1. THE FEW AND THE FAR BETWEEN

Well, I kept quiet for far too long.
This is our banner, our flag, our song.
I'm sick and tired of the same old shit.
And the people still stuck in it.
Only for those who don't belong.
The weak, the old, the young, the strong.
And everyone with hands in the air.
Feet on the ground and hearts that care.
Oh can you feel it now?
You take it back and I'll tell you how.
Step out, step up, and start to run
And scream till your lungs are gone.
Cause you are runaways.
Flooding your cities streets.
Take in your tired, your bored.
Take in your incomplete.
They can't shut us down.
They can't stop us all.
Stand up stand proud stand tall.
Cause I believe in you, if you believe in me


2. THE LOST ART OF STAYING

So it begins again.

White light, white heat, and I burnt out
Turning into myself, turned into my self doubt.
Never thought I'd reach a soul,
Or have a say or a voice of my own.

It all seems so hard. We but we've come so far.
Don't look where we were, just look where we are.
It all seems so hard. We but we've come so far.
Just look where we are.

It took leaving my home, and wondering on my own,
For me to see. That my feet had no place on the ground.
Look to the sky. Wipe the dust from my eyes.
I'm alive. I'm alive. I'm alive. I'm alive.

Just try to stay alive.
I've buried you all inside.

All those forgotten notes. Cause all you had was hope.
The one thing that cuts ties, loosens the rope.
I know you're hurt. I know it's hard. But know who's there.
Same shit, same life. Unfair.

With our backs to the wall, there's not chance we can fall.
Climb up, climb out, destroy it all.
With our backs to the wall, there's not chance we can fall.
Climb up, climb out, destroy it all.

Just try to stay alive.
Live, breathe, suffer, bleed, wake up, survive.


3. YEAR OF THE RAT

22 and I'm losing heart
Self defeat becomes my art
Deconstruct, decompose
Alive not living and so it goes
I'm alone, I'm alone
A broken boy left on his own
I'm alone, I'm alone
I'm the only one left in my home

This is the year that I die
How many times have I said goodbye
Farewell to my former life
Eyes closed hold tight
Look to the light, look to the light
How many times have I said goodbye
Farewell to my former life
Eyes closed hold tight
Look to the light, look to the light
I'm ready to die

Black nights and lowest lows
And so it goes, and so it goes
Black nights and lowest lows
And so it goes

27 and I'm feeling right
Cleared out the skulls and bones from my life
Dead to myself reborn who knows
A man proud of where he goes
You have to breathe to be alive
You have to suffer to survive
You have to breathe to be alive
You have to suffer to survive

This is the year that I die
How many times have I said goodbye
Farewell to my former life
Eyes closed hold tight
Look to the light, look to the light
How many times have I said goodbye
Farewell to my former life
Eyes closed hold tight
Look to the light, look to the light
I'm ready to die

You have to breathe to be alive
You have to breathe to be alive
You have to breathe to be alive
You have to breathe to be alive

Crawl out, crawl out of your grave
Stand to your feet amazed
You've made it, you're here
No ground, no dirt, no fear
Let the light become your own
Don't let the grave be your home


4. I SAID I'M FINE

All my friends are fucked and that's okay.
We wouldn't want it any other way.
Blinded youth guide blinded hands.
It was over for us before it began.

You don't know a thing about us.

But keep thinking you do.
Not a goddamn thing to prove,
cause we're losers and we're lost.
Selling our souls at a worthless cost.

Wore out eyes and wore out thoughts.
Black shows, black shirt, black heart.
Wore out eyes and wore out thoughts.
Black shows, black shirt, black heart.
Wore out eyes and wore out thoughts.
Black shows, black shirt, black heart.
Black shows, black shirt, black heart.

Just be afraid of the dark.

We rest to clear our heads.
No rest for the weary men.
Feet don't fail me now.
The best has yet to come.
We are the lonely ones.
Sleep don't fail me now.
(x2)

Feet don't fail me now.

There's more of us than you.
Now tell me who's gonna lose.
There's more of us than you.
Now tell me who's gonna lose.

We've told you once, we've told you a thousand times.
We're not going away. We refuse to die.

We're not going away. We refuse to die.
We're not going away. We refuse to die.
We're not going away. We refuse to die.
We're not going away. We refuse to die.

All my friends are fucked and it's fine.
Fuck.


5. CASKET RHYTHM

Since when did the dead have rights?
I'm sick of the death trying to act alive.
We buried you as far as I know.
I left you in a cloud of I told you so.
You lack the voice, the lungs, the heart.
So I'll watch decay rip you apart.
You're dead weight. You're too late.
Your skin and bones should stay in its home.
Underground you're alone, you're alone.
Here's a shovel, like you needed help,
a casket rhythm marching straight to hell.
Last rights, last lights.
Goodbye. Stay dead. No one needs you alive.
I sat and watched your words decay.
I watched your mouth become a shallow grave.
You're dead weight, dead weight.
Too late.


6. THE WEEKLY SLAP IN THE FACE

I don't know if you, know if you, know.
You've done damage, done damage to my soul.
Dead at a young age. I watched my heart stop.
I watched my hero turn his back and walk.
Where are you going? How long will it take?
If you're coming back, I'll just see here and wait
and I'll learn from your mistakes,
take them with me, make my life my own.
Where have you gone? Where should you be?
If you were here, then you would see, slap in the face.
It's nothing new, sick of feeling disappointed in you.
You don't call, you don't talk.
I'm beginning to think it's my fault,
know what happens to people you use?
They stop giving a fuck about you.
No one to lead, no one to guide,
your mistakes won't destroy my life.
You're not a man. I'll tell you why.
Men don't leave their families to die
and I'll learn from your mistakes, take them with me.
I'll build my own home. Make my life my own.
You're not a man, I'll tell you why.
Men don't leave their families,
leave their families just to die.
I've made my name, you've ended yours in shame.


7. PLEASE STAY

My hands lift to clear my face
A light shines in this empty place
I hear feet like whispers move
A cold floor and a forgotten room.
My God why am I here?
Is this really how I spent my year?
A man controlling everything he sees
Just a boy chasing his dream.

Please stay, please stay.
I can't kid, there's another place to play.
Please stay, please stay.
But I'll be back around some day.

As I'm sweating the crowd just fades
A panic hits me and I start to shake
What the fuck am I still doing here?
I close my eyes to drown out fear
Open up to see that face,
The one that gave this heart its place
I sit tight and pray for a while
The one face that can make me smile

Please stay, please stay.
I can't my love, I have to go away.
Please stay, please stay.
But I'll be back for you some day.

Please stay, please stay.

We're on the stage and in my heart
I feel my body rip apart
I'll just take it day by day
Let me hear those words you say.

Please stay, please stay.
Please stay, please stay.
Please stay, please stay.
Please stay, please stay.

Forever remain, forever you stay,
You will be with me always
Forever remain, forever you stay,
You will be with me always
Forever remain, forever you stay,
You will be with me always
You will be with me always
You will be with me always

Always
Always
Always
Always

(Please stay)


8. A THIN PLACE

My hands lift to clear my face,
A light shines in this empty place.
I hear feet like whispers move.
A cold floor in a forgotten room.
My god why I am here?
Is this really how I spent my year?
A man controlling everything he sees,
Just a boy chasing his dream.
Please stay. I can't kid there's another plae to play.
Please stay. But I'll be back around some day,
As my sweat and the crowd does fade.
A panic hits me and I start to shake.
What the fuck am I still doing here?
I close my eyes to drown out fear, open up to see that face.
The one that gave this heart it's place,
Gave death a break for a while.
The one face that could make me smile.
Please stay.
I can't, my love, I have to go away.
Please stay.
But I'll be back for you some day,
War on the stage and in my heart.
I feel my body rip apart.
I'll take it day by day,
Let me hear those words you say.
Please stay, forever remain, forever the same,
You'll be with me always. Always.


9. THE DREAMER / THE THIEF / THE RELIC

The road owns who it owns.
Find myself walking a city street.
Summer blocks in the summer heat.
Welcome to the road they say.
Not always clear, not always paved.
Stumble cross as I meet the thief.
Broken stare as our glances meet,
He's the one who draws you in.
Robs you blind and leaves you sinking.
The road owns who it owns.
Every time I feel myself stop, feet to the ground.
Just keep moving. As I walk, I hear the whispers start,
Here's the relic with a change of heart.
He is beaten, tattered, and worn all thin.
Barely a man but a ghost within.
Old man, what do you have for me?
Show me a future that I haven't seen.
I'm too tired for all your lies, but your eyes.
Your eyes, listen kid. I've seen things you couldn't see.
Men starve and women leave.
I've seen death creep behind these walls.
Do you really think you can handle it all?
Old man, you're tired of being alive.
Let me by. Please step aside.
You don't know me, or where I've been.
You haven't seen the trouble I'm in.
Do I have the strength? Do I have what it takes?
I am, I am my own destiny.
Don't you say a fucking word to me.
I am my own destiny!
Below my feet, you're all dead to me.
I am my own destiny!
Pull down the skies and make them bow to me.
I am my own destiny.


10. WHEN IN ROAM

Live free, die free.
I won't be alone.
Live free, die free.
My home is where I roam.
As I lay my head to sleep,
I'd pray to God, but we don't speak.
Too many day's, too many nights.
Edge of crazy but I'm feeling alive.
A strange house, a strange be.
Anxious thoughts in a restless head.
Smoke clears enough to drift,
hands and feet that I can barely lift.
Live free, die free.
I won't be alone,
Live free, die free.
My home is where I roam.
Live free, die free.
I won't be alone.
Live free, die free.
I apologize for dreaming.
I'm sorry I can't stay.
I promise I'll grow up one day,
But that days not today.
So who's ready to die?
Live free, die free.
Live Free. Die Free.


11. HIS HEELS

But it's okay.
I've learned to love another day.
This has all been said before.
I don't need closure anymore.
I pity the words you speak.
I hope you find the hell you seek.
All my friends, and all my enemies,
couldn't hold back hurt, or damage done to me.
Are you okay? Do you feel alright?
About laying your head in a strangers beds tonight.
Will I ever love again? Can I ever right this wrong?
I need this for myself. It's time for me to move along.
I hope you get better. I hope you learn.
You need to find a love. A love that you have earned.
Don't have time for this. Game of hearts. Game of minds.
Which game are we playing tonight?
I'm over it, I'm done. But you need to see my love.
You can't stay this way with me.
You need go, please leave.
Move on. I'm sick of feeling low.
It's that familiar face, turn around, walk away.
Disgraced.
How many times have I waited alone
At your doorstep or the telephone?
If there's more to love, I need to know.
But no with you. Cause you refuse to grow.
But it's okay. I've learned to love another day,
I've learned to love another