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from Lords Of Dogtown (독타운의 제왕들) by Mark Mothersbaugh [ost] (2005)
I'm about to have a nervous breakdown
My head really hurts And if I don't find a way out of here I'm gonna go berserk cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders It's going... berserk I hear the same old talk talk talk The same old lines Don't grill me that today yeah If you know what's good for you you'll get out of my way cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Is going... berserk I won't apologize For acting outta line You see the way I am You leave any time you can cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Is going... berserk Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! I don't care what you fuckin' do I don't care what you fuckin' say I'm so sick of everything I just want to... die! |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
Spoken
This is Noise... Down beyond these city streets through gutters filled with black debris In alleys void of any light where nameless things live out of sight Down through the scrapers of the sky past neon words glowing all night Echoes my name between each car, "Are you happy where you are?" Blind to this impending fate We let the world carry our weight Its back breaks with every mile But we all live in denial Can we be saved? Has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine Let's go! And so we carry on each day as if our lives are not so grey While every breath that we take, we only suffocate Brush past a myriad of scenes a homeless vet crashed On Wall Street, a single mom of three, a TV personality I'm blind to this impending fate They let the world carry their weight Its back breaks with every mile But they all live in denial Can we be saved? Has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Can we be saved? Has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine! |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
You spend your days counting the hours you're awake
And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same it's a burden you've been burying in spite of all your prayers as the light turns off inside your heart do you remember what it's like to care knees are weak, hands are shaking, i can't breathe Give me the drug, keep me alive, give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breath on my own i'm finally free let me go The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way if you never meant to leave then you only had to stay with the memories that haunt us, i charish just the same as the ones that bring us closer to the sky, no matter how grave yet i fall through these clouds and she's screaming Give me the drug, keep me alive give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breath on my own i'm finally free let me go this grip loosens but it never breaks we carry nothing but a name you will forsake your words are always there to break my fall and now i find the comfort to see through it all guide me through uncharted waters before we lose our way again will you be my compass until forever, until forever ends knees are weak, hands are shaking i can't breathe Give me the drug,keep me alive give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breathe on my own I'm finally free let me go (x3) |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
Hold on slow down again from the top now and tell me everything
I know I've been gone for what seems like forever But I'm here now waiting To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger But closer than you think She said just go on she wants you And same does your life by Please don't die on me Wings won't take me Heights don't phase me So take a step But don't look down Take a step Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall Perpetual motion the image won't focus A blur is all that's in But here in this moment like the eye of the storm It all came clear to me I found a shoulder to lean on An infallible reason to live all by itself I took one last look from the heights that I once loved And then I ran like hell Wings won't take me Heights don't phase me So take a step But don't look down Take a step Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I count the times that I've been sorry I know, I know Now my conventions slowly drowns I know, I know If there's a time these walls could guard you I know, I know Then let that time be right now Now I'm standing on a rooftop Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Bricks"
When faith alone is not enough, To keep our heads barely above, We look for reason and come up empty-handed. And when our children fight our wars, While we sit back just keeping score, We're teaching murder not understanding now. We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change The lives our buried sons have laid, Won't cancel debts we've yet to pay, In death, we justify anything now, As long as we blindly obey and do exactly what they say, We'll have no one to blame, but ourselves now. We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change. We run on the fumes of injustice, We'll never die with the fuel that you give us, Keep it coming 'cause I'm prepared to burn, Keep running, find me at every turn. Your life around, (into something true, into something true) So turn your life around, (into something true, something true) We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change. |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Under The Knife"
Wake me up inside Tell me there's a reason To take another step To get up off my knees and, Follow this path of most resistance. How ever it takes us, Whatever it faces and wherever it leads, So wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside Something for the pain, just to kill this feeling although we looked awake, inside we're all still sleeping And I spent my time here alive, but buried there do you believe we'll ever make it? do you think we'll ever really say? So wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside Wake me up inside these dreams all die if we let them, Wake me up inside today won't start if we just give in. ('cause you'll be anything) Just wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Prayer Of The Refugee"
Warm yourself by the fire, son, And the morning will come soon. I’ll tell you stories of a better time, In a place that we once knew. Before we packed our bags And left all this behind us in the dust, We had a place that we could call home, And a life no one could touch. Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Down! We are the angry and the desperate, The hungry, and the cold, We are the ones who kept quiet, And always did what we were told. But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm, In the safety of your home. We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up Everything you’ve known. Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! So open your eyes child, Let’s be on our way. Broken windows and ashes Are guiding the way. Keep quiet no longer, We’ll sing through the day, Of the lives that we’ve lost, And the lives we’ve reclaimed. Go! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up… (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t hold me up… (I don’t need your help) No! No! No! Don’t hold me up! (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t hold me up! (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down! |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Drones"
Deep inside these burning buildings Voices die to be heard Years we spent teaching a lesson We ourselves had never learned And if strength is born from heartbreak Then mountains I could move And if walls could speak I'd pray That they would tell me what to do If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. No signs of life here, save the embers, the occasional flame, We'd know the way but can't remember, conception to the grave, Shout confessions from the greatest heights, where no one can hear, All my fears, my insecurities are falling like tears. If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. The drones all slave away, they're working overtime, They serve a faceless queen, they never question why. Disciples of a God, that neither lives nor breathes, (I won't come back!) But we have bills to pay, yeah we have mouths to feed! (I won't come back!) I won't come back! And if you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. I'm coming back to you |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Worth Dying For"
Set me off like dynamite strapped tight around my waist We are the ones in competition but claim this ain't no race (Let's go!) Take a breath and explode like bullets tearing through the wind Cut me up with a razor blade that tries to separate the skin Now in the White flames of burning flags we found a world worth dying for, yeah We've been battered so hard that we don't feel anymore Take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? Send me off on the morning breeze so far away from here Feel me rise in the strength I've found inside the warm embracing air I'm moving slow Like a glacier melting watch me dissipate I searched for love in an empty world but all I found was hate Now in the White flames of burning flags we found a world worth dying for, yeah We've been battered so hard that we don't feel anymore Take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? Don't ask me why 'Cuz I don't know Don't ask me how I'm gonna solve this on my own Don't ask me why 'Cuz I don't know These things I've never faced Scratch out, but won't erase In the wreckage of a job well done I saw a place I'd never seen before, yeah And that moment I refused to close my eyes anymore So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me [2x] |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
Chairs thrown and tables toppled
Hands armed with broken bottles Standing no chance to win but We're not running we're not running There's a point I think we're missing It's in the air we raise our fists in In the smiles we cast each other My sister my brother About the time we gave up hoping We'd ever find these locks still open Stumbling on stones unturned The hurt we feel we all have earned The lines we cross in search of change but all they see is treason Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy we will survive Break out I won't be left here Behind closed doors Bonfires burn like beacons Guiding the lost and weakened Flames dance on crashing waves Guiding ships who've gone astray Time out let's stop and think this through We've all got better things to do Than talk in circles run in place Answers inches from our face Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy we will survive Break out I won't be left here Behind closed doors Black eyes broken fingers Blood drips and I let it run down my lips into my swollen gums When hope is non existent Our instincts all scream Run We never turn our backs or even bite our tongues Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy we will survive Break out I won't be left here Behind closed doors Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy we will survive Break out I won't be left here Behind closed doors |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Roadside"
Tell me what I'm supposed to do, With all these left over feelings of you; 'Cause I don't know And tell me how I'm supposed to feel, When all these nightmares become real; 'Cause I don't know And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you, And I don't know how we separate the lies here from the truth; And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do. So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry; So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry. And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you; And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do. So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry; So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry. 'Cause I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you, And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do, exactly what to do. |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Survive"
Somewhere between happy, and total fucking wreck Feet sometimes on solid ground, sometimes at the edge To spend your waking moments, simply killing time Is to give up on your hopes and dreams, to give up on your... Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are An obvious disinterest, a barely managed smile A deep nod in agreement, a status quo exile I shirk my obligations, I miss all your deadlines I excel at quitting early, and fucking up my life Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day Everything always works out, I have never felt so fucking great All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day Everything always works out, I have never felt so great (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this (Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this (Life isn't like this) Are we verging on an answer, or fucking up our... Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are (Who we are) It's what makes us who we are (Who we are) Makes us who we are (Who we are) It's what makes us who we are (Who we are) |
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from Rise Against - This Is Noise: Canadian Tour [single] (2007)
Someday I'll feel no pain
Someday I won't have a brain They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain Fix me Fix my head Fix me please I don't wanna be dead Someday we'll all be rich Someday I won't listen to you bitch I'll turn up the volume So you hear all the shit we play just for you Fix me Fix my head Fix me please I don't wanna be dead Someday I'll feel no pain Someday I won't have a brain They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain Fix me Fix my head Fix me please I don't wanna be dead So fix it! |
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from Rise Against - This Is Noise: Canadian Tour [single] (2007)
To all you people standing proud, thinking you know what I'm about, I think you can fuck yourself
(Let's go!) From your safe distance in this crowd That's when your voice becomes so loud Still trying to keep us down Walk one mile in shoes I never asked to fill But still I press on?. I slipped, I fell, then I lost everything My hope, my faith, in what the future brings In hopes of pushing past the tie that brings us down We sing together now. Give me one reason to look you in the eye (Just one!) Tell me exactly why it is that you think you are worth my time I slipped, I fell, then I lost everything. My hope, my faith, in what the future brings In hopes of pushing past the tie that brings us down We sing together now. To all the ones that shake my hand Then talk your shit behind my back To those who claim they understand But never heard a word I said In spite of you, I am still here This vision has never been more clear As we sing together now. (Now that's when!) I slipped, I fell, then I lost everything My hope, my faith, in what the future brings In hopes of pushing past the tie that brings us down We sing together now. |
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from Rise Against - This Is Noise: Canadian Tour [single] (2007)
Breathe deep and easy, swallow this pride.
Stare at my shaking hands though bone dry, blood shot eyes. Clock strip the hours, I count the miles. Will you be there waiting, awake until sunrise. I have traveled in darkness, for what seems like days, I crawl from these sinkholes collapsed under this weight I know not your sorrow, but I know mine, So say you'll stay and dance with me tonight. In the glow of twilight, our world is finally calm. I felt it complete me, when the stars give way to dawn. A language universal, but I speak not his tongue. Is this a night that spans forever, or a dawn that never comes. I have traveled in darkness, for what seems like days, I, come from the same house, collapsed under this wing. I know not your sorrow, but I know mine, So say you'll stay and dance with me tonight. Tomorrow we might wake in servitude and service? I will give you everything if you would only have me! Tomorrow we will sweat and toil, Our hands will quiver caked with soil, Tomorrow we'll give it one last chance, But tonight we dance, But tonight we dance! And for this, I travel in darkness, for what seems like days, I, come from the same house, collapsed under this wing. I know not your sorrow, but I know mine, Just say you'll stay and dance with me tonight. |
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from Rise Against - This Is Noise: Canadian Tour [single] (2007)
I'm about to have a nervous breakdown
My head really hurts And if I don't find a way out of here I'm gonna go berserk cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders It's going... berserk I hear the same old talk talk talk The same old lines Don't grill me that today yeah If you know what's good for you you'll get out of my way cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Is going... berserk I won't apologize For acting outta line You see the way I am You leave any time you can cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Is going... berserk Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! I don't care what you fuckin' do I don't care what you fuckin' say I'm so sick of everything I just want to... die! |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity
We're taking on water and about to fuckin' sink No one seems to notice, no one even blinks The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea [Chorus] Countdown, to the very end, Equality, an invitation that we wont extend Ready aim, pull the trigger now, in time you firmly secure your place in hell State of the union address, reads war torn country still a mess the words: power, death, and distorted truth are read between the lines of the red, white, and blue [Chorus] Your place in hell [x2] 'Guilty' is what our graves will read, no years, no family, we did nothing (nothing) to stop the murder of a people just like us |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
I calling out
Only echoes respond But I scream my voice is gone Crouching in corners and hiding your face I sick and tired of playing your games I not alone I stand amongst the voiceless Millions in the unforgiving sun Here arm-in-arm We parade these streets And sing our songs (and sing our songs) We had enough Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough) Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough) Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough) Unknowing, we lie and wait for the rain To wash away what they have made Face down in the dirt with your foot on my back In the distance I hear thunder crack C'mon Stand up ! This system of power and privilege is about to come to an end Here come the clouds The first drop is falling down (falling down) We had enough Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough) Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough) Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough) Our futures burn in red horizons Ashes scattered in winds of change Casualty numbers are rising Now it time to raise the stakes We meant for something more than living just to put food on our plates I can help but wonder--why should we participate? We had enough Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough) Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough) Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough) |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Suffering from something we're not sure of
In a world there is no cure for These lives we live test negative for happiness Flat line, no pulse, but eyes open Single file like soldiers on a mission If there's no war outside our heads Why are we losing? [Chorus: Repeat 2X] I don't ask for much Truth be told I'd settle For a life less frightening, a life less frightening Hang me out to dry I'm soaking With the sense of knowing What's gone wrong but doing nothing I still run Time again I have found myself stuttering Foundations pulled out from under me This breath is wasted on them all Will someone answer me [Chorus] Is there a God tonight? Up in the sky or is it empty just like me (Just like me) A place where we can hide out from the night Where you are all I need (Where you are all I need) So all he says, goodbye, and close your eyes Tell me what you say (Tell me what you say) A life I sit inside this dream of mine Where you are all I see [Chorus] |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
One last thing I beg you please just before you go
I've watched you fly on paper wings halfway around the world Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down landing somewhere far from here with no one else around to catch you falling down and I'm looking at you now and I can't tell if you're laughing between each smile there's a tear in your eye there's a train leaving town in an hour it's not waiting for you, and neither am I "Swing for the fences, son" he must have told you once but that was a conversation you took nothing from so raise your glass now, lets celebrate exactly what you've done just put off another day of knowing where you're from you can catch up with yourself if you run... and I can't tell if you're laughing between each smile there's a tear in your eye there's a train leaving town in an hour it's not waiting for you, and neither am I is this the life that you lead, or the life that's lead for you? will you take the road that's been laid out before you? will we cross paths somewhere else tonight? somewhere else tonight... and I can't tell if you're laughing between each smile there's a tear in your eye there's a train leaving town in an hour it's not waiting for you, and neither am I and I can't tell if you're laughing between each smile there's a tear in your eye there's a train leaving town in an hour it's not waiting for you, and neither am I |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
This place rings with echoes of
Lives once lived but now are lost Time spent wondering about tomorrow I don't care if we lose it all tonight Up in flames, burning bright Warming the air of the world [Chorus:] I don't love you anymore' is all I remember you telling me Never have I felt so cold I have no more blood to bleed As my heart has been draining into the sea Since I've taken your footsteps Getting me closer to what is left Of the dreams of what I once claimed to know Within my bones this resonates Boiling blood will circulate Could you tell me again what you did this for? [Chorus] Still I wait With a hope inside of me (inside of me) So still (so still) I wait (I wait) Until again we meet Until again we meet Within my bones this resonates Boiling blood will circulate Could you tell me again what you did this for? [Chorus] Still I wait With a hope (so still) inside of me (I wait) So still (a hope) I wait (inside of me) |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious)
you got what you came for now I think its time to move on (when will you say) but these ghosts come alive like water and wine walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs, to them these streets belong my atonement lasts the best part of eternity(eternity) ran out of hands to count the sin that breeds inside of me (inside of me) not this hate but the loneliness has left me here into this mess of my hands are soaking in the blood of angels on broken wings they collapse (will I see the break of day) dark clouds exploded and torrents of rain fell all these lost halos wash away head hung from shame we bear a weight that brings me to a crawl (to a crawl) these years of lounging tell of decades of unanswered calls (unanswered calls) for a change, cuz everyday we slip and fall kicked while were down, our fists clenched into a ball my hands are soaking in the blood of angels on broken wings they collapse (will I see the break of day) dark clouds exploded and torents of rain fell all these lost halos wash away so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious) you got what you came for now i think its time to move on (when will you say) but these ghosts come alive like water and wine walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs to them these streets belong |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Are we so alone,
So distant, So forgotten, As we think ourselves to be? These are our lives But did they ever even matter? Are we worth remembering? These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams We're throwing wrenches in the gears Our lives will not be lived in vain When this is all said and done We spent this life on the run Judged by the company we keep Our language, buried inside These lungs that keep us alive We breathe so selfishly Promises we plan to break Are made in whispered voices Cause our despair knows many names We make mistakes But we apologize with roses we never stop to smell along the way These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams We're throwing wrenches in the gears Our lives will not be lived in vain We fell from the sky today We melt into balls of clay We sell ourselves everyday Don't tell me how to live this way Pushed so far to the edge We teeter just on the brink You can lead me to the bloodbath But you can't make me drink As these machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams We're throwing wrenches in the gears Our lives will not be lived in vain Our lives will not be lived in vain |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
We've been alright up to now,
But the air that we breath is about to run out. We've rehearsed our lines clear and loud, But the cue never came and the lights, They never went out. So we're passing the time, While time passes us. The fast lanes a term never applied to us. Without a dime to my name, Or a prayer in the world. I walk out the door. Destination anywhere but here. Away from you. Now I'm on my way to the other side, (On my way) I'll forget everything I left behind. (On my way) These empty rooms, (On my way) Are still filled with you. (On my way) So I dropped out of my own race, A race with no finish line, No first or last place. I watch these faces all run right past me. I turn and walk away, 'Cause we finally know now what our Time here's about, we were not meant to be Another face in the crowd. We're a forest of lives, We grow tall and wide. We won't ever be cut down. Now I'm on my way to the other side, (On my way) I'll forget everything I left behind. (On my way) These empty rooms, (On my way) Are still filled with you. (On my way) I'm so tired and turned around and scared. I'm lying in empty beds again. I'll wait for you to come To your senses, barbed-wire fences Won't keep me from breaking through. I swear I will for you. Now I'm on my way to the other side, (On my way) I'll forget everything I left behind. (On my way) These empty rooms, (On my way) Are still filled with you. (On my way) I'm so tired and turned around and scared. I'm lying in empty beds again. Away from you. |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Break through the undertow
your hands I cant seem to find pollution burns my tongue cough words I can't speak so I stop my struggling then I float to the surface fill my lungs with air, then let it out we give it all now there? a reason why I sing, so give it all and its these reasons that belong to me Rock bottoms where we live and still we dig these trenches to bury ourselves in them backs breaking under tension For far too long these voices muffled by distances its time to come to our senses up from the dirt We give it all now there? a reason why I sing So give it all 'cause its these reasons that belong to me Breathe, the air we give the life we live, our pulses racing distances so wet my tongue, break into song through seas of competition So please believe your eyes, a sacrifice is not what we had in our minds I'm coming home tonight, home tonight We give it all this is the reason why I sing So give it all its these reasons that belong to me Today I offer all myself to this I'm living for my dying wish I give it all now there's a reason, there's a reason to give it all - |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Were losing daylight but I can't work any faster.
Under the veil of dust we go on Don't close your eyes. What if it all disappears in the shadows? Now reach for the stars If I held my ground would you ask me to change This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain We drink the air but its still not the same These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know The waters come but the fire still rages on here The men all shrugged their shoulders and left We sleep so sound in rooms just up the stairs Will you save us like you saved them? If I held my ground would you ask me to change This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain We drink the air but its so not the same These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know You've bled me dry but I'm still breathing I swear I'm sucking dry the sky And you won't ever find us kneeling Or swallowing your lies If I held my ground would you ask me to change This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain We drink the air but its so not the same These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame, and I know, I know This drought bleeds on, this drought bleeds on. |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Swing Life Away - Rise Against Well, I had a concise and boring post written when my connection got messed up and I lost it. So, instead, I leave you with this: Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up? Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck? Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost? I'll show you mine if you show me yours first Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words We live on front porches and swing life away, We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave till the end, I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move The winter's so cold, summer's over too soon Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow I've got some friends, some that I hardly know But we've had some times, I wouldn't trade for the world We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go We live on front porches and swing life away, We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave till the end, I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand....until you hold my hand I'll show you mine if you show me yours first Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words We live on front porches and swing life away, We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave till the end, I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand Swing life away Swing life away Swing life away Swing life away |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
i ended up at my wits end and breaking down.
pages torn from books we never read, cause we're plugged into this grid. don't pull this plug right now, or then we really have to live. when i die, will they remember not what i did, but what i haven't done. it's not the end, that i fear with each breath. it's life that scares me to death... when we built these dreams on sand, how they all slipped through our hands. and this might be our only chance. let's take this one day at a time, i'll hold your hand if you hold mine. the time that we kill keeps us alive. your words won't save me now. i'm at the edge feeling the sweat drip from my brow. get a grip on yourself is what they say, every hour every day. hands over my ears, I'VE BEEN SCREAMING ALL THESE YEARS! WE CAME IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS! WE LEFT EMPTY HANDED AGAIN! SHOTS FIRED INTO THE SKY... ARE NOW RETURNING! WHERE THE FUCK WILL YOU HIDE! from the laughter in the closet, some alive but the door hinges are squeaking letting in thin shards of light. and now our hands extending outward, quiet comfort they invite, and do we dare take what they offer? do we step into the light? |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity
We're taking on water and about to fuckin' sink No one seems to notice, no one even blinks The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea [Chorus] Countdown, to the very end, Equality, an invitation that we wont extend Ready aim, pull the trigger now, in time you firmly secure your place in hell State of the union address, reads war torn country still a mess the words: power, death, and distorted truth are read between the lines of the red, white, and blue [Chorus] Your place in hell [x2] 'Guilty' is what our graves will read, no years, no family, we did nothing (nothing) to stop the murder of a people just like us |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
I calling out
Only echoes respond But I scream my voice is gone Crouching in corners and hiding your face I sick and tired of playing your games I not alone I stand amongst the voiceless Millions in the unforgiving sun Here arm-in-arm We parade these streets And sing our songs (and sing our songs) We had enough Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough) Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough) Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough) Unknowing, we lie and wait for the rain To wash away what they have made Face down in the dirt with your foot on my back In the distance I hear thunder crack C'mon Stand up ! This system of power and privilege is about to come to an end Here come the clouds The first drop is falling down (falling down) We had enough Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough) Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough) Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough) Our futures burn in red horizons Ashes scattered in winds of change Casualty numbers are rising Now it time to raise the stakes We meant for something more than living just to put food on our plates I can help but wonder--why should we participate? We had enough Is there even anything left to explain? (We had enough) Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We had enough) Can you listen to what we have to say? (We had enough) |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Suffering from something we're not sure of
In a world there is no cure for These lives we live test negative for happiness Flat line, no pulse, but eyes open Single file like soldiers on a mission If there's no war outside our heads Why are we losing? [Chorus: Repeat 2X] I don't ask for much Truth be told I'd settle For a life less frightening, a life less frightening Hang me out to dry I'm soaking With the sense of knowing What's gone wrong but doing nothing I still run Time again I have found myself stuttering Foundations pulled out from under me This breath is wasted on them all Will someone answer me [Chorus] Is there a God tonight? Up in the sky or is it empty just like me (Just like me) A place where we can hide out from the night Where you are all I need (Where you are all I need) So all he says, goodbye, and close your eyes Tell me what you say (Tell me what you say) A life I sit inside this dream of mine Where you are all I see [Chorus] |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
One last thing I beg you please just before you go
I've watched you fly on paper wings halfway around the world Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down landing somewhere far from here with no one else around to catch you falling down and I'm looking at you now and I can't tell if you're laughing between each smile there's a tear in your eye there's a train leaving town in an hour it's not waiting for you, and neither am I "Swing for the fences, son" he must have told you once but that was a conversation you took nothing from so raise your glass now, lets celebrate exactly what you've done just put off another day of knowing where you're from you can catch up with yourself if you run... and I can't tell if you're laughing between each smile there's a tear in your eye there's a train leaving town in an hour it's not waiting for you, and neither am I is this the life that you lead, or the life that's lead for you? will you take the road that's been laid out before you? will we cross paths somewhere else tonight? somewhere else tonight... and I can't tell if you're laughing between each smile there's a tear in your eye there's a train leaving town in an hour it's not waiting for you, and neither am I and I can't tell if you're laughing between each smile there's a tear in your eye there's a train leaving town in an hour it's not waiting for you, and neither am I |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
This place rings with echoes of
Lives once lived but now are lost Time spent wondering about tomorrow I don't care if we lose it all tonight Up in flames, burning bright Warming the air of the world [Chorus:] I don't love you anymore' is all I remember you telling me Never have I felt so cold I have no more blood to bleed As my heart has been draining into the sea Since I've taken your footsteps Getting me closer to what is left Of the dreams of what I once claimed to know Within my bones this resonates Boiling blood will circulate Could you tell me again what you did this for? [Chorus] Still I wait With a hope inside of me (inside of me) So still (so still) I wait (I wait) Until again we meet Until again we meet Within my bones this resonates Boiling blood will circulate Could you tell me again what you did this for? [Chorus] Still I wait With a hope (so still) inside of me (I wait) So still (a hope) I wait (inside of me) |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious)
you got what you came for now I think its time to move on (when will you say) but these ghosts come alive like water and wine walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs, to them these streets belong my atonement lasts the best part of eternity(eternity) ran out of hands to count the sin that breeds inside of me (inside of me) not this hate but the loneliness has left me here into this mess of my hands are soaking in the blood of angels on broken wings they collapse (will I see the break of day) dark clouds exploded and torrents of rain fell all these lost halos wash away head hung from shame we bear a weight that brings me to a crawl (to a crawl) these years of lounging tell of decades of unanswered calls (unanswered calls) for a change, cuz everyday we slip and fall kicked while were down, our fists clenched into a ball my hands are soaking in the blood of angels on broken wings they collapse (will I see the break of day) dark clouds exploded and torents of rain fell all these lost halos wash away so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious) you got what you came for now i think its time to move on (when will you say) but these ghosts come alive like water and wine walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs to them these streets belong |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Are we so alone,
So distant, So forgotten, As we think ourselves to be? These are our lives But did they ever even matter? Are we worth remembering? These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams We're throwing wrenches in the gears Our lives will not be lived in vain When this is all said and done We spent this life on the run Judged by the company we keep Our language, buried inside These lungs that keep us alive We breathe so selfishly Promises we plan to break Are made in whispered voices Cause our despair knows many names We make mistakes But we apologize with roses we never stop to smell along the way These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams We're throwing wrenches in the gears Our lives will not be lived in vain We fell from the sky today We melt into balls of clay We sell ourselves everyday Don't tell me how to live this way Pushed so far to the edge We teeter just on the brink You can lead me to the bloodbath But you can't make me drink As these machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams We're throwing wrenches in the gears Our lives will not be lived in vain Our lives will not be lived in vain |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
We've been alright up to now,
But the air that we breath is about to run out. We've rehearsed our lines clear and loud, But the cue never came and the lights, They never went out. So we're passing the time, While time passes us. The fast lanes a term never applied to us. Without a dime to my name, Or a prayer in the world. I walk out the door. Destination anywhere but here. Away from you. Now I'm on my way to the other side, (On my way) I'll forget everything I left behind. (On my way) These empty rooms, (On my way) Are still filled with you. (On my way) So I dropped out of my own race, A race with no finish line, No first or last place. I watch these faces all run right past me. I turn and walk away, 'Cause we finally know now what our Time here's about, we were not meant to be Another face in the crowd. We're a forest of lives, We grow tall and wide. We won't ever be cut down. Now I'm on my way to the other side, (On my way) I'll forget everything I left behind. (On my way) These empty rooms, (On my way) Are still filled with you. (On my way) I'm so tired and turned around and scared. I'm lying in empty beds again. I'll wait for you to come To your senses, barbed-wire fences Won't keep me from breaking through. I swear I will for you. Now I'm on my way to the other side, (On my way) I'll forget everything I left behind. (On my way) These empty rooms, (On my way) Are still filled with you. (On my way) I'm so tired and turned around and scared. I'm lying in empty beds again. Away from you. |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Break through the undertow
your hands I cant seem to find pollution burns my tongue cough words I can't speak so I stop my struggling then I float to the surface fill my lungs with air, then let it out we give it all now there? a reason why I sing, so give it all and its these reasons that belong to me Rock bottoms where we live and still we dig these trenches to bury ourselves in them backs breaking under tension For far too long these voices muffled by distances its time to come to our senses up from the dirt We give it all now there? a reason why I sing So give it all 'cause its these reasons that belong to me Breathe, the air we give the life we live, our pulses racing distances so wet my tongue, break into song through seas of competition So please believe your eyes, a sacrifice is not what we had in our minds I'm coming home tonight, home tonight We give it all this is the reason why I sing So give it all its these reasons that belong to me Today I offer all myself to this I'm living for my dying wish I give it all now there's a reason, there's a reason to give it all - |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Were losing daylight but I can't work any faster.
Under the veil of dust we go on Don't close your eyes. What if it all disappears in the shadows? Now reach for the stars If I held my ground would you ask me to change This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain We drink the air but its still not the same These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know The waters come but the fire still rages on here The men all shrugged their shoulders and left We sleep so sound in rooms just up the stairs Will you save us like you saved them? If I held my ground would you ask me to change This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain We drink the air but its so not the same These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know You've bled me dry but I'm still breathing I swear I'm sucking dry the sky And you won't ever find us kneeling Or swallowing your lies If I held my ground would you ask me to change This drought bleeds on now were dancing for rain We drink the air but its so not the same These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame, and I know, I know This drought bleeds on, this drought bleeds on. |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Am I loud and clear
Or am I breaking up Am I still your charm Or am I just bad luck Are we getting closer Or are we just getting more lost I'll show you mine If you show me yours first Let's compare scars I'll tell you whose is worse Let's unwrite these pages And replace them with our own words We live on front porches And swing life away We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave till the end I won't cross these streets Until you hold my hand I've been here so long I think it's time to move The winters so cold The summers over to soon Let's pack our bags And settle down where palm trees grow I've got some friends Some that I hardly know We've had some times I wouldn't trade for the world We chase these days down With talks of places that we will go We live on front porches And swing life away We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave till the end I won't cross these streets Until you hold my hand Until you hold my hand I'll show you mine If you show me yours first Let's compare scars I'll tell you whose is worse Let's unwrite these pages And replace them with our own words We live on front porches and swing life away We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I'll slave till the end I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand Swing life away... Swing life away... Swing life away... Swing life away... |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
i ended up at my wits end and breaking down.
pages torn from books we never read, cause we're plugged into this grid. don't pull this plug right now, or then we really have to live. when i die, will they remember not what i did, but what i haven't done. it's not the end, that i fear with each breath. it's life that scares me to death... when we built these dreams on sand, how they all slipped through our hands. and this might be our only chance. let's take this one day at a time, i'll hold your hand if you hold mine. the time that we kill keeps us alive. your words won't save me now. i'm at the edge feeling the sweat drip from my brow. get a grip on yourself is what they say, every hour every day. hands over my ears, I'VE BEEN SCREAMING ALL THESE YEARS! WE CAME IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS! WE LEFT EMPTY HANDED AGAIN! SHOTS FIRED INTO THE SKY... ARE NOW RETURNING! WHERE THE FUCK WILL YOU HIDE! from the laughter in the closet, some alive but the door hinges are squeaking letting in thin shards of light. and now our hands extending outward, quiet comfort they invite, and do we dare take what they offer? do we step into the light? |
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from Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture (2004)
Someday I'll feel no pain
Someday I won't have a brain They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain Fix me Fix my head Fix me please I don't wanna be dead Someday we'll all be rich Someday I won't listen to you bitch I'll turn up the volume So you hear all the shit we play just for you Fix me Fix my head Fix me please I don't wanna be dead Someday I'll feel no pain Someday I won't have a brain They'll take away the part that hurts and let the rest remain Fix me Fix my head Fix me please I don't wanna be dead So fix it! |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
Tell me how these things traced with colors filled with black debris And how these loyal, living reich were nameless things swept out of sight Dead through the streamers on the sky past neon words where we Remember those killed by names we each call, are you happy where you are? Blind to this impending fate We'll let the world carry our weight Its back breaks with every mile But we all live in denial Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine Let's go! And so we carry on each day as if our lives were not so real While every breath that we take, we only suffocate First bouts of delirium and scenes of homeless Democrats On Wall Street, a single mom of three, a TV personality I’m blind to this impending fate We'll let the world carry their weight Its back breaks with every mile But they all live in denial Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've begun? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
You spend your days counting the hours you're awake And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same it's a burden you've been burying in spite of all your prayers as the light turns off inside your heart do you remember what it's like to care knees are weak, hands are shaking, i can't breathe Give me the drug, keep me alive, give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breath on my own i'm finally free let me go The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way if you never meant to leave then you only had to stay with the memories that haunt us, i charish just the same as the ones that bring us closer to the sky, no matter how grave yet i fall through these clouds and she's screaming Give me the drug, keep me alive give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breath on my own i'm finally free let me go this grip loosens but it never breaks we carry nothing but a name you will forsake your words are always there to break my fall and now i find the comfort to see through it all guide me through uncharted waters before we lose our way again will you be my compass until forever, until forever ends knees are weak, hands are shaking i can't breathe Give me the drug,keep me alive give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breathe on my own I'm finally free let me go (x3) |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
Hold on slow down again from the top now and tell me everything I know I've been gone for what seems like forever But I'm here now waiting To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger But closer than you think She said just go on she wants you And same does your life by Please don't die on me Wings won't take me Heights don't phase me So take a step But don't look down Take a step Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall Perpetual motion the image won't focus A blur is all that's in But here in this moment like the eye of the storm It all came clear to me I found a shoulder to lean on An infallible reason to live all by itself I took one last look from the heights that I once loved And then I ran like hell Wings won't take me Heights don't phase me So take a step But don't look down Take a step Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I count the times that I've been sorry I know, I know Now my conventions slowly drowns I know, I know If there's a time these walls could guard you I know, I know Then let that time be right now Now I'm standing on a rooftop Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Bricks" When faith alone is not enough, To keep our heads barely above, We look for reason and come up empty-handed. And when our children fight our wars, While we sit back just keeping score, We're teaching murder not understanding now. We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change The lives our buried sons have laid, Won't cancel debts we've yet to pay, In death, we justify anything now, As long as we blindly obey and do exactly what they say, We'll have no one to blame, but ourselves now. We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change. We run on the fumes of injustice, We'll never die with the fuel that you give us, Keep it coming 'cause I'm prepared to burn, Keep running, find me at every turn. Your life around, (into something true, into something true) So turn your life around, (into something true, something true) We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change. |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Under The Knife" Wake me up inside Tell me there's a reason To take another step To get up off my knees and, Follow this path of most resistance. How ever it takes us, Whatever it faces and wherever it leads, So wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside Something for the pain, just to kill this feeling although we looked awake, inside we're all still sleeping And I spent my time here alive, but buried there do you believe we'll ever make it? do you think we'll ever really say? So wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside Wake me up inside these dreams all die if we let them, Wake me up inside today won't start if we just give in. ('cause you'll be anything) Just wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Prayer Of The Refugee" Warm yourself by the fire, son, And the morning will come soon. I’ll tell you stories of a better time, In a place that we once knew. Before we packed our bags And left all this behind us in the dust, We had a place that we could call home, And a life no one could touch. Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Down! We are the angry and the desperate, The hungry, and the cold, We are the ones who kept quiet, And always did what we were told. But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm, In the safety of your home. We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up Everything you’ve known. Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! So open your eyes child, Let’s be on our way. Broken windows and ashes Are guiding the way. Keep quiet no longer, We’ll sing through the day, Of the lives that we’ve lost, And the lives we’ve reclaimed. Go! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up… (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t hold me up… (I don’t need your help) No! No! No! Don’t hold me up! (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t hold me up! (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down! |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Drones" Deep inside these burning buildings Voices die to be heard Years we spent teaching a lesson We ourselves had never learned And if strength is born from heartbreak Then mountains I could move And if walls could speak I'd pray That they would tell me what to do If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. No signs of life here, save the embers, the occasional flame, We'd know the way but can't remember, conception to the grave, Shout confessions from the greatest heights, where no one can hear, All my fears, my insecurities are falling like tears. If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. The drones all slave away, they're working overtime, They serve a faceless queen, they never question why. Disciples of a God, that neither lives nor breathes, (I won't come back!) But we have bills to pay, yeah we have mouths to feed! (I won't come back!) I won't come back! And if you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. I'm coming back to you |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"The Approaching Curve" [Spoken:] The music played with a calming frequency. The speakers gently seeped the sound of ambient keyboards and light percussion, creating a seductive soundtrack to our midnight drive through curtains of blackness. The windows were cold to the touch, reflecting the icy conditions in our immediate extremity. Salt stains and fingerprints littered the glass, and streaks with melted snow cascaded down it's length. The music pulsed louder, yet gentle, like the far away squeal of a pot of boiling water. The skylight was glowing faintly with vague hints of an impending dawn. The car raced along a painfully straight stretch of road, and she hadn't so much as turned the steering wheel two degrees in the last twenty minutes nor had we spoken. As we were, so perfect, so happy. They'll remember, only our smiles 'cause that's all they've seen. Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned. As we were, so perfect, so happy. [Spoken:] "Why are you doing this?" she spoke as if not expecting a response. Her voice penetrated the still air of our speechless drive, so suddenly that my heart had jumped. "I'm not doing anything," I said, but I didn't even believe that myself. "This is what's best, for me, for you, for us," or maybe just for me I thought, as a tear formed in the pit of her eye. The music poured through the speakers and we were losing ourselves in the cadence. She looked down momentarily and closed her eyes for a bit longer than a standard blink. Then she was crying. Then she was shouting. Then I was shouting, now pouring confessions, having no answers, or solutions, we barely even knew the questions. As we were, so perfect, so happy. They'll remember, only our smiles 'cause that's all they've seen. Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned. As we were, so perfect, so happy. Don't put me underground, I was meant for a life somewhere else. Please, love, give me the wheel, before both of our hearts you will steal tonight (will steal tonight). As we were, so perfect, so happy. Don't remember, only your smiles 'cause that's all they've seen. Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned. As we were, so perfect, so happy. [Spoken:] Our cracking voices became part of the music. The car pressed on faster through the night. As our voices lowered, The cadence again overtook the air. Up ahead there was a curve approaching. She made no indications of slowing. |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Worth Dying For" Set me off like dynamite strapped tight around my waist We are the ones in competition but claim this ain't no race (Let's go!) Take a breath and explode like bullets tearing through the wind Cut me up with a razor blade that tries to separate the skin Now in the White flames of burning flags we found a world worth dying for, yeah We've been battered so hard that we don't feel anymore Take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? Send me off on the morning breeze so far away from here Feel me rise in the strength I've found inside the warm embracing air I'm moving slow Like a glacier melting watch me dissipate I searched for love in an empty world but all I found was hate Now in the White flames of burning flags we found a world worth dying for, yeah We've been battered so hard that we don't feel anymore Take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? Don't ask me why 'Cuz I don't know Don't ask me how I'm gonna solve this on my own Don't ask me why 'Cuz I don't know These things I've never faced Scratch out, but won't erase In the wreckage of a job well done I saw a place I'd never seen before, yeah And that moment I refused to close my eyes anymore So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me [2x] |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Behind Closed Doors" Chairs thrown and tables toppled, Hands armed with broken bottles, Standing no chance to win but, We're not running, we're not running. There's a point I think we're missing, It's in the air we raise our fists in, In the smiles we cast each other, My sister, my brother. About the time we gave up hoping We'd ever find these locks still open, Stumbling on stones unturned, The hurt we feel, we all have earned. The lines we cross in search of change, but all they see is treason. Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors. Bonfires burn like beacons, Guiding the lost and weakened. Flames dance on crashing waves, Guiding ships who've gone astray Time out, let's stop and think this through, We've all got better things to do, Than talk in circles, run in place, Answers {are} inches from our face. Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors. Black eyes, broken fingers, Blood drips and I let it run down my lips into my swollen gums. When hope is non-existent, Our instincts all scream "Run", We never turn our backs or even bite our tongues. Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors. [x2] |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Roadside" Tell me what I'm supposed to do, With all these left over feelings of you; 'Cause I don't know And tell me how I'm supposed to feel, When all these nightmares become real; 'Cause I don't know And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you, And I don't know how we separate the lies here from the truth; And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do. So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry; So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry. And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you; And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do. So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry; So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry. 'Cause I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you, And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do, exactly what to do. |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"The Good Left Undone" In fields where nothing grew but weeds, I found a flower at my feet, Bending there in my direction, I wrapped a hand around its stem, I pulled until the roots gave in, Finding now what I’ve been missing, But I know… So I tell myself, I tell myself it’s wrong. There’s a point we pass from which we can’t return. I felt the cold rain of the coming storm. All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long. When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean, Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down, I’ll follow your voice, All you have to do is shout it out. Inside my hands these petals browned, Dried up, fallen to the ground But it was already too late now. I pushed my fingers through the earth, Returned this flower to the dirt, So it can live. I walked away now. But I know… Not a day goes by that I don’t feel it’s burn. There’s a point we pass from which we can’t return. I felt the cold rain of the coming storm. All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long, When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean, Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down, I’ll follow your voice, All you have to do is shout it out. All because of you… All because of you… All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long. When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean, Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down, Inside these arms of yours. All because of you, I believe in angels. Not the kind with wings, No, not the kind with halos, The kind that bring you home, When home becomes a strange place. I’ll follow your voice, All you have to do is shout it out. |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Survive" Somewhere between happy, and total fucking wreck Feet sometimes on solid ground, sometimes at the edge To spend your waking moments, simply killing time Is to give up on your hopes and dreams, to give up on your... Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are An obvious disinterest, a barely managed smile A deep nod in agreement, a status quo exile I shirk my obligations, I miss all your deadlines I excel at quitting early, and fucking up my life Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day Everything always works out, I have never felt so fucking great All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day Everything always works out, I have never felt so great (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this (Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this (Life isn't like this) Are we verging on an answer, or fucking up our... Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are (Who we are) It's what makes us who we are (Who we are) Makes us who we are (Who we are) It's what makes us who we are (Who we are) |
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from Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
"Boy's No Good"
[Originally by Lifetime] Tune the electric bass to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th string. The boy's no good. Yeah, he's a fuckin' hood. He won't treat you like he should. I heard he's making time with this friend of mine. I heard he's talking trash. I saw that kid last night. He's starting fights. He's got that nervous twitching. He's just not the kid for you. He's all dressed up. He's got nothing to do, but he's got something. He's cool as anything, but he's not good. That boy's a fucking creep. The boy's no good. Yeah, he's a hood. He won't treat you like he should. I said the boy's no good. He's a hood. He won't treat you like I would. I said the boy's no good. Listen to what I say. The boy's no good. He'll fuck you anyway. The boy's no good. I'm gonna have a talk... the boy's no good. The boy's no fuckin' good. |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
When our rivers run dry and our crops cease to grow
And when our summers grow longer and winters won’t snow From the banks of the ocean and the ice in the hills To the fight in the desert where progress stands still When we’ve lost our will That’s how we’ll know This is not a test, oh no This is cardiac arrest Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes We're crashing into the ground as all fall from grace When the air that we breathe becomes air that we choke When the marsh fever spreads from the swamps to our homes When your home on the range has been torn down and paved and The buffalo roam to a slaughterhouse grave What more will it take For us to know This is not a test, oh no This is cardiac arrest Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes Kissing the ground as well fall from grace This is a chance to set things straight To bend or break the rules back into place There is no middle ground, no compromise, we’ve drawn the line With perfect aim, we stand back and throw Glass windows break and it’s all about to blow Lights go out as we pass the torch again In hope that it stays lit Neutrality means that you don’t really care Cause the struggle goes on even when you’re not there Blind and unaware That’s how we’ll know This is not a test, oh no This is cardiac arrest Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes We're crashing into the ground as we all, yeah we all, all fall from grace |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
Far from home on a road unknown Where the vultures circle on winds that blow From northern skies that haunt these waking moments Our shadows cast by the mountain range Our calloused souls, we find a way Through desperate eyes, we long for the horizon While this sun is rising, yeah We are the long forgotten sons And daughters that don't belong to anyone And we are alone under this sun And we work to fix the work that you've undone When cries for help go unanswered And signal fires just burn and burn We wonder if we're waiting here for nothing 'Cause our lips are sewn our ears are filled With the constant drone of the unfulfilled But we'll never fall if we stand for something We stand for something, yeah Yeah, we are the long forgotten sons And daughters that don't belong to anyone And we are alone under this sun And we work to fix the work that you've undone Don't fall, I see lights in the distance They're not far away Stand up 'cause the sky is turning gray There's hope in these footsteps of persistence So don't go astray These lights get closer every day 'Cause we are the long forgotten sons Yeah we are the long forgotten sons We are the long forgotten sons And daughters that don't belong to anyone And we are alone under this sun We work to fix the work that you've undone What you've undone |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
To the sound of a heartbeat pounding away
To the rhythm of the awful rusted machines We toss and turn but don't sleep Each breath we take makes us thieves Like causes without rebels Just talk but promise nothing else We crawl on our knees for you Under a sky no longer blue We sweat all day long for you But we sow seeds to see us through 'Cuz sometimes dreams just don't come true We wait to reap what we are due To the rhythm of a time bomb ticking away And the blare of the sirens combing the streets Chased down like dogs we run from Your grasp until the sun comes up We crawl on our knees for you Under a sky no longer blue We sweat all day long for you But we sow seeds to see us through 'Cuz sometimes dreams just don't come true Look now at what they've done to you White needles buried in the red The engine roars and then it gives But never dies 'Cuz we don't live We just survive On the scraps that you throw away I won't crawl on my knees for you I won't believe the lies that hide the truth I won't sweat one more drop for you 'Cuz we are the rust upon your gears We are the insects in your ears We crawl We crawl We crawl... all over you We sow the seeds to see us through Our days are precious and so few We all reap what we are due Under this sky no longer blue We bring the dawn long over-due We crawl We crawl We crawl... all over you |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
She got down on hands and knees, one ear against the ground, Holding her breath to hear something, but the dirt made not a sound tonight Echoes of songs still lurk on distant foreign shores, where we Danced just to please the gods that only ask for more, and so it goes But still we give ourselves to this We can't spend our lives waiting to live On cold nights In a prayer for dawn But daylight Isn't what she wants The concrete Calls my name again I'm falling Through the cracks I slip The postcard says wish you were here But I'd rather I was there, holding On to the simple things before they disappear, that's what I meant But that was then, and this is now I'll make it up to you somehow On cold nights In a prayer for dawn But daylight Isn't what she wants The concrete Calls my name again I'm falling Though the cracks I slip A destination A fading smile Another station Another mile Another day gone I swore that i will Be there before dawn So be there i will She got down on hands and knees, one ear against the ground, Holding her breath to hear something, anything at all The Dirt Whispered, "Child, I'm coming home." On cold nights In a prayer for dawn But the daylight Isn't what she wants The concrete Calls my name again I'm falling Though the cracks I slip I slip Through the cracks I slip Through the cracks I slip Through the cracks I slip Through the cracks I slip |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
There, high on the watchtower Keeping the peace Whatever that means 'Cause you see the world through Crosshairs and TVs don't you Ten foot walls built around us White picket death So quiet, so safe If we fall there will be nothing No one to catch us Sit back and watch as we Spin out of control Spin out of control Try to recover, but collide with each other We spin out of control Something I can't change I was born in a place That lives by the sword And thus to it's blade we're condemned Don't you understand why We scream "no more" My dreams are of children Orphaned by blood Spilled at these hands And here on the graves Of the innocent We raise our flag Spin out of control Spin out of control Try to recover, but collide with each other We spin out of control Some things you don't forgive some things you don't forget Sometimes the fate you suffer is so much worse than death We're way off course now and we're drifting off to sea So cut the anchor on your heart to be set free Spin out of control Spin out of control Try to recover, we have to recover Before we crash, one after the other Spin out of control! |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
We are the children you reject and disregard These aching cries come from the bottom of our hearts You can't disown us now, we are your own flesh and blood And we don't disappear just because your eyes are shut, now tell me Love, loss Like a bullet's path Tear through The cavity of my chest Lights out Because the fuse has blown As their castles crumble slowly We watch them fall Their crown slips from heads unworthy As we gain control This is the family that we crossed or never had This is a war that was lost the day it began 'Cause it's the race we run, but it keeps us at the start And it's the song I sung from the bottom of my heart, that's how we Read you Like a polygraph Not one Single bone in your back Own up To how you let us down As their castles crumble slowly We watch them fall Their crown slips from heads unworthy As we gain control Except for you and me, love Everyone's the same, we know But if to live, we have to be numb I'd rather know the pain, I'd rather know This happens almost never But it happened once to me And this will never be the same The ends we seam together I'm not after fame and fortune I'm after you When I've served my time I swear I Will come back for you As their castles crumble slowly We watch them fall Their crown slips from heads unworthy And right on to ours I'm after you... |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
Welcome home While away They have tampered with the locks And your things they rearranged "We propose... ...A better way" Said the note they left behind In their wake of disarray You fell in place Don't fall asleep They'll find us here I know a place To disappear As a voice proclaimed What we are is the sum of 1000 lives What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are 'til the day we die Or 'til we don't have the strength to go on 'Til we don't have the strength to go on Let us cry Let us be Let us open up our hearts Without fear of anything Faith alone's All we need To traverse this burning bridge Now before it gets too late You claim, "it's fine" But the heart reveals What smiles betray Your sad, sad eyes Gave you away Don't you know What we are is the sum of 1000 lives What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are 'til the day we die Or 'til we don’t have the strength to go on 'Til we don't have the strength to go on Our shoulders bear an awful weight But still we trudge on just the same Our colors run then leave a stain They blacken our once honest name How can we argue, tell me Over the fury and the fire How many times can we tell you that we Are not like you, we see right through The poor disguise that fails to fool The wary eye is trained on you What we are is the sum of 1000 lives What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are 'til the day we die Or 'til we don't have the strength to go on 'Til we don't have the strength to go on What we are is the sum of 1000 lives What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are 'til the day we die Or 'til we don't have the strength to go on 'Til we don't have the strength to go on Yeah, we don't have the strength to go on |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
I can still remember The words and what they meant As we etched them with our fingers In years of wet cement The days blurred into each other Though everything seemed clear We cruised along at half speed But then we shifted gears We ran like vampires from a thousand burning sons But even then we should have stayed But we ran away Now all my friends gone Maybe we’ve outgrown all the things that we once loved Runaway But what are we running from ? A show of hands from those in this audience of one Where have they gone ? Identities assume us As nine and five add up Synchronizing watches To the seconds that we lost I looked up and saw you I know that you saw me We froze but for a moment In empathy I brought down the sky for you but all you did was shrug You gave my emptiness away But you ranaway Now all my friends gone Maybe we’ve outgrown all the things that we once loved Runaway But what are we running from ? A show of hands from those in this audience of one Where have they gone ? We’re all ok, until the day we’re not The surface shines, while the inside rots We raced the sunset and we almost won We slammed the brakes, but the wheels went on We ran away Now all my friends gone Maybe we’ve outgrown all the things that we once loved Runaway But what are we running from ? A show of hands from those in this audience of one Where have they gone |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
All we are is entertainment Caught up in our own derangement Tell us what to say and what to do All we are are pretty faces Picture perfect bottled rage Packaged synthesized versions of you We've all made petty fortunes but we can't afford a life Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms They all scream California and its toppling empire But can't you see the end is coming soon Come on come on the new sensation Guarantees then obligations Spotlights follow every single move Basking here on ten foot stages Pouty lips and oh so jaded All as if we have something to prove Despite these petty fortunes we still can't afford a life Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms They all scream California and its toppling empire But can't you see the end is here And if we cared at all about this unknown plight then we'd do something more to finally make this right Is this only entertainment Pull the curtains, places please We've learned to sing and dance and cry on cue But this is more than entertainment In a world so sick with pain This is the only thing that's real or true We've all made petty fortunes but we can't afford a life Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms They all scream bloody murder over graves already dug But can't you see the end |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
He said, "Son,
Have you seen the world? Well, what would you say If I said that you could? Just carry this gun, you'll even get paid." I said, "That sounds pretty good." Black leather boots Spit-shined so bright They cut off my hair but it looked alright We marched and we sang We all became friends As we learned how to fight A hero of war Yeah, that's what I'll be And when I come home They'll be damn proud of me I'll carry this flag To the grave if I must Because it's flag that I love And a flag that I trust I kicked in the door I yelled my commands The children, they cried But I got my man We took him away A bag over his face From his family and his friends They took off his clothes They pissed in his hands I told them to stop But then I joined in We beat him with guns And batons not just once But again and again A hero of war Yeah that's what I'll be And when I come home They'll be damn proud of me I'll carry this flag To the grave if I must Because it's flag that I love And a flag that I trust She walked through bullets and haze I asked her to stop I begged her to stay But she pressed on So I lifted my gun And I fired away And the shells jumped through the smoke And into the sand That the blood now had soaked She collapsed with a flag in her hand A flag white as snow A hero of war Is that what they see Just medals and scars So damn proud of me And I brought home that flag Now it gathers dust But it's a flag that I love It's the only flag I trust He said, "Son, have you seen the world? Well what would you say If I said that you could?" |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten what the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them as the telling signs of age rain down a single tear is dropping through the valleys of an aging face that this world has forgotten there is no reconciliation that will put me in my place and there is no time like the present to drink these draining seconds but seldom do these words ring true when I'm constantly failing you like walls that we just can't break through until we disappear so tell me now if this ain't love then how do we get out? because I don't know that's when she said I don't hate you boy I just want to save you while there's still something left to save that's when I told her I love you girl but I'm not the answer to the questions that you still have but the day pressed on like crushing weights for no man does it ever wait like memories of dying days that deafen us like hurricanes bathed in flames we held the brand uncurled the fingers in your hand pressed into the flesh like sand now do you understand? so tell me now if this ain't love then how do we get out? because I don't know that' s when she said I don't hate you boy I just want to save you while there's still something left to save that's when I told her I love you girl but I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have one thousand miles away there's nothing left to say but so much left that I don't know we never had a choice this world is too much noise it takes me under it takes me under once again I don't hate you I don't hate you so tell me now if this ain't love then how do we get out? because I don't know that's when she said I don't hate you boy I just want to save you while there's still something left to save that's when I told her I love you girl but I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have I don't hate you I don't hate you, no |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
A sinking ship, an awkward kiss A chance to set things straight The kind of hurt that burns and burns Like fires we can't contain We hole up in a shelter made of bones and ice and there we'll wait So start again with steady hands This time nothing gets in our way But as we peek a little closer what do we see ? A crack in the surface A flaw in the plan (Plans we made together, almost buried in the sand) A cadence imperfect Like a building condemned (Can we indemnify ourselves if we don't face what we're against) A promise kept The dirt unswept A poorly worn disguise A child unloved that then grows up To love what we despise We're broken but still breathing We are wounded but we are healing We pick up right where we left off Breathe on the ashed that remain So that these coals may become fire To guide our way A crack in the surface A flaw in the plan (Plans we made together, almost buried in the sand) A cadence imperfect Like a building condemned (Can we indemnify ourselves if we don't face what we're against) I walk on wounds That seldom prove to slow me down I laugh this constant pain away So you can't tell But there it lies under the smiles It drains me mile after mile But seldom proves to slow me down Here I go Should we just hold on To what remains of What we thought was lost But it's just a crack in the surface A flaw in the plan (Plans we made together, almost buried in the sand) A cadence imperfect Like a building condemned (Can we indemnify ourselves if we don't face what we're against) |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
To the ends of this lost world You have marched and you have sworn To a tainted crown of thorns As the hungry sails unfurl We are thrusted from the shore And it's you that we stood for The blackest night The midnight sun The covered tracks The days spent on the run The strangers we've become These whereabouts unknown Please know you can come home It's alright I long for the moment Our silence is broken It's alright Another place, another time We took the same side of the line Yeah we saw eye to eye Even then the saddest sounds Were nothing laughter could not drown But we are not laughing now I see your face In my sights I hesitate And then look for a sign Somewhere in the sky These whereabouts unknown Please know you can come home It's alright I long for the moment Our silence is broken It's alright Even together we stand apart Swallow the sun, erase the sky An invitation that's been denied Where did you go? Where did you go? Your whereabouts unknown Please know you can come home It's alright I long for the moment Our silence is broken It's alright All is forgiven If you could just listen It's alright, it's alright |
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from Rise Against - Appeal To Reason (2008)
Even though we know, yeah, We know, Our time has almost come, We're all overdue. Can there be a place to call our own? Can there be a road that takes us home? We toe the line (toe the line). We go along (we go along). We toe the line To you now. When it rains it pours Like summer storms, the skies as grey as leaves. The rivers flood the banks and spill into the streets. But the people laughed and swore that they'd restore The city piece by piece. And then the clouds gave way as if to agree; When it rains it pours. The mystery unknown now unfolds, The life that we once owned, first bought, then sold. Like messengers of war, we've no control. To oceans unexplored, This ship sails through. We toe the line (toe the line). We go along (we go along). We toe the line To you now. When it rains it pours Like summer storms, the skies as grey as leaves. The rivers flood the banks and spill into the streets. But the people laughed and swore that they'd restore The city piece by piece. And then the clouds gave way as if to agree; When it rains it pours. It pours. (It pours). When it rains it pours, When they die we mourn, When it hit, we swore, Now we want not more. Like a saint re-born, Like a rose in a storm, Like a child un-born, A child un-born... It's the coin we're tossing into the well, It's misfortune that we could not foretell, It's the dry spell. When it rains it pours Like summer storms, the skies as grey as leaves. The rivers flood the banks and spill into the streets. But the people laughed and swore that they'd restore The city piece by piece. And then the clouds gave way as if to agree; When it rains it pours. It pours, When it rains it pours. |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
The day i learn to fly, i'm never coming down On perfect wings i'll rise through the layers of the clouds And from there i see the neon grids of cities Where six million people that keep their fires lit And i threw a party in my name But the hours crawled by and no one came So i bowed my head and i prayed for wings to take me from this place...from you I see myself inside, you dream the dreams that i do You're still searching for these answers, they're not inside your wrist And from there i see the neon grids of cities Where six million people that can keep their fires lit And i threw a party in my name But the hours crawled by and no one came So i bowed my head and i prayed for wings to take me from this place...from you And i close my eyes as the curtains draw I thought i heard your voice but i thought wrong 'cause you're not there anymore no you're not there anymore And so i lift my chin and the show goes on the sky is listening, the stars all sing along but you're not there anymore and i just can't care anymore |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
I never claimed to be something more than me, your standards, I refuse to see, I will answer only to myself, so why don't you police someone else the place I call home isn't there anymore, with boards on the windows and locks on the door, so pick up the pieces that never once fit, let this be the end of it once you held a place for me, but now that I've left you went and gave up my seat, don't expect me to share your visions of life, I'll take the my chances somewhere else the place I call home isn't there anymore, with boards on the windows and locks on the door, so pick up the pieces that never once fit, let this be the end of it give me the green light to get on with my life, pick up the pieces then roll the fucking dice I live in exile of you, your key no longer fits, because the locks on my life are new |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
Is this the point where we give up?
Is this the point where we give in? Is this the point where we turn ourselves in? Is this the time to ask questions? Is this the time to seek answers? Is this the time to throw it all in? When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there You're halfway there That's when you know that you're halfway there This is the point where we stand up This is the point where we take back The things that are keeping us from being free When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there That's when you know that you're halfway there Your voice the airwaves sent you prayed my life would end, The wasted time I spent ashamed I called you friend, Give me one reason, I need a reason, one reason |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
they turn the lights down low, in shadows hiding from the world, only coming out when it gets cold the seas part when they hit the floor, the voices carry on and out the door and everything you touch turns into gold like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest, your eyes they penetrate me, (your answer's always 'maybe') that's when I got up and left a beating heart and a microphone, a ticking clock in an empty home still tells of these times so long ago, and even though I've come so far, I know I've got so far to go and any day now I'll explode like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest, your eyes they penetrate me, (your answer's always 'maybe') that's when I got up and left each and everyday it leads into tomorrow and tomorrow brings one less day without you but don't wait up just leave the light on cause all the roads that I might take will all one day lead back to you like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest, your eyes they penetrate me, (your answer's always 'maybe') that's when I got up and left |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
Can you hear the desperate cries that are calling out your name?
Twisting your arms, holding out their hands and tugging at your sleeve Do you feel this underlying sense of urgency or are you as blind as me? I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere now I can't bear the thought of losing, I dread the attention winning brings And ever since the day I came here I can stand without your strings I'm so sick of all these people But I'm scared to be alone And if this life has taught me anything I forgot it long ago and so I I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes The heart is something you can't control We either choose to follow or be left on our own So we're leaving here on a less-traveled road As desperate cries grow louder, I know we're getting close, getting close I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes I hit the ground and I'm still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I'll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By PRINCIPE/MCILRATH/BARNES/MOHNEY <i>Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC</i> |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
Our building have fallen, our walls all caved in, and we can't comprehend this sad state that we're in so we sift through the ashes of what we've become and surrender here one by one, so push us down
And we get right back up again, the things you're telling me aren't making any sense, right back up again, I'm sick of wishing for someone else to come Let the blind lead the blind, cause it's eye for an eye in your so called life, are you out there? are you listening? is there something we're still missing? Let the blind lead the blind, cause it's eye for an eye, we all fall down And we get right back up again, the things you're telling me aren't making any sense, right back up again, I'm sick of wishing for someone else to come We're spinning out of control We're trying to find somewhere to land And I don't want you to know The things that keep me down We get right back up again |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
Late nights and bloodshot eyes, clock ticking half past five, we're barely breathing but we're still alive. GO!
Our plans are all laid out, take all these unmarked roads, we blaze the trails to places no goes, yeah! One last chance to go, if I don't leave tonight I never will One last chance to go, let's take it now in for the kill If in time we find ourselves, back where we started from, too weak to fight and much too tired to run Before you swallow me into your perfect life, I'm not going out without a fight, yeah! One last chance to go, if I don't leave tonight I never will One last chance to go, let's take it now in for the kill But this blueprints faded grey and here it seems like just yesterday when we mapped out the details of our great escape, But still these roads all beckon me to uncover their mystery But I fall like dead autumn leaves and let the jetstream carry me One last chance to go, if I don't leave tonight I never will One last chance to go |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
If I could paint how I feel, I'd draw bullseye on your forehead
My anger is not misdirected unless it somehow misses you Time spent on hate, is time gone to waste , I watch you point and click your life away So cast the stones that I'll gladly catch And I'll throw them right back, I stand behind the things I say, You type the words you won't say to my face Time spent on hate, is time gone to waste , I watch you point and click your life away It seems you've let me go again, just like the day you let me in, the best of intentions, You were never mine to begin with So step away from the fucking screen, see a world outside your scene, Maybe then you will know and realize the lack of threat you pose |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
On clearer days I can see the lights from my bedroom door,
On windy nights I can smell the lake as it drifts to me from the shore The traffic lights silently change a thousand times a day But I'm still waiting, yeah, and I'm still waiting And if my hand could block the sun, Would we ever wake up? And if I turned back all these clocks, Would that be time enough? I can't remember exactly when this longing began But I know it wasn't before the day you touched my hand, Laugh and shout in blissful daze and numbers are exchanged, But I'm still waiting, yeah, and I'm still waiting And if my hand could block the sun, Would we ever wake up? And if I turned back all these clocks, Would that be time enough? So put your hands where I can see them, And shut your mouth, I know who you are, In a world void of feeling or heart I know that we are the torches in the dark Let's break this down, let's make this count, Let's leave this one-horse town, no better time than now [repeat x2] The angels dance like feathers float, they're here to see and to be seen, The clock strikes two, the music slows and each one slowly dons their wings, Once outside they all pair off and hand in hand they leave But I'm still waiting, yeah, and I'm still waiting And if my hand could block the sun, Would we ever wake up? And if I turned back all these clocks, Would that be time enough? Will we ever wake up? |
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from Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
Information kept to myself and everyone wants to know,
I trust the words of nobody else cause I've been there before, Your voice is wasted 'cause I'm not listening The calloused fingers are wrapped around a black ball-point pen, These eyes don't wander as far as they at one time did, I've seen the future, it's fading faster No place that I'd rather be than right here, right now No time that I'd rather be than right here, right now I'm on the other end begging you, please pick up the phone, A shaking whisper is answering, don't call anymore your voice is wasted 'cause no one's listening Freeze me in that moment, thaw me in ten years, When the fires burned out and the smoke (clears) No place that I'd rather be than right here, right now No time that I'd rather be than right here, right now Let's just pretend, let's just pretend, tonight will never end Let's just pretend, let's just pretend, tonight Will never end No place that I'd rather be than right here, right now No time that I'd rather be than right here, right now |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
Now's the time
To rearrange your life Live for something Outside of your own mind We all dream The same dream every night To burn the world that you call civilized Alive and well I live to be alive I live to always strive For something more Alive and well I'll never understand The who, what, why or when Of you tonight... We face the stares of judgment And almost everyday The shaking heads Of disapproval say "Pray for you to give me something then find out that there was nothing left" Recite the words inside (your heart) Realize that this is nothing Without your voice I'm not giving up And I'll blame the worst on you I know what's wrong Alive and well I live to be alive I live to always strive For something more Alive and well Nothing ventured, nothing gained And I don't need to explain Myself to you |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
Fighting back the impulse turn my head and close my eyes Spending these nights awake and cold and paralyzed Wonder how we got this far and never realized The common thread that binds our lives And I know you hurt But I can help you if you can... Take my hand And we'll live inside the dreams we left behind Take my hand As we move from this place to a better life Take my hand Wohoooha If you take my hand Fighting back the feeling that you always could deny Anything but everything we know is just a lie As I cremate this memory and watch the darkened ashes rise And beneath the smoke I'll stand and ask you if you can... Take my hand And I'll promise not to ever let it go Take my hand 'Cause this hope is greater than you'll ever know (Take my hand) And this is all I'll ever ask of you to show Fight back the urges Turn my head and close my eyes And will I wake tomorrow still alive I'm still dreaming I'm still waiting I'm still sure (I'm still sure) You're still living in a life That isn't yours (That isn't yours) And this is part of me I hope you never see This is my life inside your heart Take my hand And I'll promise not to ever let it go Take my hand 'Cause this hope is greater than you'll ever know (Take my hand) And this is all I'll ever ask of you to show |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
Buried words
Under lights Soundtrack to this stagnant life This meaning lost in translation Message sucked out of his hands again This could be my great awakening But how would I know 'Cause it's all noise to me Are these words falling on deaf ears? Staring at the empty stares Realize that he no longer cares about the wrong or right The downward spiral begins tonight And this could be my great awakening But how would I know 'cause it's all noise to me Are these words falling on deaf ears? This could be my great awakening But how would I know 'cause it's all noise to me (Nothing I can do will make you hear) |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
The years unfold in one moment
The voices that we heard so loud Are now suddenly silenced Inside this crowd And you're surrounded by the lives Of those who found something to hold So bringing everybody down Is all you know You've been hiding so long You can't find yourself In this sheltered life you live When everything you want is at your fingertips You'll never know what need is You're claiming to be something different So wanting to believe That you're better than the rest To make up for your self-esteem You talk to hear your own voice and You've left me no choice but to choose I miss the person that you were But I don't miss you You're the new revolution The angst-filled adolescent You fit the stereotype well |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
As I watch your life go up in flames,
You'll swear up and down you'd like to change But when the sun sinks slowly into the sky, Now you're right Where you started again with nothing to say, Without an argument or case And when it's said and done and done and said, And now what's another day? I can feel these changes right before my eyes I see a dying fire inside your eyes, inside your eyes When will you stop and realize, The worth and value of your life? As you suffocate yourself within this mindless, Nine to five wake up! there's more! And your life is nobody's but yours And now its said and done and done and said, And now what's another day? I can feel these changes right before my eyes I see a dying fire inside your eyes You're running circles around my slow pace You've reached the finish line only to realize there was no race I'm sick of being stepped on for the things I choose I give and take and now I've taken all I could And now I've taken all I could And now I've taken all I could And now I've taken all I could (now I've taken, now I've taken) And now I've taken all I could (now I've taken, now I've taken) And now I've taken all I could |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
All these days
I'll forever cherish In the confines of my heart The faces of ten years ago Like fingerprints on my heart How can I breathe when fear chokes my every breath? How can I balance six inches from death? Now, the momentum we've created Comes to a screeching halt This angel comes crashing down On her hands and knees she crawls How can I breathe when fear chokes my every breath? How many of your lies Will I be fed? (Hey!) The remains of summer memories spent so far away (Hey!) Free from the fear or jealousy that plagues our lives today (Hey!) Now that promises we're broken enemies were made (Hey!) We spend our precious time pointing fingers trying to place the blame The remains Of what's left of our past Of a future yet to come Of the battles that we've lost And the fights that we have won |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
You talk about the way things were
But I can't hear what you're saying A time when life was not this hard Blessed by the innocence Is the best yet to come? Or did it pass by long ago? Are we holding on to a thread Of something already dead? I'm not your reason to stand up straight Shoulders back chest out and eyes raised Stepping back, I hesitate I can't let myself be taken The reception fades, the signals breaking up And am I moving on or am I giving up? If you walk away from this with anything Live your life today |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
Come warm your hands on hellfire and brimstone
Empty the pockets of the innocent victim Bound by fear We misplace trust In your voice Inside these walls Convincing us we have no choice Gaze upon these stare of na챦vet챕 Two thousand years replaced With eighteen inches of our faith Bound by fear We misplace trust In your voice Inside these walls Convincing us we have no choice And this reflection On where the message lies Stained glass and marble Or somewhere deep inside (Somewhere deep inside) This message you will only find deep inside To read these words You keep looking down But in the sky This message is written in the clouds |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
"Everchanging" in the face of change that's when she turned to me and said, "i'm not sure anymore..." and there amidst the waves and the cloudless skies that blanket the year before i watch my life wash a shore have you ever been a part of something that you thought would never end? and then of course it did have you ever felt the weight inside you pulling away inside your skin? and then something had to give [Chorus:] now the lines are drawn is this feeling gone? the best parts of this have come and gone and now that is all this is with the reasons clear we'll spend another year without direction, full of fear and now things will be different there's nothing simple when it comes to you and i always something in this everchanging life and it probably always will now that time is getting harder to come by the same arguments are always on our mind we've killed this slowly fading light [Chorus:] now the lines are drawn is this feeling gone? the best parts of this have come and gone and now that is all this is with the reasons clear we'll spend another year without direction, full of fear but now things will be different and now something has kept me here too long and you can't leave me if i'm already gone well now something (hey) has kept me here too long and you can't leave me (hey) if i'm already gone now let's say that something (hey) has kept me here too long and you can't leave me (hey) if i'm already gone make the same mistakes we're always hanging on break the promises we're always leaning on all this time spent waking up {now i} keep this line open to get this call from you {as you} speak the words that keep me coming back to you now this time it's all different now something has kept me here too long and now i'm gone... |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
Trying to make a difference
But where the fuck did you go wrong? Lying to all the names and faces That have been there all along How can you ask me to just forget? All the sick lines And the words you said How can you ask me to just forget? Deny the promises you've made The things you said That you hold dear Behind your empty words You hide and wait Until that you fall in the clear How can you ask me to just forget? All the sick lines And the words you said How can you ask me to just forget? Just don't ask me to just forget |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
Aside from the name that holds us together
Now, I think we'd fall apart It's the years we'll pretend we've forgotten That separate our hearts And I don't remember the way this was But the pictures prove I knew you once And where is the source of our mistakes? I'm afraid one day we'll drift so far We'll wake up not knowing where we are These words accomplish nothing if I'm gone... |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
It's all the same thing
Now that it ever was Except now you've strayed too far Need you to stop digging your hole And follow the path we light Don't need an invitation to be reconciled 'Cause these home fires are burning Stare into your empty eyes and wonder... How could something so right turn out so wrong? You spent your time making excuse For the ways of life that you are choosing How could something so right turn out so wrong? Not sure exactly where I am The more we organize We suck out this life that serves as the fuel behind You want to take the passion in my veins And put it down in black and white You've got your foot directly on the gas I watch you burn out so fast Now I can see just what you've become And how could something so right turn out so wrong? I don't have a backup plan This is all that I am And how could something so right turn out so wrong? Not sure exactly where I am (One) one thousand (good) intentions (Lost) translation (lost) forever (One) one thousand (good) intentions (Lost) translation (lost) forever Lost How could something so right turn out so wrong? I don't have a backup plan This is all that I am And how could something so right turn out so wrong? Not sure exactly Where I am Where I am ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By PRINCIPE/MCILRATH/BARNES/WLEKLINSKI <i>Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC</i> |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
Speak with hesitation
Talk with reservation Blood on your hands Dried long since But guilt still glowing in your eyes You hide behind (And now this blood has long since dried) Your perfect crime (Guilt still glowing in your eyes) Never ask why you try Now I've watched you stack The mistakes you've made On top of the lies To hide them Your excuses just don't add up Empty handed we all wonder Why you hide behind (And now this blood has long since dried) Your perfect crime (Guilt still glowing in your eyes) Never ask why you try Now I know that Your words Your actions Intentions All were lies Your heart grows heavier with time (And now this blood has long since dried) Have I said enough? Have I said too much? Is it your responsibility to decide? Your heart grows heavier with time (I will decide) And I fell victim to the changing tide And this blood has long since dried This blood has long since dried |
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from Rise Against - The Unraveling (2006)
Wait
I'm not listening to you now I wasn't listening to you then I know that nothing will be the same again There's only so much I can handle Only so much I can take Before my knees start to buckle And my arms start to shake Have we been here before? Will we be here again? I don't know how much of me you expect standing here right now I beg for you to let go I dread the day you finally do I fight for your attention Too little too late Or too much too soon And how will this plague the time We share from here on out? And how long will this taint All these words spilling from my mouth? Have we been here before? Will we be here again? I don't know how much more of me You expect standing here right now Have we been here before? Will we be here again? |
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