Ash Within My Veins

Note: This is meant as a Metal Song with the CAPS denoting Death Growl/ Cookie Monster vocals and the regular print denoting singing. Enjoy,



Ash Within My Veins

No life is left in this, hollow place
The soul is dead though the, breath remains
The body crawls along, kept alive
But its hardly worth the time

ROTTING AWAY, THE APPENDAGES NOW FALL!
TO THE GROUND AND TURN TO DUST!
WE HAVE FORSAKEN SUCH GREAT GIFTS!
DROWNING IN OUR OWN EXCESS!
VICTIMS OF OUR OWN SUCCESS!
NOW WE WASTE AWAY!

NO BLOOD IS LEFT TO FLOW
TURNED TO ASH SO LONG AGO
NOTHING LEFT BUT SUN BLEACHED BONES
WASTELAND LITTERED WITH SKULLS
JUST DARKNESS AND TWISTED STEEL
PLASTIC ORGANS THAT CAN’T FEEL
MINDS THAT LONG SINCE DIED WITHIN
NO LIVES LEFT TO LIVE

No life is left in this, hollow place
The soul is dead though the, breath remains
The body crawls along, kept alive
But its hardly worth the time

WHEN THE SUN NEVER SHINES!
THE BITTER BROKEN MINDS, UNWIND!
EVERY NERVE IS SNAPPED OFF, BLOODSHED IS WROUGHT
THE WORLD IS A WAR ZONE!
GROWING OLD! THE EARTH BEGS FOR RENEWAL!
OUR TIRED IDEAS FAIL!
EONS OF CHAOS WILL FOLLOW!
OUR DOWNFALL INEVITABLE NOW!

The final hand unfurls, digits ease their grip
There is no more life, in bloodied fingertips
Just endless windswept wastes
Carrying the smell of decay

FALLING TO SHATTER! MAN WAS ALWAYS FRAIL!
NOW BONES AND BLOOD SPLATTERS, DECORATE THE LAND!
ALL WE ARE IS MADE TO FALL AND GROW SO OLD!
BORN TO DIE AND MADE TO TRY TO BECOME ETERNAL!

EVERY INHALATION LEADING ME TO MY GRAVE!
EVERY GENERATION CLOSER TO THE FINAL DAYS!
GROWING OLD! THE EARTH BEGS FOR RENEWAL!
BORN TO DIE AND MADE TO TRY TO BECOME ETERNAL!

All the blood like ash within my veins
All the sands of the hourglass slip away
All the blood like ash within my veins
All the sands of the hourglass slip away

No life is left in this, hollow place
The soul is dead though the, breath remains
The body crawls along, kept alive
But its hardly worth the time

[edit on 7-3-2010 by Titen-Sxull]

the lyrics are more crust to me, which always has the dark, distruaght guilt of mankind tone to it, whereas metal has a physical brutality towards mankind.