(Well, our) souls are all mistaken in the same misguided way We all end up forsaken, we're just choosing our own way The future now incinerates before our very eyes And leaves us with emptiness of no more tries (Well, our) visions of glory now have spiraled down the drain The best of our intentions now come crashing down in flames The depths of our despair we are unable to contain It's shallow living The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising A truth appalling Our maker comes a calling The noose is falling And enemies are rising (Well, the) tracers from yesteryear are burning in the dust Your bruises are reminders of naivety and trust You're only feeling stronger 'cause your body's getting numb Now I lay you down, put the coins in your eyes And blow the candles out The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising A truth appalling Our maker comes a calling The noose is falling And enemies are rising The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising A truth appalling Our maker comes a calling The noose is falling And enemies are rising No more! (No more!) No more! (No more!) Nothing! No more! (No more!) No more! (No more!) Ever! No more! No more! The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising A truth appalling Our maker comes a calling The noose is falling And enemies are rising The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising

Black rays spew down from the heavens Burning rampant through the flaws of man Holy servants sworn to guide us towards salvation Now fallen angels leading us to sin, leading us to sin This fractured sect pierces through our conscience Deliverance promised to stop our dark descent This crowning vision, wrapped so tight around us Chokes us all, as the thorns dig in, as the thorns dig in Symbolic burden of pain We wash our hands of your stain This crown will fall and choke us all A noose of thorns, a noose of scorn When judgement calls Will you be absolved? Will you find your way? Or be strangled by your faith forever Constrict and tighten around our necks Bleeding wounds, drown from within Poisoned souls forever damned A noose of thorns to keep us pure