Verse 1:
…and the Hound howled!
A face wrought by hell
A reputation to match
It’s what you need to survive
When a smile’s as sharp as a sword
And the wages of honor are death
To them life’s a game; you’re just a piece to be played
Think there is wealth to be made?
A place to forge a new name?
They only ask that you play, but the catch is
The deck is stacked from the start
Soon all your plans fall apart
As you learn what it’s really like to swim with the sharks
Chorus 1:
abandon preconceptions
all your hopes and dreams devoured here
I’ve seen their fists of iron and velvet crush in equal measure
I watched the puppets dance
So graceful on the dagger’s edge
And hear their masters laugh
When they miss step and tumble
Break/ Verse 2:
Life is not a song
Some poet puked up on a page
I’ll show you splendid birds;
Cut of wing and bound of cage
And how the golden cow reaps all of its ill gotten gains
A victor of a game it never needed play
…and the Hound howled!
A world of honey sweet sin
How can virtue win?
When rape and murder are swept aside
By the title of Ser
When even heroes don’t dare
Just bow your head
Play your role
And hope that nobody knows
Where you hid your ghosts
Chorus 2:
abandon preconceptions
all your hopes and dreams devoured here
I’ve seen their fists of iron and velvet crush in equal measure
I see this sad romance
So sickening in its naiveté
Who will be there to catch you?
When all your heroes fumble?
Breakdown:
I
Remember flame
Remember fear
Relive the pain
And night by day
I see his face
Choke on his breath
And revile the name we share
Face to face
With what I am
What I’ve become
And as this dog
Am I to weep?
Am I to care?
When venom is all I can taste?
Chorus 3:
abandon preconceptions
all your hopes and dreams devoured here
I’ve seen their fists of iron and velvet crush in equal measure
And as the fires rise
Will fear or courage grip your heart?
Have you the strength
To trade your sinking ship for coming storm?
Outro:
Starving
Running
Never been afraid to spurn the hand that feeds
Fighting
For my survival
Finally time to attend to my own needs
This last bid for glory
Ends in failure
So I guess I’ll release
This collar
Even without the leash
I’m still me
Death watches at a distance
bells ring
sky blackens
rain begins to fall
eulogy screams
hands clenched, veils drenched
faces and voices distant for years
all unknown to me, the walls muffle my screams
all dressed up
have I somewhere to go?
Laid out in a comfortable fashion
I remember a ride...
what was that?
Body feels as stiff as...
something out of a dream
am I still?
Shouldn't I be able to feel my...
scream wells up
loud and clear
yet somehow silent to my ears
shovel after shovel
earths deafening thunder
mind races
as I search for solace in silence
(Chorus)
Starving, for what I cannot taste
a thirst no drink could slake
lungs praying for air, that they cannot take
yearning, with nowhere left to go
as the maggots claim their throne
amidst the sallow, liquid flesh
seeping from my holes!
Another winter come and gone
it's memory is all that weeps for me
kiss of the sun
on the leaves
ignites the need
that sends the roots in search of me
weaving, entangling
chaining me to the rest of the restless who lie below
as we are swallowed whole
yet moon after sun
as wood splinters
and hinges rust
I find no solace in silence
(Chorus)
I often plead for sleep
to rid reality
from my heart
only to waken to the terror cycle
visions of rising from the grave
earth begins to weep
flesh proceeds to seep
putrid redolence envelops me
IT WILL NEVER BE QUIET!!!
But I’m still tied below
teeth and nails turn to dust
abandoned, even by the worms
if only you could save me
(Bridge to solo)
Premonitions of infinity
am I even an echo of a memory?
(Chorus)
(Lead out)
did you moisten the soil for me?
Or toss your dirt, resume your week?
Did you face what roiled inside you?
or were your last gifts pen and ink?
Do you remember me well?
Or has this absence overwhelmed all the best of me?
Intro:
I wish I could
Turn back the hands of time
hope for a new beginning
you question many things
it shows you are not listening
unclear visions
in my barless prison
constant thoughts provoking me
Verse:
with fire in her eyes
seduction in her voice
her skin to cold to touch
her beauty draws me in
i cant believe my eyes
my conscious laid to rest
I succumb
but in that moment shes gone
Pre Chorus:
The reminisce of something bliss
The evidence of great suspense
uprising feelings from deep within
she brings out the worst in me
But who am I if I can't be free
That one last kiss is what i missed
bloody knuckles on my fist
is this the way I really want it to end
She brings out the best in me
I need her now, I'm hoping she needs me.
Chorus:
You turned me into stone
you left me all alone
when I needed you
with a head of snakes snakes you burnt my eyes
Verse 2:
progress the hands of time
let's write this perfect ending
and in this perfect ending
the dream of dreams are dreamt
where we're so close together but
I know we've grown apart
so as I burn these pages, hope
that I don't take your heart.
Pre Chorus:
The reminisce of something bliss
The evidence of great suspense
uprising feelings from deep within
she brings out the worst in me
But who am I if I can't be free
That one last kiss is what i missed
bloody knuckles on my fist
is this the way I really want it to end
She brings out the best in me
I need her now, I'm hoping she needs me.
Chorus:
You turned me into stone
you left me all alone
when I needed you
with a head of snakes snakes you burnt my eyes
Bridge:
reinforce the separation
this is a dangerous fascination
I have a desire for the truth
ill get it at any cost from you
you'll never know just what Im hiding
i have so many secrets locked inside
I feel no pain I have no conscious
you'll be smothered by all my lies
Breakdown:
let's re write these pages
erase and make this true
we can fake this chapter
because its all about you.
Chorus:
You turned me into stone
you left me all alone
when I needed you
with a head of snakes snakes you burnt my eyes
I don't know why you just won't die so I can live my life so I can get the fuck out of this place and you cannot follow me to my home that causes my insanity
I can see the light it's shinning oh so bright, brighter then the stars on the darkest night so I can find my way back home because no one wants to travel that far alone
I need to find my way back home
You'll never find another guy like me, so why don't you confide in another body, you and me we're both leading different lives, it's time to pack your shit and say goodbye
You just know that you live your life so you can ruin my piece of mind and all the sanity that I've built with these two hands so I can never think for myself again
I can see the light it's shinning oh so bright, brighter then the stars on the darkest night so I can find my way back home because no one wants to travel that far alone
I think I've found my way back home
You'll never find another guy like me, so why don't you confide in another body, you and me we're both leading different lives, it's time to pack your shit and say goodbye
Now, I know that you have never
(How could you do this to me)
meant a fucking single word that you have ever said
(I've done everything for you)
I know that you have never meant a fucking single word that you have ever said to
(And now I'm miles away)
Me I know that
You have never meant
A fucking single word that you
Have ever said to me
Seattle’s Laden captures the storm and stress of the greatest, grimmest post-metal, crafting songs from 20-megaton riffs. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 29, 2022