"I am the kind of man who wants to watch the world burn.
I hold the match that will spark it's destruction,
And burn out the liars, traitors, spies
That live under the protection of your name.
Unfortunate, pathetic fools.
They scorch the earth with fire from their mouths.
I've felt your wrath.
Let's explore mine.
By sundown, you and I will be all that's left.
If I'm to feel alone. I'll make it that way.
In the clutches of death,
I'll stand at the center circle of a burning town and smile.
Unfortunate, pathetic fools.
There will be a slaughter of those untrue.
"I've come to show the world the way."
"But you're about to mislead them all.
Your words they drip with ruin."
"I've come to show the world the way."
"You've shown them nothing of what you think.
One day you'll eat your words."
"How can this be? I speak the truth."
"You speak your own truth in vain.
You'll eat your words.
I swear, one day you'll eat your words.
Using my name to slander theirs.
How does that show integrity?
Ride your plank to rivers end.
Because of you these rivers run red.
Flowing from a war that's blood on blood.
Love is patient, but I guess it's time has run out.
It's all conditional.
Who put you in the position to cast judgment?
There is two sides to every story.
So do not judge the walk unless you step foot in those shoes.
There is nothing complex about this.
The fire that burned this bridge down
Was caused by the sparks from your mouth.
Ignorance has plagued your mind, and now there is no going back.
You can't go back.
If you could see the world through my eyes,
While I wait
Today's the day for approach
Today's the day that I give for the first time
Inside there's nothing else for me
Inside there's nothing else
Where else could I go to find myself?
I'm heading out where I belong
I'll take a step...
I'll make a step...
I'll take a step for truth
I'll make a step for my life
Inside there's nothing
We'll break our necks so we won't look back
I am free
If killing yourself is the way to change
Let's go to war
And in all of this
All I wanted was peace
Just silence now
What is this I see?
I'll call this bet with my own life
Was this even for me?
Just past the edge
A simple move to make
(But complication's spreading fast)
My hands begin to shake
And in all of this
All I wanted was peace
I close my eyes and feel the water just beneath my feet
Step out onto the water
Down, down again
My day has come
A captive of my fate
Where are you now?
A dark cloud approaches
Don? t let me go
Not now, not ever
Don? t let me go
When will I see the sun again
Swallow your pride, let me lift you up
So I can make you whole again
You? re not dead, Im not dead
My son your not alone
Crawl in humility
Before you walk in honor
There is a world of deceit in all of us
All is not lost yet
"Baby girl, stand up.
This world's in need of beauty,
And it has taken you for granted.
And the pain consumes what's in you.
Your closest ones held back by the length of an arm.
Unable to reach.
You have no idea what you put yourself through.
Keep on pushing yourself to the floor.
You're wasting away in your self-made hell.
You're steady in your own demise.
Can you feel this racing through your veins?
This is all you need.
Why do you do the things that you do to yourself?
You do this to yourself.
It's so hard to live with your hands down your throat."
"I am not in control, and I'm praying for peace to keep.
I am not in control, and I'm praying for peace to call my own.
It always takes what's left of me.
A lesson here is deserved."
"I built your heart. I built that heart for me.
That heart was built for love.
You'll never fill the void.
Breathe deep, let the smoke fill your lungs.
You gave your life away in hopes for something more.
Did you think you would find the answer to questions
centuries old by sitting on your hands?
You won't find your answers.
Say what you came here to say.
All eyes are fixed on ruins.
If there's a hope for change to be made
then now is your time to deliver.
Rise above.
The calm is wearing thin.
Rise above.
I feel this growing.
This is love.
It's what we're made for.
This is love.
We're never backing down.
This time I am so sincere.
You blot out the sun with your mouth open wide,
and built a spiritless empire to reach your heaven.
You're stumbling, you're tripping now.
How worthless this all seems.
And your time is running out.
How worthless this all seems.
Take an axe to the root, cut out your eye.
The towers crumble.
The lowly sing.
We all sing,
This is me, I know its not what you wanted.
"I try to sleep with the shakes, but they keep me awake.
I am a son of sin with a heart of scars
Hiding in the shadows because the light reveals my flaw."
"I made you. I brought you into this world."
"I'm searching for the one place in this world
Where I can escape from your eyes."
"Don't ever think you can use my name to clear your own."
"I wake up sweating from sleep
Because it seems that dreams can be nightmares."
"I know you know.
Lie in the bed that you built
With your own two hands.
No greater shame has a man
Than laying down a friend's life for his own."
"I know that you know
That you threw it all away.
This is the sound of letting go.
This is the last breath I'll ever know.
This is the last breath I'll never know.
As I look up with my last breath, and I say:
I want to know what it's like
To walk in the footsteps you have made.
I will run my course, finish my race
Until I'm called home.
Death will bring the greatest day I've ever lived.
On that glorious day held off so long,
All the world will rejoice as the son comes home.
I patiently await the day when all is revealed.
When morning never comes.
When we speak these words
Don't let them make you think your doubt is disbelief.
It's time you finally listen to the things I have to say.
I've been talking with no response.
It's time for your attention.
Are you ready to listen?
Now listen for what you've missed every time before.
In this conversation with the known unknown,
Mouth shut, eyes wide, ready and willing.
I've let open the skies this very night.
I'll sit and wait while the stars they take their time.
Because I'm starved with empty hands, and I've been a broken man
Oh pilot of pilots come fly me home.
I'm coming to say goodnight.
If I have one more day to live.
Then I have one more day to fight.
Sometimes it's just too hard to make myself believe,
that you'll catch me when I fall.
Don't let them make you think your doubt is disbelief.
Sound the alarms all eyes to the horizon
Prepare for war put down the fear in your eyes
We fight and die, bearing arms, free of fear
Our colors nailed to the mast
I may not make it back
But I'll make sure someone never forgets me
I may not make it back
But I'll make sure someone never forgets me
No regrets nothing left to loose.
I may not make it back
This night is mine
But I'll make my stand
This night is mine
So take a good last look at the blackened sky
Put down the fear in your eyes
I thought I'd never see this day
The time to fight is now
On to fight this war
The time to fight is now
On to fight this war
I decide who will live and who will die
I decide who will live and who will die
I decide who dies
No regrets nothing left to loose.
I may not make it back
This night is mine
But I'll make my stand
This night is mine
So take a good last look at the blackened sky
Put down the fear in your eyes
I thought I'd never see this day
I may not make it back
But I'll make sure someone
I may not make it back
But I'll make sure someone never forgets me
This night is mine
This night is mine
This night is mine
This night is mine
This night is mine
This night is mine
This night is mine
"I have become so bitter that it has reached my core.
I have become so bitter that it has reached my core,
but every day brings a battle that I can’t win.
Still it seems that I have all my drones in a row...in a row.
So I will drown myself in holy water, and call myself at home.
I’ll drown myself in holy water, and call myself at home.
Can this be happening? Let me know when to feel,
and when to live my life again.
I’ve tried my best to overcome.
All that I truly have I will lay at Your feet.
I swear this better be worth it.
It’s been three hundred days of cold, and I am so alone.
What can I make of this? What can I make of this?
Oh me of little faith. Overtaken by mind and thought.
I can’t believe how far I’ve come,
but it has taken so many steps to get here."
"You speak your doubts in hope of finding
something that I have not already seen.
There are things that are so much greater
than your heart could truly understand."
"You’ve got me out on my hands and knees,
but I’m a faithful son to no one.
I bury loved ones in memories.
Guide me as I walk over their ashes.
I burn my bridges to the ground with failure as my road.
I burn my bridges to the ground with failure as my road.
Can this be happening?
Let me know when to feel, and when to live my life again.
I’ve tried my best to overcome.
All that I truly have I will lay at Your feet.
I swear this better be worth it.
It’s been three hundred days of cold, and I am so alone.
I swear this better be worth it.
It’s been three hundred days of cold, and I am so alone.
What can I make of this? What can I make of this?"
"This is the real world, and you’re falling apart (and you’re falling apart).
Dear Self,
I love to watch you struggle
But I hate to see you cry
What good is trying to save the masses
When you can't save yourself?
I blame me for my betrayel
You reach for me
Such love for a traitor
Like I am
My tears tonight prove I find I'm worthless
You're all I am
So we'll open up our eyes and see ourselves
For who we really are
Who are we?
Nothing short of nothing
Don't believe what you see
Again, and again
Your eyes see through these walls of mine
And hold onto my heart
Gun Held To The Head Of The World
One by one
They became like dead men
At the sound of the earth
As it calls forth it's tried and true
I see your face
If ever your soul was gone
Flames turn hollow and empty
Drowned in rivers of tears
The ashes fall
Buildings crumble
We were once great mountains
But we've fallen to wastelands
We were once great mountains
We've turned
Tomorrow still remembers today
A day when everyone feels and everyone thinks
We'll say gone but not forgotten
We'll mean life's become extinct
We'll say gone
How cliche is this?
The age of Sincere emotion has been killed
The age of sincere emotion is dead
This world, in flames, take my life (Throw it in)
This world, in flames, take my life (Throw it in)
This world, in flames, take my life (Throw it in)
This world, in flames, take my life (Throw it in)
We're not dead, still breathing, you said we'd never stop bleeding
We're not dead, still breathing, you said we'd never stop
You can't stop me, I will destroy the memories
You can't stop me, I will destroy
This time you won't have a smile on your face
This time you won't have a smile on your face
It's time to prove ourselves worthy
It's time to prove ourselves worthy
Arise, Shine (Spread your wings) Take Flight
Arise, Shine (Spread your wings) Take Flight
Arise, Shine (Spread your wings) Take Flight
Arise, Shine
Arise, Shine
Set this whole world on fire
Make this cloud your resting place (Oh my God)
This town can hold us no longer (Sets this whole world on fire)
Make this cloud your resting place
My God, My Refuge
My God, My Refuge
My God, My Refuge
My God, My Refuge
My God, My Refuge
We will move on (We’ll rise above this fire)
We'll Turn our backs to the wreckage
We will move on (We’ll rise above this fire)
We'll Turn our backs to the wreckage
We will move on (We’ll rise above this fire)
We'll Turn our backs to the wreckage
We will move on (We’ll rise above this fire)
I've never seen such fickle sets of morals
I'm just a failure
I made the worst disease
This is your goddess
Return to family
Honestly this will never end
Stand
Line
This is your answer
Recall your dying days
Goodbye my darling
To swim these endless seas.
Then compete to see who can recite these lines the loudest
The barrier falls down
You liar
You lie
Correctness is in no way connected to the volume of your voice
You dance around your dead
Like Kamikaze planes we're falling down, down, down!
You liar
"Here at the end of my walk,
I'm looking back and seeing clearly
That along with the way my footsteps
Turned lighter turn by turn
From walking every way yours.
I've ruined the choice,
And lost the voice to speak for myself.
Even with these two hands raised
I have no hope for better days.
If truth is written in your hands
Then it's ever-passing from my reach.
I am all but the man you thought you knew from before.
All my doubts and disbeliefs have brought me to this."
"Your footsteps grow lighter because I carry you.
So turn around, and run away.
I'll run with you.
Uncover your eyes.
You just have to find a way to let go.
A way to catch your breath.
Uncover your eyes you blinded child.
You're no better or worse than the ones beside you."
"Here I am faced with a choice.
It's just so hard to make myself believe.
It's still too hard to fully walk away.
Set aside
Sent with no intent to return
What am I to expect
When I don't understand
Here is the life I know
When everything you know
Crumbles before your eyes
It becomes a battle to breathe
Under the weight of disappointment
The places I knew to be home seem strange
I feel the farthest from the ones I love the most
Set aside
Sent with no intent to return
What am I to expect, when I don't understand?
Still I know if I close my eyes and silence my heart
I can hear a voice quietly calling my name
Did you expect this to be easy?
Don't let yourself be fooled
Do you have the strength to move so to move the world
Never underestimate those with something to fight for
Convictions run deeper than blood
I see now that peace is but an illusion of safety
I see now that peace is but an illusion of safety
My complaints, my fulfillment
They are a distant memory
I am made whole in his love
I've finally learned to feel
And no one can take that away
You can not take that away
You can not ever take that away
Don't look for me to back down
Don't look for me to back down
You have the strength to move the world
Still I know if I close my eyes and silence my heart
I can hear a voice quietly calling my name
Did you expect this to be easy?
Don't let yourself be fooled
Do you have the strength to move so to move the world
You have one chance at life
You have one chance at life
You have the strength to move the world (to move the world)
Enter left those who have the nerve to play as God
Oh baby were going for a long ride now
Let's turn out the shadow
And show them what we're about
I've got some lines for you to hear
Hear them from the bottom of my heart
Is this what real men are made of?
Shifty eyes, crooked spines, and lies
It's so easy to know the right from wrong
Now run
Run before someone sees what you are
Run before you see for yourself
The selfish receive their own
The selfish receive their own
I've got smiles for miles and only I can play
Cause in this world its do or die
Lady you'll love the way I am
Cause lady I'll make you mine
You may be the king of this town
But you have got the world to prove to me
From the moment you walked through the door
I knew I've seen you before
And your face looked oh so much different
But the fear was all the same
Judge me, hate me, love me, what is it going to be?
Judge me, hate me, love me, what is it going to be?
Is this what real men are made of?
Shifty eyes, crooked spines, and lies
But your face looked oh so much different
And the fear was all the same
The selfish receive their own
The selfish receive their own
The selfish receive their own
why do we fall?
so we can learn to pick ourselves up again
it starts with a prayer
it ends with a fight
come and get it
i'm right here
come and get it
without a jump, there is no fall
without a jump, there is no fall
without a jump, no one to catch you
if the world should fall around me
i would still be standing, i would still be free
no one to hold me
no one to keep me here
this is the last time
have no fear
oh yeah
get ready
why do we fall?
my time is here for you my dear
this is a matter of life and death, the dreamer will choose life
this is what it means to live and die by your dreams
take control of your life
find your peace with God and shoot from the hip
who will fight?
who will live?
Looks like I'm stuck here once again
With a thought on my mind, I stare at your open face
Every time I feel as though I try
I fail and no one wants to be a failure
I've had the wrong impression this whole time
And now we're the ones to blame
All I want to do is try
Want to
Pour my heart out for ones to read
Want to
Pour my mind for ones to hear
Want to
Drain my thoughts so everyone
Will have
Something to call their own
Here is the life I know
Here is the life I know
I won't stop till I have your attention
Till I have your attention
This life is now my explanation
You are proof that love is real
Tell me what I have to give
You are proof that love is real
So talk with me as I move my mouth
I'm pouring my heart out
Enough for you to see
These are my words
I want you to know them
I want you to sing them
I want you to feel
Pour my heart out for ones to read
Pour my mind for ones to hear
Drain my thoughts so everyone
Here is the life I know
Welcome to the other side of the tracks
Where we starve for a high
And find love
In all the wrong places
This is the place of real nightmares
And every thing's a mistake
Welcome to the other side of the tracks
Here is a man
A man that stands before me
And I can smell Hell on his breath
And his eyes
His eyes
His eyes
Cut right through me
His smile reads of death
Everything he says, he says with such intentions
Of replacing any recognition
Of anything you knew
Nobody wins
Nobody wins
Nobody wins
Nobody wins
The end is near I can feel it on my neck
Caused by the belief in second hand grace
He'll be there won't he?
He'll be there won't he?
To call this conflict
Call it lust
Call it something
Call it dust
And he'll be there won't he?
I am free to taste this fruit
With a sword and an armored suit
Welcome to the other side of the tracks
Where we starve for a high
And find love
In all the wrong
All the wrong
Places
This is the place of real nightmares
And every thing's a mistake
Welcome to the other side of the tracks
Here is a man
A man that stands before me
And I can smell Hell on his breath
And his eyes
His eyes
Cut right through me
Everything he says, he says with such intentions
Of replacing any recognition
Nobody wins
Nobody wins
How long can you tread water
With no option to sink or swim
How long can you tread water
With no option
We run in circles
Chasing our shadows
On a track that leads to nowhere
I'll pay the price for apathy
Is it me
Is it me
Is it me
Suddenly there is a spark, then a flame,
Then a fire that surrounds me
That surrounds me
Into this dark world I carry this spark
Into this dark world I carry this spark
For I refuse to let my faith go unseen
For I refuse to let my faith go unseen
I made my choice
I'll take a chance
Don't wait for me
No slowing down
No turning back
Don't wait for me
The cross before me road behind me
No turning back
Though no one joins me still I follow
No turning back
I made my choice
I'll take a chance
No turning back
I made my choice
I'll take a chance
No turning back
It's about time we stand for something
It's about time we stand for something
It's about time we stand
"Devil, Devil.
My heart is filled with selfish
Thoughts of destruction,
And things I don't understand.
Yet I must find acceptance in this
From the one who brought me into this world.
Taking me under his wing,
And showing me what it is to be a man.
Time has passed, and things have changed.
All these things have changed.
Do his words still ring true?"
"They've given up. Don't you do that to me."
"But I'm so unsure with the way things are."
"Now listen to me. Trust me my son."
"I am learning every day that things have changed.
It's not just me and you.
Is there still life in the blood we once shared?
Am I wrong for loving you or just in love with being wrong?
I want to know where your heart lies.
That much I deserve.
Excuse my words from before.
Hate found it's way to my heart.
I'll leave my back turned to you.
See if my world falls apart.
Is this what you call being a man?
Are you a man?
Excuse my ways from before.
To the king of the land
There is an insurrection abroad
It starts as a whisper ear to ear and heart to heart
Perfect smile and a selling face
Perfect smile and a selling face
Oppression starts a revival
A reformation of will
What's done is done
I'll meet with you there at the public execution
Tonight we rest free men
Tonight we rest free men
Tonight we rest free men
Tonight we rest free men
The order is drawn smoke out the heathens let them know
Who is in control
It's your very own crusade
Light the torches
The party starts with a bang
Watch as they all fall down
Watch as they all fall down
This is an assassination no one's leaving here alive
It's your very own crusade
It's your very own crusade
Perfect smile and a selling face
Perfect smile and a selling face
Tonight we rest free men
I pray that these words reach deep enough to find your heart
I have someone else, someone much more than me, above
This time, this time
This time it's me
I am completely unprepared for the way life turned on me
I cannot stand
I cannot stand alone
I cannot stand
I cannot stand alone
I am the one
the only one that You're afraid of
I am the one
the only one that You're afraid of
I am only a human, and I am only worshipful
I'm not the man I was once before, it has taken it's toll
Believe it, the best laid plans of mice and men go wrong
This has consumed me
This time it's me
I am completely unprepared for the way life turned on me
I pray that these words reach deep enough to find your heart
I pray that these words reach deep enough to find your heart
I cannot stand
I cannot stand alone
I am the one, the only one that You're afraid of
"The mirror stands in me.
It's got more heart than I do.
How did I get this way?
There has to be more than this.
More to life than wasting time, and missing out.
Am I missing out on the afterlife?
My head is too strong,
And my heart is too weak.
I've got tunnel vision, and nothing else surrounds me.
Is this what they meant by abstract?
Torn and thrown together.
Do I run the other end of these prayers?
Or are they just screaming in my head?
I swear you can't break me.
You're not gaining any ground.
I'm not giving anything."
"All I'm asking is you look to the sky to find your heart.
It's all you have and it's falling."
"Even if you know my face, can you really know my heart?
If you want me you'll have to give me breath,
And wake this creature from death."
"You can't see standing in your own shoes.
Why can't you see that you're standing on holy ground?
Try to remember that this meant something.
Put yourself on display
You call yourself pure
Maybe we should face the wall,
Close our eyes and kiss ourselves goodbye
One more fight
There is a good chance I might die
If I'm not already dead on the inside
Tell me how I'm going to feel
Hanging heads and teary eyes
Shining smiles and polished lies
How many times can we change ourselves
Before we disappear completely
Let me out of this mess
No one has a reason to act this way
Let me out of this mess
"I must a been so blind"
Save your trust for the ones you can fool
This is family! This is pure!
This is family! This is pure!
Save your trust for the ones you can fool
You don't have a clue what family is all about
You liar you snake you lie you lie
You liar you snake you lie you lie
You call yourself pure
You call yourself pure
Maybe we should face the wall,
Close our eyes and kiss ourselves goodbye
Hanging heads and teary eyes
Shining smiles and polished lies
How many times can we change ourselves
Hanging heads and teary eyes
Shining smiles and polished lies
What do you have to accomplish
When you talk less of your maker
What riches you receive
Will do you no good in your place of rest
When it's the time to go
Tell me once again why I'm here
I've done nothing, to receive nothing
Don't wait for me no
Don't wake me up (Don't wake me up)
Cause I'm a ghost (Cause I'm a ghost)
A ghost with no footprints
I have retreated so far into my own skin
(Fully awake yet fully asleep
Dreaming my life away)
How long can I live like this (I live like this)
I've got nothing but trust in you
So please carry me to this spot
A place to call home
Make an effort to change your ways
Or your ways will change you
Because I'm carved on the inside
Just a cage of bones to hold
I'm empty on the inside
Fill me with a love to show
Don't wait for me no
Don't wake me up (Don't wake me up)
Cause I'm a ghost (Cause I'm a ghost)
A ghost with no footprints
I have retreated so far into my own skin
(Fully awake yet fully asleep
Dreaming my life away)
How long can I live like this (I live like this)
Death has taken over me
But only as an absence
I'm hollowed on the inside
Turn me upside down and shake till the bones fall out
Try me on fit me for size
Use my body as you will
Maybe this time I'll be the one
To control my shakes instead of
Letting my body be my soul
Letting my body be my soul
Make an effort to change your ways
Or your ways will change you
Make an effort to change your ways
This is goodness, this is selflessness
Open chested
Your eyes in mine
When one turns cold
The others make a fire
You try to run away
You can't escape the warmth
This is family
This is pure
And my death comes before a single hair on your head is harmed
I love you
This is what you do for the ones you love
To the gates, or to your knees
My beating heart is just a canvas for your name
Write it down
Return it to the sky
