Iscariot
Horror Vacui
1. Fate
I lay my hands on what's left
Behold the remains of rage
silent as the grave
Your last words
buried deep inside of me
With every breath I take
I can hear your voice
begging me for forgiveness
Unfair?
A crown of thorns in return
for all the beauty you gave me?
Trust me, I know the feeling too
Never, ever, we'll awake together
Our eyes forever sealed
Dreams of lust, ecstatic pleasure
swept away by your ideals of
fate, excuse for weakness
Your frozen skin turns me on
I'm intoxicated by your smell
I decide whether you piss or shit
and there's no one you can tell
My little goddess...
You said fate brought us together
and fate will watch over us
Wasn't it me who killed you?
Isn't it me who is to blame?
Who would believe or understand
me an actor in your farce?
I guess it's not even clear to me
if I am the sinner
The blood on my hands
does it mean guilt
or does it mean we were both
too weak for love?
My smiles may have been fake
And my words were never true
In spite of all the pain I caused
I can say I still want you
My little goddess...
2. Astray
Even more bitter than death
is your higher and lofty cause
to abuse those who suffer
You don't care if they decay
For entrance to your kingdom
they'll pay
I despise you
You take what shouldn't be in your hands
Only fools dream of things
they cannot have
wake up!
Embrace the weak
for they will follow
Give them what they want, hope, faith
Let your Lord dance on water
Make sure the show goes on
Make them an empty promise
Quick, before the weak get strong
Embrace the narrow-minded
for they won't doubt
Give them what they want, lies, lies
Let your Lord share his wisdom
Make sure they will obey
How about a cheap confession?
Quick, before Judgement Day
What is it that you can't respect people?
Is it your choice
to follow the word of God?
Than do so, I don't care
but let go your vocation
You always tried to hide the truth
The ignorant hunger for explanations
If we can't comprehend
it must be the hand of God
You'd rather devise a miracle
than accept things as they are
Well dear storyteller,
don't you think it's time
to reflect on your sins?
3. The Praise of Folley
Is there a king, the jester cried
with a beautiful queen at his side?
I only need one who isn't frightened
when he sees my ugly face
Show me a monarch, noble and brave
Give me a reason to live
My jokes, my face, they're all I can give
Laugh at me, your majesty
then I will be saved
After years of sadness, continuous pain
he found what he was looking for
'Seek and you will find' it wasn't in vain
The honour was conferred upon him
Nothing will pleases me more
than one single smile
Your royal face unbent...
I would crawl for you
bleed for you
die for your
Enslave me, gird at me
for I'm just a paltry joke
Oh gracious father, mighty Caesar
your infinite greatness
I'm not worthy
With devotion he danced his way
towards praise and assent
The voice in his head told him
to stay loyal until the end
Strong was his faith
in the righteousness of life
Life, that gave him faith
deadly as a knife
Fragrant flowers fell to his share
for he stayed in paradise
The king had answered his prayers
with hilarious laughter
Until one day the king died...
Why have you forsaken me?
I can't do it on my own
You were my everything you see
please don't leave me here alone
I hope you understand
it's not easy to explain
I shall take my life and follow him
Here there's nothing more to gain
4. Dying Earth
Polluted with mankind
The earth is now dying
Raped by humanity
Our planet is bleeding
We'll pay our toll
for living so reckless
A ruined nature
will survive our suicide
Thermal polluted rivers
choking aquatic life
Forest destroyed by acid rain
Oceans endangered by
radioactive waste
See our beautiful planet dying
Aren't you ashamed of yourself
With an endless greed
you signed your death
The only thing you can do now is cry
Can our errors be erased
so the downfall will be stopped
Only God will know the answer
So just hope we're not too late
5. Me and the Hangmen
Stones as far as I can see
I hate them melting into one
I know they'll blame me for it
In silence the stones will laugh at me
When I get swallowed
when I scream and cry
It won't last forever
because after a while
I feel numbed
and no one can hurt me
Strong as as lion I'll defeat any man
No river too wild, no mountain too high
Indisputable wisdom
flows increasingly through my veins
I am God, you know I am
I can feel no pain
Thousand shades of giant birds
are swarming on the wall
Claws grasp me tight
I can feel I lose control
One instructs me to
"let go off Mrs. Haigh"
But I would rather die
than allow this blasphemy
They will never concede
I can never leave this place
Sentenced to fade away
Megalomania, I heard, is why I stay
I know they have more power
although I am divine
The tears I cry are useless
My life isn't mine
You know, I call them hangmen
They are, more or less
Maybe the stones here with me
are my partners in distress
6. Masquerade
Father, look into my eyes
Watch my anger grow
I'll make you listen to my cries
some day...
Always behind the curtains
where no one will ever see
the coward you really are
But I know...
You need her weakness
to break the pride
The fear in those swollen eyes
Screams by no one heard
The bitter taste of innocence
will never go away
Unless she resorts to madness
Every day I try to tell
but she doesn't seem to hear
Run, what makes you stay?
Run, oh please run away
How many more tears do you need?
How much more pain?
For God's sake open your eyes
and fly...
I can still hear your silent screams
no change, no flight
Will you ever see the possibility
to break your chains?
Will you ever find the courage
to let your love die?
7. Hail to Iscariot
A silent night
The stars shone bright
But dark was the sky
the birth of a devil
In a pale moonlight
at the holy birth-site
A virgin gave birth
to until then unknown evil
Judas Iscariot
the first victim of Christ
who wanted the Christian
madness to stop
But the Nazerene son
like death itself
tied the noose around Judas' neck
the world is not freed
of the filth the son of God has brought
Wars in his name
Endless crusades
Blood on the hand
of who carry the cross
Kneel before the cross
and your life is lost
Endless praise to your saviour
A pathetic useless behaviour
Hail to Iscariot
they deceiver of your God
Don't believe the lies
Stand up against this barbarous Christ
Once possessed by this vicious Christ
you're doomed for life
No return, no reverse, no way back
no exorcism
Once you gave your life away...
The church you shall obey
No freedom... no liberty
Jealous looks at Satan's anarchy
8. Horror Vacui
Loneliness will surround us
like a heavy, black night
Come back to me, my unknown God
my sorrow, my last happiness
Come back,
pity the man who murdered you
Desolate, shrinked, the man is crying
without feelings of regret
still proud of what he has become
"God is dead, our unbelief killed him
People are blind
They denied him, I created him"
Never I saw a man so ruthless,
yet so polite
Never I heard words so disconsolate
He spilled the blood of those
who mocked at him
because "a sheep can't defy
the will of his shephard"
"Mankind still doesn't want to know
it is the people who let us float
to kill those who laugh
is to spare those who weep
Weep for the future,
the future that is me"
Loneliness will surround us
like a heavy black night
Come back to me, my unknown God
my sorrow, my last happiness
Come back,
punish this man who is screaming:
"I am the Übermensch"
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