SYLOSIS LYRICS

1. Where The Wolves Come To Die

Far from the reaches
Of the scythe
Bone turns to ash and reignites
An ember within a coffin
Of emptiness
Sinks into the ground

From the open mouth of the river
To the deep heart of winter
A severed cord from the heart
To the head
Where men fear to tread

Hidden from the world
For all to hide
Where the wolves come to die

2. Victims And Pawns

Poisonous minds corrupt
Those within reach
Innocent souls moulded by complete
Misery
I am alone
Watching it all unfold
An absence of faith yet I can‘t
Remove these shackles from
My throat

They will creep into
Your thoughts
Deconstruct your moral code
They will bend and they will break
Every law to feed their cause
Bleeding you dry leaving
Nothing behind
So they can march to the
Dying heartbeat

Cowards and fiends align
Reshaped, transmogrified
Noose tied
Bound hands and feet
Coveted eyes to ultimately deceive
I‘m coming undone
Splitting at the seems
The blindfold so tight
Around your ears
It drowns out a
Thousand fucking screams

They will creep into
Your thoughts
Rip apart your values
Offering the sacrificial lamb
To appease your fellow man

How many times can you
Take the strain
Return to your feet
Endure it all again
Blessed with the honesty
Of a thief
I‘m waiting
How many times can you
Lie through your teeth
To be human is to sin
And in death is honour
For all men

Closed eyes see past the
Misguiding light
Take a breath to absorb
The darkness in life

Pulling in two directions
Two minds yield unto corruption
How many times can you
Take the strain
Return to your feet
Endure it all again
Blessed with the honesty
Of a thief
I‘m waiting
How many times can you
Lie through your teeth
To be human is to sin
And in death is honour
For no man

3. Dormant Heart

Burst out of negation and discern
Enough to see your halo fall
To silence your words
To strangle your breath
To bring an end to it all
Hidden in the shadows
Dormant hearts now beating
Crept into the light
Tell the hangman the guilty have arrived

A kingdom so perfectly wretched
I hope their hands cling to your soul

The moon beheld the flames
Yet the scorched skies bore no change
The sound of the funeral bell now rings

Beyond the horizon
Hands of stone claw at the throat
Constricting life
Butting heads
Ushering an eon
Omens cast out in place of wisdom
Open minds must choose a side
Tell the hangman I have arrived

A kingdom so perfectly wretched
I hope their hands cling to your soul

Awaken and remove the veil

The dust wont settle
So keep pushing on
Pray for your soul to keep
For in hell you‘ll have no prayers to reap

By breaking the silence we give in to them, to them
Like lambs to the slaughter unaware
Walking into the eye of the storm

And when the world‘s asleep
Point the finger at me
Unleash the dogs and set them astray
To ensure your safety
But for now we have won
But at what cost
But at what cost
We are lost

4. To Build A Tomb

Watch as the banks break
Flooding the land into
The earth‘s heart
Fear creeps in
The stones are set with
Blood and lust

And the shadows bring what
Your despise
They move like snakes entwining
Ulcers within

War of words
Spoken in handshakes
Behind locked doors
Tongues that twist and bend
Dragging us all to our end

And the skies turn black
And the poison seeds don‘t grow
With riches they line
Their pockets
Yet unpick the seams again

Brick by brick
You‘re closing yourself in
To build upon blood and sand
Is to build a tomb

The candles burn
The snake has spoken
Watch as they rise through
The cracks
Eyes widen as the iris turns black

Face the beckoning
The winds of change are a myth
The meek shall inherit the earth
When their bodies are set adrift

Sever the roots
That run deep and feed
Crown of thorns for
Your majesty
Failed
Mortal
Thwarted
King

To build on blood and sand
Is to build a tomb

5. Overthrown

Remove your crown
Self appointed king
Master of deceit
Dragged bodies through
The streets
Stones to throw
Heavy cross to bear
Face behind a mask
Facing a silent collapse

Oh preacher
Tell your flock they
Don‘t stand tall
The higher the structure
You build
The further it falls

Concealed poison on lips
Of lovers
They‘ll bring us to our knees
Shake the earth eternally
Condemn the broken
Accept the weak
Now whose turn is it to turn
The other cheek

Oh preacher
Tell your flock they don‘t stand
Tall
The higher the structure
You build
The further it falls

If ever you need light
Step into the dark and
Look behind

Oh preacher
Tell your flock they
Shall not fall
Turn away
Hide your face
Hide your face so they can‘t
See past your lying eyes

Oh preacher
Tell your flock they
Don‘t stand tall
The higher the structure
You build
The further it falls

6. Leech

Acid slaver burns through bone
Dissected and reanimated
Lips are sewn
Stitched to mute the outcome
Block the exit wounds

See through the face of degradation
Beyond what hides on the surface
Numb the ache
Dull the light and sound
It’s dragging me down

This isn’t war
For this is silent
Your pointe teeth
Left leeches marks in me
And I can feel it burning
Forever under my skin

Dissected into a thousand pieces
Corroding from the inside
Piercing the flesh
And burrowed deep
A host forever asleep

See through the face of degradation
Beyond what hides on the surface
Numb the ache
Dull the light and sound
It’s dragging me down

This isn’t war
For this is silent
Your pointe teeth
Left leeches marks in me
And I can feel it burning
Forever under my skin

The remnants of your soul depart

The cold frost of winter soothes the sting
Forever the leech is king

7. Servitude

Chains break yet the line
Pushes onwards
Dust in the cogs has no effect or
Purpose
What little remorse we have suffers,
Depletes
To weak to know who you are

Resounding cries
And I fear this wretch is whole

Day breaks yet the sun‘s dissipated
Iron manacles rattle the cages
Debt paid in full to the lords
The fiends, the foes, the dogs
They know who you are

Resounding cries
And I fear this wretch is whole

Inhaling its own tail
The cycle repeats

They want to see people burn
And watch their faces turn
Inflicting their pain upon
Everyone that breathes
Under the sun

Days blur into one
When the curtain drops
To obscure
The end to the hell that‘s begun

8. Indoctrinated

Faint shadows emerge
Restricting and contorting
Controlling from behind
The veil of the usurper
Praying for the weak
Preying on the innocent
Prophets and idols replacing men
Isolate the infection before
It spreads

Born on our own
Severing the ancestry
Die on our own
Defeat the bloodline

Born without direction
Born without prejudice
Pulled into line
Forever enslaved
Corrupted
Mistrusted
Erect the gallows
Upon the pentagram
And let the bastards hang
And tradition can die with them

Born on our own
Severing the ancestry
Die on our own
Defeat the bloodline

Let the bastards hang and
Tradition can die with them

Outstretch your palms
To receive your communion of lies
Fall to your knees and repent

Your failure we claim as ours
Ruler in the sky
Strike down with
Arrows unbound
You‘ve made your altar so
Bow down

Stains of dissolution
The blind follow the mislead
To gallows then graves
In sickness and death

Augment this world of lies
Everything is a choice
And not a birthright

9. Harm

Endure the paths unaligned
Idle hands create idols
And shrines
The devil makes use of those
Who squander their time

Keep your enemies close
Surrounded by sinners
And ghosts
Eyes to the ground
Whispers arise from the heart
Of the hive

The heart of darkness
Bleeds only for one
And for one it serves
It burns black coal
Through veins
The flesh
The bone

By raising your voice
You will invite death
Stay close to the swarm
And you will come to no harm
By raising your voice
You will give us away
Stay close to the swarm
And you will come to no harm

Forgotten yet ostracised
Moving beneath
The darkest of skies
Riding the mist concealed
Hidden in plain sight

Keep your enemies close
Surrounded by sinners
And ghosts
Eyes to the ground
Whispers arise from the heart
Of the hive

The heart of darkness
Bleeds only for one
And for one it serves
It burns black coal
Through veins
The flesh
The bone

By raising your voice
You will invite death
Stay close to the swarm
And you will come to no harm
By raising your voice
You will give us away
Stay close to the swarm
And you will come to no harm

Deafened by the sirens
And wounded souls

Bound down
They hear the voices
They will drown out
All remnants of us
Bound down
They hear the voices
They will drown out
All remnants of us

How can you feel safe out here

By raising your voice
You will invite death
Stay close to the swarm
And you will come to no harm
By raising your voice
You will give us away
Stay close to the swarm
And you will come to no harm

10. Mercy

Fall from the darkness
and swallow a choking breath
winds howl and scream
and tear the scorched earth
Scatter the ashes
lower the casket
forever in turmoil
buried beneath the broken soil

Cast me into desolation
I'll find my path again
torn into pieces
yet each step guides me back
the fires are built
and promise a change that will be repaid
there was no mercy for you or I
so the earth will be set ablaze

Blood for blood
surrender or don't
but forgiveness is a lie to behold

Submission
relinquish all your fears and give in
the pain floods in as you inhale
Submission
relinquish all your hurt
and begin to denounce this cruel world

When the sound of the burning fires awake you
stir and come to
smoke fills the sky and clouds
and coves the frozen moon
sever the growing distance between us
and guide me to align
worlds apart yet I fell the pulse
like a severed vein

blood for blood
surrender or don't
but forgiveness is a myth to behold

No atonement
or sins to be absolved
There is no redemption
within this life

11. Callous Souls

Taste the blood and spit
Out the clots
Lick your lips as the world
Begins to rot
And it‘s a fading world
That I want no input or part of
Our own reflections are
Sickening sights
There‘s no escaping what
We always try to hide
I am fortune‘s fool
The bitter fruit from the
Devil‘s table

I carry the weight of it all
And I‘ll drown with it
Crown of bones
Indistinguishable
Now succumb
Lest the reaper comes

Fear is a prison that floods
With doubt
As the waters rise accept
There will be no doubt
But we all drown
In our coffins
Anchors down
Inhale mistakes and breathe
Out the shame
Close your eyes as the
Blood begins to drain
I am fortune‘s fool
The bitter fruit from
The devil‘s table

Thirst the seclusion
I feel the silence like a warmth
Entombed I‘ll lay
With thorns on my grave

Face to the hardened stone
Lie still lest the reaper comes
Face to the hardened stone
Pluck out the decay from
The tree
To remove it‘s disease

I am an open book
Yet the pages are blank
Held at arms length
This is as close as you‘ll ever get
I am an open book
Yet the pages are blank
Try as you might to evoke
You will never know

12. Quiescent

I walk out blindly
On the frozen sea
Where the light has failed

Clutch to beams
That sting to touch
Where the lies took you

Maybe moths need a path
Maybe the flames are all they have

Failed to rescue
Damaged wings
It's the same old sin
To repeat
Failed to rescue
I can see
That a line is drawn
At our feet

Burrowed beneath
Fill our dark hole, making leaves
Clutch the roots, and sleep
Crawl into the Earth,
To the land where the light has failed

Maybe moths need a path
Maybe the flames are all they have
Don't want to see you belie

Failed to rescue
Damaged wings
It's the same old sin
To repeat
Failed to rescue
I can see
That a line is drawn
At our feet

Is this is how you repay me?
You kept me whole
Then silenced my thoughts

How can I repay you?
A canopy of horror drowned in this sorrow

And if you cross my mind again,
I'll curse you out
Enveloping you, a swarm
And you die alone

13. Pillars Erode

14. Zero

[originally by Smashing Pumpkins]








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