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 [Repeat to fade]
So come test me, so come break me So come on intoxicate me With hands tied behind my back I fight And wait for you to strike
A new problem we cannot stop them We′re outnumbered and uncautioned A rally cry rings out into the night
So pride yourself on what you are And hold them all to words they can′t take back I′ve seen a place (it comes) to me in dreams Where fires die but light still shines for us to see
What did you have to say? Give me your logic, your definition The words you twist to justify your position Of mass starvation and blind airstrikes Every problem is solved with a fight
Peace won′t be found Till we′re underground As long as we live without a sound
So pride yourself on what you are And hold them all to words they can′t take back I′ve seen a place (it comes) to me in dreams Where fires die but light still shines for us to see
Would God bless a murder of the innocents? Would God bless a war based on pride? Would God bless a money-hungry government? Noooo!
Would God bless our ineffective court system? God bless the sweatshops we run. God bless America? God bless America? (Noooo)
[Tune the electric bass to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th string] GO!
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.
Our buildings 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 its 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
Cause 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
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
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
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...
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 lie
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 lie
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? You’re 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
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 And 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
[Spoken:] (It is, in the end, whatever the Hell I want it to be, And when I′m through with it, it′s gonna blow a hole, This wide, straight through the worlds own idea of itself. They′re throwing bottles at your house. Come on, lets go break their arms.)
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.
Is the best yet to come? Or did it pass by long ago? Are we holding on to a thread, Of something already dead?
You can′t change your mind, expect me to care. You can′t just snap your fingers and expect me to be there. [2x] Can′t just change your mind.
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.
I can still remember The words and what they meant As we etched them with our fingers In years of wet cement The days blurred into each other Though everything seemed clear We cruised along at half speed But then we shifted gears
We ran like vampires from a thousand burning sons But even then we should have stayed But we ran away Now all my friends are gone Maybe we′ve outgrown all the things that we once loved Runaway But what are we running from? A show of hands from those in this audience of one Where have they gone?
Identities assume us As nine and five add up Synchronizing watches To the seconds that we lost I looked up and saw you I know that you saw me We froze but for a moment In empathy
I brought down the sky for you but all you did was shrug You gave my emptiness a name But you ran away Now all my friends are gone Maybe we′ve outgrown all the things that we once loved Runaway But what are we running from? A show of hands from those in this audience of one Where have they gone?
We′re all ok, until the day we′re not The surface shines, while the inside rots We raced the sunset and we almost won We slammed the brakes, but the wheels went on
We ran away Now all my friends are gone Maybe we′ve outgrown all the things that we once loved Runaway But what are we running from? A show of hands from those in this audience of one Where have they gone?
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 And 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 judgement And almost everyday The shaking heads Of disapproval say, "Pray for you to give me something Then find out that there was nothing else."
Alive and well I live to be alive And I live to always strive For something more Alive and well I’ll never understand The who, what, why or when Of you tonight...
Recite the words inside Realize that this is nothing Without your voice I′m not giving up Not giving up Not giving up And I’ll blame the worst on you I know what′s wrong
Alive and well I live to be alive And i live to always strive For something more ′Cause I’m alive and well Nothing ventured, nothing gained And i don′t need to explain Myself to you Myself to you
We don′t sleep very much These triggers ache for the touch Where′s the strength we relied on? Fear alone, like a crutch, maybe that′s what keeps us up all night with the light on
All these screams emulate Lives that no longer take place Can this be what we′ve become? Paper thin, overweight, pills to arouse or sedate Still we don′t know what we want
We can′t let go Can′t you see? To lose control is to be...
Finally free! First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode into the darkest of nights disconnect cut the cord lines are dead Now they′ll know with everything comes a price
And each day we are torn between the right and the wrong between life and convenience Why do we sleep? Why complain? There′s always channels to change It′s like elective amnesia As we grow older in this place Let′s just start over Let′s erase What they′ve made!
First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode into the darkest of nights disconnect cut the cord lines are dead Now they′ll know with everything comes a price
It could be minutes away It could be hours or days Before the bottom falls out Before the ground gives way Into this debt we are born A debt we try to repay And yet we blacken the sky Smoke rising out of the flames Now they′ll know...
First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode into the darkest of nights disconnect cut the cord lines are dead Now they′ll know with everything comes a price (First a spark) (Then a flame) (Now a fire) We explode We explode With everything comes a prince (disconnect) (cut the cord) (lines are dead) We explode We explode
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 Cuz 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 cuz it′s all noise to me Are these words falling on deaf ears? This could be my great awakening But how would I know cuz it′s all noise to me (Nothing I can do will make you hear)
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 Always 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 Always keep me coming back to you.
The drones will slave away, they′re working overtime, They serve a faceless queen, they never question why. Disciples of a God, they neither live nor breathe, {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 Always keep me coming back to you.
A sinking ship, an awkward kiss A chance to set things straight The kind of hurt that burns and burns Like fires we can′t contain
We hole up in a shelter made of bones and ice and there we′ll wait So start again with steady hands This time nothing gets in our way But as we peer a little closer what do we see ?
A crack in the surface A flaw in the plan (Plans we made together, almost buried in the sand) A cadence imperfect Like a building condemned (Can we indemnify ourselves if we don′t face what we′re against)
A promise kept The dirt unswept A poorly worn disguise A child unloved that then grows up To love what we despise
We′re broken but still breathing We are wounded but we are healing We pick up right where we left off Breathe on the ashes that remain
So that these coals may become fire To guide our way
A crack in the surface A flaw in the plan (Plans we made together, almost buried in the sand) A cadence imperfect Like a building condemned (Can we indemnify ourselves if we don′t face what we′re against)
I walk on wounds That seldom prove to slow me down I laugh this constant pain away So you can′t tell But there it lies under the smiles It drains me mile after mile But seldom proves to slow me down Here I go
Should we just hold on To what remains of What we thought was lost
But it′s just a crack in the surface A flaw in the plan (Plans we made together, almost buried in the sand) A cadence imperfect Like a building condemned (Can we indemnify ourselves if we don′t face what we′re against)
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 it′s 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 longing tell of decades of unanswered calls (unanswered calls) For a change, cause every day 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 torrents 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 it′s 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
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,
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
And each and every day will lead into tomorrow 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
And like the angel you are you laugh creating A lightness in my chest, Your eyes they penetrate me, (Never cease to amaze me) That′s when I got up and left
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
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
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 My life will not be lived in vain
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 [x2]
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
There, high on the watchtower Keeping the peace Whatever that means cause you see the world through Crosshairs and TVs, don′t you?
Ten foot walls built around us White picket death So quiet, so safe But if we fall there will be nothing and no one to catch So sit back and watch as we
Spin out of control Spin out of control Try to recover, but collide with each other We spin out of control
Something I cannot change I was born in a place That lives by the sword And thus to it′s blade we′re condemned Don′t you understand why we scream "no more"?
My dreams are of children Orphaned by blood Spilled at these hands Here on the graves of the innocent We raise our flag
Spin out of control Spin out of control Try to recover, but collide with each other We spin out of control Somethings you don′t forgive, somethings you don′t forget Sometimes the fate you suffer is so much worse than death We′re way off course now and we′re drifting out to sea So cut the anchor on your heart to be set free Set free Set free
Spin out of control Spin out of control Spin out of control Spin out of control Try to recover, we have to recover We fall and crash, one after the other Spin out of control
Simply because you can breathe, Doesn′t mean you′re alive, Or that you really live. This life has taken its toll And she just doesn′t know, How much more she can give
But here, at the top of the world, where I raise my hands and I clench my fists, They stand before me below, demanding the answers with flips of a switch
I don′t understand where you got this idea, So deeply ingrained in your head (That this world) is something that you must impress, Cause I couldn′t care less
A need for revolution′s rising, it comes to the surface, gasping for air, We’re not putting up with this planet one more day much less one more year
I don′t understand where you got this idea, So deeply ingrained in your head (That this world) is something that you must impress, Cause I couldn′t care less
So here and now, in our rotting nation The blood, it pours, it′s all on our hands now We live, in fear, of our own potential To win, to lose, it′s all on our hands now
And I have an American Dream, But it involves black masks and gasoline, One day I′ll turn these thoughts into screams, At a world turned its back down on me
I don′t understand where you got this idea, So deeply ingrained in your head (That this world) is something that you must impress, Cause I couldn′t care less
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!
Even though we know, yeah, We know, Our time has almost come, We′re all overdue. Can there be a place to call our own? Can there be a road that takes us home?
We toe the line (toe the line). We go along (we go along). We toe the line To you now.
When it rains it pours Like summer storms, the skies as grey as leaves. The rivers flood the banks and spill into the streets. But the people laughed and swore that they′d restore The city piece by piece. And then the clouds gave way as if to agree; When it rains it pours.
The mystery unknown now unfolds, The life that we once owned, first bought, then sold. Like messengers of war, we′ve no control. To oceans unexplored, This ship sails through.
We toe the line (toe the line). We go along (we go along). We toe the line To you now.
When it rains it pours Like summer storms, the skies as grey as leaves. The rivers flood the banks and spill into the streets. But the people laughed and swore that they′d restore The city piece by piece. And then the clouds gave way as if to agree; When it rains it pours. It pours. (It pours).
When it rains it pours, When they die we mourn, When it hit, we swore, Now we want not more. Like a saint re-born, Like a rose in a storm, Like a child un-born, A child un-born...
It′s the coin we′re tossing into the well, It′s misfortune that we could not foretell, It′s the dry spell.
When it rains it pours Like summer storms, the skies as grey as leaves. The rivers flood the banks and spill into the streets. But the people laughed and swore that they′d restore The city piece by piece. And then the clouds gave way as if to agree; When it rains it pours. It pours, When it rains it pours.
We′ve been alright up until now, But the air that we breathe is about to run out. We′ve rehearsed our lines clear and loud, But the cue never came and the lights, They never went down. 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. These faces all rush 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, But we grow tall and wide. We′ll never be cut down.
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)
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 to 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.
Break through the undertow, your hands I can′t 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
I give it all, now there′s a reason why I sing, So give it all, and it′s 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, It’s time to come to our senses, up from the dirt
We give it all, now there′s a reason why I sing, So give it all, and it′s these reasons that belong to me
Breathe (breathe), the air we give (give), the life we live (live), our pulses racing distances, (Breathe) so wet my tongue (give), break into song (live), 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, now there′s a reason why I sing, So give it all, and it′s 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
(Jane, he′s a freak) (Well then so am I) (And we′ll always be freaks and we′ll never be like other people) (And you′ll never be a freak ′cause you′re just ... too perfect)
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 one goes, yeah!
One last chance to go, If I don′t leave tonight I never will, let′s go! One last chance to go, Let’s take it now in for the kill
In time we find ourselves, Back where we started from, Too weak to fight and much too tired to run, yeah!
Before you swallow me Into your perfect life, I′m not going out without a fight
One last chance to go, If I don′t leave tonight I never will, let′s go! One last chance to go, Let’s take it now in for the kill
(If I had to leave tonight would you come with me?) (What?) (If I had to go to New York, and live, tonight, would you come with me?)
But this blueprint′s 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 jet stream carry me
One last chance to go, If I don′t leave tonight I never will, let′s go! One last chance to go
Information kept to myself and everybody wants to know, I trust the words of no one else cause I′ve been there before, Your voice is wasted ′cause I′m not listening
These callused 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, pick up the phone, A shaking whisper is answering, don′t call anymore Your voice is wasted ′cause I′m not listening
Freeze me in this moment, Thaw me in ten years, (thaw me in ten years) When the fire′s 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 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
So please don′t ask me how 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′d 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 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!
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 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.
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?
Hiding from the laughter in the closets of our lives, But the door hinges are squeaking letting in thin shards of light. And now a hand′s extending outward, Quiet comfort they invite, Do we dare take what they offer? Do we step into the light?
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.
Far from home on a road unknown Where the vultures circle on winds that blow From northern skies that haunt these waking moments On shadows cast by the mountain range On calloused soles we find our way Through desperate eyes, we long for the horizon While this sun is rising
We are the long forgotten sons And daughters that don’ belong to anyone We are alone under this sun We work to fix the work that you’ve undone
When cries for help go unanswered And signal fires just burn and burn We wonder if we’re waiting here for nothing ′Cause our lips are sewn our ears are filled With the constant drone of the unfulfilled But we’ll never fall if we stand for something We stand for something
We are the long forgotten sons And daughters that don’ belong to anyone We are alone under this sun We work to fix the work that you’ve undone
Don’t fall, I see lights in the distance They’re not far away Stand up because the sky is turning gray
There’s hope in these footsteps of persistence So don’t go astray These lights get closer everyday
We are the long forgotten sons Yeah we are the long forgotten sons
We are the long forgotten sons And daughters that don’ belong to anyone We are alone under this sun We work to fix the work that you’ve undone What you’ve undone (what happens now, we don’t know, just hold on tight now here we go…)
Welcome home While away They have tampered with the locks And your things they rearranged
"We propose a better way" Said the note they left behind In their wake of disarray You fell in place
Don′t fall asleep They′ll find us here I know a place to disappear As a voice proclaimed
What we are is the sum of 1000 lies What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are until the day we die Or until we don′t have the strength to go on
Let us cry Let us be Let us open up our hearts Without fear of anything
Faith alone Is all we need To traverse this burning bridge Now before it gets too late You said "it′s fine"
But the heart reveals What smiles betray Your sad sad eyes gave you away Don′t you know
What we are is the sum of 1000 lies What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are until the day we die Or until we don’t have the strength to go on
Our shoulders bear an awful weight But still we trudge on just the same Our colors run then leave a stain They blacken our once honest name But how can we argue, tell me Over the fury and the fire How many times can we tell you that we Are not like you, we see right through Your poor disguise that fails to fool The wary eye that is trained on you
What we are is the sum of 1000 lies What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are until the day we die Or until we don′t have the strength to go on Until we don′t have the strength to go on
What we are is the sum of 1000 lies What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are until the day we die Or until we don′t have the strength to go on Until we don′t have the strength to go on No we don′t have the strength to go on
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 more of me you expect
Standing here right now And I beg for you to let go I dread the day you finally do And 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 Standing here right now I′m standing!
And have we been here before? Will we be here again? I don′t know how much more of me you expect
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 (woah oh) turn out so wrong?" You spent your time making excuses For the ways of life that you are choosing "How could something so right (woah oh) 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 wanna take the passion in my veins And put it down in black & 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 (woah oh) turn out so wrong?" I don′t have a backup plan This is all that I am And "How could something so right (woah oh) 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 (woah oh) turn out so wrong?" I don′t have a backup plan This is all that I am And "How could something so right (woah oh) turn out so wrong?" Not sure exactly where I am Where I am
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 And six million people that keep their fires lit
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, 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 And six million people that keep their fires lit
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 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
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?
The remains of summer memories Spent so far away Free from the fear or jealousy That plagues our lives today Now that promises we′re broken Enemies were made 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
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 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 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-travelled road As desperate cries grow louder, I know we′re getting close, getting close
And so 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 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
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
Countdown, to the very end, Equality, an invitation that we won’t 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
Countdown, to the very end, Equality, an invitation that we won’t extend Ready aim, pull the trigger now, In time you firmly secure your place in hell
Your place in hell.. Your place in hell..
′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
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, 9-5 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
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 naivete 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
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?
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 fucking 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
To the sound of a heartbeat pounding away To the rhythm of the awful rusted machines We toss and turn but don′t sleep Each breath we take makes us thieves Like causes without rebels Just talk but promise nothing else
We crawl on our knees for you Under a sky no longer blue We sweat all day long for you But we sow seeds to see us through ′Cause sometimes dreams just don′t come true We wait to reap what we are due
To the rhythm of a time bomb ticking away And the blare of the sirens combing the streets Chased down like dogs we run from Your grasp until the sun comes up
We crawl on our knees for you Under a sky no longer blue We sweat all day long for you But we sow seeds to see us through ′Cause sometimes dreams just don′t come true Look now at what they′ve done to you
White needles buried in the red The engine roars and then it gives But never dies ′Cause we don′t live We just survive On the scraps that you throw away
I won′t crawl on my knees for you I won′t believe the lies that hide the truth I won′t sweat one more drop for you ′Cause we are the rust upon your gears We are the insect in your ears We crawl We crawl We crawl... all over you
We sow the seeds to see us through Our days are precious and so few We all reap what we are due Under this sky no longer blue We bring the dawn long over-due We crawl We crawl We crawl... all over you
We are the children you reject and disregard These aching cries come from the bottom of our hearts You can′t disown us now, we are your own flesh and blood And we don′t disappear just because your eyes are shut, Now tell me
Love, Loss Like a bullets path Tear, Through The cavity of my chest Lights, Out Because the fuse has blown
As their castles crumble slowly We watch them fall The crown slips from heads unworthy As we gain control
This is the family that we crossed or never had This is a war that was lost the day that it began ′Cause it′s the race we run, but it keeps us at the start And it′s the song I sung from the bottom of heart, That′s how we
Read, You Like a polygraph Not, One Single bone in your back own, Up To how you let us down
As their castles crumble slowly We watch them fall The crown slips from heads unworthy As we gain control
Except for you and me, love Everyone is the same, We know, we know, we know, we know But if to live, we have to be numb I′d rather know the pain, I′d rather know, I′d rather know This happens almost never But it happened once to me And this will never be same The ends we seam together
I′m not after fame and fortune I′m after you When I′ve served my time I swear I will come back for you
As their castles crumble slowly We watch them fall The crown slips from heads unworthy Right on to ours, but I′m after you
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 their 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.
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
“I don’t love you anymore” is all I remember you telling me Never have I felt so cold But I′ve no more blood to bleed ′Cause my heart has been draining into the sea
Steps, I take in your footsteps Aren′t 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?
“I don’t love you anymore” is all I remember you telling me Never have I felt so cold But I′ve no more blood to bleed ′Cause my heart has been draining into the sea
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?
“I don’t love you anymore” is all I remember you telling me Never have I felt so cold But I′ve no more blood to bleed ′Cause my heart has been draining into the sea
Still I wait With a hope (so still) inside of me (I wait) So still (a hope) I wait (inside of me)
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}
It kills me not to know this but I′ve all but just forgotten What the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them As the telling signs of age rain down a single tear is dropping Through the valleys of an aging face that this world has forgotten There is no reconciliation that will put me in my place And there is no time like the present to drink these draining seconds But seldom do these words ring true when I′m constantly failing you Like walls that we just can′t break through until we disappear
So tell me now If this ain′t love then how do we get out? Because I don′t know That′s when she said I don′t hate you boy I just want to save you while there′s still something left to save That′s when I told her I love you girl But I′m not the answer for the questions that you still have
But the day pressed on like crushing weights For no man does it ever wait Like memories of dying days That deafen us like hurricanes Bathed in flames we held the brand Uncurled the fingers in your hand Pressed into the flesh like sand Now do you understand?
So tell me now If this ain′t love then how do we get out? Because I don′t know That′s when she said I don′t hate you boy I just want to save you while there′s still something left to save That′s when I told her I love you girl But I′m not the answer for the questions that you still have
1000 miles away There′s nothing left to say But so much left that I don′t know We never had a choice This world is too much noise It takes me under It takes me under once again I don′t hate you I don′t hate you, no
So tell me now If this ain′t love then how do we get out? Because I don′t know That′s when she said I don′t hate you boy I just want to save you while there′s still something left to save That′s when I told her I love you girl But I′m not the answer for the questions that you still have
When our rivers run dry and our crops cease to grow When our summers grow longer and winters won′t snow From the banks of the ocean and the ice in the hills To the fight in the desert where progress stands still When we′ve lost our will
That′s how we′ll know This is not a test, oh no This is cardiac arrest Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes We′re crashing into the ground as we all fall from grace
When the air that we breathe becomes air that we choke When the marsh fever spreads from the swamps to our homes When your home on the range has been torn down and paved And the buffalo roam to a slaughterhouse grave What more will it take
For us to know This is not a test, oh no This is cardiac arrest Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes Kissing the ground as we all fall from grace
This is a chance to set things straight To bend or break the rules back into place There is no middle ground, no compromise We′ve drawn the line With perfect aim, we stand back and throw Glass windows break and it′s all about to blow Lights go out as we pass the torch again In hope that is stays lit
Neutrality means that you don′t really care Cuz the struggle goes on even when you′re not there Blind and unaware
That′s how we′ll know This is not a test, oh no This is cardiac arrest Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes We′re crashing into the ground as we all, yeah we all, all fall from grace