Perseverance piosenki

'Rape, murder, suicide.. These thoughts are constantly with me Of course, this is not mentally 'healthy' There is no doubt that by present standards I am mentally ill, a hopeless sociopath My reason tells me That I have nothing to live for Intellectua...

[Doctor:] Naomi, a child of God's good grace A testament to patient faith This fragile orphan life exposed To patricide and violent overthrow Such is the modern world's incline That beauty and adversity are fated meet We are committed and we are bound...

'When you first kill someone, it's like breaking the ice It's an obstacle in the beginning, but after that.. .. it's nothing.' People are like maggots Small, blind and worthless Mary Ellen Jones, of immaculate skin and fragile bones Unbroken, tight and...

'I have miscalculated I know I can save the situation By a lot of disagreeable work But I see no good reason for going on What would come next..? The whole business is not worth it Life is not worth the trouble, after all' 

Lines of streetlights blind And illuminate the rain Blood washes with the water As it trickles from my veins This broken bottle begs another Cigarettes and broken glass I want this night to cross the line For this to be my last The fear of destitution...

In my memories I can see the sky as it was when I was a child Gazing up above the fences of our yard It was endless, so beautiful and blue My world, the world I knew was so small Our humble home the universe There were no crowds, no town No thoughts of...

Recollection of past affections Fading gradually into obscurity and confusion Leaving only awareness of a dismal present And a hopeless future It's dark all the time now And the emptiness within me has become unbearable I can't stand this pain any longer...

So it comes to this Such promise through eyes of youth A child's blinkered view The world that could have been I've struggled with the truth Denied the filth I've seen A hope for a better tomorrow For fruit amongst the thorn This life has long since ro...

...and so this opus scorned attracts cognition The cast of faceless patrons Whose stories as yet remain untold Manifest Curtains decrepit, set, stage and scene attended Demure as starlight stalks Through cracks in an ageless vanity Enter disposition! 

Bid welcome all, my treasured guests To that which I present Six chapters through, two volumes deep Upon which to obsess Six tales of darkness, rage and fear Six horrors of the mind An unforgiving madness awaits Ambivalence, the trusting and the blind...

Where is the light in an abyss? Where is the comfort in death? Give me salvation, give me anything Give me a reason to draw breath The truth of this world is failure The worth of persistence, despair Everything's cold and so distant Please take me away...

Stark naked, cold, and in inglorious entire As an open wound upon the concept flesh of humanity I now submit my will to body Forgivenesses as far beyond my grasp As were near the ironic values of those delusions Which once claimed day's hours, and fought...

Mediocrity's face, no greater the torment Spared potent duresses and obvious malady From childhood's lament, through youth's awkward epiphanies Time ushered apartheid, wisdom bought clarity For years, nigh on decades, that threshold advanced Persecuted b...

When each waking moment Begins to feel as though it has already been An emotionless repeat Of a failure endured When icicles spread throughout And skin begins to mark The illusion of buoyancy shatters Nothing is perfect, beauty a myth Driven like nails...

[Naomi (Act I):] As ashes gently lain to rest Upon a quiet soil Unmoved by winds of turbulence Unbroken by the fall Such captivating beauty lies In that which holds its truth The unadulterated preservation of its youth Where angels fell from skies abo...

Blackouts and depression Each hangover is longer than the last I pray to death's release That the next time will be for good A night without morning A dusk without a dawn Slowly it all falls away Despite perseverance Disappointment after bitter failure...

[Tall Man (Act II):] Through years of lucid trauma Through tears and sleepless nights have I screamed Bid terrors, leave this savant! Get out mine ears, away my sight! With every waking hour She calls to me with wanton grace How can I stay this horror...