The Raven - Shane Smith

It's the age of the raven and now they are spreading their wings With just one thing in their minds they burn and destroy everything In a cloud of aggression they swoop to take their prey again As they're circling the air their dark shadows are cast over me Will they take me? Will they take them? Will they take us all as their victims? If you show them the fear in your eyes you will never be free Do we stand up and fight them or run and hide never be seen As you stare at the city the place is a burial ground Left in hiding are those who are hunted, don't dare make a sound Will they pray for me? Will they take them? Will they take us all as their victims? Will God answer me? Hear my prayers now? Will he save me from this hell on earth? Now, do I save myself? Burn it all behind and leave everyone else to die As they're being eaten alive And they take out their eyes, leave them blind This time I fight I must search within myself and find Whatever it takes to survive Never facing my fears, always turning to run But this time I will overcome In the distance we hear them, the ravens preparing to fly And the thunder of wings getting closer reign down from the sky The invasion of black is a dark cloud that covers the sun Now the darkness descending upon us, there's nowhere to run Will they pray for me? Will they take them? Will they take us all as their victims? Will God answer me? Hear my prayers now? Will he save me from this hell on earth? Now, do I save myself? Burn it all behind and leave everyone else to die As they're being eaten alive And they take out their eyes, leave them blind This time I fight I must search within myself and find Whatever it takes to survive Never facing my fears, always turning to run But this time I will overcome Waiting for weakness Then preying, no mercy is given With all this bloodshed and crying I beg for the end I must search within myself and find Whatever it takes to survice Never facing my fears, always turning to run But this time I will overcome I must search inside myself and see All the courage that's deep within me Never facing my fears, always running away The beginning of a raven age is upon us

Just look at the world around you Actually, no, don't look Just look at the world around you Actually, no, don't look But if you only knew how I cry foul every hour of every day Well, I hope you've enjoyed your stay Here in the City of the Dying Embers The petite Terror Train that thought that it could We throw the game and oh how it feels so good To be drunk on the field again To be drunk on the field Again Come out, come out, wherever you are But you don't, the dead don't come out The dead twist and shout in an invisible world The Grand Ole Opry of Death is breathless Breathless Breathless Breathless Breathless What do you do with it? For whom have you been saving? What do you do with it? For whom have you been saving? Oh yes, you've been good to me in your way That's what I'll write about when I write about The Raven That's what I'll write about when I write about The Raven That's what I'll write about when I write about The Raven That's what I'll write about when I write about The Raven That's what I'll write about when I write about The Raven

Fly straight with perfection Find me a new direction We never realised the things they said We never realise until we're dead The fires they burned Along the coast of triumphs The ebony embittered souls of children We'll seek another way before too long But will you stop my wind Before I'm gone And when you find me And when you find me all alone Your world has never been my own And when you find me And when you find me all alone Your world has never been my own My friend you're black And when you fly you're wild I am white, sometimes I behave Just like a child The Northern seas are cold But they're our own We'll sail your Southern seas Before too long When I was a Viking My friend he was the Raven

Fear is spreading itself through the lies And carving its way like a knife (And now you're!) blinded by praise getting drawn to the gates Misguided to think you were saved, oh What if I say I'm not afraid? And you will take this to the grave with all the lies you rip away to justify yourself I try to hold my tongue but it's not easy There's only so much more that I can take (I can take) Infecting all our lives with what you're preaching (what you're preaching) What if I say that I'm not afraid? Will you spread your hatred? Hatred! Blame seeking our minds to destroy Secretly part of a ploy (for power!) So turn everyone 'til the damage is done This war secures your foundation, oh What if I say I'll never change? And you will pay for treachery No more emotion left inside, it's buried in your soul I try to hold my tongue but it's not easy There's only so much more that I can take (I can take) Infecting all our lives with what you're preaching (what you're preaching) What if I say that I'm not afraid? Will you spread your hatred? Hatred! Gone, there's no emotion inside of your soul With dead eyes, erase everything and hope to start again I try to hold my tongue but it's not easy There's only so much more that I can take (I can take) Infecting all our lives with what you're preaching (what you're preaching) What if I say that I'm not afraid? Will you spread your hatred? Hatred!

Where did your fate go? Was I just to fall on my own? If this room was full of lies Is that how you fooled me with love? I see how you changed me, I know what you said It don't make me hate you, I wish that it did I'm, I'm trying to find words, trying to make sense If I don't try, where do I find the lies between the lines? Why does it hurt so much? Won't understand, no, I can't let this go Oh, you made plans now, you can't shut me down Ah, you're advanced, but you can't tell them now No, you can't tell them how You face the pain while your days are numbered You took the highway, you've done it always You hurt this woman, you put your needs first And I've heard this many times in my head, but it still remains That you had all of this Oh-oh, you still search for bad Oh, you fought all of this You don't even know how bad it got So much for you're my one and only You'd say that you were all mine You knew that your words were hard to stand by I was scared of change, but then I complied even though it hurt I stayed and now I'm glad you have it all But there's things that you can't buy Glad that you said sorry, but habits they die hard Why, you want to offer me love that you don't have? Loving you exhausted me, baby, and you charged, you charged I'll take the high road, I've done it always Our time is old, there's only one way You hurt this woman, you put your needs first It's played out many times in my head, but it still remains That you had all of this Oh-oh, you still search for bad Oh, you fought all of this You don't even know how bad it goes So much for you're my one and only (You had all of this) (Oh, you still search for bad) So much for you're my one and only (You fought all of this) (You don't even know how bad it got) So much for you're my one and only I'll wait, I'll wait for faster Only I quit I'll wait, I'll wait for faster I'm all for that I'll wait, I'll wait for faster Only I quit I'll wait, I'll wait for faster I'm all for that