1.Another Year
Will these words go unheard like all the ones that came before？
Will these words fall on deaf ears？
I'll scream it louder until you can hear,
The echoes we hear can't be ignored,
Look to the past for what's in store,
Accepting less while wanting more,
Will we make the impact that we strive for？
Efforts to make this a threat again,
Figure out where to begin,
Leave behind where we have been,
Out of sight, out of mind, we enter... Another year,
And I watch it all regress, into the things that I detest,
I'll watch one come and another one go,
A dream we'll want but will never know,
More than music, are those days long past？
Radical views free from mainstream cues,
Ideas and actions against distractions,
Put our goals above the fashions,
Once full of vibrant minds, sold as a commodity to empty minds,
We've set the standards low and ignored the bar,
Is this really what we've been striving for？
Efforts to make this a threat again, figure out where to begin,
Leave behind where we have been, out of sight, out of mind,
We enter... Another year, and I watch it all regress,
Into the things that I detest, I'll watch one come,
Another one go, a dream we'll want but will never know,
Another year, will we move forward and progress,
Away from the things we should detest？
It's time to stand our ground or we'll watch it all dragged
down...
The revolution summer that came
And went sparked a new beginning for a scene that had been
spent,
Marred by violence and apathetic attitudes,
In this new age a rebirth of cool is what is due, will this be
our time？
Can we breathe new life？ Or will we stand aside and watch it
die？
2.Qand...
3.Forget Me Not
This is how it is, when only hope gets me through these days,
That I can forget all, those 'best of times' but your words
still ring in my head,
What's the point of hanging onto a crown,
When I was dubbed king for a day and that day was yesterday？
What good are memories if they only tear me down？
Stand on the platform and wait for it all to drop,
Yet I hold onto them for another day I never learn,
That they'll just become another noose, yearbooks filled with
smiles,
We never knew how long they'd last, when all these memories
catch up,
I'll need to leave them in the past,
What we had and what we shared I treasured for so long,
We had it all we had the world, split the ties, it's all gone,
What good are memories if they only tear me down？
Stand on the platform and wait for it all to drop,
Still I hold onto them for another day I'll never learn,
That they'll just become another noose,
When I'm holding out for just more tomorrows,
And these days are going by so slow, all I feel in my heart is
the sorrow,
Time to let it go, let it all burn tonight I'll write down all
my fondest memories,
Fold them into paper ships, the ones I loved as a kid,
Light them all on fire and float them out to the sea,
Standing on the beach, watch them all burn...
4.A Blind Eye
Young man, born out of sin,
A life of abuse and battery are the gifts you were given,
No sentry to ward off the demons that slept in your bed,
Cover your scars, wipe the blood that you've bled,
Relied on substances to subdue the pains,
Left out on the streets, another human stain,
Clinging to life, praying for death,
The promise of a kingdom is all that's left,
Keep your faith, in this lonely place,
Give thanks for god's constant... Old man,
The lights grow dim, a life of turmoil and pain are the gifts
you were given,
Constantly struggled and broke your back on the wheel,
Barely made it from meal to meal, kept your faith through a life
of strife,
You even gave thanks for the cancer that took your wife,
Clinging to life, praying for death, the promise of a kingdom is
all that's left,
Keep your faith, in this lonely place, give thanks for god's
constant grace,
Who's watching over you when you sleep at night,
When your stomach is empty and your mouth is dry？
For your pain and suffering there's no relief in sight,
Prayed for salvation, nobody's listening, just turned a blind
eye.
Praying, hoping, enduring, waiting, it's part of the grand plan,
You'll be tossed a bone and things will work out,
Scraping, starving, crawling, waiting, putting your faith to the
test,
Will you be like the rest, allegiance to a god that's just
turned a blind eye.
5.Seasons
'The summers wind came blowing in'
And I can still recall the tremble in your voice
And your dissent into the upcoming fall,
Despair and fear kept bottled inside,
You held them so tight they just burned you alive,
And I remember the days of smiles on our lips
And feelings that couldn't be replaced,
And I remember the days when promises we made,
We thought we'd never break,
Now all that remains are the words we spoke on cool summer
nights,
The fever in your voice and strength in your heart,
You never gave up a fight,
The setting sun so far in the distance couldn't keep you warm,
It just left you cold,
And I remember the days of smiles on our lips and feelings that
couldn't be replaced,
And I remember the days when promises we made we thought, we'd
never break,
And the seasons changed, then came the rain...
Struggle with the thoughts of you no longer in sight,
On through the chill of fall, into the freeze of winters call,
The memories of you in springs thaw, these memories you still
haunt,
I counted the days waiting for you to come back,
I counted the days and I just lost track,
And the seasons changed, then came the rain,
And the seasons changed, then came the pain...
6.Passions Just Like Mine
Surrounded by peers, yet I feel so alone...
Reduced to drones we'll pack the streets from nine to five we'll
leave our homes,
Pinch our pennies for the rainy days to feel secure in the hopes
that they'll never come, we'll remain sedate while we entertain
the thoughts of leaving our comfort zones,
At the end of the day what will be the cost of the dreams we've
traded,
Forever lost, dreams, hopes, ambitions, just out of reach to
keep us wishing,
When we should be living today's tomorrow,
We should take are chance and call out for redemption,
I won't be reduced to a drone, I'm taking to the streets,
I'm leaving this home, I can't relate to a value system that's
never summed up who I am, I'll be set apart from the norm, I
just can't exist as my reason to live,
With passion and drive I'll live my life, I won't let it pass me
by,
I won't die unfulfilled, dreams, hopes, ambitions, no longer out
of reach,
No need to keep on wishing, I'm going to live today's tomorrow,
I'm gonna take my chance and call out for redemption,
Are you living life to go through the motions？
Put it straight, live life with complete devotion,
Show me I'm not alone, show me that you share passions just like
mine,
I want to know, I'm not alone...
7.Puritan
8.Original Sin
9.The Fix
The rush so unbelievable, I'm on a high like I've never felt
before,
Untouchable, the way you paint the pictures to distort my view,
They've tapped the right vein and now you've got me hooked, tie
me off,
I'm shaking, sweating, dying, give me a little bit to get me
back up to speed,
Just enough to keep me a friend, one, two,
Three words are just the beginning of the tug of war to bring me
back to the floor,
You're running your course and I'm your... You'll take all that
you've given,
But the pain isn't enough to keep me from wanting more, tie me
off,
I'm shaking, sweating, dying, give me a little bit to get me
back up to speed,
Just enough to keep me a friend, this is where the story should
end,
You'll see right through me as I try to pretend,
That I've lied to you and I've lied to myself when I tell you
that I don't need you...
10.White Picket Fences
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