Skillet : Rise

Alternative Metal / USA
(2013 - Atlantic Records / Word Records)
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Lyrics

1. RISE

All I see is
Shattered pieces
I can't keep it hidden like a secret

I can't look away
From all this pain in a world we made

Everyday you need
A bulletproof vest
To save yourself from what you could never guess
Am I safe today ?
When I step outside in the wars we wage

Our future's here and now
Here comes the countdown

Sound it off, this is the call
Rise and revolution
It's our time to change it all
Rise and revolution
Unite and fight
To make a better life
Everybody one for all
Sound off, this is the call
Tonight
We rise

Rise
Tonight
We rise
Rise
Tonight
We rise

Like a hand grenade
Thrown in a hurricane
Spinning in chaos
Trying to escape the flame
Yesterday is gone
Faster than the blast of a car bomb

And when the scars heal
The pain passes
As hope burns, we rise from the ashes
Darkness fades away
And a light shines on a brave new day

Our future's here and now
Here comes the countdown

Sound it off, this is the call
Rise and revolution
It's our time to change it all
Rise and revolution
Unite and fight
To make a better life
Everybody one for all
Sound off, this is the call

Tonight
We rise
Rise
Tonight
We rise
Rise
Tonight
We rise

In a world gone mad
In a place so sad
Sometimes it's crazy
To fight for what you believe
But you can't give up
If you wanna keep what you love

(Keep what you love)
Keep what you love
(Keep what you love)
Keep what you love
Never give up, no

Rise
(Rise and revolution)
Rise
(Rise and revolution)

Everybody one for all
Sound off, this is the call

Rise
Like we're alive
Tonight
We rise
Rise
Make a better life
Tonight
We rise

(Rise
Rise
Rise and revolution
Rise
Rise
Rise and revolution
Rise)


2. SICK OF IT

If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it

When everything you do
Don't seem to matter
You try but it's no use
Your world is getting blacker
When every time you fail
Has no answer
Every empty promise made
His own reminder

No one can make this better
Take control, it's now or never

Are you sick of it ?
Raise your hands
Get rid of it
While there's a fighting chance
Are you over it ?
Bored to death ?
Have you had enough regret ?
Take a stand, raise your hands...

If you're sick of it
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
If you're sick of it
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it

Every single day
I chase my own tail
Like the rat inside a maze
Gotta get, gotta get, get away

I'm running out of time
For me to break this
I'm tired of feeling like
I'm never gonna make it

No one can make this better
Take control, it's now or never

Are you sick of it ?
Raise your hands
Get rid of it
While there's a fighting chance
Are you over it ?
Bored to death ?
Have you had enough regret ?
Take a stand, raise your hands...

If you're sick of it
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
If you're sick of it
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it

I'm tired of it
I'm over it
I'm bored to death

Gotta fix this
I'm sick of it

Raise your hands
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
Raise your hands
If you're sick
If you're sick of it

Sick of it
Raise your hands
Get rid of it
While there's a fighting chance
Are you over i t ?
Bored to death?
Have you had enough regret ?
Take a stand, raise your hands...

Are you sick of it ?
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
Get rid of it
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
Are you over it ?
Bored to death ?
Have you had enough regret ?
Take a stand, raise your hands...

Are you sick of it ?
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
Are you sick of it ?
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
Are you sick of it ?
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
If you're sick of it
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it


3. GOOD TO BE ALIVE

When all you got are broken dreams
Just need a second chance
And everything you want to be
Gets taken from your hands

We hold onto each other
All we have is all we need
'Cause one way or another
We always make it you and me

This life could almost kill ya
When you're trying to survive
It's good to be here with ya
And it's good to be alive

It's good to be alive
I was lost and I was gone
I was almost dead inside
You and me against the world
It's a beautiful night
It's good to be alive

It’s good to be alive
It’s good to be alive
It’s good to be alive
It’s good to be alive
It’s good to be alive

Driving down this highway
Soaking up the sun
Got miles to go before we get home
And the journey’s just begun

We hold onto each other
You are everything I need
You feel like forever
You're a second chance for me

This life could almost kill ya
When you're trying to survive
It's good to be here with ya
And it's good to be alive

It's good to be alive
I was lost and I was gone
I was almost dead inside
You and me against the world
It's a beautiful night
It's good to be alive

It’s a beautiful night
It’s all right
It’s good to be alive

This life could almost kill ya
When you're trying to survive

It’s good to be alive
It’s good to be alive
It’s good to be alive
It’s good to be alive
It’s good to be alive
And it's good to be alive

It's good to be alive
I was lost and I was gone
I was almost dead inside
You and me against the world
It's a beautiful night
It's good to be alive

It’s a beautiful night
It’s all right
It’s good to be alive


4. NOT GONNA DIE

Death surrounds
My heartbeat’s slowing down
I won’t take this world’s abuse
I won’t give up, I refuse
This is how it feels when you’re bent and broken
This is how it feels when your dignity’s stolen
When everything you love is leaving
You hold on to what you believe in

The last thing I heard was you whispering goodbye
And then I heard you flatline

No
Not gonna die tonight
We've gotta stand and fight forever
Don’t close your eyes
No
Not gonna die tonight
We've gotta fight for us together
No, we’re not gonna die tonight

Break their hold
Because I won’t be controlled
The can’t keep their chains on me
When the truth has set me free
This is how it feels when you take your life back
This is how it feels when you finally fight back
When life pushes me I push harder
What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger

The last thing I heard is you whispering goodbye
And then I heard you flatline

No
Not gonna die tonight
We've gotta stand and fight forever
Don’t close your eyes
No
Not gonna die tonight
We've gotta fight for us together
No, we’re not gonna die tonight

Don’t you give up on me
You’re everything I need
This is how it feels when you take your life back
This is how it feels when you fight back

No
Not gonna die tonight
We've gotta stand and fight forever
Don’t close your eyes
No
Not gonna die tonight
We've gotta fight for us together
No, we’re not gonna die tonight

No, we’re not gonna die tonight

Not gonna die
Not gonna die
Not gonna die
Not gonna die
Not gonna die tonight


5. CIRCUS FOR A PSYCHO

(Psycho
Psycho, go, go, go
Psycho
Psycho, here we go)

You push me 'til I break
And the anger turns to rage
Why can't you just leave me alone ?
You've got your finger on the trigger
And you think that you're the winner
But you're gonna get kicked
off of your throne now

You think you're gonna hurt me
Get ready to get dirty
Pity this beast inside
Pull the noose tighter
And lift a little higher
Cuz you're killing me slow
But I aint ready to die
Killing me slow but I ain't ready to die

Tonight, get ready for a fight
So now you know it's time to ride
The circus for a psycho
Round and round we go
Look out below 'cause I want off this
I want off this...

Circus for a psycho
(Psycho go go go)
Circus for a psycho
(Psycho Here we go)
(Psycho Here we go)

Everybody down, gonna burn it to the ground
Can't keep this beast inside ?
Never again, never again
Killing me slow, I ain't ready to die
Killing me slow but I ain't ready to die

Tonight, get ready for a fight
So now you know it's time to ride
The circus for a psycho
Round and round we go
Look out below 'cause I want off this
I want off this...

Circus for a psycho
(Psycho, go, go, go)
Circus for a psycho
(Psycho, here we go)

You think you're gonna hurt me
Get ready to get dirty
Gonna burn this place to the ground

Tonight, get ready for a fight
So now you know it's time to ride
The circus for a psycho
Round and round we go
Look out below, it's time to ride
The circus for a psycho

Never again, never again
Killing me slow, I ain't ready to die
Killing me slow but I ain't ready to die

Round and round we go
Look out below 'cause I want off this
I want off this...

Circus for a psycho
(Psycho, go, go, go)
Circus for a psycho
(Psycho, here we go)
Circus for a psycho
(Psycho, here we go)


6. AMERICAN NOISE

Angry words and honking car
Satellites and fallen stars
Distant dark blue radios that whisper down my boulevards
Ghosts and chains rattle in the attic
Broken headphone filled with static
Lonely room you’ve got nowhere to run

Three
Two
One for all and all for one

Times will be bad
Times will be good
Things I wish I hadn't done and
Some I wish I would
Cutting through the American noise
you’ve got a voice
And a song to sing
(and a song to sing)
Drink deep in the morning
Drink deep in the morning
See what the day will bring

Lift up your voice
Let love cut through the American noise
Lift up your voice
Let love cut through the American noise

Slammin' doors and cell phone rings
Hurricane force of silent screams
Don’t know what to believe
Bend the rule just to break it
You're so tired 'cause to got to fake it
But you just wanna be someone

Three
Two
One for all and all for One

Times will be bad
Times will be good
Things I wish I hadn't done and
Some I wish I would
Cutting through the American noise
You’ve got a voice
And a song to sing
(and a song to sing)
Drink deep in the morning
Drink deep in the morning
See what the day will bring

Lift up your voice
Let love cut through the American noise
Lift up your voice
Let love cut through the American noise

No matter who you are you’ve got a voice
Why don’t you use it ?
Sing your own song
Take all the noise and make it into music

Lift up your voice
Let love cut through the American noise
You have a choice
Let love cut through the American noise

You’ve got a voice

Let love cut through the American noise


7. MADNESS IN ME

The madness in me
The madness in me
The madness in me
The madness in me
The madness in me

Just once more
Is all it takes
I tried so hard
But all goes up in flames

This is not the way that I thought
I would turn out to be
Tried to get but all that I got
Was more insanity
Broken everything that I touched
Just gone against me
I can’t get away

From the fire that burns inside, consuming
I fight to stand up but I can’t breathe
The voices scream, the enemy takes over everything
This is the madness in me

(Madness in me)
The madness in me
(Madness in me
Madness in me)

Just one chance
Is all it takes
Can’t change the past
But I can fight to change today

This is not the way that I thought
I would turn out to be
Tried to get but all that I got
Was more insanity
Broken everything that I touched
Just gone against me
Got to get away

From the fire that burns inside, consuming
I fight to stand up but I can’t breathe
The voices scream, the enemy takes over everything
This is the madness in me

(Madness in me)
The madness in me
(Madness in me)

Trust once more
It’s all it takes

From the fire that burns inside, consuming
I fight to stand up but I can’t breathe
The voices scream, the enemy takes over everything
This is the madness in me
From the fire that burns inside, consuming
I fight to stand up but I can’t breathe
The voices scream, the enemy takes over everything
This is the madness in me

The madness in me
This is the madness in me
The madness in me


8. SALVATION

All Alone, lost in this abyss
Crawling in the dark
Nothing to wipe my longing clips
And I wonder where you are

Are you far ?
Will you come to my rescue ?
Am I left to die
But I can't give up on you

I feel you keeping me alive
You are my salvation
Touch you, taste you, feel you here
I feel you keeping me alive
You are my salvation
Hold me, heal me, keap me near

My heart will burn for you
It's all I can do

Salvation
Salvation
Keeping me alive
Salvation
Keeping me
Salvation
Keeping me alive

Been out from under who I am
And who I wanna be
Held you tightly in my hand
While we ungraveling
Was it me ?
Will you come to my rescue
Or did I push too far
When I turned my back on you ?

I feel you keeping me alive
You are my salvation
Touch you, taste you, feel you here
I feel you keeping me alive
You are my salvation
Hold me, heal me, keep me near

My heart will burn for you
It's all I can do

Salvation
Salvation
Keeping me alive
Salvation

Touch you, taste you, feel you, need you
Give it all just to find you
Hold me, heal me, I will find you

Keeping me alive
You are my salvation
Touch you, taste you, feel you here
Our love will never die
You are my salvation
Hold me, heal me, keap me near

My heart will burn for you
It's all I can do

Salvation
Salvation
Touch you, taste you
feel you, need you
Salvation
Salvation


9. FIRE AND FURY

Every brick and every stone of the world we made
Will come undone
If I...
If I can feel you here with me

In my sleep, I call your name
But when I wake, I need to touch your face
Because I...
I need to feel you here with me

You can stop the aching
Because you’re the one I need

I will burn
I will burn for you
With fire and fury
Fire and fury
My heart hurts
My heart hurts for you
You’re love burns within me
With fire and fury

If I freeze, you are the flame
You melt my heart, I washed in your rain
I know...
You’ll always have the best of me

Destiny’s got a hold of me
Guess I never knew love like love knows me
Because I...
I need to feel you here with me

I will burn
I will burn for you
With fire and fury
Fire and fury
My heart hurts
My heart hurts for you
You’re love burns within me
With fire and fury

Let it all fall down to dust
Can’t break the two of us
We are the safe in the strength of love

You can stop the aching
Because you’re the one I need

I will burn
I will burn for you
With fire and fury
Fire and fury
My heart hurts
My heart hurts for you
You’re love burns within me
It burns
It burns
It burns
It burns

You’re love burns within me
With fire and fury


10. MY RELIGION

Who's gonna save my soul ?
Nothing and nobody but you
Who's gonna make me whole ?
Nothing and nobody but you

Can't change me, sway me
Don't know what to make of me
You've got my devotion
Fanatical though it may be
I love you mind, heart, body and soul
You're the only sanctuary that I know

I don't need to stare at stained glass and a steeple
I don't need to dress to impress all of the people
Don't need no priest
Don't need no pew
You are my religion
My religion is you
I don't need no other purpose
You give me a reason
Ain’t their business what I wanna believe in
You are my priest
You are my truth
You are my religion
My religion is you

Who's gonna heal my pain ?
Nothing makes me feel like you do
Who can drive my demons away ?
Nothing makes me heal like you do
I love you mind, heart, body and soul
You're the only sanctuary that I know

I don't need to stare at stained glass and a steeple
I don't need to dress to impress all of the people
Don't need no priest
Don't need no pew
You are my religion
My religion is you
I don't need no other purpose
You give me a reason
It ain’t their business what I wanna believe in
You are my priest
You are my truth
You are my religion
My religion is you

Mind, heart, soul and strength
Belong to you, belong to me
Got my devotion I will follow where you lead
I won't be told what to feel and how to show
My love can't be stopped
Love you any way I want

I don't need to stare at stained glass and a steeple
I don't need to dress to impress all of the people
Don't need no priest
Don't need no pew
You are my religion
My religion is you
I don't need no other purpose
You give me a reason
It ain’t their business what I wanna believe in
You are my priest
You are my truth
You are my religion
My religion is you
My religion is you
My religion is you
My religion is you


11. HARD TO FIND

Turned on the TV yesterday
So much pain bleeding through I had to look away
But inside me the picture’s just the same
And every time I open up my eyes nothing seems to change

It never seems to change

You give me faith to believe there’s a way
To put the past finally behind me
And hope to make it through another night
You give me strength during these dark times when I’m blind
You are my light when faith is hard to find

When faith is hard to find
(Will you still hold on ?)

Something woke me in the night
In the midst of the darkness I recognize the light
Now inside me the picture seems so clear
All the dying in my broken dreams is starting to appear

Starting to appear

You give me faith to believe there’s a way
To put the past finally behind me
And hope to make it through another night
You give me strength during these dark times when I’m blind
You are my light when faith is hard to find

Faith is hard to find

If I fall will you hold on to me
Through it all promise you won’t lose me ?
These days hope is hard to come by
And tonight I don’t know how I can’t survive

You give me faith to believe there’s a way
To put the past finally behind me
And hope to make it through another night
You give me strength during these dark times when I’m blind
You are my light when faith is hard to find

When faith is hard to find
(Will you still hold on ?)

You give me faith to believe there’s a way
To put the past finally behind me
And hope to make it through another night
You give me strength during these dark times when I’m blind
You are my light when faith is hard to find


12. WHAT I BELIEVE

The world around me
Is lost in misery
The only good I've got
In my life is you
Don't mean it
No other reason
Playing everything feels
Fun if right with you

So madly
Desperate deeply
Upsets your love
Is better than love to me
Can I have this moment forever ?

Take me
To the beginning

You are one I believe
I'm here to die for you
This is all that I need
When nothing is really what I drew
In the darkness
You shine
Can you keep me safe tonight ?
But I'm down on my knees
You are what I believe

When we started
Whole hearted
I never needed
Anything or anyone else
I was broken
You made me whole again
The only one I
Trusted more than myself

So madly
Desperate deeply
I will live for you
Completely
Can I have this moment forever ?

Take me
To the beginning

You are one I believe
I'm here to die for you
This is all that I need
When nothing is really what I drew
In the darkness
You shine
Can you keep me safe tonight ?
But I'm down on my knees
You are what I believe

Believe in your love
Believe in your life
Believe that you can
Put me back together on the inside
Chase all the fear away
Every time I speak your name

Take me
You are what I believe

You are one I believe
I'm here to die for you
This is all that I need
When nothing is really what I drew
In the darkness
You shine
Can you keep me safe tonight ?
But I'm down on my knees
You are what I believe


13. BATTLECRY

You’re on the edge of giving up
You know I feel it too
It won’t be long because I’m with you
Bring the fire, bring the smoke, bring the rain
We will bend but we will never break

If we believe we can’t lose
Even mountains will move
It’s my faith
It’s my life
This is our battle cry
They can’t take us down
If we stand our ground
If we live
If we die
We will shout out our battle cry

Can you hear it ?
Can you feel it ?

It seems like no one knows
How you’ve been feeling
You’re hiding all your hopes
You stopped believing
It’s not over, we’re one step away
We will bend but we will never break

I believe we can’t lose
Even mountains will move
It’s my faith
It’s my life
This is our battle cry
They can’t take us down
If we stand our ground
If we live
If we die
We will shout out our battle cry

Can you hear it ?
Can you feel it ?

Let it rise like a prayer in the night
Shout for love
Shout for hope
Let them hear us

I believe we can’t lose
Even mountains will move
It’s our faith
It’s our life
This is our battle cry
They can’t take us down
If we stand our ground
If we live
If we die
We will shout out our battle cry

Can you hear me ?
Can you feel me ?
Can you hear it ?
Can you feel it ?


14. EVERYTHING GOES BLACK

Chasing these shadows around this darken room
I’ve laid here so long I don’t even want to move
I need a minute now to heal
I need a minute now to remember how to feel

Whenever you’re gone away
The darkness hides the day
Whenever you’re gone, the bleeding won’t stop
It hurts 'til you come back
Everything goes black
Everything goes black

I reached out for when I needed you to be here
All alone chasing these shadows
I don’t want to pain but I’d rather hurt than not care
It’s so long
You’ve been away from here

I need a reason now to hear
I need something to believe in
I need a reason now
To remember how to feel

Whenever you’re gone away
The darkness hides the day
Whenever you’re gone, the bleeding won’t stop
It hurts 'til you come back
Everything goes black
Everything goes black

Give me something to believe in
I still believe in you
But if you’re never here and I’m left all alone
Tell me what am I supposed to tell

Whenever you’re gone away
The darkness hides the day
Whenever you’re gone, the bleeding won’t stop
It hurts 'til you come back
Everything goes black
Everything goes black
Everything goes black
Whenever you’re gone everything goes black


15. FREAKSHOW

Welcome to the freak show
Step up, status quo
Hope you enjoyed the ride
Welcome to the freak show
We got horns and halos
We ain’t afraid and ain’t buying a lie

Eat it
Drink it
Think it
Be it
Breathe it
Guess you don’t even know who I am
I don’t believe it
Need it
See it
Be it
Breed it
Time to make my final stand

Welcome to the freak show
This is where the freaks go
This is the place that they can never take away
Welcome to the freak show
We don’t ever need though
One to tell us who to be
How to feed
I don’t care what they believe
Welcome to the freak show

Welcome to the outcast
Take a step across the tracks
We ain’t got nothing to prove
Don’t need your smiling face
Don’t need your handshake
Because this is my life to live and I ain’t living for you

Eat it
Drink it
Think it
Be it
Breathe it
Guess you don’t even know who I am
I don’t believe it
Need it
See it
Be it
Breed it
Time to make my final stand

Welcome to the freak show
This is where the freaks go
This is the place that they can never take away
Welcome to the freak show
We don’t ever need though
One to tell us who to be
How to think
I don’t care what they believe
Welcome to the freak show

I’m a freak naturally
Just how I want to be
You’re a freak just like me
I’m a freak naturally
Just how I want to be
You’re a freak just like me

Welcome to the freak show
This is where the freaks go
This is the place that they can never take away
Welcome to the freak show
We don’t ever need though
One to tell us who to be
How to think
I don’t care what they believe

Freak show
Freak show
The place that they can never take away
Freak show
Freak show
The place that they can never take away

Welcome to the freak show
Welcome to the freak show

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