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No life till leather We are gonna kick some ass tonight We got the metal madness When our fans start screaming It's right well alright When we start to rock We never want to stop again Hit the Lights Hit the Lights Hit the Lights You know our fans are insane We are gonna blow this place away With volume Higher Than anything today the only way When we start to rock We never want to stop again Hit the Lights Hit the Lights Hit the Lights With all out screaming We are gonna rip right through your brain We got the lethal power It is causing you sweet pain oh sweet pain When we start to rock We never want to stop again Hit the Lights Hit the Lights Hit the Lights
By the last breath of the fourth winds blow Better raise your ears The sound of hooves knock at your door Lock up your wife and children now It's time to wield the blade For now you have got some company The horsemen are drawing nearer On the leather steeds they ride They have come to take your life On through the dead of night With the four horsemen ride Or choose your fate and die You have been dying since the day you were born You know it has all been planned The quartet of deliverance rides A sinner once a sinner twice No need for confession now Cause now you have got the fight of your life The horsemen are drawing nearer On the leather steeds they ride They have come to take your life On through the dead of night With the four horsemen ride Or choose your fate and die Time Has taken its toll on you The lines that crack your face Famine Your body it has torn through Withered in every place Pestilence For what you have had to endure And what you have put others through Death Deliverance for you for sure There is nothing you can do So gather round young warriors now And saddle up your steeds Killing scores with demon swords Now is the death of doers of wrong Swing the judgement hammer down Safely inside armor blood guts and sweat The horsemen are drawing nearer On the leather steeds they ride They have come to take your life On through the dead of night With the four horsemen ride Or choose your fate and die
Living and dying laughing and crying Once you have seen it you will never be the same Life in the fast lane is just how it seems Hard and it is heavy dirty and mean Motorbreath It's how I live my life I can't take it any other way Motorbreath The sign of living fast It is going to take Your breath away Don't stop for nothing its full speed or nothing I am taking down you know whatever is in my way Getting your kicks as you are shooting the line Sending the shivers up and down your spine Motorbreath It's how I live my life I can't take it any other way Motorbreath The sign of living fast It is going to take Your breath away Those people who tell you not to take chances They are missing on what life is about You only live once so take hold of the chance Don't end up like others the same song and dance Motorbreath It's how I live my life I can't take it any other way Motorbreath The sign of living fast It is going to take Your breath away
Down in the depths of my firey home The summons bell will chime Tempting you and all the earth To join our sinful kind There is a job to be done and I'm the one You people make me do it Now its time for your fate and I won't hesitate To pull you down into this pit So come on Jump in the fire So come on Jump in the fire With hell in my eyes and with death in my veins The end is closing in Feeding on the minds of man And from their sould within My disciples all shout to search out And they always shall obey Follow me now my child not the meek or the mild But do just as I say So come on Jump in the fire So come on Jump in the fire Jump by your will or be taken by force I'll get you either way Trying to keep the hellfire lit I am stalking you as prey Living your life as me I am you you see There is a part of me in everyone So reach down grab my hand walk with me through the land Come here where you belong So come on Jump in the fire So come on Jump in the fire
Instrumental
Late at night all systems go You have come to see the show We do our best you're the rest You made it real you know There is a feeling deep inside That drives me fuckin' mad A feeling of hammerhead You need it oh so bad Adrenalin starts to flow You're thrashing all around Acting like a maniac Whiplash Bang your head against the stage Like you never did before Make it ring make it bleed Make it really sore In a frenzied madness With your leathers and your spikes Heads are bobbing around It is hot as hell tonight Adrenalin starts to flow You're thrashing all around Acting like a maniac Whiplash Here on stage the marshall noise Is piercing through your ears It kicks your ass kick your face Exploding feeling near Now is the time to let it rip To let it fuckin' loose We are gathered here to maim and kill Cause this is what we choose Adrenalin starts to flow You're thrashing all around Acting like a maniac Whiplash The show is through the metal is gone It is time to hit the road Another town another gig Again we will explode Hotel rooms and motorways Life out here is raw But we will never stop We will never quit Cause we are Metallica Adrenalin starts to flow You're thrashing all around Acting like a maniac Whiplash
Sound is ripping through your ears The deafing sound of metal nears Your bodies waiting for his whips The taste of leather on your lips Hear the cry of War Louder than before With his sword in hand To control the land Crushing metal strikes On this frightening night Fall onto your knees For the Phantom Lord Victems falling under chains You hear them crying death pains The fists of terrors breaking through Now there's nothing you can do Hear the cry of War Louder than before With his sword in hand To control the land Crushing metal strikes on this frightening night Fall onto your knees For the Phantom Lord The leather armies have prevailed The Phantom Lord has never failed Smoke is lifting from the ground The rising volume metal sound Hear the cry of War Louder than before With his sword in hand To control the land Crushing metal strikes On this frightening night Fall onto your knees For the Phantom Lord Fall to your knees and bow to the Phantom Lord
No mercy for what we are doing No thought to even what we have done We don't need to feel the sorrow No remorse for the helpless one War without end No remorse No repent We don't care what it meant Another day Another death Another sorrow Another breath No remorse No repent We don't care what it meant Another day Another death Another sorrow Another breath Blood feeds the war machine as it eats its way across the land We don't need the feel the sorrow No remorse is the one command War without end No remorse No repent We don't care what it meant Another day Another death Another sorrow Another breath No remorse No repent We don't care what it meant Another day Another death Another sorrow Another breath Only the strong survive No one to save the weaker race We are ready to kill all comers Like a loaded gun right at your face War without end No remorse No repent We don't care what it meant Another day Another death Another sorrow Another breath No remorse No repent We don't care what it meant Another day Another death Another sorrow Another breath Attack Bullets are flying People are dying With madness surrounding all hell's breaking loose Soldiers are hounding Bodies are mounting Cannons are shouting to take their abuse With war machines going Blood starts to flowing No mercy given to anyone hear The furious fighting Swords are like lighting It all becomes frightening to you Know death is near No remorse
We are scanning the scene In the city tonight We are looking for you To start up a fight There is an evil feeling In our brains But it is nothing new You know it drives us insane Running On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Running, On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy There is no escape And that is for sure This is the end we won't take any more Say goodbye To the world you live in You have always been taking But now you're giving Running On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Running, On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Our brains are on fire With the feeling to kill And it will not go away Until our dreams are fulfilled There is only one thing On our minds Don't try running away Cause you're the one we will find Running On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Running, On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy
Thunder and lightning the gods take revenge Senseless destruction Victems of fury are cowardly now Running for safety Stabbing the harlot to pay for her sins Leaving the virgin Suicide running as if it were free Ripping and tearing On through the mist and the madness We are trying to get the message to you Metal Militia Metal Militia Metal Militia Chained and shadowed to be left behind Nine and one thousand Metal militia for your sacrifice Iron clad soldiers Join or be conquered the law of the land What will befall you The metalization of your inner soul Twisting and turning On through the mist and the madness We are trying to get the message to you Metal Militia Metal Militia Metal Militia We are as one as we all are the same Fighting for one cause Leather and metal are our uniforms Protecting what we are Joining together to take on the world With our heavy metal Spreading the message to everyone here Come let yourself go On through the mist and the madness We are trying to get the message to you Metal Militia Metal Militia Metal Militia
Do unto others as they have done to you But what the hell is the world comming to? Blow the universe into nothingness Nuclear warfare shall lay us to rest Fight fire with fire Ending is near Fight fire with fire Bursting with fear We all shall die Time is like a fuse, short and burning fast Armageddon is here, like said in the past Fight fire with fire Ending is near Fight fire with fire Bursting with fear Soon to fill our lungs the hot winds of death The gods are laughing, so take your last breath Fight fire with fire Ending is near Fight fire with fire Bursting with fear Fight Fire with fire (repeat)
Guitly as Charged But damn it, it ain't right There is someone else controlling me Death in the air Strapped in the electric chair This can't be happening to me Who made you God to say "I'll take your life from you!!" Flash before my eyes Now it's time to die Burning in my brain I can feel the flame Wait for the sign To flick the swith of death It's the beggining of the end Sweat, chilling cold As I watch death unfold Conciousness my only friend My fingers grip with fear What am I doing here? Flash before my eyes Now it's time to die Burning in my brain I can feel the flame Someone help me Oh please God help me They are trying to take it all away I don't want to die Time moving slow The minutes seem like hours The final curtain call I see How true is this? Just get it over with If this is true just let it be Wakened by horrid scream Freed from this frightning dream Flash before my eyes Now it's time to die Burning in my brain I can feel the flame
Make his fight on the hill in the early day Constant chill deep inside Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey On they fight, for they are right, yes, but who's to say? For a hill men would kill, why? They do not know Suffered wounds test their pride Men of five, still alive through the raging glow Gone insane from the pain that they surely know For whom the bell tolls Time marches on For whom the bell tolls Take a look to the sky just befor you die It is the last time you will Blackened roar massive roar fills the crumbling sky Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry Stranger now, are his eyes, wo this mystery He hears the silence so loud Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see For whom the bell tolls Time marches on For whom the bell tolls
Life it seems, will fade away Drifting Further every day Getting lost within myself Nothing matters no one else I have lost the will to love Simply nothing more to give There is nothing more for me Need the end to set me free Things not what they used to be Missing one inside of me Deathly lost, this can't be real Cannot stand this hate I feel Emptiness is filling me To the point of agony Growing darkness taking dawn I was me, but now he's gone No one but me can save myself now, but it's too late Now I can't think, think why I should even try Yesterday seems as though it never existed Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
I don't know how to live through this hell Woken up, I'm still locked in this shell Frozen soul, frozen to the core Break the ice, I can't take it anymore Freezing Can't move at all Screaming Can't hear my call I'm dying to live Cry out I'm trapped under ice Crystalized, as I lay here and rest Eyes of glass stare directly at death From deep sleep I have broken away No one knows, no one hears what I say Freezing Can't move at all Screaming Can't hear my call I'm dying to live Cry out I'm trapped under ice Scream for my soul Fate, mystified Hell, forever more No release from my cryonic state What is this, I've been stricken by fate Wrapped up tight, cannot move, can't break free Hand of doom has a tight grip on me Freezing Can't move at all Screaming Can't hear my call I'm dying to live Cry out I'm trapped under ice
Feel no pain, but life ain;'t easy I know I'm my best friend No one cares, but I'm so much stronger I'll fight until the end To escape from the true false world Undamaged destiny Can't get caught in this endless circle Ring of stupidity Out for my own, out to be free One with mind, they just can't see No need to hear things that they say Life is for my own to live my own way Rape my mind and destroy my feelings Don't tell me what to do I don't care now 'cause I'm on my side And I see through you Feed my brain with your so called standards Who says that I ain't right Break away from your common fashion See through your blurry sight Out for my own, out to be free One with mind, they just can't see No need to hear things that they say Life is for my own to live my own way See them try to bring the hammer down No damn chains can hold me to the ground Life is for my own to live my own way (repeat)
Slaves Hebrews born to serve, to the pharoah Heed To his every word, live in fear Faith Of the unknown one, the deliverer Wait Something must be done, four hundred years So let it be written So let it be done I'm sent here by the chosen one So let it be written So let it be done To kill the first born pharoah son I'm creeping death Now Let my people go, land of goshen Go I will be with thee, bush of fire Blood Running red and strong, down the nile Plague Darkness three days long, half to fire So let it be written So let it be done I'm sent here by the chosen one So let it be written So let it be done To kill the first born pharoah son I'm creeping death Die by my hand I creep across the land Killing first born man Die by my hand I creep across the land Killing first born man I Rule the midnite air the destroyer Born I shall soon be there, deadly mass I Creep the steps and floor final darkness Blood Lamb's blood painted door, I shall pass So let it be written So let it be done I'm sent here by the chosen one So let it be written So let it be done To kill the first born pharoah son I'm creeping death
Instrumental (Lead bass by Cliff Burton)
Lashing out the action, returning the reation Weak are ripped and torn away Hypnotizing powe, crushing all that cower Battery is here to stay Smashing through the boundaries Lunacy has found me Cannot stop the battery Pounding out aggression Turns into obcession Cannot kill the battery Cannot kill the family Battery is found in me Battery Crushing all decievers, mashing non-believers Never ending potency Hungry, violent seeker, feeding off the weaker Breeding on insanity Smashing through the boundaries Lunacy has found me Cannot stop the battery Pounding out aggression Turns into obcession Cannot kill the battery Cannot kill the family Battery is found in me Battery Circle of destruction, hammer comes crushing Powerhouse of energy Whipping up a fury, dominating flurry We create the battery Smashing through the boundaries Lunacy has found me Cannot stop the battery Pounding out aggression Turns into obcession Cannot kill the battery Cannot kill the family Battery is found in me Battery
End of passion play, crumbling away I'm your source of self-destruction Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear Leading on your deaths' construction Taste me you will see More is all you need You're dedicated to How I'm killing you Come crawling faster Obey your master Your life burns faster Obey your master master Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind nad smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name, 'cause I'll here you scream Master Master Just call my name, 'cause I'll here you scream Master Master Neeldlework the way, never you betray Life of death becomming clearer Pain monopoly, ritual misery Chop your breakfast on a mirror Taste me you will see More is all you need You're dedicated to How I'm killing you Come crawling faster Obey your master Your life burns faster Obey your master master Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind nad smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name, 'cause I'll here you scream Master Master Just call my name, 'cause I'll here you scream Master Master Master, master, where's the dreams that I've been after Master, master, you promised only lies Laughter, laughter, all I hear or see is laughter Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries Hell is worth all that, natural habitat Just a rhyme without a reason Neverending maze, drift on numbered days Now your life is out of season I will occupy I will help you die I will run you through Now I'm ruling you Come crawling faster Obey your master Your life burns faster Obey your master master Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind nad smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name, 'cause I'll here you scream Master Master Just call my name, 'cause I'll here you scream Master Master
Messenger of fear in sight Dark deception kills the night Hybrid children watch the sea Pray for father, roaming free Fearless wretch Insanity He watches Lurking beneath the sea Great old one Forbidden site He searches Hunter of the shadows is rising Immortal In madness you dwell Crawling chaos, underground Cult has summoned, twisted sound Out from ruins once possessed Falling city, living death Fearless wretch Insanity He watches Lurking beneath the sea Timeless sleep Has been upset He awakens Hunter of the shadows is rising Immortal In madness you dwell Not dead which eternal lie Stranger eons death may die Drain you of your sanity Face the thing that should not be Fearless wretch Insanity He watches Lurking beneath the sea Great old one Forbidden site He searches Hunter of the shadows is rising Immortal In madness you dwell
Welcome to where time stands still No one leaves and no one will Moon is full, never seems to change Just labelled mentally deranged Dream the same thing every night I see freedom in my sight No locked doors, no windows barred No things to make my brain seem scarred Sleep my friend and you will see That dream is my reality They keep me locked up in this case Can't they see it's why my brain says rage Sanitarium, leave me be Sanitarium, just leave me alone Build my fear of what's out there And cannot breathe the open air Whisper things into my brain Assuring me that I'm insane They think outr heads are in their hands But violent use brings violent plans Keep him tied, it makes him well He's getting better, can't you tell? No more can they keep us in Listen damnit, we will win They see it right, they see it well But they think this saves us from our hell Sanitarium, leave me be Sanitarium, just leave me alone Sanitarium, just leave me alone Fear of living on Natives getting restless now Mutiny in the air Got some death to do Mirror stares back hard Kill, it's such a friendly word Seems the only way For reaching out again
Bodies fill the fields I see, hungry heroes end No on eto play solier now, no one to pretend Running blind through killing fields, bred to kill them all Victem of what said should be A servant 'till I fall Soldier boy, made of clay Now an empty shell Twenty one, only son But he served us well Bred to kill, not to care Do just as we say Finished here, greetings death He's yours to take away Back to the front You will do what I say when I say Back to the front You will die when I say, you must die Back to the front You coward You servant You Blindman Barking of machinegun fire, does nothing to me now Sounding of the clock that ticks, het used to it somehow More a man, more stripes you bear, glory seeker trends Bodies fill the fields I see The slaughter never ends Soldier boy, made of clay Now an empty shell Twenty one, only son But he served us well Bred to kill, not to care Do just as we say Finished here, greetings death He's yours to take away Back to the front You will do what I say when I say Back to the front You will die when I say, you must die Back to the front You coward You servant You Blindman Why, am I dying? Kill, have no fear Lie, live off llying Hell, hell is here I was born for dying Life planned ouyt before my birth, nothing could I say Had no chance to see myself, molded day by day Looking back I realize, nothing have I done Left to die with only friend Alone I clench my gun Soldier boy, made of clay Now an empty shell Twenty one, only son But he served us well Bred to kill, not to care Do just as we say Finished here, greetings death He's yours to take away Back to the front You will do what I say when I say Back to the front You will die when I say, you must die Back to the front You coward You servant You Blindman Back to the front
Spineless from the start, sucked into the part Circus comes to town, you play the lead clown Please, please Spreading his disease, living by his story Knees, knees Falling to your knees, suffer for his glory You will Time for lust, time for lie Time to kiss your life goodbye Send me mopney, send me green Heaven you will meet Make a contribution And you'll get a better seat Bow to leper messiah Marvel at his tricks, need your Sunday fix Blind devotion came, rotting your brain Chain, chain Join the endless chain, taken by his glamour Fame, fame Infection is the game, stinking drunk with power We see Time for lust, time for lie Time to kiss your life goodbye Send me mopney, send me green Heaven you will meet Make a contribution And you'll get a better seat Bow to leper messiah Witchery, wakening Sees the sheep are gathering Set the trap, hypnotize Now you follow Time for lust, time for lie Time to kiss your life goodbye Send me mopney, send me green Heaven you will meet Make a contribution And you'll get a better seat Bow to leper messiah Lie
Instrumental (2nd guitar solo: Hetfield) (4th solo/bass: Burton)
Dealing out the agony within Charging hard and no one's gonna give in Living on your knees, conformity Or dying on your feet for honesty Inbred, our bodies work as one Bloody, but never cry submission Following our instinct, not a trend Blood will follow blood Dying time is here Damage incorporated Slamming through, don't fuck with razorback Stepping out? You'll feel hell on your back Blood follows blood and we'll make sure Life ain't for you and we're the only cure Honesty is my only excuse Try to rob us of it, but it's no use Steamroller action crushing all Victim is your name and you shall fall Blood will follow blood Dying time is here Damage incorporated We chew and spit you out We laugh and scream and shout All flee, with fear you run You'll know where we come from Damage Incorporated Damage jackels ripping right through you Sight and smell of this, it gets me goin' Know just how to get what we want Tear it from your soul in nightly hunt Fuck it all and fucking no regrets Never happy endings on these dark sets All's fair for Damage Inc. you'll see Step a littler closer if you please Blood will follow blood Dying time is here Damage incorporated
Blackened is the end Winter it will send Throwing all you see Into obscurity Death of mother earth Never a rebirth Evolution's end Never will it mend Never Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Color our world blackened Bustering of earth Terminate its worth Deadly nicotine Kills what might have been Callous frigid chill Nothing left to kill Never seen before Breathing nevermore Never Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Color our world blackened Blackened Opposition...contradiction...premonition...compromise Agitation...violation...mutilation...planet dies Darkest color Blistered earth True death of life Termination....expiration...cancellation...human race Expectation...liberation...population...lay to waste See our mother Put to death See our mother die Smouldering decay Take her breath away Millions of our years In minutes disappears Darkening in vain Decadence remains All is said and done Never is the sun Never Fire To begin whipping dance of the dead Blackened is the end To begin whipping dance of the dead Fire Is the outcome of hypocrisy Darkest potency In the exit of humanity Color our world blackened Blackened
Halls of justice painted green Money talking Power wolves beset your door Hear them stalking Soon you'll please their appetite They devour Hammer of justice crushes you overpower The ultimate in vanity Exploiting their supremacy I can't believe the things you say I can't believe I can't believe the price you pay Nothing can save you Justice is lost Justice is raped Justice is gone Pulling Your Strings Justice is done Seeking no truth Winning is all Find it so grim So true So real Apathy their stepping stone So unfeeling Hidden deep animosity So deceiving Through your eyes their light burns Hoping to find Inquisition sinking you With prying minds The ultimate in vanity Exploiting their supremacy I can't believe the things you say I can't believe I can't believe the price you pay Nothing can save you Justice is lost Justice is raped Justice is gone Pulling your strings Justice is done Seeking no truth Winning is all Find it so grim So true So real Lady justice has been raped Truth assassin Rolls of red tape seal your lips Now you're done in Their money tips her scales again Make your deal Just what is truth? I cannot tell cannot Tell The ultimate in vanity Exploiting their supremacy I can't believe the things you say I can't believe I can't believe the price you pay Nothing can save you Justice is lost Justice is raped Justice is gone Pulling your strings Justice is done Seeking no truth Winning is all Find it so grim So true So real
Do you see what I see? Truth is an offence You silence for your confidence Do you hear what I hear? Doors are slamming shut Limit your imagination, keep you where they must Do you feel what I feel? Bittering distress Who decides what you express Do you take what I take? Endurance is the word moving back instead of forward seems to me absurd Doesn't matter what you see? Or into it what you read You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say Independence limited Freedom of choice Choice is mad for you my friend Freedom of speech Speech is words that they will bend Freedom with their exception Do you fear what I fear? Living properly Truths to you are lies to me Do you choose what I choose? More alternives Energy derives from both the plus and negative Do you need what I need? Boundaries overthrown Look inside to each his own Do you trust what I trust? Me, myself and I Penetrate the smoke screen I see through the selfishlie Doesn't matter what you see? Or into it what you read You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say Independence limited Freedom of choice Choice is mad for you my friend Freedom of speech Speech is words that they will bend Freedom with their exception Do you know what I know? Your money end your wealth Your silence just to hear your self Do you want what I want? Desire not a thing I hunger after independence lengthen freedom's ring Doesn't matter what you see? Or into it what you read You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say Independence limited Freedom of choice Choice is mad for you my friend Freedom of speech Speech is words that they will bend Freedom with their exception Doesn't matter what you see Or into it what you read You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say
I can't remember anything Can't tell if this is true or dream Deep down inside I feel to scream This terrible silence stops me Now that the war is through with me I'm waking up I can not see That there is not much left of me Nothing is real but pain now Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please god, wake me Back in the womb its much too real In pumps life that I must feel But can't look forward to reveal Look to the time when I'll live Fed through the tube that sticks in me Just like a wartime novelty Tied to machines that make me be Cut this life off from me Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please god,wake me Now the world is gone I'm just one Oh god,help me hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please god help me Darkness imprisoning me All that I see Absolute horror I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself Body my holding cell Landmine has taken my sight Taken my speech Taken my hearing Taken my arms Taken my legs Taken my soul Left me with life in hell
Suspicion is your name Your honesty to blame Put dignity to shame Dishonor Witchhunt modern day Determining decay The blattand disarray Disfigure The public eyes' disgrace Defying common place Unending paper chase Unending Deafening Painstaking Reckoning This vertigo it doth bring Shortest straw Challenge liberty Downed by law Live in infamy Rub you raw Witchhunt riding through Shortest straw This shortest straw has been pulled for you Pulled for you Shortest straw Pulled for you Shortest straw Pulled for you Shortest straw Shortest straw has been pulled for you The accusations fly Discrimination, why? Your inner self to die Intruding Doubt sunk itself in you It's teeth and talons through Your living catch 22 Deluding A mass hysteria A megalomania Reveal dementia Aeveal Secretly Silently Certainly In vertigo you will be Shortest straw Challenge liberty downed by law Live in infamy Rub you raw Witchhunt riding through Shortest straw This shortest straw has been pulled for you Pulled for you Shortest straw Pulled for you Shortest straw Pulled for you Shortest straw Shortest straw has been pulled for you Pulled for You Shortest Straw Pulled for you Shortest straw Pulled for you Shortest straw Pulled for you Shortest straw Shortest straw has been pulled for you Behind you, hands are tied Your being, ostracized Your hell is multiplied Upending The fallaout has begun Oppresive damage done Your many turned to none To nothing You're reaching your nadir Your will has disappeared The lie is crystal clear Defending Channels red One word said Blaclisted With vertigo make you dead Shortest straw Challenge liberty Downed by law Live in infamy Rub you raw Witchhunt riding through Shortest straw This shortest straw has been pulled for you pulled for you
My life suffocates Planting seeds of hate I've loved, turned to hate Trapped far beyond my fate I give You take This life that I forsake Been cheated of my youth You turned this lie to truth Anger Misery You'll suffer unto me Harvester of sorrow Language of the mad Harvester of sorrow pure black looking clear my work is done soon here try getting back to me get back which used to be drink up shoot in let the beatings begin distributor of pain your loss becomes my gain Anger Misery You'll suffer unto me Harvester of sorrow Language of the mad Harvester of sorrow l have said their prayers Invade their nightmares See into my eyes You'll find where murder lies Infanticide Harvester of sorrow Language of the mad Harvester of sorrow Language of the mad Harvester of sorrow
Never hunger never prosper I have fallen prey to failure Struggle within Triggered again Now the candle burns at both ends Twisting under schizophrenia Falling deep into dementia Old habits reappear Fighting the fear of fear Growing conspiracy Everyone's after me Frayed ends of sanity Hear them calling Hear them calling me Birth of terror Death of much more I'm the slave of fear,my captor Never warnings Spreading its wings As I wait for the horror she brings Loss of interest, question, wonder Waves of fear they pull me under Old habits reappear Fighting the fear of fear Growing conspiracy Everyone's after me Frayed ends of sanity Hear them calling Hear them calling me Into run I am sinking Hostage of this nameless feeling Hell is set free Flooded I'll be Feel the undertow inside me Height, hell, time, haste, terror, tension life, death, want, waste, mass depression Old habits reappear Fighting the fear of fear Growing conspiracy Everyone's after me Frayed ends of sanity Hear them calling Hear them calling me
When a man lies he murders some part of the world These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives All this I cannot bear to witness any longer Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home
Dear mother Dear father What is this hell you have put me through believer Deceiver Day in day out live my life through You pushed onto me what's wrong or right Hidden from this thing that they call life Dear mother Dear father Every thought I'd think you'd disapprove curator Dictator Always cencoring my every move Children are seen bur are not heard Tear out everything inspired Innocence Torn from me without your shelter Barred reality I'm living blindly Dear mother Dear father Time has frozen still what's left to be Hear nothing Say nothing Cannot face the fact I think for me No guarantee,it's life as is But damn you for not giving me my chance Dear mother Dear father You've clipped my wings before I learned to fly unspoiled Unspoken I've outgrown that fucking lullaby Same thing I've always heard from you Do as I say not as I do Innocence Torn from me without your shelter Barred reality I'm living blindly I'm in hell without you Cannot cope without you two Shocked at the world that I see Innocent victim please rescue me Dear mother Dear father Hidden in your world you've made for me I'm seething I'm bleeding Ripping wounds in me that never heal Undying spite I feel for you Living out this hell you always knew
Say your prayers little one Don't forget, my son To include everyone Tuck you in, warm within Keep you free from sin Till the sandman he comes Sleep with one eye open Gripping your pillow tight Exit: Light Enter: Night Take my hand We're off to never never land Something's wrong, shut the light Heavy thoughts tonight And they aren't of snow white Dreams of war, dreams of liars Dreams of dragon's fire And of things that will bite Sleep with one eye open Gripping your pillow tight Exit: Light Enter: Night Take my hand We're off to never never land Now I lay me down to sleep Pray the lord my soul to keep If I die before I wake Pray the lord my soul to take Hush little baby, don't say a word And never mind that noise you heard It's just the beast under your bed, In your closet, in your head Sleep with one eye open Gripping your pillow tight Exit: Light Enter: Night Take my hand We're off to never never land
Hey I'm your life I'm the one who takes you there Hey I'm your life I'm the one who cares They They betray I'm your only true friend now They They'll betray I'm forever there I'm your dream, make you real I'm your eyes When you must steal I'm your pain When you can't feel Sad but true I'm your dream, mind astray I'm your eyes While you're away I'm your pain While you repay You know it's sad but true You You're my mask You're my cover, my shelter You You're my mask You're the one who's blamed Do Do my work Do my dirty work, scapegoat Do Do my deeds For you're the one who's shamed I'm your dream, make you real I'm your eyes When you must steal I'm your pain When you can't feel Sad but true I'm your dream, mind astray I'm your eyes While you're away I'm your pain While you repay You know it's sad but true Hate I'm your hate I'm your hate when you want love Pay Pay the price Pay, for nothing's fair Hey I'm your life I'm the one who took you here Hey I'm your life And I no longer care I'm your dream, make you real I'm your eyes When you must steal I'm your pain When you can't feel Sad but true I'm your truth, telling lies I'm your reason Alibis I'm inside Open your eyes I'm you Sad but true
No more! The craps rolls out your mouth again Haven't changed, your brain is still gelatin Little whispers circle around your head Why don't you worry about yourself instead Who are you? Where ya been? Where ya from? Gossip is burning on the tip of your tongue You lie so much you believe yourself Judge not lest ye be judged yourself Holier than thou You are Holier than thou You are You know not Before you judge me take a look at you Can't you find somethig better to do Point the finger, slow to understand Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand It's not who you are it's who you know Others lives are the basis of your own Burn your bridges build them back with wealth Judge not lest ye be judged yourself Holier than thou You are Holier than thou You are You know not
New blood joins this earth And quikly he's subdued Through constant pain disgrace The young boy learns their rules With time the child draws in This whipping boy done wrong Deprived of all his thoughts The young man struggles on and on he's known A vow unto his own That never from this day His will they'll take away What I've felt What I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never be Never see Won't see what might have been What I've felt What I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never free Never me So I dub thee unforgiven They dedicate their lives To running all of his He tries to please them all This bitter man he is Throughout his life the same He's battled constantly This fight he cannot win A tired man they see no longer cares The old man then prepares To die regretfully That old man here is me What I've felt What I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never be Never see Won't see what might have been What I've felt What I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never free Never me So I dub thee unforgiven You labeled me I'll label you So I dub thee unforgiven
...And the road becomes my bride I have stripped of all but pride So in her I do confide And she keeps me satisfied Gives me all I need ...And with dust in throat I crave Only knowledge will I save To the game you stay a slave Rover Wanderer Nomad Vagabond call me what you will But I'll take my time anywhere Free to speak my mind anywhere And I'll redefine anywhere Anywhere I may roam Where I lay my head is home ...And the earth becomes my throne I adapt to the unknown Under wandering stars I've grown By myself but not alone I ask no one ...And my ties are severed clean The less I have the more I gain Off the beaten path I reign Rover Wanderer Nomad Vagabond Call me what you will But I'll take my time anywhere I'm free to speak my mind anywhere And I'll never mind anywhere Anywhere I may roam Where I lay my head is home But I'll take my time anywhere Free to speak my mind And I'll take my find anywhere Anywhere I may roam Where I lay my head is home Carved upon my stone My body lie, but still I roam Wherever I may roam
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail Never begins it, never, but once engaged... Never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage Don't tread on me So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war So be it Settle the score Souch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore... Don't tread on me Love it or live it, she with the deadly bite Quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike Shining with brightness, always on surveillance The eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance Don't tread on me So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war So be it Settle the score Souch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore... Don't tread on me So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail Once you provoke her, rattling on her tail So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war So be it Settle the score Souch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore... Don't tread on me
All that is, was and will be Universe much too big to see Time and space never ending Disturbing thoughts, questions pending Limitations of human understanding Too quick to criticize Obligation to survive We hunger to be alive All that is, ever Ever was Will be ever Twisting Turning Through the never In the dark, see past our eyes Pursuit of trhuth no matter where it lies Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens On a quest, meaning, reason Came to be, how it begun All alone in the family of the sun Curiosity teasing everyone On our home, third stone from the sun All that is, ever Ever was Will be ever Twisting Turning Through the never On through the never We must go On through the never Out of the Edge of forever We must go On through the never Then ever comes All that is, ever Ever was Will be ever Who we are Ask forever Twisting Turning Through the never Never
So close no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are And nothing else matters Never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say And nothing else matters Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view And nothing else matters Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know So close no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are And nothing else matters Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know Never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view And nothing else matters Never cared for what they say Never cared for games they play Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know And I know So close no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are No nothing else matters
Off through the new day's mist I run Off from the new day's mist I have come I hunt Therefore I am Harvest the land Taking of the fallen lamb Off thruogh the new day's mist I run Off from the new day'smist I have come We shift Pulsing with the earth Company we keep Roaming the land while you sleep Shape shift Nose to the wind Shape shift Feeling I've been Move swift All senses clean Earth's gift Back to the meaning of life Bright is the moon high in starlight Chill is the air cold as steel tonight We shift Call of the wild Fear in your eyes It's later than you realized Shape shift Nose to the wind Shape shift Feeling I've been Move swift All senses clean Earth's gift Back to the meaning of life I feel I change Back to a better day Hair stands on the back of my neck In wildness is the preservation of the world So seek the wolf in thyself Shape shift Nose to the wind Shape shift Feeling I've been Move swift All senses clean Earth's gift Back to the meaning of wolf and man
Pride you took Pride you feel Pride that you felt when you'd kneel Not the word Not the love Not what you thought from above It feeds It grows It clouds all that you will know Deceit Deceive Decide just what you believe I see faith in your eyes Never your hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries Broken is the promise, betrayal The healing hand held back by the deepened nail Follow the god that failed Find your peace Find your say Find the smooth road in your way Trust you gave A child to save Left you cold and him in grave It feeds It grows It clouds all that you will know Deceit Deceive Decide just what you believe I see faith in your eyes Never your hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries Broken is the promise, betrayal The healing hand held back by the deepened nail Follow the god that failed I see faith in your eyes Broken is the promise, betrayal The healing hand held back by the deepened nail Follow the god that failed Pride you took Pride you feel Pride that you felt when you'd kneel Trust you gave A child to save Left you cold and him in grave I see faith in your eyes Never your hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries Broken is the promise, betrayal The healing hand held back by the deepened nail Follow the god that failed
You just stood there screaming Fearing no one was listening to you They say the empty can rattles the most The sound of your voice must soothe you Hearing only what you want to hear And knowing only what you've heard You you're smothered in tragedy You're out to save the world Misery You insist that the weight of the world Should be on your shoulders Misery There's much more to life than what you see My friend of misery You still stood there screaming No one caring about these words you tell My friend before your voice is gone One man's fun is another's hell These times are sent to try men's souls But something's wrong with all you see You you'll take it on all yourself Remember, misery loves company Misery You insist that the weight of the world Should be on your shoulders Misery There's much more to life than what you see My friend of misery You just stood there creaming My friend of misery
Reaching out for something you've got to feel While clutching to what you had thought was real Kicking at a dead horse pleases you No way of showing your gratitude So many things you don't want to do What is it? What have you got ot lose What the hell What is you think you're gonna find? Hypocrite Boredom sets into the boring mind Struggle within It suits you fine Struggle within Your ruin Struggle within You seal your own coffin Struggle within The struggling within Home is not a home it becomes a hell Turning it into your prison cell Advantages are taken, not handed out While you struggle inside your hell Reaching out Grabbing for something tou've got to feel Closing in The pressure upon you is so real Struggle within It suits you fine Struggle within Your ruin Struggle within You seal your own coffin Struggle within The struggling within Reaching out for something you've got to feel While clutching to what you had thought was real What the hell What is you think you're gonna find Hypocrite Boredom sets into the boring mind Struggle within It suits you fine Struggle within Your ruin Struggle within You seal your own coffin Struggle within The struggling within
Outta my way Outta my day Outta your mind and into mine Into no one Into not one Into your step but outta time Head strong What's wrong? I've already heard this song before Before...you arrived But now it's time To kiss you ass good-bye Dragging me down Why you around? So useless It ain't my fall It ain't my call It ain't my bitch It ain't my bitch Down on the sun Down and no fun Down and out where the hell ya been Damn it all down Damn it unbound Damn it all down ta hell again Stand tall Can't fall Never even bend at all Before... you arrived But now it's time To kiss your ass good-bye Dragging me down Why you around? So useless It ain't my fall It ain't my call It ain't my bitch Outta of my way Outta my way Outta my day Outta of your mind and into mine Into no one Into not one Into your step but outta of time Head strong What's wrong? I've already heard this song before Before... you arrived But now it's time To kiss your ass good-bye And now it's time to kiss you ass good-bye Dragging me down Why you around? So useless It ain't my fall It ain't my call It ain't my bitch No way but down Why you around? No foolin' It ain't my smile It ain't my style It ain't my bitch Ain't mine Your kind Your stepin' outta time Ain't mine Your kind Your stepin' outta time Dragging me down Why you around? No foolin' It ain't my fall It ain't my call It ain't my Bitch... you ain't my
Yeah I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you I'm gonna be the one who breaks you Put the screws into ya, yeah my way Yeah, come on, come on, come and make my day Make my day Yeah Got some hell to pay ya, I steal your thunder The joy of violent movement, pulls you under Ooh bite the bullet, well hard Yea, but I die harder, so go too far Too far Friction, fusion, retribution I can't hear ya... talk ta me I can't hear ya... so talk ta me I can't hear ya are you talkin' ta me I can't hear ya are you talkin' ta me I can't hear ya time ta meet my lord I can't hear ya talk ta 2 by 4 I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you I'm gonna be that one who breaks you Put the screws into ya, my way Hey come on, come on, come and make my day Make my day Friction, fusion, retribution I can't hear ya... talk ta me I can't hear ya... come talk ta me I can't hear ya are you talking ta me I can't hear ya while your talking ta me I can't hear ya time ta meet my lord I can't hear ya talk ta 2 by 4 Talk ta 2 by 4 It don't take no more Come on yeah Come on, come on Talk ta 2 by 4 Talk ta 2 by 4 Friction, fusion, retribution I'm going to make you... talk ta me I'm going to take you... so talk ta me I can't hear ya are you talking ta me I can't hear ya you talking ta me I can't hear ya time ta meet my lord I can't hear ya talk ta, talk ta 2 by 4
Open doors so I walk inside Close my eyes Find my place to hide And I shake as I take it in Let the show begin Open my eyes Just to have them close again Well on my way But on my way to where I've been It swallows me As it takes me in it's fog I twist away As I give this world the nod Open doors so I walk inside Close my eyes Find my place to hide And I shake as I take it in Let the show begin Open my eyes Just to have them close once again Don't want control As it takes me down and down and down again Is that the moon Or just a light that lights this dead end street? Is that you there Or just another demon that I meet? The higher you are The farther you fall The longer the walk The farther you crawl My body my temple This temple it tilts Step into the house that Jack built The higher you are The farther you fall The longer the walk The farther you crawl My body my temple This temple it tilts Yes this is the house that Jack built Open doors as I walk inside Swallow me so the pain subsides And I shake as I take this in Let the show begin The higher you are The farther you fall The longer the walk The farther you crawl My body my temple This temple it tilts Yes this is the house that Jack built The higher you are The farther you fall The longer the walk The farther you crawl My body my temple This temple it tilts "Yes I am I am I am" Open my eyes It swallows me Is that you there I twist away Away Away Away
Where do I take this pain of mine I run but it stays right by my side So tear me open and pour me out There's things inside that scream and shout And the pain still hates me So hold me until it sleeps Just like a curse, just like a stray You feed it once and now it stays Now it stays So tear me open but beware There's things inside without a care And the dirt still stains me So wash me until I'm clean It grips you so hold me It stains you so hold me It hates you so hold me It holds you so hold me Until it sleeps So tell me why you've chosen me Don't want your grip Don't want your greed Don't want it I'll tear me open make you gone No more can you hurt anyone And the fear still shakes me So hold me, until it sleeps It grips you so hold me It stains you so hold me It hates you so hold me It holds you, holds you, holds you until it sleeps (x4) I Don't want it want it want it want it want it No So tear me open but beware There's things inside without a care And the dirt still stains me So wash me 'til I'm clean I'll tear me open make you gone No longer will you hurt anyone And the hate still shapes me So hold me until it sleeps (x5)
Wish I may Wish I might Have this I wish tonight Are you satisfied? Dig for gold Dig for fame You dig to make your name Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown King Nothing? Where's your crown? Hot and cold Bought and sold A heart as hard as gold Yeah! Are you satisfied? Wish I might Wish I may You wish your life away Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown King Nothing? Where's your crown? Huh! (Spoken) I wish I may I wish I might Have this wish I wish tonight I want that star I want it now I want it all and I don't care how Careful what you wish Careful what you say Careful what you wish You may regret it Careful what you wish You just might get it Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown King Nothing? Nothing No you're just nothing Where's your crown King Nothing? No you're just nothing Absolutely nothing Off to never never land
Mama they try and break me The window burns to light the way back home A light that warms no matter where they've gone They're off to find the hero of the day But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way Still the window burns Time so slowly turns And someone there is sighing Keepers of the flames Do you feel your name? Did you hear your babies crying? Mama they try and break me Still they try and break me 'Scuse me while I tend to how to feel These things return to me that still seem real Now deservingly this easy chair But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair Don't want your aid But the fist I make For you still no fear No not on me So please excuse me While I tend to how I feel But now the dreams and waking screams That everlast the night So build a wall Behind it crawl And hide until it's light So can't you hear your babies crying now? Still the window burns Time so slowly turns And someone there is sighing Keepers of the flames Can't you hear your name? Did you hear your babies crying? But now the dreams and waking screams That everlast the night So build a wall Behind it crawl And hide until it's light So can't you hear your babies crying now? Mama they try and break me Mama they try and break me Mama they try and break me Mama they try Mama they try Mama they try and break me Mama they try and break me Mama they try and break me Mama they try Mama they try
I'm diggin' my way I'm diggin' my way to somethin' I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better I'm pushin' to stay I'm pushin' to stay with something I'm pushin' to stay with something better I'm sowing the seeds I'm sowing the seeds I've taken I'm sowing the seeds I take for granted This thorn in my side This thorn in my side is from the tree This thorn in my side is from the tree I've planted It tears me and I bleed And I bleed Caught under wheels roll I take the leech I'm bleeding me Can't stop to save my soul I take the leash that's leading me I'm bleeding me I can't take it Caught under wheels roll Oh, the bleeding of me Of me The bleeding of me Caught under wheels roll I take the leech I'm bleeding me Can't stop to save my soul I take the leash that's leading me I'm bleeding me I can't take it Caught under wheels roll Oh, the bleeding of me Oh, the bleeding of me I am the beast that bleeds the feast I am the blood I am release Come make me pure Bleed me a cure I'm caught, I'm caught, I'm caught under Caught under wheels roll I take that leech I'm bleeding me Can't stop to save my soul I take the leash that's leading me I'm bleeding me I can't take it I can't take it I can't take it Oh, the bleeding of me I'm diggin' my way I'm diggin' my way to somethin' I'm diggin' my way to something better I'm pushin' to stay I'm pushin' to stay with somethin' I'm pushin' to stay with something better With something better
(Spoken) The man takes another bullet He keeps them all within He must seek no matter how it hurts So don't fool again He thinks the answer is cold and in his hand He takes his medicine The man takes another bullet He's been fooled again Uncross your arms Take and throw them to the cure, say... I do believe Uncross your arms now Take 'em to it, say... I do believe Yeah, I do believe The lies tempt her she follows Again she lets him in She must believe to fill the hollow She's been fooled again Uncross your arms Take and throw them to the cure, say... I do believe Uncross your arms now Take 'em to it, say... I do believe Oh yeah, I do believe Betting on the cure It must get better than this Betting on the cure Yeah everyone's gotta have the sickness Cause everyone seems to need the cure Precious cure Betting on the cure Cause it must get better than this Betting on the cure Yeah everyone's gotta have the sickness Cause everyone seems to need the cure Precious cure I do believe Betting on the cure It must get better than this Need to feel secure Yeah it's got to get better than this, this, this It must get better than this Betting on the cure Everyone's gotta to have the sickness Cause everyone seems to need the cure I do believe
Oh poor twisted me Oh poor twisted me I feast on sympathy I chew on suffer I chew on agony Swallow whole the pain Oh it's too good to be All this misery Is just for oh poor twisted me Poor twisted me Poor mistreated me Poor mistreated me I drown without a sea Lungs fill with sorrow Lungs fill with misery Inhaling the deep dark blue Oh woe is me Such a burden to be Poor mistreated me To finally reach the shore Survive the storm Now you're bare and cold The sea was warm So warm Your bathe your soul again Bathe it again, and again, and again To finally reach the shore Survive the storm Now you're bare and cold The sea was warm So warm, you bathe your soul again Good to see my friend Oh woe is me Such a burden to be Oh poor twisted me Oh poor twisted me Poor twisted me
Good day, how do And I send a smile to you Don't waste, waste your breath And I won't waste my hate on you Ain't gonna waste my hate Ain't gonna waste my hate on you I think I'll keep it for myself Ain't gonna give no more Ain't got the time to help you score I think it's time you pleased yourself Yourself Good day how do And I send a smile to you Don't waste Waste your breath And I won't waste my hate on you Waste my hate on you Think you're worthy now Think enough to even raise the brow And to laugh and tip that two pronged crown I see my hands I see my feet I feel that blood that pumps in me Where the hell's my mind goin' now Goin' now Good day how do And I send a smile to you Don't waste Waste your breath And I won't waste my hate on you Waste my hate on you Think I'll keep it for myself Ain't gonna waste my hate But I'm so greedy when they say Better to give than to recieve Ain't gonna waste my hate Ain't got time to waste my hate on you I think I'll keep it all for myself For myself Good day how do And I send a smile to you Don't waste Waste your breath And I won't waste my hate on you Waste my hate on you Think I'll keep it for myself Yeah Hate
Mama, she has taught me well Told me when I was young Son, your life's an open book Don't close it 'fore its done The brightest flame burns quickest Is what I heard her say A son's heart sewed to mother But I must find my way Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Or let this heart be still Rebel my new last name Wild blood in my veins Apron strings around my neck The mark that still remains Left home at an early age Of what I heard was wrong I never asked forgiveness But what is said is done Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Or let this heart be still Never I ask of you But never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave Never I ask of you But never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave So let this heart be still Mama, now I'm coming home I'm not all you wished of me A mother's love for her son Spoken, help me be I took your love for granted All the things you said to me I need your arms to welcome me But, a cold stone's all I see Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Or let this heart be still Let my heart go Mama, let my heart go You never let my heart go So let this heart be still Never I ask of you But never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave Never I ask of you But never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave So let this heart be still
Forgive me father For I have sinned Find me guilty of the life I feel within When I'm branded This mark of shame Should I look down disgraced Or straight ahead And know that you must blame I am, I am the secret I am, I am the sin I am, I am the guilty And I, I am the thorn within Forgive me father For I have sinned Find me guilty when true guilt is from within So point your fingers Point right at me For I am shadows and will follow you One and the same are we I am, I am the secret I am, I am the sin I am, I am the guilty And I, I am the thorn within I do your time I take your fall I'm branded guilty For us all So point your fingers Point right at me For I am shadows and will follow you One and the same are we I am, I am your secrets I am, I am your sin I am, I am your guilty And I, I am the thorn within I am the thorn within
Stories start Quiet town Small town boy Big time frown Never talks Never plays Different path Lost his way The streets are red Red I'm afraid There's no confetti No parade Nothing happens in this boring place But oh my god how it all did change Now they all pray Blood stain wash away He said Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way I heard him He said Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way All things wash away But blood stained the sun red today I always said Something wrong With little strange Ronnie Long Never laughed Never smiled Talked alone for miles and miles and miles Gallow calls Son I say Keep your smile and laugh all day Think once again in this boring place For little boys how they soon change Now they all pray Blood stain wash away He said Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way I heard him He said Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way All things wash away But blood stained the sun red today (Spoken) Yeah, well all the green things died When Ronnie moved to this place He said Don't you dare ask Why I'm cursed to wear this face Now we all know why The children called him Ronnie Frown When he pulled that gun from his pocket They all fall down, down, down He said Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way I heard him He screamed Lost my way This bloody day Lost my way All things wash away But blood stained the sun red today That's right All things wash away They all fall down But blood stained the sun today All things wash away And yhey all fall down But blood stained the sun today
And now I wait my whole lifetime For you And now I wait my whole lifetime For you I ride the dirt I ride the tide For you I search the outside search inside For you To take back what you left me I know I'll always burn to be The one seeks so I may find And now I wait my whole lifetime Outlaw of torn Outlaw of torn And I'm torn So on I wait my whole lifetime For you So on I wait my whole lifetime For you The more I search the more my need For you The more I bless the more I bleed For you You make me smash the clock and feel I'd rather die behind the wheel Time was never on my side So on I wait my whole lifetime Outlaw of torn Outlaw of torn Outlaw of torn And I'm torn Hear me And if I close my mind in fear Please pry it open See me And if my face becomes sincere Beware Hold me And when I start to come undone Stich me together Save me And when you see me strut Remind me of what left this outlaw torn Hear me And if I close my mind in fear Please pry it open See me And if my face becomes sincere Beware Hold me And when I start to come undone Stich me together And when you see me strut Remind me of what left this outlaw torn