David Shankle Group

An ebony heart, housed in a demon well-versed in his arts Sins б la carte, wielding terror no sane man conceives A righteous faзade, defies social order for the sake of his god Hell�s fusillade, his dementia has sired the grief Crusaders of peace Locate his l...

All fingers should point at you Judas incarnate, yes it's true Deceptive mission, to devour The Fallen Angel's finest hour A wicked web you chose to weave None were fooled and none deceived Lessons in misery you've applied Ravaged memories of fame deni...

There she walks, touching your soul like holy fire Heaven knows, heartache to your ears, madness disappears She�s kissing the flame of desire Yesterday�s pain, illusions are on fire Lightning strikes when she walks by Ashes to ashes Lust to lust, dust to dust...

I’ll teach the madness in you unforgiving soul I’m lashing out at all your arrogance you seem to grow I come prepared to fight to conquer all unfaithful ones I’ll make you sacrifice everything you love Seven lashes for … Break the golden rule Words of wisdom...

Experience of lifetime, lessons of our past The mist of total knowledge lifted now at last A universal college, we learn from our mistakes Achieving understanding, achieving grace The legions of fate warn when it�s time to move on The march of the saints teac...

I’m on the level Life needs to take your breath And leave no mercy So I’ll make it slow and painful I know the story You touched that little girl Gives me a reason When you see my face I’ll break you, force feed you Beat you so you’ll never grow Haunt you, mi...

In the days of old Stars disappear, nights are growing cold Oh, heroes of our schemes Reaching out to someone, someone of their dreams When the lighting strikes When the children sigh When the magic dies Calling all heroes When the voice decays When the deat...

Pity given everywhere With that never ending lie Don’t want your comfort For my lack of love Cuz you’re bleeding again Coddle, make believe It’s your martyr But it’s cold and diseased So hollow, make believe It’s your martyr But it’s cold and diseased We’re...

In these days of confusion, in these nights of strife The past comes back to haunt you In this kingdom of madness, you fight for your life Tempestuous storms of dйjа vu Silver and gold, souls bought and sold Curse of the Pharaoh Sky full of dreams, a fortune...

Forever, I thought we'd last forever Always together, we should be together A broken promise from a shattered start Eternal light lost in the dark, in the dark yeah All the time we wasted You'll never see the light, see the light yeah! Nothings left, so...

I'm gate crashing...head smashing in your face! I ain't ever gonna he disgraced I'll be out and tearing up the town! You ain't ever gonna slow me down, No, no! I'm breathing fire, driven wanderlust I'm so fast you can't eat my dust Pedal down, living on...

Looking out into Elysium I see a clearer vision Just imagine what's beyond it Knowledge learned by reason On the wings of wisdom The abyss of time knows no strangers Sell your soul for power? For a window to the future? Or the truth that lies deep wit...

Lord I’m feeling lost Temptation burn me down Forgot the cost Too late to turn around I’m human wasted Salvation never found I’m gone, no more Now I’m feeling cold Blood stains my photograph I’ll sell my soul To hide my epitaph I’ll take the blame Damnation i...

Desperate defined Grasping at reality Another night without sobriety Dreams in the dark, all alone She can't buy what others own Out of life & so blind Every time I find a way there She always leads me to despair ....no! We're falling into the da...

Pay back every cent it takes Burning blood I remember Yesterday's holy madness Clears my eyes Pave the road they dragged me down Burning soul I remember Don't put out my endless fire Burns my eyes No more mourning I won't give it No more morning Can't re-liv...

Passing by your dream Blaming all that you see Living for nothing Living a nothing So I’ll make it end in never Not far for you to go Living for nothing Living a nothing And you’re holding on Fill your sorrow And you’re holding on Bleed the pain In the end C...

Silently still, the wrath of ubiquitous gods Sanity wills, the manmade destruction to come Is it the full moon that summons the madness to grow Stealing the heart from mankind? Are the heroes and saints, the souls who create Fated to run out of time? With des...

Hidden beneath a fanciful sheath A mistress of mayhem and strife With the promise of heavenly bliss you�ll forfeit your sight Sheltered below this sham curio Meticulous in its design There in your dream, a poisonous rose on the vine She�s got a� Evil heart�dr...

I wander so quiet You’ll never see me coming at you I wander so quiet Creep into the back of your mind I’m the hold on your horizon The illusion in your way Laced in your reaction I’m the setting for decay Welcome to my cast of time Waiting just for me Welcom...

Last found crawling down On the ground that keeps me whole I find my comfort in it, I’m covered in it Blood within my soul I finally see what’s coming for me, in the clouds Ya, the fire! My imminent confidence, to laugh before I cry I find I wallow in it I’m...

You bring me back & kill me again You cut me down like you're my friend.....no A stay of the trap door one last time Only to watch me...hang from the line You save me from drowning once more While placing your foot on my head like it's the floor You...

I�ve seen your face before somewhere in my dreams Years and tears cannot erase I know the time is right, fate has intervened Lonely souls can now embrace Somehow I sense you still remember Somehow I feel that you still care Steeped in the mystery Secrets of...

I can feel it Evil rules me It opens up my door It falls into the floor to defile me I can mean it But never challenge To open up my mind The demons I will find would defy you So come along within my dreams And try to walk away To kill the nature of my day Whe...

Left alone to die in battle The fight has just begun, begun my friend I reach down deep inside myself I'll find a way to make it home...I'll rise again A coward's fate is life in chains I have to break out of this place Make my escape! Beaten down an...

We're taught to follow from an early age Honor the masters, it's all still the same Striving for existence on this phony stage Don't think for yourself, it's all been pre-arranged Giving till it hurts just to feed the "poor" Then life & limb to fight...

Question Believing Selling your nonsense Insulting virtue Welcome the fire I need a lesson No toleration No time for questions In desperation Well, I’m pecked to death Cuz I’m loathing the lie Well, I’m bludgeoned to death While I’m loathing the lie Driven...

Her verse is formed by the light in her eyes She�s taking control, moving my soul with her bridge of sighs Her chorus is love�s counterpart Her teardrops can sing to my heart Her song grows intense by the hour And her power is in the magic of the chords Her w...

The path to unknown glory, the road to unknown fate The never-ending story, a prophet or a snake Being doomed from the start, transgression a la carte Theories state the sadness to the human mystery Temptation to the madness that plagues society Strapping cros...

Pulling souls from the darkest depth Just because you can Cuts away at the flesh inside Gives the right to kill again Take the name Waste no time Penalties, none given Got the eyes looking back at you Hear the cries from above Battle cries kill the morning a...

A woman sits and cries for her loss Counting the tears, estimating the cost She�s blaming herself for letting him go Instead of defending the rights of her home Now her grief cuts deep like a knife, A knife made of guilt, and the loss of a life A woman sits a...

You involve us in actions that are not our concern Repeating the history�you just never learn No thought to the families, no thought to their fate Playing the war games against those you hate How dare you place the blame at the widow�s peak? Faceless apologie...

I walk it alone When my soul needs the pain I reach for the darkness And they’re calling out, calling my name How do you know? And when do you feel You are that fool you cannot control I need the light to look at the aftermath The never tomorrow It never repa...