Critical Aclaim

"Critical Acclaim"

Shh... quiet, you might piss somebody off

Like me, motherfucker, you've been at it for too long

While you feed off others' insecurities

You stand in front of me and bite the hand that feeds

Self-righteousness is wearing thin

(Lies inside your head, your best friend)

Heart bleeds but not for fellow men

(Broken glass, your fake reflection)

I've had enough

It's time for something real

I don't respect the words you're speaking

Gone too far

A clone

So how does it feel to know that someone's kid

In the heart of America has blood on their hands

Fighting to defend your rights

So you can maintain a lifestyle

That insults his family's existence

Well, where I'm from we have a special

Salute that we aim high in the air

Towards all those pompous assholes

Who spend their days pointing fingers

(Fuck you)

Shh... quiet, you might piss somebody off

Like the heartbeat of this country when antagonized too long

I'll be damned if you count me in as part of your generous hypocrisy

Collecting enemies

Tabloid gossip queen, worthless man

(There's no need for us to bury you)

Selfish agenda once again

(Right this way, you've dug your own grave)

I've had enough

It's time for something real

I don't respect the words you're speaking

Gone too far

A clone

All the way from the east to the west

We got this high society

Looking down on their very foundation

Constantly reminding us that our actions

Are the cause of all their problems

Pointing their fingers in every

Direction, blaming their

Own nation for who wins the elections

They've never contributed a fucking thing to the

Country they love to criticize

Excuse the obscene, ignore the untrue

Depictions we see try and get through

Admitting mistakes can hurt

I'm not the last but I sure ain't the first

Shh... quiet you might piss somebody off

Self-righteousness is wearing thin

(Lies inside your head, your best friend)

Heart bleeds but not for fellow men

(Broken glass, your fake reflection)

I've had enough

It's time for something real

I don't respect the words you're speaking

Gone too far

A clone

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Coming Home

"Coming Home"

I've been away,

Searching for a reason,

Another purpose to find.

I've sailed the seas,

Fought my many demons,

I've looked to gods in the skies.

I've stood in hell,

Where many had to suffer,

I stared the devil in the eyes.

Walked many roads to witness ancient idols,

And found the great gates of fire.

Had many storms question my conviction,

Gave armies reason to rise.

The hangman's searching for bones he can borrow,

While I escaped in the night,

Fight or flight.

[Chorus:]

Live again,

All roads end,

I'll be coming home.

Tend your light,

'Cause on this night,

I'll be coming home.

Escaped the hail of calculated mortars,

Then drank the blood of a king.

The desert rain has washed away direction,

Had angels looking after me,

So it seems.

[Chorus]

Live again,

All roads end,

I'll be coming home.

Tend your light,

'Cause on this night,

I'll be coming home.

[Guitar solo]

My story ends not far from where it started,

My weary limbs have grown old.

I've seen the world through the eyes of a nomad,

Home is where the heart is I've been told,

So I go.

[Chorus]

Live again,

All roads end,

I'll be coming home.

Tend your light,

Cause on this night,

I'll be coming home.

I'm coming home

I'm coming home

I'm coming home

I'm coming home

[Guitar fades out]

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This Mean War

"This Means War"

Hide my face again, harbor in the shadows

Feel this weight of sin hammering away

Die - with the guilt of a thousand AWOL soldiers

Die - watch the scythe usher me astray

I can't go on this way

Not as I am today

The ugly side of me is strong

Take aim, a loaded gun.

Pull back on all who run.

A coward's truth inside the wrong.

This means war

This means war

This means war

Lash your tongue of bane

Carry me to nowhere

Mental holocaust

Battle never ends

Lie! Mask the pain

Of a child who's forsaken

Lie! To myself

Praise the new regime

I left me long ago

Reasons you'll never know

No one to miss me when I'm gone

With no more words to say

No argument to stay.

Another post I don't belong

This means war

This means war

This means war

This means war

This means war

No home to call my own

No finding someone new

No one to break the fall

No one to see me through

No name to carry on

No promise for today

No one to hear the call

No tattered flag to raise

Walk the razor's edge

Cut into the madness

Question all you trust

Buy into the fear

I see the man ripping at my soul now

I, I know the man

I know him all too well

There's nothing here for free

Lost who I want to be

My serpent blood can strike so cold

On any given day

I'll take it all away

Another thought I can't control

This means war

This means war

This means war

This means war

This means war

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A Little Piece Of Heaven

"A Little Piece Of Heaven"

Before the story begins, is it such a sin,

For me to take what's mine, until the end of time

We were more than friends, before the story ends,

And I will take what's mine, create what God would never design

Our love had been so strong for far too long,

I was weak with fear that something would go wrong,

Before the possibilities came true,

I took all possibility from you

Almost laughed myself to tears,

(Ha hahahahaha)

Conjuring her deepest fears

(Come here you fucking bitch)

Must have stabbed her fifty fucking times,

I can't believe it,

Ripped her heart out right before her eyes,

Eyes over easy, eat it, eat it, eat it

She was never this good in bed even when she was sleeping

Now she's just so perfect I've never been quite so fucking deep in

It goes on and on and on,

I can keep you looking young and preserved forever,

With a fountain spray on your youth whenever

'Cause I really always knew that my little crime

Would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs

And I know, I know it's not your time

But bye, bye

And a word to the wise when the fire dies

You think it's over but it's just begun

But baby don't cry

You had my heart, at least for the most part

'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,

We fell apart, let's make a new start

'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah yeah

But baby don't cry

Now possibilities I'd never considered,

Are occurring the likes of which I'd never heard,

Now an angry soul comes back from beyond the grave,

To repossess a body with which I'd misbehaved

Smiling right from ear to ear

Almost laughed herself to tears

Must have stabbed him fifty fucking times

I can't believe it

Ripped his heart out right before his eyes

Eyes over easy, eat it, eat it, eat it

(Eat the shit out of it)

Now that it's done I realize the error of my ways

I must venture back to apologize from somewhere far beyond the grave

I gotta make up for what I've done

'Cause I was all up in a piece of heaven

While you burned in hell, no peace forever

'Cause I really always knew that my little crime

Would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs

And I know, I know it's not your time

But bye, bye

And a word to the wise when the fire dies

You think it's over but it's just begun

But baby don't cry

You had my heart, at least for the most part

'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,

We fell apart, let's make a new start

'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah yeah

But baby don't cry

[Maniacal laughter]

I will suffer for so long

(What will you do, not long enough)

To make it up to you

(I pray to God that you do)

I'll do whatever you want me to do

(Well then I'll grant you one chance)

And if it's not enough

(If it's not enough, If it's not enough)

If it's not enough

(Not enough)

Try again

(Try again)

And again

(And again)

Over and over again

We're coming back, coming back

We'll live forever, live forever

Let's have wedding, have a wedding

Let's start the killing, start the killing

(You fucking bitch)

[Maniacal laughter]

"Do you take this man in death for the rest of your unnatural life?"

"Yes, I do"

"Do you take this woman in death for the rest of your unnatural life?"

"I do"

"I now pronounce you..."

'Cause I really always knew that my little crime

Would be cold that's why I got a heater for your thighs

And I know, I know it's not your time

But bye, bye

And a word to the wise when the fire dies

You think it's over but it's just begun

But baby don't cry

You had my heart, at least for the most part

'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime,

We fell apart, let's make a new start, oh,

'Cause everybody's gotta die sometime, yeah yeah

But baby don't cry

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Afterlife

"Afterlife"

Like walking into a dream, so unlike what you've seen.

So unsure but it seems, 'cause we've been waiting for you.

Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste.

Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway.

I see a distant light, but girl this can't be right.

Such a surreal place to see so how did this come to be,

Arrived too early.

And when I think of all the places I just don't belong,

I've come to grips with life and realize this is going too far.

I don't belong here, we gotta move on dear, escape from this afterlife.

'Cause this time I'm right to move on and on, far away from here.

A place of hope and no pain, perfect skies with no rain.

Can leave this place but refrain, 'cause we've been waiting for you.

Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste.

Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway.

This peace on earth's not right (with my back against the wall).

No pain or sign of time (I'm much too young to fall).

So out of place don't wanna stay, I feel wrong and that's my sign.

I've made up my mind.

Gave me your hand but realize I just wanna say goodbye.

Please understand I have to leave and carry on my own life.

I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear, escape from this afterlife.

'Cause this time I'm right to move on and on, far away from here.

Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you.

This place full of peace and light, and I'd hoped you might,

Take me back inside, when the time is right.

Loved ones back home all crying 'cause they're already missing me.

I pray by the grace of God that there's somebody listening.

Give me a chance to be that person I wanna be.

(I am unbroken, I'm choking on this ecstasy.)

Oh Lord I'll try so hard but you gotta let go of me

(Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live.)

[Screaming and maniacal laughter]

I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear, escape from this afterlife.

'Cause this time I'm right to move on and on, far away from here.

Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you.

This place full of peace and light, and I'd hoped you might,

Take me back inside, when the time is right.

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Acid Rain

"Acid Rain"

Our day has come

It's drawn in the sky

So don't shed a tear now

Be thankful for the time

Life wouldn't be so precious dear if there never was an end

Children still play in the garden

Dance as the sun slips away

We stand on the edge now

We've come so far

Through all the dust it becomes clear

You will always be my heart

There's no death, no end of time when I'm facing it with you

Children still play in the garden

Dance as the sun slips away

Not even stars last forever

Cleanse us Acid rain

Stand near to me

Don't look, be brave

Over the blackened moon

I'll carry you away

Through the planets we fly

Children still play in the garden

Dance as the sun slips away

Not even stars last forever

Cleanse us Acid rain

Send us home

Send us home

Send us home

Send us home.

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Tonight The World Dies

"Tonight The World Dies"

Lost the meaning of our stay

Learn to live another day

Doubt the choices that we've made

I know that we can't hide our shame

It's only in disguise

Drowning in our own debris

Fool our thoughts as though we're free

Close our eyes so we can see

The depth of all we mean to be

If only in my eyes

I don't mind

(Read the writing on the wall)

Mother cries

(Tortured voices as we crawl)

Find me on my better days

To lose it once again

In a way

So try and love me while you can

And take the time to understand

As long as I can touch your face

You know I'll never leave this place

If only in my mind

I don't mind

(Read the writing on the wall)

Mother cries

(Tortured voices as we crawl)

Find me on my better days

To lose it once again

But I seem to find no better ways

To consciously pretend

Silence all I want to say

With tendencies to run away

I'll run away

With you tonight

Launder all my sins away

And just like that mistakes are made

You know

Tonight the world dies

I don't mind

(Read the writing on the wall)

Mother cries

(Tortured voices as we crawl)

Find me on my better days

To lose it once again

But I seem to find no better ways

To consciously pretend

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