-All that I need-

Look into my eyes love
And tell me what you see
As I reach out to touch you
To bring you closer to me
Our story is sort of a long one
Some people would call it a dream
Two friends become lovers out of nowhere
Well nowhere at least to you and me
Our friends all still tell us they saw it
The moment our story began
I guess the way we would talk about each other
Just easily clued them all in
I’m glad they were right in there judgments
As a life spent without you wouldn’t be
Anything more than a little empty
As now you are the other half of me
Yes, your figure is fetching
With such a sweet inner soul
I want you ever close now
I’ll never let go
Sweet angel you seduce me
With your heart and your hands
The way that you caress me
Makes me want to feel you again
When I lay next to you quietly
Time passing by
I long for you silently
And as if you hear me you comply
Your body inches ever closer
Your body overlaps my own
You bring your lips upwards to kiss me
The softest lips I’ve ever known
Our fingers intertwining
Oh the scent of your sweet skin
I could lay in your arms forever more
Just to breathe you in
I know that today I’d die happy
If you were the last vision I’d see
To capture your blue eyes staring back at me
Baby that’s all the beauty in life that I need

-Breaking Free-

The clock strikes seven
It’s come that time again
I open my eyes to the sunlight
The beginning of the end
So long I’ve lived in torment
From the trials of my past
Today is the day that I rise up
And never again look back
I will find a smile through anything
I will not let pain rip me apart
I will make the best of every moment
And for once finally listen to my heart
I will take the chance to be happy
And not let the world drive me mad
I will love with everything and enjoy it
And not let mistrust make me bad
My insight provided will be positive
For the negatives get us nowhere
And each chance I am given I’ll appreciate
For in honesty I’m lucky just to be here
I’ve never been more certain I can make it
Then as certain as I’m feeling today
I’ve never felt more willing to conquer my strife
And accept that things won’t always go my way
Each moment in life is another lesson learned
Each opportunity given a change
Every person who loves you is someone to cherish
And even enemies can be proven the same
To live life a destroyer of hope
Is most definitely no way to live
To manipulate and hate and leave others hurting
Is the most worthless gift you can give
So in honor of growth and realization of mistakes
I’ll make an example of me
Take a moment of suffering as some form of maturing
And find a way to set yourself free

-Angels My Armor-

In a world of destruction where the end is so inevitable
What action do we take to deflect disarray?
No one understands that sickness is weakness
And running like victims only makes us afraid
Fight for the willingness to live everlasting
And never fall to a man who mistakes his own line
For he is the fallen and a broken bitter fool
Who has accepted that soon a way to his heart my sword will find
Stalking like a lion the prey that is my enemy
I fear not their malice for they don’t know who I am
Misjudgment and accusations have led them against me
And based upon this hollow fact I must fight them once again
My angels are my armor yet my mask a heart of stone
I begin my decent upon these beasts with eyes ablaze to kill
I’ll not let simple jealous thieves oust me from my throne
For no one can outlast the might of a man who does not feel
This place is all too wicked and my soul has built the barriers
That allow for nothing less than just to make its way within
In this place I have not the option to allow myself to be vulnerable
I must ensure I remain in strength and power the one who always wins
I am the man they call indestructible for I have seen this all before
A place so recognizable, a world as cruel as sin
I am the one who’s escaped the pain and fought to find the cure
To ensure that when the battle’s through I live to fight again
With a fist of steel I take on my aggressors
Prepared once again to die as I might
With powerful blows I batter and beat them
Finding I am stronger than the demons I’m forced to fight
Soon they lay among the broken
Fallen at the hand of the good they so hate
It seems they were unable with vengeance to uncover
The mask of the man who brought them there fate
So tonight I walk in the field of evil
For sake of life, soul, and destiny sought
And I place the coins on the eyes of my victims
So they might pay the boatman on their way off to rot

Written By: Chad Alan burrows

“The battle for your soul is a fight for your life; let not the demons and hate win the fray”

-The Risen-

Breathe in through the mouth as the blood pours out your nose
Nothing is real, all life before now is forgotten
You’ve reached that point where everything is superficial
And the end is but a mere fantasy
What you can see through these eyes that are shaking
Is solitude, paranoia and a soul left unclean
This knife of truth has torn through your skin
The pain of bravery is more than you can stand
Crawl into a corner to escape an empty fate
You’ve lost what is left, you’ve lost everything
Why sleep with your eyes wide open
Your life is not based so solely on fear
Your life is not based now on anything
The hollow hole that once housed your heart
Stings with the air of cold running through it
The apathy that kept you warm is now a bitter memory
Please appeal to the skies for awakening
For if you do not, you will surely die
Wisdom gained causes fear of anything
Anything with purpose that can affect your life
Still not a man you’re a boy that is searching
The hair on your face only moves with the wind
Step into the light and out of the shadows
You’ve hidden away for far too long
I can see your wounds they are thick from battle
You have fought your entire life to only be consumed
Heal now with the sun let it shine upon your being
Smile at the devil as he causes you dismay
This is not the end of life, but only the beginning
And even with this very broken soul I am sure you’ll find your way

-The Chosen-

Set you eyes to the sky my child
So you won’t see the serpent that approaches at your heel
Witness the fall of man in sequence
And you’ll know that in the end the war was real
Dream, dare to dream of world not so corrupted
Where the innocent can sleep without the worry of demise
And everyone might see a light shining down from greener pastures
Only for the angel to come and take away your life
You go wherever you wish to walk and you notice that you are left bare
Stripped of everything you felt in a place so empty and peppered deep with sin
You cannot escape the wickedness of hatred your life is petty now left unaware
You seek the cover of something less disturbing but find no safety or comfort within
Oh you the martyr the fiery soul
That took away pain for the sake of your high
Now you are bitter and hopeful for nothing
Other than the dirty deeds to which you dedicate your time
Power of the powerless is taken from your fingers
You’ve nothing left to hand to those less fortunate than you
Suddenly you are strange and ill conceived to love enchanting
You cannot risk the grudge you harbor in fear of being confused
Don’t be so certain you have found the answers ever lest you fall again
Control and deceit are bitter demons that possess your thoughtless actions
What is the reason for which you wonder around without a friend?
Because you chose to live your life in sick and twisted fractions
Where oh were did the little boy fall off the carousel that carried hope in a song
Bruised and broken you find yourself lost in tattered disarray
Left to sit on ground of envy and watch in horror as devil comes to call
Knowing you have not the might to defeat him and all that you know hell’s angel will take
Again you bleed for the sake of understanding
The feeling of defeat and the pain that it brings
Again you will fall to the hand of a magician
Built on tricks and sick illusions all a game to make you believe
Be you another victim led to slaughter like the swine
Or will you come to take your place among the strongest of man
Will your grab the hand a fate and for your life now fight
Or will you cower at the first sign of failure and let the devil win again
Push away your affliction and make now for war
You’ll find in your deepest the courage that you need
Toss him like a madman into the fire once more
To torture the weaker who have fallen to the deep


Written by: Chad Alan Burrows

-SOMEDAY-

Ponder a thought of a life you once lost
In a shallow dream of hatred
Imagine a place so far away
Where no one is there to hurt you
Envision a love that shines from above
And never leaves you wondering
Try to believe that what you conceive
Can positively be worth having
Do things your way, say what you say
Don’t worry about the consequence of truth
Be someone real with something to feel
Less hollow then most who despise you
Make someone see how great you can be
Don’t let them dissuade you to sorrow
Have in your heart a reason to start
And continue to see the positive
One day you’ll find a reason behind
Everything in your life you question
Soon you will know that wherever you go
You can be something great if you want it
So never let life leave you in strife
Go for you dreams and you’ll make it
I leave with these words forget what you’ve heard
Make life for yourself and love it
No matter what the door never shuts
And things will get better someday

-Sincerity-

The depths of me could reach the earth
The holes inside force no rebirth
I look for ways to escape this curse
Of hiding from all sincerity

Choices make and break a man
Life can kill, than give breath again
Here I stand to fall within
The eternal end of sincerity

My eyes seek what cannot be seen
My fingers reach but don’t grasp anything
My feet they walk nowhere it seems
Upon this road to sincerity

The sky it calls for me to feel
The silent screams I cannot hear
The earth it shatters as I fall in fear
I fall from all sincerity

Where I lay is where I am
If I am not seen I don’t have to mend
Leave me here until I stand
Ready to find sincerity

I search for peace a moment safe
From all these feelings to which I don’t relate
The lies they give me great escape
From this electric cage they call sincerity

I feel the shackles scrape my shins
Relief I find in my own prison
The shadows slowly close me in
My shelter from sincerity

These lies they make me comfortable
This place of falseness is so subtle
If it isn’t real, I cannot suffer
May I never face sincerity?