Alexisonfire (pronounced "Alexis on fire") was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit (vocals), Dallas Green (guitar, piano, vocals), Wade MacNeil (guitar, vocals), Chris Steele (bass), and Jordan Hastings (drums).
They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls in mid-knife-fight" (a reference to their song "A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles", also the inspiration for their debut album cover art). When the band came out of the underground like an "utterly captivating car-accident-in-progress" in late 2001, it was enough to impress critics as well as earning their self-titled debut album a gold certification in Canada.
The band has released three more very successful studio albums: Watch Out! in 2004, Crisis in 2006, and Old Crows/Young Cardinals in 2009, each achieving platinum certification in their native country.
In August 2011, George posted a message to fans on the band's official website stating that with the departure of two members, Alexisonfire would issue several special releases and complete a Canadian farewell tour before parting ways.
side stepped land mines and working class attitudes. This is a love songâ¦deal with it. (I will beat my fist against my chest if only to prevent my heart from beating for you, this new season brings with it sings of hope, you can't leave me waist high, wading all alone...) Things (I know there is some place I can go) I don't understand are always the most interesting. Like zero and (where no one knows my name) eraserhead. (I still remember the sound of your voice, do you think I would call just to hear you breathe?) (Just to hear you breathe?) But some times its just about feeling good like john Kusac and pop punk.
I said, "Cover me if there is a fire
'Cause I want you to burn first"
She screamed at me, "I want to be desired"
I said, "Easy girl, I know it hurts"
Let's all give thanks that I am a liar
'Cause I've got a feeling, I just might get worse
Now there's nothing wrong with you, I'm just tired
And I'm in a mood for a brand new curse
You burn first
You burn first
You burn first
You burn first
"Cover me if there is a fire
'Cause I want you to burn first"
She screamed at me, "I want to be desired"
I said, "Girl, I know it hurts"
Let's all give thanks that I am a liar
'Cause I've got a feeling, I just might get worse
Now there's nothing wrong with you, I'm just tired
Hey kids, we got a new white devil
And it goes in your fucking nose
That's right we got a new white devil
That's how the story goes, story goes
Watch out
Glorify, glamorize
Try to forget your sunken eyes
Your dead fad is a disaster
Your fashion is my fucking cancer
Not so fun, nose is sore
Bloody Kleenex all over the floor
But don't worry, who gives a shit?
All your friends will think you're really hip
Go, go
Your dead fad is a fucking disaster
Addiction is in, I guess addiction is in, yeah
Addiction is in, I guess addiction is in, yeah
Addiction is in, I guess addiction is in, yeah
Addiction is in, I guess addiction is in, yeah
Addiction is in, I guess addiction is in, yeah
Addiction is in, I guess addiction is in, yeah
Addiction is in, I guess addiction is in, yeah
Addiction is in, I guess addiction is in this year
You look so good
Convulsing on the floor, ya sugar
And the blood from your nose
Matches your lipstick shade
Go, go, go
What a fucking nightmare
Go, go, go
Look what you have become
White devil, white devil, white devil
Look what you have become
White devil, white devil, white devil
Look what you have become
White devil, white devil, white devil
White devil, white devil, white devil, white devil
Children roam these empty streets
With lust filled eyes and jagged hearts
Narrow frames and crooked teeth
The whole more valuable than each part
And the grasp you have upon this group
Is as fragile as a pile of ash
They know your lies and weakness
With each open hand you bluntly lash
Oh these soft legged girls
And hard faced boys
They know no god
They have no voice
So what is this I see
There is nothing but anger
Burning inside of me
(Oh these soft legged girls)
Do you wish to feel complete
(And hard faced boys)
(They know no God)
Say you want it, need it
(They have no voice)
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
[x2]
Girls with fire in their eyes
Boy with will and aim that's true
Living in a jilted world
Contempt spreads just like the flu
So let's all take some solace
In one thing that we all can trust
Adults can be fucked up too
Sometimes even more than us
(Oh these soft legged girls)
Do you wish to feel complete
(And hard faced boys)
(They know no god)
Say you want it, need it
(They have no voice)
WE ARE THE SOUND
WE HAVE NO VOICE
[Yelled x2]
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
[x2]
[Dallas]
Look around,
look around.
There's no affection
only infection.
Search yourself,
search yourself.
Can I depend on you to surrender?
[George:]
And we will storm their shores
by suffocating all they see
Feel sturdy on the rubble that will soon be dust
and there will be no ruins,No memory or history
only an unrelenting march Side by side
we will comb the earth
and sweep it clean with hearts and feet unified
The hand of man is no match for our war-less army
[Chorus]
[Dallas]
Please tell me that this is the end of the world
its time that we erase history
without a trace or a memory (times 2)
[george](screaming behind singing)
and we will strike with the arms of gods
and leave nothing in our wake
and we will strike with the arms of gods
on my word we will seize fate
and we will strike with the arms of gods
and leave nothing in our wake
and we will strike with the arms of gods
destiny choked in our wage
[George]
steadfest soldiers with hands of gods
and the numbers to subbeed
we will persist untill all thats left is a perfect sphere
never a break in the chain
never a folly of conviction
and may the traitors' ashes seal the barren landscape
[All:]
We Are The End
We Are The End
[Chorus]
[Dallas:]
Look around
look around.
There's no affection
only infection.
Search yourself,
search yourself.
Can I depend on you to surrender?
Can I depend on you to surrender?
You always had the blondest hair
Chlorine has stripped the pigment from your skin
The cash was worth the fucking change
At the pool from open to close
Rake the bottom for loose change
A job that got him his luxurious house and cars
But it probably lead to his divorce
It's probably the reason why his son hates him
Now your blood is so toxic with chlorine
That you only have 3 months to live
Was the change worth it? Was the divorce worth it?
[Originally by Moneen]
Too late tonight, I'm gone and your miles ahead and I'm lost.
Throughout this darkened scene, clear sky's are what I need. [x2]
The light resides in lines, offset in different times.
And I'm blinded by a sea of this strange memory.
Frames change and I'm still lost.
scene stills lay still in this fog, and I try only to see straight through into you.
Your eyes become so bare, an eager and empty stare.
And I'm blinded by a sea of this strange memory.
And I am...and I see.. it's just me.
And I drift quietly through the trees.
My mind separates from my body.
Days late, I'm not around now.. I don't care.
Dreams escape all my thoughts. Awake.
I dream of a fate I cannot escape, now it's too late.
Time dies in straight lines. Waiting, I can't take ANYTHING,
You try to believe EVERYTHING, but I can't, but I can't
I'm thinking that it's time to get out
My patients are fading fast
The mind bruises just a little bit easier
Dark times and shadows cast
What are you suffering for?
Your pride or some kind of personal war?
And will you throw it away?
For nothing more than the simple taste?
I'll stay in time and watch you pass by
(Paranoia woven deep beneath my skin)
And I'll draw this line and hope you take my side
(Breath slow, breath slow)
You shouldn't have to fight alone
(You shouldn't have to fight at all)
It's nobody's battle but your own
Panic holds me like a gun
Firm and steadfast bleak and cold
I think it's time to kill the drama
This life style's getting old
Faces threaten from behind closed doors
Eyes spy from dark windows
Plotting minds that seek to harm me
Or maybe not I don't really know
There is something waiting for me
In the darkest part of my imagination
I'll stay in time and watch you pass by
(Paranoia woven deep beneath my skin)
And I'll draw this line and hope you take my side
(Breath slow, breath slow)
You shouldn't have to fight alone
(You shouldn't have to fight at all)
It's nobody's battle but your own
This is just self-induced terror
There's more to come, this is just a glimpse
I tell myself that it's all in my head
But I'm pretty hard to convince
Oh, there's no relief
Oh, this world can offer
Oh, there's no relief
Oh, this world can offer me
I stay in time and watch you pass by
I draw this line and hope you'll take my side
You shouldn't have to fight alone
[x2] I don't need a generation of burning on the ledge
Don't need your ancient wisdom
Two things I'll live with out!
Relax
(as children rest)
Patience people, there's no need to react so desperately tonight
(You don't need to know the things I know)
In fact
(as children rest)
all of you will be sleeping with honesty intact
(our innocence intact)
So just give up, tonight
(If I knew then what I knew now, I'd stay six years old!)
If you lost everything in a moment, would you notice?
Could you rebuild something so hopeless?
Are you hopeless?
And when you wake alone, with no one left to hold
You wont need to know all the things I know
Paradise in every swimming pool,
Paradise in every playground slide!
Paradise, fist first in the cookie jar!
If I where you, I would defend my innocence! visually.
I would fight all that tried to rob me of that!
Because there's some things you just don't need to know!
Tragedy in the dentist's office
Tragedy in every skinned knee?
Tragedy spilled all over the kitchen floor!
[x2] I don't need a generation of burning on the ledge
Don't need your ancient wisdom
Two things I'll live with out!
When you awake alone, with no one left to hold
you won't need to know, all the things I know
you won't need to know, all the things I know
you won't need to know, all the things I know
[x2] I don't need a generation of burning on the ledge
Don't need your ancient wisdom
[George:] This town has its claws buried in my neck
This town, it takes lives, without mercy, without hate
[Dallas:] The streets are in distress
The sun suffocates behind darkened skies
[George:] The grass is growing on top of my feet
I'm sinking, won't be long, before I'm too deep to run
[Dallas:] The line up seems endless
Underneath the salvation signs.
[George:] We are the dead ones, we are the lost cause
We are the bend before the break. Our steps seal our fate.
[Chorus:]
Because this city, this city is haunted
By ghosts (ghosts) from broken homes (homes)
Because this city, this city is haunted
And there's no hope (hope) left for these souls (souls).
[George:] Every step I take I leave a small piece
Of myself behind. Soon there will be nothing left.
[Dallas:] The cracks in the pavement,
Match the cracks in their weathered skin
[George:] The sky's a brick wall
The ground's a juggernaut
Each day they get a bit closer
Between them, I am caught.
[Dallas:] I stare in amazement,
I can't believe this is where I live.
[George:] Every breath I take I feel my lungs seal
This breeze feels more like shards of glass I'm more scars than skin
[Chorus:]
Because this city, this city is haunted
By ghosts (ghosts) from broken homes (homes)
Because this city, this city is haunted
And there's no hope (hope) left for these souls (souls).
[George:] Our steps seal fate, our steps seal fate.
This is our celebration
Come join the lost souls
[x2]
[Dallas:] This city, this city is haunted.
[George:] Oh! Walk with us. Oh! Down. Walk with us.
[Chorus:]
This city, this city is haunted
By ghosts (ghosts) from broken homes (homes)
Because this city, this city is haunted
Take this blood from my veins
And paint me a masterpiece of a parade
A parade of the dead sun
Bang, bang
Writing
(Writing this letter to you)
This letter to you
(I slice my wrists)
Kill their leader
(By way of paper scars and pictures frames)
And watch his family die
(Of all you left behind)
Family die
Last man, last man standing is a joke
In spite of the
(When white)
Glorious head shots
(Bleeds into red)
Head shots and 8 by 10s
(When white)
In exchange for your conspiracy
(Bleeds into red)
(When white)
We'll give thanks
(Bleeds into red)
Stop and you'll decide
(When white)
Decide if you can
(Bleeds into red)
Then the name won't exist
Set him on death row
Go on, let this happen
That, that's all, that you get
That's all you get, that's all you get, fuck
(In, in the the ground, in the ground
In the ground, in the ground, the ground)
Put the dead Kennedy in the ground
In the ground, in the ground
The name does not live on
We won't forget that girl possessed
We won't forget that girl possessed, possessed
Who knew her legacy would destroy her future?
You had such promise before your rape
You had such promise before your rape
Born innocent but something had to give
Exploitation, erotica and horror, even a spread in Oui magazine
And then your habit of getting caught, what a frightful night
Born innocent but something had to give
We won't, we won't, we won't, we won't forget you
What a frightful night
We won't, we won't, we won't, we won't, forget you
What a frightful night
You painted a picture so graphic
That no one could, they can't see past it
You painted a picture so graphic
That no one could, they can't see past it
We won't, we won't, we won't, we won't forget you
What a frightful night
We won't, we won't, we won't, we won't forget you
What a frightful night
We won't, we won't forget you
What a frightful night
We won't, we won't forget you
What a frightful night
We won't forget that girl possessed
[Originally by Black Sabbath]
ALRIGHT NOW!
Won't you listen?
When I first met you, didn't realize
I can't forget you, for your surprise
you introduced me, to my mind
And left me wanting, you and your kind
I love you, Oh you know it
My life was empty, forever on a down
Until you took me, showed me around
My life is free now, my life is clear
I love you sweet leaf, though you can't feel
Come on now, try it out
Straight people don't know, what you're about
They put you down and shut you out
you gave to me a new belief
America, blaring in my ears all day
America, I don't see the glory of your ways
The oldest money flows through a bloodline
Let's see if your empire stands the test of time
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
America, grit and bear the resentment of the world
With all your ugliness and arrogant self-worth
Desperate to grease the gears of the hideous machine
They swine, they writhe and praise the infallible regime
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Don't wanna
I don't wanna
Be a slave to the sons of privilege
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Can't tell the wolves from the sheep
Lost though you are free
In America
Lost though you are free
In America
Lost though you are free
It's time to justify your pride
In America
It's time to justify your pride
In America
Sweet lady liberty
You are lost, though you are free
And what hides beneath
Dressed to kill, you look so right
I am drunk with lust tonight
Your wounds are opening wide
And they might be just my size
Now I'm afraid of open water
But I often bathe in sin
Let's be honest, you know you shouldn't bother
'Cuz with me, it's impossible to win
Dressed to kill, you look so right
I am drunk with lust tonight
Your wounds are opening wide
And they might be just
There was always
Warmth between us
There was always
Warmth between us
Dressed to kill, you look so right
I am drunk with lust tonight
Your wounds are opening wide
And they might be just my size
And they might be just my size
And they might be just my size
Just my size
Just my size
Just my size
Just my size
St. Catharine's Psychiatric Help Line, this is Nancy
I'm sure this is all gonna sound really ridiculous
And I don't exactly expect anyone to believe all this
For after a while I've been kinda keeping
Correspondence with my sanity
And I really get the feeling that I?m starting
To lose interest in the letter writing process
The pieces of the letters
They just get progressively shorter and shorter
Until it?s not even a reply
I, the whole thing makes me really nervous
I just wish I could show you
What a huge problem this is
As life hangs beside me
I gather all that I can
You were never one for confrontation
But now it lies all in your hands
I kind of have this really terrible habit of
Asking myself all these stupid questions right?
Like what if, what if there's a spot on my body
That I can touch to keep my heart from beating?
Or like what if, what if theres this stray bullet
Out there that?s gonna come through my window
And take me out?
Like what if, what if theres this huge unstoppable comet
That?s just gonna like, destroy the earth and all of us?
Like what, what if that?s happening right now?
Like how can I avoid all these questions if I don't have that?
Like, who is gonna be here? Why?
Who is gonna be there in the hospital?
Who is gonna tell me that all this is bullshit?
It's a dream, just a dream
This is not a joke and I'll never sleep
Who will be there to
Tell me how stupid I am
Who will be there to
Tell me how stupid I am
Who will be there to
Tell me how stupid I am
Who will be there to
Tell me how stupid I am
Who will keep me from lashing out?
(Lashing out)
Anxiety chokes me like razor wire
(Razor wire)
Who will keep me from lashing out?
(Lashing out)
Anxiety chokes me like razor wire
(Razor wire)
Now it's all in your hands, it now ends
Now it's all in your hands, it now ends
Now it's all in your hands, it now ends
Now it's all in your hands, it now ends
Anxiety chokes me like razor wire
Anxiety chokes me like razor wire
Razor wire
Razor wire
Razor wire
Razor wire
Razor wire
Razor wire
Razor wire
Was I left behind? Someone tell me
Tell me I survived, don't look so surprised
That I'm home, but just for tonight
With rough hands and sore eyes
So don't speak, I am tired
Let's just live through this lie
She says, I swear too much
She says a lot of things
Well, I'd swear every other word if I could
For her, I'll make an attempt
Sometimes love isn't about
How much someone suits you
But how much you're willing to change to suit them
All my bones are dust
(Two people, too damage, too much, too late)
And my heart's sealed with rust
(Two people, too damage, too much, too late)
These hands will always be rough
(Two people, too damage, too much, too late)
I know this won't count for much
(Two people, too damage, too much, too late)
One day my hands were too soft
One day she said, "I'm tired"
One day her clothes were on my floor
One day, empty bottles
Well, I'm not saying she's my last
I'm just saying that she could have been
It doesn't matter how rough these hands get
It doesn't matter 'cause I'm not her man
Rough hands, rough days
Rough hands, rough nights
Rough hands, rough season
Rough hands, rough fights
All my bones are dust
(Rough hands, rough days
Two people, too damage, too much, too late)
And my heart's sealed with rust
(Rough hands, rough season
Two people, too damage, too much, too late)
These hands will always be rough
(Rough hands, rough season
Two people, too damage, too much, too late)
I know this won't count for much
(Rough hands, rough season
Let?s go
It?s never too late to be early
Or to try and maintain
Some scrap of integrity and certainty, I guess
(My fingers are blistered and bleeding)
(There?s no longer discomfort you brought me)
But I won't apologize and 1977 was a long time ago
I don?t care, I don?t care how things were, I won't apologize, fuck you
The Alamo has been penetrated and there is little hope
For the white man so hop on your rainbow and ride it into oblivion
(My fingers are blistered and bleeding)
(There?s no longer discomfort you brought me)
Raped by my childhood
What the hell do I know about rape anyway?
Well, I guess it's fun to pretend, sorry
Just a thought that occurred when I wasn't quite awake enough
To dismiss it, it's easy
(You always used to stay within arms reach)
To cheapen an event
(But now it seems, I'm all by myself)
By pretending it happened
Only by pretending it happened
Save my life
My life was taken tonight
(My life)
My life was taken tonight
(My life)
Boring, cliched self-destruction
I think, I should start doing aerobics
And the rest
Boxes of cats, people with Taz tattoos
Explosive personalities, self-centeredness
Protractor from your new geometry set
Inability to do math, geography
Polaroids of polar bears
(Tonight)
Polaroids of polar bears
(Tonight, my life)
My name is James Secord
Everything was gone
With this bullet
In my sister's face
Maybe then they
Won't hear the screams
Pull the trigger
The mirror hurts us, the music notes
And wonder how they won't be
Times are hard enough
Without days like these
If you cry hard enough
Maybe they'll hear your screams
Life is rested, splattered neck
Put a bullet in your own sister's
Face
Nothing now
I won't be, won't be
'Cause I am back again
Black cats, red dogs
Breakfast, rapist
Rough bread, not dead
Goodbye, rapist
God damn me
With a simple bullet
The shit is simple
You left a dead bullet
Everything is, everything is dull, gone, gone
Is dull
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[Originally by Moneen]
No, I won't go, I want to stay here with you
No, I won't go, I want to stay here with you...
Now, say what you need, don't hesitate make that call.
If you need help, scream "HEY YOU", quietly one more time "hey you".
Dreams they don't help, but they do stop the hurt for now.
I guess we will have to figure this one out...
Now, say what you need, don't hesitate make that call.
If you need help, scream "HEY YOU", quietly one more time "hey you".
It's the passing of America [x26]
(trust your heart, your heart) [x4]
They are the nameless victims of a generation lost
Searching for somewhere to exist
Held captive by our mistakes, weak and unable to resist
Resentful minds have ruled too long
You get old, weak and strong
We'll drag our hindsight through the twilight of this era
To where our freedom reign and the old thought is laid to dust
Let the philistines wallow in their decadence
While the enlightened minds usher in the dawning of a new
We are heading for the sun, we are
We are heading for the sun, we are
We are heading for the sun, we are
We are heading for the sun
Time will come when we are all condemned
For all the damage we have done
Held accountable for all battles lost, battles won
We are heading for the sun, we are
We are heading for the sun, we are
We are heading for the sun, we are
We are heading for the sun
And the earth will coil each year getting closer to its end
What will our lesson be when we are all ablaze?
That our benevolence was the start of our decay
Or that we did not learn from the mistakes of the past?
We are heading for the sun, we are
We are heading for the sun, we are
We are heading for the sun, we are
Old crows ride in the mouth of the beast
Sleep beneath it's tongue, cradled by it's teeth
We roam from shore to shore
From the open sky to the ocean floor
The more we move, the less we are ourselves
And when we finally stop, we change to something else
As rapid as, a river flows
As frigid as, the cold wind can blow
As devious as the devil's grin
Our blood is cold as we she'd our skin now
We are are not the kids we used to be
(Stop wishing for yesterday)
We are are not the kids we used to be
(Stop wishing for yesterday)
We are are not the kids we used to be
Oh-oh-oh
We are are not the kids we used to be
Stop wishing for yesterday
The crows are calling, seems the end is near
They're spelling out our names yet we have no fear
All the damage that a man can do
When ambition takes over we search for the truth
Sometimes, life just gets the best of us
Some things in life will get the best of us
We are are not the kids we used to be
(Stop wishing for yesterday)
We are are not the kids we used to be
(Stop wishing for yesterday)
We are are not the kids we used to be
Oh-oh-oh (stop wishing for yesterday)
We are are not the kids we used to be
Stop wishing for yesterday
Wishing for yesterday!
Every skyline beats in my chest
Somewhere between love and sadness
This is our fate, this is our test
We ride in the mouth of madness
As rapid as a river flows
As frigid as the cold wind can blow
As devious as the devil's creep
Our blood is cold, now we'll she'd our skin!
We are are not the kids we used to be
(Stop wishing for yesterday)
We are are not the kids we used to be
Oh-oh-oh (stop wishing for yesterday)
We are are not the kids we used to be
(Stop wishing for yesterday)
We are are not the kids we used to be
(Stop wishing for yesterday)
Wishing for yesterday
I'm in a constant state of getting cut
So why don't I feel anything?
This is a violation
Maybe I forgot what it was like
Before it entered me
So this is what they call
Another endless night
So tired of believing
If this is wrong or right
I think this cause is lost
I wish that I could sleep
I feel like some kind of shadow
Another slave to the weak
Imagine if we lived
Under the weather
We would never be found
Never discovered
If everything goes wrong
If it's one more endless night
You know there always tomorrow
And tomorrow, and tomorrow
And tomorrow, and tomorrow
And tomorrow, and tomorrow
And tomorrow, and tomorrow
You know there's always tomorrow, tomorrow
And this knife, this knife
This is my most
This is my most
This is my most
Important appendage
This is my most
This is my most
This is my most
Important appendage
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
So now that your whole world
Has gone up into flames
This night is still never ending
Do you think you're still safe?
Since everything went wrong
We were discovered
But this time there's no tomorrow
And tomorrow, and tomorrow
And tomorrow, and tomorrow
Tomorrow, tomorrow
We greet each day with bloodshot eyes
The dirt of our labor still clinging to our hands
Filled with our warped intentions
The tread of our shoes filled with foreign sands
The sun laughs in all our faces
It shows a world that we can't save
So now, armed with blades in hand
We cut a path from birth to grave
We don't know where we're going
But we know that we're getting there
No rest
For the blessed
Long lives
For the wicked
Say hey
We don't think like you think
And we move like no one moves
With a song on our lips, across the land
Born to traverse
We don't think like you think
And we move like no one moves
With a song on our lips, across the land
Born to traverse
We don't know where we're going
But we know, we will get there
No rest
For the blessed
Long Lives
For the wicked
Like a car crash
Like a landmine
Like mixing drugs, we are dangerous
Like a snake's tooth
Like thin ice
Like mixing blood, we are dangerous
No rest
For the blessed
Long lives
For the wicked
I don't care, I won't preach it
My god's a reasonable man
You preach the facts of sacred prayers
But your a terrorist of bigotry
Fueled by text that was written
In dead languages and different times
I don't care, I won't preach it
My god's a reasonable man
I don't care, I won't preach it
My god's a reasonable man
I don't care, I won't preach it
My god's a reasonable man
And your justice, and your lifestyle
My god's a reasonable man
And your faith doesn't speak for us all
'Cause my god's a reasonable man
It's time to separate faith and politics
It's time to realize that in ten-year's time
This song will be all that's left of me
And this song won't need to be sung
Your problem is that
You think it's no use
And swimming in another christian world
Now you have the balls so show the power
So why's the shit back in human rights?
Get what? get back!
My god's a reasonable man
Get what? get back!
My god's a reasonable man
Our hands again
They will get sick
All with your politics
By mixing God
This city war, you take all of your
Convictions to the morgue
Get what? get back!
Get what? get back!
My god's a reasonable man
Get what? get back!
I find myself concerned
For the coming men, these days
Evil are the minds
That push the divide
Forced to live a life
In fear that his future is on the wane
Midnight regulations
Midnight regulations
Burns his candle down
Working to make ends meet
But what can be done
About the way things have become?
Fingers to the bone
Ready to admit defeat
Midnight regulations
Midnight
Brother!
There is no charity
For the coming man
When he is in need of relief
And now he's hanging on
To his final stitch of faith
So, here's to all the years
Of deaf ear fallen prayers
Rich men behind closed doors
Are trying to keep him in his place
Midnight regulations
Midnight regulations
Oh, all you coming men
You need to fight for a new way
Old hearts, we need to mend
It's time to start again
The palace walls dismantled
Brick by brick, you will have your day
Midnight regulations
Midnight
Brother!
There is no charity
For the coming man
When he is in need of relief
They say just hold onto your hope
But you know if you swallow your pride
You will choke
Brother!
There is no charity
For the coming man
When he is in need of relief
Your mail's not safe in this town
Your mail's not safe in this town
Your mail's not safe in this town
Your mail's not safe in this town
I strike a red bird on your face
And pour the kerosene in your mouth
I watch the match fall down your throat
I burn all your precious bowels
I watch the smoke pour from every crack
And breathe in your secret lives
All your bills, pay and welfare cheques
But I don't think I can stay for long
There's lots more mail that's not yet ash
Your mail's not safe in this town
Your mail's not safe in this town
Your mail's not safe in this town
I'm taking this town back
I watch the smoke start to rise
One hundred homes
One hundred fires
Everything you own now burns away
This town is no longer mine
It's fucked with me for the last time
How I wish that I could see your face
When the sky is streaked with plumes
Know that it's my signature
Upon this wretched fucking city
Mailbox arson
My sweet revenge
Mailbox arson
My sweet revenge
I'll strike a match and burn away
Every tie that binds me to this place
I'll strike a match and burn away
Every tie that binds me to this place
I will strike a match and burn away
Every tie that binds me to this place
Strike a match and burn away
Every tie that binds me to this place
When the smoke clears
You can consider us even
Your mail's not safe in this town
Your mail's not safe in this town
Your mail's not safe in this town
I'm taking this town back
I watch the smoke start to rise
One hundred homes
One hundred fires
Everything you own now burns away
This town is no longer mine
It's fucked with me for the last time
(We can't)
I still can
(Stop now)
Remember what you did, your eyes filled
(We've got)
Discomfort
(To slow down)
Bare foot in a public washroom
Spill on me your nostalgia and cataracts
That fell behind self-conscious eyes
Warm water made, this hurt so good
(Please, just give me back my heart)
Through ivory rain
(Well, it's been too long and I will burn no more)
And cutthroat soap box derby racers
Oh, God, hurt so fucking good
I just want you to fucking wreck me
Wreck me, ruin me
I want you to ruin me, ruin me
(Please, just give me back my heart
Well, it's been too long and I will burn no more)
I want you to ruin me
(Tired of all these lies and elsewhere eyes of yours)
I want you to ruin me, ruin me
(So I will scream and dream of what's to come)
I, I guess, the only thing cheap to you was your friends
You can always make new friends
oh well oh well
But when you sell them out will they be worth as much? (oh no)
[2x]
Now this bridge is ashes
It might as well have never been built
It might as well have never been built
And the river that it crossed
Looks like an ocean now, looks like an ocean now
Times change and people change with them
Some people love to play the victim
(Love to play the victim)
You threw caution to the wind
Washed away these few last years for nothing
(Was it all for nothing)
Keep it on wax
Your not the only one
Who's had to make sacrifices
who's had to make sacrifices
And time won't heal shit
When you got your hands in my pocket
When you got your hands...
Kick, Kick, Kick
Scream, Scream, Scream
It wont change a goddamn thing
It don't change a god damn thing
Kick, Kick, Kick
Scream, Scream, Scream
[2x]
I, I guess, the only thing cheap to you is your friends
I guess, the only thing cheap to you is your friends [3x]
OOOHHH, what a fucking shame
OOOHHH, that you had to mess things up this bad
Times change and people change with them
Some people love to play the victim
(Love to play the victim)
You Threw caution to the wind
Washed away these few last years for nothing
(Was it all for nothing)
It's gone, it's gone
There's nothing left
Keep it on wax
You had such grace in the end
I wish I could remember what color your eyes were
But every time I looked at you, my mind went blank
You had the best damn Sunday dress
At the end of the world
The wall of flames that consumed you
And everything that was good
Not with a band but a whimper
What would you do?
Spinning, arms spread
And crushing the tops of mountains with my hands
As I dive into the Pacific, I flood the shorelines
And I exhale causing the oceans' endless waves
As I emerge and shaking the wreckage from my hair with my hands
I want to breathe life into the Dead Sea
As this rain forest falls beneath my knees
I want to breathe life into the Dead Sea
Below, where is your boat?
You are slow, you are slow
I will play, the sky is black
Breathe in all the air
Exhale and choke the land with carbon
From where I stand
I can see the curvature of this earth
And I want to make it flat
I will play, the sky is black
The sky is blue, the grass is brown
My head is buried inside this helmet
The ever present threat of parasites
So take my hand, let's get these motors running
Drive red, so you drive red
And I'll drive black, I'll drive black
We'll see who's machine was recently serviced
We'll slit these rows of good years like a knife
We don't fear, we don't fear
We don't fear, we don't fear
We don't fear these machines
I got the scoop, I got the scoop
And it doesn't look so good
So good for you
So you drive red, drive red
And I'll drive black, I'll drive black
We'll see who's machine was recently serviced
We'll cut this row of Goodyear like a knife
Like a knife, like a knife, yeah
We'll cut this row of Goodyear like a knife
So you drive red, you drive red
And I'll drive black, I'll drive black
We'll see who's machine was recently serviced
So this is continuous happiness
You know, I always imagined it something more
With the right drapes, the right paints
The right frames, this could really work
What a great day to spend indoors
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
In a hail of sparks
And a tangle of wires
Everything went wrong
So where has all the day gone?
And why are my lungs aching when I breathe?
Is there something wrong with the heat? Why am I so cold?
And my heart feels sick and it hurts when I speak
And this is not what I hoped for
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Wake, wake up, wake, wake up
Was this what we hoped for?
Was this what we hoped for?
Was this what we, what we hoped for?
Was this what we hoped for?
Was this what we hoped for?
So make sure you love
Like you've never been hurt
And when you dance, dance
Like there's no one watching you
'Cause you can waste your time
Redefining the day that music died
Or you can spend your life
Guilt free and ostracized
'Cause all the fashion
In the world can't save you now
It's something
I'll write it down for you
So make sure you love
Like you've never been hurt
And when you dance, dance
Like there's no one watching you
'Cause this shit is not about pants
And this shit is not about shirts
And this shit's definitely not about hair
This shit is having good fucking time
Maybe music isn't dead
Maybe music isn't dead
Maybe we all just forgot
What it fucking sounded like
They forgot, they forgot
'Cause you can waste your time
Redefining the day that music died
Or you can spend your life
Guilt free and ostracized
'Cause all the fashion
In the world can't save you now
It's something
I'll write it down for you
My greatest gift to you
Is a dance floor
Pregnant teens on the Barton Street bus
Homeless people living off crust
And there's a beat-up town car - it's starting to rust
Hard soles are kicking up dust
Half a million people living in the corpse of the brown brick 50's
To the north, all the small town outcasts are now the big city bourgeoisie
All the boys in the halfway houses
Wave to the girls of Emerald Street
Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick - but we hold on
We'll never falter, though they want us to slip - we hold on
The desperate, downtown stealing bikes
Drunks in the village are picking fights
So, police line the streets to read them their rights
No controlling hot summer nights
The sun goes down on the edge of town, at the end of everyday
We sit and watch the stack, on fire, to the east across the bay
All the boys in the halfway houses
Wave to the girls of Emerald Street
Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick - but we hold on
We'll never falter, though they want us to slip - we hold on
There's something in the church belfry
At the corner of Victoria and King
And it screams out into the night
It sings this city's plight
All the boys in the halfway houses
Wave to the girl on Emerald Street
Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick - but we hold on
Alright
This is from our hearts
So suddenly a super chart
To make some mistakes
We'll make some mistakes
Well, it's a long time coming
When you?re giving it everything
Alright
This is from our hearts
So suddenly a super chart
To make some mistakes
We'll make some mistakes
Well, it's a long time coming
When you?re giving it everything
Alright
This is from our hearts
And if you reach for the sun
You'll find that my conscience
Just can't put out
Alright
This is from our hearts
(From our hearts)
And it's always gonna be a part
Well, this crowd don't understand
Well, I feel the same, I won't ever change
Not a jaded hair up on my head
Are you pretending?
(That you care)
Are you even listening?
Are you pretending?
(That you understand)
Are you even?
Straight to the left
Straight to the right
?Cause my heart
My heart is strong
We ride to fight
Straight to the left
Straight to the right
?Cause my heart
My heart is strong
And we ride to fight
Straight to the left
Straight to the right
?Cause my heart
My heart is strong
We ride to fight
Straight to the left
Straight to the right
?Cause my heart
My heart is strong
And we ride to fight
Are you pretending?
(That you care)
Are you even listening?
Are you pretending?
(That you understand)
Are you even listening?
Are you pretending?
I know, I know
Are you even listening?
Are you pretending?
That your heart's in the right place
Are you pretending?
Are you even listening?
Are you pretending?
Are you even
There's no need to waste my time
Spending your life
Jumping from sinking ship to sinking ship
I think I'd rather drown, I know I'd rather drown
And I feel the same, I won't ever change
All blossoms die in the light of our new culture
Find your belief in that which cannot be discovered
Countless lessons lie in every fever dream
A million voices asking, what does it all mean?
I've lost all direction
I've lost all my direction
And now I wish that I would have believed, could have believed
ESCAPE! ESCAPE!
Nature's indifferent hand
RETREAT! RETREAT!
To the bliss of our creation
We were born and raised (We're raised)
To live beyond (Beyond)
The heft and weight of a world undone
Like a bird (In search)
From the North (For warmth)
Our hearts will roam in search of warmth
Two hands come together
Pray for greater yields
Two poles of a compass
Guided by a field
In the mind of every man
Two ghosts dance
Was this place made or was it here by chance?
Chorus
Uncountable numbers written in new-fallen snow
I can hear the claws of the beast
Tapping at my window
Nihilist sleeps, and in dreams he sees God's face
Realize even disbelief requires a leap of faith
From birth to death we search for what's yet to be known
We hope and pray and ask, but we are never shown
Chorus
Yeah
This town is goin' under
The temperature's through the floor
Your fingers are turnin' black
There?s a crisis knockin' at your door
One nine seven seven
One nine seven seven
You had better try to make it home
The snow is gettin' too deep to drive
Your car might be your coffin
One nine seven seven
One nine seven seven
We?re never gonna see the summer
This season is comin' long and hard
Yeah, this town is goin' under
This season's goin' to kill us all
Catch the snowflakes little children
Count them as they bury you alive
Count them as they choke the road ways
A blizzard's comin' in the year punk died
One nine seven seven
This season has left us all helpless
I can't see and even God is blind
And deaf to all your prayers
One nine seven seven
One nine seven seven
There?s nothin' that you can do
This weathers stronger than us all
The sky is goin' to crush you
One nine seven seven
One nine seven seven
This season?s growin' cold
I fear that this could be the end
And there?s no sign of hope
We?ve got a crisis on our hands
The junkie is trapped indoors
Pretty soon, he?s gonna need a fix
But the weather?s not gonna let him
He's startin' to get the itch
The season?s holdin' us all hostage
Better do whatever it demands
Nature knows that we've got a crisis
Weighin' on our frost bitten hands
(One)
There?s nothin' that you can do
The sky is gonna crush you
(Nine)
There?s nothin' that you can do
The sky is gonna crush you
(Seven)
There?s nothin' that you can do
The sky is gonna crush you
(Seven)
There?s nothin' that you can do
The sky is gonna crush you
This season?s growin' cold
I fear that this could be the end
And there?s no sign of hope
jennifer they lied to you when they said you
couldent breath
under water
i lied too when i said i was hard
because im softer then a thrift store sweater
and twice as worn in
I was cast away once but I will be found
again.
This burden's not a heavy one
But I assure you, it's present
This burden's not a heavy one
But I assure you, it is present
You say that you're in control
You say that you are
I can't think of a time
When you looked less alive
You said, "Wait until light, my dear"
Just wait until light
One more day will go by
Maybe today you should try
Look past the mirror and find
Look past the mirror
That there's something inside
Something more to your life
My words won't heal you now
My words won't heal
It is you who decides
It is you who decides
This burden's not a heavy one
But I assure you, it's present
This burden's not a heavy one
I assure you
Believe that you are just fine
Believe that you are
You'll feel so alive
You'll feel so alive
Be what you are now
(Be what you are)
Be what you are
Do not keep it inside
That hate will not subside
Be what you are now
(Be what you are)
Be what you are
Do not keep it inside
That hate will not subside
It's you, decide
It's you, decide
So alive
You'll feel so alive
This burden's not a heavy one
But I assure, I assure you
This burden's not a heavy one
Not a heavy one
There's four cruisers flashing in my rear view
They're not gonna take me out, I?d watch it, what'd you do now?
There's four cruisers weighing on my conscience
There is one thing for sure, this is not a fucking love song
My fear is gone, and still I don't know why
I waited for so long to let you know
(I'm not goin' back)
Now this is all your fault and there?s no one left to blame
Did you think we?d make it out? Did you know?
Do you know?
Oh, yeah
Somewhere out there
There?s a man on the ground who ain't livin' anymore
And his name is written on my knuckles
Take me, take my fuckin' burden
There's four cruisers flashing in my rear view
They're not gonna take me out, I?d watch it, what'd you do now?
In each cruiser is a man with his gun
And his fancy little bullets with my name on 'em
My fear is gone, and still I don't know why
I waited for so long to let you know
(I'm not goin' back)
Now this is all your fault and there?s no one left to blame
Did you think we?d make it out? Did you know?
Hey, hey, ho, ho, wild chase to the open road
Hey, hey, ho, ho, this car is too fuckin' slow
Hey, hey, ho, ho, wild chase to the open road
Hey, hey, ho, ho, this car is too fuckin' slow
Don't know where I'm going, I'm not slowing down
And I'll die before I stop this fuckin' car
Street lights and white lines
This is all I have left, this is all I have
A flashing lights and racing hearts
Will you ever just slow down?
How did we end up here?
And all those sirens are getting louder
Flashing lights and racing hearts
I don't think we're gonna make it out
(This won't end well)
Make it out
When will this winter end?
The snow's been fallin' for months
The town all dressed in white
A cold sun in disguise
An assault from the mornin' light
My burial
I can't succeed
Frozen and paralyzed
Oh winter [x8]
Oh no [x6]
Oh winter [x8]
A man sits at his desk
One year from retirement
And he's up for review
Not quite sure what to do
Each passing year
The workload grows
I'm always wishing
I'm always wishing too late
For things to go my way
It always ends up the same
Count your blessings
I must be missing
I must be missing the point
Your signal fades away
And all I'm left with is noise
Count your blessings on one hand
So wait up, I'm not sleeping
Alone again tonight
There's so much to dream about
There must be more to my life
Poor little tin man
Still swinging his axe
Even though his joints
Are clogged with rust
My youth is slipping
My youth is slipping away
Safe in monotony
So safe, day after day
Count your blessings
My youth is slipping
My youth is slipping away
Cold wind blows off the lake
And I know for sure that it's too late
Count your blessings on one hand
So wait up, I'm not sleeping
Alone again tonight
There's so much to dream about
There must be more to my life
Can't help but feel betrayed
Punch the clock every single day
There's no loyalty and no remorse
Youth sold for a pension cheque
And it makes him fucking sick
He's heating up, he can't say no
Whoa, oh, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh, oh
So wait up, I'm not sleeping
Alone again tonight
There's so much to dream about
There must be more to my life
So wait up I'm not sleeping
Alone again tonight
Between the light and shallow waves
Is where I'm going to die
Wait up for me
Wait up for me
This is really only all we have:
(Bury all of me)
Daytime. Twilight. Pitch black. Night light.
(Before I have a chance)
Coldest eyes, and the softest touch.
(To open my eyes and see you laughing.)
Daytime. Twilight. Pitch black. Night light.
These typed letters.
(Is this all we have?)
Beneath me.
(Or is this all just twilight beyond the skyline)
Fuck with these buttons and knobs long enough
(Blinding me)
And maybe things will... turn out fine.
Hide behind your crystal screen
And blow kisses at me.
...Said wouldn't happen....
Write your name on my chest in kerosene.
Spark a match, and you, won't, be cold again.
This is really only all we have:
Daytime. Twilight. Pitch black. Night light.
Coldest eyes.
You had the coldest eyes, and the softest touch.
Daytime. Twilight. Pitch black.
Light!
Gag and... destroy me.
Gag and... destroy me.
(Sorry I didn't hear you)
I have a
(I was busy Dying in the corner)
Collection of thunder that I stole
(Those three words)
I stole. That I stole.
(Destroyed every inch of me and...)
From your windowsill.
(Speaking.)
Stole...
I'm not sure what's worse
The waiting or the waiting room
You're next sir
Becomes a cruel taunt to you
Recycled air
The smell of sleep and disinfectant
Your God is
A two door elevator
Do they even cure you
(Cut me open drug me)
Or is it just to humor us before we die
(Repair all my defects)
If only we could heal ourselves
We wouldn't need to be hooked up to these machines
Let's redefine
Let's redefine
Let's redefine
Let's redefine
Let's redefine
Let's redefine
What it means to heal
Do they even cure you
(Cut me open drug me)
Or is it just to humor us before we die
(Repair all my defects)
If only we could heal ourselves
Everyone on the count of three: accept crime!
One-two-three!
Bethlehem to Galilee: accept crime
One-two-three!
Between the sheets the voyeur watches you
And each caress takes us one step further from his dire crusade
We will be free to use our bodies as we please
We will be free to use our bodies as we please
Say hey! There's no police
Hey! There's no police between two beating hearts
Hey! There's no police
Hey! There's no police between two beating hearts
Let the clergy damn our every emotion
Until every impulse is a revolution
And what we know to be good
Will lead and carry us through
It's our chance to use your disobedient free will
Say, we will be free to use our bodies as we please
We will be free to use our bodies as we please
Say hey! There's no police
Hey! There's no police between two beating hearts
Hey! There's no police there's no police no police
Between two beating hearts
I feel no guilt
I won't repent
Day to day
I accept crime
That's for me to confess
Hey! There's no police
Hey! There's no police between two beating hearts
Hey! There's no police
Hey! There's no police between two beating hearts
Between two beating hearts
Between two beating hearts
Between two beating hearts
Plaid skirts that hide love
Walk in single file
Ties that restrict blood to the brain
Passing notes in Math class
Freedom wear your scars of desire
It's a coming of age story
Freedom wear your scars of desire
Conflicting impulses
Freedom wear your scars of desire
Cuts [Incomprehensible] with the sky
Bend
(Bend)
(The)
(Sky)
I've read this book before
Anxious eyes stare out of warped glass
Waiting for the 3 o'clock bell
Trying hard to forget that cold October day
When love challenged freedom to a fist fight
Freedom looked victorious
But no one was expecting the outcome on that baseball diamond
When love reached beneath her plaid jumper
Pulled out a switch blade
And drove it
Directly through the heart of St. Angeles
Any notion of self-government
Was left by love bleeding
On the pitcher's mound
You're
(So you say you're scaring me)
Scaring me
(And you won't be there to catch me)
And bleeding on the pitcher's mound
sifting through weathered photo albums looking for gloriously aged polaroids
of places you have never been. A place to accept that you don't really
exist. "Smile for the camera sweet heart, I really want to immortalize this
moment" but just remember the first step in forgetting is destroying all the
evidence. with friends like you who needs subtext. THIS IS A 44. CALIBER
LOVE LETTER STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART. Straight from