1.Speed Of Darkness
Bury me in silence for I'll never hear the truth
My coffin will be empty cause you'll never steal my youth
I was born to live beside you but you tried to stop me grow
Now I'm living on the run from all this hatred you now love
Who said it only rains from the heavens above
The speed of darkness lights our way
We set our course for America
No bitterness will bite my tongue
The speed of darkness has begun
It's something of a pity but you'll never understand
How a boy can grow and still never be a man
I would trade the sun for nothing and the glancing of a star
If you could just remember grains of dust is all we are
It only takes a second for a beat to kill a heart
The speed of darkness lights our way
We set our course for America
No bitterness will bite this tongue
I've reconciled with all that's gone
The speed of darkness has begun
Only time and life will tell
But it's a long way home when you're in hell
Where constant demons fracture souls
Once a nightmare, now just lifeless ghosts
The speed of darkness lights our way
You tore this land asunder but my pride will bring it back
I would trade the sun for nothing and the glancing of a star
If you could just remember grains of dust is all we are
It only takes a second for beat to kill a heart
The speed of darkness lights our way
We set our course for America
No bitterness will bite this tongue
I've reconciled with all that's gone
The speed of darkness has begun
The speed of darkness has begun
2.Revolution
I spent 27 years in this factory
And the bossman says you're not what we need
The penguins in the suits they know nothing but greed
It's a solitary life when you have mouths to feed
But who cares about us
Now I'm back on the streets with my hands held shut
I'm a working man without any work
Well is this the way it's meant to be
Because I signed off of the American Dream
Now, I write my name to the welfare sheet
The money in the bank - well that's history
So take me down to where the worlds collide
Need to be here 'till I'm satisfied
So let the revolution begin
Now I drag these bones cross the barren land
Where once a city now an outstretched end
We can't lose our sense of dignity
While the fat race cats they f＊ck the creed
Another disappearing act calls up the sleep
While the church is on our back see the refugee
So take me down to where the worlds collide
I need to be here 'till I'm satisfied
There'll come a day when all of us will show
We all feel free!
Although we crash it we will burn
Let the revolution
The revolution begin
I spent 27 years in this factory
Now the bossman says you're not what we need
The penguins in the suits they know nothing but greed
It's a solitary life when you have mouths to feed
So take me down to where the worlds collide
Need to be here when I'm satisfied
So take me down to where the worlds divide
And you'll be here
I won't compromise
There'll come a day when all of us will show
We'll all feel free
'Cause from the ashes we will grow!
So let The revolution
The revolution
The revolution
Begin! Begin!
Begin! Begin!
3.The Heart Of The Sea
Sticks and stones
Are for you, you land living bones
Salt and water melt my skin
So don't set sail,
You'll end up in the belly of a whale
No swallowed saint will mark your grave
Every light of every day
Eats away into decay
But I won't cry myself to sleep
'Cause my soul no longer weeps
For my body lies
In the heart of the sea
Darkness breaks and with her
The morning wakes
She mocks us weary as we drown
Show no remorse, as you will make
A beautiful corpse
Next to the one you love the most
Every light of every day
Eats away into decay
Don't fornicate
With the one you love to hate
You'll wind up dead
Before she bows
But I won't cry myself to sleep
'Cause my soul no longer weeps
For my body lies
In the heart of the sea
Another useless confrontation
Leaves eighty-eight lost constellations
And now the end appears
And my eyes are filled with fear
I am blind, I am blind
Dig me up before I die
I don't want to end up
In the heart of the sea
I am blind, I am blind
Dig me up before I die
I don't want to end up
In the heart of the sea
Now the lesson is learnt
Don't swim out too far from your berth
Walk it's better, even through defeat
But I won't cry myself to sleep
'Cause my soul no longer weeps
For my body lies
In the heart...
I won't cry myself to sleep
'Cause my soul no longer weeps
For my body lies
In the heart of the sea
Heart of the sea
4.Don't Shut Em Down
Flogging Molly - Don't Shut Em Down
Sad days, kissing the cheeks
Of the families who are walking away
Tragic, the pubs are opposing,
The system is broken, decay
Because business is down at the depot,
Defenses are the only things built
Neighbors wave goodbye to each other
This country is over, they say
Yeah, this is life
In a modern town
The windows smashed open with the doors kicked out
It's not a good day left to be in a fight
Cause living is hard through the struggles of life
If nothing gets done it will never be right
But don't shut 'em down
Lately, the 21st century's been... crazy
It's the sign of the times
Buildings decomposing in slumber
There's no work for all till they wake
Yeah, this is life
In a modern town
The windows smashed open with the doors kicked out
It's not a good day left to be in a fight
Cause living is hard through the struggles of life
If nothing gets done it will never be right
But don't shut 'em down
Don't shut 'em down
Too many faults, no reasons
The rains that fall, dry bleeding
Upon the ashes of our homes
Our homes
Save our homes
Manic
The word on the street here is panic
There's a riot at hand
People, taking care of the people
There's no other way, or we'll break
Yeah, this is life
In a modern town
The windows smashed open with the doors kicked out
It's not a good day left to be in a fight
Cause living is hard through the struggles of life
Yeah, this is life
In a modern town
The windows smashed open with the doors kicked out
It's not a good day left to be in a fight
Cause living is hard through the struggles of life
If nothing gets done it will never be right
But don't shut 'em down
Don't shut 'em down
Don't shut 'em down
Sad days, kissing the cheeks of the families
(you can't shut 'em down)
Sad days, kissing the cheeks of the families
(you won't shut 'em down)
5.The Power's Out
From the town of Detroit where my job is secure yeah
Secure in the fact now that it's gone for good yeah
So I'll scrimp and I'll scrape at this pension I saved
So it should be gone by the end of the day
Yeah the power's out
Is there no luck in sight？
Yeah the power's out
Hope it's just for the night
Yeah the power's out
Another kick in the head
I'm so poor at this living I'd be richer off...
Wrap me up in your silver then roll me in gold yeah
Then ice up this whiskey 'til it's nice and cold yeah
Forgive me for dreaming it's all I have left
Except this pending foreclosure and mountains of debt
Yeah the power's out
Well there's f＊ck all to see
Yeah the power's out
Like this economy
Yeah the power's out
Guess it's par for the course
Unless you're a blood sucking leech CEO, CEO
So I guess the good lord has forgotten about me
And me like himself my old trade's carpentry
I could build him a cross with one hand behind back
And the other three nails 'case he gives me the sack
Yeah the power's out
The poor dog has left home
Yeah the power's out
Couldn't 'ford him a bone
Yeah the power's out
It's the trickle effect
Today it's just me but tomorrow ye rest
Yeah the power's out
Yeah the power's out
Yeah the power's out
Yeah the power...
So don't spend your taxes on men on the moon yeah
We've been there before and we left pretty soon yeah
The grass will be greener one day I expect
When the earth will catch fire then replenish itself
From the town of Detroit where we fight 'til we drop yeah
We don't want your pity we just want a job yeah
There's no shame in us asking with some self-respect
But don't leave it much longer; we're human at best
Yeah the power's out
Well there's f＊ck all to see
Yeah the power's out
Like this economy
Yeah the power's out
Guess it's par for the course
Unless you're a blood sucking leech CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO
The CEO must go
Yeah the power's out
Yeah the power's out
Yeah the power's out
Yeah the power's out
From the town of Detroit where we fight 'til we drop
From the town of Detroit where my job is secure
'Cause the power's out
6.So Sail On
Time to take a breath once more
Before the hammer blow
Wrap myself around the veil
Against the bitter cold
Body bruised from selfishness
The penny dropped too late I guess
So sail on
To all now born
So sail on to you
Raise my glass to all before
True friends I have known
Take me to my virgin grave
Beneath the haunting snow
Nothing left but fare thee well
I wish you health and please take care
So sail on
To all now born
So sail on to you
So sail on
To all now born
So sail on to you
So sail on
To all now born
So sail on to you
So sail on
To all now born
So sail on to you
7.Saints ＆ Sinners
Saints and sinners are but we
Twisted wrecks of symmetry
Like broken arrows split
Against the mindless rift we feed
Saints and sinners are
And each other's company we seek
Though we took our separate paths
Back to the womb where we collapsed
On buildings full of living bricks
Cementing walls a dangerous fix
Saints and sinners are
Begrudgers who will never mix
Contemplating right from wrong
In retrospect we don't get on
So Armageddon here we come
Who are the chosen ones？
Consequences who you've been
For in damnation Satan grins
We're saints and we're sinners
Nothing more than lost beginners
Both now facing endless falls
It's hell or heaven cry's
The pulpits' scorn
The pulpits' scorn
Every saint now has a past
So may the sinners' future last
Every ghost still has a haunt
Where he or she feels they belong
All possessing tortured souls
Confessing all that's yet to be
Saints and sinners are
Lunatics a vicious breed
So Armageddon here we come
Who are the chosen ones？
Consequences who you've been
For in damnation Satan grins
We're saints and we're sinners
Nothing more than lost beginners
Both now facing endless falls
It's hell or heaven cry's
We're saints and we're sinners
Nothing more than lost beginners
Wise men crank the guillotine
Where heads will roll for all to see
8.The Present State Of Grace
In this present state of grace
I hold my head up high
Though the water damage froze
Another flood will soon be by
Here and now is all we'll be
So it's this present state of grace I offer thee
Welcome home to the men
And the women who defend
Back to their lives and the lies
Shat on them by government
Through the barbs and the pokes
And the ones we'd like to choke
It's this present state of grace I offer thee
In this present state of grace
A poor man robbed me blind
Though I offered him the cash
He said 'don't insult my pride'
To each their own
We're just flesh and bone
An this present state of grace I offer thee
In this present state of grace
I saw the wall capsize
And through the banks they fell
Into the swelling tide
Let them eat cake
For our mistakes
And this present state of grace I offer thee
So let's sing goodbye to Auld Lang Syne
Under the carpet sweep behind
Where passengers making turns
Towards the coming great divide
The true prophet never spoke
He just smiles and saw the joke
And this present state of grace I offer thee
'Cause only life, yeah only life has loneliness to sell
So celebrate, yeah live your life, live it and raise hell
The true prophet never spoke
He just smiled and saw the joke
And this present state of grace we creatures need
Yeah, it's this present state of grace we creatures need
9.The Cradle Of Humankind
The sum of all my fears like dread
are from demons yet to come
All the things I should have mentioned
wave goodbye and 'we'll see you soon'
It's the words I've never written
that say more about myself
Where empty is the promise
lies a pocket full of doubt
So may the road I've yet to take
Leave a smile across my face
Till the laughter sheds the darkness far behind
For I still belong in the cradle of humankind
Though my time may be less traveled
than those that came before
We're all exiled here in madness
kicking down each other's door
Unforgiven is the lesson
we pour upon ourselves
When a helping hand is needed,
a slap in the face is what we get
But I will fight for this right
and each moment of its life
Till I witness all the differences yet to heal
So may the road I've yet to take
Leave a smile across my face
Till the laughter sheds the darkness far behind
For I still belong in the cradle of humankind
Sometimes drink till I am empty,
grab another from the shelf
Though I'm stuck in conversation,
it's with myself and no one else
Never listen to much reason till I hear its last call
When I notice that my ghost is still dancing on his own
So may the road I've yet to take
Leave a smile across my face
Till the laughter sheds the darkness far behind
For I still belong in the cradle of humankind
Wherever you go
Wherever you go
Wherever you go
Oh, wherever you go
There will always be a roof
and a dream above our heads
As long as I'm breathing, then forever I'll be
Ah, I will fight for this right and each moment of its life
Till I witness all the differences yet to heal
So may the road we've yet to take
Leave a smile across our face
Till the laughter sheds the darkness far behind
We still belong in the cradle of humankind
10.Oliver Boy (All Of Our Boys)
Oh! Oliver Boy what did you do？
But crush the hand you never shook
Then rob the rights of people to be free
Oh! Oliver Boy it's a terrible state
You left behind a worse off race
Where dignity and pride fought for their place
Oh! Oliver Boy now you are gone
And we're still here where we belong
Forgiveness being our strength you'll never see
Now the sun shines on this page I write
Though it's raining hard in Palestine
No lands are promised lands
When will we see？
So don't tell me that your God's my God
I don't think they even care at all
Just a pantomime behind a curtain lies deceit
Oh listen to me bark out loud
Without a voice and little growl
Snapping at the heels I wait
For something more to change
The more they stay the same
Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
Oliver Boy! Just the clothes are different
Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
Where there's blood there's death not glory
Look into these empty eyes
Fed upon by parasites
As beauty's ugly head devours its plight
While the borders of our hate create
Nothing more than each our fate
Trapped between our comfort and our crime
So stand along the graveyard wall
And watch the souls perform their song
Sing to us the dead above
As the mourners come to pray
The living stay away
Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
Oliver Boy! Just the clothes are different
Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
Where there's blood there's death not glory
Oliver Boy! We're all someone's sons
All of our Boys! Just put down the guns
Oliver Boy! You're dead but listen
You were wrong but we're no different
Marching to the left, everyone in step
Don't ask the question, why we're here with no direction
Marching to the right, this is not our fight
The curse of friction, born of man and contradiction
Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
Oliver Boy! Just the clothes are different
Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
Where there's blood there's death not glory
Oliver Boy! We're all someone's sons
All of our Boys! Just put down the guns
Oliver Boy! You're dead but listen
You were wrong but we're no different
All of our Boys!
Now the sun shines on this page I write
Though it's raining hard in Palestine
11.A Prayer For Me In Silence
I've been walking miles forever
Through these footprints of my life
When I offered you my sadness
You took home with delight
Eat my heart when you are hungry
I have nothing more to give
Let us not forget each other
When our wounds begin to spill
So say a prayer for me in silence
Let no cathedral mock our hearts
That's when I will be forgiven
Let us never fall apart
Let us never fall apart
I've been wrong on more occasions
Than I'd like to recognize
But there's room in our vocation
If we read between the lines
Every house needs a foundation
So the mortar we'll supply
We'll be broke but never broken
Let us laugh until we cry
So say a prayer for me in silence
Let no cathedral mock our hearts
That's when I will be forgiven
Let us never fall apart
Say a prayer for me in silence
Let no cathedral mock our hearts
That's when I will be forgiven
Let us never fall apart
Let us never fall apart
12.Rise Up
God you say is always the answer
But what is the answer for our cruelty
We punish a life 'til it's life ever after
Ever after the place that we all end up being
O' such is a morn' as this to awaken
Forgotten the hour that was yesterday
With a standing blow to the head of frustration
Divide and we fall have you nothing to say？
So let us rise up
Stand and be counted, stand and be counted
On that let's agree
Rise up
Dig out the cancer, dig out the cancer of futility
Many's the word that's been broken true anger
Lips that are sealed as the hour slips away
Belief is a joke to this lost generation
Building the walls as the mind segregates
But when all is said
The voice that is silent can't be heard
So let us rise up
Stand and be counted, stand and be counted
On that let's agree
Rise up
Dig out the cancer, dig out the cancer of futility
For we, we shall overcome... someday
So we bring the head of the ol' palace tribe
For there is the rapture that bleeds out a life
Hand over fist from their pulpit they spew
Liars they'll crumble not knowing the truth
But when all is said
The voice that is silent can't be heard
So let us rise up
Stand and be counted, stand and be counted
On that let's agree
Let us rise up
Dig out the cancer, dig out the cancer of futility
Rise up
Stand and be counted, stand and be counted
On that let's agree
Let us rise up
Dig out the cancer, dig out the cancer of all human greed
For we, we shall overcome...
Rise up Rise up
Rise up
Stand and be counted, stand and be counted
On that let's agree
Rise up
Dig out the cancer, dig out the cancer of all human greed
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