Zao ( ) is a band Band (music) from Greensburg, Pennsylvania and one of the founding metalcore groups. Founded in 1993 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Zao has hosted several musicians and endured numerous roster changes to the point where no original members remain. Former drummer Jesse Smith, singer Daniel Weyandt, and guitarists Scott Mellinger & Russ Cogdell are seen by most fans as the "core" of Zao.
Christianity has been a key... [read more] - Lies Of Serpents, A River Of Tears
Your eyes [2x]Your eyes search for me [4x]Your eyes Your eyes search for me For so long I've wanted to come home Held back by lies of serpents and tongues of brothers Turning a child into an enemy Turning open arms...
- Fifteen Rhema
My heart is deceived by My eyes my actions in the name of beauty I'm sickened and strangled By myself that I would allow an unyielded desire to lead me astray Put to shame by my lack of trust I confess my faults with...
- For A Fair Desire
Let me not exist for a fair desire sweet and fresh Are my expectations of this inner strength That yearns passionately For the endowment of the Father I sow in tears that later I shall reap in joy Each drop that I sow...
- Ravage Ritual
I remember the first war, the way the sky burned The faces of angels destroyed I saw a third of Heaven's legion banished And the creation of hell I stood with my brothers and watched lucifer fall But now, my brothers...
- A Fall Farewell
In a time of quietness I reflect on childhood memories Caught wisping through my mind Falling leaves create the stage Words spoken were not cherished On the last day of our friendship And those words were possibly the...
- The Latter Rain
A ring of haze encircles the unshrouded truth within Another seal is broken as the heavens prepare To break forth in fulfillment A blanket of deception is layered on sacred writings Which contain the thoughts of the...
- To Think Of You Is To Treasure An Absent Memory
When you shut your eyes and fell asleep Dark clouds descended on the souls of the ones Who held you close to their hearts Close to their hearts My heart broke [3x]Open [4x]The beauty of an embrace a place To lay down...
- Ember
My sight finally returns Only to see my hands covered with the innocent blood Of those I stand before as an example And I hold this ember in my heart It reminds me of who I once was It's the only warmth that I know...
- March
My strength, my strength fades My strength fades away Slowly with the setting sun The night brought its Darkness and its storms And the floods that came Reflected a dull moon Violent winds raged beneath the stars that...
- Resistance
i won't allow it.i won't let it happen.this weakness will be strengthened.take away this battle.let our fire burn within.purify.purify.don't release Your hand from me.i must surrender, must lay it down.what's to gain...
- Growing In Grace
He is God, He is God. He is God, He is God.He is with us, He is God. He is with us, He is God.In His purpose I will stand. I've been renewed by the Maker.In His purpose I will stand.I've been renewed by Him alone.Been...
- In These Times Of Silence
What else is there. After the slipping away. When everything is silent, and nothing is around, alone. Looking dep inside, Hearing the echo of my soul.Noone can know. In these tims of silence, these times of...
- Ps.77
Cry out to God for help. I cried out to God to hear me. When I was distressed, I sought the Lord. I stretched out my hand, But found no comfort.I remembered you God and I groaned; My spirit, it grew faint. You kept my...
- All Else Failed
(A throne in Heaven sat empty for 33 years.) Why? For what do we strive that will bring us closer. No human deed will show us approved. For two thousand years we've chokedon our efforts. Only tolay down and die....
- Foresight
With open arms I'll be held down by the Spirit of God. I refuse to turn away. By the world and its lies. Everlasting words like water that fllows through my heart. As the wisdom runs deep within. Forseen throuh my...
- Endure
i will endure.it will endure in me.until the end forever,i will endure.if we continue in these ways,rebellion bends towards hatred.we rise up for our causeand forsake the outsiders.where is this love, this...
- In Loving Kindness
We are a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come. Reconcilde us to Himself, through Christ Jesus. We will be free, forever knowing what will become... of us. Thank you for the cross. Trusting in the balance...
- Exchange
Revelation, unknowing has been taken.Why had I waited so long? Refrained for this love. Never open to the hope He has. How could reject this? He was calling my name. Searchin for me. I always turnd away. Not anting to...
- A Simple Reminder
Hoping to scratch him. As we bleed to death. As we have a shepherd we do not want. I run on a treadmill that never stops. My reflection in the wading pool is dirty, and I'm sickened. It hurts. I'm sick of repetition....
- Killing Cupid
It blinds my eyes to see you. It bleeds my hands to touch your face. It burns my ears to hear you. It mutes my tongue to say your name. Pulling out arrows from my calloused heart
- Free The Three
You failed to do your job. Superstitious cover up. They'll pay you because of your mistakes. You lie, you lie, you lie and they pay. You fail, you fail, you fail and they pay. Superstition. Unholy children. Blinded...
- Suspend/Suspension
Suspension/SuspendWires from the ceiling extendSuspend/suspensionYour teeth grind from the tensionWhen the door breaks you are found suspended highAbove the groundSuspension/suspend:Dath took my old best...
- A Pirate's Prayer
Marked to be alone, and my eyes are closed. Drown and separate. For sakes of discrenment. Walk with the broken pieces. They do not say a word. They speak not a word to the broken sea. not burnt by the fire. or pulled...
- Angel Without Wings
Hold her in your fight hand. And guide her safely home. Brush away all the thorns and all the stones. You're my angel without wings. When I was crying ou never left my side. When I was dying you never left my side....
- Man In The Womb
This man sits staring. Left lost in hand. You wnat a real solution? well we're doing the worst we can. Bodies make the scariest sounds. As johnny sings, he sings the blues. So come on and spread your gospel. You've...
- The Buzzing
Masks and a fake skin. The builders keep breaking The buzzing. Attracted to the innocent. The wolves lead the sheep. The buzzing. With a stare to crush their hopes and water. To drown the flies. Thier hands fall apart...
- How Are The Weak Free
They will hunt again. With years to plan. And sharpen there teeth. But no one knows. No one knows. Free the wolf from its cage. What him hunt. Stalk his prey. We let them go. They will hunt again. Prey on the simple....
- Parade Of Chaos
We march like fools in the parade of chaos. We march like fools in the parade of chaos. Led by our enemies. While we sing there praises. Led by our enemies. While we kiss their hands. The morning rained fire. Let...
- Tool To Scream
Goodbye, They breathe but cannot screamThey have no tools to build voicesThey wait in fetal positionMartyrs on altars of mistakesThe martyrThey have not the tools to screamThey are just the ones upon the altars of...
- Trash Can Hands
You think because you bought this record, you read a list of thanks you can judge our lives(you've identified)You think because you bought the record, you read a list of thanks you've identified(you can judge out...
- At Zero (Simeon Simmons)
I'm at zero release the controlsPreparation for the endingThe end is soonI'm at zeroI will not die at zero
- The End Of His World
The sky's as dark as murderers heartsWaiting stalkingShe didn't know he was gunna dieThe earth it screamsAs bullets fire upon the innocentShe didnt know he was gonna dieThe end of his world is hereThe seas' as red as...
- Fjl
If I goWill you come back?When no one else sees,Will it be me? Will this be,A sentiment I share?If you can't,give purpose,to this place,of nothing,can we leave,This dream?Believe in me
- 5 Year Winter
Dear Tiffany,You've mad me nauseous for the last timeEverything I've said to you....I will form a spike (to drive through my throat) In order to stop my wordsThis time I'll put them in the ground along with my...
- The Dreams That Don't Come True
I tried again I fell again to find out for myselfIt hurts for a life timeYou picture rests there for a lifetimeAnd for a lifetime I will dream of youI prepare a mantle inside of my heartWith your photograph to sooth...
- Witchhunter
I watch as my dreams bleedWhich one of you hunters got meShe's waiting and watchingWill she be there for meWho's got me who loves meI've lost my turnThis worldThis world I've createdIt makes me and breaks meAll alone
- The Race Of Standing Still
I'm racing racing towards itLike when I was a small boyCutting through a waving fieldDecorated by summer sunlightUnable to rememberUnable to forgetUnable yet at peaceUnable yet scaredI'm racing racing towards it with...
- The Last Revelation (The Last Prophecy)
There were none at His left handNo man amongst His armyThe earth has ripped herself openAnd birthed from her woundsThick black clouds which covered the earthIt tearsI see blood in the airI taste the blood in the...
- Praise The War Machine
The death of the Omega pilots the war machineWe shall destroy the earthRebuild itNone shall inherit itBlood turned into fireMade to drink like winePile up the countless corpses and on them we shall dineWe praise you,...
- The Last Song From Zion
His shadow floats upon the earthCasting a song from the northYeshua weeps Zion's songThy will of manMy kingdom goneYou place all your hatred upon my throneYour hands form your own pathCurse the one that has made youI...
- The Lesser Lights Of Heaven
The lesser lights of heaven are burning towards a dreamThe eyes of mothers bleedingCast their children to the seaThe lesser lights of heaven are screaming in our mindListen to the chorusSo divine and unkindThe lesser...
- In Times Gone Past
I see it in your eyesThe tearing in your heartAs I aweaken I learn firstFirst of dyingAnd lying inside the ground forgottenI learn of loveI learn of terrorI feel the curse inside my bodyMy God, my GodWhy have you...
- Live...From Funeral Of God
Live from the funeral of GodThis is the day you've awaitedSponsored and celebratedHe has answered your prayersCorpses have piled up with your richesThey have spilled over onto the earthWe spit and wear our fear like...
- Breath Of The Black Muse
Open your mouth, boyJust to swallow your teethI will not pay the price for your self-inflicted griefMy meekness lies there shivering and rapedTrembling prophetAnointed wrath of God incarnateCutting and tearing...
- I Lay Sleepless In My Grave
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- Truly Truly This Is The End
They say death is an open doorInto another roomWithin the city of the dead(Our New Kingdom)They say we walk like dreamsSharing the same breathSeeing through the same eyes(A collective spirit)As we pray on his grave...
- The Rising End (The First Prophecy)
Bombs rain down like heaven's tearsThe earth shall die and disappearAnd today, we wish the skies were greyFor now they're just black and emptyRipped and torn from inside outThings too dark to think aboutNo miraclesNo...
- Repressed
lies, deprication of self.moral demise.the corporate machine of america."in god we trust"statement of political banter.plastic words for a plastic nation.bred to live the american dream.elderly parents in...
- The Children Cry For Help
no eyes have seen.no ears have heard.no mind has perceivedwhat God has prepared for those that love Him.multitudes behold His gloryand give praises for what He has done.in the time of need the children cry for...
- Surrounds Me
Put your coal to my trembling lips.Voice fills void with your breath.Crescent tears from the relief you bring.Undone in you. I love you.Broken teeth of my frustration.Your glory it surrounds me.Sing praises to God,...
- Times Of Separation
Once again to strive, to beat it outover and over again.so worn, worked overwith the intention to kill.to watch him die and smileat his dismay,his pain,my deliverance.my cleanliness a gift of freedom.my walk...
- Particle
I will lift you up.I will praise your awesome name,praise your name for what it's worthand nothing less.perfect in all things,most high God.commend to praise.to adore.to glory.in something so still
- Song 1
there is no other wayto explain for what He has done.He came to me in such a holy way,such a way that i would die for it.it is more than just a belief,He lives in my heart.how else can i explain it to you...Jesus Christ
- Dark Cold Sound
A dark cold sound...A dark cold sound tears the life I'm givenIgnite the visionThe vision that brought cold wind against my childhood soul.The root of unspoken fearThe root grows deep in my heartA dark cold sound...
- The Ghost Psalm
Realization comes through reapingReality contained in quiteMy companions are walking corpsesI am buried with your wordsTurned their backs to meScared to see the ghostTurned and walked awayScared to see the ghostTime...
- Skin Like Winter
Ashes to ashes dust to dustBeautiful child turnig into stoneWith your eyes so dim I shudderBitterness runs through your soulLike small childrenConfusion dances in the dusk of your mindEchange your blessings for...
- If These Scars Could Speak
BreatheCome out of your stareTouch the ground with your prayersBreathe out the liesBreatheHis words were sharpened hooks beneath your skinYou left them inAs he shone into the eyes around himCradled by a cold floor...
- Savannah
A day not to forgetThe machine has collapsed under the program it's been givenLook inside the broken shellLook inside the broken shellTo see the broken heartThey can't believe the machine was alive but we saw it...
- Kathleen Barbra
Mother I have a gift for youIt's the only thing I can offerAll you know is entropyStill you shine as the sunriseBut inside I can hear your spirit dieYour spirit dies from the insideYour spirit dies from the inside
- Autopsy
And what shall I do?I try to speak and words stop short of my tongue.They make their way back to my thoughts.Still crafted by a still soul.I move my eyes around trying to find a place to rest. I can't see it but I...
- Desire The End
I desire the endThe touch of armageddonThis world encased in flames...Bodies lie beneath fallen kingdoms...I desire the end...I desire the endI desire the endThe touch of armageddonThis world encased in...
- Flight
Within the chamber of my soulI find don't know as much as most do,but I know my destiny, and I knowi must choose what path to follow each day.I see the hatred towards my words,toward the one that I love.Must my vaice...
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