1. WALK ASTRAY

Where were you the day they stole our innocence?
And arranged a sacrifice for everyone in town.
Drove all the words yet to be written underground
To save the money on the kerosene they need.
Were you awake or were you sleeping?
Or just too afraid to disagree?

Well I don't wanna sing about freedom anymore.
I wanna see it! I wanna feel it!
I wanna know that it still sits beyond the lies that we've been told
Beyond the wars that keep our families from home,
I know that there's a way.
Dear God, let there be a way
To change the path we're on (path we're on).
..and believe in a better day.


Our dreams are their worst nightmares, these songs a call to arms
We can dance on the graves that held us, we can change the course of time

[Chorus:]
Stand up and fight, save yourself,
Strike, the time is now
You and me, we are more like sheep, (more like sheep)
Forced to march crippled feet to the slaughter

I'll stand on principle, banner lifted and a fist raised high
Filthy soul with a patriot heart, dancing rhythms in a world apart

[Chorus]

But you and me, we can live like thieves
On the dreams that we stole from their fears

Casting pearls before swine, hanging dead on the vine
Can we strive to be so much more than this?
[x2]

You and me, we are more like sheep, (more like sheep)
Forced to march crippled feet to the slaughter
To the slaughter
To the slaughter
To the slaughter

2. REQUIEM

She cries… its freedom that we need, but I have yet to see a cause to believe
(I need to feel it, please just let me feel all right)
It comes in waves of need, ten ways to make you bleed before you get to die
Can we give it one more shot, have we thrown all hope away,
Does it have to be this painful just to make it through?
This is not our requiem, we’re wasting time as victims
Why spend our lives on bended knee, choosing not to be free?
He sighs… I’m quickly burning out all that’s left of me are jaded memories
(I need to feel it please just let me feel all right)
Of what I could have been if I had only been less of what they wanted
And we’re still here, all together, and all alone
Consumed with fear that one day we’ll discover,
How empty we’ve become
Restricted and ashamed, we crave what they provide us,
So we’ll never feel alone
I am now just learning to breathe

3. FINAL COMMUNIQUE

Right now you’ve got us right where we want you
Below the radar sucking all you sold us
Patient and waiting while plotting and baiting
A stake through your heart with a smile on our face
1234 we’ve found a new obsession
4321 counting down to your extinction
1234 we’ve found a new obsession
4321 zero hour for the march of the damned
You’ll never see us coming striking from the shadows
Head first fist raised to the sky
Pull the trigger released in anger
We’ll bite off the fingers that feed us your shit
Prepare for judgment in black masks with hearts of fire
Your time is up we have decided
We wont give up until you lay down
And die you bitch


4. MISERY INDEX

My life
Charred remains of a flame that’s burned out
My lips move but they won’t make a sound
I stand motionless, eyes to the ground
Back for more
With reopened scars i remain
Battered savagely, knees start to shake
I just stand there, I take it, I wait
I’m just waiting for time to erase
And the world to change
Until then I will strive for nothing more
I’ll just wait for my heart to break
And arise from ash, reborn
Look at me
Cut my eye and allow me to see
What my life has become on my knees
I hear the screams, I watch myself bleed
But ? can’t feel a thing
What am I
But a victim unwilling to rise
Wretched shell of a man and his pride
Why stop living, I’m just waiting to die
My life it’s so familiar
Why lie when everything’s the same
But who am I, and what am I waiting for anyway
And I will die waiting to be reborn

5. (10) AND COUNTING

I can remember when there were times I thought we’d never eat again,
And salvation was our drinking
Things were different then, it was five of us against the world but then,
The world sure seemed much smaller
Broken down, down and out
Out of gas, out of food without a doubt
Broken up, up in arms
Armed to the teeth with ways to kill the pain
I was around back when we would fight each other for a couch or bed,
Though we’d never end up sleeping
We could rely on friends through the good, the bad,
The ugly times that we spent together when we were
Stealing our daily bread, naming vans until they all became our friends,
At least until they left us…
I wouldn’t trade these drunken days to be like you,
And say “I’ll be safe, I’m just waiting for…
Waiting for life to start.”
You can hate what we create
But we’ll be standing here when everything falls apart

6. FALLING OUT THEME

So here’s the door, I changed the lock and time ten minutes past I love you
(gotta fight the urge to start again)
Despite the cost or rhyme, we lose and change our mind, before we even try
Circles—corners—gravity forces us
Back to where we started from
Love and weapons kill much the same way
With shaking hands we start again
This stagnant air feels cold and unaware, as I fight the urge to kiss you
(every instinct says just walk away)
Attempt and fail again, envision at the end,
That we could make it right
I believe.
Please heal me.
Your eyes so revealing
We start again with…

7. EMPIRE

Here I am with my empire, I’ll bring you to your knees
Ebb and flow with my desire, cause its all that you’ve been taught to be

Yeah I’m the bastard son of what’s been overcome, and again we plant the seed
So place your fork to mouth, eat, consume, be proud of What I let you see
Cause we’ve made quite sure you can never leave

I speak you throw parades ignore the sense of rage welling up inside
Pay no mind to what we do cause we’ll sell it all to you in modern luxuries
And we’ve made quite sure you believe you’re free

From the cradle to the grave we try not to be saved from what we own
For next to nothing spent turn your dollars into cents
Fighting for the right to die alone
(just believe… believe you’re free) – cause you’re on your own
It doesn’t matter just be sure that this is our empire this is war
Forgotten heroes chessboard roles to make you think you’re something more
But you’re on your own…

8. SO LONG... THANKS FOR THE CRUTCHES

Just enough freedom to forget you’re a slave,
Just enough anger to make sure we get paid
Easy does it baby don’t lose your head—cause we both know
That ideals don’t sell come now pass us the saccharin
Part 1 then part 2 who knew you had it so easy
Hit it hit it we’ll go straight to the top
Its all a matter of whose cock you suck
We got the money hey come on lets go ha!
You know you want it hey!
You know you want it (well c’mon)
Shake it like a rebel just don’t cross any lines
Cause family god and country are back in style
Sex drugs and politics are fine—just remember
That we own you, we bought you, and we’ll sell you Whenever we want to
We brake your legs and you will thank us for the crutches
We wanna fuck but we end up kissing
Is this still rock cause the danger is missing
You gotta feed it gotta feed your addiction
So pack a lunch for the next crucifixion
You wanna feel the applause?
You wanna win at all cost?
Well you better learn to play nice and eat shit like a dog!

9. WITH COLD EYES

It’s no wonder we’re all scared when our submission makes demands
And who the hell are you is it asked or forced to do
Do you pray for holiness or just prey on my willingness
To starve beg consume for something you can’t prove
If I’m unworthy it’s you that brought me here
I sacrificed so much just to let you own my fears
Please don’t let go of me
And I will carry on with your burden on my shoulders
Where’s the white washed tomb out of which your god’s been exhumed
A corpse to force my guilt through lips you thought you sealed
And sins you cant let go have blinded you on your throne
And left me here alone.

While god sleeps the righteous feed upon the meek.
What kind of father sits and lets his children bleed?
Don’t just stand there show us all if this is true—
That your love and mercy isn’t for a chosen few

10. DEJA COUP

Relax, just sit back and absorb
Make sure you’ve got all that you can’t afford
Listen for your cue, to help you deal with the shame
It makes you wonder who is holding on to the reigns
It’s the way its always been and the way it will remain
It doesn’t matter when you’ve got nothing to believe
And why be born again if it’s so hard to get in
It doesn’t matter when you’ve got nothing to believe
don’t bother trying...
Sit down! Shut up… just consume and be bored
You know your place and you’ll find it’s so easy to ignore
That everybody knew it wasn’t gonna be tame
Cause honey the kill is just part of the game
From the dawn of time, should come as no surprise
What we’ve set out to achieve
A little pressure there, a little money here
And they’ll be begging us please
We’ll make it squeaky clean ignore the blood for now
Mundane and so pristine come on just dance to the sound!
Think it over...

11. SOCIAL REGISTER FANCLUB

I’ve seen it before everyone seems eloquently bored
The laughter stops and starts again too forced
So what’s the use in trying anymore, nothing makes you stop and notice
(and where did you go)
when did you give up and decide you had enough?
In the last five years of your life what have you done?
You feel pray to the throne they passed on
Run your mouth precious little thought while others drown
Your standards put you high above the crowd
But your safety net wont let you hit the ground
And nothing makes you stop and notice
When did you give up and decide you had enough?
In the last five years of your life what have you done
Except shine the throne you sit on?
Reflections of your pretty face betray a soul you cant replace
At the end of the day
The high horse that you rode for so long has trampled you and now moved on
But you’ll never change…
Cause your lying to yourself and when did you become so boring?
Just stop trying to pretend you’re right
You lost touch before you started out
You were never cool…and we’re not impressed so tell me...
... in the last five years what have you done but become The throne you sit on?

12. NOSTALGIC FOR GUILLOTINES

Breathe.
Breathe in the burning air… then sigh.
Be relieved there’s nothing there
We were free long before your free advice
Now the flags, they will burn in paradise

Rest your head here
Feed our nation for us please
And retreat to the back of our lines for your needs

As the blade is raised thoughts get clearer now
What if dreams that you had came crashing down
Would you change or erase the memory
Of the day, oh the day you made us bleed?

Rest your head here
Feed our nation for us please
And retreat to the back of our lines for your needs
We sew the seeds upon your grave,
So you know you’ll feed us either way

[Spoken quote from Jacob's Ladder movie:]
"If you're frightened of dying,
and then you're holding on,
you'll see devils tearing your life away.
But if you've made your peace,
then the devils are really angels,
freeing you from the Earth."

Wash away your sins and begin again
Resurrection from empty hands
Back against the wall watch your tower fall
To the ground with your head
Time to move on.
Your power is gone.
It's your turn to run.
Your hour has come.
…Let the blade fall…

We’ll feed our nation as we please,
As you grieve our children will dance in the streets
We’ve sewn the seeds about your grave
So you know you’ll feed us either way

And the meek shall inherit the earth

13. A FAR CRY

Find myself through sight of a gun and selling war never looked so fun
Stand in line for the latest attraction dressed up murder like its hip
And in fashion
Walked in like we owned the place – bright light corpse
Trigger pressed down sweat is cold – I’m not here
Bodies burn with babies in their arms – love as trash
Hope is where the heart can die – what we bring
Son into heir they made my bed to lie… roll the die…a far cry
Finding ways to be a god – where’s my gun
Where the blood can drown my soul – rain down fire
All I wanted was destination – all I got
All I got was all I gave – hope as shit
Give up because you’ll never justify the blood on your fingers
The bullshit look of concern
The cover ups lies and the bloated corpse of a system that is begging to burn
Surrender