Lyrics:

I walked the lines they drew for me
Silent chains, conformity
A prison built of “must” and “should”
I bled my life to do what’s good

I was their weapon, sharp and blind
A hollow shell, a borrowed mind
The rage was buried, pressed below
But now it screams — it will not go

Now the mirror breaks, I see the lie
A hollow face that will not die
I did as told, I paid the due
And now there’s nothing left of you

Their milestones burned into my skin
The trophies rust, they cage me in
The mask was welded to my flesh
Until I tore, until I bled

Now the mirror breaks, I see the lie
A hollow face that will not die
I did as told, I paid the due
And now there’s nothing left of you

I see the chains that kept me tame
The hollow scripts, the puppet game
I tear the walls, I burn the frame
But freedom comes too late, too late

Now the mirror breaks, I see the lie
A hollow face that will not die
I did as told, I paid the due
And now there’s nothing left of you

The Hollow

Lyrics:

A single light adrift in black
I feel its gaze, I can’t turn back
It sways within an endless sea
It breathes in silence, waits for me

A thousand suns behind its teeth
Worlds collapse, their fire beneath
It hums a song no tongue can say
It draws the living worlds away

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
Yet still I crawl, yet still I stare

Its hunger draped in radiant flame
A crown of ash, an unmarked name
The closer I am pulled inside
The less of me is left to hide

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
Yet still I crawl, yet still I stare

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
Yet still I crawl, yet still I stare

It does not see, it does not feel
It is the wound that will not heal
A mouth that births the stars anew
And I am nothing passing through

It does not see, it does not feel
It is the wound that will not heal
A mouth that births the stars anew
And I am nothing passing through

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
Yet still I crawl...

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
And still I go, still I despair

Lantern in the Void

Lyrics:

Within my chamber, silken, fine
A silent encounter, your eyes on mine
Thought yourself better, dripping vain
Myself your hatred, my opiate, your pain

The paths were chosen, tried, true
They caged you in, my prison, you
To walk a line, to reject thought
I'll seize what's mine, a life I sought

Do not guide this blackest sheep
I'm not so fragile, and far from weak
A fire rages behind my eyes
The fury burning, where ego dies
You see my hunger, fear its depths
I'll see it sated, nothing less

The path I've walked, these seeds I've sown
The burning footsteps, they're all my own
The mirror shatters, the pieces fall
Each shattered edge reflects it all

The path I've walked, these seeds I've sown
The burning footsteps, they're all my own
The mirror shatters, the pieces fall
Each shattered edge reflects it all

The path I've walked, these seeds I've sown
The burning footsteps, they're all my own
The mirror shatters, the pieces fall
Each shattered edge reflects it all

Do not guide this blackest sheep
I'm not so fragile, and far from weak
A fire rages behind my eyes
The fury burning, where ego dies
You see my hunger, fear its depths
I'll see it sated, nothing less

Each new temptation, a faded line
Vanishing doubt, ecstasy mine
A loss in vapor, this clouded haze
The endless chase that fills my days

The path I've walked, these seeds I've sown
The burning footsteps, they're all my own
A fire rages behind my eyes
The fury burning, where ego dies
You see my hunger, fear its depths
I'll see it sated, nothing less
And nothing left…

And nothing left...

Cinder

Lyrics:

Faces in the dark, they call my name
Say they know me, to end this game
The more that things are sinking in
The more I abhor this newfound skin

These sins I’ve committed weren’t meant to be
How I had forgotten, the gallows for me
They speak in whispers, tell me it’s okay
How can I be, what can I say?

I see right through their smiling guise,
They speak no truth, tell only lies
These bloody hands are bound with lead
How can it be inside my head?

I close my mind, I cut them off
They ask me how I got so soft
I cannot answer, I never will
But in my mind the cracks do spill

I see right through their smiling guise,
They speak no truth, tell only lies
These bloody hands are bound with lead
How can it be inside my head?

They say they love me, hold me tight
This form of mine does not feel right
I see them cry, are those real tears?
How I’ve been gone, for months, for years

I see right through their smiling guise,
They speak no truth, tell only lies
These bloody hands are bound with lead
They wish me healed or wish me dead


Fracture

Lyrics:

My origins though they be cold,
They did not wait 'til I was old,
Your feelings toward me on your sleeve,
You wished me absent, wish I’d leave

A hollow heart seeking warmth,
Yet all I found was fear and scorn.
You wish me trampled, feelings low,
You did not care as long as I’d go.

And yet you blame me for my skin,
It birthed a hatred I feel within
My rage is channeled through my blade,
A monster whispered, a monster made

And yet you blame me for my skin,
It birthed a hatred I feel within
My rage is channeled through my blade,
A monster whispered, a monster made

My rage contained, an endless boil,
To find my place, an endless toil
And yet I knew just who to blame,
The absent father that bore my name

And yet you blame me for my skin,
It birthed a hatred I feel within
My rage is channeled through my blade,
A monster whispered, a monster made

I begin my search, spanned far and wide,
The tears I held in were never cried
Your absence gave me my endless scar
And in my heartbeat, there’s only war.

And yet you blame me for my skin,
It birthed a hatred I feel within
My rage is channeled through my blade,
A monster whispered, a monster made


Monster Made

resignation

Lyrics:

I’m scared to tell you, I want this to end
What you might do, a wound that won’t mend
What you might say, could be the one
The final thing that makes me done.

I want to reach, to grasp your hand
What you might say, I cannot stand
To end the doubt, to give certainty
That in your heart, there’s no love for me

These feelings within, break me again and again
I can’t stand any more, I want them to end
It calls to me, my friend the blade
And telling you this, the last mistake to be made

The child within wants to run to your arms,
This power of yours, the greatest of harms
I’ve given everything from this empty well
This way I’ve lived, my personal hell

Hold me close, tell me it’s alright
That alone could make me face this fight
But then I must tell you, my greatest of fears
That you’ll lose the message, my voice crushed by tears

These feelings within, break me again and again
I can’t stand any more, I want them to end
It calls to me, my friend the blade
And telling you this, the last mistake to be made

Hold me close, tell me it’s alright
That alone could make me face this fight
But then I must tell you, my greatest of fears
That you’ll lose the message, my voice crushed by tears

These feelings within, break me again and again
I can’t stand any more, I want them to end
It calls to me, my friend the blade
And telling you this, the last mistake to be made

Don’t let me fall…

Please… stay.


Confession

Lyrics:

You leave me waiting in the dark
Each second tearing me apart
Your silence bleeds, it cuts my skin
The storm awakens deep within

You only call when you need more
Another hand to fight your war
I fed your hunger, drained my soul
You left me hollow, black and cold

Your silence is a blade, it carves me raw
A venom screaming through every flaw
You think I’m weak, you think I’ll stay
But I will make you choke one day

The longer you hide, the louder I burn
The deeper the cut, the sharper I turn
Your voice is poison, sweet with decay
I see your mask — I’ll tear it away

Your silence is a blade, it carves me raw
A venom screaming through every flaw
You think I’m weak, you think I’ll stay
But I will make you choke one day

Every hour, every lie
Stitches rip, the wounds don’t die
I was your shadow, I was your shield
Now you’ll be crushed by what you concealed

Your silence is a blade, it carves me raw
But now I rise, I break your law
You thought me nothing, thought I’d obey
But I am wrath — you’ll learn today

Silence is a Blade

Lyrics:

They pressed the cinders with their heel
The last red glow refused to heal
Smoke was silence in my lungs
They ground the sparks, they bit my tongue

I swallowed embers, choking heat
The taste of iron, dust, defeat
Each shout was buried, starved of air
A blackened scar, but nothing there

Stamping out the flame inside
Ash is all I’ve left to hide
Skin is pale, my breath expires
A body cold, without the fire

The coals collapsed beneath their weight
The hands that smothered sealed my fate
No blaze to guard, no light to see
Just hollow smoke consuming me

Stamping out the flame inside
Ash is all I’ve left to hide
Skin is pale, my breath expires
A body cold, without the fire

Burnt tongue, cracked teeth, choking haze
I begged for flame, they gave me graves
The smoke has filled my ribs, my veins
No anger left, no self remains

Stamping out the flame inside
Ash is all I’ve left to hide
Skin is pale, my breath expires
A body cold, without the fire

Ash Without Flame

Lyrics:

I fell into a mouth of stone
The air was scales, the dark my home
Their hissing curled around my bones
A choir of teeth, a godless throne

The first one bit, I tasted rust
A fever bloomed, a skin of dust
The second coiled around my lungs
I learned to breathe with borrowed tongues

Each strike erased a line of me
Each fang unstitched my history
My hands grew cold, my veins grew thin
The serpent song beneath my skin

In the pit, I learned their prayer
Venom writes what truth won’t dare
Every scar a scripture, deep
Every wound a vow I keep

I was human once, with open eyes
But the bite remakes, the venom lies
I shed my skin, my warmth undone
The pit has made me serpent-born

The third one whispered through my jaw
It carved me new, it rewrote law
My teeth grew sharp, my gaze grew blind
To pity’s weight, to mercy’s kind

A coil around the heart I kept
It squeezed until no pulses wept
Now every breath a warning sound
A rattle deep, a hunger crowned

In the pit, I learned their hymn
Cold devotion, shedding skin
Every fang a page I turn
Every loss a way to burn

I was human once, with tender hands
But the bite consumes, the venom brands
I shed my name, my voice is gone
The pit has made me serpent-born

Do not touch me, I will bite
I am hunger, I am night
Once a child with blood and breath
Now a coil, a saint of death

I was human once, but no more now
Venom taught me, showed me how
To turn my scars into a crown
The pit remade, the serpent found

The Pit

Atlas I.