Programmed to Consume

Lies are fed through structures quelling our mistrust Ignorance is fodder for machines of want Followers saturate the earth Automate consumption and remove our minor worth What are we a collection of failures Fueling now what must be done? Do we work for what we’ve created? Just byproducts of manmade gods I’m the end for you Your impending doom You must obey the limits You’re programmed to consume Separate from feeling and hurt them when you must Will is slowly slipping as gears turn to rust Followers saturate the earth Automate consumption and remove our minor worth What are we now but untimely fissures In a system soon to be undone? Do we work for what we’ve created? Just byproducts of manmade gods (Chorus) I am alive within your structure built against thought Foundations bled now topple under sensation to fall Man creates his prison Blind and void of vision (Lead: Elliott) Conditioned by the system you’re never free A symptom of the sickness that is us Endless waking nightmare dilutes the dream Rapid growing contagion of the soul (Chorus) I’m the end for you There’s nothing you can do You’ve created your limits You’re programmed to consume

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

His DNA was reconstructed The laws of nature which once obstructed A mortal man to rise again Have been rewritten to cleanse our sins Hope in turn has made them blind Cannot perceive the harsh realities that be Their savior has risen to bring about the Christian holocaust You must believe for this is a sign Far beyond a dream he rises from torment divine God is in me but now that I can see They’re putting out my eyes Compulsory resurrection Will bring an end to their infection For how much longer can they defend An artificial savior which bleeds like men You must believe for this is a sign Far beyond a dream he rises from torment divine (Lead: Elliott) God is in me but now that I can see They’re putting out my eyes Worlds they change yet reinstate their sordid martyrs up upon a cross

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

Born into the realm of infamy My mind secedes into the calm Angels weep in the throes of their humility Another day has come and gone Twilight's fallen Consumed by Dark God is forgotten Your savior's lost Kneel now at the altar of greed and hypocrisy Gather strength to carry on The cross they bear grows heavy on their weakened anatomies The weight of guilt has brought them down Twilight's fallen Consumed by Dark God is forgotten Your savior's lost You can't be saved a truth obscured by lies We are the plague from which you cannot hide Twilight's fallen Consumed by dark Horrors forgotten Return at once The ripe disease has stripped them of self worth The crows they feed and move for the kill Spiritual oppression awakens iconoclasts Violent processions are soon revealed Set them free from the bonds of men Let them breathe without despair The things I've seen have sparked a new rebirth Provoked by scenes that make me ill Set them free from the bonds of men Let them breathe without despair Spiritual oppression awakens iconoclasts Violent processions wil rid them of false hope...false hope (1st lead: Boulanger) (2nd lead: Elliot) Plunged into the land of infamy A world consumed by rights and wrongs You can't be saved a truth obscured by lies We are the plague from which you cannot hide

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

Spill onto canvas Gruesome art stirs the consciousness A last exhibit a masterpiece of mortal flesh I'm falling down My last breath is leaving now I die wanting to show my truth Poison leaves my eyes A work of progress in the gallery laid to rest I'm bought and sold an ornament in their control Never wanted acceptance, so turn away in ignorance My death is art suffering in tortured bliss I'm falling down My last breath is leaving now I die wanting to show my truth Poison leaves my eyes Absolve me and show my bleeding heart For all to see in the gallery of grotesque modern art A portrait steals the soul Know me upon the wall (1st lead: Elliot) (2nd lead: Boulanger) (3rd lead: Elliot)

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

(lead: Boulanger) Children condemned by the light Mourn their instinctive fears Their questioning nature will disprove the lies Containment of valor abandoned and now cast aside (lead: Boulanger) Children born just to die Living in moral fear Bring on dissension and break through their lines You live an invention without meaning or true sacrifice You cannot deny A remission of life Captive inside of their lives Purpose never clear The knowledge is there for you to find The truth you may abhor Questing for your human rights In perilous longing forevermore (lead: Elliot) Children born just to die Controlled by mortal fear

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

As I breathe this cold that confines me It is I who hopes to bring light to this valley of death Behind the shadow of lies Brilliant beams converge now to blind me I cannot feel shame nor regret but in the presence of death When the vultures arrive Slaves, your time of descent will come with us all Pain the way of all flesh that withers to old (lead melody: Boulanger) All that you dream will be forgotten And burn with the kindred of souls I am the seed who has begotten To rot with the waste of this earth down below Now burn with the kindred of souls Your hopes have now aged and withered away (lead melody: Boulanger) All that you dream will be forgotten And burn with the kindred of souls I am the seed who has begotten To rot with the waste of this earth down below

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

You hide behind a mask of ignorance Your poor excuse won't last as your defense You spend a lifetime living in contempt Your end will soon come fast Your time is at an end I wreak vengeance on all of your kind I bring judgement at the ending of lies Step to the pulpit and hang your head Live for this moment before we make you dead Deceit that you've spread now is met with consequence We reap the bitter fruits of this our sweet revenge You seem to cease to comprehend Words have a meaning, which you need to understand I will your kingdom gone Retribution swift and cold You seem to cease to comprehend Words have a meaning, which you need to comprehend I will your kingdom gone (lead: Boulanger) You take one last gasp pleading innocence Your pain is all we ask as we make amends You've spent a lifetime living in contempt Your demise comes at last Plead for the very end I wreak vengeance on all of your kind Bringing judgement and the ending of lies Step to the pulpit and hang your head Live for this moment before we make you dead Deceit that you've spread now is met with consequence We reap the bitter fruits of this our sweet revenge

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

We wanted so much but were doomed right from the start The yearning, wanting more that comes with beating hearts The path is shown and now we learn Through trial and tribulation we grow and burn Choose to walk the path of fire and return With knowledge of a lost empire We have forsaken dreams with envy in our hearts The bitterness in me consumes my every thought The path is shown and now we learn Through trial and tribulation we grow This haunted soul will never rest in peace Until it learns it has expired Remembering yet clinging onto nothing We wander on this wretched earth all alone Choose to walk the path of fire and return With knowledge of a lost empire we now burn Wallowing in the waste of doubt Empathy given then taken Misery will see this out The truly free have nothing for taking (1st Lead: Boulanger) (2nd Lead: Elliott) How should I feel when I feel nothing? This void is growing now Am I not free? Now I have nothing A smile can fool you all When we finally reach those false shores of hope long desired There’s no turning back In remembrance of things past we drift now and wonder Why we’d chosen the path of fire?

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025