Rise Against

It's all the same thing
Now that it ever was
Except now you've strayed too far
Need you to stop digging your hole
And follow the path we light
Don't need an invitation to be reconciled
'Cause these home fires are burning
Stare into your empty eyes and wonder...

How could something so right turn out so wrong?
You spent your time making excuse
For the ways of life that you are choosing
How could something so right turn out so wrong?
Not sure exactly where I am
The more we organize
We suck out this life that serves as the fuel behind

You want to take the passion in my veins
And put it down in black and white
You've got your foot directly on the gas
I watch you burn out so fast
Now I can see just what you've become

And how could something so right turn out so wrong?
I don't have a backup plan
This is all that I am
And how could something so right turn out so wrong?
Not sure exactly where I am

(One) one thousand (good) intentions
(Lost) translation (lost) forever
(One) one thousand (good) intentions
(Lost) translation (lost) forever
Lost

How could something so right turn out so wrong?
I don't have a backup plan
This is all that I am
And how could something so right turn out so wrong?
Not sure exactly
Where I am
Where I am

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Written By PRINCIPE/MCILRATH/BARNES/WLEKLINSKI
<i>Lyrics &copy; Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC</i>

Aside from the name that holds us together
Now, I think we'd fall apart
It's the years we'll pretend we've forgotten
That separate our hearts

And I don't remember the way this was
But the pictures prove I knew you once
And where is the source of our mistakes?

I'm afraid one day we'll drift so far
We'll wake up not knowing where we are

These words accomplish nothing if I'm gone...

As I watch your life go up in flames,
You'll swear up and down you'd like to change
But when the sun sinks slowly into the sky,
Now you're right
Where you started again with nothing to say,
Without an argument or case
And when it's said and done and done and said,
And now what's another day?

I can feel these changes right before my eyes
I see a dying fire inside your eyes, inside your eyes

When will you stop and realize,
The worth and value of your life?
As you suffocate yourself within this mindless,
Nine to five wake up! there's more!
And your life is nobody's but yours
And now its said and done and done and said,
And now what's another day?

I can feel these changes right before my eyes
I see a dying fire inside your eyes

You're running circles around my slow pace
You've reached the finish line only to realize there was no race
I'm sick of being stepped on for the things I choose
I give and take and now I've taken all I could

And now I've taken all I could
And now I've taken all I could
And now I've taken all I could (now I've taken, now I've taken)
And now I've taken all I could (now I've taken, now I've taken)
And now I've taken all I could

Now's the time
To rearrange your life
Live for something
Outside of your own mind
We all dream
The same dream every night
To burn the world that you call civilized

Alive and well
I live to be alive
I live to always strive
For something more
Alive and well
I'll never understand
The who, what, why or when
Of you tonight...

We face the stares of judgment
And almost everyday
The shaking heads
Of disapproval say
"Pray for you to give me something then find out that there was nothing left"

Recite the words inside (your heart)
Realize that this is nothing
Without your voice
I'm not giving up
And I'll blame the worst on you
I know what's wrong

Alive and well
I live to be alive
I live to always strive
For something more
Alive and well
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
And I don't need to explain
Myself to you

"Everchanging"

in the face of change
that's when she turned to me and said,
"i'm not sure anymore..."
and there amidst the waves
and the cloudless skies
that blanket the year before
i watch my life wash a shore

have you ever been a part of something
that you thought would never end?
and then of course it did
have you ever felt the weight inside you
pulling away inside your skin?
and then something had to give

[Chorus:]
now the lines are drawn
is this feeling gone?
the best parts of this have come and gone
and now that is all this is
with the reasons clear
we'll spend another year
without direction, full of fear
and now things will be different

there's nothing simple when it comes to you and i
always something in this everchanging life
and it probably always will
now that time is getting harder to come by
the same arguments are always on our mind
we've killed this slowly fading light

[Chorus:]
now the lines are drawn
is this feeling gone?
the best parts of this have come and gone
and now that is all this is
with the reasons clear
we'll spend another year
without direction, full of fear
but now things will be different

and now something has kept me here too long
and you can't leave me if i'm already gone

well now something (hey) has kept me here too long
and you can't leave me (hey) if i'm already gone

now let's say that something (hey) has kept me here too long
and you can't leave me (hey) if i'm already gone

make the same mistakes we're always hanging on
break the promises we're always leaning on
all this time spent waking up
{now i} keep this line open to get this call from you
{as you} speak the words that keep me coming back to you
now this time it's all different

now something has kept me here too long and now i'm gone...

Buried words
Under lights
Soundtrack to this stagnant life
This meaning lost in translation
Message sucked out of his hands again

This could be my great awakening
But how would I know
'Cause it's all noise to me
Are these words falling on deaf ears?
Staring at the empty stares
Realize that he no longer cares about the wrong or right
The downward spiral begins tonight

And this could be my great awakening
But how would I know 'cause it's all noise to me
Are these words falling on deaf ears?
This could be my great awakening
But how would I know 'cause it's all noise to me
(Nothing I can do will make you hear)

fighting back the impulse
turn my head and close my eyes
spending these nights awake and cold and paralyzed
wonder how we got this far and
never realized the common thread that binds our lives
and I know you hurt
but I can help you if you can...
take my hand
and we'll live inside the dreams we left behind
take my hand
as we move from this place to a better life
take my hand
(if you take my hand)
fighting back the feeling that you always could deny
anything but everything we know is just a lie
as I cremate this memory and watch the darkened ashes rise
and beneath the smoke
I'll stand and ask you if you can
take my hand
and I'll promise not to ever let it go
take my hand
'cause this hope is greater than you'll ever know
(take my hand)
and this is all I'll ever ask of you to show
fight back the urges
turn my head and close my eyes
and will I wake tomorrow still alive
I'm still dreaming
I'm still waiting
I'm still sure
(I'm still sure)
you're still living in a life
that isn't yours
(that isn't yours)
and this is part of me
I hope you never see
this is my life inside your heart
take my hand
and I'll promise not to ever let it go
take my hand
'cause this hope is greater than you'll ever know
(take my hand)
and this is all I'll ever ask of you to show

You talk about the way things were
But I can't hear what you're saying
A time when life was not this hard
Blessed by the innocence

Is the best yet to come?
Or did it pass by long ago?
Are we holding on to a thread
Of something already dead?

I'm not your reason to stand up straight
Shoulders back chest out and eyes raised
Stepping back, I hesitate
I can't let myself be taken

The reception fades, the signals breaking up
And am I moving on or am I giving up?
If you walk away from this with anything
Live your life today

All these days
I'll forever cherish
In the confines of my heart
The faces of ten years ago
Like fingerprints on my heart
How can I breathe when fear chokes my every breath?
How can I balance six inches from death?
Now, the momentum we've created
Comes to a screeching halt
This angel comes crashing down
On her hands and knees she crawls
How can I breathe when fear chokes my every breath?
How many of your lies
Will I be fed?

(Hey!)

The remains of summer memories spent so far away
(Hey!)
Free from the fear or jealousy that plagues our lives today
(Hey!)
Now that promises we're broken enemies were made
(Hey!)
We spend our precious time pointing fingers trying to place the blame

The remains
Of what's left of our past
Of a future yet to come
Of the battles that we've lost
And the fights that we have won

The years unfold in one moment
The voices that we heard so loud
Are now suddenly silenced
Inside this crowd

And you're surrounded by the lives
Of those who found something to hold
So bringing everybody down
Is all you know

You've been hiding so long
You can't find yourself
In this sheltered life you live
When everything you want is at your fingertips
You'll never know what need is

You're claiming to be something different
So wanting to believe
That you're better than the rest
To make up for your self-esteem
You talk to hear your own voice and
You've left me no choice but to choose
I miss the person that you were
But I don't miss you

You've been hiding so long
You can't find yourself
In this sheltered life you live
When everything you want is at your fingertips
You'll never know what need is

You're the new revolution
The angst-filled adolescent
You fit the stereotype well

1, 2, 3, Go!

You're the new revolution
The angst-filled adolescent
You fit the stereotype well
<i>[repeat to fade]</i>

Trying to make a difference
But where the fuck did you go wrong?
Lying to all the names and faces
That have been there all along

How can you ask me to just forget?
All the sick lines
And the words you said
How can you ask me to just forget?

Deny the promises you've made
The things you said
That you hold dear
Behind your empty words
You hide and wait
Until that you fall in the clear

How can you ask me to just forget?
All the sick lines
And the words you said
How can you ask me to just forget?

Just don't ask me to just forget

Come warm your hands on hellfire and brimstone
Empty the pockets of the innocent victim
Bound by fear
We misplace trust

In your voice
Inside these walls

Convincing us we have no choice
Gaze upon these stare of na챦vet챕
Two thousand years replaced
With eighteen inches of our faith
Bound by fear
We misplace trust

In your voice
Inside these walls
Convincing us we have no choice

And this reflection
On where the message lies
Stained glass and marble
Or somewhere deep inside
(Somewhere deep inside)
This message you will only find deep inside
To read these words
You keep looking down
But in the sky
This message is written in the clouds

I'm not fucking blind to the way
That you talk around the truth
Not just what you say
But what you do
Played this tug of war way too fucking long
Like every time
Again I've lost
You've won
You took advantage of the trust that I gave
Took my forgiveness
Rubbed it back in my face
Reaching for words but there's nothing to say
I'm left to wonder
Will this ever be the same
This rage
Burning through my veins
Regret consumes my mind
Cutting deeply like a razor blade
Will I live to see another day
Without questioning your motives
With constant doubt
You took advantage of the trust that I gave
Took my forgiveness
Rubbed it back in my face
Reaching for words
But there's nothing to say
I'm left to wonder
Will this ever be the same
And as we sit back waiting
For these scars to heal
Try to convince ourselves
That this
That this isn't real
Will you allow me forget your past
Or will you always hang it over my head

And all these things that we tie together
Keep unraveling apart
And the light that used to burn so bright
Now is dark
With anger-laced intent we set fire
To the bridges that remain
And they're wading through the current now.

And they drown in the flood of the tears
That have been wept
And I scream to the sky
"no, you are not alone..."

If you think that your words will ever make a difference
Think again and carry on
Because the weight behind the hand that holds us is strong
But there is hope in the roar of a thousand pleading cries
And all these things that we tie together

The sound of their tongues being bitten
Is all I hear
As we fire at the whites of theirs eyes then
Dance on ashes of the world

As they drown in the flood of the tears
That have been wept
And their tongues being bitten
Is all that I can hear
As I scream to the sky,
"I need you now..."

Can you feel this truth now unraveling?
Or will you chase the burning sun
Into the sea.

Speak with hesitation
Talk with reservation
Blood on your hands
Dried long since
But guilt still glowing in your eyes
You hide behind

(And now this blood has long since dried)
Your perfect crime
(Guilt still glowing in your eyes)
Never ask why you try

Now I've watched you stack
The mistakes you've made
On top of the lies
To hide them
Your excuses just don't add up
Empty handed we all wonder
Why you hide behind

(And now this blood has long since dried)
Your perfect crime
(Guilt still glowing in your eyes)
Never ask why you try

Now I know that
Your words
Your actions
Intentions
All were lies
Your heart grows heavier with time

(And now this blood has long since dried)
Have I said enough?
Have I said too much?
Is it your responsibility to decide?
Your heart grows heavier with time
(I will decide)

And I fell victim to the changing tide
And this blood has long since dried
This blood has long since dried

We've been alright up to now,
But the air that we breath is about to run out.
We've rehearsed our lines clear and loud,
But the cue never came and the lights,
They never went out.
So we're passing the time,
While time passes us.
The fast lanes a term never applied to us.
Without a dime to my name,
Or a prayer in the world.
I walk out the door.

Destination anywhere but here.
Away from you.

Now I'm on my way to the other side,
(On my way)
I'll forget everything I left behind.
(On my way)
These empty rooms,
(On my way)
Are still filled with you.
(On my way)

So I dropped out of my own race,
A race with no finish line,
No first or last place.
I watch these faces all run right past me.
I turn and walk away,
'Cause we finally know now what our
Time here's about, we were not meant to be
Another face in the crowd.
We're a forest of lives,
We grow tall and wide.
We won't ever be cut down.

Now I'm on my way to the other side,
(On my way)
I'll forget everything I left behind.
(On my way)
These empty rooms,
(On my way)
Are still filled with you.
(On my way)

I'm so tired and turned around and scared.
I'm lying in empty beds again.
I'll wait for you to come
To your senses, barbed-wire fences
Won't keep me from breaking through.
I swear I will for you.

Now I'm on my way to the other side,
(On my way)
I'll forget everything I left behind.
(On my way)
These empty rooms,
(On my way)
Are still filled with you.
(On my way)

I'm so tired and turned around and scared.
I'm lying in empty beds again.
Away from you.

We've been alright up to now,
But the air that we breath is about to run out.
We've rehearsed our lines clear and loud,
But the cue never came and the lights,
They never went out.
So we're passing the time,
While time passes us.
The fast lanes a term never applied to us.
Without a dime to my name,
Or a prayer in the world.
I walk out the door.

Destination anywhere but here.
Away from you.

Now I'm on my way to the other side,
(On my way)
I'll forget everything I left behind.
(On my way)
These empty rooms,
(On my way)
Are still filled with you.
(On my way)

So I dropped out of my own race,
A race with no finish line,
No first or last place.
I watch these faces all run right past me.
I turn and walk away,
'Cause we finally know now what our
Time here's about, we were not meant to be
Another face in the crowd.
We're a forest of lives,
We grow tall and wide.
We won't ever be cut down.

Now I'm on my way to the other side,
(On my way)
I'll forget everything I left behind.
(On my way)
These empty rooms,
(On my way)
Are still filled with you.
(On my way)

I'm so tired and turned around and scared.
I'm lying in empty beds again.
I'll wait for you to come
To your senses, barbed-wire fences
Won't keep me from breaking through.
I swear I will for you.

Now I'm on my way to the other side,
(On my way)
I'll forget everything I left behind.
(On my way)
These empty rooms,
(On my way)
Are still filled with you.
(On my way)

I'm so tired and turned around and scared.
I'm lying in empty beds again.
Away from you.

This place rings with echoes of
Lives once lived but now are lost
Time spent wondering about tomorrow
I don't care if we lose it all tonight
Up in flames, burning bright
Warming the air of the world

[Chorus:]
I don't love you anymore' is all I remember you telling me
Never have I felt so cold
I have no more blood to bleed
As my heart has been draining into the sea

Since I've taken your footsteps
Getting me closer to what is left
Of the dreams of what I once claimed to know

Within my bones this resonates
Boiling blood will circulate
Could you tell me again what you did this for?

[Chorus]

Still I wait
With a hope inside of me (inside of me)
So still (so still) I wait (I wait)
Until again we meet
Until again we meet

Within my bones this resonates
Boiling blood will circulate
Could you tell me again what you did this for?

[Chorus]

Still I wait
With a hope (so still) inside of me (I wait)
So still (a hope) I wait (inside of me)

This place rings with echoes of
Lives once lived but now are lost
Time spent wondering about tomorrow
I don't care if we lose it all tonight
Up in flames, burning bright
Warming the air of the world

[Chorus:]
I don't love you anymore' is all I remember you telling me
Never have I felt so cold
I have no more blood to bleed
As my heart has been draining into the sea

Since I've taken your footsteps
Getting me closer to what is left
Of the dreams of what I once claimed to know

Within my bones this resonates
Boiling blood will circulate
Could you tell me again what you did this for?

[Chorus]

Still I wait
With a hope inside of me (inside of me)
So still (so still) I wait (I wait)
Until again we meet
Until again we meet

Within my bones this resonates
Boiling blood will circulate
Could you tell me again what you did this for?

[Chorus]

Still I wait
With a hope (so still) inside of me (I wait)
So still (a hope) I wait (inside of me)

Were losing daylight but I can't work any faster.
Under the veil of dust we go on
Don't close your eyes.
What if it all disappears in the shadows?
Now reach for the stars

If I held my ground would you ask me to change
This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain
We drink the air but its still not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know

The waters come but the fire still rages on here
The men all shrugged their shoulders and left
We sleep so sound in rooms just up the stairs
Will you save us like you saved them?

If I held my ground would you ask me to change
This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain
We drink the air but its so not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know

You've bled me dry but I'm still breathing
I swear I'm sucking dry the sky
And you won't ever find us kneeling
Or swallowing your lies

If I held my ground would you ask me to change
This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain
We drink the air but its so not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame, and I know, I know

This drought bleeds on, this drought bleeds on.

Were losing daylight but I can't work any faster.
Under the veil of dust we go on
Don't close your eyes.
What if it all disappears in the shadows?
Now reach for the stars

If I held my ground would you ask me to change
This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain
We drink the air but its still not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know

The waters come but the fire still rages on here
The men all shrugged their shoulders and left
We sleep so sound in rooms just up the stairs
Will you save us like you saved them?

If I held my ground would you ask me to change
This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain
We drink the air but its so not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know

You've bled me dry but I'm still breathing
I swear I'm sucking dry the sky
And you won't ever find us kneeling
Or swallowing your lies

If I held my ground would you ask me to change
This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain
We drink the air but its so not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame, and I know, I know

This drought bleeds on, this drought bleeds on.

Someday I'll feel no pain
Someday I won't have a brain
They'll take away the part that hurts
and let the rest remain

Fix me
Fix my head
Fix me please
I don't wanna be dead

Someday we'll all be rich
Someday I won't listen to you bitch
I'll turn up the volume
So you hear all the shit we play just for you

Fix me
Fix my head
Fix me please
I don't wanna be dead

Someday I'll feel no pain
Someday I won't have a brain
They'll take away the part that hurts
and let the rest remain

Fix me
Fix my head
Fix me please
I don't wanna be dead
So fix it!

Break through the undertow
your hands I cant seem to find
pollution burns my tongue
cough words I can't speak so I
stop my struggling
then I float to the surface
fill my lungs with air, then let it out&nbsp;

we give it all
now there? a reason why I sing,&nbsp;
so give it all
and its these reasons that belong to me

Rock bottoms where we live
and still we dig these trenches
to bury ourselves in them
backs breaking under tension
For far too long these voices
muffled by distances
its time to come to our senses
up from the dirt

We give it all
now there? a reason why I sing
So give it all
'cause its these reasons that belong to me

Breathe, the air we give
the life we live, our pulses racing distances
so wet my tongue, break into song
through seas of competition

So please believe your eyes, a sacrifice
is not what we had in our minds
I'm coming home tonight, home tonight

We give it all
this is the reason why I sing
So give it all
its these reasons that belong to me

Today I offer all myself
to this I'm living for my dying wish
I give it all
now there's a reason, there's a reason
to give it all -

Break through the undertow
your hands I cant seem to find
pollution burns my tongue
cough words I can't speak so I
stop my struggling
then I float to the surface
fill my lungs with air, then let it out&nbsp;

we give it all
now there? a reason why I sing,&nbsp;
so give it all
and its these reasons that belong to me

Rock bottoms where we live
and still we dig these trenches
to bury ourselves in them
backs breaking under tension
For far too long these voices
muffled by distances
its time to come to our senses
up from the dirt

We give it all
now there? a reason why I sing
So give it all
'cause its these reasons that belong to me

Breathe, the air we give
the life we live, our pulses racing distances
so wet my tongue, break into song
through seas of competition

So please believe your eyes, a sacrifice
is not what we had in our minds
I'm coming home tonight, home tonight

We give it all
this is the reason why I sing
So give it all
its these reasons that belong to me

Today I offer all myself
to this I'm living for my dying wish
I give it all
now there's a reason, there's a reason
to give it all -

Suffering from something we're not sure of
In a world there is no cure for
These lives we live test negative for happiness
Flat line, no pulse, but eyes open
Single file like soldiers on a mission
If there's no war outside our heads
Why are we losing?

[Chorus: Repeat 2X]
I don't ask for much
Truth be told I'd settle
For a life less frightening, a life less frightening

Hang me out to dry I'm soaking
With the sense of knowing
What's gone wrong but doing nothing I still run
Time again I have found myself stuttering
Foundations pulled out from under me
This breath is wasted on them all
Will someone answer me

[Chorus]

Is there a God tonight?
Up in the sky or is it empty just like me (Just like me)
A place where we can hide out from the night
Where you are all I need (Where you are all I need)
So all he says, goodbye, and close your eyes
Tell me what you say (Tell me what you say)
A life I sit inside this dream of mine
Where you are all I see

[Chorus]

Suffering from something we're not sure of
In a world there is no cure for
These lives we live test negative for happiness
Flat line, no pulse, but eyes open
Single file like soldiers on a mission
If there's no war outside our heads
Why are we losing?

[Chorus: Repeat 2X]
I don't ask for much
Truth be told I'd settle
For a life less frightening, a life less frightening

Hang me out to dry I'm soaking
With the sense of knowing
What's gone wrong but doing nothing I still run
Time again I have found myself stuttering
Foundations pulled out from under me
This breath is wasted on them all
Will someone answer me

[Chorus]

Is there a God tonight?
Up in the sky or is it empty just like me (Just like me)
A place where we can hide out from the night
Where you are all I need (Where you are all I need)
So all he says, goodbye, and close your eyes
Tell me what you say (Tell me what you say)
A life I sit inside this dream of mine
Where you are all I see

[Chorus]

One last thing I beg you please just before you go
I've watched you fly on paper wings halfway around the world
Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down
landing somewhere far from here with no one else around
to catch you falling down
and I'm looking at you now

and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I

"Swing for the fences, son" he must have told you once
but that was a conversation you took nothing from
so raise your glass now, lets celebrate exactly what you've done
just put off another day of knowing where you're from
you can catch up with yourself if you run...

and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I

is this the life that you lead,
or the life that's lead for you?
will you take the road that's been laid out before you?
will we cross paths somewhere else tonight?
somewhere else tonight...

and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I

and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I

One last thing I beg you please just before you go
I've watched you fly on paper wings halfway around the world
Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down
landing somewhere far from here with no one else around
to catch you falling down
and I'm looking at you now

and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I

"Swing for the fences, son" he must have told you once
but that was a conversation you took nothing from
so raise your glass now, lets celebrate exactly what you've done
just put off another day of knowing where you're from
you can catch up with yourself if you run...

and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I

is this the life that you lead,
or the life that's lead for you?
will you take the road that's been laid out before you?
will we cross paths somewhere else tonight?
somewhere else tonight...

and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I

and I can't tell if you're laughing
between each smile there's a tear in your eye
there's a train leaving town in an hour
it's not waiting for you, and neither am I

i ended up at my wits end and breaking down.
pages torn from books we never read,
cause we're plugged into this grid.
don't pull this plug right now,
or then we really have to live.


when i die, will they remember not
what i did, but what i haven't done.
it's not the end, that i fear with each breath.
it's life that scares me to death...


when we built these dreams on sand,
how they all slipped through our hands.
and this might be our only chance.
let's take this one day at a time,
i'll hold your hand if you hold mine.
the time that we kill keeps us alive.

your words won't save me now.
i'm at the edge feeling the sweat drip from my brow.
get a grip on yourself is what they say,
every hour every day.
hands over my ears,
I'VE BEEN SCREAMING ALL THESE YEARS!




WE CAME IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS!
WE LEFT EMPTY HANDED AGAIN!
SHOTS FIRED INTO THE SKY...
ARE NOW RETURNING!
WHERE THE FUCK WILL YOU HIDE!
from the laughter in the closet, some alive
but the door hinges are squeaking letting in thin shards of light.
and now our hands extending outward,
quiet comfort they invite,
and do we dare take what they offer?
do we step into the light?

i ended up at my wits end and breaking down.
pages torn from books we never read,
cause we're plugged into this grid.
don't pull this plug right now,
or then we really have to live.


when i die, will they remember not
what i did, but what i haven't done.
it's not the end, that i fear with each breath.
it's life that scares me to death...


when we built these dreams on sand,
how they all slipped through our hands.
and this might be our only chance.
let's take this one day at a time,
i'll hold your hand if you hold mine.
the time that we kill keeps us alive.

your words won't save me now.
i'm at the edge feeling the sweat drip from my brow.
get a grip on yourself is what they say,
every hour every day.
hands over my ears,
I'VE BEEN SCREAMING ALL THESE YEARS!




WE CAME IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS!
WE LEFT EMPTY HANDED AGAIN!
SHOTS FIRED INTO THE SKY...
ARE NOW RETURNING!
WHERE THE FUCK WILL YOU HIDE!
from the laughter in the closet, some alive
but the door hinges are squeaking letting in thin shards of light.
and now our hands extending outward,
quiet comfort they invite,
and do we dare take what they offer?
do we step into the light?

If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity
We're taking on water and about to fuckin' sink
No one seems to notice, no one even blinks
The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea

[Chorus]
Countdown, to the very end,
Equality, an invitation that we wont extend
Ready aim, pull the trigger now,
in time you firmly secure your place in hell

State of the union address,
reads war torn country still a mess
the words: power, death, and distorted truth
are read between the lines of the red, white, and blue

[Chorus]

Your place in hell [x2]

'Guilty' is what our graves will read,
no years, no family, we did
nothing (nothing) to stop the murder of
a people just like us

If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity
We're taking on water and about to fuckin' sink
No one seems to notice, no one even blinks
The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea

[Chorus]
Countdown, to the very end,
Equality, an invitation that we wont extend
Ready aim, pull the trigger now,
in time you firmly secure your place in hell

State of the union address,
reads war torn country still a mess
the words: power, death, and distorted truth
are read between the lines of the red, white, and blue

[Chorus]

Your place in hell [x2]

'Guilty' is what our graves will read,
no years, no family, we did
nothing (nothing) to stop the murder of
a people just like us

Am I loud and clear
Or am I breaking up
Am I still your charm
Or am I just bad luck
Are we getting closer
Or are we just getting more lost

I'll show you mine
If you show me yours first
Let's compare scars
I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages
And replace them with our own words

We live on front porches
And swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor
I'll slave till the end
I won't cross these streets
Until you hold my hand

I've been here so long
I think it's time to move
The winters so cold
The summers over to soon
Let's pack our bags
And settle down where palm trees grow

I've got some friends
Some that I hardly know
We've had some times
I wouldn't trade for the world
We chase these days down
With talks of places that we will go

We live on front porches
And swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor
I'll slave till the end
I won't cross these streets
Until you hold my hand
Until you hold my hand

I'll show you mine
If you show me yours first
Let's compare scars
I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages
And replace them with our own words

We live on front porches
and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor
I'll slave till the end
I won't cross these streets
until you hold my hand

Swing life away...
Swing life away...
Swing life away...
Swing life away...

Sunday, January 15, 2006
Swing Life Away - Rise Against
Well, I had a concise and boring post written when my connection got messed up and I lost it. So, instead, I leave you with this:

Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up?
Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck?
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?

I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words

We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move
The winter's so cold, summer's over too soon
Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow

I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
But we've had some times, I wouldn't trade for the world
We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go

We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand....until you hold my hand

I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words

We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

Swing life away
Swing life away
Swing life away
Swing life away

I calling out
Only echoes respond
But I scream my voice is gone
Crouching in corners and hiding your face
I sick and tired of playing your games

I not alone
I stand amongst the voiceless
Millions in the unforgiving sun

Here arm-in-arm
We parade these streets
And sing our songs (and sing our songs)

We had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough)
Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough)

Unknowing, we lie and wait for the rain
To wash away what they have made
Face down in the dirt with your foot on my back
In the distance I hear thunder crack

C'mon Stand up !
This system of power and privilege is about to come to an end
Here come the clouds
The first drop is falling down (falling down)

We had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough)
Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough)

Our futures burn in red horizons
Ashes scattered in winds of change
Casualty numbers are rising
Now it time to raise the stakes

We meant for something more than living just to put food on our plates
I can help but wonder--why should we participate?

We had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough)
Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough)

I calling out
Only echoes respond
But I scream my voice is gone
Crouching in corners and hiding your face
I sick and tired of playing your games

I not alone
I stand amongst the voiceless
Millions in the unforgiving sun

Here arm-in-arm
We parade these streets
And sing our songs (and sing our songs)

We had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough)
Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough)

Unknowing, we lie and wait for the rain
To wash away what they have made
Face down in the dirt with your foot on my back
In the distance I hear thunder crack

C'mon Stand up !
This system of power and privilege is about to come to an end
Here come the clouds
The first drop is falling down (falling down)

We had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough)
Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough)

Our futures burn in red horizons
Ashes scattered in winds of change
Casualty numbers are rising
Now it time to raise the stakes

We meant for something more than living just to put food on our plates
I can help but wonder--why should we participate?

We had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough)
Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough)

Are we so alone,
So distant,
So forgotten,
As we think ourselves to be?

These are our lives
But did they ever even matter?
Are we worth remembering?

These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams
We're throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain

When this is all said and done
We spent this life on the run
Judged by the company we keep

Our language, buried inside
These lungs that keep us alive
We breathe so selfishly

Promises we plan to break
Are made in whispered voices
Cause our despair knows many names

We make mistakes
But we apologize with roses we never stop to smell along the way

These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams
We're throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain

We fell from the sky today
We melt into balls of clay
We sell ourselves everyday
Don't tell me how to live this way

Pushed so far to the edge
We teeter just on the brink
You can lead me to the bloodbath
But you can't make me drink

As these machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams
We're throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain
Our lives will not be lived in vain

Are we so alone,
So distant,
So forgotten,
As we think ourselves to be?

These are our lives
But did they ever even matter?
Are we worth remembering?

These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams
We're throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain

When this is all said and done
We spent this life on the run
Judged by the company we keep

Our language, buried inside
These lungs that keep us alive
We breathe so selfishly

Promises we plan to break
Are made in whispered voices
Cause our despair knows many names

We make mistakes
But we apologize with roses we never stop to smell along the way

These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams
We're throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain

We fell from the sky today
We melt into balls of clay
We sell ourselves everyday
Don't tell me how to live this way

Pushed so far to the edge
We teeter just on the brink
You can lead me to the bloodbath
But you can't make me drink

As these machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams
We're throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain
Our lives will not be lived in vain

so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious)
you got what you came for now I think its time to move on (when will you say)
but these ghosts come alive like water and wine
walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs,
to them these streets belong

my atonement lasts the best part of eternity(eternity)
ran out of hands to count the sin that breeds inside of me (inside of me)
not this hate but the loneliness has left me here into this mess of

my hands are soaking in the blood of angels
on broken wings they collapse (will I see the break of day)
dark clouds exploded and torrents of rain fell
all these lost halos wash away

head hung from shame we bear a weight that brings me to a crawl (to a crawl)
these years of lounging tell of decades of unanswered calls (unanswered calls)
for a change, cuz everyday we slip and fall
kicked while were down, our fists clenched into a ball

my hands are soaking in the blood of angels
on broken wings they collapse (will I see the break of day)
dark clouds exploded and torents of rain fell
all these lost halos wash away

so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious)
you got what you came for now i think its time to move on (when will you say)
but these ghosts come alive like water and wine
walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs
to them these streets belong

so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious)
you got what you came for now I think its time to move on (when will you say)
but these ghosts come alive like water and wine
walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs,
to them these streets belong

my atonement lasts the best part of eternity(eternity)
ran out of hands to count the sin that breeds inside of me (inside of me)
not this hate but the loneliness has left me here into this mess of

my hands are soaking in the blood of angels
on broken wings they collapse (will I see the break of day)
dark clouds exploded and torrents of rain fell
all these lost halos wash away

head hung from shame we bear a weight that brings me to a crawl (to a crawl)
these years of lounging tell of decades of unanswered calls (unanswered calls)
for a change, cuz everyday we slip and fall
kicked while were down, our fists clenched into a ball

my hands are soaking in the blood of angels
on broken wings they collapse (will I see the break of day)
dark clouds exploded and torents of rain fell
all these lost halos wash away

so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious)
you got what you came for now i think its time to move on (when will you say)
but these ghosts come alive like water and wine
walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs
to them these streets belong

I'm about to have a nervous breakdown
My head really hurts
And if I don't find a way out of here
I'm gonna go berserk cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
It's going... berserk

I hear the same old talk talk talk
The same old lines
Don't grill me that today
yeah If you know what's good for you you'll get out of my way
cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
Is going... berserk

I won't apologize
For acting outta line
You see the way I am
You leave any time you can cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
Is going... berserk

Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!
I don't care what you fuckin' do
I don't care what you fuckin' say
I'm so sick of everything I just want to... die!

Chairs thrown and tables toppled
Hands armed with broken bottles
Standing no chance to win but
We're not running
we're not running

There's a point I
think we're missing
It's in the air
we raise our fists in
In the smiles we cast each other
My sister my brother
About the time we gave up hoping
We'd ever find
these locks still open
Stumbling on stones unturned
The hurt we feel
we all have earned
The lines we cross in
search of change
but all they see is treason
Although we have no obligation
to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
we will survive
Break out
I won't be left here
Behind closed doors
Bonfires burn like beacons
Guiding the lost and weakened
Flames dance on crashing waves
Guiding ships who've gone astray
Time out
let's stop and think this through
We've all got better things to do
Than talk in circles run in place
Answers inches from our face
Although we have no obligation
to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
we will survive
Break out
I won't be left here
Behind closed doors

Black eyes broken fingers
Blood drips and I let it run
down my lips into my swollen gums
When hope is non existent
Our instincts all scream Run
We never turn our backs
or even bite our tongues
Although we have no obligation
to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
we will survive
Break out
I won't be left here
Behind closed doors
Although we have no obligation
to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
we will survive
Break out
I won't be left here
Behind closed doors

"Behind Closed Doors" Chairs thrown and tables toppled, Hands armed with broken bottles, Standing no chance to win but, We're not running, we're not running. There's a point I think we're missing, It's in the air we raise our fists in, In the smiles we cast each other, My sister, my brother. About the time we gave up hoping We'd ever find these locks still open, Stumbling on stones unturned, The hurt we feel, we all have earned. The lines we cross in search of change, but all they see is treason. Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors. Bonfires burn like beacons, Guiding the lost and weakened. Flames dance on crashing waves, Guiding ships who've gone astray Time out, let's stop and think this through, We've all got better things to do, Than talk in circles, run in place, Answers {are} inches from our face. Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors. Black eyes, broken fingers, Blood drips and I let it run down my lips into my swollen gums. When hope is non-existent, Our instincts all scream "Run", We never turn our backs or even bite our tongues. Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors. [x2]

"Boy's No Good"

[Originally by Lifetime]

Tune the electric bass to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th string.
The boy's no good.
Yeah, he's a fuckin' hood.
He won't treat you like he should.
I heard he's making time with this friend of mine.
I heard he's talking trash.
I saw that kid last night.
He's starting fights.
He's got that nervous twitching.
He's just not the kid for you.
He's all dressed up.
He's got nothing to do, but he's got something.
He's cool as anything, but he's not good.
That boy's a fucking creep.

The boy's no good.
Yeah, he's a hood.
He won't treat you like he should.
I said the boy's no good.
He's a hood.
He won't treat you like I would.
I said the boy's no good.
Listen to what I say.
The boy's no good.
He'll fuck you anyway.
The boy's no good.
I'm gonna have a talk... the boy's no good.
The boy's no fuckin' good.

"Bricks" When faith alone is not enough, To keep our heads barely above, We look for reason and come up empty-handed. And when our children fight our wars, While we sit back just keeping score, We're teaching murder not understanding now. We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change The lives our buried sons have laid, Won't cancel debts we've yet to pay, In death, we justify anything now, As long as we blindly obey and do exactly what they say, We'll have no one to blame, but ourselves now. We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change. We run on the fumes of injustice, We'll never die with the fuel that you give us, Keep it coming 'cause I'm prepared to burn, Keep running, find me at every turn. Your life around, (into something true, into something true) So turn your life around, (into something true, something true) We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change.

"Bricks"

When faith alone is not enough,
To keep our heads barely above,
We look for reason and come up empty-handed.
And when our children fight our wars,
While we sit back just keeping score,
We're teaching murder not understanding now.

We're setting the fires to light the way,
We're burning it all to begin again,
With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands,
We sing for change

The lives our buried sons have laid,
Won't cancel debts we've yet to pay,
In death, we justify anything now,
As long as we blindly obey and do exactly what they say,
We'll have no one to blame, but ourselves now.

We're setting the fires to light the way,
We're burning it all to begin again,
With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands,
We sing for change.

We run on the fumes of injustice,
We'll never die with the fuel that you give us,
Keep it coming 'cause I'm prepared to burn,
Keep running, find me at every turn.

Your life around,
(into something true, into something true)
So turn your life around,
(into something true, something true)

We're setting the fires to light the way,
We're burning it all to begin again,
With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands,
We sing for change.

Spoken
This is Noise...

Down beyond these city streets through gutters filled with black debris
In alleys void of any light where nameless things live out of sight
Down through the scrapers of the sky past neon words glowing all night
Echoes my name between each car, "Are you happy where you are?"

Blind to this impending fate
We let the world carry our weight
Its back breaks with every mile
But we all live in denial

Can we be saved? Has the damage all been done?
Is it too late to reverse what we've become?
A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time
What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine

Let's go!

And so we carry on each day as if our lives are not so grey
While every breath that we take, we only suffocate
Brush past a myriad of scenes a homeless vet crashed
On Wall Street, a single mom of three, a TV personality

I'm blind to this impending fate
They let the world carry their weight
Its back breaks with every mile
But they all live in denial

Can we be saved? Has the damage all been done?
Is it too late to reverse what we've become?
A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time
What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine

Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right

Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right

Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right

Can we be saved? Has the damage all been done?
Is it too late to reverse what we've become?
A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time
What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine!

"Drones" Deep inside these burning buildings Voices die to be heard Years we spent teaching a lesson We ourselves had never learned And if strength is born from heartbreak Then mountains I could move And if walls could speak I'd pray That they would tell me what to do If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. No signs of life here, save the embers, the occasional flame, We'd know the way but can't remember, conception to the grave, Shout confessions from the greatest heights, where no one can hear, All my fears, my insecurities are falling like tears. If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. The drones all slave away, they're working overtime, They serve a faceless queen, they never question why. Disciples of a God, that neither lives nor breathes, (I won't come back!) But we have bills to pay, yeah we have mouths to feed! (I won't come back!) I won't come back! And if you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. I'm coming back to you

"Drones"

Deep inside these burning buildings
Voices die to be heard
Years we spent teaching a lesson
We ourselves had never learned

And if strength is born from heartbreak
Then mountains I could move
And if walls could speak I'd pray
That they would tell me what to do

If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by.
Forget my name and I'll forget it too.
Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives
Are what keep me coming back to you.

No signs of life here, save the embers, the occasional flame,
We'd know the way but can't remember, conception to the grave,
Shout confessions from the greatest heights, where no one can hear,
All my fears, my insecurities are falling like tears.

If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by.
Forget my name and I'll forget it too.
Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives
Are what keep me coming back to you.

The drones all slave away, they're working overtime,
They serve a faceless queen, they never question why.
Disciples of a God, that neither lives nor breathes, (I won't come back!)
But we have bills to pay, yeah we have mouths to feed! (I won't come back!)
I won't come back!

And if you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by.
Forget my name and I'll forget it too.
Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives
Are what keep me coming back to you.

I'm coming back to you

You spend your days counting the hours you're awake
And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same
it's a burden you've been burying in spite of all your prayers
as the light turns off inside your heart do you remember
what it's like to care

knees are weak, hands are shaking, i can't breathe

Give me the drug, keep me alive, give me whats left of my life
let me go

pull this plug, let me breath
on my own i'm finally free
let me go

The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way
if you never meant to leave then you only had to stay
with the memories that haunt us, i charish just the same
as the ones that bring us closer to the sky, no matter how grave

yet i fall through these clouds and she's screaming

Give me the drug, keep me alive
give me whats left of my life
let me go

pull this plug, let me breath
on my own i'm finally free
let me go

this grip loosens but it never breaks
we carry nothing but a name you will forsake
your words are always there to break my fall
and now i find the comfort to see through it all

guide me through uncharted waters
before we lose our way again
will you be my compass
until forever, until forever ends

knees are weak, hands are shaking
i can't breathe

Give me the drug,keep me alive
give me whats left of my life
let me go

pull this plug, let me breathe
on my own I'm finally free
let me go (x3)

You spend your days counting the hours you're awake And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same it's a burden you've been burying in spite of all your prayers as the light turns off inside your heart do you remember what it's like to care knees are weak, hands are shaking, i can't breathe Give me the drug, keep me alive, give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breath on my own i'm finally free let me go The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way if you never meant to leave then you only had to stay with the memories that haunt us, i charish just the same as the ones that bring us closer to the sky, no matter how grave yet i fall through these clouds and she's screaming Give me the drug, keep me alive give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breath on my own i'm finally free let me go this grip loosens but it never breaks we carry nothing but a name you will forsake your words are always there to break my fall and now i find the comfort to see through it all guide me through uncharted waters before we lose our way again will you be my compass until forever, until forever ends knees are weak, hands are shaking i can't breathe Give me the drug,keep me alive give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breathe on my own I'm finally free let me go (x3)

Tell me how these things traced with colors filled with black debris And how these loyal, living reich were nameless things swept out of sight Dead through the streamers on the sky past neon words where we Remember those killed by names we each call, are you happy where you are? Blind to this impending fate We'll let the world carry our weight Its back breaks with every mile But we all live in denial Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine Let's go! And so we carry on each day as if our lives were not so real While every breath that we take, we only suffocate First bouts of delirium and scenes of homeless Democrats On Wall Street, a single mom of three, a TV personality I’m blind to this impending fate We'll let the world carry their weight Its back breaks with every mile But they all live in denial Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've begun? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine

"Prayer Of The Refugee" Warm yourself by the fire, son, And the morning will come soon. I’ll tell you stories of a better time, In a place that we once knew. Before we packed our bags And left all this behind us in the dust, We had a place that we could call home, And a life no one could touch. Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Down! We are the angry and the desperate, The hungry, and the cold, We are the ones who kept quiet, And always did what we were told. But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm, In the safety of your home. We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up Everything you’ve known. Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! So open your eyes child, Let’s be on our way. Broken windows and ashes Are guiding the way. Keep quiet no longer, We’ll sing through the day, Of the lives that we’ve lost, And the lives we’ve reclaimed. Go! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up… (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t hold me up… (I don’t need your help) No! No! No! Don’t hold me up! (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t hold me up! (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down!

"Prayer Of The Refugee"

Warm yourself by the fire, son,
And the morning will come soon.
I’ll tell you stories of a better time,
In a place that we once knew.

Before we packed our bags
And left all this behind us in the dust,
We had a place that we could call home,
And a life no one could touch.

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Down!

We are the angry and the desperate,
The hungry, and the cold,
We are the ones who kept quiet,
And always did what we were told.

But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm,
In the safety of your home.
We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up
Everything you’ve known.

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

So open your eyes child,
Let’s be on our way.
Broken windows and ashes
Are guiding the way.

Keep quiet no longer,
We’ll sing through the day,
Of the lives that we’ve lost,
And the lives we’ve reclaimed.

Go!

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Don’t hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground,
I don’t need your help now,
You will let me down, down, down!

Don’t hold me up…
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
Don’t hold me up…
(I don’t need your help)
No! No! No!
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down!

Hold on slow down again from the top now and tell me everything
I know I've been gone for what seems like forever
But I'm here now waiting
To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger
But closer than you think
She said just go on she wants you
And same does your life by
Please don't die on me

Wings won't take me
Heights don't phase me
So take a step
But don't look down
Take a step

Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall

Perpetual motion the image won't focus
A blur is all that's in
But here in this moment like the eye of the storm
It all came clear to me
I found a shoulder to lean on
An infallible reason to live all by itself
I took one last look from the heights that I once loved
And then I ran like hell

Wings won't take me
Heights don't phase me
So take a step
But don't look down
Take a step

Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall

I count the times that I've been sorry
I know, I know
Now my conventions slowly drowns
I know, I know
If there's a time these walls could guard you
I know, I know
Then let that time be right now

Now I'm standing on a rooftop
Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall
I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall

And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall)
And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall)
And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall)
And I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall

Hold on slow down again from the top now and tell me everything I know I've been gone for what seems like forever But I'm here now waiting To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger But closer than you think She said just go on she wants you And same does your life by Please don't die on me Wings won't take me Heights don't phase me So take a step But don't look down Take a step Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall Perpetual motion the image won't focus A blur is all that's in But here in this moment like the eye of the storm It all came clear to me I found a shoulder to lean on An infallible reason to live all by itself I took one last look from the heights that I once loved And then I ran like hell Wings won't take me Heights don't phase me So take a step But don't look down Take a step Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I count the times that I've been sorry I know, I know Now my conventions slowly drowns I know, I know If there's a time these walls could guard you I know, I know Then let that time be right now Now I'm standing on a rooftop Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall

"Roadside" Tell me what I'm supposed to do, With all these left over feelings of you; 'Cause I don't know And tell me how I'm supposed to feel, When all these nightmares become real; 'Cause I don't know And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you, And I don't know how we separate the lies here from the truth; And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do. So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry; So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry. And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you; And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do. So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry; So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry. 'Cause I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you, And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do, exactly what to do.

"Roadside"

Tell me what I'm supposed to do,
With all these left over feelings of you;
'Cause I don't know

And tell me how I'm supposed to feel,
When all these nightmares become real;
'Cause I don't know

And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you,
And I don't know how we separate the lies here from the truth;
And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew
exactly what we're supposed to do.

So leave me at the roadside,
And hang me up and out to dry;
So leave me at the roadside,
And hang me up and out to dry.

And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you;
And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew
exactly what we're supposed to do.

So leave me at the roadside,
And hang me up and out to dry;
So leave me at the roadside,
And hang me up and out to dry.

'Cause I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you,
And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew
exactly what we're supposed to do,
exactly what to do.

"Survive"

Somewhere between happy, and total fucking wreck
Feet sometimes on solid ground, sometimes at the edge
To spend your waking moments, simply killing time
Is to give up on your hopes and dreams, to give up on your...

Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind
So take a number, (who we are) stand in line
We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt
But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are

An obvious disinterest, a barely managed smile
A deep nod in agreement, a status quo exile
I shirk my obligations, I miss all your deadlines
I excel at quitting early, and fucking up my life

Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind
So take a number, (who we are) stand in line
We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt
But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are

All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day
Everything always works out, I have never felt so fucking great
All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day
Everything always works out, I have never felt so great

(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this)
(Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this
(Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this
(Life isn't like this) Are we verging on an answer,
or fucking up our...

Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind
So take a number, (who we are) stand in line
We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt
But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are

(Who we are)
It's what makes us who we are
(Who we are)
Makes us who we are
(Who we are)
It's what makes us who we are
(Who we are)

"Survive" Somewhere between happy, and total fucking wreck Feet sometimes on solid ground, sometimes at the edge To spend your waking moments, simply killing time Is to give up on your hopes and dreams, to give up on your... Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are An obvious disinterest, a barely managed smile A deep nod in agreement, a status quo exile I shirk my obligations, I miss all your deadlines I excel at quitting early, and fucking up my life Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day Everything always works out, I have never felt so fucking great All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day Everything always works out, I have never felt so great (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this (Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this (Life isn't like this) Are we verging on an answer, or fucking up our... Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are (Who we are) It's what makes us who we are (Who we are) Makes us who we are (Who we are) It's what makes us who we are (Who we are)

"The Approaching Curve" [Spoken:] The music played with a calming frequency. The speakers gently seeped the sound of ambient keyboards and light percussion, creating a seductive soundtrack to our midnight drive through curtains of blackness. The windows were cold to the touch, reflecting the icy conditions in our immediate extremity. Salt stains and fingerprints littered the glass, and streaks with melted snow cascaded down it's length. The music pulsed louder, yet gentle, like the far away squeal of a pot of boiling water. The skylight was glowing faintly with vague hints of an impending dawn. The car raced along a painfully straight stretch of road, and she hadn't so much as turned the steering wheel two degrees in the last twenty minutes nor had we spoken. As we were, so perfect, so happy. They'll remember, only our smiles 'cause that's all they've seen. Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned. As we were, so perfect, so happy. [Spoken:] "Why are you doing this?" she spoke as if not expecting a response. Her voice penetrated the still air of our speechless drive, so suddenly that my heart had jumped. "I'm not doing anything," I said, but I didn't even believe that myself. "This is what's best, for me, for you, for us," or maybe just for me I thought, as a tear formed in the pit of her eye. The music poured through the speakers and we were losing ourselves in the cadence. She looked down momentarily and closed her eyes for a bit longer than a standard blink. Then she was crying. Then she was shouting. Then I was shouting, now pouring confessions, having no answers, or solutions, we barely even knew the questions. As we were, so perfect, so happy. They'll remember, only our smiles 'cause that's all they've seen. Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned. As we were, so perfect, so happy. Don't put me underground, I was meant for a life somewhere else. Please, love, give me the wheel, before both of our hearts you will steal tonight (will steal tonight). As we were, so perfect, so happy. Don't remember, only your smiles 'cause that's all they've seen. Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned. As we were, so perfect, so happy. [Spoken:] Our cracking voices became part of the music. The car pressed on faster through the night. As our voices lowered, The cadence again overtook the air. Up ahead there was a curve approaching. She made no indications of slowing.

"The Good Left Undone" In fields where nothing grew but weeds, I found a flower at my feet, Bending there in my direction, I wrapped a hand around its stem, I pulled until the roots gave in, Finding now what I’ve been missing, But I know… So I tell myself, I tell myself it’s wrong. There’s a point we pass from which we can’t return. I felt the cold rain of the coming storm. All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long. When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean, Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down, I’ll follow your voice, All you have to do is shout it out. Inside my hands these petals browned, Dried up, fallen to the ground But it was already too late now. I pushed my fingers through the earth, Returned this flower to the dirt, So it can live. I walked away now. But I know… Not a day goes by that I don’t feel it’s burn. There’s a point we pass from which we can’t return. I felt the cold rain of the coming storm. All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long, When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean, Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down, I’ll follow your voice, All you have to do is shout it out. All because of you… All because of you… All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long. When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean, Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down, Inside these arms of yours. All because of you, I believe in angels. Not the kind with wings, No, not the kind with halos, The kind that bring you home, When home becomes a strange place. I’ll follow your voice, All you have to do is shout it out.

"Under The Knife"

Wake me up inside
Tell me there's a reason
To take another step
To get up off my knees and,
Follow this path of most resistance.
How ever it takes us,
Whatever it faces and wherever it leads,

So wake me when it's through,
I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do)
Don't worry I'll be fine
I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside

Something for the pain, just to kill this feeling
although we looked awake, inside we're all still sleeping
And I spent my time here alive, but buried there
do you believe we'll ever make it?
do you think we'll ever really say?

So wake me when it's through,
I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do)
Don't worry I'll be fine
I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside

Wake me up inside
these dreams all die if we let them,
Wake me up inside
today won't start if we just give in.
('cause you'll be anything)

Just wake me when it's through,
I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do)
Don't worry I'll be fine
I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside

"Under The Knife" Wake me up inside Tell me there's a reason To take another step To get up off my knees and, Follow this path of most resistance. How ever it takes us, Whatever it faces and wherever it leads, So wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside Something for the pain, just to kill this feeling although we looked awake, inside we're all still sleeping And I spent my time here alive, but buried there do you believe we'll ever make it? do you think we'll ever really say? So wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside Wake me up inside these dreams all die if we let them, Wake me up inside today won't start if we just give in. ('cause you'll be anything) Just wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside

"Worth Dying For"

Set me off like dynamite strapped tight around my waist
We are the ones in competition but claim this ain't no race

(Let's go!)

Take a breath and explode like bullets tearing through the wind
Cut me up with a razor blade that tries to separate the skin

Now in the
White flames of burning flags we
found a world worth dying for, yeah
We've been battered so hard that we don't
feel anymore

Take me
From this world
Save me
What if we
All die young?
So take me
From this world
Save me
What if we
All die young?

Send me off on the morning breeze so far away from here
Feel me rise in the strength I've found inside the warm embracing air
I'm moving slow
Like a glacier melting watch me dissipate
I searched for love in an empty world but all I found was hate

Now in the
White flames of burning flags we
found a world worth dying for, yeah
We've been battered so hard that we don't
feel anymore

Take me
From this world
Save me
What if we
All die young?
So take me
From this world
Save me
What if we
All die young?

Don't ask me why
'Cuz I don't know
Don't ask me how
I'm gonna solve this on my own
Don't ask me why
'Cuz I don't know
These things I've never faced
Scratch out, but won't erase

In the wreckage of a job well done
I saw a place I'd never seen before, yeah
And that moment I refused to close my eyes anymore

So take me
From this world
Save me
What if we
All die young?
So take me
From this world
Save me
What if we
All die young?

So take me [2x]

"Worth Dying For" Set me off like dynamite strapped tight around my waist We are the ones in competition but claim this ain't no race (Let's go!) Take a breath and explode like bullets tearing through the wind Cut me up with a razor blade that tries to separate the skin Now in the White flames of burning flags we found a world worth dying for, yeah We've been battered so hard that we don't feel anymore Take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? Send me off on the morning breeze so far away from here Feel me rise in the strength I've found inside the warm embracing air I'm moving slow Like a glacier melting watch me dissipate I searched for love in an empty world but all I found was hate Now in the White flames of burning flags we found a world worth dying for, yeah We've been battered so hard that we don't feel anymore Take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? Don't ask me why 'Cuz I don't know Don't ask me how I'm gonna solve this on my own Don't ask me why 'Cuz I don't know These things I've never faced Scratch out, but won't erase In the wreckage of a job well done I saw a place I'd never seen before, yeah And that moment I refused to close my eyes anymore So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me [2x]

Information kept to myself and everyone wants to know,
I trust the words of nobody else cause I've been there before,
Your voice is wasted 'cause I'm not listening
The calloused fingers are wrapped around a black ball-point pen,
These eyes don't wander as far as they at one time did,
I've seen the future, it's fading faster

No place that I'd rather be than right here, right now
No time that I'd rather be than right here, right now

I'm on the other end begging you, please pick up the phone,
A shaking whisper is answering, don't call anymore your voice is wasted 'cause no one's listening
Freeze me in that moment, thaw me in ten years,
When the fires burned out and the smoke (clears)

No place that I'd rather be than right here, right now
No time that I'd rather be than right here, right now

Let's just pretend, let's just pretend, tonight will never end
Let's just pretend, let's just pretend, tonight
Will never end

No place that I'd rather be than right here, right now
No time that I'd rather be than right here, right now

Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it

She loves to dance
She loves to sing
She does everything
She loves to move
She loves to groove
She loves the lovin' things

All night
All night
Oh every night
So hold tight
Hold tight
Oh baby hold tight

She said
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it

I was alone
I never knew
What good love could do
Then we touched
And we sang
About the lovin' things

All night
All night
Oh every night
So hold tight
Hold tight
Oh baby hold tight

She said
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
Anyway you want it

Our building have fallen, our walls all caved in, and we can't comprehend this sad state that we're in so we sift through the ashes of what we've become and surrender here one by one, so push us down

And we get right back up again, the things you're telling me aren't making any sense, right back up again, I'm sick of wishing for someone else to come

Let the blind lead the blind, cause it's eye for an eye in your so called life, are you out there? are you listening? is there something we're still missing?
Let the blind lead the blind, cause it's eye for an eye, we all fall down

And we get right back up again, the things you're telling me aren't making any sense, right back up again, I'm sick of wishing for someone else to come

We're spinning out of control
We're trying to find somewhere to land
And I don't want you to know
The things that keep me down

We get right back up again

I never claimed to be something more than me, your standards, I refuse to see, I will answer only to myself, so why don't you police someone else the place I call home isn't there anymore, with boards on the windows and locks on the door, so pick up the pieces that never once fit, let this be the end of it once you held a place for me, but now that I've left you went and gave up my seat, don't expect me to share your visions of life, I'll take the my chances somewhere else the place I call home isn't there anymore, with boards on the windows and locks on the door, so pick up the pieces that never once fit, let this be the end of it give me the green light to get on with my life, pick up the pieces then roll the fucking dice I live in exile of you, your key no longer fits, because the locks on my life are new

Is this the point where we give up?
Is this the point where we give in?
Is this the point where we turn ourselves in?

Is this the time to ask questions?
Is this the time to seek answers?
Is this the time to throw it all in?

When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there
When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there
You're halfway there
That's when you know that you're halfway there

This is the point where we stand up
This is the point where we take back
The things that are keeping us from being free

When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there
When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there
That's when you know that you're halfway there

Your voice the airwaves sent you prayed my life would end,
The wasted time I spent ashamed I called you friend,
Give me one reason, I need a reason, one reason

The day i learn to fly, i'm never coming down On perfect wings i'll rise through the layers of the clouds And from there i see the neon grids of cities Where six million people that keep their fires lit And i threw a party in my name But the hours crawled by and no one came So i bowed my head and i prayed for wings to take me from this place...from you I see myself inside, you dream the dreams that i do You're still searching for these answers, they're not inside your wrist And from there i see the neon grids of cities Where six million people that can keep their fires lit And i threw a party in my name But the hours crawled by and no one came So i bowed my head and i prayed for wings to take me from this place...from you And i close my eyes as the curtains draw I thought i heard your voice but i thought wrong 'cause you're not there anymore no you're not there anymore And so i lift my chin and the show goes on the sky is listening, the stars all sing along but you're not there anymore and i just can't care anymore

Late nights and bloodshot eyes, clock ticking half past five, we're barely breathing but we're still alive. GO!
Our plans are all laid out, take all these unmarked roads, we blaze the trails to places no goes, yeah!
One last chance to go, if I don't leave tonight I never will
One last chance to go, let's take it now in for the kill
If in time we find ourselves, back where we started from, too weak to fight and much too tired to run
Before you swallow me into your perfect life, I'm not going out without a fight, yeah!
One last chance to go, if I don't leave tonight I never will
One last chance to go, let's take it now in for the kill
But this blueprints faded grey and here it seems like just yesterday when we mapped out the details of our great escape,
But still these roads all beckon me to uncover their mystery
But I fall like dead autumn leaves and let the jetstream carry me
One last chance to go, if I don't leave tonight I never will
One last chance to go

they turn the lights down low, in shadows hiding from the world, only coming out when it gets cold the seas part when they hit the floor, the voices carry on and out the door and everything you touch turns into gold like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest, your eyes they penetrate me, (your answer's always 'maybe') that's when I got up and left a beating heart and a microphone, a ticking clock in an empty home still tells of these times so long ago, and even though I've come so far, I know I've got so far to go and any day now I'll explode like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest, your eyes they penetrate me, (your answer's always 'maybe') that's when I got up and left each and everyday it leads into tomorrow and tomorrow brings one less day without you but don't wait up just leave the light on cause all the roads that I might take will all one day lead back to you like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest, your eyes they penetrate me, (your answer's always 'maybe') that's when I got up and left

If I could paint how I feel, I'd draw bullseye on your forehead
My anger is not misdirected unless it somehow misses you

Time spent on hate, is time gone to waste , I watch you point and click your life away

So cast the stones that I'll gladly catch
And I'll throw them right back, I stand behind the things I say,
You type the words you won't say to my face

Time spent on hate, is time gone to waste , I watch you point and click your life away

It seems you've let me go again, just like the day you let me in, the best of intentions,
You were never mine to begin with

So step away from the fucking screen, see a world outside your scene,
Maybe then you will know and realize the lack of threat you pose

On clearer days I can see the lights from my bedroom door,
On windy nights I can smell the lake as it drifts to me from the shore
The traffic lights silently change a thousand times a day
But I'm still waiting, yeah, and I'm still waiting
And if my hand could block the sun,
Would we ever wake up?
And if I turned back all these clocks,
Would that be time enough? I can't remember exactly when this longing began
But I know it wasn't before the day you touched my hand,
Laugh and shout in blissful daze and numbers are exchanged,
But I'm still waiting, yeah, and I'm still waiting
And if my hand could block the sun,
Would we ever wake up? And if I turned back all these clocks,
Would that be time enough?
So put your hands where I can see them,
And shut your mouth, I know who you are,
In a world void of feeling or heart I know that we are the torches in the dark
Let's break this down, let's make this count,
Let's leave this one-horse town, no better time than now [repeat x2]
The angels dance like feathers float, they're here to see and to be seen,
The clock strikes two, the music slows and each one slowly dons their wings,
Once outside they all pair off and hand in hand they leave
But I'm still waiting, yeah, and I'm still waiting
And if my hand could block the sun,
Would we ever wake up?
And if I turned back all these clocks,
Would that be time enough?
Will we ever wake up?

Can you hear the desperate cries that are calling out your name?
Twisting your arms, holding out their hands and tugging at your sleeve
Do you feel this underlying sense of urgency or are you as blind as me?

I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere now

I can't bear the thought of losing,
I dread the attention winning brings
And ever since the day I came here
I can stand without your strings
I'm so sick of all these people
But I'm scared to be alone
And if this life has taught me anything
I forgot it long ago and so I

I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes

The heart is something you can't control
We either choose to follow or be left on our own
So we're leaving here on a less-traveled road
As desperate cries grow louder, I know we're getting close, getting close

I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes

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Written By PRINCIPE/MCILRATH/BARNES/MOHNEY
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It's all the same thing
Now that it ever was
Except now you've strayed too far
Need you to stop digging your hole
And follow the path we light
Don't need an invitation to be reconciled
'Cause these home fires are burning
Stare into your empty eyes and wonder...

How could something so right turn out so wrong?
You spent your time making excuse
For the ways of life that you are choosing
How could something so right turn out so wrong?
Not sure exactly where I am
The more we organize
We suck out this life that serves as the fuel behind

You want to take the passion in my veins
And put it down in black and white
You've got your foot directly on the gas
I watch you burn out so fast
Now I can see just what you've become

And how could something so right turn out so wrong?
I don't have a backup plan
This is all that I am
And how could something so right turn out so wrong?
Not sure exactly where I am

(One) one thousand (good) intentions
(Lost) translation (lost) forever
(One) one thousand (good) intentions
(Lost) translation (lost) forever
Lost

How could something so right turn out so wrong?
I don't have a backup plan
This is all that I am
And how could something so right turn out so wrong?
Not sure exactly
Where I am
Where I am

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Written By PRINCIPE/MCILRATH/BARNES/WLEKLINSKI
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Aside from the name that holds us together
Now, I think we'd fall apart
It's the years we'll pretend we've forgotten
That separate our hearts

And I don't remember the way this was
But the pictures prove I knew you once
And where is the source of our mistakes?

I'm afraid one day we'll drift so far
We'll wake up not knowing where we are

These words accomplish nothing if I'm gone...

As I watch your life go up in flames,
You'll swear up and down you'd like to change
But when the sun sinks slowly into the sky,
Now you're right
Where you started again with nothing to say,
Without an argument or case
And when it's said and done and done and said,
And now what's another day?

I can feel these changes right before my eyes
I see a dying fire inside your eyes, inside your eyes

When will you stop and realize,
The worth and value of your life?
As you suffocate yourself within this mindless,
Nine to five wake up! there's more!
And your life is nobody's but yours
And now its said and done and done and said,
And now what's another day?

I can feel these changes right before my eyes
I see a dying fire inside your eyes

You're running circles around my slow pace
You've reached the finish line only to realize there was no race
I'm sick of being stepped on for the things I choose
I give and take and now I've taken all I could

And now I've taken all I could
And now I've taken all I could
And now I've taken all I could (now I've taken, now I've taken)
And now I've taken all I could (now I've taken, now I've taken)
And now I've taken all I could

Now's the time
To rearrange your life
Live for something
Outside of your own mind
We all dream
The same dream every night
To burn the world that you call civilized

Alive and well
I live to be alive
I live to always strive
For something more
Alive and well
I'll never understand
The who, what, why or when
Of you tonight...

We face the stares of judgment
And almost everyday
The shaking heads
Of disapproval say
"Pray for you to give me something then find out that there was nothing left"

Recite the words inside (your heart)
Realize that this is nothing
Without your voice
I'm not giving up
And I'll blame the worst on you
I know what's wrong

Alive and well
I live to be alive
I live to always strive
For something more
Alive and well
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
And I don't need to explain
Myself to you

"Everchanging" in the face of change that's when she turned to me and said, "i'm not sure anymore..." and there amidst the waves and the cloudless skies that blanket the year before i watch my life wash a shore have you ever been a part of something that you thought would never end? and then of course it did have you ever felt the weight inside you pulling away inside your skin? and then something had to give [Chorus:] now the lines are drawn is this feeling gone? the best parts of this have come and gone and now that is all this is with the reasons clear we'll spend another year without direction, full of fear and now things will be different there's nothing simple when it comes to you and i always something in this everchanging life and it probably always will now that time is getting harder to come by the same arguments are always on our mind we've killed this slowly fading light [Chorus:] now the lines are drawn is this feeling gone? the best parts of this have come and gone and now that is all this is with the reasons clear we'll spend another year without direction, full of fear but now things will be different and now something has kept me here too long and you can't leave me if i'm already gone well now something (hey) has kept me here too long and you can't leave me (hey) if i'm already gone now let's say that something (hey) has kept me here too long and you can't leave me (hey) if i'm already gone make the same mistakes we're always hanging on break the promises we're always leaning on all this time spent waking up {now i} keep this line open to get this call from you {as you} speak the words that keep me coming back to you now this time it's all different now something has kept me here too long and now i'm gone...

Wait
I'm not listening to you now
I wasn't listening to you then
I know that nothing will be the same again

There's only so much I can handle
Only so much I can take
Before my knees start to buckle
And my arms start to shake

Have we been here before?
Will we be here again?
I don't know how much of me you expect standing here right now
I beg for you to let go
I dread the day you finally do
I fight for your attention

Too little too late
Or too much too soon
And how will this plague the time
We share from here on out?
And how long will this taint
All these words spilling from my mouth?

Have we been here before?
Will we be here again?
I don't know how much more of me
You expect standing here right now
Have we been here before?
Will we be here again?

Gethsemane!

It was the perfect night
Then you had to go and ruin it with a kiss now
I'm trapped inside here
The innocence we held once so carelessly
Has been suffocated in this breathless moment

Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you

With arms raised to the stars begging them to listen
With legs littered with scars cut from these olive branches
Now, point of return now crossed and our hands left shaking
Tonight we give in to temptation

Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you

Someone stop my mind from screaming
It's so loud I can't her myself think
Life, Death, Religion, Survival
It makes no sense
Never try to tell me that I'm a coincidence

Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you

Believe in me and I will believe in you
You're asking of me everything
So I'll give it all to you

And if I never have you, then I can never lose you
Now, everything here is a lie
Where is the truth?
Where is the fucking truth?

Buried words
Under lights
Soundtrack to this stagnant life
This meaning lost in translation
Message sucked out of his hands again

This could be my great awakening
But how would I know
'Cause it's all noise to me
Are these words falling on deaf ears?
Staring at the empty stares
Realize that he no longer cares about the wrong or right
The downward spiral begins tonight

And this could be my great awakening
But how would I know 'cause it's all noise to me
Are these words falling on deaf ears?
This could be my great awakening
But how would I know 'cause it's all noise to me
(Nothing I can do will make you hear)

With your eyes
Glazed and half-smiling
Explain to me the details
Of your god-given right

You point your finger
In my face but
You cant remember what you
Did last night

It's all fun and games 'til
You try to justify
It's all well and done 'til
You question the choices in your life

Join!
All the millions
Of victims who prescribe
To this mediocre life

And all these years
Have been lost
Looking for something
That you'll never find!

It's all fun and games 'til
You try to justify
It's all well and done 'til
You question the choices in your life

In your life...
In your life!

It's all fun and games 'til
You try to justify
It's all well and done 'til
You question the choices in your life

Fighting back the impulse turn my head and close my eyes Spending these nights awake and cold and paralyzed Wonder how we got this far and never realized The common thread that binds our lives And I know you hurt But I can help you if you can... Take my hand And we'll live inside the dreams we left behind Take my hand As we move from this place to a better life Take my hand Wohoooha If you take my hand Fighting back the feeling that you always could deny Anything but everything we know is just a lie As I cremate this memory and watch the darkened ashes rise And beneath the smoke I'll stand and ask you if you can... Take my hand And I'll promise not to ever let it go Take my hand 'Cause this hope is greater than you'll ever know (Take my hand) And this is all I'll ever ask of you to show Fight back the urges Turn my head and close my eyes And will I wake tomorrow still alive I'm still dreaming I'm still waiting I'm still sure (I'm still sure) You're still living in a life That isn't yours (That isn't yours) And this is part of me I hope you never see This is my life inside your heart Take my hand And I'll promise not to ever let it go Take my hand 'Cause this hope is greater than you'll ever know (Take my hand) And this is all I'll ever ask of you to show

You talk about the way things were
But I can't hear what you're saying
A time when life was not this hard
Blessed by the innocence

Is the best yet to come?
Or did it pass by long ago?
Are we holding on to a thread
Of something already dead?

I'm not your reason to stand up straight
Shoulders back chest out and eyes raised
Stepping back, I hesitate
I can't let myself be taken

The reception fades, the signals breaking up
And am I moving on or am I giving up?
If you walk away from this with anything
Live your life today

All these days
I'll forever cherish
In the confines of my heart
The faces of ten years ago
Like fingerprints on my heart
How can I breathe when fear chokes my every breath?
How can I balance six inches from death?
Now, the momentum we've created
Comes to a screeching halt
This angel comes crashing down
On her hands and knees she crawls
How can I breathe when fear chokes my every breath?
How many of your lies
Will I be fed?

(Hey!)

The remains of summer memories spent so far away
(Hey!)
Free from the fear or jealousy that plagues our lives today
(Hey!)
Now that promises we're broken enemies were made
(Hey!)
We spend our precious time pointing fingers trying to place the blame

The remains
Of what's left of our past
Of a future yet to come
Of the battles that we've lost
And the fights that we have won

The years unfold in one moment
The voices that we heard so loud
Are now suddenly silenced
Inside this crowd

And you're surrounded by the lives
Of those who found something to hold
So bringing everybody down
Is all you know

You've been hiding so long
You can't find yourself
In this sheltered life you live
When everything you want is at your fingertips
You'll never know what need is

You're claiming to be something different
So wanting to believe
That you're better than the rest
To make up for your self-esteem
You talk to hear your own voice and
You've left me no choice but to choose
I miss the person that you were
But I don't miss you

You're the new revolution
The angst-filled adolescent
You fit the stereotype well

Trying to make a difference
But where the fuck did you go wrong?
Lying to all the names and faces
That have been there all along

How can you ask me to just forget?
All the sick lines
And the words you said
How can you ask me to just forget?

Deny the promises you've made
The things you said
That you hold dear
Behind your empty words
You hide and wait
Until that you fall in the clear

How can you ask me to just forget?
All the sick lines
And the words you said
How can you ask me to just forget?

Just don't ask me to just forget

Come warm your hands on hellfire and brimstone
Empty the pockets of the innocent victim
Bound by fear
We misplace trust

In your voice
Inside these walls

Convincing us we have no choice
Gaze upon these stare of na챦vet챕
Two thousand years replaced
With eighteen inches of our faith
Bound by fear
We misplace trust

In your voice
Inside these walls
Convincing us we have no choice

And this reflection
On where the message lies
Stained glass and marble
Or somewhere deep inside
(Somewhere deep inside)
This message you will only find deep inside
To read these words
You keep looking down
But in the sky
This message is written in the clouds

Speak with hesitation
Talk with reservation
Blood on your hands
Dried long since
But guilt still glowing in your eyes
You hide behind

(And now this blood has long since dried)
Your perfect crime
(Guilt still glowing in your eyes)
Never ask why you try

Now I've watched you stack
The mistakes you've made
On top of the lies
To hide them
Your excuses just don't add up
Empty handed we all wonder
Why you hide behind

(And now this blood has long since dried)
Your perfect crime
(Guilt still glowing in your eyes)
Never ask why you try

Now I know that
Your words
Your actions
Intentions
All were lies
Your heart grows heavier with time

(And now this blood has long since dried)
Have I said enough?
Have I said too much?
Is it your responsibility to decide?
Your heart grows heavier with time
(I will decide)

And I fell victim to the changing tide
And this blood has long since dried
This blood has long since dried