The Punisher: The Album

Broken (feat. Amy Lee)

BUY ON ITUNES

From the album: KARMA AND EFFECT
Released: 2005
Get it on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/q3mtjh

Karma and Effect

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Enjoy Your Life

(AI Generated Metal)

Title: “Mirrors of Smoke”
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Screamo
Theme: Life’s Mystery, Mysticism, Mind as Illusion, Transcendence of Life/Death

[Intro]
The veil is thin...
Between what is, what was,
And what was never real at all.

[Heavy Guitar Solo]

[Verse 1]
Ancient chants — echo from blood through bone,
Truths carved deep — in a temple of stone.
We light the fires — but fear the flames,
The mystics danced — and we forgot their names.

[Melodic Guitar Solo]

[Chorus 1]
Life is a flicker, mind a mask!
We claw at truth but never ask:
What if this world 
— Is just a dream,
A shadow of the light 
— In a deeper stream?

[Verse 2]
They whispered - 
“You are not the eyes, you are not the mind,
You are the boundless space from whence it all 
— Arises.”

[Melodic Guitar Solo]

[Chorus 2]
Mirror of smoke, illusion’s core!
What you chase — it was never yours!
Death is a myth — life is just a game,
All things return to that silent flame!

[Chorus 3]
The eye inside the eye…
Does not look, does not die.
It is the Witness,
It is the light.

[Chorus 4]
Crack open the mind, tear at the veil!
This thought-born world is bound to fail!
No heaven, no hell —
No time, no space —
Just silence wearing a million faces!

[Melodic Guitar Solo]

[Final Chorus]
Mirror of smoke, break the frame!
The dream dissolves, we stay the same.
Not born, not dead — beyond the scene,
The ancient fire that lights up the dream.

[Melodic Guitar Solo]

[Outro]
You are the mystery-
And the answer.

You are the mystery-
And the answer.

You are the mystery-
And the answer.

You are the mystery-
And the answer.

Mirrors of Smoke

my life got a lot darker when i tried 
masking all the horror 
asking what it’s all for
why so fucking grotesque?

the masquerade party starts at midnight
baby i dress up so you cannot see what’s inside 
a grotesque mind, but one you’ll love
divine intervention is coming from above 
let’s hear it
give me what i want
let’s hear it
give me what i need
let’s hear it
give me all you’ve got 
let’s hear it
i’m tired of this normal life 
give me what i want
let’s hear it
give me what i need
let’s hear it
give me all you’ve got 
let’s hear it
i’m tired of your fucking lies 
i don’t really give a fuck
about what you think
go back to being a sheep 
while i go back to being a king

my life got a lot darker when i tried 
masking all the horror 
asking what it’s all for
why so fucking grotesque?

black painted nails 
and a lust for words
we danced the night away 
i hope it never ends 
give me what i want
let’s hear it
give me what i need
let’s hear it
give me all you’ve got 
let’s hear it
i’m tired of this normal life 
give me what i want
let’s hear it
give me what i need
let’s hear it
give me all you’ve got 
let’s hear it
i’m tired of your fucking lies 

my life got a lot darker when i tried 
masking all the horror 
asking what it’s all for
why so fucking grotesque?

i guess this is my life now
there’s no running from it
i like the sex that last till 6am
i like the drugs that get me high instead 
i like the music cuz it’s who i am 
a life of grotesque 
until i’m fucking dead

WHY SO GROTESQUE?

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Break the Cycle

Can't Believe

Staind’s decade-plus career has seen worldwide album sales in excess of 13 million and five #1 singles spanning multiple radio formats. With honest, heartfelt lyrics, resounding guitar chords, and Aaron Lewis’s unmistakable voice, the New England-based band leapt to the forefront of American alternative metal with 2001’s hugely popular Flip/Elektra third album, Break The Cycle. Fueled by the hit singles “Outside” and “It’s Been Awhile,” the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, ultimately going on to five-times RIAA platinum certification and worldwide sales of 7 million.

2003’s 14 Shades of Grey saw Staind continuing to dominate rock radio, spawning the mainstream rock hits, “Price To Play” and “So Far Away” and earning RIAA platinum certification. Released two years later, Chapter V entered the Billboard 200 at #1 – Staind’s third consecutive platinum-certified, chart-topping debut. In 2008, The Illusion of Progress made a top 3 debut on the Billboard 200, driven by the #1 alternative rock song, “Believe.”

In addition to his continuing work with Staind, singer Aaron Lewis is a fervent road warrior, performing solo acoustic versions of classics like “Epiphany” and “Right Here” to sell-out audiences across the country.

Can't Believe

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