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Alternative Metal / USA
(2008 - Self-Released)
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1. CALL ME ALIVE

(Take it away!)
Come call me alive
Your heart carries mine
Don't leave me to die
Alright
Come call me alive
Your heart carries mine
Don't leave me to die
Alright

I shouldn't have let them have me, now it's too late for regrets
Will I ever learn, or am I doomed to burn?
I keep tasting it, I keep choking

Take my water, take my oxygen
They never could help me, I'm left just as empty tonight

Come call me alive
Your heart carries mine
Don't leave me to die
Alright

I can't give in to madness
And let them numb me over
They wait to weaken me, and take me piece by piece
I'm poised for the kill, don't dare swallow

Take my water, take my oxygen
They never could help me, I'm left just as empty tonight
I will stop at nothing less than You
Ruined me, You've ruined me, nothing else moves me

Take my water, take my oxygen
They never could help me, I'm left just as empty tonight
I will stop at nothing less than You
Ruined me, You've ruined me, nothing else moves me

Promise me You'll hunt me down
Or it's torn for now
I have come unwound without falling
Promise me You won't back down
Come call me alive, come call me alive

Come call me alive, come call me alive
Come call me alive, alright
Come call me alive, come call me alive


2. OFF WITH HER HEAD

I'm lucky if I ever see the light of day again
My skin is choking me, my feeble walls are closing in
This cell is filled with scholars easing me, they're teasing me
They told me so I didn't know the fall would be this easy

How long until it starts to do me in
I can’t give out what I’m not breathing in
I know they'll come with what I'm owed, guilty as charged
My enemies belittle me reminding me the penalty of all my deeds despite my pleas is death

Don't let go ’cause I don't wanna be this, I don't wanna be this
Death is mine I know
Don't let go, don't let go
Save your own ’cause I don't wanna be this, I don't wanna be this
Death is mine I know
Don't let go, don't let go, savior

Your way to life has only showed me what a fool I am
It serves the purpose of confirming I remain condemned
And I will ever linger on the edge
Unless you hear me

How long until it starts to do me in
I can’t give out what I’m not breathing in
I know they'll come with what I'm owed, guilty as charged
My enemies belittle me reminding me the penalty of all my deeds despite my pleas is death

Don't let go ’cause I don't wanna be this, I don't wanna be this
Death is mine I know
Don't let go, don't let go
Save your own ’cause I don't wanna be this, I don't wanna be this
Death is mine I know
Don't let go, don't let go, savior

Don't let go ’cause I don't wanna be this, I don't wanna be this
Death is mine I know
Don't let go, don't let go
Save your own ’cause I don't wanna be this, I don't wanna be this
Death is mine I know
Don't let go, don't let go, save your own


3. PERNILLA

I can't help but close my eyes tonight
And dream a different ending
That when I wake I won't be so exhausted
And I will stop with my pretending
That I'm fine, I'm fine if I can fool myself tonight
And my lie will drown out all of yours

You will bleed for what your hands have done
You can't outrun your ending

And I'll get well long before you let yourself
I may forgive you, but you never will

I will not bend until I break, how much can one bruised body take?
Just not enough to silence me, you're only a memory
I'll scream these words 'til they come true, then I will think no more of you
Look back on what I'm going through, this isn't my identity

And I told you, I told you, you had no right
How damaged you must be
I watch you panic, it's tragic, you'll carry this for life
You have my sympathy

I will not bend until I break, how much can one bruised body take?
Just not enough to silence me, you're only a memory
I'll scream these words as they come true, then I will think no more of you
Look back on what I'm going through, this isn't my identity

You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I won't break, I will not break)
You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I won't break, I will not break)
You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I...will...not...)
You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I...will...not...)
You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I won't break, I will not break) (This isn't my idendity)

You're only a memory (You're only a memory)
This isn't my identity (This isn't my identity)
You're only a memory
I...will...not...break


4. PERNILLA (LIVE ACOUSTIC)

I can't help but close my eyes tonight
And dream a different ending
That when I wake I won't be so exhausted
And I will stop with my pretending
That I'm fine, I'm fine if I can fool myself tonight
And my lie will drown out all of yours

You will bleed for what your hands have done
You can't outrun your ending

And I'll get well long before you let yourself
I may forgive you, but you never will

I will not bend until I break, how much can one bruised body take?
Just not enough to silence me, you're only a memory
I'll scream these words 'til they come true, then I will think no more of you
Look back on what I'm going through, this isn't my identity

And I told you, I told you, you had no right
How damaged you must be
I watch you panic, it's tragic, you'll carry this for life
You have my sympathy

I will not bend until I break, how much can one bruised body take?
Just not enough to silence me, you're only a memory
I'll scream these words as they come true, then I will think no more of you
Look back on what I'm going through, this isn't my identity

You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I won't break, I will not break)
You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I won't break, I will not break)
You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I...will...not...)
You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I...will...not...)
You're only a memory (I won't break, I won't break)
This isn't my identity (I won't break, I will not break) (This isn't my idendity)

You're only a memory (You're only a memory)
This isn't my identity (This isn't my identity)
You're only a memory
I...will...not...break

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