The Root Of All Evil
Proud enough for you to call me arrogant Greedy enough to be labeled a thief Angry enough for me to go and hurt a man Cruel enough for me to feel no grief
Never could have just a part of it I always need more to get by Getting right down to the heart of it The root of all evil has been running my whole life
Dirty enough for me to lust Leaving nothing left to trust Jealous enough to still feel envious Lazy enough to sleep all day And let my life just waste away Selfish enough to make you wait for me
Driven blindly by our sins Misled so easily Entirely ready to leave it behind I'm begging to break free
Take all of me The desires that keep burning deep inside Cast them all away And help to give me strength to face another day I am ready Help me be what I can be
Self-centered fear has got a hold of me Clutching my throat Self righteous anger running all through me Ready to explode
Procrastination paralyzing me Wanting me dead These obsessions that keep haunting me Won't leave my head
Help to do for me what I can't do myself Take this fear and pain I can't break out this prison all alone Help me break these chains
Humility now my only hope Won't you take all of me Heal this dying soul
I can feel my body breaking I can feel my body breaking I'm ready to let it all go I can feel my body shaking Right down to the foundation The root of it all
Take all of me And the drive that keep burning deep inside Cast it all away And help to give me strength to face another day I am ready Help me what I can be I am ready Come to me Take me away
The Answer Lies Within
Look around, Where do you belong Don't be afraid, You are not the only one
Don't let the day go by, Don't let it end Don't let a day go by in doubt, The answer lies within
Life is short, so learn from your mistakes And stand behind, the choices that you made Face each day with both eyes open wide And try to give, don't keep it all inside
Don't let the day go by Don't let it end Don't let a day go by, in doubt, The answer lies within
You've got the future on your side You've gonna be fine now I know whatever you decide You are gonna shine!!! (shinee)
Don't let the day go by Don't let it end Don't let a day go by, in doubt You re ready to begin
Don't let a day do by in doubt The answer lies within
These Walls
This is so hard for me To find the words to say My thoughts are standing still
Captive inside of me All motions start to hide And nothing's getting through
Watch me, Fading I'm losing All my instincts, falling into darkness
Tear down these walls for me Stop me from going under You are the only one who knows I'm holding back
It's not too late for me, To keep from sinking further (I'm trying to find my way out, Tear down these walls for me now)
So much uncertainty I don't like this feeling I'm sinking like a stone
Each time I try to speak There's a voice I'm hearing And it changes everything
Watch me, Crawl from The wreckage Of my silence Conversation Failing
Tear down these walls for me Stop me from going under You are the only one who knows I'm holding back
It's not too late for me, To keep from sinking further (I'm trying to find my way out, Take down these walls)
Everytime you choose to turn away Is it worth the price you'll pay Is there someone who will wait for you One more time? [x2]
Watch me, Fading I'm losing All my instincts, Falling into darkness
Tear down these walls for me Stop me from going under You are the only one who knows I'm holding back
It's not too late for me, To keep from sinking further (I'm trying to find my way out, Tear down these walls for me now)
Tear down these walls for me It's not too late for me Tear down these walls for me
I Walk Beside You
There's story in your eyes I can see the hurt behind your smile For every sign I recognize Another one escapes me
Let me know what plagues your mind Let me be the one to know you best Be the one to hold you up When you feel like you're sinking
Tell me once again What's beneath the pain you're feeling Don't abandon me Or think you can't be saved
I walk beside you Wherever you are Whatever it takes No matter how far Through all the may come And all that may go I walk beside you I walk beside you
Summon up your ghosts for me Rest your tired thoughts upon my hands Step inside this sacred place When all your dreams seem broken
Resonate inside this temple Let me be the one who understands Be the one to carry you When you can walk no further
Tell me once again What's below the surface bleeding If you've lost your way, I will take you there
I walk beside you Wherever you are Whatever it takes No matter how far Through all that may come And all that may go I walk beside you I walk beside you
Ooo, where everything is wrong Ooo, where hopelessness surrounds you Ooo, the sun will rise again The tide you swim against Will carry you back home So don't give up Don't give in
I walk beside you Wherever you are Whatever it takes No matter how far Through all that may come And all that may go I walk beside you I walk beside you
Panic Attack
All wound up On the edge Terrified
Sleep disturbed Restless mind Petrified
Bouts of fear Permeate All I see
Heightening Nervousness Threatens me
I am paralyzed So afraid to die
Caught off guard Warning signs Never show
Tension strikes Choking me Worries grow
Why do I feel so numb Is it something to do with where I come from Should this be fight or flight I don't know why I'm constantly so uptight
Rapid heartbeat pounding through my chest Agitated body in distress I feel like I'm in danger Daily life is strangled by my stress
A stifling surge Shooting through all my veins Extreme apprehension Suddenly I'm insane
Lost all hope for redemption A grave situation desperate at best
Why do I feel so numb Is it something to do with where I come from Should this be fight or flight I don't know why I'm constantly reeling
Helpless hysteria A false sense of urgency Trapped in my phobia Possessed by anxiety
Run Try to hide Overwhelmed by this complex delirium
Helped hysteria A false sense of urgency Trapped in my phobia Possessed by anxiety
Run Try to hide Overwhelmed by this complex delirium
Never Enough
Cut myself open wide Reach inside Help yourself To all I have to give And then you help yourself again And then complain that You didn't like the way I put the knife in wrong You didn't like the way My blood spilled on your brand new floor
What would you say If I walked away Would you appreciate But then it'd be too late Because I can only take so much of your ungrateful ways Everything is never enough
Sacrifice my life Neglect my kids and wife All for you to be happy All those sleepless nights And countless fights to give you more And then you say how dare that I didn't write you back I must be too good for you I only care about myself
What would you say If I walked away Would you appreciate But then it'd be too late Because I can only take so much of your ungrateful ways Everything is never enough
Sacrificed Sons
Walls are closing Anxiously Channel surfing Frantically
Burning City Smoke and fire Planes we're certain Faith inspired
No clues A complete suprise Who'll be Coming home tonight
Heads all turning Towards the sky Towers crumble Heroes die
Who would wish this On our people And proclaim That His will be done Scriptures they heed have misled them All praise their Sacrifice Sons
Teach them What to think and feel Your ways So enlightening
Words they preach I can't relate If God's true Love Are acts of Hate
God on High Our mistakes Will mankind be extinct? There's no time to waste Who serves the truth For Heavens' sake
Octavarium
I never wanted to become someone like him so secure Content to live each day just like the last I was sure I knew that This was not for me And I wanted so much more Far beyond what I could see So I swore that I'd Never be someone like him
So many years have passed Since I proclaimed My independence My mission My aim And my vision So secure Content to live each day like it's my last It's wonderful to know That I could be Something more what I dreamed Far beyond what I could see Still I swear that I'm Missing out this time
As far as I could tell There's nothing more I need But still I ask myself Could this be everything Then all I swore That I would never be was now So suddenly The only thing I wanted To become To be someone just like him
A Doctor sitting next to me He asks me how I feel Not sure I understand his questioning He says I've been away a while But thinks he has cured me From a state of catatonic sleep
For 30 years Where have I been Eyes open But not getting through to me
Medicate me Infiltrate me Side effects appear As my conscience slips away
Medicate me Science failing Conscience fading fast Can't you stop what's happening
A higher dosage he prescribes But there's no guarantee I feel it starting to take over me I tell him not to be ashamed There's no one who's to blame A second shot A brief awakening
I feel the relapse Can't break free Eyes open But not getting through to me
Sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem's ready Jack the ripper owens Wilson Phillips and my supper's ready Lucy in the sky with diamond dave's not here I come to save the Day for nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home again
Running forward Falling back Spinning round and round Looking outward Reaching in Scream without a sound
Leaning over Crawling up Stumbling all around Losing my place Only to find I've come full circle
Flying off the handle with careful with That axe Eugene gene the dance machine Messiah light my fire gabba gabba Hey hey my my generation's home again
Running forward Falling back Spinning round and round Looking outward Reaching in Scream without a sound
Leaning over Crawling up Stumbling all around Losing my place Only to find I've come full circle
Our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath Remove all obstacles from our path
Asking questions Search for clues The answer's been right in front of you
Try to break through Long to connect Fall on deaf ears and failes muted breath
Loyalty, trust, faith and desire Carries love through each darkest fire
Tortured Instanity A smothering hell Try to escape but no avail
The calls of admirers Who claim they adore Drain all your lifeblood while begging for more
Innocent victims of merciless crimes Fall prey to some madmen's impulsive designs
Step after step We try controlling our fate When we finally start living it has become too late
Trapped inside this Octavarium Trapped inside this Octavarium Trapped inside this Octavarium Trapped inside this Octavarium
We move in circles Balanced all the while On a gleaming razor's edge
A perfect sphere Colliding with our fate Whose story ends where it began
As I Am
Don't Tell me what's in Tell me how to write Don't tell me how to win This fight Isn't your life It isn't your right To take the only thing that's Mine
Proven over time It's over your head Don't try to read between the Lines Are clearly defined Never lose sight of Something you believe in
Takin' in the view from the outside Feeling like the underdog Watching through the window I'm on the outside Living like the underdog
I've been trying to justify you In the end I will just defy you
To those who understand, I extend my hand To the doubtful I demand, take me as I am Not under your command, I know where I stand I won't change to fit your plan, Take me as I am
As I am
Still Running uphill Swimming against the current I wish I weren't so Fucked Feels like I'm stuck Lost in a sea of mediocrity
''Slow down, You're thinking too much Where is your soul?'' You cannot touch The way I Play Or tell me what to say You're in the way Of all that I believe in
Takin' in the view from the outside Feeling like the underdog Watching through the window I'm on the outside Living like the underdog I've been wasting my breath on you Open minds will descend upon you
To those who understand, I extend my hand To the doubtful I demand, take me as I am Not under your command, I know where I stand I won't change to fit your plan, take me as I am
This Dying Soul
Hello, Mirror - so glad to see you my friend, it's been a while Searching, Fearless - where do I begin to heal this wound of self-denial
Face yourself man! Brace yourself and trace your hell back
You've been blinded, living lie a one way cold existence all the while Now it's time to stare the problem right between the eyes you long lost child
I wanna feel your body breaking Wanna feel your body breaking and shaking and left in the cold I want to heal your conscience making a change o fix this dying soul
Born into this world a broken home Surrounded by love yet all alone Forced into a life that's split in two A mother and a father both pulling you
Then you had to deal with loss and death Everybody thinking they know best Coping with this shit at such an age Can only fill a kid with pain and rage
Family disease pumped through your blood Never had the chance you thought you could Running all the while with no escape Turning all that pain in to blame and hate
Living on your own by twenty one Not a single care and having fun Consuming all the life in front of you Burning out the fuse and smoking the residue
Possessive obsessions selfish childish games Vengeful resentments Passing all the blame Living out a life of decadence Acing without thought of consequence Spreading all your lies from coast to coast While spitting on the ones that matter most
Running power mad with no control Fighting for the credit they once stole No one can ever tell you what to do Ruling other's lives while the can't stand the thought of you
A living reflection seen from miles away A hopeless affliction having run astray
I wanna feel your body breaking Wanna feel your body breaking and shaking and left in the cold I want to heal your conscience making a change o fix this dying soul
Now that you can see all you have done It's time to take that step into the kingdom All your sins will only make you strong And help you break right through the prison wall
Come to me my friend (Listen to me) I'll help this torture end (Help to set me free) Let your ego go (I can't carry this load) You can't go through this alone (I feel so hopeless and exposed) You'll find your peace of mind (Give me some direction) You can no longer hide (Break out of this isolation) Let humility (Openness, honesty) And become what you can be (A healing tranquility)
Help me Save me Heal me I can't break out of this prison all alone
These tormenting ghosts of yesterday Will vanish when exposed You can't hold onto your secrets They'll only send you back alone
Your fearless admissions Will help expel your destructive obsessions With my help I know you can Be at one with God and man
Hear me Believe me Take me I'm ready to break right through this prison wall
Dedicated to Bill W. and all of his friends
Beyond This Life
"Murder, young girl killed Desperate shooting at Echoe`s hill Dreadful ending, killer died Evidently suicide"
A witness heard a horrifying sound He ran to find a woman dead and Lying on the ground
Standing by her was a man Nervous, shaking, gun in hand Witness says he tried to help But he`d turned the weapon on himself
His body fell across that poor young girl After shooting out in vain The witness ran to call for assistance A sad close to a broken love affair
Our deeds have traveled far What we have been is what we are
She wanted love forever But he had another plan He fell into an evil way She had to let him down She said "I can`t love a wayward man"
She may have found a reason to forgive If he had only tried to change Was their fatal meeting prearranged?
Had a violent struggle taken place? There was every sign that lead there Witness found a switchblade on the ground Was the victim unaware? They continued to investigate They found a note in the killer`s pocket It could have been a suicide letter Maybe he had lost her love
I feel there`s only one thing left to do I`d sooner take my life away Than live without losing you
Our deeds have traveled far What we have been is what we are
All that we learn this time (What we have been is what we are) Is carried beyond this life
Hollow Years
He's just the kind of man You hear about Who leaves his family For an easy out They never saw the signs He never said a word He couldn't take another day
Carry me to the shoreline Bury me in the sand Walk me across the water And maybe you'll understand
Once the stone You're crawling under Is lifted off your shoulders Once the cloud that's raining Over you head disappears The noise that you'll hear Is the crashing down of hollow years
She's not the kind of girl You hear about She'll never want another She'll never be without She'll give you all the signs She'll tell you everything Then turn around and walk away
Carry me to the shoreline Bury me in the sand Walk me across the water And maybe you'll understand
Once the stone You're crawling under Is lifted off your shoulders Once the cloud that's raining Over you head disappears The noise that you'll hear Is the crashing down of hollow years
Carry me to the shoreline Bury me in the sand Walk me across the water And maybe you'll understand
Once the stone You're crawling under Is lifted off your shoulders Once the cloud that's raining Over you head disappears The noise that you'll hear Is the crashing down of hollow years
War Inside My Head
Napalm showers Showed the cowards We weren't there to mess around
Through heat exhaustion And mind distortion A military victory mounted on innocent ground
Hearing voices from miles away Saying things never said Seeing shadows in the light of the day Waging a war inside my head
Years and years of Bloodshed and warfare Our mission was only to get in and kill
A free vacation Of palmtrees and shrapnel Trading innocence for permanent psychotic hell
Hearing voices from miles away Saying things never said Seeing shadows in the light of the day Waging a war inside my head
Feeling strangers staring my way Reading minds never read Tasting danger with each word I say Waging a war inside my head
The Test That Stumped Them All
Standing in the darkness Waiting for the light The smell of pure adrenaline Burning in the night
Random blinding flashes Aiming at the stage Intro tape begins to roll Igniting sonic rage
Still they keep me between these hollow walls Hoping to find in me The answers to the test that stumped them all
"The boy is simply crazy Suffering from delusions We honestly think that maybe He might need an institution
He lives in a world of fiction And really could use some help We have just the place to fix him To save him from himself"
Curled up in the darkness Searching for the light The smell of stale sweat and shit Streaming through the night
Random urine testing Pills red, pink and blue Counseling and therapy Providing not a clue
Still they keep me between these hollow walls Hoping to find in me The answers to the test that stumped them all
"We can't seem to find the answers He seemed such a clear cut case We cannot just let him leave here And put all this work to waste
Why don't we try shock treatment It really might do some help We have just the tools to fix him To save him from himself"
Endless Sacrifice
Cold Lying in my bed Staring into darkness
Lost I hear footsteps overhead And my thoughts return Again
Like a child who's run away And won't be coming back Time keeps passing by As night turns into day
I'm so far away And so alone I need to see your face To keep me sane To make we whole
Try to stay alive Until I hear your voice I'm gonna lose my mind Someone tell me why I chose this life This superficial lie Constant compromise Endless sacrifice
Pain It saddens me to know The helplessness you feel Your light Shines on my soul While a thousand candles Burn
Outside this barren room The rain is pouring down The emptiness inside Is growing deeper still
You're so far away And so alone You long for love's embrace To keep you sane To make you whole
Try to stay alive Until I hear your voice I'm gonna lose my mind
Someone tell me why I chose this life This superficial lie Constant compromise Endless sacrifice
Moments wasted Isolated Time escaping Endless sacrifice
Moments wasted Isolated Time escaping Endless sacrifice
Over the distance We try to make sense Of surviving together While living apart
Striving for balance We rise to the challenge Of staying connected In spite of circumstance
All you've forsaken And all that you've done So that I could live out This undying dream
Won't be forgotten Or taken for granted I'll always remember Your endless sacrifice
Moments wasted Isolated Time escaping Endless sacrifice
Moments wasted Isolated Time escaping Endless sacrifice
Trial Of Tears
Under the sun, there is nothing to hide Under the moon, the stranger waits inside People disappear The music fades away Splashing through the rain I'll dream with them one day It's raining, raining, On the streets of New York city It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
I may have wasted all those years They're not worth their time in tears I may have spent too long in darkness In the warmth of my fears
Take a look at yourself Not at anyone else And tell me what you see I know the air is cold I know the streets are cruel But I'll enjoy the ride today
It's raining, raining, On the streets of New York city It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
I may have wasted all those years They're not worth their time in tears I may have spent too long in darkness In the warmth of my fears
As I walk through all my myths Rising and sinking like the waves With my thoughts wrapped around me Through a trial of tears
Hidden by disguise, stumbling in a world Feeling uninspired, he gets into his car Not within his eyes to see, open up, open up Not much better than the man you hate
Still awake I continue to move along Cultivating my own nonsense Welcome to the wasteland Where you'll find ashes, nothing but ashes Still awake Bringing change, bringing movement, Bringing life A silent prayer thrown away, Disappearing in the air Rising, sinking, raining deep inside me Nowhere to turn, I look for a way back home It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
New Millennium
A single star behind me A red sky burns ahead A lonely light below me Awake among the dead An overwhelming feeling Leaves me numband strange A sense of new beginning I sense a wind of change
Out with the old useless People so cold ruthless welcome In a new millennium How many times must I Live out this nightmare I Can't wait until a new millennium
I've got this feeling The tide is turning now baby Funny feeling everything's gonna be alright now
Living out a constant deja vu Keep your head up Please be patient we will get to you Keep your head up Just have some faith and you can see it Through Keep your head up But faith don't pay the rent that's overdue Keep your head up All that's glittering is turning blue Keep your head up What they want from me ain't gotta clue Keep your head up Swallow pride before it swallows you Keep your head up Don't dare bite the hand that's starving you Keep your head up
How can you keep your head And not go insane when the only light at the end Of the tunnel is another train
The lies ten feet tall Have broken my fall Welcome you all new millennium
It's well overdue and I can't wait to Welcome in a new millennium I've got this feeling The tide is turning now baby Funny feeling Everything's gonna be alright now
Only A Matter Of Time
A suited man smiled said: "It's just a matter of time You can have the world at your feet by tomorrow Just sign on this line." Hold tight... limelight! Approaching the paramount With the sun in our eyes Fearing family ties, legalies, compromise
In a dimly lit room with a stool as his stage A dream-stricken prince of a pauper's descent Haunts the eavesdropping silence That presses his window As he sweats a performance To an audience that ticks on the wall
To the practical observer It's just a matter of time "You can deviate from the com- monplace Only to fall back in line." I understand mine's a risky plan And your system can't miss But is security after all a cause Or symptom of happiness?
Brave, yet afraid, his eyes on horizon in a steady-set gaze A mariner soon from an open cocoon takes a moment to summon his courage To stifle his grave apprehension and trembling, approaches the surf A father's benediction as his hopeful son departs To brave the sea of rage and conquer at all costs
Lingers in his memory And visions still surviving in a logic-proof shell That should have been held sacred, safe and hidden well Are compromised in usury with every rising sun that yields no sight of land The hesitation cultivates within the tired man And rumors spread of mutiny And though the time will come when dream and day unite Tonight the only consolation causing him to fight In fearless faith in destiny
Even when plans fall to pieces I can still find the courage With promise I've found in my faith
Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep And at odds with our senses we'll climb But if faith is the answer, we're already reached it And if spirit's a sign then it's only a matter of time
Goodnight Kiss
Goodnight kiss in your nightgown Lavender in your bed So innocent as you lie down Sweet dreams that run through your head
Are you lonely without Mommy's love? I want you to know I'd die for that moment You're just a poor girl Afraid of this cruel world Taken away from it all
It's been 5 years to the day and My tainted blood's still the same I can't help acting this way and Those bastard doctors are gonna pay
I'm so lonely without baby's love I want you to know I'd die for one more moment I'm just a poor girl Afraid of this cruel world Taken away from it all
Solitary Shell
He seemed no different from the rest Just a healthy normal boy His mama always did her best And he was daddy's pride and joy
He learned to walk and talk on time But never cared much to be held And steadily he would decline Into his solitary shell
As a boy he was considered somewhat odd Kept to himself most of the time He would daydream in and out of his own world But in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic Disturbed from time to time Lost within himself In his solitary shell
A temporary catatonic Madman on occasion When will he break out Of his solitary shell
He struggled to get through his day He was helplessly behind He poured himself onto the page Writing for hours at a time
As a man he was a danger to himself Fearful and sad most of the time He was drifting in and out of sanity But in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic Disturbed from time to time Lost within himself In his solitary shell
A momentary maniac With casual delusions When will he be let out Of his solitary shell
Disappear
Why, tell me the reasons why Try, still I don't understand Will I ever feel this again Blue sky, I'll meet you in the end Free them, free the memories of you Free me, and rest 'til I'm with you
A day like today My whole world has been changed Nothing you say Will help ease my pain
Turn, I'll turn this slowly round Burn, burn to feel alive again She, she'd want me to move on See me, this place I still belong Give chase, to find more than I have found And face, this time now on my own
Days disappear And my world keeps changing I feel you here And it keeps me sane
So I'm moving on I'll never forget As you lay there and watched me Accepting the end I knew you were scared You were strong I was trying I gave you my hand I said it's okay letting go time to leave here And I'll carry on The best that I can without you here beside me Let him come take you home
Pull Me Under
Lost in the sky Clouds roll by And I roll with them Arrows fly Seas increase And then fall again
This world is spinning around me This world is spinning without me Every day send future to past Every breath leaves me one less to my last
Watch the sparrow falling Gives new meaning to it all If not today nor yet tomorrow Then some other day
I'll take seven lives for one And then my only father's son As sure as I did ever love him I am not afraid
This world is spinning around me The whole world keeps spinning around me All life is future to past Every breath leaves me one less to my last
Pull me under Pull me under Pull me under I'm not afraid All that I feel is honor and spite All I can do is set it right
Dust fills my eyes Clouds roll by and I roll with them Centuries cry Orders fly and I fall again
This world is spinning inside me The whole world is spinning inside of me Every day sends future to past Every step brings me closer to my last
Pull me under Pull me under Pull me under I'm not afraid Living my life too much in the sun Only until your will is done
In The Name Of God
How can this be? Why is he the chosen one?
Saint gone astray With a scepter and a gun
Learn to believe In the mighty and the strong
Come bleed the beast Follow me it won't be long
Listen when the prophet Speaks to you Killing in the name of God
Passion Twisting faith into violence In the name of God
Straight is the path Leading to your salvation Slaying the weak Ethnic elimination
Any day we'll all be Swept away You'll be saved As long as you obey
Lies Tools of the devil inside Written in Holy disguise Meant to deceive and divide Us all
Listen when the prophet Speaks to you Killing in the name of God
Passion Twisting faith into violence In the name of God
Blurring the lines Between virtue and sin They can't tell Where God ends And mankind begins
They know no other Life but this From the cradle They are claimed
Listen when the prophet Speaks to you Killing in the name of God
Passion Twisting faith into violence In the name of God Hundreds of believers Lured into a doomsday cult
All would perish In the name of God
Self-proclaimed messiah Led his servants To their death Eighty murdered In the name of God
Forty sons and daughters Un-consenting plural wives Perversions In the name of God
Underground religion Turning toward The mainstream light Blind devotion In the name of God
Justifying violence Citing from the Holy Book Teaching hatred In the name of God
Listen when the prophet Speaks to you Killing in the name of God
Passion Twisting faith into violence In the name of God
Religious beliefs Fanatic obsession Does following faith Lead us to violence?
Unyielding crusade Divine revelation Does following faith Lead us to violence?
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