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Chimaira - The Infection lyrics



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01. The Venom Inside

The venom inside
Turned me into the enemy
Turned into what I hate
My apathy got the best of me
Blood boiled and lost my way

I never thought I'd be the one to blame
Have to live with constant shame
Everything that I put inside
Just to feel numb

I tried to escape
Push it away
Tried to hide
The venom inside

Tried to escape
Push it away
Tried to hide
The venom inside

This was nothing but moral abuse
Guess I just needed something new
What could I gain from solitude?
Or acting like a fool?

I tried to escape
Push it away
Tried to hide
The venom inside

Tried to escape
Push it away
Tried to hide
The venom inside

Disconnected, apathetic
It's so pathetic to be this frantic
I needed help!
I needed help!
Like methadone for an addict

I tried to escape
Push it away
Tried to hide
The venom inside

Tried to escape
Push it away
Tried to hide
The venom inside

02. Frozen In Time

Suspicion growing
A feeling I cannot control
Communication
Communication low
The invasion is necessary
The dangers are secondary

This was never meant to be
A lifetime of instability
I guess I was always weak
Someone please rescue me

Frozen in time
Can't control what's inside of me
Frozen in time
I left my soul behind
I'm at the end of the line
Trapped in my mind
Empty and blind
Frozen in time
Can't control what's inside

I see myself dying
All these paranoid delusions frighten me
Manipulating vitality
An unspeakable evil latches on to agony

Attacking my body impurity spreading through me
Like a parasite
Desensitized to the world while plagues controlling
Like a fucking parasite

The same demons keep haunting
Sending them warning
It's unrelenting

Frozen in time
Frozen in time

This was never meant to be
A lifetime of instability
I guess I was always weak
October, the leaves buried me

Frozen in time
Can't control what's inside of me
Frozen in time
I left my soul behind
I'm at the end of the line
Trapped in my mind
Empty and blind
Frozen in time
Can't control what's inside

03. Coming Alive

There was a time I was afraid
Of getting close to you
Your potency was quite threatening
Fiber pure, touching scars
Feels good to finally hold you

It was my mistake
For not trusting you
It was my mistake
Well, this is now

I'm no longer afraid
I'm coming alive
And no one can take it away
I'm coming alive
I'm coming alive

I'm coming alive
I'm coming alive
I'm coming alive

Unbelievable force
When you're close to my lips
When feeling the intensity you give me
I adore you
And always will
Psychoactive and delicate

It was my mistake
For not trusting you
It was my mistake
Well, this is now

I'm no longer afraid
I'm coming alive
And no one can take it away
I'm coming alive
I'm coming alive

You saved me from these nightmares
You took control of me
You saved me from this heartache
And you never judged me

And now I'm coming alive
I'm coming alive
Alive

04. Secrets Of The Dead

Faceless, subhuman
Shattered souls I feed
Experimenting
Dead eyes watching me

Bow down
Sheep to the slaughter
Bow down
Follow the creator

Into the path of the unknown
Where they must walk alone

The unholy are lifeless
Sunken eyes dripping black
The secrets of the dead

Hopeless, disgusting
Pathetic human beings
Annihilation
Of what you believe

Now you will bow down
Sheep to the slaughter
Bow down
Follow the creator

Into the path of the unknown
Where they must walk alone

The unholy are lifeless
Sunken eyes dripping black
The secrets of the dead

Take control of my every thing
Killing them systematically
My power is growing
Their blood is flowing

The unholy are lifeless
Sunken eyes dripping black
The secrets of the dead

They keep calling me back
They keep calling me back
They keep calling me back

05. The Disappearing Sun

This might be the last time
The last time you ever see me
But you can trust I did my best
As complex as all this seems
It's much more than a test

The sky is falling
The end is near
The final warning
The sun disappears

As my world is dying
So far from home
Been stranded in this empty abyss
Darkness surrounds me
Lifeless

The sky is falling
The end is near
The final warning
The sun disappears

Existence
Search for a new beginning
Persistent
Something always chasing me
This demons covered in scars
Menacing
Burnt by the sun, his flesh is charred
Challenging, terrorizing, manipulating every single thought
As he closes in
My will must be strong
Or he'll stab you in the fucking back

I won't
I won't turn to dust
I won't
I won't
Turn to dust

The sky is falling
The end is near
The final warning
The sun disappears

06. Impending Doom

Impending doom
Can't escape
Pitch black at the lake
The snow is falling, can't escape
The evil approaches
I can't save you

These problems don't have solutions
We're rotting inside this cell
Our bodies are like a prison
Only death will save us from this hell

Jagged stairs leading nowhere
The clock is staring at me
Running away from the pain
The evil approaches
No one to save me

These problems don't have solutions
We're rotting inside this cell
Our bodies are like a prison
Only death will save us from this hell

Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight?
It appears quite black
Have you ever seen spiders crawling
On the grave?

The grave that gave us the fear of loneliness
That turned us into hellions.
We're like slugs in the sun
Tearing us apart.

These problems don't have solutions
We're rotting inside this cell
Our bodies are like a prison
Only death will save us from this hell.

07. On Broken Glass

It's just another sleepless night the hunt is on
Looking for anything to fill the void
Make me feel alive
Take me back to paradise

Cause I'm walking on broken glass
I should know
Good things
Never fucking last
The reflections of a shattered past
They keep me
Walking on
Walking on broken glass

A thousand eyes focus
Here is your god
Which one will sacrifice
Their innocent tonight?
Don't think twice
Take me back to paradise

Cause I'm walking on broken glass
I should know
Good things
Never fucking last
The reflections of a shattered past
They keep me
Walking on
Walking on broken glass

The nameless walking with their guide
For a chance to meet their god

And it just won't stop

Can't describe this satisfaction
Can't control the chain reaction
I employ you to fulfill this greed
Insensitive
On flesh
I feed

Welcome to my hell

Make me feel alive
Take me back to paradise

Cause I'm walking on broken glass
I should know
Good things
Never fucking last
The reflections of a shattered past
They keep me
Walking on
Walking on broken...
Walking on broken glass

08. Destroy And Dominate

I am the bastard son
The expendable one
War is in my blood
Rage is in my heart

The lone wolf inside me

No home, no family
Just wanted serenity
But you pushed me

The lone wolf inside me
Needs to be set free

One by one I'll crush you all
Day by day destroy and dominate
Blood for blood
Destroy and dominate

Rejected by society
The same one that created me
And I don't care what you say anymore
I am no longer your slave

The lone wolf inside me
Has finally been set free

One by one I'll crush you all
Day by day destroy and dominate
Blood for blood
Destroy and dominate

09. Try To Survive

A new day arises
As the city sleeps
No compromising
No promises to keep

We stand on our own again
The rain falls hard
Revealing the memories
Ten years gone

The life we share
Doesn't mean anything
If we don't try to survive
Try to survive
Try to survive

Visions overloading
Pulling me through time
Back to the moment
When I realized
That our demise
Could have been caused by my hand

Been through just about everything
But we're still here
We still have so much to prove
To ourselves

The life we share
Doesn't mean anything
If we don't try to survive
Try to survive
Try to survive

There is so much left for us to do
Will you join me again?
I know I haven't been reliable in the past
You have had a hard time figuring me out
But I can promise you one thing
One thing
I can promise you one thing
This journey's taught me to stand strong
Never again will I
Surrender my fears
Surrender my dreams
Surrender my soul
To the infection
Surrender my fears
Surrender
Surrender my dreams
Surrender
Surrender my soul
To the infection

10. The Heart Of It All

Instrumental

11. Revenge

I'll bring the terror, leave you trembling
You might as well give up
Like the chosen one, all my prophesies will come true
I am the face of fear
You can't stop this rampage

Revenge so sweet
Satisfaction watching the defeated
Something tells me you're never going to live through this
So I'll keep haunting you until I get my revenge

You used to be brilliant; now you're the victim
You're just a broken soul
You are jaded and condescending
Don't look at me; you're wretched and diseased
And I saw it from the start

Revenge so sweet
Satisfaction watching the defeated
Something tells me you're never going to live through this
So I'll keep haunting you until I get my revenge

Slowly, I'm waiting
Attacking and erasing you from me
Can't pull me under; I'll do what it takes to ensure this
You're ignorant and overconfident if you think I'll come back to you

Revenge so sweet
Satisfaction watching the defeated
Something tells me you're never going to live through this
So I'll keep haunting you until I get my revenge
I'll get my fucking revenge

13. Warpath

What the fuck am I doing here?
4,000 miles away.
The night never comes.
It's too bright to escape into darkness.

It's bad enough that insomnia's crippled me
Now I have to deal with you?
Am I cursed?
Every time I leave home I am affected.
But this time it's going to be different.
I just know I'm going to go insane.
The feeling of claustrophobia setting in.

So now I'm on the warpath.
Drawing from every lie that you said.
This could turn into a bloodbath.
It's time you feel my wrath.

So now I'm on the warpath.
Feeding off every word that you said.
This could turn into a bloodbath.
It's time you feel my wrath.

Too scared to say what I feel.
Too scared to walk away.
I've seen this face before.
Am I addicted to the damage you cause?

Chest so heavy I can barely breathe.
I'm choking, and for what
Mind is racing at 1,000 miles per hour
I just know I can't trust anyone.
Is this paranoia or reality?
Throat closing tighter.
Fuck this.

So now I'm on the warpath.
Drawing from every lie that you said.
This could turn into a bloodbath.
It's time you feel my wrath.
So now I'm on the warpath.
Feeding off every word that you said.
This could turn into a bloodbath.
It's time you feel my wrath.

I'm on the warpath.
Drawing from every lie that you said.
This could turn into a bloodbath.
It's time you feel my wrath.
So now I'm on the warpath.
Feeding off every word that you said.
This could turn into a bloodbath.
It's time you feel my wrath.