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Ache
03:00
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Time stopped but it wasn’t enough.
Nothing make sense now you’re gone.
I saw a town with nothing said.
I saw remorse in all my friends.
Unanswered questions fill my head, things I should have said, to be comforting, I never felt the pain you were in. Wish my words were your medicine.
Was there anything that I could say? No antidote for this pain. As blossoms fall from the trees, we live in memory.
These black clouds they follow me, like shadows on the moon.
Can’t shake the regret that haunts me, can’t help but think of you.
Is there anything I should have said? Anything to be a better friend? And I’ll forever pray to a god that should have taken me instead.
Take me
Take me
Take me
Take me to a better place.
Is there anything I should have said?
Is there anything I should have said to keep you here?
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Mark a Cross
02:30
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I can't keep it in no more, can't sit back while my city falls, to the greed of man, poisoning us all, time slipping away while we mourn.
Mourning for the working man, mourning for the creative, How can I stand idle while they sell away their heritage?
How do sleep when they face eviction? How do you sleep when they have no voice? No compassion, just the highest bidder, the only person with any choice
Why do they have no choice?
The city hangs on razors edge, profit over population, a game who's allegiance you only pledge.
And what will become of them? Did you give it any thought? Feel the shame brought upon you, as nations lights their pitchforks
That's not a thought I want plaguing my anxious mind, we have to say "forever", we have to stand up and fight.
Change is brought if we fight, attitudes torn asunder, we need to stand and fight.
I won't sit by and watch it crumble, I won't sit by and watch it fall, I won't let this beast consume us, I won't sit by as it grows, grows, grows
Mark a cross on every house,
there's no hope for you here, your city lies asunder, heed the warning if you dare.
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The Only One
03:09
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As the daylight fades and these nights they consume, All I can hear is the sound of your voice, telling me I'm better off without you, but the longing's still there and my heart still aches and my head won't shut you out so I'm lost, so fucking lost.
You are the sound of every winter, every night I've spent alone, the only person left to confide in, the only person I've ever known but this pendulous heart keeps beating and I walk a lovers rope.
Did I ever win your heart at all? I don't know
Did I ever win you heart at all? I won't know
Did I ever win your heart at all? I'll let go
Did I ever win your heart at all?
Repulsed by own reflection, can't stand the sight of me, caught in your eyes comprehension, a lovers travesty And this pendulous hearts still beating and still the choir sings.
Chorus repeat
Can't stand the sight of me
Can't stand the sight of me
If I'm the only one, would your heart still beat for me?
If I'm the only one, would I still care to breathe?
If I'm the only one, tie my noose and watch it break
If I'm the only one, I'll take my love to the grave.
If I'm the only one
If I'm the only one
If I'm the only one
If I'm the only one
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Millstone
02:45
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I refuse to let you sink, under the waves of consequence. All I wish is to absolve your pain and to feel like we were kids again.
I can't see clear; my eyes cloud over with these tears
Can't keep my thoughts at bay. The wolves are at my door calling your name.
I can't find a way, to imagine how you're living these days.
I can't erase, the beast in you that's scaring me to death.
I destroyed my possessions but it will never be enough, to keep out the darkness that's killing both of us, I wanna see you prosper and grow old, Hold the ones you love and never let them go.
I watched you burning, with desire.
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Yield
02:34
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Caged in my head, clawing through the bars, caged like an animal, neglected and starved. Caged by your malice, caged by your love, imprisoned by passion, I'm on the verge of self destruct.
From the ashes I will rise, in these embers is where the stigma goes to die.
As I twist, as I ache, as I yearn to take back my minds control X2
I can't do this anymore, I'm running at exit signs, only to find a padlocked door.
These shackles keep me bound, kept in this darkness, longing for some common ground
Sick of drinking in the dark, if there's one thing I've ever learned there ain't no light without the spark.
I stand with you, I stand with my friends, caged minds till the bitter end.
Caged minds till the bitter end X4
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Clamour
01:56
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Lost in the dark, I can't hear my thoughts over my racing heart. My soul in chains as this fear sinks deep, starving my senses, paralysing me.
And it's getting harder to breathe, with these feelings asphyxiating me.
Bound tight by your grip, this noose of shame won't let me slip, can't shake the feeling that consumes us all, I'm breaking a cycle that's designed for me to fall
My time slips away, the clock-hands shackles, forcing me to stay, upon this earth in which I have no place, with no way out and no saving grace.
Falling
Drowning
I wait for my judgement, while I drown in the light, suspended in purgatory, with hell in my sight.
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Drew Blood
02:45
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Run from the light, chasing eternity, swallowed by pride, filled with uncertainty, feeling the fear, taking its toll. When the hunters are hunted you're no longer safe anymore.
Trapped in the web of your insecurities, there's no way out, vultures are circling, do you feel death, gripping you slow? When the hunters are hunted, the fight to survive takes control.
You can't see the wolves, you can't see the trees, you pray to a god in which you don't believe, every step taken, the last of your life, devoid of purpose, your only way out is to fight.
Heart in your mouth, fear in your eyes, they smell your blood as the panic subsides.
Heed the call of the hounds X4
Suffer the fate of man, as the beast of burden rears its head. Stare into its lifeless eyes, where all your hopes and aspirations die.
Live your nightmare once more
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Open Water
03:12
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No remorse for your victims, manipulative piece of shit, So callous, so hateful, you took our trust and you squandered it.
You won't learn from your mistakes, you will burn upon heavens lake.
No escape from your past life, you'll wear these chains forever more, we were comrades, we were brothers, I watch as from your grace you'll fall.
As the oxygen leaves from your head, I'll be watching every dying breath
You won't learn from your mistakes
You will burn upon heavens lake
You're alone and that's where you'll stay.
Isolated and full of hate
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Red Field
02:01
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You won't understand, you won't know how we feel, void of your emotion, void of any empathy
Plutocratic piece of shit, you rob from the poor and give to the rich, you've worn out your welcome, you've had your time, as the peasants revolt you run for your life, born from privilege, you're all the same, laughing as we die in vein, you're twisted as before, unforgiving and callous in remorse.
See it from our perspective, see you captain a sinking ship, feeling our frustration, as you throw us into the abyss, how do you keep sleeping sound, when we have every restless night? Silver spoon in hand, were all dying in the light.
Dying in the light.
Britain is a coffin, you're the one whose nailed it shut. Your community in tatters, watch as no-one gives a fuck.
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