1. RETURNING EMPTY HANDED

How peaceful it feels against my face.
Oh, what a long haul
You brought me here for this
I see nothing but disaster
Now I'm taking you with me.

A transparent scenery that comes as fast as it leaves

Now my eyes flash with white
It's settling in with all the flickering

Here again

The floor is more fitting for my face

Here again? This is getting old.

I am being watched
This is overwhelming
Paranoia...

As you dig your feet in I will sink my teeth into the floor,
while I lay here alone

As the light beings to breach the border,
while I lay here alone.

Aware of every step
I'm not aware at all.
black...flash white...I am awake


2. IN REGARDS TO MYSELF

Wake up wake up my God this is not a test
And it's not too late to come clean
Get it off your chest
So steady your hand before your face and concentrate
There's got to be some stable ground left to walk on

So tear another page from the book
Are you asleep or just alone
Clear this room from your lungs
And pull yourself together man

On your back, you're sleeping in a bed of shame
Let the light breathe some new life into this room
It's what keeps you coming back
Made up of insatiable taste
Bury your head in your hands and sink into yourself

Just what are you so afraid of
You're staring truth in the face, so come on down

You're busy living now aren't you
You're busy making vows
You're coming unglued
Time is shorter than you know
I know the light is blinding to the naked eye
So why don't you take steps away from being alone
I swear it's not too late for you

It's all worth reaching for the hand to pull you out
Wake up and step outside your box
Wake up


3. IT'S DANGEROUS BISINESS WALKING OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR

I've been up at this all night long
I've been drowning in my sleep
I've prayed for your safe place
And it's time for us to leave

Time is running on empty and the gas is running out
I've decided that tonight is the night
That I set love aside
Full speed ahdead this seems to be the place
I've seen this once before
Planned perfection sought in my dreams
Hoping this would take you home

My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
So kiss me one last time

Around this turn where the cross will cast your shadow
The people will all gather
To remember such a day where the flames grew as high
As trees
And the world stopped for you and me

My knuckles have turned white
There's no turning back tonight
So hold on tight
Kiss me one last time
Shut your eyes

I will now bring new meaning to the word alone
Endless nights of dreaming of life
And the days we should have spent here

Drowning in my sleep I'm drowning in my sleep

Glass shatters and comes to a halt
I thought we'd be there by now
I thought it would be so much quicker than this

Pain has never been so brilliant
I made sure you were buckled in
Now you can walk hand in hand with him


4. YOU'RE EVER SO INVITING

The time has come for you
to sit this out
To fit inside your mold
would be to sell myself short

This ground we tread upon
is now filling up to our necks
We turn the pages left to right
We see everything

Oh, my story's growing, it is
on my last request
Don't make me feel so contradicting
There's no room for cheating and being yourself
Failure leaves such a bitter taste in their mouth

And on the last hour
we write so many new chapters again
And on the outside
where there are no surprises

Oh, it's getting longer
to see it through their eyes
would bring me so much closer
You can do this night after night
Failure leaves such a bitter taste in my mouth

Taste and see, I swear I know what's good
Be still and know that they won't lie to you every single time you're facing lies
I know why you never take your eyes off me
I've used my lungs for everything but breathing

I find myself dried up in this conversation
So pull me out, pull me aside


5. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

So hold your head up high and know it's not the end of the road
Walk down this beaten path before you pack your things and head home
At the end of the road you'll find what you've been longing for

I know 'cause my feet have scars to show
I was lost with vague direction and no place to call home

It's time for you to press on
This is not your war
Set your sights to North and press on
This is not your escape
Wash away what they thought of you
Because in this place, we're all as good as dead
...end cycle...

Behind the mask you'll find yourself alone
It's not the end of the road for you


6. A MOMENT SUSPENDED IN TIME

Held captive, I'm a prisoner
In the back room where the water leaks and I'm oh, so cold
Command me on what to do, but we both know neither you or I are in control

There's nothing left for me here
I'm grabbing on to what's left of this hole. It's all too real this can't be happening

Never again, ever again, will i say I'm OK
I'm scared of the fate that will become mine

No time to talk you know the drill

Under my desk this can't be it
I'm only dreaming, I've got to be dreaming
But I can't get up. No time to talk, not this time, this is my place
This is where i arrange

It's so funny how we see things so clear when we have no time left to live

So lay back down and take it in
I won't say a word. I won't say anything

I can't believe how it feels
To stand here in this room
And feel like it's going to blow
I think we're all going to blow

I've got to be dreaming
We've got to be dreaming
Please don't wake me up
This is the end


7. YOUNG AND ASPIRING

So let's not even try, you're right, let's ball it up and throw it out the window
It's becoming all so clear in my mind
I've thought this through more like once or twice
I feel that this is my last request to you

Hold your breath
Bottle it up and save it for the next one
It's safe to say we've been riding this all night
None of this well ever change your mind
It's never safe to rely on borrowed time
Now we're both undone and it's time to open up your eyes

Consequence, it's our need in times like this
Feeling free is our modern disease
You're a classic disaster with a knack for losing your exterior
I'm so sick from staring at the mirror

This all needs a break from you
And I'm used to this

I fear that I am just an end
So you'll play the mistaken and I'll play the victim
In our screenplay of desire and I'm still writing
The letter I'll never send

Running in circles I can't forget how many times
I've played this in my mind

Feeling free, feeling free

Consequence, it's our need in times like this
Feeling free is our modern disease
You're a classic disaster with a knack for losing your exterior
I'm so sick from staring at the mirror

This is my panic, this is my call to arms


8. WRITING ON THE WALLS

Maybe we, why don't we sit right here for half an hour.
We'll speak of what a waste I am and how we missed your beat again.

I swear we need to find some comfort in this run down place
To bridge the gap of this conscious state that we live in.
I'm short on time.

How come you try and fit the shape of what they tell you
But mostly what they show you.
That brings us home
I pray for you to move on.

At this rate we can't keep up but I sure can't just sit still.
I'm taking back all the things I said.
Keep me filled in, I swear I'll come.

We will walk alone, back home.

You're almost gone and I'm ok to give you time to be afraid
I still see your shadow but never your face again
I remember your presence.

I hope to God you came down.
I hope to God you can feel this now.

I know there must be some way out of here and all of them will be waiting here


9. EVERYONE LOOKS SO GOOD FROM HERE

In a deep breath it all starts to change.
Flip my world inside out, honestly I like it better this way.
When I mesh the night through the back of my eyes.

I have put myself here
I'm the culprit,
I am the culprit.

I've been swallowed up alive
Shut down Building from the inside out.
I can finally walk through the walls.

I swear I've slipped right through the cracks on the floor
It's so easy when it's pulling me under.

Now I can see things form the outside and I will sit here with no place in mind.

I can't escape from this place, this is so unfamiliar to me.

I can hear the unsatisfying silence
My mouth is open but none of you can hear me


10. CASTING SUCH A THIN SHADOW

Speak up,
my ears are growing weary.
I'll sing this to the end
and watch the waves crash over me

Not too much to overcome with enough time to turn it all around
In a picture perfect scenery I've become a stick figure illustration

My eyes roll back and focus on what's ahead.
I can still stand if you lend the hand to brace me.

I'll take this on my own


11. MOVING FOR THE SAKE OF MOTION

Someone please turn the lights back on
I've been wandering here for days, disconected, and in search for new air to breathe in

I don't think I can fix this
Don't think I could change

But that's the problem
We never speak to Him
Our closing walls have caged us in
And I can't quite remember

This was the first time I didn't say enough
This was the only time I kept it close enough

Brace yourself! They're not waking up

Oh, my God
I hate the me that I've become
this needy useless forgetting one
Truthfully I can't be the me that I've washed up to be

Don't stop breathing
The walls have just being to spin
Just let the water calm you this time
It's all around you, just open your eyes and take a look
It will never kill you; not this time

It's all around you
We're surrounded for all I care

Brace yourself right now
Lights out I'm not breathing
I can't keep swimming, can't keep my head up