The Agonist

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...And Their Eulogies Sang Me to Sleep

All I heard was the sound of fish who'd drowned. All I saw was the inside of my eyelids. All I said fell short of reaching open ears. Words floating, clouding the view... 'See no, hear no, speak no evil' leaves you deaf, dumb and blind, because the bad is all...

A Devil Made Me Do It

Catch me if you can I am faster than your mind can fathom Armed with the element of surprise I slither through the corners of your eyes Pull me inside your wildest dreams I will follow - I will follow In the wreckage of what I perceive I will follow -...

A Gentle Disease

The gift of poison I'm the right mistake Cruel words can heal me Touch - a gentle disease Where skies are green The grass burns red Terminal youth outlives me Sight - an abstract sense I'm the worst theory Your downfall, my majesty In this restless syndrome...

A Necessary Evil

Kneel! All must concede to her will of everlasting greed. Kneel before your queen. Feel the wrath of her alliance. Bow down. Drain the lake. You won’t believe your eyes. Drain the lake. It will reveal her lies. At nerves end, you push with full force. A bli...

Anxious Darwinians

Halted embryogenesis at the birth of second thought, creating before acting to stay safely at the start. Textbook nebulse authentical the World Order’s end. But we dictate through creation just how, where and when. The sound of self-severed limbs. Broken...

Architects Hallucinate

Starlight darkens the edge of the blade Made to perforate your true immortal state (or will this be another cheap victory) Raise your shield, break your arms Today, there’s no reason to fight So go ahead, and heal your wounds Under artificial night skie...

As Above, So Below

A breath — a moment couldn’t take it. A smile — your face couldn’t fake it. A dream — a vision couldn’t make it. We are all particles of life. Extend your hand to reach the obvious. The image planted in your eyelids. A second guess, a need to focus To...

As One We Survive

LIVE! The cold hand of the past emerges from the graves of our ancestors Eyes open! To your feet Another day of sight unseen Take back the night And let life release This slow death will not cease Just when you thought That your end was near Live...

Birds Elope With the Sun

Air like water, water like stone, birds elope with the sun. A velvet quietus furtively draped over ears. Quartz underfoot and crystalline opal years. Welcome webs of gasping despair. Nival anaphora textures the air. Anamnesis waltzes through... The windows, s...

Blood as My Guide

I've been kicked around and dragged through the mud No tales of my glory will ever be sung The fear we all feel is more than just real It's a blinding emotion we must forge into steel My brothers and sisters we're the true underdogs What good is this lan...

Born Dead, Buried Alive

The bloodline traces back to the past from whence the first real Christians came, Where the racist procreation remains in every God-damned rally, riot and rage. Eternal damnation divided by nation, fighting for land, language and souls. A kick to the face of p...

Burn It All Down

I made sure, my dear I made sure of it, my dear Made sure of the life we'd be living here While you thought I was vulnerable and weak I made sure they'd never again speak! A drop was all it took, a drop ever so sweet And down they fell, their fate to m...

Business Suits And Combat Boots

Does history guide you or do you set out to change it? Breached, not broken. Breached, not broken. Fuck your Skinned-alive designer wear, Fashion shades and salon hair, Heels to help where nature failed, Artificial teeth and nails. The wasp's nest e...

Chlorpromazine

I awoke to a complex chemistry. So, I went to a neuro-surgeon inquisitively to see what she could see. But she only knows what she’s taught so I turned to a tree to see what he thought. And he asked: when does three equal one plus one? The answer is b...

Danse Macabre

Fools, out of desperation. Cursed to repeat this ancient hand. While all your friendly gestures are just a part of your grand plan. No cause for celebration. Your self-destruction lies ahead. Weakened, frigid from the terror. No absolution shall be fed. It’s...

Dead Ocean

An Ocean waves hello. Feathers decorate the air and sleeping giants approach. An absolute nightmare - not having footing to flee. Suspended animation, dace to face with the Majesty. Grotesque interest drew tou near but sorrow and awe keep you here. The O...

Disconnect me

You! Pull me out and plug me in Light the brain, start me up Automatic We're bound We wind up like clocks Assimilation of perfection My flesh and bone exists no more Viral program in me Am I just your creation? Terminate this operation Taking bac...

Dust to Dust

I had to go blind to truly see What was right in front of me I'm a fool for thinking there was a shot The game was rigged right from the start Still I need to play, to go along See KARMA'S A BITCH But she's not YOUR DOG When you least expect She'll tu...

Everybody Wants You (dead)

You did me wrong! Yeah, you screwed me. But - guess what! I win, you lose. How funny, what you show when you;ve got nothing to prove. Everybody wants you? Everybody wants you dead. But I want you right here To see your face when you;ve got no one left....

Faceless Messenger

Truthful words are rarely beautiful. Throw on a weak disguise. Sugarcoat them with pride. Facts remain the same. And beautiful words are rarely truthful. Tales of fiction lie on your tongue. Let the sweet poison unravel. Free to associate the bonds that we...

Feel No Guilt

Everything's gone wrong! Sea Salt is burning through the land that's beside us, Attempt feelings; Man will never be in control. Stormy skies drowning although one's been dry. No disregard for everything that is going your way. Feed up what you've thrown...

Follow The Crossed Line

Would there be a sign to save me from my sins? Can you find the will to fake a bitter grin? Eyes wide shut and I’m sinking in too deep, Cause I’m stigmatized by all the lesser human beings. Empty shells rising. No disgrace - no remorse. Absently intruding int...

Forget Tomorrow

Fall into flames All that remains of me is a stepped on, thrown out piece of your enemy. All that remains of me is about to hit the ground. When you begin to deny All of your past lives... When you begin to deny That you can't defend your lies... In total...

Gates Of Horn And Ivory

Craving possession Material obsession You function solitarily On lower brain transmission You want it, you need it You're never gonna get it Cause really what you're chasing Is a lie to begin with Paralyze Manufacture aspiration Design the ideal ou...

Globus Hystericus

What says the tree to his friends the rocks? When he lives and breathes and they sit and mock And he grows strong for centuries long But finally dies and begins to rot 'We will last intact this way! And you my friend will soon decay' 'But i can breathe - am c...

I Endeavor

Describe the ability to feel... A reality far from real. Give me the meaning behind this touch. Yield speech to the vibe that you clutch. Grant me the truth I’ve longed for a lifetime and liberate my soul from my now elapsed crime. A tear to cause not liquid...

Ideomotor

We are but prisioners of waterfalls We stand on broken ribs. Faces to the glass, we drown. Heavy mileage on our minds, We wrap the earth in cerebral folds. And the corpse we carry really is a weight we'd like to throw. We love the strange New animals, We love...

In Vertigo

A little too big and a little too small The thing is that life isn't one size fits all So take a sip and a couple of bites And lay back to feast with your own eyes Down down down the rabbit hole! Wake up to see the tiny world at your feet A giant surpr...

Lonely Solipsist

Parrot, squatting on your throne, mentally captured, are you? Foot-soldered concrete rooted in basement, alone. Corporeality relinquished. Fictive molecules revolt. Soliloquies like apparition of a long forgotten ghost. Lonely Solipsist, sculpture squatti...

Martyr Art

Awaken, as from a tormented sleep With eyes anxiously looking to creep beyond this Twisted dementia displayed on the walls. Mysterious mindsets and ink-droplets fall. Muses take flight in an all out war. Shall I catch with open hand? Or let it fall and s...

Memento Mori

Can't you see how far I've bent? Fuel abuse at my expense. The links that crawl up silken threads And swift entomb the not quite dead. That sickening numbness hindsight hides, Like spiders creeps out from inside. Remeber, simply don't pretend; Both goo...

Monochromatic Stains

There is this face in the still water I can't remember ever wearing Like fingerprints on your heart Reading out the last lines of code To the untrained eye a secret I bled away the last of you Sought trust in shapes of combined results that trickles from a le...

Mr. Cold

Tonight, I met a grinning man in a dark suit A glowing reflection, to my surprise Were vibrant orbs in place of eyes His mouth never twitched as he spoke to me Meaning no harm, he was passing by In hollow times we'd meet... If you ever meet the man name...

My Witness, Your Victim

Confess to your sins Immorality's my witness The search for redemption; a never-ending trial - your victim. The battlefield has transformed. Blades unto bullets. Killing is easy but ruling is key Strike millions of targets at once. Bullets into light....

Orphans

Knock, knock is someone at the door? There's no fairytale to read here No DAMSELS in distress Just two sisters that were caught in a mess There's no wicked stepmother or FAIRY godmother No unpleasant day waiting to be saved Knock, knock is someone at t...

Panophobia

Keep out the intruders! Put the drawbridge up! The enemy ransacked what we had just rebuilt! Now the garden lies in serene symmetry And severe color theory. Roots slowly poisoning Through strategic seeds planted inside. We’re much safer self-preserved....

Perpetual Notion

Give us your potions To conceal the decay A never ending tomorrow And a forgotten today An extended stay In the arms of security A fear of the unknown And the slow death of longevity You have yet to understand existence Tell me what's so grand about infinity...

Predator & Prayer

We hear you, we don't care We hear you, we don't care We hear you, we don't care You sit and soak in your beliefs You cling to ice and think You'll float away to your demise And won't regret a thing Allow me to shatter your fantasy Your childhood dre...

Revenge Of The Dadaists

Sont-ils prisonniers? Devrais-je les libérer? This seclusion frightens me What happened to youthful armies, Manicured gardens, Proud role models? Now I sit Dependent zombie Longing for the physical One can't destroy energy One can only transfer...

Rise And Fall

This human incompetence and its consequence, Sub-human intolerance hitting home. This stupid, old prejudice and its consequence; Civilian rights are not right for all. All deserve rights, large and small. Rise and Fall.. Each breath could be the last - chance...

Serendipity

Stillborn pride - let me hide! Once more I've stepped across the line, Repeating to myself that everything is fine. Once more I'm shipwrecked far from shore. This time the war and blood and gore are mine. Approaching the end, thinking it's all pretend,...

Take A Bow

Powerless, depressed, I try To conceal all the wreckage inside. They're denied the basic rights Hand-delivered to all of mankind. My patience tried, Forgiveness died, My hands are tied. Let go. All of the scars built up the walls. Life drifting far below! In...

Take Me To Church

Amen. Amen. Amen. Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife Offer me that deathless death Good God, let me give you my life [x2] If I'm a pagan of the good times My lover's...

Thank You, Pain

So, lowly criminal, please tell me, how do you plead? Now, honorable judges, ladies, gentlemen of the jury, please allow me to present my case... Ha! What case can you possibly present to rip a man from his family, faith, and friends? Defense? Listen before y...

The Anchor and The Sail

I would fight for you, I would cross all seas and borders Steal the fright from you, like a mother for her daughter All the crimes between what is done and left to be seen A little blind spot in the rear of the conscience remaining in me I would fight fo...

The Chain

Can I have the attention of the class? Open up your text The city of seven hills Another illustration of the autophagy Put down your fiddle, lady liberty And take a good long look Revolution, revolution The free chant deafened by a barricade Revolutio...

The Escape

Memory is fiction, so the past is your invention Catch yourself, self-dissect, how youth outlives age How beauty shames skill Prayer is for dependents and wish is for the will A struggle for independence, a harmless stage Art gaining post-mortem fame Oh...

The Game

The rush, the thrill, the back and forth We set ourselves on the torturous ground Who is the sadist? Who is the masochist? Trembling revelations shed light on the tragedy Dancing in our masquerade Shuffle the deck and place your bets Seal the deal with...

The Gift of Silence

I've had all I can take To hate for hate's sake Tearing down what you cannot create The time has come to be put to sleep A gift of silence for a herd of sheep Nature is red in tooth and claw Did they tell you you must be The first without a flaw? Na...

The Hunt

Enter the city that never rests From the fear of waking in the lion's den Let the joyous hunt begin Place your blindfold to the task Victim by day, culprit by night The enemy hide right beneath your mask Empty the barrel on the glass Cause the gun cu...

The Killing I

You know I need to make good time So OPEN WIDE! The main course is a PIECE of mind I can't shake this nerve of mine You know I got the EVIL EYE To satisfy my dark desires I'm handcuffed to your filthy grind Paralyzed I'm always fighting with a PAIR...

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Here lies the man who fell to Earth Who fell to Earth... A spare beaten spirit soul of sexual dystopia Whose sound is deathly frantic - deathly frantic Deathly frantic! His presence clear elegant and emphatic And emphatic! Desperate to break with his...

The Mass Of The Earth

I just wrote to tell you this I did my very best I went far but got stuck there I picked up the pieces, I was your vigilante soldier But the mass of the Earth just weighed too heavily on me How can truth be opinion? How can fact be right and wrong? The...

The Moment

This is the moment... Fire inspires passion Passion translates as lust Searching rings delivers the strangest form of trust Earth enables gravity Gravity manages bodies This is the moment All elements collide Draw your strength where stars align W...

The Ocean

I am the Fifth, I am the prize I am the book, I am your eyes I am the Fifth number in line Symbol of greatness, true to its kind I am the star where lines intersect I am the missing link I am the wound that will never heal Punctured by nails, the fina...

The Perfect Embodiment

The mind cannot dominate When all my logic is erased. If you repeat the same mistakes. The soul will never alleviate . Running against time to make ends meet. Arguments invalid. It’s highly dysfunctional you see. In full retrospect. I won’t accept the incomp...

The Raven Eyes

Pour that man another The things he's seen, the things he's done His hat and cloak, the antidote If the man wants to clear his debts Who are we to subdue his struggle? He might let you bleed if you're nice Salvation always has a price Relax It will...

The Resurrection

My body lay frozen in the finest attire Even with eyes shut I can hear the looks on their faces Every mourning mash[?] worn with insecurity These things always bring a few They come to pay respect to their own shattered dream Sorry to disappoint but toda...

The Sentient

Here once stood One hundred million species Undiscovered until extinction Here once stood Unnatural amounts of prey turned product Mechanized slaughter The sentient flaunted their machinist superiority An ersatz compensation for real instincts lost Millennia...

The Tempest (The Siren's Song; The Banshee's Cry)

I say! Why do you grip so hard, that way? Of what, is there left to be afraid? Let the waves elope with your empty remains. They erode your foothold, anyway. They Mosh Unaware of their own might Hypnotizing Shore-ward swallowing They storm me, ganging up on m...

The Trial

He called me to pay my debts The crack in his voice was a sign of regret A deal he proposed of mutual benefit But the knot in my gut told me to stand back How could you presume the remedy for the unknown? Liquefied asphyxiation Desperate times call for...

The Villain

I killed them all of course For all you know there could have been many more Caught in the crosshairs of Galveston You had me dead to rights Come on! I even put the goddamn gun in your hands That's the difference between you and I I never, never miss...

Trophy Kill

Often misjudged are the criminals among us; Guilty and their sentence is not yet served. How broken and dead the reigning race would be if we If we all got what we deserved. All sentient beings are only those that we dictate. How can you judge what you lick of...

Void Of Sympathy

Void of sympathy. I remember the way your hand reached out and closed doors. I remember though memories serve no purpose anymore. Wrong direction. I now see what I didn't look for. Feed all perfection and bite the hand you once adored 'Cause now you've gone...

Waiting Out the Winter

Which is more elusive: freedom or sanity? When one disappears, the other follows so quickly Certain species, races, beings are gifted, you see with the power to rob us of either should they feel so inclined to bother The land is run by a man-made set of rules...

When The Bough Breaks

Alone… she was … and we face this journey alone… Helpless and weak, dependent on others’ decisions and needs. But who’s to say what is right? To protect a soul or to save a life? Is it a plague or a gift – the ability to create in the way of the Gods? We are...

You're Coming With Me

International dreaming reveals a deceit less obious. It's the lairs who are punished but the liars speak the truth. I will never know your intention but I'll make clear my own - you are guilty by association and I'm taking your sentence on. To forget is the...