lashing out the action returning the reaction weak are ripped and torn away hypnotizing power crushing all that cower battery is here to stay smashing through the boundaries lunacy has found me cannot stop the battery pounding out aggression turns into obsession cannot kill the battery cannot kill the family battery is found in me battery crushing all deceivers mashing non-believers never ending potency hungry violence seeker feeding off the weaker breeding on insanity circle of destruction hammer comes crushing power house of energy whipping up a fury dominating flurry we create the battery Say your prayers little one don't forget, my son to include everyone tuck you in, warm within keep you free from sin till the sandman he comes sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight exit light enter night take my hand off to never never land something's wrong, shut the light heavy thoughts tonight and they aren't of snow white dreams of war, dreams of liars dreams of dragon's fire and of things that will bite sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight exit light enter night take my hand off to never never land now I lay me down to sleep pray the lord my soul to keep if I die before I wake pray the lord my soul to take hush little baby, don't say a word and never mind that noise you heard it's just the beast under your bed, in your closet, in your head exit light enter night grain of sand exit light enter night take my hand we're off to never never land Sad but True Hey I'm your life I'm the one who takes you there hey I'm your life I'm the one who cares they they betray I'm your only true friend now they they'll betray I'm forever there I'm your dream, make you real I'm your eyes when you must steal I'm your pain when you can't feel sad but true I'm your dream, mind astray I'm your eyes while you're away I'm your pain while you repay you know it's sad but true you you're my mask you're my cover, my shelter you you're my mask you're the one who's blamed do do my work do my dirty work, scapegoat do do my deeds for you're the one who's shamed I'm your dream, make you real I'm your eyes when you must steal I'm your pain when you can't feel sad but true I'm your dream, mind astray I'm your eyes while you're away I'm your pain while you repay you know it's sad but true hate I'm your hate I'm your hate when you want love pay pay the price pay, for nothing's fair hey I'm your life I'm the one who took you here hey I'm your life and I no longer care I'm your dream, make you real I'm your eyes when you must steal I'm your pain when you can't feel sad but true I'm your truth, telling lies I'm your reasoned alibis I'm inside open your eyes I'm you sad but true Holier than Thou No more! the craps rolls out your mouth again haven't changed, your brain is still gelatin little whispers circle around your head why don't you worry about yourself instead who are you? where ya been? where ya from? gossip is burning on the tip of your tongue you lie so much you believe yourself judge not lest ye be judged yourself holier than thou you are holier than thou you are you know not before you judge me take a look at you can't you find somethig better to do point the finger, slow to understand arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand it's not who you are it's who you know others lives are the basis of your own burn your bridges build them back with wealth judge not lest ye be judged yourself holier than thou you are holier than thou you are you know not The Unforgiven New blood joins this earth and quikly he's subdued through constant pain disgrace the young boy learns their rules with time the child draws in this whipping boy done wrong deprived of all his thoughts the young man struggles on and on he's known a vow unto his own that never from this day his will they'll take away what I've felt what I've known never shined through in what I've shown never be never see won't see what might have been what I've felt what I've known never shined through in what I've shown never free never me so I dub thee unforgiven they dedicate their lives to running all of his he tries to please them all this bitter man he is throughout his life the same he's battled constantly this fight he cannot win a tired man they see no longer cares the old man then prepares to die regretfully that old man here is me what I've felt what I've known never shined through in what I've shown never be never see won't see what might have been what I've felt what I've known never shined through in what I've shown never free never me so I dub the unforgiven you labeled me I'll label you so I dub the unforgiven Wherever I May Roam ...and the road becomes my bride I have stripped of all but pride so in her I do confide and she keeps me satisfied gives me all I need ...and with dust in throat I crave only knowledge will I save to the game you stay a slave rover wanderer nomad vagabond call me what you will but I'll take my time anywhere free to speak my mind anywhere and I'll redefine anywhere anywhere I may roam where I lay my head is home ...and the earth becomes my throne I adapt to the unknown under wandering stars I've grown by myself but not alone I ask no one ...and my ties are severed clean the less I have the more I gain off the beaten path I reign rover wanderer nomad vagabond call me what you will but I'll take my time anywhere I'm free to speak my mind anywhere and I'll never mind anywhere anywhere I may roam where I lay my head is home but i'll take my time anywhere free to speak my mind and I'll take my find anywhere anywhere I may roam where I lay my head is home carved upon my stone my body lie, but still I roam wherever I may roam Don't Tread On Me Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail once you provoke her, rattling of her tai never begins it, never, but once engaged... never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage don't tread on me so be it threaten no more to secure peace is to prepare for war so be it settle the score touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore... don't tread on me love it or live it, she with the deadly bite quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike shining with brightness, always on surveillance the eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance don't tread on me so be it threaten no more to secure peace is to prepare for war so be it settle the score touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore... don't tread on me so be it threaten no more to secure peace is to prepare for war liberty or death, what we so proudly hail once you provoke her, rattling on her tail so be it threaten no more to secure peace is to prepare for war so be it settle the score touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore... don't tread on me Through the Never All that is, was and will be universe much too big to see time and space never ending disturbing thoughts, questions pending limitations of human understanding too quick to criticize obligation to survive we hunger to be alive all that is, ever ever was will be ever twisting turning through the never in the dark, see past our eyes pursuit of trhuth no matter where it lies gazing up to the breeze of the heavens on a quest, meaning, reason came to be, how it begun all alone in the family of the sun curiosity teasing everyone on our home, third stone from the sun all that is, ever ever was will be ever twisting turning through the never on through the never we must go on through the never out of the edge of forever we must go on through the never then ever comes all that is, ever ever was will be ever who we are ask forever twisting turning through the never never Nothing Else Matters So close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters never opened myself this way life is ours, we live it our way all these words I don't just say and nothing else matters trust I seek and I find in you every day for us something new open mind for a different view and nothing else matters never cared for what they do never cared for what they know but I know so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters never cared for what they do never cared for what they know but I know never opened myself this way life is ours, we live it our way all these words I don't just say trust I seek and I find in you every day for us something new open mind for a different view and nothing else matters never cared for what they say never cared for games they play never cared for what they do never cared for what they know and I know so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are no nothing else matters Of Wolf and Man Off through the new day's mist I run off from the new day's mist I have come I hunt therefore I am harvest the land taking of the fallen lamb off thruogh the new day's mist I run off from the new day'smist I have come we shift pulsing with the earth company we keep roaming the land while you sleep shape shift nose to the wind shape shift feeling I've been move swift all senses clean earth's gift back to the meaning of life bright is the moon high in starlight chill is the air cold as steel tonight we shift call of the wild fear in your eyes it's later than you realized shape shift nose to the wind shape shift feeling I've been move swift all senses clean earth's gift back to the meaning of life I feel I change back to a better day hair stands on the back of my neck in wildness is the preservation of the world so seek the wolf in thyself shape shift nose to the wind shape shift feeling I've been move swift all senses clean earth's gift back to the meaning of wolf and man The God that Failed Pride you took pride you feel pride that you felt when you'd kneel not the word not the love not what you thought from above it feeds it grows it clouds all that you will know deceit deceive decide just what you believe I see faith in your eyes never your hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries broken is the promise, betrayal the healing hand held back by the deepened nail follow the god that failed find your peace find your say find the smooth road in your way trust you gave a child to save left you cold and him in grave it feeds it grows it clouds all that you will know deceit deceive decide just what you believe I see faith in your eyes never you hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries broken is the promise, betrayal the healing hand held back by the deepened nail follow the god that failed I see faith in your eyes broken is the promise, betrayal the healing hand held back by the deepened nail follow the god that failed pride you took pride you feel pride that you felt when you'd kneel trust you gave a child to save left you cold and him in grave I see faith in your eyes never you hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries broken is the promise, betrayal the healing hand held back by deepened nail follow the god that failed My Friend of Misery You just stood there screaming fearing no one was listening to you they say the empty can rattles the most the sound of your voice must soothe you hearing only what you want to hear and knowing only what you've heard you you're smothered in tragedy you're out to save the world misery you insist that the weight of the world should be on your shoulders misery there's much more to life than what you see my friend of misery you still stood there screaming no one caring about these words you tell my friend before your voice is gone one man's fun is another's hell these times are sent to try men's souls but something's wrong with all you see you you'll take it on all yourself remember, misery loves company misery you insist that the weight of the world should be on your shoulders misery there's much more to life than what you see my friend of misery you just stood there creaming my friend of misery The Struggle Within Reaching out for something you've got to feel while clutching to what you had thought was real kicking at a dead horse pleases you no way of showing your gratitude so many things you don't want to do what is it? what have you got ot lose what the hell what is you think you're gonna find? hypocrite boredom sets into the boring mind struggle within it suits you fine struggle within your ruin struggle within you seal your own coffin struggle within the struggling within home is not a home it becomes a hell turning it into your prison cell advantages are taken, not handed out while you struggle inside your hell reaching out grabbing for something tou've got to feel closing in the pressure upon you is so real struggle within it suits you fine struggle within your ruin struggle within you seal your own coffin struggle within the struggling within reaching out for something you've got to feel while clutching to what you had thought was real what the hell what is you think you're gonna find hypocrite boredom sets into the boring mind struggle within it suits you fine struggle within your ruin struggle within you seal your own coffin struggle within the struggling within AIN'T MY BITCH Outta my way, outta my day Outta your mind and into mine Into no one, into no one Into your step but outta time Head strong, what's wrong? I've already heard this song Before... you arrived But now it's time To kiss your ass good-bye Draggin me down, why you around? So useless It ain't my fall, it ain't my call! It ain't my bitch Down on the sun, down and no fun Down and out, where the hell ya been Damn it all down, damn it unbound Damn it all down to hell again Stand tall, can't fall Never even bend at all Before... you arrived But now it's time To kiss your ass good-bye Draggin me down, why you around? So useless It ain't my fall, it ain't my call! It ain't my bitch Outta my way, outta my day Outta your mind and into mine Into no one, into no one Into your step but outta time Head strong, what's wrong? I've already heard this song Before... you arrived But now it's time To kiss your ass good-bye Draggin me down, why you around? So useless It ain't my fall, it ain't my call! It ain't my bitch No way but down, why you around? No foolin' It ain't my smile, it ain't my style It ain't my bitch Ain't mine, your kind Your steepin outta time Ain't mine, your kind Your steppin outta time Draggin me down, why you around? No foolin' It ain't my fall, it ain't my call It ain't my... Bitch... you ain't mine 2 X 4 Yeah! I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you I'm gonna be the one who breaks you Put the screws to ya my way Yeah, come on come on, come, make my day Got some hell to pay you, I steal your thunder The joy of violent movement, pull you under Bite the bullet well hard Yeah, but i die harder, so go too far friction, fusion, retribution I can't hear ya talk to me I can't hear ya talk to me I can't hear ya your talking to me! I can't hear ya your talking to me! I can't hear ya trying to met my lord I can't hear ya talking to 2 by 4! I'm gonna make you, shake you, take you I'm gonna be the one who breaks you Put the screws to ya my way Yeah, come on come on, come, make and my day friction, fusion, retribution I can't hear ya talk to me I can't hear ya talk to me I can't hear ya your talking to me! I can't hear ya your talking to me! I can't hear ya trying to met my lord I can't hear ya talking to 2 by 4! friction, fusion, retribution I can't hear ya talk to me I can't hear ya talk to me I can't hear ya your talking to me! I can't hear ya your talking to me! I can't hear ya trying to met my lord I can't hear ya talking to 2 by 4! THE HOUSE JACK BUILT *Opens door so i walk inside Close my eyes Find my place to hide And i shake as I take it in Let the show begin Open my eyes Just to have them close again Well on my way But on my way where I've been It swallows me As it takes me in it's fog I twist away As I give this world the nod *Repeat Open my eyes Just to have them close once again Don't want control As it takes me down and down and down again Is that the moon Or just the light that lights this dead end street? Is that you there? Or just another demon that i meet? **The higher you are The farther you fall The longer the walk The farther you crawl My body, my temple This temple it tilts Step into the house that Jack built **Repeat Open door so I walk inside Swallow me so the pain subsides And I shake as I take the sin Let the show begin *Repeat x 2 Open my eyes It swallows me Is that you there? I twist away Away Away Away UNTIL IT SLEEPS Where do I take this pain of mine I run, but it stays right by my side So tear me open, pour me out The things inside that scream and shout And the pain still hates me So hold me, until it sleeps Just like the curse, just like the stray You feed it once and now it stays So tear me open, but beware The things inside without a care And the dirt still stains me So wash me, until I'm clean It grips you, so hold me It stains you, so hold me It hates you, so hold me It holds you, so hold me Until it sleeps So tell me why you've choosen me Don't want your grip Don't want your greed Don't want it I'll tear me open, make you gone No more can you hurt anyone And the fear still shakes me So hold me until it sleeps It grips you, so hold me It stains you, so hold me It hates you, so hold me It holds you, so hold me Until it sleeps I don't want it So tear me open, but beware The things inside without a care And the dirt still stains me So wash me, 'till I'm clean I'll tear me open, make you gone No longer will you hurt anyone And the fear still shapes me So hold me, until it sleeps Until it sleeps Until it sleeps Until it sleeps KING NOTHING Wish I may Wish I might Have this I wish tonight Are you satisfied? Dig for gold Dig for fame You dig to make your name Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased And it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the King But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown King Nothing? Hard and cold Bought and sold A heart as hard as gold Are you satisfied? Wish I may Wish I might You wish your life away Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased And it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the King But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown King Nothing? I wish I may I wish I might Have this wish I wish tonight I want the star I want it now I want it all and i don't care how Careful what you wish Careful what you say Careful what you wish You may regret it Careful what you wish You just might get it Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around And it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the King But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown King Nothing? Just want one thing Just to play the King But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name HERO OF THE DAY Mama they try and break me The window burns to light the way back home A light that warms no matter where they've gone They're off to find the hero of the day But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way Still the window burns Time so slowly turns And someone there is sighing Keepers of the flames Do ya feel your name? Can't you hear your babies crying? Mama they try and break me Still they try and break me 'Scuze me while I tend to how I feel These things return to me that still seem real Now deservingly this easy chair But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair Don't want your aid But the first I've make For years can't hold or feel No, I'm not all me So please excuse me While I tend to how I feel *But now the dreams and waking screams That ever last the night So build the wall, behind the crawl And hide until it's light So can you hear your babies cryin' now? Still the window burns Time so slowly turns And someone there is sighing Keepers of the flames Do ya feel your name? Can't you hear your babies crying? * Repeat Mama they try and break me BLEEDING ME *I'm diggin' my way I'm diggin' my way to something I'm diggin' my way to somethin' better **I'm pushin' my stay I'm pushin' my stay to something I'm pushin' my stay to something better I'm sowing the seeds I'm sowing the seeds I've taken I'm sowing the seeds I take for granted This thorn in my side This thorn in my side is from the tree This thorn in my side is from the tree I've planted It tears me and I bleed ***Caught under wheels roll I take the leech I'm bleeding me Can't stop to save my soul I take the leash that's leading me I'm bleeding me I can't take it Caught under wheel's roll The bleeding of me *** Repeat I am the beast that feeds the beast I am the blood, I am the release Come make me pure Bleed me a cure I'm caught under *** Repeat * Repeat ** Repeat CURE The man takes another bullet He keeps them all within He must seek, no matter how it hurts So don't fool again He thinks the answer is cold and in his hand He takes his medicine The man take another bullet He's been fooled again *Uncross your arms and take And throw them to the cure, say... I do believe Uncross your arms now Take 'em to it, say... I do believe The lies tempt her and she follows Again she lets him in She must believe to fill the hollow She's been fooled again * Repeat Betting on the cure Cause it must get better than this Betting on the cure Yeah everyone's got to have the sickness 'Cause everyone seems to need the cure Precious cure I do believe Betting on the cure Yeah, it must be better than this Need to feel secure Yeah, it's gonna better than this It must be better than this Betting on the cure Yeah, everyone's got to have the sickness 'Cause everyone seems to need the cure I do believe POOR TWISTED ME Oh poor twisted me Oh poor twisted me I feast on sympathy I chew on suffer, I chew on agony Swallow whole the pain Oh it's too good to be That all this misery Is just for oh poor twisted me Poor mistreated me Poor mistreated me I drown without a sea Lung fills with sorrow, lungs fill with misery Inhaling the deep dark blue Oh woah is me Such a burden to be The poor mistreated me To finally reach the shore Survive the storm Now you're bare and cold The sea was warm So warm, you bathe your soul again Good to feel my friend Oh woah is me Such a burden to be Oh poor twisted me WASTING MY HATE Good day, how do And I send a smile to you Don't waste, waste your breath And I won't waste my hate on you Ain't gonna waste my hate Ain't gonna waste my hate on you I think I'll keep it for myself Ain't gonna give no more Ain't got the time to help you score I think it's time ya pleased yourself * Repeat Think you're worthy now Think enough to even raise the brow And to laugh and tip that two pronged crown I see my hands, I see my feet I feel that blood that pumps in beat But where the hell's my mind goin' now? * Repeat Ain't gonna waste mt hate But I'm so greedy when they say (It's) better to give than to receive Ain't gonna waste my hate No, no ain't got time to waste my hate on you Yea, I think I'm gonna keep it all for myself * Repeat Hate MAMA SAID Mama she has taught me well Told me when I was young Son, your life's an open book Don't close it fore it's done The brigtest flame burns quickest Is what I heard they say A son's heart's owned to mother But I must find my way *Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama let your heart go Or let this heart be still Rebel my new last name Wild blood in my veins Apron strings around my neck The mark that still remains Left home at an early age Of what I heard was wrong I never asked forgiveness But what I said is done * Repeat **Never I ask you But never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave Never I ask of you But never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave So let this heart be still Mama now I'm coming home I'm not all you wished of me But a mother's love for her son Unspoken, Help me be I took your love for granted And all the things you said to me I need your arms to welcome me But a cold stone's all I see * Repeat Let my heart go Mama let me heart go You never let me heart go So let this heart be still ** Repeat THORN WITHIN Forgive me father For I have sinned Find me guilty of the life I feel within And when I'm branded This mark of shame Should I look down disgraced Or straight ahead And know that you must blame *I am the secret I am the sin I am the guilty And I, I am the thorn within Forgive me father For I have sinned Find me guilty when true guilt is from within So point your fingers Point right at me For I am shadows and will follow me One and the same are we * Repeat I do your time I take your fall I'm branded guilty For us all So point your fingers Point right at me For I am shadows and will follow you One and the same are we * Repeat RONNIE Story starts, quiet town Small town boy, big time frown Never talks, never plays Different path, lost his way Then streets of red, red I'm afraid No confetti, no parade Nothing happens in this boring place But oh my god, how that all did change Now they all pray Blood stains wash away *He said "lost my way" This bloody day Lost my way I heard him, he said "lost my way" This bloody day Lost my way All things wash away But blood stained the sun red today I always said, somethin' wrong With little strange Ronnie Long Never laughed, never smile Talked alone, miles and miles Gallow calls, son I say Keep your smile, and laugh all day Think once again, in this boring place For little boys, how the soon change Now they all pray Blood stains wash away * Repeat Yeah, well all the green things die When Ronnie go to the place He said, "Don't you dare ask why I'm cursed to wear this name" Now we all know why children called him Ronnie Frown When he pulled that gun from his pocket They'd all fall down *Repeat THE OUTLAW TORN And now I wait my whole lifetime For You And now I wait my whole lifetime For You I ride the dirt, I ride the tide For you I search the outside, search inside For you To take back what you left me I know I'll always burn to be The one who seeks so i may find And now I wait my whole lifetime Outlaw of torn And I'm torn So on I wait my whole lifetime For You So on I wait my whole lifetime For You The more I search, the more my need For you The more I bless, the more I bleed For you You make me smash teh clock and feel I'd rather die behind the wheel Time was never on my side So on I wait my whole lifetime Outlaw of torn And I'm torn *Hear me And if close my mind in fear Please pry it open See me And if my face becomes sincere Beware Hold me And when I start to come undone Stitch me together Save me And when you see me strut remind me of what left this outlaw torn