1. |
Youth vs. You
03:05
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I hear a voice saying make a change
and don’t be like all the rest
But I ignore and I succumb to
”You could have been the best”
Jump in my car and I’ll hit the gas
Leave all my sorrows in the past
All eyes on me
Tonight is the night (of youth vs. you)
Surprisingly
I’m feelin’ alright
A smile on my face
I hear a voice saying make a plan
and go see what’s in this world
When I comeback I’ll be sure to conquer
everything that you’ve heard
I’m ready now and I will go
Flip the switch and start the show
I’m doing fine
I’m taking my time
I’m finding my way of life
Tonight is the night
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2. |
Don't Stop
03:01
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You rode the wave and it’s everything you thought
then it all came crashing down
You tried to save all those memories you made
Now they’re six feet underground
People all around you, well they’ve got a lot to say
but they don’t know who you are or what you stand for
People all around you, well they’ve got a lot to say
It’s not your fault
Time to take
All these thrills you give away
Don’t stop now
or even tomorrow
Time won’t wait
All these choices that you make
will leave you there
to question the answer
I must admit that I’m proud of my advice
Two wrongs could make this right
I’m one to say that life is but a stage
and it’s my job to suffice
People all around me, well they’ve got a lot to say
but they don’t know who I am or what I stand for
People all around me, well they’ve got a lot to say
and if I listen to them they’re gonna fuck with my head
Time to take
All these thrills I give away
I won’t stop now
or even tomorrow
I can’t wait
All these choices that I make
will leave me here
to question the answer
Is this getting to you?
Is this getting to you?
on the verge of a break down
Is it gonna bleed through?
Is it gonna bleed through?
on the verge of a break down
Leave me here
and I’ll leave you with this
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3. |
Burky
04:23
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I’m losing ground everyday
and I’m fading with every breath I take
Cause I can’t look past
These thoughts of hopelessness
and I hate to think
of all that I might miss
Was it something that I’ve said or done?
To make you pack your bags and run
Cause I know I’ve been good to you
I want to hear you scream my name
Broken hearts don’t beat the same
Cause I know I’ve been there before
It’s hard to take all of this with stride
while it disappears right before my eyes
and I don’t know where
where to go from here
and now I know
I know my biggest fear
Hope is
slowly
slipping through my hands
I won’t forget
and I don’t regret
all the times we’ve spent
I guess that wasn’t good enough
And it will never ever be enough
Cause I gave you all I could give
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4. |
A Day of Reckoning
03:04
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I’ve taken all that I can bare
I’ll stand for this no more I swear
I’ve given more than you deserve
and you’ll regret it - this I’m sure
Today’s the day of a reckoning
I am bound for better days
Can’t take this punishment anymore
This is painful I must say
But it’s all your fault
You’ll be begging on your knees
When I break your heart
You’ll be saying “Come back please”
This time I won’t back down
I’m sticking to my guns
Sick and tired of fooling myself
when I know what must be done
So this is it
You’ve taken this too far
This could be fixed
if I try real hard
You killed me
just like a heart attack
I know for sure
that you’ll come crawling back
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Look around, everyone’s using
Feel the beat, everyone’s moving
Not free
Can you blame me?
Stock the night, I’ll throw a fire
Pass along burning desire
Will we?
It all seems hazy
Cause I can’t
and I won’t
and I’ll try
to say goodbye and hang-up
Wound
to the sound
Torn between
Well I guess I am in two brains
Wonder what I have left to gain
Too late
and my head aches
Just one more time, keep up the laughter
Is it right or wrong? I’ll decide after
my flight
and it’s tonight
Chutes and ladders then nine to five
Desire stay alive
Slipping only waves the train
of neurons to the brain
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6. |
Only Time Will Tell
02:12
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They’ve led us back into familiar fears
only this time victory will not be so clear
Our children die off every single day
and leaders justify that this is ok
Cause it’s for
Gold, for god and for glory
Everywhere I turn it’s all the same
My eyes they can’t believe how we’ve all gone so insane
Will we ever learn to live as one?
or will we live our lives through the barrel of a gun?
Only time will tell
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Gentle notes which echo in time
Intruding tribes all of us deem unqualified
Dancing with a thorn in my side
You’ll strike first and you’ll be denied
It’s the end of the road and you know it
And that’s simply fine with me
We’ve had our fill
So now you pay the bill
It’s the end of the road that I see
Showcase your meaningless acts
No rewards go home and don’t look back
Obey the rules
and pay your dues
For the sake of all please just give it up
You can’t compete
we can’t be beat because you suck
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8. |
Progress
00:42
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Shot heard ‘round the world
Another life is lost
Another family puts their son in the ground
Can we make this world a better place?
Or will we live in fear for the rest of our lives?
Speak your voices loud
and let the world know that we want progress
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9. |
Spirit of '97
03:20
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Froze
and locked away
This time I’ll see it through
Did
not fail me then
And I hope it doesn’t now
Let’s make it count
One more free ride
And I won’t let this slip by…
Cause I’ll miss these days forever
And I’ll miss these days again
We’re changing like the weather
And I’ll miss these days again
What
do we do now?
As we turn to our heroes
Break
the four-track out
Our thin magnetic dream
This is our voice
These are our songs
I’ll be damned if we give up
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10. |
Tampered Soul
03:36
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He was a simple man
He had a simple plan
Relying on his mind
and leaving them behind
I’ve never felt that way
I’ve never faced the day
to open up my eyes
and say my last goodbyes
Take the time and try to find ourselves
Take the time and try to find…
Something to break
your
own
silence
Can
we
fake
this anymore?
Unlock your deepest thoughts
Unlock your secret vaults
Omitting your defense
Return to innocence
It’s all that you can be
It’s all that you can see
So fuck what they will say
It’s your life anyway
Take your ultimate chance
to rise above these tampered souls
Let your instincts life you off the ground
Let them guide you and allow…
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Red light shines on you
Standing on two
Round and round I see we go again
I can’t advise her
or they’ll despise her
Simple as a lucid tongue and cheek
I don’t understand what happened to you
Your artificial words that I can see through
The truth is I enjoy all that you are
but I don’t understand why I let this go on
This misconnection
hints rejection
Hey not me, I’ve never played that role
I only hope that
you just get fat
Then you wouldn’t have to be a tease
Now I understand that I’m always right
Now I build a wall of inherited spite
I may have lost this one, but I’m better than you
Now I understand that I can go on
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12. |
About You
02:53
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Don’t know where you slept last night
Don’t know if I want to know
Don’t know who you had your arms around
Don’t know if I want to know
About you now
Don’t know when the lights out
Or where you layed your head to rest
You say you don’t remember anything
Ain’t that reason for me to think
About you now
So I stayed up all night just thinking
what the hell had happened then
And there’s too many reasons
why I can’t just let this go
If I can’t be there when you
close your eyes with someone else
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I don’t seem to recognize this place
It sounds the same but feels so wrong
There’s just no substance in these songs
This was my pride, this was my joy
It’s not the same when I was young
Can’t stand what the scene has become
I’ve stood here before
I know what this place once was
It was my heart and my soul
but now that’s gone
This was once a fire in my eyes
Somehow somewhere along the way
This raging fire lost it’s flame
Once hopeful, now hopeless, I look around
and I can’t stand this fucking scene
It’s just a fucking fashion show it seems
We stand here as one
We are fighting for what we once loved
I stand here as one
I am fighting for what I once loved
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