My life suffocates
Planting seeds of hate
I've loved, turned to hate
Trapped far beyond my fate

I give
You take
This life that I forsake
Been cheated of my youth
You turned this love to truth

Anger
Misery
You'll suffer unto me

Harvester of sorrow
Language of the mad
Harvester of sorrow

Pure black looking clear
My work is done soon here
Try getting back to me
Get back which used to be

Drink up
Shoot in
Let the beatings begin
Distributor of pain
Your loss becomes my gain

Anger
Misery
You'll suffer unto me

Harvester of sorrow
Language of the mad
Harvester of sorrow

All have said their prayers
Invade their nightmares
To see into my eyes
You'll find where murder lies

Infanticide

Harvester of sorrow
Language of the mad
Harvester of sorrow
Language of the mad
Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow
Harvester of sorrow


Helpless

I gotta see you moving fast
See you come my way
See the dreams, I hope they last
Never fade away

Gotta see the lights above
Make it loud tonight
Gotta set it all a-fire
Set it all alight

See the flashing lights
Hear the thunder roar
I am gonna set you all alight
Gotta make it man
I ain't got a choice
Gotta fill this hall tonight

Helpless
Helpless
Helpless
Helpless

I don't know what I'm gonna do
Maybe not tonight
Gotta set you all a-fire
Gotta treat you right

I can see the flashing lights
Lit before your love
Gotta hear the thunder roar
Coming from above

See the flashing lights
Hear the thunder roar
I am gonna set you all alight
Gotta make it man
I ain't got a choice
Gotta fill this hall tonight

Helpless
Helpless
Helpless
Helpless

Oh

I can see the stars
But I can't see what's going on
But every night alone
I sing my song just for fun

Only time will tell
If I'll make it myself someday
This stage is mine
Music is my destiny

Cannot squeeze the life from me

I can see the stars
But I can't see what's going on
But every night alone
I sing my song just for fun

Only time will tell
If I'll make it myself someday
This stage is mine
Music is my destiny

Cannot squeeze the life from me, yeah, yeah, yeah


Hero Of The Day

Mama, they try and break me

The window burns to light the way back home
A light that warms no matter where they've gone
They're off to find the hero of the day
Mm, but what if they should fall by someone's wicked way?

Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
Someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do ya feel your name?
Can't you hear your babies cryin'?

Mama, they try and break me
Still they try and break me

Excuse me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real
Now, deservingly, this easy chair
Mm, but the rocking stopped by wheels of despair

Don't want your aid
But the fist I've made
For years can't hold off fear
No, I'm not all me
So please excuse me
While I tend to how I feel

But now the dreams and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build the wall behind it, crawl
And hide until it's light
So can't you hear your babies cryin' now?

Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Can't you hear your names?
Can't you hear your babies cryin'?

But now the dreams and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build the wall behind it, crawl
And hide until it's light
So can't you hear your babies cryin' now?

Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try, mama, they try

Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try, mama, they try


Hit The Lights

No life till leather
We're gonna kick some ass tonight
Got the metal madness
When our fans start screamin' it's right
Well alright, yeah
When we start to rock
We never will stop again

Hit the lights
Hit the lights
Hit the lights

Know our fans are insane
We're gonna blow this place away
With volume higher
Than anything today. The only way, yeah
When we start to rock
We never will stop again

Hit the lights
Hit the lights
Hit the lights

With all out screamin'
We're gonna rip right through your brain
We got the lethal power
It is causing you sweet pain oh sweet pain, yeah
When we start to rock
We never will stop again

Hit the lights
Hit the lights
Hit the lights
Hit the lights


Holier Than Thou

No more
The crap rolls out your mouth again
Haven't changed, your brain is still gelatin
Little whispers circle around your head
Why don't you worry about yourself instead?

Who are you? Where ya been? Where ya from?
Gossip burning on the tip of your tongue
You lie so much you believe yourself
Judge not, lest ye be judged yourself

Holier than thou
You are
Holier than thou
You are
You know not

Before you judge me take a look at you
Can't you find something better to do
Point the finger, slow to understand
Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand

It's not who you are, it's who you know
Others lives are the basis of your own
Burn your bridges and build them back with wealth
Judge not, lest ye be judged yourself

Holier than thou
You are
Holier than thou
You are
You know not

Yeah
Who the hell are you?

Yeah, you

Holier than thou
You are
Holier than thou
You are
You know not

Woh, not


The House Jack Built

Open door, so I walk inside
Close my eyes, find my place to hide
And I shake as I take it in
Let the show begin

Open my eyes
Just to have them close again
Well on my way, yeah
But on my way to where I've been

It swallows me
As it takes me in its fog
Mm, I twist away
As I give this world the nod

Open door, so I walk inside
Close my eyes, find my place to hide
And I shake as I take it in
Let the show begin

Open my eyes
Just to have them close once again
Don't want control, hey
As it takes me down and down and down again

Is that the moon
Or just the lights that lights this dead end street?
Is that you there
Or just another demon that I meet?

The higher you are
The farther you fall
The longer the walk
The farther you crawl
My body, my temple
This temple, it tilts
Step in to the house that Jack built

The higher you are
The farther you fall
The longer the walk
The farther you crawl
My body, my temple
This temple, it tilts
Yes, this is the house that Jack built
Yeah

Yeah

Open door, yes, I walk inside
Swallow me so the pain subsides
And I shake as I take the sin
Let the show begin
Let the show begin
Let the show begin

The higher you are
The farther you fall
The longer the walk
The farther you crawl
My body, my temple
This temple, it tilts
Yes, this is the house that Jack built

The higher you are
The farther you fall
The longer the walk
The farther you crawl
My body, my temple
This temple, it tilts
Yes, I am, I am, I am, ah

Open my eyes
It swallows me
Is that you there?
Mm, I twist away, away, away, yeah, away

© Arve Barsnes 1999-2000