Baby I'll be your soldier Gladly I'll do your bidding For just a taste of what you're holding For just a taste you could own me Me Save your sermons for someone that's afraid to love I'll be right here lying in the hands of God Here it comes diving into me Now the floor is the ceiling If you never flew why would you Cut the wings off a butterfly? Fly Save your sermons for someone that's afraid to love If you knew what I feel then you couldn't be so sure I'll be right here lying in the hands of God If you feel angels in your head Teardrop of joy runs down your face You will rise Fillin' me up now drain me Skin begins to grow back slowly Faster until I'm choking I really should call my mother Mother Save your sermons for someone that's afraid to love If you knew what I feel then you couldn't be so sure I'll be right here lying in the hands of God I am in love with nothing else Teardrop of joy runs off my face I will rise for someone that's afraid to love If you knew what I feel then you couldn't be so sure I'll be right here lying in the hands of God Now the floor is the ceiling If you never flew why would you If you never flew why would you You Why would you

Life is a carousel Dancing 'round the mirrors we go up and down So let the music take away the hurt you've come to know so well Let it go cause... You can't turn back the hands of time Just let it go and you'll be fine What's done is done and its alright You cant turn back the hands of time Another day is gone Washed away with sorrows that you dwelled upon And as the moon is rising, you think to yourself I could be gone, if I go now You can't turn back the hands of time Just let it go and you'll be fine (woah) What's done is done and its alright You cant turn back the hands of time Naaaa na na na Na na na na Na na na naaa. Naaaa na na na Na na na na Na na na naaa. You can't turn back the hands of time Just let it go and you'll be fine (yeah) What's done is done and its alright You can't turn back the hands of time (na na na na na) You can't turn back the hands of time Just let it go and you'll be fine (yeah) What's done is done and its alright You can't turn back the hands of time

Now it's been 25 years or more I've roamed this land from shore to shore From Tyne to Tamar, Severn to Thames From moor to vale, from peak to fen Played in cafes, pubs and bars I've stood in the street with my old guitar But I'd be richer than all the rest If I had a pound for each request For 'Duelling Banjos', 'American Pie' It's enough to make you cry 'Rule Britannia', or 'Swing low...' Are they the only songs we English know? Seed, bark, flower, fruit They're never gonna grow without their roots Branch, stem, shoot They need roots After the speeches, when the cake's been cut The disco's over and the bar is shut At christening, birthday, wedding or wake What can we sing 'til the morning breaks When the Indians, Asians, Afro-Celts It's in their blood, below their belt They're playing and dancing all night long So what have they got right that we've got wrong? Seed, bark, flower, fruit They're never gonna grow without their roots Branch, stem, shoot They need roots and Haul away boys, let them go Out in the wind and the rain and snow We've lost more than we'll ever know 'Round the rocky shores of England We need roots And a minister said his vision of hell Is three folk singers in a pub near Wells Well, I've got a vision of urban sprawl There's pubs where no-one ever sings at all And everyone stares at a great big screen Overpaid soccer stars, prancing teens Australian soap, American rap Estuary English, baseball caps And we learn to be ashamed before we walk Of the way we look, and the way we talk Without our stories or our songs How will we know where we come from? I've lost St. George in the Union Jack It's my flag too and I want it back Seed, bark, flower, fruit Never gonna grow without their roots Branch, stem, shoot We need roots Haul away boys, let them go Out in the wind and the rain and snow We've lost more than we'll ever know 'Round the rocky shores of England We need roots...

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

I'm holding on To the only fleeting Part of me That keeps me in myself I'm falling Deeper into that which has A grip on my insides And all that is without Now for the vanishing act, oh my God The shadows, the walls, have always had my back I scratch my skin til I bleed, drown in my river of need Caught in the noose of self reduction Running my body to bone, the reaper of what I sow Disgusting existence All eyes behold, lend me your glare Behold the burden I bear Please, let me breathe The silence is my friend now Please, let me be No one needs to know what I feel Please, can't you see? You're only wasting your time Please, let me rot in my own skin If my mind is the ocean, your words are the undertow Wrapped around my ankles, and they're pulling me below So when I've reached the bottom, healing water will fill my lungs Take a look back through the water, and watch what I become

Crushed by the weight of the war waged within me Drowning in all of the blood that I've lost Dragged down deep into insanity Help me please! Out of many I am one Being burned by the rays of the sun I will wither away, growing weak with each day And soon enough I will break Will there ever be an end? If there's not I'll just pretend All is well and I can be Fully healed and fully free Silent screams in my head Am I better off dead? Rip my flesh, feel my pain Pour out my words through open veins Never eat, never sleep So if you need me I'll be Rotting in my hopelessness Weary souls receive no rest A razor or a bottle could bring me to tomorrow But that would only work for so long If God could heal my pain or rid me of this sorrow Why is He testing my patience? Haven't I suffered enough? Haven't I suffered enough?

I drown myself in Shallow water All the anger I've kept inside Hidden deep beneath the surface Demands to be cast aside Expel the darkness, let the reside I'm just afraid That this pain will be forever Does anyone feel the same? Will I ever find my rest? Will I ever find my rest? Feels like no matter where I go I end up feeling alone Take a pill just to numb the pain Feeling low, but I be higher Something to numb the ache This will make or break me So low, but I wanna be higher Tell me something good Even if it's a lie Say that I'll be alright The best that I can do is try to stay alive Why do you watch me drown in a river Of my own making? My grip is slipping My spirit is breaking Drown in a river I did this to myself Watch me drown 'Til the pain subsides! Feels like no matter where I go I end up feeling alone Take a pill just to numb the pain Feeling low, but I wanna be higher Something to numb the ache This will make or break me So low, but I wanna be higher Tell me something good Cause I need to feel alive (I need to feel alive) With all this madness in my head I felt the light inside me die No more swimming against the current No more spitting into the wind While I'm searching for my peace of mind I know it must come from within, within! Drown myself in shallow water Until the pain subsides, you'll remain in my mind You'll remain in my mind, until the pain subsides

I see the blood running under my feet I watch my brothers as they fall to their graves What have I done to deserve this fate? We're going down You may tear my flesh from my bones But you'll never break me You may tear my flesh from my bones But you'll never break me Nothing is sacred I watch my world fall apart I own a whole new set of scars Nothing is sacred Now my life is shackled in my hands God I'm calling on you now God I'm calling on you now I once found my dreams Somewhere across the sea In a land that's make believe I won't stray from you Never been so far away And I won't forget you We're going down We're going down Call me a prisoner of war Call me a prisoner of war You can tear my flesh from my bones But you'll never break me

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