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01. We Go To War

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Mathijs Tieken, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
I never thought I'd be here, so unreal to me
I can't believe my own eyes, believe my own mind
The reality of cruelty in vain
The freedom, lives of millions at stake
Our hearts will be invincible, we will be unforgivable

Won't stand aside when our loved ones dying

And when we hear the call, we go to war
And leave it all now to bring it back again
Now, nothing else really matters
Wе'll defy till the end
Oh, whеn we hear the call, we go to war

(We go to war)

Pounding strikes like rain, I know they're chasing me
It won't be the last time, but they'll die while they try
It's a hell on earth, I want to awake
There's no rest at all, the blows that we take
Our hearts are still invincible, it's so unforgivable

Won't stand aside when our loved ones dying

And when we hear the call, we go to war
And leave it all now to bring it back again
Now, nothing else really matters
We'll defy till the end
Oh, when we hear the call, we go to war

And when we hear the call, we go to war
And leave it all now to bring it back again
Now, nothing else really matters
We'll defy till the end
Oh, when we hear the call, we go to war

02. Bleed Out

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Mathijs Tieken, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
God bless she walks in her last winter

When innocence's born, it is bound to be broken
The shadows appear and they darken the mind
Dying of fear
Dying of knowing

How deep it cuts
Enough is enough
Something's got to give
I know my mistakes

God bless she walks in her last winter
The halo 'round her head—it starts to linger
Her fear has died, her heart is still unbroken
There's no remorse, she doesn't mind

She bleeds out
God bless she walks in her last winter
The halo 'round her head—it starts to linger (She bleeds out)
Her fear has died, her heart is still unbroken
There's a voice inside of me getting louder, breaking free
She bleeds out

She bleeds out

Blessed are the ones, free of mind, free of hoping
To walk into worlds never seen. What's to come?
Your destiny is yours to be chosen

How deep it cuts
Enough is enough
Something's got to give
I know my mistakes

God bless she walks in her last winter
The halo 'round her head—it starts to linger
Her fear has died, her heart is still unbroken
There's no remorse, she doesn't mind

She bleeds out
God bless she walks in her last winter
The halo 'round her head—it starts to linger (She bleeds out)
Her fear has died, her heart is still unbroken
There's a voice inside of me getting louder, breaking free
She bleeds out

I know my mistakes

God bless she walks in her last winter
The halo 'round her head—it starts to linger
Her fear has died, her heart is still unbroken
There's no remorse, she doesn't mind
She bleeds out
She bleeds out
There's a voice inside of me getting louder, breaking free
She bleeds out
She bleeds out
There's a voice inside of me getting louder, breaking free
She bleeds out

She bleeds out

03. Wireless

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Mathijs Tieken, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
It's the ultimate sacrifice
Like a god, you threw the dice
And then you left us all wireless
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I started to wonder, wonder
Why is your smile so callous?
I'm here going under, under
Why is your heart so heartless?
I know, I know
I'm such a fool

It's here, you wear the mark of shame
It's here, just like the mark of Cain

You never cared for us, just our halo
With its glorious force to draw more souls in
You never cared for us, our dreams evaporating
You left us hеre without a safety pin
You nevеr cared for us, just our halo

Our bloody halo
Our bloody halo

Try to elevate your demise
You got everything sanctified
All is shattered and is wireless
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

We're forced through the gauntlet, gauntlet
Like mice in a maze, we're running
We know we go under, under
Like moths to the flames we're falling
We know, we know
It is cruel

It's here, you wear the mark of shame
It's here, just like the mark of Cain

You never cared for us, just our halo
With its glorious force to draw more souls in
You never cared for us, our dreams evaporating
You left us here without a safety pin
You never cared for us, just our halo

Our bloody halo

It will reach for you
It will try to turn you over
The feeling should wake you up
It will reach for you
When it all falls apart
It's frightening, they're watching you, just watching you

It's here, you wear the mark of shame

You never cared for us, our dreams evaporating
You left us here without a safety pin
You never cared for us, just our halo

Our bloody halo
Our bloody halo

04. Worth Dying For

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
I've been trying to remember the dreamer
I gave up on so many times
I've been trying to fit in the pieces
In the depths of my mind

I've carried the crosses, too many to deal with
I know the daunting truth and its cries
Carry the losses, always surrounds me
Keeping their memory forever alive

When it's worth dying for
Yeah, you would give up all
'Cause in the end, now you finally see
It sets you free
When nothing else matters
It is worth dying for

When it's worth dying for

Waking up to thе truth, been denying
All the threats to our paradisе
But I know I can't run, I can't hide from
The wheel of time

I've carried the crosses, too many to deal with
I know the daunting truth and its cries
Carry the losses, always surrounds me
Keeping their memory forever alive

When it's worth dying for
Yeah, you would give up all
'Cause in the end, now you finally see
It sets you free
When nothing else matters
It is worth dying for
Yeah, you would give up all
'Cause in the end now you finally see
It sets you free
When nothing else matters
When it's worth dying for

When it's worth dying for
'Cause in the end now you finally see
It sets you free
When nothing else matters
When it's worth dying for

When it's worth dying for
When it's worth dying for
When it's worth dying for
When it's worth dying for

05. Ritual

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
I'll make you line up, 'cause I'm imperial
Shapeshifting into what I want, and now I own you all

But I already know, I can't let you go
Like my ritual (My ritual)
'Cause I already know, I can't let you go
You're my ritual
My ritual playground

Ooh, I got the spark to light your fire
You're going down for milk and honey
With every touch I embody your desire
You're going, you're going down with my ritual

You're going down with my ritual

I'll make you rise up into my midnight oil
Drink, drink
Wet martini from my paper cup
Going down the rabbit hole

But I already know, I can't let you go
Like my ritual (My ritual)
'Cause I already know, I can't let you go
You're my ritual
My ritual playground

Ooh, I got the spark to light your fire
You're going down for milk and honey
With every touch I embody your desire
You're going, you're going down with my ritual

You're going down with my ritual

Your equality, your vanity, your relevancy
Sexuality and venomous perversity
Venomous perversity
Venomous perversity

Ooh, I got the spark to light your fire
You're going down for milk and honey
With every touch I embody your desire
You're going, you're going down with my ritual

You're going down with my ritual
You're going down with my ritual

06. Cyanide Love

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
You will get my cyanide love
Eins, zwei, drei, vier, ich habe nichts gesehen
Ich habe nichts gehört, ich werde nicht reden

I know I'm running, but I'll get away, get away
I'm like a ghost, I know you'll never find me
I'll get you closer to my hide away, hide away
I'm like a ghost, and I'll arise behind you

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh

Deep in the dark, that's when I make you pay, make you pay
The fear of knowing, oh, it gets inside you
These streets are mine, and this is wherе I reign, where I rеign
You look around, there's only hostile faces

Eins, zwei, drei, vier, ich habe nichts gesehen
Ich habe nichts gehört, ich werde nicht reden

You'll take it, you'll break it, in seconds, it will be done
(You will get my cyanide love)
You'll bite it, can't fight it, your dead end, nowhere to run
(You will get my cyanide love)
You turn around, you know you can't run away
(Cyanide love)
Sunflowers will be growing over your grave
You'll take it, you'll face it, the barrel of my smoking gun
(You will get my cyanide love)

(Eins, zwei, drei, vier) Cyanide love
(Eins, zwei, drei, vier) Cyanide love

And death and I look each other in the eye, in the eye
We dance a while, and then we kiss goodbye
I'll get you closer to my hide away, lead you astray
I'm like a ghost, and I'll arise behind you

Eins, zwei, drei, vier, ich habe nichts gesehen
Ich habe nichts gehört, ich werde nicht reden

You'll take it, you'll break it, in seconds, it will be done
(You will get my cyanide love)
You'll bite it, can't fight it, your dead end, nowhere to run
(You will get my cyanide love)
You turn around, you know you can't run away
(Cyanide love)
Sunflowers will be growing over your grave
You'll take it, you'll face it, the barrel of my smoking gun
(You will get my cyanide love)

Cyanide love, cyanide love, cyanide love
You will get my cyanide love
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh

Eins, zwei, drei, vier, ich habe nichts gesehen
Ich habe nichts gehört, ich werde nicht reden
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
Cyanide love, cyanide love
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
Eins, zwei, drei, vier, ich habe nichts gesehen
Ich habe nichts gehört, ich werde nicht reden

07. The Purge

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
I can't see
I can't see

Got no scars cut on my skin, only my truth is wearing thin
And it hollows me, it hollows me
I hate the darkness of my past, the cold rebelling, it drives me mad
And it follows me, it's carving the heart out of me
I've gotta bleed it out, all my thought intoxicated
'Cause the weight on me, it buries me alive

It pulls me down right into the darkness
It pulls me down, and I can't resist

Let me feel it 'cause I don't know, I can't see
All I feel's I'm breaking up
Oh, can't you see it's taking over, over me?
Can't you see?
Yeah, you want me to fight it, and you want me to let go
Yeah, you tell me to fight it, and you damn me if I don't
So let me bleed it out and purge me, I can't see
No, I can't see, no, I can't see

'Cause I feel I'm breaking
I can't see
I can't see

My defiance made me strong, but now I'm doubting what I've done
And it's killing me, it's killing me
I hate to see what I've become, I find no peace, no justice done
This gravity, it's carving the heart out of me
I've gotta bleed it out, all my thoughts intoxicated
'Cause the weight on me, it buries me alive

It pulls me down right into the darkness
It pulls me down, and I can't resist

Let me feel it 'cause I don't know, I can't see
All I feel's I'm breaking up
Oh, can't you see it's taking over, over me?
Can't you see?
Yeah, you want me to fight it, and you want me to let go
Yeah, you tell me to fight it, and you damn me if I don't
So let me bleed it out and purge me, I can't see
No, I can't see, no, I can't see

'Cause I can't see
'Cause I can't see

Let me feel it 'cause I don't know, I can't see
No, I can't see, no, I can't see

08. Don't Pray For Me

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
Would all who wish to die, please raise their hands?

I'm not lost in the dark
I'm not blind to what I see
I know the river is wide and the water is deep
I feel the cold, my heart skips a beat
I don't need your absolution, so don't hold that sword over me
For my confessions I don't need a church
I don't need salt to know where it hurts

Don't pray for me, no...
Would all who wish to die, please raise their hands?

I cannot breathe for you
You're trying over and over, denying what I feel
And every time you bow down your head
To pray, don't pray for me, don't pray for me!

Oh I needed a revolution
I never had a war in mind
And now the river runs dry and the fall is deep
The truth is dark and makes us bleed
In hell is where I stand, it's where I find my inner strength
For my confessions I don't need a church
I don't need salt to know where it hurts

Don't pray for me, no...

I cannot breathe for you
You're trying over and over, denying what I feel
And every time you bow down your head
To pray, don't pray for me, don't pray for me!

I am going to let you pray for me

I cannot breathe for you
You're trying over and over, denying what I feel
And every time you bow down your head
To pray, don't pray for me, don't pray for me!

09. Shed My Skin

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
Carry on your fire and raise your head
And everything comes to an end when hearts asunder

When you gather like birds of prey
Rejoice what is broken and turning away
There's no rest 'cause these wounds won't heal
I can't let it go, can't let it go
No matter how deep we're falling for our calling
Can't look back 'cause it leads me to nowhere
What is awaiting, I'll embrace it
In the end, all I know, I have to face it

Carry on your fire and raise your hеad
And save yourself from their collеctive projection
Carry on your fire and raise your head
And everything comes to an end when hearts asunder

Whoa, forgive me, release me, I shed my skin
This pain's awakening what lies deep within
You kill me as lightning your words strike in
Oh, everything's changing now that I shed my skin
That I shed my skin

I know Heaven is not my home
I feel like I'm choking and I'm playing their game
Oh, I can't hold on to yesterday
I cannot hold on, cannot hold on
No matter how deep we're falling, for our calling
Can't look back 'cause it leads me to nowhere
What is awaiting, I'll embrace it
In the end, all I know, I have to face it
When hearts asunder

Whoa, forgive me, release me, I shed my skin
This pain's awakening what lies deep within
You kill me as lightning your words strike in
Oh, everything's changing now that I shed my skin

We shed our skin
We don't wanna be broken, broken
We shed our skin
We don't wanna be broken, broken

Carry on your fire and raise your head
And everything comes to an end when hearts asunder

Whoa, forgive me, release me, I shed my skin
This pain's awakening what lies deep within
You kill me, as lightning your words strike in
Oh, everything's changing now that I shed my skin

That I shed my skin
That I shed my skin
That I shed my skin
That I shed my skin

10. Unbroken

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
You push me away and the air now is choking
I can't believe it, I can't let it go
You tell me it's real and it feels like I'm dying
You think you save me, hurting me just more

And in the silent darkness
It's the demon whispers
Lost yourself and take the fall

Now you're breaking the chains and the dark's getting out in the open
And you're hating yourself, 'cause you know that a world's getting broken
Always doubting yourself, gotta fight it, you don't wanna show it
You burnt it down this time your curse can't be unbroken
Unbroken
Unbroken

You think you have changed, and you can't keep on fighting
That you're not good enough for me, no more
You're breaking away and there is no denying
Don't wanna share your misery anymore

And in the silent darkness
It's the demon whispers
Lost yourself and take the fall

Now you're breaking the chains and the dark's getting out in the open
And you're hating yourself, 'cause you know that a world's getting broken
Always doubting yourself, gotta fight it, you don't wanna show it
You burnt it down, this time your curse can't be unbroken
Unbroken

You take the fall, it's for evermore
Unbroken
Can't let it go, it's forevermore
Evermore you fall
Heavy-hearted we roam
Memories can't let go
Everything's so hollow
We fear what we don't know
Heavy-hearted we roam
Memories can't let go
Everything's so hollow
We fear what we don't know
Don't know
Unbroken
Unbroken

Now you're breaking the chains and the dark's getting out in the open
And you're hating yourself, 'cause you know that a world's getting broken
Always doubting yourself, gotta fight it, you don't wanna show it
You burnt it down this time, your curse can't be unbroken
Unbroken
Unbroken

11. Entertain You

Music & lyrics by Daniel Gibson, Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel
Don't be mistaken, your bloody time's up
This ain't no game, we're not here to entertain you
(I'm not here to entertain you)
Don't be mistaken, your bloody time's up
This ain't no game, we're not here to entertain you

Get your fix sitting on your throne
Want it all and the price, it doesn't matter
The world is yours, and you think you know, know it all
I know that smile, so I should've known
You sold me out for a reckless bet, you burnt me
Of the ground, now won't back down anymore
No, you didn't have to burn me

You think you own me, but I wouldn't be so sure
You've won the battle, but you're gonna lose a war

Go to hell, I'm not here to entertain you
Just walk away or face the showdown
I won't bow, I don't care about the bleeding
'Cause my freedom's undefeated
My soul on fire, burning desire
Make no mistake 'cause the stakes are getting higher
Go to hell, I'm not here to entertain you
I'm not here to entertain you

(I'm not here to entertain you)
Don't be mistaken, your bloody time's up
This ain't no game, we're not here to entertain you

You pull your face like you didn't know
Like you cared and we'd buy your sorry story
Who's the fool? Now you're out of stones, yeah, you know
Blame the sea, blame the moon for all
Don't you see? We're the ones with the redemption
Yeah, the time keeps turning round, turning round
Now the time is gone, you're going down

You think you own me, but I wouldn't be so sure

Go to hell, I'm not here to entertain you
Just walk away or face the showdown
I won't bow, I don't care about the bleeding
'Cause my freedom's undefeated
My soul on fire, burning desire
Make no mistake 'cause the stakes are getting higher
Go to hell, I'm not here to entertain you
I'm not here to entertain you

Yeah, in your mind, you deny all the suffering
You've taken sides 'cause you lost, it ain't your fight now
And you don't care anymore, 'cause you lost the crown now
We're not here to entertain you
No, we're not here to entertain you

(I'm not here to entertain you)

Don't be mistaken, your bloody time's up
This ain't no game, we're not here to entertain you