August Burns Red Lyrics

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1. Empire

Skyscrapers, Earthmovers, Ground BreakersOur buildings rival the Heavens

Our bridges span the seasIngenuity is so cunning

Innovation is not oursCreativity is a luxury

We build with our hands what we have in our hearts

Fight the AvalancheYou'll be buried everytime

We run and run and run

Keep falling behind

Fight the AvalancheYou'll be buried everytime

We run and run and runAlways last in lineBefore lines were lines

Before time was time

The author wrote a story in the sky - and earth below

Little do we knowWe have only what we're given

Light up the sky

Light up the skyWe're going where no man..

Little do we know

We have only what we're givenLight up the skyWe're going where no man's forgotten

All you are is all we want

It burns inside us allWe're finding heart in giving soul

We're walking home into thin air

SINGINGWe are justice fighters with faces of fire

Many walk away, but we stand firm

We are justice fighters with faces of fire

Our decisions affect our descendantsWe are justice fighters with faces of fire

Skyscrapers, Earthmovers, Ground Breakers

Our footsteps, bringing purpose, changing history

Skyscrapers, Earthmovers, Ground BreakersOur footsteps, bringing purpose, changing history


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2. Internal Cannon

Ive feared the deepest darkest secrets that live inside of me.Defeat and tragedy, walking in shame, finding nowhere to hide.

Ive thrown my bottles of guilt into the sea, hoping the waves carry them awayfrom me.

Oh....

My heart is beating. Ill never stop fighting. Ill keep breathing...My heart is beating. Ill never stop fighting. Ill keep breathing to stay

alive.

And here I go, off to make a change. Im screaming... screaming revival.

All of my strength, all of my might, will go into this to take back my life.All of my strength, all of my might, will go back into this to take back mylife...

...my life... my life... my life. Im taking back my life... my life... my

life... my life... taking back my life.

Lets go....

This song is music to my ears... (this song is music...)and is a new production on an old stage (...on an old stage).

I wont dwell in unhappiness (I will not dwell in...), grasping humility,

asking forgiveness.Tomorrow is gone, Ill start living for today.Ill never stop the fighting andIll take it all away.

Tomorrow is gone, Ill start living for today. Ill never stop the fighting and

Ill take it away

3. Divisions

What have I done?

What have I done?Above the grave of a stranger,

These words were never heard.

I put my feet in the shoes of another man.

You were wronged, let down and defeated.

Death cheated and played you like a fool.


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I should have built a tower to hold you high.

Should have built a tower to hold you high.

(I died, I died)

I died inside when I, when I,When I cut you down.

Death has come to destroy.Defeat shows its face.

I failed you. I threw you away.

I cut you down. I cut.I failed you. I threw you away.



I failed you.

Sometimes I need to hit a little harder.

Sometimes I need to speak a little quieter.

I made you carry the casket of an innocent manWhen it should have been me.

It should have been me.

Oh God, Im speaking to you.

You said we are redeemed.

Oh God, Im speaking to you.You said we are set free. You said.

We are the weak. The pain is

The Devourer. The Devourer.We are the weak. The pain is

The Devourer. Its devouring me.

I said we are the weak. The pain isThe Devourer. Its devouring me.

Forgive me.

4. Cutting The Ties

Silence is a frustrating answer when all you want is a sign.

Silence is a frustrating answer when all you wanted is a sign.

Its hard to be surrounded by the ones that you love when they keep passing you by.

(passing you by)

Beneath the tough facade I know that we are getting through.


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None of us are ready to just remember you.

Whenever you are lost, I know that we can find you standing outside screaming at the sky.

Dont let the tears of agony consume your heart.

Let it beat on in hopes and dreams of a new start.

No one knows the weight on your shoulders.

No one knows the burdens you bare. These thoughts wont stop.

Id be so easy to take the easy way out. Id be so easy to take the easy way out.

Compassion is a beautiful thing, so show some for yourself.

Rock solid from the outside looking in.

Rock solid from the outside looking in. Inside youre praying for help.Rock solid from the outside looking in. Youre praying for help.

Its hard to be surrounded by the ones that you love when they keep passing you by.(passing you by)

Beneath the tough facade I know that we are getting through.Life is a gift. Remember this. Remember this.

Break free. Break free. Break free.

I know silence is a hard answer when all you want is a sign.

Patience is a virtue. (a virtue) You will be revived.

5. Pangaea

Closed off, we wake from the dusk... (the dusk)

only to step out into open air, just to see the same clouds opening. (Yahh)Into open air... only to step out...

If this is a place people dream of, (people dream of)

insomnia is the only cure - the only antidote.Youve been deceived into thinking this is the perfect life.

Its an illusion to your perception. Youve been deceived.

I wish time was still ancient so I could bridge the gap (bridge the gap)between here, between there, between you and I. (between you and I)

Frustration is setting in. I am seeing red. (Im seeing red)

This blessing is a curse. I am seeing red. (I am seeing red)


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Counting all the things that I took for granted. Counting down the days.

Watching the clock as it just stands still... to just sail away, sail away, sail away.

Waiting for the morning that takes me home, that takes me home, to take me home.

This bittersweet dream that I dreamt. Oh Pangaea.

All of this is worth every penny - every cent.I would give back everything just to be back... back home.

This is a bittersweet dream Ive dreamt. Oh Pangaea, where have you gone?Im at all four corners of this world. Oh Pangaea, what have you done?

This is a bittersweet dream Ive dreamt. Oh Pangaea, where have you gone?

Im at all four corners of this world. Pangaea, what have you done?

6. Carpe Diem

Ive thrown away all of my outside distractions.

Im diving headfirst to chase a dream that I wont let go.

Its worthless - a waste of time. This goal is out of reach. You better fall back in line.

This is what I need. You are what I need.I need motivation to prove you wrong, and I will prove you wrong.

What makes you think that you are different?

How can you chase these dreams? Theyve become a chore.

I know Im close. Im almost there.

Just a little more, and I will prevail through what you call "ignorance". I will prevail.

Now Ive chased this dream to do what I love, and I wouldnt trade it for a thing.

Now Ive chased this dream and I made it out alive. I wouldnt trade it for a thing.I threw away what naysayers say, and started on a race that I had to win for myself.

And you proved me wrong, you proved me wrong.

All Ive learned is teaching me more. All I know is driving me on.

All Ive learned is teaching me more. All I know is driving me on.

7. 40 Nights


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Youre living for today, but your future is looking bleak. One day itll all come crashing

down.

Nothing lasts forever. Youve only planned for the here and now.I said: Nothing lasts forever. Live fast, die young.

Live fast and die young. Its whats ahead, but just remember:slow and steady wins the race, so pick your head up and keep your mouth shut.

You are the captor of originality. You are the thief of authenticity.Respect is something that youll never see. Everything you write all sounds the same.

Youre forsaken. Forsaken on this mountain. The bridges have turned to ash.

This is your final hour. This is your great fall.

You wont make it out alive, so say your dearest goodbyes.

You are Goliath standing firm in your light. We are David and youre in our sights.

You are Goliath standing firm in your light. We are David and youre in our sights.Your dreams have come true. Have you forgotten the reason why?

Life, death, dreams, wealth - nothing lasts forever.Greed, envy, gluttony will amount to nothing. Nothing lasts forever.

The earth is about to quake. The earth is about to quake. The earth is about to quake.Brace for impact. Run for the hills. Brace for impact. Its a long way home.

Brace for impact. Run for the hills. Youll surely end here.

Goliath, were screaming your name. Goliath, were coming for you.

8. Salt & Light

Show our eyes true color. We want to hear the trumpet roar...We want to hear the trumpet roar... with words that trample the pagans cavalry.

Pummel the darkness with the light.

Hand in hand, side by side, we will march with full force.With your words from our throats we will march with full force.

Words that will shake the earth and boil the seas,

trample the bones of the living dead as they roam the streets alone.We go marching on. Let the trumpets roar. (Go...)

Im the harbinger, not the author of these timeless words.Led by the Comforter I sing to you.


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And if my throat were to be cut from ear to ear, I hope that these words

would carry on in these songs that I pray you sing one day.

We sing for you. We sing for you. We sing for you. We sing for you.

We sing for you. We sing for you. We sing for you. We sing for you.

9. Poor Millionaire

You stand up pridefully in front of thousands, screaming words of justice and truth.

You wear a mask of this citys hero. You are the pretender.

You fake, you fake, but fortunate. You wear a mask of this citys hero.

You fake, you fake, but fortunate. You are the pretender.

Your weak speech lines your gums with gold teeth, yet you dont believe in a word that you

say.Youre speaking shackles to life. Self-rightheousness is your demise.

You coward. Draw a line in the sand. You bastard. Look at what you have become.

Your breath it reeks of perversion.Your tongue is just like a whore, full of vulgarity, full of the disease.

Where is the life in the life you live? You are the poor millionaire.Where is the life in the life you live? A lifeless empire, a lifeless heir.

Your crown is like a lions mouth devouring you from the inside out.

Turn away before theres nothing left. Its life or death.

Tyrant. Ring the bells of repentance, awakening from your deathbed.

Tyrant. Ring the bells of repentance, awaken from your deathbed. Oh tyrant. Oh tyrant.

You stand up pridefully in front of thousands, screaming words of justice and truth.

You wear a mask of this citys hero. You are the pretender.

Coward. Coward. Where is the life in the life you live?

Where is the life in the life you live? ...life you live?

10. 1/16/2011

[Instrumental]

11. Boys Of Fall


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Reborn...

Where do we go to escape the end of the world?Did we, the dogs, open fire that you would cast this rainstorm over above our heads?

This crushing loss that brings us to our knees.

Is there a way to live again when theres nowhere to run?

Is there a way to live again when theres no way to go on?

Is there a way to live again when theres nowhere to run?Is there a way to live again through this dark tragedy?

He is God. We are just men. Who are we to question?

He is God. We are just men. Who are we to question?

He is God. He is God.

Were figures in a forest full of haunting trees,

brushing shoulders with death to make sure were alive.With the whole world ahead, and our hearts left behind.

Every word burns, branding broken souls.Pushing to move on. Soon we will be home.

When youve lost your way, when you have no words,we are your strength, when you dont have anymore. (Oh...)

We are your strength. We are your strength.

Oh Sunday mourning, all we had we lost. All we gained is chaos.Where we belong is with You. All we have is You. Where we belong is with You.

All we have is You. Where we belong is with You. Please rescue us.

A star cant be seen unless all the sky decides to be dark. (decides to be dark)

Every drop of a waterfall rushes on towards the end.

This melody will move us. This song will lead us on. Reverence is revival. This town isreborn.

This melody will move us. This song will lead us on. Reverence is revival. This town is

reborn.

12. Leveler

You have become a malicious liar that breaths for attention,

playing charades, wearing the head of a lamb. My days consumed by nights of you.

Howling at the moon as if you were wounded, but no,


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youre the one showing teeth, ready to feast on newborn beginnings as you cry wolf.

Howling at the moon, but no, youre showing teeth.

We know. Youre ready to feast on newborn beginnings as you cry wolf.

8,064 hours of conspiracies. 200 months which brings me 17 years of lies and betrayal.

The truth. Never seen. Never told. Never known.

Youll never tell the truth. Never seen. Never heard. Youll never tell the truth.

All I want is the truth, the truth, the truth, the truth. (Oh...)

Queen of hearts. Queen of hearts.

But you are the deceiver with a lying tongue and matching lips.

My heart thirsts for vengeance, but my Father has taught me forgiveness.

If I had not decided to follow Him, Id devour you like a lion, leaving your bones out to

dry.

Id put you through the same hell you put me through, pouring out conspiracies and lies,(and lies)

but this world will remember me for all that Ive done and all that Ill be.

The victim in me is dead. I am reborn. The victim in me is dead. I am reborn.

So even though you call me self-righteous and call my beloved treacherous, there is one

thing to take away:

Leveler, make level the road for the righteous.

Leveler, make level the road for the righteous.

I forgive you, queen of hearts, for through me, He will show you true love.

Love.


Love. Love.


Love. Love....

1. Thirty And Seven

You are infatuated, with what consumes you.Put the victim on the front lines and left for dead.

Stop acting like there's no... no other option but to let the waves carry you away.

Can you hold the water responsible for your wayward behavior, any more than it blamesyou for its gripping currents?

Erase the proof... erase the proof but your shame will remain.

Your shame will remain... will remain...


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Your shame will remain.

Your shame will remain.

Will you always need someone to hold your hand, and talk... talk you through... youthrough the night's shadows?

It's so much easier to fight this war when you're the last in line... when you're the last inline.Can you hold the water... can you hold the water responsible for your wayward behavior,

any more than it blames you for its gripping currents?

What will you become? What will become of you? What will you become? What willbecome of you?

Your mind is the mountain before you - You've reached the summit, now transcend the

skies.

You've reached the summit, now transcend the skies.

2. Existence

This hollow feeling,

The knowledge that you existAmidst your insecurities.

Cover up only to coward out,

And never shutting upOnly to never speak aloud.

Have you dried up entirely?

The walls of a church don't make it holy.It's what's authentic that completes the sum of it's parts.

Don't excuse yourself from life today on the pretense of your past...

You're hurt. You're broken. That's alright.

This might be what it takes to wake you up...

Are you at your wits end yet? [4x]

The walls of a church don't make it holy.

Security isn't glitzy or glamorous, concrete or cohesive.Therein lies the truth.

Lift your head up high...

It's what we know we aren't, that makes us who we are. [2x]

You're hurt. You're broken. That's alright.

That makes us who we are (who we are).You're hurt. You're broken. That's alright.


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That makes us who we are.

3. Ocean Of Apathy

Go...Everything looks the same.

It's all so watered down.

Where does our anchor lie?Where does our anchor lie?

Yeah...

There's no identity in other's insecurities.

We're told everything will be alright.Hush up, sit tight while sold a science and proved what's impossible...

what's impossible.

Hush up, sit tight while sold a science and proved what's impossible.Hold up.Hold on.

Let's go.

It might really hurt this time.Hold up.

Hold on.

Let's go.It might really hurt this time.

Hold on....

Hold up.

Hold on.Let's go.

It might really hurt this time.

Let's go.Why are we led by a misled generation?

Everything true and complete is cut out...

Everything true and complete is cut out, and swept under the floor boards, left to drown...left to drown in an.... ocean... ocean... ocean... of apathy.

We can fight the current, but we can't climb the waterfall...

Why are we led by a misled generation, left to drown in an ocean... ocean... ocean... of

apathy?Ocean... ocean... ocean... of apathy?

4. White Washed

Push your controlling values aside, and dissect your own life.It's not about my beliefs. It's about personal choice.


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It breaks your heart to see me consume, but it shatters mine to see people follow you.

Ask me to be blameless. You ask me to be blameless.

You ask me to be blameless, but who are you to decide what's right?

Don't say another word. Don't say another word.You've crossed the line. Don't say another word.

You've crossed the line. Don't say another word.You've crossed the line. Don't say another word.You've crossed the line.

Let's go...

I won't hesitate to put you in your place.You are the straw that's crushing my back.

You ask me to be blameless.

You ask me to be blameless, but who are you to decide what's right?

Don't say another word...

However, I thank you for this pen and ink ammunition.Thank you for the inspiration.

You're the straw that's crushing my back.

You are the salt that's burning my wounds.You're the straw that's crushing my back.

You are the salt that's burning my wounds.

You're the straw that's crushing my back.You are the salt that's burning my wounds.

5. Marianas Trench

This ship is sinking, deeper and deeper.We've abandoned this vessel and left the captain for dead.

Waves thirst for our passing. Waves thirst for our passing.

Prepare for the struggle. Prepare to engage.Our armor tight to the skin, this shield it bears His name.

We are strapped to the teeth, but our swords are lodged tightly in our throats.

We are going under.We cannot swim under these conditions.

We're drowning quicker and quicker.

We cannot swim, we cannot swim, we can't swim under these conditions.

We are drowning quicker and quicker.We cannot swim, we cannot swim under these conditions....

We have become what we have feared (We have become what we have feared), being one

with this world.

We've become one with this world.Yeah...

Pray for Heaven's titans to rain down, and spare us the pain.

We're going under. We're going under.Pray for Heaven's titans to rain down, and spare us the pain.


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We're going under. We're going under.

Under, under, under, under...

6. The Escape Artist

Open your closed mind. (Open your closed mind.)

Close your open mouth.

You're pushing more than you're pulling.Every word that you say passes through my...

Open your closed mind.

Close your open mouth.

You're pushing more than you're pulling.Every word that you say passes through my.. ears.. before it even escapes your lips.

No one learns from someone they hate.

Your mouth is like a grenade.No one learns from someone they hate.Your mouth is like a grenade, blowing everyone away...

Oh...

How many have you pushed away, and how many have you saved?How many have you pushed away, and how many have you saved?

Pick and choose based on a face, but it's all in the heart.

Pick and choose based on a face, but it's all in the heart that carries weight.Don't judge until you've taken it all in, 'cause in the end you'll pray to stay above the

flames..

Open your closed mind and close your open mouth.

You're pushing more, you're pushing more than you are pulling.Every word that you say passes through my ears before it even escapes, before it even

escapes...

Open your closed mind (Open your closed mind) and close your open mouth.You're pushing more, you're pushing more than you are pulling...


You're pushing more, you're pushing more than you are pulling.Open your closed mind and close your open mouth.

You're pushing more, you're pushing more than you are pulling.


You're pushing more, you're pushing more than you are pulling.

7. Indonesia

[feat. clean sung guest vocals by Tommy Rogers of Between the Buried and Me]

This plane's going down in flames, and this time there's no black box to capture your last


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words.

A situation we can't make any sense of. Sacrifice costs all of us everything.

This is the time to turn down our heads and turn up our hearts.

There's no scale to...(there's no scale to...) balance this out.Some say may those who curse days, curse this day.

There's no scale to...(there's no scale to...) balance this out.Oh...How does a man wrap his mind around eternity, when he can't even...(when he can't

even...) explain his own...(explain his own...) composition?

Don't you see it's bigger than you?He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame,

colors to shame.

He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame,

colors to shame...

The earth will swallow the water. The clouds refill the oceans.The earth will swallow the water and spit out.

The clouds will refill, refill the oceans.

The earth will swallow... Old mountains will crumble... ...the water and spit out. ...andstronger ones will rise.

The clouds will refill... This is the portrait... ...refill the oceans. ...of the humble and broken.

This plane crashed down in flames...(down in flames...) with a man who lived, who died, tobetter this world.

David, rest in peace.

He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame,colors to shame.

He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame,

colors to shame.

[In loving memory of David Clapper; you are an inspiration.]

8. Paradox

Bite your tongue until it bleeds.

This pain is worth more than what you have to say.

Swallow your pride because silence is golden, and I wouldn't pay a penny to hear your

thoughts.Lie down your guard and surrender.

All that you're proving is your ignorance.

Lie down your guard and surrender.

All that you're proving is your ignorance.Choose your words carefully.

He that keeps his mouth keeps his life;

He that opens his lips too wide shall bring on his own destruction [Proverbs 13:3].Bite your tongue until it bleeds.


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The pain is worth more than what you have to say.

Swallow your pride.

Swallow your pride because silence is golden, and I wouldn't pay a penny to hear your

thoughts.Lie down your guard.

Lie down your guard and surrender. [x6]

9. Meridian

The people who survive the sword will find favor in the desert. [Jeremiah 31:2]

I will build you up again and you will be rebuilt. [Jeremiah 31:4]

I am the painter making this mess a masterpiece.I will rebuild you up again.

10. Rationalist

See yourself to the exit.We can't afford to watch you resort to this (resort to this).

Even hope hides in the shadows. Nothing is real.

Color is black, is white, is color blind.Tucking away what's true, what's tangible. Nothing is real.

Color is black, is white, is color blind. T

Tucking away what's true, what's tangible...

You're crashing faster, and there won't be pieces to piece back together this time.Can't you see you're ringing? You're ringing out.

This is dissonance. This is dissonance.

It's in the quiet of this place... (This is dissonance.) ...that all things come to life. (This isdissonance).

All that is real is blurred by your notion of reality.

All that is real is blurred by your notion of reality. Nothing is real.Color is black, is white, is color blind.

Tucking away what's true, what's tangible. Nothing is real.

Color is black, is white, is color blind.

Tucking away what's true, what's tangible.

You skeptic, you.You believe in unbelief.

You skeptic, you.

Now you're the hypocrite.You can't hide from this.

You can't hide from...You can't hide from this.

You can't hide from this.


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11. Meddler

This moment will too pass us by.It's this notion inside all of us to prioritize through our selfish eyes.

To be the bull behind the rampage, the reason for all the riot.We'll feed our flame before wasting time on everyone else's, with more problems and less

pride.We'll feed our flame before wasting time on everyone else's, the gallows were not supposed

to look like this.

Oh God, we live in misery, lying here in desperation.We need you here more than anything right now...right now.

If everything's relative, then why the emptiness in our souls?

If everything's relative, then why the emptiness in our souls?

Trying to untie the knot we thought we were untying our entire lives, we're busied up andburnt out..

Everyone together, we will strengthen ourselves.Everyone together, we will strengthen ourselves.Everyone together, we will strengthen ourselves.

We will.... Because now we know you won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still.

You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still.

Stop, listen, and learn. Stop, listen, and learn.You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still.

Stop, listen, and learn.

You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still.Stop, listen, and learn.

You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still.

Stop, listen, and learn.You won't ever fly fast enough to make time stand still.Stop, listen, and learn.

12. Crusades

I used to be so young and invincible.

The mistakes of my youth are finally catching up to me.

The face that stares back in the mirror should carry nothing but pride.

As the days go by, it's getting harder to hold my head up high.

I've never been so tired,

I've never felt so weak,

But I swear to you that I'm not giving up.

My storied life is coming to a graceful descent.

Descend.

I've seen peace end and battles begin.


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I won't forget the lives I touched.

I won't forget the life I know.

As the days go by, it's getting harder to hold my head up high.

I used to think I'd last forever.

I'm praying for the light to just carry me away.

Say goodnight.

Say goodbye.

This is my time to be with my lord.

1. The Truth Of A Liar

Allow what's done to preach new insight to your life.

Hindsight is perfect vision.The past is easiest to see.

Clear a path.

Stand aside.We're carrying the torch now

Clear a path

Stand asideWe're carrying the torch now

Clear a path

Stand aside

There's no stopping us

Clear a pathStand aside

We're carrying the torch now

Clear a path

Stand asideThere's no stopping us.

You think you're everything to everyone, to everyone

Go ahead.Partake in it.

Justify it.

Become engulfed in it.It will eat you alive.

This is not a one way road.

You're headed for the dead end.This is not a one way road.

You're headed for the dead end.


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You might think you're everything to everyone.

Well pardon me if I intrude.

You might think you're everything to everyone

You're not a perfect man in a perfect world

Look at where your ignorance has brought you.All this will be buried.Like the fall of Rome,

Look at where your ignorance has brought you

you will come crashing down.

The truth hurts,

The truth hurts

The truth hurts

but denial's what will kill you.

All that you loved, all that you treasure,

Will pass with timewill pass with time.

Blinded by the inability to see beyond flesh and blood.Blinded by the inability to see beyond flesh and blood.

Shifting blame with a log in your eyeInsisting that a string tied to your limbs

Is what's to blame, what's to blame

Suck it up and bite the bullet

2. Up Against The Ropes

Pushed up against the ropes

You wouldn't last another roundI never wished for you to suffer like this

You would not listen


You wouldn't last another roundI never wished for you to suffer like this


We will surviveThe strong, the fortunate, the never ending

We will survive through thick and thin

We will surviveThe strong, the fortunate, the never ending


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Looking in the mirror

Seeing a troubled reflection (reflection, reflection)This is our

Darkest hourThis is ourDarkest hour

Darkest hour

Remember what you said

When we waved our goodbyes

Remember what you said

When we waved our goodbyes

We're all dead in the end

So live life while you can

So live life while you can

You've abandoned all of us

You've abandoned meYou've abandoned all of us

You've abandoned me

You've abandoned all of usWe've forgiven you

So forgive yourself

We've forgiven you

So forgive yourselfWe've forgiven you

So forgive yourself

We will survive

The strong, the fortunate, the never ending



You wouldn't last another round

I never wished for you to suffer like this


I have little sympathy

For this divorce storyStand in front of the jury

With no happy ending

With no happy endingWith no happy ending



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3. Back Burner

ConvictionsTo the back burner

Convictions

To the back burnerRemembering what's really important isn't so important after all

Gather all your possessions

Smile cause you've got it allGather all your possessions

Smile cause you've got it all

Smile cause you've got it allSmile cause you've got it all

Still that empty feeling

Won't go awayStill that empty feeling

Won't go away

Your puzzle's missing one very essential piece(And I know you'll) keep looking in all the wrong places until it's too late (until its too

late)

Slip on the ice againWhen did you become so cold?

Living for the here and now never made so much, so much sense

Slip on the ice againWhen did you become so cold

You think you've got all the time in the world, but this could all be ending...Now!

How far down will you go

Before it's too late?Slipping on the ice again

You've become so cold

Lucky for you rock bottom is in sightLucky for you rock bottom is in sight

Your wake up call is set for now

And the trail you have followedHas come all the way to the end


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I hope you survive

Survive the crash

4. The Blinding Light

The fear is what shelters them

It's what shades their eyesAnd muffles their ears

The fear is what shelters them

It's what shades their eyes

And muffles their ears

Keep them inside

Lock them upIn a closet known as home

In here no one can find them

In here no one can fill them with filthIn here no one can find them

In here no one can fill them with filth

They were born with the silverware

Clenched in their teeth (in their teeth)

They were born with the silverware

Clenched in their teeth (in their teeth)They were born with the silverware

Clenched in their teeth (in their teeth)

And so help us, they will die with it tooSo help us, they will die with it too

They will die with it too

None of them will make anything of themselves

They don't need their own lives

The ones we have planned

Will work just fineThey don't need their own lives

The ones we have planned

Will work just fine

The world is a terrifying place

Without us they will never make it

They will never reach their potential


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They will never ever surpass us

Without our watchful eye

They might just leave us behind

Without our watchful eyeThey might just leave us behind

5. Composure

Shake it off

Pick yourself up, they say

Your life fell apart in your hands

And you've got the scarsTo prove it

It's not the first time

And they're getting deeper

Pull it together

Button up your shirt

Roll down those sleevesDon't let them see how you've coped

Its not the first timeAnd theyre getting deeper

More and more your demeanor looks like quicksand

More and more your demeanor looks like quicksand

It seems like youre giving up

Giving up on everything you worked forIt seems like youre giving up

Giving up on everything you worked for

It's pulling you under

It's gripping around your throat


It's gripping around your throat

It seems like youre giving up

On everything

It seems like youre giving upOn everything




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Life can be overwhelming

But don't turn your back on the strongest crutch

You've ever had, youve ever had

They have always been thereTo brace your fall

Wave goodbye to the pastYou've got your whole life to lead

Wave goodbye to the past

You've got your whole life to leadWave goodbye to the past

You've got your whole life to lead

Wave goodbye to the past

You've got your whole life to lead

(You've got your whole life to lead)(You've got your whole life to lead)

It's time to gain some ground

6. Vital Signs

This building is barely standing

On its own foundationOn its own foundation

I've collapsed its lungs

Calloused its heartSucked the life out of this

For all of Sunday to see

For all of Sunday to seeI've collapsed its lungs

Calloused its heart

Sucked the life out of thisFor all of Sunday to see

For all of Sunday to see

I've taken the breath out of everything they believe, they believeI've taken the breath out of everything they hold true

Everything they hold true

Preaching to the deaf and blindNo one sees my effort

Preaching to the deaf and blind

No one gets the pointNo one sees my effort


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No one gets the point

Welcome to my dying home (dying home)

Welcome inside these crumbling wallsA meaningless handshake

Greets them all with smiles of false hopeWelcome to my dying home (dying home)Welcome inside these crumbling walls

Do I even care as I watch a sea of peopleDwindling into an audience of skin and bones

An audience who doesn't have the strength

To walk out on a man who has tarnished their faith

I've taken the breath out of everything they believe, they believeI've taken the breath out of everything they stand for

Preaching to the deaf and blindNo one sees my effort

Preaching to the deaf and blind

No one gets the point

7. The Eleventh Hour

We've heard the sound

That ears bleed to hearThe sound of a place

The entire universe awaits

Here the strongest fall to their knees

A passion so powerful that walls crumble

To their foundationsHere the strongest fall to their knees

The lost find their way back home

Here the strongest fall to their knees

The lost find their way back homeBut the masses buy what will make them rich

Feasting on lies

Chasing their tails

Truth be toldThey'll get what they were promised

Crawling awayBurning with regret


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To the deepest, darkest depths

Crawling away

Burning with regret

To the deepest, darkest depthsOf hell

We got news for youWe got news for you

The day is soon coming

When turning your backWon't be an option

We got news for you

The day is soon coming

When turning your back

Won't be an option

Keep telling yourself what you really don't believe

You can compromiseWhat you know to be true

And you can turn off

All of your sensesBut in the end you'll see

But in the end youll see

Nothing stands between a man and his makerNothing stands between a man and his maker

No, no matter what it's your decision

No matter what, it's your decisionThis isn't something you could do alone

Go!

No matter what it's your decision

(Give up, give in)

Give up, give in, no matter what

It's your decisionGive up, give in, no matter what

It's your decision

Give up, give in, no matter what

It's your decisionGive up, give in, no matter what

It's your decision

8. The Balance


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All these ideas keep swimming

Running through your

All these ideas keep swimmingRunning through your

All these ideas keep swimmingRunning through your head

Quick, we'll drown them with this fix

The dose to stop your shaking

The one to silence your voice

The dose to stop your shaking

The one to silence your voice

Just take it and you'll be fine

Calm, relaxed, obedient

Just the way we want youJust the way we want you

Just the way we want you

Just the way we want you

Your thoughts are ours to manipulate

Your actions are ours to controlYour opinions are a thing of the past

Opinions are a thing of the past

So tilt your head back and swallow this

Opinions are a thing of the pastSo tilt your head back and swallow this

Go!

A real team player

A real class act

No one cares about your identityOpen wide, here it comes

This prescription makes you perfect

Open wide, here it comes

This prescription makes you perfect

9. Black Sheep

Fallen captiveYou've fallen captive


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To what you thought would save you

What you thought would clean your slate

You're in the thick of it now (in the thick of it now)

And you have swallowed the hook

What's done is doneWe'll continue onWith or without you

Pain must exist

In order for healing to surviveIn order for healing to survive

Neither one will ever serve their purpose alone (survive)

Neither one will ever serve their purpose alone

You've fallen in love with a dream you've never had (you never dreamed)

You've fallen in love with a surreal way of living

Too late to wake

Farewell and good luck to you

See you at the endToo late to wake

Too late to wake

Too late to wakeI guess this is farewell

And good luck to you

I thought we'd live to tell

This is my goodbye

Don't worry

We saw through your trickeryWere coming out alive

See you at the end

What was once your life

Is now lifelessWhat was once your life

Is now your jail cell

What was once your life

Is now lifelessWhat was once your life

Is now your jail cell

10. An American Dream


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Suffocation

Suffocate with no room to breath

Forgive us for now is too late

This is not an American dreamThis is no longer an American dreamThis is no longer an American dream (American dream)

We are trying to breatheWe are trying to breathe underwater

Trying to breathe

Underwater

The few, the proud, no longer sing their songOne nation under God

It's us against the world

One nation under GodIt's us against the world

Its us against the world (us against the world)

Its us against the world (us against the world)

We've cut the tongue from society

Forcing consumptionNever hearing no

We've brainwashed our children

To believe this is destiny

Spoiled rottenStill counting their 1, 2, 3's

We've brainwashed our children

To believe this is destinySpoiled rotten

Still counting their 1, 2, 3's

Forgive us for now is too lateForgive us for fueling the flame

This is not an American dream any longer

As we've become spoiled, rotten, counting our 1, 2, 3's

Disease infesting our young

Beauty has become the beastBeauty has become the beast

Beauty has become the beast

Beauty has become the beast


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11. Redemption

I trust in You for life to live

And air to breath

Purity fills my lungsI trust in You for life to live

And air to breath

Purity fills my lungs

I no longer live in solitude

No longer bound

My heart beats with great devotion

This is the start to a new beginning

I no longer live in solitude

No longer bound

My heart beats with great devotion

This is the start to a new beginning

On my knees

Praying for mercy

Hands raised high

Humble and broken

Wanting Your graceWanting Your security

Memories of laying face down

Motionless, with such a hollow feeling inside

Soon I would end this life I was living

I am just a man

With a heart and sinful hands

I am a fallen victim

I am just a man



I am just a man



I am just a man



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Lord, show me the way

Let my words be Your words

Let my thoughts be Your thoughts

Let my words be Your words


I ask of You Father

To You, I give my praise



Show me the way

Take me in Your arms

Never let me go

I trust in You

I trust in You

For life to live

For life to live

And to breathe

And to breathe

Purity fills my lungs


As I give myself to youNever let me go

Hold me with Your everlasting love

Be my strength

Be my voice

My glory

Set me free

1. Your Little Suburbia Is In Ruins

Open those eyes.Wake from peace.

Orders are some favorite color.

Same old same old is their battle cry.Why don't we keep searching for a new flavor?

Our hearts have become a routine.

Worthy kings have broken backs for nothing.


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Unless we cherish all with pride,

the lines on our face will turn into canyons of sorrow instead of hope.

They didn't die from the cold without but they died from the cold within.

And I just can't stop denying that our brothers are in miserable pain.Stop short.

Lend a hand and break the chains of regularity that you lean so closely upon.Your little Suburbia is in ruins.Tear down all the assumptions you hold, for I guarantee they are false.

Sometimes the best feeling may be the one that kills.

2. Speech Impediment

Your due date is up.

Don't make comments on irrelevant subjects.

There is a man who seeks his own happiness,and his smile is warmer than five of yours.You keep singing to a tasteless song.

He whistles to a song of hope.

A night of foolish chatter is easily replaced by a couple bold statements.Few words are gold, and living is offensive in itself.

Your shallow ideals are about as useless as the gnats in my eyes.

Wake up.Put your heart where your mouth is.

3. Endorphins

Just take it in stride.One breath and I think I feel free.

All we can do is strive for the best thoughts,

the best feelings, the "warm fuzzy" feeling.As a child, I believed these all came to me due to the process of living.

Grab the wheel right now, and make this life yours.

Walk with me.

Leave your disgusting fever.

Take this life - make it yours.Forgotten are the days of wandering pointlessly in my dreams.

Carry me with your wings.

4. Too Late For Roses


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Some kind of friction has scarred me, but created your new style.

My reasons to endure used to be based around who you were,

and your brilliant passion that could blaze right in front of a perfect stranger.This is my downfall - my blemish, I've been told before.

Quit holding on to what she was.She doesn't recognize you or herself anymore.She's stuck in the process of embracing what crumbles,

and when it happens there will be no apologies.

She chose to collapse what held her,and if not cautious there may never be a cradle to soften her descent, like clouds.

New shapes are taken, but they're not always actual, they're never tangible.

It's so brutal to see someone give it all up for nothing,

and having no power to stop them.

5. Barbarian

Chaos brings order.

Who will you allow to lead you blindly until the end?You're like a little girl with a stupid crush.

We all sing glory.

We all choke ourselves with our own ignorance.There is so much more to life than your stupid desires.

Nothing is everything, and everything is something.

Confused? Troubled?

Finding the meaning is looking through the vivid transparencies.Dance the night away because tomorrow,

we will look back and talk about good times now gone forever.

Trace lines around the image of your choice.Dance until the end, my friend, and find joy in every living thing.

Optimism is not a choice, it's a belief.

6. The Reflective Property

Soft memories of a life well lived.I'm thinking back and loving every moment I had.

This dull feeling is working through me, and every waking moment is more static.

As I step onto my porch of reflection, a brief wind of warmth is swept through me.We succeed in order to bring forth order in our lives.

You have all felt it - the emptiness of being alone.

Zoloft will not cure it, human touch will not solve it.This black, cold world is potent.


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Please bless the children, please heal their cries.

A sweet sound is heard in my waking life.

Tremors of anguish ripple through visions and dreams.

Cries heal a starving nation facing death and destruction.

7. A Wish Full Of Dreams

Do I dare question it?This world is ending with countless years of false doubting.

Let's get up and arise.

Speculation.

Your dreams are long gone.Now you told me to never hold back mercy.

So, this is now evolving into your own interpretation.

Let's just call this fair play.Slice them off, and restore the foundation.We must begin the downfall of their branches.

We are always too quick to point the finger on our closest companions.

Fly away into a dream full of hope,soar above the branches and into the faraway stars.

8. Consumer

A front seat to your own flick,if only you could see how much your emotions waver.

Words are flowing from your mouth at lightning speed.

They're packing heat and are ready to kill.Cry, frown, hit, yell.

Let's watch where it takes you.

You really don't have it that bad.Try looking through the glass of beauty.

It will show you the truth.

We are all guilty of self-centeredness.

We have committed the crime,

but what we fail to realize is the dent it leaves in our soul.Everyone is full of it in their own way.

A young boy cannot comprehend social status,

and this boy is better off than any of us.Life will pass us by like a summer storm,

and if we consume ourselves with ourselves,

we will surely look back with sorrow.


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9. A Shot Below The Belt

Don't you understand me?Don't you understand me?

This cloud over my head is not okay, is not okay.There are things that I need to get done, need to get done.

There are things that I need to get done, need to get done.And it doesn't give you permission to take a shot below the belt.

What a bittersweet symphony life is,But I wouldn't have it any other way.

We have so little time, let's not spend it in anger, in anger, in anger.

I am in the deep end and can't find air, I can't find air.

I am throwing punches with a blindfold on.I am throwing punches with a blindfold on.I am throwing punches with a blindfold on.

I am throwing punches with a blindfold on.

Because I may just brake suddenly.

I would rather not explode - that's your job.

I'm stuck in between two worlds in a maze of dreams and thoughts.

What a bittersweet symphony life is,

But I wouldn't have it any other way.

10. Eve Of The End

[Instrumental]

11. The Seventh Trumpet

I can no longer tell the days from the nights.

The moon glows an eerie red and I could swear it was covered in blood.

Something big is going to happen

something so big it could forever change the world.

What have you all done?

What have you all become?


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A people more concerned with the temporary pleasures of this world

rather than your own eternal salvation?

I am now convinced that this is the end.

As I raise my head towards the heavens

to take one last look at the moon, the stars begin to fall.

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