/ E /Eschaton / The Second Coming(2000)

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Track List:
1. Eulogy for the Hollow
2. False Sanctity
3. Betrayal Part II
4. Feast of the Ripened


1. Eulogy for the Hollow

Staring blankly back
lying dormant
under it's own shadow
concealed and slowly corroding

solitary waiting
the cries turning from pity
into anger
shrouded in sorrow

numb to the truth
blinding with pale eyes
the mask no longer the liar
selfish honesty slowly dies

Expulsion, false sanctity,
calling back the blind,
injuring, endlessly,
unrest in a wounded mind


2. False Sanctity

Someday has come
the one which you foretold
full circle vengeance
speaks of a sarcastic past,
returning to its origin,
now you bear the mark
the liar
whispers softly into your ear
drowning in your own words
returning to a day,
you never thought would come

descent into ignorance
taken one step too far
the mark applied to others
is the one you see you are
all the empty promises
can't remove the scar

buried in lost meaning
you have nothing left
drowning in your own words
fallen from your place of power
pleading for forgiveness
humbled upon your knees
only now it's apparent,
you're the carrier of the disease

pleading for forgiveness
drowning in your own words


3. Betrayal Part II

There have been times when trust was misplaced
I found my self taking the blame

stabbed in the back
it seems to happen all the time
why did I bring myself such misery
I could not understand why

Now I know and there is
no love lost
I will live
another day
Now I know that there is
scum like you
bastards, waiting to betray

I had thought that
it was my fault
but now I know
and I am not afraid
I realize
years after the fact
that it was you
and not me to blame

Now I know and there is
no love lost
I will live
another day
Now I know that there is
scum like you
bastards,
waiting to betray

no love lost

Now I know and there is
no love lost
I will live
another day
Now I know that there is
scum like you
bastards, waiting to betray

Story Behind The Song
This song was originally called
"No Love Lost" but Carcass has
a song of the same title,
so to avoid confusion the title was changed.
(We believe that this song title
is not taken)


4. Feast of the Ripened

This lie that is sustained out of pain and fear
A trembling that is this collective ..... complacency
Deception still marked by what you speak, acceptance is marked by how you act
Capitulation, the fertility of the ripened dead

This lie- unseen
This cause- undone
This future- unwrought
This life- unknown

I cannot- see this way
Don't comfort me- with your belief
I cannot- keep this lie
I will- not this way

What this lie incorporates into you, is your shame
Why this lie exists within, it is not you

This lie developed in you through routine and hate
Rote behavior, creates this collective hypocrisy
Acceptance is marked by how you act, deception is marked by what you speak
The futility, how can you live, when you're already dead

What this lie incorporates into you, is your shame
Why this lie exists within, it is not you