I knew it had to come to this Making my mind up about who I call my friends I used to pride myself on loyalty Now loyalty's the very thing that I lack I climbed my way through the ranks, with disregard for my own Now I will die on this ship, I have no place to call home I miss the brothers I lost, and now I'm all on my own Actions have consequences, God why'd you leave me alone? You won't take me alive This ship is where I die By the end of the day, they will know my name By the end of the day, they will know my name Another wound, another casualty There's vitality inside of me And if I somehow fall into their hands Let it be known that I made my stand I've come this far, I won't go down I'm in too deep, please God, don't let me drown And I raise my voice To let you know that this is my choice I'll sign my soul away

The door cracked open It calls, beckons for The weary lover To be vulnerable A step inside; a heart left out to bleed Groping in darkness Fearlessly trudging on So refreshed by reciprocal investment And so he fell; he could not be helped Separated by that which she's sure of knowing Weary lover you are without hope Kept apart by questioning the doctrine Unified by skin and warm embrace The feeling of being one with another It tastes so sweet The screaming of warnings To abandon ship and to protect his heart Ignored Take his soul, it's all he has to give Bells will toll, the death within begins Don't wait up for unrequited love The door cracked open It calls, beckons for The weary lover To be vulnerable A step inside; a heart left out to bleed Groping in darkness Fearlessly trudging on So refreshed by reciprocal investment And so he fell; he could not be helped Could not be helped Through all the mud, the muck, and the struggle He stands back up from beneath the rubble At times like these, he must stand firm In the end you live and you learn Keep moving Keep moving Keep moving Don't look back Keep moving Don't look back Keep moving

For thirty some odd years he faced a grinder in the city Hustlin' day in day out just tryin' to survive He bought his wife the finer things and sent his kids to collage That always took what little bit he tried to put aside But through it all he had one thing that seemed to keep him going A dream that someday he could leave this city life behind I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but his dream never faded He told me all about it, at least a thousand times He always wanted, a place out in the country Where the birds sing, in the morning and the grass is emerald green A place where, he could feel the mornin' sunshine And sit out in the evenin', where the air is fresh and clean It took lots of overtime to keep his wife up with the Jonses And more to get his son out of his run-ins with the law The more it took the more he gave, never once complaining I don't know how he ever stood the pressure of it all I never thought he'd make it, but he finally left the city And now he's got that special little place to call his own Today I took a ride out in the country just to see him It wasn't hard to find because his name was on the stone He always wanted, a place out in the country Where the birds sing, in the morning and the grass is emerald green A place where, he could feel the mornin' sunshine And sit out in the evenin', where the air is fresh and clean He always wanted, a place out in the country Oh where the birds sing, in the morning and the grass is emerald green

Like a long lonely stream, I keep on runnin' t'wards a dream; Movin' on, movin' on. Like a branch on a tree, I keep reachin' to be free; Movin on, movin' on. 'Cause there's a place in the sun Where there's hope, hope for every one; Where my poor restless heart it's gotta run. There's a place in the sun And before my life is done; I've gotta find me a place in the sun. Like an old dusty road I get weary from the load; Movin' on, movin' on. Like this tired, tired troubled earth I've been rollin' since my birth; Movin' on, movin' on. (Spoken) Yea now sing it again! 'Cause there's a place in the sun Where there's hope for every one; Where my poor restless heart, it's gotta run. (Tell them) There's a place in the sun And before my life is done; I gotta find me a place in the sun. (Ya know, when times are bad, and you're feelin' sad, I want cha to always remember that) There's a place, it's up in the sun, yeah And ya know there's hope, hope for every one; Where my poor restless heart, it's gotta run. You know, there's a place in the sun And before my life is done; I gotta find me a place in the sun. O-oh, whoh, whoh, why O-oh, O-oh, O-oh, O-oh, O-oh, O-oh, yeah Oh-ho, Uh-huh, Uh-huh-huh, yeah Yes, there's a place, it's up in the sun And before my life is done... Oh you know, you know that-a I, I I just have to find me a place In the sun.

You've got it all backwards And upside down Don't see a problem when a youth is lying face down In a puddle of blood, a concrete cemetery (cemetery) I've wondered, I've pondered what he could have been thinking Before they filled his back with lead A deadly portrait was painted, black and blue with a splash of red Livid You think that this is your world And we're just living in it So sick of the nonsense spilling from your mouth You're finished Last round, knocked down, lights out Good riddance, yea God knows I'm livid Hands up if you wanna catch a bullet Get on the ground Get on the ground and Beg for your life No peace, no truth No shame, aim and shoot No rights, no apologies Dead to rights, born to bleed Break the oath you swore If I'm a bull, you're the matador With blood on your hands and fear in your heart I swear I'll rip you apart We're all gonna go blind if we can't see eye to eye We're all gonna go blind if we can't see eye to eye Livid You think that this is your world And we're just living in it So sick of the nonsense spilling from your mouth You're finished Last round, knocked down, lights out Good riddance, yeah God knows I'm livid No use in seeking justice It always ends up the same No use in seeking justice It always ends up the same (No justice, no justice, no justice!) The odds are stacked against the victim Always taking the blame (Always taking the blame) No one's perfect But you're far from innocent Live life colorblind Or reap the consequence Hell on earth Livid Livid With blood on your hands And fear in your heart (and fear in your heart) I swear I'll rip you apart