Life and death it hangs in the balance
As despair sings its lawless ballad
Is this love or unending malice?
Which is hope and which is invalid?

Only distrust can end a frenzy
So get dyed by hatred and envy
The painful truth is much too heavy
Lies are much easier to carry

Pushing down barriers in this game
Mentally deflecting all the blame
One false step betrayal takes a name
Written on all the forgotten graves

Despair such as this is infective
Hope for life is just a prospective
Twisting into something defective
A thought process based on deception

So begins
The deadly sins
Against sanity
Humanity
Is no more so
It begins
As the hope thins
For such a crime
It’s punishment time!
So begins
The deadly sins
Against sanity
Humanity
Is no more so
It begins
As the hope thins
For such a crime
It’s punishment time!

In between the likes of hope and despair
With nothing but a fragile life to spare
There’s such a repulsive mist in the air
Is the glowing light of hope really there?

So begins
The deadly sins
Against sanity
Humanity
Is no more so
It begins
As the hope thins
For such a crime
(Despair such as this is infective
Hope for life is just a prospective
Twisting into something defective
A thought process based on deception
Despair such as this is infective
Despair such as this is infective
Despair, despair, despair, despair)
It’s punishment time!

Life and death it hangs in the balance
As despair sings it’s lawless ballad
Is this love or unending malice?
Which is hope and which is invalid?

Only distrust can end a frenzy
So get dyed by hatred and envy
The painful truth is much too heavy
Lies are much easier to carry

Pushing down barriers in this game
Mentally deflecting all the blame
One false step, betrayal takes a name
Written on all the forgotten graves

Despair such as this is infective
Hope for life is just a prospective
Twisting into something defective
A thought process based on deception

So begins
The deadly sins
Against sanity
Humanity
Is no more so
It begins
As the hope thins
For such a crime
It’s punishment time!
So begins
The deadly sins
Against sanity
Humanity
Is no more so
It begins
As the hope thins
For such a crime
It’s punishment time!