The walls were peeling with imperfection a mother and fathers love long dead big piles of misconceptions lined the floor it was cold, covered with nothing but the harsh reality that this life is shit a tiny window was the only glimpse into the outside world CHORUS this basement is home, it's all I've ever known can't remember any other life I'm told it's for my own good God wanted it this way if I'm to be saved, I need to have my spirit broken and fed to darkness broke my teeth on each and every step dragged my fingernails down every board these people upstairs are not my family they're puppets with no strings they have nothing but false perceptions they cling to like maggots on corpses well feast on my soul, you can have a bite have the taste of salt poured over new leaves soak through your tongue to the back of your throat and as it slides down into the abyss, just know that I deserve better than this I'm not a monster... God dammit, I'm not a monster

"Wake up, honey!" I hear the demon's roar eclipsing the door that separates him from us "well go back to sleep, it'll pass, it'll pass" for evil is just a name, nothing more I don't feel sorry for the bastard CHORUS The devil comes in many shapes and forms and that boy is not my son he's a demon and he'll be kept in that basement for all of eternity for all I care God's wrath will take care of the rest we saw the face of terrible things underneath our eyelids it was another one of the demon's tricks "he'll spill our blood and drink it by the gallon, by God he will" he'll snap our bones and suck every morsel of meat from our bodies just for the taste of something pure God gave us the child in the form of a test we as a family are being tested our faith is being questioned and that thing in the basement is the answer to whether we are divine and true we bear the cross as a symbol of gratitude Oh heavenly Father, oh holy Ghost you've given us a challenge we don't intend to lose they'll have to update the scriptures with our tale of bravery after all is said and done a separate verse, just for us Just for us....

Another morning, I've lived to see another day the demon did not take me away in my sleep mommy and daddy's perfect daughter is thrilled mother and father say I must never go to the basement for if I do, my life is at risk so for them, I'll be a good child do as I'm told, no matter what "I'm following the light of the Lord's chosen path" CHORUS "We're all just following the light of faith in God" my home is beautiful, we must protect it father wore his hands down to minced meat to build it mother barely bit the bullet by beating insanity but my brother, of him I'm not so sure he says all the right words, goes through the motions, but I don't trust him he's not a soldier of God a common peasant, he'd rather fill his head with garbage from the television and literature he believes what others tell him, if his heart agrees father and mother say he can still be saved, though maybe the demon in the basement is possessing his mind we're losing him, my God, we're losing him

I've never met the one below only talked to him through the basement door his words are kind and tender but I am forbidden to open the door I'd be unearthing a terrible evil that was meant to be locked away CHORUS Is this truth, or is it a lie? how am I supposed to know if there's really heaven or hell? I just know in my heart this house isn't a home with every passing day my heart grows fonder of the one downstairs I know he's my brother I can see his face through the door we look alike, share the same sad eyes he's a beautiful soul, longing for love oh brother, dear brother can you hear me? I promise we'll leave this house behind some day the world has much to offer I offer you my soul if you'll accept me

Good morning, mister spider your webs are glowing radiantly screaming of blessed joy gray walls are slick with slime my skin is pale gold I'm dressed today, am I alive? CHORUS So beautiful is the small ray of light floating and flittering choke on the dust I'm breathing, showing signs of life I'm a spider oh look at me crawl these walls! climbing, descending, fitting in the cracks roll around in the dirt routines, routines, I've lost track give me my sanity back! oh no, here comes the rush, such a head rush the rats, the mice, the head lice they itch, they claw, roaming the room we've got to get out of here small statues of shadows smiling saying "you're the devil, you're the devil" screaming, "no I'm not, no I'm not!" I'll tie this knot, rip out my intestines and drag myself around the floor with them you can use them to suspend the lights can you hear me? Mister Spider, I'm talking to you your legs are bent backwards do they carry a pulse? are they pumping the blood of tiny infants? small fetuses strewn through structures too intact to make an impact I'm not aware of the illusions, my friend what day is it today? rip my spine out, I have no use for it now I present it to you in the form of a scarf they put a hole in me, the folks upstairs they've ripped my heart out and used it for their affection to God I'm losing touch with reality we've made a home here oh darkness, oh maggots, let's have a celebration the power of Christ has compelled us! can we say we deserve better when we don't even know what better is? Don't doubt that denial is a dreamer she's drinking blood with the whore of acceptance you should have seen the look on the saint's face we've wrecked the wicked path, shook it to it's core I have no idea what I'm saying anymore I just need sleep that's better Goodnight Mister Spider

My eyes are a daydream slowly dying mother and father's souls are corrupt their words are ignorant soldiers slaughtering the innocent my Brother does not deserve to feel pain never ending, a gray and dismal prison CHORUS We're gonna run away with the moon on our backs find a new life and never look back I'll be your guardian angel "What do you think that monster would do to you?" mother asked with furious eyes "he would rip you limb from limb!" "You're wrong about him!" his life is a dark void that you created he's not the caged beast you think he is he's a sad soul, with a good heart It feels like heaven staring at the skyline well we can wander through every land let the leaves wither beneath our feet and as time stands still, we'll be free men bright with honesty, bursting with truth but for now, our hearts are held captive they've been torn apart as easily as the rapture I hear the sound of autumn's laughter every tree sways under the Moon's smile we will start a new life and it begins outside these walls we're destined for the shore, it can't wait to share all of life's secrets with us and summer will bring scenes where we're kings of it all

Cries and whispers fill the house mother and father are planning their move the demon downstairs is an inconvenience to our lives well go ahead, scream, scream, scream, until no voice is left you're not gonna be around much longer anyway for now I'll do as I'm told my parents are my voice I have no voice of my own I'll aim to always be God's perfect soldier there's a tide of violence rolling in the morning comes as quickly as the absence of sanity sometimes I search for some hidden structure just so I can sleep at night a tempest of strain is heading our way the moments of grace are slipping away I wanna reach to the sky and be pulled to Heaven because I can't prepare for what's to come I'm terrified to be honest I'm like a snowflake in the rain I'll never make it to my true home I'll just melt away before I hit the ground but our family life is like a rehearsed play it's perfect, right down to our lines no surprises, and nothing out of script I'm supposed to be the rock of the family as still as the sea, as calm as the rain I don't know what to think to anymore murder is wrong and I refuse to take part in that oh dear God, I can hear the roar of Hell below I'll do what has to be done my mind is as weak as the ocean's breeze can you just take me away, please?

Our destiny will be like pages in the Bible the world will bow at our feet and we'll say "all in God's name" so we're taking a vow to vanquish the darkness to look into his black eyes of emptiness and say "you are the first born evil" and you'll be erased as painfully as you entered this world CHORUS So when the Heavens call our names we'll say "no, no, no" this is all thanks to God he was born as a smile a sunrise warming the beach but we turned away, as anguished as baby birds thrown from our nest life was comfortable and safe until it grew too heavy with pain but the child is here in the form of a test his voice carried the sound of all our fears fierce, evil, and soulless The sun blew up the bedroom like a grenade at war we squinted our eyes and said "it's not quite time" so for now we'll stay tucked under the covers of our protective chamber the demon will not be renewing his lease on life we the landlords have come to collect it's time to burn the bridge to the past there is work to be done this is the road to the future our kingdom awaits

I have fear of this house now it's all been a lie goodbye, goodbye so smile for the saints (pretty little liars) stay in denial to demonstrate (a power that's higher) tie the knot, there's no room for mistake I'm sorry to leave this way and I'll never see you again wait for me at the white river I saw it glow under the water pulled me in like a vortex it was beautiful evaporate, never to return all is right saved by the light colors fade like hungry nights so hungry, so hungry alluring conception formation of mere existence enlightenment for significance you're on your own detached to make do with old bones saddened to stay silent in shadows sorry to leave you stranded I wasn't strong enough to steer this ship it's all over now my life was as meaningless as life itself watch what happen when I wave goodbye... Freedom Freedom Freedom

Life is built to fulfill missions omit the confessions slither to spin it 'round we're terrified of failure we're just small pieces in the jigsaw CHORUS This story will see it's end the kingdom will rise, will rise all hail the glorious prophets Sharpen our blades justice is a burning torch let it burn, let it burn, let it burn we're terrified of failure we're just small pieces in the jigsaw before you try to escape, before you open that filthy mouth, close your eyes and turn your back your nightmare will suffocate your existence our time has come but what's this? an interruption, a surprise ends in our demise We have let you down He looks down on us in shame we have let you down there is no light no prize we will never fall in place

I'm just a tiny little seed, who idolizes the root but I am not who I am I'm wrapped around a spool, too tired to care what's to fight for when you've been sleeping for so long? you will always be my brother CHORUS Meet me at the white river We're a sun and shade mix too tired to quit just yet slept for too long to stay sane this life is everything, so beautiful, but not without you It took us years to see, what we were meant to be there is no heaven or hell, it's just you and I, right here, right now we're finally awake lifted from the ground there is nowhere to go from here but to a better place this life is beautiful, the past has been erased I'm heading out with the change of the tide I'll see you on the other side

Architect of my darkness, the thief of my light memories dim with age the loved ones who visit us in dreams are strangers escaping the machinery of justice and we are all condemned to die but it's no consolation I'm sorry, I have to stay behind CHORUS So I'll never see you again and I'll never see you again Human justice is nothing and divine justice is everything close to death, we are truly ready, to live again, to begin again and all the pain and suffering and rage arrested hope it has made me indifferent to the world, I'm so sorry That I'll never see you again and I'll never see you again and I will never leave you even though you're always leaving me and you will live a beautiful life without me but I will always remember you Forever Forever Forever Forever