Keep it inside
All the shit that you've been through,
Just keep it inside

Anger and rage, love and disgrace
Never to be shown
There's no pain, you've had to be faceless
Since the day you were born

Don't let them out,
Emotions forbidden... No don't let them out
Just let them drown
Emotions overrated... Just let them drown

No thoughts
Thinking's forbidden since the day you were born
No talk
Life is overrated since the day you were born
Follow, obey and lie
Bend, collapse and die

Colourless and deadpan
A cog in the wheel
Part of the plan
Obey and kneel

Follow the line
And you'll become one... One with the mass
Stay in line

Just let it drown
Freedom's overrated... Just let it drown

Anger and rage, love and disgrace
Never to be shown
There's no pain, you've had to be faceless
Since the day you were born

Follow, obey and lie
Bend, collapse and die

Colourless and deadpan
A cog in the wheel
Part of the plan
Obey and kneel

Follow the line
And you'll become one... One with the mass
Stay in line

You're buried
Buried under a mask
No matter how hard I try
I can't reach you
A breathing statue
With an automatic smile
A beautiful building
With no foundation

What a fucking waste
Potential never released
This can't be all there is to give
This can't be all...

I can hear your words
But can't feel the warmth they convey
A running mind, frozen feet
This can't be all there is to give

What a fucking waste
Potential never released
This can't be all there is to give
This can't be all...

If I'll put some faith in you
Will you promise to do the same?
Learn to sail the storm
Through the coldest of waves
Without fading away

Another brick on top of the pile
It's getting too heavy already
To carry on your young shoulders
You know everything's not in its place
But you have no idea what it is
That is preventing you from
Rising to your own height

A vicious passed on burden
Too invisible to see,
Yet heavy enough to make you crawl
To take all beauty from life,
To steal all ambition

How could you know?
No one ever showed you any other way
No one ever encouraged you to shine
To be what you are and be it proudly
To not let anyone put you in any other mold
But the one you carry deep inside

Another brick on the top of the pile
It's getting too heavy already
To carry on your young shoulders
You know everything's not in it's place
But you have no idea what it is
That is preventing you from
Rising to your own height

A vicious passed on burden
Too invisible to see,
Yet heavy enough to make you crawl
To take all beauty from life,
To steal all ambition

Every night on your knees
Making a silent prayer to a god
that you don't even know
Wake up to another day to see
That everything is still the same

No more faked ambition
Time to put it all in its place
Anything else but hiding in shadows
Let them be you

Cold shivers on my skin
Your declaration makes me sick
Hypocrisy has no limits
You've burned in hell
Ever since you were born
I don't blame you... I feel sorry for you

Chains of faith... After all... Turn into hate

Mortality and lies
Have let you to this point
Convincing yourself
You and your brainwashed mind
But inside you cry out for answers

Chains of faith... After all... Turn into hate

Time after time we indulge in sin
The ancient fables you follow
Time after time we indulge in sin
It's your sin
My pleasure

Chains of faith... Turn into hate

Don't believe yourself no more
But all you can do... Is to follow... Is to obey
Feeling used but being part of
Something bigger... A fucking lie

Chains of faith... After all... Turn into hate

Time after time we indulge in sin
The ancient fables you follow
Time after time we indulge in sin
It's your sin
My pleasure

Chains of faith... Turn into hate

The moment when all trying stops and failure ceases to exist
The moment you sing from the heart with no one to hear it
The moment you put down the guard and know you're safe
The moment you feel all pressure coming down with the tears

The moment when you dive through the layers of pain
To the place where all the questions disappear and all falls into place

Yes it was here I saw it rise
I saw it collapse
Devotion transformed into a burden
All too heavy for a man to bear
The collected wisdom
And the art of crawling
Vanished when we became strangers

Yes it was here I saw it collapse
I saw it rise again, in a new form
Fire, walk with me,
Don't hide but show me new home

The sand once so thick
Now slipping through my fingers
The wounds once scarred and healed
Now forever bleeding inside

Fire, walk with me
Don't hide but show me new home
Behold the quicksand, my brothers
Our strength was always
To find solid ground

The sand once so thick
Now slipping through my fingers
The wounds once scarred and healed
Now bleeding inside again

In this moment of confusion I wonder
Should I try once more
Would I fail once more

In this moment of final conclusion I wonder
Why don't I even care anymore

Weakness...
Hiding in the shadows
When darkness has taken over your world
Weakness...
To blow out the candle
When flames of hell already burn your soul

Weakness... To raise your sword
When the enemy is already taken down
Sickness... To preach about
Something that you question yourself

You have got to the point of no return
Around you the world
Where everything's false
All those wasted years
Surrounding your meaningless life

Weakness...
To raise your fist
When you're not willing to die for it
Sickness...
Swear an oath
You've already drowning in your lies

You have got to the point of no return
Around you the world
Where everything's false
All those wasted years
Surrounding your meaningless life

Sight into the future... Does not exist
We need no prophets to realise it
Next breath you're about to take
Could be your last
Drown yourself in hatred, forget the past

This world of confusion
Where moral is just a word
Meaningless and forgotten...
Thing we should not talk about
Souls for sale
Dreams of yesterday... Drifting away

A glimpse of humanity... Does not exist
See the smile on their faces... You'll realise it

Filth holds the reins of power
Rivers are turning red
Irrigate the fields of hate
Sow the seeds of destruction
There will be blood... Where dead roses bloom

I'll just rest here for a while
It's still a long way
The water in this place
Repels the sunlight
Thick as blood,
The truth lies underneath the surface

Can you see through my wolf eyes,
Past the hate that protects from harm
Like lava,
Clouds seem to follow my every move
I want to give up, but I don't know how

Wish I knew what defines me
Wish I'd get just a fraction
Of what you have
Feel tired,
Find comfort in someone else's memories
This time I'll go all the way to the end

Can you see through my wolf eyes,
Past the hate that protects me from harm
Like lava,
Clouds seem to follow my every move
Wanted to give up, but I didn't know how

This song in my head
It's screaming for closure
Words adrift in my mouth
So many things undone
So many unloved

Don't wait for me
I think I'm better off here
In the city of infinity

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