Art of Deception Lyrics

Standing encircled by the light
I’m a slave confined to vultures’ might
These tremblings won’t subside
Day by day I’m falling prey
Day by day I’m falling prey
And I know their howling yearning is my guide
To the art of deception

Your silence manifests
Lost is my last line of defense
Have hidden blades stained innocence?

The bell tolls once more
Time suspends the end of wars
Fallen forlorn
Onto mercy's thorns

These nightmares seep into my reality
Away from hallowed ground
Your hands draw out

What you left behind
Faith collapsed unbound
The touch of raven skin
Life beyond all sin
What you left behind
Faith collapsed unbound
When I shut these eyes
Your words repeat within, my hope remised

Flickers of a flame speak your reign
While you beckon
Questions craving closure
Haunt me every day
Torn hearts on parade
Lingering in vain
Am I to blame, the crux of pain
For your glance behind my mask?

(x2) Flesh and body cloaked
Reflecting in visions deep inside
Brotherly love evoked
In shards of glass, chimeras crystalize

Symphonic plagues crescendo
As it courts my dawn in reckoning

Lone locks of hair
And cinders raging fair
Across your sanctuary
Bereft in tears

(x2) Flesh and body cloaked
Reflecting in visions deep inside
Brotherly love evoked
In shards of glass, chimeras crystalize