Sonic Syndicate Album

I'm letting go

One thing is for certain:
I'm treading paths I've walked before
I've reconsidered and I'm contemplating letting go
I watched resentment steel into your face like a thief
And the more you pull, the more I push you away from me
And I'm letting go; I'm trying

"YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL," SHE SAID TO ME
THEN WHY DO I FEEL SO UGLY?
THE FREAK INSIDE
I STILL BELIEVE
IT MUST GO MORE, MORE THAN SKIN-DEEP

Domination, segregation, infiltration
This life is mine and I'll be dead before you take it
I try to fly, but an invisible blade cuts me
I hear that sound just before I hit the ground

I know it's hard; I admit I'm scared
This is just how it has to be
The hurt will fade; your heart remade
Eventually, we'll regret these days

You're no stranger, but you're strange to me
Now, when loneliness won't leave you alone

Skin-deep, skin-deep, skin-deep
My dead sense can't tell right from wrong
That's why my words only inflicted pain on you
I've picked the lock of a door I never wanted to go through
I'm turning back
I'm letting go

Get the fuck up and do something
Inspire the crowd to set it off and make a difference
Lock and load
And then I tattoo on my skin the names and faces I have seen
So when I die, there'll be memories left of my life
Have you ever thought that...

MAYBE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU
AND IT'S THE WORLD THAT'S DIRTY, SCARED AND LONELY
BABY! WELL, I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO
WE'VE GOT TO SHOCK THE SYSTEM
REVOLUTION

Always count on getting nothing when you're on your own
But when we walk these streets together, they're paved with gold
And so I take the ink again and add your legend to my list
Because when I die, I want you to be on me
With this energy, take the system down!

And it all came to life when I thought outside the lines
And it all came to life when I thought outside the lines
And it all came to life

Maybe there's nothing wrong with you
When it's the world that's dirty, scared and lonely

It's getting harder to stand and getting further to fall
But if you take my hand, we can tear down the walls
It's getting harder to stand and getting further to fall
But if you take my hand, we can take on the world

Turning up like you always do
Head to toe, covered in tattoos
Sooner or later, you're gonna come loose
What the fuck you gonna do?

Your body's swaying from side to side
I wanna catch you when you fall,
But then you'll learn nothing at all*
Still, I'm ready to run
But you're so damn drunk
An atomic bomb couldn't wake you up

What's that you hear, bass and lights from the club?
I don't think so; I'm by your side
And all I hear is ambulance siren cries
Screaming, "Help me, help me, help me, help me!"
But the way that you looked

TURN IT UP LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO
HEAD TO TOE, COVERED IN TATTOOS
SOONER OR LATER, YOU'RE GONNA COME LOOSE
WHAT THE FUCK YOU GONNA DO?
TURN IT UP LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO
HEAD TO TOE, COVERED IN TATTOOS
BROKEN NAILS AND A BLEEDING SOUL
SUCK IT UP, YOU FUCKIN' HO!

The way she walks; the way she talks
We all know the girl is halfway dead

You're selling your soul for whiskey and coke
And you're a suicide for tequila and lime
And I got to admit, when I first saw you hit the dance floor
With your grind, you sent me out of my mind
But after watching you crawl in the door at 5:00 A.M.
It's getting old
Out of soul, out of dough, out of all
But you're screaming, "I don't care!
I don't care! I don't care! I don't care!"

But the way that she looked

The way she walks; the way she talks
We all know the girl is halfway dead
The things she does; the things she says
We all know the girl is halfway dead

Not seen you lately, I'm wondering on
White roses, caskets, your name on a stone
Turning up like you always do
Head to toe, covered in tattoos

The way she walks; the way she talks
We all know the girl is halfway dead
The things she does; the things she says
We all know the bitch is halfway dead

My father said to load that gun
And keep the devil from the door
Don't be tempted by the words he says

I found a way to break the cycle
Initiated something vital
But to the ocean, it is only rain
So rain on me, so rain on me

BOMBS ARE GOING OFF IN MY MIND
I'VE RAN OUT OF PLACES I CAN HIDE
QUICKLY NOW, I BETTER THINK TWICE
START A NEW LIFE
FATE IS KICKING DOWN MY DOOR
BUT I DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE
DESTINY, I NEED YOUR ADVICE
I'M STARTING A NEW LIFE

What you gonna do when you've taken my breath away
Maybe dying young isn't all it's meant to be
Until then, I can just rewind
My life back to the beginning
Pause, fast-forward; that's too easy
Push, stop the moment; I can see the smoke
Then rain on me, then rain on me

My own life; it's my own life

Bombs are going off in my mind
Take a deep look in my eyes
What you see? Do I seem fine? I'll start anew
Fate is knocking at my door
But I don't live there anymore
Destiny, I need some advice
What shall I do?
I'm starting a new life

It's my own life
I've started a new life
My own life; I've started a new life, my own life

Are we alive?
Because I heard a rumor
That the day we died was yesterday
So are we rotting now?
Can't find our graves?

Well, they created a lie
Built out of structure and routine by robots
But this night, we're taking the virus to them

BURN THIS CITY TO LET THEM KNOW WE'RE HERE
BURN THIS CITY TO REINSTALL THE FEAR
HOW CAN I SLEEP WHEN YOU PULL FOCUS
RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES
STILL, THEY FIND ANOTHER WAY
TO PUT A DIFFERENT GUN TO OUR HEADS
AND SO I TAKE A BREATH
THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME TO SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD
IS THIS THE ONLY WAY IT'S EVER GONNA BE?
RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES

...Don't wanna think about the end
When this ride is just getting started
Roads uncharted
Or is this end of the line? (Line!)
I'm not giving lessons
Lessons how stars are forged
I just keep my finger on the trigger
And blow 'em away, yeah, one by one

So can we all scream? (Yeah!)
Loud enough to awaken
The zombies of society
Who control these times

And I still want to see the light
Shining in front of my eyes

Running's easy
Where will we go—who knows?
Don't look back
As long as I've got you, we'll make it

Burn this city to let them know we're here
Burn this city to reinstall the fear
Now I see the turning point is
Right before my...
Right before my eyes

Why did you want me to be there yesterday?
You changed my destiny
Controlled by the moon
"If I would have known, I would have been there
For you, my baby, for you"
(I tried to change my mind
But you're a drug being injected into the back of my head
You are my destiny; what part of that don't you understand?)

BLACK AND BLUE, I BLED FOR YOU
STILL DARE TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO
SYNTHETIC ANGEL WITH A HUMAN HEART
YOU DRAGGED ME DOWN FOR ONE LAST TIME
I'LL BE YOURS AND YOU'LL BE MINE
BUT AFTER SUNRISE, I TURN TO STONE

My proposition is unconditional and it ends tonight
Need a body to exploit
"I tried to keep my cool, but your frozen skin,
It's magnetic to me; hold on"
(Our two hearts know when it's raining sulfur clouds
The gates are open wide; it's too late for sacrifice
Checkmate, last call and we're going down)

And now I'm caught in a web
Visions in my head
Spiders crawl through my veins
Searching for my soul
Let go

But after sunrise, but after sunrise

An honest crescendo of fireworks filled your eyes like stars
That moment, I knew that I would bind myself to you
The fallen, the demons, they can't wait to deny the truth
But they'll have to wait; have patience
'Cause right now, I am loving you

THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO
TO STOP ME NEEDING AND YEARNING YOU
EVEN IF WE'RE A MILLION MILES APART
WE'RE STILL JOINED RIGHT AT THE HEART

Heart

Your memory, it warms my soul
So when I die, I won't be cold
But here on Earth, I got something to prove
And while I'm alive, I got nothing to lose

So I take my chance and I make my move
I fought my evils; scaled the wall
And backed the right horse; broke the rules
I'm risking everything I've got just to get a shot with you

I died inside when you were taken and then I died some more
The daylight hurts my eyes, 'cause I'm a stranger to the sun
Some parts of me are gone forever
But the rest of me limps on

Heart, heart, heart, heart

It's not enough to be yourself
You have to be your best self
From my point of view, there is no kingdom
There's no kingdom in the clouds, no

You keep preaching the words you receive
Receive from the Maker (what if, what if)
But what if God is not the sender?
What if God is not the sender?

Don't want to wake what you put to sleep
Because it keeps this from imploding
The same old story, same old story
You know where to find me
Every time that you want me

I TRY NOT TO MAKE PLANS
PLANS ARE FOR PEOPLE IN CONTROL OF THEIR OWN LIFE
NIGHT IS GOOD FOR THE HUNTER; BAD FOR THE HUNTED
SEE THE WORLD FOR WHAT IT IS

Every day, I searched your face for clues
Looking for a window to strike at your mind
And when your ships are down
I'll harbor the feeling
I doubt your heart is any stronger

Don't want to wake what you put to sleep
Because it keeps this from imploding
The same old story, same old story
Know where to find me
Every time that you want me

(I walk the surface of the sun)
As I walk the surface of the sun
(Only thing that makes me feel alive)
It makes me feel alive
Alive again

My dreams are always the same
This movie of you
It flickers in my brain
Over and over again

What is it I've got that triggers
You to follow me day and night?
I can smell your scent all around

I don't know what your demons are telling you
But it ain't me you're looking for

WHY! (WHY?) WHY WON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?
IT DRIVES ME INSANE
WHY! (WHY?) WHY WON'T YOU JUST LET ME GO?
STAY OUT OF MY WAY!

I slept with the enemy
They stole all that I've got
Framed by lust, I span out of control

I don't know what your demons are telling you
But it ain't me you're looking for….

And I'm locked in the yesterdays
Of your cellular memories
But I'm cutting you out of the film to the floor
Let the little in as I walk out the door
And you're gone

Stay out of my way!

The Earth is large
Large enough that you think you can hide from anything
From fate, from God, from pain
As long as you get far enough away
So you run, (run) run to the edge of the Earth
Where all is safe again and just for a moment
You think you managed to escaped
You could never be more wrong

SOMETIMES WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR
I'M NOT SURE IT'S ME LOOKING BACK
FROM THE OTHER SIDE
WHAT IF THE NIGHTMARES GIVE CHASE?
AND THEY TRACK ME DOWN, EVEN AFTER THE BREAK OF DAY

We think we are
We are agents of our own destiny
In charge of when we rise or fall
Capable of determining our own fate
Couldn't be— No, we couldn't be more wrong
'Cause you don't choose your destiny
Your destiny it chooses you
You cannot escape your fate

First, you show me
You show me that I cannot be harmed
By any weapon or blade they try to use on me
Then you cut me
You cut me deeper than
Than any
You cut me deeper than any sword could have done

I turn deep into my soul to find the strength to stand against my fears
There's nothing imprisoned in the looking glass
I learnt to understand the silver only echoes what I think into it
Don't need to wait for the break of day

My home is no longer a place where refuge can be found
"You dug far too deep..."
What I stumbled upon
"Was not for your eyes to see"
I'm always on the run, 'cause something's after me
Cold shivers working its way down my very spine
I'm far away from home
I'm far from all I know
"You can't run from me"
My heart gives me away
And there's no place left to hide
"You will accept Cain's curse"
Pay the price for your ignorance
Discard all your mortal feelings

UNTIL THE END OF TIME, WE ARE SLAVES TO THE DARK
HE PULLED ME DOWN, PULLED ME DOWN TO HIS WORLD
WE EMERGE FROM THE SHADOWS AND WE RULE THE NIGHT
WE RULE THE NIGHT, RULE THE NIGHT TOGETHER

My body degrades; organs failing
Your blood runs like liquid fire in my veins
"The masquerade unveils; share my burden, child"
Kill them all and then let God separate them
Their pain shall be legendary

As my body dies tonight
I see clearly who pulls the strings
We broke our oath
Used the forgotten keys of this world just to
Eclipse the sun for you
Black out the sun

We buried it as deep as we could
It wasn't deep enough
We buried it as deep as we could
But it wasn't deep enough

We rule the night, we rule the night

There is no shelter; just the body God gave us
And all we can do is to hope that that's enough
Well, I know the rules; always did
They are written inside of my eyelids
It's an imperfect world we live in,
But it's the only world we have

The less we get, the more we want
In this throwaway society
Fading to the point of no return
We're at a crossroads
Just follow the compass of your heart
Until we all get torched
Get torched by the undying sun

WHEN WE'RE DEAD AND GONE
WHEN OUR MISTAKES BEEN DONE
A CELESTIAL CORPSE WILL CARRY ON
AND IT WILL ILLUSTRATE
HOW WE UNDERMINED OUR OWN EXISTENCE
WHEN WE'RE DEAD AND GONE A
ND OUR MISTAKES BEEN DONE
LET'S ALL JUST FACE THE FACTS
NO MATTER HOW WE BEND OR BREAK IT
WE MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

Out of all our human-crafted artifacts
The longest-lasting will be our redesigned atmosphere
Now, how does that make you feel that we're beyond repair?
We sealed our fate in this slow-motion suicide

The less we get, the more we want
In this throwaway society
Fading to the point of no return
We're at a crossroads
Just follow the compass of your heart
Until we all get torched
Get torched by the undying sun

What we set in motion must play itself out
So we can hand the Earth over in better shape than we accepted it

Are you listening?
Are you really there?
I'm open to suggestions
Do you even care?
Because within I die the more and more we lie
Hope seems to grow outside our reality of life
There's a fragile part of me that needs some help to heal
Hold a candlelight for me and don't let it go out

WHISPERING THOSE WORDS YOU LIKE
WE'RE LYING HERE SIDE BY SIDE
SECRETS DON'T STAY SECRET FOR LONG
WE'LL WRITE THE PERFECT ALIBI
AND TELL THEM ALL HOW WE TRIED
BUT IN THE END, THEY'LL FIND OUT ANYWAY
SO LET'S MAKE AN HONEST MISTAKE

Tell me, do you ever admit
To it being more than just a dream
Let's keep it a memory
Keep it locked behind the silver screen
I know it's wrong, but it's all feeling kind of right
Something big is changing
It's in the air tonight
There's a fragile part of me that needs some help to heal
Hold a candlelight for me and don't let it go out

Tell me do you ever admit to it being more than just a dream
Even you, the road that lead me here
For you, the one who it clear
For you, I've been struck down
And built back up pound by pound
For you I would if I could
But there's nothing left to do except keep...
(Secrets don't stay secret for long)

Are you listening?
Are you really there?

I'm sick, sick of being an extra in my own life
A king, a ruler behind an exterior façade
For the longest time, my endgame was certain and I
Thought I knew all the answers, but now they are lost in me
You own all the skeleton keys to my mind
So why don't you
Let me, let me in on some entry codes of yours
What shall I do?
Just place your trust in me

IF YOU CAN FIND IT IN YOUR HEART
LET ME BE YOUR HAVEN
YOU'RE THE REASON WHY MY WORLD KEEPS TURNING
IF YOU CAN FIND IT IN YOUR HEART
WILL YOU UNTIE MY HANDS?
FEELS LIKE ALL I KNOW I'M NOW UNLEARNING

To win, win the peace, you must first fight the war (fight the war)
Don't you dare to bracket me with the fools of yesterday
I'll be your guardian and take the flak for you
A golem of protection, your sanctuary in the storm
You own all the skeleton keys to my mind
So why don't you
Let me, let me in on some entry codes of yours
What shall I do?
Just place your trust in me

Even if you lay next to me
We're divided by a maze
But I will find the way
And get inside your head
I'll end your suffering
I'll end your suffering

You own all the skeleton keys to my mind
So why don't you
Let me, let me in on some entry codes of yours
So…
Just place your trust in me
Just place your trust in me
Just place your trust in me
Just place your trust in me

If you can find it in your heart
If you can find it in your heart
You're the reason why my world keeps turning