Killing for a Living

A sense of peace was falling on the universal night

And it gave me pause to reason why I live

Can never cease the calling of a consequential rite

And it gave me cause and reason why they give

The first thing I remember was the shadow across my heart

And it matched the beauty hidden in their soul

The nexus crossed the universe as I came apart

And the sum of the parts became whole

Stalking and hunting for flesh and in blood

Working the night to a throne

Chalking an outline, experience must

Invisible, never alone

I can take you anywhere, take all that you dare

I can free you from despair, killing just to live

Killing for a living, living just to kill

I looked across the answers, no questions, no exist

And found that it was I, never alone

We cut away the cancer and continued to resist

But the outcome of the night remained unknown

The next thing I remember were the ears across my face

And they matched only the beauty of the scars

The nexus crossed the universe into time and space

And to know together we'd have to go too far

Being a nation, casualty tied

Breaking the back of a corps

From a selfish and a casual crime

Feeding and fucking the whore

Made my living off borrowed time

Made your clock stand still

Keep my hands 'round what is mine

Living just to kill

Kill to live

Live to kill

Kill to live

Live to kill

Come on

Come on now and kill a little kindness

Give the worst your best

Come on now and shed a little madness

Put the dead to rest

I can give you reasons too far to the fore

They can give you all you ever wanted

When you're far away from home

Come on now and kill a little kindness

Give the worst your best

Come on now and shed a little madness

Put the dead to rest