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Instrumental
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2. |
Everything Is Gone
03:59
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Verse 1:
Cracks in the mirror, Remind me
Of what I can be
This thing I hate is framed
In a lens of truth
Pre-chorus:
I don't know what I am
But I know you
You are the end of everything
Chorus:
I've gotta get away from you
(Can't get away, can't get away from me)
To change what I have become
(Slip into, slip into the void)
But you and I are one
(I am you, you are me)
And everything is gone
Verse 2:
Desperate scars on the wall
Now shown for all
Two stories, with one end
No way to amend
Chorus
Solo
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3. |
My Kind
04:57
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Verse 1:
The ball and chain around myself
Around this idol of you
Sticks and stones will break them bones
These words will never suit you
The crown I wear upon my head
It cuts them scares that never fade
Royalty, made of lies
This is all that we made
Verse 2:
You said that I was your type
Of game that you could play
You said that I was your kind
Of bet you couldn't lose
Verse 2b:
King of, nothing
For a, season
Being, undone
For no, reason
Chorus
These darkened skies light up my eyes
The better to see behind your white lies
Hide the truth from your sight
Try to live the lie one more night
Bridge:
You are my kind of treason
The kind that's done without reason
You are my kind of torture
I wonder when it's over
You are my kind of mistake
The one I learn for my sake
You are my kind of grave
Shallow and I can't be saved
(And I can't be saved)
Bridge 2:
You are my kind of treason
You are my kind of torture
You are my kind of mistake
You are my kind of grave
You're not my kind of life
You're not my kind of end
You're not my source of pain
You're not my end of game
Chorus
(I don't know if I told you)
Bridge 3:
You're not my kind of treason
You're not my kind of torture
You're not my kind of mistake
You're not my kind of grave
You're not my kind of life
You're not my kind of end
You're not my kind of pain
You're not my end of game
(Good Riddance)
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4. |
The Illusion
04:11
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Verse 1:
If the question's real
Is there an answer to reveal?
I push the pieces together
The vain edges weather
Chorus:
And I see mirages haunt, my life (my life)
The veiled illusion covers, my eyes (my eyes)
(It's the illusion of it all)
Verse 2:
The crooked lines are crossed
My signs point to lost
I've gotta search for a reason
For life's little treason (treason)
Chorus
(It's the illusion of hope, it's the illusion of faith, it's the illusion in all of us, IT'S THE ILLUSION OF IT ALL)
Chorus
Outro:
Still I see mirages haunt, my life (my life)
The veiled illusion covers, my eyes (my eyes)
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5. |
Frantic
04:35
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Verse 1:
One, two, three, four
The ticking clock wants more
Gotta make, gotta make a quick escape
Gotta take the chance to break
Away from the mistake
What's the plan, is it our last stand?
Are we going to make demands?
Is the line drawn in bloody sand?
Set yourself, stay the course
Kill remorse, cut the source
With a force that fears all that you are
Pre-chorus 1:
Rise up, off your knees
Take it up, the legacy
Give up, being weak
Lose control of your:
Senses, Self, Pride, Restraint
Vanity, Sanity, Dignity, Faith
Chorus:
Wasted on keeping you down
Time now a thorny crown
Carry your burden no more
Time to, settle the score
These shells cannot endure
A storm inside so wild and pure
The frantic clock's the system shock
Verse 2:
Nature's beat, our hearts the metronomes
We write our pain in tomes
A way for us to absolve sin
Now say it with a grin
But never let it win, or let it in
Now it's too late
This virus called life
We fight to survive
Pre-chorus 2:
Kneel, Down
Bow, Down
Lose it All
Senses, Self, Pride, Restraint
Vanity, Sanity, Dignity, and Faith
Chorus
Bridge and Breakdown
Chorus x2
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6. |
Breathe
03:24
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Instrumental
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7. |
Glass Half Empty
06:34
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Verse 1:
This familiar taste, so sour
At this, timely hour
You're poison in my veins
It makes these efforts vain
But I, should have seen the light
And I should have known, you were right
Just pour another, Just embrace and smother
Chorus:
Behind the little lies you've sold
You can't take it back, you won't take it back
I'd rather be, dead and cold
Cause my time's almost gone
You can't take me back, you won't take me back
You won't take me back, anymore
Verse 2:
At the bottle's bottom
This life's final autumn
You're the one who knows
Where my weakness goes
I don't mind this stout
It's what life has poured out
Come on just give me another
We know there's no other way, out
Chorus
(Time's just, wasting away
And this, glass is empty)
Pre-chorus:
I think we're done here
Just so that we're clear
I've heard it all before
All those times you swore
My glass is now half gone
No time left to hang on
Sand seeps through the crack
And there's no going back
Chorus
Outro
Behind the little lies
You can't take it back, you won't take it back
I'd rather be dead and cold
Cause my time's all up
You can't take me back, you won't take me back
You won't take me back (there)
Anymore
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8. |
To Get Up Again
05:44
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Verse 1:
A bed like a tomb
Seal me from inside
Protect me from doom
From the outside
Pre-chorus:
Should I stay
Die another day
Chorus:
I'm pushed down to the floor
I don't want it, I don't want it anymore
Choking on all these pills
I don't want to feel, I just want to feel
Screaming out till the end
I will not, I will not bend
Just beginning to
To get up, to get up again
Verse 2:
A place in my head
The only peace
From demons wanting
Death to cease
Chorus
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9. |
Conquer
07:32
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Verse 1:
This shallow grave
The hollow side
Can't keep me safe
Fear the void
Pre-chorus 1:
And I'll bleed
And I'll scream
Until it crashes down
Chorus
Conquer your fears
They can't hold you down
They can't hold you
Conquer your hate
Or it will consume
It will consume you
Verse 2:
These words for you
Written for two
Jump from the ledge
Sink down then you'll know
Pre-chorus 2:
Know I'm failure
Know I am pain
Know I'm right, just
Know I'm anti - you
Chorus
(Fight) x 8
Bullfighting breakdown
(Fight) (Rise) x4
(Fight) x 8
Chorus x2
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10. |
Burned Out
04:52
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Instrumental
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11. |
A Falling Star
06:09
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Verse 1:
Waves through space and time
Distortion left behind
Days fall back to night
Perfection in demise
Verse 2:
Shot for all the stars
Lost in cosmic ocean
Fought to stay afloat
Now drowning and burning
Chorus:
Fly to the heavens
To see the disaster
I'm falling faster
Fly to the heavens
I'm burning away
(FALL)
Chorus
Outro:
Fall from the heavens
I am the disaster
I'm falling faster
Fall from the heavens
It's do or die
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12. |
Betrayal
05:26
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Verse 1:
So long, to innocence
Ignorant bliss
A coveted, the coveted mess
Lies you dress (lies you dress)
Chorus:
These little lies you've told
False reality you've sold
Fragile promises broken
Nothing needs to be spoken
It's what you would have wanted
(Betrayal)
Verse 2:
You crawl, back for forgiveness
Convenient friends
You wanted back what you lost
You want to know what it had cost
I'll show you
I'll show you what you've done
Chorus
(It's what you wanted)
(I'll show you, I'll show you, I'll show you, I'll show you all)
(Hate)
(I'll Show You)
Chorus
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13. |
The End of It All
08:52
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Verse 1:
The spotless stare entrances me
It shows what I'll fail to be
These rusty chains inside my skin
They pull me limb from limb
Blind my future's only sight
The thread's are pulled too tight
But now I see the world
I never made
Chorus:
Ride the spiral, endless mile
In this hell I've made
Sinking lower, growing colder
The circle's complete
Verse 2:
Behind this visage I can hide
The flaws of my own mind
Self-inflicted scars can speak
What walls cannot repeat
Lay me down to sleep I plead
When I dream it can't feed
On my misery, on my dignity
Chorus
Tempo picks up
Bridge 1:
We'll ride the spiral to the ground
We'll go out without a sound
Just let it go, just let it end
Just trust me, your only friend
Just let go, just give in
Just trust me, your only friend
Just let go, just let go, just let go,
Just
Let
Go
Chorus x2
Bridge 2:
Down and down, you will fall down x 2
Down and down, I will fall down x2
(Down we fall)
Down
Down
Down
Down
Down
I
Fall
(Screams)
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14. |
Outro - To Better Ends
01:25
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Instrumental
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Thomas Rakowitz San Antonio, Texas
Thomas Rakowitz, hailing from Texas, is a songwriter and composer that creates aural pleasure for himself and others. While he generally stays in the hard rock and metal frame of mind, Thomas isn't afraid to bring his fretwork and talent to other genres and stylings. His pieces take cues from many influences, but each still has his signature mark on them. ... more
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