Christian Death Metal Collective: LIVING SACRIFICE

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

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...

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

Chosen nation

Not forsaken

Right to exist, resurrect

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

This life inside, symbiotic

Conceived in fire

This life inside, symbiotic

Conceived in fire

Amniotic suspension

Heart rate rhythmic

Surrounded by sound

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

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

It did not have to end

It all could have changed

So glamorous

Suffocating!

You died on the floor of a bathroom

Ruptured and bloated

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

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

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

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!

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 for thinking I could not prevail

Kept my mouth shut for too long

This is not what I agreed upon

Passive resistance!

Believed the lies I can't repeat

This procession of hatred defeat

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

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

In your presence, Jesus

Break away to freedom

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!

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

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?

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?

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

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?

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 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

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

Steal, kill, destroy

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

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

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

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

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

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'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