STARIA III: THE ACOLYTES OF AMADEUS

"ALL I WANT FROM YOU, IS JUST TO LEAVE ME ALONE."

THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE GOT TO DO
I TRIED TO CALL YOU BUT YOU COULDN'T EVEN PICK UP THE PHONE
SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THE MEMORY
OF MY LAST WORDS ON A MACHINE
SO YOU CAN HEAR MY VOICE WHEN YOU THINK OF ME

WHEN EVERY PART OF ME IS FALLING TO PIECES
AND EVERY PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IS SO INHERENTLY GREEDY
AS THEY CLAMOR FOR THEIR BENEFITS
A BULLET AT THE END OF IT
I STRUGGLE TO DISCOVER ANY POETRY WITHIN THIS PAIN
AND THE MORE I THINK ABOUT DEATH THE MORE I FEEL THE SAME

BUT IT'S HERE IN THE DARK
WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART
THAT I CAN HEAR THE DARKNESS SING..(KILL)

"SWEET CHILD OF MINE, YOU WERE BORN OF THE NIGHT
AND YOU WILL RISE IN THE EAST
LIKE MY FATHER BEFORE ME
NOW TAKE THE KNIFE, AND BY YOUR BLOOD SWEAR TO ME
LAY WASTE THE SONS OF ADAM AND
YOUR PRECIOUS DAUGHTERS OF EVE!"

(OUT FROM THE COVENANT AND INTO A BLOOD CURSE)
WHAT WERE WE THINKING WHEN WE TRADED LOVE FOR LUST?
(OUT FROM THE COVENANT AND INTO A BLOOD CURSE)
I LOST EVERYTHING WHEN I LOST YOUR TRUST

“AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND MUCH DELIBERATION I HAVE COME TO THE DECISION THAT DEATH IS NOT OUR ENEMY BUT A RATHER MISINTERPRETED SOLUTION TO THE SYSTEMATIC ISSUES AT THE HEART OF OUR HUMANITY. WHERE LIFE IS A CATALYST FOR PANIC AND PAIN, DEATH CAN BE OUR REMEDY. WOULDN’T YOU AGREE?”

EVIL IS AS EVIL DOES
BUT WHEN THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
TO FIND A HEART OF GOLD IN A HERO IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE

I'VE SEEN THE WAY THAT YOU LOOK AT ME
THAT QUIVER IN YOUR EYE
I TASTE THE FEVER IN YOUR APPETITE
FOR MY GYPSY LIPS AND LIES

THE SHAMAN RAPED ME IN THE BLOOD ON THE BATTLEFIELD
WHERE THE BODIES BUILT A TEMPLE THEY WERE STACKED SO HIGH
THEY TOOK MY DAUGHTER AS AN OFFER TO THE ALTAR OF THE SHADOW MAIDEN MOON AND IN THE RUINS BURNED HER BODY AS A SACRIFICE

“FROM THE SAFETY OF YOUR CITADELS
YOUR PREACHERS SPEAK FALSE HOPE TO SONS OF MAN
WHILST YOUR PRECIOUS ALYSON BURNS”

AND IN THAT MOMENT WHEN THE SKY SPLIT IN HALF
ALL THE BLOOD ON THE GROUND KISSED THE CLOUDS LIKE A TAINTED RAIN
AND IN THE LIGHTING I COULD SEE THE ANGELS FIGHTING
AND THE WORLD WAS ON FIRE AND MY SOUL WAS IN FLAMES
AND I SCREAMED

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CARRY THIS
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FIND THE STRENGTH
(WE WILL FIGHT)
I WILL CLOTHE YOU IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND I WILL LIFT YOU UP AND I WILL CALL YOU MY SON

AND THIS GROOVY NUMBER... THE HUMANS LIKE TO CALL "THE DEATH RATTLE"
THINNER! THINNER! THINNER AND THINNER UNTIL HE WITHERS AWAY!

FUCK YOU

SCREAM ALL YOU WANT LITTLE MAN
YOU'RE A MAGGOT IN A FLY FIGHT
FOLLY FATHERED ACOLYTE
A CALLUS IN THE HIVE MIND OF TIME
HOLDING HOLY TO THE LINES LEFT BEHIND BY A DEAD MAN
GO

BAD MEN MAKE THEIR OWN RULES
AND ONLY DEAD MEN CAN TELL NO TALES
BUT A GOOD MAN FOLLOWS HIS HEART INTO HELL
AND HE’LL INCESSANTLY SUFFER ‘TIL THE TRUTH IS FOUND

WE’RE ALL LOST SOULS TRYING TO SET THE SAILS AND GO HOME
WHAT THE FUCK WAS I THINKING?
WHO THE HELL HAVE I BECOME?
ANOTHER BASTARD SON TO THE HORNED ONE

THEY’RE BANGING ON THE WAR DRUMS
MARCHING TO THE ORDERS OF A BLIND MAN
WHEN EVERY BROKEN DREAM I EVER HAD IS IN A BODY BAG
IT’S HOPELESS TO RESIST ME NOW

I AM THE BEGINNING AND THE END
AND YOU WILL BOW TO ME
WITH YOUR DESCENDANTS FINAL BREATH
YOUR FABLED STARIA WILL FALL

THE WAR-PIGS SCREAM FOR “REVOLUTION”
WHILE THE LION ROARS “REVELATION”

UPON MY RETURNING, THE WORLD WILL BE BURNING
AS PEOPLE ARE PREPARING FOR WAR
YOU PRESUME IN YOUR DOOM THAT I CAME TO BRING PEACE
WHEN I CAME CARRYING A SWORD

THERE'LL BE WEEPING AND A GNASHING OF TEETH
ALL THE INNOCENT BLOOD UNAVENGED
WICKED MEN AND PRETENDERS YOU'LL ANSWER TO ME

SO TAKE YOUR LEGION, RETURN TO THE FLAME
YOUR DOMINION OF DARKNESS WAS BROKEN
IN THE MOMENT MY PEOPLE FOUND THE POWER IN MY NAME

I ALONE HAVE CONQUERED THE GRAVE

HERE WE GO..
WHAT WAS I THINKING? WHO HAD I BECOME?

SO BIDE YOUR TIME AND KEEP WAITING
ALL THE VAPID PRAYERS YOU’VE BEEN PRAYING
ARE YOU FINDING COMFORT IN OTHERS WHO SHARE THE FAITH YOU’VE BEEN FAKING?

ARE YOU HIGH WHEN THEY’RE HANGING ON EVERY WORD THAT YOU'RE SAYING?

THESE BOYS AND GIRLS ARE JUST PUPPETS TETHERED TO THE STRINGS THAT YOU’RE PLAYING

AND I WATCH THEM LINE UP IN CHAINS
AT A CHANCE TO BE ENTERTAINED
I BARTERED BLOOD FOR YOUR FREEDOM
JUST TO WATCH YOU GIVE IT AWAY

SO WE’LL TAKE IT BACK FROM THESE BASTARDS
WHO BRANDED YOU AS A SLAVE
WITH A LITTLE PASSION AND MADNESS
EVERY TIME I STEP ON THE ON THE STAGE
AND IF I HAVE TO
I WOULD TAKE ALL YOUR PAIN
IF IT GAVE ME HALF THE CHANCE TO SAY

THE WORLD NEVER GAVE A SHIT ABOUT ME
AND IT’LL GIVE YOU EVERY REASON WHY YOU SHOULDN’T BELIEVE
BUT IF YOU’D ONLY HAVE THE COURAGE TO TRUST ME
AND LOVE ME LIKE I LOVE YOU

TO ALL THE WOMEN I'VE HURT
WHO TOOK MY NAME WHEN THEY TOOK OFF
AND THEN RAN IT THROUGH THE DIRT
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T MEASURE UP TO THE MAN YOU THOUGHT OF ME

TO ALL THE BOYS ON THE BATTLEGROUNDS
LOOKING TO CLAW THEIR WAY UP OUT
FROM BENEATH THE SHADOW OF THIS TOWN
THROUGH ALL THE BLOOD AND THE MUSCLE
AND THE KNUCKLE AND THE BONE
YOU MADE A BROTHER IN ME

TO ALL THE MEN THAT I'VE FACED
WHO COULDN'T LOOK ME IN THE EYE WHEN THEY PUT ME IN MY GRAVE
YOU SHOULD KNOW IN MY HEART OF HEARTS
I FORGIVE YOU AND I TURN THE OTHER CHEEK

AND SHE'S GOTTA KNOW…
"I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU JUST DON'T TELL ME TO LET YOU GO
BECAUSE I NEED A REASON TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE"

YOU SEE THE LIGHT AND THE DARK
THEY KEEP PULLING AT MY HEART
BABY WE CAN'T KEEP FUCKING MAKING EXCUSES
FOR ALL THE WRONG I'VE DONE

"BUT BEFORE WE REACH THE END, LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO WHERE WE FIRST BEGAN, WITH THE STORY OF A BOY.. WHO TOOK THE JOURNEY OF A MAN.."

DELIVER US!