"Not Your Revolution"

I don't wanna talk
I don't wanna listen anymore
When everything you say is just ignored
When everything you say
Compassion, it goes a long way

And I wonder what's next
With a whole world trying to impress
But is a single person worth it
Are they really worth it
They've done nothing to deserve it

[chorus]
I've gotta do it for me
If I want anything this time, something to be set free
I've gotta do it for me
For it to ever really mean something

Is it selfishness
To wish the best
But have no way to accomplish it
To put a brave face on
Over the timid one beneath it

And I'll never rest
Going on like this
I need to be, something more than me
If I ever plan to exist

[chorus]
I've gotta do it for me
If I want anything this time, something to be set free
I've gotta do it for me
Awake to the honesty
I've gotta do it for me
Cause this is what helps me believe
I've gotta do it

I've gotta do it
Yeah, I've gotta do it

[chorus]
I've gotta do it for me
If I want anything this time, something to be set free
I've gotta do it for me
For it to ever reach somebody
I've gotta do it
'Cause all I've ever wanted
Is to reach somebody

"Hide And Seek"

You wanted to make your own religion
Something that you can believe
Well if you wanted to live blame free
Then you're just not living in reality
Adopting the very lies you speak

You say that you're sick of this division
That everyone should come under one roof
But you use what you feel as proof
Even the heart is just half truth
If it's whole it can't come from you

[chorus]
Peace isn't retreat
Embrace the faults you see
You and I are a little piece
And we won't win in hiding
So you can stake your claim
And always stay the same
But that's not enough for me
I'm gonna keep on searching

Everyone's got their own opinion
And surely not everyone's is right
But let's not turn it into a fight
Every argument has two sides
It's not always black and white

So why don't you lay down your weapon?

[chorus]
Peace isn't retreat
Embrace the faults you see
You and I are a little piece
And we won't win in hiding
So you can stake your claim
And always stay the same
But that's not enough for me
I'm gonna keep on searching

Truth can be blinding
Don't close your eyes
There's a whole world waiting
On the other side
An empire built in your mind
Will only last so long as you stand
Won't you peer through
The parts in your hand?

"Deeper"

I dug this hole myself
And I'm not getting out
By digging further down
When all the worries on the surface
Were too hard to face
I made a place somewhere underground

And as I feared the light
I now fear the sight of me
Dirt covers more than the outside of me
And it hurts to pretend
Like it hurts to descend
As I'm wishing this coal could just turn to diamonds

[chorus]
Deeper, deeper
I thought that I could find my way
Deeper, deeper
But I only move farther away

I'm reminded of the pain
By the steady soil rain
Falling on my head
I tried to bury the hatchet
But all turned tragic
So I buried myself instead

And it's easier
Than living on the exterior

[chorus]
Deeper, deeper
I thought I could find my way
Deeper, deeper
A new low every day
And the ones who really care
Unaware, of how they can reach me
While another pile of sand
From my fellow man seeks to beat me down
Now my own hands keep me down

A foothold
A foothold for my soul
One that doesn't give way
And leave me to fall below

[chorus]
Deeper, deeper
I've been looking so long for a meaning
Deeper, deeper
Have I missed the layers in between
As I'm barreling down, tuning out all the sound
Still searching for a hope that I've already found

"Sticks And Stones"

You say that words are just words
Neither encourage nor curse
But words can build walls or worlds

You should know you're not the first
To take it so lightly
To think the added effect is unlikely

[chorus]
Won't you think
Won't you think before you speak
Don't you think
There's power in how you think
Don't you think
That sticks and stones could make you bleed
On the face as well as underneath

When did the world go numb
Did everybody take a bullet wound
So they stick to their guns

I don't wanna live like that
Complacent and disconnected
I was meant to feel, even with a heart that's cracked

[chorus]
Won't you think
Won't you think before you speak
Don't you think
There's power in how you think
Don't you think
That sticks and stones could make you bleed
On the face as well as underneath

Keep reaching
Keep reaching for a meaning underneath it all
I'd rather live a life of wisdom
Install a door on these four walls
Remember that our houses are made of glass
And think twice before the sticks and stones we cast

Does it matter, does it matter
That you could shatter
Does it matter, does it matter
That you could shatter

"Common Enemy"

We're sitting in the car and
We're talking all about them
No, they're not here to hear it
But that's not going to stop us

We're giving into boredom
A lack of conversation
Pointing our blame to someone
It's one less thing to face ourselves

[chorus]
Friendship isn't built upon
Seeing other peoples' wrongs
We're raising up like armies
To find a common enemy
To keep the mirror intact
But my own reflection's cracked
And I don't like what's looking back

We're rolling up our sleeves
To say so many things
That we can't say to the faces
Of the ones who need to hear it

We're hiding behind our pride
Cooped up and kept inside
But it's turning into a monster
And it's eating everyone alive

[chorus]
Friendship isn't built upon
Righting other peoples' wrongs
We're raising up like armies
To find a common enemy
But it won't help this time

Are we really so conceited
That we can't even
Go toe to toe with friend or foe
To get to the bottom
We build up faulty walls
To rise above it all
But we're all the enemy
We're all the enemy
Turn the mirror back on me

[chorus]
Friendship isn't built upon
Seeing other peoples' wrongs
We're raising up like armies
To find a common enemy
To keep the mirror intact
But my own reflection's cracked
'Cause when I turn the mirror back on me
Then I can finally face the facts

"Oakbridge"

You set me up for salvation before the fall
You showed me love without truth at the center of it all
Yeah, I was desperately waiting to hear that call

One cannot exist without the other
One cannot exist without the other
One cannot exist without the other one

[chorus]
Hey, hey
I've been waiting all this time
For you just to leave me high and dry
Hey, hey
Was I really worth your time
If you'd leave me, just leave me here

Moments away from damnation you heard my cry
You stooped down from your abode to save my life
But now I've squandered the love I thought was mine
Through a faith without action

And one cannot exist without the other
One cannot exist without the other
One can not exist without the other one
Should be bright as the sun

[chorus]
Hey, hey
I've been waiting all this time
For you just to leave me high and dry
Hey, hey
And I'm wasting away
Am I just a waste of time?
A black mark in your eye

[instrumental]

Hey, hey
This is more than I wanted
Hey, hey
Wish I'd known when I got it
Hey, hey
Now I'm on my own again
Yeah, I'm all alone again

[chorus]
Hey, hey
I've been waiting all this time
Hey, hey
I've been waiting all my life
Hey, hey
Never needed the shortcut
Bring the truth to the forefront
You didn't need to deceive me
Bribing into believing

"All Ye Shepherds"

All ye shepherds and all your flocks
Are you keeping watch or are you keeping stock?
Cause where you are is where they'll go
And where you lead they will follow

Your lost sheep wait outside your pent-up walls
Where they won't hear no matter how loud you may call
Cause when you're guided by yourself
Everybody cries for help
And this ain't wolf

Beneath your staff, all that you command
With a piece of eternity entrusted in your hands
But instead a divided, loft, misguided
Childish numbers game
And it really is a shame

Oh, I need you now
Oh, I need you now
Do you hear them crying out?
Do you hear us crying out?

All ye shepherds on all your thrones
Are you settling in pastures far from home?
Are they grazing from the field or from your hand?
There's only so long that your words will stand

"Anthropocentrism"

You say you know God
But what do you think he is?
An idea, maybe a feeling
Or a way to live your life

Is he here right now?
Is he gone away?
Is he everywhere
Or somewhere on the outside?

[chorus]
Maybe there's more than just religion
Maybe that isn't faith
Maybe not the reason that defines us
As much as the need for change
I think we're going to find it
I think we're bound to break
Away from the anthropocentric
World that all of us create

You say you know love
Is it because you've felt before?
What if you're scratching the surface
Or touching the wrong plane altogether

Is everything you know right now
All that you'll ever know
I think we've all got a lot to learn
We've got to learn to face forever

[chorus]
Maybe there's more than education
Maybe that's not knowledge at all
I think it's the search that defines us
To see ourselves so small
If we put the effort forth
I think there's a chance we'll fall
Away from the anthropocentric
World that lives inside us all

Maybe, maybe

And if I put my mind to it
I might just learn to fail
To see that fragility
Isn't a obstacle on the trail
Maybe I'll stumble and fall
Or reteach myself to crawl

[chorus]
Maybe there's more than just religion
Maybe my faith is me
Maybe there's an answer out there
That I just don't want to see
Maybe I'll turn around
And the lost will be really found

"Tick, Tick, Tick"

It's like a ringing in my mind
Always there just to remind
And it just won't let me be
It makes me clench my teeth

Does this burden have relief?
Or is this my tailored grief?
Is it ever gonna go,
Will it stop or even slow?

[chorus]
Who set the record on repeat?
The skipping always hangs on just one beat
It goes tick, tick, tick
And it makes me sick
That I can't make myself get over it
It goes tick, tick, tick
I'm so over it

Can't hear the world now
When the sound just drowns it out
Forgive me if I seem distracted
It's just the rest of me reacting

To the click, click, click of the background track
It goes tick, tick, tick, it's all out of whack
And can I center myself again?
Or is this the beginning of the end?

[chorus]
Who set the record on repeat?
The skipping always hangs on just one beat
It goes tick, tick, tick
And it makes me sick
That I can't make myself get over it
It goes tick, tick, tick
I'm so over it

I'm so over it
Will it ever quit
Or like a crippling fear
Am I doomed to sit
And accept the circumstance
When control gets overruled by chance

[chorus]
Who set the record on repeat?
The skipping always hangs on that single beat
It goes tick, tick, tick
And it makes me sick
That I can't make myself get over it
It goes tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick
Just like it's in my head
I'll make you hear it

"New Day"

Last night's worries
All look blurry
In the morning light
I once was full of fear
But now it's all so clear
In the morning light

Don't forget
That the sun hasn't come quite yet
And don't forget
That sometimes it's gotta set

[chorus]
Bring a new day
With all the pain in my past
Just a stepping stone
I'm on my way
To a new day
With all I couldn't face yesterday
Now underneath my feet
I'm on my way

I never want to feel like it's the end
Just cause I can't see the sun risin'
A new day is always on it's way
I'll keep my eyes on the horizon

[chorus]
Bring a new day
With all the pain in my past
Just a stepping stone
I'm on my way
To a new day
With all I couldn't face yesterday
Now underneath my feet
I'm on my way

Yeah, give me the strength to stand
When I just don't feel I can
I'm reminded of days like this
Back in the past, though the memory's distant
And they got me here today
So I'll have no fear today
When I know, You've always carried me through

To a new day

[chorus]
A new day
With all the pain in my past
Just a faint memory
That didn't last
To a new day
With all I couldn't face yesterday
Now underneath my feet
I'm on my way