The Unraveling
Album - 24 aprile 2001 - Debaser id 35716

Now's the time
To rearrange your life
Live for something
Outside of your own mind
We all dream
The same dream everynight
To burn the world that you call civilized

Alive and well
I live to be alive
I live to always strive
For something more
Alive and well
I'll never understand
The who, what, why or when
Of you tonight...

We face the stares of judgement
And almost everyday
The shaking heads
Of disapproval say,
"Pray for you to give me something then find out that there was nothing left. "

Recite the words inside (your heart)
Realize that this is nothing
Without your voice
Im not giving up
And ill blame the worst on you
I know whats wrong
Alive and well
I live to be alive
I live to always strive
For something more
Alive and well
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
And I dont need to explain
Myself to you.

buried words
under lights
soundtrack to this stagnant life
this meaning lost in translation
message sucked out of his hands again
this could be my great awakening
but how would I know
cuz it's all noise to me
are these words falling on deaf ears?
staring at the empty stares
realize that he no longer cares
about the wrong or right
the downward spiral begins tonight
and this could be my great awakening
but how would I know cuz it's all noise to me
are these words falling on deaf ears?
this could be my great awakening
but how would I know cuz it's all noise to me
(nothing I can do will make you hear)

the years unfold in one moment
the voices that we heard so loud
are now suddenly silenced
inside this crowd

and you're surrounded by the lives
of those who found something to hold
so bringing everybody down
is all you know

you've been hiding so long
you can't find yourself
in this sheltered life you live
when everything you want is at your fingertips
you'll never know what need is

you're claiming to be something different
so wanting to believe
that you're better than the rest
to make up for your self-esteem
you talk to hear your own voice and
you've left me no choice but to choose
I miss the person that you were
but I don't miss you

you've been hiding so long
you can't find yourself
in this sheltered life you live
when everything you want is at your fingertips
you'll never know what need is

you're the new revolution
the angst-filled adolescent
you fit the stereotype well

I'm not fucking blind to the way that you talk around the truth
Not just what you say but what you do
Played this tug of war way too fucking long
Like every time again I've lost you've won

You took advantage of the trust that I gave
Took my forgiveness, rubbed it back in my face
Reaching for words but there's nothing to say
I'm left to wonder will this ever be the same

This rage burning through my veins
Regret consumes my mind cutting deeply like a razor blade
Will I live to see another day
Without questioning your motives with constant doubt

You took advantage of the trust that I gave
Took my forgiveness, rubbed it back in my face
Reaching for words but there's nothing to say
I'm left to wonder will this ever be the same

And as we sit back waiting for these scars to heal
Try to convince ourselves that this, that this isn't real
Will you allow me to forget your past or will you always hang it over my head

all these days
I'll forever cherish
in the confines of my heart
the faces of ten years ago
like fingerprints on my heart
how can I breathe
when fear chokes my every breath?
how can I balance
six inches from death?
now the momentum we've created
comes to a screeching halt
this angel comes crashing down
on her hands and knees she crawls
how can I breathe
when fear chokes my every breath?
how many of your lies
will I be fed?
the remains of summer memories
spent so far away
free from the fear or jealousy
that plagues our lives today
now that promises we're broken
enemies were made
we spend our precious time pointing fingers
trying to place the blame
the remains of what's left
of our past of a future yet to come
of the battles that we've lost
and the fights that we have won

and all these things that we tie together
keep unraveling apart
and the light that used to burn so bright
now is dark
with anger-laced intent we set fire
to the bridges that remain
and they're wading thru the current now.


and they drown in the flood of the tears
that have been wept
and i scream to the sky
"no, you are not alone..."


if you think that you're words will ever make a difference
think again and carry on
because the weight behind the hand that holds us is strong
but there is hope in the roar of a thousand pleading cries
and all these things that we tie together


the sound of their tongues being bitten
is all I hear
as we fire at the whites of theirs eyes then
dance on ashes of the world


as they drown in the flood of the tears
that have been wept
and their tongues being bitten
is all that I can hear
as I scream to the sky,
"I need you now..."


can you feel this truth now unraveling?
or will you chase the burning sun
into the sea.

you talk about the way things were
but I can't hear what you're saying
a time when life was not this hard
blessed by the innocence

is the best yet to come?
or did it pass by long ago?
are we holding on to a thread
of something already dead?

I'm not your reason to stand up straight
shoulders back chest out and eyes raised
stepping back, I hesitate
I can't let myself be taken

is the best yet to come?
or did it pass by long ago?
are we holding on to a thread
of something already dead?

you can't change your mind, expect me to care
you can't just snap your fingers and expect me to be there.
[2x]
can't just change your mind

the reception fades the signals breaking up
and am I moving on or am I giving up?
If you walk away from this with anything
live your life today.

come warm your hands on hellfire and brimstone
empty the pockets of the innocent victim
bound by fear
we misplace trust
in your voice
inside these walls
convincing us we have no choice
gaze upon these stare of naivete
two thousand years replaced
with eighteen inches of our faith
bound by fear
we misplace trust
in your voice
inside these walls
convincing us we have no choice
and this reflection
on where the message lies
stained glass and marble
or somewhere deep inside
(somewhere deep inside)
this message you will only find deep inside
to read these words
you keep looking down
but in the sky
this message is written in the clouds

In the face of change
Is when she turned to me and said,
"I'm not sure anymore..."

And now, amidst the waves and the cloudless skies
that'd blanket the year before,
I watch my life wash ashore.

Have you ever been a part of something
That you thought would never end,
And then of course it did?
Have you ever felt the weight inside you,
Pulling away inside your skin,
And then something had to give?

Now the lines are drawn,
Is this feeling gone?
The best parts of this have come and gone.
And now there is all this is.
With the reasons clear,
We'll spend another year
Without direction, full of fear,
But now things will be different.

There's nothing simple when it comes to you and I,
There's always something in this everchanging life,
And there probably always will.
Now that time is getting harder to come by,
The same arguments are always on our mind.
We've killed this slowly fading light.

Now the lines are drawn,
Is this feeling gone?
The best parts of this have come and gone.
And now there is all this is.
With the reasons clear,
We'll spend another year
Without direction, full of fear,
But now things will be different.

Now something has kept me here too long
And you can't leave me
If I'm already gone.
That says that something
Has kept me here too long
And you can't leave me
If I'm already gone.

Now that we
Make the same mistakes, we're always hanging on.
Break those promises we're always leaning on.
All this time spent waking up.
I keep this line open to get this call from you
Speak the words
That keep me coming back to you.
Now this time it's all different.

Now something has kept me here too long
And now I'm gone...

aside from the name that holds us together
now I think we'd fall apart
it's the years we'll pretend we've forgotten
that separate our hearts
and I don't remember the way this was
but the pictures prove I knew you once
and where is the source of our mistakes
I'm afraid one day we'll drift so far
we'll wake up not knowing where we are
these words accomplish nothing if I'm gone

Speak with hesitation,
Talk with reservation.
Blood on your hands,
Dried long since.
But guilt still glowing in your eyes.

You hide behind
(and now this blood has long since dried)
Your perfect crime.
(guilt still glowing in your eyes)
Never ask why you try.

Now I've watched you stack
The mistakes you've made,
On top of the lies to hide them.
Your excuses just don't add up.
Empty handed we all wonder Why

You hide behind
(and now this blood has long since dried)
Your perfect crime
(guilt still glowing in your eyes)
Never ask why you try

Now I know that your words,
Your actions,
Itentions,
All were lies.
Your heart grows heavier with time.
(and now this blood has long since dried!)
Have I said enough?
Have I said too much?
Is it your responsibility to decide?
Your heart grows heavier with time
(I will decide!)

And I fell victim to the changing tide.
And this blood has long since dried,
This blood has long since dried

Wait

I'm not listening to you now
I wasn't listening to you then
I know that nothing
Will be the same again

There's only so much I can handle
Only so much I can take
Before my knees start to buckle
And my arms start to shake

And have we been here before?
Will we be here again?
I don't know how much of me you expect

Standing here right now

I beg for you to let go
I dread the day you finally do
I fight for your attention
Too little too late or too much too soon

And how will this plague the time
We share from here on out
And how long will this taint
All these words spilling from my mouth?

And have we been here before?
Will we be here again?
I don't know how much more of meyou expect

Standing here right now
Standing here right now
I'm standing!

And have we been here before?
Will we be here again?
I don't know how much more of me you expect