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Guardians by August Burns Red - Album Lyrics & Tracks

August Burns Red•2020 Released•Melodic metalcore•United States
Tracks: 11
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Duration: 49:22
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Label: Fearless Records

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Complete Album Tracklist

1

The Narrative

04:09
2

Bones

04:15
3

Paramount

04:48
4

Defender

04:21
5

Lighthouse

04:13
6

Dismembered Memory

04:09
7

Ties That Bind

04:18
8

Bloodletter

03:40
9

Extinct by Instinct

04:43
10

Empty Heaven

04:25
11

Three Fountains

06:21
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Guardians Complete Lyrics

The Narrative Lyrics

10 ContributorsThe Narrative LyricsPrey on ideals
Feed on devotion
Just to get a rise
Trigger our emotions
Deliver images
That never should be shown
Everything is done
With manipulation
Put that spin on it
Get our feelings riding high
Share that take of it
Enrage the other side
A quiet protest
Forms a million
Furious loud voices (Voices)
 
They drown out what's important
Drop the blindfold
Your values are bought and sold
 
These armies are clashing
These people are listening
They’re all forming our stories
But are they worth our attention?
 
Theories before proof
Judgement before evidence
No justification
For your speculation
Theories before proof
Judgement before evidence
This method's been broken
Since its inception
 
 
Silver linings
Laced with agendas
Your motives concealed by camouflage
 
Maybe it's time
We turn to our brother
Settle our differences
Believe in one another
They want to breed division
We chose to resist their mission
We will bind this world we live in
 
These armies are clashing
These people are listening
They’re all forming our stories
But are they worth our attention?
 
We can't see the facts
They've been kidnapped
We'll hunt them down, set them free from their traps
Dig a little deeper
Change what we inherited
Power to the people
Or power to the narrative?
Dig a little deeper
Change what we inherited
Power to the people
Or the narrative?

Bones Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We built this new resistance
To help keep our distance
Don't feel bad for us, we are content
In this new existence
We may never remember what it was like
Everything was better, then you arrived
You carved your scars, left everything
Fending to survive
We made a deal with the devil
Disguised as help
We made a deal with the devil
Should've trusted ourselves
 
[Verse 2]
You imposed your will
And we're left wondering why
You're not here to gain knowledge
We caught you in your lie
We aren't the kind to stand up
We aren't the kind to rebel (Rebel)
People can change, especially
When they've been through hell
 
[Chorus]
It's in our bones (It's in our bones)
To be benevolent
It's in our souls (It's in our souls)
To be of service
It's in our bones (It's in our bones)
To be benevolent
It's in our souls
In our souls
 
 
[Verse 3]
We'll be nursed back to health
No longer a shell of our former selves
With our resolution, we'll find the infiltration
Now your deception will be annihilated
 
[Verse 4]
Tried to increase your reach
Now the levees are breached
You got swallowed up
By the people of the sea
 
[Chorus]
It's in our bones (It's in our bones)
To be benevolent
It's in our souls (It's in our souls)
To be of service
It's in our bones (It's in our bones)
To be benevolent
It's in our souls (It's in our souls)
 
[Outro]
Halfway is not somewhere
We will ever, ever meet

Paramount Lyrics

[Intro]
Are you walking through fire?
You have a friend
Are you stuck in a nightmare?
My friend, you have a light to make it end
 
[Chorus]
Walking through fire
You have a friend
Stuck in a nightmare
A light to make it end
 
[Verse 1]
You have hope, you have us
We can put it all back together
You have hope
We have trust in you
Don't bury your ability
Don't give up on your strength
Regret makes you a marionette
Holding the strings, not letting you forget
Do not be weary
Find a path through the night
Do not be weary
Your strength will give you sight
 
 
[Verse 2]
All around are thieves
Oppression their regime
Look past your reflection
In another's direction
You have all you need from your imperfections
You're the silent minority (Minority)
The compliant authority (Authority), oh
Anyone can rip others apart
So reassemble the broken parts
 
[Chorus]
Walking through fire
You have a friend
Stuck in a nightmare
A light to make it end
 
[Bridge]
Face tomorrow, face tomorrow
Settle your yesterdays
Your future, your future
Is too bright to burn out
Forget the things they want you to believe
Forget the things they want you to become
On your back are the injured
They'll never determine your outcome
 
 
[Chorus]
Walking through fire
You have a friend
Stuck in a nightmare
A light to make it end
 
[Outro]
You're the hero who can show us
Our tragedy is not tragic
We are not alone, you are by our side
Remind us how to fly

Defender Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Tonight I saw a father's love, in waves, start to rise
I will not stand by and watch what I made be demonized
He insists you dug a hole, a hole of bitterness
A rock and a hard place sounds easy compared to this
 
[Refrain]
Righteous wrath
Righteous wrath, wrapped in empathy
Like a hurricane
Passing over a calming sea
Righteous wrath
Righteous wrath, wrapped in empathy
Like a forest fire
Spreading through the pouring rain
 
[Chorus]
(I would do anything)
I would do anything to make it through (To make it through)
But it takes two
One is me, the other's you
I would do anything to make it through (To make it through)
But it takes you
 
[Refrain]
Righteous wrath
Righteous wrath, wrapped in empathy
Like a hurricane
Passing over a calming sea
Righteous wrath
Righteous wrath, wrapped in empathy
Like a forest fire
Spreading through the pouring rain
 
 
[Verse 2]
The ones who know what's best are the best to have around
An understanding man doing the best he can to comprehend
A voice that shakes, that shakes as he calms the quake
We need a defender who bends so we don't break
 
[Bridge]
There is no judge
I am the jury and the defendant
The gavel has no hand
Who will deliver the sentence?
Bitterness has no end
 
[Chorus]
I would do anything to make it through (To make it through)
But it takes two
One is me, the other's you
I would do anything to make it through (To make it through)
But it takes you
 
[Post-Chorus]
A friend defends the one he loves
In all things love, love transcends
 
[Outro]
I need a defender
A voice that shakes to calm the quake
I need a defender who bends and breaks in my place

Lighthouse Lyrics

[Chorus]
Take another look around
There's so much lost to be found
People everywhere are hurting
Even though they're counted out
There's so much lost to be found
 
[Verse 1]
Passion in action is compassion (Compassion)
Love is greater than what it's made of (It's made of)
It will cost you
Someone has to pay
Give nothing
And you'll waste your wealth away
Someone has to pay
Bloodied and battered, dying in the ditch
Help nowhere to be found
 
[Chorus]
Take another look around
There's so much lost to be found
People everywhere are hurting
Even though they're counted out
There's so much lost to be found
 
[Verse 2]
Their prayers to a god are spoken in vain
His home is with the broken, he is the answer to their pain
A faith so fragile they're told to never leave
Scared they'll be seen for what they are
Not what they've achieved
 
 
[Bridge]
A monster's legacy
Ends the day he dies
The man never forgotten
Is the one who's crucified
The treasure is in the tatters
Not just another cog in the wheel
Help those in need
And you've said more than your words will ever say
Divine design
Will light the way
Rise up
Reach out
Have pity, let the outcast in
Rise up
Reach out
A stranger's face in a foreign place
Rise up
Reach out
Shutting out the poor won't lead to a cure
Who will rise up and reach out?
 
[Chorus]
Take another look around
There's so much lost to be found
People everywhere are hurting
Even though they’re counted out
There's so much lost to be found
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Dismembered Memory Lyrics

[Chorus]
Take care of the care taker
Say these words before you meet your maker
Take care of the care taker
 
[Verse 1]
This catastrophe
Has been years in the making
They saw the advantage
You were there for the taking
 
[Refrain]
Carry the guilt
Of letting a loved one down (One down)
We're all holding the burden
Of watching you fall (You fall)
This won't be your final curtain call
Trusted they were safe in your hands
Your oath be damned
Just another hypocrite's plan
Your oath be damned
 
[Verse 2]
The lows feel like days
The highs escape in minutes (Minutes)
Go back to when everything was clear
The act of waking up didn't instill fear
This is a conflict you can conquer
It’s just mind over matter
The reality of the situation
This may take some meditation
You'll need some help to figure out this equation
And find out why things aren't lining up inside
Your internal clock isn't winding right
The pressure is building
It's more than you can take
 
 
[Chorus]
Take care of the care taker
Say these words before you meet your maker
Take care of the care taker
 
[Post-Chorus]
This won't be how you are remembered
It is a conflict you can conquer
This won't be how you are remembered
Rewrite the script and start over (Over)
Start over (Over)
 
[Bridge]
Trusted they were safe in your hands
Your oath be damned
Just another hypocrite's plan
Your oath be damned
Your oath be damned
(Your oath be damned)
 
[Refrain]
Carry the guilt
Of letting a loved one down (One down)
We're all holding the burden
Of watching you fall

Ties That Bind Lyrics

[Chorus]
Back of the pack with the wind in our face
Control and dictate our own pace
We figured out how much we can take
This is our chance (This is our chance)
To break out
 
[Verse 1]
Trials are the ties that bind
They hold us together in the darkest of times
Hardships can be used to harden our bonds
We’ll learn from our grief, and carry on (Carry on)
 
[Pre-Chorus]
We won't be faithless
We will be tenacious
We’ll gain our strength
From our failures
We will gain strength
From our failures
We will gain strength
From our failures
 
[Chorus]
Back of the pack with the wind in our face
Control and dictate our own pace
We figured out how much we can take
This is our chance to break out
 
 
[Verse 2]
Surround yourself
With others who won't let you fall
Don't pull away
With no shoulder to lean on, you've got nothing at all
Surround yourself
With others who won't let you fall
Don't pull away (Pull away)
 
[Bridge]
Our troubles, they can be endless
They're surrounding us within a cave-in
Completely covered before we can blink
The harder we try the deeper we sink
Our struggles, knuckles have been broken
 
[Outro]
We've climbed from this collapse
And we're ready to break out
(We're ready to break out)
(We're ready to break out)
The code has been cracked
And we're ready to break out
(We're ready to break out)
(We're ready to break out)
(We're ready to break out)
(We're ready to break out)
(We're ready to break out)
(We're ready to break out)

Empty Heaven Lyrics

9 ContributorsEmpty Heaven LyricsRestart your heart
Fill your lungs with this oxygen
Restart your heart
So you are filled with life again
If we could turn back time
Stop your decline
Piece you back together
Until you've been revived
 
We have one more minute to hear your thoughts (To hear your thoughts)
How did you remain so strong?
So many questions left unanswered
So many mysteries we'll never know
 
Why do the graceful fall the hardest?
Why do they leave the biggest impact?
So many legends with no endings
We'll never know
 
What's it like to be the breeze?
To be one with the air we all breathe?
The chill that runs up our spines, across our necks
And into the back of our minds?
 
Gently passing through the room
And haunting everyone who's ever known you (And what you've been through)
They still feel the warmth of your embrace
You may feel present, but you're not of this place
You are the revenant
Watching your own wake
When your days are at an end
You'll never understand
Or fully comprehend
Until it’s too late
 
 
What's eternity like when you're the first to arrive?
Take a look around
There's no one by your side
Will you seek solace in all that you know?
Or will you wish that your blood still flowed?
 
Restart your heart
Fill your lungs with this oxygen
Restart your heart
So you are filled with life again
If we could turn back time (Turn back time)
Stop your decline
Piece you back together
Until you've been revived