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To Wait for Fire

by DIPHTHERIA

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1.
Ending Ceremony 05:39
lyrics
ENDING CEREMONY Here come the dead All bleeding red This one’s been choked The other shot in the head Here come the flies Children with no eyes They hold each others hands and dance A jug of world demise Hand in hand they march on down the altar Heart in hand they stand before the father In the ceremony of the end Here come the numb The weakened and the dumb They turn a curtained eye on What we have become Here come the blind The sick and out of mind The only happy people In all of human kind All have gathered here The trumpets of damnation blow The actors take their place It’s time to get on with the show Sun he bows and goes Night descends upon the hall They’re standing in the isles Waiting for the curtain call Take your place next to me Below this last of all the skies We’ll hold each other close And laugh like hell as the world dies Here come the wise Who brought on their demise By severing the bars of The birdcage of their lives Then came you and I Who gave meaning to the lie By seeking refuge from the storm In a feeling doomed to die Hand in hand they march on down the altar Heart in hand they stand before the father In the ceremony of the end
2.
I Believe 04:48
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I BELIEVE I believe in love as it exists Between a man and his hands I believe in whispered lies Pre-orgasmically timed and forgotten on the way to the car I believe that Satan gets bad press I’d like to hear his version of events Had he pulled off his brave revolt Would god be the bad guy shoveling coals down in hell No more tears to cry No more deaths to die So go on live the lie Cause truth breeds suicide I believe in man as the bastard Son of an angel and a dog Only an angel could look as beautiful Only a dog would so mindlessly crap on the floor I believe that if someday We spend less time howling and more time flying Then up there we might realize What being alive truly means and come spiraling down petrified No more tears to cry No more deaths to die So go on live the lie Cause truth breeds suicide I believe that Satan gets bad press I’d like to hear his version of events Had he pulled off his brave revolt Would god be the bad guy Don’t know for sure but I’ve been told It’s all in your head God is love god is dread God is light god is dead god is shoveling coals down in hell
3.
Behind the Mirror's Eye 05:15
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BEHIND THE MIRROR'S EYE Tortured by these thoughts in me, disciple of the beast High up on the mountain stone that rots beneath our feet Blaze of me reflects upon the corrupted minds and souls Flaming bodies in a trench, it’s madness oh my Lord Madness Oh my Lord…. I am the only truth Look what I can do I’m the strongest force Wash the blood from my soul Bastard son, where the hell do we belong I’ve forgotten who I am, am I demon, am I man I’ve forsaken everyone, solved my problems with a gun Follow me into a sea of anger, anger, sorrow of angels Now you’ve heard my story, did you figure out who I am? I bet you think I am the devil or some other evil one The truth you seek is closer than you’ll ever, ever think I am the evil side of you in your mirror of deceit I am the only truth Look what I can do I’m the strongest force Wash the blood from my soul Bastard son, where the hell do we belong I’ve forgotten who I am, am I demon, am I man I’ve forsaken everyone, solved my problems with a gun Follow me in to a sea of anger, anger, sorrow, disbelief…
4.
To Wait for Fire 03:01
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TO WAIT FOR FIRE We had gathered here my friends On this hill by this church spire To speak at length of matters dire And most of all to wait (the hour’s getting late) - for fire We had heard of late of tales That spoke of a people to the east Who had tamed a furious beast And from his bleeding bosom plucked (it lay writhing in the muck) - the fire So we gathered up our best (and send them on the quest) To roam the Eastern Lands and seek - the fire Then beyond the hills we saw A plume of smoke rise to the sky And through the village rose the cry Our boys are back and bring (hear the children sing) - the fire But then our joy to horror turned It was our men that were ablaze Human torches in the haze They ran towards us screaming - FIRE We saw their faces twist in pain (blazed a trail across the plain) And were swallowed by the flame Reduced to ashes at our feet - by fire
5.
As Darkness Casts its Veil 05:09
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AS DARKNESS CASTS ITS VEIL Lying in my room I feel reality fade Bound, deaf, dumb and blind again To face another day The me inside the mirror He laughs at what he sees I remain as he outgrows They boy we used to be Lost another job Second one this week Living on the edge my friend And the future’s looking bleak Dreams of Darkness They wake me in the night Lying in the shadows Waiting for the light Confused of my existence I cannot understand Dreams crumble into nothing When I hold them in my hand And tonight, As darkness casts its veil Crying out, To a world of pain But it’s too late, As Darkness twists my soul Crying out, but no one hears my call Over-bored again Clawing at the walls Madness settles in And begins to take its toll A scavenger of dreams Has taken out my trash The hopes and expectations I couldn’t get to last So here I lie alone Waiting for the end Covered by the Darkness And death’s my only friend
6.
Sleeping With the Worms 03:38
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SLEEPING WITH THE WORMS Welcome to the abyss Called universal dream Bleeding and forgotten Crippled and diseased Welcome to the graveyard Of buried souls alive The lunacy of children And tears in mothers' eyes Welcome to our commune At the house of the absurd We're sleeping with the worms In the asshole of the world...
7.
Save me 05:21
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SAVE ME Fire, can you see the flame? It’s burning like a fever Hate, has gotten into me Like bloodbath in a stream The snake crawls into sands of time, to the depths of my soul I’m slowly waking from the sound of eerie tunes Save me from the evil one His spirit sleeps beside me Save me cause I’ve lost my soul In twisters of the past Gargoyles… What? Am I in hell? Eternally, forever I search for the path to take me back To cleanse my inner self I’ve reached a point in to my life where truth seems clear to me The one I chose to hate is none other but me Save me….. Save me…from the evil one…his spirit…sleeps beside me… Save me…
8.
Start Again 05:24
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START AGAIN Scavenge my brain for the pain of souls that haunt - the darkest corners of my dreams Inject my ears with some tears from my mother’s eyes – so I won’t listen to their screams Bleed out my veins for the stains of the parasites - sucking the life out of every idea Blow out my chest for the lungs always breathing out - hope and breathing in only fear Only fear… And Start Again Pump out my heart for the hate of the flee infested - dreams of this so called human race Burn off my skin for the spite and rage that lock me in - and keep me captive in this cage In this cage… And Start Again Just flick a switch and set it all alight Your lies take a bow and head for the door - manic and seething And your truth lies shaking on the floor - bandaged and bleeding So come on now burn me some more - I like the feeling I’ve felt this death by fire before - yet I’m still breathing YET I’M STILL BREATHING
9.
Living to Die - Bonus (Promo 95) 06:33
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LIVING TO DIE Get on your knees And pray with the blind To that infernal god Who lives within your mind Here they come crawling back To this altar of shame Screaming bloody murder In his almighty name So many Christians Suffer the loss Bleeding the wounds Of the man on the cross A tooth for the truth And an eye that is blind In god's name you kill In god's name you'll die Blood flows through the streets Blood dominates our homes Blood of holy warriors Blood of holy souls The time has come again To give your soul away What do you mean you think? Shut up and start to pray In the hall of faceless idols you roam Can't understand what they say I choose a life of irreverent sin I can't believe in this no more Sowing a bigot's seed of hate in your mind You understand what they say You have become another sheep in the herd The god of grime has his way Now you've given them your soul There's one thing left to do The god of grime is hungry Feed him your children too A cross around their necks Uzi in their hands Heads raised to the lord His wishes their command Millions of Christians Suffer the loss Bleeding the wounds Of the man on the cross A tooth for the truth And an eye that is blind You're living for god You're Living To Die
10.
God Wanted (Apply Here) - Bonus (Promo 95) 05:02
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GOD WANTED (APPLY HERE) Children sit in circle Trying to believe Praying to a bearded man their minds cannot conceive Mom shoots up in corner Blank stare in bloodshot eyes No-one heard her speak a word Since the day that daddy died Girl crawled up in alley Crying tears of shame Virginity crushed by rapist's hand She'll never be the same Neighbour sees what happened Goes to bed and shuts the light Alone and bleeding in the rain She cries into the night Old man lives in cardboard box In sidestreet garbage heap Cheap whiskey bottle held in Hand He tries to get to sleep Discarded tabloids placed in piles To rest his weary head Stray crossfire bullet loses path The sun will find him dead

about

Originally formed in 1993, DIPHTHERIA has received raving reviews all over the world and has participated in various compilations with the most noteworthy being 1999's "Children of the Damned" tribute to Iron Maiden.

Deliverying a unique mixture of melodic heavy/power/doom metal DIPHTHERIA only managed to release their first full-length album 15 years later... If that's not dedication and passion then what is?!

The CD version is released as a limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies, including a... red match inside the spine so as to "complement" the album's title.

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released March 11, 2008

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