It's not a story of hate but redemption caught in a time of a dire oppression Won't be held by the power of suggestion Just stronger now that we paved our direction Thrown Thrown to the ravenous wolves Reeking of descending human nature Left in perpetual hope and misery Fools forging a will of iron and stone What's a civilization without civility? Hear us, you will hear us In the end You were just a puppet Twisted are all your strings You're not patriot You're a victim of greed We're taking back this nation choose which side you're on We're done asking nicely I call for a riot I I harness in my hand The collective hatred of a broken nation Against Against the phalanx built of pride, avarice, and ignorance What's a civilization without civility? In the end You were just a puppet Twisted are all your strings You're not patriot You're a victim of greed We're taking back this nation which side are your on We're done asking nicely I call for a riot Is it clear now? We're treading water You're treading water It's not a story of hate but redemption caught in a time of a dire oppression Won't be held by the power of suggestion We welcome you to the new generation We the cogs of the dying machine We bleed for a different dream You will hear us, you will hear us Taking back our home In the end You were just a puppet Twisted are all your strings You're not patriot You're a victim of greed We're taking back this nation which side are your on We're done asking nicely I call for a riot They will hear us, they will hear us Taking back our home

At the edge of the earth A pale horse rides Closing in on the world with promise of an end The cancer that we bring reflects the cancer from within driving this rusted nail deeper and deeper Let the earth bleed and give way to the fog of man Set in motion, the gears To the cold steel engines Eyes set to the screen, Don't you dare loosen your gaze we live as servants to our own designs These buildings will be our tombs These buried streets, our catacombs Perpetuate a way of life we were not meant to live No matter how far I fall (far I fall) We'll still stand on level ground (on level ground we stand) The drums of war are beckoning (beckoning) Deliver us, our providence (our providence) I'm beginning to think this existence that we convey is all so empty This will be our legacy In a single stroke of disaster All points of pride have ceased We are nothing, if less than human Dressed in a vicissitude Introduced by our own hands We're falling and fooling ourselves it's flight To the depths with us I say to the depths with us I say These buildings will be our tombs These buried streets, our catacombs Perpetuate a way of life we were not meant to live No matter how far I fall (far I fall) We'll still stand on level ground (on level ground we stand) The drums of war are beckoning (beckoning) Deliver us, our providence (our providence) The air we breathe is what we'll choke on in the end Scorch the skies Flood the grounds (We'll say) rhyme and reason best left unfound (we've done our best) Close your eyes Don't hold your breath (The truth contradicts) We run in circles Beating purpose out of death We gave up the search for our clarity Accept that we've lost our way Bring us salvation No matter how far I fall We'll still stand on level ground No matter how far I fall (far I fall) We'll still stand on level ground (on level ground we stand) The drums of war are beckoning (beckoning) Deliver us, our providence (our providence)

Go on, my dear, take a moment To fix your mask, and steady that grin Don't you know you're hiding in plain sight? The rapping at your door, marks the hunt is over We've come seeking out the demons you hide under your skin. We were fooled, oh, we were fooled We gave our hearts and you gave them back in bits and pieces So tell me now, how green is the grass over there As you hang by the noose you've tied twined of wretchedness and despair Sweetheart I call your bluff This charade is up Through the deceit in these lines you declared I wash myself of you Found the escape in your maze of lies Above my head, only truth Go on, my changeling and smile This triumph can't last This is solidarity Welcome to solitariness Purified of your plights, I may reflect and ponder Of all the lives that you have damaged Of all you led astray From the past to the present we join hand in hand Shattered, yet still standing This is a break we cannot mend With the end of the rope far above our head United in chorus, we declare Welcome here, nevermore Within our hearts, nevermore Through the deceit in these lines I declare I wash myself of you Go on, my changeling and smile. This triumph can't last This is solidarity Welcome to solitariness And I can't forgive No I can't forgive Bereaved and wrought My soul rings hollow Amassed despair to fill it's vacancy These chosen steps So hard to follow As thick as blood now just an enemy. Go on, my changeling and smile This triumph can't last This is solidarity Welcome to solitariness Still, lost I will not stay, beneath this acrimony I cannot live So in this callousness, just know, I forgive I forgive, never forget I forgive, you

Was I wrong to say this world isn't mine to bear alone Tell me is this some divine play? A twisted game of faith and fate Was I not strong enough to reap your fields of love? So out of reach, bruised, and broken I've tripped and fallen Covered in my self-loathing My Self-loathing Don't you carry us through the dirt and have us believe it's charity I yearn for the air was promised Speak to me, speak to me In the shade we dance unfound Yet you wish to be praised Speak to me, speak to me I'm done searching for your answers I need to hear you loud and clear Mercenaries of self-sacrifice, we cut away appendages of humanity In hopes of becoming something more (x2) I swear that I am something more You've made me a fool, a wretch Averse to the universal fear of death Well I'm not afraid, I've paid my dues Left in this hole I call my home Don't you carry us through the dirt and have us believe it's charity I yearn for the air that's promised You force us to our knees, to feed on our pleas Preying on the weak, who wanted something to believe A brand new messiah, the claim to bring us higher But the holy deceive and their theories catch fire For what it's worth I've been blessed with a curse, like we're living to die vying for borrow time Speak to me, speak to me In the shade we dance unfound Yet you wish to be praised Speak to me, speak to me I'm done searching for your answers I need to hear you loud and clear To sit upon your throne so grand high above this world Looking down on us as we sink further Drowning farther day after day I put my hands together tight enough to believe I could choke you to see Speak to me You claim to be our Father, if only we'll die as martyrs You always told me I was a child, molded of love and clay Shaped with the purest intention and blessed, with grace and devotion I now realize, we are the mud of your earth children of dirt

Standing outside with a gun in my hand Heart don't fail me now So you're the measuring stick to a tough act to follow? the man that gave me life may be in a casket, but I promise you this you did not leave me hollow. You won't break me Should've never let our fraying threads Tie to your strand of filth Doused in poison and kerosene We left our world to burn while standing still I, for one, can't stand the sight of a rusted iron fist against frail skin How mighty you should feel atop those seeking nothing more than a helping hand Megalomaniacal inebriate you're not pounding flesh, you're shaping titanium. The memories of the home you destroyed ease each round into the chamber How the tables have turned, hey maker? Oh I remember the thoughts before the escaping dreams, "Don't you put your fucking hands on her or I swear, oh I swear these tired floors won't come clean" Lets skip formalities, no need to bring this down to size Your hands have had their chance to speak So sit down it's time to listen to mine. Maybe if I lay it out for you, you could tell me where we went wrong So I'll set the scene, enlighten me I still remember every word, every line, every hope shoved aside and…. The memories of the home you destroyed ease each round into the chamber How the tables have turned, hey maker? You violate a world better free of you, so tread lightly Just one bridge left to burn, hey maker Make peace with every begging breath you waste. Focus, exhale, steady my hands, steady my hands (All over, die alone) So long have I waited, have I waited for this chance (It's in my hands, your last chance) Your time has come, oh wicked one so feast your eyes on the savage I've become. But wait, just wait You wear a pitiful crown these days A drunken haze left you in a blur, I see nothing much has changed Save for a family no longer held by your self-induced ensnare of hell You're not worth the hurt that chokes this throat, but Your demons have served their purpose this night bringing forth a lesser man of what I refuse to be in this life. The clarity of a debt no longer owed empties the chamber Hey Maker I've overcome your failure

I have laid claim to a thousand missteps, but each straying stride does not set me in a cast of who I am Find me among the wolves not as a sheep but a lion, who savors the taste of a flame. In the thick of adversity is where I'm meant to live. I'm finished moving mountains, won't chase tomorrow's sun. The more the landscape changes, the more it stays the same. In the blackest pitch is where I'm surviving So come whatever may I'll outlast you From dirt and stone, these broken bones mended by my own convictions Lay out before me a life unbreakable I don't need a foundation provided from anyone but myself to anchor upon In the thick of adversity is where I'm meant to live I'm finished moving mountains, won't chase tomorrow's sun. The more the landscape changes, the more it stays the same. In the blackest pitch is where I'm surviving So come whatever may I'll outlast you Greater men have tried and finer threats have been made So try as you might failure is all you'll claim. I can't be stopped, nor will I be moved One more cynic in a struggle they could only lose Silent nights and tongues like knives have carved out, the better man I demand to be they light a flame to burn this body at the stake, but my ashes are far from remains. In the thick of adversity is where I'm meant to live I'm finished moving mountains, won't chase tomorrow's sun. The more the landscape changes, the more it stays the same. In the blackest pitch is where I'm surviving So come whatever may I'll outlast you