Slowly, we watch the degradation of the civilization
The rise and fall of all we are stands before us
This place is evil
Is there an answer?
This world is vile
We are the answer
Oh!
How long until we die?
Die from the inside out
How much is enough for us to see the light?
How much blood must be spilled?
Contest the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
Don't wait till daylight dies, woah (daylight dies).
When there is blood on our hands,
How can we (how can we) ignore the truth?
Contest the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
Don't wait till daylight dies.
The cost of one life
The price of one soul
Is too much to bear.
No more broken promises
Our shattered hearts will heal
No more broken promises
No more (no more)
Contest the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries (hear their cries).
Don't wait till daylight dies (daylight dies).
How long until it dies?
How long? (How long?) How long?
How long until it dies
How long? How long?
We will not die this way, in unification
They cannot break these chains of faith
Let them do their worst (let them do their worst)
Never slaves to iniquity
We will not die this way (this is absolution)
Death claims us no more (no more)
Do not grieve, end the suffering
We will live, live eternal
Will you take the stand among the dead?
Bury your fear, and hold fast to life
We will not die this way (this is absolution)
Death claims us no more (no more)
Do not grieve, end the suffering
We will live, live eternal
Anchor yourself to the foundation of everything you love
Believe you have just begun to live
Don't let the world deceive you
Don't let their words betray you
Don't let their lies deceive you
Lead them to their graves
We will not die this way (this is absolution)
Death claims us no more (no more)
Do not grieve, end the suffering
We will live, live eternal
Imprisoned inside this mind
Hiding behind the empty smiles
So simple (the anguish)
As it haunts me
Crawling back into the dark
Running, always running, into the distance
Stop me before I bleed, again
The echoes of my voice
Follow me down
The shadows I cast
Follow me down
Deeper I'm falling
Into the arms of sorrow
Blindly descending
Into the arms of sorrow
There must be serenity
The echoes of my voice
Follow me down
The shadows I cast
Follow me down
Deeper I'm falling
Into the arms of sorrow
Blindly descending
Into the arms of sorrow
The demon of my own design
This horror must not remain
Deeper I'm falling
Into the arms of sorrow
Blindly descending
Into the arms of sorrow
There must be serenity
There must be deliverance
Deeper I'm falling
Blindly descending
Go!
Forever falling, Into oblivion
The darkness crawls forward
It engulfs, my will to live
Fear is failure
And this is my motivation
Take back what was stolen
Reclaim all that's lost
With virtue, I will rise up from the ruins
C'mon!
Through adversity, there is redemption
With passion, fighting
I am unbroken
Through adversity, there is redemption
With passion, fighting
I am, unbroken!!
Take back what was stolen
Embrace the cycle
Refuse to turn back now and be led astray
Fear is failure
And this is my affirmation
Through adversity, there is redemption
With passion, fighting
I am unbroken
Through adversity, there is redemption
With passion, fighting
Unbroken!!
The absence of fear, is the renewal of ourself
The absence of doubt, breeds desire
If there is truth to face
I will design it
I will not be denied!
I watched you walk away
Hopeless, with nothing to say
I strain my eyes
Hoping to see you again
This is my curse (the longing)
This is my curse (time)
This is my curse (the yearning)
This is my curse
There is love burning to find you
Will you wait for me?
Will you be there?
Your silence haunts me
But I still hunger for you
This is my curse (the wanting)
This is my curse (time)
This is my curse (the needing)
This is my curse
There is love burning to find you
Will you wait for me?
And still I want
And still I ache
But still I wait
To see you again
Dying, inside, these walls
And I see your face in these tears
In these tears
And I see your face...
There is love
The finest parts of me
Are only shades of you
To put aside the ties that bind
Is the goal of man
I give my word
To stand the test of time
No more wasted days
The past must perish
The line is drawn
I pledge my devotion
There is no turning back
This heart is yours
I sacrifice for you
For you
For you
This is immortal
The finest parts of me
Are only shades of you
With each passing day
This heart is endless
No more wasted time
We are immortal
The line is drawn
I pledge my devotion
There is no turning back
This heart is ours
I sacrifice for you
For you
For you
This is the everlasting
This is immortal
Your words are my inspiration
Your life, the image of perfection
For all you are
For all you've done
I strive to be in your reflection
The line is drawn
I pledge my devotion
Who knows how long I've been lost in the dark?
Followed closely by the footsteps of my failures.
What can I do to alter my perception of the way and the truth?
Let this burden drift away.
Who knows how long the void has swallowed me?
I only wish for nothing more than peace to find me.
How can this be? We've come so far
To let the weight destroy our grand design
Let this burden drift away.
My pledge remains faithful to you.
And my heart still beats your name
Drowning once again.
Will I live another day?
To reach the surface
Let this burden drift away
Drowning
Choking
Fading
Life
Is this the moment where I leave the blackness?
Is this the moment of my rebirth?
Who knows how long I've been lost in the dark?
Followed closely by the footsteps of my failures.
What can I do to alter my perception of the way and the truth?
Drowning once again.
Will I live another day?
To reach the surface
Let this burden drift away
Drowning again
Reach the surface
Let it drift away
As time goes by
Nothing has changed
I wont stand and watch
You wither away
After all this time
I stand by you
Through all of the years
I've been with you
Through pain and affliction
With every addiction
I will never let you down
I will live by this code!
Never surrender
You and I are one
Through the eye
Of the storm
You are never alone
Even through, the shadows
You are never alone
After all this time
Still you struggle
Even words of love
Ring so hollow
I have no regrets
I have no remorse
And if you falter
I wont let you down
Through the eye
Of the storm
you are never alone
Even through, the shadows
You are never alone
Come on
Together we stand
Never fall
No matter the trial
We will overcome
Together we stand
Never fall
No matter the Trial
We will overcome
Through the eye
Of the storm
You are never alone
Even through, the shadows
You are never alone
Never
Together we stand
Never fall
No matter the trial
We will overcome
We will overcome
As I live and breathe
I'm watching, watching the world die
We greet this with apathy no longer
Consumed by self
We walk through each day
With no mind to deprivation and moral decay
We must destroy and rebuild
We must destroy and rebuild
For the sake of all, it starts with one
With one
As I live and breathe
I'm watching, watching the world die
We greet this with apathy no longer
If we cant break the silence (how can we survive?)
Search inside yourself (and know that you're alive)
We must break the silence
Now we are alive
Silent no longer
Make this world, take notice
The change is in our hands
The battle has just begun
We are not defeated
If we cant break the silence (how can we survive?)
Search inside yourself (and know that you're alive)
We must break the silence
Now we are alive
Silent no longer
With all that I am
I will lift my voice
To start this revolution
It starts today
And it starts with me
Time is no longer
With all I am
I will lift my voice
With all I am
It starts with me
Break the silence
We are alive
Break the silence
We are alive
Time and time again
I stand at the crossroad
Where the weight of my burden
Eclipses my resolve
This broken path I've chosen
I walk it alone
Though I feel forgotten
You've carved my name in stone
In these desperate times
This I plead
When all else fails
Remember me
This is daily crucifixion
And these rusty nails leave scars
My jagged crown is on my side
Because it never fell
In these desperate times
This I plead
When all else fails
Remember me
This is a blood-oath
They are nothing to me anymore
But your voice means more to me than you'll ever know
There's no question
You're the answer
I will find you...
In these desperate times
This I bleed
When all fails
Remember me
In these desperate times
This I bleed
When all fails
Remember me
Oh!
Woah!
Their cries are blown away with the wind
How passive can we be before humanity is lost?
Turning our backs on those who need love
We must not rest while healing is needed
Tear down the veil
That bars your heart from feeling this
Dedicate yourself
Give your souls to compassion
With open arms embrace this heart
With open eyes behold the truth
Embrace this life
So little time is left
We must be relentless
In our pursuit of those in torment
Tear down the veil (tear down the veil)
That bars your heart from feeling this
Dedicate yourself (dedicate yourself)
Become the voice of compassion
With open arms embrace this heart
With open eyes behold the truth
Embrace this life
EEYAAAAAAHHH!
Can you reject yourself?
Can you feel their agony?
In a world that feeds on disregard
Heal the broken hearted
[Japanese Bonus Track]
With conviction You must stand your ground
Don't be deceived
Strength is salvation
It is so easy to live the life of a follower
We must kill the idols
Don't fall prey to seduction
With single-mindedness We must pursue the Truth
Nevermore the victim
Let them say that we are not of their world
With the promise of life
We are strong
We will carry on
Kill the idols
No more disillusion
Let them say what they will -what they will-
Their answer to our higher calling
Is conceived by their hatred
Nevermore the victim
Let them say that we are not of their world
With the promise of life
We are strong
We will carry on
With the promise of life
We are strong
We will carry on
Be one, for your conviction
Be one for your devotion You will be hated
for your dedication You will be hated
You will be hated
With the promise of life
We are strong
We will carry on
[special edition track]
We have come too far
to let our fulfillment fall away.
I must refuse to renounce my integrity.
We stand in defiance to their ethics.
Let the grief that they have inflicted serve as our call to arms.
Are you ready? Are you willing to be the catalyst?
We can no longer be indifferent.
Restore this dying world.
From misery we have turned away, ignite the past, let the bridges burn.
My eyes watch the unholy be left in the distance.
The division of our souls from our blasphemous tongues.
This is our atonement.
From misery we have turned away, ignite the past, let the bridges burn.
From sorrow, we have turned away to the past, let the bridges burn.
I have bled for the truth.
There is no surrender.
Move forward.
Commit yourself.
Destroy all lies.
From ashes to ashes, from dust to dust.
From misery we have turned away, ignite the past, let the bridges burn.
Let the bridges burn.
[special edition track]
All I've ever wanted was destiny to be fulfilled,
it is in my hands, I must not fail,
I must not fail.
Even through the darkest days,
this fire burns, always.
this fire burns, always.
This is the broken ground
Misery begins to rise.
Turn away from yesterday,
tomorrow's in my eyes.
Nevermore to be held down
by the wings of history.
Nevermore to be cast aside,
this day is mine.
Even through the darkest days,
this fire burns, always.
this fire burns, always.
I will not be denied
in this final hour.
I will not be denied,
this day is mine.
The passion inside me,
is burning, is burning.
The passion inside me,
is burning, is burning.
Even through the darkest days,
this fire burns always (always).
This fire burns (fire burns) always.
Always (always).
[special edition track]
[Dio cover]
Hmm-hmmmm
Yeah, yeah
Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh, what's becoming of me?
Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh, don't you see what I mean?
Gotta get away
Holy Diver
YEAH
(YEAH)
Shiny diamonds
Like the eyes of a cat in the black and blue
Something is coming for you - look out!
Race for the morning
You can hide in the sun 'till you see the light
Oh, we will pray it's all right
Gotta get away - get away
Between the velvet lies
There's a truth that's hard as steel
The vision never dies
Life's a never ending wheel - yeah!
Holy Diver
You're the star of the masquerade
No need to look so afraid
Jump, Jump
Jump on the tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen - yeah!
(Holy Diver...)
Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh, what's becoming of me? - No! Yeah!
Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh, don't you see what I mean?
Gotta get away, get away (get away!)
Gotta get away, get away - yeah, yeah
Holy Diver, sole survivor
Your heart is clean
Yeah, Holy Diver (Holy diver)
Holy Diver (Holy Diver)
You're caught in the middle coming after you, Holy Diver
Oh, Holy Diver (Holy Diver)
Get away, get away, get away - come on!
I want you to suffer, as I have suffered
This is a war of attrition and I won't cease
Nothing can change what you've done
Nothing can change the way I feel
You will never, be forgiven
Nothing can change what you've done
Nothing can change the way I feel
I hope you suffer as I have suffered
You are dead to me, and time won't heal what you've done
You have made your grave, now make your pledge
Nothing can change what you've done
Nothing can change the way I feel
You will never be forgiven
Nothing can change what you've done
Nothing can change the way I feel
I hope you suffer as I have suffered
Never again will I be betrayed
Never again will you crush me
Unforgiven, unforgiven
Remember these words, remember my face
Suffer as I have suffered
Nothing can change what you've done
Nothing can change the way I feel
You will never be forgiven
Nothing can change what you've done
Nothing can change the way I feel
I hope you suffer as I have suffered
This is what you deserve
Yeah!
Come on!
Do you remember what we used to have?
As if all our dreams were possible
All that existed was you and I
But distance has torn us apart
Forgive me for all that I've done wrong
Lead me back to where my heart belongs
Can we start again?
Go back in time to where we started
Can we start again?
What we had can't be discarded
Do you remember the promises we made?
But somehow we have lost our way
Take me back to where my heart belongs
Forever grateful every day
I know that you doubt my words
I swear there will never be regret
Can we start again?
We thought love was everlasting
Can we start again?
What we had just can't be wasted
Silent vows were broken
And words that can't be taken back
But you mean so much more to me
Than anything I've ever known
And this is the hope for tomorrow
That today you will return
Can we start again?
Go back in time to where we started
Can we start again?
What we have can't be discarded
Can we start again? (Do you remember?)
Can we start again? (All over)
Can we start again?
Go back in time to where we started
You were once the source of a pureness
that can't be defined
And now you curse the day, how can you leave your faith behind
Just look at yourself do you like what you see
I want no more of you, watch me walk away
This is your last time you are forgotten
You let your dreams die you are the forgotten
Placed your ego above all but misplaced your innocence
Just look at yourself do you like what you see
I want no more of you, watch me walk away
This is your last time you are forgotten
You let your dreams die you are the forgotten
What have you given up will never return again
Now you're dead inside I hope it was worth the cost
I hope it was worth the cost I hope it was worth the cost
Now you're buried alive
This is the last time
This is the last time you are forgotten
You let your dreams die you are forgotten
You are no God to me
You are nothing to me
This is a reckoning
Enjoy this while it lasts
It won't be long before it dies
You've stolen lives and broken dreams
No man can be a deity
You are no God to me
This is a reckoning
You are nothing to me
This is a reckoning
Was the penance not enough?
Was faith not enough?
No man can be a deity
You are no God to me
This is a reckoning
You are nothing to me
This is a reckoning
And I will be there
To see you fall
You are no God to me
There is a reckoning
The betrayed will now see the truth
And the broken-hearted will finally re-hear
You will be judged
And you will be found wanting
And we'll be there to see you fall
You are no God to me
This is the reckoning
You are nothing to me
This is a reckoning
And I will be there
To see you fall
You are no God to me
There is a reckoning
Alone, once more alone as the
memories weave and fade away
Separation mocks me frustration consumes me
Inspiration has grown cold, even as the longing renews
Desperate, I return to you. Broken, I return to you
We circle over and over. But still I return to you
What will it take to escape you? What will it take to escape you?
Is this what you wanted, to see me humbled
Is this what you asked for, the final word
Desperate, I return to you. Broken, I return to you
We circle over and over. But still I return to youv
I would tear my eyes out to never see your face
But all of these scars can never be erased
Choke on your words that have left me bleeding
And may your tears burn
We circle over and over...still I return...I return
Desperate I return to you.
Broken, I return to you
We circle over and over.
But still I return to you
What will it take to escape you
What will it take to escape
I see so much corruption
And it's hard to ignore
Living on greed and possessions
Is this what we're dying for?
Now choose this day
Who you will serve
To be the light in a darkened world
Many are willing to only live for themselves
Turning away from morality
Nothing can save you now
Now choose this day
Who you will serve
To be the light in a darkened world
You feel dissolved and the water's beginning to rise
Become the light in this darkened world
This is destiny
The choice is now defined
No more deception
Now change will come
It's in your hands
It's in your hands
Now choose this day
Who you will serve
To be the light
In a darkened world
It's in your hands
It's in you hands
Become the light in this darkened world
Watching once more, as the world passes me by
Surrounded but still all alone, Am I living a lie?
Empty faces,
Empty eyes
Are staring right through me
No regrets
But I still ask why
Take me away
To a peace I've never known
This is the price I've paid and it's taking its toll
Can it be too much to ask for the time it stole?
Empty faces
Empty eyes
Are staring right through me
No regrets
But I still ask why
Take me away
To a peace I've never know
Take me away
Where my life can be my own
I only wish that I had stayed
I only wish that I had known
Take me away
To a peace I've never know
Take me away
Where my life can be my own
Where my life can be my own
Take me away
Take me away
The words die in my throat and there is nothing I can do
From a child to a monster, and now a child among monsters
Your life is a mockery twisted in the wind
Is this your legacy of ignorance
I'll give my heart and soul to see you free again
I would do anything
So many mistakes have led to this disaster
Ten years of reflection don't waste a moment
Are you loathe to seek the truth you must choose
I'll give my heart and soul to see you free again
I would do anything
If you could see the hope I've always seen in you
I would do anything
The weight that's crushing can be relieved
Leave the sins of the past at your feet
Pray for life or bleed to death. Pray for life or bleed to death
I'll bleed the reddest blood to see you live again
I would do anything
If you could see the hope I've always seen in you
I would do anything
So much that I've done wrong it's an open book
I've done much more than my fair share of damage
What once was hidden now is crystal clear. Transformation is within me
To break the cycle I must turn to you
What I lack I gain through your virtue I gain through you
Even when I fall will you still believe. Even when I'm lost will you still believe
Shattered by the hate that I carry
Take me as I am and make me whole again
I am lost without a purpose always consumed by self
I freely give this calloused heart can you forgive me
Even when I fall will you still believe
Even when I'm lost will you still believe
Now I don't have much, will you save me
But I'll give it all, will you save me
I've made so many mistakes
And I've broken so many promises
I've searched inside and I'm empty
Will you save me Will you save me
Even when I fall will you still believe
Even when I'm lost will you still believe
Every time I fall will you save me
Even when I fall will you save me
It's even louder in the silence and it's always the same
The darkness always finds me when I hear your name
It should have been me and I want you to know
That I'll hold you in my heart and I won't let go
Just take away this sorrow it's too much to bear
Drifting from your memory. I'm lost, lost without your love
Now the time goes by, but the torment remains
If only I could wake and see your face again
There would no more regret for all the things I never said
Drifting from your memory. I'm lost, without your love
It's getting harder to face another day without you
I'm lost, lost without your love
I wish as I was as strong as you were in the end
But the darkness claims me, and I fall once again
Drifting from your memory. I'm lost, without your love
It's getting harder to face another day without you
I'm lost, without your love
It's getting harder to face another day without you
Lost
This is my goodbye
But please don't say a word.
I don't exist, I can't be heard.
Each day is a new failure
Every trial is permissive
Every step I gain I only fall back faster
This is my goodbye
But please don't try to stop me
There is nothing left
There is nothing left
It's over, please lay me to rest
Forgive me, let me go
It's my choice so please lay me to rest
Forgive me, let me go
I am no martyr, this place overwhelms me.
Once again I could last
I see no way to be free
I search for the answers
Is there no solution?
I realize my reflection
My reflection is my demon
It's my blasphemy, hoping not to wake.
(Each day...) it's a nightmare, sleep in freedom
You gave but it was not enough
Your strength, it was not enough, never enough.
The empty skies turn black,
Their bones turn to figments,
Desolation is in the air
This is distention
Though we linger off,
It dies
Before our eyes,
It dies
As far as the eye can see,
Only destruction
Is it hopeless?
What can be done?
Is it too late?
Are we too late to save ourselves?
We're living in, in a dead world
Crying out for a change
What can be done?
Each day we slip further away,
On the edge of ruin
It won't be long
Before we shut down
Is it hopeless?
What can be done?
Is it too late?
Are we too late to save ourselves?
We're living in, in a dead world
It's so cold
And we're no one to blame,
Blame ourselves
Now this is our fight
Because there is little left
To hold on to
And to beg forgiveness
For willing blindness
Now I can say:
It's not too late, oh! Not too late
To save ourselves
It's not too late, oh! Not too late
To save ourselves.
Fall down into the chaos
Staring into the depths of pain, darkness and suffering
I will not be moved from this place, inside of me
Until I understand this part of me that bleeds and captures my spirit
If it's the death of me, then I will loosen its grip.
Protect me from the hell that burns inside me.
No one can see, this is the hell in me.
The hell in me.
Bring light into the darkness.
Awaken and stir this war within us all.
Reveal my true intentions.
No one can see this is the hell in me
Will you set me free?
This is the hell in me.
Lead me out of the darkness.
Strengthen and protect the voice that makes no sound.
Suffer and bleed for me.
Pulled from the hell that is in me.
Set me free.
Protect me from the hell that burns inside me.
No one can see, this is the hell in me.
Will you set me free?
This is the hell in me.
Step back to see the vision
Seduction of our minds
The skin becomes illusion
She pulls me down and I fall behind
The weakness of flesh is to settle for less than we
Have the potential to be
Song of the sirens call
There is a fire within her eyes
Blinding my senses
(Now I am searching)
For what's beyond the flames
What drags us down to ruin
Where is the power that ignites within
Seeking the substance that can't be corrupted or changed
We remain beyond the flame
Her dark embrace will suffocate
Choking my senses
(Now I am searching)
For what's beyond the flames
There is a fire within her eyes
Blinding my senses
(Now I am searching)
For what's beyond the flames
Now it's just a touch, then she feels a rush
Her dark seduction will suffocate
Her dark embrace will suffocate
Choking my senses
(Now I am searching)
For what's beyond the flames
There is a fire within her eyes
Blinding my senses
(Now I am searching)
For what's beyond the flames
Run the race that will lead to nowhere fast
Trapped in the haze of this mindless false reality
Wandering a path laid out by fools
That they call "progression" where chaos rules
There is more to life than this
We are more than just this flesh
We are alive and our time has come
For a new awakening
Come death, come suffering, I will not live in fear
In this fleeting life where time escapes us
The path of least resistance is a slow, quiet death
I'd rather burn out than fade away
There is more to life than this
We are more than just this flesh
We are alive and our time has come
For a new awakening
I would rather die than live my life in fear
Out of step, no regrets in the new awakening
I will not live in fear
Live life with no regrets
I will not live in fear
There is more to life than this
We are more than just this flesh
We are alive and our time has come
For a new awakening
I'd rather burn out than fade away
Pacing aimlessly,
With my mind in unrest
Unsure of what may come.
What have I done to bring this down on me?
Helpless to make this undone
All in due time, see the world through different eyes.
All in due time, shadows will give way to light.
How much more can I give of myself
as these walls close in on me?
As I slip down in to this despair (into this despair),
There is nothing to attain
What victory (what victory)
When my soul is weak (is weak)
where does my help come from?
All in due time, see the world through different eyes.
I see the world through different eyes.
All in due time, shadows will give way, give way to light.
All that we suffer through leads to determination.
The trials we all go through gives us the strength to carry on.
Something within us burns, desire feeds the will to live.
A reason to believe I will see redemption.
All in due time, see the world through different eyes.
I see the world through different eyes.
All in due time, shadows will give way to light.
All in due time.
These are the times that will challenge our resolve
Living in the days of the fallen
A voice that once spoke of strength and hope,
Now sings the dirge of the hopeless
You cannot break this love with hate
A tribute to the fallen
Your choice is made so go your way
A tribute to the fallen
With a new dawn we rise in renewed strength
Knowing we've just begun to fight this war within
You cannot break this love with hate
A tribute to the fallen
Your choice is made so go your way
A tribute to the fallen
Walk the path you've chosen
Our faith remains unbroken
Even if we die tonight
This is an endless fight
Our spirits will live on in the hearts of those we leave behind
With broken bones and our will of stone
In the end we will not stand alone
You cannot break this love with hate
A tribute to the fallen
Your choice is made so go your way
A tribute to the fallen
A tribute to the fallen
A tribute to the fallen
In these days that pass before me
There was an anxious feeling that would hold me down
Tearing me inside
Bleeding my spirit
This is the turning point, the rising of the tide
No fear inside
This is the change that takes the suffering away
No more wasting time
Face the pain that suffocates
As the past returns to torment me
Wallow in my scars
Save me before I break
This is the turning point, the rising of the tide
No fear inside
This is the change that takes the suffering away
No more wasting time
Find the strength to maintain
Give me, give me a reason to believe
Search for truth that will not change
Give me, give me a reason to believe
Find the strength to maintain
Search for truth that will not change
When will this end
Cast into a well of uncertainty
Contemplating all that dwells within you
When will this end
It's coming to the surface now
Stare down the throat of consequences
A lesson learned in life
Cast off the burdens
That plague your mind
No one can understand
Behind the silence within you
Something has got to give
Forgiveness is all we have,
Wounds will heal as time goes on
Nothing else will give you a peace of mind
Years spent holding onto anger and hatred
The feeling that things will never change
It eats you up inside,
Thinking that no one could ever understand, all the pain that you hide
Your burdens serve to hold you down
Forgiveness is all we have,
Are you willing to just let go?
Nothing else will give you a peace of mind
You can't blame yourself
You can't hold on thinking that you're the only one
You cannot hide, you cannot run from what's been said and done
Forgiveness is all we have,
Wounds will heal as time goes on
Nothing else will give you a peace of mind
Are you willing to just let go?
Nothing else will give you a peace of mind
Behind the silence, let all your anger go to find a peace of mind
There is something that has changed
Corrupted in your ways
Recite your contradictions
This world's perception has been grazed, distracted and dismayed
But you have all the answers for me
It's clear to me now you're not what you claim
You don't speak, you don't speak for me
There is no mistake, it's written on your face
You don't bleed, you don't bleed for me
Bleed for me
When the scales fall from our eyes, we see proof behind the lies
I don't believe a word you say
It's clear to me now you're not what you claim
You don't speak, you don't speak for me
There is no mistake, it's written on your face
You don't bleed, you don't bleed
You don't bleed for me
Fly your flag of righteousness
When underneath it is deviousness, it is greed and lies
Don't pretend to know me you martyr of disgrace
With your plastic smile
I don't believe a word you say
You don't speak for me
You don't bleed, you don't bleed
You don't bleed for me
For me
Your words betray
The life that you live is a lie
The truth remains
I see through you
It's clear to me now you're not what you claim
You don't speak, you don't speak for me
There is no mistake, it's written on your face
You don't bleed, you don't speak
You don't bleed, you don't bleed for me
You don't bleed for me
The sound of footsteps approaching
A storm of shadows reveal a figure forlorn
Whispering voices that slither into our ears,
As temptations sings and beckons us to fall
Under the skin, the blood begins to crawl
Rush to the heart, drain it from the soul
Come face to face with all you can't escape
Will you hold your ground or turn away
Release your inhibitions and answer to the call
The sun shines down to reveal a true image
Salvation sings and shows us all we know
The road is treacherous and lonely
Filled with the empty inventions of the soul
Under disillusion, run from confrontation
Or do we heed the judgment call?
Release your inhibitions and answer to the call
Leave behind this shell of flesh and bone
In the end we will answer to the call
The burning question remains - how much is too much to give?
Do your wings have the strength to carry on?
When we see redemption, how long will we wait for deliverance?
It takes everything to keep from falling now
Let go
Release your inhibitions and answer to the call
Leave behind this shell of flesh and bone
In the end we will answer to the call
The age of the old vision has passed away,
The birth of a new way
This is confrontation
Struggle and pain of this life remains (Through the suffering we fight)
No end in sight (No end in sight)
The strength within our souls sustains (Until we see the light)
This determination, it feeds this fight (No end in sight)
No end in sight
Seeing the world through hardened eyes,
A vision of hopelessness
Reaching for the truth amongst the lies
Burn down your deception (Burn down)
There lies the way of the weak (The weak)
Rise again conquering
Born from destruction
Through the suffering we fight, no end in sight
Until we see the light, no end in sight
Yeah
Thrown into the endless flames
In a world of disarray
No longer numb to the pain,
Knowing that we fight to the grave
Wash away the fear of our ignorance,
I feel this bleeding
Through the suffering we fight, no end in sight
Until we see the light, no end in sight
They will see it in our eyes
Determined to leave behind our legacy,
Burned deep into our flesh to remind us
The memories and scars that define us,
We may suffer, but nothing will break our spirit
Seeing the world through opened eyes,
Separate from the ways of the world
Blinded to the suffering, the suffering
Through the suffering we fight, no end in sight
Until we see the light, there's no end in sight
In these moments of loss and torment
When the vast skies don't seem to call to you
When the weight of this world bears down
And the stars have fallen like tears
I am with you always,
From the darkness of night until the morning
I am with you always,
From life until death takes me
Monuments built in remembrance of me
But monuments fade, erode and decay
The memories are all that remain
As far as east is from the west, remember
I am with you always,
From the darkness of night until the morning
I am with you always,
From life until death takes me
When hope seems lost down and lowly,
I am here with you always
I am with you always,
From the darkness of night
I am with you always,
From the darkness of night until the morning
I am with you always,
From life until death takes me
I am with you always,
From life until death takes me
These are the days our lives will
change and we will see our worlds collide
Life is a journey throughout the years that pass a lesson to be learned
There is a purpose to all that we encounter in this existence
What builds us up may one day break us down
These days, search your heart
These days, let courage overtake you
This precious time is slipping through our fingers
Become the change you have been searching for
These are the days,
Our lives will change and time will not remain
These are the days,
Right before our eyes, we see our worlds collide
These days, there is hope
These days, never letting go
The definition of existence is to be aware of consciousness
These are the days,
Our lives will change and time will not remain
These are the days,
Right before our eyes, we see our worlds collide
Worlds collide
None of us should be thought of
As anything less than a potential to change the world
These are the days,
Our lives will change and time will not remain
These are the days,
Right before our eyes, we see our worlds collide
[Bonus Track]
A river runs through the path you walk
Got to find a way to carry on through this
Ghosts from the past like a noose around your throat
A constant reminder of all the lies
Haunted by the darkness that follows every move you make
That feeling, nothing will ever be the same,
But you're the only one to blame
The blood stains
Disarm the lies that follow you
Will the truth soon see you through?
Disarm the lies
Down through the deeper water you're choking
No escaping
Retribution will find you
Disarm the lies that follow you
Will the truth soon see you through?
Disarm the pain that's burning through
Have no power over you
Drowning
As the pressure builds, will you make amends?
Calling
Hear the voices sing, cast into disgrace
Falling
Can't conceal the blood that stains your hands
Someday
Will you break the curse and face your hell?
Disarm the lies that follow you
Will the truth soon see you through?
Disarm the pain that's burning through
Have no power over you
Disarm
[Bonus Track]
Back from the dead, this is the final calling
Hands grip the throat of the system
Against the grain
No more waiting for a change
Refuse to kneel
Wallowing and choking on this force fed sanity
This is the final calling, feeding us apathy
Bow down and serve your master - the new machine
Fall into illusion
Lost in this false reality
White noise and confusion
Enslaved to the new machine
Beneath the haze, a spirit we should not contain
This life, the blood that flows within our veins
Change
Arise from your slumber
Refuse to kneel
Wallowing and choking on this force fed sanity
This is the final calling, feeding us apathy
Bow down and serve your master - the new machine
I refuse to bow down
I refuse to bow down to this system
The new machine's conquering, fused into our blood stream
I refuse
This is the final calling, feeding us apathy
Bow down and serve your master - the new machine
A day of great tribulation is upon us.
A time of deception conflict and unrest.
I will not cower in fear and submission.
I will hold my ground and resist.
It all starts in the mind.
From the beginning of days to the last and final end.
Uncertainty bleeds from within.
Open wounds stitched with precision.
Mind and body conditioned to obey.
They call us sons and daughters.
Only sheep led to the slaughter.
So many times, so many lies.
I am disconnected from a system I've rejected.
No allegiance.
Defiant I withstand.
This resistance.
I reject what you demand and alone I stand.
Rank, file and number.
We are gears in the machine.
Unseen to the eye the shackles are on the inside.
Illusion of security.
Rejection of this supremacy.
Confusion lead us to submission.
Disconnection from a system I've rejected.
No allegiance.
Defiant I withstand.
This resistance.
I reject what you demand and alone I stand.
There is great tribulation.
Upon us all.
Deception, conflict, and unrest.
Upon us all.
I will hold my ground.
I will resist.
Yeah...
Born into the world of hatred
We are born free
From the restrains of this society.
Helpless to what is instilled
Yeah..
To all those who raise us,
Mold us and shape us.
There is a time to separate from this
A reason why, a state of mind.
There's a disconnection.
A judgement made
Fueled by hate. It's your mistake.
It's a choice you made.
It's tearing us apart!
Hate
Hate by design
Is destroying our lives
Seek to find some understanding.
Redefine your life!
Consequence
Affected in a life that is rejected.
Anger misplaced a burden on our hearts that's keeping us apart.
No love, no understanding.
What we design is hate inside.
A misconception, a judgement made.
It's our mistake we create when we lose compassion.
It's tearing us apart!
Hate
Hate by design
Is destroying our lives
Seek to find some understanding.
Redefine your life!
Redefine your understanding.
Redefine your own life!
Hate
Hate by design
Is destroying our lives
Seek to find some understanding.
Redefine your life!
Lost in thought,
Recounting the cost when sanity became askew
When turning the pages of life.
Concentrated on killing the sorrow that tears us in two
A faded memory of what used to be
The burden and the noosev
And just cut me loose
Just cut me loose.
It can't be mistaken, the spirit is vacant.
When hope for tomorrow is nowhere in view
Living so close to a weakness,
That continues to keep you held down
Hear the sound of the voice that is screaming.
What's lost is now found
A faded memory of what used to be (used to be)
The burden and the noose
Just cut me loose.
Oh.
Ah.
Ghosts of the past no longer torment me
I release the anguish
A faded memory (memory) of what used to be
The burden and the noose
Begging you to cut me loose
The burden and the noose
Just cut me loose
Cut me...cut me...cut me loose
Strength of the mind!
Looking back on the life that I lived
What I leave behind
Mistakes and memories serve to remind (they serve me to remind)
The reflection staring back from the mirror
No longer looks like me, like me!
Strength of the mind to fight what’s inside
It takes strength of the mind
Before I lose control
Who can raise you from the fall and save you? Only you
Who can take the pain away and change you? Only you
A thousand miles between this never ending feeling
Just looking for something more
Searching for a release
I’ve seen rock bottom and I’ve smashed my fists against it
Just keep telling yourself it will be alright
Who can raise you from the fall and save you? Only you
Who can take the pain away and change you? Only you
Gather all your pain and suffering
Turn them into strength and weaponry
To overcome the enemy that’s in you
Come face to face with a war that rages in you
Who can take the pain away? Only you!
Who can raise you from the fall and save you? Only you!
Strength of the mind!
Before I lose control
Holding on to something
That I know I can't control
And I could not have it any other way
Restless anxious is all I've known
Defenseless against this
This change in my soul
What was once reluctance soon becomes the will to grow
And I would not have it any other way
So I let go. Lose control.
Let go to the unknown
Nothing changes in refusing to grow
Wisdom engages those who will grasp for something more
Take this leap of faith
There's no time to waste
And I cannot have it any other way
So I let go. Lose control.
Just let go. Let go
See behind the hue. Reject what I once knew. I'll let go. Surrender
A lifetime of searching
Questioning existence and purpose
From the setting sun
To the vast expanses
Death from birth in reverse
Examine the dimensions in suspension of disbelief
The search continues
The soul escapes
Our existence
My soul aches
Beyond the aether, pass into the veil
Dissolved into nothingness
No hands can grasp
There is no answer to the questions
In the span of the infinite
To the concept of all time
I'm upraised a feeling I can't explain.
My soul aches still searching is my refrain
Prepare the body for when the soul escapes
The last caress before the great awakening
Beyond all
All of our comprehension
Beyond all
Disbelief
Spread my ashes into the sea
Embrace the journey
Death where is thy sting
I'm upraised a feeling I can't explain
My soul aches still searching is my refrain
I'm upraised (upraised)
Still searching for what remains
My soul aches (my soul aches)
This feeling I can’t explain
Silence the voice of the self-righteous
Condescending and without grace
Give sight to those who are blind with hatred
To see beyond hypocrisy
My soul searches beyond the aether
Beyond the dogmatic haze I still believe, I still believe
I, I still believe
I, I still believe
(My soul searches beyond the aether as I still believe)
How many times? How many lies?
Does it take to demonstrate?
To change the apathy that's ingrained
The screams, the cries
Behind the lies
The victim and the villainy, taking all your dignity
Quiet distress covers scars and bruises
Quiet distress leaves us lost and desperate
Night after night, search for the light
Relive the fear and misery
Disguise the pain (the pain)
The blood will wash away (wash away)
But the wounds still sing of your agony
Quiet distress covers scars and bruises
Quiet distress we can't afford indifference
Hearing screams and cries, over and over again
Wash the blood away, over and over again
The victim, over and over again.
Becomes the victor in the end
Quiet distress (distress)
Won’t cover scars and bruises
Quiet distress leaves us lost and desperate
Quiet distress (distress)
We can't afford indifferenc
The reverberations escape
and embrace me to a lonely sleep
As thoughts hold on to me
With words left unspoken
I couldn't ease the pain so easily
Drown my sanity
The distance apart, the longing in our hearts
I will remain until the day I die
We keep this path alive, never break the ties
I will remain until the day I die
The open spaces
Another city passes as we sleepv
And it calls to me
The rhythm tears me open
Another crowd, another chance to bleed
Through this release
The distance apart, the longing in our hearts
I will remain until the day I die
We keep this path alive, never break the ties
I will remain until the day I die
And I taste the pain
No looking back as it begins again
I wouldn't change a thing
I'll give it everything until the end
Until my final breath
I will hold fast
Never turning back
I will hold fast
Until the day I die
(Forever I will remain)
The distance apart, the longing in our hearts
I will remain until the day I die
We keep this path alive, never break the ties
I will remain until the day I…
Until the day die
It all falls on me, brings me to my knees
This feeling that's inside
Where's the peace that you promised me?
You promised me
Desolation fills this hollow heart
Seeking all the answers, as we drift apart
Where is the light? Where's the sanctity?
In this choir of voices, that deceive
It all falls on me, brings me to my knees
This feeling that's insidev
Where's the peace that you promised me?
You promised
In disarray I find a place to come undone
Where all of my anger and all of my pain bleeds into something I can't contain
Release me from this moment, left here with nothing to hold onto
Your voice is still speaking, my vision is clear
And through the distance I feel you near
I feel you near
You don’t see me, you can't hear my voice
Left me with nothing without a choice
Memories of what could have been
Remind me it will never be the same again
It falls
It falls on me
It falls
Resound the outcry, raise the signal of distress
We are compromised
They have silenced our dissent
A dull complacency covers humanity
This systematic hate of deceit
How many more will die before we realize the truth has been disguised?
Violence increased no justice and no peace
In the great deceit
The discontent silenced or put to death
In the great deceit
It's mental slavery
Our segregation is further fed by ignorance
This disconnection through color of the flesh
Blood of generations, saturate our roots
But history conceals the truth
Violence increased no justice and no peace
In the great deceit
The discontent (the discontent) silenced or put to death
In the great deceit
This is a great deceit
How can we breathe?
The silence is killing me
How can we breathe?
Who is the enemy?
How can we breathe?
Suffocate humanity
How can we breathe?
No justice, no peace
(Violence) …no justice and no peace
In the great deceit
The discontent (the discontent) silenced or put to death
In the great deceit
It's mental slavery
(Carry on, carry on)
Morning breaks from a night awake
It’s laid my heart to waste
Here in this anguish
Knowing what will end just begins again
Somehow through it all
We carry on (we carry on)
Raise you up when you fall
We carry on
Heal these wounds to break the skin again
What’s done is done
Nothing’s the same
Vacant expression
As the waves wash over your motionless face
Somehow through it all
We carry on (we carry on)
Raise you up when you fall
We carry on
Bury the past (bury the past)
Wounds remain, but the wounds remain
Through it all (through it all)
A desire to live again
Somehow through it all
We carry on (We carry on)
Raise you up when you fall
(Carry on)
Carry on
Carry on
This is a dawning
A calling to face down consequence
No honor in hiding behind a wall that keeps you sane
Shed the skin of past mistakes
No remorse and no escape
The burden of your consciousness
Don't turn back
Your time has come
Draw your breath
Define your ascension
Put your fears to death
Define your ascension
As the tension builds within you
Let conviction conquer
All those who stand before you
This is fair warning
No turning back
There is no indecision
Don't turn away
Your time has come
It all ends today
Your time has come
Draw your breath
Define your ascension
Put your fears to death
Define your ascension
(this is fair warning)
(your time will come)
In modern humanity
We lack a sense of urgency
Where lies our ambition (our ambition)
Speaking words that don't hold weight
Lack of pure integrity
Leaving nothing to be gained
Nothing but insincerity
Just masking insecurity
Where's the passion
The urgency? Where is vitality?
Hanging on by a thread
Fading spark of light within
Reignite the ignition (the ignition)
There is no greater defeat
Then not fighting for what you believe
For what you believe
What do you believe in?
What do you stand for?
It's time to back, back up your words
(live this life) with passion
Has the world drained all our hearts?
Has the love been torn apart?
(live this life) with new direction
With knowledge to maintain
To determine what must change
With positive mentality
An attitude that sustain
Reignite the ignition
Yeah!
(live this life)
It's in your hands
(it's our time)
Take nothing for granted
(take this life)
It's in your hands
(live this life)
Stand and fight
Reignition
Ignite the blaze
[Special Edition Bonus Track]
Triumph through tragedy
Every decision
Every choice that we make
All it takes is just one victory
Or just one simple mistake
To change the course
Count the loss
Determine the road that we must take
The road that we create
(strength will be)
Through the determined
(can't you see)
There is triumphs through tragedy?
Cause us be
There's no illusion
This life will drag you through so much despair
Draw your own conclusion
Through reason and purpose we persevere
To change the course
Count the loss
Determine the road that we must take
The road that we create
(strength will bleed)
Through the determined
(can't you see)
We have a purpose
All we need is to believe
There is triumph through tragedy
Never give in
To despair and hopelessness
Never give in
When your will begins to break
Never give in
Yeah!
When you're on the edge (step back) to find your balance
When the walls are closing in (closing in) tear them down
(strength will bleed)
Through the determined
(can't you see)
We have a purpose
All we need is to believe
There is triumph through tragedy
[Special Edition Bonus Track]
"Justice for my sister and her children"
"If you want justice you've come to the wrong place"
"I disagree. I want to bring those who have wronged me to
justice and all those who've wronged me are right here"
The Queen brings the vengeance race
Fight from the fledged
Passing through the blood red sun
You're the watchers in the southern skies
Fighting until our last breath
Feel this indenting death
Through honor and victory
We will be avenged
Avenged
Loyalty unto the grave
Unbowed, Unbent
We are unbroken
Fucked up to blood and to fight
Choking on these venomous voices
We overcome our enemy
Until all are vanquished
Flames course through the darkness
For life to be avenged
Through honor and victory
We make amends
Loyalty unto the grave
Unbowed, Unbent
We are unbroken
Loyalty until the grave
Unbowed, Unbent
We are unbroken
Sever these venomous voices
Voice from the pain
My death won't be in vain
Loyalty until the grave
Loyal until death
Loyal to the grave
Loyal until death
Loyal to the grave
Loyalty unto the grave
Unbowed, Unbent
We are unbroken