"Industrial Revolution"

Controlling
In everything you try to hold me
Down
Do you even know me
Do you know how much I need this
Now

To know someone is on my side
To know you hear the same as I
Have listened, time after time

Billowing with smoke
You choke
The life right out of me
You're burning down
The last bit of hope
That I had left in me
From the pride you're manufacturing
Yeah, just like a factory

We're growing
In every seed we're sewing
Now
Still have lessons
To learn from imperfections
Unsettled, unsound

But if you believe in truth
But follow none of love
How can you say it's from above

Billowing with smoke
You choke
The life right out of me
You're burning down
The last bit of hope
That I had left in me
From the pride you're manufacturing
Yeah, just like a factory

And oh god, you're so holy
The whole world's looking at you
But not complete, and not wholly
At the hell you've put me through
I'm caving in, it makes no sense
How pride and hate could be so blessed
You're nowhere in this, nowhere in this
Nowhere in this

"I Am Nothing, Says The Grain Of Sand"

Making maps inside my mind
Trying to find a way out
And to that place
Where maybe I could find
Some kind of alternate design
Outside of past mistakes

Cause out there is a love I'll never have
At least not the one I want or deserve
And I grow tired of giving out
What no one seems care about
I fight so hard just to be heard

So maybe I'll always be this way
And maybe things will always stay like this
But there's a lighthouse in the past
That I can just barely make out among the mist
And don't tell me that there's nothing more for me in this life
Cause sitting in this darkness
I know it's from a lack of light

People are changing
And I've changed so much as well
Seen the best and worst in everything
As I'm standing, just a shell
Cause it's always so empty
Every option that I choose
The little joy I have in life
I'm always being asked to lose

So I'll hide away to a place where only you can find me
Because I can't find hope in anyone
No I won't find you in anyone

Lift these scales from my eyes
Cause all I know has left me blind
Is there no future for me
You say it's for me to decide
But I've nothing left
I've nothing left
That doesn't leave me dead inside

So an outstretched hand
In the naked air
Do you understand just how impaired
It's left me
To know there's no one there
To take ahold
To meet that reach
To match my cause
To love despite a list of flaws
Seems that no one
That no one
Does

"Ears To Hear"

It's easy to be above it
When you push others below
Do you ever stop and think
About the meek you've kept in tow

And I know we all are different
And that grace will fall the same
But when you claim you're separated
And yet still put me down the same

I'm getting tired
Of the same old state of mind
But in a different frame of time
The last should be the first to know
That a heart is found both far and close
And yet you still won't hear mine

It hurts so bad to trust no one
When they've given you no reason
I feel I was meant to connect somehow
But they're too preoccupied to listen

Do you ever consider, consider me
Do you ever consider, the things that aren't made easy

I'm getting tired
Of the same old state of mind
But in a different frame of time
The last should be the first to know
That a heart is found both far and close
And yet you still won't hear mine

Can you love a loser like me
Can you see that it's just what I need
No I'm no celebrity
I'm not the A type personality
But I still bleed, I still need

I'm getting tired
Of the same old state of mind
But in a different frame of time
The last should be the first to know
That a heart is found both far and close
And yet you still won't hear mine
When will you take the time
Take the time to hear mine

"Fourth Among the Flames"

Walking through the valley
Feel the rain fall on my face
As I'm waiting for you
Oh I only need a taste

I won't run away
I won't run away
Just like the fourth among the flames
You're standing with me again, through this

Walking through the valley
Feeling far removed from grace
As I'm waiting for you
Oh just a glimpse of your face

When that's not what it takes

I won't run away
I won't run away
Just like the fourth among the flames
You're standing with me again, through this

No we don't stand alone
No we don't stand alone through this

"For The Birds"

Feeling so sorry for myself
Feeling like nothing really helps
Sometimes it seems I'm only looking for perfection
And my only way out hurts
So I avoid it at all costs
Cause I'm searching for solace in absolution

But maybe the two aren't the same

So I could lose it all
Or lose it all
I can never be quite what I want
Cause it's always just a part of the picture
But never a complete fixture
Seems like I'm broken either way
Is this how it's going to stay

Can't kill this dead on my own
But either way I feel alone
Stranded or misguided
When I know there is a way
There's people passing everyday
Who seem to see where the light is

Just waiting for that open door
So I can find it

So I could lose it all
Or lose it all
I can never be quite what I want
Cause it's always just a part of the picture
But never a complete fixture
Seems like I'm broken either way

Nothing good enough
For me
Nothing good enough
From me
I can't be who I am
Can't be who I want to be
So help me
Help me, be

Cause I could lose it all
Or lose it all
One way or another
I offer up myself
It's all that I can give
So I can understand
So I can live

"Swept Into The Storm"

I've seen things the same way as you before
And now that I'm here it's easy to ignore
The optimistic, idealistic point of view
Because nothing has rung true

And you say in the face of doubt there's hope
But it's the very moment I don't know
I try to press on but get pushed away
And you say that that's faith

So where is my strength
Where is my resolve
I feel so weak
In every regard
Both in the truth and on my own
Doesn't matter who is on the throne
I'm still swept, into the storm

I've seen faith die and addictions rise
Seen streams of light from the other side
Pinholes through the cracks
From under the rubble I'm losing track

So help me

Where is my strength
Where is my resolve
I feel so dead
In every regard
Both to the truth and on my own
Doesn't seem to matter who is on the throne
I'm still swept, into the storm

My heart is becoming apart of the waves
As they're rising and falling and pulling away
Ripping and swaying, and coming alive
As it's tearing me down I see the former die

"Barnabas"

Didn't know I could be this hated
There's always someone on the other side
A different perspective
And still I wonder why

So if we can't see, eye to eye
And if we're both bent, on do or die
I'd like to think, that maybe I
Could learn to live
Could learn to live

Pick it up and move along now
Everything is just baggage in the end
It could be a burden, yeah
Depending how you carry it

So if we can't see, eye to eye
And if we're both bent, on do or die
I'd like to think, that maybe I
Could learn to live
Could learn to live
Like taking a breath for the first time

And I'd say this is the first time
I could ever say, that I'm okay
That nothing is okay
And I'd say this is the first time
I could ever say, that I'm okay
That nothing is okay
We all have to go our own way

So if we can't see, eye to eye
And if we're both bent, on do or die
I'd like to think, that maybe I
Could learn to live
Could learn to live
Like taking a breath for the first time

"Olive Branch"

I extend your way
A say in where to go from here
You don't have to bend or sway
Just make the path clear
So stand or take a stance
Against what you won't have
Deny an olive branch
Or take your anger back

Baby, baby, it's not all said and done
You think the silence settles, but it's only just begun
Maybe, you could, speak your mind instead of run
You want a way out, well you're not the only one

If I could have a say
I'd stay on the course I am
If it's not clear as day
Let's bring it into the open
But you keep it in the dark
Hoping it'll go away
Where it festers, sequesters
Calling back to yesterday

Let's move away

Baby, baby, it's not all said and done
You think the silence settles, but's only just begun
Maybe, you could, speak your mind instead of run
If you want the truth to come out, you're not the only one

Baby, baby, it's not all said and done
You think the silence settles, but it's only just begun
Maybe, you could, speak your mind instead of run
You want a way out, well you're not the only one

"Can't Help"

How do you help somebody who doesn't want it
How do you love somebody who says they've got it
When you're going off of everything you've already heard
And can't stand watching as they groan without words

I can't help, but I can't help it
Wondering where you're going
When I can see the speed and slowing
In the circle that you're moving
And I can't help, I can't help it

How do you keep your distance with decisions in play
When he's effected, she's effected, all our dismay
And you're running out of options that you're willing to lose
Life, death, and confusion, yeah they're all yours to choose

And I know your life is yours to own, not mine
I can only make up my own mind

I can't help, but I can't help it
Wondering where you're going
When I can see the speed and slowing
In the circle that you're moving
And I can't help, I can't help it

And I know your life is yours to own, but listen

I can't help, but I can't help it
Wondering where you're going
The pain, it only keeps on growing
Waking like this every morning
And I can't help, I can't help it

"Bottomless Pit"

With a groaning too deep for words
I'm singing out this curse
Why am I alive, why am I alive
If it only gets much worse

And I'll pursue it till the end
Even as my hope descends
Because I know love echoes back
Even into the void of black

What have I done
To keep me here
And you so far away
What have I done
To my dismay
It doesn't make much sense to me
But I know somewhere in eternity
It means everything

With a longing too deep for words
I stand here, not the first
To see the light and turn
And wonder why the silence burns

And I'll pursue you till the end
Even when I can't comprehend
Just what I'm running toward, it's something more
Than where I've been

What have I done
To keep me here
And you so far away
What have I done
To my dismay
It doesn't make much sense to me
But I know somewhere in eternity
It means everything
This means everything
To me

Heavy, like a heartbeat
Heavy, like a heartbeat
So close to me
Heavy, like a heartbeat
Heavy, like a heartbeat
So close to me

What have I done
To keep me here
And you so far away
What have I done
To my dismay
It doesn't make much sense to me
But I know somewhere in eternity
It means everything
This means everything
To me

"Steampunk Rock"

I need a change of scenery
Outside of this machinery
It's a well-oiled machine
But it stifles out my dreams

When the people act robotic
And call sanity psychotic
I can't keep blowing off steam
Just to adapt to the scene

Cause it's not right, it's not right
And don't expect me to say
That it's all right, that it's all right
To feel this way
With a heart of flesh
Beneath this chest
I won't let my pulse give way
To the heartlessness of selfishness
You can't take my hope away

I'm tired of being thrown below
To the gears where my tears overflow
I shouldn't have to whistle out
To have my voice sound

Cause it's not right, it's not right
And don't expect me to say
That it's all right, that it's all right
To feel this way
With a heart of flesh
Beneath this chest
I won't let my pulse give way
To the heartlessness of your selfishness
You can't take my hope away

What have I become
My heartbeat reduced to a dull drum
Beneath a metal shell
If this is life, I'm already in hell
Cause I cry out, and no one's there
To offer help or show they care
Is this this whole world just on repeat
Moving ahead, at full steam

No it's not right, it's not right
It's not right, it's not right

"Give And Take"

Give nothing
And take my time
Give me space
To clear my mind
Cause I won't give
What takes a toll
Unless there's give
And take to show

I give my best
To what takes trust
I won't give another
Moment rushed
To what gives heartache
And takes my soul
You give such bitterness
It takes ahold

So leave me
Leave me
To my own mind
I don't need
Second opinions this time
Leave me
The way you found me
Alone
It's better off
Than with a thief in your home

Give yourself
To take instead
You give so many things
With so much self-intent
Give it up
Takes guts to leave
What you've given so much
Take flight to find you're free
Again

So leave me
Leave me
To my own mind
I don't need
Second opinions this time
Leave me
The way you found me
Alone
It's better off
Than with a thief in your home

"Where Are You Tonight"

I miss the sound of your voice
The warmth that it would give me
I miss the silence we could share
When you had your arms around me

Can't keep, can't keep
No I can't keep living there
It's dead and gone
And this is all I have

I'm right here
So where are you tonight
I'm right here
Under the streetlight
So is it me that turned around
Picked up and moved out of town
All I know is that
Something isn't right

I still hear the words you said
They give me hope to this day
And I don't know how I'll keep going on
Because I can't forget your face

It's running me dry
The life I want to live
Without you in mind
Is no life at all
But oh God
I don't want to relive
Or remind
Myself of feeling, that small

I'm right here
So where are you tonight
I'm right here
Under the streetlight
So is it me that turned around
Pick up and moved out of town
All I know is that
I can't keep up this fight

You've got me so tied down
I couldn't escape if I tried now
As I chase the feelings
That'll never set me free
I know, I need
So much more than I can see
Please, oh please

I'm right here
So where are you tonight
I'm right here
And I'm ready to see the light
I'm right here, I'm right here

"Why Don't You Cry"

Why don't you cry
For the things that aren't fair
When nothing you've shown
Proves that you even care

Why don't you cry
For the things you can't change
When we both know that you won't
Try to change anything

I won't feel sorry
I won't have remorse
When all that comes back to you
Is only on its due course
Cause I've tried everything
Only with resistance
I've felt bad all this time
But won't give another minute

You can cry, your eyes
Into streams, they'll run
Right into the ocean
Of what you've become
You can cry, your eyes
Out, honey

Why don't you try
To give one ounce of effort
Maybe then I could care
For all your endeavors

It doesn't make sense to me
How you could make so many bleed
And then not see the same coming
You reap what you sow, honey

You can cry, your eyes
Into streams, they'll run
Right into the ocean
Of what you've become
You can cry
You can cry
But no I
No not I

You've called me out so many times
Like a siren that aims to remind
Me of the things I am not
Voice of oppression, unwind
As it turns to depression, you'll find
That it's all that you've got

You can cry, your eyes
But don't be surprised, when they run
Right into the storm drain
Or dried out by the sun
You can cry
You can cry
But no I
No not I
No sympathy this time

"Paradise Lost"

Always looking
But too afraid to touch
Always asking
But never too much
Always so close
But not enough to trust
So what's it going to take
What's it going to take

Always reaching
But never in reach
Always giving
But nothing you can keep
Always forgiving
But can't turn the other cheek
So what's it going to take
What's it going to take
To break this

Fall into ashes
To rise in flames
Take on the struggle
Just to find the strength
Paradise is found
As you're lost along the way
So don't be afraid, 'fraid

Always running
But never quite there
Always becoming
But still never quite there
Always trying
But never there, there, there
What's it going to take

Fall into ashes
So you can rise in flames
We only die
To be reborn again
Paradise is found
As you're lost along the way
So don't be afraid, 'fraid

If you're always on your way
If it always starts another day
If you can't find it then find a way
This life has meaning, don't lose it

"A Drug Called Peace Of Mind"

I can't believe that after all of this
All the blood and sweat and tears and time
I invested in a shell game, a pipe dream
For a drug called peace of mind

No, never in my hands
Never in your plans

So I may be the fool
But I would do it all again
It's who I am
To act my heart out through these hands
And you may not agree
You may not understand
But I'm used to the complaints
They're grains of sand

I can't decide if I should cut and run
If it'll heal or only leave me with a scar
I gave it all, I traded everything before
And having nothing didn't get me very far

So I may be the fool
But I would do it all again
It's who I am
To act my heart out through these hands
And you may not agree
You may not understand
But I'm used to the complaints
They're grains of sand

"No Better"

Jump to conclusions
All on your own
Created confusion
Clear in your tone
Don't tell me what's wrong, what's wrong
What's in front of my face
Don't take a step further
Pointing out my mistakes

You're no better, no
No better, no
You should know better, know
Know better, no

Can't keep killing
What you killed before
Can't pretend it's not there
No you can't ignore
Don't want your excuses, excuses
Is it one more lie
Nothing that you say means anything
So bite
Your tongue and see

You're no better, no
No better, no
You should know better, know
Know better
That I won't hear it anymore

If everything you touch, it turns
Right into the gold you swear that burns
In the hearth of your own hands
Maybe you could touch the rule
Take on empathy instead of the cruel
Misgivings that pervade from you
You don't understand
You don't understand

You're no better, no
No better, know
Should have known better, know
You should have known
You should have known
The dead weight carried in your tone

"Grander Grandeur"

All alone I hear you calling
All along the world is falling down
All in all my heart's still beating
All because your voice is singing, oh
Oh

So do you see, do you see me
So do you see, do you see me

All I want to be is connected
All I want to be is perfected now
Take it all upon my hands and
Forge the plans of your redemption, oh
Oh

So do you see, do you see me
So do you see, do you see me

Ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh
I just wanted to be the king