This endless night This funeral dirge We celebrate life At the end of the earth When everything is gone There'll be nothing left to lose The ice is closing in And nothing will remain We took what we could get And we burned it anyway With all those secrets We swore we'd take 'em to the grave The light will falter and will fade And in the darkness, we'll say This winter hasn't been so rough Oh, it was cold, but still, it wasn't cold enough To freeze the blood beneath my spine And at least I survived We're sleeping through the days And sinking like a ship We're wasting away Bit by bit Everyone is gone And everything is changed It won't ever be the same And when it's over, we'll say This winter hasn't been so rough Oh, it was cold, but still, it wasn't cold enough To freeze the blood beneath my spine And at least I survived We've had some dark days We're in the thick of it now And when the ice breaks There will be no one around We've had some dark days We're in the thick of it now And when the ice breaks There will be no one around This winter hasn't been so rough Oh, it was cold, but it wasn't cold enough To freeze the blood beneath my spine And at least I survived This winter hasn't been so rough (we've had some dark days) Oh, it was cold, but still, it wasn't cold enough (we're in the thick of it now) To freeze the blood beneath my spin (and when the ice breaks) At least I'll survive

Step back Another cage Another victim Lost in the daze Forever imprisoned Bite down as you beat yourself into submission Counting visions Before you question, check who's guarding your back Best be sure to check your facts You built your walls and now they're starting to crack Can you feel it now? Dark days Have you ever felt this way? Yeah, these are dark days Have you ever fucking felt this way? They say love is blind But I can see it all in their eyes Take what's left of mine Take my heart, let it take my body They say love is blind But I can see it all in their eyes Take what's left of mine I'll take the strain 'Cause these are dark days Built up inside I'm so unsatisfied Grief is building in me, I'm so incomplete Day by day it will be on It will be gone Another cage, another victim Lost in the daze, forever imprisoned Day by day it will be on Have you felt this way? Yeah, these are dark days These woven chains, they start to fray I can see it in their eyes They built this place to watch me break I can hardly breathe, I can hardly breathe I can see it in their eyes Watch me break Have you felt this way? These are dark days They say love is blind But I can see it all in their eyes Take what's left of mine Take my heart, let it take my body They say love is blind But I can see it all in their eyes Take what's left of mine I'll take the strain And no, I can't take this any longer You've waved this red flag, so deal With the horns

It doesn't make it any less real Once you feel it Rage with the fire of insight These are the days that Favors the emotional An amplified belief When effective and unbiased I want my eyes to be It might be lost and gone To memory belong It doesn't make it any less real Once you feel it Rage with the fire of insight These are the phantom days Behind the reason Once we nullify intent Ignorance be just When defeatist minds prevail In dreams they slip away Yet this feeling lingers on It doesn't make it any less real Once you feel it Rage with the fire of insight These are the phantom days What remains of indecision Determined by resolve Vicariously through others I see what I can be It might be lost and gone To memory belong It doesn't make it any less real Once you feel it Rage with the fire of insight These are the phantom days

My buddies think I'm on the lake Boss thinks I've been sick for days And mama's probably on her way 'Cause I ain't picked up the phone I've been a million places But they're all up in my head Over-drinking, overthinking ever since you left I've been gone, I've been gone I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out how a good thing went wrong Faster than that freight train, farther than that airplane Sadder than a country song Headed down that highway, anywhere but my way Ever since you moved on, I've been gone Took a trip down memory lane Checked into hotel heartbreak Passed rock bottom on the way Without leaving my living room I've been a million places But they're all up in my head Over-drinking, overthinking ever since you left I've been gone, I've been gone I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out how a good thing went wrong Faster than that freight train, farther than that airplane Sadder than a country song Headed down that highway, anywhere but my way Ever since you moved on, I've been gone Yeah I've been gone All the clothes are on the floor All the mail's by the door All the whiskey bottles in my bed All the dishes in the sink All the gas is in the tank All the neighbors probably think I'm dead I've been gone, I've been gone I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out how a good thing went wrong Faster than that freight train, farther than that airplane Sadder than a country song Headed down that highway, anywhere but my way Ever since you moved on, I've been gone (ooh, ooh) I've been gone (ooh, ooh) Gone

It's the keys to your daddy's car It's a night alone 'neath the desert stars It's a five o'clock whistle It's the classroom bell It's a Panama City at the window yell A first kiss after a broken heart We all wanna break the chains Feel the wind against our face Everybody wants the same thing We wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Freedom, yeah It's a pocket full of folded cash It's telling that boss he can kiss your ass That ticket to your favorite show Getting lost in the rock and roll Close your eyes, hands up high Go on and let it all go, oh We all wanna break the chains Feel the wind against our face Everybody wants the same thing We wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Freedom, yeah (Freedom) (Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom) (Freedom, freedom, yeah) That flag on a solider's sleeve All around the world they know what it means And they all want just a little piece of freedom, yeah That flag on a solider's sleeve All around the world they know what it means And they all want just a little piece of this freedom, yeah We all wanna break the chains Feel the wind against our face Everybody wants the same thing We wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom (freedom) Freedom, yeah (Freedom) (Everybody 'round here wanna taste that freedom, freedom)

Sometimes the weight of the world that's on my shoulders Is nothing, but the heavy thoughts in my head When they get all twisted up and tangled, I unravel Down a less traveled road, where my soul can be fed When there's no peace to be found I head for hallowed ground I still feel at home up on some lonely hill In the blink of an eye, my head's clear as the sky Like the trees with no breeze, my heart's still Where the world's the way God made it still There's nothing like the sound of a rollin' rocky river To help my worries roll right off my back Let that crisp air take my breath away each morning And dip that mountain sunrise in my coffee black When there's no peace to be found I head for hallowed ground I still feel at home up on some lonely hill In the blink of an eye, my head's clear as the sky Like the trees with no breeze, my heart's still Where the world's the way God made it still In the blink of an eye, my head's clear as the sky And like the trees with no breeze, my heart's still Where the world's the way God made it still Let it stay the way God made it still