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 Ice Nine Kills Lyrics

First Album: Last Chance to Make Amends

Last Words

Here goes the story of a kid we thought we knew, he hid a hate inside and had a state of mind. That put him in his grave, it began with his friends. They never noticed the despair in his eyes, from the pressure. His life was etched in stone, before he made a choice of his own. And he's dedicated for everyday, that he's made it on his own. In his fathers eyes he's a pair of dice, hw won't ne number one, he can't be number one. So he tries to comply, with everything they've ever asked. And his life is stitched with one way tickets, to places he don't want to visit. He says I'm never gonna be perfect, maybe I don't deserve his trust. But I'm doing the best I can, I've never dealt with such pressure. Feels like my whole lifes etched in stone, before I've made a choice of my own. So save your breath, cause you'll need it when you hang from a rope. Cause of death: obvious from your suicide note the last words that filled the page, if no one will listen than no one will miss me when I'm gone. Across town he dad fall asleep all alone, never knowing he was never going to come home. The last thoughts that filled his head, I'll tell him I'm sorry I'll say I regret what I did. It's your life, I'll live my own life instead. His bedrooms filled with emptiness tonight, as the silence cuts through like a knife. Knowing he's not there. 

Chapter Two

Regret every grateful word, from every song you've heard for. You misunderstand I never meant to make you feel this, good things never last night you said. We could spend the night in your bed room, is all I want in my head's spinning like this song. Out of control is all you have in this relation, ship is sinking quick as your sick blood runs through your veins. You poured my life down the drain. You said you're lush and I bet you want to touch me, I regret every memory (every memory)

Build a Bridge and Jump off It

Build a bridge and jump off it, lonely and restless on the coldest of nights. With these thoughts on my mind that keep pulling me down, I'm only fooling everyone else. So that everyone else turns their backs on me. Can't let go of these feelings that I'm keeping inside, or hold on cause I'm I'm feeling like I'm barely alive. Lay back as this pain takes over me, broke down cause my head was spinning out of control. Nineteen years and I've got nothing to show, we're only getting older now. This pain seems forgotten, but inside I'm rotting. Thinking of all this time, left to waste then die. The only thing I know for sure, is I don't care anymore. And when I'm gone, I hope you have the strength to move on, angry but I'm told not to complain. Recluse but I'm better off this way, this is not what I want but I'll just bite my tongue. Tired but I'm too hungry to sleep, we're only getting older now. And it hurts save me cause I'm drowning, please give me more time. Cause I can't keep on counting, it feels like I'm blinded now. As they shut me out, but I'm trying to see. Please make this stop, my pain seems forgotten but inside I'm rotting. Thinking of all this time, I wait to die. But I'm not going to know what I'm doing here. So why can't you give me a sign, and as I drown now. Swimming in an ocean of fear, my last regret is never knowing why I'm here.

I Do and I Don't

We started off by talking about the tattoos on her back, and the bands that we both hate. Anything to make the moment last, hoping you might spend the night. And watch our feelings collide, it seems like summer's just a state of mind. I'm gonna make sure we never fall apart, but you're not trying hard enough, so this can last forever. Remember crashing parties just to get our drinks for free, you would touch your skirt and tell me you had nothing on underneath. But all these memories are burning me alive, knowing you and I might never get this right. You said this promise wasn't fading through, I suffocate myself to sleep. With one more night of silence next to you. I'm gonna make sure we never fall apart, but you're not trying hard enough. So this can last forever, I'll give my best shot, holding on to what we got. I need to tell her that I'm ready, whether she's ready or not. Ready or not, or not. Well are you ready or not? (well are you ready or not) I'm ready, I'm ready. We've tried to find that all walls we built up, were fake. Cause you're slipping away, like a car on ice. We're spinning out of control, like an open wound, we need some time to heal. Like a cigarette, her pleasure's worth the risk. Like a crowed room, my presence won't be missed. She don't care, and it's not fair. That I can't forget you, just knowing I let you out of my life. But I'm moving on, she's moving on. Soon I'll be gone, I'll be a million miles away. I need to see you, need to touch you, like we used to mis believe. And if your picture's worth a thousand words, I cut open my vocal chords. For one more night of silence next to you. Just to spend another night with you. I'm gonna make sure we never fall apart, but you're not trying hard enough. So this can last forever, I'll give my best shot, holding on to what we got. I need to tell her that I'm ready, whether she's ready or not. Well are you ready or not?

Murders and Acquisitions

Please don't forget to fall asleep tonight, so I can make a tomb of your bed. I know I've run out of good intentions, (THIS IS YOUR FAULT!) so I'll have to use the bad one's instead. I've got a motive, and an alibi. This isn't over until you tell me why you didn't trust me, so show me some respect. Cause breaking your promise is easy as breaking your neck, next time we meet I'm taking what you took from me. I'll take it because enough is enough, and your time is up. Please don't forget to fall asleep tonight, so I can make a tomb of your bed. I know I've run out of good intentions (THIS IS YOUR FAULT!) So I'll have to use the bad one's instead. Well at first glance, well you look like perfect friends, I guess I didn't understand what friends do. But I do. So here's your last chance, for you and me to make amends. Why don't you come clean (COME CLEAN) and tell me the truth? (tell me the truth. TELL ME THE TRUTH!) I'm coming for you. Please don't forget to fall asleep tonight, so I can make a tomb of your bed. I know I've run out of good intentions (THIS IS YOUR FAULT!) So I'll have to use the bad one's instead. (Alright. this is what you want. This is what you get. This is what you're getting now. You were mine) I hope he leaves you stranded on the side of the road, feeling used and alone. And never knowing how much more you can take, so you sleep with the first guy you meet, who agrees just to boost your esteem, but the condom breaks. And nine months later, you're alone in your bed. With a kid of your own, and a gun to your head. Thinking I shouldn't have left him, I regret what I said. You can pretend that you're sorry, but you're better off pretending you're dead. Please don't forget to fall asleep tonight, so I can make a tomb of your bed. I know I've run out of good intentions (THIS IS YOUR FAULT!) So I'll have to use the bad one's instead. You brought this on yourself, last chance to make amends.

What I Really Learned In Study Hall

What I really learned in study hall, waking up right next to you. Is the last thing that I want to do, knowing you don't care. Cause you're spineless, and too much to take. And my kindness was a big mistake, it gets me nowhere. And I've been reading through your letters, hoping that you'd never make up your mind. And I wish I was a boy again, where I could still pretend you were mine. I'm drinking too much these days, it never seems to help. Cause you say I'll never change, and that I'm the only one who I care about. When you say that you're leaving, and you're ready to go. Cause you thought I was cheating, but I don't think you want to know. Well I think that things are better this way, When is seems like you're breathing, but you're already dead to me. Making up my mind on you, is something I wish I could do. But you're so damn thoughtless, and I'm not going to lose. To any of these games you play, cause no one likes you anyway. You're just a faceless name, so what will you say when I tell you that your life's like a book. It's torn and tattered, sitting on a shelf. Where no one wants to look, and it seems that this is what we want. As your face begins to haunt my memories, and seep into my future dreams. Where no one can hear you scream, that you're leaving, and you're ready to go. Cause you thought I was cheating, but I don't think you want to know. Well I think it's better this way, when it seems like you're breathing but you're already dead to. That you're leaving and you're ready to go, cause you thought I was cheating. But I don't think you want to know, well I think that things are better this way. When it seems like you're breathing, but you're already dead to me. 

Cinder Blocks and Thank You Knots

Please take me back to the way things were before, I swear to God we're causing permanent damage or more. As I try to fight these urges inside (we keep drinking until we can't recall) But I can't stop (you're so sexy when you're out of control) cause I want you (so give up and give in, cause I know you want me to take your breath away) Let's get drunk and disguise our wasted miserable lives, made better from lack of trust. And excess lust combined when we're together, cause I burn every bridge I cross. And I'd feel better jumping off, when you can't see the signs that there's no chance. That we can survive, this was over before it began, I can't like like this when you don't understand. That you're the queen of lust and I stormed the castle, but it was empty and cold. And it's decaying like our insides, I hope we fall asleep. For the last time tonight, let's get drunk and disguise. Our wasted miserable lives, made better from lack of trust. And excess lust combined, when we're together. Cause I burn every bridge I cross, and I'd feel better jumping off. When you can't see the signs, that there's no chance that we can survive. I like you more when you're laid on the floor, passed out when I'm not. There's not a single good thought in my body. And have you ever been lonely enough to think that this wasn't only just luck. And won't we feel better when we soak our skulls with alcohol, to forget about this night. Let's get drunk and disguise our wasted miserable lives, made better from lack of trust. And excess lust combined when we're together, cause I burn every bridge I cross. And I'd feel better jumping off, when you can't see the signs, that there's no chance that we can survive. This place is so cold, this place is so cold.

Family Unties (Finding Emo)

Do you ever feel guilty when you lying there in bed, thinking about the perfect life we could have had. Good from the start, but we fell apart and now we're all alone instead. I should've seen the storm coming from a mile away, I should have barred the doors just to make you stay. I can't stand the raining tears, don't want to hear the anger every day. You say you'll make it up to me, somehow someday. I shouldn't think about the past, but the past won't go away. I don't want the clouds to roll in, when the sun's been out all day. I never realized the things we had, until you took them all away, I just wanted you to know that. What you do affects us all, I should have seen the ending and stopped pretending. Cause the writing's on the wall. Di you ever think about the consequences, leaving all of us so defenseless. You can't deal with complications, it's not fair no more vacations. How can you just sit there tongue tied, with nothing to say. Can you give back our freaking house you gave away, I got no respect for you. Did you think through the things you shouldn't say, so freak off I'm not changing anything. No words can describe my feeling, I can't keep these thoughts up on the shelf. Think twice before you sell our house, and every memory we've had to share go and share them with yourself. 

Second Album: Safe Is Just A Shadow

Proximity Mines In The Complex

You're not God! There's nothing left that you can give back, and nothing left to gain. Surrounded by choices that you don't have, throw the book or turn the page. Safe is just a shadow, that circumstances change (turn the page!) To hide the world around us, from the fate we can't escape run away. So give it up, give it in. Give me something to die for, hands down this is goodbye. Show them all what it means to just let go, I'll be there by your side. Will we sink or swim this time?! I know there's nothing left in my body to give you, before we fall, let's roll the dice. This is not goodnight, this is goodbye! Danger in the shadows where it all begins, to hide the world around us, from the candle light within. So give it up, give it in. Give me something to die for, hands down this is goodbye. Show them all what it means to just let go, I'll be there by your side. It won't do to just them bleed, let's give them something that leaves a scar. Something that means we are never falling to our knees, and if they only want your heart. Let them be easily amused until the right arrives at the jaw, yeah! You burned your last bridge tonight, this isn't goodnight, this is goodbye! Oh God this is not goodnight! This is goodbye! So give it up, give it in. Give me something to die for, hands down this is goodbye. Show them all what it means, to just let go. I'll be there by your side, it won't do to just let them bleed, let's give them something that leaves a scar. Something that means we are never falling to our knees, this is not goodnight, this is goodbye! Go away, this is not goodnight, this is goodbye! 

Buildings Burn and People Die

I've cried out the lies you back at me! I've been stabbed in the throat, there's no room to breathe! Try to scream, ten years of bleeding out. And in seconds destroy me?! Have you learned your lesson now, and was it worth what I paid for?! I've lost it all, my dearest vision! I'll take what is left and become what was meant to me. I've lost it all, you ripped the past apart! I'll have to find a way, to rebuild history! And what you took from me, but I'd die before I could give up on me! Cause I can't erase dreams so easily, I have tried! You've clawed your way out, and the consequence is, you've learned to live with doubt. I hope it haunts you forever, I've lost it all my dearest vision. I'll take what is left, and become what was meant to be. I've lost it all, you ripped the past apart. I'll have to find a way! Again I'll find my will, and I'll take back what's mine. A new found strength will take the throne tonight! I've lost it all (but I will find a way) Watch as you fall (to leave you behind me) I've lost it all (I'll take this chance alone) I'll have to find a way, I'll find a way. To leave you behind me, I've lost it all (but I will find a way) I'll take what is left and become what was meant to be. I've lost it all, you ripped the past apart! And I'll find my way!

Chris Brown's Latest Hit

Misdirected with no one to follow, my eyes are burning to believe. We'll raise the stakes and take the chance that there's no tomorrow. My eyes are burning TO BELIEVE, BUT I DON'T NEED EYES TO SEE YOU! And through the flames this tastes like denial, ALL ABOARD THE SINKING SHIP NOW! I choose to jump though the shoreline is miles away, I'm not AFRAID! And maybe I bought the stories, but there's something that screams, there's darkness beneath. I've got my reason to believe, you can run but I've found you before. You want this life? I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO DIE FOR, YOU SACRIFICED OUR NAME TO GET FREAKED. God help you, YOU GAVE US THE DIRT TO BURY YOU ALIVE. And maybe I bought the stories, but there's something that screams, there's darkness beneath. And I've got my reason to believe, that you know that I know. That you're all for show, there's still something that screams to leave. My eyes are burning to believe, you think you can take me? I'll give you one chance to bail out, or stand tall. Let's redefine playing for keeps, take us have you learned nothing from this? You can't take us, OUR WILL IS STRONGER THAN GREED. Take us? You can't take us. AND THIS WILL IS ALL WE NEED, and maybe I bought the stories. But there's something that screams, there's darkness beneath. And I've got my reason to believe, that you know that I know. That you're all for show, there's still something that screams to leave. My eyes are burning to believe, you brought yourself to this misery. MY EYES ARE BURNING TO BELIEVE! You can't deny the feeling, there's no loss of love, just bleeding. 

Newton's Third Law of Knives to the Back

Can't help yourself, CAN'T HELP YOURSELF. Drawn like a child to a hand grenade, swinging the shiny rings with a smile. And no clue what mess you've made, TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE. Having everything at once before I show you what it's like to lose control, YOU'RE GONNA CRY for me to stop. BUT I'LL DECIDE you've had enough, you wanna die?! That's freaking tough. YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I'M DONE WITH YOU, as if anything I could say could save us. We're not worth the makeup, that runs away from your eyes. Can't help yourself, CAN'T HELP YOURSELF. You gotta stick your hands into everything, you better watch those fingers girl. Fates got a way with a razor blade, TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE, when there's nothing left to give because you've spent your life searching for yourself. YOU'RE GONNA SCREAM that you're stuck, YOU'RE GONNA BLAME it all on luck, you're gonna change the jig is up. So now you answer, for what you've done. For what you've done. Cause I've got a long list of questions. and you've got a whole lot of lying to do. To cover up your confusion at the time, just say you're done. Cause you can be quite convincing, when you want to be. FALL TO YOUR KNEES, LIE TO ME LIE TO ME. I BEG OF YOU, I BEG OF YOU. IN A FASHION THAT BLEEDS SINCERITY, JUST WELL VERSED ENOUGH FOR ME TO BELIEVE. So I can tell you what it's like, when there's nothing you can do. As if anything I could say could save us, we're not worth the makeup, that runs from your eyes. As if anything I could say, could save us. We're not worth the makeup that runs from your eyes. 

So This Is My Future

If they mean nothing let them go, I can't remember what it feels like on my own. I say nothing to prove, that have capacity to love anything but themselves. But I believe in dinosaurs, because I've seen their bones. Keep digging for the skulls of good intentions, and the selfless corpse that reeks. Of honest efforts to make things work. Lost forever are our former selves, can you show me proof they ever lived. Or are they tainted memories of a wishful mind, just looking for a reason to forgive? If they mean nothing let them go, are those hands around the shoulders or the throat. (maybe a bit of both) Try not to cringe at the applause of the opposition, you're twice the fool and half the liar, and they're on to you. I say nothing to prove that have capacity to love anything but themselves. And I keep digging a search for peace, it's just a shell with nothing underneath. (but I keep digging) but I believe in dinosaurs (a search for peace) because I've seen their bones (it's just a shell with) So maybe buried evidence (with nothing underneath) will tell me what I've always known, if they mean nothing let them go. Between the good and bad, I'm stuck with what I know. 

Acceptance in the Waves

Well I think you took your chances, you gotta take the consequences. And you'll never know, you'll never know I'm holding on. Let go, cause I'm not so sure you look so good. And I've seen this all before, this could be real. Even if it is. It's not enough, it's not enough. It's never gonna be. Between the lies, and love I'll rise above. I'll find a way to leave, now it's inside of us. inside of us. It's the price of being free, it's the price I was willing to pay. If that's all it takes. And if it won't make any difference, I'm gonna make my peace with silence. And if it takes a toll, it takes a toll you'll never know. That I'm not so sure, you can't stand still. And I've seen this all before, if this is real. I CAN'T TAKE IT EVEN IF IT IS EVEN IF IT IS. It's not enough, it's not enough. It's never gonna be. Between the lies, and love I'll rise above. I'll find a way to leave, now it's inside of us, inside of us. It's the price of being free, it's the price I was willing to pay. If that's all it takes, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENOUGH, A THOUSAND WORDS. CAN'T PAINT YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT YOU DESERVE. Cause this is something I can't live for, and this is one thing I can say. I know the way down, is the way out for me. We'll find a way, to throw away what we had today. I'd kill myself just to find a way (find a way) Cause I know the way down. Is the way out for me. (WE'LL FIND A WAY) It's not enough, it's not enough, it's never gonna be. Between the lies and love, I'll rise above. I'll find a way to leave (WE'LL FIND A WAY) Now it's inside of us, inside of us. It's the price of being free, it's the price I was willing to pay, if that's all it takes. 

Red Sky Warning

DARK CLOUDS TIE DOWN THE SAILS, BRACE YOURSELVES THERE'S NO ONE LEFT TO SAVE. And I can't find the words to tell you that I failed, we could have beat the distance but the time prevailed. And our breaths the only thing to hold on to, hold on to. The memories of shore and the red sky, that warned you of the lightning igniting the sky. This ship is going down, nowhere to run (nowhere to run) and the worst is yet to come. And I'm not through yet, but I'm running out of plans, not for nothing but you left this all in my hands. And where there are lies, there are shadows of truth and if I told you that we'd be alright. I know you'd see the DARK CLOUDS, TIE DOWN THE SAILS. BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE WAVES, IT'S ALL LOST. The memories of shore and the red sky that warned you, of lightning igniting the sky. This ship is going down, nowhere to run (nowhere to run) and the worst is yet to come. Night can come at any time, but morning only once. WHEN THE STARS ARE TOO FAR TO FOLLOW, YOU'LL KNOW TO REMEMBER TOMORROW'S RED SKY MORNING, RED SKY WARNING. Make up your mind, trust me and dive into the cold. I'll wait for rescue on your own, while I try desperately to float. And as the water rises, you can doubt your choices. There are voices in your head, drowning the senses that drives you senseless. The end is coming. The memories of shore and the red sky that warned you, of lightning igniting the sky. This ship is going down, nowhere to run (nowhere to run) And the worst is yet to come. The memories of shore (DARK CLOUDS) and the red sky that warned you (TIE DOWN THE SAILS) of the lightning igniting the sky (BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE WAVES) This ship is going down, nowhere to run. (IT'S ALL LOST, FIGHT FOR YOURSELVES) and the worst is yet to come (THERE'S NO ONE ELSE TO SAVE)

The People Under the Stairs

There was a time it seemed so long ago, the world was painted gold. Before the hope began to corrode, and all the people awoke to the cold. That they had let the evil grow, and then came the masses. Who questioned the presence of God, can anyone hear us? These cries these screams, will these footsteps be our last? So they let us die the hate, behind the smiles it took them by surprise. (took them by surprise) And the silence left us hanging while we lit up like the 4th of July. If ignorance is peace pretend we didn't say never again (never again) And let forever belong to the dead, the time is now this chance could be your soul redemption. Or these tombs will bear your denial, deception, and tragedy. One that you'll help build when you let us burn, biting off your nails won't heal the scratches on your eyes. So they let us die the hate, behind the smiles it took them by surprise. (took them by surprise) And the silence left us hanging, while we lit up like the 4th of July. If ignorance is peace pretend we didn't say never again, (never again) And let forever belong to the dead, and there is no excuse. There is no lie big enough to hide behind (our time is now) The blinding lights struck the people divided. What were they waiting for (our time is now) so they let us die the hate, behind the smiles it took them by surprise (took them by surprise) And the silence left us hanging, while we lit up like the 4th of July. If ignorance is peace pretend we didn't say never again (never again) and let forever belong to the dead. Our time is now.

The Greatest Story Ever Told

How could this happen? Am I dreaming again? Her body's not moving, I'm assuming she's dead, this isn't a freaking game! There's somebody's life at stake, she's covered in bruises but the truth is that I never committed the crime. Cause I could never hurt a fly, then how'd she lose her life?! You're in denial! Time to burn and dig the whites of my eyes, but what went on that night. Listen closely as I tell you I'm not who I seem, I'm gonna touch you cause I like it when you scream. I wanna watch you when you're sleeping and thinking of me, and that's what he told her as he killed her! That son of a witch took away my girl, he's gonna pay for it, right now. Cause you might think you're in love, and he might promise you the world. Don't believe what he says, he's not real. It's murder and he did it! My God! (hear me!) You better fear me cause I'm gonna find you, cause I'll be out in six months. With his address and a shot gun. And a promise for justice that night, and I'll be standing at the crime. So they can throw me back in prison for my life, if that would bring you back to me. Last night I dreamed we had a future and you were alive, it was springtime on our wedding day. There were birds in the sky. The sun was glowing, it was beautiful and everyone was there. I still can't believe that you're gone, I'm so lost. I'm sorry (I'm sorry) Don't go oh please, God no! Cause you might think you're in love, and he might promise you the world. Don't believe what he says, he's not real. He's just a murderer! Come on don't, I think that I've had enough. He says, you're too late. I've got a hole to dig and you think I've overreacted? She was (come here) so cute. I can't resist cause I'm a sucker for promiscuous actions. So tell me (just tell me) Tell me the truth! Cause you might think you're in love, and he might promise you the world. Don't believe what he says, he's not real, he's a murderer. Cause you'll be lying awake, from this nightmare. and feel betrayed, I gave my life! But you took it away, am I dead? Or am I still breathing? Cause you've stolen the love of my life, so you'll be sleeping with the fish tonight. Ohh, alright, ohh, alright. Sleeping with the fish tonight. Now listen, I'm not religious but I've learned to pray for her. I'm not a violent man, but people can change. So while you're sleeping, I'll slit your throat and drain your blood. And mail it to your mother so she'll discover what a mess you've become. Well I think she might like that, I freaking do! Cause you might think you're in love, and he might promise you the world. Don't believe what he says, he's not real. He's just a murderer, cause you'll be lying awake. From this nightmare and feel betrayed. I gave my life! But you took it away, there's not a day that goes by but you took it away. But you took it away. 

Evidence on Fire

Taking everything as a sign of the divine, or a purpose that you're never going to find. In every second you can find a tragedy, coincidence can be dismissed as meant to be. And you'll have what's left, anyone's guess is better that a quest for meaning. Or enlightenment that never ends. Making promises changes honest men into shadows, chasing lies when it's all just a game. Of faking love to hold your place, from side to side face to face. Not getting by without a taste. In every second you can find a tragedy, coincidence can be dismissed as meant to be. Something cold is grabbing for my chest, something cold is grabbing for my chest, something cold is grabbing at my chest, something cold is grabbing at my chest. And it's not letting go, and I'll never know. If it's the doubt or the faith, or the love or the hate. Or the fear that it's all for show. In every second you can find a tragedy, coincidence can be dismissed as meant to be. Something cold is grabbing at my chest, something cold is grabbing at my chest, something cold is grabbing at my chest, something cold is grabbing at my chest. 

Album Three: The Predator Becomes The Prey

The Fastest Way To A Girl's Heart Is Through Her Ribcage

There's blood here in the water, as I'm slowly losing grip. Cause your insanity, it's killing me. What's inside you is inherently sick, now that the blood is getting darker. You drown in your true colours, and just the truth remains. All you are is a masquerade, you always had a way of creeping in my life. You're always so inclined to tear apart my mind, you know your simple slight seductions spin me out of control. Cause it's hard to see the evil when you're not wearing your clothes, just give me on more freaking reason. Cause homicide is in this season, there's blood here in the water as I'm slowly losing grip. Cause your insanity, it's killing me. What's inside you is inherently sick, now that the blood is getting darker. You drown in your true colours, and just the truth remains. All you are is a masquerade, you've always had a way of pulling me inside. But did you really think you could freak your way through life? Just give me one more freaking reason, cause you'd be just as sexy bleeding. Let's start the bleeding. There's blood here in the water, as I'm slowly losing grip. Cause your insanity, it's killing me. What's inside you is inherently sick, now that the blood is getting darker. You drown in your true colours, and just the truth remains. All you are is a masquerade, is it difficult to breathe with fate wrapped around your throat? Well, since you're sort of hung up, at the moment I'll write your goodbye note. Dear mom and dad, I've got no excuse these blood stained hands they tied the noose. There's blood here in the water, as I'm slowly losing grip. Cause your insanity is killing me. What's inside you is inherently sick, you drown your true colours and just the truth remains. All you are is a masquerade. Let's see you freak your way through the afterlife. 

The Power In Belief

We've crawled a thousand thankless miles, we've paid a million freaking dues. Yet your feeble words can't break us down, it's just kerosene on the fuse. Because this is our bar to raise, freak all the pay for praise, we proved you wrong. We're far from through, we'll change this game in spite of you. The only thing we need to scale these walls is to believe, so we'll let them say that we're dead. And to far gone, nothing can stop us now. From what we will become, cause there's a power in belief. This is the power of belief. So exploit every damn accent till that stupid trend wears thin. We know our army's will won't ever fade with an IX carved in their skin. Because they know we'd never take for granted anything, they proved you wrong. We're far from through, we'll change this game in spite of you. In spite of you, we're far from through. The only thing we need to scale these walls is to believe. So we'll let them say that we're dead, and too far gone. Nothing can stop us now from what we will become, cause there's a power in belief, This is the power of belief. We proved you wrong, we're far from through. We'll change this game in spite of you. We proved them wrong, we're far from through, we'll change this game in spite of you. We'll tear off the leeches, once sickened by our taste. The sweetness of our infancy, they thought was bitterness in haste. They'll come out of the woodwork, crawl in from under the doors. Only to find they've been left behind. Cause we don't live there anymore. We don't live there anymore. Let them say that we're dead, and too far gone. Can't stop us now, from what we will become. There's a power in belief. Let them say that we're dead, and too far gone. Can't stop us now, from what we will become there's a power in belief. 

Let's Bury The Hatchet In Your Head

You sold our souls so burn in hell, you freaking did this to yourself again. Now bow your head, you suffocated us for the last time. We paid the price for your pathetic vice, so now we're taking back what's ours. Our name, our blood, our life, our cause. So wake up, here's a mirror so you can see. This crooked, spineless, disgusting man. That's become your legacy, here and now. I'm pulling all my strings I have with God, I'm hoping to find a better way.  I pray the only thing I need is time to rid the world of your lunacy. You're as faithful as a false prophet, so here's a prophecy for you. Yeah you'll remember me, when you're struggling to breathe. I'm pulling my strings I have with God, I'm hoping to find a better way. I pray the only thing I need is time to rid the world of your lunacy. Can't you see what a monster you've become? I couldn't watch the world through your eyes, salvation for you is in the hands of God. So save your prayers and just beg for your life, I'm freaking done with you. I'm freaking done with you, I'm freaking done with you. I'm freaking done. I'm pulling all my strings I have with God, I'm hoping to find a better way, I pray the only thing I need is time to rid the world of your lunacy. Your lunacy, salvation for you is in the hands of God. 

The Coffin Is Moving

We are the walking dead, I'm frozen in time never growing. I'm holding my life in my hands, and you're holding your views of the world, around never knowing. Just make me whole again cause I'm a solider for misfortune. But I believe that we can turn it around, this memory the final enemy now. We are, we are the walking dead, a generation of negligence. Brought down upon our heads, we are, we are the walking dead. Holding all my cards on the table, I'm able but I lack the components to anchor this down. Cause I'm not over our indifference, I'll save myself and I will fight for the glory of the crown. We are, we are the walking dead. A generation of negligence, brought down upon our heads. We are, we are the walking dead. We are, we are the walking dead. A dedication to arrogance, with dreams we never had. We are, we are the walking dead. With dreams we never had! We are all just children of vanity, we make freaking up into life long careers. We've fallen prey to our parent's fears, we see their faces when we look into broken mirrors. We are, we are the walking dead. a generation of negligence, brought down upon our heads. We are, we are the walking dead. A dedication to arrogance, with dreams we never had. We are, we are the walking dead. We are the walking dead, we are the walking dead, we are the walking dead, we are the walking dead.

The Product Of Hate

This world is spiraling down, the segregation of everything. Is the source of the blood on the walls, it's passed down by generation. This hatred could swallow us all, can we unlearn what's been ingrained. But I alone cannot control what moves us backwards, a story told so full of holes. Just allows the lies to breathe, and to leech onto the heart. Of the disillusioned and the weak, the perfect consumer for the product of hate. If mortality is what's been sacrificed, then just give me your hands. And I'll pray to God we make it out alive. But I alone cannot control what moves us backwards, a story told so full of holes. Just allows the lies to breathe, I see through this illusion. But what's the solution if all that they see is what's different in me, there's a hole in my heart. Nobody can see it feels like the sun is gone, and hope is locked away. There's a hole in my heart, why can't they see? It feels like the sun is gone, God unstitch their eyes please. Set their minds free, unstitch their eyes please. Life the blindfold today, because so close is so far away. I hope tomorrow's not too late, cause time today is running out. Don't turn your back you know it's real, so wake up cause something's wrong there's something wrong. 

Connect The Cuts

Well, I've been looking for redemption! What was gold, now is lost to the wolves. As the choler inside swells like locusts swarm! With all that I've been given, the more I've taken! Put me out of my misery, dig a hole and throw me in the ground! With little faith in a God or humanity, I'm lost sometimes I think to myself. You should burn, loser burn! There's no truth in resting on laurels, or the blindfolded of crooked ideals and morals. On and on till the end, the serpents in my head. Will show themselves through the whites of my eyes, if all is lost again will I repeat or repent? Or will I realize the devil's in disguise?! I'll freaking self destruct! Well, I've been bitten by temptation. Body of rust and a cynical soul, I can't seem to fend off all the vermin. I feel the devil, he's calling. He's gnawing his way through the walls, is this the bitter end to a lost cause. In his jaws or a chance to reignite?! On and on till the end, the serpents in my head. Will show themselves through the whites of my eyes, if all is lost again, will I repeat or repent? Or will I realize the devil's in disguise, I'll freaking self destruct! Dang! (dang) Doubt has dragged me down to rock bottom, this time despite the weight on my shoulders. I continue to climb in my final hours, towards a higher power to find I'm damaged by design. I can't believe it was so difficult to see, that all along my only enemy was me. I should burn! Burn! I feel the devil, he's calling, he's gnawing his way through the walls. Is this the bitter end to a lost cause in his jaws or a chance to reignite! 

Jonathan

God has taken my eyes, if I see no reflection. How the hell do I know I'm alive? As the darkness bleeds into my mind, the force that screams to give up. Is grave enough to carve my name into a stone, inspired by hope or defined by disease? If you knew what it meant to be me, could you close your eyes and never say never. Or would you call this the end of the road? I'm running out of memories, a shell of what I used to be. As this curse drains the life out of me, God has taken my eyes, yet blind faith couldn't kill me. It just is what it is between him and I, I've made sense of my senses. And found my defenses internally, this is what sets me free. Inspired by hope or defined by disease? If you knew what it meant to be me, could you close your eyes and never say never. Or would you call this the end of the road? I'm running out of memories, a shell of what I used to be. As this curse drains the life out of me, (drains the life out of me, drains the life out of me, drains the life out of me) Even if I never see again, I know I will breathe again. With the strength of a thousand men, I won't let this be my end, even if I never see again. I know I will breathe again, with the strength of a thousand men. I won't let this be my end, inspired by hope or defined by disease? If you knew what it meant to be me, could you close your eyes, never say never. Or would you call this the end of the road? I'm running out of memories, a shell of what I used to be. As this curse drains the life out of me, I won't let this drain the life out of me. (out of me) I won't let this drain the life out of me. 

What I Never Learned In Study Hall 

I'm six feet below this burning wreckage, of the life we used to know. Now all the hope we had is dying. From the moment we started, every single thing I promised you. I followed through and just like a pawn would, all the moves that I would make would be at your decree. But every second spent with you has meant nothing at all, and now the gloves are off let's tear apart all our poisoned memories. I know I'm better off alone, cause I'm six feet below this burning wreckage. Of the life we used to know, now all the hope we had is dying. From the moment we started, every word you said made me feel that this was real. But still I was guarded. Not the first time I had fallen prey to this cliche, every second spent with you has meant nothing at all. I'm left talking to myself where did I go wrong? And now the gloves are off, let's disregard what I thought you meant to me. I know I'm better off alone. Cause I'm six feet below this burning wreckage, of the life we used to know. Now all the hope we had is dying, cause I'm six feet below. I hope you hear this message, that to live is to let go. But still a part of me is dying. I'm more alive, I'm over being broken. Time has healed all wounds, I wish the scratches that you left on me were scars I left on you. I turned my back on the person you've become, and realized what it means to be forgotten. Be forgotten. I turned my back on the person you've become, now I realize how it feels to be forgotten. So be forgotten, I'm six feet below this burning wreckage, of the life we used to know. Cause I'm six feet below, I hope you hear this message, that to live is to let go. But still a part of me is dying.

So Long Steven Long

You're the only one amused, by your inconsequential views. You'd have to strike me so much harder, to even leave a BRUISE. SILENCE ALL THE BITTER AND THE USED, THEIR NEVER ENDING STREAM OF ABUSE. COMES IN THE FORM OF A CRITICAL EXCHANGE WHEN YOU SAY, how does it feel to be damned? We are defenders of the broken life we've chosen, and there's no one else to blame. We are defenders of loss, the only ones we cross dig down, and find the strength today. YOU RESENT ME LIKE A ******** SON, WITH SOME CROOKED AIM TO DESTROY. TRANSPARENT AS YOUR HOLLOW PRAISE, we are the defenders of the broken life we've chosen, and there's no one else to blame. We are the defenders of loss, the only ones we cross. Dig down and find the strength today, we are the defenders of the broken life we've chosen, and there's no one else to blame. We are the defenders of loss, the only ones we cross. Dig down and find the strength today. THE STRENGTH TO SAY, we are the defenders of the broken life. You're the only one amused, by your inconsequential views. You'd have to strike me so much harder, to even leave a bruise. We are the defenders of the broken life we've chosen, and there's so one else to blame. We are the defenders of loss, the only ones we cross. Dig down and the strength today, we are defenders of the broken life we've chosen. And there's no one else to blame, we are defenders of loss, the only ones we cross. Dig down and find the strength today. BURY ALL OF YOUR ENVY, AWAY DAMNED. ARE THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO SHAME WHAT I MADE.

What Lies Beneath

Well I've been drowning in defeat, but I have heard revenge is sweet. So this is THE END, THIS IS THE END. But did you really think you'd force me to my knees? DESPITE YOUR CONFIDENCE, YOU'LL NEVER BURY ME. SO GIVEIT HELL, DRAW SOME BLOOD. CAUSE AFTER ME COMES THE FREAKING FLOOD. I promise I'm not slipping away, just gotta hold my breath forever. And honestly I need no escape, I'm just caught in the wake of it all. And the tide has turned. This is something worth fighting for, I know BUT THE STORM IS HERE (THE STORM IS HERE) A CALMAITY OF HOPES AND FEARS, AND WHEN THE SKY STARTS TO GIVE WAY. THE PREDATOR BECOMES THE PREY, SO LET THE FLOOD GATES OPEN NOW (now) I promise I'm not slipping away, just gotta hold my breath forever. And honestly I need no escape, I'm just caught in the wake of it all. And the tide has turned, you cannot fight the undertow. The water churns, REACHING FOR LIFE. (Reaching for life) REACHING FOR LIFE, (reaching for life) Well I've been drowning in defeat, but I have heard revenge is sweet. So this is the end. I promise I'm not slipping away, just gotta hold my breath forever. And honestly I need no escape, I'm just caught in the wake of it all. And the tide has turned, you cannot fight the undertow. The water churns, REACHING FOR LIFE. But I'll find a hand to LIFT ME UP. 

My Life In Two

Am I just holding onto memories, the perfect pieces of my past? I never thought I'd be the one to say that dreams don't always last. I've screamed my heart out, given everything I split my life in two. And I don't regret anything. If I can see the damages by now, can you hear the sound? Is it time, or just the voice inside my mind that says. Don't throw your life away, reaching for yesterday, I only promise I'm not giving up today. And when my mind starts pulling away, my heart will have the fight to make it. I'll turn my back on better days, I know my pride can take it. I've sacrificed half of my life, I hear it in every line I write. That a part of me I lost along the way, I'll never get back again. And when my hope stops leading the way, it might be too late to make it out. And when jealousy will be all I breathe, who am I to play martyr? My head will bow in shame, when my heart stops leading the way. Who am I to play martyr? If I can see the damages by now, can you hear the sound and walk away? 

Album Three: Every Trick In The Book

The Nature of The Beast

So come one and come all to the crumbling walls of our city, now painted with red. As the stench of defeat emanates through the streets, is the life we once dreamed of now dead? But we won't break, we will fight, we will storm through the night. Enslaved to their game nevermore, with the locks on our cage. Broken off by the rage, now it's time to settle the score. We are the frayed, we are the torn, we are the beaten and the scorned. And now you've forced the beast to bare it's teeth, we'll come in droves like animals. Hungry to reclaim our control, as we fight to bite the bitter hand that feeds. We are the frayed, we are the frayed, we are the frayed. Beyond the barricade, oh can't you hear that sound? The march of tortured souls, screaming burn this place to the ground. The pack you played for fools, the herd you led astray. Now run the slaughterhouse, welcome to judgement day. You'll pay in blood as your retribution. So let's gather at the gallows, for the execution. We are the frayed, we are the torn, we are the beaten and the scorned. And now you've forced the beast to bare its teeth. We'll come in droves like animals, hungry to reclaim our control. As we fight to bite the bitter hand that feeds, we are the frayed. And when the new days dawns upon our master plan, just hold your rifles still and wait for my command. We'll kill like savages cause we're unbreakable, but what did you expect, we're freaking animals. Though what good is it to find the same sad solution? Another power hungry biased freaking institution, we took the fort we stormed the gates. But what kind of crooked paradox, did we create? We took the fort we stormed the gates, but became the very thing we hate. We are the frayed, we are the torn, we are the beaten and the scorned. And now you've forced the beast to bare its teeth, We'll come in droves like animals, hungry to reclaim our control. As we fight to bite the bitter hand that feeds. We are the frayed (we are the frayed) We are the frayed (we are the frayed) We are the frayed. Where is the end, what have we done? We're what we swore we'd not become, despite intent, a noble heart still bleeds. Time goes on and history repeats. 

Communion of The Cursed

So where's your savior tonight? As angels fall from the sky, his idle hands let me inside. WHERE I CANNOT BE CRUCIFIED. FORGIVE ME FATHER HAVE I SINNED? WHO GIVES A FREAK HOW LONG IT'S BEEN? Just let this holy war begin, I AM THE DARKNESS DEEP WITHIN. THE DEVIL IN HER DAUGHTER'S SKIN, and I'll be there till the bitter END. Don't raise your claws to me, in name of God I command you to flee. Relentlessly, cause we believe by the power of Christ, we will set her free. So where's your saviour tonight? As angels fall from the sky, hid idle hands let me inside. WHERE I CANNOT BE CRUCIFIED, you spent your life in his light. Still faith can't save you tonight, yet evil stands the test of time. I CANNOT BE CRUCIFIED, SO ROUND AND ROUND I SPIN MY HEAD. CIRCULATE THE BLOOD THAT I HAVE SHED, pass the cup and drink from me instead. SAVOR THE TASTE AND QUENCH YOUR THIRST, WITH THE COMMUNION OF THE CURSED. Get on your knees and prove your WORTH. Don't raise your filth TO ME. I know you're in there, Regan just continue to breathe. I WILL CAST HIM OUT, his grip is weakening. CAST HIM OUT, this is his day of RECKONING. Through the father, the son, and the holy ghost. I will lure this parasite from its wholesome host, eternally my last decree. If a soul must be taken, I demand you take me. So where's your saviour tonight? As angels fall from the sky, his idle hands let me inside. WHERE I CANNOT BE CRUCIFIED. You spent your life in his light, still faith can't save you tonight. Yet evil stands the test of time. I CANNOT BE CRUCIFIED. Now lay her down to sleep, her soul is mine and mine to keep. If she dies before she wakes, I'LL FIND ANOTHER SOUL TO TAKE. So where's your saviour tonight? As angels fall from the sky, his idle hands let me inside. WHERE I CANNOT BE CRUCIFIED, you spent your life in his light. Still faith can't save you tonight, yet evil stands the test of time. I CANNOT BE CRUCIFIED. If she dies before she wakes, I'LL FIND ANOTHER SOUL TO TAKE.

Blood Bath & Beyond

It's been six days since I've had my fix, and now I'm fixed on you. Despite your trembling body I can tell you want it too, I'm every man you've ever dreamed of. All your fantasies combined, you can tell I'm the best by the blood on your dress, there's no bite as good as mine. Ahahahaha! Through the darkest of ages and blackest of plagues, I have fed on the blood of the land. Every girl that's in sight knows she's mine for the night, they're all trapped in the palm of my hand. I've crossed oceans of time, caused unspeakable crime. But I would not change a bloody thing, hunted by all mankind but they're one step behind. Prince of darkness? Freak that, I'm the king. And I'm slipping through the cracks again, they'll never take me alive. Because I'm already dead, and forever in your head. So won't you come with me and taste immortality. You're dripping from the ecstasy of the last crimson kiss, when your blood pours out like rain. Take pleasure in the pain, you're not the only girl to scream my name. But the first I can't resist. So here's one last crimson kiss. In my hungrier years I would prey on their fears, devoid of all reason or rhyme. I've made every girl melt for the notch on my belt, but I swear that it's different this time. Don't think of this as damnation, cause we don't need their salvation. And I'm slipping through the cracks again, they'll never take me alive. Because I'm already dead, and forever stuck in your head. So won't you come with me and taste immortality? You're dripping from the ecstasy of one last crimson kiss, when your blood pours out like rain. Take the pleasure in the pain, you're not the only girl to scream my name. But the first I can't resist, so here's one last crimson kiss. And you know what baby? Hahaha, your neck is up next! (next, next) And I'm slipping through the cracks again, they'll never take me alive. Because I'm already dead, and forever in your head. So won't you come with me and taste immortality? You're dripping from the ecstasy of one last crimson kiss, when the blood pours out like rain. Take pleasure in the pain, you're not the only girl to scream my name. But the first I can't resist, so here's one last crimson kiss. (kiss!) Ahahaha one last crimson kiss, don't think of this as damnation, your neck is up next! 

The Plot Sickens

WE'LL MAKE IT OUT ALIVE! Lord hear our prayer across the air, the captain's screaming mayday. Is God's intent final decent or just a test of our faith? This oxygen is wearing thin, the ground is fast approaching. OUR FEARS INTACT UPON IMPACT, SO BROTHERS HERE'S TO HOPING. If we have to crawl out, in spite of this hell. We'll find a way out, we'll find a way out. Left behind by God or the devil himself, to find a way, find a way to make it out alive. THE SIGHT AT HAND, GRUESOME AND GRAND, CANNOT BE RECTIFIED. SEARCHING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE IN WRECKAGE WE CAN'T RECOGNIZE. We cry out for those who can't be saved, ONE FOOT ON SACRED GROUND AND ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE. If we crawl out, in spite of this hell, we'll find a way out. We'll find a way out, left behind by God or the devil himself, to find a way out, find a way to make it out alive. Steady we climb, ready to die, to look salvation in the eye. If we have to crawl out, in spite of this hell. We'll find a way, find a way to make it out alive. Sixteen souls left in the cold, to be alive is a miracle. It all comes down to flesh and bone, it's hard to swallow the unthinkable. THE FINAL COURSE WE WON'T CONCEDE, desperate times call for desperate deeds. FORGIVEN IN OUR TIME OF NEED, desperate times call for desperate deeds. THE FINAL COURSE WE WON'T CONCEDE, desperate times call for desperate deeds. FORGIVEN IN OUR TIME OF NEED, desperate times call for desperate deeds. Crawl out, in spite of this hell. We'll find a way out, left behind by God or the devil himself, to find a way, find a way to make it out. Steady we climb, ready to die, to look salvation in the eye. If we have to crawl out, in spite of this hell. We'll find a way, find a way to make it out alive. WE'LL MAKE IT OUT ALIVE, WE'LL MAKE IT OUT ALIVE!

Star Crossed Enemies

Here we're just stuck in the spotlight, we should make like shadows and disappear. Silhouettes in the sunset, our final curtain call is drawing near. If parting is such sweet sorrow, to hell with waiting for tomorrow. Hand in hand like we planned as the night takes us away, and I hope when they find me, and you in this tomb built for two. They get the glory for the end of our story, and take their freaking bows. So remember us, the soon dearly departed. And how the war our fathers started, sealed the fate of star crossed enemies. You and I both know that death won't matter, bring on the poison and the dagger. They set the stage for tragedy. Don't scream, cause the show must go on. Though our fairytale is ripping at the seams, but love doesn't have to be something that we hide behind the scenes. If parting is such sweet sorrow, to hell with waiting for tomorrow. Side by side when we die, as the night takes us away. And I hope when they find me and you in this tomb built for two. They get the glory for the end of our story, and take their freaking bows. So remember us, the soon dearly departed. And how the war our fathers started, sealed the fate of star crossed enemies. You and I both know that death won't matter, bring on the poison and the dagger. They set the stage for tragedy. (They set the stage for tragedy, for tragedy) (They set the stage for tragedy, they set the stage for tragedy) So remember us, the soon dearly departed. And how the war our fathers started, sealed the fate of star crossed enemies. You and I both know that death won't matter, bring on the poison and the dagger. They set the stage for tragedy. 

Me, Myself & Hyde

I tear apart the pages of the story of my life, in black and white the wrong and right will struggle to survive. And I've been falling apart in the pouring rain, I'm waging war on myself, a captive casualty. Traded a merciful heart for a murderer's brain, but now I curse what's in my head. Because I can't stop seeing red, did you really think I would falter, my friend? I've destroyed you before, I'll destroy you again. I'm the hell that is your future, I'll incinerate your past. I'm the devil on your shoulder, but I'll always be your better half. We might share one body, but this spine is freaking mine, by now you should know. You're just a spectator I'm the show, is this the end of me? Cause I've been falling apart, in the pouring rain. I'm waging war on myself, a captive casualty. Traded a merciful heart for a murderer's brain, but now I curse what's in my head. Because I can't stop seeing red. Did you really think you could hide from me doctor? Have you not seen the legacy I've carved into the flesh of this city? Even Van Gogh, would call it a bloody good impression. An artist of infection and you're just another piece of my collection. A mirror image of perfection, whose time has freaking come. Cause I've been falling apart in the pouring rain, I'm waging war on myself, a captive casualty. Traded a merciful heart for a murderer's brain. But now I curse what's in my head, because I can't stop seeing red. Friends and fellow country men, lend me your ears. The following revelation's for you skeptics to hear. There exists no good, only unrealized evil. I'll bring hope to the sinners and death to the people. I tear apart the pages of the story of my life, cause I've been falling apart in the pouring rain. I'm waging war on myself, a captive casualty. Traded a merciful heart for a murderer's brain. But now I curse what's in my head, because I can't stop seeing red. I'm seeing red, the doctor is dead, I bid thee farewell, freak my fate, just save a seat for me in hell. 

Alice

Dear Diary, this battle's on the verge of emergency. Call in a chemical warfare attack, tempting fate with the crisis that my vices will orchestrate. Cold sweats as my bold pupils dilate, I could die from the weight of it all. Or make it through another close call, here's a note to myself, back to the wall. The higher you get, girl, the further you fall. Here's a note to myself, alone in my pain. How close can you come to the edge before you walk away? Through blackened veins the evil in the needle bleeds into my brain, and sells me on the sense of a fool's escape. I could die from the weight of it all. Or make it through another close call, here's a note to myself, back to the wall. The higher you get, girl, the further you fall. Here's a note to myself, alone in my pain. How close can you come to the edge before you walk away? Before you walk away, but I just need one more taste. One more taste. Scars earned from searching for solutions, so desperate just to feel. Sold on self prescribed pollution, just distorting what was real. And so it goes in the throes of what I can't overcome. Painfully numb, dear diary this battle's on the verge of emergency. Here's a note to myself, back to the wall. The higher you get, girl the further you fall. Here's a note to myself, alone in my pain. How close can you come to the edge before you walk away? Before you walk away, before you walk away.

The People In The Attic

These are the words that set me FREE, WE ARE THE LAST OF WHAT USED TO BE. Every breath, every moment, they're getting closer and closer to me. STRIPPING MY DIGNITY, with every brick as it's broken. Stealing hope from my whole family, lights out. THE PATH THAT GOD HAS LIT GROWS EVER DARKER, BUT MY FAITH GOES FURTHER NOW. I didn't want to be a freaking martyr, but I can't put my pen down. I stare through the cracks of my life in slow motion. As my world crumbles down around me, I write the words that set me free. ALWAYS GLUED TO THE RADIO, getting lost in the attic. As the attic is taking its toll, can't we all just go?! I'm freaking sick of the inside, we're alive yet deprived and alone. Alive yet deprived and alone, but never on our own. I stare through the cracks of my life in slow motion, as my world crumbles down around me. I write the words that set me free, these are the words that set me free. THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT SET ME FREE. Yeah, good morning sir, I am officer silberbauer of the SS oh yeah? You are harboring enemies of the state, are you not? yes, take me to them now. NO. I stare through the cracks of my life in slow motion, as my world crumbles down around me. I write the words that set me free, these are the words that set me free , these are the words that set me free.

Tess-Timony

A makeshift smile, a polished look. Some unrehearsed lines was all it took, he had it down man, he was good. A woman screams, her mother weeps. A life so changed irrevocably, what he stole from her is gone for good. I see sirens spinning around through my eyelids, as he begs and he pleads just like I did. Is this what my life is? Restless and silent, where all I can do is survive. When the purest soul is stained by sin, to the public eye where can she begin. She lost it all and it's gone for good, and she may never beat the system. But she won't rest until she's turned the villain to the victim. I see sirens spinning around through my eyelids, as he begs and he pleads just like I did. Is this what my life is? Restless and silent, where all I can do is survive. So officer please, that's the man who destroyed my existence. Yeah, he begged and he screamed just like I did. And for this I was willing to die. It was all I could do to survive. (it was all I could do to survive) (it was all I could do to survive) 

Hell In The Hallways

The girl that was lost, the girl no one saved, with blood on her face. The girl that they crossed, they'll never contain and no one is safe. The girl that was lost, the girl no one saved, with blood on her face. The girl that they crossed, they'll never contain and no one is safe. Maye now they'll remember her name! Ostracized and terrorized. The outcast knows no way to survive, plagued by fear. Year after year, her cries for help fell on deaf ears. Forever unknown and so alone, where the hell in the hallways, always feels like home. The girl that was lost, the girl no one saved, with blood on her face. Maybe now they'll remember her name, the girl that they crossed, they'll never contain and no one is safe. Maybe now they'll remember her name, stepped on like crud and drowned in their spit. They tore her world apart for their own benefit, but they can't hold back. The certain wrath of a pissed off prom queen psychopath, the girl that was lost, the girl no one saved with blood on her face. Maybe now they'll remember her name, the girl that they crossed, they'll never contain and no one is safe. Maybe now they'll remember her name. When happily ever after, came crashing from the rafters. She knew she wasn't meant to wear their crooked crown. But look who's laughing now, and now the moment you've all been waiting for. Your bates high prom queen for 1976 is Carrie White. Covered in blood, they call it good clean fun. But now her mind is a weapon that they can't outrun, when rivals attack. A school's spirit strikes back. The girl that was lost, the girl no one saved with blood on her face. Maybe now they'll remember her name. The girl that they crossed, they'll never contain and no one is safe. Maybe now they'll remember her name. When happily ever after, came crashing from the rafters. She knew she was never meant to wear their crooked crown. But look who's laughing now, look who's laughing now hahaha. But look who's laughing now, but look who's laughing now, look who's laughing now. 

Fourth Album: The Silver Scream

The American Nightmare
Getting ready for bed at a regular time, is one of the most important habits you can learn. David has probably never stopped to think what a wonderful thing sleep is. Dreams are normal too, going to bed at a regular time each night, makes it easier to go right off to sleep. Rest your head, here's a lullaby. A melody for heavy eyes, early to bed early to die. Welcome to your worst nightmare. Fast asleep, it's all in your head now. Past the street where they cursed my name, but I won't be forsaken. Craven my revenge from the shallow grave, where I went down in flames. The beast has been awakened when night comes creeping, my cruel hand will rock you to sleep. I'm the American nightmare, with American dreams. Of counting the bodies while you count sheep, I'm the American nightmare. Yeah I'm living the dream, I'm slashing my way through the golden age, of the silver scream. Sweet dreams. Fell in love with hate, cause evil fit like a glove. It's fate that I', still here and I won't be forsaken. Wicked when I was just a man, but sickened now and fed by fear. The beast has been awakened now, they all think it's just pretend. You'll never sleep again, all your friends are freaking dead. You can't turn down your own deathbed, when night comes creeping. My cruel hand will rock you to sleep, I'm the American nightmare. With American dreams, of counting the bodies while you count sheep. I'm the American nightmare. Yeah, I'm living the dream. I'm slashing my way through the golden age of the silver scream. I'm the American nightmare, I'm the man of the dreams. Now the cloth is cut, so I'm sinking my claws in the silver scream. One, two, dreams come true. Three, four, see you at the morgue. Five, six, he'll get his fix. Seven, eight, now shake the twisted hand of fate. No! Now shake the twisted hand of fate, all your friends are freaking dead. When night comes creeping, my cruel hand will rock you to sleep. I'm the American nightmare, with the American dreams. Of counting the bodies while you count sheep, I'm the American nightmare, yeah I'm living the dream. I'm slashing my way through the golden age of the silver scream. I'm the American nightmare, I'm the man of your dreams. Now the cloth is cut, so I'm sinking my claws in the silver scream.

Thank God It's Friday

He drowned in all our sins, he drowned in our mistakes. Fueled by the flood, we  pay in blood. The curse of Crystal Lake, Ki-Ki-Ki, Ma-Ma-Ma. Ki-Ki-Ki, Ma-Ma-Ma. Ki-Ki-Ki-, Ma-Ma-Ma. We've all been laid to rest, our epitaph reads mommy knows best. A word of warning from the beyond the grave, that must be understood. Throats get slit in this neck of the woods, she raised him right and he'll come out to play. When mother whispers, thank God it's Friday. He drowned in all our sins, he drowned in our mistakes. Fueled by the flood, we pay in blood. The curse of Crystal Lake, he's down there deep within. We've found there's no escape, you just scratched the surface. Of the curse of Crystal Lake. Caught undressed we were laid to rest, a drunken sex crazed teenage mess. Killed in the climax of debauchery, we learned the hard way. When he came for our lives on the thirteenth day. Did you know my son drowned in this lake, he should've been supervised. But the counselors were off having filthy sex, he name was Jason. And today is his birthday, she raised him right and he'll come out to play. When mother whispers thank God it's Friday. He drowned in all our sins, he drowned in our mistakes. Fueled by the flood, we pay in blood. The curse of Crystal Lake, he's down there deep within. We've found there's no escape, you just scratched the surface. Of the curse of Crystal Lake. Don't you know he'll never be gone for good? So we'll never get out of the woods, a machete in one hand. And an axe in the other, steadfast in his mask in the shadow of mother. Ready to resume, you're all doomed. Thanks God it's Friday! Kill for mommy, thank God it's Friday. He'll stop at nothing, forever hunting, Jason's coming. He drowned in all our sins, he drowned in our mistakes. Fueled by the flood, we pay in blood. The curse of Crystal Lake. He's down there deep within, we've found there's no escape. You just scratched the surface, of the curse of Crystal Lake. Ki-Ki-Ki, Ma-Ma-Ma. Ki-Ki-Ki, Ma-Ma-Ma. Ki-Ki-Ki, Ma-Ma-Ma. Ki-Ki-Ki, Ma-Ma-Ma. Ki-Ki-Ki, Ma-Ma-Ma. 

Stabbing In The Dark

In calculated silence, captivated by the violence of the play. Fifteen years ago today, oh an evil evolution. Will bring a feeble institution to it's knees, oh doctor can't you see? That when the hands of fate, fall on the midnight hour. Behind this mas of hate, I don the devil's power. These are the devil's eyes, the devil's eyes. Go! A former portrait of perfection, painted without plight. Now Haddonfield's my battlefield, your kids won't make it home tonight. With a madness void of reason, I kill with every strike. I'll haunt you day after day, knife after knife. Day after day, knife after knife. Taking life after life, when the hands of fate fall on the midnight hour. Behind this mask of hate, I don the devil's power. If there's life in the shadows, let the knife leave its mark. When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing, stabbing in the dark. You'll learn a heartless human harvest, feeds this festival of flesh. Stalking at the top, scream of the crop. A silent cut about the rest, where blood's thicker than water. I've carved up quite a scene, with your worst fears carved on this white veneer. I'll change the face of Halloween, you can't kill the boogeyman. When the hands of fate fall on the midnight hour, behind this mask of hate I don the devil's power. If there's life in the shadows, let the knife leave its mark. When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing, stabbing in the dark. All units respond. Multiple fatalities reported on Orange Grove Ave. Suspect has been identified as one Michael Myers, He is armed and extremely dangerous. Shoot to kill, I repeat, shoot to kill over. I am a shadow where there once was light, strangling all signs of life. It's either you or some kid down the street, the choice is yours. Trick or freaking treat! Michael! Stop it! Ahhhhhh! When the hands of fate fall on the midnight hour, behind this mask of power. If there's life in the shadows, let the knife leave its mark. When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing, stabbing in the dark. 

SAVAGES

We are savages, eating you alive. The original villains in the night, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. We are the savages, we are the savages. Out on the cringe of society's where we lie, cause we're lethal liabilities til we die. Won't heed the call of the law, won't follow the pack. Because the sound of the saw is our soundtrack, hey, hey, hey this is our battle call. (mess with the horn you get the devil) Hey, hey, hey, you're not invincible. (mess with the horns and you get the devil) We are the savages, eating you alive. The original villains in the night, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. We are the savages, we are the savages. Along the cringe of society is where we lie, we're lethal liabilities til we die. Stay at your side of the tracks, if you know what's good. Cause you won't make it out of our neighborhood, hey, hey, hey. This is our battle call. (mess with the horns you get the devil) hey, hey, hey you're not invincible. (mess with the horns you get the devil) We are the savages, eating you alive. The original villains in the night, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. We are the savages, we are the savages. We are the savages, eating you alive. The original villains in the night, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. We are the savages, we are the savages. We are the savages, eating you alive. The original villains in the night, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. We are the savages, we are the savages. hey, hey, hey this is our battle call. (mess with the horns you get the devil) Hey, hey, hey, you're not invincible. (mess with the horns you get the devil) 

The Jig Is Up

No one's above the SAW, live or die. Now the choice is yours, live or die. Their tightening vices unearthed, to prove what they're worth. Amidst their sins, the game begins. A frightening chance to be saved, with blood on the blade. Morality takes casualties, my blueprint to salvation, shall breed a worthy generation. That know they are the ones to blame, and never will forget my name. You want to play a freaking game? All systems go, I saw through the selfish nut saw no soul. They saw through skin, they saw through bone. Out on a limb to save my city, all systems go! They're all just gears in my machine, I savor every puzzled scream. A piece of them to carry with me, all systems go! If the choice is to kill or be killed, let the darker blood spill. Cause it feeds the drive to stay alive, unnatural selection engage. Two rats in a cage, one reborn and one to mourn. My blueprint to salvation, shall breed a worthy generation. That know they are the ones to blame, and never will forget my name. You want to play a freaking game? Then let's play! All systems go! I saw through the selfish but saw no soul, they saw through skin, they saw through bone. Out on a limb to save my city, all systems go. They're just gears in my machine, I savor every puzzled scream. A piece of them to carry with me, all systems go. They said they have a purpose, but they're losing their composure. They said that they were grateful, but the jig is up. Game over. Will you find the integrity, when there's nothing left of me? All systems go. I saw through the selfish but saw no soul, they saw through skin, they saw through bone. Out on a limb to save my city, all systems go. They're all just gears in my machine, I savor every puzzled scream. A piece of them to carry with me, all systems go! 

A Grave Mistake

Here lies a lifeless bride and groom, till death do us part came far too soon. Buildings burn and people die, all of the time. But I heard that you reap what you sow, so around and around we go. And when you see my face, you'll know. You can't save yourself, or save your soul. When you meet the man whose life you stole, with weathered wings and broken bones. A flight for the fallen that flies the crow, you can't save yourself. These vengeful thoughts trapped underneath, rage, scorn, misery. Payback for what you took from me, hope, love, sanity. I heard that you reap what you sow, so here's to believing in ghosts. Now when you see my face you'll know, you can't save yourself. Or save your soul, when you meet the man whose life you stole. With weathered wings and broken bones, a flight for the fallen flies the crow. No forgiveness, just farewell. From the match made in heaven, you sent straight to hell. No forgiveness, no escape. May you rest in pieces for your grave mistake. For your grave mistake. You can't save yourself, or save your soul. When you meet the man whose life you stole, with weathered wings and broken bones. A flight for the fallen flies the crow, you can't save yourself. No, you can't save yourself, for your grave mistake. You can't save yourself.

Rocking The Boat

SHARK! Coastguard this is the orca do read me? Four and a half miles, two east of Amity Island. This is an official distress call over, we all know a place that appears so sublime. But if you dive a little deeper, you'll hit the real bottom line. The head of the town is out there flashing his teeth, a telltale sign about to surface. That there's a monster lurking underneath. They're thrashing around but found, they can't contain a leak. Cause I've got a fish to try, that's feeding on the weak. So cast a line for every life they took, it's time to set the hook. We're all just floating in a shallow grave, buoyed by the blood of the masses. They'd rather sell out that instead of save, we're all so starving that we've taken the bait. You think we would've learned from the past that, the predator will soon become the prey! We all know a place, where the calm flees at night. And safe is just a shadow, so we swim towards the light. If this voyage of valor put us on deck for death, we'll compose scars with each other. Until our very last breath, yeah! They're thrashing around but found, they can't contain a leak. Cause I've got a fish to fry, that's feeding on the weak. So reel it in with every trick in the book, it's time to set the hook. We're all just floating in a shallow grave, buoyed by the blood of the masses. That they'd rather sell out that instead of safe. We're all so starving that we've taken the bait, you think we would've learned from the past that. The predator will soon become the prey, yeah. Coastguard this is orca again, we need you out here now. The boat is under attack, it's a great white, over. Roger that, ETA fifteen minutes, over. In fifteen minutes we'll be freaking shark bait! Last chance to make amends, so try to stay afloat. With sharks like you among up, we'll need a bigger boat. Sold us down the river, so the rich could stay rich. But now you've been caught, so smile you son of a witch. Sinking with the burning embers, should be any sign of doubt. That this tale will be remembered and the tide will forever flush them out. We're all just floating in a shallow grave, buoyed by the masses. They'd rather sell out that instead of safe, we're all so starving that we've taken the bait. You think we would've learned from the past that, the predator will soon become the prey!

Enjoy You Slay

Going down, sir? (Indeed) Here you are, plagued by the past. And down a badly beaten path, lies a place, one of a kind. Cursed by a blinding light that no one can outshine, a mess of a man, his fate unknown. one drink away from a broken home, he can't give up but can't go on like this. A five year old longs to be free, from visions he can't help but see. And a mother who can't understand, that the writing on my walls will tell you how it's gonna be. Oh, can't you see that you're just rats within my halls? To hell with hospitality (and we all scream) welcome to your last resort. Don't overlook the past, if you need help finding peace of mind, don't hesitate to ask. They can see the vacancy, so say goodbye to sanity. We're here to help you on your way, thank you very much, enjoy your slay. Face down in the lap of luxury, freak the comforts of reality. Turn the page, disengage and destroy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, oh I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna bash your freaking brains in! Now the fun has just begun, and one by one your wife and son. Hang in the web you've spun, as family ties come undone. Redrum! The writing on my walls will tell you how it's gonna be, so follow me cross out the words do not disturb. On the doors of depravity (and we all scream) welcome to your last resort, don't overlook the past. If you need help finding peace of mind, don't hesitate to ask. They can see the vacancy, so say goodbye to sanity. We're here to help you on your way, thank you very much, enjoy your slay. An identical scream from 217, slashes to ashes, dust to dust. Hey, Danny, come play with us. Come drain or shine, I'll hit your whole bloodline. Shall we tell old Jack what he's won? A chopping spree around the family tree, where you can hang once all work is done. The writing on my walls will tell you how it's gonna be, oh can't you see that we all scream? Welcome to your last resort, don't overlook the past. If you need help finding peace of mind, don't hesitate to ask. They can see vacancy, so say goodbye to sanity. We're here to help you in your way, thank you very much. And please do keep in touch, enjoy your slay!

Freak Flag

We're taught to be like them, taught to know our place. We kept the pace but we're done pretending, we'll fall blindly through the fairy tale endings. They tried to sell us the convenience and conformity, those are the images of the man that I want to be. Rise up if you agree, and let your freak flags fly. We're all messed up inside, and forced to act like everything's alright. Wave those freak flags high, rejected til we die. To hell with tomorrow, just let your freak flags fly tonight. We're taught to fall in line, taught to know the rules. We've played the fools and we're over the laughter, they can't keep us up in the happily ever afters. They can't sell us on convenience and conformity. Those are the properties of people that we want to be, rise up if you agree. And let your freak flags fly, we're all messed up inside. And forced to act like everything's alright, wave those freak flags high. Rejected til we die, to hell with tomorrow. Just let your freak flags fly tonight, made from a different mould. Stuck in a different skin, we will never back down. We will never fit in, a different breed stuck in different skin. We will never back down, we will never fit in. So let your freak flags fly, we're all messed up inside. And forced to act like everything's alright, wave those freak flags high. Rejected til we die, to hell with tomorrow. Let your freaks flags fly, we're all messed up inside. And forced to act like everything's alright. Wave those freak flags high, rejected til we die. To hell with tomorrow, just let your freak flags fly tonight.

The World In My Hands

Lost on my won, in search of something real. How cruel to be exposed, to everything that I can't touch but still feel. How'd I end up here? So uncomfortable, I'm a stranger in this body, the world's an ugly place. And that's a fact that fate has brought me, I had to diappear so it would all just go away. Now the end is drawing near, and God I wish you would've stayed. It cuts deep cause our hearts are still attached, a deadly touch spreads an itch that can't be scratched. Sometimes I wish it would all just fade to black, I can't go back. Now I'm lost on my own, in search of something real. How cruel to be exposed, to everything that I can't touch but still feel. Lost on my own, they'll never understand. How tragic I suppose, that I almost held the world in my hands. A captive beauty queen, so untouchable. In the town that has disowned me, nice guys finish last. And that's a fact that she has shown me, he made the cut but she deserves a better man. I won't rust like the liars and leather men, hedge my bets cuz it can't hurt to pretend. Until the end. Now I'm lost on my own, in search of something real. How cruel to be exposed, to everything that I can't touch but still feel. Lost on my own, they'll never understand. How tragic to suppose that I almost held the world in my hands. So tell the town below, as death took hold. You watched helplessly, but to hell with letting go. Cause when it snows, if falls to you from me. If falls to you from me. Lost on my own, in search of something real. How cruel to be exposed, to everything that I can't touch but still feel. Lost on my own, they'll never understand. How tragic that I almost held the world in my hands, to hell with letting go. Cause when it snows, if falls to you from me.

Love Bites

I'm tearing London limb from limb, it's tearing me apart, but it's us or them. So howl at the moon, oh, how can it be? The softer the skin, the sharper the teeth yeah! So call the nurse, cause it's worse when I'm alone. I've fallen prey to a curse I can't disown, is it all in my head? Blood on the hands of a man so filled with doubt, but this is love, I just can't live without. (despite the toll of the dead) So howl at the moon, oh, how can it be? The softer the skin, the sharper the teeth. With nowhere to go, nothing to believe. I'm counting on beauty to kill off the beast, yeah! You bit off more than you could chew, but you taste too good to be true. Safe in my arms you will lay, cause every dog has its day. (dog has its day) So howl at the moon, oh, how can it be? The softer the skin, the sharper the teeth. With nowhere to go, nothing to believe. I'm counting on beauty to kill off the beast, so howl at the moon. (so howl at the moon) Oh, how can it be? (oh, how can it be?) The softer the skin, the sharper the teeth. With nowhere to go, nothing to believe. (nothing to believe) I'm counting on beauty to kill off the beast. So just put me down. 

IT Is The End

Allow me to introduce myself, they call me the dancing clown. And you must be Georgie, did you hear my circus was in town? It seems I have your boat here, the storm blew her off track. Just reach your hands down here and take it, if you really want it back. Oh, Georgie. You can trust me sweet child, step right this way. I'm at your service with a smile, believe me IT's nothing to fear. When I feast on your flesh, you'll see that we all float down here! Pick through the past you'll see, I'm living history. Come one, come all. Cause I'm starved for the kill, prey on the pure at heart. Feed on their body parts, I've got some big freaking shoes to kill. Follow me and I'll show you the truth, devastation as the dead lights defuse. Follow me and I'll show you the truth. Face down in the fountain of youth, just like Georgie. IT's all out of hand. So join me. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, catch me at the big top. Buried underground, you know I'm not clowning around. Even with a smile, from ear to freaking ear. IT's everything you know, IT's everything you fear. A carnival of carnage, that much you assume. But it's more than just a costume and red balloons, IT's coming back around every 27 years. IT's everything you know, IT's everything you fear. So let go, you knw what makes me smile? Devoured juveniles, their innards tangled in my twisted grin. Chuckled so hard I choked, call in an inside joke. They say that laughter's the best medicine, follow me and I'll show you the truth. Face down in the fountain of youth, just like Georgie. IT's all out of hand. So join me. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Catch me at the big top, buried underground. You know I'm not clowning around, even with a smile. From ear to freaking ear, IT's everything you know, IT's everything you fear. A carnival of carnage, that much you assume. But it's more than just a costume and red balloons, IT's coming back around every 27 years. IT's everything you know, IT's everything you fear. So let go, IT is the end. IT's come again, believe IT or not. You'll disappear, IT cannot be fought. We all float down here, IT is the end. IT's come again, believe IT or not. You'll all disappear, IT cannot be fought. We all float down here, IT is the end, IT's come again. Believe IT or not, you'll all disappear. IT cannot be fought, we all float down here, we all float down here. IT's come again, believe IT or not. You'll all disappear, IT cannot be fought, we all float down here.

Rainy Day

Run, crawl through the holes in the evidence, where the evil has taken up residence. No faith in what red and white will say, they save the truth for a rainy day. Fall through the cracks, with the casualties. Where freedom's thrown out with morality, become a solider for the controller. Or battle till you beat the game, are you listening to the whispering? Is it sinking in, cause it's sickening. Will you take the bait while you suffocate? Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark. Run. A call to survivors has just come through, resist the zombie they'll make of you. Call out the lies, blow the storm away. Don't save the truth for a rainy day. Are you listening to the whispering? Is it sinking in, cause it's sickening. Will you take the bait while you suffocate? Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark. In the dark. (something is creeping) The dark, in the dark. (something is creeping) There is no next level, all access denied. Ignorance is past tense, game over you died. Oh, become a solider for the controller, or battle till you beat the game. Are you listening to the whispering? Is it sinking in, cause it's sickening? Will you take the bait, while you suffocate? Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark. Are you listening to the whispering? Is it sinking in, cause it's sickening? Will you take the bait, while you suffocate? Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark, in the dark. Run, don't save the truth for a rainy day.

F.L.Y.

I won't deny, the way time flies. When we're close to the end, now I'm thinking. I spent my life, learning to fly. Despite a constant descent, I was born to fly. They say moral mistakes might mutate, despite these gifted hands. I'm not saying I'm not playing God, I'm not saying I'm not playing God. So I'm raising the stakes, activate. Soon, they'll understand. I'm not saying I'm not playin God, While they're praying, I'm just saying. I won't deny, the way time flies. When we're so close to the end, and now I'm thinking. I spent my life, learning to fly. Against a constant descent, and now I'm thinking. Cracking the code simply bolsters, the bounds of the brain. I'm not saying I'm not playing God, I'm not saying I'm not playing God. But this foul insect, undetected just fused with my frame. I'm not saying I'm not playing God, I'm not saying I'm worth saving. I won't deny, the way times flies. When we're so close to the end, and now I'm thinking. I spent my life, learning to fly. Against a constant descent, and now I'm thinking. Faster and faster, I circle disaster now. And I can't stop this fluttering free fall, headed for hell's walls now, now. And now I'm thinking, I won't deny. The way time flies, when we're so close to the end. And now I'm thinking, I spent my life. Learning to fly, against a constant descent. And now I'm thinking, and now I'm thinking. I was born to fly.