1. A PRAISE FOR GHOSTS

When theres nothing to believe in
there is nothing i can lose.
These hands of loneliness are everything that comfort me.
I am chained to a bar like a bird in a cage.

In the houses of the holy we pray to god
to destroy our enemies as
We sing songs of praise and charity
Embraced by hopelessness and united by disillusion.

Are we blessed or cursed that we see thru their lies?
I raise my voice to speak but still I am not heard.
The leaders we elect they choke the truth with lies
Cus its easier to rule a nation of fools.
Thats when I close my eyes and this world just disappears.
I raise my voice to scream but still I am not heard.

When theres nothing to believe in
There is nothing I can lose.
These dark nights embrace me
As I walk among the dead
These hands of loneliness
Are everything that hold me
And no matter where you stand
You stand here with me.


2. BROKEN FLOWERS

There are battles to be won and they rage within our hearts
They crash in like waves as we try to keep our heads high
They form us and break us and they surely leave their mark
And it's the decisions
That we make that sometimes break a heart.
That's when people you know turn into someone you knew as
We all strive for a better life.
Promises made by big city lights.
And that's when we all have
To recognize the obvious powers of honesty.
And how disillusioning a normal life can be.
But it makes us come to terms.
With who we really are and where we wanna be.
We all need words to live by
And someone who can make us feel alive.
The stories that our mothers told
And the few things that we cannot hold.
We cannot hold our breath long enough to die.
I ran away from a city that died and ran away.
From a love run dry.
And nothing has kept me there.
My fate had been chosen.
I wish I couldn't tell a lie.
A heart so pure like a babies cry.
Just one more look at my fathers eyes.
I fill my empty heart with you.
We don't choose death.
It chooses us.
We don't look back.
We take a ride.
I don't need so much to stay alive.
Just a bed.
A room.
And someone to kiss goodnight these empty nights
I cannot sleep I fill my heart with you.
Erase these chapters from your past.
Sweet dreams die hard.
Wipe away these bitter tears from my face.
All our hopes die last.
From my trembling hands.
Cus we cannot hold our breath long enough to die.


3. THE LIVING RECEIVER

I am happy is something I haven't said in a while. Everything I lost, I found it in you.


4. SERMON

We've been preaching the same old things over
And over again. We are trapped
In that same old routine where no one is listening
We will become a memory.

Not knowing what the future holds we stare
Into the past with held-back tears and burning throats
These caskets are our future homes
And these graveyards are our fate
As we seek life in a dying town
Every day passing by is just another day
That we manage to survive.
Our bodies fade away from bright to grey
And nothing will remain.
Everything stays the same.

These lovesongs are our eulogies
And those empty beds our tombs
And we sleep in sheets of broken glass
And call a grave a home.
We call these graves our homes.
And how long must we wait to feel alive once
In our lifes in this city of ghosts.

We are tattered and torn and nothing will remain.
We are broken and torn and everything stays the same.


5. BRIDGEBURNER

I'm staring at blank walls in this house I left for dead
Where only our ghosts sleep in empty beds
And like a falling leaf my whole life
Is spinning down may the bridges that
I burned light my way.
Let it burn to nothing as fast as I can.
As my heart of stone is draggin me down.
And I'm sorry to cause you all this grief.
I wish you no harm.
Our hearts will love again.
But just not each others.
I need to bury you in the past.
To come to peace at last.
And our hearts will love again.
But just not each others.
Just not each others.