Lyric Battles

My soul suffers from your hostile ways
I bear so many scars, hit me hard
Time to change; we have to rearrange
For this has gone too far, way too far
(Death Of A Dream)


People created religious inventions
To give their lives a glimmer of hope
And to ease their fear of dying
And people created religious ascensions
To subject the others and to enslave, just to further enrich themselves
(Façade Of Reality)

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Too much thinking goes at the cost of all our intuition
Our thoughts create reality, but we neglect to be!
So we're already slaves of our artificial world
We shouldn't try to control life, but listen to the laws of nature
(Consign To Oblivion)

Too much thinking goes at the cost of all our intuition
Our thoughts create reality, but we neglect to be!
So we're already slaves of our artificial world
We shouldn't try to control life, but listen to the laws of nature
(Consign To Oblivion)
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The age-old development of consciousness
Drives us away from the essence of life
We meditate too much
So that our instincts will fade away
They fade away
(The Phantom Agony)

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Believing is the cure
Religion is like opium
You'd better feed them all
Before they start eating you
(Fools Of Damnation)

The age-old development of consciousness
Drives us away from the essence of life
We meditate too much
So that our instincts will fade away
They fade away
(The Phantom Agony)


Massive disregard
Shows what to expect
Scars on top of scars
Racing toward a future we don't have
(Beyond Belief)

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It's a place where a wish will be granted
Come, you'll see I'm right
It's a force that will live on within you
Dark as day is light
(Sancta Terra)

Massive disregard
Shows what to expect
Scars on top of scars
Racing toward a future we don't have
(Beyond Belief)

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Missing a simple context
A mental weakness can throw you out of balance
Listen, respect each other
Then you'll discover it mustn't always end in hate
(Martyr of the Free Word)

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If we ever could look into fate's mirror
We would never have ended up here
We're distracted by every sin committed
It should always be ever so clear
(Deconstruct)

Missing a simple context
A mental weakness can throw you out of balance
Listen, respect each other
Then you'll discover it mustn't always end in hate
(Martyr of the Free Word)
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We are wandering towards a blank infinity
And extinguishing will now be the only way
to diminish your sins
This vortex can't be filled up again
A hole in space and time
(Blank Infinity)

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My soul suffers from your hostile ways
I bear so many scars, hit me hard
Time to change we have to rearrange
For this has gone too far, way too far
(Death of a Dream)

My soul suffers from your hostile ways
I bear so many scars, hit me hard
Time to change; we have to rearrange
For this has gone too far, way too far
(Death Of A Dream)


Fortune, fairytales
We've all been told
Our pattern never builds, never begins
I can tell you there can't always be
A happy end to every tale
(Higher High)

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Can't move an inch
But for the act to leave fingerprints
Freedom, farewell
Look in the lens
Answer the questions
Are you a threat?
(Resign To Surrender)

Fortune, fairytales
We've all been told
Our pattern never builds, never begins
I can tell you there can't always be
A happy end to every tale
(Higher High)
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His quest for higher truth, life of eternal youth has just begun,
in spite of being on the run
Many virgins wait for him to come
Persuading with your force will never be the way
To our destiny
Our destiny
(Safeguard to Paradise)

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So hard to face what we've done wrong
We shared a life that can't be
We cannot hide from destiny
So hard to face what had gone wrong
We've got to make this work
And give it our all
(Our Destiny)

His quest for higher truth, life of eternal youth has just begun,
in spite of being on the run
Many virgins wait for him to come
Persuading with your force will never be the way
To our destiny
Our destiny
(Safeguard to Paradise)
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Come with me, acquire the key
To unlock forbidden doors
Come with me, be finally free
The incentive, your decree
(Incentive)

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Fool
Dance with me again
I am your destiny
Mark my words, don't you ever disagree

Fool
Kneel for me again
I am your agony
Walk my way, I will never set you free
(Fools of Damnation)

Come with me, acquire the key
To unlock forbidden doors
Come with me, be finally free
The incentive, your decree
(Incentive)
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Solve mentem a molestis
Mentem ad concretum dirige
Unum e jhanas intra

Intra unum e jhanas
(Samadhi)

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Quaestio nostra est aeterna
Ultima requies fons vitae
Sed nos eam novam existimemus
(Indigo)

Quaestio nostra est aeterna
Ultima requies fons vitae
Sed nos eam novam existimemus
(Indigo)
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This fantasy is not enough for me
I want it, I'll take it away from you
Your misery that softly incites me
All I do is using, abusing you
(Another Me)

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The Future is as certain
As Life will come to an end
What time feels like a burden
We struggle with our certain death
(Beyond Belief)

The Future is as certain
As Life will come to an end
What time feels like a burden
We struggle with our certain death
(Beyond Belief)
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Come with me, on your knees
The celebration ends
Come with me, never flee
Save me from this
(Incentive)

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If the values of tomorrow
Set the need on the way
We never had a future anyway
We had no future 'till today
(Semblance of Liberty)

If the values of tomorrow
Set the need on the way
We never had a future anyway
We had no future until today
(Semblance Of Liberty)


Beyond the shore the sea is filled up
With sentiment and strength
Here lie the thoughts imprisoned
A field of forces and laments
(Force Of The Shore)

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You're the sea in which I'm floating
And I lose myself in you
I am feeling these sensations
I communicate with you
(Mother Of Light)

Beyond the shore the sea is filled up
With sentiment and strength
Here lie the thoughts imprisoned
A field of forces and laments
(Force Of The Shore)
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For my mistakes, I am to blame
Never believed that it was all meant to fall
I'd give my life, to have you near once again
Take me away, would you forgive me?
(White Waters)

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Don't try to convince me with messages from God
You accuse us of sins committed by yourselves
It's easy to condemn without looking in the mirror
Behind the scenes opens reality
(Cry For The Moon)

Don't try to convince me with messages from God
You accuse us of sins committed by yourselves
It's easy to condemn without looking in the mirror
Behind the scenes opens reality
(Cry For The Moon)
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Too much thinking goes at the cost of all our intuition
Our thoughts create reality
But we neglect to be!
So we're already slaves of our artificial world
We shouldn't try to control life
But listen to the laws of nature
(Consign to Oblivion)

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Quantum physics leads us to
Answers to the great taboos
We create the world around us
God is every living soul
(Kingdom of Heaven)

Too much thinking goes at the cost of all our intuition
Our thoughts create reality
But we neglect to be!
So we're already slaves of our artificial world
We shouldn't try to control life
But listen to the laws of nature
(Consign to Oblivion)

Thse are actually my favorite lines Mark ever wrote Along with Cry For The Moon.
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We don't care what you say
We'll never join the games you play
We won't bleed for all your sins
We never followed your way now so
We don't care anymore
How you'll perform your last encore
(Menace of Vanity)

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When we think the end is here
With nearly all faith gone
There is hope along the way
And there a new age dawns
(Resign to Surrender)

These are my fav lines ever too Cris!

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When we think the end is here
With nearly all faith gone
There is hope along the way
And there a new age dawns
(Resign to Surrender)

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If the virtues of tomorrow
Cause the greed of today
We won't have a future
Nor liberty
(Semblace of Liberty)

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Don't force me to believe
We're caught up in the greed
'Cause I just care for me
To break it, we'll need everyone
Think it through: united is the only way
(Deconstruct)

Don't force me to believe
We're caught up in the greed
'Cause I just care for me
To break it, we'll need everyone
Think it through: united is the only way
(Deconstruct)
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Now fear is the driving force
Taking over us And finding out this source
May turn out to be too much to bear
(Beyond Belief)

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Everlasting greed
Would you please?
Set me free
Fulfill all my needs and make complete
(Never Enough)

Now fear is the driving force
Taking over us
And finding out this source
May turn out to be too much to bear
(Beyond Belief)



Our desire to die is stronger
Than all your desire for life
There is no getting away from it now
Only true faith survives
(Façade Of Reality)

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Your time is over
I'm taking back what's mine
You thought that you could keep me
Under your thumb and mind
(Death Of A Dream)

Your time is over
I'm taking back what's mine
You thought that you could keep me
Under your thumb and mind
(Death Of A Dream)

Nothing will be
forever gone
Memories will stay
and find their way
What goes around will come around
Don't deny your fears
So let them go and fade into light
Give up the fight here
-Chasing The Dragon

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Hope is a desert running dry
Deep inside
You refuse to face the facts
But pray for life
Find salvation in this phrase
We will wait for the day
You break out and reawake
-Living A Lie

Nothing will be
forever gone
Memories will stay
and find their way
What goes around will come around
Don't deny your fears
So let them go and fade into light
Give up the fight here
-Chasing The Dragon

Fortune, fairytales; we've all been told
Our pattern, never built, never begins
I can tell you there can't always be
A happy end to every tale
-Higher High

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A summer breeze makes all of our winters freeze
Autumn leaves
There's no chance for spring's romance
We linger on but leave the past behind us
-Linger