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Disgrace
04:00
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Only the finest will ever suffice
I haven't earned it
Just roll the dice
And now I pay the price
Watching from a distance
I can see it go to waste
Elegant destruction turns to elegant disgrace
Graceful romantic and ready to drown
After the crash I am losing my ground
I keep on reaching as it's breaking down
Falling from the broken bow
Pulled down in the sand
Even though I'm losing now I'll still play one more hand
So raise another glass for me and strike up one more band
If we're only going down, it's going to be grand
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Destroy
05:38
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You're staring at your hands
Acting like you're not there
You just maintain your air
Pretending you don't care
Justify your existence
Damage through your persistence
Everything cold and listless
Never could keep your distance
Breaking things you never owned
Take your ball and just go home
This is not yours to destroy
I will never be your toy
I won't miss you when you go
Someday you will reap what you sow
Creating discontent
You're breeding our contempt
We'll toast to your descent
Too late now to repent
Engineering complications
Manufactured situations
Insufficient agitation
Seeking self aggrandization
When the water creeps in slowly
I'm the one who keeps it flowing
You will leave here finally knowing you are not the one and only
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3. |
Over My Head
03:41
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Follow your footsteps
Embrace come in time
Stand in formation and wait for a sign
Waiting in the emptiness
My expectations far ahead
Put one foot in front of the other
Find a darker path to tread
Only left with fading dreams of everything I've tried to stead
Standing here with nothing left, I find myself in over my head
Flames climbing higher
Losing the point
Struggle to build it and see it all destroyed
Drowning my weakness
A story to tell
Don't try to save me this time
I must save myself
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Reconfiguration
01:12
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Alter Ego
03:48
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Why can't you just turn it on?
Why can't it just come pouring out?
Why can't it just happen now?
Why can't we just sing a different song?
If I were you
This isn't just a simple prank
This isn't just more of the same
This isn't a trick of fate
This isn't just a foolish game
I'm not sorry I can't fit your overly simplistic view
You could never do the same things even if you wanted to
Drop the bridge and step aside and move out of my way
If you can't see who you are come back some other day
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6. |
This Machine
04:07
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Back in the beginning
When we emerged from darkness
We rode the back of the machine that we had built
Despite our best efforts the machine began to fall apart
It wasn't long before it all came crashing down
Destroy this machine
Rebuild the exoskeleton
Adapt, evolve
Forge on with a new design
It took a while to reconfigure
It took awhile to regenerate hope
It took awhile to redesign a brand new prototype
We learned to persevere
We learned to find another way
There's just no stopping this machine because we've got something to say
Picking up the pieces
I'm never gonna let this keep me down
We've got to find a way to get this off the ground
Chemistry dwells between circuits and cells
The proper combination is all we need
Chemistry dwells between circuits and cells
It's all we need for this machine to rise again
Rise again
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Regenerate
00:46
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8. |
Light From Down Below
02:42
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Watching from your place up high there's something you can't know
From the darkness breaks a point of light from down below
Forging onward down this path no other place to go
Waiting here to pass the time
Nothing more for me to try
Execute my silent crimes underneath your watchful eye
Shattering like destiny
Collapsing under you
It's the same old story but the ending isn't true
As the future's crashing down and falling from the sky
I look up to see you there
Judging with your watchful eyes
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Take Me For A Ride
03:49
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Caught inside your last refrain as you repeat the sound
Watch as I go round again til we all fall down
I remember what they say
Something ventured, nothing gained
How can I expect to know
Secrets that you'll never tell
Learn to keep my big mouth shut
Riding on your carousel
Play me on repeat some more
Still the same old song
Nothing left to answer for
So I'll just sing along
Never ending
Nevermore
Settle your eternal score
Trapped for so long
In this hell where you refuse to see my point of view
It eats away til there's nothing left
Your expectations stacked so high
I'll never measure up
Never comply
This is a sickness
This day to day routine
We live paycheck to paycheck
and never see the green
And all that's left at the end of the day -
Forgotten broken dreams and a life of dismay
Push me up and pull me down
I discovered what you found
Wait for the alarm to sound
Drive it all into the ground
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10. |
Nothing Place
04:25
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Questioning my motives as you're emptying the glass
Searching but still finding nothing
Drain it from my past
Never thought I'd see it all come crashing down so fast
This is not the first time and it sure won't be the last
Moving on to find that something
Try to fill the space
Every step I take will only lead me to my nothing place
Drowning in the silent waves
I fight against the sound
Once I thought that ship had sailed
But it had run aground
Crawling on the shore
I finally stopped to look around
Trying to remind myself
I'm lost before I'm found
Desperate to never let it
Get the best of me
If I cannot find my way
I'll take you to my nothing place
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Moving through shadows to escape the deadly sound
Whispering voices are enough to spark a hurricane
Silence
Raise your weapon to the sky
No compromise
When words can bring the empire down
Silence is golden
And if the chemicals should spark a chain reaction
We will be waiting here to stop the insurrection now
Silence
Words can raise it up so high
And words can break it down
Words can make it last forever
Words can burn it to the ground
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12. |
Convictions
05:04
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I am not invincible
Not made of chrome or steel
Sometimes I'm afraid to face the pain that I might feel
I cannot just stand aside and watch it all go wrong
My convictions could destroy me
That's what makes me strong
Descending down
Into the darkness
You have become a monster deep within
Something burns inside that drives me
To put an end to all the evil that's in this world
Something burns inside that guides me
To overcome every obstacle in my way
Any time or circumstance
I'm here to heed the call
Don't mean I'm invincible
Or not afraid to fall
Just when all the other heroes turn and run away
I will rise as they will fall
And I will save the day
This might come as a surprise
But I am just like you
Don't give in to weaknesses
And fight for what is true
Look beyond the day at hand
And see what lies ahead
Every time the sun can rise
You'll know you've won again
Gather all my strength to shine
Never take for granted - Never underestimate
Someday this will all be mine
Don't forget that you control the power of your fate
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13. |
Deadly Sin
05:44
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In the shadows
Plans divide
Senses leave me hope divine
Stay with me until light
Nothing else left in sight
When it's time to turn the tables
Time to turn the tide
There's no one else I'd rather
Have here by my side
Darkness broken by sunlight
No more voices
Now sleep tight
Stay with me through the light
Nothing else left to fight
Dreaming of a day when you are mine
I can tell you it will all be fine
And it truly could be so divine
Everybody else would fall in line
I cannot remember what had been
Walls come crashing down and it begins
Lay my hands on you
I draw you in
They can't catch us in this deadly sin
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