Golgotha Compendium: Fifth Temple

Now we've reached the final call Where I will break you down to nothing Suffocate, left behind to stagnate 'til we see the end of days Timeless pain and endless weight, now I am anchored in effusion Paradox of mortal man, I can't refrain my desperate hand Deal the fated cards again, defy the odds as we begin to mend Most civilized people are out of touch with reality Because they confuse the world as it is with the world as they think about it And talk about it and describe it For on the one hand there is the real world And on the other a whole system of symbols About that world which we have in our minds These are very, very useful symbols, all civilization depends on them But like all good things they have their disadvantages And the principle disadvantage of symbols is that we confuse them with reality Just as we confuse money with actual wealth It's time to pick a side, will your legacy fold under The countless hordes of reprobates gnawing at your spine? If you could give the world a savior, would you crucify yourself? Or would you cower with the rest of them and earn your place in Hell? I hear the desert call my name again for the seventh time I fear our reach exceeds our grasp, so remind me where this ends Hide behind the mask, conflagrate inside a void of silence Speak now at last and pray to God this only ends in violence I know that you can't save me, after all, I'm dead inside From all that I've become, rebuilding patterns to survive Erasure, erasure Erasure, erasure I forget just how we're supposed to live down here I forget just how we're supposed to live down here When you eviscerate my soul I need a brand new body, no control I wanna store my memories in the sands Wanna see the things that no man can And with all this light I consecrate When the balance of the world's at stake Will I learn from my mistakes? Over and over again Yeah, and now the Earth screams back at me for the final time Soothsayer, hold your head underwater, I don't need another breath Hide behind the mass, congregate and be devoid of conscience Remain aghast when all the world can see is their own likeness Pray to God this only ends in violence Om mani padme hum Om mani padme hum Om mani padme hum Om mani padme hum Om mani padme hum Om mani padme hum Om mani padme hum Om mani padme hum Well, I made up my mind, I know that you can't save me And every step that I retrace reminds me I'm a fake Well, maybe next time I won't forget all I've learned And I won't be the one who fails, the one who always burns I'm losing my shine, was I ever enough? And after all your heroes die, their souls begin to rust No, I'll never find another person to trust And in the end, we all were made, we all return to dust Ocular congruity, I'm fucking done with this illusion Myopic fantasy, your God's a wolf within sheep's clothing Search yourself for every righteous thought Cling to life but don't rewrite the plot I will burn every bridge in the world 'til my final day I'll kill myself and see what God has to say