I've been a martyr for love
And I will die in the flames
As I draw my last breath
As I close in on death
I will call out your name
I've been a martyr for love
Nailed up on the cross
While you're having your fun
As the damage is done
I'm assessing the cost
I knew what I was letting myself in for
I knew that I could never even the score
I've been a martyr for love
I need to be by your side
I have knelt at your feet
I have felt you deceit
Couldn't leave if I tried
I've been a martyr for love
Tortured every hour
From the day I was born
I've been moved like a pawn
By the greatest of powers
I knew that I would have to suffer in vain
Aware that I would never outgrow the pain
I've been a martyr for love
I've been a martyr for love
If you try to be a martyr it will only slow you down and I'll cry a little harder as I wrap you in your shroud but it's never going to happen and it's never going to count and there's nothing we can do about it now. Once we had so many options, now they're narrowed down to one and it's sad to see you watching while the damage has begun. If it's not what you expected I expected more from you and I'm sorry but there's nothing we can do about it now. And I'm all overcome with apathy, doesn't have anything to do with me. If you think I should feel responsible I don't know anything is possible. Picture of you in my head and I'm waiting here in my bed it's an iron maiden I heard what you said but I can't remember something about my neck. And at last you'll be a martyr as you're crying on the stairs soon you'll be flashing your stigmata and repackaging your prayers. And we'll hang you in the parlor and we'll cut you into squares and we'll think of you when anybody swears but there's nothing we can do about it now.
If you try to be a martyr it will only slow you down and I'll cry a little harder as I wrap you in your shroud but it's never going to happen and it's never going to count and there's nothing we can do about it now. Once we had so many options, now they're narrowed down to one and it's sad to see you watching while the damage has begun. If it's not what you expected I expected more from you and I'm sorry but there's nothing we can do about it now. And I'm all overcome with apathy, doesn't have anything to do with me. If you think I should feel responsible I don't know anything is possible. Picture of you in my head and I'm waiting here in my bed it's an iron maiden I heard what you said but I can't remember something about my neck. And at last you'll be a martyr as you're crying on the stairs soon you'll be flashing your stigmata and repackaging your prayers. And we'll hang you in the parlor and we'll cut you into squares and we'll think of you when anybody swears but there's nothing we can do about it now.
What I thought was life
Came to an end
Born into a world
I never asked for this
I've got to get away
I've got to get away
I've got to get away
I've got to get away!
Born into hardship
World of destruction
Suffer, bastard
Suffer, bastard
I've got to get away
I've got to get away
I've got to get away
I've got to get away!
Take me to heaven
Adorn me with wings
Suffer, bastard
I've got to get away
I've got to get away
I've got to get away
I've got to get away!
Suffer, bastard...
I've got to get away
I've got to get away
I've got to get away
I never meant it so much,
I'm on leash with the fury of the fire!
I only wanted your touch,
I'm seen as a sinner and a liar!
I got to take you so high,
I can feel all the chases of the sky.
I never held you so tight,
I conceal all the words for you to sign.
You know it's true;
I'm walking through the same broken world as you.
Can't you see?
you're living in the same tangled web as me.
I never meant it so much,
I'm on leash with the fury of the fire!
I never meant to go back,
I can beat out the poison in your eyes!
You know it's true;
I'm walking through the same broken world as you.
Can't you see?
Hey mister can you help me sir I plead? I plead for your sympathy
Rains came pounding us down again
Your horizons they crawl up to my chin
I started to drown in your vision when I looked through your windows
As they flew through the air all I could find was a river in pieces
How long should we play the martyr?
How long should we play the martyr?
Hey mister come down and see see your misery
Rains came pounding us down well again
Through your weakness I shed my skin open wide to my spirit
I looked through your windows as they flowed through the air
I was left swirling in your pool of aggression
How long should we play the martyr?
How long should we play the martyr?
How long should we play the martyr?
How long should we play the martyr?
Martyr, martyr, martyr
How long should we play the martyr?
How long should we play the martyr?
How long should we play the martyr?
How long should we play the martyr?
Martyr, martyr, martyr
Hey mister can you help me sir I plead? I plead for your sympathy
Rains came pounding us down well again
Your horizons they crawl up to my chin
I started to drown in your vision when I looked through your windows
As they flew through the air all I could find was a river in pieces
How long should we play the martyr?
The martyr oh yeah
How long should we play the martyr?
How long should we play the martyr?
How long should we play the martyr?
don't protect me
don't defend me
don't, don't, don't
i'm the only martyr here
don't wait beside me
wouldn't even sit down here
if you listened to me at all
oh well fine, fine enough to die
i'm the only martyr here
and if i could get any smarter
please don't call my home
it's not your life it's mine
breathing could be harder
i'm the only martyr
i might wait, celebrate
you wouldn't need to sit down here
if you listened to me at all
oh well fine, fine enough to die
i'm the only martyr here
i'm the only martyr here
even though you're not the one
i'd look right through you
safe with you not having fun
i'd look right through you
Shit, sometimes man, a nigga be contemplating,
Yo, living in fuckin' hell, nigga die, might be better.
Walk through the shadow of death, my dick out pissing
Rebel, laughing at the devil, homicidal threats
Only if he knew, I wanna lie a coal, who the fuck wanna die old
On this miserable earth, forever, put me in dirt
It's better then living searchin treasure
That only brings atrocity, and treachery, baby mothers stressing me
Ain't no hope left in me
Live everyday like it's my last
Waitin' to meet my niggaz that passed
At last I could meet Christ, ask him why the fuck you died on the cross
Here these stupid motherfuckers, they still lost
I'll ask Malcolm, see what it was like to fight for civil rights
And nights he thought he would die, what did he do
Did he grab his gun and a bust shot?
Get on my knees praise Big and go fuck with Pac
Find out did he really take 5 shots
Ask him, who shot ya, was it the Feds?
Couldn't of been Big Poppa, Brooklyn niggaz ain't braille
Like that, ask Martin, why the fuck you ain't fight back
If you had a choice,life or death
What would you choose
If you had a choice
Life ain't real its a dream we see tomorrow
Reality, shit that's pain and sorrow
Reality, disaster beat breaks,
A little girl up in the projects gettin raped
Reality's a nigga gettin rock shot 41 times
And you askin why I run from one time
I don't even get justice,
Nigga sometimes, no times, oh I'm bout to lose my mind
Reality's fucked up, like a hard workin mother, losing her job
The battle of good and evil
Like the devil, ain't losing for god, we on lucifer's squad
Not knowing what the fuck it all mean
I can't even, get a can of sardines
Niggaz driving bentley's, burning money, I'm yearnin money
Taking your shit, I'm earning money
Yet you call me a thief I call me a broke nigga trying to eat
On this earth suffering, why its like that
Guess we the punished, blame Adam and Eve
If you had a choice
Hold your latex, from nuns I take sex,
Play chess, with the devil from the sky
Like rain shells drop immune to this cold world's sorrow
Beyond shell shock, can't you tell pop, I need some help ox
See them meadow officers watchin' myself rot
Ice pick and cell blocks
Hope the 12 stop on the highway to hell, switchin lanes
Niggaz that know, what I mean to suffer and struggle in the gutter
Slice birthday cakes with box cutters
I did not stutter, you heard me this is utter, reality
Observe me, on a journey puttin niggaz on gurneys till I meet my maker
And I need my ama ? fuck Guiliani and Howard Seiffler
Courage not of this earth in your eyes
Faith from far beyond lies deep inside
With your life you dedicate
with your death you permeate
Frozen hearts and unbelieving minds
Watch the whole world watch
See the whole world see
Courage into sleep
Life and death supremacy
A chosen soul, under control from high above
Shines here below
The final test shall soon be passed
Heaven's pride dwells deep inside
But now will sprout its wings and fly
They see His face shine in your eyes
As the whole world sees
You take the bullet, and take your place
In the gallery of heroes
Peace not understood by human minds
Of origin beyond the realms of time
Silent strength and fervency
Living faith for all to see
Legacy of glory left behind
Watch the whole world watch
See the whole world see
Turn their eyes above
Omnipresent end of mockery
A chosen soul, under control from high above
Shines here below
The final test shall soon be passed
Heaven's pride dwells deep inside
But now will sprout its wings and fly
They see His face shine in your eyes
As the whole world sees
You take the bullet, and take your place
In the gallery of heroes
Speak no wrath in silence make your mark
Light piercing this all-consuming dark
Salt, to preserve and create thirst
Life continues, freedom from the curse
Crowned with a holy crown, my friend
Race completed, faith kept to the end
See the millions who have faced this fate
Greet you in your glory at the gate
Unashamed
Speak the name
Life fulfilled
Heaven gained
Edify
Testify
Standing tall
Glorify
Life laid down
Martyr's crown
Greatest friend
Soul unbound
Broken chain
Christ proclaimed
Hold the torch
Raise the flame
Pure soul flying free
Legend now to be
Closing helpless eyes
As the temple dies
Glorified in love
You turn it all above
Power not of you
Courage shining through
Watch the whole world watch
See the whole world see
Courage into sleep
Life and death supremacy
What you consume, is your true protest.
Each dollar you spend, supports what you detest.
Martyr, for your cause X(3)
You fail to see your flaws.
This is not your war. X(3)
But do you know, what you claim to stand for.
You're really not so free from blame. X(2)
I see no wrong, in taking a stand.
But do you really know for what you stand? You cannot
claim to resist, and walk this chosen path.
When you are unaware, and the same as those you blame.
[Musique: Daniel Mongrain (with the collaboration of François Mongrain)]
[Paroles: Daniel Mongrain, François Richard & François Mongrain]
[Tu t'empêches de voir la vérité. Tu te noieras dans ta certitude.]
[DM-] EVIL SEIZES
RAIN OF SAND
A TORRENT OF IMAGES
LOST IS THE BLIND
EVIL SEIZES
RAIN OF SAND
EVIDENCES
-INSIGNIFICANT-
IN THE EYES OF
THE BEWITCHED
THE MUTE TURN DEAF
THE DEAF TURN BLIND
THE BLIND TURN TO SAND
THEN THE SAND BEGINS TO RAIN
[FM-] THROUGH MY MURKY INNER MEANDERS
AT THE EDGE OF A DRASTIC TRANSITION
I'M TRYING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE
THROUGH THE FRACTURED MIRROR OF MY REFLECTION
TIRED OF DARK COMPLACENCY
TRYING TO LIVE THE DAY MY NIGHT WILL END
UNTIL A MORROW THAT I DON`T KNOW
UNTIL A DAWN THAT I CAN`T CONCEIVE
[DM-] BLIND FOLDED BEHIND REALITY
BLIND TOWARD WHAT WE DON`T WANT TO SEE
BLIND, WILLING LOSS OF SENSITIVITY
BUT TRUE BLINDS SOMETIMES I ENVY
ONLY THE PURE SOUL
CAN TALK, HEAR AND SEE
FREE OF HIS ANCESTORS
AND OF ITS REASON
SEPARATES TWO WORLDS IN ONE
HE WHO BLAMES ETERNITY
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[Music: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lyrics: Francois Mongrain]
"How low can you go in order to elevate yourself?
Judge and you will be judged."
Who are you to judge me ?
You're worse than I could ever be
Who are you to condemn me ?
- Farther than your eyes, you can't see
Behold the hammer of corruption
Mischief and treachery
Behold the unfair struggle
- Wealth always saves the loser
How far will you go to crush all the ants?
How far will you go to reach the giants?
- I won't cross this line you once fled
- I won't cross this line you've just stamped
You let your flaws dictate your laws
Sentencing is your role corrupted is your soul
No one to blame, you played the game
Don't come to claim the souls you stained
Judge me not, as you don't understand my way
- Law equals justice, for those who conspired it
Judge me not, every word is a shade of grey
- Law equals justice and freedom is but a lie
[Lead: Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
Crying over my faith I will not hate
Only in the realms of reverie
- Lies the ever seeked verity
Is life a quest for glory where I proclaimed you the king ?
"Life must be nice for the usurper..."
- Last thoughts of the innocent
[Musique: Daniel Mongrain]
[Paroles: François Mongrain & Daniel Mongrain]
[Lorsque le mal prend contrôle de l'esprit, la rage incontrolable fulmine au tréfond de l'Ostrogoth. Des émotions de vengeance peuvent surgir lorsque tout semble être tourné contre nous. Des choses inintentionnelles pourraient se produire...]
[DM-] BOILING BLOOD IN YOUR HEAD
YOU CAN FEEL YOUR EYES BECOME RED
ALL AGAINST ONE, ONE AGAINST ALL
RAGE, YOU CAN`T CONTROL YOUR FALL
SLOBBER OF A GAPING MOUTH
STINKS FROM THE ENTRAILS OF SATAN
FANG OF THE CANNIBAL
HAND OF THE ASSASSIN
[DM+FM-] OSTROGOTH
[DM-] I AM AN OSTROGOTH
- OSTROGOTH
- I KILL LIKE AN OSTROGOTH
[DM-] RED BLOOD HAS BECOME VENOM
WHICH GIVES A DEVASTATION DESIRE
[DM+FM-] ALONE IN THIS WAR
[DM-] YOU'LL ENTER LUCIFER`S KINGDOM
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[DM+FM-] OSTROGOTH
[DM-] DAMNED SOLDIERS FROM THE CATACOMBS OF HELL
- OSTROGOTH
- FEEL INSIDE THE PAIN I GIVE
- OSTROGOTH
- SEEKING HUMAN FLESH TO KILL
- OSTROGOTH
[Musique: Daniel Mongrain]
[Paroles: François Mongrain]
[Le système et ses normes, les religions, la politique et leurs dirigeants, les regroupements en puissance imposent leurs critères pour faire de nous de bons "citoyens modèles". Les gens se font manipuler à leur insu, puis quand la vérité voit le jour, il est souvent trop tard pour réagir. Hélas, il n'y a pas de place dans cette société pour ceux qui ne se conforment pas.]
[DM-] YOU LACERATE MY HEART
RESTRAIN MY ACTIONS
DEVIATE MY MIND
TWIST MY SOUL
WRECK MY SCHEMES
DELUDE MY HOPES
STEAL MY FREEDOM
USURP MY LIFE
YOU STAIN MY HONOR
CONFUSE MY FAITH
BRIBE MY PRINCIPLE
ENSLAVE MY PRIDE
INFECT MY BLOOD
POLLUTE MY LUNGS
CONTAMINATE MY FLESH
GARBAGE MY LIFE
[FM-] SEVERING MY TIES WITH THIS SOCIETY
WILL IMPEL ME TO BREAK CONFORMITY
DON`T WANNA THROW AWAY MY SECURITY
BUT NOT MANY CHOICES ARE GIVEN TO ME
ALL YOUR CIRCUMLOCUTIONS
JUST PROVE HOW LOW IS YOUR SINCERITY
YOU FUMBLE WITHIN YOUR OWN LIES
TIME TO GIVE CAMERAS A SICKLY SMILE
THE EDUCATION SYSTEM YOU IMPOSED ON US
IS BUT A WAY TO HIDE YOUR TRUE INTENTIONS
WITH AN AUTOMATON-LIKE WAY OF THINKING
REVOLTS ARE OUT OF THE QUESTION
BLIND TOWARD THIS IGNOMINY
SOCIETY REPUDIATES ME
IF SILENCE IS GOLDEN AS IT IS TOLD
BEHIND THE STEELBARS SO I`LL BE THROWN
[Lead: François Mongrain]
[DM-] I READ YOUR TRACTS
FOLLOW YOUR LAWS
SWALLOW YOUR SPEACHES
WASTE MY TIME
WORK FOR NOTHING
PAY TWICE FOR EVERYTHING
I FAILED MY LIFE
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[DM/FM-] WASH MY BRAIN ( WASH MY BRAIN)
WATCH I`M BRAINED (WATCH I`M BRAINED)
WHAT? MIND DRAINED (WHAT? MIND DRAINED)
WATT MY BRAIN (WATT MY BRAIN)
WASH MY BRAIN ( WASH MY BRAIN)
WATCH I`M BRAINED (WATCH I`M BRAINED)
[FM-] WORSHIP THIS FACTICE JUSTICE
AND YOU`LL BECOME A SLAVE OF IT
I WANNA BE "NON CONFORMIS"
[FM+DM-] NON CONFORMIS
[Musique: Daniel Mongrain & François Mongrain]
[Paroles: Daniel Mongrain & François Richard]
[Ne vous laissez pas influencer par les autres. Ne laissez pas le jugement des autres démolir votre intégrité. Ne vous faites pas prendre dans leur jeu... trouvez votre paix intérieure.]
[DM-] FACE AGAINST THE GROUND
COVERED WITH TEARS
YOUR FAITH IN YOUR EQUAL
RUNS FROM YOUR INNER VOICE
THE ONE IN WHICH YOU RUN
IN WHICH YOU`RE LOST
PANICKED FROM THE VOID
AND THE ABSTRACT
IMMORTAL TRACE
OF AN INJURED SOUL
YOU SUFFER
AN UNDESERVED PAIN
INFLICTED BY THE WOUND
WHICH CAN NEVER BE MENDED
INNOCENCE
WITHOUT BEARING ALL THE EVILS
WITHOUT A HUNGER FOR REVENGE
WITHOUT IMPOSING YOUR WRATH
BUT LIVING IT IN YOUR OWN RIGHT
THE WAY IT HAS TO BE
ROTTING IN CORRUPTION
THE MISFITS ARE PUNISHED
OVERWHELMED BY THE HATE
OF THOSE TURNED
INTO NOTHINGNESS
NO NEED TO WEAR YOURSELF OUT
FROM THE SCORN AND THE SHAME
ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND
THEY`RE TRYING TO DRAG YOU INTO THEIR HELL
WHICH GOES BEYOND THEIR BOUNDARIES
[Lead: Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
FIND YOUR INNER PEACE.
[Music: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lyrics: Daniel Mongrain]
"Are you aware of your existence?
And of the reason for it?"
Tear me out of this
Forever lost world
Between time and space
Tear me out of these
Realms where life's
Eternal for those
Who seize it
Surrounded by lost souls
Paralyzed existence
For those whose
Life is a failure
Who are a failure to life
Endless vortex
Towards erasing destiny
Endless vortex
Erasing my destiny
The flame died away
Where am I here and now?
Why was I not
And never will?
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[Music: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lyrics: Francois Mongrain]
"A deep introspection might be required ..."
Acid rain can't dissolve
The stains which were left by the flood of tears
Foaming sea of rage can't erode
This heart of stone frozen by fear
Frail skiff !
Without a course already traced
Drowning with haste !
Frail skiff without a crew
Sinking to my rescue !
Lighthouses can't be seen
Fog-horns can't be heard
Deserted waters
By the tiny frail skiff
Diving at its own risk
Deserted waters
Leaving the anchor behind
Adrift goes my mind
Deserted waters
Scattered slowly, agonizing
Time kills time
The skiff ran onto
The reef of my memory
Hoisting the yellow flag
I stem the tide of my past
In this imminent wreckage
I despair for salvation
Am I destined to an unconscious scuttling ?
My soul now a soaked up desert land
[Lead: Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lead: Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
Pulled out from my deepest torments
Submerged in my own torrents
Lurking in my own wake
I am my own stowaway
[Music: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lyrics: Daniel Mongrain]
"Don't waste what little time you have
been granted on complaints.
And live your life to the fullest."
The past trespasses
When now settles in
Ephemeral experiences
Fleeting memories
Sacrificing a part of your life
Hungry packs of illusions
No one will grieve or shed a tear
For stolen destinies
Forsaken
Regrets are your life's bitter legacy
Carpe Diem
Your life is yours to create
Carpe Diem
So leave the past behind
[Lead: Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
Hope for a second chance
Forever haunting you
Time beyond reclaim
Wasted in the past
Living beside your virtual life
Ad Vitam Aeternam
[Musique: Daniel Mongrain (with the collaboration of François Mongrain)]
[Paroles: François Mongrain]
[Un cadavre repose dans son sang, une vision figée dans le temps; Profanation de l'âme d'un mourant, L'utilisation de la mort pour la gloire de l'argent. Et certains osent appeler ça de l'art.]
[DM-] A BLOODY HAND COLLAPSED
ON THE SOILED GROUND
IT`S FLUID OF LIFE STREAMING
THROUGH THE EARTH`S ENTRAILS
A GOOD ANGLE IS NOT A PROBLEM TO CATCH
THOSE EXPRESSIONS THAT WILL LAST
PERFECT MODELS FOR THE EXPOSURE
BUT IN AN ART GALLERY
WHY DON`T THEY LET THOSE CORPSES DISAPPEAR
'CAN'T CALL THIS IMMORTALITY
[DM+FM-] ARS NOVA, DESECRATION
ARS NOVA, NORMALIZATION ATTEMPT
[DM-] THEY WANT TO SEE THEMSELVES AS ARTISTS
WITH THE FINEST AESTHETIC
BUT I SEE THIS AS VANDALISM
WITH NO RESPECT FOR THE DYING
PRIVILEGE OF SOME PHOTOGRAPHIES
SACRILEGE OF WHAT THEY SEE
PRIVILEGE OF SOME ATROCITIES
DESECRATION
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[DM+FM-] ARS NOVA, DESECRATION
ARS NOVA, NECROPHILLIC TEMPTATION
[DM-] PERFECT MODELS FOR THE EXPOSURE
BUT IN AN ART GALLERY
[DM+FM-] WHY DON`T THEY LET THOSE CORPSES DISAPPEAR
'CAN'T CALL THIS IMMORTALITY
Show me how it all
came true and I'll
follow
let live next in line
line them up to see
dominoes are faceless
after they fall
something is missing
But pull away
left to be afraid
the bitterness
has chosen me, never be the same
Show me
show me how it all began
violet hands gleaming
gently cradle me
beg to show me how
to begin to live again
I'D RATHER
just fall off
THAN UPSET
our balance
THE ONE WHO
still sings here
YOU LEFT US
MINUS ONE
I'm lining up all that was took from me
between all the lines I destroy what you gave to me
alone I try not to believe
AFTER ALL THAT HAS CHANGED THE MARTYR IS STILL ME
[Musique: Daniel Mongrain & Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Paroles: François Mongrain]
[L'acharnement et l'obstination de l'humain à la "création" et au "progrès" l'ont maintes fois mené à sa perte. Tout ce dont il avait besoin pullullait sur cette terre fertile. Par soif de pouvoir, il voulait plus, toujours plus. Aujourd'hui, rien n'a changé...]
[DM-] MEN FELT THE FLAME`S LICKING
TAMED IT, RISEN TO THE SKY
SYMBOL OF POWER
THERE WAS THE SILEX DAGGER
TOOLS FROM THE WISEST ELDERS
AT CALVARY`S DAWN
THE WHEEL IS BORN
MASSIVE AND RUSTIC
FROM STONE AGE`S I.Q.
THERE'S NO MORE TO SAY
ABOUT THIS ERA
THOSE PRIMAL AGES
OF PROTOTYPES
THINGS CREATED
WERE ALL WE NEEDED
FOR THE SURVIVAL
OF WHAT THEY CALL HUMANITY
REVELATIONS, NOT TO BE SHARED
ABERATIONS, NOBODY CARES
HERE SHINES THE OTHER LIGHT
MADE OF WIRES AND GLASS
KNOWLEDGE`S ARTIFICE
WEAPONS AGAIN
GLEAMING WHITE, STAINING RED
RUSTING ON BATTLEFIELDS
[DM+FM-] WE DARED MAKE WINGS
[DM-] FROM WAX TO STEEL
FROM SKY TO HELL
THERE'S NO MORE TO SAY
ABOUT THIS ERA
BLOODTHIRSTY AGES
PROTOTYPE
PROTOTYPE
PROTOTYPE
[Musique: Daniel Mongrain & François Mongrain]
[Paroles: Daniel Mongrain]
[Cette entité te cherche, mais sans le savoir, tu fuis par la peur de quelque chose à l'intérieur de toi. C'est la peur de la peur elle-même. Nipsky: un rêve, un cauchemar ou une brèche dans un monde parallèle?]
[DM-] SCREAMING WITHOUT A SOUND
PARALIZED BY FEAR
TRYING TO ESCAPE
THIS SNEAKING SPIRIT`S SHADOW
NIPSKY
TAKE ME
HAUNTED BEFORE IT WAS
REVENGE WILL NEVER CEASE
IT PUNISHED ALL THE ONES
THE ONES THAT DON`T BELIEVE
NIPSKY
TAKE ME
BEFORE IT RISES
IT ALWAYS WARNS
TAKE ME
NIPSKY
IF YOU DON`T PAY ATTENTION
NIPSKY
UNCONSCIOUS
SUPERSTITION
MAYBE I`M A VICTIM OF MYSELF
MY MIND FULL
OF CONTRADICTIONS
I DON`T WANT TO BE A PART OF NIPSKY !!!
[Screams: DM, FM & FR]
I`M THE ONE WHO HAUNTED YOUR DREAMS
I`M A PART OF YOURSELF
I AM FEAR ITSELF
I CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS
YOUR BODY AND YOUR SOUL
I`M UNDER YOUR COMMAND
I`M YOUR PERSONAL PSYCHIATRIST
YOU NEED ME TO LIVE
I AM FEAR ITSELF
I CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS
YOUR BODY AND YOUR SOUL
I`M AFRAID OF FEAR
BUT FEAR IS NOT
AFRAID OF ME
NIPSKY
NIPSKY
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[Musique: Daniel Mongrain & Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Paroles: François Mongrain]
[Espérer peut faire très mal, surtout face à des illusions. Échec après échec, l'on se réfugie dans la réclusion et le mépris. Toutefois, la vie sans désir ne peut pas valoir la peine d'être vécue.]
[DM-] NOTHING EVER COMPARED TO
THE PAIN DELIVERED BY HOPE
THIS REASSURING DERISION
TO BELIEVE IN ILLUSIONS
ABSTRACTION OF ALL DESIRES
THAT IS THE WAY TO SUICIDE
IN A WORLD NOURISHED BY LIES
NO ONE CAN FULFIL HIS LIFE
FAILURE AFTER FAILURE
MORE THAN THE HEART CAN ENDURE,
LIFE BECOMES A SLOW TORTURE
UNTIL THE GRAND DEPARTURE
AGING FASTER THAN TIME PASSES,
DON'T IMPLORE TO START OVER
WISHES RARELY EVER COME TRUE
WHEN YOUTH GROWS OLD TOO FAST
[Lead: Pier-Luc Lampron]
FAILURE AFTER FAILURE
UNTIL THE GRAND DEPARTURE
FAILURE AFTER FAILURE
UNTIL THE GRAND DEPARTURE
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[Musique: Daniel Mongrain & Stéphane Bélanger]
[Paroles: François Mongrain]
[La nature est souvent prise pour acquise et à la légère. Les éléments, lorsque déchainés, sont incontrôlables, ne montrant jamais de pitié. Arrêtons de penser à notre petite personne. Nous ne sommes qu'un simple grain de sable comparé au pouvoir des sources primaires.]
[FM-] CALCINATION
[DM-] ELEMENTALS UNLEASHED
- BLOW THE NATIONS DOWN
- HIDDEN FORCES REVEALED
- ENGULF THE TITANS
- MAIN SOURCES OF POWER
- TREMORS
- WILL DEFEAT THE LEADERS
[FM-] FALLING EMPIRE
ABSOLUTE FAILURE
NEGLECTED NATURE
A FORESEEN DISASTER
THE ELEMENTS'MASTERS
SHALL EXULT THEIR ANGER.
IN THIS TRIAL WITHOUT LAWYERS
DON'T EXPECT TO BE SPARED...
..BY THE FOUR PRIMAL SOURCES
- CALCINATION
- ELEMENTALS UNLEASHED
- BLOW THE NATIONS DOWN
- HIDDEN FORCES REVEALED
- ENGULF THE TITANS
- MAIN SOURCES OF POWER
- TREMORS
- WILL DEFEAT THE LEADERS
[Lead: Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[Music: Francois Mongrain (Collaboration: Daniel Mongrain)]
[Lyrics: Francois Mongrain]
"....System overload ... Prepare to disinfect your soul."
Parasites intrusions
Virulent Infections
Abnormal reactions
Fatal error, Disconnection
Overwriting process
Formating in progress
Deleting the data
Neuron after neuron
Retry? Abort? Ignore? [2x]
Rebuild, restore the life I hacked
Reboot, Restart the life I asked
Remove the crust
Remove the rust
Remove the mask
Forget the past
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
Remove the mask, Remove the dust, Forget the past
Ravaged is the cortex
Panicked and distressed
Instinctive reflex
Sudden urge to forget
Illegal operations
Illogical solutions
Existential problems
Shutting down the system
[Music: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lyrics: Part I: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lyrics: Part II: Francois Mongrain]
"Aspiring to the state of human ideal
which lies somewhere between
the dream mind and the subconscious mind."
[Part I:]
I am the eye that watches
The masses from a distance
Their movements trouble me
And makes me ill at ease
Jealous, frightened, motionless
Interaction paralyzes me
Fleeing the predator's enticing gaze
I have become the prey
[Lead: Francois Mongrain]
[Part II:]
Far in the distance
Another Utopia's rising
The future is recovering
From its passed fall from grace
A stone's throw from the source
Of truth and life I am dying
And this virgin oasis
Fears the day when it will run dry
Far in the distance, I see
Don't leave
Delusory dreams
Let me through
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lead: Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Music: Daniel Mongrain & Pier-Luc Lampron]
[Lyrics: Francois Mongrain]
"Drown deep into your soul..."
Suffering screams fading away
Buried are the scars of agony
Forgotten decades of drying tears
Still, I'm unceasingly dying
Under the staring eyes of the outraged
I leave for a higher level of existence
Hope for a translucid conscience
Obsesses my ignorance
No more demons to exorcise
Never will they materialize
There's just one wish that I implore for
But I can't afford it anymore.
I loathe your realm of glory and fame
In a world so restrained, life's a pity
I leave this world without regrets
Without the pain, I should forget
Warp zone
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
[Music: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lyrics: Daniel Mongrain]
"Virtual emotions, masquerades and manipulations."
You think you're sophisticated
You're only scratching my surface
You can barely reach the bottom
Which is the highest you can go
You think you can manipulate me
That's what I want you to believe
Those emotions which you think are yours
Are born from your imagination
What you feel is not real
Virtual emotions
What you feel isn't real
Virtual emotions
Suffering makes me live
I want to feel the pain
Pulsating through the deepest part of me
For as long as it takes
These wounds without scars
Which you inflict upon me
Only feed me, your nemesis
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
The world you have created
The roles which you play
Make me believe they're much too real
They seem much too real
Your whole life is but an illusion
Don't try to blame anyone at all
This great illusion you dare call life
Will disappear with you
You will realize your monumental mistake
But it will be too late
[Music: Daniel Mongrain]
[Lyrics: Francois Mongrain (Collaboration: Daniel Mongrain)]
"Which truth did you expect to hear?
The truth, I just told you...
Don't ask if you don't want to know."
In the fountain of youth you will drown
Envy will make you sink like a stone
Damned temptations to remain on a throne
Belong to those who are forever gone
It's all just a question of perception
And questions don't always yield solutions
Stop asking how, when, where and why
For the answer will never come
You think you'll survive? Do you realize ?
You won't come out alive. Rise above the skies
And then you will dive. Won't you die, so I can too?
You won't live to see the day
When you know it all
No matter how old you are
[Lead: Daniel Mongrain]
Tell me why? Tell me how?
Tell me, oh please tell me...
Tell me lies
So you wanted lies. Look into my eyes
I will make you cry. You don't realize
Follow my advice. You will not survive
Let go of me!
Eternity's too long for me
No matter how far you explore
The universe, you'll never find more
And you could pray your life away
[Lead: Pier-Luc Lampron]
No one seems to hear you anyway
Pray yourself away.
Worship your self-inflating deity for another day if it
helps you sleep at night,
gives you some rules and morals to live by
up until you die.
But then it all just fades away.
Your moral standings mean nothing
at the end of the day.
Thinking in the long run,
you live and help the world none.
Your conscience dies uncomfortably.
"Cast out the demons from deep within!
Cleanse a soiled soul of all its sins!"
Market salvation to the weak of mind,
buying your place in 'heaven' at the end of your time.
Stop cutting other's paths with the religion you sell!
( On a tuesday French Version )
J'ai un message tu veux me revoir,
Je sais comme
Show me how it all
came true and I'll
follow
let live next in line
line them up to see
dominoes are faceless
after they fall
something is missing
But pull away
left to be afraid
the bitterness
has chosen me, never be the same
Show me
show me how it all began
violet hands gleaming
gently cradle me
beg to show me how
to begin to live again
I'D RATHER
just fall off
THAN UPSET
our balance
THE ONE WHO
still sings here
YOU LEFT US
MINUS ONE
I'm lining up all that was took from me
between all the lines I destroy what you gave to me
alone I try not to believe
AFTER ALL THAT HAS CHANGED THE MARTYR IS STILL ME
I turn my back on the reverie
don't want a fuckin' parade to see
the reminiscence and memories
aren't convincing me
an exercise in mendacity
in you is all that I'll ever see
despite the claims of alacrity
I could see through it all
[Chorus:]
You used to be a martyr
now you're just a fucking ghost
You used to be a martyr
now you're a second-rate footnote at most
Your life was the stuff of a fevered dream
but nothing was ever what it seemed
they took your spots and scrubbed them clean
but they all left their shadows
A shining light that would blind their eyes
nobody wanted to face the lies
but the longer it gets from the day you died
more stains will resurface
They've built this place in here
It's where I'm banished, stuck again
And I'm lying to pass my breathe
Pass my breathe to those who would have died
Or could I go on
And wear the marks of a thousand years
And scorn the angels that I've born
Desperately, so desperately
Crawling back to the womb
Crawling back to the womb
I, I lost
Or could I go on
A knife in the hands of a beautiful woman
Will cast a spell worth a thousand years
I wish you would hold onto me
I wish you'd remember me when I'm gone
I'm gone
I'm dead for all of you
Martyr
I've stood here waiting for so long
Waiting for an answer
That will never come
That will never come
Years roll by and nothing changes
I feel so close
And yet so far away
So very far away
Judge me nor for what is seen
I'll let what goes unspoken carry me
I'll let it carry me
Years roll by and nothing changes
I feel so close
And yet so far away
So very far away
Should I stand here and wait to see
If the soldier inside
Makes a martyr out of me?
Makes a martyr out of me?
Years roll by and nothing changes
I feel so close
And yet so far away
So very far away
Should I stand here and wait to see
If the soldier inside
Makes a martyr out of me?
I've fallen down for you before
I will not do this anymore
There's been enough tears shed for you
If only you could see me now
I've wasted time on you once more
I cannot do this anymore
There's been enough life spent on you
If only you could see me now
I want to make you watch me bleed
As you drain the life from me
I want to make you watch me die
As you have so many times
And I have fought your sorry war
I won't do this anymore
There's been enough blood spilled for you
If only you could see me now
And you are rotten to the core
And you have played me for a whore
There's been enough love lost on you
Joanie could have saved her lifeIf she'd just put on a
dress
And said Jesus the only child
Jesus is an only child
Jesus is the only child of god
Why would a god send a woman to do what men had always
done
Why would she do that?
Joseph could have saved his life
If he'd just taken the pardon
Said I was guilty but now I'm free
Said I was guilty but now I'm free
Said I was guilty but now I'm free
Who needs fair trials anyway when freedom is all that
we wage
Who'd die for that
I want to be a martyr
I want to die for this song
I want to be a martyr
I want to die for this song
Oh ohhhh yeah
Aileen could have saved her life
If she'd just got a respectable job
And said I don't want to hook no more
I don't want to hook no more
I don't want to hook no more
The economy is looking fine
Plenty of good jobs you'll find
For a poor uneducated white trash woman with no
experience
I want to be a martyr
I want to die for this song
I want to be a martyr
I want to die for this song
Rape, execution
Plunder and hate
Fighting for independence
But it’s too late
Callous disregard
Of human life
Only resulting
In chaos and strife
Died a martyr
Died a hero
Died a victim
Died a coward
You’re a hero in your own mind
To the rest of the world you’re only blind
This suicidal reign of mankind
Is the only thing that occupies your mind
Gratefully use
Your animosity
To justify
Your evil deeds
All values
Disintegrate
Only spread death
Only spread hate
Mass graves, genocide
Atrocities
Total domination
Brutalities
You would rather die
Than we want to live
Just fuel the fire
You cannot forgive
Died a martyr
Died a hero
Died a victim
It's time to collect the bones
We don't mind because we can't go home
We choke on our shooting stars
But can't quit because we've come this far
We can't quit because we've come too far
A handful of apple cores
A mouthful of razor blades
We're always on the hunt with definitions of things
And whatever else it takes to waste away
There's nothing but holes in you
And that's why I can see straight through
And all of your miseries
Ain't worth much because you left them to me
Ain't worth much because you left them for me
One of these days you'll string me up (ba dum)
Throw me to the wolves
My time is almost up (ba dum)
The hourglass is full
And I think the wolves are saying grace
They cut me up
But I feel all right
They chopped me up
But I feel all right
They strung me up (You get what you paid for)
But I feel all right
They roped me up (You get what you paid for)
But I feel all right
They chopped me up (Yeah, you get what you paid for)
But I feel all right
They cut me up (You get what you paid for)
But I feel
If I can't find a place to lay
Then I'll save you for another day
And if you're a mystery
Well, don't fret because that's okay by me
And we'll all die in stereo
And I'll probably be the first to go
And if I'm a martyr then
That's fine 'cause you can borrow my sins
