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Follow the Leader
05:02
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Individuality is the goal, as you follow suit of those before.
Setting trends; when will this bullshit end? (When will it end?)
The blind will follow, with minds so hollow.
They lack the will to build their paths. (To be themselves.)
Only time will tell when our world will fail.
This mindset is what got them here.
They think they’ve got it all figured out,
but they have no idea that I am already one step ahead.
(You) You have a higher standard for everyone else, but never look at yourself. (2X)
Fix yourself before taking heads.
We're all the same inside and out. (We're all to blame.)
Take off the mask and open your eyes,
the change is in you. (Don’t be the same.)
Stop this petty game of ("I’m better then you.")
Be the change that this world needs to see.
This mindset is what got them here.
They think they’ve got it all figured out,
but they have no idea that I am already one step ahead.
Bridge 2 into breakdown
Look, at this mess we have made of our lives. Kill the darkness that grows inside. Your light is slipping, the window’s closing. Your time to move is (Now.) you know your fate is sealed. The time has come to make a deal. Hold on tight your life is short, so be the voice carry the torch.
It's time to wave goodbye, and
this is not do or die.
The past will be forgotten and
in the end we are nothing,
but a stepping stone for a bigger picture.
Change for our future.
It's time to wave goodbye, and
this is not do or die.
The past will be forgotten and
in the end we are nothing.
Kill the darkness that grows inside. Your light is slipping, the window’s closing. (4X)
This mindset is what got them here.
They think they’ve got it all figured out,
but they have no idea that I am already one step ahead. (2X)
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2. |
Beast of a Labeled Cage
04:12
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The devil’s in the citadel.
He makes my plans for me.
He says to hate my neighbors,
"What has he done to me?"
My mind has been erased,
my pathway’s set for me.
Put on the common hat
and fall in place.
Unthinkable atrocity.
My new found family is dying for the cause.
As I watch them pile up around me, my hope is lost.
It's lost.
My final fate is sealed.
Where has my destiny gone?
My master pulls my string, "Puppets let the chaos reign."
My new found family is dying for the cause.
As I watch them pile up around me, my hope is lost.
All hail the american dream (4X)
Take a seat bitch.
No more will you rule my life.
My eyes are open for the first time. The first time.
I'm free, finally cut the strings.
No one can control me, an animal out of its cage. (2X)
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3. |
Charlatan
04:24
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I dread today
my soul is tainted
by the bitterness
the bitterness of deception
and I won't stand
to see you look down on me
you wear that crown
but you're no king.
Cleans:
The coward in my way, another obstacle to tame, the wounds you left upon me, will be the strength that sets me free.
Screams
you sit so high, so full of pride, that all I see, are cowards eyes. You will never grow to be, the man that I will plan to be.
Simply put upon your grave, "Killed by greed, not love, but hate."
Your final words bid you farewell, welcome home your founded hell.
I bet you wish you never messed with me.
They will never find your body.
You come right at me, like I know nothing.
Who do you think you are?
You try to steal my dreams and never live my nightmares,
these hateful thoughts are all I have.
This life you live is nothing;
another page ripped from the book.
I'll leave a smile cut on your neck,
climb my way to the top of the deck.
You walked away left me behind,
now’s the time to rise.
No more standing in the shadows,
I'll steal your life.
Annihilate this kingdom
that I've built for you.
I'll make the mark you'll never reach
I’ll be above.
I took you out,
a promise made without a doubt;
I had my eyes set on you.
This hate was justified,
it's only the beginning.
I'll take you all with my reign.
I'll put you in the ground,
as I watched life slip from your eyes.
Your friends are now my family
and you never had a clue.
You walked away left me behind,
now’s the time to rise.
No more standing in the shadows,
I'll steal your life.
Annihilate this kingdom
that I've built for you.
I'll make the mark you'll never reach
I’ll be above.
This is now my kingdom,
that I stole back from you.
My throne waits for its king.
Now I bid you adieu.
You walked away left me behind,
now’s the time to rise.
No more standing in the shadows,
I'll steal your life.
Annihilate this kingdom
that I've built for you.
I'll make the mark you'll never reach
I’ll be above.
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4. |
Goodbye Petunia
04:35
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Take me back to the choices I have made.
To the choice of choosing you, so I can save my sanity.
I can’t believe my eyes were blinded.
I thought I had struck gold, but now I lay here cold.
Sinking off into darkness, I want a second chance so I can live again.
Be a better man.
This bliss is wearing thin.
Anger has taken over.
You thought that I would break down, but I will take back all that’s me.
I can’t believe my eyes were blinded.
I thought I had struck gold, but now I lay here cold. (I lay here cold)
Sinking off into darkness, I want a second chance so I can live again.
Be a better man.
Fuck it.
Drown now in all those tears.
I was your angel that took away your fears.
But you're so sorry and now I’m empty.
Self pity never was a look I liked on you.
I can’t believe my eyes were blinded.
I thought I had struck gold, but now I lay here cold. (I lay here cold)
Sinking off into darkness, I want a second chance so I can live again.
Be a better man.
A heart can only break so many times before his pulse gives out
and you black out.
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5. |
Deterrence
03:58
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So does it make you feel so much stronger, knowing that I don't have a chance to stand. Looking up at a coward’s excuse for a man, you are the reason that I…
Keep standing, to show that I still have fight left in me.
(Rise)
I won’t let you have this so easily, you won’t be the end of me.
(You won’t be the end of me.)
I’m so tired of the disappointment that is placed on me. By the empty people in my life who surround me; and it’s tearing apart everything I thought I had left in me, leaving me a hollowed empty shell, the forgotten me.
It's the power that you hold over my head, that’s caused by my lack of strength. I don’t believe in myself anymore, I lack the power to accept my life.
I tell myself everyday that I’m not the man in the mirror, no roads are paved, I can set the way.
Be who I want to be.
I’m so tired of the disappointment that is placed on me. By the empty people in my life who surround me; and it’s tearing apart everything I thought I had left in me, leaving me a hollowed empty shell, the forgotten me.
The pain of neglect, the fear of regret. I'm trying my damnedest to live and forget. The hate inside me the struggle to breath, I'm trying to feel something but have no reprieve. The life of roulette; The score has been set in the hands of the strong, your life is the debt. In the end we all feel the shame. You decide how to handle the pain
(2X)
(Finish the game that you call a life. The empty space that fills inside will keep you alive)
This is my last and final words of advice; To leave your mark before they take your life.
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