Smoothing out the edges, taking shape Wash away the pain of yesterday Gotta change this barren landscape Riding this wave Sand in my eyes and in my way Whirlpool mind ain't thinking straight Man overboard, land miles away Riding this wave Smoothing out the edges, taking shape Wash away the pain of yesterday Gotta change this barren landscape Riding this wave

Fate is everything, it's the song you sing, it is in the air, present everywhere Fate is in your smile, every highway mile, it rests in your eyes, our truths and lies Fate is unchanging, yet all rearranging, beyond understanding, contracting and expanding Fate is my sentence, paying my penance, I tried to defy it Fate is still racing, fate we are facing, fate is the cancer, fate is the answer Fate is my swansong, fate rights all my wrongs, fate is tonight Blood on the walls, blood on the floor, blood everywhere The future's in our eyes, we try to take our prize, but falling short, we tumble down and look up to the skies Perhaps the answer's there but do we really care, the questions we feel bound to ask are those of what is fair he human mind is strong but written up all wrong, and in its flaws it can shut down and sing this hopeless song The only truth is gone, another mental spawn, there are no reasons left to carry on Blood on the walls, blood on the floor, blood everywhere Blood in my eyes, blood in my face, blood in my way Blood drowning me, blood drowning me, blood drowning me Blood, blood, blood

Blood on the walls, blood on the floor, blood everywhere Hope for a change, hope for love, hope misplaced Thoughts of embrace, thoughts of these scars, thoughts of my mistakes Fear of being hurt, fear of dying, fear dictating My every move is written in blood, hope, thoughts, and fear My every breath is choked and drowned out by running tears Memories suffocating me, yesterday repeats No rest for the wicked, my heavy eyes anticipating My every move is molded in shame, in failure's clay My every word is caught on my tongue, what can I say Words cannot describe the feeling inside, world spinnin' out of time Yet I'm locked within the confines of a shattered mind Loss of hope, how do you cope when you're at the end of your rope You're pullin' it tighter with nothing to lose, you snooze, you tie your noose And everyone's lookin' through you, seein' their way to a false truth Label you weak, a loser, a freak, they're callin' your future bleak Livin' and dyin' with so many knives inside of your back as the feeling arrives It all was a lie, they're sayin', "goodbye, we want you out of our lives" My every move is molded in shame, in failure's clay My every word is caught on my tongue, what can I say My every move, written in blood My every breath, written in blood

I’m not one for believing in the good, the bad, or anything in between I’ve no heart for deceiving, I’ve stepped on, spat out, left to die in the stream I’m not here to control you, the conclusions drawn by you are yours alone I just wanted to show you that the hurt is real and deeper than the bone It’s been long enough, tried to still my tongue and look away But I’m not strong enough, and I’m far too young and too afraid When you’ve forgotten me, I hope at least these words rattle in your brain I’ll stick around and see if the sunny days are worth your Rainclouds, forming in my head, it’s only rainclouds, they’re just a little red, it’s only Rainclouds, they follow me to bed, it’s only rainclouds, oh rainclouds You’re so predictable, you stand by me until it’s hard to take You’re unconditional, with dozens of conditions I must not break You say you’re there for me, but only if I smile and hide the pain I’m just a nobody that you can squeeze dry, you forgot to wring out my Rainclouds, storming in my head, it’s only rainclouds, a sky in crimson red, it’s only Rainclouds, they pin me to my bed, it’s only rainclouds, oh rainclouds Every day should be sunny [Guitar solo] In your eyes I’m not tryin’, but wakin’ up feels like dyin’ Say I’m weak and conspiring, well step outside, feel it too I just wanted to show you that the hurt is real and deeper than the Rainclouds [Guitar solo] Rainclouds, storming in my head, it’s only rainclouds, a sky in crimson red, it’s only Rainclouds, they pin me to my bed, it’s only rainclouds, oh rainclouds

[Bass solo] I see your judging eyes from my place on the stage A sharp, lustrous cobalt, transcending age They pierce through my soul and ask why I am here The message they relay straight from your ears "You're playing much too loud, guitar's out of tune, Your voice has the style of the bartender's broom" And yet you still remain in your chair ten feet away Bringing some light to my pitch black night, I just wanna say I know you're the one, been waiting all my life for someone who will listen Let this feeling run forever and a day, give me the strength to christen our love We've been friends for such a long, long time Tonight we can even read each other's minds Both in need of so much more We’re both short of life worth living for Two voids can cancel out if they meet on common ground And the way I go about this life, I may not be around To see the beauties of the world if I must go alone You know all I'm missing is a place that I'll call home I know you're the one, been waiting all my life for someone who will listen Let this feeling run forever and a day, give me the strength to christen our Love, love, love, love I know you're the one, been waiting all my life for someone who will listen Let this feeling run forever and a day, give me the strength to christen I know you’re the one Let this feeling run Forever and a day [Bass solo]

I'm not afraid You underestimate me every step you take You thought beneath this weight I'd lose my stance and break But I will hold up to world and show them all you are a fake I will not listen to a single word you say In any case I'll be the winner of today You say this is your game, but you don't even wanna play Took a shot in the dark (see you gunning my way) But you missed the mark (now you got to pay) And I bite like a shark ('cause it tastes so good) To leave my mark (and I know I should) I'm not afraid To bring you to your knees, rid us of your disease Don't you see you're too late to test the hands of fate No I won't let you win, no you cannot begin Just saying if and when, I'll gladly do it again End of the line, I'll take what is mine I'm ready for you and your army too I'm not afraid To bring you down to size, I'll never compromise Don't you see you're too late to test the hands of fate The tables, how they turn, I get to watch you burn Just saying if and when, I'll gladly do it again To bring you to your knees, rid us of your disease Don't you see you're too late to test the hands of fate No I won't let you win, no you cannot begin Just saying if and when, I'll gladly do it again [Bass solo] [Guitar solo]

Throw a riot against your child's vices, but does your mirror reflect true Everything you confess to despise is locked away so deep inside of you Someday epiphany will strike some gold beneath your shallow mind It'll hit you all too late but you made only one mistake Convinced yourself there was no trust, that you would leave victorious You could never do no wrong, this shitshow going on and on Was veiled by a lens of hate you mistook for love one day Looking in the mirror now, the sun is breaking through the clouds Doesn't he look just like you, doesn't she talk just like you Doesn't he walk just like you, the creep deep inside of you [Guitar solo] Throw a riot against your child's choices, but you once made those choices too Everything you profess to avoid is locked away so deep inside of you Someday epiphany will mine for silver in your raging mind It'll hit you just too late but you made only one mistake Convinced yourself there was no trust, that you would leave a champion You could never do no wrong, this circus going on and on Was veiled by a lens of hate you mistook for truth one day Looking in the mirror now, the sun obscured by darkened clouds Doesn't he look just like you, doesn't she talk just like you The demon deep inside of you

If seeing is believing then I must be blind 'cause I ain't leavin' footprints of any kind You don't need to see the things inside my mind so I'm just gonna tell a lie that I am fine And maybe you can get the happy end you deserve And maybe I can be your means to and end, this is how I'll serve It's an echo chamber, I got a megaphone, I got a reason to believe that I am not alone But reverberations of a cry of pain are digging through my skin and waging wartime on my brain Thoughts are going rebel, feelings off the track, my screams of longing for the equilibrium I lack You can try and save me, this is your warning call: the dominoes are set up and sometimes they gotta fall Never again will I open up my heart and only stand there as you rip it from me If seeing is believing then I have no eyes 'cause I don't have no tricks left, no surprise Not up my sleeve or in my clenched fists as you realise, my grounds are not yours to protect so try this on for size Honey, you deserve the love that's lost on me Honey, I will now unmask for all to see I don't know 'bout you but I believe in something more, a little bit left worth fighting for Livin' too long under false pretenses, never less apprehensive, goin' outta my senses, enough is never enough so once in a while I want to end it Slowly learning to let go all the madness below, so I regain some semblance of a modicum of control I was always told to keep chasin' my dreams but sometimes it seems like those dreams are chasin' me Happiness is the word, don't tell me you never heard it from the songs echoed by the birds, kick negativity to the curb And if you have the nerve to keep clutching onto it don't say I didn't warn you so when you, my friend, get burned at the stake By a soulless fake who only learned how to take from my brothers and sisters, don't go cryin', "mister, mister" to me when your head's inundated with blood blisters, it's outta my hands and now it belongs to the sands of time If seeing is believing then I must be blind 'cause I ain't leavin' footprints of any kind You don't need to see the things inside my mind so I'm just gonna tell a lie that I am fine And maybe you can get the happy end you deserve And maybe I can be your means to and end, this is how I'll serve [Guitar solo] If seeing is believing then I have no eyes 'cause I don't have no tricks left, no surprise Not up my sleeve or in my clenched fists as you realise, my grounds are not yours to protect so try this on for size Honey, you deserve the love that's lost on me Honey, I will now unmask for all to see

Under your skies I wait, I'll learn to fly someday Reaching the top of the whole world, I'll let my starling's wings unfurl Under your skies I wait, I'll learn to fly someday Reaching the top of the whole world, I'll let my starling's wings unfurl

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