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Pyre
04:53
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Pyre
Our eyes refuse to rest
And show no sign of closing
The longest night is met
With breaking light (approaching)
We tread grounds that hold our weight But seeds of dread are flowering Can our will survive?
Or will the fire below devour it
Only with you will I embrace my sleep My demons are roaming beneath Bright burns the pyre
(But will you join me in the fall?)
And I can tell that you’re losing the fight As light dissipates from your eyes Still bright burns the pyre
Behind these eyes I know
The love they bear is torn with heartache Will the world forget my name
And all I’ve done be erased?
Replaced?
Prise my eyes awake
Only with you will I embrace my sleep My demons are roaming beneath Bright burns the pyre
And I can tell that you’re losing the fight As light dissipates from your eyes Still bright burns the pyre
Hold me close
Don’t ever let me lose
The thing I love the most
Let die the embers
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2. |
The Way Down
04:59
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The Way Down
Those grey clouds
Are rolling in fast
The way down
Looks further than you had planned
I only found
My way through bloodshot eyes
My way down
Go and sharpen your knife
Hard to pretend that the worst part’s over The rain will come in from the sunlight And you know that the cracks will start to show
I tried to hide
I knew you’d never find
Peace of mind
Go and sharpen your knife
Hard to pretend that the worst part’s over The rain will come in from the sunlight And you know that the cracks will start to show
Don’t reopen the wound
You’ll need a way just to stop the bleeding Better pray for it soon
‘Cause you know that the gaps will start to grow
Now the water’s seeping in
You can never start again
Nothing left for you at all
What made you walk will make you crawl
Now the water’s seeping in
You can never start again
Nothing left for you at all
What made you walk will make you crawl You cannot come back
Go and sharpen your knife
Hard to pretend that the worst part’s over The rain will come in from the sunlight And you know that the cracks will start to show
Don’t reopen the wound
You’ll need a way just to stop the bleeding Better pray for it soon
‘Cause you know that the gaps will start to grow
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3. |
Bear the Weight
05:03
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Bear the Weight
Strip me to my core
Close these vacant doors
Just to be sure
We’ve been hollowed out
Knees and heads bowed
Then drowned in our doubt
Lies come from their mouths Just you wait ’til the world falls apart
We bear the weight
To defend the man who would Fall in your place at the hands Of a king who is lost
See how we’re bled dry?
The sky runs red tonight
Veins torn open wide
Alone is how we die
They consume
Blood spills from the open wound Cut too deep to start to heal The only thing we’ll ever feel
Try to make the moment last Even when they break your back This might be the only time You’ll know you’re alive
We bear the weight
To defend the man who would Fall in your place at the hands Of a king who is lost
The view of the horizon
Must be nice from up inside The ivory tower
So sit and find watching
Though eyes so blind that
Nothing ever could go wrong
We bear the weight
To defend the man who would Fall in your place at the hands Of a king who is lost
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4. |
Ever the Optimist
04:14
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Ever the Optimist
Loss of control
The gears twist and the clock turns Ever the optimist ’til
The clouds roll in and the bridges burn The aggravation of drawing blood out From the stone
We’ve hit the bone
Kingdoms fall
With the weight of it all
And we’re gone
I hate to tell you but the setting sun won’t rise The shepherd lost his grip and
Now the wolf’s inside
Now the paragon has poison in his veins We’ll wash away
We’ll all decay
A slowing breath
A sharpened tongue for comfort
Ever the optimist ’til
The deluge hits, but the famine first The final reckoning
The action and the consequence
You’ve drawn your breath
A fumbling king
Only chaos he’ll bring
An obedient queen
Forced in between
The obscene
I hate to tell you but the setting sun won’t rise The shepherd lost his grip and
Now the wolf’s inside
Now the paragon has poison in his veins We’ll wash away we’ll all decay
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No Longer We Lie
05:24
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No Longer We Lie
Leave it be
Never pay your mind to
What only hells have seen
Don’t believe
On soil and sky comes a
Fury from beneath
From a lying tongue comes Only blasphemy
Truth we speak
We’ll watch the world
From under blind belief
No longer we lie
Tears fall from their eyes
Slow comes death
(When the fire fuels the upset) Alone we tread
(We were a step away from descent)
We could see
But we didn’t want
To make this real
Hear us plead
But they’ll never show us mercy
No longer
We’ll let them see us
We will let them see hell now Our hell now
They will hear us
No longer
We’ll let them see us
We will let them see hell now Our hell now
They will feel it
We will let them feel hell now Our hell now
They will taste it
We will let them taste hell now Our hell now
They will hear us
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