1. |
Falling Apart
01:37
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Take a look around and tell me what you see.
We're falling apart, torn right at the seams.
This dream will never last if we continue this way.
We need to save our future by changing today.
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2. |
The Devil's Game
02:36
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Staring down from the head of the table
And he looks at you dead in the eyes.
He tells you stories just like childrens fables,
He's teaching you who you should despise.
In desperation the whole world is listening
We need another victim to blame.
No hesitation, we just follow blindly
As we're drawn into the devil's game.
TV Screens show another world
That allows you to look the other way.
These artificial paradises
Distracting you from what he has to say.
Another leader, another party
Recycling the same things again.
And yet still we just follow blindly
Like we're pawns in the Devil's Game.
He walks away from the ravaged carcass
Of the world that he swore he would protect.
He wipes his hands whilst he fills his pockets
Whilst we stare in despair and regret.
A new man takes his place at the table
And he knows exactly who's to blame.
But no longer will we follow blindly
Or be part of the Devil's Game.
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3. |
The Innocent
01:45
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Can you hear the children screaming?
They're trapped behind the walls.
Can you hear their mothers weeping
Right behind the doors?
Can't you see there's no agenda?
They're not forming a crusade.
The innocent are dying in the countries we've betrayed.
Statistics keep on changing, so we have no idea
If they’re spreading love or if they’re spreading fear.
When the bastards in their towers decide to lock the doors.
There’l be no-one left to save them and no-one to fight their cause.
Hatred spreads like wildfire in a world thats filled with lies.
The innocent are dying, we continue with our lives.
Can you hear the children screaming?
They're trapped behind the walls.
Can you hear their mothers weeping
Right behind the doors?
Can't you see there's no agenda?
They're not forming a crusade.
The innocent are dying in the countries we've betrayed.
We need a call to action, stop living in the haze.
It will be too late to save them when you’re standing on their graves.
A boy found on the beach can turn a nation to despair,
But if you wait another week then no-one seems to care.
These people have no future unless they find a place to hide.
The innocents are dying, we’re too focused on our pride.
Can you hear the children screaming?
They're trapped behind the walls.
Can you hear their mothers weeping
Right behind the doors?
Can't you see there's no agenda?
They're not forming a crusade.
The innocent are dying in the countries we've betrayed.
There's blood on your hands and theres blood on my hands too.
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4. |
Is This The End?
03:06
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I’m sick of all those sleepless nights just waiting for the call.
You always say you miss me but do you even care at all?
I’m sick of wondering what I’ve done to make you act this way.
If you want me out of your life then its kinder just to say.
I hate the way you always ask why we never talk no more.
When I’m the one who's trying but your shutting up your door.
I hate the way that I just can’t stop and move on with my life.
I hate the way your silence cuts deeper than the knife.
But I’ve cried for the last time, you pushed me past the line.
I can’t stand to wait no more so I’m picking myself up from the floor
I’ve said all I need to say. Is this the end?
I miss all of those sleepless nights when you wouldn’t hang up the phone.
Even when you weren’t here I never felt alone.
I miss the way you look at me, I miss those little notes.
I miss the sneaking round and I miss our little jokes.
But I’ve cried for the last time, you pushed me past the line.
I can’t stand to wait no more so I’m picking myself up from the floor.
I’ve said all I need to say. Is this the end?
I’m sick of all those sleepless nights just waiting for the call.
I always knew this day would come, my life would hit the wall.
All I need is closure, one more message for you to send.
Something for me to clarify that this really is the end.
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5. |
Click Click Boom
01:55
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Staring down from his ivory throne,
Passing out judgement from the safety of his home.
She’s got no protection from the power he yields.
Its life or death depending how he feels.
Click Click Boom and the world goes black,
Everything gone at the push of a button.
Starting a war of self righteous shame,
It's easy to attack when no-one knows your name.
The mob mentality takes control,
You take away her liberties and kill your soul.
Click Click Boom and the world goes black,
Everything gone at the push of a button.
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6. |
Cardboard City
03:39
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Sun is burning, wind is chilling, ground is numbing, food ain’t filling.
Rain is soaking, bodies aching, bruises showing, heart is breaking.
Standing in the open but no-one seems to see.
Someone else’s problem or thats what they believe.
Take the bus to cardboard city.
Our perfect world it ain’t so pretty.
Spend the night in cardboard city oh no.
Take the bus to cardboard city.
Our perfect world it ain’t so pretty.
Spend the night in cardboard city oh no.
Sun is burning, wind is chilling, ground is numbing, food ain’t filling.
Rain is soaking, bodies aching, bruises showing, heart is breaking.
No longer treated like humans, just another stray.
Fighting for survival every single day
Take the bus to cardboard city.
Our perfect world it ain’t so pretty.
Spend the night in cardboard city oh no.
Take the bus to cardboard city.
Our perfect world it ain’t so pretty.
Spend the night in cardboard city oh no.
Sweep the crumbs under the table
Nothing for you to see
Sweep the crumbs under the table
No-one but you and me
Take the bus to cardboard city.
Our perfect world it ain’t so pretty.
Spend the night in cardboard city oh no.
Take the bus to cardboard city.
Our perfect world it ain’t so pretty.
Spend the night in cardboard city oh no.
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7. |
Polaroid Palace
03:51
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Sat here on my own at the edge of the world.
We’ve gone our separate ways.
There’s nothing I can see that’s ahead of me,
But its too late to turn back
Stare into your eyes, but I just can’t see.
Your pictures fading right in front of me.
Trying to hold on, but I just can’t stay.
Your polaroid palace slowly fades away.
I left everybody long ago,
But they're right here by my side.
Sat here on my own, whilst they comfort me
Your picture fades to white.
My polaroid palace goes up in flames.
I can see your faces but I don’t know your names.
I found an old photo of a place called home,
It burned up in my hands and left me all alone.
Stare into your eyes but I just can’t see.
Your pictures fading right in front of me.
Trying to hold on but I just can’t stay.
Your polaroid palace slowly fades away.
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8. |
Campaign Of Lies
02:50
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Headlines saying that you’ll show us the way.
Everybody’s listening to what you have to say.
Just a different rendition of the same old shit.
You can paint it how you want, but we’re not buying it.
And you launch into a campaign of lies again and again and again.
You’re manipulating thousands of lives again and again and again.
You bought our souls at the voting polls and then you sold them for a better price.
Yeah, you’re ruling on a campaign of lies again and again and again.
Take the money and run and don’t look back.
You’ve got what you wanted and you’ve filled your sack.
Get as far as you can before they realise the truth,
That you’ve sold a fake story to a mislead youth.
And you launch into a campaign of lies again and again and again.
You’re manipulating thousands of lives again and again and again.
You bought our souls at the voting polls and then you sold them for a better price.
Yeah, you’re ruling on a campaign of lies again and again and again.
How can we ever trust a man like you?
When you never follow through with what you’l say you’l do.
Just trample our faces down in the mud.
You’re counting out your coins whilst you’re spilling our blood.
This brave new world is just an echo of the past.
Your campaign of lies will never last!
And you launch into a campaign of lies again and again and again.
You’re manipulating thousands of lives again and again and again.
You bought our souls at the voting polls and then you sold them for a better price.
Yeah, you’re ruling on a campaign of lies again and again and again.
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9. |
Father Please Forgive Me
02:08
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Father please forgive me for all the things I’ve done.
I’m fighting a losing battle that the Devil has already won.
Father please convince me that you have a greater plan.
I’m begging please forgive me. You’re the only one who can.
I feel the ropes pull tighter, they’re tearing me apart.
I feel the weights are pushing down, down upon my heart.
Bitter taste of my betrayal, piercing through my skin.
No source of redemption, to save me from my sins.
Father please forgive me for all the things I’ve done.
I’m fighting a losing battle that the Devil has already won.
Father please convince me that you have a greater plan.
I’m begging please forgive me. You’re the only one who can.
I lie awake at night and your face is all I see.
Your sadness turns to anger as you’re staring down at me.
The reality of my actions has hit me like a train.
The more I stop to think, the more I go insane.
Father please forgive me for the way that I’ve behaved.
I’m destined for damnation but I’m desperate to be saved.
Father please assist me, become the greater man.
I’m begging please forgive me, you’re the only one who can.
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10. |
Sick Of Smiling
04:18
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Never break the facade, so many tools I use to hide.
Distraction and deception to hide the world inside.
The cracks begin to spread as the pressure starts to rise,
And I’m so sick of smiling, so sick of smiling.
Tear this world apart and try to stick it back in place.
Disguise the way you’re feeling with that grin across your face.
Laugh your way through life or all you’l do is cry.
Why vent your frustrations when its easier to lie?
Everything's good, everything's great.
Please don’t tell me my smile is fading.
Everything’s fine, why do you ask?
How can you see behind the mask?
I’m losing my grip, losing control, losing some part within my soul.
Time to tell you the truth, theres no use in denying.
I’m so sick sick sick of smiling.
I’ve had enough of being told to take it on the chin.
To shake it off and be a man and keep things locked within.
We can’t keep on this track that we know will crash and burn,
And I’m so sick of smiling, so sick of smiling.
Take a deep breath and tell them how it is.
The longer that you leave it, the further you’l regress
Into the cell that you’ve been building behind these concrete walls,
And no-one will be there to catch you when you slip and fall.
Everything's good, everything's great.
Please don’t tell me my smile is fading.
Everything’s fine, why do you ask?
How can you see behind the mask?
I’m losing my grip, losing control, losing some part within my soul.
Time to tell you the truth, theres no use in denying.
I’m so sick sick sick of smiling.
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11. |
Your Song
02:41
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You hold my hand as we walk this autumn path,
Treasuring each moment as if it were our last.
Stare into your eyes as you whisper me sweet truths.
There may be nothing left to gain, but there’s everything to lose.
I walk this path alone as you slowly fade away.
Your shadow growing lighter with the passing of each day.
We went our separate ways when the pathway split in two,
But I just keep on walking, I walk this path for you.
The list is every growing with the things I should have done,
To show how much you meant to me, this song is number one.
It’s taken years to write this and I know its over due.
The one thing that I know is that I wrote it all for you.
The leaves begin to fall as you fade into the trees.
I’m crawling through the dirt and now I’m on my hands and knees.
This walk is so much harder without the guidance of my friend,
But I’l just keep on walking until I reach the end.
This labyrinth of pathways that I know still lies ahead,
Where some are for the living and some are for the dead.
We never really know which path is ours or where its to,
But I walk my autumn path and I sing this song for you.
You hold my hand as we walk this autumn path,
Treasuring each moment as if it were our last.
Stare into your eyes as you whisper me sweet truths.
There may be nothing left to gain, but there’s everything to lose.
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