Tourniquet - Antiseptic Bloodbath lyrics
Tracks 01. Chart of the Elements (Lincchostbllis)
02. Antiseptic Bloodbath 03. The Maiden Who Slept in the Glass Coffin 04. Chamunda Temple Stampede 05. Flowering Cadaver 06. 86 Bullets 07. Duplicitous Endeavor 08. Lost Language of the Andamans 09. Carried Away On Uncertain Wings 10. Fed By Ravens, Eaten By Vultures 01. Chart of the Elements (Lincchostbllis)
Give me an L - Lithium
Give me an N - Nitrogen Give me a C - Carbon Give me a Ch - Chlorine Give me an H - Hydrogen Give me an O - Oxygen S-T-B-L-L-I-S S-T-B-L-L-I-S Chart of the elements! (Woo-woo, woo-woo) Chart of the elements! The chart hung on the wall of the school Learn every element, the golden rule Written in stone, we were told it was true To question it would make you look like a fool A shocking discovery was recently made: some facts were messed up on the chart we obeyed An error was found in the weights of these ten So tear down the chart, let's start over again! God lives! God is truth! God breathes! God is truth! God loves! God is truth! God lives! God is truth! Lattice energy, orbital properties, allotropes, isotopes, vaporized particles Lattice energy, orbital properties, allotropes, isotopes, covalent radius Chart of the elements! (Woo-woo, woo-woo) Chart of the elements! 02. Antiseptic Bloodbath
2,000 years ago, a sacrifice was made for us
When the holy Lamb of God gave His all upon the cross It's easy to forget, cause it happened long ago The details aren't important, plus we already know We sanitize brutality We casually let it wash right on past our heads For our comfort, we maintain and live our life that way instead We sanitize brutality Antiseptic bloodbath Sanitize it, please Don't upset my comfort zone Brutal truth, leave me alone The Bible is given to those who receive, but never forget what it took to achieve The black ink on white tames the bloodiest price The pages are dripping with the blood of Christ The blood of cloven hoof and feathered fowl stains the floor, and no one but the workers hear their screams and the gore Their miserable lives were never meant for us to see So we who do not kill them, we accept it by degree We sanitize brutality, we sanitize brutality Pneumatic bolt to pierce the skull, dispatch them one by one Terrified, they look on, but there is nowhere to run Crammed in wire cages, mutilated and defeated On a factory farm, of any life they're always cheated Antiseptic bloodbath Sanitize it, please Don't upset my comfort zone Brutal truth, leave me alone Their various parts packaged up oh so nice You can't see the blood as it sits on the ice The life from their bodies all washed down the drain You buy it so they do it over again Let not yourself become detached from innocent spilled blood But I cannot let my painted world get dragged right through the mud I cannot bear to look my suffering Savior in the eye I cannot bear to hear their piercing screaming as they die Antiseptic bloodbath Sanitize it, please Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war With the cross of Jesus going on before Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe Forward into battle see His banners go Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war With the cross of Jesus going on before 03. The Maiden Who Slept in the Glass Coffin
Shield yourself from all the pain
Let nothing get inside your brain Ignore the need for others in your life Stuff all your feelings deep within Block out the gentle voice from above Be sure to deflect, most of all, love Let your hardened heart close up and die "Live for myself" the words you live by The seven kept a vigil by her side, refusing to believe that she had died No sign of life in her coffin made of glass 'til a prince her way did pass A single kiss had brought her back to life to live and love once more There lives the Prince of Peace who waits for you Just open up the door 04. Chamunda Temple Stampede
Darshan goddess, kneel at her throne
3:45 AM, no way they could have known Ancient holy site, we pay our homage here, and to your honor we will solemnly adhere Crushed under the feet of countless rushing devotees Lungs gasping for breath while standing in the massive queue Follow the crowd, the thousands avowed, to the temple gates Single file, to the deity within Follow the crowd, the thousands avowed, to the temple gates Single file, 'til the panic soon sets in Final body count of 148 Hardly a drop of blood was seen on the gate No way to escape the crushing human tide When the crowd beckons you, it's up to you to decide Find your own path out You'll find out what you're all about Crushed under the feet of countless rushing devotees Lungs gasping for breath while standing in the massive queue Follow the crowd, the thousands avowed, to the temple gates Single file, to the deity within Follow the crowd, your own life avowed, to the bitter fall Single file, 'til the soul inside is sold Chamunda temple stampede 05. Flowering Cadaver
Hidden deep in the Sumatran jungle
lives the mystical titan arum The natives call it "bunga bangkai" A behemoth among all plants Strange enough that years pass before it even flowers Stranger still that the flower emits the putrid stench of rotting flesh Bunga bangkai! [x4] Like the titan arum, you only show your good side every few years On the inside like a rotting corpse, on the outside like a flowering cadaver The heart is wicked and deceitful Magnificent spectral florescence hides the inner sinful man Jungle orphan hindered at noon, never peering out, calmly hovers over Nusa Tenggara Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing Out of the same heart comes beauty and ugliness The very thing that I want to do, I end up doing the opposite Out of the same mouth comes building up and tearing down Out of the same heart comes kindness and cruelty The very thing that I want to do, I end up doing the opposite Bunga bangkai - flowering cadaver Bunga bangkai 06. 86 Bullets
On a hot Hawaiian afternoon in 1994,
9,000 pounds of frustrated fury left the circus floor Years of strong-arm slavery performing silly tricks to give the callous crowd their share of foolish misplaced kicks We were not put here just to entertain you Just like humans, we've got our own lives too We were not put here just to entertain you Tyke left the ring and made it out onto the street Half hour of gunfire finally knocked her off her feet Her short-lived freedom finally ended in a hail of bullets Her blood spilled in the streets Undeserving end to a noble creature We were not put here just to entertain you Just like humans, we've got our own lives too You take away all the things God created us to do Profit from our misery as we dance on cue "Step right up, step right up. The cruelest show on earth is ready to entertain you!" 86 - 86 bullets to finally bring you down 07. Duplicitous Endeavor
True colors always shine through
Tell me, is this the real you? It seems you'd sell your soul for fame and trade in lies to build a name, insisting you're misunderstood Deception breeding destruction as you deny You want to redefine the truth, rewrite the facts to better suit Truth's not what you or I decide Tell a lie a million times, it's still a lie Deception breeding destruction as you deny "The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions. It hushes their fears and allows them to practice all pleasant forms of iniquity while death draws every day nearer and the command to repent goes unheeded." (A. W. Tozer, "The Knowledge of the Holy") Deception breeding destruction as you deny Deception Deception breeding destruction as you deny 08. Lost Language of the Andamans
Lost forever in the sea of forgetfulness
The Andaman dialect she takes to her grave No one alive now - it cannot be saved Spoken for centuries with culture and kin Remote tropic island where it stays therein Have you forgotten the language of our Lord? He speaks in the rustling leaves He speaks in the blackest darkness He speaks when there are no words He heals the brokenhearted He binds up their wounds He speaks when there are no words Lost language of the Andamans 09. Carried Away On Uncertain Wings
A final declaration from my deathbed podium
Last words of a dying man to a dying world Lived a life built by my own hands Traveled far and wide to find myself Foolishness turned joy to pain in time 'til I was left with only tears So many ways for the blind to follow All that remains, a hollow void unfilled The plans I made have come apart at the seams Got carried away on uncertain wings I lay in this bed of brokenness With my last breath, I bid farewell Life flashes before my eyes I choke on regret with no surprise What of your life? Open up your eyes and see The narrow gate far away from those who stray The path is wide, I hear the Sirens sing You'll be carried away on uncertain wings Time has all run out, no more life to live When the heart no longer beats the blood Nothing more to give When your soul is troubled, your will begins to sink Call out to the One who created all things No more aimless wandering, wasting your life Don't be carried away on uncertain wings Surrender all to Him, nothing else to gain Empty cup now filled with hope Living by His grace When your soul is troubled, your will begins to sink Call out to the One who created all things No more aimless wandering, wasting your life Don't be carried away on uncertain wings 10. Fed By Ravens, Eaten By Vultures
After final separation of the twelve tribes,
the kingdom of Israel succumbed to idolatry God's anger raged at King Ahab and his nation for idolatry and persecution of His priests They were put to death in astonishing numbers Now God's plan - a punishment for their sins He sent Elijah (Tell him!) To tell King Ahab (Three years!) For three years and a half (No rain!) No rain shall fall in Israel As soon as Elijah had foretold this great evil, God bade him hide himself from the rage of Ahab in a certain place near the brook called Cherith where He had commanded the ravens to feed him So he dwelt and drank of the water from the brook while the ravens brought him food morning and evening Do unto the least of these (God's plan!) God's instruments of his plan (Ravens!) The blackest bird of them all (Fed him!) The ravens heard God's call God provides when hope is gone today God provides when you must hide away God provides when hope is gone today "The members of Jeroboam's family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures. I, the Lord, have spoken." [1 Kings 12:16-17] |