Staind : The Illusion of Progress

Alternative Metal / USA
(2008 - Flip Records)
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Lyrics

1. THIS IS IT

Here we are
Theres nowhere else to go
And thats so far
From where we all could be
But you can't feel my disappearing
And you should take this for what it's worth

This is it
And it fits
And it feels like this is good enough for me
Could it be
that the grass is always green?

There you are
You dream of something better
What's so wrong
With what you thought was true and
All the colors are disappearing
But you should take this for what it's worth

This is it
And it fits
And it feels like this is good enough for me
Could it be
that the grass is always green?

This is it (this is it)
This is it (this is it)

If you feel like disappearing
You should take this for what it's worth

This is it
And it fits
And it feels like this is good enough for me
Could it be
that the grass is always green?

This is it
This is it


2. THE WAY I AM

I'm not very good at just paying attention
I'm not very good at remembering things that you say
I'm not very good at persuing redemption
I'm not very good at concealing the hand that I play

It's the way I am, you'll never change
The way I am, or re-arrange
The way I am, just let me be
The way I am, it's the way I am

I'm not really sure of the coming attractions
I'm not really sure of the illusions we read on the wall
I'm not really sure of the preaching we practice
I'm not really sure if we notice it before we fall

It's the way I am, you'll never change
The way I am, or re-arrange
The way I am, just let me be
The way I am, it's the way I am

I'm not very good at just paying attention
I'm not very good at remembering things
I'm not very good at pursuing redemption
I'm not very good at concealing the hand that I play

When I'm trying so hard just to beat you
I'm not really good at controlling my fate
I'm not really good at controlling my anger
I'm not really good at subduing my hate
I'm not really good (x3)

It's the way I am, you'll never change
The way I am, or re-arrange
The way I am, just let me be
The way I am, it's the way I am


3. BELIEVE

I sit alone and watch the clock
Trying to collect my thoughts
All I think about is you
And so I cry myself to sleep
And hope the devil I don't meet
In the dreams that I live through

Believe in me
I know you've waited for so long
Believe in me
Sometimes the weak become the strong
Believe in me
This life's not always what it seems
Believe in me
Cause I was made for chasing dreams

All the smiles you've had to fake
And all the shit you've had to take
Just to lead us here again
I never had the things to say
To make it all just go away
To make it all just disappear

Believe in me
I know you've waited for so long
Believe in me
Sometimes the weak become the strong
Believe in me
This life's not always what it seems
Believe in me
Cause I was made for chasing dreams

Its my life
Its my choice
Hear my words
Hear my voice
And just believe

I sit alone and watch the clock
Trying to collect my thoughts
And all I think about is you

If you believe in me
That life's not always what it seems
Believe in me
Cause I was made for chasing dreams

Believe in me
I know you've waited for so long
Believe in me
Sometimes the weak become the strong
Believe in me
This life's not always what it seems
Believe in me
Cause I was made for chasing dreams


4. SAVE ME

This Dark Road
Another Cigarette
I'm Getting Sick Of This
The End Is Near
I'm In The Thick Of It
And I'll Be There Soon
If You Can Handle It

Just Save Me
From All That I Am
You Save Me
For The Fuck Of It
Save Me
Just Hold Out Your Hand
You Save Me
From All Of It

I Try To Speak Myself
You Can Do It Too
I Need No One's Help
I'm Needing Only You
So Just Pray For Me
And Deliver It
You Never Take From Me
What I'm Giving

Just Save Me
From All That I Am
You Save Me
For The Fuck Of It
Save Me
Just Hold Out Your Hand
You Save Me
From All Of It

And All That I've Become
Is You
The Only Good In Me
Is You
And After All Of This
The Day Will Come To Find Out
Will You Take Me
Or Forsake Me
So Pray For Me
Am I Forgiven
For What You Take From Me

Just Save Me
From All That I Am
You Save Me
For The Fuck Of It
Save Me
Just Hold Out Your Hand
You Save Me
From All Of It
Come Save Me

Pray For Me
Am I Forgiven?


5. ALL I WANT

What I leave
When you go
What I see in watch you show
What I guess and when I don't
Is something you already, already know

I can't live without
All I think
All I want is you
Your all I dream about
I can't live without
All I want is you

The things I do
What I go through
And sll I say when I'm awake
And what I make
The shit I take
Is something you already, already know

I can't live without
All I think about
All I want is you
Your all I dream about
I can't live without
All I want is you

Is you x3

Your all I dream about
I can't Live without out
All I want is you
I can't live without
All I think about
All I want is you
Your all I dream about
I can't live without
All I want is you

Your all I dream about
I just can't live without
And all I think about is you
And all I want is you


6. PARDON ME

I'm one step from a breakdown
Two steps from being safe
Just try to see this through
I'm three steps from this nightmare
And four steps from the door
The rest is up to you

[Chorus]
Pardon me while i just turn my back
And walk away
Pardon me if i cant listen to
The things you say
Pardon me if i cant fake it
While you still believe
Pardon me

I'm one step from forgiveness
And two steps from my break
We're all just passing through
Three steps from redeption
Four from the devils door
On a path that leads to you

[Chorus x2]
Pardon me while i just turn my back
And walk away
Pardon me if i cant listen to
The things you say
Pardon me if i cant fake this
While you still believe
Pardon me

I'm two steps from salvation
But im only taking one
Pardon me


7. LOST ALONG THE WAY

We Change The Rhyme
Forget The Reason
Waiting For The
Change Of Season
Drawing Near
It's Almost Here
So Save Tonight
Forget Tomorrow
Say Goodbye
To Time We Borrowed
It's Always There
It's In The Air

Like Voices In The Rain
Like A Song Without A Name
Like Angel's Wings
And Whisperings
Of Love We Lost
And Found Along The Way

Do You Take The Time
To Really Wallow
In The Footsteps
That You Follow
Gets You Where
Gets You Anywhere
So Here Today
And Gone Tomorrow
With The Time You
Had To Borrow
It's Always There
It's In The Air

Like Voices In The Rain
Like A Song Without A Name
Like Angel's Wings
And Whisperings
Of Love We Lost
And Found Along The Way

Like Voices In The Rain
Like A Song Without A Name
Like Angel's Wings
And Whisperings
Of Time We Lost
And Found Out In The Rain
Like A Song Without A Name
Like Angel's Wings
And Whisperings
Of Love We Lost
Of Love We Lost
And Found Along The Way

We Found Along The Way


8. BREAK AWAY

Misery
The Company It Keeps
Is For Me
All These Things
We Keep Repeating

Like A Wheel
That Keeps Turning
If I Could Break Away
From This Moment
Break Away
What Is Real
Never Showing
Break Away
How I Feel
If I Could Break Away

Apathy
The Ignorance It Brings
The Tragedy
Of All These Things
We Keep Repeating

Like A Wheel
That Keeps Turning
If I Could Break Away
From This Moment
Break Away
What Is Real
Never Showing
Break Away
How I Feel
If I Could Break Away

Break Away
If I Could Break Away
Just Break Away
If I Could Break Away
From This Moment
Break Away
What Is Real
Break Away
Never Showing
Break Away
How I Feel
If I Could Break Away
If I Could Break Away
If I Could Break Away


9. TANGLED UP IN YOU

You're my world
The shelter from the rain
You're the pills
That take away my pain
You're the light
That helps me find my way
You're the words
When I have nothing to say

And in this world
Where nothing else is true
Here I am
Still tangled up in you
I'm still tangled up in you
Still tangled up in you

You're the fire
That warms me when I'm cold
You're the hand I have to hold
As I grow old
You're the shore
When I am lost at sea
You're the only thing
That I like about me

And in this world
Where nothing else is true
Here I am
Still tangled up in you
I'm still tangled up in you

How long has it been
Since this storyline began
And I hope it never ends
And goes like this forever

In this world
Where nothing else is true
Here I am
Still tangled up in you
Tangled up in you
I'm still tangled up in you
Still tangled up in you


10. RAINING AGAIN

A piece of glass
In the sand under your feet
It cuts you deep
It makes you hate the beauty that you see
And you wonder where you are
How you ever got so far
Now you question what went wrong
It's your heart

It's raining again
There's a dark cloud over your head
It follows you around
It's bringing you down
It's raining
It's raining again

A welted rose
And you're the gaze of all you see
You buy the flaws
And miss the beauty that is yours for free
Because of lies you are so far
From the things that matter now
And to only wonder how
It's your heart

It's raining again
There's a dark cloud over your head
It follows you around
It's bringing you down
It's raining
It's raining again

Come on
Come on get it right
Come on
Come on make it right
Come on
Come on it's alright

It's raining again
There's a dark cloud over your head
It follows you around
It's bringing you down
It's raining
It's raining again

It's raining
Raining again
There's a dark cloud over your head


11. RAINY DAY PARADE

You The Great Pretenders
Learn To Paint Your Pictures
While You're Stepping Over
Fallen People
Laying In The Streets

You The Great Offenders
Only Your Views Matter
While Your Heart Grows Colder
I Wish That You Could
Open Up And Feel
For A While
See If You Can Take It
Feel, Your Alive And This Is All Part Of It
Feel, Could It Be That We're All Afraid
'Cause It Feels
Like A Rainy Day Parade

We The Great Believers
Blood Is Legal Tender
And I Will Not Surrender
What It Was Our Fathers
Died To Bear
We The People Stated
Not Negotiated
Just To Be Forgotten
I Wish That You Could
Open Up And See
For A While
See If You Can Take It
See, Your Alive This Is All
Part Of It
See, Can't You See
That We're All Afraid
'Cause It Seems
Like A Rainy Day Parade

What I See
Is All To Real
What I Need
Is What You Steal
And All I Reap
Is What You Take
Upon My Back
On Which You Break
And I Just Wish
That We Could
Rise Above This

Feel
For A While
See If You Can Take It
Feel, Your Alive And This Is All Part Of It
Feel, Could It Be That We're All Afraid
'Cause It Feels
Like A Rainy Day Parade


12. THE CORNER

It sheltered me
From nothing but the weather
I called it home
For a moment of my life
This place I see
Just doesn't look familiar
I wonder if it looks the same inside

So there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday

Days go by
Nothing's getting clearer
Can't change my mind
My troubles are the same
Faces change
The names they are familiar
And the streets I see
Will stand the test of time

So there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday

And those stars
Stars still shine
Shine down through the rain

And there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday

And I stare out this dirty window
As this world goes slowly by
And somewhere out there is the future
That I once thought had passed me by

Sheltered me from nothing but the weather


13. NOTHING LEFT TO SAY

Talk To Me
You Never
Talk To Me
Do We Suffer
From
Social Atrophy
And When The Conversation's Over
When The Conversation's Over

We've Taken What's Been Given
And We Throw It All Away

Walk With Me
Come On And
Walk With Me
Take A Look
Around You
Do You Like
What You See

We've Taken What's Been Given
And We Throw It All Away
It's Hard To Be Forgiven
When There's Nothing Left To Say

When The Conversation's Over
The Silence Just Gets In The Way
Conversation's Over

Talk To Me
Don't Ever
Talk For Me

We've Taken What's Been Given
And You Throw It All Away
It's Hard To Be Forgiven
When There's Nothing Left To Say

There's Nothing Left To Say

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