Thousand Cuts (Baritone Ascension Mix)

THOUSAND CUTS Verse 1 Saturday ritual, fluorescent light A kingdom of bargains, another cold night Pens and white-out, the list in his hand Nothing foretold what fate had planned Then he saw them standing there Seven small shadows beneath the glare Each with a bundle, each the same A pack of paper, a silent game A beautiful stranger caught his eye A warning hidden in the sky An omen wrapped in mortal skin The wheel had turned, the trap begins Pre-Chorus Something moved beneath the day A crooked hand was guiding fate!!!!.... Chorus One thousand cuts! One thousand wounds! A thousand sheets beneath the moon! Round and round the march goes on Bleeding till the break of dawn One thousand cuts! No escape! No salvation from this fate! Paper blades and laughter cold A nightmare bought and paid for whole! Verse 2 Parking lot and winter air Hot chocolate steaming without a care The sunlight warmed the cab inside Then darkness pulled him with the tide Awake in chains, spread wide in dread A crimson gag, a pounding head An empty room, a silent stare The beautiful woman waiting there A snap of fingers, the door swings wide Seven grinning faces stride inside Each clutching paper, white and clean The strangest terror ever seen Pre-Chorus Scissors flashed, the fabric fell The gates were opening into hell!!!!..... Chorus One thousand cuts! One thousand wounds! A thousand sheets beneath the moon! Round and round the march goes on Bleeding till the break of dawn One thousand cuts! No escape! No salvation from this fate! Paper blades and laughter cold A nightmare bought and paid for whole! Bridge Slice! The first one burns Slice! The second turns Slice! The third ignites A storm of pain beneath the lights Techno thunder fills the room Marching circles of doom Round and round and closing in Paper carving through the skin A thousand sheets! A thousand scars! A thousand tiny falling stars! The floor is white, the floor is red A thousand screams inside his head! Solo Verse 3 Consciousness fades, then returns again Still trapped inside the carnival of pain Hundreds fallen to the floor Yet hundreds waited, maybe more The woman smiled, the music played The endless circle never swayed Time dissolved in blood and fear No mercy living here The final sheet at last was cast He prayed the nightmare now had passed But dread arrived in another form A darker phase of the storm Pre-Chorus The music died The room stood still But evil had another will!!!!.... Chorus One thousand cuts! One thousand wounds! The echo of a thousand tombs! The marching feet are finally gone But now a deeper horror dawns One thousand cuts! Infected flesh! A sentence signed by every slash! The body breaks, the fever grows And down the river darkness flows! Outro Three days burning Three days bound No savior's voice No rescuing sound The fever rises The shadows spin The battle lost Beneath the skin One thousand cuts... One thousand lies... One thousand ghosts before his eyes... A normal day A simple store And then the light... Was seen no more...