DevilDriver - Winter Kills lyrics
Tracks 01. Oath Of The Abyss
02. Ruthless 03. Desperate Times 04. Winter Kills 05. The Appetite 06. Gutted 07. Curses And Epitaph's 08. Caring's Overkill 09. Hunting Refrain 10. Tripping Over Tombstones 11. Sail 12. Shudder 13. Back Down To The Grave 01. Oath Of The Abyss Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
In these depths of desperate despair,
We bring down judgment from the sky with prayers! I drank till the waters turned whiskey rye, I drank till the waters run dry! Don't be the one to come knocking at my door, Hell no, I won't pick you up off the floor! Don't come here with blood in your filthy mouth, I wasn't there when the deal went south! You sold me out I sold myself in, I picked up the claw! You dealt me out, I dealt myself in! And love is NOT the law! Not the law! Black moon The omen is here! Darkness looms! There's fear the end Could come too soon, Pale as a ghost, What you see? What you know? Time to enlist... The Oath of the Abyss! Fuck your rapture, can't you see it's never coming! So better watch where you place the blame, place the blame! You left me on the inside scarred! You're digging up the corpses, digging up graves! Don't' be the one to come knocking at my door! Hell no, I won't pick you up off the floor! Don't come here with blood in your filthy mouth, I wasn't there when the deal went south! Take the Oath, the Oath of the Abyss Take the Oath, it's time to enlist! Time to enlist! 02. Ruthless Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
AAAAH!
UGH! Dealer Dealer Dealer Dealer Dealer of destruction The shogun of sorrow The merchant of doom Accomplice to anyone The fact is fear Will fuck you up So drain your cup And take another down A chilling portrait Of the way we were Promised mercy But delivered destruction Cross my heart Despite the odds And all your facades I'm consumed by gods I'll see you in blood Left for dead Face down in mud Fuck you I'm ruthless Despite the odds Left for dead Face in the mud I'm fucking ruthless Damn the deceiver The ancient of evils You'll come to cower In front of the will for power The fact is fear Will fuck you up So drain your cup And take another down A chilling portrait Of the way we were Promised mercy But delivered destruction Cross my heart Despite the odds And all your facades I'm consumed by gods I'll see you in blood Left for dead Face down in mud Fuck you I'm ruthless Despite the odds Left for dead Face in the mud Fuck you I'm ruthless Look what you've done to me Now with candlelight I pray Love is not the law Underneath the harvest moon The dealer of destruction The shogun of sorrow The merchant of doom Accomplice to anyone The fact is fear Will fuck you up So drain your cup And take another down I'll see you in blood Left for dead Face in the mud Fuck you I'm ruthless Fuck you I'm ruthless Left for dead Fuck you I'm ruthless Left for dead 03. Desperate Times Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
Holy water won't help you now!
Here I lie, when it promised me death On my last breath Short changed So show some backbone Keep a bad dog with you and the others won't bite Damn what's done It's been done already Keep it steady! Here I come and hell is coming with me Heart is black, body is blue Nights I've empathized drowning with you! You raise up My cup Defeat does not exist! Desperate times Call for desperate measures Go ahead and pour that gasoline Desperate times Call for desperate measures Nothing's certain but the unforeseen If you think I'll bend You're sadly mistaken Desperate times Call for desperate measures Because I could not stop for death It kindly stopped for me! The carriage held but just ourselves Alongside rode immortality... You tend to choose your poison Here I lie when it promised me death on my last breath Defeat does not exist! Desperate times Call for desperate measures Desperate! 04. Winter Kills Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
This is haunted, haunted, haunted
This is haunted This is haunted, haunted, haunted This is haunted Growing up threw it off my back, it's a fact Without this (ladder?) there's no remedy for you I don't rest and I don't sleep without one eye on faith No regret, never look (at...justice forgets?) Distance and time pissing oceans away And time just can't relate to you Distance and time there's a canyon so wide Not watching you die (on the fire strewn?) Look at me talk to you Around this newness is truth Love me like and join the few This is haunted Love, faith where your angels fly But you're living a lie And I Am not the evil Mark my words, there'll be a change in the guard There's frost on the sill so now winter kills Keep this in mind while you're waiting for that sign There's frost on the sill so now winter kills (There ain't no sense of fiction?) It's a new religion I see your half assed light Better watch your back at night I don't rest and I don't sleep Without one eye on faith Don't regret, never forget (....) Like a spark into your heartache Did you quorum, separate from Still they preyed Split your skull just for fun, (not run?) We'll be here til the job is done Til the job is done! Split your skull just for Separate bones, blow your mind To separate bones Mark my words! there'll be a change in the guard! Shrouded in darkness, a chill in the air (The heaven swings open?) Winter kills! I could (stomp you til your heat bleeds?) [Indecipherable] 05. The Appetite Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
Eyes on fire on you
Your presence is a violation Leave now or it's annihilation It's best for both parties If we just part Eyes on fire on you Take it with a grain of salt Take it to the limit Take the world by storm Keep your head in it Take the gloves off Take your life in your hands Eyes on fire on you Live for the day... No one promised tomorrow anyway... Gotta keep the dogs at bay Keep the dogs at bay Do you have the appetite? The expectations to suffice? Your cups of sorrow filled with spite I'm begging, I'm begging, I'm begging you! Don't dwell, it's my burden to bare Fall time season it's in the air It's best for both parties If we just part Do you... Do you have... Do you have the appetite..? Do you have my eyes on fire on you Don't wish your life away If you think I give a fuck Better think again, good luck! Disconnected, diconnect you Eyes on fire on you If you think I give a fuck, you better think again, good luck! Disconnected, disconnect you 06. Gutted Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
Take it back, you better take it back
Fall time season, you've got darken hearts across the veil So dim the bright lights Damned if you do Damned if you don't Don't rest or you'll give up your nine lives Burning bright between the wastes and the stars No matter how you call it You've never done me a solid Your mind is weaker So you fell hook, line and sinker It's a mess, I don't know what to call it There must be some kind of compromise Take it back! Confused, conflicted, justified Better to burn than turn chose your allies Heavy is the cost Don't speak of love that's lost In my eyes you're a sacrifice Hell bent on the outcome of the dice Gutted, fucking gutted! You're gutted! Death smiled Covered up your past So you do you best not to flaunt it, bitch! There's nothing left but broken dreams and it seems That's the way you want it Gutted, you're gutted! Take it back, you better... Take it back Take it 07. Curses And Epitaph's Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
I've been stiffed! One more fix!
How'd it come to this?! Seen you past, felt your sins, It's death for the dead! Watch your step, take the reigns, And fill your veins tonight.. fill it! Full of the evening! Keep the flame, earn your name. Try to escape, all the hell that is coming your way! Self- assured, there's no cure, lost what you had, all so sad! And I can't do anything! All the dreams of youth, the regrets of maturity, All the angels wept, at the loss of eternity, Eternity! I've been stiffed one more fix, how'd it come to this? Your desperate attempts won't last. While you try to purify the past, It's all just curses & epitaphs! Watch you step, take the reigns, Of this hurricane! Let's feel the cyclone, with all of this rage! I'm so far gone. Never mourn, lost what you had, You're so far gone, and I can't do anything! The days are long, The nights are longer! I spend my time, build a heart of armour! I'm even stronger! Just hold on longer! Now I'm even stronger! 08. Caring's Overkill Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
Doomed from the start it broke my heart!
Demented thoughts eclipsing time? Now that part of me is cast aside So long, goodbye, It's conquer and divide. She wears her horns just like a sacred crown? There's no current strong enough to even hold her down.. All I ask of you is fucking where you've been?! No doubt out hiding the bodies again, again! Every time I ask you what's up, I'm constantly, constantly under cut! Born to Burn Say what You will Its taking its toll You're Caring's Overkill Born to Burn Say what You will Its taking its toll You're Caring's Overkill You're Caring's Overkill Watched it Slip Downhill Sometimes it takes a good fall, all in all To know exactly where you stand! You're hanging from the skin of your teeth So do just what you can! My ears can't believe what they cannot hear, My eyes are blinded from what they cannot see, It drags me down, drags me down! My burden to bare, nothing matters but the rain, These pills that eventually keep me sane. The pain I feel the battles won, Phoenix wings embrace the sun! Your caring is? Your caring is... Overkill! 09. Hunting Refrain Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
All you heard was the cry of the crone.
Those words bite and leave scars. Even now the temple awaits you Those thoughts won't take you far. You're no good so others scatter Turn your back to others laughter Between the pillars it's all misfortune. Under the guise, in the name of Luna Get a life. I can't get a word in edgewise. Give me a hand, give it a rest. Now you criticize, all bets are off. Gimme the might, Gimmie the inside insight. Tell me the right way to ignite this night. I see your memory in every face. It's just a haunting refrain. When the screams all have the same name. Disconnected, you fall to your knees Between the pillars it's all misfortune. Under the guise, in the name of Luna Tried to persuade me that all of my troubles were blessings, And tried to persuade me that all of my blessings were trouble. Trouble, goddamn trouble! A haunting refrain, A haunting refrain. 10. Tripping Over Tombstones Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
He who hesitates is lost, against the grain, no matter the cost.
Many hands make light work You'll get cut short with my words! In the end you know a pilot in the storm, Hope you die well It's fucking farewell. The chip on your shoulder looks heavy as Hell. I hope you're blackballed You're fucking stonewalled You thumb your nose at all you've learned. Just turn you back as bridges burn. In my heart I'm at war Tripping over these tombstones In my heart I'm at war I keep tripping over these tombstones It's your fucking final hour. I've laid out my tattered heart. Into the blinding light. To avoid the dark What did I fall into? I'm through, You've skewed the view. Sometimes salvation ain't but a door away? from you. There's no saving grace, We're at a crossroads You don't know, You don't know me at all, Know me at all. Fucking Farewell This is war. Fucking farewell. Fucking Farewell. 11. Sail Music & lyrics by Aaron Bruno
This is how I show my love
I made it in my mind because I blame it on my A.D.D. baby, baby This is how an angel cries I blame it on my own sick pride Blame it on my A.D.D. baby, baby Sail! Sail! Sail! Sail! Sail! Maybe I should cry for help Maybe I should kill myself I blame it on my A.D.D. baby, baby Maybe I'm a different breed Maybe I'm not listening So blame it on my A.D.D. baby, baby Sail! Sail! Sail! Sail! Sail! La la la la la La la la la la oh! La la la la la, La la la la la oh! La la la la la, La la la la la, Sail! Sail! Sail! Sail! Sail! Sail with me into the dark Sail with me into the dark Sail with me into the dark Sail with me into the dark 12. Shudder Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
Unholy offspring of lightning and death itself
You run the blockade I drink the blood of Angels Violets and violence, the perfect feast One lays first at the other's feet I was a fool to trust you Was the fool you trusted Ashes to ashes From dust to rusted Refuse to compromise Shudder to think What we gain once we lose everything Shudder to think We refuse to come to compromise Silence speaks louder than those tears you cry Shudder I shudder to think Violets and violence, the perfect BEAST I've laid you fucking pride down at my feet I'm gonna take this world Dodging the strife Riding the rails again in this life Hearing death, feeling godly Searching for medicine in the melancholy I'm gonna take this fucking world Is what gain Once we lose everything Your silence speaks louder than the Tears you cry beyond the black 13. Back Down To The Grave Music by John Boecklin, Jeff Kendrick, Mike Spreitzer Lyrics by Dez Fafara
Ruin is the way!
So vicious is your gaze. It puts men down in their coffins early! Haunted by a memory? Of time, Wasted by you Wasted by me? Thoughts of what was meant to be! By the way, Ruin is the way. So vicious it? Makes them suffer! Fucking run for cover! You're good from far but far?from Good intentions Never learned those lessons! You need confession now! It's.. Irrelevant Just? what you want Take it! Back down to the grave, Just admit it's not your day Filthy as a thought to see Outstretched in memory Back down to the grave Just admit it you can't be saved You're filthy as a memory Outstretched for all to see You're a superstar of dysfunction! It's a miracle that you function! Gonna put you in a coffin early, so early! Haunted by the way that it was. It ended because you... made me suffer Just make your move It's much better than being a marked man It makes them suffer I'll make it out of this place If I don't make it out alive at least they'll hear my cries, Hear my cries Makes me suffer Back down to the grave |