Damnation - Warner/Chappell Productions

We suffer to survive Are we desperate creatures crawling in the dirt? Or are we lonely preachers hiding our beating hearts? We sow the wind and reap the storm Don't say you haven't been warned No future's written There's endless possibility We suffer to survive If hope is a prison, then maybe faith will set me free We suffer to survive Am I just a victim drifting in the raging sea? We suffer to survive If a kingdom resides behind my own eyes I've got to catch the stone and cradle the wave Damnation is just a daydream away But still, we carry on If I'm God in disguise, praying for the rain And if our demons decide, then is this all in vain? We sow the wind and reap the storm Don't say you haven't been warned It's time to confess I haunt this flesh I answer my own prayers I bid my own despair No future's written There's endless possibility We suffer to survive If hope is a prison, then maybe faith will set me free We suffer to survive Am I just a victim drifting in the raging sea? We suffer to survive But still, we carry on There's a lesson in this, what I resist persists And damnation is just a daydream away If hope is a prison, then maybe faith will set me free We suffer to survive Am I just a victim drifting in the raging sea? We suffer to survive

Voices of the matriarch A hierarchy outside of the status quo Tormented legions feast upon the innocent Entrench the control The choice of condemnation Breeds an army of accursed The dominion will grow (codified in the circle) So let it be known (she will be enthroned) (Watch her ascend) Concede unto her (And now you relent) For she has crossed the oceans of time (Damnation you'll find) Damnation flame Burning us down When we're already bound And the earth is bleeding The mark of The One In the shape of a ghoul In the pouring rain See what she wrote upon the wall I'm a true believer Damnation flame Ruled across the centuries The heresy our mark on the fevered soul (Unearthly specters rise and a frantic danse macabre you behold) Blackened inquisition Fall to witchery A thrall, and all that you sold (premonition untold) Was your immortal soul (Now you shall behold) (Lifeblood is spent) Surrender to her (Now you repent) Her bloodline is damnation divine (Damnation you'll find) Damnation flame Burning us down When we're already bound And the earth is bleeding The mark of The One In the shape of a ghoul In the pouring rain See what she wrote upon the wall I'm a true believer Damnation flame Entwine the pain You're stigmatised Temerity from dusk to sunrise Embrace the flame In dusk reside Mortality a frailty denied (Watch her ascend) Concede unto her (And now you relent) Her bloodline is damnation divine Damnation flame Burning us down When we're already bound And the earth is bleeding The mark of The One In the shape of a ghoul In the pouring rain See what she wrote upon the wall I'm a true believer Damnation flame

They say that you play too loud Well, baby, that's tough They say that you got too much Can't get enough They tell you that you look a fool And, baby, I'm a fool for you They say that your mind's diseased Shaky stuff And it's a rock 'n' roll damnation Ma's own whippin' boy Rock 'n' roll damnation Take a chance while you still got the choice You say that you want respect Honey, for what? For everything that you've done for me, girl Thanks a lot Come on, get up off your bended knees You could set your mind at ease My temperature's running hot Oh, I've been waiting all night for a bite of what you got And it's a rock 'n' roll damnation Ma's own whippin' boy Rock 'n' roll damnation Take your chance while you still got the choice Oh, it's hard life (Damnation) they're puttin' you down (Damnation) all over town (Damnation) 'cause you're way outta reach Living on the street, you gotta practice what you preach And it's a rock 'n' roll damnation Ma's own whippin' boy Rock 'n' roll damnation Take your chance while you still got the choice (Damnation) left a happy home (Damnation) to live on your own (Damnation) you wanna live in sin (Damnation) it's a rock 'n' roll damnation Just a bundle of joy (damnation) You're a toy for a boy (damnation) You got dollars in your eye (damnation) Chasing that pie in the sky (damnation) Rock 'n' roll damnation

Forever cursed by this game, he who plays with sin Incantations summoned up our creations We're players cast in this tale, believe it stranger than fiction This justice thunders our condemnation Falling into innocence by a shadow's kiss He speaks what mortals dare to say, will he betray? If you dare play the game, your descent preordained From their fiery thrones screaming, cursing your name On the terror it feeds, breathing fire and greed Watch him jest as you bleed Screaming enter the damnation game We can not keep our heads clear Or our tongues from evil (evil) By this sword, certain death at our own hands To have no wants is divine, untrue Platinum waves, tainted gold We can only watch from the shores Falling into innocence by a shadow's kiss He speaks what mortals dare to say, will he betray? If you dare play the game, your descent preordained From their fiery thrones screaming, cursing your name On the terror it feeds, breathing fire and greed Watch him jest as you bleed Screaming enter the damnation game If you dare play the game, your descent preordained From their fiery thrones screaming, cursing your name On the terror it feeds, breathing fire and greed Watch him laugh as you bleed Screaming enter the damnation game, yeah Enter the damn Damn, damn, damnation game Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn