Sometimes life can be so damn cold

When the verdicts in

The streets were alive

The night falling down around

On the prowl again

Catlike moves

The pain betrays the smile

Delicate and sad

A rage of tears subsides

Reality fades into the mask

Then the hunger takes control

Once the hunted in for the kill



No one came, no one saw

On the night that Venice Burned

Tortured souls, they set the sky alight

And don't ever say a word

Familiar hands fanned the flames

That would burn baptismal tears

Where to go it's all come down



Only silence

Venice Burned

Only silence

Venice Burned



In the shadows

In the face of trust

In a piercing blow

Spills the soul of an innocent heart



no one came, no one saw

On the night that Venice Burned



Embers glow and eyes soon fade

And the circle starts again

So set them up, knock them down

As the smoke begins to rise

Where to go, it's all come down



Only silence

Venice burned

Only silence

Venice burned



Darkened room

Late at night

I slip in nice and quiet

I feel the cold

Dark secrets here unfold

Where that cat digs it's claws

At the alter of scars

I taste the cold

The shrine of a twisted soul

Lost my will when I saw

Vengeance on the wall



No one came, no one saw

On the night that Venice Burned



Innocence reduced to filth

That can never wasy away

So stoke the flames

Bare the flesh

Let the branding leave it's mark

The spark of youth

Engulfed and smothered out



Only ashes

Venice Burned

Only ashes

Venice Burned



I must I've got to hold

I'm hol