SLIPKNOT “All hope Is Gone”
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It appears that we have reached the Edge, that zenith where stimuli and comatose collide.
Forty years ago, THE MAN proclaimed the Age of the Gross to be upon us, and even though THE
MAN was destroying our heritage and insulting our intelligence,
that era has become very real.
We labor for pleasure and abhor the guilt of pressure.
My generation will go down as the architects of contemporary disgust.
Some have fought and died.
Others have allowed the strong to be butchered for a price they themselves don’t care about
and will never understand.
I myself am beleaguered by the selfish face of a kind of man that is NOT MANKIND.
Distrust in information.
Fundamentalism of opinion.
Catastrophic boredom, and a fanatical devotion to that which DOES NOT MATTER.
Where is your glory now, people?
Where are your gods and politicians?
Where is your shame and salvation?
You Rage For No Reason Because You Have No Reason.
WHAT HAVE YOU EVER FOUGHT FOR?
WHAT HAVE YOU EVER BLED FOR?
THE FACE OF THE EARTH IS SCARRED WITH THE WALKING DEAD.
THE AGE OF THE GROSS IS A LIVING VIRUS.
THIS IS THE FUTURE YOU HAVE CREATED.
THIS IS THE WORLD YOU HAVE SET ABLAZE.
ALL YOUR LIES ARE COMING TRUE.
ALL FREEDOM IS LOST.
ALL HOPE IS GONE.
Gematria (The Killing Name)
12/08/73 – that was all I got and now you got me
All I ever really wanted was to take the blame
I will go down in History and not down in Flames
Meningitis / I will survive this / Dry Sockets and a Schizophrenic Crisis
The Time of The Nine has begun
Get out of the way or you will suffer as one
This is so TYPICAL / APOCALYPTICAL
Hanging on abysmal release / Jesus
I don’t need this / Don’t wanna be this
Icon in the Making / My hands are fucking shaking
WHAT IF GOD DOESN’T CARE?
WHAT IF GOD DOESN’T CARE…
Remember / Surrender / The Time is Now
Continue / We’re in you… and we will BURN YOUR CITIES DOWN
AMERICA IS A KILLING NAME
IT DOESN’T FEEL OR DISCRIMINATE
LIFE IS JUST A KILLING FIELD
IT’S ALL THAT’S LEFT – NOTHING’S REAL
THROW AWAY YOUR DISPOSABLE PAST
AND FALL APART LIKE A CIGARETTE ASH
WE ARE THE FATAL AND VITAL ONES OF THE WORLD
AND WE WILL BURN YOUR CITIES DOWN
WHAT IF GOD DOESN’T CARE?
WHAT IF GOD DOESN’T CARE?
AMERICA IS A KILLING NAME
IT DOESN’T FEEL OR DISCRIMINATE
LIFE IS JUST A KILLING FIELD
IT’S ALL THAT’S LEFT – NOTHING’S REAL
THROW AWAY YOUR DISPOSABLE PAST
AND FALL APART LIKE A CIGARETTE ASH
WE ARE THE FATAL AND VITAL ONES OF THE WORLD
AND WE WILL BURN YOUR CITIES DOWN
Down…
WE WILL BURN YOUR CITIES DOWN
Feed the Hungry – Feed them shit
Feed them BONES and POLITICS
You wanna revolutionize?
Be specific and believe your eyes
Start a war in another backyard
And we’ll destroy your house of cards
Give me a minute and I’ll change your mind
Give me a bullet and I’ll change your life
Remember / Surrender / The Time is Now
Continue / We’re in you…
And we will BURN YOUR CITIES DOWN
AMERICA IS A KILLING NAME
IT DOESN’T FEEL OR DISCRIMINATE
LIFE IS JUST A KILLING FIELD
IT’S ALL THAT’S LEFT – NOTHING’S REAL
THROW AWAY YOUR DISPOSABLE PAST
AND FALL APART LIKE A CIGARETTE ASH
WE ARE THE FATAL AND VITAL ONES OF THE WORLD
AND WE WILL BURN YOUR CITIES DOWN
WE WILL BURN YOUR CITIES DOWN
America… what if “God” doesn’t care?
Sulfur
My Guilt and My Shame always sell me short – always feel the same
And My Face and My Soul always wear me thin – always under control
But the longest hours you’ll have in your life
Are the ones you sit through to know if you’re right
So I’ll wait, but I pray that I’m wrong
Because I think I know what’s going on
So Let Me Get This Straight… the only will is my own
I do whatever I want and stay alone
All my decisions make it untouchable and tainted
I’m gonna suffer for the rest of my life
But I will always find a way to survive
I’m not a failure, but I know what it’s like
I can take it or leave it… or die
STAY – You don’t always know where you stand
‘Til you know that you won’t run away
There’s something inside me that feels
Like Breathing in Sulfur…
My Life is undone – and I’m a sinner to most but a sage to some
And my Gods are Untrue – I’m probably wrong, but I’m better than you
And the longest hours I’ve had in my life
Were the ones I went through to know I was right
So I’m safe, but I’m a little outside
I’m gonna laugh when I’m buried alive
STAY – You don’t always know where you stand
‘Til you know that you won’t run away
There’s something inside me that feels
Like Breathing in Sulfur…
LIKE BREATHING IN SULFUR
STAY – You don’t always know where you stand
‘Til you know that you won’t run away
There’s something inside me that feels
Like Breathing in Sulfur…
LIKE BREATHING IN SULFUR
Psychosocial
I did my time and I want out
So effusive – Fade – It doesn’t cut
The soul is not so vibrant
The reckoning – The sickening
Packaging subversion
Pseudo sacrosanct perversion
Go drill your deserts – Go dig your graves
Then fill your mouth with all the money you will save
Sinking in – getting smaller again
I’m Done! It has begun – I’m not the only one!
[Chorus:]
And the rain will kill us all…
We throw ourselves against the wall
But no one else can see
The preservation of the martyr in me
Psychosocial!
There are cracks in the road we laid
But where the temple fell
The secrets have gone mad
This is nothing new, but when we killed it all
The hate was all we had
Who needs another mess?
We could start over
Just look me in the eyes and say I’m wrong
Now theres only emptiness
Venomous, Insipid
I think we’re done – I’m not the only one!
[Chorus]
THE LIMIT’S OF THE DEAD!
Fake “angel?” – Fascist lie
I tried to tell you but
Your purple hearts are giving out
Can’t stop a killing idea
If it’s hunting season
Is this what you want?
I’m not the only one!
[Chorus]
The limit’s of the dead…
Dead Memories
Sitting in the dark, I can’t forget. Even now, I realize the time I’ll never get.
Another story of the Bitter Pills of Fate. I can’t go back again. I can’t go back
again…
But you asked me to love you and I did. Traded my emotions for a contract to
Commit. And when I got away, I only got so far. The Other Me Is Dead.
I hear his voice inside my head…
We were never alive, and we won’t be born again.
But I’ll never survive with Dead Memories in my heart.
You told me to love you and I did. Tied my soul into a knot and got me to submit.
So when I got away, I only kept my scars. The Other Me Is Gone.
Now I don’t know where I belong…
We were never alive, and we won’t be born again.
But I’ll never survive with Dead Memories in my heart.
Dead Visions in your Name.
Dead Fingers in my Veins.
Dead Memories in my Heart
Vendetta
I know my uses / I have my pride / But my heart is still untamed
I learned my lessons / I’ve conquered Death / I go on and I’m unashamed
I’ll paint your bones to match my eyes / They’re the darkest I have ever seen
Until I’m lucid, I can’t be told
I know my voices / They tell me to BELIEVE
Another fucking accident out of control / All the attitudes will never change
My Imitations are leading the way
I can’t accept that I still don’t find this strange
In light of my ability to feel denial
I walk away from everything with just a smile
The Agony of Coming Home has gone away
It’s Everywhere / It’s Everyone / It’s Every Day
ARE YOU READY FOR THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
I beg your pardon / I’m out of the way / A new conspiracy has taken my place
So over and over, I smell the decay
Believe what you want to – The Cycle Stays The Same
In light of my ability to undermine
I walk away from apathy – I’m feeling fine
The Agony of Cynicism beckons me
It’s Everywhere / It’s Everyone / It’s Everything
ARE YOU READY FOR THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
LET’S – PRETEND – WE’RE NOT AT THE END
PRETEND – THAT WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT
ARE YOU READY FOR THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
LET’S – PRETEND – WE’RE NOT AT THE END
PRETEND – THAT WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT
Butcher’s Hook
Contrite – Commercial – Arrogance – Leprosy
Consume The Bitch – The Fucker – Mindless – Like A Child
For Pity’s Sake – I’ve Had All That I Can Take
We Try – But In The End We’ll See
There Are No More Codes
Only Who Is Shit / And Who’s Still Free
I was gonna change the world with Honor and Aggression
No one listened – no one cared
All they saw was misdirection
GO AHEAD AND DISAGREE / I’m giving up again…
I DON’T WANT YOU ANYMORE
I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE
Fingerprint of God / Your new religions covet
This vessel wasn’t built to last
But I will live forever/ you’ll never have to say surrender
Because you’re so part of it
My total honesty has no place for Tomorrow
Guilty pleasures give me pain
Tell my people I CAN’T FOLLOW
GO AHEAD AND DISAGREE / I’m giving up again…
You’ll never CENSOR me / You’d better CHERISH me
My REASON has a voice / Freedom’s gone but we’ll always have a CHOICE
My PRESENT FUTURE TENSE / It doesn’t make much SENSE
I’m coming after you / FUCK YOU ALL I’M THE ONLY POINT OF VIEW
Violence and Dollar Signs / Another processed piece of shit
You hide your fault in DIAMONDS and give away the only
COST – you can’t delay the inevitable
LOST – don’t understand the incredible path
I’m losing ground – but I won’t care when I go down
GO AHEAD AND DISAGREE / I’m giving up again…
I’M GIVING UP AGAIN
Gehenna
Do you Believe? Do you Fade like a Dream?
Let me hear you BREATHE
Let me watch as you sleep
The Sparrow’s Eyes… Promises shift into judgments
I cannot deny that you were designed for my punishments
The Blood and The Body – Control the cut so it’s seamless
Show me your Heart – Show me the way to complete this
TETHERED / to a scene I / TREASURE / can you help me?
I / SEVER/ god it’s perfect, it’s / NEVER / really perfect
Now… I can finally be myself
Cuz I don’t want to be myself
FREE MY SEVERED HEART, GIVE ME YOU – I WANT IT
(I don’t want to be myself)
I cannot maintain a semblance of Normal anymore
I’d rather feel pain than try to fit in with you anymore
I’ll throw it all away, like everybody else
I can finally be myself
Cuz I don’t want to be myself
FREE MY SEVERED HEART, GIVE ME YOU – I WANT IT
(I don’t want to be myself)
This Cold Black
Mother Nature is a Coward (Mother Nature is a Whore)
No More Presence / No More Power (I pray for death, by the hour)
Cut Another Smile Into Me (Into ME is All You Are)
My Artifice won’t Recognize Me (You won’t find me)… Anymore
Post-Traumatic War Machines / The Pessimists still won’t believe
Throw away my past mistakes / It’s all I can to feel
Let my weapons be you CHILDREN / Let my armies be your DAMNED
Try to suffer on in silence / TRY TO STOP ME IF YOU CAN
PNEUMATIC DESTROYER – PATHETIC SEDUCER
DISTORTION SUFFICIENT
SOME DAY – ONE DAY – WE’LL LIVE OUR LIVES AGAIN
My Ghosts Have Found Their Way Back Home
I have every right to kill my own
I am something now that never could exist
My Anguish Conquers All / Pay The Price And Watch Me Fall
My Only Key Is Broken – My Broken Key Is Only… ME
PNEUMATIC DESTROYER – PATHETIC SEDUCER
DISTORTION SUFFICIENT
SOME DAY – ONE DAY – WE’LL LIVE OUR LIVES AGAIN
You utter waste of tired flesh – It doesn’t matter if you can’t progress
Even now they still create me – Give me your ignorance / IRRITATE ME
I am made of the same debris – You want it all but you didn’t want me
Hypocrite with no real use – I’m alive… what’s your excuse?
PNEUMATIC DESTROYER – PATHETIC SEDUCER
DISTORTION SUFFICIENT
SOME DAY – ONE DAY – WE’LL LIVE OUR LIVES AGAIN
PNEUMATIC DESTROYER – PATHETIC SEDUCER
DISTORTION SUFFICIENT
SOME DAY – ONE DAY – WE’LL LIVE OUR LIVES AGAIN
WE’LL LIVE OUR LIVES AGAIN
Wherein Lies Continue
THOU SHALT NOT
Kill your Fathers – Destroy another Life
Question everything we clung to for years
Live Forever – Design a Better Death
Confuse a liar with a savior from fear
Create a Myth and Separate the Chosen Ones
Adolescent Independence / Dominion
I only wanna believe in fuckin’ anything
But now my conscience is contradicting everything
THE ENDING’S THE SAME / THE WORLD WILL NOT CHANGE
THE ANSWER IS CLEAR…
Tell your Mothers they have no Sons or Daughters
Blame yourselves because your Children are Mine
We are Orphans, but we are not Forgotten
And we will find a way to save us this time
We can run, but we are tired of running
We’re dropping seconds in a glass ’til we die
We only wanna believe in fuckin’ everything
But we’re alive and we’re not accepting anything
THE ENDING’S THE SAME / THE WORLD WILL NOT CHANGE
THE ANSWER IS CLEAR… ANNIHILATION
I won’t control or restrain things I do not understand
Now I realize I’m STRONGER BETTER
They gave to me now I give to you the means to burn the thoughts I had
Now I realize I’m STRONGER BETTER MORE
WE HAVE TO SAVE OURSELVES
I will never become another piece
Inside the Paralytic Construct I hate
Live Forever? Well, I would rather die
At least I’d know I wasn’t theirs to create
This is yours, but you had better choose
Before they take away your right to decide
I guess I’ll never believe in fuckin’ anything
But my solace is I CAN HANDLE EVERYTHING
THE ENDING’S THE SAME / THE WORLD WILL NOT CHANGE
THE ANSWER IS CLEAR… OBLITERATION
I won’t control or restrain things I do not understand
Now I realize I’m STRONGER BETTER
They gave to me now I give to you the means to burn the thoughts I had
Now I realize I’m STRONGER BETTER
I won’t control or restrain things I do not understand
Now I realize I’m STRONGER BETTER
They gave to me now I give to you the means to burn the thoughts I had
Now I realize I’m STRONGER BETTER
MORE
WE HAVE TO SAVE OURSELVES
Snuff
Bury all your secrets in my skin
Come away with innocence, and leave me with my sins
The air around me still feels like a cage
And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again…
So if you love me, let me go. And run away before I know.
My heart is just too dark to care. I can’t destroy what isn’t there.
Deliver me into my Fate – If I’m alone I cannot hate
I don’t deserve to have you…
My smile was taken long ago / If I can change I hope I never know
I still press your letters to my lips
And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss
I couldn’t face a life without your light
But all of that was ripped apart… when you refused to fight
So save your breath, I will not hear. I think I made it very clear.
You couldn’t hate enough to love. Is that supposed to be enough?
I only wish you weren’t my friend. Then I could hurt you in the end.
I never claimed to be a Saint…
My own was banished long ago / It took the Death of Hope to let you go
So Break Yourself Against My Stones
And Spit Your Pity In My Soul
You Never Needed Any Help
You Sold Me Out To Save Yourself
And I Won’t Listen To Your Shame
You Ran Away – You’re All The Same
Angels Lie To Keep Control…
My Love Was Punished Long Ago
If You Still Care, Don’t Ever Let Me Know
If you still care, don’t ever let me know…
All Hope Is Gone
The state of the nation – violation!
A broken promise is as good as a lie.
The hell is humongous, the devil’s among us
and we will burn because we won’t unite!
We won’t witness anymore freedom.
Why does anybody think we need ‘em
I would rather fight,
than let another die.
We’re the problem,
but we’re also the solution.
ALL HOPE IS GONE!!!
If you want you cannot take it from me.
If you think you can, you still don’t know me.
Let me tell you, when I said it, I meant it
and I will always have the right to defend it.
Fifty seconds, a hundred murders.
The bill of rights is a bill of sale.
What will you do when the world is over?
What will you do when your system fails!?
We have made the present obsolete.
What do you want?
What do you need?
We’ll find a way,
When all hope is gone!
We’ve seen the fall of the elite,
Buried alive sick and diseased
We’ll end the world,
When all hope is gone!
The wretched are the wounded,
The hungry starve to death,
In a place where no one goes,
The arid self is a final breath,
So discontinue, the anti-septic, gay charade,
As a cry of justice comes,
A malignant fire fades.
I am the reason your future suffers,
I am the hatred you won’t embrace
I am the word of a putrid station,
I am the remedy, spit in my face.
All your laws and rules are outdated,
All your subjects are doing the games,
I can rattle off a million other reasons why,
But does it matter when the only thing we love will die?
We have made the present obsolete.
What do you want?
What do you need?
We’ll find a way,
When all hope is gone!
We’ve seen the fall of the elite,
Buried alive sick and diseased
We’ll end the world,
When all hope is gone!
WHEN ALL HOPE IS GONE!!!
WHEN ALL HOPE IS GONE!!!
WHEN ALL HOPE IS GONE!!!
Child Of Burning Time
Child of burning time
The child of burning time
My only consolation is all lies
The apex of my consequence is dying here tonight
Winter has returned and it always looks like rain
I cant remember anything…anything
Inside the absolution is to come
And appetites are bittersweet I think I’m coming home
A chance to give up Avarice has marked my one regret
The child of burning time has gone, he hasn’t come back, he hasn’t come back yet
Before I tell my story please consider who I am
I missed my window years ago, I’m doing all I can
A tragedy is commonplace but in the end they go away
A skin is still the only stain I’m left to wear in shame
And I cut my need into my heart, I tear it all apart
I beg you burn me away, I won’t become your hero just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away, I won’t give up tomorrow just to lose it all today
I burn away
I burn away
I burn away
I burn away
My isolation is my course
The effect it has on life itself is a cancer on its source
I rue the moments spent between the fetish and the flame
Until this war is over I won’t ever lose my rage
And I cut my need into my soul, I guess I’ll never know
I beg you burn me away, I won’t become your hero just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away, I won’t give up tomorrow just to lose it all today
Burn me away, I wont become your hero just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away, I wont give up tomorrow just to lose it all, lose it all today
Til We Die
My friends are all hurting from moments and regrets and charity laced with a lie
And still we keep hoping, to fix all the defects and strengthen these seminal ties
We go on together for better or worse, our history is to real to hate
Now and forever we stay until morning, and promise to fight for our fate
‘Til we die
‘Til we die
The start of the journey is every bit worth it, I can let you down anymore
The sky is still clearing, we’re never afraid and the consequence opens the door
I’ve never stopped trying, I’ve never stopped feeling like family is much more than blood
Don’t go on without me, the piece that I represent complements each and every one
‘Til we die
‘Til we die
We won’t be forgotten, we’ll never give in
This war we’ve acheived has allowed us to win
‘Til we die
‘Til we die
My last true confession will open your eyes, I’ve never know trust like the nine
Let it be spoken, let it be screamed, they’ll never ever take us alive
‘Til we die
‘Til we die
We won’t be forgotten, we’ll never give in
This war we’ve acheived has allowed us to win
Carry on
Carry on
We’ll never be broken, we won’t be denied, our war is the pressure we need to deny
We’ll never be broken, we won’t be denied, our war is the pressure we need to deny
‘Til we die
‘Til we die
We won’t be forgotten, we’ll never give in
This war we’ve acheived has allowed us to win
Carry on
Carry on
We’ll never be broken, we won’t be denied, our war is the pressure we need to deny
‘Til we die
‘Til we die
‘Til we die
We won’t be forgotten, we’ll never give in
This war we’ve acheived has allowed us to win
We’ll never be broken, we won’t be denied, our war is the pressure we need to deny
Vermilion Pt. 2 (Bloodstone Mix)
She seemed dressed in all of me
Stretched across my shame
All the torment and the pain
Leaked through and covered me
I’d do anything to have her to myself
Just to have her for myself
Now I don’t know what to do
I don’t know what to do
When she makes me sad
She is everything to me
The unrequited dream
A song that no one sings
The unattainable
She’s a myth that I have to believe in
All I need to make it real is one more reason
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know what to do
When she makes me sad
But I won’t let this build up inside of me
I catch in my throat
Choke
Torn into pieces
I won’t – no
I don’t wanna be this
But I won’t let this build up inside of me
She isn’t real
I can’t make her real
ALTER BRIDGE- BLACKBIRD (2007)
Ties That Bind
I tear on the leash
That keeps me contained and controlled
Let me go
I want to break free
And bite my way out of this hole
[Chorus]
One last hope
To rise and break away
Above the faded line
Way beyond the ties that bind
This I know
The risk is worth the gain
It’s worth the sacrifice
Way beyond the ties that bind
I run but the chains
Pull me right back to the floor
You control
I rattle the cage
I won’t be your slave anymore
[Chorus]
You broke me into pieces
Don’t tell me what to be
Damn you all I’m gonna find my way
[Chorus]
Come To Life
Hey
tore away the veil of weakness
The enemy now lies beneath us
I think we’re safe
Hey
Won’t be held down any longer
No disgrace and no dishonor
Keep us chained
[Chorus:]
There’s nothing we should have to fear
It’s alright
We’ve come to life
We’ll never shed another tear
It’s alright
We’ve come to life
Hey
the bulletproof are so resilient
To every fool with an opinion
They never break
By the way
We scream to find a reason
Never doubt or stop believing
And escape
[Chorus]
Now wicked tongues can speak
And rewrite history
But you can’t keep the truth contained
And like this song was sung
Just realize we’re one
And don’t forget we’re here to stay
[Chorus]
Brand New Start
Against the sky
Streams of light
Call out to me and you
We leave as one
We’ve just begun
To find the solace we’re due
This is the life we must choose
[Chorus:]
We will make a brand new start
From the pieces torn apart
The break of day is before us
Cast your sorrows to the wind
Let the highway take us in
As we escape the disorder
This desert road
That we call home
This is our destiny
We’ll chase the setting sun
As we outrun
A life of agony
God how we ache to be free
[Chorus 2x]
We’ll make our way
We’ll make our way
We’ll make our way
We’ll make our way
Buried Alive
I twist and turn
In the darkest space
Can’t find my worth
As I numb the pain
Glass to the sky
With a blacktooth grin
This whiskey smile
Takes me down again
I’m cold and I’m so afraid
That I’m too weak and I can’t change
[Chorus:]
I’ve been buried alive and
I don’t want to be here anymore
Reached out a thousand times for
A hand to pull me from below
I’ve been buried alive in a world
Of constant sorrow
Reach down tonight and set me free…
Save tomorrow
Another shot
Slip into the haze
Another night
Soaked in my disgrace
Toast to the lie
I’ll raise my glass and run
A wasted life
What have I become?
[Chorus]
Save tomorrow
Save tomorrow
Let me breathe again
Show me where I begin
To find the will to change
Before I lose everything
[Chorus]
Reach down tonight and set me free
And I will follow
Coming Home
As I peel away
All the years of pain
I discovered what’s been all along
You were so right
I was so wrong
Every shooting star
They all fall so hard
They all fade like a played out song
Now is the time
Before all is lost
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
[Chorus]
So I’m coming home
Lost on a road I don’t belong
I’ll rest my song
I’m so alone
Far from the streets I call my own
I’m coming home
Rushing back to me
As the city sleeps
So afraid of what I will find
Memories they haunt
From deep inside
Every broken man
Comes to understand
that he’ll never find paradise
When all that he wants
Was there all the time
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
[Chorus]
So I’m coming home
Lost on a road I don’t belong
I’ll rest my song
I’m so alone
Far from the streets I call my own
So I’m coming home
Back to a world left long ago
And now I know
I’m coming home
I’ll find my way back
I’m letting go
I’m coming home
We come to find
What we take for granted
Keeps us alive in the end
So don’t let time
Leave you empty handed
Reach out tonight and make amends
[Chorus]
So I’m coming home
Back to the place where I belong
I’ll rest my song
I’m so alone
Far from the streets I call my own
So I’m coming home
Back to a world left long ago
Now I know
I’m coming home
I’ll find my way back
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
Before Tomorrow Comes
I couldn’t sleep I had to listen
To a conscience knowing so well
That nothing comes form indifference
I look inside of myself
Will I fond some kind of conviction?
Will I bid the hero farewell?
Will I be defined by things that could have been?
I guess time will only tell
I guess time will only tell
[Chorus:]
So don’t let it be
Before tomorrow comes
Before you turn away
Take the hand in need
Before tomorrow comes
You could change everything
I curse my worth and every comfort
That blinded me for way too long
Damn it all I’ll make a difference from now on
Cause I’m wide awake to it all
Cause I’m wide awake to it all
[Chorus]
Does anyone care it ain’t right what we’re doing?
Does anyone care it ain’t right where we’re going?
Does anyone dare justify how we’re living?
Does anyone here care at all?
[Chorus]
We could be so much more than we are
We could be so much more than we are
We could be so much more than we are
Oh this much I know
Rise Today
The wind is blowing cold
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?
Feels like we’re all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow
So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?
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Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world
Yeah, oh yeah
Oh, won’t you rise today
And change this world?
The sun is beating down
Are we ever gonna change
Can we stop the blood from running?
Our time is running out
Hope we find a better way
Before we find we’re left with nothing
For every life that’s taken
So much love is wasted
[Chorus:]
Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world
Yeah, oh yeah
So won’t you rise today
And change
This world
Only love can set it right
This world
If only peace would never die
Seems to me that we’ve got each other wrong
Was the enemy just your brother all along?
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Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world
Yeah, oh yeah
Oh won’t you rise today
And change this world?
Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world
Yeah, oh yeah
I want to rise today
And change this world
Blackbird
The willow it weeps today
A breeze from the distance is calling your name
Unfurl your black wings and wait
Across the horizon it’s coming to sweep you away
It’s coming to sweep you away
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Let the wind carry you home
Blackbird fly away
May you never be broken again
The fragile cannot endure
The wrecked and the jaded a place so impure
The static of this cruel world
Cause some birds to fly long before they’ve seen their day
Long before they’ve seen their day
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Let the wind carry you home
Blackbird fly away
May you never be broken again
Beyond the suffering you’ve known
I hope you find your way
May you never be broken again
Ascend may you find no resistance
Know that you made such a difference
All you leave behind will live to the end
The cycle of suffering goes on
But memories of you stay strong
Someday I too will fly and find you again
[Chorus:]
Let the wind carry you home
Blackbird fly away
May you never be broken again
Beyond the suffering you’ve known
I hope you find your way
May you never be broken again
May you never be broken again
One By One
Underneath the desert sun
They bid my brother’s blood to run
Many miles away
Hell has come today
Fire raining from the sky
See the face of fear asking one last time
Let me get home safe
Before it’s too late
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One by one
The brave will fall
Life is lost again
They gave it all
Deep within the castle walls
So many grieve as funeral songs
Echo endlessly
Ode to memories
This sacrifice of flesh and blood
For a promised land that may not be won
Let us not forget the hero laid to rest
[Chorus]
And they gave it all
A price we can’t ignore
Is there hope in what they’re dying for?
Fore every hero born
From every family torn
We will honor forevermore
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Watch Over You
Leaves are on the ground
Fall has come
Blue skies turning grey
Like my love
I tried to carry you
And make you whole
But it was never enough
I must go
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Who is gonna save you
When I’m gone?
And who’ll watch over you
When I’m gone?
You say you care for me
But hide it well
How can you love someone
And not yourself?
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And when I’m gone
Who will break your fall?
Who will you blame?
I can’t go on
And let you lose it all
It’s more than I can take
Who’ll ease your pain?
Ease your pain
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Who is gonna save you
When I’m gone?
Who’ll watch over you?
Who will give you strength
When you’re not strong?
Who’ll watch over you
When I’ve gone away?
Snow is on the ground
Winters come
You long to hear my voice
But I’m long gone
Break Me Down
It’s too late the time has come
I’ve kept this inside me for way too long
Silence will leave me cold
Lost on a highway that never takes me home
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I want to step aside
I want to give it up
Before I lose it all
It’s tearing me inside
The way you break me down
Oh there will come a time
When I will come undone
And you will let me fall
I’ll leave it all behind
Before you break me down
The weight of a thousand lies
Promises broken haunt me all the time
You say that you’re sure to change
But that black heart reveals that
You’ll always stay the same
[Chorus]
I realize
Forgiveness
Is calling
It’s calling
I’ve denied
The reason
I’m falling
I’m falling
So let go
[Chorus]
White Knuckles
Are you still lost tonight?
Living but dead inside
This is a proclamation
This is a call to rise
Are you abused, alone?
Walking with broken bones
If you feel you’ve been forgotten
Let this song guide you home
We are the disillusioned
We’ve been left wanting more
Before every aspiration hits the floor
[Chorus:]
Hold on for your life
All we feel is so far from alive
The damned are done believing
The cursed can dream no more
So hold on for your life
Because only the strong survive
The tell you what you should be
Sell you the plastic dream
Opinions are all provided
But nothing is what it seems
I dare you to take control
Cause empty are hands and
Bruised are the souls
Of those who show no resistance
Of those who are weak below
We are the disenchanted
Who die with each passing day
No one here understands us so I say
[Chorus]
How will it feel?
To live a lie until your dying day
Where nothing is real
As we sacrifice bending until we break
It’s been revealed
Hold on for your life
Dreams are not theirs to take…
Dreams are not theirs to take
[Chorus]
I said only the strong survive
Wayward One
And they cry
And they call
As the wayward walk alone
City lights
Urban sprawl
In a place no one should know
Shown no grace
Shown no love
These mean streets are meant for none
[Chorus:]
Take them back to the start
Let the purest of heart
Know their worth is still spoken
As they fight to exist
We neglect and resist
Let this circle be broken
Broken homes
Broken lives
They repeat themselves in time
It’s passed on
Down the line
Till we heal the wounds inside
It’s not too late
To make things right
Dress wounds with loves pure light
[Chorus]
They’re still waiting
They still cry
They still want to know they’ll be all right
All I’m saying
Can we try?
To bring the wayward ones back home tonight
Bring the wayward one back home tonight
[Chorus]
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