EP: “Between The Lies” (2010)
Raise your glass to everything
You’ve accomplished on your own
I promise it wouldn’t mean a thing tomorrow
We’re all just headed straight for the ocean floor
On a ship without any captain aboard
This time you can’t save yourself
We’re all (we’re all) just wasting time
Standing still waiting for
Something to happen, something to happen
But I think we’d all be fine
If everyone would just shut up and listen
Be slow to speak, shut up and listen
We have no idea what we’re capable of
We have no idea what we’re capable of
If only we would live in fear of knowing
Our own flesh and blood does not belong to us
We’d see everything a little different than before
Lose your pride
We’re all (we’re all) just wasting time
Standing still waiting for
Something to happen, something to happen
But I think we’d all be fine
If everyone would just shut up and listen
Be slow to speak, shut up and listen
What you want is never what you need
Is never what you need
Be careful what you wish for
Lose your pride
If it’s what you come back to
Lose your pride
Realize this was never about you
This time you can’t save yourself
We’re all (we’re all) just wasting time
Standing still waiting for
Something to happen, something to happen
But I think we’d all be fine
If everyone would just shut up and listen
Be slow to speak, shut up and listen
How can you just turn your back on everything you said you believe
It may not be real to you but it’s real to me
Leave me out, I want no part of this
Open the gates and push me in
I’m not ashamed of who I have been
I’ll never hesitate to say
I’ve seen what I have needed to see
Of this world in decay
These days reality is an antique
And I’m afraid that will never change
One by one they drop like flies
I’ve seen it right before my eyes
We’re running out of time
So choose your side
Liars, liars
You went back on everything
It may not be real to you
But it’s real to me
I’d rather die for the truth
Than live for a lie
So I’ll live by faith and not by sight
Why don’t you stop denying you’re living a lie
And realize you were never alive
You can deceive them but I won’t believe them
There’s nothing you can do to change my mind
The path that I will take
Has been defined by the choices I have made
I will not let my heart get harder
Won’t let my heart get harder
Liars, liars
You went back on everything
It may not be real to you
But it’s real to me
It may not, it may not be real to you
But that doesn’t change a thing
You liars, you liars
I put so much trust in you
Just to watch you turn your back and walk away
So lay down and rot
Lay down and rot
You’re dead to me, dead to me
Just like the rest of them
You’re dead to me
One by one they drop like flies
I’ve seen it right before my eyes
We’re running out of time
So choose your side
Liars, liars
You went back on everything
It may not be real to you
But it’s real to me
It may not, it may not be real to you
But that doesn’t change a thing
Save your lies
This is the one thing you’ll never take from me
You’ll never change my mind
Oh I dare you to try
We are not the same
I will not be infected
We are not the same
I will not be infected
You don’t have to know me
To know that you’re lost
Just know that I don’t mind
I don’t mind
And you don’t have to see me
To know that I’m right
By your side
Just know I will never leave you
My child
Follow me follow me
If you have no place to go
I will guide you home
Follow me follow me
If you’re at the end of your road
Just take my hand and never let go
Your vaulted ceilings are
Of no comparison to the sky
Won’t you let me show you out
Follow me follow me
If you have no place to go
I will guide you home
Follow me follow me
If you’re at the end of your road
Just take my hand and never let go
Be still and know
I’d never leave you or forsake you
Be still and know
I’d never leave you I’d never leave you…
Living in-between
What’s real today
And what is possible
For tomorrow
Now I know
This is our call
We have been shown
The path we will follow
It’s easier said than done
We’ve lost more than we have won
The only thing that keeps our feet moving
Is your love
Oh
This is all that we know
Leaving our lives at home
To be the best that we can
And hope for a better tomorrow
We stand again, we stand again
To move towards your voice
Block out the noise
Block out the noise
Block out the noise
It’s your heart that beats inside of our chests
We’ll do our part and you’ll do the rest
We’ll go where you need us to be
We’ll plant the seed
This is all we…
Oh
This is all that we know
Leaving our lives at home
To be the best that we can
And hope for a better tomorrow
Oh
This is all that we know
Leaving our lives at home
To be the best that we can
And hope for a better tomorrow
Take every part of me
Our lives are not our own
It’s your heart that beats inside of us
Guide our feet and we will go
We will be your hands
If you will guide our feet
We will be your voice
You are strength when we are weak
So keep me moving
I’m never slowing down
Until I’m right where I should be
This is not the life I chose
It was chosen for me
It seems like everytime I turn my head
Someones got something to say
Well I… I am not listening
As I move forward
You can crawl behind me
I’ve made it this far on my own
You can try to keep up
But I promise you won’t
I swore to my family and my friends
That I’d do whatever it takes
To finish in first place
Say what you want but
You better remember this face
I’ll do whatever it takes
To finish in first place
No one can slow me down I know
I know I will be holding on while you are letting go
Oh I think I’d hate you
If it were worth my time
But I wont waste a single second of mine
Just stand on the sideline
Mark my words when it comes time to sink or swim
I’ll be on top and you’ll sink again
I swore to my family and friends
That I’d do whatever it takes
To finish in first place
Say what you want but
You better remember this face
I’ll do whatever it takes
You better remember this
Don’t doubt me for a second. I’m nothing like the rest of them.
Don’t doubt me for a second. I’m nothing like the rest.
Everything I’ve worked for
Is right before my eyes
I’m on top of the world
Try to pull me under
This is what you will find
When you sink, I’ll swim.
When you sink, I’ll swim.
I swear to my family and friends
That I’d do whatever it takes
To finish in first place
Say what you want but
You better remember this face
I’ll do whatever it takes
To finish in first place
I swore to my family and friends
That I’d do whatever it takes
When you sink, I’ll swim.
I’ll be on top and you’ll sink again…
album: “Sleepwalking” (2009)
Oh why do you try and pull me under?
Trust me I am already dead
I’ve been digging my own grave for far too long now,
And I don’t mind waking up without in my bed.
Oh when the sun comes up you will realize that you were wrong,
And when your lungs collapse every breath that you take will feel like your last.
I want to see the fire ignite, suffocating the sky;
Don’t ever say that you know just what this feels like,
I swear one day I’ll kill this lie.
Curiosity has taken its toll once again,
And taken over, taken over everything we had.
Oh it’s a shame,
You just walked away,
Take everything, I don’t want the memories to stay.
Say you didn’t see it coming,
But I can see it from a mile away.
Look in between the lines and read the story written on your face.
Oh when the sun comes up you will realize that you were wrong,
And when your lungs collapse every breath that you take will feel like your last.
I want to see the fire ignite, suffocating the sky;
Don’t ever say that you know just what this feels like,
I swear one day I’ll kill this lie.
Letting go is easier when you have nothing left to lose,
So I’m letting go, I’m letting go, I’m letting go of you.
Oh please, look in me in the eye, next time you stab me in the back.
Oh please, look in me in the eye, next time you stab me in the back.
Oh please, look in me in the eye,
(You know to come and get all of your clothes out of my house.)
Next time you stab, you stab me, you stab me in the back.
(So go tell all your friends why chose to stick around.)
Behold this is my vision no less real for being unseen
Like a giant in a giant’s world the I am proud of nothing
We try to be better from the outside in
But still we have no place to call home In the end
A wise man speaks when he has something to say
But fools just have to say something
A wise man speaks when he has something to say
Just keep your mouth shut just keep your mouth shut
Ignorance Ignorance
It is the root and the stem of all that you know
This life that we live is not all there is
This life that we live this life that we live
We try to be better from the outside in
But still we no place to call home In the end
We try to be better we try to be better
We there is know price go
Two roads diverged in the woods I
I took the one less traveled by
This has made all the difference difference
Two roads diverged in the woods and I
I took the one less traveled by
This has made all the difference difference
If they only knew where we’ve been we’ve been
When and where going to
No If they only knew where we’ve been we’ve been we’ve been
When and where we your going to
It is the end
Only the dead have seen the end of anything
Prepare me for the end prepare me for the end
I’ve got some things to say.
I believe this announcement is over due.
My days blended together seamlessly and who knew?
The error of my ways in this world becomes so severe.
The day she interrupted my life it all fell,
but she was so sincere.
I’ve known some witches this town will still not burn.
Their never held on trial and we’ll never learn.
They invade our hearts to bleed us inside out.
Somebody give me the liquids to turn this around.
I know she loves how every eye looks at her.
And she feeds on the pain you feel.
I’m telling you her words are never cut and dry.
And she keeps appearing at all the wrong times,
with a brand new lie.
Still don’t believe me?
She carries a box of matches in the side of her purse!
She starts a fire just to watch you burn.
I’ve been trying hard to avoid it,
I thought is would make it but I was wrong!
I’ve known some witches this town will still not burn.
Their never held on trial and we’ll never learn.
They invade our hearts to bleed us inside out.
Somebody give me the liquids to turn this around.
Deep in the sunset the smoke billows high.
She lit the fire that ruined my life.
She started the fire that ruined my life!
Time after time you left me empty.
You’ll be forgotten in the ending.
It’s not just a game when you’re winning.
She started a fire!
She started a fire!
She started a fire!
She started a fire!
Stay back.
She’ll eat you alive or burn the heart that you have left.
Stay back. You’ve got to stay back.
She’s the wicked witch of the west,
and the hungry wolf in the woods.
Stay back. Step away from the girl.
If you value you’re sanity, leave town!
I am the air on your lungs
and the blood in your veins.
I am all the voices you hear,
and i will never go away.
The deafening sound you hear
is coming straight from your mouth.
Choke on your words your so shallow.
Bite your lip!
Bite your lip when you hear it.
hold your tongue.
You gotta hold your tongue.
Don’t be so blind.
Time is not on our side.
Look me straight in the eyes.
Do not say you will be alright.
Put it all on the line
and for a minute the earth will stand still.
I am the ghost,
the ghost in the mirror that re creates,
painting your soul with every color you hate.
I am the voices that you hear
and the decisions you make.
I am the air that you breath
and I will never go away.
I will not carry you through.
Is that what scares you the most?
My friend, you fooled yourself again,
into thinking it’s real.
They can not save you like I can.
They can not make you feel.
Swimming in regret
but the water is much too deep.
This is your very last breath,
Chose your words carefully.
I am the ghost,
the ghost in the mirror that re creates,
painting your soul with every color you hate.
I am the voices that you hear
and the decisions you make.
I am the air that you breath
and I will never go away.
Save yourself from the lies that brought my father to his knees!
OH!
Don’t be so blind!
Time is not on our side!
Look at me straight in the eye!
Put it all!
Put it all on the line!
We are all guilty
But silence will not save our souls
We are becoming tired and weary and our conscience is slowly growing old
Living by the reason of science
Never question what we are told
These words rise above my voice but I think you already know
Now let’s get one thing straight I’ve been there
I’ve done that and I refuse to go back
Nothing you can do will change my mind
All trust me I’ve been there I’ve done that
And I refuse to go back
Nothing you can do will change my mind
Were all searching for something so much greater than what we have
And these lies have nothing to offer us
A bigger meaning a better purpose please trust me this is worth it
You don’t have to be the person you were yesterday
Take your seats
Now please let me break the silence and say
What you’ve been waiting to hear
I have the answer I have the cure
I have the answer I have the answer I have the cure
I have the answer I have the cure
I have the answer I have the cure
I’ll say it again and again
I have the cure
Everything is overly organized
But you seem strangely out of place
When will you realize the past can not be erased (when will you realize)
Were all searching for something so much greater than what we have
And these lies have nothing to offer us
A bigger meaning a better purpose please trust me this is worth it
You don’t have to be the person you were yesterday
I refuse to wash my hands of this
And forget what needs to be said
If life is all we are living for then kill me now
If life is all we are living for then kill me now
I do not know the American Gentlemen.
God forgive me for putting such words together.
Undone you’re no different than all the rest,
a life full of greed with no heart in your chest.
Full to your throats you cry out STARVATION!
Oh what a joke and waste of creation.
You are the only one to blame for all the choices you made.
I’ll lower your body down into an open grave
and let the vultures have their way with you.
We’ll take you by surprise and spill your blood like wine.
Scarlet stains upon the flesh will end the night.
Rest your head and soon you will find,
beauty is young and will die in time.
When I look out my window,
I see a nation filled with disgrace,
all the thieves and the liars,
and you’re there with a smirk on you’re face.
Everything you say rings hallow,
but you will tell your stories again and again.
Sell your half truths with a smile.
Take and inject it, inject it!
You think we don’t know a thing.
But I can see straight through you.
You think that we believe everything that you say.
My God, things aren’t looking good.
Now the tables have turned,
and you see this, you see this
for what it really is.
Now the tables have turned,
and you see this, you see this
It all seems so out of place.
We think that we’re safe right here
and let you mismanage it all.
For once now i see it so clear.
Don’t even try to run because
you will find that we are not blind
and we’re not amused.
So that this is just the way that it goes
but everyone knows.
(Looks like you got it all figured out,
Brave from a distance for everyone to marvel
and applaud at the sound.
These lines were drawn for your days on end,
so get out of focus and blend in.
Failure is what you’ve become.
You’re a failure, Failure!)
Rest your head and soon you will find
Beauty is young and will die in time
Rest your head and soon you will find
Beauty is young and will die in time
Rest your head
The city hides the secrets of the liars in the streets
The phone calls and assurances all for nothing (but looking good)
Every time the truth comes out its pushed away and pushed aside
But I won’t stand and watch it all
It all go unsaid
How many times will I fall victim to this It’s normal by now
No one helps each other up we push one another back down
It’s sad to see these people
And the apathy they have
I hope one day they lose it all for the choices they made
Out in the open there’s the air of brotherhood
And spoken truth yet everyone knows what goes on behind these closed doors
Do tell no one cares about the heart no one cares about the past
I’ve seen the way we treat each other
So keep smiling through your teeth
Don’t ever tell me you’re telling the truth
Don’t ever think you can speak my name
When did we stray from what we stand for
When did it all mean nothing to you
It’s hard to find honest mind in this city
And I keep hoping someone will speak up
It’s hard to find honest mind in this city
And I keep hoping hoping someone will speak up
I’ve seen how all of this ends
And I promise It’s worth whoever it offends
What happened to what we believed in
And I have seen how all of this ends
Sleepwalking our way to contentment
I wont just let it be and let you smile through your teeth
You call yourself human
So say it straight to me
We’re sleepwalking all the way to contentment
When will somebody speak up
We’re sleepwalking all the way to contentment
When will somebody speak up speak up
Don’t ever tell me you’re telling the truth
And don’t ever think don’t ever think
And don’t ever think you can speak my name
We are alive the last men standing from the fight
We are the chosen and we claim your life tonight
Breathe in the light that surrounds us
Can you fell it take the risk but know the consequence
Know the consequence
If we were made for this
Who are we to act any differently
No one said this would be easy
Never look back leave it all behind
The clouds overhead have come and gone with the storm
Now let me show you the truth
We were born into the open sky
Where heroes are created
And legends never die
We were born into the open sky
Where heroes are created
And legends never die
If we were made for this
Who are we to act any differently
No one said this would be easy
Never look back leave it all behind
There is hope in every open eye
So live your life like you’re ready to die
Let them have everything but your pride
Hold your ground when the sun sets tonight is the night
Darkest night comes just before dawn
Darkest night comes just before the dawn
And trust me son and trust me son
A darkest night comes just before the dawn
And trust me son we will make it our alive
Here we go again
I brought us here on purpose
I knew we wouldn’t make it out
You see it in my face
You and I were born to die in this place
All the walls you built to surround you
Crumble right before your eyes
Yet again gain it seems you have failed
This is how it all ends
We couldn’t change It if we tried
Come on come on go ahead try
Go ahead and try
This is the price we pay for the moment in time (moment in time)
We searchin felt cible
Your heart beats faster your knees get weaker
And time stands still time stands still
Push it back push it back but one day this will all become very real
As a curtain of darkness covers the sky
In this place you have no face
In this place you have no name
Looking for anything that feels familiar
Trying to forget a city in ruin
Wasting time caught in a trap you set yourself
You set this trap yourself
When skyline hit fire It all went to hell
Dead bodies askew
Alarming the church bell
You can not do this on your own
Our days were numbered
You can not you can not do this on your own
Our days were
They watch in silence create and destroy
Orchestrating our every thought
They watch in silence create and destroy
We dare not say we ever tried to make it stop
Persevere persevere It’s time to test the limits of your heart
Make it clear this is not
A test of the system they want you to believe
Understanding the paths that we take
Relay’s signals from our nerves to our brain
Don’t get lost in the upside down ways
This world has a heavy hold on your heart
You’ve know from day one that things aren’t always cut just to fit you
Uncertain of what’s at stake
This question is killing you
So many think they know it all
All they know is that It’s gonna end
Gotta live while you can gotta live while you can
You’ll find it hard harder now just to believe
Give it some time give it time
Give it face needed time
Crashing through the open doors
Fall flat on our faces again
This is the life that you chose you’ve got the time make your amends
Crashing through the open doors
Fall flat on our faces again
This is the life that you chose you’ve got the time make your amends
I know sometimes It’s so hard
Afraid to show your weakness but were all so weak inside
So don’t listen make up your own mind
Listen with your ear to the sky
And keep your feet moving persevere persevere
You have the power to make this life your own
Its time to test the limits of your heart
Make it clear make it clear
This is not a test of the system
In a world a world that is broken a world that is broken
I’m afraid of a world that is breaking a world that is breaking down
In a world that is broken and dead
I am afraid that there’s nothing left
In a world that is broken and dead
I am afraid that there’s nothing left
In a world that is broken and dead
I am afraid that there’s nothing left
Show them how strong you are
You’ve come this far don’t fall
EP: “Memphis May Fire” (2007)
By the streets of that one bedroom apartment
We stood and watched the storm.
Our eyes upon the blackened sky,
As the rain began to fall.
With a gentle sigh you took my hand and pulled me in,
So close. Our pulses, beating a rhythm of passion
As the lightning split the sky.
I gazed into your eyes, so bright and gently caressed
Your face. Your soothing touch,
Well, there’s never quite enough,
Yes, there’s never enough of you and me..
Our lips, warm with the heat of desire
As the wind tore through the streets,
Of that one bedroom apartment our souls embraced once more.
I gazed into your eyes, so bright and gently caressed
Your face. Your soothing touch,
Well, there’s never quite enough,
Yes, there’s never enough of you and me..
(Two souls aglow with passion and love, as the rain began to fall)
Notice my smile.
How spontaneous and true!
Damn I loved you, god damn
[x2]
There was never enough of you and me
Can you not hear the hum of my body
Responding to your nearness?
My heart keeps time.
My love is vast and deep and whole.
Just like the open sea
It will go on forever more into eternity!!!
Just when I thought we’d given up,
We stayed on the road and made it,
I can never see you in your room
Sleeping without me
Just when I thought we’d given up,
We stayed on the road and made it,
I can never see you in your room
Sleeping without me
Touch me….I tremble
Hold me…I sigh
Kiss me…I melt
Ask me….Why
[x2]
Just when I thought we’d given up,
We stayed on the road and made it,
I can never see you in your room
Sleeping without me
[x4]
Get, get out, get out of here
Get, get out, get out of here
I was abandoned last night without a way home
Stuck in a desert with only you above me
I’m sorry I turned my back, back on you so many times
I’m standing right here asking you to accept my apology
Not everyone we know has faith in you
But we all know where they’ll go in the end
Come on, lets go and break these chains
I need your help my sweet God
Here lately I’ve abandoned me,
Get up decide, get up decide, well I won’t know
My god she abandoned me,
Get up decide, get up decide, well I need you!
Well it’s been two years now,
Am I wasting her time,
God I know that you can help me with all my problems
It’s been over a year and a half,
Am I wasting her time, there’s been a lot
Of things on my mind and I know that you can help me
I’ll bleed for you just like you bled for me
I’m in a home with nothing more than a bed
A bed!
Won’t you help me?
Lonely child, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid
Only love disintegrates the soul and turns your streets to gold
I sit here smoking these cigarettes
So hear this out
I sit here smoking these cigarettes
So hear this out
Oh my god I’m dying to know
If this panic setting in is a good excuse
To step away from
Oh my god I’m dying to know
If this panic setting in is a good excuse
To step away from you
To break me,
Get up decide, get up and fight,
I need your help, and break me down,
Go on, I need your help,
God let’s go, help me, break me!
She’s got too many troubles on her mind.
Her father told her to leave, this was too much trauma.
For a poor widower’s soul she was a child
She was once happy before she buried him beneath the sand
You can’t save her now,
She’s going to the guillotine
You can’t save her now
You can’t save her now,
She’s going to the guillotine
You can’t save her now
I awoke last night to hear the screaming of a child
But it wasn’t mine.
I doubt this fairytale will put me back to sleep,
To put me back to sleep
But what the hell…
I opened the bathroom door
And there on the floor wrapped in towels was a small child
So they say she was bearing a child when
She was put to death but now
My imagination’s going too far.
???
So I went to a man in white he said,
“Come to the south, you find redemption there”
Why the south I don’t know why
But you must trust me…
To my former self
This is my scrapbook
I’ll paint my walls you’ll see me there
I’ve seen a masterpiece covered in blood
He’s a ghost a broken dream,
Access my mind make me a believer,
I awoke last night to hear the screaming of a child
But it wasn’t mine.
I doubt this fairytale will put me back to sleep,
To put me back to sleep
But what the hell…
‘Cause the four horsemen of the apocalypse are coming
And they are not bringing flowers
‘Cause the four horsemen of the apocalypse are coming
And they are not bringing flowers
Keep me awake, you’ll find we have something in common
Keep me awake, you’ll find we have something in common
Yes sir
Gathered together,
The feared men in the banquet-hall
All were put on a bench assigned,
All were strong until we sat them down,
To call them out. A henchman
Attended, with a cup in hand,
Served the clear liquor to the forgotten men.
And these words were sang to me,
Heroes revealed,
No glory to shame,
Take it all aside
And show me your face,
Just once again
Heroes revealed.
Heroes revealed, no glory to shame,
Take it all aside, show me your face
Heroes revealed, no glory to shame,
Take it all aside, show me your face
Now the nights have grown cold,
The sun’s gone without a trace,
These are all men of glory and fame.
They’ll go to their homes,
To be with their kids,
But once a hero’s revealed
Grab your gear (grab your gear) and lets lift these arms
I heard you say you’re coming back to fight them off,
You know they’re coming after you,
Save us from this open wound we call weakness,
You know they’re coming after you.
I heard you say you’re coming back to fight them off,
You know they’re coming after you,
Save us from this open wound we call weakness,
You know they’re coming after you.
You know they’re coming after you.
You know they’re coming after you.
You know they’re coming after you.
???
Take everything we knew
And put it in the past, God has
Forgiven them and so have I,
But now we shall resign.
Take everything we knew (take everything we knew)
And put it in the past, (and put it in the past, God has)
God has forgiven them (forgiven them and so have I)
And so have I (but now we shall resign.)
Heroes revealed, no glory to shame,
Heroes revealed, no glory to shame,
Take it aside and call
Staring at the pictures on my walls wishing I was there
But I’m stuck in a world where nobody cares, I’ve gotta finish
Wondering what you’ll do when I’m gone, I bet you’ll find somebody new
I got a ticket for a one way ride and I’m never gonna look back, never gonna look back
Take it all in stride and make my way to the world baby, my world baby
Now that I’m gone, that I’ll be running back to you
Now that I’m gone, don’t think that I’ll be running back to you
The queen, she told me I’d someday die, but what the hell does she know
I’ll carry on. they say don’t knock before you try theres a fork in the road
I really think we can make it, its time to be fake if,
we get respect in the city streets.
tire tracks lace our history, and if you were listening
You know I mean every word I say!
Well it goes to say everything right now happens for reason
Well it goes to say everything happens
There’s a fork in the road and the easy way looks dry
So I’ll take my chances and turn my world up in blue tonight
Now that I’m gone don’t bother to think that I’ll be running back
To you-hoo-hoo
Now that I’m gone don’t bother to think that I’ll be running back
To you-hoo-hoo yeah
album: “The Hollow” (2011)
Digging a hole that I can’t get out of
Deeper and deeper below the surface
To find that there’s nothing there
Where do I go from here?
Give me something that I can feel!
Back and forth here we go again
What will it take to keep it together?
What will it take to keep it together?
What will it take?
What will it take?
What will it take to keep it together?
I’ve never felt so empty
Keep me close, keep me close
Keep my head above water
I need to hear your voice
I can’t do this on my own
Beneath the sun I am rotting
Just like the ones that came before me
I cannot deny my own walk has become a crawl
I’ve never felt so
I’ve never felt so lost
I know
I could never run far enough
To escape your love
(To escape your love)
So why do I keep running?
Now the chaos is all around me
Show me the light at the end of the tunnel
I need you to save me from myself
Give me something I can feel!
Keep me close, keep me close
Keep my head above water
I need to hear your voice
I can’t do this on my own
(I can’t do this on my own)
Keep me close, keep me close
(Keep my head above water)
I can’t do this on my own
Take all my guilt
Take all my pride
I want to know you sincerely
I’m on my knees
Take all of me
I want to feel you here with me
Feel you here with me!
Take all my guilt
Take all my pride
I want to feel you here with me
Keep me close, keep me close
Keep my head above water
I need to hear your voice
I can’t do this on my own
(I can’t do this on my own)
Keep me close, keep me close
(Keep my head above water)
I can’t do this on my own
Say what you wanted to say,
Mean what you wanted to mean.
I’m listening, so be real with me.
I’ve never known you to be
One that refuses to speak.
You’ve never held anything back from me until now,
What were you thinking?
I can see it in your eyes,
You’re scared for your life.
And I would be too if I was you,
I would be too if I was you!
Say what you wanted to say,
Mean what you wanted to mean.
I’m listening, so be real with me.
Say what you wanted to say,
Mean what you wanted to mean.
I’m listening, so be real with me.
I’ll rip every single word
Right out of your dirty mouth.
I’ll rip every single word
Right out of your dirty mouth!
Don’t test me, I’ll do it.
I have all of the evidence, I’ll prove it.
Don’t test me, I’ll do it.
I have all of the evidence!
For better or for worse,
It never meant a thing!
Say what you wanted to say,
Mean what you wanted to mean.
I’m listening, so be real with me.
Say what you wanted to say,
Mean what you wanted to mean.
I’m listening, so be real with me.
How many days have I wasted,
Building you up while you tear me down?
I swear the next time you need me,
I won’t be around!
Everything we had is gone,
It was gone in the blink of an eye.
Pack all your bags,
I’ve never been so ready to say goodbye.
Love, hate, pleasure and pain.
These are the words I could never explain,
All I know is you made me feel every one
And it will never happen again!
How am I to blame
For all your mistakes?
You gave up the second you looked away.
I really hope you got what you wanted,
Now wash your hands clean of me.
Won’t you wash your hands clean of me?
I forgive you,
I just want you to leave.
For better or for worse,
It never meant a thing.
I forgive you,
I just want you to leave.
For better or for worse,
It never meant a thing.
I think it’s time
We paid a little closer attention to all of this
Your slight of hand is an old trick
And I see right through your wit
So I’ll ask you
Can you keep your word?
Or is this where we go our separate ways?
Can you keep your word?
Never again will I trust what you say!
I never thought I could be so blind
Oh, but now I say
If I could go back
Do it all again
You know that I wouldn’t sign my life away
You won’t get away with this!
You won’t get away with this!
Silent when we needed you!
You won’t get away with this!
You won’t get away with this!
Silent when we need you!
I was too blind to see that
You were too deaf to hear me
Just know if I could go back
This would all be different
This would all be different!
You must have mistaken me
For someone just as fake as you
You broke every promise you made!
No, I don’t expect you to know what it feels like
I just want you to admit
That you are a thief
You’re a thief!
You’re a thief!
You’re a thief!
Don’t take it too hard my friend
That I feel this way
It’s just that
I was too blind to see that
You were too deaf to hear me
Just know if I could go back
This would all be different
This would all be different!
Your excuses mean nothing
When nothing means more than keeping your word
Oh please
Like I haven’t heard them before?
I don’t think you’ll ever learn
You killed the trust
All of the trust that I put in you!
You killed the trust
And I’ll never trust you again!
I was too blind to see that
You where too deaf to hear me
Just know if I could go back
This would all be different
I was too blind to see that
You where too deaf to hear me
Just know if I could go back
This would all be different
Staring at the wall,
I never thought this would be so hard.
How could have I been so close and never known you?
I never knew, I never knew you at all!
You will always be my father but I hope you know,
It’s your fault and I’ll never know what that means.
You left a void that never could be replaced.
I am dying inside but you will never see!
I always had hoped that you did not want it this way,
But no matter how hard I try you always pushed away.
You said you loved me but…
How was I supposed to know
(How was I supposed to know)
When you left here,
You left me here alone?
Do I ever even cross your mind,
Just for second?
Do you know I’m alive?
You know I would let you in but you threw everything away.
So tell me what did you get from all of these years of pain?
You have no clue what I’ve been through,
But I guess that you wanted it that way!
How was I supposed to know
(How was I supposed to know)
When you left here,
You left me here alone?
Do I ever even cross your mind,
Just for second?
Do you know I’m alive?
If you would’ve been there,
If you would’ve stuck around.
If you would’ve been there when I needed you,
You would’ve been
You would’ve been so proud!
How was I supposed to know
(How was I supposed to know)
When you left here,
You left me here alone?
Do I ever even cross your mind,
Just for second?
Do you know I’m alive?
Maybe one day you’ll see what you did to me,
But until then, I need you to know you make me sick!
I know that you think that you’re changing,
I know that you think you’re perfect.
But your yesterday is a joke
And everyone’s heard it all before!
You’ll never give me what I know I deserve,
The same as all of the rest but with half the nerve!
I should have known,
(I should have known!)
I should have seen
How much was wrong.
You’re a mistake.
You’re a mistake, a disease on my soul!
I can’t believe I thought I had you figured out.
I should have known,
I should have seen how much was wrong.
I should have known,
I should have seen that you were broken.
You were broken from the start.
I gave you all of of me.
Put you first in line, such a waste of time.
I was always yours, you were never mine.
How could you leave me standing outside?
You’re such a sick, sad waste of a human being!
I hope you’re happy, go paint that smile
Right back on your face, you’re so fake.
I’m so tired of all the generic excuses,
So this, this is where I draw the line.
With every “I love you” you left me more empty.
And now it is so obvious…
You were broken,
You were broken from the start.
I should have known,
I should have seen how much was wrong!
I gave you all of of me.
Put you first in line, such a waste of time.
I was always yours, you were never mine.
How could you leave me standing outside?
When you hear these words
And wonder if they’re about you,
Don’t call and complain.
You know there’s truth
In every word that I say!
You’re such a sick, sad waste of a human being.
You’re such a sick, sad waste of a human being!
I gave you all of of me.
Put you first in line, such a waste of time.
I was always yours, you were never mine.
How could you leave me standing outside?
I gave you all of me,
Such a waste of time.
This is where I draw the line,
This is where I draw the line!
I felt the ground start to shake.
Oh God, oh God,
Everything’s up in flames.
I prayed that it would have ended
Just as fast, just as fast as it came.
All I could hear was:
“March on, march on.
Quick on your feet,
March on, march on.
March on, march on.
Whether you like or not,
March on, march on!”
Finish what you started.
Just remember you can’t bring them back,
Just remember you can’t bring them back.
Heads will roll, bullets will fly.
We’ve all been turned into blood thirsty cannibals.
Just don’t close your eyes!
Just don’t close your eyes,
Sleep with one open!
Everything’s put into perspective
When you’re staring down
The barrel of a gun.
I’ve come to peace with the fact
That I can’t take it back,
What’s done is done!
But the bodies still haunt my dreams,
Oh, the bodies still haunt my dreams.
The bodies still haunt my dreams
And they always will!
March on, march on.
March on, march on.
Quick on your feet!
Finish what you started.
Just remember you can’t bring them back,
Just remember you can’t bring them back.
Finish what you started.
Just remember you can’t bring them back,
(Just remember)
Just remember you can’t bring them back.
How many of them will be forgotten,
Laying a part of the ashes?
No words can describe the guilt,
But I had no choice!
We were surrounded,
No words can describe.
We were surrounded,
I had no choice.
Words can’t describe
The guilt that I felt,
But I had no choice.
Finish what you started.
Just remember You can’t bring them back,
(Just remember)
Just remember You can’t bring them back.
Finish what you started.
Just remember You can’t bring them back,
(Just remember)
Just remember You can’t bring them back.
How many of them will be forgotten,
Laying among of the ashes?
Dancing with the heat
From your ear against mine
Made me a victim to love
A love that was never divine
You were my first
I hated it all
Oh I hated it all
Always there to show me
The next place to fall
Cause you knew I would fall
You were so far from
Anything I ever wanted
Temptation took over
And now everywhere that I go
I am haunted
Hello (Hello)
Hello and goodbye
Here is to hoping that I
That I can forget everything
About that night
Hello (Hello)
Hello and goodbye
Here is to hoping that I
I never see you again in my life
Really I can’t blame anyone
But myself
I could have stopped it
Oh I wish I did
I knew nothing but visions until you
I robbed myself of my own innocence
You came back more vicious
Than ever before
I should have seen it coming
You were perfect
Perfectly covered in blood
And I saw right through you
Evil!
Pure Evil!
Evil!
The look in your eyes
Your intentions were poison
Hello (Hello)
Hello and goodbye
Here is to hoping that I
That I can forget everything
About that night
Hello (Hello)
Hello and goodbye
Here is to hoping that I
I never see you again in my life
No!
You didn’t brand me
No!
You didn’t brand me!
You didn’t brand me!
You’re just a bump in the road!
Soon I’ll wake up from this nightmare
And I will be happy
And you’ll be alone
I saw right through you
Your intentions were poison
I saw right through you
It’s the look in your eyes
Hello (Hello)
Hello and goodbye
Here is to hoping that I
That I can forget everything
About that night
Hello (Hello)
Hello and goodbye
Here is to hoping that I
I never see you again in my life
These streets are crowded with cowards disguised as men.
They are paying no consequence for their actions,
So we’ll all give in.
I say the same things
Over and over and over again,
But you act like you’ve never heard them.
We were created to set an example.
So what is this, what is this?
This is the same old story,
This is the same old scene.
We’re living our lives right out of a magazine,
I guess we’ll never know!
Have we gone from little to less,
To nothing at all, nothing at all?
It seems like every soul
Has been sold for a dollar or less.
So I guess we’ll never know
How good it could have been.
How good it could have been!
Savor every breath
That enters your lungs,
I promise it won’t last forever.
And by the time you realize
You were wrong, you’ll be far gone.
Savor every breath
That enters your lungs,
I promise it won’t last forever.
And by the time you realize
You were wrong, you’ll be far gone!
Follow me or back out now.
Follow me with all your heart
Or back out, back out now!
We all swim in a sea of pride,
Where character is rare.
(Where character is rare)
With every passing day,
It only gets worse
And no one seems to care.
We all die wondering what if I-
What if I would have tried?
And while you’re begging for life on you knees,
You’ll realize you were never happy!
Have we gone from little to less,
To nothing at all, nothing at all?
It seems like every soul
Has been sold for a dollar or less.
I guess we’ll never know
How good it could have been.
The clouds begin to move in rhythm,
There is a storm in the sky.
I will cause a disaster,
Create an earthquake
And watch as you shake.
I will cause a disaster,
Watch as you shake!
We all die wondering what if I-
What if I would have tried?
What if I would have tried?
I guess we’ll never know!
It seems like every soul
Has been sold for a dollar or less.
I guess we’ll never know
How good it could have been.
How good it could have been!
Let go of everything,
Let go of everything!
What is it that you are holding on to?
What will it matter when every history book is consumed in the flames?
Soon it will be like you never existed,
Not a single soul will remember your name!
Everyone is flawed,
Everyone has a story to tell.
But every story has an ending,
So stop acting like there won’t be one!
These bones are only, only temporary.
(Let go of all you know.)
You’re on your own, but not alone.
You’ll never be alone.
These bones are temporary,
Let go of all you know.
(Let go of all you know.)
The destination lies ahead
And we are not alone.
We are not alone!
Forget then, live right now.
Everything rides on tomorrow.
When that day comes will you hear (will you hear)
“Well done, well done.”?
Your eternity is worth so much
More than their opinions of you.
Defined not by where you’ve been,
Knowing that you’ll be made new!
These bones are only, only temporary.
(Let go of all you know.)
You’re on your own, but not alone.
You’ll never be alone.
These bones are temporary,
Let go of all you know.
(Let go of all you know.)
The destination lies ahead
And we are not alone.
We are not alone!
I can’t say
The past will never get in the way.
Just remember, all things come and go,
But they don’t mean a thing.
It’s not about what you have now,
It’s what you have in store.
Let go.
The destination lies ahead
And we are not alone.
(It’s not about what you have now,
What do you have in store?)
Let go.
These bones are only temporary,
We are not alone.
(It’s not about what you have now,
What do you have in store?)
Let go. (These bones are only temporary)
The destination lies ahead
And we are not alone.
(You’re on your own, but not alone.
What do you have in store?)
Let go. (These bones are only temporary)
These bones are only temporary,
We are not alone.
(You’re on your own, but not alone.
You’ll never be alone.)
album: “Challenger” (2012)
This is who we are! These are the roads we paved, the strength we found & the mistakes we made along the way. This is who we are! These are the roads we paved, the strength we found & the mistakes we made along the way. This is who we are! These are the roads we paved, the strength we found & the mistakes we made along the way. This is who we are! These are the roads we paved and now I’ve had enough of your judgement. You pass it so easily. If you think that I take it to heart now you see this is my design. You don’t know the cost. So I’ll keep my faith & you can stay lost. Who is with me!? We have the strength to shed light. And this is the moment suspended in time. No limits, no boundaries at all. Just when you think we conform to a scene we break down the wall!
From the beginning I knew I was different. I embraced it, but you didn’t. Your normal life, 9-5, it’s just not for me. I need to feel alive!
I won’t fall like the rest of them, they’ve come & gone with the wind. I hear the doubt in the back of your mind but still I’ll see this through to the end.
Maybe if you paid more attention, asked more questions & actually listened you would see this is not just a dream, but a path I’ve chosen that means everything to me.
Don’t you see the minds that have changed? Do you see the lives that have been saved? Don’t you care to see the difference I’ve made?
Listen closely, the highways call my name. Don’t you see this is my everything? It may not seem right to you & you might not approve but it’s real. This is the only thing that makes me feel.
What more do I have to do to finally prove myself to you? What is it that you need to see to finally believe this is who I’m supposed to be?
Most days I feel like your punching bag, but I will never let it hold me back. I just wish for once you knew how it felt to be brought down lower than everything else.
Don’t you care to see the difference I’ve made? Listen closely, the highways call my name. Don’t you see this is my everything? It may not seem right to you & you might not approve but it’s real. This is the only thing that makes me feel. This is who I am! This is my life. I come alive in the lights! I come alive in the lights.
What will be written on your tombstone? You sat behind a desk. You had no backbone. What will be written on your tombstone? You sold your soul, grew old alone. Would you prefer that I become a lifeless, hollow shell such as yourself? Would you prefer that I give up my dreams & lose all hope just like everyone else?
Don’t you see the lives that have been saved? Listen closely, the highways call my name. Don’t you see this is my everything? It may not seem right to you & you might not approve but it’s real. This is the only thing that makes me feel.
We put our lives in the hands of the ones that claimed they truly cared. Come to find it’s all just a lie and when we needed them no one was there.
I swear I’m not bitter. I just see them for what they are; Money hungry cowards sucking the blood out of artists and killing the art! So count out the money you stole from starving artists you watched pave the way, But you know just as well as I do, without us you’re just an empty name!
Where were you when they had no faith in us? Where were you when they shut us out? It’s funny you show up now And if it fell apart I know that you’d be nowhere to be found. We did this on our own. Thanks for nothing!
The ones that kicked me when I was down Are the same ones that say they need me now. That’s fine, I’ll play the game but just know, I told you so!
I’ve seen the greed in their eyes Well I guess I’m nothing but a dollar sign. I’ve seen the greed in their eyes Well I guess I’m nothing but a dollar sign.
Four years gone by, now everything is fine, no thanks to you. You’ll never know, nor do you care about what it took or the things we’ve been through.
Where were you when they had no faith in us? Where were you when they shut us out? It’s funny you show up now And if it fell apart I know that you’d be nowhere to be found. We did this on our own. Thanks for nothing!
Ignorance had me by the throat From the day I learned how to sing, But now my eyes are open wide And this is what I see.
I see the greed in their eyes! They had me fooled at first because I believed all the lies. Oh the lies! I see the greed in their eyes! They had us fooled at first but we’re taking control this time. We’re taking control this time!
Where were you when they had no faith in us? Where were you when they shut us out?
It’s funny you show up now And if it fell apart I know that you’d be nowhere to be found. We did this on our own. Thanks for nothing! So count your money and I’ll count my friends. We’ll see who’s richer in the end!
It always ends the same. I gave you all my heart just to watch it get thrown away, thrown away! It takes a toll on my soul because I’m starting to believe that love’s just a game we play. Is it all just a game?
One day I’ll heal but I’ll be covered in scars, and I’ll never forget watching it all fall apart when you finally came clean about the lies & the games that you played from the start. It’s like every second we spent together is always on repeat in the back of my mind. What was I thinking when I gave you my life? You knew it would end. You knew this would die!
You’ll never find another one like me.
I think I’d give you another chance if you deserved one. I think I’d have room in my heart but I simply reserved none. I’d let you beg on your knees for forgiveness at last but you’re just a mistake. Please give me my life back.
You made me so insecure & unsure of everything I thought was real. I just wish I could rewind & go back to a time when I knew what it was like to feel. I hope someday someone ruins you the way you ruined me! I just want you to know how it feels. I want you to see it’s like my heart was made to be broken. Why can’t I let go? Now that it’s over I just need you to know
I think I’d give you another chance if you deserved one. I think I’d have room in my heart but I simply reserved none. I’d let you beg on your knees for forgiveness at last but you’re just a mistake. Please give me my life! Give me my life back.
They say it’s better to have loved than never at all, but I can’t seem to find any good in being thrown at the wall. I’m not sure if I can stand up from this fall! I lay tossing & turning & trying to forget. I thought I’d be over you by now. With all you put me through I’m full of regret. I wish I could just forget somehow! You’ll never find another one like me! I think I’d give you another chance if you deserved one. I think I’d have room in my heart but I simply reserved none. I’d let you beg on your knees for forgiveness at last but you’re just a mistake. Please give me my life back. Please give me my life back! Give me my life back! Give me my life!
Drowning myself every night Me versus me has always been my biggest fight I’ve been so confused for so long And the answers always seem so far out of sight So I fill it up, fill it up one more time So when everything is wrong at least I still feel right I’m in the tunnel but I can’t see the light
I just want to feel whole again So I can let you in I just want to feel whole again I just want to feel whole Oh where is my self control? Where is my self control?
I’ve been thinking this could be the end of me Who is this person in the mirror I see? I have come so far, thought I was so strong The truth is I’ve just fed myself a lie for too long I never thought this would be me
But now I’m on the verge of self destruction How could this happen to me? I’ve never been the type to run from anything, run from anything So sick and tired of wondering where my morals have gone My father didn’t raise me to become this Where did I go wrong?
There is not much left of me I can’t feel the ground beneath my feet There is not much left of me I let everyone around me down And now I’m headed to the bottom of the bottle Just to block out the sound God I need you now!
I’ve been thinking this could be the end of me Who is this person in the mirror I see? I have come so far, thought I was so strong The truth is I’ve just fed myself a lie for too long This is my vice, this is me weak
I need your love to erase this doubt I need your hand to pull me out Sometimes I feel like I will never learn Because the bottle’s always there when I have nowhere else to turn Will I ever learn? Will I ever learn?
I take another sip The dark room that I’m in becomes dimly lit This can’t be all there is
I’ve been thinking this could be the end of me Who is this person in the mirror I see? I have come so far, thought I was so strong The truth is I’ve just fed myself a lie for too long And the only one to blame is me
Who have I become? This is my desperate shout Pull me out! Pull me out! God I need you now!
Chances to move mountains are few & far between, but only unseen by those who choose them to be. Live every day like it’s your last chance to be heard & seen, because the good die young & the great change the course of history.
Stop blending in & start speaking out! You’ll never know what you can do if you don’t try now. Lift up your eyes discouraged one. Keep moving forward until your battles have been won.
They say you were created to do great things, but words only come to life when you believe. Stop blending in. Start speaking out! Don’t miss your opportunity.
Do you have the courage to follow your heart? Your life could be over before you ever had a chance to start. Take what you can get while you can get it & don’t let anybody stand in your way. If you’ve got what it takes, make them believe it. They need to hear you from a mile away!
They say you were created to do great things, but words only come to life when you believe. Stop blending in. Start speaking out! Don’t miss your opportunity.
Lift up your eyes discouraged one. When you feel like giving up, when they say it can’t be done it’s up to you to show them why they’re wrong.
Lift up your eyes discouraged one. When you feel like giving up, when they say it can’t be done it’s up to you to show them why they’re wrong.
Lift up your eyes discouraged one. When you feel like giving up, when they say it can’t be done show them they’re wrong!
What you do is up to you. Follow your heart & you will never lose. They say you were created to do great things, but words only come to life when you believe!
You were created to do great things, but words only come to life when you believe. Stop blending in. Start speaking out! Don’t miss your opportunity.
Reach for the sky! Nothing’s impossible when you realize the strength is inside. Embrace the struggle when it’s all you can see. Words only come to life when you believe.
[feat. Kellin Quinn Of Sleeping With Sirens]
I pack my bags & say goodbye to my wife for what seems like the millionth time. They said it gets easier, but they lied. She looks at me & says “really baby, I will be just fine,” but then she looks away so I don’t have to see her cry. And that is when I ask myself;
how am I supposed to be everything they expect me to be when I feel so alone, cause I left my heart at home. She needs me, but I know they need me too. So God, give me the strength to do what you created me to do.
Really I’m so thankful for the people I meet, the places I’ve been & the things I’ve seen, but when she’s not here it doesn’t feel like I’m living my dream. I know they say that no one is perfect, but I swear she’s perfect for me and that makes it so much harder to leave.
How am I supposed to be everything they expect me to be when I feel so alone, cause I left my heart at home. She needs me, but I know they need me too. So God, give me the strength to do what you created me to do.
If you miss me, I’m just a phone call away. Please be strong, be strong for me. I need you to show me how to change the inside of me. For my heart, for their sake. Be strong, be strong for me!
How am I supposed to be everything they expect me to be when I feel so alone, so alone!
How am I supposed to be everything they expect me to be when I feel so alone, cause I left my heart at home. She needs me, but I know they need me too. So God, give me the strength to do what you created me to do.
She’s on the prowl. She wants it all & she’ll stop at nothing! Everyone knows she’s well aware of the fact that her self respect was long lost on her search for something. First in line to give it up to the guy at the bar buying two drinks at a time. One track mind, it’s disgusting that she thinks she’s got it all figured out, but what she doesn’t know is that to us she’s just another one of them. Girls like you are a dime a dozen.
Just leave, just leave! We’re all better off without your disease, disease! Take your pick from the willing but you’ll never get me. It’s obvious the stage is all that you see, so take your pick from the willing but you’ll never get me.
Just go!
The innocent look on her face is all fake. She’s worn out & worn down from all the one night stands, never any interest in a real man or a love that will last.
Oh what a waste! What a waste of a beautiful face. Was it the way she was raised or just the terrible choices she’s chosen to make?
Every night it’s all the same. She steals another heart so she can drop another name. Oh what a shame! You’re all the same. You’re all the same!
All dressed up in purple & pink, she’ll do whatever it takes to get to VIP. She thinks everyone wants to see her down on her knees, but what she doesn’t know is everyone just wants her to leave!
Just leave, just leave! We’re all better off without your disease, disease! Take your pick from the willing but you’ll never get me. It’s obvious the stage is all that you see, so take your pick from the willing but you’ll never get me.
I can feel her staring at me from across the room. She’s got the worst of intentions & she smells like trouble & cheap perfume.
She’s got one thing on her mind, her target locked in sight. She never gets denied but tonight she’ll be surprised. She knows every word to every song I write so let’s have a sing-a-long. Hello, hello, hello & goodbye!
One track mind, you wanna check me off the list? Ya right! The stage is all you see, so take your pick from the willing but you’ll never get me!
[feat. Danny Worsnop Of Asking Alexandria]
Wake me up, wake me up! I can’t remember when enough was enough. I used to be so in love with this life I live before it was corrupt.
Take me back to the me that wanted this more than anything, the me that said I would give up everything just to live one night in the life I’m questioning.
Where is the inspiration I need? How could I hate this? I used to crave this! I tell my stories as a form of release. I need them just as much as they need me.
I always said I’d never waste a single second of this, but sometimes I find myself slipping through the cracks. How could I be such a hypocrite?
I think about it all so far; what we’ve been through, who we were, who we are. These days the weight of the world is on my shoulders. I never thought it would be this hard.
They come to me to show them how they’re supposed to be. I don’t want to let them down. Lord give me the answers they seek, The strength to give to the weak. Give me the desire to plant the seed. This is so much bigger than me. I think I’m in over my head.
Jet lagged & restless & always beat down. The rooms are full but I’m always alone. This load is too much to carry on my own.
I always said I’d never waste a single second of this, but sometimes I find myself slipping through the cracks. How could I be such a hypocrite? We hold their hearts in the palms of our hands. I don’t want to take it for granted. I don’t want to waste the gift that I’ve been handed.
I dig deep for what I know I need; to keep pushing forward, to keep moving! But they expect so much from me. I’m just a person, a human being. I feel dead inside. So burnt out from all I’ve seen. Maybe I’ve gone blind from always being in the spotlight.
I always said I’d never waste a single second of this, but sometimes I find myself slipping through the cracks. How could I be such a hypocrite? We hold their hearts in the palms of our hands. I don’t want to take it for granted. I don’t want to waste the gift that I’ve been handed.
Why does the fire in my heart grow dimmer with each passing day? Where is my passion? Where is my flame?
You sit at home feeling so strong from behind that screen, but honestly do you think those words you’re typing are gonna change anything? Could it be this is just an escape from all your insecurities? Could it be you’re deepest secret is you wish that you were me?
Tell me what is it with this love to hate? I think I’m starting to lose all my faith. This isn’t how it’s supposed to be!
You see everything in black & white. Who are you to tell me what’s wrong or right? What could I possibly learn from someone like you? You don’t know the first thing about my life!
Say what you will. You know it all or at least you think you do. Waste all your days complaining. You think we care but everyone knows that you don’t have a clue, so say what you will but you wouldn’t last a day in my shoes! Waste all your days complaining. You think we care but this is a war you will always lose.
So go & disregard the blood, sweat & tears we shed for you, but who will have the upper hand when this is over & I’ve done everything you wished you could do.
Stop wasting my time, so full of things to say when you feel safe. Maybe I’ll listen to you whine the day you wanna say it to my face.
Bring it on!
So many mouths that love to run, but I just laugh because I’ve been confronted by none.
Say what you will. You know it all or at least you think you do. Waste all your days complaining. You think we care but everyone knows that you don’t have a clue, so say what you will but you wouldn’t last a day in my shoes! Waste all your days complaining. You think we care but this is a war you will always lose.
Say what you will. You know it all or at least you think you do. Waste all your days complaining. You think we care but everyone knows that you don’t have a clue, so say what you will but you wouldn’t last a day in my shoes! Waste all your days complaining. You think we care but this is a war you will always lose!
I’m calling out my generation. This is an alarm! Can you hear it now? It seems like “caring” is just a phase we’re over now.
I’m calling out my generation. You should be ashamed cause you’re the ones to blame. This isn’t how it’s supposed to be.
[Instrumental]
Achmad Fawzy 