Immolation - 2007 Shadows In The Light

Rise and take shape through fear

Twisting the sword of hate

Bringing the bloodshed it so desires

While leading us into the dark



A cancer, a scourge, a plague

Using the world as it's host

Unnoticed, it grows and festers

Its malevolence will go unchallenged



Casting night on God's domain

Haunting presence that shadows life

Exhaling death without grace

Burning chaos on the promise land



Raging through the good of man

Tearing our souls at every end

Vengeful, furious, unstoppable force

Determined to makes its stand

Warm your souls, burn your hearts

Speak the word, speak the lies

Repeat the prayers, repent the sins

Can you believe, can you kill



The clash of saviors and the clash of men

In a time of worry and a time of war

Arm the masses and disarm the truth

As the pious bask in a holy fervor



Find their way, lose themselves

Find your faith, lose your mind

Give your trust, take your chance

Heaven promised, death achieved



Tyrannical rule in the name of god

Thirsty for territory and thirsty for blood

Creating the myth while creating the mayhem

As the world endures another era in suffering



Passion lives

Passion grows

Passion hates

Passion Kills



God will embrace you

God will raise you

God will comfort you

God will save you



God will punish you

God will torture you

God will silence you

God will destroy you



Passion lives

Passion grows

Passion hates

Passion Kills

War on our hands, war on our minds

Beat on the drums, beaten our hopes

Nothing is left, nothing is gained

Angry at one, angry at all



World in Agony, World in pain

World in Anger, World of shame



The error of man, the error of faith

Shaping tomorrow, destroying today

Nothing ahead, nothing to be

Anger is one, anger is all



World in Agony, World in pain

World in Anger, Word insane



Cursing ourselves, causing our death

Abusing the earth, it's coming apart

Can we undo, what we have done

Before we undo, what we become



The earth is bitter

The earth is black

What have we done

There's no going back

Spoil the soul, Spoil the flesh

Inhaling sin to survive

Leaving grace behind



Feel the dirt under your skin

Feel the filth work it's way in



Long gone is the purity

Lust and indulgence thrive

Your heart's now black and dark



Feel the dirt under your skin

Feel the filth work it's way in

Feel the steel piercing your flesh

Feel the surge taking your breath

Feel the blood pump in your veins

Feel the rush that drives you insane



Fouled by your selfish ways, Fouled by your arrogant bliss

Fouled by the mistakes you've made, Fouled by the poison you take

Banished by the ones you loved, Banished by the ones you trust

Banished from your house of faith, Banished by the God you praised



You are the guilty

You are the shamed

You took the good

Threw it away

Destroyed your life

And those you've betrayed

You have been tarnished

A life now tarnished



Desperate now to cleanse your soul, Desperate now to save your soul

Fallen down you've lost control, Fallen down you've failed them all

Tortured by the envy that grows, Tortured by the anger that flows

Hurt is now all you will know, Hurt is now your only absolute



You are the guilty

You are the shamed

You took the good

Threw it away

Destroyed your life

And those you've betrayed

You have been tarnished

Forever tarnished

Dragging me down, there's nothing left of this broken man

Bearing this weight, it weakens me day by day

Try to find change, but I'm looking through jaded eyes

Leave me here, I know no other way to live



Using the fear, to suffer the pain

Driven by rage, in this manic mind

A life of service, a life in ruin

Shattered so slowly, ever so completely



I've given so much, it's stolen my soul

I'm nothing at all, it defines my being

The pleasures of life, elude me still

Cast me out, cast me down



The hate inside me, overcomes the world

It empowers me, It elevates me



My devotion blinds me, the darkness finds me

Heavy on me, weighing down on me



This devotion drives me, my actions haunt me

Crushing me, crushing down on me

It lets no light in

It feeds on my pain

I try to feel something

Numbness is all that's left

With every breath

Another piece of me is gone

As if life is leaving me

Leaving nothing behind



Try to hold on

My spirit is gone

Panic runs through me

Fighting the suffering



It spites me

Entices me

It leads me on

Then crushes my dreams

It leaves me hollow

Pulling me deeper

It has no compassion

It wants full control



Try to hold on

My spirit is gone

Fighting to overcome

But every battle is lost



Breathe in the dark

It's all that's here

Breathe in the loss,

Awaken the fear

In this dark place

Tasting my tears

Ripping my mind

Now madness becomes me



Take this sickness away

It drains me, it aches me,

It pulls all hope from me

Like walls it surrounds me

It towers above me

Keeps drawing me in

Showing no love,

but loving my sin



Breathe in the dark

It's all that's here

Breathe in the loss

Awaken the fear

In this dark place

Tasting my tears

What once was is gone

Now misery becomes me

Shadow

Soldier

Silent

Predator



Take down the master

Take down the throne

Bring them their heads

Send a message to the world



Sinister

Warrior

Faceless

Killer



Take out the king

Take out the kingdom

Paralyze their power

Send a message to the world



Gave you the power

Gave you control

Fail the people

And you will fall



Faiths collide, social unrest

Clear the air, force the change

Dusk will bring the serpent's kiss

Never see another dawn



Take down the master

Take down the throne

Bring them their heads

Send a message to the world

See what they've done

Imagine what's to come

Already inside

They've come to take it all away



Moving in shadows

Masking their rage

A violent breed

Bringing the world to it's knees

Deep in our soil

Spreading their seed

They'll never give in

Until we are all in our graves



Hiding among us

Harvesting death

Turmoil ensues

The world, runs frantic, with war



Building their walls, to entrap us all

Architects of ruin, imprisoning all



Spreading the fear, to further their cause

Messengers of light, crushing all



Waiting in shadows, for the time to strike,

Dormant empire, growing strong



Inch by inch, mile by mile

Silent legion, the world will fall



Don't close your eyes,

Or all will be lost, forever

You thought, you knew me, I proved you wrong

Never saw, it coming, now feel my scorn

My grasp will tighten around the ones I seek

Deceiver of many, I shall ensnare the weak



So contemptuous, and so malign

So righteous, and so divine

Releasing my force, I hear the cries

Devastate the angelic, watch the shadows rise



Breathing wrath with tongues of fire

Breaking the frail with ferocious desire

Lashing out havoc with hands of iron

Unveiling death with this poison soul



The Devil's in me, we are one

Guiding our hearts, leading us all

Tempt the masses, my demons rage

I am the chosen whose victims will fall



Laying waste to all

With my wicked fever

The demons are in me

We are one

Sweeping the land,

Like a desert storm

Reaping the lands,

Like a violent storm

It will call on us all

The fallen, the shrewd

It will deliver us all

The holy, the cursed



To never pass judgment

It shows no sympathy

To never be beaten

It accepts no refusal

One by one

It will swallow our souls

One by one

It will own our souls



Whispering death, you will find us all

You inhale the damned and rip out their souls

Taking the precious and taking the brave

You gather the blessed and lay them to rest

Whispering death, you devour us all

Feast on the greedy and show them true lust

Herding the mighty, the weak and the crazed

Assassin of time, enforcer of fate



The body, the essence, of all life now fades

There is no escape, from the silence that waits