BAND NAME: Living Sacrifice
GENRE: Thrash Metal (early), Death Metal (later), Metalcore (current)
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Little Rock, Arkansas
Lineup:
Bruce Fitzhugh - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitars
Rocky Gray - Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals
Arthur Green - Bass, Backing Vocals
Lance Garvin - Drums
Past members:
Darren "DJ" Johnson - Lead Vocals, Bass
Jason Truby - Lead Guitars
Cory Brandan Putman - Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals
Chris Truby - Bass
Jay Stacy - Bass
Matt Putman - Auxiliary Percussion, Backing Vocals
Discography:
Not Yielding To Ungodly (demo, 1990, Independent) (Cassette)
Track 1 was later re-recorded for the album "Nonexistent".
Track 2 was later re-recorded for the self-titled album.
Track 3 was later remastered for the promo compilation "Argh!!! The Official R.E.X. Sampler".
1. Haven Of Blasphemy 4:08
Hypocritical liars whose consciences have been seared
Deny consideration of the One to be feared
Abandoning the faith to follow spirits of deception
Their unsound teaching produce sowers of confusion
Prophets of deceit, the Word of God
Sowing wickedness, reaping trouble from the rod
Though they claim to be the ones to obtain salvation
Their form of doctrine denies Christ's foundation
Haven of blasphemy
Hollow philosophies
Captives remain unfree
Slaves of depravity, whose destruction draws near
Secretly introduce the lies some long to hear
Hanging over them are the scales of condemnation
A false balance of weighted abomination
Haven of blasphemy
2. Second Death 3:15
Ending all of life, beginning of death
Soul has been lost, taken last breath
Descent to darkness, life forever left
Imprisoned awaiting the second death
Incarcerate in a solid rock cell
Facing the reality, the present hell
Absolute darkness, one of isolation
Soul of the lost with will of separation
Rejected God, intentionally unaware
Voluntary placement for this eternal nightmare
Losing grip of sanity, mind goes insane
Loneliness of death creeps in to reign
Vile stench begins to fill the air
Demons gather with a hideous glare
Assembled to inflict verbal torment
Reminded of salvation, seeds forever dormant
Now seeing through their black lies
Realization of eternity bleeds into cries
Sneering and chanting, manifesting on the walls
Interrupted torture by the great one who calls
Transformed into the great white throne
Standing before God yet still alone
He releases the love that won't be received
Convicted now but too late to believe
Laid out for all his perfect will
And ignorant life remains unfulfilled
3. Progressive Change 2:59
Invisible bondage spiritually found
Knowledge of deception, a convicting sound
Blackness descends, eyes look above
Open up heart to enter in love
God has sent the indescribable gift
Satan waits for wheat to sift
Being strong, the battle has been won
Within a mortal change has begun
Bent knees over a worldly failure
Read instruction on how to prosper
Seeking His will destined to find
Joy dominating with peace of mind
Selfish flesh starts to decay
Destined to win and never to stray
The leading of life's priorities rearrange
Glory be to God for such a chance
The laborer goes forth as the spirit leads
Nurturing the harvester's will of seeds
No hindrance or false reality of pain
Standing in the Son, waiting on the rain
Living Sacrifice (album)
1991, R.E.X. Music (CD, Cassette)
1999, Solid State Records, Remastered (CD)
September 14, 2020, Nordic Mission, Remastered, Test Pressing (12" Vinyl)
April 23, 2021, Nordic Mission, Remastered (CD, 12" Vinyl)
The original R.E.X. version had the songs "Second Death" and "Obstruction" together in one track. All other versions have them as separate tracks.
R.E.X. TRACKLIST:
1. Violence 3:14
2. Internal Unrest 5:25
3. Second Death / Obstruction 9:23
4. Walls Of Separation 4:14
5. Phargx Imas 3:54
6. No Grave Concern 4:46
7. Dealing With Ignorance 5:14
8. The Prodigal 3:44
9. Anorexia Spiritual 4:41
CURRENT TRACKLIST:
1. Violence 3:14
In the mind of mortal man
The vision is tainted red
Consumed by anger, provoked by words
That should never been said
Now all this mind seems to harbor are misplaces and aggressions
Once released they will seek
Reaping the sadistic intentions
In this time and age that maintains no aspect or order
Hard to see are these lines in which many souls border
Visual assistance show life as a harsh reality
The bitter effect produced not approved by society
Read the words, hear Christ speak
Refrain from anger, revert the cheek
Withheld in compassion, not signs of the weak
Seek humility, for blessed are the meek
2. Internal Unrest 5:25
Internal unrest, emotional decline
Cruelly overbearing, will confined
Future uncertain, past regrets
Temporal pain, not easy to forget
Mangled thoughts, irrational actions
Overwhelmed amidst confusion
Cry for hope, total despair
Reaching out, who will care
Emotions will ascend by divine intervention
Oppressive misery on the brink of extinction
Oppressive misery irrational actions
Overwhelmed amidst confusion
Emotions will ascend by divine intervention
Mangled thoughts on the brink of extinction
3. Second Death 3:52
Ending all of life, beginning of death
Soul has been lost, taken last breath
Descent to darkness, life forever left
Imprisoned awaiting the second death
Incarcerate in a solid rock cell
Facing the reality, the present hell
Absolute darkness, one of isolation
Soul of the lost with will of separation
Rejected God, intentionally unaware
Voluntary placement for this eternal nightmare
Losing grip of sanity, mind goes insane
Loneliness of death creeps in to reign
Vile stench begins to fill the air
Demons gather with a hideous glare
Assembled to inflict verbal torment
Reminded of salvation, seeds forever dormant
Now seeing through their black lies
Realization of eternity bleeds into cries
Sneering and chanting, manifesting on the walls
Interrupted torture by the great one who calls
Transformed into the great white throne
Standing before God yet still alone
He releases the love that won't be received
Convicted now but too late to believe
Laid out for all his perfect will
And ignorant life remains unfulfilled
4. Obstruction 5:30
Being held fast by the cords of affliction
Subjected to mental infiltration
Conceived thought, compromise obtained
Appealing to desires fatal if remain
Afflicted spirits
Under the authority
Christ proclaimed
Obstruction cease to be
Depraved aphrodisia wars against the soul
Fulfilling strategies of complete control
From the deep process of a darkened mind
Twistedly emerge images of this kind
Legions of the air on this journey they lead
Obsession inspired nurtures dormant
Trouble is presented by an unjust gain
Selfish ambitions that were plotted in vain
5. Walls Of Separation 4:14
Not a mere perception, an acquaintance
Conscious of sin, access to repentance
Acquitted through faith by justification
God through Christ brings reconciliation
Divided in universal guilt
Under condemnation
Proceed to the doors of mercy
Through the walls of separation
Contrary to will a force ever present
Oral instinct condemns by strong intent
Freed from the law that sin enslaved
Nature of man, power is depraved
Exertion will not provide atonement
Man can escape the impending judgement
Fulfilled the purpose, designed to accomplish
Invoking Christ as Lord, none shall perish
6. Phargx Imas 3:54
There is a voice that has gone forth
Proclaiming "Vengeance, it is mine"
Prophetic truth sure to come
In the fullness of this time
Salvation produced the acquired
Absence for who had the belief
The unfortunate now remain
In an endless search for relief
The Lord's wisdom and his
Strength they utterly forsake
Insecurity of the darkness disaster will overtake
Falling unexpected never to withhold
Sudden destruction, final separation
Fall of the wicked foretold
Harvest of the earth now takes place
Divine authority to remove the disgrace
Permission given, the sickle is swung
Gathered together in the press they're slung
With great wickedness, the vats overflow
Rising high, simulation of the flood
Return to ruin, valley of blood
7. No Grave Concern 4:46
The administration of a mystery
Death being swallowed up in victory
From the grave, the soul is redeemed
Death cannot entangle as it may have seemed
Christ's purpose and grace is disclosed
Being declared since the day he arose
From dwelling silence, there is immunity
Annulling death, he brought immortality
Instead of sorrow, if the soul does not yearn
Remain being filled with comfort, having no grave concern
Not left abandoned in a grave of despair
Having turned from death, away from the snare
Absence from body, presence with the Lord
Faithfulness reaping a righteous reward
8. Dealing With Ignorance 5:14
There is no justice in their path
The way of peace is not decerned
Mention Christ in effect
Stubbornly cacks will turn
Void of knowledge declining to understand
Scraps of information forcing knowledge to expand
Dealing with ignorance
Realize patience through observing the tolerant
Exercise gentleness toward those who are ignorant
Dealing with ignorance
Despising wisdom fools mock
Show them mercy mixed with fear
Renew a mind dull inform
Never seeming insincere
With comprehension, mystery are revealed
Value of the truth, away once concealed
Truthful witness they persecute
Whispers petitions in warfare
Exposing requirements of the Lord
For the ignorant to be award
No search is needed for what is found
Abstract theories holding no position to what is sound
9. The Prodigal 3:44
Around their necks is tied a millstone
With sin the little ones were overthrown
Their sincere minds were led astray
Distracted by pure devotion to Christ's way
A spirit is now at work in the disobedient
Neglected are the words of encouragement
Memories of forgiveness fade into oblivion
Casting themselves down into corruption
Continual indulgence in the spirit of impurity
Blinding their eyes from the truth of reality
The Lord is aware of their futile thoughts
Occupying the bones, envy slowly rots
For season their conspiracy goes unseen but with
Immoral actions it's revealed unclean
Shamefully fall short of the expectations
Disgrace sets in with deep conviction
Whosoever covereth the errors of this path
Covers over multitude sin and death wrath
To public disgrace Christ is constrained
Not by the ones who have faithfully remained
But for the lost brought back he will rejoice
Answering the cry of the still small voice
10. Anorexia Spiritual 4:41
Insufficient supplication communion is abstained
Weary is the spirit as consideration drains
The duty of seeking peace is not being pursued
Plenty was promised, agreement misconstrued
No obedience toward Christ, every thought not held captive
Though possessing unfailing love, these ways are disruptive
Appointed to bring the faith, silent with desires
Unfaithful words oppress what the Lord requires
Plans fail for a lack of council but many have advice
Resenting their correction, exceed boundaries of the wise
Anorexia spiritual, unnoticed as it seems
Delivered by an advocate to justify its means
Walls of protection agreed to be constructed
Now begin to fall as wisdom is being abducted
Seeds have been cast, falling on unfertile ground
Tolerating what is wrong, conflict dies around
Up against the knowledge of God, arguments and pretension
Obedience fully secured and complete in submission
Elude those to assemble, not to associate
Hidden is distress established, able to dominate
Recipient of atrocity, misfortune can arrive
Ushering in the presence only pacifies
Having the innermost being, subjecting it to starvation
A return to endurance prompted by this demonstration
Nonexistent (album)
1992, R.E.X. Music (CD, Cassette)
1999, Solid State Records, Remastered (CD)
November 25, 2022, Remixed, Remastered (CD, 12" Vinyl)
Track 1 arranged by Scott Albert of Celldweller and Circle Of Dust.
Some sources say that "Emerge" and "Enthroned" were put together into one track on certain pressings of the R.E.X. release.
1. Emerge 1:28
2. Enthroned 3:30
The sacrifice of praise, setting free
Being an indispensable necessity
The splendor of Christ's holiness
Abound in, filled with righteousness
Uplifted hands to enthrone
The chosen and precious cornerstone
O Lord, a resting place, arise
O Lord to be forever glorified
Undying worship, a continued offering
Christ above all, wisdom exalting
O Lord, a resting place, arise
O Lord to be forever glorified
3. Nonexistent 4:47
Having obtained eternal redemption
Unavoidable position to strengthen
Received the mercy, found the grace
Yielding unfailing love to embrace
Spiritual extraction from hindrance
Existing through Christ there is transformation
Renewal of the mind without condemnation
In accordance, committed soul
Foundation of power, a life indestructible
Abolished guilt, affection immovable
Nonexistent forgiven wickedness
Nonexistent sins remembered no more
Having obtained eternal redemption
Renewal of the mind without condemnation
4. Haven Of Blasphemy 2:54
Hypocritical liars whose consciences have been seared
Deny consideration of the One to be feared
Abandoning the faith to follow spirits of deception
Their unsound teaching produce sowers of confusion
Prophets of deceit, the Word of God
Sowing wickedness, reaping trouble from the rod
Though they claim to be the ones to obtain salvation
Their form of doctrine denies Christ's foundation
Haven of blasphemy
Hollow philosophies
Captives remain unfree
Slaves of depravity, whose destruction draws near
Secretly introduce the lies some long to hear
Hanging over them are the scales of condemnation
A false balance of weighted abomination
Haven of blasphemy
5. ...To Nothing 3:17
Of temptation completed cycle, seducer of humanity
Elements unfurl darkness excruciating sanity
Blasphemed, not to deplore
Loathsome spirits perform signs
To assemble and embrace war
Allied evil power, victory incomplete
Last judgement destiny, experience Satan's defeat
Seized and overpowered, bound is the serpent
After millennium of abyss, released from confinement
Nations deceived, wonder guide, armies assume
Saints encircled, execute judgement, fire that consumes
Allied evil powers, victory incomplete
Last judgement destiny, experience Satan's defeat
6. Void Expression 5:40
Inward lapse mutates transgression
Outward appearance is the void expression
Steps towards disorientation
Are frozen by the distraction
Veil that covers sight turns black
As numb emotions ministers lack
With ever-increasing glory unveiled
The will of the spirit inhaled
Awaken the unconscious emotions
Christ, the center of new devotions
7. Atonement 5:30
Humanity gave place to death's origin
All unrighteous, none without sin
Atonement, atonement
Sin gives in return to death, God bestows reconciliation
From death Christ arose, believe and announce salvation
Atonement, atonement
Declared righteous to any that proclaim
Invoking Christ, never, never to see shame
Atonement, atonement
8. Distorted 4:41
Distorted reality
Truth behind, not to see
Focus of life means twisting negative
Draining deeper fears by a quest to live
Suffering down perpetual destruction
Pulling ties of morbid inspiration
Confession of words, life or death is heard
Not demanding any believe, consequence received
Spoken words, subtract belief
Enter minds, producing feelings of grief
Exaggerated expression regarded as vain
Unjust illusions of severe pain
Surrounding the faithless
Who dwell hopeless
Confession of words, life or death is heard
Not demanding any believe, consequence received
Demolish, dark imagination
Satan's demise, eternal realization
The keys of hell and death, in Christ's hands are held
The wickedness that opposed, have forever failed
9. Chemical Straightjacket 4:54
Displayed are desires to accept transparent offers
An unfamiliar path, everything is departed
Typical lack of restraint under disillusion
Once deeply confused mistreatment is prolonged
Mistreatment is prolonged
Gradual decay, suggestions of deformity
Essential tool of assault on the personal identity
Reluctant to conclude
Effects from the side interlude
Diminishing returns, perception inaccurate
Required to apply chemical straightjacket
10. Without Distinction 3:23
Creations contrast exploited to hate
Misleading account used to discriminate
Exposed in the assembly not concealed by deception
Viewing all humanity without distinction
Divided structure spiritually applied
Racial bitterness, the truth is falsified
Exposed in the assembly not concealed by deception
Viewing all humanity without distinction
NORDIC MISSION BONUS TRACK
11. Desolate 4:30
Metamorphosis (split/compilation)
1993, R.E.X. Music (CD, Cassette)
2004, Retroactive Records, Remastered (CD)
2016, FIXT Music, Deluxe Edition, Remastered (CD)
June 24, 2016, Independent, Remastered (
Digital)
June 24, 2016, Independent, Deluxe Edition, Remastered (
Digital)
Notice the altered names and tracks between the two tracklists below. The 2016 version has two discs, and the Living Sacrifice tracks are on disc one.
1993 Tracklist
5. Living Sacrifice - Void Expression (Blank Stare Mix) 4:47
6. Living Sacrifice - Black Veil 4:23
7. Living Sacrifice - Distorted (Alternate Reality Mix) 5:33
8. Living Sacrifice - Desolate 4:26
9. Living Sacrifice - Sacrificed 1:43
2016 Tracklist
8. Living Sacrifice - Emerge (Living Sacrifice Intro) 1:22
9. Living Sacrifice - Void Expression (Circle Of Dust Blank Stare Remix) 4:47
10. Living Sacrifice - Void Expression (Circle Of Dust Black Veil Remix) 4:24
11. Living Sacrifice - Distorted (Circle Of Dust Remix) 5:33
12. Living Sacrifice - Sacrificed (Circle Of Dust Refix) 1:43
Inhabit (album)
May 24, 1994, R.E.X. Music (CD, Cassette)
1994, R.E.X. Music, Diamante Music Group, Christian Marketing Canada Limited (CD)
September 28, 1999, Solid State Records, Remastered (CD)
The Solid State release does not have the other name "Dead Silence" in the title of track 10.
1. In The Shadow 2:58
In the shadow
Power no foe can withstand
Angels lifting up as the Lord commands
Under His wings shall be found refuge and fortress
Not to fear the terror that stalks in the darkness
Inaccessible, secret
Place of the Most High
Observe the wicked
Punishment, justify
Dwelling in Christ
No evil shall befall
With long life
Salvation enthrall
Spiritual concerns, consent of humanity
In His Spirit and purpose, liberating entry
Particular gloom effected, closed hesitation
Not enchanted by superstitions impressions
Not to fear in the darkness
In the shadow, refuge and fortress
2. Not Beneath 6:29
To provide Christ the entrance
Forsaking the empty way of life
Sure of the Spirit's fulfillment
And absence of strife
God's child of the incorruptible seed, in which the world abides
Firmly rooted, established in faith, overflowing praise arises
Existing in Christ's presence
Reaching the depths of compassion
Center of self, overtaken discipline, motivated ambitions
Confidence in His power, wisdom
And goodness within reach
More than a conqueror, established to the end
Above, not beneath
Reconciled by God
Ministry of reconciliation
Redeemed from the oppressor, escape the corruption
Confidence in His power, wisdom
And goodness within reach
More than a conqueror, established to the end
Above, not beneath
Participating in the divine nature
Continuing to grow
In wisdom and stature
Confidence in His power, wisdom and goodness
Within reach, more than a conqueror
Established to the end
Above, not beneath
3. Sorrow Banished 2:57
According to His promise
New Earth, Heaven descends
God with humanity now
Encampment means
Death vanquished, sorrow banished
Overcome to inherit
Reside in God's splendor
Glory, honor, brought in
Nothing impure to enter
Death vanquished, sorrow banished
Lord God Almighty
The Lamb is the temple
Divine descension, divine exclusion
Death vanquished, sorrow banished
4. Unseen 3:41
Faith has blessed, faith has saved
Faith has healed, faith has justified
Being sure of what is hoped for
Certain of what is unseen
Faith overcomes, faith is sincere
Faith as a shield
Faith as righteousness
Being sure of what is hoped for
Certain of what is unseen
Faith in the Father, faith in the Son
Faith in the Spirit
Faith should be revealed
5. Inhabit 3:43
Praise the Lord, God Almighty
The praise of Christ enters our hearts
Holy nation never to part
Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain
To receive power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise
Inhabit our praise O Lord
Encircle us with Your presence
Praise the Lord, God Almighty
Who is, Who was
He's taken great power
And has begun to reign
Inhabit our praise O Lord
Encircle us with Your presence
6. Breathing Murder 4:25
Breathing murder upon the early church
Destruction, the new faith to hurt
Fueled by zeal, a twisted perception
Creating disorder, a morbid obsession
Profession of faith to persecute
From heaven a voice, journey refute
Falling to the ground
To arise without sight
Holy Spirit fill, falling scales from smite
Conspiracy to kill, voice of conversion
Speaking freely, a bold proclamation
7. Mind Distant 5:39
False imagination
Spiritual bondage
Weakness
Thoughts to Christ, not obedient
Inner struggle, mind distant
Self-awaken
8. Darkened 3:52
Enduring a steady assault to maintain civilization
Violent society illustrates the industrialized nation
Godless... (Act of...)
Environment (Predation)
Committed by the dark side of the human condition
Defending attempt, separation
Spiritual awakening, regression
Removal of morality, ways of the Godless harken
Foolish hearts have become darkened
Emotional experiment, intellectual dishonesty
Viewing existent that sustains
Values entrenched in tradition shall remain
9. Indwelling 3:10
Divided structure cannot regain
Lack on insight, spiritual strain
Disrupting thoughts, strife is forbidden
Ignorant faith divisions will weaken
Christ wisdom maturity
Messengers assemble unit
Acknowledge the spirits indwelling
Loss of purpose, false profession
Unbelief of different foundations
Divided structure not to remain
Christ wisdom maturity
Messengers assemble unit
Acknowledge the spirits indwelling
Enduring truth, exposure of reason
Bring the lost out of suffering
Oneness with God, social peace
Divine knowledge to increase
10. Departure / Dead Silence 7:08
Altered state of mind induced by terror
Depression, placed out of consciousness
Most profound betrayal
Most painful revelation
Dissociated memories
Provoke trapped anguish
Related sensation produce fear decades later
Most profound betrayal
Most painful revelation
Cease the entanglement from future abuse
Embark on a search, walk in forgiveness
Living Sacrifice '95 (demo, 1995, Independent) (Cassette)
These tracks were later re-recorded for the album "Reborn".
1. Sellout
2. Reborn
3. Spirit Fall
4. Awakening
Reborn (album)
November 4, 1997, Solid State Records, Tooth & Nail Records (CD)
1997 Solid State Records (Cassette)
1997 Solid State Records, Tooth & Nail Records (12" Vinyl)
2004, Solid State Records, Remastered (CD)
???, Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc. (
Digital)
2020, Solid State Records, Tooth & Nail Records, Limited Edition, Remastered (12" Vinyl)
2024, Solid State Records, Limited Edition (12" Vinyl)
The track "Something More" was later re-recorded and can be heard on the Killing Floor 2 video game soundtrack.
1. Reborn Empowered 3:48
Reborn empowered
All strongholds broken
Old ways have died
Given new life
Boldness engulfs my every word
Strength empowered by God
Jesus
The strength in Christ's name
Power, all knees must bow
Same spirit that dwells in us
Raised Him from the dead
This gift freely given
You will believe
Evil, its plan to deceive
Manipulation, deception we bind
Rebirth, confession
That He is God Almighty
Reborn empowered
All strongholds broken
Old ways have died
Given new life
Rebirth, confess, our Lord
2. Truth Solution 4:59
Breath of God, released faith
Creates all life, perfect plan
Sin invades
Separates man from God
The fallen state
Lamb of God, sacrifice fulfills
All law with sinless life
Love beyond all that's known
God himself bore our sin
Jesus, truth solution
Truth solution, the only solution
Before all time, his plan was made
To give free will, yet to show the way
To give his Son in our place
To die, to rise forever reign
Beware deception
All highs fade except God
Deluded path
Confront to blind eyes
From the, from the truth
The choice is free to all
Rejection receives hell
There is no other way
Acceptance, eternal life in
Jesus, truth solution
Truth solution, the only solution
3. Threatened 5:08
Do what you want to do
Say what you want to say to me
I know what you'd like
To think of me
This is not real, it can't be real
This thing I fell
You're threatening
You're threatening
How can I not hate you, hate you
How can I not be free, be free
I know deep down inside
How God reveals himself
I know deep down inside
To know him I must kill pride
Why do you care so much for me
What's in this for you
Why can't selfishness rule you
Like everybody else
Let go pride, let go pride
Cannot deny, cannot deny
This thing I feel, I feel inside
How God reveals himself
I know deep down inside
To know him I must kill pride
4. Awakening 4:06
Awakening has taken place in me
Breathe in the newness of life
Drink freely new wine
Awaken from stagnant
Passiveness broke free
Constrictive casualness
The dawn has come
We must move on
Steadfast, faithfulness
Put off, laziness
Wake up, wake up
Awaken from sleep
Open your eyes, receive
Healed of crippling lethargy
Our spirits no longer
Reek of sleep
Through prayer we've entered
In the throne room
The will of God
Awaken from stagnant, broke free
The dawn has come
We must move on
Steadfast put off casual
Wake up, wake up
5. 180 4:55
It begins, exhume, resurrect
Crucify again
His flesh not yours
His strength not yours
His death was your rebirth
Why embrace a lie
Why refuse the Spirit
Withdraw from vital union
Enslaved, enslaved
Do not open wide
The door that leads to destruction
Don't resurrect
What has been killed
Truth laid out, cast down pride
I grasp for life, I embrace God
Crucify again my flesh not dead
His strength not mine
His death is rebirth
Rebirth, rebirth
Do not open wide
The door that leads to destruction
Don't resurrect
What has been killed
6. No Longer 4:47
Fear get away from me
Doubt has no place in me
Seduction of death will go
Intermittent thoughts of past life
I do not know that man
Anymore nevermore
Weight has lifted
Is broken
That yoke destroyed
I've nothing more to do with it
Peace deep within, I'm set free
I have become something else
My spirit breathes freely again
That yoke destroyed
I've nothing more to do with it
No longer tormented
No longer
7. Something More 3:37
Origin of consciousness
Fat acid rhetoric
Promulgate me mentally
Twisted to no deity
Interpret your reality
Sell to me no absolutes
Moral relativity
This world is false
Something more
I have a soul
Of not flesh and bone
I have a spirit
That cries out to know God
The speculation seems so vague
It does not fulfill
What's real
Don't pacify spiritual
Teach me to be me in Christ
Origin of consciousness
Spiritual
I am not what meets the eye
8. Sellout 3:39
Sellout, sellout, selfish lust
Gone, no time for games
Free will reigns
I will to surrender
I will take my cross
My flesh subjected
My spirit rise
Focus, focus
Straightway on my God
No more needless
Cares of temporal
No more deception
Subtile thoughts
Focus straightway on eternal
My spirit cries out to you God
To live is Christ, to die gain
I will not build again
Things which I've destroyed
I will not
Make myself transgressor
Hay and stubble
Will burn away
Only God, only God remains
My spirit cries out to you God
To live is Christ, to die gain
9. Spirit Fall 3:48
Spirit fall on this land
Convicting power cleansing man
Reveal your truth to blind eyes
Rip the scales from their sight
Holy Spirit be thee praised
Arise, be made new
In the fullness of His truth
Repent and believe by His power
You'll be free
Anointing fall on this place
Spirit of God
We give you praise
We give you praise
We give you praise
We give you...
10. Presence Of God 3:44
11. Reject 3:34
I set myself up
I've no one to blame but my
Self pity is useless
I'll not entertain your sickness
Sickness
Half truths, deceit, forced in
Not God, reject
Reject all lies
Rebuke, take hold
Intrepid Spirit of God
Rebuke, take hold
Authority of God
Reject all lies
12. Liar 2:27
Worthless, want to, be God
Loser imitation
Fallen from all grace
Deceitful lying beast, you're bound
Lord of maggots, we rebuke you
Devil, evil, no authority
Whatever's bound on earth
Will in heaven be bound
In Jesus' name
Enemy of God
Eery knee will bow
Every tongue confess
Jesus Christ is Lord
You're already dead
Be seen for what you are
Liar, liar, liar, liar
Enemy of God
Eery knee will bow
Every tongue confess
Jesus Christ is Lord
2 Songs From The Upcoming Solid State Release "The Hammering Process" (demo, 2000, Solid State Records) (Cassette)
1. Bloodwork
2. Burn The End
The Hammering Process (album)
November 7, 2000, Solid State Records, Tooth & Nail Records (CD)
November 7, 2000, Solid State Records, Tooth & Nail Records, The Record Collection (12" Vinyl)
???, Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc. (
Digital)
2023, Solid State Records, Remastered (12" Vinyl)
1. Flatline 3:21
I've constricted, disconnected, amputation, liberation
Bound no longer by pathetic offers
This waste of time, flatline
I respond relentless, determination, persistent
I am resistant, I am resistant
I refuse to be consumed by this parasite
I refuse to be consumed, that's draining life
2. Bloodwork 4:14
A simple test, probing loss, looking for a vein
Tapping on a grave they call their own
I desire, I invite this process, injection begin
Begin, break the skin, salvation quickly driven in
Pride in fracture, in subjection
A new supply running red with purpose
Nothing less than flawless in design
Systematic in possession, igniting all within
Running red with purpose
Nothing less than flawless in design
3. Not My Own 3:12
Self perception of this reason
Strive against this heart that's needing
Accused by this lust of flesh and death world
Born again... life
Born again... peace
Born again... love
I am not my own
Cannot contain, disassociate my sorrow and pain
All distortions of hate, distortions of God
Dissect, massacre, dissipate
False hope in man
False faith in myself
False life adorned in destruction
Failed life in death once ripped me open
Now dissect, massacre
4. Local Vengeance Killing 3:08
For the cause, my trial, my judgement, my retribution
A new machine leaving all behind
Mercy will only complicate
Fill the space inside, shoot to kill the wounded
The calloused tongue
My aim is precise, armed with my own failures, the cost of being you
Brace yourself like a man
You fail to qualify, it's only personal, just being...
A new machine, a new machine, my aim is precise, my retribution
5. Altered Life 4:46
Breathing freely, function easy
Peace of God, peace of God
Needless chaos, cast down, cast off
Liberate me
Needless chaos, peace of God... liberate... liberate
By God, soul embrace, death is waste
Life on my terms, wasted fruitless
Saved from my terms, all on grace now
Am I not beyond? Can I not respond?
Child's mind lost, taken from me
Claiming my chance to believe
By God, soul embrace
Death is waste
6. Hand Of The Dead 3:34
Cut deep, the wound is open, infection sets in
Will this be my last if does the cut get deeper?
I can't feel, walking with unopened eyes
Lies that brought me here fade away
Misplaced this cure, misplaced this heart
Can't feel for the wound inside of me
Hand of the dead laid in stone, shape shift to conceive
Drowning is evidence that fading is slowly taking root
Can't feel for the wound inside
Hand of the dead
7. Burn The End 4:58
Burn the end all fall away
Try to look the best to portray this death
The air around me is cloudy, smells like cancer
Seems like my need to be something God's not called me to be
Give me that feeling, I've fooled myself
Concerned with perception, can't come off looking weak
Least of all with you
If I need this image to be me
Then where is my God able to shine through?
Burn the end, fall away
Light up another representation of my insecurity
When I stumble, don't follow my small rebellion
Corruption collapse
Compromise will breed corruption
8. Hidden 3:53
Pleading, bloody, desire, calling
This meaning, the way is clear
The path ahead, they can't stop me
They can't stop the calling
Submit my flesh to make this difference
To cause revolution in my heart
Infectious, infectious
Have your way, fill the void, fulfill the purpose
Set forth the plan in this vessel
Pleading, bloody, desire calling
Infectious, have your way
They can't stop me, they can't stop the calling
Submit my flesh to make this difference
9. Perfect 2:53
Let it take hold
We have perverted, destroyed the truth
Exchanged for a slant or fiction that feeds the part of me
That will become the darkest place of all
One thought, one word spoken
All of this exist unto you
In everything I believe and see that confirms the love
We have perverted, destroyed the truth
Exchanged for a fabrication
This hope that lies within exposed for all to see
Let it take hold
I choose a perfect way
In everything I believe and see that confirms the love
Can I receive this gift, never ceasing?
This hope that lies within, let it take hold
10. Conditional 5:00
Fighting lapse of me
Conditioned thought, potency
Lifeforce, extraction, nothing is not there
Precious wasted, killed and tested
To be what they want me to be is not inside me
Seething, loathing, free to think your way
To be what they want me to be, it's not within me
Lapse of life, conditioned thought
Told me, against me
Nothing is not there
Subtle Alliance / Send Your Regrets (single, 2002, Solid State Records) (CD)
1. Subtle Alliance 3:14
2. Send Your Regrets 3:51
Processed (video)
2000, Die Cast Productions, Promo (VHS)
2002, Independent (DVD)
1. Bloodwork
2. Conditional
3. Burn The End
4. Local Vengeance Killing
5. Reject
6. Reborn
7. Flatline
8. Hand Of The Dead
9. Not My Own
Conceived In Fire (album)
2002, Solid State Records, Promo (CD)
September 24, 2002, Solid State Records (CD)
???, Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc. (
Digital)
2023, Solid State Records (12" Vinyl)
1. Imminent War 3:10
Unleashed chosen
Unleashed nation
War unleashed, Middle East
Lines are drawn in the sand
2002
Chaos reigns in this sacred land
Target Israel, forgotten sequel
Wars from the past
Why the hatred of these people?
Is coexistence futile?
No such thing as coexist
No such thing as peace process
Exterminate, proclaim your Jihad
Destroy the infidel, dig your own grave
Chosen nation prophesied
The prosperous, the hated ones
The hand of God
Jerusalem will resurrect
Right to exist
Right to exist
Chosen nation
Chosen nation
Not forsaken
Not forsaken
Right to exist, resurrect
Right to exist, resurrect
Unleashed
Unleashed
Unleashed
2. Symbiotic 4:16
Symbiotic
Conceived in fire
Panic strike
Cannot breathe
Piercing me
Conscious deep
Consuming like embrace
This heat like love complete in me
To see what I could not see
To see what I could not see
This life inside, symbiotic
Conceived in fire
This life inside, symbiotic
Conceived in fire
Amniotic suspension
Heart rate rhythmic
Surrounded by sound
Blood nourished
Blood nourished
This union by love destroys the pain
Changes everything
This union by love destroys the pain
Changes everything
Waves of emotion lifted defeat
Consuming fire burning sin like wheat
This union by love destroys the pain
This union by love changes everything
This life inside
Conceived in fire
This life inside
Conceived in fire
Symbiotic
Symbiotic
Symbiotic
Symbiotic
Symbiotic
Symbiotic
Symbiotic
3. 3x3 We Carried Your Body 3:10
Sickly!
Symptoms complete
Full on replete
Dismiss the rest
You threw your life
Behest
Ruptured!
Mainline, imbibe
Inflict, in pain
Suicide
You left us all
Self-infliction
In pain mainline
Destroy, self-loathe
Destroy, self-loathe
It did not have to end
It all could have changed
So glamorous
So glamorous
Suffocating!
You died on the floor of a bathroom
Ruptured and bloated
With your insides destroyed
With your insides destroyed
3x3 we carried your body that day
We put you in the ground
But no one saw the truth
Because others followed after
You left us all, self-infliction
You left us all, self-infliction
Destroyed! Destroyed! Destroyed! Destroyed!
4. The Poisoning 4:20
Crawling on hands and knees
You show us beautiful things
Living life in a box to attain
The name across your chest means nothing to me
Thing things you have don't make a man complete
Living life in a box to attain
Insipid life in a box to attain
I've seen the way in which I should go
Darkened by the flash of light
So false as to blind
The fad is fleeting
Crawling on your hands and knees
You've shown me the beautiful things
All the best at your grasp
Facade is complete
This plow is hard and rough
My back breaks under the yoke
That has attached
That has attached
It was all a lie (A lie!)
It was all a lie (A lie!)
The way that seems
The way that seems right! Right!
All the world is for sale
Crawling on your hands and knees
All the world is for sale
You've shown me the beautiful things
All the world is for sale
All the best at your grasp
All the world is for sale
It was all a lie
It was all a lie
It was all a lie
The way that seems
The way that seems right
5. Send Your Regrets 3:40
Incidental consequences
Growing larger by the second
Things I've said, things I've done
Out of ignorance, I cursed the Son
Passive resistance!
Passive resistance!
Sown in ignorance
If I'd had known the path I took, could have told
The stupid links to past mistakes
Take a flying leap into your fate
I was wrong for thinking I could not prevail
I was wrong!
I was wrong!
I was wrong!
I was wrong!
I was wrong for thinking I could not prevail
Kept my mouth shut for too long
This is not what I agreed upon
Passive resistance!
Passive resistance!
Believed the lies I can't repeat
This procession of hatred defeat
Passive resistance!
Passive resistance!
Sown in ignorance
If I'd had known the path I took, could have told
The stupid links to past mistakes
Take a flying leap into your fate
Into your fate!
I was wrong for thinking I could not prevail
6. Subtle Alliance 3:13
All that is, all that's left behind me
All that once, all that once was tempting
Threatens to, threatens to haunt me once again
To steal my, to steal my mind
Allied unaware
Allied unaware
On this path, on this path toward hopelessness
Helplessly, helplessly cling to what's been shown
I missed the chance
I could not control the circumstances
The circumstances took a hold
Along the way
Along the way, allied with the enemy
Along the way
Along the way, allied with the enemy
Along the way I missed it
Avoiding all repentance
Along the way I missed it
Becoming selfish
There is only one way out of here
There is only one way out of here
In your presence, Jesus
Break away to freedom
Allied! Allied unaware
Allied! Allied unaware
Allied with the enemy unaware
Allied with the enemy, unaware of his dead grasp
7. Into Again 3:14
8. Separation 3:02
Separation, disfigured
Bloodless exit
Soul embrace, soul embraced with pain
Burning existence, eternally separated
Savior lost, heaven lost
Tortured within what could have been
Separation, this afterlife
In death, in one breath
Could it be this darkness
Is a product of my design?
My choice of self over God
I took what's mine
I denied, denied
Father of lies, burn with your legion
Suffer inside eternal abyss
God has terminate my soul, the committed
I want to dwell within your embrace
Your embrace!
I had a dream of this reality
My decision to live by my means
I took what's mine
Never regret until now, until now!
Separation from the love I took for granted
Separation from the truth revealed to me
Separation!
Separation!
Separation!
Separation!
9. Black Seeds 2:53
Beauty blessed, all confess
Undenied, except inside
Black seeds of jealousy
Forced inside, forced inside
At such a tender age
Irreparable psychosis set in motion
Joy of life, joy of love
Sucked out by the words of
Your worlds colliding
Your worlds colliding
This blackness inside
Manifest itself, hate and pride
Dispelled by God's love overtime
Forgiveness
The mirror lies
Conditioning seeds of jealousy
Dispelled by God's love
Peace becomes real to me
This blackness inside
Manifest itself, manifest itself
Dispelled by God's love overtime
Forgiveness
10. Ignite 4:15
Flicker inside
I've seen the end, my friend
Cannot continue in this life
Abide in the promises told
Abide in the promises proven
Abide in the promises told
Abide in
Fan the spark of hope
All is not lost here
I saw the outcome once before
So distant it seems so long ago
He's still alive
Intercession so strong
Fan the flame so close now
Awaken the strength internal
Write it down, make it plain
I saw the end once before
You were there
With your heart in your hand outstretched
Shedding this darkness with every glance to the sky
This fire is revealing
These walls
These walls twisting, turning
Faithful, sleepless, faithful
But now I can feel
But now I can taste the air of freedom
Ripping through
Moving walls ripping down this structure
The air of freedom ripping through me
11. Distrust 3:07
How could you know?
Running in circles with your eyes wide open
It's not enough for you to hear me say
Things don't have to be, be this way
Mental ascent will give you nothing, nothing
Bitterness can become your epidemic
Don't let it go away
Only, only you can make this change
Delusion, delusion is an epidemic
Your grip, your grip is firm
Casting words into empty lakes
Would you rather be blind?
Would you rather be blind?
How could you know?
Running in circles with your eyes wide open
Your grip is firm
Casting words into empty lakes
Epidemic
Would you rather be blind?
Would you rather be blind?
Don't let it go away
Only you can make this change
12. Martyr 3:33
The life and blood of God poured out
This is my home, cannot turn away
Dedication, sacrifice
So many who knew before killed and tortured
How did you breathe? What did you see?
Your blood testifies of your witness
Testifies!
Moving towards the guillotine
Eviscerate by the execution
Burning at the stake of faith
The witness laid out for all to obtain
Testifies of your witness
The sacrifice is mine
Moving towards the guillotine
Eviscerate by the execution
Burning at the stake of faith
The witness laid out for all to obtain
The sacrifice is mine
The sacrifice is mine
The sacrifice is mine
The sacrifice is mine
The sacrifice
13. Reach For The Sky 3:08
Who am I to question?
Every day to understand
This precious beginning
Now fading, passing
This is the feel of sadness
Where will solace find me?
Where will peace begin?
Where will peace begin?
I have the call to be true
Find a way for you
The peace be inside
Follow safely home
In my God, in His smile
Nothing is impossible
Every day brings an awesome hope
Grace will lead the way and joy will follow
My heart leaps at the sound of Your voice calling my name
You are so perfect in every way
A testimony of creation
Beautiful is Your Name
I can't wait to see Him when I wake
Fresh and new, simple and true
Formed by mercy, formed by grace
Earth and sky in Your eyes
Blessed, pure
You're more than I deserve
You're my blessing
You're my wisdom
You're my freedom
You're my mission
I live for His glory
In Memoriam (compilation, March 29, 2005, Solid State Records) (CD,
Digital)
A compilation of their greatest hits, with tracks 1-3 being new. This was released after the band's temporary breakup, before reforming in 2008.
Tracks 1-3 are exclusive to this compilation.
Tracks 4 and 5 are from "Conceived In Fire".
Tracks 6 and 7 are from "The Hammering Process".
Tracks 8 and 9 are from "Reborn".
Track 10 is a re-recording of "Enthroned", first featured on "This Is Solid State Volume 1".
Tracks 11 and 12 are from "Inhabit".
Tracks 13 and 14 are from "Nonexistent".
Tracks 15 and 16 are from "Living Sacrifice".
1. In Christ 3:11
Birthright by the hand of God
I am he, chosen and called
I have answered and understand
The gift of God has been given by his Son
I am in Christ, the Son of God
I am in Christ, no longer condemned
I am in Christ, the Son of God
I am in Christ, resurrected
Who can be against me, who can compromise?
The power of He is resting, I will glorify
Laid bare, before your eyes
It can only come this way
The price is paid, by His blood
All I ask is, who am I?
I am in Christ, the Son of God
I am in Christ, no longer condemned
I am in Christ, the Son of God
I am in Christ, resurrected
(Resurrected, resurrected)
The right to live, the right to breathe
The right to be and to believe
God has come, the time has come to take hold of the promise, of the promise, of the promise
The time has come to take hold of the Blood, of the Blood, of the Blood, of the Blood...
2. The Power Of God 2:57
The outstretched arms, of one word, of one breath (one breath)
The existence is spoken (the existence is spoken), the existence will attest
A bond has been made, a plan put in motion
To reconcile and make new, the ultimate sacrifice of your flesh
Self lust will kill, a heart towards God will change... destiny
Power, unleashed on this void
Onslaught, the only plan of this kind
This is something that cannot subside
The dawn of this day, a decision is made to know and proclaim
The dawn of this day, a decision is made to know and proclaim
The power of God, the power of God is alive, is alive, is alive
3. Killers 3:14
Things we cannot quite conceive, powers of geography
Darkness so blinding, haunting, manipulating
Assorted delights will abound, in a land hidden from sound
Authority that's temporary, princes of hell in their playground
Killers, you are killers
Killers, you are killers
Killers
Madmen who hold us hostage, nightmares are manifesting bondage
Taunt me, harassing, ripping through
The separation of what's true, lie in waiting, overtake
All is forsaken, there is another way
Killers, you are killers
Killers, you are killers
Steal, kill, destroy
Killers, you are killers
Killers, you are killers
Steal, kill, destroy
4. Symbiotic 4:14
5. Send Your Regrets 3:40
6. Bloodwork 4:12
7. Local Vengeance Killing 3:08
8. Reborn Empowered 3:46
9. Reject 3:34
10. Enthroned '98 3:34
11. Breathing Murder 4:24
12. In The Shadow 2:59
13. Distorted 4:38
14. Haven Of Blasphemy 2:55
15. Obstruction 5:27
16. Anorexia Spiritual 4:42
Death Machine (single)
June 10, 2008, Independent (
Digital)
October 3, 2024, Independent (7" Vinyl)
iTune states it was released June 13, 2008. I assume it was released on that platform on that specific date?
1. Death Machine 3:38
Moving parts all collide
Force of nature fueled by pride
Gears of greed oiled by deceit
This machine keeps moving
Fake facade are these clothes
That I'll wear when they bury me
Cannot fool for another day
Cannot pretend that I got away
The death machine - steamrolls hate
The death machine - construction of fate
The death machine - never stops
The death machine - an end to a means
The death machine - never stops
The death machine is sin and I am he
Imposters - hypocrites profess only words
The death machine - steamrolls hate
The death machine - construction of fate
The death machine - never stops
The death machine - an end to a means
The death machine - never stops
The death machine is sin and I am he
Hallelujah - I've seen the light
Hallelujah - tie that knot extremely tight
Around my neck this rope feels tight
Jerk it hard pull it tight
Around my neck this rope feels right
I'm gonna see the bottom of the sea tonight
Hallelujah - I've seen the light
Hallelujah - I'm gonna be bottom of the sea tonight
2. The Battle 3:36
Unified Spirit speaks, implements of life
Destroyer of death
This blade is splattered with red
Symbolic of the spirit of death
This machine cannot take me down
Take my stand, unrelenting
Come and take it, if you think you can
This victory of mine, words that testify
Overcome by blood
Blood let, words are sharp and piercing
Sword of the Spirit cutting
Blood let, divine what's right through truth
Ripping off the scales that blind you
Take my stand, unrelenting
Come and take it, if you think you can
This victory of mine, words that testify
Overcome by blood
This blade is splattered red
This blade is splattered red
My words are sharp and piercing
My words are sharp and piercing
Take my stand, unrelenting
Come and take it, if you think you can
This victory of mine, words that testify
Overcome by blood
Come and take it, come and take it if you think you can
I will fight, I will fight
Rules Of Engagement (single, December 8, 2009, Solid State Records) (Digital?)
1. Rules Of Engagement 3:28
The Infinite Order (album)
January 26, 2010, Solid State Records (CD)
November 26, 2010, Solid State Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc., Deluxe Edition (
Digital)
Pre-ordered copies of the standard edition include the bonus track "Of My Flesh, Of My Heart". This was originally meant as a European bonus track and appears because of the wrong master being used when the album was pressed. The track was deleted from subsequent pressings.
1. Overkill Exposure 2:49
I watched a man murder and kill
Plot against the destroyed will
I watched a man ripped to shreds
Stench of rot does not offend
Create a theme, sell it how
Promiscuous, no consequence
Think of ways to shock us now
Good luck, I've seen it all
I will pay for this death and destruction
Just to know such things exist
I will pay for this death and destruction
Knowledge of evil, paralysis
Overkill exposure
Cannibalistic destruction
Fanatical debauchery
Glorified infidelity
Show me death, show me lies
Show me unthinkable darkness
Programmed perversion of the worst kind
Show me death, show me lies
Show me unthinkable darkness
Show me death, show me lies
I will pay for this death and destruction
Just to know such things exist
I will pay for this death and destruction
Knowledge of evil, paralysis
Overkill exposure
Guard my heart, guard my will
Think of ways to shock us now
Guard my heart, guard my will
Keep your death and lies
Guard my heart, guard my will
Think of ways to shock us now
Guard my heart, guard my will
Keep your death and lies
2. Rules Of Engagement 3:28
Expectations of of actions, that conform foreign beliefs
Put in position to be killed, you have to go, you have to fight
There's no one else that's capable, no one else would even dare
Put your life on the line without a word
Silent and stealth, just like you were trained to kill
Your hands are tied, you've been compromised
As the bullets rain down on your hide
Twenty yards and counting
The enemy rears his head
Black eyes glaring hate
In his heart
Blood and sweat mixed with earth
Bloody mess, stench of death
Blood and sweat mixed with earth
Searing flesh is what you're worth
Sent to defend, train to kill by the ones who called you an animal
Your hands are tied, you've been compromised
As the bullets rain down on your hide
Your hands are tied, you're gonna die
By decisions made in someone else's mind
3. Nietzsche's Madness 3:35
Moral laws do not apply
The mind is capable to justify
The madman has come
The madness attacks my mind
Cannot comprehend a purpose in randomness
Where is God?
Have you killed him?
Self aware observation
Thousands of years
Finite greatness, finite cruelty
Which is the standard of man without God?
Meaningless
Which is the standard of man?
No rationale for what exists
The madman has come
The madness attacks my mind
Cannot comprehend a purpose in randomness
Where is God? Have you killed him?
Liberation of now law
Exhilaration of no God
Justified in the mind
Leads to horrors of every kind
What if there was a gun to your head?
Would it not matter?
What if there was a gun to your head?
No meaning in your death
The madman has come
The madness attacks my mind
Cannot comprehend a purpose in randomness
Where is God? Have you killed him?
4. Unfit To Live 4:27
Product of some enlightenment
Cheapening a life once lived
The feeble and degenerate
Deemed unworthy living burdens
Social engineering
Genetic playground of the elite
Rationalize these thoughts and processes
Sterilize, conclude who can live and die
Selective breeding, racial hygiene
The extreme survival of social Darwin
Social engineering
Genetic playground of the elite
Who decides who lives and dies?
What is the cost of life?
The intellect of a mini-God
Selective breeding, racial hygiene
No compassion in the process
Only pseudoscientific notions
Who decides who lives and dies?
What is the cost of life?
Who decides who lives and dies?
5. The Training 4:18
Broken down one by one
They'll take your pride and crush it
The fall that comes is real, by pure degradation
Amputate, humiliate
Who can take this punishment?
Create something new, a warrior where there once was nothing
Destroy the body and mind - Behold the spirit can survive
Destroy the body and mind - Today is a good day to die
(Broken mind) - Facedown in the sand
(Spirit) Spirit - (Rise) Rise
Destruction comes only once in a lifetime
Cannot be great in your mind
This is the time to say your last prayer
If you desire peace, then prepare for war
Destroy the body and mind - Behold the spirit can survive
Destroy the body and mind - Today is a good day to die
Destroy the body and mind - Behold the spirit can survive
Destroy the body and mind - I am ready for mine
(Broken mind) - Facedown in the sand
(Spirit) Spirit - (Rise) Rise
(Broken mind) - Facedown in the sand
(Spirit) Spirit - (Rise) Rise
Prepare for war - Rise
Prepare for war - And rise
6. Organized Lie 3:23
Subvert the conscious mind of us all
Become the one who is the fraud
Deny the evil that pervades
Deny the sin that fuels the way
Pull down the blinders, rip down the shades
See the world as it has been made
The laws of life point the way
The ordering of everything
Deny the conscience of righteousness
Paint broad strokes of piousness
Everyone believes in something, everyone believes
Just because you don't call it God does not mean belief's not involved
Just because you don't call it God does not mean belief's not involved
Random, organized lie
Random, organized lie
Pull down the blinders, rip down the shades
See the world as it has been made
The laws of life point the way
The ordering of everything
Random, organized lie
Random, organized lie
7. The Reckoning 3:41
Infamy, you lost your way again
This was the day, the day that you resigned
Infamy, this was not His design
I was yours, you were mine, cannot describe
I was yours, you were mine, this pain inside
Now I've turned to look, only a shadow remains
My land has been laid to waste
A drop of hope is all I taste
This is a reckoning of love
The calculation of my heart
This is a reckoning of love
The calculation of my death
No hope for return
You have brought infamy
No hope for return
Speaking grace solemnly
Depression, sets in
The serpent, stakes its claim
Losing faith, what it means to be alive
The shadows all around me dance for sorrow
I was yours, you were mine, cannot describe
I was yours, you were mine, this pain inside
Now I've turned to look, only a shadow remains
My land has been laid to waste
A drop of hope is all I taste
This is a reckoning of love
The calculation of my heart
This is a reckoning of love
The calculation of my death
No hope for return
You have brought infamy
No hope for return
Speaking grace solemnly
This is a reckoning (reckoning)
This is a reckoning (reckoning)
This is a reckoning (reckoning)
This is a reckoning
8. Love Forgives 3:25
Through the raging gates of hell
He has shown redemption
He has opened up the skies
And made up for my losses
Who can make dark the purpose of Yahweh?
Who can take away the hand of compassion?
The air is blessed and my house is full
I was destroyed but Your hand brought beauty
My sin had overcome me but Your hand brought mercy
I am lifted by her love
Through the cracks of my despair
Each day is made new in Your hands forever
This is a call to the weak
These are the words we proclaim
Piece by piece I have gained a part of myself
My dreams are one again
Let me take you
Beauty, Your majesty
Love forgives travesty
This is a call to the weak
These are the words we proclaim
Piece by piece I have gained a part of myself
My dreams are one again
Let me take you
Beauty, Your majesty
Love forgives travesty
Love forgives
Love forgives
Love forgives
9. They Were One 3:21
At first site, dreams fulfilled
You were love and love was the answer
A covenant, bound by words
A covenant bound by blood
Your plague has ruined me
Made a mockery
Your tongue is the spear
Your plague has ruined me
Made a mockery
Your secret is no more
A door was opened, the other was un-shut
My heart withering every secret
I have looked into the room
I have seen Judas
A serpent's day and they feasted
Your dream was eaten
Your heart has become a grave for robbers
Love turned to hate, justified by fate
Your plague has ruined me
Made a mockery
Your tongue is the spear
Your plague has ruined me
Made a mockery
Your secret is no more
A serpent's day and they feasted
Your dream was eaten
I looked in the room, she was gone
The world has changed
My heart has remained
A serpent's day and they feasted
Your dream was eaten
Your heart has become a grave for robbers
Love turned to hate, justified by fate
Your plague has ruined me
Made a mockery
Your tongue is the spear
Your plague has ruined me
Made a mockery
Your secret is no more
10. God Is My Home 4:52
Abandoned, left for dead
Kept outside, ostracized
Unwanted in your eyes
Cut me off, thrown aside
Is this why I was born?
Is this what I come from?
This world has been lost long ago
God is my home
Estranged, bastard I am
Never had the reasons why
God has taken me in
Healed my wounds, loved me in my sin
Is this why I was born?
Is this what I come from?
This world has been lost long ago
God is my home
God has taken the one you never wanted
My home, God is my home
11. Apostasy 6:45
You have a new way
Is it a better way?
Once I saw you proclaim
Now there's slight disdain
Why keep that title, what has changed? Is God so different?
Why keep that title, what has changed? Is He not the same?
Love is present, grace abounds
What happened here? Was the world so enticing?
Denial is treachery hard to reconcile
Call it for what it really is
Don't make excuses
Call it for what it really is
Go ahead apostasy
Tepid waters do not run
Stagnation breeds disease
Flies surround
Multiply maggot parasites
Why keep that title? Why redefine?
Lord of the lies
Apostasy, apostasy
Love is present, grace abounds
What happened here? Was the world so enticing?
Denial is treachery hard to reconcile
Call it for what it really is
Don't make excuses
Call it for what it really is
Go ahead apostasy
Do not conform to one man
God is clear on who you are
Love, grace and mercy are there
Do not pretend apostasy
12. Of My Flesh, Of My Heart 2:56
DELUXE EDITION BONUS TRACKS:
12. Glasshouses 2:47
13. Flatline (Live) 3:44
14. Symbiotic (Live) 4:57
In Finite Live (video, December 9, 2011, Solid State Records) (DVD)
1. Bloodwork
2. Imminent War
3. Death Machine
4. Local Vengeance Killing
5. Flatline
6. Rules Of Engagement
7. In Christ
8. Symbiotic
9. Reborn Empowered
10. Reject
Ghost Thief (album)
November 11, 2013, Solid State Records (CD,
Digital)
2015, Solid State Records (12" Vinyl)
1. Screwtape 5:35
Just a fascination of what lies beyond
A life that's free
Under mind responsibility
My greatness is wide
Love of self, the lie
Curse the scrutiny
Embrace the thought inside
I will manipulate
You will capitulate
What you've given me is a path perverted
Adapted, disjointed philosophies
Emotional dependence
My grasp is relentless
Perfected in mind
Planted and instilled
This formation of a dark temptation
The ease of it all
Disease enthralled
This fantastic dream
Subject to a dark scheme
I will manipulate
You will capitulate
What you've given me is a path perverted
Adapted, disjointed philosophies
Emotional dependence
My grasp is relentless
Your love becomes inverted
A path becomes perverted
I watched them drown
Under a clear blue sky
Weighted with guilt
I watched them die
2. Ghost Thief 4:41
There is no cheat
It comes as the ghost thief
Quick and fleeting
There is no guarantee for tomorrow
We are not home
We are passing through
Try and hold on as we may
Matter will not sustain
I will proclaim
The end is not the end
Escape
It's just a vapor
Escape
A temporal list
Escape, escape
There is a realm
Escape, escape
Where time does not exist
Contained in a whisper
This is all I see
This is just a dream
What is to be
Cannot resist
Nothing more
Nothing less
Nothing else
Nothing more
Nothing less
Nothing else
Will attest
Escape
It's just a vapor
Escape
A temporal list
Escape, escape
There is a realm
Escape, escape
Where time does not exist
Escape
It's just a vapor
Escape
Where time does not exist
3. The Reaping 3:26
A smile does the deal
No matter if it's real
Insincere prayer
It will go nowhere
You pave the way for that sorrowful day
Obtained all you want
A deathly law you sought
Forgotten covenant
Forgotten part of remnant
The words keep on changing
Double-minded rearranging
With a forked tongue
Shifting lines, your neck is hung
Oblivious to this life
God given, glorious heights
One kill does the deal
No matter if it's real
You are reaping greed
You are reaping lust
Reaping covetous
Reaping apocalypse
You are reaping greed
You are reaping lust
Reaping covetous
Reaping apocalypse
You are reaping greed
You are reaping lust
Reaping covetous
Reaping apocalypse
You are reaping greed
You are reaping lust
Reaping covetous
Reaping, reaping, reaping apocalypse
4. Straw Man 3:46
I am not who you think I am
I am not who you think I am
I am not who you've made me to be, be, to be
My pedestal is decayed with sin
Collapsing all around me
With all your expectations
With all your preconceptions
The straw man
I am, not called to be
Your idea, of how you see me
I am, not called to be
Your idea, of how you see me
I am not, I am not
In a place to pretend
In a place to pretend
To be a fake version of a man
The straw man
I am, not called to be
Your idea, of how you see me
I am, not called to be
Your idea, of how you see me
I am, not called to be
Your idea, of how you see me
I am, not called to be
Your idea, of how you see me
Not called to be, of how you see, how you see me
5. Sudden 4:46
You were here, just a moment ago
I saw your face
I never thought I would know
The emptiness of this place
I never thought I could comprehend
Absence that dug so deep
I never expected to bury you incomplete
You were the one who comforted
You were the one who told me
You were the one who made me live
Gave me this gift
Broken, broken
These bonds and moral coils
Never to return, never again
Broken, broken
These bonds and moral coils
Never to return, never again
You have seen the ocean
And the promised land
Beyond sight and sound
Where mortal dreams command
Universe unfolded
Glorious heavens shown
So expensive
Deep truths become known
I will endeavor to see you again
In the world that lies beyond
I will endeavor to see you again
Beyond this veil of sight
Broken, broken
These bonds and moral coils
Never to return, never again
Broken, broken
These bonds and moral coils
Never to return
Never to return, never to return
Never to return, never again
6. Mask 4:49
Made yourself into more than a man
The anointed one by your own hand
Speech is perfect, masked vulgarity
Sight is straight, dark rigidity
All is copacetic
Projected, unaccepting
Everyone is hurt
Everyone is broken
Everyone is bleeding
Inside
I've lived enough to know
Everyone has suffered, suffered
Inside, inside
Who would even need to see?
Who would even seem to care?
What you see is shallow
Who would even need to see?
Who would even seem to care?
There is no room, no room for despair
That mask is so deceptive
Despite this life
Try and hide, try and hide
From down low, so much darkness
Casts a shadow on your broken halo
I've lived enough to know
So much darkness
Seeds are sown
Everyone is hurt
Everyone is broken
Everyone is bleeding
Inside
I've lived enough to know
Everyone has suffered, suffered
Inside, inside
Who would even need to see?
Who would even seem to care?
What you see is shallow
Who would even need to see?
Who would even seem to care?
There is no room, no room for despair
Everyone is hurt
Everyone is broken
Everyone is bleeding
Inside
I've lived enough to know
Everyone has suffered, suffered
Inside, inside
7. American Made 5:56
Abundance and wealth
Prosperous lethargy
Faith is fragile
It stays in its infancy
Provision is expected
With no stretch of circumstances
My weapon of choice is to ignore your voice
Scorch the earth
Orphaned and desolate
Lack is consuming all
Laceration
In progression
Maimed and broken
Other lives unspoken
Contrast with my everything
When I have it all
I don't need anything
I took it all in the fall
I don't need love
I don't need peace
Only the hypnosis of
I don't need love
I don't need peace
Just an affluent fleece
Abundance and wealth
And the internal strife
Abundance and wealth
And the insipid life
This bitter pill is no easy kill
I am fine, look what I possess
That is my self worth
Is it meaningless?
I exchange the truth for a lie
Every day I live
That is my self worth
Is it meaningless?
Scorch the earth
Orphaned and desolate
Lack is consuming all
Laceration
In progression
Maimed and broken
Other lives unspoken
Out of sight and out of mind
Languish in another kind
Who is to say we should pray?
The death of all humanity
Null and void with no action
The thing provides my satisfaction
A bill of goods has been sold
The American dream takes it toll
Insipid life of nothing
Humanistic
Insipid life of nothing
This is my American dream
8. Before 4:31
I am a fraud without you
I am a lie without you
On my own I fend for myself
No consideration of anything else
I am drawn, I am
This is my skeleton
This is my skin
I will remove this disguise
I will remove this mask you met me in
The day we met I wanted nothing
A selfish being, blind and seething
Compelled, I am drawn to you
By God, I am saved by you
You pierced this conscious
You broke this shell
You planted conviction
Where there was only hell
Compelled, I am drawn
By God, I am
This is my skeleton
This is my skin
I will remove this disguise
I will remove this mask you met me in
9. Your War 3:56
Constrain, restrict, politic, dismiss
Constrain, restrict, politic, of sin
Laws that dismiss
Laws that remit
Utilize societal ties
The war is now us versus them
Power, control
This is not my war
Against flesh and blood
This is not my war
Against flesh and blood
Hatred, contention, selfish ambition
Hatred, contention, strive for position
Strive for authority
Envy and jealousy
Marginalize a man
Your war is now us versus them
Power, control
This is not my war
Against flesh and blood
This is not my war
Against flesh and blood
This is not my war
Against flesh and blood
This is not my war
Against flesh and blood
10. Despair 4:19
I am not the standard
No rule to be upheld
This was a set up
All intended to fail
Betrayed
Could not face the truth
Crushed innocence
Despised by this youth
Crushed innocence, despised
Failure is my companion
Mortal laws at play
Nothing in this union
Nothing but decay
What can be rebuilt
No way to break free
Every option of guilt
Submerged under the sea
Give unto me your sorrow
There is no way to break free
Give unto me your malice
Dark insecurity
Submerged under a mountain of loss
Figment of the psyche
The loss of what may be
Time may heal all wounds
Not when it reappears
Not when the scab is ripped open
Not when life is broken
No cross have I hung
No one I have healed
No wounds have I bled
That fate was sealed
Give unto me your sorrow
There is no way to break free
Give unto me your malice
Dark insecurity
I have taken
I have taken, your despair
I have taken
I have taken, your despair
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