1. BROKEN LIVES

Open your eyes and it'll make it easier to fight
Through the dark times, the dark times
Hold the light and it'll make it easier to shine
Through the dark times, the dark times

I remember a time when I was young and blind
Couldn't take the fall from anything at all
I blamed it on everybody else
(I blamed it on everybody else)

Like the New World Order, the Illuminati
As long as it wasn't me
I was afraid of the mirror, of what I would see
I didn't wanna see me

Open your eyes and it'll make it easier to fight
Through the dark times, the dark times
Hold the light and it'll make it easier to shine
Through the dark times, the dark times
If the sky is always raining black
If the world is always stabbing you in the back
Open your eyes and you will find
That we all live broken lives

(That we all live broken lives)
We all live broken lives

I was envious of, other people's love
Hung up on why, I didn't have their lives
I blamed it on everybody else
(I blamed it on everybody)

Like corrupt politicians or the shitty economy
As long as it wasn't me
One day I lifted my head and looked into the mirror
I was staring at me

Open your eyes and it'll make it easier to fight
Through the dark times, the dark times
Hold the light and it'll make it easier to shine
Through the dark times, the dark times
If the sky is always raining black
If the world is always stabbing you in the back
Open your eyes and you will find
That we all live broken lives

(We all live broken lives)

We all live broken lives

Remember we all go down in flames
We fail to live up to invisible names
Without a heart and stuck in our minds
We can't forget that we all live broken lives


2. TONGUE TIED

You've got both ears on me
Constantly analyzing
Waiting for me to misspeak through
Selective hearing

Dissected nouns and verbs
Every single sounds been searched
This is not what I deserve
Is it fun to watch me burn?
Holding my head to the curb
Lighting the match with my words
This is not what I deserve
Is it fun to watch me burn?

I better watch what I say
With pitchforks and torches ablaze
You can't wait to turn the world against me
I better watch what I say
Before you tarnish my name
You won't stop until you've got my tongue tied
With lies
You've got my tongue tied

You've got both hands on me
Your death grip, tightening
Showing no mercy
Or understanding

Waiting at every turn
Trying to dig up the dirt
This is not what I deserve
Is it fun to watch me burn?
Following me in a hearse
Haunting my words like a curse
This is not what I deserve
Is it fun to watch me burn?

I better watch what I say
With pitchforks and torches ablaze
You can't wait to turn the world against me
I better watch what I say
Before you tarnish my name
You won't stop until you've got my tongue tied
With lies
You've got my tongue tied
With lies
You've got my tongue tied

You've got both ears on me
Constantly analyzing
Waiting for me to misspeak through
Selective hearing

I better watch what I say
With pitchforks and torches ablaze
You can't wait to turn the world against me
I better watch what I say
Before you tarnish my name
You won't stop until you've got my tongue tied
With lies
You've got my tongue tied


3. FREE RADICALS

Overconfident, too proud
Self-centered, too loud
We'll never hear through the noise
Compelling arguments
In a reality we don't live in
We'll never hear through the noise

Don't wanna swallow our pride
Just wanna follow the tides
Until the wheels fall off
And we're driving blind
Swerving over the line

We're living like free radicals,
Destroying every rational chemical
If we're too far to see the other side
Short sighted views become our guide
We're living like free radicals
Destroying every rational chemical

Short tempered, too cold
Confined to a mold
We'll never hear through the noise
A never ending push and pull
Of opinions, but no truth
We'll never hear through the noise

We're living like free radicals
Destroying every rational chemical
If we're too far to see the other side
Short sighted views become our guide
We're living like free radicals
Destroying every rational chemical

Feeding off the enemy
Most threatening to our beliefs
In a never ending battle for control

We're fighting fire with fire
Finger on the trigger, always ready to pull it
We fear the truth like a liar

We're living like free radicals
Destroying every rational chemical
If we're too far to see the other side
Short sighted views become our guide
We're living like free radicals
Destroying every rational
Destroying every rational chemical


4. CAUGHT IN THE STORM

(Caught in the storm)

I know it's been a while since we last spoke
I hope you're doing fine out there on your own
Never thought we'd grow apart, we were together from the start
Scraping knees, collecting scars, now I don't know who you are

It's not our fault
It's the way things are
But I want you to know
You're still in my heart

We got caught in the storm alone
People come and people go
Drifting away like old friends do
But if you walk through the door
Our world would be just like it was before
Rewind the good times like old friends do

We've just been caught in the storm
Caught in the storm

I still look back on the days where we'd sneak out of the house
Finding a place to get away where we could drink and be ourselves
Now we're stressed out and held down to the life that we've laid out
But those times have shaped us into who we wanted to be

We got caught in the storm alone
People come and people go
Drifting away like old friends do
But if you walk through the door
Our world would be just like it was before
Rewind the good times like old friends do

The past runs away from us
Memories fade in and out
Time flies by before we can even blink an eye

The past runs away from us
Memories fade in and out
Time flies by before we can even blink an eye

We got caught in the storm alone
People come and people go
Drifting away like old friends do
But if you walk through the door
Our world would be just like it was before
Rewind the good times like old friends do

We've just been caught in the storm


5. IVORY TOWER

Your ivory tower is falling down and we
Got what we wanted

Brick by brick we'll take it all
The higher the throne, the further the fall
Gravity will finish what we started

You think you're made of gold, untouchable
Consumed with power, you feel on top of the world
Deep down I know you're scared
Take my hand
So I can pull you off your high horse
Take my hand
So I can pull you off your high horse

Your ivory tower is falling down and we
Got what we wanted

Brick by brick we'll take it all
The higher the throne, the further the fall
Gravity will finish what we started
Brick by brick we'll take it all
The higher the throne, the further the fall
Gravity will finish what we started

You will find yourself on the wrong side of history
A predator turned to prey, dissolved into a memory

You never saw us coming
Blind spots will leave you vulnerable
Hindsight won't save you now

Your ivory tower is falling down and we
Got what we wanted

Brick by brick we'll take it all
The higher the throne, the further the fall
Gravity will finish what we started

Brick by brick we'll take it all
The higher the throne, the further the fall

There's no fight left for you here
Your time is up
There's no fight left for you here
Your time is up


6. COMMON GROUND

I know we both want to do the right thing
But the needle in our compass is trembling
Trapped in the flames as our house burns down
Left for dead cause we can't find common ground

We can't find common ground so we agree to burn it down
We can't let it burn down so we need to find common ground

It's so hard to find the truth
When the other side wants to bury you, to bury you
And it's so hard to find the way
When the other side wants to play you like a game

It's all about who's wrong and who's right
Don't wanna learn, we just wanna fight
If different thinkers are enemies just think of what we could be
If our thoughts were in harmony

I know we both want to do the right thing
But the needle in our compass is trembling
Trapped in the flames as our house burns down
Left for dead cause we can't find common ground

We can't find common ground so we agree to burn it down
We can't let it burn down so we need to find common ground

We're stuck in a maze of conviction
Every path leads back to the beginning
We built these walls

It's all about who's wrong and who's right
Don't wanna learn, we just wanna fight
We've been blurring the lines between dreams and reality
Only the truth could set us free

I know we both want to do the right thing
But the needle in our compass is trembling
Trapped in the flames as our house burns down
Left for dead cause we can't find common ground

(Your heart's in the same place
But your mind is a million miles away)

Your heart's in the same place
But your mind is a million miles away
And it's forcing us to separate
Your heart's in the same place
But your mind is a million miles away
And it's forcing us to separate

(Your heart's in the same place
But your mind is a million miles away)

(Your heart's in the same place
But your mind is a million miles away)


7. GHOST IN THE MACHINE

Should we believe that human beings are just material things
Destined to grasp every little bit of happiness?
But without a purpose, do we truly know what we are good for?
Do our philosophies make sense when we truly test them?

I'm more than just a ghost in the machine
Not just a hollow vessel aimlessly sailing

Can we battle a crisis of the conscience alone?
Life is a guilt trip, it was built in to a system that we live with
We can't seem to escape it
So we worship our idols and expect them to save us

I'm more than just a ghost in the machine
Not just a hollow vessel aimlessly sailing
It's not easy to believe what our eyes can't see
But I am more than just a ghost in the machine

I can not be explained, no, I am no coincidence
Take me apart and put me back together again
I can not be explained, no, I am no coincidence
Take me apart and put me back together again

I'm more than just a ghost in the machine
Not just a hollow vessel aimlessly sailing
It's not easy to believe what our eyes can't see
But I am more than just a ghost in the machine