Pain’s Invention, Madness

[Verse 1]
Chains shackle me
With truth I'm face to face
Backed up in between
A damp cage I remain
In the cell of numb despair
The chill engulfs my veins
There's only one notion that I revere
The only truth in life is pain
It levels and crushes at its free will
My doomed fate will soon be sealed

[Chorus]
Pain's invention, madness
Preys behind my eyes
Pain's invention, madness
Now I realize
Pain's invention, madness
Though I'll not break free
Pain's invention, madness
Truth eternally

[Verse 2]
Beyond my grasp is a life
That I will never attain
Happiness, joy not in sight
Supplanted by truth's dark reign
Physical, mental agony shows
Along which my life revolves
Either you feel it or you don't
There are never lies involved
Clutching on my abnormality
Hand in hand with destiny

[Chorus]
Pain's invention, madness
Preys behind my eyes
Pain's invention, madness
Now I realize
Pain's invention, madness
Though I'll not break free
Pain's invention, madness
Truth eternally

[Verse 3]
When you are pumping full of life
The one sensation that you have
Can penetrate through love or hate
Existence on a higher plane
In death and life, both the domains
Surrender totally to pain

[Verse 4]
I slip and claw and scream, it calls
Leave me alone with me, it yearns
I'm bleeding from my brain, it needs me
I'm helpless, trapped behind its walls
Tearing apart my mind, it burns
Upon my naked soul it feeds
Streams of consciousness fill the page
As my nerve endings scream in rage
Deliver me to the darkest age
As de Sade sits at center stage
My flesh is but a portal now
To wisdom and truth I am avowed

[Refrain]
Pain's invention, madness
Pain's invention, madness
Pain's invention, madness
Pain's invention, madness

[Verse 5]
Twisting through the door
Am I nevermore?
My breath I can feel
Therefore, I am real
I've succumbed to heinous sins
And I'll never be forgiven
Shackled and bound, my new life I have found
And I've tasted the fruits forbidden
Craving more of pain's overtures
Liberation is near and I have nothing to fear
In this journey of self-discovery
I have found the keys to be set free
In this wicked course, I've uncovered the force
That will keep me vital eternally

[Chorus]
Pain's invention, madness
The force that preys behind my eyes
Pain's invention, madness upon me
Pain's invention, madness
It takes this long to realize
Pain's invention, madness has set me free

[Chorus]
Pain's invention, madness
The force that preys behind my eyes
Pain's invention, madness upon me
Pain's invention, madness
It takes this long to realize
Pain's invention, madness has set me free

[Verse 6]
Transcendency of mere mortality
Tortured infliction is now my addiction
Constant agony has created me
I am suffering through this atrocity
I'm not blind to what I might find
Squirming way down deep inside my labyrinthine mind
Inhibitions removed, replaced with scar tissue
And I'm punished with blades of my lobotomizing suit
Sought this dream
In its violent extreme
Now my pleasure is clear
Though the lesson's severe
My will is strong, but I could be wrong
This new doctrine for which I've been searching all along
The religion of truth through administration of pain
The body only takes so much before it drives the mind insane
As a matter of fact, my friend
Come to my bitter end
Not a torture rack I'm in
Though I can still pretend
It's a jacket of white with buckles and straps
Not a pleasure device at all
It keeps me safely under wraps
While I'm chained to this padded wall, yeah

[Outro]
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