1. |
Declines Are Long Gone
03:41
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You’ve loved and now I’m caught in this fight
You’ve laughed and now I’m stopped in my tracks
You’ve broken something
You’ve loved and left no hope in sight
You’ve laughed and tried to alter the facts
You know we’re dying, right?
You’ve chosen to stall it now
You even told us
“Try this crown, it’s enough”
“Declines are long gone”
We’ve opened our eyes,
You’ve shattered the skies and seas.
Now, no more blossoms
We’ve opened our eyes, we now have to fight and cling
To breathable air
You had no map to bestow
Give it time and solve this through ice
And now we need to find all the answers or
Choose denial anytime
The air is sculpting a shrine
Where we’ll go and face the rapture
Breathe the sovereign doubt
That you won’t die in time
Broken sermons die, all empty tides of lies
Flooding our houses with silence
There’s no stopping the strides of the reckoning
And in the darkness of my mind
I wish I was somebody strong enough
Realizing the ending
I’d fight all the time
Tell me it’s over now
Don’t answer now
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2. |
A Chapter on Each Page
04:43
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I've been shown all that I could own
If I designed to have it all
To conquer and thrive
A million steps at a time
No strings attached
There are so many fates to explore
To be waiting now
So many tastes that I'm dying to try
A chapter told on each page
There are no cages
I believe in
And now you're stuck in the fray
You've been told too many tales
So tangled in pride
No days are wasted in awe of the shade
And every choice that you'll make
Will pave your escape
I've been told that I would never glow
If I constantly asked for more
Stubborn and proud, I multiply every path
Straying from lights
There are so many fates to explore
I'm so naive to try
So many tastes that will never be mine
Now that I'm stretched across lands
I digress, never finding my place
Rambling and spent
Now that I'm stopped in my tracks
I know what to cast aside
Hands untied, I'll try
To abide by straight lines
Now that I'm quiet, with my eyes open wide
Adamance as my guide
I'm hoping to conjure the light
I’m confident with every stride
And now you're stuck in the fray
You've been told too many tales
So tangled in pride
No days are wasted in awe of the shade
And every choice that you'll make
Will pave your escape
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3. |
Time Hails no Suns
05:14
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I’m biding my time, petrified
That we’re dying, dying
I mask, every tide, every blast
But they’re back again, back again
I lie, with no alibi
Till rivers go dry and wars break out, and life goes on
No dire strides, just hide the demise
Tone the words down
I sigh
With every rhyme that I devise
I can’t bury deep down it’s all for naught
Just calm amidst a storm
We hope time resolves every plight
Like passersby, everyone tries to look away
I play it down, burrowed in sand
Every time I can’t face signs but
Time hails no sons
Time hails no suns
And in line, we’ll lie, trying to salvage, the remnants of the world
Going “why, oh why, are our children drowning now?”
Oh, but long ago, I had been told, I never tried, I felt no alarm, my daily crime
And time, flying by, filling our coffins, with an unstoppable flow
My fear is blind, to the sight of the pouring rain
Oh, but long ago, I had been told, I never tried, I felt no alarm, my daily crime
And here I’m standing now
Time hails no suns, time hails
Time hails no sons, time hails no suns
Time hails… time hails...
And in line, we’ll lie, trying to salvage, the remnants of the world
Going “why, oh why, are our children drowning now?”
Oh, but long ago, I had been told, I never tried, I felt no alarm, my daily crime
And time, flying by, filling our coffins, with an unstoppable flow
My fear is blind, to the sight of the pouring rain
Oh, but long ago, I had been told, I never tried, I felt no alarm, my daily crime
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4. |
Kneel Down in Silence
05:36
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Kneel down, kneel down in silence
Trip down, trip down this spiral
Facedown, broken, for I'm estranged now
Roam downtown, lose ground, there's no more anger
All my thoughts down the drain, I won't wake up for a while now
I can't force the laughter out, as time fades away in a nightgown
And I’m shutdown, I won’t shun all those ways out
All the ways, all the ways I’ll drown, All the ways, all the ways I’ll drown
I'm not breaking up this fight
I might as well lie my way out
And pretend it's all right
You can drown my prayers
I've got no worth to spare
Far is your savior in the wake of the fire
There I stand astounded, quiet, quiet, quiet and cowed for now
The soul is no grenade
The soul is no grenade
Ever
The soul is no grenade
The soul is no grenade
Ever the shrines, ever the spine
Your soul is no grenade
Your soul is no grenade
Ever the lies and the disguise
A rerun so familiar
That you can’t fight and soar without a sound
A way up high, a way out nigh
Don’t shut yourself away now
Oaths will fight the waves
You’ll get stronger with the tides
You will find a way and
To wade is to define your saviors
Heaven re-designed, just steer anyway you can
Noise is no waste of time
Help’s in sight, hellfire’s dying
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5. |
Obey the Rhyme
06:37
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A fake smile upon a lie
You already know how
To beautify the silence
You're not peaceful
And won't cry out to no one
But if you run every time
You can win any fight
You're safe here
Don't open your eyes and break down
You're now on your way out
Defenses mechanized
Not a doubt in sight
You control every sign
You'll get through any fight
Your own savior
Your fences are ever higher than before
And you're a god now
You'll never feel that fear of heights
You won't know any plight
You don't need any light or layout
I'm afraid you won't get all the praise and worthy days that you're looking for
You're a mind, ill-designed, colorblind, you won't find what you're craving for
Washed ashore
The weight on your mind
How long has it been there?
The void by your side
You never saw it coming
It'll strike, and you'll face the thunder
You're an actor, you're no soldier, with each step more of a bystander
Ardors unassigned
The endeavors of a stone
As it wanders
And time won't stop the withdrawal
As it wears down your might
You've been stowed away from your way home
Fight the foe that's too far away to find the sun
Who's hiding the signs in the snow
You can strike back
This coffin will not hold your essence
Now is a right time to shine
Fight the foe in a way your insides would sing
Obey the Rhyme
You will find your home
You'll find it
You will find your home
You'll find it
You will find your home
You'll find it
You will find your home
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