1. WAITING FOR YOU TO DIE

In another world, I would slay you
I would martyr and mortify
In another world, I would murder
I'd confess and I'd do my time

In another world, I would sing you
A crimson lullaby
But all I am doing is waiting
I'm waiting for you, waiting for you to die

I've put you on a pedestal, it's true
Now I want to kick it from under you
Your neck in a noose, my heart's in a whirl
So let the ebony flag unfurl

Your cruelest nightmare is my dream
My dream come true

One push, you're drowning
In the boating lake
At last a drama that you did not fake
Scream for a lifebuoy, but I'd throw a wreath
To honor what is dying beneath

In another world, I would slay you
I would martyr and mortify
In another world, I would murder
I'd confess and I'd do my time
In another world, I would sing you
A crimson lullaby
But all I am doing is waiting
I'm waiting for you, waiting for you to die


2. LIGHTHOUSE

You're sleeping with no chance to dream
Life has become a silent scream
You've gone through hell, you've lost your fight
But it's time to rise, the time to rise

Wake up, wake up
Light a candle in the dark
Wake up, wake up
Light a fire in your heart

We are your rock against the flood
So don't let go
We are your lighthouse in the dark
When all seems lost
So don't let go, don't let go

Deep in the shadows, beauty hides
A wondrous world is yours to find
The code is black with this invite
And the dream is alive, embrace the night

Wake up, wake up
You're one of us now
This moment's to share, there's hope in despair
Wake up, wake up
Light a candle in the dark


3. THE BROKEN ONES

Arise my friend, we're nearly late
Still drunk as lords at ten past eight
Since fortune fled we're creeping back
To skies that we once knew
From blue to black

Through damnation we run
With two broken legs
And we find a refuge in our halo's crack
Trying to change the whole world
Hearts replaced with stones
We're not the heroes, my friend
We are the broken ones

Get up my friend, it's not too late
We have a cause, we can control our fate
Wipe off the dirt and feign a smile
At least just for a while, for a while

Run, run, it's not too late
Run, run, control your fate
Run, run, it's not too late
Run, run, the wise don't wait
My love, you know what we fight for
Take a run at bastards all
With words they hope will break your bones
Never forget
We are the broken ones

For our dreams I would fight
With two broken arms
Still believing our life
Has the chance to charm
We can change this cruel world
Maybe one fine day
We'll walk as heroes, my friend
But not today


4. MY BETTER ME

My better me
Would give you what you need
And kill the speed
But that ain't me
That's just my better me

My better me
Would bring you through the night
And make it right
But that ain't me

I'm not my better me
He is so much more than me
More than I will ever be
My better me, my better me
When I turn to walk away
He would listen to you, stay
He's not like me
My better me

My better me
Is not so mortified
Fucked up inside, but that ain't me
That's just my better me

My better me
Would leave you when it hurts
Would stop the words, your misery
I'm not my better me

My better me is not illogical
Emotional, from time to time, so cynical
No bullet and no cannonball
Is never the epitome
Of arrogance and bigotry
No advocate of irony
No, that is me
I'm not my better me


5. RIBCAGES

There's a sack upon my bag I carry alone
For every tear I've ever cried
Inside, there's a stone
It's so heavy, it's so heavy

Suffocate under the weight, but I can't put it down
Like the lonely king who has to put on his crown
It's so heavy, it's so heavy

I can't breathe
Nothing ever changes
Set me free
Nothing ever changes
Heart's locked in ribcages

Prisoners inside my mind, I'm shackled in chains
Like the prison cell comes from inside of my veins
I can't break free

This pressure in my chest is always in flame
And all my prayers to God are always the same
Won't you please, give me peace

I can't breathe
Nothing ever changes
Set me free
Nothing ever changes
Heart's locked in ribcages

There's a sack upon my back I carry alone
For every tear I've ever cried


6. WANDER IN SABLE

Cross backwoods of pain
And hillsides of fear in frightening clouds
Through oceans of harm
And we won't retrieve tilL salvation is ours
A wall of black
Come fall into line
Tonight, tonight

Wander in sable
Rethink and restart
Together, we'll conquer this war in our hearts
So join us and see
you won't come to grief
Walking this long rocky road
Called road of relief

We travel the land, pass funk holes and forts
And mighty towers
Let hate merge to hope
No, we won't retain tilL the future is ours
A wall of black
Be part of the sway
Today, today

Wander in sable
Rethink and restart
Together, we'll conquer this war in our hearts
So join us and see
You won't come to grief
Walking this long rocky road
Called road of relief


7. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

Spit venom at me, my bleak enemy
The Devil you know
Consistently cold, no love to withhold
The Devil you know
Salt in my wounds, but I don't resent
This cleansing contempt
As I fake a desperate bliss
That alchemy cannot fix

This shameless disdain keeps both of us sane
The Devil you know
An honest untruth we both fail to prove
The Devil you know
A future doomed as a malcontent
In loveless lament
So I wake to infinite lists
Of agonies that persist

Words insincere, gracelessly rehearsed
Keeping us here, this abyss deserved
Oh, the Devil's closer than we admit
We turn a blind eye to make someone fit

Spit venom at me, a brief remedy
The Devil you know
This shameless disdain profoundly profane
The Devil you know
In threadbare rooms so little is left
That we represent
And we face a festering kiss
That apathy can't dismiss
A poison we take to lessen the ache

The Devil you know
So freely enslaved from cradle to grave
The Devil you know


8. WE WERE DIVINE

In a velvet ballroom where
I did once belong
Saddened keys reverberate
For my farewell song
That winter was bitter
Until our souls did twine

Wine would flow the sweetest red
Kisses laced with fire
Candles flicker through the night
Framing our desire
Then autumn was torture
But little did I know

We were divine
Two hearts beating time
The King and Queen of the old town
In both our minds
Oh, I stood so proud
The glory we'd found
As pure as the snow that had stayed for too long now

The light had died inside her eyes
Words could not conceal
Sometimes truth will come to wound
And not just to heal
A life defined by what's left behind
A love that we cruelly cut down while in its prime
And I always vowed to never allow
My world missing all purpose like it is now

Cold earth on my blistered skin
Buried bones lie close
Memories of her fade as I'm giving up the ghost


9. FROM THE BRINK OF THE OTHER WORLD

A beautiful remembrance of the first day
Pulled back from the brink of the other world
Waves beneath your eyes
The treasures you will find
A place to sleep, a place to die

Don't let darkness drag you down
But if you choose to jump, you'll see
You can learn to fly
Don't let darkness drag you down
The star that's loneliest still leaves
Beauty in the sky

So let it go, forget control
No view is more spectacular than where I stand

Don't let darkness drag you down
The lows are only there to be
Memories when you fly
Don't let darkness drag you down
But if you choose to fall, you'll see
Liberty is nigh

There's life beyond the harbour wall
The song you sing, a siren call
You hope for memories, shining
You only find them dying

You let it go, regret takes hold
What chance a change miraculous
From where you stand?

A tearful remembrance of the last day
Clad in black as I drink to the fallen girl
Pennies on your eyes
Together we divide
A place to weep, a place to lie

I can't let go a deathly soul
No end is more disastrous
Than your final act


10. FALL ASLEEP

Now I release what I believe
No answer from above, I can't find no sleep
Yes, I believe what I feel
I'm still counting sheep
But I can't find no sleep
The war ends in my heart, I'm laying down
Already torn apart as you're not around

For you I feel love
For you I give up

Wretched self-contempt
Can't salvage what has passed
I need your help right now
The future's fading fast
Love can lacerate a hundred savage cuts
In a turn of phrase, but still I live to trust

For you I feel love
For you I give up

The silent state of time brings me back within
Some help to cross the line
Like needles in my skin
I confess my guilt
In any court of yours
Pleading to you still
For your word is my law

For you I feel love
For you I give up

I can't find no sleep
I'm still counting sheep
For you I feel love