"Awakened" (2012)




Cauterize lyrics - as i lay dying

The truth of my heart
Is like a repressed tale
A censored and silenced story

Repression or restraint
It is a delicate balance
Between bleeding out what will make me drown
And closing in what I cannot afford to spill
Either way,
I must cauterize,
Cauterize the open wound

I'm caught between the feeling
Of being pulled apart
Or stuffed into a cell [x2]

And if these are the only options
This will be always be hell
Never ending
Though I still may be breathing
There is no quality of life
So I choose to risk it all for you
For you to be by my side

I'm caught between the feeling
Of being pulled apart
Or stuffed into a cell [x2]

A crowd is easy to deceive
But now I am a patient on the table

I'll give you the knife
Cut away as you see fit

Just promise me the patience
To wait for me to heal

I'm caught between the feeling
Of being pulled apart
Or stuffed into a cell [x3]

A Greater Foundation lyrics - as i lay dying

Reality no longer battles perception. 
This letter's written to no one. 

Sincere, 
I sought your truth and divine purpose through myths of revelation. 
Guidance all wrapped up in a paper box, 
supported only so long, as my mind was the enemy. 
I could not in conscience hold on. 

AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart. 
STAND FAST and press on, 
TRIUMPH AWAITS
AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart. 
STAND FAST and press on, 
TRIUMPH AWAITS us

The powerful constant that I had once leaned on is no longer there (no longer) 
You call this shameful disbelief, 
a process like losing my closest friend. 

AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart. 
STAND FAST and press on, 
TRIUMPH AWAITS
AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart. 
STAND FAST and press on, 
TRIUMPH AWAITS us

Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart, 
before we can rebuild them again - a greater foundation. 

I wish there was another way, but no amount of devotion can fix this. 
Triumph awaits! [x5]

Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart, 
before we can rebuild them again - a greater foundation.

Resilience lyrics - as i lay dying

Your resilience inspires me
Facing tragedies I will never face
Your presence is humbling
To think of all that you have overcome
It took such little pain
For our lives to coalesce
Finding what I could've found in no one else

You bring me through the darkness of myself
And show me that frailty can be turned to strength

Suffering
Persistence
Such sorrow
Yet resilience

From the outside I've deceived the world
With false bravery
Yet you have taught me so much more
Much more than I can ever teach
And someday you might
Need someone to lean on

I can only hope that I'll have gained the courage
To be there for you in whatever you face
You bring me trough (you bring me through)
The darkness of myself
And show me that frailty (can be turned)
Can be turned to strength

Suffering
Persistence
Such sorrow
Yet resilience

At times I'm carried on the shoulders of a child
I find power in your firm fallibility
My source of hope is seeing that weak prevail
And I'm better able to live because you're alive
I could not imagine a world without you
Where I looked you in the eyes and left you to die

Suffering
Persistence
Such sorrow
Yet resilience

Wasted Words lyrics - as i lay dying

There are days when sorrow seems never-ending,
Like the countless roads upon which I've driven
The price of attachment in pursuit of dreams
That I so often can't seem to remember
Yet there are days when beauty cannot be contained
It even crawls out from under ordinary things

A foreigner,
No place to go
Holding on,
Making the most,
Of what little time I have

All the wasted words I said,
In all the cities that I left,
The last act of our precious play,
Must not close with regret

I will not leave wishing I had done things differently

The moments I treasure are seldom the ones
That I planned for
And if I knew where pain hid,
I might still let it go,
So when the audience has run toward the latest drift,
It will be my time to face the life that I have set,

A foreigner in my own home,
Holding on,
No place to go

All the wasted words I said,
In all the cities that I left,
The last act of our precious play,
Must not close with regret (regret)
All the wasted words

Some days the line between peace and pain
Seems more like a blur,
But I know with certainty,
I can't leave wishing,
I cannot leave
I can't leave wishing,
I'd done things differently

All the wasted words I said,
In all the cities that I left,
The last act of our precious play,
Must not close with regret (regret)
All the wasted,
Wasted words

Whispering Silence lyrics - as i lay dying

Each little piece begins to stack up
Now suffering under the weight of my choices
And I hardly recognise myself
Somewhere along the line
There stopped being lines at all
(whispering silence)

Whispering silence
The subtle contradiction
Compromise creeps in
Forgetting who I once was
Slowly changing
Who I once was

Each moment seemed so small
When looked at by itself
But it adds up
And it has torn me down
All lines are gone
(whispering silence)

Whispering silence
The subtle contradiction
Compromise creeps in
Forgetting who I once was
Slowly changing
Who I once was

So close to the truth
But still impossible
It was never one thing
And too many to try to add up
Fueled by faint deception
Conflict without acknowledging opposition

All because I had taken pride in my hidden lies

Whispering silence
The subtle contradiction
Compromise creeps in
Forgetting who I once was
Slowly changing
Who I once was
It was never one thing
And too many to try to add up

All because I had taken pride in my hidden lies

Overcome lyrics - as i lay dying

All these moments of pain
Must add up to something,
Our bodies have been trained to keep it all in,
But our hearts, still hold on

Some say to release it, forget about your past,
Instead we count the cost, it's part of us
That doesn't mean that we cannot move on,
It's just a memory of what we were once were

No matter what it is we've faced
It's now part of us (part of us)
We can overcome

Why rid of fuel that can make us stronger
When properly put behind us (put behind us)
And in the same way that
Everything good in life can be taken away
So can all this pain

No matter what it is we've faced
It's now part of us (part of us)
No matter what we've faced in this life
We can overcome

Trying to forget is a burden we can never bear,
When facing trials openly,
There's nothing left to hide,
New paths of strength come alive

No matter what it is we've faced
It's now part of us (part of us)
No matter what we've faced in this life
We can overcome

We can overcome

No Lungs To Breathe lyrics - as i lay dying

I fought who I am inside
Until I wanted, I wanted to die
Instead of finding balance I found hatred
Consumed by failures and ignoring my own strengths
Pushed out sea without learning to swim
Or stranded in the desert with no lungs to breathe

With no lungs to breathe
I had almost lost everything

How can I be expected to readily be content
With a view of life that has rejected
The basis of what has helped me to survive?
And replaced them with precepts
Rather than instruction
Full rule is an illusion (illusion)
All I can do contain selfishness
And unveil what little power we may have

With no lungs to breathe
I had almost lost everything (everything)

Tearing away my flesh before taking
The time to understand it
A miracle may not be the answer
(tearing away my flesh)
When anchoring first on what I have
(before taking the time to understand it)
The ability to change

Like being stranded in the desert
With no lungs to breathe

With no lungs to breathe
I had almost lost everything (everything)

Defender lyrics - as i lay dying

Fighting so hard to be heard
Yet having nothing to say
You talk about changing masses
But forget those close to you

Most of us have given up
On these words that all sound the same
But I am still willing to believe
If you have done all that you can

You can justify almost anything
If you are willing to be loud enough
But once you've spent everything
To change the world around you
Even if your voice is taken away
Such actions will still inspire

Most of us have given up
On these words that all sound the same
But I am still willing to believe
If you have done all that you can

Drained
Spent
Determined
Intent
Now you've earned the right to be heard

We've been deceived by elegant speech
Whose only concern is mere distraction

Defender

Drained
Spent
Determined
Intent
Now you've earned the right to be heard

I will follow to the grave
A man who's willing to die

Most of us have given up
On these words that all sound the same
But I am stilling willing to believe
If you have done al that you can

I am willing to die
Defender

My Only Home lyrics - as i lay dying

Like a swarm of flies colliding with a moving windshield
So are our lives on this never-ending road
I have left behind my mark only to be later washed away
And was consumed with the allure despite the inevitable decay

When did the road that I'm on become my only home?
When did this become the one place I truly know? (I truly know)

A journey making us like weeds
Where the wind steals our splendour
But spreads it to the distant fields
Despite our fragile imperfections
Yet shaking walls and wearing wheels
Can never capture my heart the way you do

When did the road that I'm on become my only home?
When did this become the one place I truly know? (I truly know)

I am missing what makes me whole

Tear Out My Eyes lyrics - As i lay dying

The storm is coming and I have no choice
To accept nature or lose my voice
Shall I scream and plead for nothing
Or build a roof over my head?
I mourn the days that I wasted
Trying to change what has been set
Fighting against myself

Before I tear, tear out my eyes
I'll just admit they're part of me

I've labelled enemies who do not hate me
And then claimed friends who could care less
All an unnecessary struggle
So now I truly know what it means to repent
Changing everything

Before I tear, tear out my eyes
I'll just admit they're part of me
(they're part of me)

Instead of fighting against myself
I will open my eyes
To find who needs me
I am awakened
I am awakened

Unwound lyrics - As i lay dying

I see no reason to try and be what I am not
If simple honesty moves me, then why should I care?
Others may think I lost my poetic way (I've lost my way)
But I'd rather make my point without confusion

I have failed those who I love the most
And in the process become aware

I have accepted there is so much that I don't know
I have accepted my limitations

It is that knowledge that opens the door
For greater understanding
Perspective on what is still untold

I have accepted there is so much that I don't know
I have accepted my limitations
I have accepted there is so much that I'll never know
I have accepted my limitations

Sorting out my thoughts, that is why I write
Though I reveal my weakness surrendering is remedy
These songs have helped me though my greatest pain
Unwound within me the disorder of my life

I now see things for how they are
Even if that is a harsh reality

I have accepted there is so much that I don't know
I have accepted my limitations
I have accepted there is so much that I'll never know
I have accepted my limitations

A Greater Foundation (Extended Demo Version) lyrics - As i lay dying

Reality no longer battles perception.
This letter's written to no one.

Sincere,
I sought your truth and divine purpose through myths of revelation.
Guidance all wrapped up in a paper box,
Supported only so long, as my mind was the enemy.
Until I could not in good conscience hold on.

You call this shameful disbelief,
A process like losing my closest friend.

AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart.
STAND FAST and press on,
TRIUMPH AWAITS
AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart.
STAND FAST and press on,
TRIUMPH AWAITS us

The powerful constant that I had once leaned on is no longer there (no longer)
But no matter how sincere my devotion
The pieces never fit.

AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart.
STAND FAST and press on,
TRIUMPH AWAITS
AS WE face distress WE MUST not lose heart.
STAND FAST and press on,
TRIUMPH AWAITS us

Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart,
Before we can rebuild them again - a greater foundation.
(We watch our whole lives)
Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives
(Fall apart)
Before we can rebuild them again
(We build them again)
A greater foundation

I wish there was another way,
No amount of devotion can fix this,
Triumph awaits! [x5]

Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart,
Before we can rebuild them again - a greater foundation.
(We watch our whole lives)
Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives
(Fall apart)
Before we can rebuild them again
(We build them again)
A greater foundation

"Decas" (2011)




Paralyzed lyrics - As I Lay Dying

What is certain I have ignored
I have spent most of my life
Trying to complicate everything that I believe
So that while paralyzed
In thought I will always have an alibi
Just another excuse (just another excuse)
To hesitate (to hesitate)
Delaying true progress with passivity

The answers that I've found
Are all the same
They uncover questions
That still remain

The answers that I've found
Are all the same
They uncover questions
That still remain

What is certain I have ignored
And what I know is simple
If I am honest with myself
My soul is broken yet easily fixed

And what I know is simple
I must die if I truly want to live

The answers that I've found
Are all the same
They uncover questions
That still remain

The answers that I've found
Are all the same
They uncover questions
That still remain

The greatest of us have become the least
I must be reborn to revive a heart that hardly beats
Keeping alive this hollow frame
I must be reborn
I must be reborn

From Shapeless To Breakable lyrics - As I lay dying

If I have been kept alive for one reason,
It's to declare that apart from you I can do nothing
Though discouraged by my failure
I remember who I used to be
Like a murderer transformed into a pretty thief
I have so far, so far left to go

From shapeless to breakable I have involved

My transgressions are evident to all who know me
Like porcelain carried through a Downtown street
At any moment I might break
From shapeless to breakable I have involved

I could say a thousand more apologies
But to prove that I have truly changed
Only time will tell.

From shapeless to breakable I have involved

Moving Forward lyrics - As I Lay Dying

We're born helpless but guided by humanity
What was compassion
Soon controls the way we think
Familiarity has left me desensitized
And inanity keeps deception disguised
We are lost but keep moving forward
To find the truth we must turn around
History reveals an inviting sense of compromise
Our customs destroyed what was once unique
Traditions started with useful intention
Now subjugate those too numb to question
We are lost but keep moving forward
To find the truth we must turn around
I desire to wake from this sedation and begin to separate
The truth from tradition
We are lost but keep moving forward
To find the truth we must turn around

War Ensemble lyrics - As i lay dying

(originally by Slayer)

Propaganda death ensemble
Burial to be
Corpses rotting through the night
In blood laced misery
Scorched earth the policy
The reason for the siege
The pendulum it shaves the blade
The strafing air blood raid

Infiltration push reserves
Encircle the front lines
Supreme art of strategy
Playing on the minds
Bombard till submission
Take all to their graves
Indication of triumph
The number that are dead

Sport the war, war support
The sport is war, total war
When victory's really massacre
The final swing is not a drill
It's how many people I can kill

Sport the war, war support
The sport is war, total war
When victory's really survival
The final swing is not a drill
It's how many people I can kill

Be dead friend from above
When darkness falls
Descend into my sights
Your fallen walls
Spearhead break through the lines
Flanked all around
Soldiers of attraction
Forward their ground

Regime prophetic age
Old in its time
Flowing veins run on through
Deep in the Rhine
Center of the web
All battles scored
What is our war crimes
(Era forever more...war)

Propaganda war ensemble
Burial to be
Bones shining in the night
In blood laced misery
Campaign of elimination
Twisted psychology
When victory is to survive
And death is defeat

Sport the war, war support
The sport is war, total war
When the end is a slaughter
The final swing is not a drill
It's how many people I can kill

Hellion lyrics - As i lay dying

Hell hound!
Hot leather on your legs,
They're smoking power kegs
Your ranting on means
It's hell bound!
And you're the one they claim
Is going down in flames
You're acting in Hades grave
Hellion! The devil's hellion in town
Hellion! We'll never have to die!
Well, child,
You're sweating and you're stoned
They've got to knock you down
Makes you crazy all night!
You're in never ending pain
And drink the devil's rain
You're screaming out your name
Hellion! The devil's hellion in town
Hellion! We'll never have to die!
The Gods you worship are steel
At the altar of rock and roll
You kneel,
A slave who forever rocks
His tail in the devil's locks
A slave like the bloody exile
Hellion! The devil's hellion in town
Hellion! We'll never have to die!

Electric Eye lyrics - As i lay dying

(originally by Judas Priest)

Up here in space
I'm looking down on you.
My lasers trace
Everything you do.
You think you've private lives
Think nothing of the kind.
There is no true escape

I'm watching all the time.
I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam.
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean.

I'm elected electric spy
I protected electric eye.
Always in focus
You can't feel my stare.
I zoom into you
You don't know I'm there.
I take a pride in probing all your secret moves
My tearless retina takes pictures that can prove.

Electric eye, in the sky
Feel my stare, always there
's nothing you can do about it.
Develop and expose
I feed upon your every thought
And so my power grows.
Protected. Detective. Electric eye.

Coffee Mug lyrics - As i lay dying

Mug mug mug
Coffee mug
Gonna clear away the haze
Liquid proof
That i can win this race
Coffee mug
The grip that keeps me tall
My inter-link
Keeps me questing all
I don't need no booze or drugs
I just chug-a-lug-o my coffee mug
And i don't need your kiss and hug
I just chug-a-lug-o my coffee mug
They haven't banned
My liquid drug of choice
There's too many hooked
And they've got too much voice
So for the moment
We're all pretty good to go
With 98 cups
With 98 more to go
I don't need no booze or drugs
I just chug-a-lug-o my coffee mug
And i don't need your kiss and hug
I just chug-a-lug-o my coffee mug
Here a bean, there a bean
Everywhere a mean mean
Bean chug - a - lug - o - my
Coffee - mug, mug, mug, mug

Beneath The Encasing Of Ashes (Re-Recorded Medley) lyrics - As i lay dying

Emptiness running through me
Taking all that I am
Reach inside of me
Far beneath the encasing of ashes
Bleeding red
Still showing signs of life
Leaving me this blinding mask
Grasping for the wind
Everything I've done
Everything I've gained
It all means nothing
A mere breath has passed away
Sadness I embrace
Left with empty promises
Spent of all my strength
Relying on Yours
I look at myself and see the scars
That are brought to me by this life
Then I ask myself
Is this all that this world has to give
Through this pain I refine
Tearing me from within
Screaming to be released but held fast by Your love
I have become a sacrifice
I have become a sacrifice (A sacrifice)
In need of you (In need of you)
In need of you

The Blinding Of False Light (Innerpartysystem Remix) lyrics - As i lay dying

I see now, I see through the veil of expectation.
I see now, I see that conformity is betrayal.

Betrayal of those who are forgotten, yet vision alone furthers our blame.
Unless followed by transformation, it is pointless to be given sight.
Without the hope of our reaction, we overlook the purpose of our eyes.

Now is our chance to breathe without tyranny, released from the blinding of false light.
(blinding of false light)
Now is our chance to breathe without tyranny. In weakness we are freed.

I see now, I see that conformity is betrayal.

With empty eyes I've looked ahead (ahead), with clarity I now look back.

Now is our chance to breathe without tyranny, released from the blinding of false light.
(blinding of false light).
Now is our chance (our chance) to breathe without, without tyranny.
In weakness we are freed. Yeah!

I admit my failure. Opacity has dulled my senses.
Conformity (conformity) controlled by lifeless vices. Oh! Yeah!
Covetousness (covetousness) disguised as ambition.
But now it ends. [x4]
Not with defeat but determination. We are freed. Yeah!

Now is our chance to breathe without tyranny, released from the blinding of false (false) light (light).
Now is our chance. [x2]
In weakness we are freed.

Wrath Upon Ourselves (Ben Weinman Remix) lyrics - As i lay dying

I can only imagine that wrath is being held out
So there will be time for us to be redeemed
But surely wrath is not being held out
So that we may redeem ourselves
For I've seen the madness
Of those who died trying
But is regret only a word that the living possess?
I long to see their faces
Regardless of the decay
For in the eyes of the deceased...

We would see hope in our last day
Inside this dying world
For there is still beauty
Inside this dying world

For what good is there holding off wrath
If we are determined
To bring wrath upon ourselves

Confined (Kelly "Carnage" Cairns Remix) lyrics - As i lay dying

That night I never came home.
Wandering souls captured my thoughts..
Emptiness filled my mind.
Urgency spoke her lies.
In the confines of these grey walls.
I watched them move together.
Taking me places I cannot remember (remember).
We have been poured out...
Into a loveless bride..
How quickly I forget...
That this is meaningless.
How quickly I forget...
That this is meaningless.
In a world passing through my fingers.
I still chase the wind.
How quickly I forget...
That this is meaningless
How quickly I forget...
That this is meaningless
what have I learned from yesterday?
what have I learned from yesterday?

Elegy (Big Chocolate Remix) lyrics - As I Lay Dying

[to Stephanie for undying friendship]

did you ever see me
or could you even see at all
I looked at your cold white face
so still, so empty
yet I knew you were at rest
much more comforted than I
what else could I find to replace who you were
it was the carefree unrestricted love that you

[Chorus]
never meant to give
you never had the choice,

it was your innocence
it was part of who you were
it was the comfort of a friend

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