MODUS OPERAND

You know what, I heard something not long ago And now it echoes, it bothers me, it makes me sick. it proves you filth I know your secrets, you aren't a model for a demon, mend your wounds Your lies are bleeding convince someone else of your shoveled-in confidence buried away
But I know and if I had my way a thousand eyes would witness You point your finger at me with one foot in your grave Liar

SKIN LIKE WINTER

One, two, three, four Ashes to ashes Dust to dust Beautiful child turning into stone with eyes so dim I shudder Bitterness runs through your soul like small children Confusion danced in the dusk of your mind Exchange your blessing For exceptions good night kiss Skin like winter cherished one wasting away I can see your breath begin to resurrect into death Hiding scars, back laced with splinters Audience of a congregation make your way to the front Close your eyes and grieve, you played your part so well

POLICE JOHN, POLICE RED

Good friend, I know that you can't see with your hands on your eyes I tried, you lied No more taking chances, no more chances Your face is a mask I can feel it No one is a sucker for you If I could, I would, I would steal it I'd steal it away from you to breathe Breath I'm holding my passage, I fall to the ground You're laughing at me, you are dying, you fool A death parade, this way comes I'm holding a banner of white, I hear them stopping, wearing upside-down smiles I spit to make mud, and I drown myself in I'm digging you out from a downgrade and I'm dragging you under the stars to breath To breath I'm digging you out from a downgrade and I'm dragging you under the stars to breath Breath Come Armageddon

WALK ON BY, WALK ON ME (THE PIANIST'S PROPHECY)

Your tongue pieced my fragile heart Careless words are a dagger thrown Unaware, unapproachable, unwilling Unwilling Silence from a sounding voice You entwine praise with curses Your words burn like hell itself Silence from a sounding voice all this by the tongue created Your words become hell itself I lay bleeding in the flames the tongue creates it The tongue creates it Tongue