> I'm so brilliant I'm a joke My tongue is golden I'm about to choke And I'm holy I'm a wreck My voice is velvet I have a rope around my neck I'm so tired of this world in my head I am the man that lost So tired, so tired of myself Am I the man that lost? I'm a king I'm a kick to the curb I see things clear My world is disturbed And I'm a mountain Yeah I'm a pile I long for tomorrow Haven't seen it in a while
I turn my back on you And as I try to, I hurt for you I keep degrading you And it's a feeling of healing You are on your knees I feel so pleased How should I reply? When all you say is why I open up for you And as I try to, I picture you I keep degrading me And it's a feeling of healing
> I'm lost and confused I'm stuck in your favourite parade I'm choking, I feel strangled I cant get a feeling Is this a game? I'm begging But you wont please me How come I bleed for this illusion I've been falling for so long now Will I ever see that this isnt real? Then it all comes into the frame The struggle- It just isnt worth it We think we are the originality We overdo it and become just the same Im waiting for a break So for it seemed to be out of reach But today I'm god-like Stay away cause its my time to play The revenge- feel my wrath Stay away because I'm back I'll join the elite
> What would you sacrifice for reality? Is it important what we used to be? Looks like I got here first Offer a king and I'll invite you in Spend carnival money Because tomorrow wont be as sunny Praise you I cant change you When I try to Above it all We end up somewhere If we're equal We could go far Dim the lights We're everything The day we try to bend it (We fall) like any other star Would you save this moment for another day? If youre told maybe and thats all the say Cross the waters to the silent Focus on love A golden dove Wake up (to) a new day Lets climb to the top
> Sick of begging Sick of trying to please Sick of the struggle Sick of your fake id If I ever feel your scent again Youre one fist to close If I ever see your shadow again Youre going down the hard way They call me the comedy clown They feed me waste in the gutter They call me teh comedy clown I am waste in the gutter If I ever see you again I'll be close to my grave If I ever lie to you again I'll be dirt
> We got to give them someting It is time to crawl You go to lend us the moment And you'll have a rewind for life Who do we blame? For this rain Is this just another breakdown? Who do we blame? For this rain Why dont we stop and just let go? We got to take away something It is time to fall You go to lend us the moment You're in a rewind for life
> Pacing around in circles Talking to himself He could see the beauty there Talking to another one She came to see our city She came in the dead of the night I tried to introduce him But she got scared and ran away They came, thousands from far away They came a sunny day I tried to introduce him Now I'm talking to myself I tried to introduce him Now I am the one talking to myself
> The tower Ive been A brick I am A statue so grand I feed your sun But I never thought That I would be burned like this Your rays of evil licking my skin So hear my prayer now Teach me to win Or I'll be gone Blinded by false innocence Steal my wings And I die slowly Cracked smile, deceivable eyes I'm burned by the wind And I die slowly These days I'm dirt Bring the rain Because I am the desert I feed your sun but I never thought I'll be burned like this
> Your world always seemed so far away My words are bouncing against your shield They say time will heal all wounds But I can't bleed forever I want to live I want to breathe I want to live forever Please spare us your self-pity It's tedious enough The stack of empathy Has long ago run out I hold no regrets of what has been done I don't need the memories of a haunted man It sickens me to feel this way But I can't bleed forever I want to live I want to breathe I want to live forever
> Cut through the silence I'm shaking I'm ready but I'm still waiting Everything is coming back around I'm praying I'm lying Like I've never done anything else Emptiness is all I find When I..... See through the eyes of my mind I can't tell you anything About the early hours I'm sober now Don't ask me how Used to have endless day
화해의 필요를 느꼈을까. 팝과 메틀 사이에 벌어진 간극을 메우려는 시도는 많았고 때론 성공하기도, 때론 독백에 그치기도 했다. 그러나 성공한 경우조차 그것이 부각되면 될수록 새로운 좌표를 찍게 되고, 그렇게 또 하나의 대칭점이 되어 멀어져 가는 게 사실이다. 인 플레임스(In Flames) 근작의 변화는 미국시장에 진출하면서 주류 헤비 씬의 조류, 즉 뉴메틀과 자신들의 멜로딕데쓰 사이에마저 건너기 힘든 갭이 존재함을 절감하고 교각을 세우고자 한 것이라 밝힌 바 있지만, 이 정도의 시도마저 기존 지지층의 이탈을 감수해야 할 정도로 커져 가는 균열은 오히려 벽을 만들고 있다. 그 와중에 인 플레임스의 보컬, 앤더스 프리덴(Anders Friden)이 참여한 페신저(Passenger)는 더 나아가 팝과 메틀의 화...