Chained to a rusty illusion
Lost senses, no reality
I am to take the motors off track
The spirit back from the machinery

Corrosion, slowly degrading
Corruption, sees how I'm fading
Destruction, what should I do?
Been scored right through

It's been long since that time
Rusty taste, dried out mind
Never are things going to be the same
Loneliness becomes my friend
Corrosion

The texture of life turned to rust
Mind sapped of struggling lust
Try it out, have a free ride
You will see how it is to have died

Corrosion, slowly degrading
Corruption, sees how I'm fading
Destruction, what should I do?
Been scored right through

It's been long since that time
Rusty taste, dried out mind
Never are things going to be the same
Loneliness becomes my friend

To begin heading towards the end
Corrosion is covering me
All I see, as I'm observing the dead
Rust - the outcome of humanity

The philosophy of life is flawed
Vanity of time; past, present, future
Seem to mean nothing
But a cyclic pattern to die

Mechanical, over and done
A rusted man-machine
Haunted by passion to live on
Be in constant motion
Until the final termination

Corrosion, slowly degrading
Corruption, sees how I'm fading
Destruction, what should I do?
Been scored right through

It's been long since that time
Rusty taste, dried out mind
Never are things going to be the same
Loneliness becomes my friend

I see a long blood stained corridor in front of my eyes
Walls all ripped and torn of lost souls trying to get out

I want to run - escape this
Leave all behind - this suffering
Run out of here - alone to be
I don't care they're all gone to me

All I feel now is mental disarray
Feeling claustrophobia while running in dismay
I'm not here to stay; running away
Hell awaits but not today

Smashing against the wall while running through this nightmarish hall
In this hell, tearing nails out while clawing the way up again

I want to run - escape this
Leave all behind - this suffering
Run out of here - alone to be
I don't care they're all gone to me

All I feel now is mental disarray
Feeling claustrophobia while running in dismay
I'm not here to stay; running away
Hell awaits but not today

No matter what's ahead
Always smashed into another dead end
The air smells rusty and stale
My body feels cold and pale
Run

I want to run - escape this
Leave all behind - this suffering
Run out of here - alone to be
I don't care they're all gone to me

All I feel now is mental disarray
Feeling claustrophobia while running in dismay
I'm not here to stay; running away
Hell awaits but not today

Feeling the pain once more and illness growth flowing in the air
Screaming in horror, mind in fear, take me away from the hell that's here

With my eyes you look at me
You will see what I see, day by day
You hide as I look away
I see you, you watch me, our eyes meet

Observing your every move
Alone here you and I, days go by
No persona to despise
No one here hears us cry anymore

Thought, chaotic by nature
Ordered when it's crumbling away
The curtain is now opened to show
The 3rd stage of decay

The power it holds inside
Filled with passion that has died
Who are you to tell me
What my eyes should see?

I look at your eyes again
In the shade, I see the dead ringer
Laughing at my suffering, follow me
You who cry at my pain

The one who is taking control
Living through your breath, having it all
Feeling what you feel within
The creation which I've lead to ruin

Thought, chaotic by nature
Ordered when it's crumbling away
The curtain is now opened to show
The 3rd stage of decay

The power it holds inside
Filled with passion that has died
Who are you to tell me
What my eyes should see?

Breathing out a decadent sigh
You and I are confined in this room
Not losing sight of ourselves
Together forever our own slaves

I want to see your smashed face
Shattered like the pieces building up life
Gathering pieces as one, cutting you
Bleeding me through your skin

Thought, chaotic by nature
Ordered when it's crumbling away
The curtain is now opened to show
The 3rd stage of decay

The power it holds inside
Filled with passion that has died
Who are you to tell me
What my eyes should see?

Beginnings and endings are intertwined
Existence is cyclical, delays of time
I want to return and reverse what went wrong
I haven't seen it for so long

Roaming through a monotonous road
I see the light pass before my eyes
So many doubts and memories to hold
I'm so desperate to cut these ties

Pay no mind to my demise
Say it's right this time
Do you fear this distress?
Doesn't at all feel right like this

I hunger for control
Taking back my soul
I live my life through you
Theater of the absurd

Individual moments that make up a life
Like a losing player's final moves to demise
The analogy should hold—a self-conscious cage
Whatever it takes to get through one more stage

Roaming through a monotonous road
I see the light pass before my eyes
Who can you trust but your shadow?
The one always in sight by your side

Pay no mind to my demise
Say it's right this time
Do you fear this distress?
Doesn't at all feel right like this

I hunger for control
Taking back my soul
I live my life through you
Theater of the absurd

Burying my claws in the frozen floor
Not even pain can I feel anymore
A naked stage, symbolically portrayed
I'd rather burn out than to fade away

Roaming through a monotonous road
I see the light pass before my eyes
I wake up alone, in this place I call home
It's rusty and gray, I'm drowning in me

Pay no mind to my demise
Say it's right this time
Do you fear this distress?
Doesn't at all feel right like this

I hunger for control
Taking back my soul
I live my life through you
Theater of the absurd

Where is god in suffering?
The die is cast, may vengeance yield me
Only a man who's felt despair
Feels what life's really bringing

Life is a war, leaves you all torn
Drew me out of nothingness
It made me be what I am now
Incapable of feeling bliss

Now it's time to settle the score
The string chokes me more
The farther I fall the more I see
The farther I sink the safer I feel

I'm here to prove I'm worthy to
Be the one to challenge you
I can now stop trying
I can see you dying

The hope destroyed, the spirit crushed
Think it could end with a killing
Abandon life, a smile in me
You will lose and I'll win

So be it; I will stay
I must distract my thoughts
What makes you be is what you see
When you know, you will show me

Now it's time to settle the score
The string chokes me more
The farther I fall the more I see
The farther I sink the safer I feel

I'm here to prove I'm worthy to
Be the one to challenge you
I can now stop trying
I can see you dying

The pain, it remains
Forever scarring my strung out face
Bitter taste, strong appetite
I must bring myself back to life

And now, farewell to suffering
Substituted myself
The past is gone; the present's come
A phoenix risen from the dead

No need to hear what they all say
Release is what awaits me
I cannot feel; won't leave it be
Never, never again

Now it's time to settle the score
The string chokes me more
The farther I fall the more I see
The farther I sink the safer I feel

I'm here to prove I'm worthy to
Be the one to challenge you
I can now stop trying
I can see you dying

Here I am again on the brink of destruction
Lost all senses of comprehension
What I have seen is cold reality
The stage has frozenb but still approaching

Death takes its toll on me
Mind decay
Disminded energy
Haunted by yesterday

Don't want my soul to bleed
Senses astray
Lost sanity
Time to pay

Hidden in this world that was made for me
Standing alone, I am freezing
The door is locked now, I'm trapped in me
One-way path and a missing key

Chaos in my mind, I am lost in thought
Never an end, why won't it stop?
A sculpture ideal to be perfect in all ways
But what I see is a statue with no face

Death takes its toll on me
Mind decay
Disminded energy
Haunted by yesterday

Don't want my soul to bleed
Senses astray
Lost sanity
Time to pay

Hidden in this world that was made for me
Standing alone, I am freezing
The door is locked now, I'm trapped in me
One-way path and a missing key

Looking down at the past forgotten
Undying memory of what was and that should have been
You're not the fear, it's me

Is there something here that is pulling me back?
Did I lose myself in this attack?
Arranging my mind's complex thoughts
To be released from this predestined loss

Death takes its toll on me
Mind decay
Disminded energy
Haunted by yesterday

Don't want my soul to bleed
Senses astray
Lost sanity
Time to pay

Hidden in this world that was made for me
Standing alone, I am freezing
The door is locked now, I'm trapped in me
One-way path that no one can see

This twisted fate, I found my hate
Is this the deep revelation?
I was meant to set myself free
But my hate was cheating me

Fearless, low kind
Inverted, you and I
Desire, in sight
Wanting your life

Pain, thirst to satisfy
Feeding on the taste of life
Wanting you to embark
Welcoming you to the dark

The day is young, though I am not
Thoughts of decay and encrusted rot
I always give, you always take
I bet you love to see me pay

Fearless, low kind
Inverted, you and I
Desire, in sight
Wanting your life

Pain, thirst to satisfy
Feeding on the taste of life
Wanting you to embark
Welcoming you to the dark

Come to me

The endless hours, the timeless days
The things I've done are now a haze
Just analyze, observe and see
Use my dead eyes; be me

Fearless, low kind
Inverted, you and I
Desire, in sight
Wanting your life

Pain, thirst to satisfy
Feeding on the taste of life
Wanting you to embark
Welcoming you to the dark

I look at the wall.
And what do you see there?
I see my light slowly dying.
Silence!
It's finished and gone.
Nothing you can do, just wait for it to come.

Finished, nearly finished, it must soon be done
I say to myself; the light is extinguished
Despite the fact I never saw it lit—it's gone

All around is a static void; shown as an empty hole
Forever gray, stranded between night and day
No doubt, for the end is here
Yes, it's time it ended

What time is it?
The same as usual.
Have you looked?
Yes it's Zero.
Go!
Why do you keep me?
There's no one else.
Life long the same answers.

Finished, nearly finished, it must soon be done
I say to myself; the light is extinguished
Despite the fact I never saw it lit—it's gone

All around is a static void; shown as an empty hole
Forever gray, stranded between night and day
No doubt, for the end is here
Yes, it's time it ended: stop

Portraying a world close its end
But returning and always repeating itself
A chronic pattern, emptiness of time
Progressing to oblivion

It isn't dark.
I'm asking you is it light?
Absent, always. Let's stop playing!
Never!
Cover me with the sheet.
Your last soliloquy?
My final poetry.

Finished, nearly finished, it must soon be done
I say to myself; the light is extinguished
Despite the fact I never saw it lit—it's gone

All around is a static void; shown as an empty hole
Forever gray, stranded between night and day
No doubt, for the end is here
Yes, it's time it ended

Curtain