He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
We are lost, consumed by selfish desire.
Abandon the gift bestowed us.
The gift alone.
But there is beauty,
There is life.
Hold fast for this could be,
The end of eternity.
We are blind (we are blind), our future's crushed and forgotten.
Destroyed by guilt (destroyed by guilt).
But there is beauty,
There is life.
Hold fast for this could be,
The end of eternity.
I will slaughter your soul, break you into submission.
I will be waiting in the shadows, until your last breath.
Don't forsake us.
Don't turn away from us.
Your will is stronger than this.
Something strange has slowly lifted souls.
Under shadows, a gift to the realms of death.
Like grains of sand, it slips from your arms in graves.
And in my sweet seduction I break your lips, your lips.
But there is beauty,
There is life.
Hold fast for this could be,
The end of eternity.
I will slaughter your soul, break you into submission.
I will be waiting.
I will be waiting.
I will be waiting.
Abandon the gift bestowed us.
The gift alone.
But there is beauty,
There is life.
Hold fast for this could be,
The end of eternity.
We are blind (we are blind), our future's crushed and forgotten.
Destroyed by guilt (destroyed by guilt).
But there is beauty,
There is life.
Hold fast for this could be,
The end of eternity.
I will slaughter your soul, break you into submission.
I will be waiting in the shadows, until your last breath.
Don't forsake us.
Don't turn away from us.
Your will is stronger than this.
Something strange has slowly lifted souls.
Under shadows, a gift to the realms of death.
Like grains of sand, it slips from your arms in graves.
And in my sweet seduction I break your lips, your lips.
But there is beauty,
There is life.
Hold fast for this could be,
The end of eternity.
I will slaughter your soul, break you into submission.
I will be waiting.
I will be waiting.
I will be waiting.
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We are lost, consumed by selfish desire. Abandon the gift bestowed us. The gift of love.
[Chorus I:] But there is beauty, There is life. Hold fast for this could be, The end of eternity.
We are blind (we are blind), our future's crushed and forgotten. Destroyed by greed (destroyed by greed).
[Chorus II:] But there is beauty (there is beauty), There is love (there is love). Hold fast for this could be, The end of eternity.
I will swallow your soul. Break you into submission. I will be waiting in the shadows. Until your last breath.
Don't forsake all of us. Don't turn away from us. Your will is stronger than... than this.
Something strong grabs hold of your breathless soul. Under shadows I drift into your weakened breath. Like grains of sand, hope slowly slips from your weary grasp. And in my sweet seduction I will break your will... your will.
[Chorus II] But there is beauty (there is beauty), There is love (there is love). Hold fast, for this could be, The end of eternity.
I will swallow your soul. Break you into submission. I will be waiting. I will be waiting. I will be waiting...