Too many times I am reminded what I sow I reap
Thanks for the tip but my own counsel will I keep
It's such a shame
You only see as far as hope is high
If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes

Choke down that advice reflex
And we'll all get by just fine
Tuck back the pearls of wisdom
Or you'll feel a piece of my mind

Who are you to tell me what is right?
You listen close
It's my fucking life
I'll let the rain fall where it may

How many dreams have you erased?
So far between and few
And I wonder why the world got the best of you
Feel free to disagree
But you'll just be a brick in my wall
So take me as I am or don't take me at all

Choke down that advice reflex
And we'll all get by just fine
Tuck back the pearls of wisdom
Or you'll feel a piece of my mind

Who are you to tell me what is right?
You listen close
It's my fucking life
I'll let the rain fall where it may

Too late to think of stopping now
I can't give up
I don't know how
I will not live and die a slave

Have I always been wrong?
Maybe just maybe I don't belong
Am I lost in the deep?
Maybe just maybe I'll stay asleep

I do not want to wake up from this

Save me

And now I realize
The dream was never like it seemed
What's there to wake up from
When it's all real to me?

Blood fills my eyes
Screaming drowns out the world
Chaos, confusion
A melee soiree

Survival and murder
Are dancing together
I never was forced to endure this
The choice was mine

Home and family are waiting
Worried and wondering
How did I get here?
How am I still here?

Time and again
Mercy flaunts its releases
I've made my stand
And I back down for no man

Bring me the eyes of the blind
Bring me the hearts of the faithless
Let Hell have them

Ravens sing the final song
Toll the bells before the dawn
Martyrs by morning
Our banners: "Death or Glory"

Suffer no fear
Suffer no odds
Suffer no fate
Nor the will of the gods

Some lack the vision to see
The nerve to believe
They call our crusade
A fool's errand

How can you call that a life
If you've not risked it
Breathing, existing, and yearning
Without ever earning

Bring me the eyes of the blind
Bring me the hearts of the faithless
Let Hell have them

Ravens sing the final song
Toll the bells before the dawn
Martyrs by morning
Our banners: "Death or Glory"

Will I live to see the sunlight or
Will I dance with death tonight?

Twilight breaks
With many against one
How can I yield?
I am not done

Hell can wait

Ravens sing the final song
Toll the bells before the dawn
Martyrs by morning
Our banners: "Death or Glory"

Each step every day, I am not alone
My guilt for a light that has never shone
This haunting pain feels like home
Suddenly family has another meaning
I'll see you in the next life

Another day goes by for me
I'm sorry yours was not to be
And never will

Why did I send you on your way?
Is all of this worth what you paid?
I won't ever know

I weep for a cross that was never born
If I never knew, would I ever mourn?
Lines fade on a vague moral rainbow
Black and white, day and night, wrong and right
Oh I envy simplicity

Another day goes by for me
I'm sorry yours was not to be
And never will

How could I bring back what is gone?
I cannot change what I have done
I can only wait

Asleep inside the womb
No stranger place to call a tomb
This way at least you will be close to me

And when the night is near
I see you shining bright and clear
Tonight I think I'll count the stars again

I'll never lose a race
I'll never see that smiling face
I'll never get the chance to tuck you in

You have forgiven me
And that's the greatest tragedy
I won't be able to forgive myself

How can I wave goodbye
With blood all over my hands?

I do not threat, I do not warn
I only speak of what I'll mourn
Every time you turn and run
You blindly aim your loaded gun

Ironic place for pride to be
You are your own worst enemy
Every dream chased in haste
Another day gone to waste

Time burns short
Patience thins
Keep this up
No one wins

Will this end?
It just might
So hold me close
Hold me tight

Close your eyes and open wide
Meet me on the other side

You're not the kind you find every day
But I would leave you anyway

I do not threat, I do not warn
I only speak of what I'll mourn
Faith alone is not a plan
Save us now, I know you can

Time burns short
Patience thins
Keep this up
No one wins

Will this end?
It just might
So hold me close
Hold me tight

Close your eyes and open wide
Meet me on the other side

You're not the kind you find every day
But I would leave you anyway

We dance an endless dance
How long must this continue?
We could go separate ways
But they would just be circles

These sunsets seem the same
Fools weep but I know better
I will remember them
I will remember yesterday