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Sarah
04:36
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I can feel their looks
I hear the whispers
dripping off their tongues
my name rots in their mouths
and festers as they shout
“Burn the wicked one!”
fueled by delusion
and false prosecution
they’re all coming for me
there’s wood on the pile
And the fuel for the fire
is the burning hatred in their hearts
for what I'm not
My flesh is burned and scared,
my body ripped apart
my soul is left to bleed
condemned for who I am
a judgement passed by man
repeating history
religious delusion
false prosecution
they are all coming for me
there’s wood on the pyre
and the fuel for the fire
is the burning hatred in their hearts
for what we’re not
burn the witch
“evil. a demon whore.
she’s sleeping with the devil,
concealing her form…”
set fire to the altar,
cast down the priest
destroy this religion
it’s time we all set ourselves free
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2. |
The Knife
02:02
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I've got you in my sights
beckoning
you grab my hand and lead me outside
you have thoughts of pleasure
I've got something else in mind
keep walking
I'm right behind
you feel the blade
your lungs fill with blood
you try to scream
your body’s numb
I've got you in my sights
beckoning
you sit beside me and put your hand on my knee
such pathetic display of “masculinity”
so keep drinking
next one’s on me
you feel the blade
your lungs fill with blood
you try to scream
your body’s numb
look into my eyes
as I watch you die.
you fear the blade
so you try to run
they can't hear you scream
your time has come.
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3. |
In Stone
03:44
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a life in this new world, living on my own
a practice in medicine from within my home
help for the ill, using nature’s gifts
turned into an outcast for not praying away the sick
the ignorance of religious seed
a deception called Christianity
my vengeance will come and you will feel my wrath
as I freeze to this rock, chanting spells of my craft
a sickness is coming, soon you will see
this curse set in stone, you will all die just like me
On the coldest night my home set ablaze
I fled for the woods, knowing nothing would remain
So cold in the darkness, I fought with my life
Exhausted, confused, tears formed into ice
the ignorance of religious seed.
has taken everything from me
my vengeance will come and you will feel my wrath
as I freeze to this rock, chanting spells of my craft
a sickness is coming, soon you will see
this curse set in stone, you will all die just like me
my breath was shortening, the shivering had gone
I can’t feel my body, I will be dead before dawn
my vengeance will come and you will feel my wrath
as I freeze to this rock, chanting spells of my craft
a sickness is coming, soon you will see
this curse set in stone, you will all die just like me
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4. |
Winifred Road
02:56
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I’m left behind in total darkness
above me: light, but I can’t see it
rapid breathing, I’m shaking and I
realize I’m powerless to stop this
I'm reaching out into the void
but I understand now it’s all useless
eyes wide
panic inside
can someone
take this away from me
and who could call this life,
when I'm barely alive?
I'm struggling to find
a reason to survive
I try to fight but I can’t escape
each passing day is sealing my fate
all hope inside is dead
I'm living in the darkness
alone inside my head
and you would call this life,
when I’m barely alive?
still struggling to find
a reason to survive
life is a nightmare from which I cannot wake.
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5. |
Night Falls
03:55
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night falls
another dream you’re coming through my window
it’s worse than before
I can feel you standing in the room
now all I can hear
is the threatening silence
and the pounding rhythm of blood pumped through
60,000 miles of vessels
so I wait for you
to step through the darkness
I wait for you
to pull me close
close enough to feel
the sharp pain
from your sinking fangs
as you’re lost inside
deep within my veins
night falls
and I can hear the drops of blood hit the floor
a flowing river of precious fluid
seeping through the cracks in the boards
no one takes like you
you want more
yeah, you're always hungry
eager just to take it all from me
so I wait for you
to step through the darkness
I wait for you
to pull me close
close enough to feel
the sharp pain
from your sinking fangs
as you’re lost inside
deep within my veins
who invited you?
I can’t say that I remember
but you’re here for everything I am
who invited you?
I'll wait for your return while
I'm keeping secrets of crucifixes
wooden stakes and silver
day breaks
and tomorrow you’ll be gone
night falls
and I'll be someone else
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6. |
Rot Away
03:03
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I look at these faces
in happy situations
how many of them are lies?
struggling just like me
to contain the monster
raging underneath the surface
inside my mind
battles in black
fighting demons
unleashed by my own neglect
I accept my fate
what’s the point?
there’s no escape
so why keep breathing
when you’re drowning in existence?
you suffocate inside with all the pain
I am now nothing but a negative persistence
a leech of positivity, an unrelenting optimism drain
inside my mind
battles in black
fighting demons unleashed
by my own neglect
I’ve given up
I accept my fate
there’s no escape
life moves on, memories fade
skin grows old, it’s all the same
if it’s all a long goodbye,
a walk towards the grave
why am I wasting time?
I'll stop fighting, and rot away
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7. |
Sixty-Seven
04:41
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he arrives in early evening
as the sunlight melts into the dark
he sees her laying on the bed as
she waits for the ritual to start
he reaches out,
cold fingers grabbing
as she cries:
“father I am sorry
I didn't mean to let them in
please free my soul from this body
for I am nothing;
everything
about me is vanity”
she remembers when they started
with the demons whispering to her
the voices in her head grew stronger
telling her that she is damned and cursed
he has her now,
holding her down
as she screams:
“father I am sorry
I didn't mean to let them in
please free my soul from this body
for I am nothing;
everything
about me is vanity"
"I'm on my way
past the gates
and into the light
I'm on my way
finally free from this hell,
finally free from this fight"
and it took
sixty seven
times to
claim her life
as we cry:
father, I hope you’re sorry
you say you didn’t mean to take her life
and when you forced her soul from her body
she became
everything
and nothing
about her
is vanity
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8. |
Siren Song
03:22
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listen and hear my siren call
offering shelter from the squall
deep in the ocean, far beyond the waves
sweet melodies of safety, luring you into an early grave
can you hear it, now?
do you feel it?
hear me, see me,
and your time shall end
another life is taken
now eternity you’ll spend
under the waves
secretly ugly, with a need deep inside
my veil can’t be lifted, monstrosities I hide
spellbound I’ll make you and my sorrows I’ll sing
another life claimed, I revel in your suffering
you can hear it, now…
you can feel it…
Hear me, see me,
and your time shall end
another life is taken
now eternity you’ll spend
under the waves
the water fills your lungs
as I bite off your tongue
your body gives up
and you finally succumb...
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9. |
Black Hole
04:36
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I can feel it underneath my skin
like worms digging their way in
I lay beside you in the dark
never understanding what you are
I can feel your breath hot on my neck
there is nothing left to hold you back
I stare into
the cold black hole
where nothing can escape
I feel it pulling me
towards the end
I let it lure me in and tear me apart
I let it wrap around my neck like a serpent
suffocate the air within in my lungs
close my eyes and fall into the darkness of my love
allow myself
to shed my skin
and be who i really am
I watch the light
dance on the horizon
there is no way
to escape
from here
all that I am is gone
and I never can be
anything again
the blackened water calls to me
I'm waiting to be pulled underneath
I stare into
the cold black hole
I finally feel free
let myself sink
and dissolve into dust
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10. |
Hound
02:18
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you can try to hide but
I'll find you
I can see you shaking through your bedroom window
I can smell the fear
in your blood
like a hound
are you worried?
are you scared?
there’s nothing you can do to stay my hand
‘cause I can smell your sweat
I want to taste your blood
I can hear your heart pound as you run
where have you been all of my life?
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11. |
Lilith
05:24
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I am Lilith, created from the same clay
bow down to you? I will not obey
my entire life was destroyed and ripped apart
sanity lost, I embrace the dark
the gentle dark, that helped me escape
the gentle dark, where I finally regained
all of the pieces that shattered like glass
fire burned as it melted and formed in the ash
to you I’m vile, my tainted soul
evil and dark, with lack of control
by man, you see she’s become like me
she’ll never be as your precious Eve
the gentle dark, that helped me escape
the gentle dark, where I finally regained
all of the pieces that shattered like glass
fire burned as it melted and formed in the ash
a creature that was never meant to be
rebirth of Lilith - finally freed
she was not created from your rib to serve and please
she will not bend to your will, for she is molded from me
I am Lilith, we once were made from the same clay
now Queen of the Dark, kneel down and pray
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