Siren Song of the Counter Culture
Rise Against
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State of the Union
02 : 19
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The First Drop
02 : 39
3
Life Less Frightening
03 : 44
4
Paper Wings
03 : 43
5
Blood to Bleed
03 : 48
6
To Them These Streets Belong
02 : 49
7
Tip the Scales
03 : 49
8
Anywhere but Here
03 : 38
9
Give It All
02 : 50
10
Dancing for Rain
04 : 01
11
Swing Life Away
03 : 20
12
Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
04 : 14
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Track Lyrics
State of the Union Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity
We're taking on water and about to fucking sink
No one seems to notice, no one even blinks
The crew left the passengers to die under the sea
[Chorus]
Countdown to the very end
Equality, an invitation that we won't extend
Ready aim, pull the trigger now
It's time you firmly secure your place in hell
[Verse 2]
State of the union address
Reads war torn country, still a mess
The words, power, death, and distorted truth
Are read between the lines of the red, white, and blue
[Chorus]
Countdown, to the very end
Equality, an invitation that we won't extend
Ready aim, pull the trigger now
It's time you firmly secure your place in hell
Your place in hell
Your place in hell
[Outro]
Guilty is what our graves will read
No year, no family, we did nothing (nothing!)
To stop the murder of
Of people just like us
The First Drop Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm calling out
Only echoes respond
But I scream 'til my voice is gone
Crouching in corners and hiding your face
I'm sick and tired of playing your games
I'm not alone
I stand amongst the voiceless
Millions in the unforgiving sun
Here arm-in-arm
We parade these streets
And sing our songs (and sing our songs)
[Chorus]
We've had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We've had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We've had enough)
Can't you listen to what we have to say? (We've had enough)
[Verse 2]
Unknowing, we lie and wait for the rain
To wash away what they have made
Face down in the dirt with your foot on my back
In the distance I hear thunder crack
Come on, stand up!
This system of power and privilege is about to come to an end
Here come the clouds
The first drop is falling down (falling down)
[Chorus]
We've had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We've had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We've had enough)
Can't you listen to what we have to say? (We've had enough)
[Bridge]
Our futures burn in red horizons
Ashes scattered in winds of change
Casualty numbers are rising
Now it's time to raise the stakes
We're meant for something more than living
Just to put food on our plates
I can't help but wonder
Why should we participate?
[Chorus]
Now we've had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We've had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We've had enough)
Can't you listen to what we have to say? (We've had enough)
Life Less Frightening Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Suffering from something we're not sure of
In a world there is no cure for
These lives we live test negative for happiness
Flat line, no pulse, but eyes open
Single file like soldiers on a mission
If there's no war outside our heads
Why are we losing?
[Chorus]
I don't ask for much
Truth be told I'd settle
For a life less frightening
A life less frightening
I don't ask for much
Truth be told I'd settle
For a life less frightening
A life less frightening
[Verse 2]
Hang me out to dry, I'm soaking
With the sins of knowing
What's gone wrong
But doing nothing, I still run
Time again I have found myself stuttering
Foundations pulled out from under me
This breath is wasted on them all
Will someone answer me
[Chorus]
I don't ask for much
Truth be told I'd settle
For a life less frightening
A life less frightening
I don't ask for much
Truth be told I'd settle
For a life less frightening
A life less frightening
[Bridge]
Is there a God tonight
Up in the sky
Or is it empty just like me?
A place where we can hide
Out from the night
Where you are all I see
So blow a kiss goodbye then close your eyes
Tell me what you see
A lifetime spent inside this dream of mine
Where you are all I see
[Chorus]
I don't ask for much
Truth be told I'd settle
For a life less frightening
A life less frightening
I don't ask for much
Truth be told I'd settle
For a life less frightening
A life less frightening
Paper Wings Lyrics
[Verse 1]
One last thing I beg you, please
Just before you go
I've watched you fly on paper wings
Halfway 'round the world until they burned up in the atmosphere
Sent you spiraling down
Landing somewhere far from here
With no one else around
To catch you falling down
And I'm looking at you now
[Chorus]
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
It's not waiting for you and neither am I
[Verse 2]
"Swing for the fences, son", he must have told you once
But that was a conversation you took nothing from
So raise your glass now
Let's celebrate exactly what you've done
Just put off another day of knowing where you're from
You can catch up with yourself, if you run
[Chorus]
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
It's not waiting for you and neither am I
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Is this the life that you lead? The life that's lead for you?
Will you take the road that's been laid out before you?
Will we cross paths somewhere else tonight?
Somewhere else tonight?
[Chorus]
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
It's not waiting for you and neither am I
And I can't tell if you're laughing
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
There's a train leaving town in an hour
It's not waiting for you and neither am I
Blood to Bleed Lyrics
[Verse 1]
This place rings with echoes of
Lives once lived but now are lost
Time spent wondering about tomorrow
I don't care if we lose it all tonight
Up in flames, burning bright
Warming the air of the world
[Chorus]
"I don't love you anymore" is all I remember you telling me
Never have I felt so cold
But I've no more blood to bleed
'Cause my heart has been draining into the sea
[Verse 2]
Steps, I take in your footsteps
Aren't getting me closer to what is left
Of the dreams of what I once claimed to know
Within my bones this resonates
Boiling blood will circulate
Could you tell me again what you did this for?
[Chorus]
"I don't love you anymore" is all I remember you telling me
Never have I felt so cold
But I've no more blood to bleed
'Cause my heart has been draining into the sea (oh oh oh oh)
[Bridge]
Still I wait
With a hope inside of me (inside of me)
So still (so still) I wait (I wait)
Until again we meet
Until again we meet
Within my bones this resonates
Boiling blood will circulate
Could you tell me again what you did this for?
[Chorus]
"I don't love you anymore" is all I remember you telling me
Never have I felt so cold
But I've no more blood to bleed
'Cause my heart has been draining into the sea
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ooh)
[Outro]
Still I wait
With a hope (so still) inside of me (I wait)
So still (a hope) I wait (inside of me)
To Them These Streets Belong Lyrics
[Intro]
So look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious)
You got what you came for now I think it's time to move on (when will you see)
But these ghosts come alive like water and wine
Walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs
To them these streets belong
[Verse 1]
My atonement lasts the best part of eternity (eternity)
Ran out of hands to count the sin that breeds inside of me (inside of me)
Not this hate but the loneliness has left me here into this mess of
[Chorus]
My hands are soaking in the blood of angels
On broken wings, they collapse
Will I see the break of day?
Dark clouds exploded and torrents of rain fell
All these lost halos wash away
[Verse 2]
Head hung from shame we bear a weight that brings me to a crawl (to a crawl)
These years of longing tell of decades of unanswered calls (unanswered calls)
For a change, cause everyday we slip and fall
Kicked while were down, our fists clenched into a ball
[Chorus]
My hands are soaking in the blood of angels
On broken wings, they collapse
Will I see the break of day?
Dark clouds exploded and torrents of rain fell
All these lost halos wash away
[Outro]
So look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone? (so precious)
You got what you came for now I think it's time to move on (when will you see)
But these ghosts come alive like water and wine
Walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs
To them these streets belong
So look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone?
You got what you came for now I think it's time to move on
But these ghosts come alive like water and wine
Walk through these streets singing songs and carrying signs
To them these streets belong
Tip the Scales Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Are we so alone
So distant
So forgotten
As we think ourselves to be?
These are our lives
But did they ever even matter?
Are we worth remembering?
[Pre-Chorus]
These machines feed on the tears
Of broken lives and dying dreams
We're throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain
[Chorus]
When this is all said and done
We spent this life on the run
Judged by the company we keep
Our language, buried inside
These lungs that keep us alive
We breathe so selfishly
[Verse 2]
Promises we plan to break
Are made in whispered voices
Cause our despair knows many names
We make mistakes
But we apologize with roses
We never stop to smell along the way
Pre-Chorus]
These machines feed on the tears
Of broken lives and dying dreams
We're throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain
[Chorus]
When this is all said and done
We spent this life on the run
Judged by the company we keep
Our language, buried inside
These lungs that keep us alive
We breathe so selfishly
[Bridge]
We fell from the sky today
We melt into balls of clay
We sell ourselves everyday
Don't tell me how to live this way
[Verse 3]
Pushed so far to the edge
We teeter just on the brink
You can lead me to the bloodbath
But you can't make me drink
As these machines feed on the tears
Of broken lives and dying dreams
We're throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain
My life will not be lived in vain
Anywhere but Here Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We've been alright up until now
But the air that we breathe is about to run out
We've rehearsed our lines clear and loud
But the cue never came and the lights
They never went down
So we're passing the time
While time passes us
The fast lanes a term never applied to us
Without a dime to my name
Or a prayer in the world
I walk out the door
[Pre-Chorus]
Destination anywhere but here
Away from you
[Chorus]
Now I'm on my way to the other side
(On my way)
I'll forget everything I left behind
(On my way)
These empty rooms
(On my way)
Are still filled with you
(On my way)
[Verse 2]
So I dropped out of my own race
A race with no finish line
No first or last place
These faces all rush right past me
I turn and walk away
Cause we finally know now what our
Time here's about, we were not meant to be
Another face in the crowd
We're a forest of lives
But we grow tall and wide
We'll never be cut down
[Pre-Chorus]
Destination anywhere but here
Away from you
[Chorus]
Now I'm on my way to the other side
(On my way)
I'll forget everything I left behind
(On my way)
These empty rooms
(On my way)
Are still filled with you
(On my way)
[Bridge]
I'm so tired and turned around and scared
I'm lying in empty beds again
I'll wait for you to come
To your senses, barbed-wire fences
Won't keep me from breaking through
I swear I will to you
[Chorus]
Now I'm on my way to the other side
(On my way)
I'll forget everything I left behind
(On my way)
These empty rooms
(On my way)
Are still filled with you
(On my way)
Are still filled with you
(On my way)
[Outro]
I'm so tired and turned around and scared
I'm lying in empty beds again
Away from you
Give It All Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Break through the undertow
Your hands I can't seem to find
Pollution burns my tongue
Cough words I can't speak, so I
Stop my struggling
Then I float to the surface
Fill my lungs with air, then let it out
[Chorus 1]
I give it all
Now there's a reason why I sing
So give it all
And it's these reasons that belong to me
[Verse 2]
Rock bottom's where we live
And still we dig these trenches
To bury ourselves in them
Backs breaking under tension
Before far too long these voices
Muffled by distances
It's time to come to our senses
Up from the dirt
[Chorus 2]
We give it all
Now there's a reason why I sing
So give it all
And it's these reasons that belong to me
[Bridge]
Breathe (breathe)
The air we give (give)
The life we live (live)
Our pulses racing distances
(Breathe) so wet my tongue
(Give) break into song
(Live) through seas of competition
[Verse 3]
So please believe your eyes
A sacrifice
Is not what we had in our minds
I'm coming home tonight
Home tonight
[Chorus 2]
We give it all
Now there's a reason why I sing
So give it all
And it's these reasons that belong to me
[Outro]
Today I offer all myself to this
I'm living for my dying wish
I give it all
Now there's a reason
There's a reason
To give it all
Dancing for Rain Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We're losing daylight but I can't work any faster
Under the veil of dusk we go on
Don't close your eyes
What if it all disappears in the shadows
That reach from the stars?
[Chorus]
If I held my ground would you ask me to change?
This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
Drink the air but it's still not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame
And I know, oh, and I know
[Main Riff]
Let's go!
[Verse 2]
The water's gone but the fire still rages on here
The men all shrugged their shoulders and left
We sleep so sound in rooms just up the stairs
Will you save us like you saved them?
[Chorus]
If I held my ground would you ask me to change?
This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
Drink the air but it's still not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame
And I know, oh, and I know
[Bridge]
You've bled me dry, but I'm still breathing
I swear I'm sucking dry the sky
And you won't ever find us kneeling
Or swallowing your lies
[Chorus]
If I held my ground would you ask me to change?
This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
Drink the air but it's still not the same
These worlds collide but the distance remains
We point the finger, never accept the blame
And I know, oh, and I know
[Outro]
This drought bleeds on
This drought bleeds on
Swing Life Away Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up?
Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck?
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
[Chorus]
We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
[Verse 2]
I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move
The winter's so cold, summer's over too soon
Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow
[Verse 3]
I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
But we've had some times, I wouldn't trade for the world
We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go
[Chorus]
We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
Until you hold my hand
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
[Chorus]
We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
[Outro]
Swing life away
Swing life away
Swing life away
Swing life away
Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Lyrics
[Verse 1]
So please don't ask me how
I ended up at my wits end
And breaking down
Pages torn from books we never read
Cause we're plugged into this grid
Don't pull this plug right now
Or then we'd really have to live
[Pre-Chorus]
When I die, will they remember not
What I've done, but what I haven't done?
It's not the end that I fear with each breath
It's life that scares me to death
[Chorus]
When we built these dreams on sand
How they all slipped through our hands
This might be our only chance
Let's take this one day at a time
I'll hold your hand if you hold mine
The time that we kill keeps us alive
[Verse 2]
Your words won't save me now
I'm at the edge feeling the sweat drip from my brow
"Get a grip on yourself" is what they say
Every hour, every day
Hands over my ears
I've been screaming all these years!
[Pre-Chorus]
When I die, will they remember not
What I've done, but what I haven't done?
It's not the end that I fear with each breath
It's life that scares me to death
[Chorus]
When we built these dreams on sand
How they all slipped through our hands
This might be our only chance
Let's take this one day at a time
I'll hold your hand if you hold mine
The time that we kill keeps us alive
[Bridge]
We came in search of answers
We left empty handed again
Shots fired into the sky
Are now returning
Where the fuck will you hide?
[Verse 3]
Hiding from the laughter in the closets of our lives
But the door hinges are squeaking letting in thin shards of light
And now a hand's extending outward
Quiet comfort they invite
Do we dare take what they offer?
Do we step into the light?
[Pre-Chorus]
When I die, will they remember not
What I've done, but what I haven't done?
It's not the end that I fear with each breath
It's life that scares me to death
[Chorus]
When we built these dreams on sand
How they all slipped through our hands
This might be our only chance
Let's take this one day at a time
I'll hold your hand if you hold mine
The time that we kill keeps us alive
When we built these dreams on sand
How they all slipped through our hands
This might be our only chance
Let's take this one day at a time
I'll hold your hand if you hold mine
The time that we kill keeps us alive