hope is mockery of pride, hope is failing to try
Hope is shallow and empty, hope is the salvation of the weak
Hope is for the weak, hope is for the weak
2. Chapter II - Another Day
Indulge in the sweetness of sin, taste the nectar of the Gods
Revel in temptation, abdicate another day
I have seen the shadow o fthe one who calls
Beckoned to follow his inbenignancy
Tempted yet scared to forsake in his ways
I mourn the passing of another day, temptation grows stronger
As the days progress, over ride the pain, I can no longer feel
Emotions are behind me, a life beyond life
To cry a single tear, ensures another day, I wrap myself in silence
And cry myself to sleep, and patiently I wait, wait, wait
For yet, for yet another day
3. Chapter III - Words I Disavow
Mashing my eyes (my eyes) hoping I'm blind,
As you continue to speak your lies, hoping I'll believe,
Falseness, deception, total disbelief,
Forever and one, words I disavow, believing your words
Living your lies, I trusted your deceit, I shun you now aside
Your facade is fading, your mask no longer hides
I disavow your words, I will never believe your lies
Closing this door, breaking my heart, speechless and hurt
I never pictured this, words without meaning
Lies, emptiness lasting a moment in time
All I hear are lies, the painful words you speak
You never speak the truth, they will forever leave their mark
As you hide behind the mask, how could you betray me
After all I've done, my friendship, my love, that all means nothing now, words without meaning, lies
Emptiness lasting a moment in time, all I hear are lies
The painful words you speak, you never speak the truth
They will always, they will forever, they will eternally leave their mark, as you hide behind the mask
Your eyes (your lies), your hollowness
your empty oaths, words I disavow
Empty promises
Lie unfulfilled
Why did I believe in you?
The words you spoke
Why must you hurt me?
What have I done?
To deserve thiss....from you?
My blindness, such blindness
Leads to deception
My pain, such pain
Will never subside
My heart aches, my heart breaks
Look what you've done
How could you, why would you
Do this to me?
4. Chapter IV - The Seventh Seal
"Who is worhty to open the scroll and break the seals thereof?"
(Apocalypse 5:2)
No one could break the seven seals,
Of the scroll HE held in his hand
As HE sat upon his throne, no one above, no one below, no one in all the world, NO ONE...
A lamb stepped forth, as though slain
Possessing seven horns and seven eyes,
These are the seven spirits which,
GOD sent forth into the world, opening the scroll
The 24 elders and 4 living spirits all fell down before the lamb
Holding harps and golden bowls of incense
These are the prayers of the saints
These are the prayers of the saints
The horsemen of 4 were beckoned forth,
As the lamb broke the seals of the scroll
The seal of War, the seal of Strife
Famine and Pestilence,
The seals have been broke
These are the prayers of the saints
These are the prayers of the saints
Breaking the fifth, the seal of the Martyrs
Under the alter the souls of those, slain for the word of GOD
Given a robe of white and told to wait, avenging their blood
Upon the break of the sixth, the seal of Great Signs,
An earthquake shook the world,
As the sun burnt to black
The moon turned to blood,
While the stars fell from the sky
These are the prayers of the saints
The Seventh Seal, "And when he opened the seventh seal,
There was silence in Heaven, that lasted half an hour"
SILENCE
5. Chapter V - Roses
As I gaze into, eternities past
Reflections of life, become weighted in death, I witness a glimmer of hope, dissipate into the blackest of night, never to arise
Lower the casket, Enseal the tomb that belies my resting place
Let me sleep, the eternal slumber that embraces me now
Everlasting peace, my soul is at rest, I am one with the earth
Escape the pain, memories of life, embrace me in death, I am at rest
So weep not for me, as the tears of mourning fall
And like roses by the graveside, as they too, shall wilt away and die
I can hear you cry, the silent tears within
So remeber the past, and shed not your tears,
Because my spirit lives on, and shall never die
I can never, I shall never....
So weep not for me, as the tears of mourning fall
And like roses by the graveside, as they too, shall wilt away and die
6. Chapter VI - Legends
Count the days till the setting sun, follow blindly into the light
Eyes are transfixed upon hues of gold, embrace the rays of eternity
I have searched undying for King Solomon's mines, I have solved the riddles of alchemy, I have heard the secrets whispered from the mouth of the Sphinx, I was witness at the Oracles at Delphi
I have visited the paradise of Shangri-La
I plan to be buried at Petra, the city of tombs
Lost in the labyrinths of Knossos, yet I've found the gold of El Dorado, I have read the prophecies at the caves of Cumae
I have seen Helen abducted from Troy, reside at Earth's center, the Kingdom of Agartha, I have climbed the steps to Heaven in the Tower of Babel, I haunt the seas eternal, for shooting at the Holy Ghost, I have seen the phantom armies at Loe Bar
We are simply passing through history, this, this is history, I was born on the continent of Mu, I have scoured the jungles in search of City X, I have handed down my judgement at the Temple of Poseidon I await the Armageddon, the coming Day of Yahweh
7. Chapter VII - Weights and Measures
Too many years I've endured the pain, constant and endless
Subjected to ridicule, your words slash through me
Like a razor to my skin, you've marked me in ways, you will never see
You judge me not for who I am, you only judge by what you see
Your shallowness shines through empty eyes, you're too blind to notice me
Just remember when you pass, he who judges, shall too be judged
Every word, an acrid spit, that poisons me inside
My self worth is stripped away, you left me weak inside
You judge me, you rate me, remind me what I am
How worthless, how useless, how fat am I again (x2)
Every word, an acrid spit, that poisons me inside
My self worth is stripped away, you left me weak inside
You judge me not for who I am, you only judge by what you see
Your shallowness shines through empty eyes, you're too blind to notice me
My weights, my measures, the toolsby which you judge
Only based on what you see. I'm worth my weight in gold
8. Chapter VIII - Revelations
Set me free, retun my life to me
Escape the pain, the only gift you gave
Embrace the thought, of me without you
Regain this life, as I begin again, begin again
I awaken from the haunts of troubled sleep
Where every thought is tinged with blood
All I see is your deceptive smile, I can still see your deceptive smile
An angel has shed her wings, bearing the horns of a forbidding god
Eclipse and unveil this tragedy, revelation through dreams
Every night I dream of you, and embrace this empty bed
Do I grace your thoughts at night, or have you forgotten me
My eyes water at your thought, even though it's been so long
I still cherish your memory, how can you not believe
In fate and miracles, then how do you explain
This love I have for you, in time these wounds will heal
My love for you will fade
Through these eyes I see, you in a different light
I see you in a fucking different light
Did you weep? Did you cry? Were your misty eyes sincere?
Did you grieve? Did you care? Or was every tear a lie? (x2)
Eyes open to greet the mourning, recollections fade
My heart still bleeds from all the pain
I can never forgive you, I can never forget
This heart no longer bleeds for you
Did you laugh as I swallowed my pride?
Did you cry, when I turned and walked away?
Did you weep? Did you cry? Were your misty eyes sincere?
Did you grieve? Did you care? Or was every tear a lie? (x2)
Radiance of the dawning sun
This morning glory, inhale the very breath of life
Embrace this day, and I shall mourn no longer
And shed not another tear Radiance of the dawning sun
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