1. GLOOM

We wrote a song in the dark.
We drove a stake through her heart.
We ride the wind, we ride the waves.
We are aggression, we are pain.

We wrote a song in the dark.
We drove a stake through her heart.
He is the Lord, we are the listeners.
We will not die without a whisper.

I've seen what's fake,
I've seen the distraction.
And like a wick there's no end.
I've seen what's fake,
I've seen the distraction.

No end to my burning.
No end to my burning.
No end to my burning.

Don't let the devil speak.
Don't let the demons take us.

Watch your back, look over your shoulder.
This war is meant to be fought.

I've lost my temper.
And yet there's forgiveness,
There is purity.
Lay waste to golden crowns,
Find hope in clarity.

Let go.

We wrote a song in the dark.
We drove a stake through her heart.
We wrote a song in the dark.
We drove a stake through her heart.

Black heart, black song.


2. RUMORS

Rumors break down to a future of failure.
Leaving me like this. Digging deep
In the nothing that I Have.
In the nothing that I Have.

Will I find encouragement
Hidden behind false ambition?

You were the one I never knew.
You were the one to fix what's left here.
You were the one I never knew.
I can't tell if I Want this to last.

Another day dies, trailing off.
Another day dies, trailing off.
You were the one I never knew.
You were the one to fix what's left here.

Hungry wolves haunting me.
Gold fading on rooftops.
Handsome wings left to fade.

So it goes. The narrative is unending.
Death is here, love is sending.

You were the one I never knew.
You were the one to fix what's left here.
You were the one I never knew.
I can't tell if I want this to last.

Another day dies, trailing off.
Another day dies, trailing off.
You were the one I never knew.
You were the one to fix what's left here.

(Rumors break) down to a future of failure.
Leaving me like this. Digging deep
In the nothing that I have.
In the nothing that I have.

Will I find encouragement
Hidden behind false ambition?

Digging deep in the nothing that we have.


3. FIRST SIGHT

Promise the lake
Don’t try, don’t be
Exist just like me
Promise shame
Every bit of everything is screaming so quietly

Is there anything else to say?
Are there any more words to sing?
Right after doubting all the things you claim
Right before giving all of it away

I thought I was ready to write
But you had me years ago
You had me at first sight
Even if it means nothing now

Promise these hands
No more empty praise and worship
Get lost at first sight
I’m driving my car away
I’m heading north

I thought I was ready to write
But you had me years ago
You had me at first sight
Even if it means nothing now

It hurts most in the mornings
And I wish I was in Chicago
Their statements are all contradictions
And I don’t think they can figure it out

All our damages transform us
We’re like our own historians
Is there anything else to say?
Are there anymore words to sing?

Every bit of everything is screaming
Promise the lake
Get lost at first sight


4. WAR

Will I ever forgive myself?
The same question, it's never fading.
I watch her wings eclipse the light of day.
It keeps coming back. Right now

I'm fighting the war rather than war itself.
I'm caught in the midst of no redemption.
I'm fighting the war rather than war itself.
The same dream over and over, over and over.

I thought I could be more
Than simply a victim.
I fight through sleepless nights
Without an answer. Somehow

I'm fighting the war rather than war itself.
I'm caught in the midst of no redemption.
I'm fighting the war rather than war itself.

Some say there's hope in this, there is love.
Show me her eyes, I'll feel her hair.
I'll be back to déjà vu. Over and over.
The same dream. The same question.

Will I ever forgive myself?
Will I ever forgive myself?
Will I ever forgive myself?
Will I ever forgive myself?


5. 8:18

Streets dawn with empty light.
Bullets clutter the sidewalk.
The gun trembles in a young man's hand.
The mother visits a grave site.

They ask why we suffer.
Oh God please answer.
Rivers run, mountains peak.
We all remain scared.

I try to remember
You and me together.
Rivers run, mountains peak.
We all remain scared.

It's so abrupt,
The life designed for us.
Reach out, end fear.
Reach out, end fear.

They ask why we suffer.
Oh God please answer.
Rivers run, mountains peak.
We remain scared.

The city mourns another loss.
But we'll pray forever.
Rivers run, mountains peak.
I know You're there.


6. SAILORS'S PRAYER

Staying late for suffering.
Swaying back and forth like seas.
Staying late for suffering.
Swaying back and forth like seas.
I'm the one she'll never meet.

It's like the same thing,
You're just a little late.
I'm always hoping to maybe change.
It's like the same thing,
You're just a little late. I am away.

Staying late for misery.
I move back to you.
I move back to you.

The salt tastes just the same.
Thunder breaks overhead.
As I'm still away, we'll never meet.

It's like the same thing,
You're just a little late.
I'm always hoping to maybe change.
It's like the same thing,
You're just a little late. I am away.

It's like the same thing,
You're just a little late.
I'm always hoping to maybe change.
It's like the same thing,
You're just a little late. I am away.

Between sharks and kings,
It doesn't matter much to me.
And I'm still away.
I'm still away.

It's like the same thing,
You're just a little late.
I'm always hoping to maybe change.
It's like the same thing,
You're just a little late. I am away.

It's like the same thing,
You're just a little late.
I'm always hoping to maybe change.
It's like the same thing.

This is the sailor's prayer.
You can find love elsewhere.
This is the sailor's prayer.
You can find love elsewhere.

This is the sailor's prayer.
You can find love elsewhere.
This is the sailor's prayer.
You can find love elsewhere.


7. CARE MORE

Talk to the radio.
Speak out loud, speak so true.
Sing to an old love.
Never forget, always embrace.

Something or someone try to see.
I need that much.
There's got to be more than this.
I need that much.

Try to see. Try to see.
Try to see. Try to see.

Walk to that old street.
It still remains, it hasn't changed.
Feel to what means most.
Never forget, always embrace.

Something or someone try to see.
I need that much.
There's got to be more than this.


8. MARTYRS

Martyrs

Oh.

I know I'm always here,
And I will always beg,
'Forgive us'.

It's just that I am
I am always gone.

So we'll start with a question:
Why's this on me?
What's this have to do with faith?
It will always be 'us and me'...
I'm just sick of being

LONELY,

Like the winds and her faint breeze,

LONELY,

Like the church to 'set me free'.

I'm dead to those who tried to impress,
I'm dead to those who had my trust,
I'm dead to distance and to home,
I'm dead to me; I died by the Throne.

MARTYRS
MARTYRS!

Martyrs, hear me out:
Never claim what's not forever.

Oh.

Never claim what's not forever.

Judas, watch us weep.
(Watch us weep!)
Live and die, by your betrayal.

More doubts to be answered.
When is the Lord's hour?
There will always be 'us and me',
I'm just sick of being

LONELY,

Like the winds and her faint breeze,

LONELY,

Like the church to 'set me free'.

I'm dead to those who try to tried to impress,
I'm dead to those who had my trust,
I'm dead to distance and to home,
I'm dead to me; I died by the Throne.
[repeat]

MARTYRS
MARTYRS!

Martyrs, hear me out:
Live and die by your lover's heart.

Why's this on me?
Why's this on me?

MARTYRS
MARTYRS!

Martyrs, hear me out:
Live and die by your lover's heart.
Live and die by your lover's heart.


9. BLACK & BLUE

I would like to learn
So I could do something.

Slaves to phones, abandoned homes.
Can you see this? Can you feel this?
It seems it's only obvious to me.
It seems it's only obvious to me.

From the grounds of time,
Can you see this?
And in the times of pain.
Can you feel this?
We cannot ignore
Can you see this?
What we need to hate.

You say your words like you're on repeat.
Why is it that you're so empty?
Watch the minutes pass, admit defeat.
We can't ignore.

Just watch her breathe.
Broken hearts, torn apart.
It seems it's only obvious to me.
She hasn't heard a thing.

Just watch her breathe.
She will never know alone:
A faction of blackened tongues.

You say your words like you're on repeat.
Why is it that you're so empty?
Watch the minutes pass, admit defeat.
Will you admit defeat?

You say your words like you're on repeat.
Why is it that you're so empty?
Watch the minutes pass, admit defeat.

I would like to learn
So I could do something,
But no one really knows
Exactly what I mean.

The blood that binds pours through you.
Blinded eyes soon black and blue.
The blood that binds pours through you.
Blinded eyes soon black and blue.

You say your words like you're on repeat.
Why is it that you're so empty?
Watch the minutes pass, admit defeat.

We cannot ignore what we need to hate.
Can you see this? Can you feel this?
Just watch her breathe.


10. TRANSGRESS

I swore to forever
And I'm sure it will happen again.
Another bend, another break.
Ceaseless habits under falling skies.

I don't know where to go from here.
I've become limitless.
That's how the story goes for me,
Not that they'll understand.

I am an apparition
And that's all I ever wanted.
That's how the story goes for me,
Between pages and handwriting.

With seven plagues,
And some roots, and a throne.
I'm back at where I started.

Didn't think it'd be like this,
Didn't think it'd be like this
Or maybe I knew all along.
I didn't see this through,
Didn't see this through,
So maybe it's where I belong.

Just you and me and you.
Just you and me and you.

Didn't think it'd be like this,
Didn't think it'd be like this
Or maybe I knew all along.

Break it.
The darkness sets in.
Another bend, another break.
Ceaseless habits under falling skies.

You, me, and you.
You, me, and you.

It won't be long for me
Or it might be forever.
This hopeless destiny:
A tragic, lost endeavor.

I'm back at where I started.

Didn't think it'd be like this,
Didn't think it'd be like this
Or maybe I knew all along.
I didn't see this through,
Didn't see this through,
So maybe it's where I belong.

Just you and me and you.
Just you and me and you.


11. NUMBER ELEVEN

Looking for your name,
I sort through it all.
Listening in vain,
You hope for the worst.

Looking for your name,
Falling down shallow stairs.
Waiting for the rain,
Hands extended laughing out.

As she claims that she's too much
I will hurt myself.
As she claims that she's too much
I know I must

Give it time. Give it some space.
All in all, back at the same place.
Move away and start again.
All in all, back at the same place.

I'll take you at your word:
Passing with the wind and sea.

Looking for your name,
I sort through it all.
Listening in vain,
You hope for the worst.

Looking for your name,
Still here falling down.
Waiting for the rain,
Falling down over me.

Give it time, give it some space.
All in all, back at the same place.
Move away and start again.
All in all, back at the same place.

So I'll say it again.
So I'll say it again.
So I will say it again.
You won't know love without death.

No death, no love.

Recognize the once familiar.
Recall missed steps and broken vows.


12. HOME FOR GRAVE

The normal man, promised all things
Brought into this, taken by pain
He mistook home for grave
The normal man, filtered by hate
Living to pay, buying what's fake
He mistook home for grave
It's not what we're made to be
So why'd he do it?
I guess he just did not know
I guess we just do what we're told
The anthem cries, but why listen?
I guess we just do what we're told
Betrayed again, betrayed again
What began as life for him was only sorrow, was only shame
It's like the story of disgrace
Fraught with peril every day
So why'd he do it?
I guess he just did not know
Given nothing, left so lonesome
He mistook home for his grave
It's not what we're made to be
So breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe
I guess we just do what we're told
The anthem cries, but why listen?
I guess we're just do what we're told
Betrayed again
What began as life for him was only sorrow, was only shame
It's like the story of disgrace
Fraught with peril every day
I guess we just do what we're told
Betrayed again, betrayed again
I guess we just do what we're told
The normal man passed away
Dead and gone


13. IN HEART

Again, the same things part.
Flames fuel the company.
It's all invisible desperation.
Stop and stand and stare and break.

Let it be, walk away.
Ignore your instincts,
And let it be with the rest.
And as the game goes.
Turn back or burn down.

Through the bones we're all the same.
With burning wings we're led astray.

So we live with the dead.
Call it "the apathy of love".

Name it "her majesty".
Tell her that everything will be fine.
And as the lust still grows.
Ignore your instincts.
Turn back or burn down.

Through the bones we're all the same.
With burning wings we're led astray.
Through the bones we're all the same.

Through the bones we're all the same.
Push past the tissue and we are to blame.
In blood and organs we fall apart.
And in our likeness we join in heart.

Through the bones we're all the same.
Push past the tissue and we are to blame.
In blood and organs we fall apart.
And in our likeness we must join in heart.