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Beautiful Gray Day

by Leper

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1.
Harken aquista parole amorai mio Fela del leluna amorai mio Sonostat de orcastrati per vui amorai mio
2.
Why does it fall, where does it end Where does it come from, where has it been What does it look like, is it decay One of his faces will find you one day What is it waiting for, how can it win How will it find me, when the stinger slides in What does it sound like, can I smell it at all All of his faces continue to call Does it disturb you, mysterious wind Does it control you, cut you within Is it defeated, by the blood engine Where all of his faces, silenced again What do you think it means What do you think it means What do you think it means What do you think it means
3.
If you were first to go I won't be parted from your face Perhaps I'd spend the rest of my life laying across your grave If it were me I'd want to say I'd try to find a way Promising to haunt you the rest of your days Darlin' close your eyes - the wolves howl tonight And imagine that it's me - serenade you oh so sweetly Darlin' close your eyes We all know the rule applies Appointing once to die If flights of fancy ease the pain of loss Then someone tell me why I'd be condemned to be tormented, tormented by your ghost Or gladly embrace madness to retain the love I scarcely did deserve Darlin' close your eyes - the wolves howl tonight And imagine that it's me - serenade you oh so sweetly Darlin' close your eyes - the moon is full and bright Dancing here within the fog - memories of your lost love The agony of pressing on - letting go when shadows fall Finding all was never lost - lie alone within the dark Crushing hearts - we’ve come undone I don’t mean to rattle on - it's just one fear that I dwell on That from this world if you were gone - and I'm alone to greet the dawn There’s just one thing that I would want - Darling haunt me
4.
Last night sorrow came faster than a heart can break Common law, common fall, burning was no fun at all Draw the line every time, lonely is a bitter wine Open wound doesn’t heal, bitterness is all too real Always good sabotage, once again and all is lost Here it comes, something felt, try again with someone else When it’s gone, sow and till, close in for another kill One on one, weighs a ton, love the unfamiliar song Playing house, make it sing, giving away everything Stop yourself, give in to fear, what if you don’t want it here I've finally grown accustomed to the sound of the rain Every time it falls it sounds exactly the same Sort of romantic, nullifying the pain Funny how you can't escape a common cliché
5.
Don’t tell me what to do, I will not submit to you My moral standard is my own Oppressive obligations are your throne My only desire is to feed I will not be denied Do as thou wilt Everyone suffers Do as thou wilt Nobody wins Do as thou wilt Makes you evil Do as thou wilt To the heretic's end I will not be forgiven, for I am not asking Vacantly staring Admiring my reflection and all that I’ve acquired Is there credit for trying Does it just mean I'm lying Could it be that I'm buying To a truth of denying Isn’t it enough that I attend Even if its just to ease my conscience again Do as thou wilt Everyone suffers Do as thou wilt Nobody wins Do as thou wilt Makes you evil Do as thou wilt To the heretic's end Behold the mirror That contains my soul As I turn to leave, your image fades away To indulge in one more nail
6.
Yesterday the clock went off at 8 But I just lay there, let it ring, couldn’t face the day One more day digging holes for myself to lie in I’ve been laying here since 4 a.m. God, when does it end It's just too hard, just too cold, just too hopeless so I’m told Am I bleeding, I can't tell So I make believe that all is well All the trees and happy things are smiling, smiling back at me So I just pluck out my own eyes, just lay here until I die Drug myself, go back to sleep, if that wont work I'll watch TV I seem to hate everything, I don’t know what’s wrong with me Because I just feel like giving, but when everything is said and done I know I can't hide for long before you step in to spur me on I think I heard somebody say it’s a beautiful gray day I don’t have to face it alone, even when there’s nobody home I think I heard somebody say it’s a beautiful gray day I don’t have to face it alone, even when there’s nobody home
7.
Jet-black tears from your eyes Jet-black tears from the sky Too much weeping, too much fear A wish to see all things clear Jet-black tears from your eyes Jet-black tears from the sky No more running away No more day like today All things good, all thing pure These are the things that will endure Across the vast universe He wants to free us from every curse Derangement, madness, death and love Cold and bleeding from above Jet-black tears from your eyes Jet-black tears from the sky
8.
I have come to a decision, I refuse to fear them Those who torment me in my sleep Just after I doze off, just before I begin to dream There they are, poking and touching With fingers that no one can see The intrusion that I perhaps instigate By entertaining them somehow by day to day But I will change my focus Follow He who is beyond the sky And There the resistance shall begin I will pray... savagely I will pray... violently I will pray... earnestly I will pray Just after I doze off Just before I begin to dream Shall his angel defend me Romantic notion, yes, I know Even though sounds a lot like superstition Even still it seems to be working The intrusion that I perhaps instigate By entertaining them somehow by day to day But I will change my focus Follow He who is beyond the sky And There the resistance shall begin I will pray... savagely I will pray... violently I will pray... earnestly I will pray
9.
I hope I'm driving you crazy I bet I'm making you blush Just proclaiming the truth of who sends me And hope it isn’t too much I hope you're wanting to meet me The stars really love to be touched Once upon a time I really wanted to reach out In my fame somehow I forgot I'll get a man of the cloth to ordain me The forces of darkness to be stomped If I subject you to my favorite vulgarities We all know you would be eating it up It doesn’t bother me if you worship me In the end all I wanted was attention from you You say you don’t understand me Don’t really care if you do It doesn’t matter in the long run anyway No one rocks harder than you It doesn’t bother me if you worship me In the end all I wanted was attention from you Is it glory to God Is it glory to me Is adoration worth All my integrity Is it freedom of speech If I say what I believe I make every attempt To help the blind to see Is it freedom of art When I just do as I please But turn my back on all responsibility
10.
One more button, one more push One more word was all it took Snap that chord to set me off Words are weapons, chop chop chop Try to stop, it keeps coming Try to uphold, I keep falling Sound asleep across my tongue All but sodden what have I done You were the beast who chained me down Shaves my hair and makes me frown So many choices, most of them bad Too much freedom in my hands Hang myself with my own rope Watch your mouth, I hope you choke Maddening voices make them stop Words are weapons, chop chop chop
11.
Blood is to live, life is to love But the black holds me down, earthbound Faith is to stretch across the sky Heaven waits, does she wait in vain Free in you, free indeed Watch me crawl, watch you bleed Bring to pass just one thing For, you see, you’ve cut too deep
12.
That's the way it all unfolds Stories clear, master told To love the least of these is loving me Broken window, orphaned child Prison man lost defiled Increases their shame, outcome the same That’s the way it all unfolds To welcome strangers from the cold Let the king say You’ve welcomed him Sheep on the right, goats on the left Truth be told there should be no rest When you neglect the ones the world rejects That’s the way it all unfolds Stories clear, master told To love the least of these is loving me

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released September 11, 2012

Skot Shaw: Vox, Guitars, Synth and Drum Programming
Otto Jensen: Bass
Cecily Marx: Synth, Violin, Background Vocals
©&℗ 2012 Grrr Music (ASCAP)

All songs written by Leper except:
"The Way It All Unfolds" - music: Ken Lemery; lyrics: Robert Goodwin
"Jet Black" - music: Skot Shaw; lyrics: Roy Montroy and Skot Shaw
"The Artist in You" - music: Skot Shaw and Ken Lemery; lyrics: Skot Shaw
"Harken" - music: Cecily Marx; lyrics: Skot Shaw

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Hundreds of years ago, Leper emerged from the cold clay of a long-forgotten grave in a forested fog somewhere between Skotland and Sveden. The pulsating rhythm from within the tomb still in the chest, the now-breathing creature –reanimated, stunned, staring down – remembers.... how a lifeless wretch lives again. ... more

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