V1 The spark is out, Try to relight it but I ain't got no flint, Keep rubbin sticks together but I cant seem to make The friction needed to begin, Try to get a grip, hold on to the fragments left, Of a life that I once knew, Though I choose my own destruction, I can't seem to just break through, All the walls that I've put up, And all the ones that others built, Enclosed in concrete, can't break free, Can't stay driven by guilt, So I take the pill like a good boy, Drink the medicine like I been told, How many more years can I handle it, While my flesh is growing cold Chorus How could I let it come to this, I can see no way out, These walls are so tall that I'm losing my mind, And I can't breath V2 Drownin in an ocean of potion, With the notion that it heals, But the harm is gettin much worse than the joy I feel, Brakes sqweel while the rubber slides, Hold the wheel, Try to miss the wall but I hit, Full speed through the barrier strip, Stand up, feet lose their grip, And I slip back in the broken whip, Pinned in to this hell, Try to get the fuck out but I fail, And as the cops arrive and they try to revive, Thought pops in my mind, Do I wanna survive? Stay alive to strive for what? To open doors that I'll slam shut? To hurt more than I already have? To take more while you pay the tab? Chorus Lay your eyes and see what you've made, Torn apart from the inside out, Won't be long until I finally break, Away from these chains V3 I just wanna be able to pay back the good deeds, Harvest the seeds implanted in me, Pick all the weeds between the concrete, Hope the all recede, until then I bleed, Regrets will always supercede, All the things that I've done right, As a child of the night, I stay outta the light, Too bright, my sight don't like white, And so I write this plea to my concience, Hope that motherfucker listens in, Let me live a little less tormented, Make a little better decisions, Help me to see my wrongs, Struggle but find my way, Before all hope is gone, For this I hope and pray I cant fight it anymore, Theres no more I can do, To take back the things that I've done, I can't run, I've heard this all before, Its nothin new to me, This life I can't endore, Here for the world to see, How many times will I survive

V1 Are you ready, Take a minute to prep, Choose sides, who you gonna rep, Makes no difference to me, I know my side, I know where my heart lies, Just know, be ready to ride if you don't respect mine, Overwhelming how divided we've become, Yet we need to be or else we'll never overcome, Our opposition already has the upper hand, Demand respect and remand their plan, We need an uprise, It's class warfare, From the very top, It's in the fuckin air, It'n the food we eat, Poison in EVERYTHING, Chemicalized for the profits of the rich when we die, From the cancer that they sell with a smile, If we make it long enough before we wind up on trial, Or with a bullet to the dome, Seems to be how it goes, In this country I'm embarrased to call my home Chorus I can't believe my eyes, This world I find, Is no longer mine, All alone, With nowhere to go, I can't pretend, This is not the end V2 Militarization of a free nation, Might as well be Iraq with the heat the cops pack, Protect and serve, More like inslave and inprison, Ain't my vision of Democracy, It's Capitolism, It's no longer "For the people, By the people, Of the people" It's made by the corperations and they're evil, Cause by nature they grow and gain, Without regard for anything, Human rights ain't good for marketing, And since our lawmakers are owned by the money they spend, Laws never get passed the money on the back end, So who's to benefit, It ain't the little guy, You can be anything you want if you work, That's just a fuckin lie, Freedoms been compromised, No need to testify, Because a bullet in between the eyes, Is one less that wants the prize, Don't kid yourself, it ain't conspiracy, It's reality, It's something that you need to see Chorus V3 While you sit back and watch your mainstream news, Do you even have a clue of how they mute the truth, Pull the wool over your eyes, Colored red white and blue, While pharmaceutical ads pay for the lies you view, Agendas pushed to the lower from the upper class, Absorbed by people who scared of what they hear in mass, Soakin up the toxins like a sponge, Too high on poison for their body to expunge, Misinformation, Should be aggravation, Time to wake up, Alarm the whole nation, Pardon me, I might seem impatient, Cause I am and its time that we hit the pavement, Forward march, Stand up to the people that are holdin us back, Help us make'em retract, All we want is equality, or somethin near, We shouldn't have to live in fear.

V1 I look around and I find, The spirit of our kind, Been slowly desecrated, Miscommunications inside of the system, We ride on the broken rails of time, I see that cliff ahead, But I can only try to stop the train, Why, When all I can do watch, listen and fear, All of the things that my peers, Manifest over the years, All of the tears, All of the screams, All the lost sleep, All the bottles, All the unseen battles in between, Chorus I've been thinking about my life, Days of thievin and alibis, Never knowin how life would turn out, Tell me why can't you sleep at night, Looking on the inside, You gotta let it go, To the world that you left behind, V2 I tried to escape the confines of mankind, To no avail, Tried to ignore this atrocity called America, Pride's no longer what I feel inside, It's the polar opposite, Lost sheep in the herd in some corparation's pocket, Profit like pirates perpetrating while people are pillaged, Villages damaged while they feast on the image, And dreams diminish, Swallowed by greed and a false sense of purpose, The massed shuffle along to find that life is worthless, Cause on the surface is their nerve, No deeper roots sewn, Shallow thoughts are all we're programmed to know, And so I go on everyday like a pawn in the game, Am I insane or are we really the same, And what made them change. Chorus V3 As a man I walk the surface of this earth as a parasite, As I feed off the bites that I take from the site, Of the scars that were left, and the new ones we leave, And it seems as if we're making more than we can percieve, But no one grieves for the loss of intelligence, Knowledge was power, Now I guess it's irrelivent, Kept in the dark, we feel around in an ignorant bliss, And our hands will never come across the edge of their abyss, One day I'll kiss the sky, And all the answers why, Will come right to my eyes, No need to summarize, Till then I'm stuck right here, Can't make no sense of it, Why am I the only one left, That wants to make more of the life I live.

> V1 > Ain't no runnin from the choice you made, > Way too late to exaggerate your rights, > Done wrong so many ways so many times, > How the fuck you still gone fight, > Every night that you lie awake > Thinking about what coulda been, should been, woulda been, > Nobody listenin, quit bitchin, shoulda been practicing what your preachin, > Heartbroken words floating on so many lies, > Just skim across the surface till they grow and capsize, > How can I, just close my eyes, > I turned my back to the wind, With a solemn promise to myself, > I'll never let you in > > Chorus > How many times must I go through this > > New loves begin on the ruins you left behind > > Lying awake to the sounds of delusion > > Don't cry, stop trying to find, it's already left behind > > It's way too late for this to end right > > Already said and done > > My dreams no longer set aside > > V2 > Ain't no use in holding on, > Everything that was there is gone, > And now it's time you gotta be strong, > I've played that backbone way too long, > Remember when I held you up, > Put you on a pedestal while you pushed me down, > Do you remember now, > Cause I remember how > Everytime that I needed you the most you was runnin round, > Lemme break it down, > I never needed you I wanted you, > but you presumed that everything you do is just acceptable, > Now I had open arm that tried to wrap around your view, > Stretched them so far that they bruised, > But I would never rip them off for you > > Chorus > > V3 > Ain't no way that I'll take you back, > Take your cocaine, Fuck your pack, > I don't need the act, step back, > Tryin to state facts, not start wars, > Trying to move past, just move forward, > I could never understand the traces, > Wasted some years tryin to fake it, face it, > I ain't even gonna try to brace it, I'll pace it, > While I try to find my own oasis, > Just take this as a means to an end, > Whatever still lives in you, in me is surely dead, > As usual I gotta be that one to hold my head above the water, > No navigation mislead, I just move ahead, > Teardrops and bloodstains can be washed away, > But the scars gonna stick with me for the rest of my days, > Out of the Haze I rise, my eyes are open wide, > On that clear path in front of me as new love presides > > Chorus > > This is a battle I've already won

V1 Everybody tries but makes mistakes in their lives, I cannot reject them cause I've made them all, Maybe once, probably twice, Everytime I move forward I take 14 steps back, How can I relax when attacks climax, Whips crack, never seem to impact though, Long ago, I was told, Never let go of your soul, Never stop, Let it roll, People always take their toll, Everyday I'm strugglin', Chin's up but the thoughts are bubblin', Boilin' over, Burnin' bridges, Invalid values, Can't change the switches. Chorus I can't seem to let go Take your time just take it slow V2 Everything around me, just astounds me, And surrounds me with walls, I can never comprehend why and how, Keeps me withdrawn, Everybody else feels emotions, From what they've been taught, As I feel, What nature intended, Distraught.... How this world works, Fuckin' travesty, How can it be? Money over everything, Material suffering, Diamonds and pearls valued over life, Lil' boys and girls starve every night, Keep lookin out, Tryin to find the light, I try so hard but never make it right. Chorus Bridge What have we become When we as a species Regect nature for artificial Neglect each other because it's beneficial Murder children in the name of God Imprison each other over plants Is this what was intended Or what we made it to be Because I cannot see your ways As we cause our own extinction Can you say with honesty That our laws are what make us safe Or what tear us apart Because in my heart I feel the greed of mankind What have we become, Don't let us slip away, I long for better days, While happiness fades away, But I won't let it bring me down, Theres always a sweeter sound, Find comfort in what's around, V3 Now is our time, Now it's our chance, Don't just try to fan the flames, Time to take a stand and march, And rise against their games, Paint our own future, In our own frame, With our own brush, Make our own name, Stand up and exclaim, WE ARE NOT THE SAME Individual, Indivisable, Unconditional, Not Residuals, Feed me to the wolves, But I'll bounce back and attack, Step the fuck back, We're the key to society We are everything, Won't go silently, Our own demise is our own lies, Open your eyes And we will rise What about hope What about peace What about life What about dreams Not about you Not about war Not about greed I am not yours