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Are there no fighters left here any more?
Are we the generation we've been waiting for? Or are we patiently burning Waiting to be saved? Our heroes our icons Have mellowed with age Following rules That they once disobeyed Are now being led When they used to lead the way Do you still believe in all the things that you stood by before? (That you stood by before) Are you up and on the front lines? Or at home keeping score? Do you care to be the layer of the bricks that seal your fate? (The bricks that seal your fate) Would you rather be the architect of what we might create? GO! Laying out the blueprints That pour down a base Concrete solutions to slow our decay But when they are gone, who the fuck's gonna take their place? Yeah, will it be the cynic The critics galore You say "how pathetic", passed out on the floor The trustee can visit Who collectively ignored Do you still believe in all the things that you stood by before? (That you stood by before) Are you up and on the front lines? Or at home keeping score? Do you care to be the layer of the bricks that seal your fate? (The bricks that seal your fate) Would you rather be the architect of what we might create? Don't you remember when you were young? And you wanted to set the world on fire? Somewhere deep down, I know you don't (HEY HEY HEY HEY) And all you remember when we were young How we wanted to set the world on fire Because I still am and I still do Make no mistake we are not afraid To bear the burden of repeating What they're thinking anyway LET'S RAISE THE STAKES On the bet we made Let's decide to be the architects, the masters of our fate Yeah, we still believe in all the things that we stood by before (We stood by before) And now to everything we've seen here maybe even more And I know we're not the only ones we were not the first (We were not the first) Unapologetically we'll stand behind these words. |
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| 2. |
| 3:58 |
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I have my mother's dreams i have my father's eyes you can't take that from me just go ahead and try
The crescent city sleeps while giants in the sky preparing to unleash let loose a mighty cry Can nobody save us will anyone try the bayou is burning The cypress has died and all along they're saying "HELP IS ON THE WAY", THEY SAID THEY SAID, "HELP IS ON THE WAY", THEY SAID THEY SAID ONE BY LAND TWO BY SEA RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME HELP IS ON THE WAY Five thousand feet below as black smoke engulfs the sky the ocean floor explodes eleven mothers cry My bones all resonate a burning lullaby you can't take that from me just go ahead and try She stands at the shoreline with hands in the air her words pierce the dark night "does anyone care?" AND ALL ALONG THEY'RE SAYING "HELP IS ON THE WAY", THEY SAID THEY SAID, "HELP IS ON THE WAY", THEY SAID THEY SAID ONE BY LAND TWO BY SEA RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME HELP IS ON THE WAY Right here,right here - 3x Choking on the black gold upon which we rely we keep axes in the attics to see cameras in the sky Help is on the way they said help is on the way we were told just to sit tight because somebody will soon arrive help is on the way but it never came. |
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| 3. |
| 3:55 |
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Bang bang go the coffin nails
Like a breath, exhaled then gone forever It seems like just yesterday How did i miss the red flags raise? Think back to the days we left We brave these bitter storms together Brought to his knees he cried But on his feet he died What god would deal a heart? And what god drove us apart? What god could... Make it stop Let this end 18 years pushed to the ledge It's come to this A weightless step On the way down, singing Whoah, oh... Bang bang from the closet walls The schoolhouse halls The shotgun's loaded Push me and i'll push back I'm done asking, i demand From the nation under god I feel its love like a cattleprod I'm born free, but still they hate I'm born me, no, i can't change It's always darkest just before the dawn So stay awake with me Let's prove them wrong Make it stop Let this end 18 years pushed to the ledge It's come to this A weightless step On the way down, singing Whoah, oh... The cold river, wash him away But how could we forget The cavalries of candles But not their tongues And too much blood has fallen from the wrist Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss? Who will rise to stop the blood? We're calling for, insisting on A different beat, yeah, a brand new song Make it stop Let this end This life chose me I'm not lost in sin I'm proud I stand Of who i am I plan of going on living Make it stop Let this end All these years pushed to the ledge I'm proud i stand Of who i am I plan to go on living |
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| 4. |
| 3:49 |
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Awake at the bottom
Of the barrels we cry out So ashamed of our tears that We blame only ourselves That's when they win They keep us convinced To lift up our chins These playing fields are level We all have a chance With that they dismiss The fast lanes they rode In which access depends on who you know Or where you came from Whose daughter are you? Whose fortunate son? We're told to stick out our thumbs They feast from the linens While we settle for crumbs Is this an over-reaching arm Or is this compassion? Is this a handout undeserved Or a just reparation? (a just reparation) Away from the towers High above glass ceilinged tombs Tell themselves That they've earned this By working hard And playing by the rules But this is only part true A dangerous trick Played on me and you And so like a practical joke We pulled on these bootstraps So hard that they broke Is this an over-reaching arm Or is this compassion? Is this a handout undeserved Or a just reparation? And like a single domino That falls while the rest stay vertical We're fed these empty fairytales Will you believe them? And if there's a god You better pray That this sleeping giant never wakes And if we just took a step back A bigger picture we might view Perhaps the man in the gutter Is not so different from you Come in out of the cold Forget all that you know Because there's always been room By the fire for you, oh Come in out of the cold Will you believe them? Is this an over-reaching arm Or is this compassion? Is this a handout undeserved Or a just reparation? And like a single domino That falls while the rest stay vertical We're fed these empty fairytales And I'm through believing |
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| 5. |
| 3:59 |
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You can't feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame
You have to cross the line just to remember where it lays You won't know your worth now, son, until you take a hit And you won't find the beat until you lose yourself in it That's why we won't back down We won't run and hide Yeah, 'cause these are the things that we can't deny I'm passing over you like a satellite So catch me if I fall That's why we stick to your game plans and party lines But at night we're conspiring by candlelight We are the orphans of the Amerikan dream So shine your light on me You can't fill your cup until you empty all it has You can't understand what lays ahead If you don't understand the past You'll never learn to fly now Till you're standing at the cliff And you can't truly love until you've given up on it That's why we won't back down We won't run and hide Yeah, 'cause these are the things that we can't deny I'm passing over you like a satellite So catch me if I fall That's why we stick to your game plans and party lines But at night we're conspiring by candlelight We are the orphans of the Amerikan dream So shine your light on me She told me that she never could face the world again So I offered up a plan We'll sneak out while they sleep And sail off in the night We'll come clean and start over the rest of our lives When we're gone, we'll stay gone Out of sight, out of mind It's not too late We have the rest of our lives We'll sneak out while they sleep And sail off to the night We'll come clean and start over the rest of our lives When we're gone, we'll stay gone Out of sight, out of mind It's not too late We have the rest of our lives The rest of our lives Because we won't back down We won't run and hide Yeah, 'cause these are the things that we can't deny I'm passing over you like a satellite So catch me if I fall That's why we stick to your game plans and party lines But at night we're conspiring by candlelight We are the orphans of the Amerikan dream So shine your light on me No, we won't back down We won't run and hide Yeah 'cause these are the things that we can't deny I'm passing over you like a satellite 'Cause these are the things that we can't deny now This is a life that you can't deny us now |
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| 6. |
| 4:18 |
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Like a new day rising
Like a calm before the storm Like fog lifting from valleys On a sleeping forest floor Eyes open slowly as the dust is shaking off To gaze upon the wreckage That the midnight hands have wrought And now I I feel my temperature rising My body explode I feel like somebody's watching Like I'm not alone I stop dying but right there and say that Whatever path you take (the path you take) Wherever you may go (where you may go) Wherever you decide to leave I'll follow I'll fall We face a crossroad never knowing what's in store There's an angel on my shoulder There's a devil at my door She proclaimed that tonight Will be the greatest of our lives And I said, don't be so short Let's just wait until the morning light I feel my temperature rising My body explode I feel like somebody's watching Like I'm not alone I stop dying but right there and say that Whatever path you take (the path you take) Wherever you may go (where you may go) Wherever you decide to leave I'll follow I'll fall There in the clearing We gather close Under the moon's pale light We lay out the tools You don't have to do this But I forgive you if you don't She just looked away And said "I know" Gripping the midnight hands We drain the futures They might prevent Gripping the midnight hands The lines cross over The dawn grows closer In spite of too much It's just with a blind trust In order of our blind faith Whatever path you take And wherever you might go And whenever you decide to leave I'll follow I'll fall I'll bear all the falls you take (the falls you take) I will let go if you decide to stay I'll be there until you go away from here I'll follow I will follow I will follow Whatever path you take (I will follow) Wherever you might go (I will follow Wherever you decide to leave (I will follow) |
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| 4:00 |
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Block the entrances
Close the doors Seal the exits Because this is war All gave some Some gave all But for what I want to know Carry on Don't mind me All I gave was everything And yet you ask me for more Fought your fight Bought your lie And in return I lost my life What purpose does this serve? A folded flag A purple heart A family all but torn apart I fought with courage to preserve Not my way of life, but yours Carry on Don't mind me All I gave was everything And yet you ask me for more Fought your fight Bought your lie And in return I lost my life What purpose does this serve? The cowards preach from pedestals With words like courage and resolve But what they meant was fuck them all Because freedom isn't free They send our daughters and our sons To deserts under burning suns A sacrificial slaughtering to fill The pockets of the weak An artificial enemy Are we so easily deceived? Carry on Just walk away How many more sent to their graves In this lesson ignored? I fought your fight Bought your lie And in return I lost my life What purpose does this serve? What purpose did I serve? |
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| 8. |
| 3:55 |
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Hey, man now did you hear
Your final days are near? In a free fall of fire and ice And explosions in the sky A fate that we deserve There's no escape, No Now it's your turn Now it's your turn It's been years Since our luck ran out and left us here Like broken mirrors Ten million shards of glass and tears But now we are Awake enough to shatter what we hate Like broken mirrors Reflections of an unfamiliar face Hey, hey! Hey, man, you got the time? Hey, can I trouble you for a light? Who, me? no, I'm not the old town crier I'm the one who sets it all on fire A fate, yeah, that we deserve And there's no escape, No Now it's your turn Now it's your turn It's been years Since our luck ran out and left us here Like broken mirrors Ten million shards of glass and tears But now we are Awake enough to shatter what we hate Like broken mirrors Reflections of an unfamiliar face We hide from the mirrors They might show our scars And hear us (Go Go Go) Reflection that we want to be The people we are (the people we are) Confront your reflection Smash what you see And let's restart Cause mirrors can't see our heart It's been years Since our luck ran out and left us here Like broken mirrors Ten million shards of glass and tears But now we are Awake enough to shatter what we hate Like broken mirrors Like broken mirrors Like broken mirrors Like broken mirrors Like broken mirrors Reflections of an unfamiliar face |
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| 3:40 |
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Do you see the world in different colours?
Do you see the world in black and grey? Alone in your thoughts How many others Have stood where you stand Where you stand today I've stood where you stand But all, can you Chorus: Wait for me now To take off this crown To break all these vows Don't you know? Wait for me now Air's running out Wait for me (x4) now A promise of safe return I delivered But the ocean is wider than I first guessed When roads disappeared I followed the rivers But somehow got in over my head So a deep breath I'm taking Chorus: Wait for me now To take off this crown To break all these vows Don't you know? Wait for me now Air's running out Wait for me (x4) now A lost dream of what could have been A house on fire a tangled web The key turns To find the locks have changed In time to hear the back door slam A sound that to this day I can't forget The colours drain to black and grey Chorus: Wait for me now To take off this crown To break all these vows Don't you know? Wait for me now Air's running out Wait for me (x4) now |
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| 3:46 |
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The pain, disorder
A cataclysmic dawn We trusted but something has gone wrong We bought it But woke to find it gone Impact in 5, 4, 3, 2 Brace, for fallout The radiation creeps On cats' feet We scatter in the streets She asks me "do you think it's safe to breathe?" It doesn't look that way to me We storm the gates Raise the flags Just the same old story We seize the throne Subjugate We should have burned it to the ground Whoah... (Storm the gates, Raise the flags) Woah.... (Seize the throne, Subjugate) Some might say we've lost our way But I believe we've not gone far enough Afraid, we cower To interests not our own The power to free or to control We let it slip through Our fingers to the floor Watch as the bodies wash ashore Whoah... Nobody lives here anymore We storm the gates Raise the flags Just the same old story We seize the throne Subjugate We should have burned it to the ground Whoah... (Storm the gates, Raise the flags) Woah.... (Seize the throne, Subjugate) Some might say we've lost our way But I believe we've not gone far enough And how long will we fall for this? How long will we fall for this? How long will we fall for this? And how long will we fall? And how long will we fall for this? How long will we fall for this? How long will we fall for this? How long, how...? We storm the gates Raise the flags Just the same old story We seize the throne Subjugate We should have burned it to the ground Whoah... (Storm the gates, Raise the flags) Woah.... (Seize the throne, Subjugate) Some might say we've lost our way But I believe we've not gone far enough |
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| 11. |
| 3:41 |
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Once upon a time I could take anything
I always stepped in time, regardless of the beat I moved my feet, I carried weight What I could not do I faked I dug seeking treasure just to wake up in an early grave I stopped right then and said Go on alone Because I won't follow But this isn't giving up No, this is letting go Out with the old Dreams I’ve borrowed The path I carve from here on out will be my own This path will be my own This is the part where the needle skips and the chorus plays Like a sink that drips A syllable repeating Like a warning we aren't heeding until all of A sudden we notice it When the wheels brace and the tires grip A map we've been misreading A defeat we're not conceding until now There must be some other way out Go on alone Because I won't follow But this isn't giving up No, this is letting go Out with the old Dreams I’ve borrowed The path I carve from here on out will be my own This path will be my own The wind died The whole world ceased to move Now so quiet Her beating heart became a boom We locked eyes For just a moment or two She asked why I said, "I don't know why" Go on alone Because I won't follow This isn't giving up No, this is letting go I made the most Of all this sorrow I tried to brave this Discontent but now I'm through I'm letting go of you |
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| 12. |
| 3:24 |
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And on that day they'll tell you
That life hummed on with no clue The warning signs were all Dismissed or shouted down So it goes The kings all failed to tell us The madmen failed to sell us On what would then befall The only life we know? Were they burning signal fires To guide us to the fields? Or building funeral pyres? The outcome of a final appeal The city lines are down The Kerosene's run out The fracturing of all we relied upon Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again Cause all the shoulders On which to cry are gone The paranoia gripped us The rain turned engines to rust The panic set in like a cancer to our hearts Spreading through We bet on finite genius Or prayed for gods to save us But there was no antidote Disease tore us apart We left bodies in the fields So numb that we forgot how to feel The city lines are down The Kerosene's run out The fracturing of all we relied upon Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again Cause all the shoulders On which to cry are gone He looked at the fields And then his hands "All I need is what I have" Then fell a tear of happiness She watched the world Crumble away "Is this the end of yesterday?" "Lord, I hope so", is all he said Gone are the old guards Gone are the cold, cold wars Weightless we go forth On wings of amnesty All we relied on now The city lines are down The Kerosene's run out The fracturing of all we replied upon Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again With no more shoulders Shoulders to cry on now No more No more The weight that we once felt is gone |
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