You Were Never Alone

[Intro]

Align yourself

With the freedmen

How can you deny this ground

You sold your flesh

Tell yourself that you're a free man

Tear your vestments the slave becomes the crown

[Pre-Verse 1]

The thirst filled us the worst years of

Birth and death were held by threads

[Verse 1]

The turning set about the pages saw escape

The filth of years beneath our fingers washed away

Then gold within our ears drew figures and erased

The wretched lost their way; they're standing here today

Resist with wounded eyes, wide awake but dead inside

[Chorus]

You're breaking my heart; You're breaking my heart

Standing here the audience will tear me all apart

The hardened answers you planned fell apart

So blanket me, so you can see, you've broken my heart

[Refrain]

So I will tell you one last thing, intertwine us for history

It will seal our fates, but I take my place

[Bridge]

Your rigid throats proclaim the righteous written word

But you cut out the veins, and now you sleep with her

It's dripping from your mouths; It's pouring from your skin

The lust of power takes you, and the stench has settled in

You have ground your teeth craving control

[Outro]

I see what's waiting for me, and it's beautiful so beautiful

I can't stop these words they all just rush to me

But I guess I've lost my senses there's just so much to see

Many times in my life I doubted your words

But here I am, and everything I've heard is true

And it's you, so beautiful

Beautiful to me

[Verse 1]

I wanted to sit out of this one but my God you're so convincing

I said I would, and I meant I'd try but with a wealth of doubts came a mouth full of lies

(I said that I would, and I meant every word, but it took the ending)

I sank my teeth in the kingdom come and spit out my years and held back my tongue

(And all that I heard, from the foot of my bed this was just the beginning)

[Verse 2]

Make this your business what I am about to say

The last touch between us took this all the way

Don't believe for once that I could let this go away

It's right behind, these eyes of mine even if I stay

[Verse 3]

And I wanted to fix this like you fixed my name to this

I said I would, and I meant I'd try but with a wealth of doubts came a mouth full of lies

I sank my teeth in the kingdom come and spit out my years pulled back my tongue

[Chorus 1]

Forget the wasted time we've made it

The stars are out just in time to see

The dark retreating and shadows fleeting

We found the ground beneath our feet

What's stopping you (What's stopping you)

What's stopping you don't let this in

What's stopping you (What's stopping you)

What's stopping you can't stop all of this

[Verse 4]

These clumsy arms can't be the first

Distance your regrets is what I've heard

You sit there with a pardon like a present

Oh my soul

Those words I guess I'm never gonna be alone

But I'm on my own

Don't believe for once that I would let this go away

[Chorus 2]

Forget the wasted time we've made it

(I knew it right away)

The stars are out just in time to see

(This would break all of their hearts)

The dark retreating and shadows fleeting

(I couldn't stay away)

We found the ground beneath our feet

(A good person always plays their part)

What's stopping you (What's stopping you)

What's stopping you don't let this in

What's stopping you (What's stopping you)

What's stopping you can't stop all of this

[Bridge]

Always wanted to say that I would be the first

From the ground to the table I planned and rehearsed

To be there at the moment to capture my name

But it's yours and not mine, and it's yours that he made

[Breakdown]

Lift up your hands it's surrender or praise

So you burn all your plans for the words you believed

The nails you learned to drive between

The wood and earth that made you see

That simple men of simple means

Can hold the heavens in their hands

[Outro]

Second place I find here

(I've always known my part)

The upper case is Yours not mine

(But I would love to see this through)

Teach these hands to have fear

(Could we go back to the start)

Orchestrate my words and lines

(When it was just me and you)

But I never said I wanted any of this, I never said no

[Intro]

I thought I was the sun and all its light

Shining in the dark, Your vengeance my guide

I wanted to take this world back for You

Tearing skin and voice let the light breakthrough

[Refrain]

I can't see a thing

I want this more than anything

[Verse 1]

The headlight stopped my feet from moving, and my eyelids could not close or move away. From the echo of the voice that buckled both my knees and flung me to the ground beneath the weight

The earth and road seemed like they were not there at all but there it was and everything in place. But I was changed

I was not the same, but now I confess

Here in my own flesh is the familiar and the intimate

[Bridge]

Seven words, seven words have severed into me

(Seven words have severed into me)

Seven words, seven words have brought me to my knees

(Brought me to my knees)

[Verse 2]

Count your blessings that you've never seen the things the simple things were ours to take. But the questions danced around our innocence, and now the innocence is nothing more than faith. Gather towards the door your things, come quickly now, the morning gives the light away. Open your heart, to the very worst parts and let them depart

[Outro]

I cut my teeth on the flesh of the liars

I made my words into stones and then broke all the bones

I never saw the blade that ripped up my rib cage

My eyes glazed over, and the world moved on

How dare we speak of future and boast of legacy

[Pre-Chorus]

Did pretense make you weak? Your legs can’t even stand

The promise of the dead is that they won’t be back again

[Chorus 1]

DARKNESS, DARKNESS FOUND ME

HERE LIKE A COMMON THIEF!

YOU GUARD THE EXITS CAPTAIN

BUT CHOICES ARE NEVER FREE!

TAKE MY HAND LEAD ME ON!

I don’t want to give you answers

That you’d throw right back in to my face

I’m exhausted from being myself

But Your voice, is the Voice here and always

Inside, inside follow

Control that you swallow

You’ve got the numbers on your side

TO BURY ME!

It’s just as you said, in those words, I am identified

Let’s get this started right now

The endless excuses

We’re all here to watch me try

NOW TO DIE!

[Pre-Chorus]

Did pretense make you weak, your legs can’t even stand

The promise of the dead is that they won’t be back again

[Chorus 2]

THIS FAVOR CAST ON ME

BUT IN THIS REGARD I DISAGREE!

THE LIFE YOU TAKE IS THE ONLY

THING I HAVE HERE TO MY NAME

THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS NOW TAKEN AWAY!

The mystery of iniquity

The weight of secrets brought to a rest

Blood and bone have been my home, but in the eyes I see

Why it took Me