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A Great Fire

Burning down, we can't stop it,
We gotta get out, start again,
Our memories are gone forever,
Don't try to turn this around on me,
I'm the one that saved you
This was my own, this was my life
It's not always just about you
And as I heard, the sirens begin to chime,
I can feel my heart begin to race


I can see through the flames that the fire cleanses me,
Mind and soul, now the same
And my body guides the way


I feel you up on my shoulder
Like the angel, like my other
I'm not your hero,
I'll never be what you wanted, what you thought I would be


I can see through the flames that the fire cleanses me,
Mind and soul, now the same
And my body guides the way
I can see through my tired eyes my sickness controls me
Deep inside, I know trust is the mother of deceit


And there you were,
6 years old, ashes in your hair,
You're not scared; you've seen so much pain in so few years,
As the world becomes a place where no one wants to stay,
We remain silent until it's too late,

And as I see the flames take over the sky,
I can feel it coming to the end.


I can see through the flames that the fire cleanses me,
Mind and soul, now the same
And my body guides the way
I can see through my tired eyes my sickness controls me
Deep inside, I know trust is the mother of deceit

Wish I Could Forget You

You won't repeat this,
for the rest, of the crowd.

I know, they will miss,
but you'll still feel proud.
but you'll still feel proud.

Say it's gold, say it's fine.
The secrets out that you're mine.
Say it's gold, say it's fine.
The secrets out that you're mine.

Say it's gold, say it's fine.
The secrets out that you're mine.

The television, radiates,
as the clock ticks,
on and on and on and, on and on and, on
It's getting too late, and it's time to move on.
It's getting too late, and it's time to move on.

When Broken Is Easily Fixed

I can resist
everything except temptation.
My body breaks
I'm intact inside.
My human instinct,
I can love unconditionally.

Cross my heart and lie to you
(my conscience plagues at me, fills me with this despair)
Failure within me.
Promise you and let you down
(Emotion conquers my soul, robs me of myself)
Brings me to my knees.
Follow me,
lead you astray
(nourish myself with fear, give me the pain to fail)
Loathe myself to sleep.
Your words kill me.

You can breathe without oxygen
and live without sorrow.
How I envy you,
though pity your ghost.
Ignorance is bliss
I wish I could never love you.

Cross my heart and lie to you
(my conscience plagues at me, fills me with this despair)
Failure within me.
Promise you and let you down
(Emotion conquers my soul, robs me of myself)
Brings me to my knees.
Follow me,
lead you astray
(nourish myself with fear, give me the pain to fail)
Loathe myself to sleep.
Your words kill me.

So ironic that a heart made by man,
when broken is easily fixed.
When a human hurt can last a lifetime.

Rust or decay.
The fire or the flame.
You and I will lead the path to change.
Pave the way.

Rust or decay.
The fire or the flame.
You and I will lead the path to change.
Pave the way.

Rust or decay.
The fire or the flame.
You and I will lead the path to change.
Pave the way.
Pave the way.
The way.

Worlds Apart

Lying all alone, wishing you would call.
Writing all my thoughts has broken all my bones.
You gave it all up, you threw it all away.
There's nothing I can do.

What do I think you've done?
You know it's even worse than what's in my head.
You don't believe me when I tell you:
I don't want to be a fraud and pretend that everything's fine.
I won't be here when you get home.
I'm not gonna sit here and die.

I'll follow through again this time.
I'll swallow swords, spit out my pride.
I'll be just fine.

You read me like a book.
You know I'm running out of legs to stand on.
I won't believe you when you tell me:
These old habits die so hard,
There's not intervention in sight.
There's no point in calling you.
We're just gonna stand here and fight.

I'll follow through again this time.
I'll swallow swords, spit out my pride.
I'll be just fine.
You fill my head with endless lies.
You're killing me, I'm killing time.
I'll be just fine.

So maybe one day the pain will go away.
And I will see your face,
I won't even care.
I'm changing all the locks cause I can't change you.

I'll follow through again this time.
I'll swallow swords, spit out my pride.
I'll be just fine.
You fill my head with endless lies.
You're killing me, I'm killing time.
I'll be just fine.

You're All I Have

i wake up in the afternoon
empty walls make up the room
and i'm wishing for one thing
to give myself the strength
to keep myself alive
long enough to make sure you don't try
to turn out anything like me
another fraud another fake

Don't pretend you're not the one who's wrong
You're keeping me sane when i'm feeling alone
I wield my heart in my flesh and bones
Don't leave me to die by myself, i can't live without you

The sunlight's creeping through the blinds
Calling me from these confines
There's only so many more days
Until your cast away from ever seeing me
They won't understand they'll never see
The way you medicate my head
Without you here, i'm left for dead

You're all i have in a world that judges, long before it sees
You're all i have in a place that hates me
And only wants to push me down, now i'm forsaken
Past the point i'll bend, you'll break me,
I wont be fine, youre all mistaken
Don't pretend your not the one whos wrong

Don't you pretend it's gunna be ok,
Don't lie and say it's better off this way,
Don't pretend your not the one who's wrong.

Your Sword vs. My Dagger

I'm cutting through, your bleeding out
and I would tell the truth, but I can't help myself
red rushes out, dissect this nerve
and I'll stop myself before I reach my cell

I wasn't asking for the world

and you know that I'm not one to follow through
all these city streets the people look the same
and I can see your face, and I can hear your name
I wasn't asking for the world

you're stabbing in, permanent scars
and you'll justify it all inside yourself
you've finished me, my pulse is gone
and you're satisfied to put this all to hell

I wasn't asking for the world

and you know that I'm not one to follow through
all these city streets the people look the same
and I can see your face, and I can hear your name
I wasn't asking for the world

drink the poison when you think it's over
(drink the poison)
stabbing yourself when you think it's too late
tragic endings are your thing; you love them
(tragic endings)
you love letting go, the ending's the same
drink the poison when you think it's over
(drink the poison)
inevitable, Verona lives inside of you

I wasn't asking for the world

and you know that I'm not one to follow through
all these city streets the people look the same
and I can see your face, and I can hear your name
I wasn't asking for the world

"Medication"

We'll keep calm and carry on,
With good intentions.
They'll prescribe the rights and wrongs,
Until we're perfect.
So maybe one day we'll be safe,
In control and full of grace,
Never making a mistake.
So flawless.

Cut us deeper to the core,
We won't feel a thing.
Imperfections weighing more,
Repressing difference.

I wish this wasn't all so hard,
To be yourself and not on guard.
To stop the racing in your heart.
We'll fight it.

Put me under,
Now I'm powerless.
I'll take it all,
I'll Take it all,
I'll take it.
I can't breathe without you.

You won't trust me,
I won't trust you too.
Bring me back and,
Bring me back and,
Bring it,
Medicate me.

Hide me deeper in my shed,
Until I'm all alone.
I'm hearing voices in this sound,
Hallucinating.
I could have sworn I heard it too,
A sudden, beautiful adieu.
It's telling me what I should do,
I follow.
Put me under,
Now I'm powerless.
I'll take it all,
I'll take it all,
I'll take it.
I can't breathe without you.

You won't trust me,
I won't trust you too.
Bring me back and,
Bring me back and,
Bring it,
Medicate me now.

As I'm turning into dis-reflection,
You can't slow me.
My body and my mind,
My emotions and my pride.

The simplest things became the hardest part now,
The easiest parts have taken all my dreams.
I'm afraid,
I'll never be okay.
I'm afraid,
I'm scared I can't be happy.
I'm afraid,
This silence you feel is not a way to be sincere, (I'm afraid)
And it's a way to cope,
A way to heal, (I'm scared I can't be happy)
But not for me when I can't feel. (I'm afraid)
The subtleties that make me want to, (I'll never be okay)
Be alive and not a statue, (I'm afraid)
Breathe the air,
Be me to talk to. (I'm scared I can't be happy)
I'm afraid. (I'll never be the same)

"Forget Your Heart"

Fight these eyes,
They're drawing you, inside.
Sign the name in marker,
Watch the clouds as they got darker.
Felt it start to slip away.
All the schemes were made and plotted,
All the rules have been forgotten now.
I made it by the skin of my teeth again this time.

I'm waiting,
Still waiting,
To get away and make a change,
Seasons last forever in this phase.

Forget your heart.
It's weighing you down inside,
As you confide your life to someone else.
Maybe we're scared to be alone,
We're not prepared to throw the stones,
And watch them drift out of our control.

I braced my body for the sudden impact,
That was more than I ever thought that it would be.
And when it knocked me over,
I've never felt more stiff than sober now.
I'm struggling to get up and run away.
I've wasted,
I've wasted my life away.
I've gotta change,
I've gotta burn the book and turn the page.

Forget your heart.
It's weighing you down inside,
As you confide your life to someone else.
Maybe we're scared to be alone,
We're not prepared to throw the stones,
And watch them drift out of our control.

There's no return,
To what you had when you started,
Before you lost control.
You will never recover.

Fight these eyes,
They're drawing you inside.

Lie down,
And break down,
You're dead.
Lie down before you lose control.
Lie down,
And break down,
You're Dead.
Lie down before you lose control.

Forget your heart.
It's weighing you down inside,
As you confide your life to someone else.
Maybe we're scared to be alone,
We're not prepared to throw the stones,
And watch them drift out of our control.

"Sacrifice"

It's so familiar to me;
A gun in your hand, a hole in my chest,
and now you strike a match and inhale.
It's now to the point where it's all so routine,
The anchor's up, your ship has been sailed.

Close your eyes to fight the demons deep within your mind.
Satisfy your worst intentions. I'm your sacrifice.

Dressing yourself up to kill;
You do this for peace, you do this for love,
but you know there has to be loss.
Lives torn apart as you've hit your mark.
You'll take your share at anyone's cost.

Close your eyes to fight the demons deep within your mind.
Satisfy your worst intentions, I'm your sacrifice.

The metal is cold to lift and to hold,
but now my heart feels the warm undertow.
I cannot breathe. The way I feel about you suffocates.
I will not speak. The words I feel about you go to waste.
I will lay here until my body washes up on shore.
I'll sacrifice with everything I believed in before.
I'll get back up and do it again.

Close your eyes to fight the demons deep within your mind.
Satisfy your worst intentions, I'm your sacrifice.

"Burning Hearts"

The blood is rushing to my head
This room is spinning around the bed
A flashing image perforates
Tarnishes memories of grace
A bursting firey fortune to misshape

And if my body makes it out
Unscathed and safe from broken vows
A promise spoken leaves me holding on
I just can't get a hold of
Why we only hurt the ones we love
The burning hearts still keep us strong

A crack has formed in the foundation
The floor is falling out from under me
A pleading loser makes his case
A liar shakes his head and breaks
A life of honor turns into his shame

And if my body makes it out
Unscathed and safe from broken vows
A promise spoken leaves me holding on
I just can't get a hold of
Why we only hurt the ones we love
The burning hearts still keep us strong

It's all my fault
This eagle's flying
Down below where shadows fall
Now it's sinking in
And I'm sinking into this
Place I never thought I'd be
You can't trust me, I'm not worthy
You won't ever feel this way

The storm is moving overhead
The wind is blowing back, we've been mislead

And if my body makes it out
Unscathed and safe from broken vows
A Promise spoken leaves me holding on
I just can't get a hold of
Why we only hurt the ones we love
The burning hearts still keep us strong

"Good Luck With Your Lives"

I've looked you right in the face
And I have told the worst lies
I've put my arms around you
And felt nothing at all
I've stolen tasteless bread
I've salted hundreds of cities, paint them red
I've taken a thousand miles and
I'll take a thousand more until you say

You can't believe me
You can't make me stay
You won't change

I hear your whispers calling me
I will turn away (turn away)
Just like a hunter you will prey
Prey on me
And the world will let you hang
I just made a pact with them
To always drop you where you land
I'll fight from my way and
I'll say that I've changed and
I'll try to convince you you should stay
Whatever your goal, I'll be here
Making sure you fail

You can't believe me
You can't make me stay
You won't change

I hear your whispers calling me
I will turn away (turn away)
Just like a hunter you will prey
Prey on me (prey on me, prey on me, prey)

These seven years have opened my eyes
But I don't want you living all again (all again)

You!

You can't believe me
You can't make me stay
You'll never change

I hear your whispers calling me
I will turn away (I will turn away, turn away)
Just like a hunter you will prey
Prey on me

Undreadful? I have been
Loyalty? I have none
No respect, no passion
I'm out to find it

"Replace You"

I'm the setting sun behind the trees, the saddest one you've seen.
I've been burning holes and breaking dreams, and I regret it.
I'm fixing things I've broken, it's not as easy as it used to be.
I'm throwing temper tantrums. I used to settle, but now I make a scene.

You can't believe...

I said I'd never walk away, but I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place, but I can't stay here.
To watch you fade and watch you change into someone I can't face.
I can't replace, I can't replace you.

You're the swirling wind above the sea, the maddest storm they've seen.
Now you're breaking waves and smashing dreams, and you can't help it.
You're drowning streets and stranding a million people, you're starting out with me.
You're crashing down from anger, your stuff is settled and now you're sound asleep.

And so serene...

I said I'd never walk away, but I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place, but I can't stay here.
To watch you fade and watch you change into someone I can't face.
I can't replace, I can't replace you.

And when the sun is down and when the skies are calm you'll see, calm will be.
We'll wait for the cycle, we'll repeat our same mistakes. Same mistakes we've always made.

I said I'd never walk away, but I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place, but I can't stay here.
To watch you fade and watch you change into someone I can't face.
I can't replace, I can't replace you.

I said I'd never walk away, but I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place, but I can't stay here.
To watch you fade and watch you change into someone I can't face.
I can't replace, I can't replace you.

I said I'd never walk away...

"Live To Kill"

We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more

Shut the door
You're letting the darkness out
It's just about the time to watch you die
Close the blinds
We're hiding our skin from sun
Where you become yesterday's headlines

I never said that I was sorry

We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more
It will be beautiful
When I'm catching in the life I stole
With the perfect sound at the perfect time
All the single words I forged to line
It is safe to say to forget your name
When the song I wrote's on the stereo
I don't have to justify
Paying your dues is a waste of precious time

What would you leave when you could follow?

We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more

More than we deserve
Realize our potential
Maximize our return
We'll conserve
A portrait of everything perfect
And aim every house has heard

I'd take it all and leave you nothing

We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more
We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more
All we want is more
All we want is more

"Darling Harbour"

In the lighthouse by the sea, at the 33rd degree.
You make me feel so special and free.
But there's something in the air turning stutters into stairs.
I look into your blue eyes and say...

(Darling) Don't throw it all away.
(Darling) I'm here to make you stay with me.

In the sun I look so pale, northern skin so thin and frail.
But I try to close my eyes, when everything starts fading.
When I wake up from this dream shivering under cold sheets.
Ten thousand mile away, I wish I was on King street.

(Darling) Don't throw it all away.
(Darling) I'm here to make you stay with me.

Newly risen how brightly you shine.
Something seems to give inside my heart when you're nearby.
All I've given to you is faking eyes.
I don't understand, I can't figure it out. I can't figure it.

On a park bench by the street, at the 43rd degree.
I'll sit and watch the snow fall and think...

If these walls could tell the tale and excuse to no avail.
Will you ever begin to forgive me again, to forgive me now.

(Darling) Don't throw it all away.
(Darling) I'm here to make you stay with me.
Stay with me.

"In Memory Of"

Fighting tears, trembling voice straight to my ear
A moment I'll never forget
Someone I love, telling me someone I love
Had just been called to his reward
24, a leader of farther undared
We'll never be with him again

Take me down to the garden behind the old house
Sail away with me

Words can be the most beautiful or the most cold
I didn't know what to say
To a father who suddenly loses his son
I still think about that every day

Take me down to the garden behind the old house
Sail away with me

Break it down
Trace the steps moving to the gold town
Lost your past from me

Made the plans and backed out
Stayed at home and did nothing
But now I'm taking the 400 up north
The last time I'll ever see your face

I don't want to believe this is it
I want to believe in something more
Growing up wasn't easy for this boy
Who only wanted to live and do what's right

I can't feel (I can't feel)
I can't feel my heart when I am myself
I can't feel (I can't feel)
I can't feel the pain when I hurt my
I can't feel (I can't feel)
But it's taking you further, and further, away

Take me down to the garden behind the old house
Sail away with me

Break it down
Trace the steps moving to the gold town
Lost your past from me
From me (From me)

Take me down to the garden behind the old house
Sail away with me

"Dancing On My Grave"

GO!

Stop pretending that you're better, you're as guilty as all the rest.
You're planning shelter from this division, a ruined cities aftermath.
Some people call it tragedy, I call it moving on.
I never asked for you to care, I never wanted the things you've got.

And now you're praying for your rapture,
As your ego begins to crave the attention of cowards.
You will be there, dancing on my grave.

It's so pathetic you care so much, about what other people think.
Practice all your lies in the mirror, for every possible line you face.
So when you push me down the well, will you even call for help?
You'll tell everyone you know, you tried to rescue me yourself.

And now you're praying for your rapture,
As your ego begins to crave the attention of cowards.
You will be there, dancing on my grave.

You disgust yourself, you believe in nothing.
You'll deny yourself, every happy ending.

It's in your head you'll discover. You're not as consequential as the rest.
In your hand you'll recover, a notice of the truth.
You! Failed! You failed me.

And now you're praying for your rapture,
As your ego begins to crave the attention of cowards.
You will be there, dancing on my grave.

And now you're praying for your rapture,
As your ego begins to crave the attention of cowards.
You will be there, dancing on my grave.