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Lyrics

While Angels Sleep

Nature of the Beast

While Angels Sleep

Don’t be afraid  

Go about your day 

We come out while angels sleep 

Yeah, we come out while angels sleep


Living in a world 

where belief is demonized 

while acting like the devil  

And burning shit is idolized

Everything, it’s all the same

We elect, born from shame

Relieves us of our own demise

If we can pass the blame


Don’t be afraid  

Go about your day 

We come out while angels sleep 

Yeah, we come out when angels sleep


Better poll the herd 

So we know how to think 

Swallow all their pills

No matter how fuckin big

So individual 

That we’re just like the rest

Every little snowflake

But there’s no one to impress


Don’t you be afraid  

Go about your day 

We come out while angels sleep 

Yeah, we come out when angels sleep

Way Too Long

Nature of the Beast

While Angels Sleep

It took us way too long to finally see the light

I still don’t sleep too good in the silence

A combination of all our wrongs to make it right

Never one to bank on self-reliance 


Time and time and time and time again

We got, we got turned around 

Long before we were shown the way

We were, we were all but found


Way too long 

Way too long to have finally spoken

Way too long 

Way to long to become unbroken 


It took us way to long to finally get things right

Why do we revel in the violence

So many unspoken whispers well into the night

Determined way beyond the trial runs


Time and time and time and time again

We got, we got turned around 

Long before we were shown the way

We were, we were all but found


Way too long 

Way too long to finally have spoken

Way too long 

Way to long to become unbroken


We deserve to be unbroken

We deserve to be unbroken 

We deserve to be unbroken 

We deserve to be unbroken


Way too long 

Way too long to finally have spoken

Way too long 

Way to long to become unbroken

Nature of the Beast

Nature of the Beast

Nature of the Beast

In the dark

No one ever told you 

Be careful what you wish for

Nightmares do come true

Burn you down

For no reason at all

Build you up

Just to watch you fall


I guess nobody ever showed you

Then again, I guess you should have known


I have no sympathy for you

In truth, I have no empathy 

This is me, the cold hard truth

It’s just the nature of the beast


Do you a favor, right

And lose this second skin

Thought I told ya

You never knew where to begin

Dark of heart

Anything but pure 

I’m not the disease

I am the cure


I guess nobody ever showed you

Then again, I guess you should have known


I have no sympathy for you

It’s true, I have no empathy 

This is me, the cold hard truth

It’s just the nature of the beast


Unmade Amends

Unmade Amends

Nature of the Beast

I wonder, do you think of me at all

Fifteen orbits since we’ve really talked 

Torn apart by outside forces

On the ashes of our love you walk

Sometimes forget that you exist

Tell myself that time will heal all

But broken hearts and promises persist

Time and time again we fall


Do you care about the heartache 

Do you care about the pain 

We’ve got unmade amends

Will ever we be again


Does the past predict our future 

If so, there is no future here

What can be lost that you haven’t lost already 

Your hatred drives me to tears 


Do you care about the heartache 

Do you care about the pain 

We’ve got unmade amends

Will we ever be again


Will we ever love again

Will we ever see again

Will we ever live again

With these unmade amends


Do you care about the heartache 

[Sometimes forget that you exist]

Do you care about the pain 

[Tell myself that time will heal all]

We’ve got unmade amends

[But broken hearts and promises persist]

Will we ever be again

[Time and time again we fall]


I’m not asking you to care

Beg you not to pretend

If you care at all

Then we can make amends 

When We Fall

Unmade Amends

When We Fall

Trust as seen through a child’s eyes

Mother, father, you can’t deny 

Truths untold and stories sold

Sister, brother biding time


When we wake in this world of shame

Do we feel now or do we blame

Can we find out just who we are

When we fall down, why so far


Out of sight and out of mind

Gone from home now, why so blind

Day to day as time goes by

Swallowed up now by every lie


We are raised in this world of shame 

Do we feel now or do we blame

Can we find out just who we are

When we fall down, why so far

 

Gone away, away from home 

Feeling sad now and all alone

Can’t return now, I have to prove

All alone now, my final move

 

We are raised in this world of shame 

Do we feel now or do we blame

Can we find out just who we are

When we fall down, why so far

The Mess

Unmade Amends

When We Fall

If I’m being honest

Can I tell you how I feel

There’s an anger down inside me 

You can’t believe is real

I don’t need somebody

To tell me how I feel

I will carry this forever, 

These feelings are for real


Don’t overthink it, she said


Don’t overthink it, she said

You’re better off 

when don’t live in your head

Don’t overthink it, she said

You’re better off 

when don’t live in your head

Time to fly away, time to fly away

Away-ay-ay-oh 

 

Take aim at me now, 

Go ahead and do your worst

You’re better all around 

How do I measure all my worth

I’ll tell you everything

That I ever said

Nah, forget it, 

I just need you out my head


Cycle in, cycle out, she said 


Cycle in, cycle out, she said

The mess,

The mess is trapped inside your head


The mess inside your head 

The one that leaves you broken

The mess inside my head

The one that leaves me hopeless 

The mess inside your head 

The one that leaves you broken

The mess inside my head

The one that leaves me hopeless

Myself

Whims of Reason

Six Feet Down

I haven’t been myself in a while

So sorry if I can’t keep pace

Been a minute since I’ve had a good smile 

Always feels like I’m losing the race

Imagine if you could for a second 

Or if you would like to stay

I’ll share a secret with you

If you promise not to run away


Been so long

(Since I had the chance of being myself)

Mine all mine 

(My will is no longer being withheld)

Dull the shine 

(But from my life you’ve been expelled)

Everything’s fine

(Because I’m back to being MYSELF)

 

Back to myself 

And no one else

Back to myself 

And no one else

Back to myself 

And no one else

Back to myself 

You can go straight to hell


If you wanna let me ramble for a minute

Then I cannot guarantee 

many times it feels like I’m done

Life’s playing tricks on me 

Imagine if I could for a life

Oh if I ran that way

I would share nothing with you 

So please just go away


Been so long 

(Since I had a chance at being myself)

Mine all mine 

(My [spirit’s] no longer being withheld)

Dull the shine 

(But from my life you’ve been expelled)

Everything’s fine

(Because I’m back to being myself)

 

Back to myself 

And no one else

Back to myself 

And no one else

Back to myself 

And no one else

Back to myself 

You can go straight to hell

 

Back to myself 

And no one else

Back to myself 

And no one else

Back to myself 

And no one else

Back to myself 

You can go straight to hell

Six Feet Down

Whims of Reason

Six Feet Down

Absentmindedly 

Turns the pages

Chapters of my life

Rearranging 

Six feet down

In this Darkened hollow

Only place

Where it can’t follow


How did I get so low

When I wanted to stay high

Six feet down, yeah

The Only place I can hide 


To give up 

Or to be

The only choice 

In front of me 

Six feet down

Darkened hollow

Only place

Where it can’t follow


How did I get so low

When I wanted to stay high

Six feet down, yeah

The Only place I can hide


I don’t want to be let down

I don’t want to be found out

I don’t want to be shown the way

I don’t want to be thrown away

I don’t want to be kind

I don’t want to be cruel

I don’t want to define

I don’t want to be fooled


How did I get so low

When I want to stay high

Six feet down, yeah

The Only place I can hide

 

How did I get so low

When I want to stay high

Six feet down, yeah

The Only place I can hide 

Whims of Reason

Whims of Reason

Whims of Reason

It’s vanity

A narcissistic tendency

That pulls me down in your abyss 

Quite absently

With all the changing seasons

About old times we reminisce 


Just like the whims of reason

An empty shell with only doubt

Progress means moving on now

As history repeats itself 


A malady

Like a wound allowed to fester

Killing you from the inside out

A tragedy 

All that’s left for now

Is a man who’s left without


Just like the whims of reason

An empty shell with only doubt

Progress means moving on now

As history repeats itself 


Her majesty 

So high and mighty

Could never do no wrong

Catastrophe 

So long goodbye, my friend

I should have seen it all along


Just like the whims of reason

An empty shell with only doubt

Progress means moving on now

As history repeats itself 


Reality

Once and for all 

Time and time again

The audacity 

Left standing on the brink of ruin


When will this ever end

Just like the whims of reason

An empty shell with only doubt

Progress means moving on now

As history repeats itself 

Blessings

Blessings

Whims of Reason

Time does not fly

Insidiously slips away

Cannot rewind

Cannot get it back today


The angels sing in higher octaves now 

You watch as you’re lowered into the ground

Make your peace with yourself and with your maker

And now seek the blessing of your crown


What really is the point 

To live right now you say

As well as you can

Looking forward to the day


The angels sing in higher octaves now 

You watch as you’re lowered into the ground

Make your peace with yourself and with your maker

And now seek the blessing of your crown


Categorically denied

What is truth, what is lie


The angels sing in higher octaves now 

You watch as you’re lowered into the ground

Make your peace with yourself and with your maker

And now seek the blessing of your crown

Home

Blessings

The Black

I’m not always honest with myself

Sometimes [I want] to be somebody else

I’m weak, when I feel this way

Not your fault, I’m so far away


When I’ve lost my way

And I’m about to break

I need you to hold me

Help me find my way

My way home 

Home

Home

Home


We need to work it out sometimes

Let you know I’m here for us this time

We’ll be fine, just as long as

We keep this fire burning bright 


When I’ve lost my way

And I’m about to break

I need you to hold me

Help me find my way


When I’ve lost my way

And I’m about to break

I need you to hold me

Help me find my way

My way home

Home

Home

Home

The Black

Blessings

The Black

Been alone a million times

These endless thoughts inside my mind

One by one, I hear them call,

As they’re scratching at my walls

But I’m always holding on

Until the dream in me is gone

All of them together now, 

They will gladly watch me fall


I’m good in the moment

but when I take a step back

I am losing momentum

Close my eyes to see the black


The rain it comes and then it goes

To wash away the years

Memories are fading fast

All the laughter and the tears

But I’m trying to hold on

It seems the dream in me is gone

Trying to hold together now

Not to succumb to all my fears


I’m good in the moment

but when I take a step back

I am losing momentum

Close my eyes to see the black


Maybe tomorrow is no better than today

But I don’t want to die

Maybe I just need a little break 

from this lonely lie

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Unsettled

Foregone Conclusion

Foregone Conclusion

There is a broken light that shines on you

Why do I try so hard

This is a life that’s broken too

How did you fall so far

We are imperfect 

This bitter light that shines on us

You act so perfect

This bitter life I’m giving up


Is it me who’s unsettled

Is it you who is corrupt

Is it me who always settles

Is it you who’s giving up


Feeling so unsettled

I feel so unsettled by you

Feeling so unsettled

By everything you do 


Hear me out; you said that I am all alone 

A consequence of all the things I’ve done

You wear me out

All the lies you push can’t be undone


You sold me out

I’m not something that you own

You never doubt

Hand down pardons from your throne

(From your throne)


Is it me who’s unsettled

Is it you who is corrupt

Is it me who always settles

Is it you who’s giving up

Feeling so unsettled

I feel so unsettled by you

Feeling so unsettled

By everything you do


When you realize you’re a taker, not a giver

When you find out that you’re screaming as I whisper 

Will your will break, is it something to consider

Selling your soul out to the highest bidder

You see the gold in yours eyes, I see a shimmer

You get more shallow as your light is getting dimmer

I think you’re hollow, is it time you reconsider 

Living your life with the lies you have delivered 


Is it me who’s unsettled

Is it you who is corrupt

Is it me who always settles

Is it you who’s giving up


Feeling so unsettled

I feel unsettled by you

Feeling so unsettled

By everything you do


(I’m not okay, you’re not okay)

(I’m not okay, you’re not okay)

(I’m not okay, you’re not okay)

(I’m not okay, you’re not okay)

(I’m not okay, you’re not okay)

(I’m not okay, you’re not okay)

Foregone Conclusion

Foregone Conclusion

Foregone Conclusion

Is it selfish to feel like I want to live

Given so much not sure what I have left to give 


Do I know this place, I can’t see or feel

Never thought I’d embrace to pretend

But here I am with you in front of me

Now that I see, I can see my end


My will is strong

Will I carry on

My will is gone

How can I carry on


Where I am is not where I was going

What I thought was not to me worth showing

 I feel like I can do this on my own

But I never, no I never wanted, to leave you all alone 


This thing inside, is it keeping me alive

How do we know that it’s not real

Until right now, never trade my life

But this thing is changing how I feel


Where I am is not where I was going

What you thought was not to me worth showing

 I feel like I can do this on my own

But I never, no I never wanted, to leave you all alone 

 

Where I am is not where I was going

What you thought was not to me worth showing

I feel I can do this on my own

But I never, no I never wanted, to leave you all alone 


Is it selfish to feel like I want to live

Given so much not sure what I have left to give

Is it selfish to feel like I want to live

Given so much not sure what I have left to give

Your Absolution

Foregone Conclusion

State That I'm In

Devastated

Make me cry

Your insecurities 

Created mine

All I wanted 

Was to belong 

Denied that

All along


Does it make you feel good

It’s almost always worse than you think

I’m not your absolution

Inside yourself you shrink


Time after time

You lashed out

You left me

With all this doubt

About myself 

What could I do

All I want now

Take it out on you


Does it make you feel good

It’s almost always worse than you think

I’m not your absolution

Inside yourself you shrink


Introverted 

By design

But you made me

Crawl deeper inside 

Lonely, but

Never alone

You throw words

That I can’t control

I’m a feeling 

Without a soul 

And there’s no way

That I can let go

Why can’t you understand 

can’t make me feel right 

It’s not about me

It’s about this fight


Does it make you feel good

It’s almost always worse than you think

I’m not your absolution

Inside yourself you shrink

 

You wanna make me feel like I was nothing

Deep down inside you know I was

The only way that you can feel like I feel

To make you hurt inside just because

But I can’t do that

State That I'm In

State That I'm In

State That I'm In

This could be it as that feeling sets in

There’s nothing I want to do

Nothing motivates me or sounds good anymore

I know that this will pass too

But how long will it last this time

This feeling is hard to describe

It’s like having everything but wanting nothing at all

Can’t think of any reason why I can’t have it all

Why I can’t have it all

Cause I don’t want it all


I can’t control emotions

It’s just the state that I’m in 

Not like I’m living in sin

It’s just the state that I’m in

 

I can’t control emotions

It’s just the state I’m in 

Not like I’m living in sin

It’s just the state that I’m in


Keep pretending that everything’s fine

Yeah, that’s what I’ll do

But when I look, I look around

Reminds me that I’ll pass too

A day, a week, a month, yeah maybe more

My life is looking to settle a score

Did I wrong you, did I wrong myself somehow

Something inside me

Screaming let me out now

Just let me out, now 

Oh, let me out

 

I can’t control emotions

It’s just the state I’m in 

Not like I’m living in sin

It’s just the state that I’m in

Inside Out

State That I'm In

Tell Me Now

Inside looking out

A reflection of myself

What is this I’m looking at 

Is this reality

Can only move so far

To the corners of my frame

Such little space

Is this all for me 

(No it cannot be)


Reality is inside out

Reality is only doubt

Reality is killing me

Inside out is where I’ll always be …tonight 


What world is this 

It feels like fiction to me

Can’t it be this 

Creating friction I can’t see (no I cannot see)


Outside looking in

No reflection of myself

What can’t I see

Is this reality

Can’t move at all

This frame has got too small

All out of space

This can’t be it for me (no it cannot be)


Reality is inside out

Reality is only doubt

Reality is killing me

Reality is leaving me (forever)


Inside out

Filled with doubt

Inside out

At peace with doubt

Tell Me Now

State That I'm In

Tell Me Now

You pose for pictures and you smile

But are you ever really happy

You tell yourself you really try

But tell me now, how could that be

Why do you hide yourself away

something there that I can’t see

Tell yourself no other way

But tell me now, why must that be

 

Tell me now 

Why’s it so damn hard to be truthful

I know somehow

I know that life could be beautiful 

Tell me how

How to make the light shine through

Tell me anything

All I want is to help you


I want to trust your tears are real

But tell me now, how could I 

When I know that you don’t feel

You tell yourself, another lie

Why do you put yourself away

something here that you won’t see

Tell me there’s another way

And tell me now, why can’t that be

 

Tell me now 

Why’s it so damn hard to be truthful

I know somehow

I know that life could be beautiful 

Tell me how

How to make the light shine through

Tell me anything

All I want is to help you- 


Tell me now 

Why’s it so damn hard to be truthful

I know somehow

I know that life could be beautiful 

Tell me how

How to make the light shine through

Tell me anything

All I want is to help you

Keep Running

Life Like You

Keep Running

If you take all that I have

In your choice to drive me mad

Then I am left here standing 

With my heart in my hand

Frustrate this all for you

But take it all away from me 

Why am I still saving you

When I’m down on my knees


Justify your actions to save me from myself

Who is saving who

It’s so hard to find the edge but I keep running 

Who’s saving me from you


Why am I sleepwalking 

Through this dream state that I’m in

Feels just like disintegrating

My impression is

Relegated to this fate

Am I good enough for you

I’m hoping that your hate for me

Is enough to pull me through 

 

Justify your actions to save me from myself

Who is saving who

It’s so hard to find the edge but I keep running 

Who’s saving me from you


They say it’s a disorder

It’s just a matter of degree 

Who is left to judge you

While you’re busy judging me

Oh, you’re busy judging me

But I keep running

Ooh, I keep running

I keep running

I keep running 

Catharsis

Life Like You

Keep Running

It’s cathartic they say

To write these words down on the page

But to see them written now

Only seems to fuel the rage

It’s cathartic they say

To see your space all rearranged

But to feel this feeling now

Only makes me feel deranged 


This catharsis isn’t healing

Only fuels ancient feelings 

I can’t feel the pain subsiding

Guess I’ll just continue hiding (oh, yeah)


It’s pathetic they say

To forget and run away

When it all comes crashing down

There’s no choice or other way

It’s pathetic they say

To feel your mind just go astray

But to feel this feeling now

Only makes me feel deranged


This catharsis isn’t healing

Only fuels ancient feelings 

I can’t feel the pain subsiding

Guess I’ll just continue hiding (oh, yeah)


This catharsis isn’t healing

Only fuels ancient feelings 

I can’t feel the pain subsiding

Guess I’ll just continue hiding

Life Like You

Life Like You

Life Like You

Got my life here in this bag

Wind blowing colder

Hair gnarled, matted black

Rest my head on brick and mortar 

You don’t know me at all

Only what you think you know

Every day you pass me by

I can’t do this all alone


I once lived a life like you

Afraid you’ll be like me

Open your eyes and see my truth

Destined to walk these streets 

Oh a life like you

A life like you


In your tower looking down on me

You have it all and I have not

Only time can write the rest of our stories

Cut to life where all is lost

Out here looking for some change

You think I have my hand out

That’s not the change I’m looking for

How can I remove your doubt


I once lived a life like you

Afraid you’ll be like me

Open your eyes, see my truth

Destined to walk these streets 

Oh a life like you

A life like you

A life like you

Ooooh

A life untrue, oh yeah

A life like you

Searchlight

Down Sometimes

Life Like You

Nash my teeth as I fall asleep 

Can’t stand the way I feel

Find a way to put into words 

Beaten down now that feels real

 

I’ve forced a smile for you

Not at all because I care

Your searchlight can’t find me (nooo) 

But I’m standing right here


Never smile on the inside 

I’m not okay

And you’re not listening 

In our race to the bottom

I’m down and reaching up to you

And I’m begging you hear my plea

 

Made this choice to smile for you

You just pretend that I fear

Your searchlight can’t find me 

But I’m standing right here

 

And you ask, would I die for you

Why the fuck would you care

Your searchlight can’t find me 

But I’m standing right here

Down Sometimes

Down Sometimes

Down Sometimes

Ohhooo oh


What’s going on inside my head

What’s real now and what’s pretend

I can’t see inside my mind

So hard to tell, tell sometimes  

Is it okay if I can’t feel 

Am I okay because I can’t deal

With all of this that’s been going on

Inside me all along


Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh-oh

Sometimes it hurts to see

Sometimes it’s always me

Sometimes I feel ashamed 

Sometimes I’m to blame

I’m just feeling down (It’s fine, you can’t see through)

I don’t wear a crown (It’s fine, they all blame you)

I just wear this frown (It’s fine, the end is near)

And it brings me down (It’s fine, not welcome here)

Down sometimes 

Down sometimes, yeah


Can you waive this magic wand

Another love that you might want 

Can’t you make it disappear 

Another life that’s all so clear

Is it okay if I can’t feel 

Is it okay because I can’t deal

With all of this that’s been going on, yeah

Inside me all along 


Sometimes I’m desperate 

Sometimes I feel like shit

Sometimes I feel disturbed 

Sometimes I feel unheard


I’m just feeling down (it’s fine, you can’t see through)

I don’t wear a crown (it’s fine, they all blame you)

I just wear a frown (it’s fine, the end is near)

And it keeps me down (it’s fine, not welcome here)

Down sometimes

Down sometimes

Down sometimes 

DOWN SOMETIMES

Down sometimes

Down sometimes, yeah

Down

No Horizon

Down Sometimes

Down Sometimes

You push my face to the ground and I can’t breathe

Rub dirt in my eyes, how could I see

Return me to the place where I can be

Left alone to drown in my own sea

In my own sea

 

Around me the water’s rising

The tide is shifting now

I can’t see, there’s no horizon

This soul is drifting down

Drifting down, 

down, down, down


I feel a pull as this current takes me

Praying to something that it sets me free 

Help me now and forever can’t see

Leave me alone, yeah leave me be

Can’t you see

 

Around me the water’s rising

The tide is shifting now

I can’t see, there’s no horizon

This soul is drifting down

Drifting down

down, down, down

 

I will hold my breath

As I find my way

I will hold my breath

As I find my way

I will hold my breath

As I find my waaaaaaaaay

This water swirls around me

This anchor drags me down

This life tries to drown me

Never see the horizon now 

 

Treading water, but I want to stand

Firmly stand on dry land

Rise to the surface but it pulls me under

This storm, it’s like no other 

No horizon 

No horizon 

No horizon 

No horizon

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Always Sinking

Your mind’s made up

That much is clear

You will carry on

When I’m not here

Behind this wall 

Built for myself 

The inside crumbles 

Shattered pieces fell


If a rising tide lifts all boats

Then why am I always sinking

These headwinds pushing me away

Always got me thinking

But somehow, oh somehow

Somehow, I’m always sinking 

I’m always sinking


Handcuffed

Trapped in this life

Tried to run but

Somebody twist the knife

Inside this cage 

I’ve built around me

Behind this wall

Of nothing’s plea


If a rising tide lifts all boats

Then why am I always sinking

These headwinds pushing me away

Got me thinking

But somehow, oh somehow

Somehow, I’m always sinking 

I’m always sinking


No purity, no good intent

Decades gone on this descent

No purity, no peace of mind

Yet somehow I’m always trying 

No purity, no good intent

Decades gone on this descent

No purity, no peace of mind


Yet somehow, I’m always trying

Yet somehow, I’m always dying

Yet somehow, I’m always dying 

Yet somehow, I’m always dying

Yet somehow, I’m always dying 

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