Salvation

2 ContributorsCarpal Tunnel LyricsSometimes I feel like I am dead to this world

No place or purpose, pushed under the stairs collecting dust and mold

Just another rat living inside your walls

Another lost cause

Walking in circles, been killing time, searching for a reason why "enough is never enough" so I turn my back just to find myself at another dead end

Another dead end, but I'm getting used to it

Another dead end, my new best friend. "

No wife, no picket fences," I’ve made a living off digging my own grave

Carving these words into my headstone, "this is all I have, this is everything." Truth be told, I'm scared to death to bet my life on this because I've been in debt since the day I was born and every hand I’m dealt is just another regret

I'm all in

I've got nothing left, nothing left but empty pockets and my head in my hands

Convinced I'm nothing but a burnt out wick, but the constant urge to keep moving on keeps my blood warm and my heart beating like a fucking war drum

Can you hear those sticks beating against my ribs?

Truth be told, my will keeps slipping away every chance it gets

Just when I think I have a grasp on it, the carpal tunnel opens up my fist. "

Is this what you want?

Then this is what you'll get for holding on

Is it worth the pain in the end?" I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. (the whisper part of the lyrics will be left out) "

No wife, no picket fences." I've made a living off digging my own grave

Carving these words into my headstone. "

This is all I have, this is everything."

1 ContributorWreckage LyricsTime is running out and when it's gone it’s gone

But I can't turn my back

On all the blood and sweat I've shed

On this lonely path I tread

Where only stubborn men like me

Have the heart to walk and face the harsh reality

Of following a dream

I’ll be the first to strike the match

I'd rather bleed out before I burn to death

I know I said that I was so much more than this

But that was then

I've gone through some things since

I know I said that I was so much more

But here I am still broken down

So I bite the bullet with crooked teeth

Who ever said "Time heals all"

Better start practicing what they preach

'Cause I've taken nothing from your words

You try and sway me

Tell me this is all for nothing

But I stay chained to the only thing I love

Just take me back

To when I had the chance

No where to go, but up

This place can turn and honest kid

Into a man of cowardice

I know I said that I was so much more than this

But that was then

I've gone through some things since

I know I said that I was so much more

But here I am ,still broken down

1 ContributorSo Nearly Free LyricsI tried my best to keep quiet

To keep my head held down

To wear a smile and pretend I'm fine

To convince the world around me

That I'm not sick and tired of being afraid

Of waking up and having to live another day trapped in these surroundings

With a permanent mask sewn to my face

Sometimes I feel like I'm dead to this world

Like I faded out years ago, but I will not let the rain wash me away

"Dear father this is all I have."

I know it's not much, but at least it's something

Underneath the skin, behind the dirt and grime

Hides a lost scared kid, a forced fed child

From a broken home with no place else to go

Left out to dry in the bitter cold

We keep our heads buried beneath the sheets, sins pushed under our beds

Skeletons living in our closets, cold breath fogging up the pains of glass

We all have our fears, they stay carved in our minds

Keeping us from sleep, keeping us from moving on

Sometimes I feel like my purpose on this earth

Is to be a never ending example

A constant display of what it's like to constantly fail

"Dear mother, this is all I have."

I know it's not much but at least it's something

This is my life in black and white

I can't say I love it, but at least it's better than nothing

They call it a gift, make of it what you will

Once the chord is cut and the basket is filled the nightmare begins

We all have our fears, they stay carved in our minds

Keeping us from sleep, keeping us from moving on

They call it a gift, make of it you will

So precious, so innocent, so clean, so frail

Once the chord is cut and the basket is filled, the story begins

As the pages pile up, the more the weight that weighs down

And there's only one way out

Straight through hell

1 ContributorOil and Water LyricsDays spent struggling to keep these few last screws from coming loose, but time keeps stripping the threads instead. Everyday I find myself retracing the same shallow footsteps and ending up in the same dead ends. Some say that life is a gift. Some say life is shit. But i truly believe, life is what you make of it. Im no half hearted man, but I have my doubts. Stuck in this troubled mind with no way out. Walking this earth in the shadow of a ghost. No direction, no place to call my home. I grown so numb to this complacency. It all feels so natural, like this is where I'm supposed to be. Where i can stand as one. Broken but holding on. Where I can piece myself back together. On my own. Where i can stand as one. Solitude. Where i can find myself lost, but not alone. Solitude. Im no half hearted man, but I have my doubts. Stuck in this troubled mind. I k now this place too well. Isolation. I know this place too well. I know it all too well

1 ContributorDread LyricsIt's not the scream of the midnight train

Or the cold whisper of the autumn rain

It’s not the static of the god damned box fan

Keeping me from sleep

It's a voice only I can hear

The voice of failure

The voice of a defeated man breathing down my neck

And while this ghosts haunts my every move

Every step I take

I hope and pray for the day he'll let me go

And pass me by

But he’s stays pearched on my back, stuck in my side

Says, "If you fail again, know it will be your last."

I cannot live like this

"I've been the hands digging your shallow grave

Making myself at home

Spit shining your empty casket

Yet, you refuse to let me go."

You carved a hole in my head

Filled it with fear and doubt

Told me," it's for the best, one day you'll understand,"

It's not the sound of the midnight train

Or the faint screams of men like me

Giving up everything we have

Being all we can be

This is me. Half man half machine

This is me. The damaged product of my mistakes

We are the authors, the failures, the ghosts,Lost in our heads, deprived of all hope.Tangled up in bad luck

But i won't give up

1 ContributorCarving Words LyricsAll I want you to know

Is that I've been here before

Stuck at the bottom

I've tasted the floor

Always the last in line, patiently waiting for my turn to shine

But it never comes

They say, what's the sun without a little rain?

You know they love to say

Anything to make you feel at ease

And not as worthless but...

If I gave you all I had, would it be enough?

All I ask is for a fighting chance

I've lost too much sleep over things I can't change

And it's wearing me down

From the inside out

These tired eyes have seen brighter days

Sure, time will heal the wounds

But the scars remain

For everyone to see a common ground for

The strong and the weak but the difference between

Dying on your feet and living on your knees

They say what's the sun without a little rain?

But it's been pouring for days

I've seen it wash away better men than me

But I still remain

I gave you all I had

I've lost too much sleep over things I can't change

And it's wearing me down

From the inside out

These tired eyes have seen brighter days

Sure, time will heal the wounds

But the scars remain

I've been breaking my back, just scraping by

All on a whim and a preyer

That you will take me in

And hear me out

Look me in the eyes

It might just save me from burning out

I've lost too much sleep over things I can't change

And it's wearing me down

From the inside out

These tired eyes have seen brighter days

Sure, time will heal the wounds

But the scars remain

I've been breaking my back

Just scraping by

All on a whim and a preyer

That you will take me in

And hear me out