The Venus Effect (Deluxe)

No light enters this domain Scarcity of life-sustaining growth Will to fight wains Forsaken homes abandoned Taken to the banks, bodies plummet Stench of death in the air (Cursed generations) Collecting remains upon the river′s mouth (It grins) The cattle collapse The wells run dry Visited upon by misery A damned people's last memory And as the last gasp of hope leaves (Crying out) What is this place? (What is this place?) (Will I ever see the light of day?) (Our bodies are dropping like flies) (No end to this night) Is it predestination? Home in the silt of the river bed No written history No artifacts No lessons etched in memory (Gone like they were never here) Is this His plan?

A disease of the mind A separation No one cares to remember what came before them How hard is it to reach Is it to reach out? The supply of relief is left untapped (Untapped) Break the silence The machines are built malevolently Designed and coded to make us bleed We must discover an opening A back door into the workings The scraping sound of metal The compiler generates unrest The gleam of the screens, the meaning that you see It isn′t there at all The gleam of the screens, the meaning that you see It isn't there at all The way out is farther than I have ever gone The eye of disarray cannot be outrun, oh no This hatred burrows deep into my skull, it echoes But my heart has been awakened to the sound of remission One nail into the coffin With a pile ready to be added The journey was the ending Of many just like you Woken up under the ground Now he′s six feet deep and quickly running out Suffocating, frantic beating Nothing helps Now the path before him leads straight to Hell In the beginning was a nourished seed Fed by the tears of the family tree Generational anguish and misery All for nothing Unequivocal end The way out is farther than I have ever gone (Ever gone) The eye of disarray cannot be outrun (Cannot be outrun) This hatred burrows deep into my skull, it echoes (Burrows deep into my skull) But my heart has been awakened to the sound of remission Why? Why have I been forsaken? Why? Why have I been forsaken? A disease of the mind A separation No one cares to remember What came before them How hard is it to reach Is it to reach out? The supply of relief is left untapped (Left untapped)

In the beginning That fragile point in time Something began to grow Nourished a seed with tears The dawn of a new pain Roots regenerate And dawn upon a great sorrow Passing down the ache Colliding spirits of anger A flicker of a spark An unending refrain Towards the surface A desperate cry for absolution Remission of the scourge Branching outwards toward the overworld Breathing hope and the dawn of a new age Pristine soul Calling out for protection In unison, collective With the seeds of surrounding souls joined Resounding throughout the earth (Now we′re one) Pray the everlasting provision A salve for restitution The once depraved and lost have found a route through the roots The eye of hatred sees me I feel a different meaning coming over me Coming over me The circle of blood is drawn over the exit I long to make it to the surface and breathe (Bring me back from Hell) (Of my own making) (See me through this mess) (See me through this maze) Pristine aura From the time of conception An order, correction To the state of chaos surrounding Resounding through the vibrant growth The underlying condition Is in remission now (Set us free) Resounding throughout the vibrant growth The underlying condition is in remission now Now, collecting into pools of humming sound Resplendent healing for the ones who found a way out (The eye of hatred sees me) (I feel a different meaning coming over me) (Coming over me) In the beginning That fragile point in time Something began to grow A way back to the surface Cleansed of all sunless doubt Inherit awareness

Confined A prisoner of the times The decades will pass, leaving only you behind Alone now with every taxing mistake (Mistake) Weighed down, taste the flavor of disdain Self-hatred grows (That void) Nervous, he knows (Inside) Mind on the brink of insanity There′s a prison of the chest Where the lifeblood drains but organs remain Hollowed, held together by the wind-burned sinew, the skeleton shakes Inverness green envy through the eyes of the prisoner Every day Those who are free do not have the right to be so careless So carefree I don't know whether I can make it another day Dragged down constantly Weight of the world I don′t know long that I have left to live But growing desperate to see a sign for what is is Rain down, this eternal weather In this sunless summer The black sky is so opaque Like glass, I am shattering Each and every day (In this sunless summer) The shards glisten red Breaking out of my old prison Re-enter the world I haven't seen for so long Stored up a hunger for a violent return So here's the very essence of my furor Collect my strength and I will bring your end How can you just stand to let them rot? The imprisoned ones How can you just stand to let them rot? The imprisoned ones

Reaching out for something of sustenance The very essence of her life is dissipating The pale moon glares through the barrier Her eyes refracting hope But it flickers, then she flickers, so it goes The sun reflects off the rising dust I wonder how it all came to this The ordinary suffering of the world Feel it in my veins It′s overwhelming Now we can see over the horizon Now we can see over the edge My eyes gouged out, I know the unknown (There is a passage through the void) There is a passage through the void (Nervously she navigates it) Now, run the course (Nervously she navigates it) Run the course (In due time) (In due time) (Fractures realign) Now we can see over the horizon Now we can see over the edge (Over the edge) My eyes gouged out, I know the unknown There is a passage through the void

Breaking my silence I've got some wounds to air out And I can't keep it down Feels like an avalanche Every time I open back up How long will this last? God, save me now If you′re out there, I need you to take my life and turn it around Show me the sound The deafening silence is beckoning It pulls me back in My ears are ringing Help Save me from myself We have only to be silent (Silence) And the hand of power rests over us (Within) None is able to withstand (The reckoning) Take my life, make it yours (Acquiesce) I can't hang in the balance anymore (Redemption) Will I be restored? Vectors fleeting, sounds, I'm dreaming Ground is moving, feels like nothing before (Ground my energy) Pull the rug from under all I know (Pull me underneath) Take my understanding (Take me, piece by piece) Trace the lines left incomplete And make me whole again (Full again) Take me somewhere I want to be or show me back to the journey (Contemplating inner vision) I′ll take either We have only to be silent (Silence) And the hand of power rests over us (Within) None is able to withstand (The reckoning) Take my life, make it yours (Acquiesce) I can′t hang in the balance anymore (Redemption) Will I be restored? Embrace my fate Depletion of space Hide behind faith As cohesion concaves Revelation Before bright eyes

In the beginning That fragile point in time Something began to grow Nourished a seed with tears The dawn of a new pain Roots regenerate And dawn upon a great sorrow Passing down the ache Colliding spirits of anger A flicker of a spark An unending refrain Towards the surface A desperate cry for absolution Remission of the scourge Branching outwards toward the overworld Breathing hope and the dawn of a new age Pristine soul Calling out for protection In unison, collective With the seeds of surrounding souls joined Resounding throughout the earth (Now we′re one) Pray the everlasting provision A salve for restitution The once depraved and lost have found a route through the roots The eye of hatred sees me I feel a different meaning coming over me Coming over me The circle of blood is drawn over the exit I long to make it to the surface and breathe (Bring me back from Hell) (Of my own making) (See me through this mess) (See me through this maze) Pristine aura From the time of conception An order, correction To the state of chaos surrounding Resounding through the vibrant growth The underlying condition Is in remission now (Set us free) Resounding throughout the vibrant growth The underlying condition is in remission now Now, collecting into pools of humming sound Resplendent healing for the ones who found a way out (The eye of hatred sees me) (I feel a different meaning coming over me) (Coming over me) In the beginning That fragile point in time Something began to grow A way back to the surface Cleansed of all sunless doubt Inherit awareness

Breaking my silence I've got some wounds to air out And I can't keep it down Feels like an avalanche Every time I open back up How long will this last? God, save me now If you′re out there, I need you to take my life and turn it around Show me the sound The deafening silence is beckoning It pulls me back in My ears are ringing Help Save me from myself We have only to be silent (Silence) And the hand of power rests over us (Within) None is able to withstand (The reckoning) Take my life, make it yours (Acquiesce) I can't hang in the balance anymore (Redemption) Will I be restored? Vectors fleeting, sounds, I'm dreaming Ground is moving, feels like nothing before (Ground my energy) Pull the rug from under all I know (Pull me underneath) Take my understanding (Take me, piece by piece) Trace the lines left incomplete And make me whole again (Full again) Take me somewhere I want to be or show me back to the journey (Contemplating inner vision) I′ll take either We have only to be silent (Silence) And the hand of power rests over us (Within) None is able to withstand (The reckoning) Take my life, make it yours (Acquiesce) I can′t hang in the balance anymore (Redemption) Will I be restored? Embrace my fate Depletion of space Hide behind faith As cohesion concaves Revelation Before bright eyes