solstice

the memories displayed in the rearview
in perfect 20/20 like hindsight always is
i've cut my teeth on sharper things
and you went dull a long time ago
you're the one who chooses to fail
over and over and over again,
but those reoccurring themes
won't be killing me

clenched fists just like you
follow your veins like an avenue
black lung just like you
from all the mistakes that you never knew

a spitting image in the mirror
yet quite the opposite to the eye
i refuse to let this be the end of the line
you wasted a lifetime for a few minutes
and i have only just begun to lay waste
to those i love and everything i know

the sun is blinding
the horizon is fading
the solstice has commenced

hated

in the latest hours that try my soul
no companion anywhere in sight
nightmares projected like the posters on the walls
awake to find there's no escape at all

isolated, desecrated
such a vile creature have i become
nothing sacred, violated
cast me out where i belong

lost among the desperate
there's no hope of finding my way out
the hopeless ones, the faithless sons
from bastard fathers and wasted mothers

nothing is sacred
the unholy are calling my name
i'll take my spot with the unlucky ones,
with the other hated of the world

feeding frenzy

on the edge of the sand
the tides are rising
i'd just as soon let them swallow me whole
wash away this body and free this soul

burn the carcass and scatter the ashes
make me as one

blow me to the mountain tops
carry me out to sea
sink me in the deepest valleys
throw me down the steepest cliffs
burn me in the dryest deserts
drown me in the darkest ocean

call the sharks
it's a feeding frenzy
make me as one