Convictions : Hope for the Broken

Post Hardcore / USA
(2018 - InVogue Records)
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1. EXODUS, THE END OF US

So it rained from the heavens God sent fire
He's seen my deepest and darkest desires
So let the flames go higher
So let the flames go higher
Seduced by the serpent
The devil is a liar
You are the plague within me!
Hypnotized by the lies
He has come to divide
A pure soul you despised
Through the fire and the trials, I will learn to arise
You'll rise, you'll rise
You will see no fear in these eyes
Underneath a river of blood
And beyond the locust that block out the sun
I won't break the skin
Oh Lord, now let Your will begin!


2. DECEPTIVE HEART

Broken hearts and states apart
I'll take what you destroyed and turn it to art!
I sold my soul for her devotions
In turn, she left me across the ocean
Forever in chains by these binding emotions
Forever enslaved
Taunting me back, back to the sea
My memories return like the tide
I wish I could forget, but can I forget
This fabricated bride?
I wish I could forget you!
I'm drowning...
This can't be real...

I won't, let you consume me
So don't, don't say you're sorry
I won't, let you consume me
I know, I'm not what you assume
Assume, assume
This time I'm done with you
I'm done with you
I'm done, I'm done with you

Lie after lie after lie after, lie
Yet I stood here right by your side!
L-O-V-E
This is going to be the death of me
L-O-V-E
You will always be my agony
I wish I could forget you!
I'm drowning...
This can't be real...

I won't, let you consume me
So don't, don't say you're sorry
I won't, let you consume me
I know, I'm not what you assume
Assume, assume
This time, this time I'm done with you!

You left me not knowing what to say
Is it supposed to end this way?
These years spent, securing our future
When happily ever after didn't suit her
These years spent, blinded by your glow
Now my eyes are open, you're someone I don't know
You're someone I don't know!

Deceptive heart!
Lord, lead me through the waters, it tears me apart!
Fix what's been destroyed so I can restart


3. VOICES (THEY WANT ME DEAD)

When will this ever end?
All these voices in my head
They want me dead, they want me dead
I'm hanging by a thread

This is to relentless spirits that taunts my every thought
(my every thought)
This ghost is hopeless
I'm the phantom, the poet
The man that wears a mask and hides his fickle emotions
I've grown to live with this self-doubt

So just breathe in now
Just breathe in now (breathe in!)
Your thoughts are only in your head
Stop repeating every word you've said
Over and over again
God, will this ever end?

When will this ever end?
All these voices in my head
They want me dead, they want me dead
I'm hanging by a thread

Hanging by a single thread
Anxiety deception I've been mislead
There's nowhere to run
There's nowhere to hide
Collapse or composure: these worlds collide

So just breathe in now
Just breathe in now
Breathe in
Just know you are not alone
You're so much stronger than you'll know
Over and over again, God, will this ever end?

When will this ever end?
All these voices in my head
They want me dead
They want me dead
I'm hanging by a thread
When will this ever end?
All the poison in my head
They want me dead
They want me dead
I'm hanging by a thread

Was it all worth it?
These years spent a mess
Years not being myself
While they grew within me?

(You're not good enough, you'll never be enough)
Well, I've had enough so shut up
So shut your mouth
Shut up shut up
I've had enough
Tear their portraits from the wall (kill em' all, kill em' all)
Burn their fortress to the ground (kill em' all, kill em' all)

When will this ever end?
All these voices in my head
They want me dead, they want me dead
I'm hanging by a thread
When will this ever end?
All the poison in my head
They want me dead, they want me dead
I'm hanging by a thread

When will this ever end?
They want me dead, they want me dead
When will this ever end?
They want me dead, they want me dead
When will this ever end?
They want me dead
They want me dead
When will this end?


4. DIVIDED

Behind enemy lines, I'm not going down without a fight
Get off your throne and face me (face me!)

Every moment that us led here
Has brought our family pure agony
It's brother against brother
This is where we see your true colors

I'll never back down
You've got something to say, yet you walk away?
I'll never back down, the lies you spread are a disgrace
Come on now say it to my face!

Bring us back to where we started!
Back to where we, fixed the broken-hearted
Bring us back, bring us back!
Take away our past mistakes...
Take us back to Your, overwhelming embrace
Bring us back, bring us back...

I'm not going down
I'm not going down without a fight
Get off your throne and face me (face me!)

I hear the things you say
Words of resentment won't leave me restless
My heart's a fortress
You wanna torch this? Then show me fire!

Divided; this is the end of bliss
You've made your stand so here's your death wish!
You've made a death wish
I've lost the strength for forgiveness

Bring us back to where we started!
Back to where we, fixed the broken-hearted
Bring us back, bring us back!
Take away our past mistakes...
Take us back to Your, overwhelming embrace
Bring us back, bring us back...

Chaos, confusion
The deception of the enemy; will never stop our destiny!
You'll never stop us!
Like a thief you've come to kill and destroy
You'll never stop us!
God, bring us life and lead us to live full

Bring us back to where we started...
Back to where we, fixed the broken-hearted...
Bring us back, bring us back...
Take away our past mistakes!
Take us back to Your, overwhelming embrace
Bring us back, bring us back...

I'm not going down
I'm not going down without a fight
Get off your throne and face me (face me!)


5. WE ARE VIOLENCE

You brought out the worst in me: deep-rooted hatred
You've hung rapture from the highest tree
This is betrayal to the highest degree
We are violence
We are, we are, we are violence
We are, we are, we are violence

I'm in a vulnerable state of mind
I can't believe that I was so blind
And now I'm constantly reminded
Of how you stabbed me from behind
I swear one day
I'll put this all I'll put this all behind me
One day, I will learn to let this go

Say what you wanna say
Say what you mean to me
I can't believe a word that comes my way
You can't just take what you want from me

We are, we are, we are violence
We are, we are, we are violence

It's unbelievable how I tried
I can't believe all the times you lied
Now I'm reaching for an answer
But you couldn't kill your pride
Your lack of apathy tears me
From friend to foe
I never thought you'd stoop this low
Where'd your devotion go?

Say what you wanna say
Say what you mean to me
I can't believe a word that comes my way
You can't just take what you want from me
You can't just take what you want from me
Broken trust
You threw away all honesty
It's time for you to come clean
You can't just take what you want from me

You can bury the truth
You can live with your lies
With all the secrets you keep
I don't know how you can sleep
But at the of my days
I'll take nothing to the grave

I'll take nothing to the grave
My conscious is clear
I'll leave a final message here
I'll put the bitterness to rest
No longer a slave, I'll take nothing to the grave

Say what you wanna say
Say what you mean to me
I can't believe a word that comes my way
You can't just take what you want from me
You can't just take what you want from me
Broken trust
You threw away all honesty
It's time for you to come clean
You can't just take what you want from me


6. FEEL ALIVE

If I could just rewind the steps I've made
Would the story end the same?
I was so afraid
Afraid of showing what I'm made of
Did it make you feel alive every time you took a line?

Did it make you feel alive every time you took a line?
You crossed the line
Did it make you feel alive?
Did it make you feel alive when you crossed the line
And ended your own life
You crossed the line
Did it make you feel alive?

I think its time to put on my disguise
I hope no one notices my saucer eyes
There's nothing I'd rather keep
Than the drugs that make me sleep
But after mother and father passed
I can't find a high that will last

Did it make you feel alive every time you took a line?
You crossed the line
Did it make you feel alive?
Did it make you feel alive when you crossed the line
And ended your own life
You crossed the line
Did it make you feel alive?

From hero to heroin
The choices you have made
A sad serenade
What about your daughters?
From wife to widow, a family dishonored
There's poison in your veins
You gave us all away
As I look to the sky, this is a final good-bye
This is my final good-bye
This is my final good-bye
This is my final good-bye
Good-bye

Did it make you feel alive every time you took a line?
You crossed the line
Did it make you feel alive?
Did it make you feel alive when you crossed the line
And ended your own life
You crossed the line
Did it make you feel alive?


7. FALSE WITNESSES

Submerged in the depths, pull me out
Lord, hear me now in desperation, erase this doubt
I'm so powerless in the wake of animosity
Erase this doubt
I've seen their endless judgement
It fills my heart with hate and torment
This isn't me: a home with no key
Unlock me and turn back the clock
Stuck in a paradox, I swear this will never stop
All I want is change but I'm afraid to change myself

I don't want
I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it

I don't want
I don't wanna hear what you have
What you have to preach to me
And I don't want, I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it
Nobody can find their way
When all you do is push them all away
And I don't want, I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it

Steadfast in their stubborn ways
I'll sing this song 'til the end of my days
I'm unafraid
I'm unashamed
I'm unafraid
I'm unashamed
To speak up and call out false witnesses preying on the innocent
So speak up and call out the ones who defame His holy name

I don't want
I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it

I don't want
I don't wanna hear what you have
What you have to preach to me
And I don't want, I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it
Nobody can find their way
When all you do is push them all away
And I don't want, I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it

Self-destructive, state of mind (You're ignorant)
You disregard the sons and daughters and build those borders
Live life stronger
We can't stand for this any longer
Live life stronger
Preserve His honor

I don't want
I don't wanna hear what you have
What you have to preach to me
And I don't want, I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it
I don't want
I don't wanna hear what you have
What you have to preach to me
And I don't want, I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it
Nobody can find their way
When all you do is push them all away
And I don't want, I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna hear it

Self-destructive, state of mind
Lord, pull me out
Erase this doubt


8. THE STORM WILL PASS

Relocate, recover
Discover there's value in your life
I've wanted to give up so many times
There's no hope
There's no hope here!

I don't care anymore!
I don't care about anything or anyone
Just get away from me and let me be!

Death seems like, the only option
Nothing seems, to get better (you'll get better)
You know I'm not!
When you feel like giving up
Just remember that you're not alone (you're not alone)
When you feel like giving up
Remember why you held on for so long (held on for so long)

Re-imagine and take action
There's so much God has in store
But when there's no open doors
It's hard to see what there's to live for!
Sometimes I think, this world would be a better place without me, without me!

There's always hope for the broken!
There's always hope, for the broken!
Redeem me, Redeemer!
Come here and rescue me
Redeem me, Redeemer!
Restore this spirit, reveal there's grace!

Death seems like, the only option
Nothing seems, to get better (you'll get better)
You know I'm not!
When you feel like giving up
Just remember that you're not alone (you're not alone)
When you feel like giving up
Remember why you held on for so long (held on for so long)

Maybe this is a passing phase
Or just a selfish, shallow grave
It's hard to see you
Thinking back on every one I hurt
Regretting the person I've become
I wanna know, I wanna know
I need a purpose...

Wake up! Tomorrow's a new day
Remain steadfast
Wake up! Tomorrow's a new day
The storm will pass
Wake up! Tomorrow's a new day
Remain steadfast
Wake up! Tomorrow's a new day
The storm will pass


9. RECKLESS

God, I'm so reckless (yeah, yeah)
Abandoned my teachings
It's like I fall back into my old ways (yeah, yeah)
Every time I get down it's like this never ends
You said "You'd always be there for me"
Why do I always run so far from home?
This is my sinful season
I fail, I falter, make mistakes without rhyme or reason
I'm reaching out, so pull me in

Save me, I know I've been reckless
I'm falling away, I'm falling away
Change me, I know that I need this
I'm calling Your name calling Your name again

I'm calling Your name
I'm calling Your name
Consumed by vices
They take a hold of me
I failed my family and returned a mockery

A constant disappointment
I let you down
I always let you down
It's spiritual warfare
Lord, please hear this prayer
I'm reaching out, so pull me in

Save me, I know I've been reckless
I'm falling away, I'm falling away
Change me, I know that I need this
I'm calling Your name calling Your name again

Face down, I traded riches for a fruitless crown
I'm stuck in ditches that my heart has found
The demons flee at the trumpets' sound
God, Your voice is thunder
Shake the ground
It's spiritual warfare
Lord, please hear this prayer
Father, You never disown
I'm coming home


10. TO SLEEP IS TO FEEL

Tossing and turning
A ruthless fight takes place in the night
If I could drift asleep, my problems; they drift from me
I lie here in disarray!

If I could fall asleep tonight
My problems would subside but I lie awake
Lie awake all night
I lie awake without you by my side
Let me slowly drift away yet
When morning comes its another day without you by my side
Another day without you by my side...

Without you! Without you by my side!
Without you! Without you by my side!

These sheets are strangling me and this bed is my enemy
Counting sheep but I'm no shepherd
When will these dreams take hold of me?
You! You shattered my reality
You! You left me in a nightmare
Look what you've done to me!
I lie here in disarray!

If I could fall asleep tonight
My problems would subside but I lie awake
Lie awake all night
I lie awake without you by my side
Let me slowly drift away yet
When morning comes its another day without you by my side
Another day without you by my side...

Time after time, I lie awake losing my mind
Time after time, my life rewinds
You were everything to me, when I was nothing to you!
I'll spend the night replaying everything we've been through!
You were everything to me, but I was not enough!
Not enough, not enough, I was nothing to you

If I could fall asleep tonight
My problems would subside but I lie awake
Lie awake all night
I lie awake without you by my side
Let me slowly drift away yet
When morning comes its another day without you by my side
Another day without you by my side...

For the weak, for the weary, for those troubles within your chest
Come to me, come to me, come to me
Come to me and I will give you rest!
Come to me! I will give you rest!


11. REVERIE

(Instrumental)


12. NEVER WANTED IT THIS WAY

I tried to, make you stay
I tried to, make you stay...

I'm living with a ghost
Her memory I miss most
I am the lighthouse burning every night with no ship in sight
A poison kiss so divine, God I'd pray for the stars to align
This is the only life I've known; heartbroken and alone!
Just lock me up and throw away the key
I don't want to live my life in misery (misery)

I never wanted it, to be this way
And I never thought you'd walk away
And I never thought you'd walk away
I tried to make you stay
I tried to make you stay
I tried to make you, I tried to make you stay

So, cast my body out to sea
Erase my existence from history
I don't want to live in misery
This is the end of you and me
I pray for rebirth as you flood the earth
Wash away this agony
My chest won't beat again

I never wanted it, to be this way
And I never thought you'd walk away
And I never thought you'd walk away
I tried to make you stay
I tried to make you stay
I tried to make you, I tried to make you stay

I've grown tired and drained going through the motions
You're slowly killing me
I hear the siren's songs that play with my emotions
So here, my heart rests
At the bottom of the ocean!

I'm better off on my own
I won't take you back
After everything we've been through
I won't take you back
This time I'm walking away from you!
I'm walking away, from, you


13. HOPE FOR THE BROKEN

Picture me in a perfect state of mind
All these thoughts I wish I could just leave behind
I know I said wasn't hopeless
But through these years will I ever get over this?

We are broken, we all know this
Will I give up or just give in?
I wish it wasn't this way...

I am not, the person. I said I would become
There is so much more, I have yet to overcome!
At what cost would it take to restore all I've lost?
Put me back together and change my heart forever

Picture us before everything had changed
When in the end the picture never fit the frame
I hope, I hope you didn't notice
The man behind the mask was at his lowest

We are broken, we all know this
Will I give up or just give in?
I wish it wasn't this way...

I am not, the person. I said I would become
There is so much more, I have yet to overcome!
At what cost would it take to restore all I've lost?
Put me back together and change my heart forever

Even when I feel my furthest, in the darkness
I will still worship
Give a voice, to the unspoken
Lord, you are the hope
Hope for the broken!

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