Shadows Fall Album

You will never
Give the power
To the powerless
Your ideal
Has Grown
Far beyond your control

Can you ever find yourself again?
Your visions distorting
Knowing it will never end
Can't see through your eyes

Can you imagine
What is only
One step away?
The potential
Is waiting
Just beyond your grasp

Can you ever find yourself again?
Your visions distorting
Knowing it will never end
Can you keep fighting on and on?

THIS FALSE ME
WILL BURN
IN EFFIGY!!!

THIS FALSE ME
WILL BURN
IN EFFIGY!!!

It's so easy
To relax and watch from afar
It's so easy to give in to inertia

Can you ever find yourself again?
Your visions distorting
Knowing it will never end
Can't see through your eyes

Unleashed upon the shores (rain of terror)
The latent power unveiled
A cruel reminder (of our weakness)
Of our vulnerability!

We will rebuild!
We will rise!
We will rebuild!
We will survive!
SURVIVE!!!

Inner strength will always (never falter)
Overpower your neglect
Turn your back on us (the abandoned)
And we will rise alone!

We will rebuild!
We will rise!
We will rebuild!
We will survive!
SURVIVE!!!

Stranded and forgotten
A blind eye turns away
Another failure for the fool

SUBMERGE THE IMAGE!!!

The spirit shines through the deepest of waters

Choking in the grip of suspicion
Trapped beneath the sword of absolution

Escape is impossible,
Indulge yourself in ignorance

Blocking out the sun, turning in the breeze
Hung high above in a noose of sympathy

What has become?
The seeds I"ve sown
Still haunting me endlessly

Escape is impossible
Indulge yourself in ignorance

What has become?
The seeds I"ve sown
While haunting me endlessly
Thy will be done
All I've been shown
Is still haunting me endlessly

Escape is impossible
Indulge yourself in ignorance

Choking in the grip of suspicion
Trapped beneath the sword of absolution

Through the souls of ages
This deceitful elevation
Collapsing into rages
From corrupted meditations

What has become?
The seeds I've sown
While haunting me endlessly
Thy will be done
All I've been shown
Is still haunting me endlessly

Indulge in the pleasures of the fallen
Give yourself away

The shimmer of understanding
Grasping to maintain
The cold touch of chaos
Are you in control?

(Chorus)
On the edge, how did it come to this?
As we stare into the abyss

This world will only be
A pleasent lie or bitter truth
Somewhere buried deep within
Is a light that forever shines

(Chorus)
On the edge, how did it come to this?
As we stare into the abyss
On the edge, on the precipice
As we stare into the abyss

Seize the calm
It holds more than life

(Chorus)
On the edge, how did it come to this?
As we stare into the abyss
On the edge, on the precipice
As we stare into the abyss

FADING!!!
FALLING!!!
Weightless and shameless
FADING!!!
FALLING!!!
Weightless and shameless

Spit your words of fury, Tear your way beneath the skin.
Infecting with doubt, A useless web you spin.

(Chorus)
What is it you hope to gain from this? NOTHING!
What is it you hope to prove with this? NOTHING!

Hidden away from view
You start your fires
The child you became king
Of the jackels and the liars.

(Chorus)
What is it you hope to gain from this? NOTHING!
What is it you hope to prove with this? NOTHING!
Breaking Your Fingers!!!
Silence your voice
Breaking Your Fingers!!!
You've made your choice.

Hidden away from view
You start your fires
The child you became king
Of the jackels and the liars.

(Chorus)
What is it you hope to gain from this? NOTHING!
What is it you hope to prove with this? NOTHING!
Breaking Your Fingers!!!
Silence your voice
Breaking Your Fingers!!!
You've made your choice

Smashing, always forward
Leave nothing in your path
Shortsighted and indifferent
To what lies ahead

Reckless abandon (chasing your tail)
Blinding ambition (you learn to fail)

Winning a race
No one else began
No rest for the wicked
Winter calls again

Crawling gagging (chasing your tail)
Battered and bleeding (you learn to fail)

Rip it up and tear it down
It weighs heavy on my soul.
Rip it up and tear it down
It weighs heavy on my soul.

Confront the stranger
Staring back at you
Twisted reflection
In the looking glass

Reckless abandon (chasing your tail)
Blinding ambition (you learn to fail)

Winning a race
No one else began
No rest for the wicked
Winter calls again

Crawling gagging (chasing your tail)
Battered and bleeding (you learn to fail)

Rip it up and tear it down
It weighs heavy on my soul.
Rip it up and tear it down
It weighs heavy on my soul.

TEAR IT OUT!!!
How could you let it fall?
The strain of the climb leaves you empty!

Drowning yourself in a world of lies
Wandering lost, until the ego dies
Perceptions been tainted by your lack of free will
We have become what we once most feared

The brilliance of the light's been dulled to grey
Denying our souls of the most noble truths
Trapped within and blinded by youth

We must end this wicked game
Mourning a dead world
Empty life of relentless shame
Mourning a dead world
See through what's been taught to you
Mourning a dead world
Breathe in life and seek the truth
Mourning a dead world rus:]


As progress paves the forest and paints the sky
Cities rise like cancer, rive of life is dry
Spirits of ancients will then awake a rise
The seal is broken, final sign of our demise

We must end this wicked game
Mourning a dead world
Empty life of relentless shame
Mourning a dead world
See through what's been taught to you
Mourning a dead world
Breathe in life and seek the truth
Mourning a dead world

Awake and rise
Redemption fires
Burn the lies
Redemption fires

Drowning yourself in a world of lies
Wandering lost, until the ego dies
Perceptions been tainted by your lack of free will
We have become what we once most feared

The brilliance of the light's been dulled to grey
Denying our souls of the most noble truths
Trapped within and blined by youth

We must end this wicked game
Mourning a dead world
Empty life of relentless shame
Mourning a dead world
See through what's been taught to you
Mourning a dead world
Breathe in life and seek the truth
Mourning a dead world

As progress paves the forest and paints the sky
Cities rise like caner, rive of life is dry
Spirits of ancients will then awake a rise
The seal is broken, final sign of our demise

We must end this wicked game
Mourning a dead world
Empty life of relentless shame
Mourning a dead world
See through what's been taught to you
Mourning a dead world
Breathe in life and seek the truth
Mourning a dead world

Awake and rise
Redemption fires
Burn the lies
Redemption fires

Sat down confessed it with a full report
Dashed it out but he couldn't take it
Had to drop dime, through a partner in crime
Got away without serving his time

Snitches get stiches
The thread on your cheek must itch
Snitches get stiches
You got yours you son of a bitch

The mark of the squealer
Too soft to be the dealer
And nothing can heal you
Mark of the squealer
The mark of the squeal

I'm out on a mission
To catch a stool pigeon

(In the) Darkened shroud of morning
Simplified in face and stature
Blessing in the storming
Sweetness of a subtle feature
Alone and safe inside
Without worry, with out knowing who's
Been cast aside
Twisted down, escape to rest

I will writhe in my December

These crafted understandings
Smother citadel defending
They'll miss a motive is cast together
(The) comfort, effort in the end
Alone and safe inside
Without worry
Who's been kept alive
Without knowing

I will writhe in my December

Learned, learned I love the air here
And I learned, learned I love the roar in my ears
I satiate this urge of mine; I substitute the urge to hide
Alone, alone and safe inside

Wake up my lover, shaker her off like a stick
Hung over, tired and shaky, head two feet thick
Half past noon I got up out of bed
Ran to the freezer to cool off my head

Now I see the vision, seeing is believing

Teas'n, pleas'n, run for the door
Teas'n, pleas'n, she wants more

Woke up again in a stranger's bed
Heard her honey's voice, I knew I was dead
Lovers under the covers, shakin' in the shock
Blink of my eyes, been stabbed, hung or shot
Any kind of reason, feelin' for the feelin'

Teas'n, pleas'n, run for the door
Teas'n, pleas'n, she wants more
Teas'n, pleas'n, yeah, give the dog a bone
Teas'n, pleas'n, roll over baby, hang up the phone

Gee, Mister, I didn't know she was your wife
Hey, a-let's just shake on it and call it even eh!
Man, I think I got the wrong house

I don't even make my rules
That's why I'm usually the fool
I never even had no school yeah!
Hey sugar! Don't ya think I'm cool!