Asking Alexandria : Like a House on Fire

Metalcore / United-Kingdom
(2020 - Sumerian Records)
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1. HOUSE ON FIRE

Like a house on fire
Like a house on fire

Wage war on your preconceptions
Of my exception to come
What you rely on to give purpose to your lifelong dreams
Of being what you'll never become

'Cause you gotta give
More than you've got to give
To watch it all fall

As I watch it fall away from me
(Like a house on fire, like a house on fire)
And all I am turn to all I can be
(Like a house on fire, like a house on fire)

Fall back on the same excuses
That you've been using for years (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
The only person that you're holding back's
The only one that needed to hear all along

'Cause you gotta give
More than you've got to give
To watch it all fall

As I watch it fall away from me
(Like a house on fire, like a house on fire)
And all I am turn to all I can be
(Like a house on fire, like a house on fire)

Like a house on fire
Like a house on fire
I watch it fall away from me
(Like a house on fire, like a house on fire)

As I watch it fall away from me
(Like a house on fire, like a house on fire)
And all I am turn to all I can be
(Like a house on fire, like a house on fire)

Like a house on fire
Like a house on fire, oh
Like a house on fire
Like a house on fire, oh


2. THEY DON'T WANT WHAT WE WANT (AND THEY DON'T CARE)

Can you feel the hairs stand on the back of your neck?
Can you feel your heart beating right out of your chest?

Panic
Panic

There's something strange going on in this room
The walls are melting I can hear the ceiling screaming to come down
I can't believe we built this room
It was meant to be a sanctuary, not a prison

There's something strange going on in this house
It's like we're pushing all these buttons tryna start a war
Amongst ourselves, but we don't know what we want
All we know's that we don't want what they want

(Hey, hey) What we want
(Hey, hey) What we want
(Hey, hey) What we want
(Hey, hey) What we want

Can you feel the hairs stand on the back of your neck?
Can you feel your heart beating right out of your chest?
Can you feel your bones ache like there's something within?
Can you feel your blood pumping inside of your skin?

Can you feel it?
Panic panic
Panic panic
Can you feel it?
Panic panic
Panic panic

There's something wrong with the castle they're in
Watching over every single move that we make
Try to see past their perfect smiles
They were supposed to be protectors not o-fucking-ppressors

There's something wrong with the way that they speak
Like the more they take from us the better off that we'll be
Anything to get the power they seek
All I know's that they don't want what we want

(Hey, hey) What we want
(Hey, hey) What we want
(Hey, hey) What we want
(Hey, hey) What we want

Can you feel the hairs stand on the back of your neck?
Can you feel your heart beating right out of your chest?
Can you feel your bones ache like there's something within?
Can you feel your blood pumping inside of your skin?

Can you feel it?
Panic panic
Panic panic
Can you feel it?
Panic panic
Panic panic

We don't want what they want
They don't want what we want
We don't want what they want
And they don't care

Panic
Panic
Panic


3. DOWN TO HELL

(Let's go)

I don't know what you've heard
But I'm a cannon, I'm loose, I'm a wildfire
I don't care what you think
About where I choose to draw my line
Sociopath, self-absorbed, egotistical asshole
Don't waste your breath
It's not a secret, believe it

Move aside, make a hole
For a waste of potential
Move along, nothing to see here
Don't pay too much attention
I'm coming up
I'm going down to hell

You can say what you want about me
I stay cool, talking ice cold
You can want what I'm not or what I was
I can't hear you through the new sound
Insufferable, emotional graveyard, pretentious dick
Don't waste your time
It's not a secret, believe it

I'm going down, I'm going down, I'm going down
I'm going down, I'm going down (Way down)

Move aside, make a hole
For a waste of potential
Move along, nothing to see here
Don't pay too much attention
I'm coming up
I'm going down to hell

I wanna find
Somewhere to lose my mind
Dig around inside
And go a little crazy
I wanna find
Somewhere to lose my mind
Dig around inside
And go a little crazy

Move aside, make a hole
For a waste of potential
Move along, nothing to see here
Don't pay too much attention
I'm coming up
I'm going down to hell
I'm going down to hell


4. ANTISOCIALIST

I had a dream once
All by myself with no one else
I thought I'd died and gone to heaven
Then I woke up
And everybody wanted something
Reaching out don't fucking touch me
So I take pills to induce sleep
But I always wake up

Please stay away from me
You keep on talking with nothing to say
I don't wanna hear about your life
You make me wanna eat a bullet
It's on my forehead
Four letters, off
And go forth and spread the word
I don't wanna know you
Please stay away from me
'Cause I don't fucking like you

I had a dream once
I didn't know it at the time
The world was perfect in that moment
Then I woke up
I was surrounded by these strangers
Standing close and staring in
So I drink liquor to escape it
But I always wake up

Please stay away from me
You keep on talking with nothing to say
I don't wanna hear about your life
You make me wanna eat a bullet, bullet
It's on my forehead
Four letters, off
And go forth and spread the word
I don't wanna know you
Please stay away from me
'Cause I don't fucking like you

From my heart
I hope you know this song is about you
From my heart
I hope you know this song is about you
From my heart
I hope you know this song is about you

Please stay away from me
You keep on talking with nothing to say
I don't wanna hear about your life
It's on my forehead
Four letters, off
And go forth and spread the word
I don't wanna know you
Please stay away from me
Please stay away from me
'Cause I don't fucking like you


5. I DON'T NEED YOU

You can't say I didn't try
If I'm honest, I probably gave a little too much
Been on the ledge for a while
'Cause I promised, that I would be
You can say I wasn't good enough but you know
That that doesn't change what really happened here
That I have grown
Into someone you never thought I could

Someone who could walk away from it all
Someone who could stand alone and be alright

'Cause I don't need you to tell me
Who I am or what I'm meant to be
I don't need you to make up my mind
There's so much I wanted to say
But I can't find the words

Hate to hear you're doing fine
If I'm honest, I think about you all the time
But we left us behind
To find out what we could be
Yeah, you brought out the worst of me so I know
If I stay then we would both drown
But now I've grown
Into someone you never thought I could

Someone who could walk away from it all
Someone who could stand alone and be alright

'Cause I don't need you to tell me
Who I am or what I'm meant to be
I don't need you to make up my mind
There's so much I wanted to say
But I can't find the words to
I don't need you
I don't need you

After all's said and done
I know I'm gonna get through this
Rebuild the bridges I've burned down
And find the light in the darkness

After all's said and done
I know I'm gonna get through this
I'll find the light in the darkness
In the darkness

I don't need you to tell me
Who I am or what I'm meant to be
I don't need you to make up my mind
My mind

There's so much I wanted to say
But I can't find the words to
There's so much I wanted to say
But I can't find the words
I don't need you, no, no, oh
I don't need you, no more, no more


6. ALL DUE RESPECT

Allow me your attention
Won't you lend me your ear for a moment
I know there's been a lot of tension
But I feel compelled to explain myself
I don't mean to offend you but you're out of your mind
If you think I give a fuck about your taking sides
At the end of the day when you break it down
I'm nothing like you
I'm nothing like you

I can fly
And you're gonna fall face down while
I inspire greatness
As long as I'm alive I'll fight
And you'll be stuck in the shadows of
The heights of my greatness

I've been hearing lots of whispers
Stories sold by a shadow of a memory
Pointing fingers from a distance
I've tried but I can't just ignore it
With all due respect yeah you're out of your mind
If you think I give a fuck about your reasons why
This ain't gonna end how wanted it to
I'm nothing like you
I'm nothing like you

I can fly
And you're gonna fall face down while
I inspire greatness
As long as I'm alive I'll fight
And you'll be stuck in the shadows of
The heights of my greatness

I dedicate my life consumed in search for something more inside of me
Incessantly obsessively determined to define my legacy
I dedicate my life consumed in search for something more inside of me
Incessantly obsessively determined to define my legacy

I can fly
And you're gonna fall face down while
I inspire greatness
As long as I'm alive I'll fight
And you'll be stuck in the shadows of
The heights of my greatness

I can fly
And you're gonna fall face down while
I inspire greatness
So long as I'm alive I'll fight
And you'll be stuck in the shadows of
The heights of my greatness


7. TAKE SOME TIME

Come with me
I can give you anything you want
Everything you've ever dreamed of
I can give you the world
Lean on in
Let me tell you that you're beautiful
The only one I see in the room
I wanna taste your skin

Take your time
I wanna cross some lines

I want you, you
Pull me in, I feel alive when I'm with
You, you
Can't deny there's something in the way that you
Move, move

Skin on skin
Body shaking, dripping ecstasy
Burning daylight underneath the sheets
Breathing out, breathing in
Take my life
Give me passage to a higher place
With a fruit that bares the sweetest taste
And let me stay there forever

Take your time
I wanna cross some lines

I want you, you
Pull me in, I feel alive when I'm with
You, you
Can't deny there's something in the way that you
Move, move

Hot sweat
Love drip
Heart beat
Body's shaking I want it to last forever
Lip bite
All night
This might
Be nirvana all I want is everything so
Take your time
I wanna cross some lines

I want you, you
Pull me in, I feel alive when I'm with
You, you
Can't deny there's something in the way that you
Move, move

Take your time I wanna cross some lines I want
Take your time I wanna cross some lines I want
You, you


8. ONE TURNS TO NONE

One step, two steps back
Three breaths before I snap
Three minutes of holding on
Two turns to one

This can't wait until another day
And I'm not settling for second place
I got a legacy to build
And you're standing in my way

I'm an animal
Yeah I'm an animal
If you let me out the cage
It won't be long until you find out
Why why why
I'm an animal
Yeah I'm an animal
If you dare to play the game
It won't be long until you find out
Why why why
I'm an animal

One step, two steps back
Three ways, you forced attack
Three payers to save your soul
One turns to none

This can't wait until another day
And I'm not settling for second place
I got a legacy to build
And you're standing in my way

I'm an animal
Yeah I'm an animal
If you let me out the cage
It won't be long until you find out
Why why why
I'm an animal
Yeah I'm an animal
If you dare to play the game
It won't be long until you find out
Why why why
I'm an animal

I'm an animal
Yeah I'm an animal
If you let me out the cage
It won't be long until you find out
Why why why
I'm an animal
Yeah I'm an animal
If you dare to play the game
It won't be long until you find out
Why
I'm an animal


9. IT'S NOT ME (IT'S YOU)

Can I tell you a secret
I've been trying for a while but I don't feel it no more
Can I be all out of faith and still be a believer?
I wanna be a believer

All I want is a reason
Just one, it doesn't need to be major
Something to make me feel like our time isn't wasted
'Cause I don't need that shit, no I don't need that shit

No it ain't me
There's something wrong with you
And I don't wanna talk about it
No it's done
It's been real but it ain't been real fun
So long I'm long gone

I thought you were different
That you were nothing like the idiots always around us
That you had a sane head on your shoulders
Now they're all saying "I told ya"

And we're at a cross road
I wish this could be more than a once was
That you didn't need to feed off problems
'Cause I don't need that shit, no I don't need that shit

No it ain't me
There's something wrong with you
And I don't wanna talk about it
No it's done
It's been real but it ain't been real fun
So long I'm long gone

Yeah, I hate to say it, I hate to say it
But someone really needs to
We both saw this coming
There's no sense in keeping on with keeping on, I'm moving on

All I need is a reason
Just one fucking reason
All I need is a reason (So long I'm long gone)
Just one fucking reason
All I need is a reason (So long I'm long gone)
Just one fucking reason

It ain't me
There's something wrong with you
And I don't wanna talk about it
No it's done
It's been real but it ain't been real fun
So long I'm long gone

Yeah, I hate to say it, I hate to say it
But someone really needs to
We both saw this coming
There's no sense in keeping on with keeping on, I'm moving on


10. HERE'S TO STARTING OVER

I'm sick of trying to be something that I'm never gonna be
Tryna fit in a mold that wasn't meant for me
I just wanna be free to let my mind do its thing
Without the world weighing in on where my heart should've been
And who I'm supposed to be

And so I draw the line
In the sand, my line

Here's to starting over
Here's to no compromise yeah
Get up or get out of my way
Get up, get up
Here's to starting over
(Here's to starting over)
(Here's to starting over)

I'd always sworn that I'd fight to find my own way through
But the past has a way of coming back for you
I'm just trying to do what I was put here to do
Without the world all assuming
What it is that I do

And so I draw the line
In the sand, my line

Here's to starting over
Here's to no compromise yeah
Get up or get out of my way
Get up, get up
Here's to starting over
(Here's to starting over)
(Here's to starting over)

I'd rather fail as me
Than succeed as someone else
There's a world of opportunity for someone like me
I don't need you to choose my direction
I'll pave my own way, I can make my own mistakes,
No matter what it takes or what it means for in the days to come

Here's to starting over
Here's to no compromise yeah
Get up or get out of my way
Get up, get up
Here's to starting over
(Here's to starting over)
(Here's to starting over)


11. WHAT'S GONNA BE

Sometimes I think about the old days
Remember where we came from
Reflect on what it took for us to make it this far
From dreaming in parking lot wasting away
To seas of faces, social status
And a sense of victory in my heart

Don't blink you'll miss what's coming next
Can you feel it in your chest
It's gonna be beautiful, say what you want about us
[?]

With a little bit of faith a lot of patience
We turned this could be into something amazing
And I know, what's gonna be
We had a lot of dreams a little bit of godsend
Never could've dreamed where life would take us back then
And I know what's gonna be

Sometimes I think about the future
Imagine how it's gonna feel
To picture everything we've dreamed of coming to pass
Got high ambitions and we're gonna be
Forever chasing destiny
Manifesting more than we could ever conceive

Don't blink you'll miss what's coming next
Can you feel it in your chest
It's gonna be beautiful, say what you want about us
[?]

With a little bit of faith a lot of patience
We turned this could be into something amazing
And I know what's gonna be
We had a lot of dreams a little bit of godsend
Never could've dreamed where life would take us back then
And I know what's gonna be

Well the time's come to lay it all
On the line and grow into something more
Than we had ever seen
We've waited all our lives for this day to come
For it all to pay off and become the sum
Of what we have worked to be

With a little bit of faith a lot of patience
We turned this could be into something amazing
And I know what's gonna be
We had a lot of dreams a little bit of godsend
Never could've dreamed where life would take us back then
And I know what's gonna be
And I know what's gonna be
And I know what's gonna be
What's gonna be


12. GIVE YOU UP

I wasted so much time on wasting time
Made a million excuses told myself I'm above it
Now there's symphony where there used to be
Nothing but silence and I'm never gonna give you up

Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up
Give you up, give you, give you, never gonna give you up
Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up
Give you up

I never saw it coming
Exactly what I said I never wanted
I'm so used to running
But something caught me in the headlights that night

Now I'm stuck, can't move, don't want to, so here I'll stay
With a blinking of an eye I felt my whole life change

I wasted so much time on wasting time
Made a million excuses told myself I'm above it
Now there's symphony where there used to be
Nothing but silence and I'm never gonna give you up

Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up
Give you up, give you, give you, never gonna give you up
Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up
Give you up

It's got my colors showing
Despite me always tryna keep them in
I'm so used to knowing
Who I am but with you it's like I'm someone new

And I'm stuck, can't move, don't want to, so here I am
In a strange new place that I'd never imagined

I wasted so much time on wasting time
Made a million excuses told myself I'm above it
Now there's symphony where there used to be
Nothing but silence and I'm never gonna give you up

Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up
Give you up, give you, give you, never gonna give you up
Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up
Give you up

In my darkest of days
I've got a light now to show me the way
It's like I've found my place
And the world doesn't feel the same

I wasted so much time on wasting time
Made a million excuses told myself I'm above it
Now there's symphony where there used to be
Nothing but silence

I wasted so much time on wasting time
Made a million excuses told myself I'm above it
Now there's symphony where there used to be
Nothing but silence

And I'm never gonna give you up
I'm never gonna give you up
I'm never gonna give you up
I'm never gonna give you up


13. IN MY BLOOD

I felt like a monster in a church
Trying to hide from the pain I bring
My visceral urges, getting worse
Looking for a sign somewhere I missed

Because the hole deep within me kept growing and poisoning my blood
Then in that moment alone in the dirt, I understood

That every time I close my eyes I'm overwhelmed by
Visions of something that's bigger than
Moving mountains, parting oceans
And I've got the whole world in front of me
I'll be a giant
I am defiant
It's in my blood

I wasn't a monster and this ain't a church
You can't trust the blind to keep you clean
I saw my future from a hearse
That wasn't the life meant for me

Because the hole deep within me kept growing and poisoning my blood
Then in that moment alone in the dirt, I understood

That every time I close my eyes I'm overwhelmed by
Visions of something that's bigger than
Moving mountains, parting oceans
And I've got the whole world in front of me
I'll be a giant
I am defiant
It's in my blood

I'm not stuck inside this place
The only thing that's keeping me here
Are the walls that I built myself
I've got a dream to chase
So I'm not wasting a moment
Tryna hold on to nothing

'Cause every time I close my eyes I'm overwhelmed by
Visions of something much bigger than
Moving mountains, parting oceans
And I've got the whole world in front of me
I'll be a giant
I am defiant
It's in my blood


14. THE VIOLENCE

Open up, drink it in, don't ask too many questions
Become the vessel for the shame they feed you through suggestion
There's a rumor on the breeze, secrets that bring you to your knees
We made the problem, we are the poison, woah oh

Close your eyes, surrender your beliefs to them for holding
Wait patiently to hear what ever-changing lines are showing
There's a whisper on the wind, eventual storm that's rolling in
They have the answers, cure for the cancer, we've become that we've become

But all they wanted was violence
To plant their seeds and divide us
If they want the worst that's inside us
Well, bring on the violence, the violence

Back and forth, daily take apart what you've been building
Everything you have is to be fed into the system
There's a force out pushing fear, a deafening silence drawing near
Sit and absorb it, guess we've been toxic all along, all along

All they wanted was violence
To plant their seeds and divide us
If they want the worst that's inside us
Well, bring on the violence, the violence
(The violence)
To plant their seeds and divide us
(The violence)
If they want the worst that's inside us
(The violence)
Well, bring on the violence, the violence

I'm on the edge, and I'm not alone
Remember this is what you asked for
I'm on the edge, and I'm not alone
Remember this is what you asked for

All you wanted was violence
To plant your seeds and divide us
You want the worst that's inside us
Well, bring on the violence, the violence
(The violence)
We'll fall before you divide us
(The violence)
If you want the worst that's inside us
(The violence)
Bring on the violence, the violence


15. LORAZEPAM

I'm not an addict, I just sometimes fucking hate myself
I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore
I'm not a victim, I'm not lonely, and I'm doing well for myself
I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore
I drive a sports car, got a couple houses, fly first class
I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore
So why when I wake up and see my reflection, does it make me sick?

One, two, three, four

I don't care anymore, I've got a sickness in my soul
I'm on my shit again
I find it kinda funny being out of control
Feed me Lorazepam

My wife, she loves me, I've got friends who'd jump in front of a train
I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore
But every waking minute I'm tormented by my fucked up brain
I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore
Folks pay to meet me, take a photo, tell me I should smile
I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore
But all I wanna do is take a match and set this whole place on fire

I don't care anymore, I've got a sickness in my soul
I'm on my shit again
I find it kinda funny being out of control
Feed me Lorazepam

My parents sometimes try to reach me, but I never respond
I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore
Not really sure why I'm still pissed off, but it's part of my brand now
I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore
I've got no reason to, so tell me, why I feel like shit?
I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore
Lucky for me, I'm pretty good at acting like I've got a hold on this

One, two, three, four

I don't care anymore, I've got a sickness in my soul
I'm on my shit again
I find it kinda funny being out of control
Feed me Lorazepam

I'm not an addict, I just sometimes fucking hate myself
Every waking minute I'm tormented by my fucked up brain
I've got no reason to, so tell me, why I feel like shit?
All due offense, I don't feel bad if I push you away

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