Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward.

Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both. For a wounded man shall say to his assailant: "If I live, I will kill you. If I die, you are forgiven." Such is the Rule of Honor.

Broken the paradigm An example must be set Invoke the siren song and sign the death warrant This is what has been wrought for thirty pieces of silver The tongues of men and angels bought by a beloved betrayer

I am the result what's better left unspoken Violence begins to mend what was broken You've been talking I've been all ears

Words meant to dwell in darkness shall never see the light of day

Words can be broken So can bones Execute the mandate Mouth full of dirt Your name is removed from the registry St. Peter greets with empty eyes and then turns and locks the gate

I am the result what's better left unspoken Violence begins to mend what was broken

You've been talking I've been all ears

Omerta

Cheaply venal Stupidly verbose A slip of the tongue A slit of the throat Six feet under with no marker Keep my name from your mouth forever Free speech for the living Dead men tell no tales Your laughing finger will never point again

Pray for blood Pray for the cleansing Pray for the flood Pray for the end of this nightmare This lie of a life can as quickly as it came dissolve We seek only reprieve and welcome the darkness The myth of a meaning so lost and forgotten (forgotten)

Take hold of my hand For you are no longer alone Walk with me in Hell

Pray for solace Pray for resolve Pray for a savior Pray for deliverance, some kind of purpose A glimpse of a light in this void of existence

Now witness the end of an age

Hope dies in hands of believers Who seek the truth in the liar's eye

Take hold of my hand For you are no longer alone Walk with me in Hell

Walk with me in Hell Walk with me in Hell Walk with me in Hell Walk with me in Hell Walk with me in Hell

Take hold of my hand For you are no longer alone Walk with me in Hell Walk with me in Hell

Walk with me in Hell You're never alone You're never alone You're never alone You're never alone You're never alone Walk with me in Hell

Broken, broken in will Your past is leaving, disappearing misery saves Choking, pain is a thrill, rage is instilled Compassion's a cage

Forgiving the father Read the story of my skin I'll be the martyr Falling from his grace again

Stronger, sooner or later we crawl our way back Into our favorite hole Troubles swallow the savior A violent way to his highest goal

Forgiving the father Read the story of my skin

Tell me more about the man I should have been I'll be the martyr

Falling from his grace again Falling from his grace again This is where the end begins The end begins

Falling from his grace again Falling from his grace again This is where the end begins You always needed people like me Directions for your fingers to point A crooked dealer's blaming spree I'm guaranteed to disappoint You're weak and scared and cutting raw deals But fortune always favours the bold I'll bet it all and crush your bluff I'll never yield nor ever fold. And I won't shoulder the blame. I am the one who's left to take the fall I fight the constant undertow.

You always needed a distraction A target for the stones that you thrown To draw attention to your actions

I'm tailor made so lock & load Oh, you're telling tales You spineless coward Your word's not worth its weight in shit Back against the wall, belligerent. I won't shoulder the blame

So high and mighty But when the bottom drops out You're gonna find me standing where you left me. Deal the last hand, let the cards fall where they may From your castle made of sand you're looking down at me So high and mighty But when the bottom drops out You'll have to face me waiting where you left me. Store-bought attitude and spit A sugar coated peice of shit An instant rebel, just add greed Another useless commodity Broken glass and a broken jaw Lies are told in a southern drawl Poor-house poverty's your schtick The real thing would kill you quick

Rise, again we rise

Blood and fire used to fill the night Burnt and drowned by our very lives

You missed a sinking boat by years Dollar signs, crocadile tears It's over now and long has been Those days are gone won't come again Another name crossed off the list The real thing would kill you quick

Rise, again we rise

There's nothing for you to fight against You're so unreal it's evident

You'll never be one of our kind This ain't yours, fuck you don't try

This bridge was burnt before you could cross You reap the benefits of what's lost Go home son, hang your costume up A goddamn insult to the rest of us A thousand-yard state across the south A full belly and a lying mouth Momma's boy plays heretic The real thing would kill you quick

Rise, again we rise

There's nothing for you to fight against You're so unreal it's evident You'll never be one of our kind This ain't yours, fuck you don't try

Fuck you, don't even try Fuck you, your time is nigh Fuck you, I've had enough Fuck you, your time is up One Gun The eyes of the patriot fixed through the scope The unknowing tyrant walks to the rope Its when murder is justice that martyrs are made A one-gun salute for the new independence day They'll hallow your name They'll hallow your name for your sacrifice The sins of deliverance

"So let the wicked perish in the presence of God"

The sins of the father atoned by the son Confessions of commitment broken

A nail driven for every one (of them)

Its when murder is justice that martyrs are made A one-gun salute for the new independence day They'll hallow your name They'll hallow your name for your sacrifice You are the cause, I am the effect Created in hatred, a noose for your neck The eyes of the patriot fixed through the scope The unknowing tyrant walks to the rope They'll hallow your name So goddamn easy to write this You make it spill on the page. So drunk on your self, self-righteous The laughing stock of your own fucking stage

But I ain't one to call names Or throw stones in a house of glass You try me

This is a motherfucking invitation The only one you could ever need This is a motherfucking invitation You try me

Just one time, you got a reason Heard you had nothing to lose A blind preacher for the pin-eyed congregation

It must be easy to lose

But I ain't one to call names

Or throw stones in a house of glass You try me

This is a motherfucking invitation The only one you could ever need This is a motherfucking invitation You try me

You can tell the same lie a thousand times But it never gets any more true So close your eyes once more and once more believe That they all still believe in you

This is a motherfucking invitation The only one you could ever need This is a motherfucking invitation You try me The river I'm bound to be found in A rope chosen bound for the hang When I'm blind and I think I see everything Convincing myself again

This God that I worship, a faded reflection This Demon I blame, a flickering flame Conspire as one, exactly the same It's exactly the same

Descending To never recover the pieces To all that we've lost

Recover the pieces lost The pieces to all we've lost

I shudder to think of the consequence It's blasphemy, simple and true The tragic protagonist torments Convincing myself again

This God that I worship, a faded reflection This Demon I blame, a flickering flame Conspire as one, exactly the same It's exactly the same

Descending To never recover the pieces To all that we've lost

Descending To never recover the pieces To all that we've lost

Recover the pieces lost The pieces to all we've lost

This God that I worship This Demon I blame Conspire as one, exactly the same It's exactly the same

It's exactly the same It's exactly the same Witness shame's parade The pain of blame repaid It's fucking hopeless Accusations and denial

Hopeless Demon of another day Colorless Stoned Solid gray

Emptiness Of promises I made So faithless The tenants long betrayed

Walk the faded line Cursed crawl of time Silence The only promise ever kept

Familiar touch A ritual to numb the cut

Salvation in vice Anguish is realizing what could have been But never was It's emptiness that fills the cup Devotion in the method of my fall

Pointless Futility continuing Endless Flowing in corrupted vein

Walk the faded line Cursed crawl of time

Silence The only promise ever kept It's fucking hopeless

Hopeless