COERCION LYRICS

1. Carve The Stone

[Music: Kenneth Nyman & Rickard Thulin]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

I'M CALLING OFF THE SEARCH
ACCEPTING DEFEAT
TOO MANY PIECES ARE MISSING

THE JIG-SAW PUZZLE OF LIFE
IS INCOMPLETE

CARVE THE STONE
YOU'RE LOSING ME
I'M A RIDDLE
NEVER TO BE SOLVED

WHEN THE COLD SOIL
WELCOMES ME
TO REST MY BONES
PEACE WILL BE MINE

PREPARE THE COFFIN
DIG THE GRAVE
SOMEWHERE DESOLATE

I'M FACING THE END
WHERE I BEGUN...AND STAYED
- THE FURTHEST FROM GRACE

CARVE THE STONE
YOU'RE LOSING ME
DEATH HOLDS A SECRET
THAT I'M SOON TO KNOW

2. Once I Cared

[Music: Rickard Thulin]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

DRAINED EMPTY
ALL FEELINGS ARE GONE
I'M DEPRIVED
OF ALL I TRIED TO KEEP

STRIPPED TO THE CORE
AND BENT OUT OF SHAPE
I'M TOSSED AROUND
IN A SPINNING WORLD

INDIFFERENT, I TAKE THE BLOWS
WHILE TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK
TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK...

INSIDE MY GAPPING WOUND
THEIR COLD FINGERS GRASP
FOR WHAT'S NOT THERE...ANYMORE

NOTHINGNESS ECHOES
IN THE VOID OF MY SOUL
LIFE OR DEATH...ONCE I CARED

INDIFFERENT, I TAKE THE BLOWS
WHILE TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK

3. Eclipsed

[Music: Kenneth Nyman, Rickard Thulin & Steffe Sæderberg]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

OVERLOADED WITH EMOTIONS
OF THE DARKEST KIND
IN MY SEE-THROUGH-SKIN
BREATHING THE THICK AIR
I MOAN AND SHIVER

THE MISANTHROPE SUPREME
INFESTS MY MIND AND SOUL

LIKE A CANCER
IT EATS ME FROM INSIDE
I WEAKEN - IT PROSPERS

MY SUFFERING
- ITS ONLY MISSION

WITH A TREMBLING VOICE
IT SPEAKS THROUGH ME
WITH WORDS SO FRIGHTENING

SELF DESTRUCTIVE IMPULSES
POISON MY EVERY THOUGHT

TOO WEAK TO OFFER
ANY RESISTANCE
I WILL DIE
AS I HAVE LIVED...ECLIPSED

LIFE IS MY PRISON
TO ESCAPE MEANS SUICIDE

4. Mental Tormoil

[Music: Kenneth Nyman & Rickard Thulin]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

INNER CONFLICT
ME AGAINST MY THOUGHTS
I FOUGHT AND LOST

CHAOS REIGNS
MY MIND IS UNDER SIEGE
NOWHERE IS SAFE
INSIDE OF ME
- MY WORST ENEMY

STUCK IN A MENTAL TRAP
I LOST CONTROL

MY RAGING THOUGHTS
HATE AND DESPISE ME
NOTHING IN ME
WANTS ME ALIVE

I'D GIVE ALL MY BLOOD
FOR A MOMENT OF PEACE

STARING AT MY REFLECTION
AN IMAGE I DON'T RECOGNISE
I'M A STRANGER TO MYSELF

OPEN MY EYES
- TELL ME WHO I AM
TEAR ME OPEN
- SHOW ME WHAT'S INSIDE
IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT
OF WHAT WAS ME?

5. The Pointless Routine

[Music: Kenneth Nyman & Rickard Thulin]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

APATHETIC AND NUMB
I SLUMBER THROUGH LIFE

WITH A STILLBORN AMBITION
I BARELY CARE TO BREATH

STAGNATED, I MERELY AGE
STUCK IN LIFE'S PATTERN
THE POINTLESS ROUTINE

PASSING TIME, DECAYING
IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE DIFFERENCE FADES

FROM DUSK TO DUSK
ON, IT GOES
POINTLESS FROM THE START
AND UNTIL THE END

ALIVE OR DEAD?
COULD I EVEN TELL?
HOLDING MY BREATH
JUST TO MAKE SURE...

6. Delete

[Music: Kenneth Nyman & Rickard Thulin]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

THAT WOULD BE ALL
THE FIASCO'S COMPLETE
ALL THAT COULD GO WRONG
HAS NOW GONE WRONG

FINDING MYSELF IN A WORLD
IN WHICH I, A WALKING DEFECT
COULD NEVER BELONG

WITH ALL OF MY STRENGTH
I TRIED TO ADAPT
BUT MY EVERY ACTION AND WORD
WERE MISUNDERSTOOD

MY ATTEMPT TO LEAD A LIFE
- A TRAGICOMIC FARCE

I'M FAILURE EMBODIED
A LIVING ARGUMENT
AGAINST REPRODUCTION

UNDO ALL I'VE DONE
I TAKE EVERYTHING BACK

DELETE ME
RESET AND FORGET

7. Burst

[Music: Rickard Thulin]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

STOP PRETENDING
I SEE THROUGH YOUR DISGUISE
I SAW THE TEAR
AND I'VE SEEN THE SCARS

HIDING BEHIND A FALSE FACADE
YOU PUT ON THAT TWISTED SMILE
GIVE IT UP, EVERYONE KNOWS

DESPITE ALL YOU'VE GONE THROUGH
AND ALL THAT'S BEEN DONE TO YOU
YOUR TALE REMAINS UNTOLD
NEVER A WORD.....EVER

SILENT, YOU SUFFER
YOUR LIPS STAY SEALED
WHILE YOU'RE SCREAMING WITHIN

SUICIDE - YOUR WAY OUT?
THERE'S MORE TO LIFE
THAN YOU KNOW
IT OFFERS MORE THAN PAIN!

BURST - LEAVE NOTHING UNSAID
AND SURVIVE

8. Anticlimax

[Music: Kenneth Nyman]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

PAUSE LIFE
REVALUATION!
SUMMARISED IN ONE WORD
ANTICLIMAX

IS THIS ALL THERE IS?
SO THIS IS
WHAT PASSES FOR LIVING...

ALWAYS CUTTING LOSSES
EACH DAY, A NEW DEFEAT

FROM EXPECTATION
TO FRUSTRATION

A LIFE BELOW ZERO
- THE REWARD OF MY EFFORTS?

SO THE FUTURE WAS THIS...
A DISAPPOINTMENT
TO SAY THE LEAST

THEY LIED TO ME
LIFE HAS NO MEANING

9. Without Aim

[Music: Kenneth Nyman]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

WITH ALL MY VISIONS SHATTERED
I STRUGGLE TO JUSTIFY
MY OWN EXISTENCE

CHAFED BY TIME
MARKED BY ITS UGLY SCARS
I BURY THE LAST OF MY DREAMS

LIFE PASSES
OUT OF CONTROL
I'M DRIFTING
WITHOUT AIM

FOREVER HAVE I FALLEN
WHEN WILL I HIT BOTTOM?

MISPLACED AND ASTRAY
I DRIFT IN EVERY DIRECTION

BITTER
DISILLUSIONED
OLDER
THAT'S ALL I'VE BECOME

10. Discontinued

[Music: Kenneth Nyman, Rickard Thulin & Steffe Sæderberg]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

YOUR WORDS PIERCE MY HEART
I AM TRULY DOOMED

ENOUGH SAID
YOUR POINT HAS BEEN MADE
I CAN FEEL MY WORLD CAVING IN

LEAVE ME NOW
FIND YOUR PLACE
TONIGHT BELONGS
TO MY THOUGHTS

EXPERIENCING
THE LOGIC OF GRAVITY
DROPPED - I FALL

WHAT NOW?
WHY THIS?
ENTER, BITTERNESS

YOU BROKE
WHAT WAS LEFT
OF ME TO BREAK

IN THE WRECKS OF MY LIFE
SOLITUDE EMBRACES ME
WITH ITS DEATHLIKE SILENCE

IN YOUR HEART - SOMEONE ELSE?
WAS I NEVER "THE ONE"...?

11. Life Denied

[Music: Rickard Thulin & Steffe Sæderberg]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

ACCESS DENIED...
LIFE TURNED ME DOWN AGAIN
SO, FUCK IT ALL!
TO GO ON...LIKE THIS?
I THINK NOT!

I'VE PASSED THE POINT
OF NO RETURN
...FOR THE LAST TIME

ONE MORE SHOT?
MAYBE NEXT TIME?
GO BACK?
STAND LAST IN LINE?
NEVER AGAIN!

I'M WAY PAST THROUGH
I GAVE IT ALL I HAD...BUT NO!

LIFE DENIED
I AM, BUT LIVE NOT
SO, FUCK IT ALL!
I RESIGN

DO YOU READ ME?
BETWEEN THE LINES!

12. Evolution Reversed

[Music: Kenneth Nyman]
[Lyrics: Kenneth Nyman]

FROM BAD TO WORSE...TO MAN
WE ARE THE END OF THE LINE







COERCION LYRICS