Shine the Light of Truthful Loving Trust

Unseen icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 06 from the eponymous LP by The Haunted icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

The Haunted's "Unseen" album cover. [Formatted]

Familiar as it may seem, I wish I had never been here before
The reccurring pattern of dysfunction: all the power and control
It’s not as if I’m new to any of this, but I wish there was a way to reach your inside and set you free

And so it stays unseen, under the surface
Right out of touch
Right out of reach
And so it stays unseen
Until we shine the light of truthful loving trust, it’s never going to change

You were the one I was supposed to turn to when I needed someone
I realize that I’m powerless, but at least I’m not alone
So turn your screws on any which way because I’m not playing along
You carry this like a trophy when you could have been so strong
But I am not to judge you anymore, I promise you

And so it stays unseen, under the surface
Right out of touch
Right out of reach
And so it stays unseen
Until we shine the light of truthful loving trust, it’s never going to change

Evade, Dodge, Collide and Connect

Nothing Right icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 09 from rEVOLVEr LP by The Haunted icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

The Haunted's "rEVOLVEr" inexplicit album cover. [Formatted]

Hey, what do you say?
Do you want to be a part of the freakshow?
Look at them go: evade, dodge, collide and connect
A split lip, a low kick, a moment of truth

Deep down we all know what it means
It’s an animal urge to defy what you see, but it’s real
Right now I can almost relate
For a split second I can almost believe

What’s right?
Nothing, right?
Let’s die just a little tonight
Right!
Step out of line
Nothing is right

Bruised knuckles and a gallon of gasoline
Homicide, rape and abuse
Force fed on a diet of hatred
Shove it in, shove it in, shove it in, puke!

My life, it will only begin when I finally see you go
I will celebrate death—a divine pure grace—to liberate me and erase you

What’s right?
Nothing, right?
Let’s die just a little tonight
Right!
Step out of line
Nothing is right

Hate me and I will be fine
Encourage me and I will die

What’s right?
Nothing, right?
Let’s die just a little tonight
Right!
Step out of line
Nothing is right

Life is Bright!

99 icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 02 from the rEVOLVEr LP by The Haunted icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

The Haunted's "rEVOLVEr" album cover. [Formatted]

A last minute decision
Lay it all on the line
Glasspipe recollections of antichrist, the nominees all on fire

Cash money upfront
We’re all a part of the scam
Dead stars at the end of a rope, a fake miracle to behold

Life is bright!
It will take out your eyes
Burn these lies
Cut away the ties

Ninety-nine knives inside

Separate the symptoms from the real disease
A pale ghost-like rendition of consequence, the irony covers the crime

Reenact the trauma
A safe pattern to fuse
Preteens giving head in the backroom
A family built on abuse

Life is bright!
It’ll take out your eyes
Burn these lies
Cut away the ties

Ninety-nine knives inside

Life is bright!
It’ll take out your eyes
Burn these lies
Cut away the ties

No one gets out alive

Ninety-nine knives inside

Ninety-nine hopeless useless empty ways to die

Have Another One of These

Disappear icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 04 from the Unseen LP by The Haunted icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

The Haunted's "Unseen" album cover. [Formatted]

You and I can’t get much closer, in spite of what you want
I’m done explaining
I’m broke at best

Non-existent

I lay me down to sleep and disappear
Disappear

Why is it you have a question for every single thing I do?
Why is it you say you love me, but nothing is ever good enough for you?
What’s the matter now?
Have another one of these—this will take the edge off

I never knew what it would be
Decisions to be made
They will tell you what you said and what you did to break from the futility and run

You speak through comparison, you speak in tongues
You listen suspiciously for gaps in my adaptations
You have no magic touch, please stop trying
You’re sucking me dry

I never seemed to get it right
It’s like a shadow hanging over me
You were the first, you were the last
If there’s a God, release me from my past

I lay me down to sleep and disappear
Disappear