Eighteen
Integrity Lyrics

Massacred blood on a blue horizon
The sight of spilled blood on a blue horizon is overwhelming and gruesome.

Roadkill shows like cherubs
Even the animals killed on the road look peaceful and innocent in death.

In my floodlights
The harsh lighting of the floodlights highlights the horror of the scene.

Another highway, another state
The repetition of highways and states emphasizes the cold, unfeeling nature of the road and its constant movement.

Cigarette burns me
The artist is distracted by their own addiction, even in the midst of horror.

I wake with a start
The singer is startled awake by the nightmare they are living.

Eighteen wheels a rollin'
The eighteen wheels represent the unstoppable force of the machine that is crushing everything in its path.

Rollin' over my heart
The heart is a symbol for emotion and vulnerability, and it is being crushed by the machine, leaving nothing but emptiness and despair.

Smokey's in my rear view mirror
The police are chasing, but the artist has no choice but to keep moving forward, without any way out.

Nowhere to go except forward
The artist has no choice but to keep moving forward into the horror and destruction that lies ahead.

Kessler warmed abdomen
The singer has been injured, but there is no time for recovery or healing.

No feeling, only crucifixion
The pain is overwhelming, and the artist feels like they are being punished unfairly, like a crucifixion.

Cat steel-toe heavy on the pedal
The machine is controlled by a cruel driver who is not concerned with the destruction it is causing.

Tire iron in my hand
The singer is desperate and resorting to violence to try and survive.

Blood clotted scarred emotion
The violence and horror has left the singer scarred and damaged inside.

Hand axe redecoration
Even the tools of survival have been turned into weapons, to be used to fight for survival.

Regurgitated cattle cranium
The violence and horror is so intense that even the innocent animals have been destroyed, in gruesome and unimaginable ways.

Asleep in bile
The horror is so overwhelming that the singer can only find refuge in numbness and despair.

Nurtured by mother
The only source of comfort is in the memories of a loving mother, a symbol of hope and safety.

Face down while babies lay asleep
Even in the midst of horror, life goes on, the innocent sleep peacefully, while the artist is forced to face the destruction of everything around them.

Never make a sound
The horror is too intense to even express in words, it can only be endured in silence and despair.

demolished rig
The machine is crushed and destroyed, but the memory of the horror and destruction it has caused lives on.