1.State Of The Union
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
Countdown, to the very end,
Equality, an invitation that we won't 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
'Guilty' is what our graves will read,
no years, no family,
we did nothing to stop the murder of a people just like us
2.The First Drop
I'm calling out
Only echoes respond
But I scream 'til my voice is gone
Crouching in corners and hiding your face
I'm sick and tired of playing your games
I'm 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've had enough
Is there even anything left to explain？ (We've had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain？ (We've had enough)
Can't you listen to what we have to say？ (We've 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've had enough
Is there even anything left to explain？ (We've had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain？ (We've had enough)
Can't you listen to what we have to say？ (We've had enough)
Our futures burn in red horizons
Ashes scattered in winds of change
Casualty numbers are rising
Now it's time to raise the stakes
We're meant for something more than living just to put food on
our plates
I can't help but wonder--why should we participate？
We've had enough
Is there even anything left to explain？ (We've had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain？ (We've had enough)
Can't you listen to what we have to say？ (We've had enough)
3.Life Less Frightening
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 theres no war outside our heads
Why are we losing？
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 Im soaking
With the sense of knowing
Whats 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
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
4.Paper Wings
One last thing I beg you please just before you go
I've watched you fly on paper wings half way round the world
Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling
down
Landed somewhere far from here with no one else around
To catch you falling down
And I'm looking at you now
And I cant tell if you're laughing
Between each smile theres a tear in your eye
Theres 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
That was a conversation you took nothing from
So raise your glass now and celebrate excatly what you've done
Just put off another day of knowing where your from
Catch up with yourself if you run
And I cant tell if you're laughing
Between each smile theres a tear in your eye
Theres 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 thats left for you？
Will you take the road thats been laid out before you
Will we cross pathes somewhere else tonight？ somewhere else
tonight
And I cant tell if you're laughing
Between each smile theres a tear in your eye
Theres a train leaving town in an hour
It's not waiting for you and neither am I
5.Blood To Bleed
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
'I don't love you anymore,'
Is all I remember you telling me
Never have I felt so cold
But I've no more blood to bleed
Cuz my heart has been draining
Into the sea
Steps I take in your footsteps
Aren't getting me closer to what is left
Of the dreams of what I once claimed to know
Within my bones this resonate
Boiling blood will circulate
Could you tell me again what you did this for？
'I don't love you anymore,'
Is all I remember you telling me
Never have I felt so cold
But I've no more blood to bleed
Cuz my heart has been draining
Into the sea
And still I wait with a hope inside of me
So still I wait until again we meet
Until again we meet
Within my bones this resonate
Boiling blod will circulate
Could you tell me again what you did this for？
'I don't love you anymore,'
Is all I remember you telling me
Never have I felt so cold
But I've no more blood to bleed
Cuz my heart has been draining
Into the sea
6.To Them These Streets Belong
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 it's time to move on
(when will you see)
But these ghosts come alive
Like water and wine and walk through these streets
Singing songs and carrying signs,
To them these streets belong
My atonement lasts the best part of eternity
Ran out of hands to count the sin that breeds 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 those lost halos wash away
Head hung from shame we bear a weight that brings me to a crawl
These years of longing tell decades of unwashed calls
For a change, 'cause everyday we slip and fall
Kicked while we're down, our fists clench into 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 torrents 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
(whoa whoa yeah)
But these ghosts come alive
Like water and wine and walk through these streets
Singing songs and carrying signs,
To them these streets belong
So look in my eyes,
What will you leave behind once you've gone？
You got what you came for
Now I think its time to move on
But these ghosts come alive
Like water and wine and walk through these streets
Singing songs and carrying signs
To them these streets belong
7.Tip The Scales
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？
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
When this is all said and done
We've 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
Cuz' our despair knows many names
We make mistakes
But we apologize with roses
We never stopped to smell on 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
Throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain
8.Anywhere But Here
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.
9.Give It All
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
I give it all, now there？ a reason why I sing,
I 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,
it's 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
10.Dancing For Rain
We're 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 disapears in the shadows？
Now reach for the stars
If I held my ground would you ask me to change
This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
We drink the air but it's so not the same
These worlds colide 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 we're dancing for rain
We drink the air but it's so not the same
These worlds colide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know.. I know
You've let me try but I'm still breathing
I swear I'm sucking dry the sky
And you won't ever find us kneeling
Or swollowing your lies
If I held my ground would you ask me to change
This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
We drink the air but it's so not the same
These worlds colide 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
11.Swing Life Away
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
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
12.Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
So please don't ask me how
I ended up at my wits end and breaking down
Pages torn from books we never read,
Cuz 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 breathe
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 squeeking 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？
13.Fix Me
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 and you
Can 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
Fix it!
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