by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

All I ever wanted was a little discipline A master's touch to give me some serenity within Now I know there's no one there to save me from myself All I ever needed was a minute of safe rest A strongho

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

Oh, little figures that toil under weather and sun Your backbreaking labor is earning you nothing but hopes undone Here nothing is sacred; what pride there is left will not hold The price of your fail

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

This is where the bodies fell Feel the pressure on the surface Too long buried arrogance Rising up to reign Palpable and crystal pure Sovereign and without master Perfected and far too sure It is on i

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

Silence has already spoken They have all failed to hold their chairs Shame left its print on their faces Muted and perfectly there And so am I Rust, cleansing in harm Echoes of laughter and beauty C

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

Words vomited into a face Cold leavings, there's only bleak and lifeless duty Moan into my ear, though I know You would break me but I will watch you choke I'll tear myself into pieces And grow out s

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

This is all yours if you want it My sick landscape, dry and fevered My survival and the hunger Growing older in a heartbeat You took us by surprise Stepped in where no one goes In forcing open doors

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

I am so sorry. I've made amends I've kept my peace and bent my neck I know the pattern, I know the sound And I have twisted it around The chance to speak passed me by Remaining frozen in dead time Hon

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

[Spoken] So I am invited But still I hesitate Though a thousand tracks preceding Mine lead inwards Not one single print emerges

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

I am so sorry. I've made amends I've kept my peace and bent my neck I know the pattern, I know the sound and I have twisted it around The chance to speak passed me by Remaining frozen in dead time Hon

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

by Madder Mortem on album Deadlands

by Madder Mortem on album Desiderata

I know that death hides in my eyes And screams from my song I've left the bright lights Left for the river without bridges Slow and silent: In it's waters I can dream of peace I know of no hope Down a

by Madder Mortem on album Eight Ways

All I know is the light Of lanterns hanging from the trees And the sound of the heart That beats to keep me here And then the darkness falls (It always does for the likes of us) Stripped of voice and

by Madder Mortem on album Eight Ways

I'm handing in my guns now I will stop slipping away like sand between your fingers For better or for worse, I yield to you I will lay my armour down, Claim the hunger and the words That were al

by Madder Mortem on album Eight Ways

So now the bringer of unease has reappeared He has dared to show his face within our walls His visage hidden in the mouldy earth And his fingers in the waters I had calmed His intrusion is a presence

by Madder Mortem on album Eight Ways

Like a rolling tide Like a gentle slide Nears the point where you and I converge I won't have you say That my wilful ways Is a vast new land just now emerging You know what I am I'm the fi

by Madder Mortem on album Desiderata

I open my eyes today To leave the world of dreams behind We all know the nothing A hole in our hearts we try to forget Or drown in jest and jokes So I open my eyes today To let myself be torn apart I

by Madder Mortem on album Eight Ways

There are many names for the place I'm in It's a different kind of hell There is room enough But too many stairs No one asks and no one tells With each door you pass, Another set of traps r

by Madder Mortem on album Desiderata

What are the words of the queen on her throne? Spite and splendour, cold under stone This is her promise What is the name of the gift she brings? Sleepless slumber under her wings This is her promise

by Madder Mortem on album Desiderata

Fate, I see your stare Underneath your pale eyes All is here, holding it's breath to have life Smooth, sleek smiles howl at my door To hold me down Or move me on? The pace makes it unclear They smell