Just for a moment

I screamed so loud I heard the silence

and it seemed to know my name

It bore the weight of voices lost

that sing to me my name

(ch)

They sing to ease the loneliness

that hides beneath the skin

The endless touch of helplessness

The pain that seethes within

and in that moment

I held my breath until a vision

showed me how to be at peace

I closed my eyes and lost myself

until the noise decreased

(ch)

The noise that craved the loneliness

The noise bec...

I am a one time habit

a valuable mistake

I am the poison in your bloodstream

an error in the system

A storm on the horizon

An ominous refrain

A challenge to insanity

A danger to the sane

(ch)

I tried too hard to see

to find justification

I lost all that was me

Drowned in imitation

This is my last chance taken

A breakdown in the static

A nightmare hides in darkness

with terror for the witness

A comfort to the lost

who have seen the face of horror

To survive within this...

Spiral sticky sound of sin

Reject the dirt I push within

Sharp spike scarred skin

Needles bite quiets the din

Silent scream so serene

Keeps the noise inside unseen

Smoke saturated sheen

of dying lights that guided me

Cerebral crushing car crash

Mistakes that we all amass

Chemical crisis creative clash

Victims to our own impasse

Cataclysmic cascades

a broken mind that can't evade

Christ's cracked conclave

Now you see we won't be saved

Mistakes we made

raining down with blind regret,

apologies that were never said

Come back

to haunt our dreams

They burst forth from the darkness

run from the wolves you thought were harmless

Don't read

my unquiet mind

The trash that piles and rots within

where does it end and I begin

Just leave

my bare soul

The words I couldn't bear to hear

the thoughts that I have always feared

the past I couldn't run from anymore

As time folds

back on itself with blindfolds on

(ch)

Hit the reset

Turn me down

Numb my brain from

all light and sound

I tasted freedom

I tasted flames

I witness cures for

the insane

(2nd person)

I heard your secrets

I heard your lies

The devil works best when

he lies inside

(1st)

You heard my promise

but walked right through

From the things I say to

the things I do

Body fading

Blood I weep

A chemical promise

is the one I'll keep

We stand alone on this fragile earth

waiting for someone to save us from ourselves

from our selfish black needs

Nobody cares

about the poison we inflict on our home but we will never atone

and ever will we be free for as long as we hide from the truth

that will be our end

Watching and waiting

Alone in the end

Watching and waiting

Sleep now

As the silence warms you

pain will finally disappear,

all the loss that scarred you

just fades

The black will hold you tightly

The dark will keep you down

Silence preserves your sanity

as you allow yourself to drown

As the gods abandon you

you've nothing left to hold you here

Let go of guilt that wasn't yours

and fall

Fall to bring your freedom

Fall to find your peace

Fall to end the suffering

Fall to your knees

Turn around

Leave me to hide

I hear your screaming

deep inside

It never stops

to just let me be

to let some peace

comfort me

I try to run

but time is out

consumed within

unending doubts

(ch)

Back off

Give me silence

Back off

 Leave me to myself

Back off

I fear the violence

Back off

I fear me

(br)

If you can't understand

then leave me here alone

and let me find myself

Let me forget what I have known

I came to you

to set me free

but what I need

is bur...

Your ego holds it's longing

You justify your means

No matter who surrenders

You keep inflicting pain

You have no sense of reason

Why should you even care

Still blind to what you're lacking yet

they offered you a chance

Because you suffer loudest

You command everyone to see

to validate your martyrdom

but it's just pity don't you see?

(ch)

Friend, when they opened their tightly defended mind

gave their trust while their heart was still so blind

Now they're reaching out w...

Speak in silence

to calm my mind

Avert the step

that leaves me blind

You lack the face

that shows compassion

Acting on

untrained reactions

(ch)

I hear you

I feel you

taking over another part of me

I see you

and fear you

waking up the demons inside me

I held your secrets

I took your hand

Expected nothing (which was)

just as well and

trading parties

with warring minds

couldn't help you past

to see the signs

(bridge)

Keep your voice down

Keep the noise down

Don...

(may have another verse for the start)

Give me the needle

I'll make you proud

Give me the needle

I'll show you why we scream so loud

A wayward consequence

that's taken hold

Your practiced arrogance

leaves you alone out in the cold

Give me the needle

You let me down

Give me the needle

I'll leave and fade without a sound

Self centred and unimpressed

Leave me disarrayed

Reluctant acquiesce

Too much that time can take away

Give me the needle

While you decide

Give...

Blinding colours

Pulsing fear

Dark voices

in my ear

Secrets rising

Scratch my eyes

Ground shimmers

Built on lies

The feelings I buried

The thoughts I hide

A child left dying

when no-one tried

When you don't see me

I'm still right here

I'm feeling lost with the distance

Empty when you are near

and all I

feel is silence

on my tongue

Disappearing

Come undone

Scream to no-one

no-one's there

Strange voices

the only clear

thing left for me

I stand alo...

I hear the words

as if they were your own

Wrapping around me

as I come undone

Their comfort holds me

with a vicious last embrace

Evoking memories

of how you used to taste

ch

I said

I gave you words to call your own

I said

that I did not give up the dream

I said

this was worth more than it seemed

I said

that I could keep inside the screams

I hear the echoes

the words I long to hear

break the silence

and take away my fear

The fading signal

of the light left in ...

Twisted up and thrown so far

Hard to remember who you are

I grow tired of all the lies and

wretched alibis, secrets wrapped tight

Hard to remember how to fight

It never seemed so dark before

Digging deep inside your soul

to find a rose, never whole

Shredded petals line the floor

to the sea.....to the sea

ch

When the shadows are calling

the water calls you home

let go the doubts that hold you

and be free, be free

It built up so much you swung so low

Feels like th...

You held my hand while I was drowning

You pulled me from the sea of pain

Not to be taken in again

I walk away with my eyes closed

I feel the guilt of my disguises

I feel the memories subside

I know the peace when you embrace me

I lose the darkness in your hold

Not to be taken in again

but your call finds me in the wind

I'm weak to it's gentle breeze

so calming in the night

I feel the need for you upon me

and I'm not going to fight

Not to be taken in again

but I r...

Constricting consternation

Compressing cage of mine

Embrace your self-destruction

Death won't save you from yourself

I tried to keep my distance

You forced my hand in time

Picking off the debris

I'm feeling so divine

Ignore me at your peril

Disgrace me if you dare

but you'll start to realize

you should have learned to compromise

ch

Divide the sky by numbers

I control the thoughts you keep

I drown you in your nightmares

make you something just like me

Divide the sky b...

I walked the line you told me to

Followed every word

Followed everything I heard

Plastic faces haunting me

Chasing colours from the walls

Chasing patterns to a blur

(ch)

Calling out

But silence crowds

Voices scream and shadows surround

Voices tie me up inside

When the lights go down

Chalked into oblivion

Paranoid and atrophied

Paranoid identity

Agitate and complicate

Racing thoughts capture stars

Raging battles in my mind

(ch)

Whispers quiet from hell are...

Lost in scenes of confused reactions

Encased in dreams of dissolving lies

I stand alone, humiliated

I know this has all gone too far

Glowing inside, my mind is racing

My body rising way too high

I danced with angels but their halo's burned me

I danced to music hidden deep inside

ch

I cannot take it back

The words that scarred us all

Everything I've done

Can I be forgiven

What's in my veins to keep me grounded

What flows through me to keep you safe

I killed the angel...

Can you smell the fire burning

I see fear in your eyes

I know the voice that haunts you

I want to tell you that it lies

When dreams all turn to nightmares

and sleep's something you fear

When pain has pushed you far from

all that you hold dear

ch

I'll stand in silence if it's what will get you through

I'll bear the cross if it takes the weight from you

I'll scream with you to scare away the night

I'll bleed for you so you can keep your strength to fight

I'll speak for you wh...

I never claimed perfection

I never claimed to see

past my own regrets

of who I chose to be

I cannot change my past

but I hope to change your mind

Inside my head I'm screaming from

mistakes I cannot hide

I wish that I could change

I wish that you could see

That the weight of this rejection

is the final blow for me

ch

Twisted words

buried deep

Promises

you just can't keep

I tried to rise

above myself

But it's too late to find you

I lost hope of redemption

Gave u...

Words will never be enough

to show what's on my mind

There's nothing I could ever say

to comfort those behind

It isn't taken lightly

Those years I've always tried

but now's the time for action not for pride

(ch)

I know I've been a burden

although you'll disagree

but my mind's so fucking broken

that there's nothing left of me

Time has never passed me by

I have endured it all the way

I wanted to protect you from

the things that I have seen

The voices keep on whispering

I ...

The noise is breaking out

Screaming words I'll never ever forget

The taste of ash remains,

the flames that withered from inside of me

Time is running out

The path I wandered is no longer in sight

The pride I held in me

Is fading as I head towards eternity

(ch)

As the skies grow overcast,

stealing the lives that couldn't last

Intentions never true

and only you

Stealing from the thieves

Engulfed in faith you can't believe

Just lies to make it through

but they won't help yo...

If you could choose your legacy

What would you send to comfort me

When all of this is through

tell me what to do

Through this pain I'm so aware

that it's too hard for me to bear

Nothing more seems true

tell me what to do

For all this time, through all this fear

the darkness grows from year to year

The silence came for you too late

now it won't abate

If time can heal the past

what if my memories won't last

When all the pain is gone

I will still go on

Hey you, tell me what you see there

Don't tell me that you missed the sudden change in your eyes

I know you better than you'd like me to

but I don't know if I like what you deny

For such a long time I pretended that

what I saw was just a reflection of me

I know the lies and shit you put me through

Making excuses that you're too blind to see

(ch)

I end my world for you

Dreaming my tears fade with you

Beating blue hearts remain true

I know that you have tried

I saw the scars

I saw what’s left in the shadow of your heart

I held you up to see the sun

To steal the stars

But it all just disappeared before your eyes

I saw how much it hurt you

Stained by lies

But I never knew what you had in your mind

I didn’t know

how to still your mind

I left it too long to correct what they had done

And it’s too late

To change what’s done

All I’ve left now is regret that you have gone

And in a moment I will turn you round

Keep you safe and keep you bound

From fear and worry you’ll be free

And the only choice I’ll leave is me

(ch)

A half meant smile

Trick or treat

In denial

Hide and seek

A faded whisper

A hollow breath

I’ll love you forever

I’ll love you to death

A memory locked and hidden away

In the hope it will disappear

Seeping through the bloodied wounds

Returning with never healed fear

You want to know my feelings

And what I keep inside

But inside my life is breaking

Inside my heart has died

You want to hear my fears

But my fears are mine to know

‘cos when your fears are used against you

You’re better off alone

(ch)

Breaking, burning, seething, yearning

I’ll fall apart alone

When nothing good remains inside

You’re better off unknown

So inside I’ll keep the violence

Inside I’ll keep the pain

So when the demons overwhelm me

There’ll be...