1. RANDOM WORDS

(Instrumental)


2. RELEASE

There's gonna be some changes
I'm gonna start with everything
Gonna give it all up
See what this tide will bring
I'll be holding so tight
Haven't stop for thinking with what I'm doing is right
And now I feel that it's time
Time to let go

Didn't think I can pull this through
I've got to say that I was wrong
Now I realise I had it in me all along

I'm bleeding it all out
Here's to a new say goodbye
Release from my past life
Afraid I knew I'm left behind
I'm bleeding it all out
I won't touch my true-self anymore
Nothing will remain as was before

Something new might come out of this
Something stronger, something true
I don't care what I manage what I have to do
For all the ill-natured spirits
There's a say what this good turn into
All I use are some pieces I was left from you

I'm bleeding it all out
Here's to a new say goodbye
Release from my past life
Afraid I knew I'm left behind
I'm bleeding it all out
I won't touch my true-self anymore
Nothing will remain as was before


3. A SHADE OF GRAY

I don't know where I am,
How I got here,
Or the fate that awaits me
But I'd rather be in any
Other place but this
Separating my eyelids,
Trying to focus my vision
To no avail
There's simply nothing there
And then it hits me
The answer is right there
Before me
The air escapes from my lungs

[Chorus 1]
Beneath the surface
There's no way I could fight this
It's getting dark
I'm going down

[Chorus 2]
The end is flying towards me
A shade of gray amidst all blue
New form of pain I never knew

I'm aware that it's random,
But believe when I say it
Feels personal to me
A thousand pains piercing
Through my skin
I reach for the eyes, but
They're too far away
Just seconds and I'll seize
To exist

The nightmare holds me
I like so many others before me
The air escapes from my lungs

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]


4. YEAR OF THE SUCKERPUNCH

Yet again I'm forced to see my face
Attached to a lie in the headlines
I won't let it in my headspace
Just straight out from my mind
These vultures they're out for my blood
It's all about supply and demand
I'm trying hard to keep my cool
Trying hard not to buy this

Oh how bad you need people like me to keep you distant company!
To help you be all you can be!

Here I am, standing with the best of them
In the year of the suckerpunch
Here I am, standing with the best of them
Give it a shot let's see what you've got
Here I am, standing with the best of them
This is the year of the suckerpunch
Here I am, standing with the best of them
Give it a shot let's see what you've got

Let me tell you some of the things I hear
Don't know if I should laugh or cry
Running your mouth when I'm not near
It's kind of sad your lack of pride

Oh how bad you need people like me to keep you distant company!
To help you be all you can be!

Here I am, standing with the best of them
In the year of the suckerpunch
Here I am, standing with the best of them
Give it a shot let's see what you've got
Here I am, standing with the best of them
It's the year of the suckerpunch
Here I am, standing with the best of them
Give it a shot let's see what you've got

Get your kicks out of mishaps of others the truth ain't enough so you'll add in some colors
So proud of the stories you get to share
Did you really think I wouldn't trace a lie, baby there's no secrets in the HKI
Couldn't sink to your level even if I tried

Here I am, standing with the best of them
In the year of the suckerpunch
Here I am, standing with the best of them
Give it a shot let's see what you've got
Here I am, standing with the best of them
This is the year of the suckerpunch
Here I am, standing with the best of them
In the year of the suckerpunch..


5. PERFECTION DESIGN

I don't know if you exist
What I'm looking for might not be real
Still, I have to believe
Mark my words; I will find you

They're telling me nobody's perfect
Well that's exactly what you are
I will turn every stone, search all over the world
Won't stop till I've made you mine

I won't stop till I've made you mine

I just know that you exist
This is no place for compromise
I will turn every stone, search all over world
You will be mine

To settle is to die
Can't do that, now can I?

She says just the right things
And with her gorgeous eves
She gets under your skin
My perfection design,
Am I losing my mind?

My perfection design
Sweet obsession of mine

She says just the right things
And with her gorgeous eves
She gets under you skin
My perfection design,
Oh I'm losing my mind

She takes hold my hand
She whispers sweet little lies
This will cost me my life
My perfection design,
My perfection design.


6. SEX N' SATAN

Here's the thing with self-medicating

You live for the highs, you die from the aching
(Oh, how I enjoy the burn
Once it's on there's no return)

The rumours you've heard,
Each one is true
The partying's excessive, the methods all but new
(If it ain't broke, don't you fix it
No goddamn advice from the backseat)

[Chorus]
Six-string razorcuts
Afterparty clusterfucks
Embracing the clichés, living the life
Think fast, look alive

These scars in my skin mark a time
And a place
A band of brothers,
A punch in the face
(And I refuse to regret these
Fuck no, I refuse to regret these)

Not about to slow down the pace
To hold back would be a disgrace
(Ain't getting any younger here
Gotta get it all out before we disappear)

[Chorus]

Sex N' Satan baby


7. SONG FOR THE STUBBORN

Just once to be the one

On the outside, the one looking in
See it the weaknesses are showing
The ones I feel cannot win
One minute all is fine
The next I'm losing my mind
When all is said and done
Can't dig too deep
I'm scared of what I'll find

You see you don't see it
Oh, just you wait
You say it's all way to perfect
I see you're falling for the bait
You say my tongue's like a razor
Well I'd say that you're right
So stay out of the way
Get the fuck out of the sight
Better leavy me alone
For it is on tonight

[Chorus]
From 0 to 100 in a second
I should get this under control
But I like how it feels
It makes me give my all
From 0 to in 100 second
Kiciking into higher gear
The brakes are gone
But I'm nail-deep in the steer

I know I'm loud whit my opinions
And I could use a few
I do not go trought the motions
Trying to work on something new
Half the time I have no idea
No fucking clue what's going on
In my head
But I know for a fact
If I'd try to stop
I'd end up dead

[Chorus](x2)


8. VIVID

Staring at in
But I cannot see the sign
I guess it's one of those days
A minor breach in paradise
Won't disturb my glam-struck craze

Tyranny lovers, private pushers
Pool parties with a view
Plastic dreams, bedroom action
For these streets
It ain't nothing new

[Chorus]
I always wanted to know
Where do fallen angels go to die
I guess I've found my answer
They're all right here getting high
Let's be shallow just for one night
Take the 'bird out
Drive it down the hill
Wander up n' down the Strip
Before we end up at the Grill
Pink, black n' green...
The vivid colors of this scene

Standing on handprints and autographs
Framed pictures on the wall
Blonde beauties, young and willing
So sure they've seen it all

For one night you'll be treated like
A queen
Tomorrow noon you'll know exactly
What I mean

[Chorus]

C'mon

[Chorus]


9. GAVE UP EASY

Twist my words to use them as weapons
Break me down to gain more control
Grab my thought and point out
Its weakness

Strip my mind from all that of value
Turn my goodwill into hatred and lies
Smash my soul into a thousand little pieces
We've become everything we've despised

How the hell did we let it get this far?
Right now it feels like I don't know
Who you are

[Chorus]
All my life, all this time
I've been searching for something,
searching the peace of mind
And I had it for the shortest of time
Now I'm no longer yours, and you're no
longer mine

Why we're fighting
I swear I do not know
Remind me how this started,
we've been at it for so long
New sides of you appear
I've never ever seen you show
Still in our own eyes neither one has
done no wrong

We had it perfect,
we let it all go down the drain
We gave up easy,
didn't try to see this trough
It was all roses,
now we're drowning in a pool of pain
And now I feel I'd rather hang myself
than look at you

[Chorus]

[Chorus 2]
All my life, all this time
I've been searching for something,
something to ease my mind
And I had it for the shortest of time
Now I know you're not happy but neither am I

[Chorus]

[Chorus 2]

All my life, all this time
I've been searching for something,
searching the peace of mind
And I had it for the shortest of time
but we tore it apart, we let it dry up and die


10. LAST OCTOBER

I've been shedding my skin
I've been trying to work
On the shape that I'm in
I don't have what it takes
I won't be there
To walk you through your mistakes

Out with hope, in with fear
(Please don't describe how I feel)
Look away from the mess
That you're leaving here
(Please do not force me to heal)
And for all that you've saved
(All that was taken away)
I can't give you the
Peace of mind that you crave
(All that's been changed from this day)

So take this stone with you
And bring yourself back alive
If not for me, for someone else
I will step aside

If it's this easy to walk away
For you to disappear
Were you ever here?


11. EXIT

This was not my intention
This is not what I wanted
But I rattle the cage
When I start feeling daunted
I can't explain why
This just had to be done
And I'm so fucking sorry I wasn't the one

This was not my intention
I really need you to know this
To be a shadow beside you
Always there yet deeply missed
If I could take all your pain
And make all of it fall on my shoulders
In a heartbeat I'd do it
I'd never make you go through this

I welcome the turbulence
I need the unpleasentness
This comfort zone is choking me
Can't help this restlessness
Forgive me for doing this
This is not where I need to be

As for the hurt
I guess it's inevitable
And the black
The black will wash away
To turn it around
Is to come out the winner
Make it good again

I've been going in circles
So much for "live and learn"
Not even surprised anymore
When I find myself getting burned
Why do I tear it apart when
All the pieces are finally together?
We all should know by now that nothing is forever

I'm walking with no-one
I'm not walking at all
Just staying still for a while
As this guilt trip is taking it's toll
To disappear from the world
Hide here in this nest of mine
If I give this some time will everything be fine?

I guess it's inevitable
The black will wash away
To turn it around
Is to come out the winner
Make it good again