On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax
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Icarus
01 : 00
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Ambrosia
03 : 04
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Pathetic, Ordinary
04 : 00
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Alchemy Sounded Good at the Time
04 : 14
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Daggers Speak Louder Than Words
03 : 27
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The Last Three Letters
03 : 32
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Apology
05 : 18
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Tilting the Hourglass
03 : 48
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This Conversation Is Over
03 : 23
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Congratulations, I Hate You
04 : 02
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The Third Temptation of Paris
03 : 42
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A Siren’s Soliloquy
04 : 01
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Nero’s Decay
04 : 23
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Track Lyrics
Ambrosia Lyrics
[Dennis Lee, Shawn Mike, Adam Ferguson]
A touch of poison seals my fate
(The dawn echoes) The sun
(The night with) Himself
(My glory) Honors me
Once king of roses, now lord of gold
Blessed with the gift of gilded touch
The Gods themselves envy my hand
Fate wields its knife to cut the thread
I curse the day my dream became my descent
Suddenly I long for you, my only love
In my perfection, I have no want
A folly as fatal as sin
Yet eyes still glint with greed untold
Has now become the end of me
I curse the day my dream became my descent
Suddenly I long for you, my only love
Have I not...
...Earned this, the gift of beauty within?
How selfish were the Gods to
Keep their riches from my rightful treasure?
I truly have become one of them, my fatal flaw
Oh, yeah! I've got her
Hook, line, and sinker! Hook, line, and sinker!
Thanks to me, she's her own new necklace!
Thanks to me, she's her own new necklace!
Thanks to me, she's her own new necklace!
Now she's good as gold!
I curse the day my dream became my descent
Suddenly I long for you, my only love
I curse the day my dream became my descent
Suddenly I long for you, my only love
Cut the thread
Pathetic, Ordinary Lyrics
[Intro: Adam Ferguson]
She haunts me
[Verse 1: Dennis Lee, Shawn Milke]
In dreams, I see her silhouette
Dance across landscapes of
Golden light and autumn
In my dreams...
[Verse 2: Shawn Milke, Dennis Lee, Adam Ferguson]
Her soft eyes see (The things I'd give)
Through my tortured soul (To prove myself to her)
Vanishing (To make her see)
Any hope for (Fantasy)
Jaded eyes awake
[Pre-Chorus: Dennis Lee, Shawn Milke, Adam Ferguson]
As her selfish words rain from such
Placid lips, still I kiss her silken flesh
[Chorus: Shawn Milke, Adam Ferguson]
Frigid air leaves me breathless
(Frigid air leaves me breathless)
Foolish agony fills my lungs
As I try to scream for her
I confess... I scare myself
[Post-Chorus: Dennis Lee, Adam Ferguson]
Through the howling wind
On my knees, I cry
Listen to me
[Verse 3: Shawn Milke, Dennis Lee]
I'm broken by her silence
To a love unseen
(Blood soaked feathers rained down)
My wingless angel, so broken falls
Gracefully from the sky
To waiting arms, to waiting arms
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus: Shawn Milke, Adam Ferguson]
Frigid air leaves me breathless
(Frigid air leaves me breathless)
Foolish agony fills my lungs
As I try to scream for her
I confess... I scare myself
[Hook: Adam Ferguson]
Listen to me
[Chorus: Shawn Milke, Adam Ferguson]
Frigid air leaves me breathless
(Frigid air leaves me breathless)
Foolish agony fills my lungs
As I try to scream for her
I confess... I scare myself
[Post-Chorus: Dennis Lee, Adam Ferguson]
Through the howling wind
On my knees, I cry
Listen to me
[Spoken Word: Shawn Milke]
Such foolish agony fills my lungs as I try to scream for her
Jaded eyes wake to the sounds of my voice as I scream to her
In dreams, I've seen her silhouette dance across golden light
And autumn... In my dreams...
[Breakdown: Dennis Lee]
Skies so
Burdened
Let her
Go
As cold
Rain falls
So does
She...
[Outro: Shawn Milke, Adam Ferguson, Dennis Lee]
My desires wither
Broken once more
Her soft hands take
She one haunts so me fair
Daggers Speak Louder Than Words Lyrics
4 ContributorsDaggers Speak Louder Than Words LyricsEyes open to splattered blood
Cold tile mocks me as I arise
To find the knife
The knife is still in my back
Shifting thoughts now slow with venom
Take me as I stagger, is this all we were worth?
I've lost you for good without regret
Your once gentle words are bleeding from my eyes
Screams of terror now fill my every breath
I know you'll rue the day
You ever met me, I'll lay you down to sleep
When sorrow will bury the blade hilt deep
You know
I would have died for you
Now I'm forced to choose between
A life of revenge or regret
As I thirst for vengeance
My heart struggles to come to grips
Why would you leave me to die, turn, and walk away?
Alone, you stood so still
As you watched me break, did it now kill you too?
What has led you to the dagger, my friend?
You know
I would have died for you
Now I'm forced to choose between
A life of revenge or regret
As I thirst for vengeance
My heart struggles to come to grips
Why would you leave me to die, turn, and walk away?
Turn, and walk away
Turn, and walk away
My revenge is made so clear
Midst cold tears left with the betrayed
I'll see that you never forget this
I will hunt you down like a dog
Lies could never disguise
What I saw behind me in you
Remembering times we have shared
My friend for life is gone
Remembering times we have shared
(We'll let the embers serve as the only memory)
My friend for life is gone
(Of last days, so long ago)
Why would you leave me to die
Turn, and walk away?
Why would you leave me to die
After you had buried the dagger hilt deep?
You're dead to me
I would have died for you
Now I'm forced to choose between
A life of revenge or regret
As I thirst for vengeance
My heart struggles to come to grips
Why would you leave me to die?
You're dead to me
Congratulations, I Hate You Lyrics
11 ContributorsCongratulations, I Hate You LyricsNo one ever said that life was fair
And I'm not saying that it should be
So knowing that you are what you want to be and I'm not comes as no surprise
But don't expect me to be happy for you
And don't smile at me and tell me things will work out for me too
I don't want your pity
I hate your pity
Taste your vanity and its sweet bitterness
As you hide behind your veil of
My stolen hopes and lost dreams
(I watched you steal my thoughts)
You took them all
(And had to see you smile)
As you build your dreams
On my shattered hopes
I'll look back on
A day once loved
And fantasize for
Tragedy
Swallow your pity
Beg me to make this easier
And listen to my hopeless cries
Suffer alone
In emptiness
I lust to
See you swallowed by
The mess that
You left in your wake
Disgust lies deep within
Your empty (gaze)
Beg me to make this easier
And listen to my hopeless cries
Send stares into
Your meaningless eyes
My
Envy can't describe how I loathe you
For having all the stars
Leaving my eyes to marvel the sky
Knowing it should be mine
Yet it's you I see wasting the dream
That only I deserve
I'll tear off your face
To see your smile
As you build your dreams
On my shattered hopes
I'll look back on
A day once loved
And fantasize for
Tragedy
Beg me to make this easier
And listen to my hopeless cries
Send stares into
Your meaningless eyes
The Third Temptation of Paris Lyrics
[Verse 1: Patrick Thompson, Melissa Milke, both, Shawn Milke]
The horizon, now as dark as the crimes that brought them here
Is filled with my impending dread
My foolish actions will cost so many good men
Achilles has come...
[Pre-Chorus: Melissa Milke and Shawn Milke, Adam Ferguson]
A thousand sails approaching
Sent here in her name to reclaim the one I stole
And destroy the walls of Troy
[Chorus: Shawn Milke, Melissa Milke, both, (Patrick Thompson)]
Desire (leaves me numb) to all the pain surrounding me (to all the pain surrounding me)
Storms will arise to condemn me
I will not die before her eyes...
It ends tonight
[Verse 2: Patrick Thompson, Melissa Milke, both, Shawn Milke]
Tragically I now must accept the penance I have earned
She is cursed and tonight we die
In the dawn of this, my end, I hold my sword true
I must let her go...
[Pre-Chorus: Melissa Milke and Shawn Milke, Adam Ferguson]
A thousand sails approaching
Sent here in her name to reclaim the one I stole
And destroy the walls of Troy
[Chorus: Shawn Milke, Melissa Milke, both, (Patrick Thompson)]
Desire (leaves me numb) to all the pain surrounding me (to all the pain surrounding me)
Storms will arise to condemn me
I will not die before her eyes...
It ends tonight
[Bridge: Shawn Milke and Melissa Milke, (Patrick Thompson)]
It ends tonight (it ends tonight), I am alone
Pain fills her eyes, I am alone
[Outro: Shawn Milke, Melissa Milke, Patrick Thompson]
Sacred and profane is our love in death... (I must save my honor, I cannot let them win, the blood of many spills)
Sacred and profane is our love in death... (I must save my honor, I cannot let them win, the blood of many spills)
Sacred and profane is our love in death... (I must save my honor, I cannot let them win, the blood of many spills)
A Siren’s Soliloquy Lyrics
5 ContributorsA Siren’s Soliloquy LyricsParalyzed by the beauty of those words
That so delicately drip from this angel of untamed lust
Suddenly I fear the end of my solitude
Once a warrior, poetic shrieks now own my soul
Left behind to fight the ruthless pawns of Eris
Hope will strike her down beneath the blade as she sings for him
Suffering unseen now will be left to burn in her stare
But he no longer fights the torture of her voice
So long forgotten, I am lost in her stare
Made so clear as she extracts her painful toll
A soul now echoes with the torture of the sirens
...He is hers...
Beautiful whispers leave one so far
Chain these hands of ageless struggle
Rid us of this beloved curse
An epic tale of deceit is given life once more on silver lips so spiteful
Her tongue screams for him
Rid us of this curse
Suffering unseen now will be left to burn in her stare
But he no longer fights the torture of her voice
So long forgotten, I am lost in her stare
Mad so clear as she extracts her painful toll
A soul now echoes with the torture of the sirens
...He is hers...
Set loose so long ago by the foolish whim of Pandora
Phantoms which shall forever prey on mankind's weakness
The grains of time hold no bearing to those eyes
In pale moonlight she sings to the haunted sea
Vile notes seduce old Cerberus to slake unholy thirst
Left behind to fight the ruthless pawns of Eris
Hope will strike her down beneath the blade as she sings for him
Suffering unseen now will be left to burn in her stare
But he no longer fights the torture of her voice
So long forgotten, I am lost in her stare
Mad so clear as she extracts her painful toll
A soul now echoes with the torture of the sirens
...He is hers...