VENERATE LYRICS
VENERATE LYRICS
01. THE ASSISTANT
The Assistant
Bedside bible
Collecting dust
Pulse is steady, sedated
The sun doesn’t exist inside this room
Faded oak chest
A still, silent witness
Envelope
Neat, sealed
Final rest
Heavy weighted words
Sleep like paperweights
On the tear-soaked pages
Sorrow and pain filled stench
Cadence steeped in apathy
Arrow tip sharp, deadly
One less in his quiver
He speaks only of love
Body descending
To the floor
The ravens begin to chant
The final moments of another broken man
A war we did not understand
The assistant leaves him breathless
Patient, serene
02. A WISE MAN
A Wise Man
Throwing the past off the cliff of regret
There’s only here and now that’s left
Releasing toxic hate that’s been harboring
It’s time to forgive & forget
Wasting the passage of time
on worthless endeavors of
just staying safe
Placing all your trust and your mind
in limiting beliefs that
keep things the same
I know it’s coming
There’s nowhere to hide
A wise man once said,
“You’re just going through the fire again.”
“You’ve hurt, you’ve bled”
“You’ll be better for it all in the end.”
Better for it all in the end
Refusing to take part of the life
Full of false promises of paradise
Sharpening the edge of the knife
Cutting through all that pulled me away
Taking back what I know is mine
It’s worthless to you but to me everything
Making a decision it’s time
I do this for you, I do this for me
I know it’s coming
There’s nowhere to hide
A wise man once said,
“You’re just going through the fire again.”
“You’ve hurt, you’ve bled”
“You’ll be better for it all in the end.”
Broken structures failed to hold fast
Onto the next step of the path
A wise man once said,
“You’re just going through the fire again.”
“You’ve hurt, you’ve bled”
“You’ll be better for it all in the end.”
03. SAY WHAT YOU MEAN
Say What You Mean
Say
I want to say I’m right
I want to win this
I want to hear it all
So don’t be useless or fight
So I will ask again
Under a fading light
Is there another me
Is there another side
And I
Have one more request
Don’t be so indecisive
Say
What you mean
Or don’t
Say
Anything at all
Say
What you mean
Or don’t
Say
Anything at all
I want to know I’m right
I want to own this
I need to have it all
Unless it’s useless to try
So I will ask again
During a lonely night
Is there another me
Is there another side
Well I
Have one more request
Don’t be so indecisive
Say
What you mean
Or don’t
Say
Anything at all
Say
What you mean
Or don’t
Say
Anything at all
Just say it
Just say it
Just say it
Just say
Say
What you mean
Or don’t
Say
Anything at all
Say
What you mean
Or don’t
Say
Anything at all
04. TRAINWRECK
Trainwreck
Could not move
As if I wanted to
Somewhere new
Surrounded by nothing I
See haunted eyes
Beyond the sad and tired
An empty prize
Nothing can inspire
My hands to want to
Push or pull
Grab or hold onto
Don’t give in
Isolated
Various
Overcomplications
Running ‘round in
Circles it seems in
Every thought I have
Falling sideways
To tell
The tail of
Crying for monsters
Ready for answers
I know it all can’t be healed
What is our threshold for pain
Soak up the hurt like it’s rain
Until it washes away again
What is our threshold for pain
Whatever it is we don’t deserve
Whatever it is we’ve hit the nerve
Whatever it is not the end of the road
Whatever it is don’t give up on hope
Watching everything you’ve put your
Heart and soul and time into
Quickly starts fading away
Realization that nothing you did
Really ever mattered
There’s nothing to do or say
But I have walked away with a
Perception of rights
That no longer will be denied
And I will rise again
After being beat bloodied and bruised
And falling onto the knife
You’re welcome to
Come and view
The newly cut diamond
You may not see what you like
You’re victim view
Is nothing new
Fear is still holding you captive
Stuck and paralyzed
Can you run?
Cannot Move
What is our threshold for pain
Soak up the hurt like it’s rain
Until it washes away again
What is our threshold for pain
Whatever it is we don’t deserve
Whatever it is we’ve hit the nerve
Whatever it is not the end of the road
Whatever it is don’t give up on hope
05. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
Ten Years Ago Today
All the letters I wrote
Pouring ink to the page
Never could say
It was always a joke
That I never felt a thing
Nerves always frayed
But now I see a different view
I see a different reflection
In the mirror (in the mirror)
The lens through which I saw before
Gave me a different perception
Now crystal clear (crystal clear)
I’m not blaming you
We make each other wicked
There’s no going back now
We call each other’s demons
Now you know
(we called them)
Now you know the reasons
Now you know
(we called them)
Why we had to let it go
I chose to blot out the sun
Eclipse it all through the day
Sedate and escape
If fully baring my soul
Can help to bring lasting change
I’m unafraid
But now I speak a different voice
I speak with different inflection
(What I hear (what I hear)
The voice through which I spoke before
Gave me so much deception
Now spoken clear (spoken clear)
I’m not blaming you
We make each other wicked
There’s no going back
We call each other’s demons
Now you know
(we called them)
Now you know the reasons
Now you know
(we called them)
Why we had to let it go
Face
Me now
Unspoken
No sound
Place
Me down
Go slowly
Go now
Words we said
Oaths are broken
And now
On those words
We’re choking
We’ll have to live
With what we said
Ten years ago today
I’m not blaming you
We make each other wicked
There’s no going back
We call each other’s demons
Now you know
Now you know the reasons
Now you know
Why we had to let it go
06. DRIFT
Drift
There’s no words left to say
The conversation is over
What if it was to come
What if it was the last ride
What if it was to come
What if it was the last time
What if it was to come
What if it was the last ride
What if it was to come
Would you wanna take a chance to stand aside
Now that my wings are burned
Now you wanna take my life
Now that my legs are broken
You’d walk me off a cliff to die
She calls, she cries
She hates me
When I call her on her fantasies
In a row of lies
The last one standing
Can see it all come crashing
Not easy to come down
When you’ve been high and hiding in the clouds
High on all your fits of sorrow
Why don’t you just fall the fuck down
I need more sun
To hide the shadows
Bury the pain that’s been eating me
She’s locked in nuetral
Moving nowhere fast
But moving swiftly
Last time I let her blame me
Broken down by all the insecurities
A piece of time
The clock moves south
Packaged pain is memory
07. THE PIECES PT.1
THE PIECES PT.1
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
There’s a new world before us
Hugs and kisses as weapons
Pushes distance between us
Mickey’s out of his magic
Money won’t buy us time
Paris lost it’s romantics
Humans caged are we fine?
I don’t know
And liberty has lowered her arm
And the world keeps on spinning around
As the world rages in madness
On what was once hallowed ground
Lights flicker
No matter
Because the rain still comes
And the sun will still rise
Forget what you know
Fear is a friendly guest
Do what you can to survive
When love is lost
08. THE PIECES PT.2
THE PIECES PT.2
Starting over from nothing
Alone, pretending it’s fine
Understanding the journey
Starts from bottom and takes time
It’s easier
To ignore the world
When the blinds are drawn
Pretend it’s all good
When the lines are gone
Play the game
When you’re just a pawn
To stay in the dark
When there is no dawn
To quit with
No skin in the game
Avoid the mirror
When there’s others left to blame
To watch your life
Fly by you on a screen
To never believe
Hanging on by a thread
Fading out while left for dead
We knew nothing
Lasts forever
Can we start this
Next endeavor
And let the pieces fall
Where they may
Forgetting no one’s coming
Letting weaknesses shine
Poison words and distraction
To not face what’s inside
It’s easier
To ignore the world
When the blinds are drawn
Pretend it’s all good
When the lines are gone
Play the game
When you’re just a pawn
To stay in the dark
When there is no dawn
To quit with
No skin in the game
Avoid the mirror
When there’s others left to blame
To watch your life
Fly by you on a screen
To never believe
Hanging on by a thread
Fading out while left for dead
We knew nothing
Lasts forever
Can we start this
Next endeavor
And let the pieces fall
Where they may
09. IF IT WAS A SNAKE
IF IT WAS A SNAKE
Try to find a better way
To say we’re lost in the shadows
Nothing’s coming to mind
A simple game we thought
with nothing tactile that really mattered
We ran but we didn’t hide
I’m not
The only one
When lost
Doesn’t wander alone
Inability to see
What’s right in front of us
We knew that
The Devil’s in the ways that we live
We fall for
Every single misdirection
We think that
Beauty’s always held in the skin
We fall for
Every single imperfection (what do we know)
What we found was that the world we thought
was just is on trial
A convincing disguise
Pouring filth from the mouth of what we thought was
there to guide us
Heads now swirling with why’s
Inability to see
What’s in front of us
We knew that
The Devil’s in the ways that we live
We fall for
Every single misdirection
We think that
Beauty’s always held in the skin
We fall for
Every single imperfection
But what do we know
What do we know
What do we know?
Inability to see
What’s in front of us
We knew that
The Devil’s in the ways that we live
We fall for
Every single misdirection
We think that
Beauty’s always held in the skin
We fall for
Every single imperfection
But what do we know
What do we know
10. DEATH OF AN EGO(MANIAC)
DEATH OF AN EGO(MANIAC)
Our world is on fire
Smoke fills our lungs
Snakes in ivory towers
Smelling fear with their tongues
You can’t ignore what we say
We won’t just go away
Your debts
You can’t
Repay
We’ll be
There to
Rescue
Our view
Check you
Set you
Straight
I won’t sit idly by
I won’t lay down and die
I will not stand for this
I see your divisiveness
Spreading your hate virus
You can’t force me on my knees
You can’t force me on my knees
The waves rising higher
Flooding our minds
Weak men take it easy
Creating hard times
We won’t ignore you building fear
We won’t just disappear
Well dressed
Obsessed
Special
Interest
Abuse
See through
Fake news
Make you
Fall down
Reclaim
I won’t sit idly by
I won’t lay down and die
I will not stand for this
I see your divisiveness
Spreading your hate virus
You can’t force me on my knees
You can’t force me on my knees
11. NOT ALL ANGELS ARE SAINTS
NOT ALL ANGELS ARE SAINTS
Get up at 4 am
It’s time to start again
Slap your boots to the ground
You’re still asleep in bed
Coffee ready at hand
You don’t know you weren’t around
Fast forward years later
And watch the world cater
To selfish, self-righteous tears
You forget the sacrifice
made by the ones that died
to protect your rights and sneers
Now they’re
Caught in a never ending haze
In a world that always seems to break
They are the reasons why you’re safe at night
They fight the battles
your nightmares
They are the answers to your prayers
You don’t care, sit and stare
Just remember
Not all angels are saints
Some are fuckin’ warriors
Push on push through son
We’ll know when this is won
We’re heroes at home
While they protest and whine
Then sit and they find time
To wage war on their own
Would you put you at risk
To home being a ditch, slit wrists
or always in pain?
Or never to come back
Inhumanely subjected to something
Unexplained
Now they’re
Caught in a never ending haze
In a world that always seems to break
They are the reasons why you’re safe at night
They fight the battles of your nightmares
They are the answers to your prayers
You don’t care, sit and stare
Just remember
Not all angels are saints
Some are fucking warriors
So It seems that what you do, always means nothing
How do you find your dreams come true,
With everything In your way?
They are the reasons why you’re safe at night
They fight the battles of your nightmares
They are the answers to your prayers
You don’t care, sit and stare
Just remember
Not all angels are saints
Some are fucking warriors
10. THE DELUSIONIST
THE DELUSIONIST
An obvious pattern
Seeming to forget the truth
Instilling confidence matters
When you forget promises come due
Another step back
A denial of facts
And as I walk away
I have one thing to say
It doesn’t matter how much you pray it won’t change a thing
You’re delusional
A testament to chaos
A complete lack of respect
You’re a self proclaimed prophet
But you’ve accomplished nothing yet.
Another step back
A denial of facts
And as I walk away
I have one thing to say
It doesn’t matter how much you pray it won’t change a thing
You’re delusional
You’re delusional
You’re delusional
You’re delusional
You’re delusional
You’re delusional
Another step back
A denial of facts
And as I walk away
I have one thing to say
It doesn’t matter how much you pray it won’t change a thing
You’re delusional
You’re delusional
13. GREY SKY
GREY SKY
Please don’t turn dark because of me
Don’t drive the rain or watch me seethe
Your innocence deserves to be free
Please don’t soak up my anger or pain
Don’t feel for those deformed by their hate
Your uniqueness needs to be seen
I try
To do it right
I try
To keep it inside
The fire
Wants me to lie for me
What you need is what
Everyone deserves
Something that
Shouldn’t ever have to be learned
To be treated alive
Be treated like human
Please don’t learn from the worst of me
Choose the good in me you see
I know you know that’s how you should be
Please don’t forget the love from me
Far and between as it may be
You have more than you might believe
I try
To do it right
I try
To keep it inside
The fire
Wants me to lie for me
What you need is what
Everyone deserves
Something that
Shouldn’t ever have to be learned
To be treated alive
And to know you’re not alone
You’re not alone
You’re not alone
You’re not alone
When you feel hopeless
When you feel ugly
When you feel nothing
Just know you’re not alone
14. QUIVER OF SORROWS
QUIVER OF SORROWS
Outside the cold, lonely motel
The monster
He keeps on grinning
You continue to sink
Preparing to pervade the vinyl pouch
Shadows waver on panic
Fratricide
Plastic, the final resting landscape
Entrapping the visage fear for eternity
The rooms eyelids begin to close
And the sky begins to weep
A single icy tear is removed
And the Assistant is silenced
Can you hear the sirens?
Can you hear the sirens?
I see you now
Drifting away with a bleeding heart
Will they remember you?
Will you remember them?
Hugs from coffin walls
Remind them of choices
Remind them of the voices
And remind them of you
Nothing even matters now
You are safe
You are safe now
And you are free now
See you in the stars
Sleep well Kevin
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