Trivium

65 advanced vocabulary words across 42 songs.

annihilateDown From the Sky

to do away with entirely so that nothing remains

We are the ammunition that will cause all life to cease

Annihilate

All those who stand in their way

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obliterateDown From the Sky

destroy; mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

All those who stand in their way

Obliterate

They'll rain their holocaust down from the sky

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synthesisDown From the Sky

combination; the process of producing a chemical compound

This battle's not the same which they have led us to believe

A synthesis of propaganda, terror and deceit

We are the cattle, they the slaughter, our meat: gasoline

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trepidationA Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation

fear; a feeling of alarm or dread

No longer will your family fear (no longer will your family fear)

A gunshot to the head of trepidation (trepidation)

My promise if you ever lay a finger

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degenerateCatastrophist

worsen; grow worse

To pull us from the vicious cycles feeding back again

Consume and feed, degenerate

We damage just to liberate

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arrogantCatastrophist

self important; having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

I feel our collapsing

The arrogant numb to our needs

You're a catastrophe

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adamantAnthem (We Are the Fire)

sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

They can't stand that the world's up for taking

And we're adamant, hell-bent

Determined to dominate everything

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fissureBuilt to Fall

crack; break into fissures or fine cracks

I feel my heart leaking

You start as a fissure, a crack in the skin

You become an ulcer permeating

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meticulous; characterized by extreme care and great effort

The pulse is now quickening

Softly, it's painstaking

Look within to calm the storm

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covetousKirisute Gomen

greedy; showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages

In their wretched guts, all they want is to feed

Unending covetous hunger, known as greed

And the last legion makes its way to the skies

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oblivionBeyond Oblivion

unconsciousness; the state of being disregarded or forgotten

A dark sun

Now waits beyond oblivion

A dead road

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avertBeyond Oblivion

avoid; prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

These shadows sleep so soundly

Appalled, he now averts his eyes

Disgraced, he felt so empty

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sycophantThe Revanchist

kiss-up; a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Profiteers and preachers

Sycophants and leachers

The Revanchist - his thoughts become mine

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

Die choking on your every word

Swallow every blasphemy

Absolution at the sight of your demise

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retaliationVillainy Thrives

revenge; action taken in return for an injury or offense

I can feel it aching within every bone inside me

I can feel it breaking out, retaliation, released

I need to cause the evil-doers' suffering

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depictVillainy Thrives

picture; show in, or as in, a picture

I just want to exact reprisal, retribution calls

The only way I depict you

Is that your redemption's undeserved

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cacophonyThe Rising

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound

And the earth begins to shake

A cacophony of roaring, anxiety growing

Cheers to leaving this mortal life behind

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foreshadowThe Rising

presage; indicate by signs

Sweat begins its downpour, a riot we stand for

The blackout foreshadows the chaos

So raise your voices with me

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riftThe Rising

gap; a gap between cloud masses

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Like a rift opened in the sky

Through fire, pulses and lightning

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severSever the Hand

cut; set or keep apart

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Sever the hand

Of any god or man

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absolveThe Defiant

release from blame; grant remission of a sin to

The defiant, the defiant

Nothing can absolve you from this hate

The defiant, the defiant in your way

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turmoilInto the Mouth of Hell We March

shaking; a violent disturbance

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Such turmoil, let's make the blood boil

Make your time count or rot as the soil

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explicitThe Defiant

expressed; precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable

Explicit deviance

Don't have to hide

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infinitesimalDusk Dismantled

tiny; (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit

Dusk dismantled

We are the infinitesimal

Bursting inside out

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colossalDusk Dismantled

huge; so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

I'm falling, I'm falling

In this colossal void (in this colossal void)

Each day that I spent digging downward

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obsessTo the Rats

think about something constantly; haunt like a ghost; pursue

A coffin made of your deceptions

Obsess as each second fades

In denial of your mind made

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ascertainWake (The End Is Nigh)

determine; establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

We've wasted away every second and day

Trying to ascertain our dominion in faith

It's not gonna end the way you want

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precedeTo the Rats

occur earlier; be earlier in time; go back further

In denial of your mind made

Still your jealousy precedes you

You're really in love with all that I do

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transgressionLike a Sword Over Damocles

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

Seems this will never end

Transgressions

My burdens are forever

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dissonanceThe Wretchedness Inside

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

How the fuck did it come to this?

Our love and hate collide in all this dissonance

How did it come to this?

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scapegoatOf Prometheus and the Crucifix

victim; someone who is punished for the errors of others

Make me cease to be

You've turned this scapegoat into

The lion that will devour you whole

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utopiaThe Deceived

Paradise; ideally perfect state, especially in its social and political and moral aspects

To decompose of the parts (of the parts, of the parts)

A malformation utopia

Systematic unity can't be achieved

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exemplaryOf Prometheus and the Crucifix

model; worthy of imitation

I must brave through this storm

I am made exemplary

Lashed up by the public scene

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voraciousIncineration: The Broken World

ravening; excessively greedy and grasping

Keeps me from what I need

Voracious packs

Only exist to feed

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enthrallIncineration: The Broken World

enchant; hold spellbound

Are you not entertained by the fall?

Only misery enthralls

All my sadness and pain on display

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encumbranceIncineration: The Broken World

burden; an onerous or difficult concern

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Surrounding encumbrance

Coerced habitation with those

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constituentThe Deceived

component; one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up

Disintegration constituents

To decompose of the parts (of the parts, of the parts)

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contendRise Above the Tides

fight; maintain or assert

Slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea

I contend that theres no loss within, since she hates to breathe

Now lost at sea

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calamityThe Calamity

disaster; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

You cannot be

You're the mistake, calamity

Sent to destroy all the good on this Earth, killing me

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apprehensionSuffocating Sight

dread; fearful expectation or anticipation

The sands of time from me are running out

My hands shake in apprehension

Of every action I'm guilty of playing the victim

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satireSuffocating Sight

mockery; witty language used to convey insults or scorn

I am but a farce, a satire of stability

Insecurity is an uphill struggle, it's me versus the world

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patronizeThe Ones We Leave Behind

condescend to; to treat someone as though they were less intelligent or less important than you

Excuses replace guilt

Patronize

The ones we leave behind

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diligentBending the Arc to Fear

hard working; quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness

Deep roots that all connect

We wait so diligent

Watching you

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displaceThe Ones We Leave Behind

move; cause to move, usually with force or pressure

Distraught faces

Vacant homes displace them

All the time

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ambienceNo Way Back Just Through

a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing

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I am the curse, I am the ambience

The sacred sounds that call for you

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deploreAs I Am Exploding

regret; express strong disapproval of

Indiscriminate absolute purging?

Do I have what it takes to be shepherd for everything that I deplore?

I can't stand this suffering anymore

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pummelBrave This Storm

strike; strike, usually with the fist

The waves keep crashing over

They pummel me, over and over

I don't think I can ever brave this storm

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indiscriminateAs I Am Exploding

random; failing to make or recognize distinctions

What if I prevent all of your suffering?

Indiscriminate absolute purging?

Do I have what it takes to be shepherd for everything that I deplore?

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extolDrowning in Slow Motion [Bonus Track]

praise; praise, glorify, or honor

Down upon your knees

All extol the godsend

Construction or divine

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complacencyAs I Am Exploding

contentedness; the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

Can't imagine what it's like to be all of you

Living under a shroud of complacency

The world is worse than you ever could know

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congregationThrown Into the Fire

a body of people come together in one place

If they ever learned the truth

And the congregation weeps

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mysteriousThrown Into the Fire

secret; of an obscure nature

Will you bless us

With your mysterious ways

Will you grace us

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clairvoyantVengeance

psychic; someone who has the power of clairvoyance

Heaven will never be a sight for you

What goes on in your crazed mind, mad man clairvoyant?

You were supposed to provide guidance, protection

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somberWhen All Light Dies

serious; lacking brightness or color; dull

World outside of this cell

With a somber gaze

I take in what will never be

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exaltationFrom Dawn to Decadence

a strong sense of well-being, power, or importance

Exaltation

Golden memories, my creation

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decadenceFrom Dawn to Decadence

degeneration; the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

It's like all we need and all we want

Just withers on the vine from dawn to decadence

Exaltation

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negateFrom Dawn to Decadence

eliminate; be in contradiction with

That my heart beats

Negates my sympathies

It's like all we need and all we want

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ornateNo Hope For the Human Race

intricate; marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details

Dissimulate

Your true intentions with a fiction, ornate

Those who don't believe are all to blame

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conflagrationTo Burn the Eye

huge fire; a very intense and uncontrolled fire

Immolation of the human self

Conflagration of the ego

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inherentContempt Breeds Contamination

included; existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

Murder must still be a crime

When our inherent freedom

Is hatefully gunned down

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causticCaustic Are the Ties That Bind

bitter; any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

Ruination our divination

Caustic are the ties that bind

Like barbed wire, taut and fine

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adversityBecoming the Dragon

hardship; a state of misfortune or affliction

Free of fear, filled with purpose

Nishikigoi fights through oceans of adversity

Against the current to obtain the highest goals

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maelstromFugue (A Revelation)

whirlpool; a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

Inborn imperfections preprogrammed shells

Spawning from the maelstrom

Mechanical drones feeding from thy mother

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clandestineFugue (A Revelation)

secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

Perpetual unbirth unraveling distance

Clandestine truths unveiled

Inborn imperfections preprogrammed shells

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incessantFugue (A Revelation)

never-ending; uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

Disturbed state of consciousness

Incessant black madness

Perpetual un-birth unraveling distance

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