Immortality (1999)

Misery closes in
The scab opens again
You remember where you've been

It's not so far away
Last year is yesterday
As misery turns to hate

Over and over again
See my body fall from the sky
Dreamlike I know its the end
Finally enlightened as I die

And even when I cry
I keep the tears inside
I cannot kill myself
You have to be living to die

And though I spill my blood
My psyche comes undone
I can't pick up the pieces
My will to continue is gone

And though I'd take my life
I cannot even die
I bleed eternally
But never run out of blood

Another year goes by
Another waste of time
Something inside dies

Got both feet on the ground
But it's life that holds me down
Inside the hate compounds

Over and over again
See my body fall from the sky
Dreamlike I know its the end
Finally enlightened as I die

Dog (by Eric Bateman, 1999)

"Be mine"
Complications follow.
Your hands are useless
To keep me warm
So what do I need?
Mental love
I could die
But it all feels wrong

With all these lonely people
What makes you think that this is love?
When all you do's corporeal
What makes you think that she's the one?
I could die tomorrow
And never say I died with love

You are the one
I take my pain
You are the one
I cannot save

All the years of struggle
All the years of pain
All the years of trying
To keep warm by dead flames

Found my pleasure
I'm back to shame
Foreign thoughts
They're sins but they're still true
Divine
My soul I crucify
All I need
Is in my heart

With all these lonely people
What makes you think that this is love?
When all you do's corporeal
What makes you think that she's the one?
I know you have your reasons
Do your reasons make you strong?

You are the one
I take my pain
You are the one
I cannot sustain

All the years of struggle
All the years of pain
All the years of trying
To keep warm by dead flames

In the end... without you
Here I am... without you
I never planned it this way... without you
In the end... without you

It was all I could ask

The New Order (1998)

Raising the stones; it grows old.
Here I am, raising the stones.
Still I remain raising the stones.
Old dead gods just raising the stones.

Freedom labor: Evil contract.
Not my business: Human contact.
Left to die the way I like it.
I can dream but can't realize it.

Every day! A new path takes shape
Every day! A new path, a new way
Every day! Another mind is slain
Every day! A new kind of pain

All for one, one for all:
Sadomasochistic call.
First to come, first to fall.
Throw yourselves against the wall.

Hidden danger: Revelation,
Evil savior: sweet damnation.
Final blow is unexpected.
Toxic truth, death rains from above.

Every day! A new path takes shape.
Every day! A new path, a new way.
Every day! Another mind is slain.
Every day! A new kind of pain!

If I am so damn abnormal
Why does everyone pat me on the back?
If I am so fucking normal
What need have I for looking back?

Day of the Dead (1998)

I've been away for far too long
I've played the fool but now he's gone
Slept for a day; now God is dead
Too late the bloodlust's already in my head

... a broken dream
A simple cut along the seams
A giving in, a resignation
A unique sadistic sensation

The world awakens today
No more global slumber
I walk again
I was never really gone

Sleep well my friend
Until tomorrow
I walk again
I was never really gone

The violence is over but hatred remains
All-encompassing fear returns today
The line between the two sides disappears
Confusion sets in, don't know what you're fighting for

Dire fate, an honest end
I am death; I am godsend
An endless struggle to change again
Static unity and a fear that never ends

You wish you could be
Everything that you're not
Why can't you be satisfied
The gap between you and I

You see the light
Never been so clear
Fading away
Your time is up here

Misplaced (1998)

Won't compromise my values
You're not worth that much for me
There's not enough for me in this place

Like a swarm of locusts
Killing all that you see
I know I won't find the answer here

Hey! God and a tree
Hey! Brought unto me

Uninvited, your fate's decided
You're in the wrong place at the wrong time
Run away! Is no place safe?
You're in the wrong place at the wrong time

Basis of true music
Lost for eternity
A love of sound that never dies
Blooms inside of me

Anything you want
Anything at all
See through the facade
To the basis of it all

It's my disease
It's mine to choose
It's my destiny
I was born to lose

I was born to die
With noone there
With no regrets
'Cause noone cares

Too close to the brink and you die
The only item of beauty is your blood mixed with mine!

Cannot Stop (1998)

Inconsistent explanations
But the decision is made
Noone prepared for attack
Though I took part I am not responsible for

War that envelopes all of humanity's realm
Bloodshed spreads; I cannot bring it to an end
A moral battle every day
My will to live begins to decay

Kicking and screaming and asking for more!

Here comes the weakening again...
Here comes the weakening again...
Here comes the weakening again...
Yea, weakening again...

Though I try to stay this way
Salvation comes to take me away

Kicking and screaming and asking for more!

Scold your emotions
Faithful devotion
Social erosion
Bleed your emotions on me

Winter (1998)

Faith remains strong
For predictions come and gone
The universe goes on. You will
Become a martyr.

Aimless faith
A mask over hate
Your intrinsic fate: You will
Become a martyr.

The turret high
A conflict in the sky
To fall and die is to
Become a martyr.

Will I see you after passing?
In the darkness, see with your other eyes!
Shadows move around your life
Shoulda listened, now it's too late
Join me in the great hereafter
Just to see you one last time!

The cold wind blows slow.
Your lifeblood flows slow.
The answer goes, oh no!
As if I care as if you know, the answer goes.

I can see the everlasting,
Come on join the everlasting!
Be a part of hateful ignorance,
Join us now die like a man who
Couldn't see the future coming
Like a bullet from the sunset
Bares his chest to waves of fire
Trust the lord to save his soul!

Through the tunnel I see freedom
Through the passage I see the other side
Once you go you can't escape
A cold that chills you to the bone
The choice is clear yet still I fear
Not to see you one last time!

Inside (1996)

Underneath the palid skin
Burning secrets deep within
Looking, searching, finding sin
Cut and peel back the skin

You'd love to get inside
Find out what my skin hides
You'd know what's on my mind
If you could get inside

Underneat the putrid flesh
That is where the secrets rest
Search for where the juice is best
Cut and peel back the flesh

You will not get inside
Under my skin I hide
Got too much on my mind
To let you get inside

Helpless I scream they don't care
Burn my lungs with stale air
Rip my heart out take a bite
The world's cut me like a knife

You dissect me, you infect me
You get inside and then you reject me
You toy with me, you enjoy me
You get inside and then you destroy me