Month: April 2018

Believer

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First things first
I’ma say all the words inside my head
I’m fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh ooh
The way that things have been, oh ooh

Second things second
Don’t you tell me what you think that I can be
I’m the one at the sail, I’m the master of my sea, oh ooh
The master of my sea, oh ooh

I was broken from a young age
Taking my sulking to the masses
Write down my poems for the few
That looked at me, took to me, shook to me, feeling me
Singing from heartache from the pain
Taking my message from the veins
Speaking my lesson from the brain
Seeing the beauty through the…

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer
Pain! Oh let the bullets fly, oh let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Third things third
Send a prayer to the ones up above
All the hate that you’ve heard has turned your spirit to a dove, oh ooh
Your spirit up above, oh ooh

I was choking in the crowd
Building my rain up in the cloud
Falling like ashes to the ground
Hoping my feelings, they would drown
But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing
Inhibited, limited, ’til it broke up and it rained down
It rained down, like…

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain! You break me down, you built me up, believer, believer
Pain! I let the bullets fly, oh let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Last things last
By the grace of the fire and the flames
You’re the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh ooh
The blood in my veins, oh ooh
But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing
Inhibited, limited, ’til it broke up and it rained down
It rained down, like…

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain! You break me down, you built me up, believer, believer
Pain! I let the bullets fly, oh let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Battle Symphony

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I got a long way to go and a long memory
I’ve been searching for an answer, always just out of reach
Blood on the floor, sirens repeat
I’ve been searching for the courage to face my enemies

When they turn down the lights
I hear my battle symphony
All the world in front of me
If my armor breaks
I’ll fuse it back together
Battle symphony
Please just don’t give up on me
And my eyes are wide awake

They say that I don’t belong, say that I should retreat
That I’m marching to the rhythm of a lonesome defeat
But the sound of your voice puts the pain in reverse
No surrender, no illusions, and for better or worse

When they turn down the lights
I hear my battle symphony
All the world in front of me
If my armor breaks
I’ll fuse it back together
Battle symphony
Please just don’t give up on me
And my eyes are wide awake

Broken, Beat & Scarred

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You rise, you fall, you’re down then you rise again
What don’t kill you make you more strong
You rise, you fall, you’re down then you rise again
What don’t kill you make you more strong

Rise, fall, down, rise again
What don’t kill you make you more strong
Rise, fall, down, rise again
What don’t kill you make you more strong

Through black days
Through black nights
Through pitch black insides

The dawn, the death, the fight to the final breath
What don’t kill you make you more strong
The dawn, the death, the fight to the final breath
What don’t kill you make you more strong

Dawn, death, fight, final breath
What don’t kill you make you more strong
Dawn, death, fight, final breath
What don’t kill you make you more strong

Breaking your teeth on the hard life coming
Show your scars
Cutting your feet on the hard earth running
Show your scars
Breaking your life, broken, beat and scarred
But we die hard

Castaway

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I’m on a sentimental journey into sight and sound
Of no return and no looking back or down
A conscientious objector to the war that’s in my mind
Leaving in the lurch and I’m taking back what’s mine

I’m on a mission into destination unknown
An expedition in the desolation road where I’m a…

Castaway, going at it alone
Castaway, now I’m on my own
Castaway, going at it alone
Castaway, now I’m on my own
Lost and found, trouble bound, castaway

I’m riding on the night train and driving stolen cars
Testing my nerves out on the boulevard
Spontaneous combustion in the corners of my mind
Leaving in the lurch and I’m taking back what’s mine

I’m on a mission into destination unknown
An expedition in the desolation road where I’m a…

Castaway, going at it alone
Castaway, now I’m on my own
Castaway, going at it alone
Castaway, now I’m on my own
Lost and found, trouble bound, castaway

Brat

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Mom and Dad don’t look so hot these days
They’re getting over the hill
Death is closing in and catching up
As far as I can tell
Got a plan of action and cold blood
And it smells of defiance
I’ll just wait for mom and dad to die
And get my inheritance

Well, now I want more
‘Cause I’m getting bored
And I’m going nowhere fast
I was once filled with doubt
But it’s all figured out
Well, nothing good can last

Crow’s feet and rot are setting in
And time is running out
My parents’ income interest rate
Is gaining higher clout
I’m a snot-nosed slob
Without a job
And I know I damn well should
Mom and dad don’t look so hot these days
But my future’s looking good

Well, now I want more
‘Cause I’m getting bored
And I’m going nowhere fast
I was once filled with doubt
But it’s all figured out
Well, nothing good can last