The Sound and the Fury

Renewed

What is the American Dream?
Work hard, and live free?
Don't be replaced by a machine
They steal your heart as they tear you apart

Hope is what keeps us alive
The very bread upon which we thrive
This is the time, the hour of need
This is our path, we must proceed

Today never comes if you wait
There is no fate but what you make
Hold sacred all the things you need
This is your path, you must proceed

A piece, a fraction, a part of the whole
The universe exists when you play your role
Unite with me, enter the night
The future begins as the past ignites
Never look back, the past is dead
Ashes blow away as you look ahead
Today is here, don't hesitate
Live your life before it's too late

If I keep waiting for tomorrow
Today will never come
I can see my life is a story
And that today is finally here

Out with the old, into the new
Out of the ashes rises something new
Out with the old, into the new
Like the phoenix we arise renewed


Deathbed

You are a slave who's chosen not to exist
A friend of my father with a slit wrist
Dying, faceless, you don't have a name
You bury your son between guilt and shame

Left in a dark and stormy place
Burnt inside
Wipe the ashes from your face
Burnt with pride
Don't leave the ones you love behind
Stay with me
If you can see don't pretend you're blind
See with me

You cannot hold me down
Unrestrained, feet on the ground

We will not live on our knees
On our feet
We will never aim to please
Taste deceit
Stop and think of what you've done
Look around
Through your shroud you'll see there's no one
To be found

Will it be on your deathbed?

You gave me a name
I dissolve all shame
If I find the time I'll point the blame


Burning

The flick of the switch and the heat of the flame
The burning inside that I can't explain
Below the surface the fire burns deep
Here is where I hide the secret I keep

I look down inside and see the monster I've made
I look down inside and become very afraid
I don't know who I am anymore
I'm lost in a world I've never been in before

I kneel on the ground, the heat starts to rise
I look up and see the darkening skies
The world gets darker every day
You are my exit but I see no way

I try to hold on but the heat consumes
In the darkest hour your presence still looms
The fire is now the only thing true
All I can do is keep burning for you

I have miles to go before I sleep


One Last Run

In a dream you came to me
A vision so real like a fantasy
A cruel joke played by my own mind
Of this there is no worse kind

One last run, one foot in the door
Into the sun, you took one step more

A river between, flooding my mind
Washing the pain that's left behind
These still waters, they run deep
Pooling the memories that I must keep

You must have strayed too far away
Too far away

I see you at night
In the darkest skies
Or is in another
In a black disguise

The light of day makes it hard to see
This dream is blurred by reality
One last run, one foot in the door
Into the sun, you took one step more


A Murder of Crows

They said it was revenge
But nobody knows
They said he had it coming
But nobody knows
They said his life was death
But nobody knows
Maybe it was a murder of crows

Nobody knows
You thought it could never happen to you
Your whole life 
You're stalked by your own mortality

They said it was for love
But nobody knows
They said he couldn't rest
But nobody knows
They said his life was pain
But nobody knows
Maybe it was a murder of crows

Finally set free
Now you can die with dignity