The Serpent's Kiss

Born into the darknessthrown into the viper's denthe serpent in the cradletakes the child into its nest of sinslowly suffocatingthe souls of victims it has foundinto the vicious cycleon the path that only leads us downRat-race-fueled machinerythis system of corruptionhave we become so cold and numbwe're blind to its destruction?We're forging in the fires made of greedOur idols made of goldthen bowing down before themwith corrupt, adulterous soulsopened eyes,realize...WHAT WE HAVE DONEWHAT WE HAVE SEENWHAT HAS BECOME OF OUR LIVESCORRUPTED OUR DREAMSWHAT WE HAVE LOSTAND WHAT REMAINSPARALYZED BY THE VENOM THAT RUNS THROUGH OUR VEINSTHERE'S GOT TO BE MUCH MORE TO LIFE THAN THISTHE WORLD'S CARESS IS JUST THE SERPENT'S KISSThe demons veiled as angelsThe darkness as the lightthe poison seems so harmless as you drink of ittonightwe reap the harvest we have sownempowering our enemieswe dress the wolves as sheepand then forget their true identitiesforgive menow I see...WHAT WE HAVE DONEWHAT WE HAVE SEENWHAT HAS BECOME OF OUR LIVESCORRUPTED OUR DREAMSWHAT WE HAVE LOSTAND WHAT REMAINSPARALYZED BY THE VENOM THAT RUNS THROUGH OUR VEINSTHERE'S GOT TO BE MUCH MORE TO LIFE THAN THISTHE WORLD'S CARESS IS JUST THE SERPENT'S KISSFather bring us back to youwe're lost sheep, afraid, confusedtangled in the scnares that growalong this road of pain we choseand though we've wandered far awaywe've turned around and lost our waythough we are the prodigal,with open arms for us you still awaitAll we are is laid to wasteAll we've seen crumbles in hasteeverything under the sun is vanity put in its placeyou have seen this all beforewe are nothing, nothing morewe're the ones who betray you,yet we're the ones who you adore.I stand before you as a childby this world I've been defiledstained and poisoned, burned and beatenbruised and wounded, sick and vilewith hands reaching out to you, I runrealizing what I've doneyou take me in your arms, a reunited father and son...And all illusion ceases to existthe world's caress is just a serpent's kiss