The Chronicles of Life and Death
Good Charlotte
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Once Upon a Time: The Battle of Life and Death
02 : 24
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The Chronicles of Life and Death
03 : 03
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Walk Away (Maybe)
03 : 20
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S.O.S.
03 : 42
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I Just Wanna Live
02 : 46
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Ghost of You
04 : 50
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Predictable
03 : 11
8
Secrets
03 : 54
9
The Truth
03 : 55
10
The World Is Black
03 : 06
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Mountain
04 : 33
12
We Believe
03 : 51
13
It Wasn’t Enough
03 : 23
14
In This World (Murder)
05 : 27
15
Falling Away
03 : 08
16
Wounded
03 : 10
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Track Lyrics
Once Upon a Time: The Battle of Life and Death Lyrics
[Intro]
Jinsei, jinsei, jinsei
Shinu, shinu, shinu...
Jinsei, jinsei, jinsei
Shinu, shinu, shinu...
[Verse 1]
Seise to shi, umarete wa shinu
Seise to shi, umarete wa shinu
Kyuuketsuki wa eien ni ikiru yakusoku
Sareta...
[Pre-Chorus]
Seise to shi, umarete wa shinu
Seise to shi, umarete wa shinu eien no shi...
(Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!)
[Chorus]
(Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!) Seise to shi, shi wa utsukushii, utsukushii
(Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!) Seise to shi, shi wa utsukushii, utsukushii
(Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!) Seise to shi, jinsei utsukushii, utsukushii
(Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!) Kyuuketsuki, eien ni ikiru yakusoku
(Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!) Sareta...
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Outro]
Oh! Ah... Oh! Ah...
Oh! Ahhh...
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
[Instrumental Outro]
The Chronicles of Life and Death Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
You come in cold, you're covered in blood
They're all so happy you've arrived
The doctor cuts your cord, hands you to your mom
She sets you free into this life
[Pre-Chorus]
And where do you go with no destination
No map to guide you?
Wouldn't you know, that it doesn't matter
We all end up the same... (The same...)
[Chorus]
These are the chronicles of
Life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives
As fictional as they may seem
[Post-Chorus]
You come in this world, and you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of your life!
[Verse 2]
And money talks in this world
That's what idiots will say
But you'll find out that this world
Is just an idiot's parade
[Pre-Chorus]
Before you go, you've got some questions
And you want answers
But now you’re old, cold, covered in blood
Right back to where you started from... (from...)
[Chorus]
These are the chronicles of
Life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives
As fictional as they may seem
[Post-Chorus]
You come in this world, and you go out just the same
Today could be the worst day of your life...
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
But these are the chronicles of
Life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives
As fictional as they may seem
[Post-Chorus]
You come in this world, and you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of
Today could be the worst day of
Today could be the last day of your life
[Outro]
It's your life, your life...
[Instrumental Outro]
Walk Away (Maybe) Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
I made this bed, I choose to lie in it
Live with my regrets, sleep with what I said
Could this be the end? Am I standing on the edge
Of everything I wanted now?
[Pre-Chorus]
I was afraid, I was afraid
[Chorus]
Well, maybe I’m just scared to face the things I fear
It's easier to walk away from everything
[Verse 2]
Separate my soul with all the things we shared
I’m falling to pieces now
Say a prayer for me when you go to bed
I’m in need of your faith now
[Pre-Chorus]
I was afraid
[Chorus]
Well, maybe I’m just scared to face the things I fear
It's easier to walk away from everything
If we could just reset and live in happiness
Instead of our regrets, we'd salvage everything
[Post-Chorus]
We don't have to walk away
[Bridge]
Pray for me now, I’m in need of faith
Pray for me now, I’m in need
[Chorus]
Maybe I’m just scared to face the things I fear
It's easier to walk away from everything
If we could just reset, and live in happiness
Instead of our regrets, we'd salvage everything
[Outro]
Maybe I’m just scared to face the things I fear
It's easier to walk away from everything
Walk away from everything
Walk away from everything
S.O.S. Lyrics
[Chorus]
Is anybody listening? Can they hear me when I call?
I'm shooting signals in the air, 'cause I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own, so I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening? Listening...
[Verse 1]
I've been stranded here, and I'm miles away
Making signals hoping they'd save me
I lock myself inside these walls, 'cause out there, I'm always wrong
I don't think I'm gonna make it
[Pre-Chorus]
So while I'm sitting here on the eve of my defeat
I'll write this letter and hope it saves me
[Chorus]
Is anybody listening? Can they hear me when I call?
I'm shooting signals in the air, 'cause I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own, so I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening? Listening...
[Verse 2]
I'm stuck in my own head, and I'm oceans away
Would anybody notice if I chose to stay?
I'll send an S.O.S. tonight, I wonder if I will survive
How in the hell did I get so far away this time?
[Pre-Chorus]
So now, I'm sitting here, the time of my departure's near
I say a prayer, please someone, save me!
[Chorus]
Is anybody listening? Can they hear me when I call?
I'm shooting signals in the air, 'cause I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own, so I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening? Listening...
[Bridge]
I'm lost here, I can't make it on my own, I don't want to die alone
I'm so scared, drowning now, reaching out
Holding on to everything I know
Crying out, dying now, need some help!
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Is anybody listening? Can they hear me when I call?
Shooting signals in the air, I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own, I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening?
I Just Wanna Live Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
I need an alarm system in my house
So I know when people are
Creeping about, these people are
Freaking me out these days
[Pre-Chorus]
It's getting hectic everywhere that I go
They won't leave me alone, there's things they all wanna know
I'm paranoid of all the people I meet
Why are they talking to me? And why can't anyone see
[Chorus]
I just wanna live?
Don't really care about the things that they say
Don't really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live, just wanna live, just wanna live, just wanna live
[Post-Chorus]
Just wanna live, just wanna live, just wanna live
[Verse 2]
I rock a lawsuit when I'm going to court
A white suit when I'm getting divorced
A black suit at the funeral home
And my birthday suit when I'm home alone
[Pre-Chorus]
Talking on the phone, got an interview
With the Rolling Stone, they're saying
"Now you're rich and now you're famous
Fake-ass girls all know your name and
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Your first hit, aren't you ashamed?"
Of the life, of the life
Of the life we're living
[Chorus]
I just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Don't really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live
[Bridge]
"Stop your messing around, boy!
Better think of your future!
Better make some good plans, boy!"
Said everyone of my teachers
Look out! You better play it safe
You never know what hard times will come your way
We say where we're coming from
We've already seen the worst that this life can bring
[Pre-Chorus]
Now we expect it everywhere that we go
All the things that they say, yeah, we already know
[Chorus]
I just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Don't really care about what happens to me
(Just wanna live, just wanna live, just wanna live)
I just wanna live
(Just wanna live, just wanna live, just wanna live)
[Outro]
I just wanna live
(Just wanna live, just wanna live, just wanna live)
Don't really care about the things that they say
(Just wanna live, just wanna live, just wanna live)
Don't really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live...
Ghost of You Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
And I will wait until the end, when the pendulum will swing back
To the darker side of our hearts bleeding
I will save this empty space next to me like it's a grave
Where I lay a place for us to sleep eternally together
[Pre-Chorus]
I have been searching for
Traces of what we were
[Chorus]
A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all
[Verse 2]
So, here I am, pacing around this house again with pictures of us
Living on these walls, I see my breath in the cold of the air that I
Breathe and I'm wondering, I'm wondering if it's you that I feel
If it's you that I feel here haunting me forever
[Pre-Chorus]
I have been searching for
Traces of what we were
[Chorus]
A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all
[Bridge]
And I'm not looking for anything but us
Anything but what we were
And I'm not asking for painted memories
I only want to know you're here
[Chorus]
A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all
[Outro]
A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all...
Predictable Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Something isn't right, I can feel it again, feel it again
This isn't the first time that you left me waiting
[Pre-Chorus]
Sad excuses
And false hopes high
I saw this coming
Still I don't know why I let you in
[Chorus]
I knew it all along, you're so predictable
I knew something would go wrong (Something's always wrong...)
So you don't have to call or say anything at all
You're so predictable (So predictable...)
[Verse 2]
So take your empty words, your broken promises
And all the time you stole, 'cause I am done with this
[Pre-Chorus]
I can give it away, give it away
I'm doing everything I should've
And now I'm making a change, I'm living the day
I'm giving back what you gave me, I don't need anything
[Chorus]
I knew it all along, you're so predictable
I knew something would go wrong (Something's always wrong...)
So you don't have to call or say anything at all
You're so predictable (So predictable...)
[Bridge]
Everywhere I go, everyone I meet, every time I
Try to fall in love, they all wanna know why I'm so broken
Why am I so cold? Why I'm so hard inside
Why am I scared? What am I afraid of?
I don't even know, this story's never had an end, I've been waiting
I've been searching, I've been hoping, I've been dreaming
You would come back, but I know the ending of this story
You're never coming back! Never, never...
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never...
[Chorus]
I knew it all along, you're so predictable
I knew something would go wrong (Something's always wrong...)
So you don't have to call or say anything at all
You're so predictable (So predictable...)
[Outro]
Everywhere I go for the rest of my life
(So predictable...) Everyone that I love, everyone I care about
They're all gonna wanna know what's wrong with me
(So predictable...) And I know what it is, I'm ending this right now!
Secrets Lyrics
[Verse 1]
In the dark, in the darkness you will find
Dirty little secrets we all hide
Because we all have a darker side
A place we keep where no one else will find
[Pre-Chorus]
Because everybody wants to hide their secrets away
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain
[Chorus]
But I will stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could dance with me through this rain
And we will fight, we’ll fight again, fight again
[Verse 2]
In the back, in the closets of your mind
That's where skeletons and dirty secrets hide
And I'll rip out my insides
And leave them on display for you tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
Because everybody wants to hide their secrets away
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain
[Chorus]
But I will stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could dance with me through this rain
And we will fight, we’ll fight again, fight again
[Post-Chorus]
Fight again…
[Bridge]
All my life, I hide my secrets away
In the dark, in the dark, in the dark
We all try to hide our secrets away
In the dark, in the dark, in the dark
[Chorus]
Stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could dance with me through this rain
And we will fight, we’ll fight again, fight again
[Post-Chorus]
Fight again
[Outro]
Because everybody wants to hide their secrets away
And that’s okay
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain
Fight again
The Truth Lyrics
[Verse 1]
So here we are, we are alone
There’s weight on your mind, I wanna know
[Pre-Chorus]
The truth, if this is how you feel
Say it to me, if this was ever real
[Chorus]
I want the truth from you
Give me the truth even if it hurts me
I want the truth from you
Give me the truth even if it hurts me
[Post-Chorus]
I want the truth, so this is you
[Verse 2]
You're talking to me, you found a million ways to let me down
So, I’m not hurt when you’re not around, I was blind
[Pre-Chorus]
But now, I see this is how you feel
Just say it to me, if this was ever real
[Chorus]
I want the truth from you
Give me the truth even if it hurts me
I want the truth from you
Give me the truth even if it hurts me
[Bridge]
I know that this will break me, I know that this might make me cry
You gotta say what’s on your mind, on your mind
I know that this will hurt me, and break my heart and soul inside
But I don’t wanna live this lie
[Chorus]
I want the truth from you
Give me the truth even if it hurts me
I want the truth from you
Give me the truth even if it hurts, I don’t care no more, no!
[Outro]
Just give me the truth, give me the truth
‘Cause I don’t care no more
Give me the truth
‘Cause I don’t care no more, no!
Just give me the truth, give me the truth
Give me the truth, give me the truth
Give me the truth
‘Cause I don’t care no more, no!
The World Is Black Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Turn on Channel Seven at a quarter to eight
You see the same damn thing, it's just a different day
And no one really knows why this is happening
But it's happening
And everywhere you go, it's just a different place
You get the same dark feeling, see the same sad faces
No one really cares that this is happening
[Pre-Chorus]
We come into this world
And we all are the same
In that moment, there's no one to blame
[Chorus]
But the world is black
And hearts are cold
And there's no hope
That's what we're told
And we can't go back
It won't be the same
Forever changed
By the things we've seen, seen
[Verse 2]
Living in this place, it's always been this way
There's no one doing nothing, so there's nothing changed
And I can't live when this world just keeps dying
It's dying
People always tell me this is part of the plan
That God's got everybody in His hands
But I can only pray that God is listening
Is He listening?
[Pre-Chorus]
We're living in this world
Growing colder everyday
Nothing can stay perfect, now I see
[Chorus]
But the world is black
And hearts are cold
And there's no hope
That's what we're told
And we can't go back
It won't be the same
Forever changed
By the things we've seen, seen, seen
[Pre-Chorus]
We come into this world
And we all are the same
And in that moment, there's no one to blame
But we're living in this world
Growing colder everyday
Nothing can stay perfect, now I see
[Bridge]
But the world is black
And hearts are cold
There's no hope
That's what we're told
And we can't go back (We can't go back)
It won't be the same (It won't be the same)
Forever changed (What will ever change?)
By the things we've seen, seen, seen
[Outro]
Turn on Channel Seven at a quarter to eight
You see the same damn thing, it's just a different day
And no one really knows why this is happening
Mountain Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Intro]
Whoa!
[Verse 1]
All these dreams and all these plans, I built them all with these
Two hands, everything I've realized my dreams
The city lights shine down and they blind me sometimes
But through it all, I was lost, but I found my way
[Pre-Chorus]
So tell me what you want, 'cause I would give you anything
Tell me what you need, and I'll go get it
I'd give up all these dreams to have you in my arms right now
I'd give up everything and I'd forget it
[Chorus]
I wasn't on a mountain
When it came to me
All my life's been wasted
Chasing shallow dreams
[Verse 2]
So here we are
Let me lift you up and show you this world over me
And all these things, what I've gained, and what I've seen
It can't compare to the love that you could give to me
[Pre-Chorus]
So tell me what you want, 'cause I would give you anything
Tell me what you need, and I'll go get it
I'd give up all these dreams to have you in my arms right now
I'd give up everything and I'd forget it
[Chorus]
I wasn't on a mountain
When it came to me
All my life's been wasted
Chasing shallow dreams
[Bridge]
Years go by, and nothing's slowing down the time
Years go by, and then they're wasted
All this time, I thought that I gained everything
If you are not mine, I'm so empty
[Chorus]
I wasn't on a mountain
When it came, when it came to me
All my life's been wasted
Chasing shallow dreams
[Outro]
So, please come back to me, I'm right here waiting
So, please come back to me, now...
[Instrumental Outro]
We Believe Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
There's a woman crying out tonight
Her world has changed, she asks God why
Her only son has died, and now her daughter cries
She can't sleep at night
Downtown, another day for all the suits and ties
Another war to fight, there's no regard for life
How do they sleep at night, how can we make things right?
Just wanna make this right
[Chorus]
We believe, we believe, we believe, we believe
We believe, we believe in this love
[Post-Chorus]
We are all the same
Human in all our ways and all our pain (So let it be)
There's a love that could fall down like rain (Let us see)
Let forgiveness wash away the pain (What we need)
And no one really knows what they are searching for (We believe)
This world is crying for so much more
[Chorus]
We believe, we believe, we believe, we believe
We believe, we believe in this love
We believe, we believe, we believe
We believe, we believe in this love
[Bridge]
So this world is too much for you to take
Just lay it down and follow me
I'll be everything you need
In every way
[Chorus]
We believe, we believe, we believe, we believe
We believe, we believe in this love
[Outro]
In this love, we believe in this love, we believe
In this love, we believe in this love
It Wasn’t Enough Lyrics
[Intro]
It wasn't enough, it wasn't enough
It wasn't enough
[Verse 1]
I will try to believe in the things I cannot see
But my faith is shaken now, like it's never been before
When I call, and you don't come, I don't know what I should do
Should I call? Should I even count on you?
[Chorus]
I've given all I can, it wasn't enough
To keep you in my hands, should I give up?
I try to understand, was it ever enough?
I don't understand
[Verse 2]
So here I am once again with my back against the wall
Afraid to show you, afraid to tell you, I don't know you like I did
I've never been so alone, I've never felt so insecure
And now I don't know where I'm going in my life, I'm not so sure
[Chorus]
I've given all I can, it wasn't enough
To keep you in my hands, should I give up?
I try to understand, was it ever enough?
I don't understand
[Bridge]
Giving up tonight, I won't let go, won't let go of you
Giving up tonight, I wanna show you, wanna show you
Giving up tonight, I won't let go, won't let go of you
Giving up tonight, am I giving up? Giving up
I don't wanna give this up, I won't!
[Chorus]
I've given all I can, it wasn't enough
To keep you in my hands, should I give up?
I try to understand, was it ever enough?
I don't understand
[Outro]
Everything you want from me, I fought so hard for everything
Everything you want from me, I tried so hard, could never be
Anything you want from me, anything you want from me
Anything you want from me, I gave it all...
In This World (Murder) Lyrics
[fading out]
Heaven
Falling Away Lyrics
[Verse 1]
And tonight we burn down everything we worked so hard to build
The ashes will rain down on me, memories set aflame
Sail away, what we said if we can make this
Then we can break this into two memories
[Chorus]
I feel you falling away, I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
I feel you falling away, I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
[Verse 2]
And tonight I will be a vessel with these sails set aflame
Let this ocean of our memories carry me
Out to sea, I will be, fall beneath the crashing waves
Into my grave, I will sleep
[Chorus]
I feel you falling away, I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
I feel you falling away, I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
I feel you falling away, I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
I feel you falling away, I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
[Bridge]
If we can make this, then we can break it
If we can build it, then we can burn it down
[Chorus]
I feel you falling away, I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
I feel you falling away, I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
I feel you falling away, I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
[Outro]
And now you're farther away, now you're farther away
Now you're farther away from me again
And now you're farther away, now you're farther away
Now you're farther away from me again
And now you're farther away, now you're farther away
Now you're farther away from me again
And now you're farther away, now you're farther away
Now you're farther away from me again
Wounded Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Lost and broken, hopeless and lonely
Smiling on the outside, and hurt beneath my skin
My eyes are fading, my soul is bleeding
I'll try to make it seem okay, but my faith is wearing thin
[Chorus]
So help me heal these wounds
They've been open for way too long
Help me fill this soul
Even though this is not your fault
That I'm open, and I'm bleeding
All over your brand new rug
And I need someone to help me sew them up
[Verse 2]
I only wanted a magazine
I only wanted a movie screen
I only wanted the life I'd read about and dreamed
And now my mind is an open book
And now my heart is an open wound
And now my life is an open soul for all to see
[Chorus]
But help me heal these wounds
They've been open for way too long
Help me fill this soul
Even though this is not your fault
That I'm open, and I'm bleeding
All over your brand new rug
And I need someone to help me
[Bridge]
So you come along, I push you away
Then kick and scream for you to stay
'Cause I need someone to help me
Oh, I need someone to help me
[Chorus]
To help me heal these wounds
They've been open for way too long
Help me fill this soul
Even though this is not your fault
That I'm open, and I'm bleeding
All over your brand new rug
And I need someone to help me sew them
[Outro]
I need someone to help me fill them
I need someone to help me close them up