• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Collapse - Assemblage 23
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• Collapse - Soul Coughing
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• One Back And No Return - Collapse
• Tidal Wave - Collapse
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I’m on the verge of collapse
I’m on the brink of disaster
And I’m far more lost than I want to admit
I’m at the end of my rope
I’m on the edge of a breakdown
And no matter how tightly I hold on, I still slip
And you’re watching me die
Right in front of your eyes
And if you turned your back on me
I wouldn’t be surprised
There’s no new story to tell
It’s every man for himself
As brick by brick
We construct our own personal hell
I’m running out of time
I’m running out of options
And the desperation is chewing me up inside
I’ve got nowhere to go
I’ve got no one to turn to
Just accelerating, inescapable decline
(CH)
I’m suffocating with guilt
Asphyxiating on panic
And I can’t shake off this fear with which I’m bound
I’m buried up to my neck
I’m sinking under the water
And the next wave could be the one that brings me down

is this the world we live in?
are the gouvernments too blind to see
preserve our native country from destruction
preserve our native country from destruction
it´s the hell outside
the ground burns
brothers kill each other
brothers kill each other
massacre without mercy
massacre withour mercy
and the fucking politicians are closing their eyes

Mid-level manager
Says he heard about
Some mulatto girl
Shot him in the mouth
And left him a hotel
Near the mid-south offices
He worked in distribution,
Regional vice-president
Collapse, unload it, pop! pop!
I must accumulate, unload it,
Pop! Pop! I must accumulate
Well the soil is rich
Competition fat
Ripe and vulnerable
Oozing from the slats
And too cash-heavy, bloated
Sitting there all puckered up
Index of numbers is
Scrolling upscreen, scrolling up
Smash it down to digits
Gut it out and break it down
Liquid assets are
Seeping down, seeping down now
Seeping down, seeping down now.

Now don't think I won't hit you, cause I'm popular
I got a P-90 Ruger to pop at ya
Catch you slippin' I'm a give ya what I got for ya
My clip loaded with 16 shots for ya
Ya'never had a hot gun on ya waist or blood on ya shoes
Cause a nigga went and said the wrong shit to you
Homie you ain't been through
What I been through
You not like me
And I'm not like you
I'm like a animal with it, when I spit it, it's crazy
Got semi-autos that put wholes in niggas tryna play me
One shot is not enough, you need at least an uzi to move me
After 4 bottles of Don
The kid start feelin' woozie
I write my life
You write what you've seen in gangsta movies
I'm gangsta to the core, nigga you can't move me
I find my space at the top
I got this rap shit locked
I've never heard of you
You've heard of me, I'll murder you
Spit shells at your convertable
As long as you notice
Rich or poor, hollows still go through ya door
This is war
You scared of me
Your not prepared for me
The Kid is back
50 Cent I know you like that
Yeah I know you like that
Green Latern, Shady Records, Anger Management Tour

He said he is just seven years old
Don't understand what he is doing here
None of us can enter the secret spheres
Mechanisms which brought him to dementia
All that he can see looks so strange
His hands are different, old and wrinkled
They are covered by tortuous veins
Entire body's decrepit
Seized with a great distress
[Chorus:]
At dawn of his birthday
The day of his eight years
The night when he is gone
Fallen asleep in a breath
And never, has never awaken
Dandled in sweet rest
Even his own-voice has changed since the last time
Tired, hoarse and breathless
Asking what kind of disease he's got, he feels exhausted
He can't stand up
Nobody told him that a cancer is growing in him everyday
He can't recognize anybody around the bed
He asks for his parents to come but they won't do
He keeps the impress that he leaves without having lived
Who are these persons near me, all smiling
With tears running on the cheeks

You think you're better than everyone else.
You better fucking check yourself.
Talking shit on my friends.
Looks like your time is coming to an end.
The road stops here.
Your demise is fucking near.
How can you look down on me?
When your world is collapsing.

So, tell me is it right?
To feel like we're only getting smaller
And if we were to find the feeling
But I'm only treading water
We've made a few mistakes, it's not worth it to say
(we are far from the town)
'Cause we are the only ones, we will get up
And we are aware, 'cause we've been through it
'Cause we are the only ones, we will carry each other on our own
Bleed the sound wave, the truth will send you falling
You feed the lies but your mind isn't open
Now I hear you calling
We've made a few mistakes, it's not worth it to say
(we are far from the town)
'Cause we are the only ones, we will get up
And we are aware, 'cause we've been through it
'Cause we are the only ones, we will carry each other on our own
Open your eyes and let all the light in
Open your eyes, up a little more and show your bliss and come out
'Cause we are the only ones, we will get up
And we are aware, 'cause we've been through it
'Cause we are the only ones, we will carry each other on our own
Open your eyes and let all the light in

The host of the show comes down
to collapse on the ground
and the crime scene revisits me
this body shut down in Bordeaux
and the shores of gold coast on the balcony
I search for sleep
the future has fallen short
when the sun sets north
and the clouds fall from the mirrored walls
Words speak and choose
make sense and lose
capsize the tall tale, but always fail
words speak and choose, make sense and lose
forfeit the tall tale, I always will
The host had his mouth sewn shut
all in the name of trust
when the blood goes thin, he's given in
you can spare us the formal toast
the drunken anecdotes
from this day on... goes on and on...
You know when he falls apart
he listens in the dark to records turn
I'll never learn
To set it down
you'll set it down

When it finally collapsed all you heard was the radio static
And the fluttering sound of a bird that was trapped in the attic
But you couldn?t be sure that it wasn?t just all in your head
As you carefully swept all the broken glass out of your bed
When it finally collapsed all the actors were hotly protested
But the people they had to portray, were a little depressing
So a grass roots initiative based upon sharing and trust
Went into production to harness the power of dust
When it finally collapsed as it had been since way before when
The pedophiles did their rendition of ?You?ve Got A Friend?
And everyone had to admit that it wasn?t half bad
But they still felt uneasy fearing they?d be dismissed as a fad
When it finally collapsed giant billboards made people aware
Of the idea that we are comprised of just water and air
And a vandal had written that Jesus knows just how you feel
When you?re falling asleep, asleep at the wheel

I notice that you mentioned your opinion
Oh, now they got a couple of things to say too
What should I do?
Listen or leak crimson?
All over the floor from my wrists
There, now you've got Lif
Some natural, authentic, completely genetic
Inherited fate trait
He was eclectic but he didn't make great
Status is a trendy little song on a dub plate
Give it some spins and it begins to wither
My nigga
What's up, my nigga?
Let's show and prove
Make moves this winter
Rent a whip and start riding
Look into my eyes and see those two worlds colliding
I wanna be home making records
Now I'm in the studio and all I wanna do is be home
(What's stopping you?) Who's that?!
Move back!
Drive me to the hospital, I'm at the point of collapse
Sorry, baby girl, your man is out on tour
The floor may drop out if I don't walk out
Handle my B.I.
See, I think I might have just missed my own life 'cause I'm working tonight
And the pressure [x4]
Sales, interviews, touring, performing at my peak
Man, I need sleep [x2]
Now what truly defines one's life?
Is it the legacy they left behind?
Well, this music seems to be mine
It's been nine interesting years in the game
Not too much has changed
I've still got a saw to hack up your frame
Performed at all your favorite festivals
Some cats do one show and blow
My destiny to live on the low
It's got me locked in the basement
In the winter in December
Open window, cold toe
Face down on the futon rocking yesterday's attire
Woke up early feeling uninspired
Staring at my album outline
At this point I've drafted up about nine
New Lif, yeah, it's about time
Maybe you've seen me on stage with Ace, Came to Perceptionists
Or read an article on how my verbal weapon is
Well, regardless how you got here, feel fear
Kick the kick, stomp the snare, goodbye the hi
Watch the rhythm die then resurrect
As I recollect
Ancient black intellect
Erase and redirct
Your collective minds to check a selective rhyme
Detail
Available at retail, griotmatics
Ipod and Treo addicts gotta have it
It's black magic that'll wrinkle time's fabric
Have you heard of Lif?
Well, maybe, sorta, perhaps

Collapse!
Hold out your hands and demand that we kneel before we stand.
Force your hand and bleed us dry, every day of our fucking lives.
They preach peace and salvation, then bind us with debt and damnation.
They speak as lords of creation, denying grace, forcing inflation.
Hold out your hands, and demand that we kneel before we stand.
Force your hand and bleed us dry, everyday 'til we fucking die.
This repetitive pathology has a new charismatic voice; a deliberate socialistic path leaving us without a choice.
The infrastructure cracks and crumbles as the very foundation gives way beneath our feet; to an over burdened nation, portrayed as God’s creation.
A living, breathing king of kings with a toxic tongue.
He speaks as if as if the war is won.
God isn’t dead.
He never existed.
Never existed.
When the dollar fails and the systems collapses, you will impose a false solution, a demand you could never ask us.
As if we’d forgotten you put us here to begin with.
Separate the truth from fiction and fact from faith.
Reject faith and acknowledge reason.
Get the fucking facts straight.
Get the fucking facts straight.
This repetitive pathology has a new charismatic voice; a deliberate socialistic path leaving us without a choice.

Collapse me
Bed bound
Silence is free among the weight I breathe
A change of set
Clinic words
My inner panic stares at my love reward
Beholder of my breath
Send me, send me every heartbeat, send me
Seeing you, I wish we weren’t locked up against a wall
Come closer, say a word
You can take my hand but do not die with me
Beholder of my breath
Keep my heart forever yours

This is excess derailing
No way to cope with what we're giving away
Just let it fall
It never mattered
It's all replaceable
Just continue this all
As we sink
Everything is usable
It's what you wanted
Not what we need
It's what you started
And now we bleed
To a means this is the end
Line up as we pick apart the wound we cannot mend
The structure is collapsing
Broken by the weight of endless demand
This is progress failing
This is hope draining away
This is excess derailing
No way to cope with what we're giving away
To a means this is the end
Line up as we pick apart the wound we cannot mend
The structure is collapsing
Broken by the weight of endless demand
This is progress failing
This is hope draining away
This is excess derailing
No way to cope with what we're giving away
To a means this is the end
Line up as we pick apart the wound we cannot mend
The structure is collapsing
Broken by the weight of endless demand
This is progress failing
This is hope draining away
This is excess derailing

[instrumental]

Here's the sign that modern times is finally crashing
down
Weeds rise form concrete beds
Dance 'til you're dead in the parking lots
Take to the rooftops and see what's left
The doors of empty homes stand open
Like our toothless mouths
Illness in a black rainbow
Rifle through their pockets while saying last rites
Here's the end that we have dreamt of
Here's the face of the collapse
Reach out for something living
See your hands are filled with dust
Walk under rolling clouds of fragmented bone
Join the fanatics and rant to the sky
The torrents of red murder mingle with the garbage
Coagulate in heart-shaped stains
Left out to dry in acid rain
Left out to die insane
The dues left unpaid are the only kindly fate
Footprints collect with soot and smother out the lines
The dwindled carry tattered wares
On calloused backs of pride
To climb the scape, the nails will scrape
They cling to hope's last ride
Gone are the days of reckless vanity
Gone are the old songs from the shore
A different set of eyes viewed the bleakest past
Open sores breathe in the new mass
Here's the end that we have dreamt of
Here's the face of the collapse
Sorrows grow with each tomorrow
To remain is now the only task

We're Filled with emptiness
Re-living our mistakes
Why are you so afraid?
We never were alone
Selfish anger now plagued with a thought
Our lives or nothing else
Hearts bleed from a lifetime of pain
We're reaching for empty dreams
Endless battle of death over life
Has allowed our lives to fade
So many times I've felt like a failure
Such distance brings hopelessness
We're Filled with emptiness
Re-living our mistakes
Why are you so afraid?
We never were alone
Just an ounce of fear with a cost
Pushed us into a place of regret
We never thought we would cower
We're losing ground with integrity
Innocence can't hold a candle
To light the path we chose
Through the blood of a savior
Our death shall set us free
We're Filled with emptiness
Re-living our mistakes
Why are you so afraid?

The storm is approaching, infernal darkness,
Covered the sun and the night fell.
The Lord of hideous monsters got the mortal,
Grips with the king of light.
Two minds and two bodies clashed with
Each other: Hell and heaven.
Rule, power, axe - it was the
Picture of my king.
He gave us faith in life,
They showed us how to fight with evil.
Now he's gone.
I'm anxious about my life.
I'm anxious about our future.
That's the end. Collapse. Ruin all around.
I'm dazzled by the blaze of fire.
I see the exhaustion of my king slaying,
The lord of shadows. They die together.
Their bodies get smashed against the rocks.
Bloody mortal remains of my kings are
Crying for vengeance.
There's nobody to take revenge.
Rule, power, axe - it was the
Picture of my king.
He gave us faith in life,
They showed us how to fight with evil.
Now he's gone.
I'm anxious about my life.

As another chapter comes to an end with our hearts torn to shreds on days like these
the sun doesn't rise how can i fight when my hands are tied?
another empty sky and the darkest of nights
my world's demise another chapter comes to an end
with our hearts torn to shreds on days like these
the sun doesn't rise how can i fight when my hands are tied?
another empty sky and the darkest of nights
my world's demise feel the walls closing in
feel the hands around my throat
feel my world tumbling down see the light fade away

Your civilization is crumbling.
Collapsing upon itself.
Collapse! Collapse!
Your civilization is crumbling.
Collapsing upon itself.
Under its own weight.

All around you, all around you
Let them go
Cause it hurts me oh it hurts me
To let your hand
In the city of cold
Set to pieces and it hurts
Oh it hurts to let your hand
But I won't inside
Insides comes and goes

night reaches through the years
and all hope is gone
those silent hills
they hide the dawn
and bury all you'd built
give up those dreams of fire
the end aligns
give up those tragic desires
eternal night
collapse down and rest
collapse down, you've been blessed
rusted earth, dead monuments
everything is gone
those silent tombs
they hide the past
and bury all you've known
give up those dreams of fire
the end aligns
give up those tragic desires

"Life is shit - I hate myself"
Weakness of sick mind
And now you stand beneath the clouds
In ocean of moonlight
Damn this life!
It's obsolete
Eternity will be my grave
I make my step behind the line
This day will decide my fate
Only one step for limits of life
Darkness blinds your forever faded eyes
And someone cries from outside
Love you
I just want to say
I love you
Wake up and go back home
For me and for you
I watch you defenseless
And blinded by light
I want you wake up and
Come back
Feel the snow upon your face
The last flight is very short
Feel the wind of winter night
As mourning heart it is cold
Feel the last pain of your life
You are headless in your grave
Dreams and hopes
Forever fade
In the pieces of your brain
Floor by floor
Straight to the ground
Eleven, ten, nine
Was It the only way out?
Eight, seven, six
Do you want to return?
Five, four, three
Is it for what you were born?
You saw no difference
Between problems and tasks
Sorry, man
Your choice was so fast
Two, one, crush
Did you want to stay?
In the world that you left

Collapse, collapse
Break it down and take it back
Oppose the pose
Give them something to think about
Give no warnings, give no sympathy
A million motherfuckers, all built for catastrophe
You've made your bed, now sleep in it
Talked a lot of shit but you never lived up to it
You like the game, then take the pain
Arsenal of anger and a hate for authority
I don't even care no more
I'm watching the world collapse around me
I don't even care no more
I'm watching you all collapse
Collapse, collapse
Well here we go again
A different kind of killer with a brand new initiative
A social rape, you like to take
You stole control, benefited on apathy
You fear the light, but want the life
Not allowed to touch it, but it's dangling in your sight
Look past yourself, too blind to see
Every single person owns a different reality
I don't even care no more
I'm watching the world collapse around me
I don't even care no more
I'm watching you all collapse
Collapse

This house has never been so quiet
Quieter than the ever impatient-growing soul
That inhabits his body.
The warning sirens are all that can be heard
so he blocked his ears.
He sits praying that things are going to get better
While in the comfort of his own arms, he weeps;
"I only hope that I will get out,
there must be more to my life than this."
His only wish.
He's breaking, he's broken
He's breaking, he's breaking down.
If I could change my fate
I wouldn't be telling you this story
I'd be walking in different shoes
But the truth is;
I am nothing, I have nothing, I exist for nothing.

It's raining inside my house
Yesterday in my office, now sleeping on the rail
Chorus
Man and modernisation are threatening my existence
New tracks on the ground try to push me, push me outside
Can is my new gold
And I've got to make it here
Yes, I've got to make it here
But sometimes I drink myself to sleep
Chorus (bis)
Man and modernisation are threatening my existence
New tracks on the ground try to push me, push me outside
Trains going through my living room
Upstairs homeless sleep on the sidewalk
And I've got to make it here
Yes, I've got to make it here
Chorus
Man and modernisation are threatening my existence
New tracks on the ground try to push me, push me outside
It's raining inside my house

Tidal wave Tidal wave
Massive dumping and massive oozing
Massive oil slicks and uranium leaks
Massive
Huge lack of concern and little commitments
Tidal wave
Huge misuse and concrete epidemic
Massive dépletion of the rain forest
Huge draining of ground water
Massive
Vivisection new organic order
Tidal wave
Endanger specier genetic engeneering
Massive tidal wave
Extensive tidal wave tidal wave
Massive drought and titanic flood
Tidal wave
Huge hurricane and tidal wave
Tidal wave
Massive earthquake and extensive plague
Tidal wave
Extensive fire fed by huge thunder
Tidal wave
Massive tidal wave
Extensive tidal wave bis
Tidal wave tidal wave
Huge hurricane and tidal wave
Massive drought and titanic flood
Massive
Vivisection new organic order
Extensive
Extensive fire fed by huge thunder
Tidal wave
Tidal wave
Massive tidal wave tidal wave

A dead-end existence for mankind
For brains of all living, a new build-up
A gentle elusive truth
An elegant genocide
A system just to breathe
No question appear in minds
Injected into the veins
Infection in disguise
Get rid of all embody me in emptiness
Make me discovered so I can stand to stillness
For shelters of non-sense
Bounds broken with crimes
Left after the disease is
Only flesh and blood
No salvation of thoughts existence
Brains darkened by conquerors
Impaled with words
Conscious incitement
Starvation to chaos
A massive statement
Feelings divide
Empirical violence
A lethal divine
Impending silence
Weakening implementation to existence
Lies descend
Collapse of thoughts
In a second's clash
Grief remains
Times of bliss have passed away