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