Famous Last Words : Council of the Dead

Post Hardcore / Etats-Unis
(2014 - InVogue Records)
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1. LETTER TO THE COUNCIL

Thank you for joining us and welcome to the council.
It is my wholehearted pleasure to inform each and every one of you
That you have departed from your physical human form and are now dead.
You are a remarkable group of souls.
You are in a place that I like to call the Land of Deceased.
As many of you may have already realised,
The memories of your previous lives have already begun to fade.
Although you may not remember or understand,
I can assure you that each and every one of you are indeed connected.
Connected in your previous lives and now again in death.
To make believe that your death means the end of you as an entity, but this is false.
You have all been given a very special opportunity
That most souls do not have the good fortune or privilege of receiving,
The opportunity of taking in closure and understanding,
The opportunity to obtain sublime insight into your previous life.
I'm not here to judge you and I'm not here to preach.
My role here is to guide you as we search through your past.
To help you connect the dots and reveal to you the truth.
To show you how our souls survive.


2. COUNCIL OF THE DEAD

Settle in, won't you all take a seat?
Welcome here to the Land of Deceased.
You breathe in, you breathe out, it all feels the same,
You feel you're alive, but there's no blood in your veins!
Confess to us the fable of your previous life,
In life and in death, I'll show you how our souls survive!

Rest, rest in peace, dear deceased,
Tell us all your stories.
Scream, shout, let it out.
(Scream, shout let it out.)
It's hard to make a sound when you've all fallen asleep,
Caught in a dream far from reality.
Scream, shout, let it out.
(Scream, shout, let it out.)
Cause' it's all over now.

Understand, open your eyes and you'll see,
I'm not here to judge you and I'm not here to preach.
My role here is to guide you as we search through your past,
So let's all get started, we're together at last.
Each of you left a loved one behind,
How long do you expect them to live on and survive?
Council of the dead!
Who do you expect will be joining us next?
Live your life with no fear or regret,
Cause' once you're dead, there's no point to lament!
I know this may all be hard to believe,
The sooner you accept it, the sooner you'll see!
Your relativity is buried beneath,
Your deaths are the lock, but your lives are the key!

Rest, rest in peace, dear deceased,
Tell us all your stories.
Scream, shout, let it out.
(Scream, shout let it out.)
It's hard to make a sound when you've all fallen asleep,
Caught in a dream far from reality.
Scream, shout, let it out.
(Scream, shout, let it out.)
Cause' it's all over now.

Everybody sit and listen,
There are some things I think that you should know!
Before your destiny's decided,
You must reveal where you came from!
Loved ones and broken-hearted you left behind will suffer,
Now you're gone!
Let's hope in life you provided,
The means to live and carry on.
Tell me now, what's more important?
Time in life or time now that you're gone?
Buried you in the cemetery,
Above your family surrounds.
Try to scream their names out loud,
But it's hard to make a sound.

Council of the dead!
Who do you expect will be joining us next?
Live your life with no fear or regret,
Cause' once you're dead, there's no point to lament!

Rest, rest in peace, dear deceased,
Tell us all your stories.
Scream, shout, let it out.
(Scream, shout let it out.)
It's hard to make a sound when you've all fallen asleep,
Caught in a dream far from reality.
Scream, shout, let it out.
(Scream, shout, let it out.)
Cause' it's all over now.

Rest, rest in peace, dear deceased,
Tell us all your stories.
Scream, shout, let it out.
(Scream, shout let it out.)
It's hard to make a sound when you've all fallen asleep,
Caught in a dream far from reality.
Scream, shout, let it out.
(Scream, shout, let it out.)
Cause' it's all over now.


3. THE FOG

When she was young her mind was pure and free
An ambitious girl, with ambitious dreams
Who knew that she’d grow up to be Trapped in her mind, a detainee
Just like a ship lost at sea She lost her faith lost all belief
No shred of hope of ever returning.
Just close your eyes. Trapped in a fog she realized
This is her demise She’s practically paralyzed
This sickness conditions and all of the symptoms
Prescriptions can’t fix this, this horrible illness.
Wind starts to blow The rain pours as the waves crash below
The beacons glow Fades away as she fights the undertow
This storm is encroaching Her mind that’s eroding
The fog comes in flowing The storm is approaching
The fog

[Chorus:]
She can’t see through this haze
Confusion, delusions, her mind’s in a daze. Can’t recognize a face.
No memories of loved ones not even a trace
She’s ready to go and you can see it in her face (She’s moving on)
She will escape this maze
And conquer the haze she’s no longer afraid.

The thunder’s crashing And clouding up your head
Your thoughts and your memories
Dissolve and the water’s turning red
No weather warning Nobody could predict
The forecast, the anguish, the suffering, she’s sick.
These waves, walls, they won’t bring her down.
She’ll find her way out past the clouds
She’ll rise up and never be drowned Determined to rout her way out
Of this fog

[Chorus]

No she’s no longer afraid

These waves, walls, they won’t bring her down.
She’ll find her way out past the clouds
She’ll rise up and never be drowned
Determined to rout her way out

Of this fucking fog

[Chorus]


4. HELL IN THE HEADLIGHTS

Crash the impact that took my life
But what happened to the little girl still trapped inside?
Did she make it out of there alive? Did she survive?
The headlights showed me the light
Lit the tunnel down the road to my demise
All we went for was a little drive
Who knew that it would be the last time?

[Chorus:]
You spread these lies Just another way to justify
That our lives are gone and we must move on But that is not alright
All I needed was a little time and all I wanted was to say goodbye
Well I can’t move on, this is all so wrong and I will not comply

My life’s decaying

But what happened to the little girl still trapped inside?
Did she make it out of there alive? Did she survive?
I accept the path that’s chosen for me
But leave my girl alone, she has a life to lead
Don’t mercy me, no sympathy
Don’t take her life god just take me
My life is fading

[Chorus]

The fire’s blazing I hear her cry
God don’t forsake me Don’t let her die Another victim of a DUI
Murder, a fucking homicide
You can save her life tonight, don’t let her die

[Chorus]

I’ll beg and I’ll plead
I’ll do whatever it takes god please just promise me
She’ll be safe without her father. Promise me

She won’t understand she won’t believe
She’ll wonder where I’ve and gone and why I had to leave
She’ll be told that her daddy’s gone away
To a place in the sky, that’s where I’ll stay
In the night she will meet me in her dreams
That’s as close as we will ever be
I’ll whisper in her ear and I will say
Daddy loves you, everything’s okay


5. BROTHERS IN ARMS

The fire falls down from the sky

The order’s in
And we’ll be bringing them the fight
God bless my brother back home with my father
Give me the strength to beat this night
Sweat, ache, blistering heat
Pain in each step I take with my bleeding feet
This air it’s so hard to breathe
Through the dust and the smoke and the torrid debris
Marching forward
Towards the murder

[Chorus:]
These homes are breaking The ground and the walls are shaking
I hear children cry. No time for goodbyes
So I hold my head high As the fire falls down from the sky

Fire falls down from the sky

And the blast consumes
Fire ignites and burns our flesh As we face our doom
Never to see our homes again
And we struggle and we strive In the fight to stay alive
And the hope that we’ll survive
Will we make it through the night
I’ll be going down, but I’ll take them out
Insurgents are all around
They’re burning the world to the ground
But if I’m going down
I will take them out
Slums these poor homes
Are now our war zones
Together we’re marching forward
Towards the murder

[Chorus]

My brothers beside me Are strong and not one is breaking
We stand side by side
We fight or we die And we hold our heads high
As the fire falls down from the sky

We die
We fight or we die


6. THE KILLING ZONE

This is the Killing zone

All of the guns, drugs, hard thugs out on the street
They’ll never see, they won’t believe I’ll make a name for myself
No good young blood is what they’re all calling me
Misunderstood, I’m just a lost soul Lost like everyone else

The pressure is pressuring me To prove to them that I can be
Father if you could see me now
You’d see the man I am and you would be so proud

[Chorus:]
I’ll take it all
I will take everything
Clean out that one stop shop stock, I guarantee
I’ll be on top of the world
I’ll be invincible

The pressure is pressuring me This is who I am meant to be

This is the killing zone

[Chorus]

They followed me into the streets
I turn around in disbelief
The window’s down what do I see?
Shotgun, cocked, pointing at me

The streets are unforgiving
They shoot to kill, nowhere to flee
Eye for an eye decisions
I stole from them, so they’ve come for me
The streets are so unforgiving
The pressure is pressuring me
The streets are so unforgiving
This was always my destiny

[Chorus:]
I took it all
Yeah I took everything
Cleaned out that one stop shop stock, now look at me
A rotting corpse on the street A wasted life I leave

This is the Killing zone


7. FADING MEMORIES

Cook it up just to numb the pain
Pull the belt in a search to find my last vein
Like a felon in for life I’m wasting away
It’s the only thing in life that keeps my mind sane

But was it worth the consequences?
It numbs the hurt, it numbs the pain
Cause in the end I lost a friend who died in vain
I could never get enough to heal the pain
It all went wrong, he was left defenseless
He should not have died, it should be me

But now I see that if I believed in something
We’d be alive, but now we’re nothing

[Chorus:]
But it made me feel
It set me free
It cloaked the pain that tortured me
It made me blind I couldn’t see
The only one to blame was me
It was my selfish lies that caused the end of his life
And now he’s gone and so are we
We’re all just fading memories
Destined to fail

Sink back as the drugs take way
Through my veins I feel my life begin to fade
What’s done is done and it ain’t ever gonna change
It’s the only thing in life that keeps me sane

My skin turns pale as the drugs destroy my soul within
It’s poison, complete, bittersweet, defeat I’ll never win
I’ll give in. let go of the life I wish I never began
This man is sick so I ask myself, well what if I believed in something
We’d be alive, but now we’re nothing

[Chorus]

Destined to fail

I’m falling faster Gaining speed to a fate I can’t believe
I’m a disaster A one-way ticket to hell made just for me
I’m sorry mother I’m not the man that you thought that I would be
Now it’s all over Hell’s awaiting me


8. ENTITY

(Instrumental)


9. THE UPRISE

And we've been set free
From the grip of isolation,
From the torment of corrupt
And the immoral sovereignty.

They brought us peace at,
At the price so unforgiving,
So we commend their selfless deeds,
Cause now we're finally living!

We!
We won't let go, no (no)!
And we will stand up, round up everyone that we know,
And we will gather young and old to fight this war.
They gave us hope (hope),
So we will stand proud cast out hatred from ours homes.
We will never let go.

They fell as they choked
On their on words.
Our heroes put them all to shame,
In their places.

Cowering in disgrace,
They read the stories through our scars,
These words will dictate who we are!
No more!

Break out of the implacable, ruthless hold,
Eager to live so we'll finally take control.
Enough with the despicable, savage shit,
Malevolent, it's time to stand up and fight this.

We hold our homes, and we'll destroy the evil!

We!
We won't let go, no (no)!
And we will stand up, round up everyone that we know,
And we will gather young and old to fight this war.
They gave us hope (hope),
So we will stand proud cast out hatred from ours homes.
We will never let go.

Dear heroes,
Before you arrived, we were sad and afraid.
We thank you for your sacrifice, your deaths won't be in vein.
After the torture and pain that we had to underground,
We want you all to know..

They can break our bones,
They can beat us, whip us, throw stones,
But they can't break our souls.
They can try, but they'll be unable
To have our lives,
Our existence and our freedom.
We won't back down and we'll never be defeated.
We will rise!

We!
We won't let go, no (no)!
And we will stand up, round up everyone that we know,
And we will gather young and old to fight this war.
They gave us hope (hope),
So we will stand proud cast out hatred from ours homes.
We will never let go.

The devoted and strong, will always live on.


10. MY LIFE BEFORE MY EYES

I lie here waiting for one of my sons to walk right through my door
But no one’s coming Cause everyone I’ve loved is lost I’m on my own
My greatest fear is here And I don’t want to die alone
I want my family
They always said they needed me But I need them more
It’s getting hard to breathe
And I feel the cold
And it’s taking over

[Chorus:]
I see my friends and family
And my boys are by my side
Before it all went wrong
Before the both of them had died
And I will try Just to go back to a time when I knew I had it all
I’d give anything to have them here beside me
But that’ll never be I’m all alone

Dear god how did this happen to me?
You left me with no purpose and left them both to bleed
They killed my boy at home and the other overseas
So now I’m left to rot alone and die in this hospital
If they could both just be here now
I’d let them know before I go I was so damn proud
But they are never coming home
So now I’m left to rot alone and die in this hospital

Give it up surrender Let it all subside there’s no one by your side
You’ll never, you’ll never win this battle within
Your time has come, your body’s going numb now give in

[Chorus]

My skin goes cold as I’m barely breathing
My body’s done I’ve lost all control
I want my sons right here beside me
But now they’re both gone, and I don’t want to die alone
I’m starting to feel my vitals failing
I’m drifting away to the dark unknown
Death sinks in as it overcomes me
My greatest fear is here I don’t want to die alone

As the last beat of my old heart subsides
The doctors call the time, it looks like I’ve died alone.


11. ONE IN THE CHAMBER

I was a living soul just like the rest of you
A normal guy working nine to five
Keeping up with the bills because my mother was ill
I lost track of time
She lost her fucking mind
Eventually she died
I was broken and petrified
So I drank the medicine tonight
Bottoms up here’s to my shitty life

Where have all my morals gone?
Washed away with the bottle
How did this all go wrong (It all went wrong)
It wasn’t my intention but there’s no redemption
For those who take away the lives of innocent
I’m inebriated, I’m dangerous I can’t (I can’t live on)
So there’s one in the chamber just waiting for me to end it all

I drank my sorrows down and poisoned my soul to the core
I drove away that dreadful night, couldn’t take this life not anymore
Behind the wheel, the tunnel vision, I couldn’t see them
85 through the intersection
My sick transgression, I fucking killed him

I saw the blood, what had I done?

Where have all my morals gone?
Washed away with the bottle
How did this all go wrong (It all went wrong)
It wasn’t my intention but there’s no redemption
For those who take away the lives of innocent
I’m inebriated, I’m dangerous I can’t (I can’t live on)
So there’s one in the chamber just waiting for me to end it all

It’s come to this
A pen and paper, a loaded gun
I can’t live on another day with everything that I’ve done

Dark has taken all control
The accident had consequence, I took a father from his girl
And god can’t even save my soul
This life I live is barely living hollow man I have no feelings
Burn in fires down below
It’s just what I deserve cause I am evil and despicable
One shot ready to let go
I put my finger on the trigger
Life I want mine to be over

Where have all my morals gone?
Washed away with the bottle
How did this all go wrong (It all went wrong)
It wasn’t my intention but there’s no redemption
For those who take away the lives of innocent
I’m inebriated, I’m dangerous I can’t (I can’t live on)
So there’s one in the chamber just waiting for me to end it all

There’s one in the chamber
Waiting for me just to end it all
End it all

My mother is gone, so I guess I’ll just leave this is for whoever finds me
All I can really say is I’m sorry
I can’t live with myself with what I’ve done
I can’t take the guilt, and the pain, the emptiness
It’s all just too much
I’m hollow
I can’t take life anymore


12. THE END OF THE BEGINNING

The stories told
The truth unfolds
Try to Remember
My darling souls
Look deep into the eyes of the soul that sits across the room
And start to recognize their face
They’ll start to recognize yours too
Reunited friends and family
Your souls I’ve gathered here
A second chance is your gift my friends
Oh no you mustn’t fear

Cause this is not the end
It’s time now to transcend
And start another journey
Or go back to amend the life you lived before
You know it’s always been up to you
So now it’s time for you to choose
(x5)

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