Lamb of God

fragment; a broken piece of a brittle artifact

Past the blackest heaven above the dying stars

I watch me breaking into a million shards

(Wake up, wake up, wake up)

hurtful; of a substance, especially a strong acid

The regression of advancing modes

And imperial corrosive nodes

A prime directive to disconnect

comfort; give moral or emotional strength to

Lay this to rest

Console yourself

You're better alone

soak up; become imbued

See who gives a fuck

Absorb yourself

You're better alone

chat; utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way

That run so few and narrow

Brooks that babble

The sounds of torture

talkative; using or containing too many words

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Cheaply venal, stupidly verbose

A slip of the tongue, a slit of the throat

permit; show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for

Broken the paradigm, an example must be set

Invoke the siren's song and sign the death warrant

This is what has been wrought for 30 pieces of silver

kill; kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

Words meant to dwell in darkness shall never see the light of day

Words can be broken so can bones, execute the mandate

Mouth full of dirt, your name is removed from the registry

call forth; summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

Broken the paradigm, an example must be set

Invoke the siren's song and sign the death warrant

This is what has been wrought for 30 pieces of silver

occur earlier; be earlier in time; go back further

You take great measure to appear like you don't care

Precision and persuasion must precede the proper lie

You've lost it before you began

seeming; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Only yourself left to betray

A nameless heir apparent, paranoid despair

You take great measure to appear like you don't care

apparent contradiction; (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

In such a world as this does one dare to think for himself?

The paradox of power and peace will destroy itself

To know the truth and live in fear of no man

shame; changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

A systematic impulse, parametric lines

Subjugation and degradation

The blueprint to your annihilation

dig or poke out; force with the thumb

Open your eyes

Gouge the heart of their greed

A legacy, a poisoned dream

patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

The edge of the envelope burns

Forbearance and my vengeance

Payment for your intent

indifference; an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

The deadly daily spectacle erodes humanity

Jaded and desensitized, a spreading apathy

Fast forgotten thoughts and prayers for numbers on a screen (for numbers on a screen)

wear away; become ground down or deteriorate

Our nerves are cobwebbed with the dust of atrocity

The deadly daily spectacle erodes humanity

Jaded and desensitized, a spreading apathy

wasteful; a recklessly extravagant consumer

Seize the darkened day, there's only hell to pay

And no one left to see this prodigal return

Sweet apathy's black toll

accuse; accuse formally of a crime

Keep me in your sights, possessed by the spite, woeful irrelevance

So quick to ignite, impulse to indict, defense for incompetence

For what it's worth, it was over before it began

revere; regard with feelings of respect and reverence

A fucking death cult

And I venerate your end.

Muerte, Muerte...

gradual reduction; erosion by friction

A celebration to swell the system

Mass casualties, earth's war of attrition

A slate-colored moment in an amber time

bitter; any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

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Caustic, anodyne.

Stitched together, strung with a kevlar thread

cut; set or keep apart

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Caught in your words, sever the knot this time

Somebody show me their true face

dig up; bring to light

Cut to the bone, rob the grave

Unearth the stone, lay to waste

Defile the tome, rip the page

complaint; express grief verbally

Rest comes easy to the guiltless

The vampire laments as he prays for the sun

Doom, despair, tragedy are the tools of the trade

guilt; a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

I'm just removing an enemy

Remorse is for the dead

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challenge; resist or confront with resistance

I reject you, I deny you

I defy you to continue, I defy you to continue

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soothe; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

The sky is out of order, the stars fall obscene

Demagogic harmonies appease tone deaf ears

But paper tigers always burn and voices disappear

break; act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

Past tragedies creating resistance

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more

Where poison is the balm and endless dead ignored

seeming; concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious

A screaming paradigm of dysfunction

A superficial sea of reaction

A violent passion surrogate

make peace; make (one thing) compatible with (another)

You're everything I left behind

I won't reconcile, you've lost your mind

I'm leaving you behind

model; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

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A screaming paradigm of dysfunction

A superficial sea of reaction

unpredictable; liable to sudden unpredictable change

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Across the world mercurial engines of destruction

In a titan rain eruption

trick; a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

So lay your neck right beneath the hatchet, another victim of the social habit

A wide open scam, you lose to the ruse, perpetuation of wealth

All your bets in a losing bracket, they raise the bid then refuse to match it.

mixed up; lacking a visible order or organization

Rise and kill the time...

Parasocial Christ, chaotic appetites

Anxious and short of breath, neurotic and bereft

lament; a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

I've heard the jailer's laugh

I've yet to sing the funeral dirge

The only option left

justify; show to be right by providing justification or proof

No attempt to repent

Your struggles vindicate the illest of intent

(Die) It only fell apart 'cause you let it

collapse inward; burst inward

And with a crooked mentality

Watch it all implode, and fall away

A tragedy

pale; abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

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Their pale and pallid replication

Could never spark a true creation

goods; articles of commerce

An instant rebel, just add greed

Another useless commodity

Broken glass and a broken jaw

obvious; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

There's nothing for you to fight against

You're so unreal it's evident

You'll never be one of our kind

impressive; relating or belonging to or serving as a monument

Bullets whip the screaming kettle

As teargas cloaks the monumental

humorous imitation; a composition that imitates somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way

An endless recitation thrown right through the looking glass

I'm trapped inside a parody, a fabricated past

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deep; showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

You'll drown in your own sympathy

Profound, at least you thought so at the time

A ghost of who you used to be

skillful; quick or skillful or adept in action or thought

Scorched minds and stark narration

Adroit intent, not imitation

Blurred reflections, a better time

difficult; intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

Lords of sound and simple vice

Young gods severe and satellites

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pull out; remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Above

Extract

Your

mixed feelings; mixed feelings or emotions

Ashes to ashes to the dust

Eaten spiced with ambivalence

The nation swallows it all whole

disconnect; cause to become detached or separated; take off

Push the button, light the match

Feel the fault lines detach

Crosshairs in the evening light

rural person; of or associated with a province

So let you point and laugh

Provincial ain't so bad.

Take me back down to where I belong

lack of harmony; a conflict of people’s opinions or actions or characters

A puppet god dancing at the end of icy strings

Of cognitive dissonance, purchased tyranny

A red Caesar rising, and history does rhyme

prompt; give an incentive for action

Incite a massacre, then game the system for your grift

A poisoned legacy spawned another nepotist

secret; a flock of coots

Jacked up and clocked in into a fire fight

Covert reactions and you never saw me

A glass parking lot in the American dream

ooze; pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

Know that you mean nothing to me

Nor the lies that seep from your teeth

Won't piss on you if you're on fire

throw away; give, sell, or transfer to another

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Dispose

Discard

infection; any disease easily transmitted by contact

Stream the latest threat from the limelight economists

Fabricated peril from contagion to communists

Fear delivered to your door by racketeers and strategists

collection; formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

You paint a target right between your eyes

Collateral damage in the aggregates

Structural analysis of duplicates

product; the result of mathematical differentiation

Sunk deep, written off, and on the books

Ripped off, a weak derivative culture

Disposable, nothing's built to last

mystery; something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

Ripped it away. Cobwebs and motes in the eye of the sun god. I think not,

Serpent get thee behind me. Eradicated your somnambulant enigma. This field

Has lain fallow, won't erode, won't soak up the sediment from your poisoned

hatred; a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

Another case of animosity

Cursed living in our own hostility

swearing; blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

Devise/destroy.

Blasphemy

All the words that we use maliciously

of doubtful authenticity; being of questionable authenticity

Shorn of apocryphal pride

The locks falls predicting strife

profane; violate the sacred character of a place or language

I don't know what the fuck have I become?

Hand reaches out, desecrates impunity

Ripping away foundation's identity

violation; the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

Replacing with shame

Transgression mythologized

Indiscretions immortalized

worship; religious zeal; the willingness to serve God

Lie until nothing is real

Pathological idolatry

Bear witness and ride with me.

diseased; of or relating to the practice of pathology

Lie until nothing is real

Pathological idolatry

Bear witness and ride with me.

spitefulness; feeling a need to see others suffer

Once in the name of deceit

Twice for your malice

Three times when I take you away

unconsciousness; the state of being disregarded or forgotten

I am the bringer of the truth from which you run

Into oblivion.

I, I am your fear

pride; overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Narcissus improved and enhanced

He gloats while basking in his arrogance

Conceit and pride are going viral

dullness; the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

No thrill, no chase, no saving grace

Hypnotic in monotony

Loaded with a salt rock shot

unaware; (followed by `to’ or `of’) lacking conscious awareness of

Outside the fishbowl looking in, clarity to bear witness

Oblivious and obstinate and you're a fucking mess

Seal all the exits

laziness; a disinclination to work or exert yourself

Sloth is the enemy of greatness

Reflection a scalpel to my mind

undeniable; not open to question; obviously true

The closest we ever got to divine

Irrefutable indisputable infallible impossible to deny

Impossible to deny

rebellion; organized opposition to authority

You can't leave behind

And start over again this insurrection

The same reflection, perpetual

removal; oust politically

You'll gain your just reward

We'll not rest until the purge is complete

You will reap what you've sown

dependable; incapable of failure or error

The closest we ever got to divine

Irrefutable indisputable infallible impossible to deny

Impossible to deny

ageless; continuing forever or indefinitely

And start over again this insurrection

The same reflection, perpetual

And start over again and again and again and again

profit-seeker; a person who places expediency above principle

A shallow little jackal of a man, posing as a hawk

Conniving opportunist

Lease the blade, the gun and the bomb in the name of justice

criticize; rebuke formally

He returns with blood on his hands

Caught in the trap of meeting the laws of supply and reprimand

My blood is boiling

cure all; (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing

Lease the blade, the gun and the bomb in the name of justice

A violent panacea for what ails the nation

In advancement for the pig

disinterested; seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

Dying in the face of the truth

Stoic in silence we're blind inside the void

Ruins remind us of all we've destroyed

construct; put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

Locked in beyond the pale

Internalize and fabricate escapable into the deadly lie

Bound by the chain of lies

profitable; producing a sizeable profit

Much to our dismay

A lucrative display

Perpetual decay

hateful; having the nature of or resulting from malice

Handed you a key to control

Fuel for your malicious intent

Punish me for my failure