siren song of the counter culture rise against
state of the union
If we’re the flagship of peace and prosperity We’re taking on water and about to fuckin’ sink No one seems to notice, no one even blinks The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea
Countdown, to the very end, Equality, an invitation that we wont extend Ready aim, pull the trigger now, In time you firmly secure your place in hell
State of the union address, Reads war torn country still a mess The words: power, death, and distorted truth Are read between the lines of the red, white, and blue
Your place in hell Your place in hell
‘Guilty’ is what our graves will read No years, no family, we did nothing to stop the murder of nothing a people just like us
the first drop
I’m calling out. Only echoes respond. But I scream ‘til my voice is gone. Crouching in corners and hiding your face. I’m sick and tired of playing your games I’m not alone. I stand amongst the voiceless.Millions in the unforgiving sun. Here arm-in-arm. We parade these streets. And sing our songs
We’ve had enough. falling down Is there even anything left to explain? Am I really someone you need to restrain? We’ve had enough Can’t you listen to what we have to say?
We’ve enough Unknowing, we lie andhad wait for the rain. To wash away We’ve had enough what they have made. Face down in the dirt with your foot on my back. In the distance I hear thunder crack
C’mon Stand up! This system of power and privilege is about to come to an end. Here come the clouds. The first drop is falling down
We’ve had enough. Is there even anything left to explain? Am I really someone you need to restrain? Can’t you listen to what we have to say?
Our futures burn in red horizons. Ashes scattered in winds of change. Casualty numbers are rising. Now it’s time to raise the stakes We’re meant for something more than living just to put food on our plates. I can’t help but wonder--why should we participate?
We’ve had enough. We’ve had enough Is there even anything left to explain? Am I really someone you need to restrain? We’ve enough Can’t youhad listen to what we have to say? We’ve had enough
life less frightening
Suffering from something We’re not sure of In a world there is no cure for These lives we live Test negative for happiness Flat line, no pulse, but eyes open Single file like soldiers on a mission If there’s no war outside our heads Why are we losing? I don’t ask for much Life less Truth be told I’d settle frightening For a life less frightening, Life less A life less frightening frightening
I don’t ask for much Life less Truth be told I’d settle frightening For a life less frightening, Life less A life less frightening frightening
Hang me out to dry I’m soaking With the sins of knowing What’s gone wrong But doing nothing I still run Time again I have found myself stuttering Foundations pulled out from under me This breath is wasted on them all Will someone answer me I don’t ask for much Life less Truth be told I’d settle frightening For a life less frightening, Life less A life less frightening frightening
I don’t ask for much Life less Truth be told I’d settle frightening For a life less frightening, Life less A life less frightening frightening
Is there a God tonight Up in the sky Or is it empty just like me? just like me A place where we can hide Out from the night Where you are all I see Where you are all I see So blow a kiss goodbye then close your eyes Tell me what you see Tell me what you see A lifetime spent inside this dream of mine Where you are all I see
I don’t ask for much Life less Truth be told I’d settle frightening For a life less frightening, Life less A life less frightening frightening
I don’t ask for much Life less Truth be told I’d settle frightening For a life less frightening, Life less A life less frightening frightening
paper wings
One last thing I beg you please just before you go I’ve watched you fly on paper wings halfway around the world Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down Landing somewhere far from here with no one else around To catch you falling down And I can’t tell if you’re laughing And I’m looking at you now Between each smile “Swing for the fences, son” he must have told you once But that was a conversation you took nothing from So raise your glass now, lets celebrate exactly what you’ve done Just put off another day of knowing where you’re from You can catch up with yourself if you run
there’s a tear in your eye There’s a train leaving town in an hour It’s not waiting for you, and neither am I
And I can’t tell if you’re laughing Between each smile there’s a tear in your eye There’s a train leaving town in an hour It’s not waiting for you, and neither am I
Is this the life that you lead, Or the life that’s lead for you? Will you take the road that’s been laid out before you? Will we cross paths somewhere else tonight? And I can’t tell if you’re laughing Somewhere else tonight
Between each smile there’s a tear in your eye There’s a train leaving town in an hour It’s not waiting for you, and neither am I
And I can’t tell if you’re laughing Between each smile there’s a tear in your eye There’s a train leaving town in an hour It’s not waiting for you, and neither am I
blood to bleed
This place rings with echoes of Lives once lived but now are lost Time spent wondering about tomorrow I don’t care if we lose it all tonight Up in flames, burning bright Warming the air of the world “I don’t love you anymore” is all I remember you telling me Never have I felt so cold But I’ve no more blood to bleed ‘Cause my heart has been draining into the sea
Steps, I take in your footsteps Aren’t getting me closer to what is left Of the dreams of what I once claimed to know Within my bones this resonates Boiling blood will circulate Could you tell me again what you did this for? “I don’t love you anymore” is all I remember you telling me Never have I felt so cold But I’ve no more blood to bleed ‘Cause my heart has been draining into the sea
Still I wait With a hope inside of me inside of me So so still still II wait wait Until again we meet Until again we meet Within my bones this resonates Boiling blood will circulate Could you tell me again what you did this for? “I don’t love you anymore” is all I remember you telling me Never have I felt so cold But I’ve no more blood to bleed ‘Cause my heart has been draining into the sea
Still I wait With a hope inside of me so still I wait So still I wait a hope inside of me
to them these streets belong
So look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you’ve gone? so precious You got what you came for now I think it’s time to move on when will you say But these ghosts come alive like water and wine. Walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs, to them these streets belong. My atonement lasts the best part of eternity eternity Ran out of hands to count the sin that breeds inside of me inside of me Not this hate but the loneliness has left me here into this mess of
My hands are soaking in the blood of angels On broken wings, they collapse
Dark clouds exploded and torrents of rain fell All these lost halos wash away
will I see the break of day
Head hung from shame we bear a weight that brings me totoaa crawl crawl These years of longing tell of decades of unanswered calls unanswered calls For a change, cause everyday we slip and fall Kicked while were down, our fists clenched into a ball
My hands are soaking in the blood of angels On broken wings, they collapse
Dark clouds exploded and torrents of rain fell All these lost halos wash away
will I see the break of day
So look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you’ve gone? so precious You got what you came for now I think it’s time to move on when will you say But these ghosts come alive like water and wine. Walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs, to them these streets belong
tip the scales
Are we so alone, So distant So forgotten As we think ourselves to be? These are our lives But did they ever even matter? Are we worth remembering? These machines feed on the tears Of broken lives and dying dreams We’re throwing wrenches in the gears Our lives will not be lived in vain
When this is all said and done We spent this life on the run Judged by the company we keep Our language, buried inside These lungs that keep us alive We breathe so selfishly
Promises we plan to break Are made in whispered voices Cause our despair knows many names We make mistakes But we apologize with roses We never stop to smell along the way
These machines feed on the tears Of broken lives and dying dreams We’re throwing wrenches in the gears Our lives will not be lived in vain When this is all said and done We spent this life on the run Judged by the company we keep
Our language, buried inside These lungs that keep us alive We breathe so selfishly We fell from the sky today We melt into balls of clay We sell ourselves everyday Don’t tell me how to live this way
Pushed so far to the edge We teeter just on the brink You can lead me to the bloodbath But you can’t make me drink As these machines feed on the tears Of broken lives and dying dreams We’re throwing wrenches in the gears Our lives will not be lived in vain My life will not be lived in vain
anywhere but here
We’ve been alright up until now, but the air that we breathe is about to run out. We’ve rehearsed our lines clear and loud, but the cue never came and the lights, they never went down. So we’re passing the time, while time passes us. The fast lanes a term never applied to us. Without a dime to my name, or a prayer in the world. I walk out the door.
Destination anywhere but here. Away from you.
Now I’m on onmy myway way to the other side, I’ll forgetoneverything I left behind. my way These empty rooms, on my way Are still filled with you. on my way
So I dropped out of my own race, A race with no finish line, no first or last place. These faces all rush right past me. I turn and walk away, cause we finally know now what our time here’s about, we were not meant to be another face in the crowd. We’re a forest of lives, but we grow tall and wide. We’ll never be cut down.
Destination anywhere but here. Away from you.
Now I’m on onmy myway way to the other side, I’ll forgetoneverything I left behind. my way These empty rooms, on my way Are still filled with you. on my way
I’m so tired and turned around and scared. I’m lying in empty beds again. I’ll wait for you to come to your senses, barbedwire fences won’t keep me from breaking through. I swear I will to you. Now I’m on onmy myway way to the other side, I’ll forgetoneverything I left behind. my way These empty rooms, on my way Are still filled with you. on my way
I’m so tired and turned around and scared. I’m lying in empty beds again. Away from you.
give it all
Break through the undertow, your hands I can’t seem to find. Pollution burns my tongue, cough words I can’t speak so I stop my struggling, then I float to the surface, fill my lungs with air, then let it out
I give it all, now there’s a reason why I sing, so give it all, and it’s these reasons that belong to me
Rock bottom’s where we live, and still we dig these trenches, to bury ourselves in them, backs breaking under tension. For far too long these voices, muffled by distances, tt’s time to come to our senses, up from the dirt
We give it all, now there’s a reason why I sing, so give it all, and it’s these reasons that belong to me
Breathe, the life we live, breathe the air we give, give live our pulses racingbreathe distances, so wetgive my tongue, break into song, through seas of live competition So please believe your eyes, a sacrifice, Is not what we had in our minds, I’m coming home tonight, home tonight
We give it all, now there’s a reason why I sing, so give it all, and it’s these reasons that belong to me
Today I offer all myself to this I’m living for my dying wish, I give it all, now there’s a reason, there’s a reason, to give it all.
dancing for rain
We’re losing daylight but I can’t work any faster. Under the veil of dusk we go on Don’t close your eyes. What if it all disappears in the shadows that reach from the stars?
If I held my ground would you ask me to change? This drought bleeds on now we’re dancing for rain We drink the air but it’s still not the same These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know I know
Let’s go! The waters gone but the fire still rages on here. The men all shrugged their shoulders and left. We sleep so sound in rooms just up the stairs. Will you save us like you saved them? If I held my ground would you ask me to change? This drought bleeds on now we’re dancing for rain We drink the air but it’s still not the same These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know.. I know You’ve bled me dry, but I’m still breathing I swear I’m sucking dry the sky And you won’t ever find us kneeling Or swallowing your lies
If I held my ground would you ask me to change? This drought bleeds on now we’re dancing for rain We drink the air but it’s still not the same These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame, and I know I know
This drought bleeds on This drought bleeds on
swing life away
Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up? Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck? Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost? I’ll show you mine if you show me yours first. Let’s compare scars, I’ll tell you whose is worse. Let’s unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
We live on front porches and swing life away, we get by just fine here on minimum wage. If love is a labor I’ll slave till the end, I won’t cross these streets until you hold my hand
I’ve been here so long, I think that it’s time to move The winter’s so cold, summer’s over too soon. Let’s pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow I’ve got some friends, some that I hardly know. But we’ve had some times, I wouldn’t trade for the world We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go. We live on front porches and swing life away, We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I’ll slave till the end, I won’t cross these streets until you hold my hand until you hold my hand
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours first. Let’s compare scars, I’ll tell you whose is worse. Let’s unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words. We live on front porches and swing life away, We get by just fine here on minimum wage If love is a labor I’ll slave till the end, I won’t cross these streets until you hold my hand
Swing life away Swing life away Swing life away Swing life away
rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
So please don’t ask me how I ended up at my wits end and breaking down.Pages torn from books we never read, cause we’re plugged into this grid. Don’t pull this plug right now, or then we’d really have to live. When I die, will they remember not what I did, but what I haven’t done? It’s not the end that I fear with each breath. It’s life that scares me to death. When we built these dreams on sand, how they all slipped through our hands. This might be our only chance. Let’s take this one day at a time, I’ll hold your hand if you hold mine. The time that we kill keeps us alive.
Your words won’t save me now. I’m at the edge feeling the sweat drip from my brow. “Get a grip on yourself” is what they say, Every hour, every day. Hands over my ears, I’ve been screaming all these years! When I die, will they remember not what I did, but what I haven’t done? It’s not the end that I fear with each breath. It’s life that scares me to death. When we built these dreams on sand, how they all slipped through our hands. This might be our only chance. Let’s take this one day at a time, I’ll hold your hand if you hold mine. The time that we kill keeps us alive.
We came in search of answers! We left empty handed again! Shots fired into the sky. Are now returning! Where the fuck will you hide? Hiding from the laughter in the closets of our lives, but the door hinges are squeaking letting in thin shards of light. And now a hand’s extending outward, quiet comfort they invite, do we dare take what they offer? Do we step into the light? When I die, will they remember not what I did, but what I haven’t done? It’s not the end that I fear with each breath. It’s life that scares me to death.
When we built these dreams on sand, how they all slipped through our hands. This might be our only chance. Let’s take this one day at a time, I’ll hold your hand if you hold mine. The time that we kill keeps us alive. When we built these dreams on sand, how they all slipped through our hands. This might be our only chance. Let’s take this one day at a time, I’ll hold your hand if you hold mine. The time that we kill keeps us alive.