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[lead: Joey Cinz]
Make me a martyr, motherfucker
Make me a star, you son of bitch
Cover my eyes with bloody murder
Two times for her, you fucking snitch
I'll destroy everything that you care about
Before I put you in the ground
I'll bury you in a shallow grave
Unspoken will your name remain
With urticating touch, she draws you in
WELCOME TO DIE
Veiled by a blackened hood
With a loaded gun beneath
A cleaver and some rope
I'll put a drill bit through your teeth
Remove your thumbs and eat them
Cut your eyes with broken glass
One by one I'll change you
Pray each breath will be your last
[lead: Joey Cinz]
[lead: Mark Curtis]
Like Hell, I ain't evil
Like Hell, I'll let it slide
I'd make you an example
Before I'd let it ride
Make me famous, fucking bastard
Get me headlines, fucking cunt
You think that you know vengeance
I swear you will before I'm done
ough
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O, The stage is blood red; The stage has been set:
A chorus of fucking agony
Screaming in perfect unison:
"War."
(“We live inside a dream”)
Blue skies darken to set the stage for the end
Roaming around defeated and searching for a friend
The warmth is gone from the air, and the sun feels like ice
I've got everything I need to go nowhere, just close my eyes
These walls are dripping with regret
Mistakes make up the roof over my head
Watching the hands of the clock ticking down
Am I awake or am I already underground?
Operate on an instinct to survive like clockwork, a device
Joylessly continuing to breathe is no way to live your life
Maybe tomorrow it will be easier to get out of bed
When that tomorrow 'comes today, it's gonna get worse instead
“Hell god baby damn no”
[lead: Geoffrey Day]
Wouldn't it be something if we could forget
All the pain and the things we wish we never said?
Weren't we something when the times were different?
Instead of wishing for the chance to start over again
all over again
Am I asleep or am I already under?
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Pry me out of my seat
A repeat of history
I've only tried to walk a straight line
Set upon all my days
Trauma
Stress
Pain
Induced upon you
Induced upon you
Induced upon you)
When I first beheld Him, he rode high on an ivory steed
Though I knew him not, I felt his darkness following me
Then He was gone, I awoke weary from the ground
Had it really happened, I pretended not to know
Left to die by those seated at my very side
It should have been a clue, but I was young and blind to truth
Pale;
Cold and white
Downward to the west
The light lays itself to rest
Still time to get it right
When I escaped my shackles, I saw Him once again
This time was intentional as I meant to confront Him
"Know this, I reckon who you are and I know why we've met;
Just take what you're looking for."
"I will," he said, "not yet."
Tried to die, permanently damaged inside
It should have been a clue, I'll throw it away if I want to
Pale;
Cold and white
Downward to the west
The light lays itself to rest
Still time to get it right
The third time I saw Him, many years had passed
I'd forgotten about Him, until I could hear his mount's steps
His visage in the mirror was much more ghastly, he regaled
A spectre staring back, blood red eyes and ghostly pale
Left to die by these choices of mine
It should have been a clue, but it hurts less than the truth
Pale;
Cold and white
Downward to the west
The light lays itself to rest
Still time to get it right
Be that I would deny Him and abscond with what he wants most
Better to die by my own hand, than live a life devoid of hope
I never did believe in fate, put too much trust in love
I've been betrayed so many times, but I still blame myself
When I die, the choice will be mine
It should have been a clue, my farewell to all of you
[lead: Naman Sachdev]
My scars, glory
Rapture in torture
Breaking apart
See, the wound in my side
Yet here I stand
See the brokenness
Inherent in my bones
These eyes view straight through you
To off and far away
A place
A hole in the dirt you don't know about
King of all scum
Here I reign
In the black sunshine
A place you'll never hope to go
Nothing but pain is real
He's there amidst the twisted metal
The sound of hooves on broken glass
There is He looking down at me
And utters an obscene laugh
Wreckage // Ruins on the Beach
Debacles follow one another
I never had a chance
Uncontrollable
[lead: Thamnos]
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When I'm gone burn my body
like my mother before me
Failed so many times
There's no hope for me
No hope for me
In a world filled with so much uncertainty
I think it's safe to say no one cares
Suicide King's looking better off dead
Ready to go and I'm not scared
Scream underwater
to hear how it sounds
As the sun fades above
Let me
Sink to the bottom
See how deep it gets
As my life fades to black
Let me go
Just let me go
Just let go
Thought you would be alright
After ev'rything you learned
Thought you could brave the waves
But now the tide has turned
Now the tide has turned
And it ain't right
And it ain't wrong
Searching for a reason,
A reason to go on
What can you do
When it's all gone
Wearing your loneliness
Like the tattoos on your arms
Scream underwater
to hear how it sounds
As the sun fades above
Let me
Sink to the bottom
See how deep it gets
As my life fades to black
Let me go
Just let me go
Just let go
Spare me this one indulgence
Should I grow weary
If I give in
Forgive me
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("Welcome to GRIEFSCAPES,
A motherfuckin Boston Metal nightmare that you're not ready for.
So forget everything you thought you knew, and strap the fuck in.
Things are about to get really fuckin' weird in here.
This is CORPSEWEED, here it goes!")
A dead man marked, see if I'm swayed
Whether it's ignorance or arrogance, you'd be wise to be afraid
I fear not god above, I fear not judgment of man
I fear not being alone, there was never a choice from where I stand
Not for me, my friend.
What's it feel like to know that you'll be crushed, twat?
Scrape my knuckles on
gravel just for the rush
What's it feel like to know that you'll be crushed?
This is not even my nightmare.
Disembodied sentiment
Disembowled in excrement
Disembodied sentiment
Disembowled
[lead: Geoffrey Day]
Walked the hardest path alone, I found strength
Based on the cowardice you display, mercy would be your end
I'll wear a part of you as if it were a prize
Drenched in blood, there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
Not from me, my friend.
Angel of depravity and death
Raving and gripping intestinal tract
To use as foul decorum
Festooned across the room
You are no more
For you do not recall
The face once scorned
Long ago
The hour of need
No longer
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Breathe;
Harness what you can, Let go of what you can't
There's a village in flames out in the distance
To the scent of smoke, a blind eye turned; onward
Discretion dominates the instinct and you're not the same again
Safety will give way to surrender when you reach the ocean sands
The way forward blocked with the debris of once proud monuments
Drawn into the sea
in solitude; withdrawal
Each step forward is for mercy,
penance for thine sins
Screaming underwater
to hear how it sounds
The sun is fading upwards
Allow yourself to drown
Screaming underwater
to hear how it sounds
The sun is fading upwards
Allow yourself to drown
[lead: Giacomo Cazzaro]
Screaming underwater
to hear how it sounds
The sun is fading upwards
Allow yourself to drown
Allow yourself to drown
Because you want to find the bottom
You want to see just how deep you are
You want to drown one last time
(Wake up;)
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make nights hell
if my light ask
The Mistakes dominate
I'll not face choices
smashed star
Set Wasted
(hey)
But since you brought it up
Ridin high on mount deception
Chiropractic exacerbation
All this For a better foundation, Communication
we're building bridges
and slick black walls
A domino effect
The facts will cut you
The smoke darkens
for all anguish
But never makes a sound!
Achieve enlightenment
Through deprivation
Annihilation
I am not a machine
I am not a machine
I'm no man's pawn
in this life
the gutteral clock grows
Grieving in you
heavy stab
Dead Kingdoms
55 reasons be extinct
Write it all and it's over with
Digging for war
Operate rain
Beneath another sea
Chiral crypt
broken declaration
Scrape off will like skin
Enable demise
52 eyes
Denial King helplessly reaches
Totems of survival
wearing your bones
upon his throne
Live free or die hard
As the world sinks into me
I am extinction
Let death fall on you like sleep
In the palest spires
Let our spirits coalesce
It's fixed in time and meant to be
So enjoy our last sunset
I AM AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
ON THE BEACH I'M WAITING
COME AND SEE ME
COME AND SEE
Buried under this
Weight of your artifice
If it was never worth it
Then why even exist?
Discard.
I am and have always been
On the beach I'm waiting
I am and have always been
Man's ruin
Extinction
Beckoning
("V Has Come To")
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("Oh hi, Mark.
I guess.
Oh hi, Mark.
I guess.
Right there.
Oh hi, Mark.
Oh hi, Mark.
Here we go.")
Witnessing the measure of man
Reduced to a stretch of intestine
in a literal sense
Will the condemnation never end?
Altruistic
Fantasy I'm
Bleeding inward
Never seeing
Forward dying
Multiplying
There's no future
smells like something's
burning, it's me
In this life I've
Suffered
Notwithstanding
Devastating
Circumstances
Unrewarding
Hardship pending
Patience ending
Pain still hiding
Deep inside me
Second arrow
Shame of silence
Never ends
Patience and charity
are the names
of the swords
I carry into war I wage against
those who have forsaken me
(Spiraling out of control)
("I guess.")
Low lights and sun showers
Losing track of the hours
It's all different now
Gates are closed behind and locked ("I guess.")
The sky frozen overhead like a moment on a clock
How fast dreams can die
The punishment exceeds the crime
No karma this time
Learn to drag that weight
[lead: Mark Curtis]
Change comes helplessly
Unannounced and unwanted
Summer's golden glow fades like all else
My muscles curl until I am become contortion
It's going to rain for a long time coming
[lead: Philippe Brousseau]
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[lead: Thamnos]
Undeserving. An animal am I.
The nearest thing I've ever felt to peace
Was in your eyes;
all of those days
Beside me, I can still hear your voice
I could bind myself to the world
Because there was still something pure
I could count on you alone for that,
and now that you're gone I'm not so sure
Solemn times without you
and comfort in those we had
Words just can't express the pain in my heart
I mourn for you, my closest friend
Even before the end;
my soul is empty
[lead: Thamnos]
The things I cared about have all slipped away
You must have known
I lost myself that day
I could say there isn't anything that I would trade
Another lie I tell myself, I sold you out
and I betrayed
my closest friend I ever had
I'll carry that weight for the rest of my life
and wear this guilt like a Judas marked
A pariah who gets what he deserves
Unique and beautiful, I'll see you dreams.
Trusting and faithful you'll remain in my memories.
Over and over,
Over and over,
replaying the scene.
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Wish I could put your mind at ease
You're sick with pain like a disease
It's getting harder to please
You, always living on my knees,
My love, for you
Drifting away between the waves
There's gotta be another way
Ambiguous
and Morally Gray
What more can I do to get you to want to stay
Baby, we could find another way
it could be ok
Wish I knew what changed your mind
The more it hurt the more I tried
I'll write a letter you might find
Someday, but who cares what's inside,
my love, if not you
Too far from home, and the light only lasts another day
Gonna have to find another way
You're not coming home, and your love has gone away
Gonna have to find another way
Every day wears me away
Been so long since I seen your face
They broke you down with things they say
Moving on with one foot in the grave
My love, because of you
What more can I do to get you to want to stay
Baby, we could find another way
it's not gonna be OK
Scum Rise
Scum Set
Scum Rise
Scum Set
Scum Rise
Scum Set
Scum Rise
Scum Set
[lead: Giacomo Cazzaro]
Your soul is full of smoke
Your star is faded just like you, fuck.
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You can prepare for the storm
Prevent a fire before it starts
Try as you might you can't prepare
for your heart being ripped apart
It's not like a nightmare where you just wake up
It's like a bad trip, you're just waiting for it to end
There's blood on my face and I can't see straight
Static in my mind, and an unknown road ahead
Stages of sadness, phases of madness
A broken heart that can never be repaired
Memories now stained are obstacles on your path
Seasons of sorrow that will never end
(This is the dawning of the age of Scorpio)
(say it say it say it)
[lead: Mark Curtis]
Trajectory
(Dead weight - dead weight
call me in 9 years when you understand what I was trying to say
You're dead weight - I can't wait
These are the elements you set into play)
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I'm leaving the city with no resolution
As the skyline fades from sight
Never was a part of this institution
Don't give a fuck about setting it right
Never was here to be your solution
I can't prop you up, no I can't fight your fights
for you
Climbed the walls for five months straight
Alone as I've ever been
I never learned a goddamn thing
Bearing the burden of her sins
(I'm on the edge of madness and I dream of revenge
Every single day, there is no sleep, no peace
Alternate only between depression and rage
This is no way to live, but this is all I have left)
I've tried to find some kind of reason
For standing alone here in the rain
No answer's gonna save me now
Left here with all this pain
So I'm leaving the city with no solution
Fuck trying to make amends
Grieving and wanting for retribution
With a heavy heart is how this story ends
Can you feel a phantom pain
for something that you never had?
Cut it Cut it
You're making a mistake
Cut it
I'm subject to your distaste
Burn
Burn
I would harm all thy oppressors
So why do you punish yourself?
I would vanquish my obsession
If I were someone else
Burn
Silence begets violence
Begets quiet becomes riots
Now
How well can one truly know oneself?
I wish I could tell you I wasn't there
Writhing within our own Malebolge
That which I've lost weighs like an anchor on my back
Going sane in a world gone crazed
I wish I could tell you I wasn't there
Burning in outer heaven's flames
When did it stop making sense to you?
I've tried to find some kind of reason
For standing alone here in the rain
No answer's gonna save me now
Left here with all this pain
So I'm leaving the city with no resolution.... \\
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According to the Kübler-Ross model, there exist five Stages of Grief: Denial, Bartering, Depression, Anger and Acceptance. Every person experiences some variation of this after coping with a signifcant loss. GRIEFSCAPES is a concept record loosely based around each stage of Grief, intertwined with themes from a recurring nightmare of Mark Curtis, the one-man artist behind CORPSEWEED. The result is a grim collection of sonic textures and soundscapes that sound and feel like depression, anxiety; like a lucid nightmare.
Corpseweed hails from Boston MA, and characterizes the music as Experimental Metal, although it pulls elements from other genres as well, most notably electronic, jazz and noise.
If you or a loved one are struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255
or visit
suicidepreventionlifeline.org 
