Otep - The Ascension (2008) by Otep (보컬) on maniadb.com

Hush little baby
Don't make a sound
Hush little baby
Don't make a move
This is gonna hurt
Me more than you

If I'm a danger
To myself
Just think what I
Could do to you

Twisting and turning
My insides are burning
Like larva feeding
From the kill

The pestilence of decadence
I worship my emptiness
I'm ravaged by the
Damages of this hell

Eat the children raw
Eat the children raw
Eat the children raw

Feasting on bait
As worms are asleep

Operators are standing by
Some Restrictions
May apply
Side effects could include
We'll steal the life
Right out of you

Descending, I'm mending
But still I'm pretending
I regress to become one of them

They gave me this friction
They yield to my diction
I can't repress myself

Eat the children raw
Eat the children raw
Eat the children raw

Feasting on bait
These worms are asleep

Operators are standing by
Some Restrictions
May apply
Side effects could include
We'll steal the life
Right out of you

If I'm a danger
To myself
Just think what I
Could do to you


Role model #1
Taught you how to shave
Role model #2
Took you to the PTA
Tell us how to dress
And teach us to obey
But they never heard a word
That you had to say
For shame
For shame

'Cause I am vermin
I'm the anti-Christ
Just another lonely chapter
In the book of lies

Don't they know
That they are the prey
Don't they know
They are the prey
Don't they know
That they are the prey

Don't they know
I'm predator
Don't they know
They are the prey
Don't they know
I'm predator
Don't they know
I'm insane
Don't they know
I'm predator
Don't they know
They are the prey
Don't they know
I'm predator
Don't they know
I'm insane

Eat the children raw
Eat the children raw
Eat the children raw

Feasting on bait
These worms are asleep

Operators are standing by
Soul restrictions
May oblige
Follow this simple rule
Do unto them before
They do unto you

These wounds cut deep
And I'm out for blood

Take me down
With the baptized drown
So they say

[Incomprehensible]
Let's lick my wound

So they say, I killed a man
So they say, I took his head
So they say, he was a scourge
In all the world died his children

The best thing they ever did
In this life was let me live
Taking swiftly out the helm
Madness helps me save myself

Crooked spoons are every wall
Genocide lines the halls
Teenage needles end the prayer
Smearing sin everywhere

What else could you need?
You've taken everything
What else could you need?
You've taken everything

Self destruction for me
Let's lick my wound

We feed until we are gorged
Let them sleep, I need some more
Nooses made from human hair
Bodies falling from the air

We breach and scream forbidden truths
This is it, we're through with you
Choosing to lose my mind
Rape the blade and call it wine

Crooked spoons are every wall
Genocide lines the halls
Teenage needles end the prayer
Smearing sin everywhere

What else could you need?
You've taken everything
What else could you need?
You've taken everything

Self destruction for me
Knew where the baptized drown

I sleep too deep for you to wake me
I sleep too deep for you to wake me
I sleep too deep for you to wake me
My wrists are kissed with tarnished stitches

What else could you need?
You've taken everything
What else could you need?
You've taken everything

The venom that slips from your lips
Your tiny lies shinning in your eyes
Pain in my veins shallow, hallow incarcerated soul
I sleep too deep you to wake me up

If you do this
If you do this you'll never have a chance to try again.
If you do this you'll never have a chance to try.

It's the same sound
Same sting.
The same collapse
Of every thing.

It's the same slice,
Same blade,
The same lie,
Same ol' vein

My weight
My face
My height
My race
I'm a mistake.

My weight
My face
My height
My race
I'm such a disgrace.

You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
Like cracks in the glass
And faded photographs

You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
Let them come near when
Imperfections will keep you unique

Nothing left to lose, just try again
Nothing left to lose, just try again

Its the same doubt,
The same dream
It's the same sabotage
'cos I'm the enemy

It's the same night
Same day
It's the same parasite,
Feeding on the betrayed.

My weight
My face
My height
My race
I'm a mistake

My weight
My face
My height
My race
I'm such a disgrace

You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
Like cracks in the glass
And faded photographs

You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
A work in progress
Perfection is killing me

A disguise of self-deception
Hides my secrets perfectly
I'm rejecting my reflection
'cos I hate the way it judges me

Don't you do it
You're not even you yet
Don't you do it
You're not even you yet

You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
Like cracks in the glass
And flame full of grass

You're perfectly flawed
You're perfectly incomplete
A work in progress
Perfection is killing me...

Don't
Be...
Silent

Fight

(Violence, m챗l챕es, & disturbances of the peace)

[Verse 1]
Here's your introduction to destruction
& the hate sustaining me
Are we safer or in danger?
Drowning in atrocities?
Riot gear, the slaves are here
Piling corpses high
Its the rich man's war
But its the poor that fight
More capitalist crimes,
More enemies than allies
No WMD's, who gives a fuck
If they die
Just kill em all, watch em fall
Skin the world with their lies
Its a rich man's war
But its the poor that fight

[Chorus]
Stand up
Speak out
Strike back
Stand up
Speak out
Strike back
They don't know
What they started
Confrontation

[Verse 2]
My religion of resistance
Challenging everything
Radicals & dissidents
Of creativity
We are the children
Of the siege you hide
In this rich man's war
Where the poor just die
More deception & greed
More wars & disease
More lies from the hive mind
That seek to deceive
A weak nation of need
Like silent thieves in the night
Its a rich man's war
But it's the poor that die

[Chorus]

Stand, fight
Speak, fight
Strike back!

Stand, fight
Speak, fight
Strike back!

They don't know
What they started

Confrontation

[Bridge]

This is my
Battle cry!

Defy the lies
Of the tyrant race
With a fist in the air
& a finger in their face!

Defy the tyrants!
Don't be silent!

Defy the tyrants!
Don't be silent!

Defy the tyrants!
Don't be silent!

Defy the tyrants!
Don't be silent!

[Chorus]

Stand, fight
Speak, fight
Strike back!

Stand, fight
Speak, fight
Strike back!

They don't know
What they started

Confrontation

[Outro]

There's no
Way they
Can stop us
Now

So let them try
We fight or we die

Was I just your surrogate?
Was I your revenge?
I... have... no regrets... yet
I... have... no regrets...

You'll wish we never took this ride...
You made me do this, you made me do this, you made me
I wish I was afraid of suicide,
Long ago before I died
We should never be this high
I wish I was afraid of suicide

Once was I... made of glass,
Long ago, before I cracked...
Once was I... made of glass,
Long ago... before I cracked...
YOU MADE ME DO THIS

I just can't forget
The blood,
The stitches,
The bite marks,
The kisses,
The glass memories reflecting back
The suffocating black,
Ill milk of regret
Just smile and pretend,
we never mattered it anyway
Smile and pretend,
we never mattered anyway

You'll wish we never took this..

I'm starving,
I'm starving...
I'm starving for affection
Your heart is made of ash
And you were just a face to me,
A sacrificial lamb
Rejection, Revenge
Deception, Damage
I might be going down in flames,

But you will burn with me
You'll wish we never took this ride

I just can't forget
The blood,
The stitches,
The bite marks,
The kisses,
The glass memories reflecting back
The suffocating black,
Ill milk of regret
Just smile and pretend,
we never mattered anyway

..no one will know

This is the perfect place
To hide the crime and burn the remains...
I was so naive
I refused to feed
Waiting for you to notice me
I was so naive
I refused to feed
Waiting for you...

LIKE A LOVESICK ANOREXIC

I just can't forget
The love you twisted
The lies you enlisted
to kill us quietly and beat me down
I hope you drown in this shit milk of regret
I WON'T FUCKING FORGET

I hope you drown while your world is burning down
I hope you drown while your world is burning down

...the whole world is burning
...your whole world is burning
...your whole world is burning
...your whole world is burning down

And she's a killer
And she's a keeper ...

[verse 1]
Am i blurry
In your vision

Was i just
A poor decision

Cut me open
With precision

& we'll finger
The incision

Tell me what have i done
(quid pro quo)

To watch you lose
Control

[tunnel]

I will give you sanctuary
In these hymns of Thanatos ...

I will give you sanctuary!

[verse 2]
You want to
See me burn
I am living fire!

You want to
See me burn
I am LIVING FIRE!

You will know me
By the scars i bare

You will know me
By the hate i swear

You will know me
By the scars i bare

Shapeless vengeance!

[tunnel]

We are the 1000 children of death.

We're in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonists

I'm in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonist!

I'll split you open
& climb inside
Lose myself
Eaten alive

We are the 1000 children of death!

From seraphim!
To nephilim!
To exodus!

[v3]
She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul

She's clipping the wings
Of fallen angels!

She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul

She's tonguing splinters
Of broken halos!

You will know me
By the scars i bare.

You will know me
By the hate i swear.

You will know me
By the scars i bare.

YOU WILL KNOW ME!

[bridge]

From gelatin
To specimen
To emptiness

I WILL BE AVENGED.
I WILL BE AVENGED.

These are the secrets
That kill. that kill.
That kill. that kill.
That kill. that kill.
That kill. that kill.

We are the 1000 children of death

I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
Care if it's old
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
Mind, don't have a mind
Get away
Get away
Get away
Get away
Away, away from your home
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
Afraid, afraid of a ghost

[Chorus]
Even if you have
Even if you need
I don't mean to stare
We don't have to breed
We could plant a house
We could build a tree
I don't even care
We could have all three

She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said

I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
Care if it's old
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
Mind, I don't have a mind
Get away
Get away
Get away
Get away
Away, away from your home
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
Afraid, afraid of a ghost

[Chorus]

She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said

[Chorus]

She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said
She said... Good!

(Suffer. suffer. suffer.)

You will know
I will suffer
So you won't

You will know
I will suffer
So you don't

(like a human sacrifice,
We pay the price)

& it begins
Like this
Every time

<i>[verse 1]</i>

My heart starts reacting
My soul starts collapsing
I'm dancing in fire again

I'm burning & bleeding
The parasites are breeding
It's me versus me versus them

I am whore, holy, loved, lonely
Murdering the others now and then

I am barren, fruitful, bored but rarely useful
A sinner seeking manic martyrdom

<i>[chorus]</i>

The devil may care but i don't
No masters, no gods, no laws, no soul

I'm insignificant, i'm shiny & unique
I'm a freak, i'm a fuck-up, i'm suffering

<i>[tunnel]</i>

Touch. taste. feel.

Prick the skin
Push it in
Nothing will be wasted

All my hate
All my faith
The cloak becomes sacred

Prick the skin
Push it in
Nothing will be wasted

Touch.
Taste.
Feel.

And you will see
And you will know
We will heal ...
Everything.

<i>[verse 2]</i>

My heart starts collapsing
My soul starts reacting
I'm back in the fire again

I'm burning & bleeding
The parasites are feeding
It's me versus me & all of them

I am whore, holy, loved, lonely
Murdering the others i have been

I am barren, fruitful, bored but really useful
A sinner seeking manic martyrdom

<i>[chorus]</i>

The devil may care but i don't
No masters, no gods, no laws, no soul

I'm insignificant, i'm shiny & unique
I'm a freak, i'm a fuck-up, i'm martyring

<i>[tunnel]</i>

Prick the skin
Push it in
Nothing will be wasted

All my hate
All my faith
The cloak becomes sacred

Touch.
Taste.
Feel.

Prick the skin
Push it in
Nothing will be wasted

<i>[bridge]</i>

Bred for the slaughter
The march of the martyrs

Bred for the slaughter
The march of the martyrs

Bred for the slaughter
The march of the martyrs

Bred for the slaughter ..

<i>[exodus]</i>

You will know
I will suffer
So you don't

I will suffer
So you won't

Dress like we do, speak like we do
Think like we do, obey

Beneath the cold sun watching you walk away
Where my terror runs in rivers of decay
I am invisible, I'm in this room for days
Teeth on every wall that never go away

I'm made of blades and flame
I'm sick and dangerous
You're still my favorite prey
'Cause I hurt the ones I love

You're so lovely when you cry
You're so perfect when you lie
You can be my crucifix
(You never saw it coming, you never knew what hit you)
Hold me up to watch me die

Can't you see?
Well, I'm invisible
(Lies, lies, lies, lies)
(Lies, lies, lies, lies)

Beneath the pagan moon, one more prey dies today
On sheets of flesh and doom, shivering in endless shade
Like criminals the stain still remains
And I promise you it never goes away

You're so lovely when you cry
You're so perfect when you lie
You can be my crucifix
(You never saw it coming, you never knew what hit you)
Hold me up to watch me die

Behold, feast your eyes as the peripherals explode
Can you see me now? Can you see me now?
The ugly will resign when the young blood
Eats the light and one day this pain could save your life

You're so lovely when you cry
You're so perfect when you lie
You can be my crucifix
(You never saw it coming, you never knew what hit you)
Hold me up to watch me die
(Never thought you see, know you're not spared)

Living in the shelter
Lying here alive
We're painting submission
Across the shadowed sky

Fire on the sides burning bright as our eyes
Lost in flight on golden molted wings
Now do you see? Now do you see?
Now do you, now do you see?

Mama, don't cry for believing his lie
It's not your fault, it's not your fault
Paid for our sins
You protected us then and saved us all

I make this vow, I promise you now
He'll never touch us again
He'll never touch us again
He'll never touch us again

He hurts me
'Cause he cares
He hurts me
And it's all my fault!

Roaches and cigarettes
A sink of hungry dishes
Flies in the afterbirth
I miss you when you're timid

Loving you
Is nothing new
It's self mutilation
I crave the pain
I'm so ashamed
But I love
The stimulation

The last time I died
The last time I died
Wasn't nearly this much fun
Welcome
Welcome

Welcome to the family
To this drug addict
Sex fanatic
Alcoholic tragedy
Welcome to the family
To this drug addict
Sex fanatic
Alcoholic fantasy

I fell down some stairs
I ran into a wall
He hurts me 'cause he cares
It's all my fault!

He likes to kill
Small animals
And blame it
On the weather
Father was Andronicus
My secret name
Was terror

Loving you
Is nothing new
It's self mutilation
I crave the pain
I'm so ashamed
But I love
The stimulation

The last time I died
The last time I died
Wasn't nearly this much fun
Welcome
Welcome

Welcome to the family
To this drug addict
Sex fanatic
Alcoholic tragedy
Welcome to the family
To this drug addict
Sex fanatic
Alcoholic fantasy

He hurts me
'Cause he cares
He hurts me
And it's all my fault

It's all my fault
It's all your fault
It's all your fault

Fuck you
You insecure
Piece of shit
Fuck you
Now look what
You made me do

Fuck you
You insecure
Piece of shit
Fuck you
Now look what
You made me do

Fuck you

If you touch us again
I will fucking kill you

I will make you pay
I will make you pay

Now you know
How it feels
Now you know
How it feels

I sold my soul
so long ago

& now I'm alone
here in the palace of sadness & madness & bone

<i>[V1.]</i>

then she said
to the ghosts in her head

I will find the edge
I will force my fingers in

I will sip from the slit
I will rip you to shreds
I will rip you to shreds

<i>[chorus]</i>

rape the nun
kill the saint
wear their skin

there is no way to escape
there is no way
you'll escape

<i>[V2.]</i>

& I know
the road of truth is lined

with crucified criminals
& suicides

so maybe I'll just cut my throat
maybe I'll make you smile when I choke

hybrid creature of decay
there is no possible
way you'll escape

<i>[chorus]</i>

rape the nun
kill the saint
wear their skin

there is no way to escape
there is no way
you'll escape

<i>[tunnel]</i>

??yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn't there

he wasn't there again today
I wish that man would go away
I wish that man go?╈??br>
shadow man standing in my room
smearing conspiracies for me to consume

shadow man has a plan just wait & see
you'll all be sorry for fucking with me

(come out & plaaaay)

shadow man
shadow man
please go away

shadow man
shadow man
please go away
I really don't feel like playing today!

I'm not ignoring you
I'm just plotting your doom

in a world that's ready to drown
don't stop-we have you now!

<i>[chorus]</i>

rape the nun
kill the saint
wear their skin

there is no way to escape
there is no way
you'll escape

I had this dream...
Where I woke up
To a grand commotion.
And uhm... I just jumped from the blankets
And whipped the door from its lock,
And rush blindly into the blackness of the hallway.
But there, on all sides
Lying next to each other
Were rows and rows of executioners...

Some were shirtless and __
And throbbing with anticipation.
Sweat delicatley sneaking through their body hair
All were hooded
Some like seventeenth century guillotine henchemen
Others had crudely made hoods
Like scarecrows or ripped ski masks
With slobber from their clenching jaws
And some had burlap masks that looked like they were made of human skin.

Each one held a weapon.
Large mallets
Crudely fashioned axes
And large clubs
Pipes

But I wasn't compelled to retreat.

No.

I was forced to move between them.
Past their swinging weapons
The clubs
The bats
The slicing tools
The shovels
The large and small axes
Boards with nails, staples and razorblades embedded in them
Taking the beating,
Falling down,
Getting up,
Again and again and again and again
Driven to make it out...

At any cost.

And next,
I stumbled into a... this strange marshy world
Where I was oddly drowning in squirrels and other large, starving rodents.
From above, out on the treetops,
Several dolls fell from the branches
And they were hanging
With nooses made of human hair
They started biting and sucking and trying to feed from me...
Trying to enter my belly and some pushed large needles into my veins and...
And as I looked back, some had nails through their hands, torsos and throats.

I was froze.
Dead eyes...
Carbonized...
As I kicked them away
I could see all around me...
Of piles and piles of dead sea life.
Large fish, smelly crustaceans, __

And their soulless empty bodies whispered
A secret language I couldn't decipher but somehow understood.

And their cries were
"Feed me... feed me..."

They wanted me to devour those around them
Chew them up into pieces
And smear them inside their mouths.
And as I turned around
I could see the shape of a woman
Perfect...
Perfectly erotic
Squatting over a pile of these dead things...
And as I ran to her and said "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!"

And she had no face
And she turned to glass
And suddently cracked
And then exploded into 1000 pieces at my feet.

And just as I took a quick breath,
This world was shoved and desimated
But an intruding tidal wave
Of microorganisms, exploding atoms...

And suddenly moon rose...
Frightened, aching, and alone...
And that's what I remember most...

...The ache.

I can't escape
The ache.......