Liturgies and prophecies they mean nothing to me I believe in substance not the patterns that you see Life burns me alive Life burns me alive Straws you grip so tightly now becoming your own noose Story collapsing, ask yourself, "Can you hang from your own truth?" Life burns me alive Life burns me alive Sever the hand Of any god or man Sever the hand To free yourself again Free yourself again Sever the hand Of any god or man (of any god or man) Sever the hand To free yourself again Free yourself again Go! Mindlessly crawling, you're choked by a leash Seeking redemption, you practice and preach Cognitive failure, your sickness reveals The horror and panic exposing what's real Life burns me alive Life burns me alive Sever the hand Of any god or man Sever the hand To free yourself again Free yourself again Sever the hand Of any god or man (of any god or man) Sever the hand To free yourself again Free yourself again

What will it take? What will it take? To rip the heart from your hate It's easy to be right when everything repeats It's easier to cut us down and point at our defeat It's easy to be right when everything repeats Dig below the surface find your insecurities Tell me Maybe you were right, maybe I was wrong But I've been silent for far too long Maybe you were right, maybe I should go But I've been silent for far too long What will it take to rip the heart from your hate? What will it take? What will it take? To rip the heart from your hate (hate) To rip the heart from your hate (hate) To rip the heart from your hate You always walk away, soon you'll have to face it Your distance from reality won't bury or erase it I tried to do the same, living so complacent But the problems wouldn't go away, so I turned around to face them Tell me Maybe you were right, maybe I was wrong But I've been silent for far too long Maybe you were right, maybe I should go But I've been silent for far too long What will it take to rip the heart from your hate? What will it take? What will it take? To rip the heart from your hate (hate) Maybe you were right, maybe I was wrong But I've been silent for far too long What will it take to rip the heart from your hate? What will it take? What will it take? To rip the heart from your hate What will it take to rip the heart from your hate? (oh oh oh oh oh) What will it take? What will it take? To rip the heart from your hate (hate) To rip the heart from your hate (hate) To rip the heart from your hate

I heard the passing bells calling out my name I knew I'd never see another day I couldn't swim against the tides of blame I knew there was no other way You better practice your lines You better practice your words I know that real monsters lie Between the light and the shade It doesn't matter what you say or feel When honest men become deranged They'll genuflect to a lie The sin and the sentence Penance in the fire (to a lie) The sin and the sentence The flames grip your throat (they'll genuflect to a lie) The sin and the sentence Penance in the fire (to a lie) The sin and the sentence The flames grip your throat (they'll genuflect to a lie) I saw the dagger eyes staring back at me I knew I'd never have a chance to plead Guilty, but in the sight of fallen men They bury you before you speak (the sin and the sentence) You better practice your lines You better practice your words I know that real monsters lie Between the light and the shade It doesn't matter what you say or feel When honest men become deranged They'll genuflect to a lie The sin and the sentence Penance in the fire (to a lie) The sin and the sentence The flames grip your throat (they'll genuflect to a lie) The sin and the sentence Penance in the fire (to a lie) The sin and the sentence The flames grip your throat (they'll genuflect to a lie) Beware those who speak in tongues For they may call your name You condemn me 'Cause you don't understand me You condemn me 'Cause you don't understand me They'll genuflect to a lie The sin and the sentence Penance in the fire (to a lie) The sin and the sentence The flames grip your throat (they'll genuflect to a lie) The sin and the sentence Penance in the fire (to a lie) The sin and the sentence The flames grip your throat (they'll genuflect to a lie) Beware those who speak in tongues For they may call your name You condemn me Cause you don't understand me You condemn me Cause you don't understand me You condemn me Cause you don't understand me You condemn me Cause you don't understand me Fuck! The sin and the sentence Penance in the fire The sin and the sentence The flames grip your throat

Submerged in dirt but it was never enough To quell the fire in the back of my lungs My bones are aching and my head is a mess They said to run but I'm obsessed with the madness This blood I bleed, I bleed for you I paint the walls with my misery This blood I bleed, I bleed for me I can't live if I can't breathe The part I can't control I can't destroy the wretchedness inside The wretchedness inside of you (inside) The wretchedness inside of me Consigned to hurt but it was never enough To bury feelings that will surely return My heart is aching, and my god, I'm a mess I'll never run 'cause I'm obsessed with the madness This blood I bleed, I bleed for you I paint the walls with my misery This blood I bleed, I bleed for me I cannot live if I can't breathe The part I can't control I can't destroy the wretchedness inside The wretchedness inside of you (inside) The wretchedness inside of me I cannot control, I cannot destroy, in hell can I confide? The wretchedness inside of you (in hell can I confide?) The wretchedness inside of me How did it come to this? How the fuck did it come to this? Our love and hate collide in all this dissonance How did it come to this? How the fuck did it come to this? Our love and hate collide in all this dissonance, fuck you! How did it come to this? How the fuck did it come to this? Our love and hate collide in all this dissonance How did it come to this? How the fuck did it come to this? Our love and hate collide in all this dissonance This blood I bleed, I bleed for you I paint the walls with my misery This blood I bleed, I bleed for me I cannot live if I can't breathe The part I can't control I can't destroy the wretchedness inside The wretchedness inside of you (inside) The wretchedness inside of me I cannot control, I cannot destroy, in hell can I confide? The wretchedness inside of you (in hell can I confide?) The wretchedness inside of me

These graves are cold and empty He knew it's where we'd soon reside The waves recede so gently They only left the sands of time (What have we done?) To the future we run (What have we done?) Headlong without question (What have we done?) Creations devised (What have we done?) To put an end to all life A dead road A dark sun Now waits beyond oblivion A dead road A dark sun Now waits beyond oblivion These shadows sleep so soundly Appalled, he now averts his eyes Disgraced, he felt so empty Entrusting us with our demise (What have we done?) To the future we run (What have we done?) Headlong without question (What have we done?) Creations devised (What have we done?) To put an end to all life A dead road A dark sun Now waits beyond oblivion A dead road A dark sun Now waits beyond oblivion Beyond oblivion Beyond oblivion Beyond oblivion Beyond oblivion Go! Beyond oblivion Beyond oblivion Beyond oblivion Beyond oblivion A dead road A dark sun Now waits beyond oblivion A dead road A dark sun Now waits beyond oblivion A dead road A dark sun (To the future we run) Now waits beyond oblivion (What have we done?) A dead road A dark sun (Creations devised) Now waits beyond oblivion