The Black Market
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The Great DieāOff
03 : 39
2
I Donāt Want to Be Here Anymore
03 : 59
3
Tragedy + Time
04 : 16
4
The Black Market
04 : 15
5
The EcoāTerrorist in Me
02 : 45
6
Sudden Life
04 : 08
7
A Beautiful Indifference
03 : 24
8
Methadone
03 : 48
9
Zero Visibility
04 : 38
10
Awake Too Long
03 : 11
11
People Live Here
04 : 08
12
Bridges
04 : 06
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Track Lyrics
The Great DieāOff Lyrics
[Verse 1]
And there's a fire on the borders
And it's burning down the walls you built high
And there's a steady stream of anger
And it's spilling from the coasts
A tidal wave
[Pre-Chorus]
And the words say we reap what we sow
So where I bury you I'll build my home
In line to reclaim, but we're sick of the wait
[Chorus]
We want it all and we want it now
Tonight I watched your fires burn out
The cold dead hands we pried these guns from are yours
Oh-oh-oh-oh, we want it all and we want it now
A tide is comin' to drown you out
We make ourselves at home while your body's still warm
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, woah
[Verse 2]
(Go!)
Tradition tethers us to rituals
And are we all just clocks on wrong times?
And something triggers each and every time I hear you say
"God bless this place"
[Pre-Chorus]
But your numbers are dwindling now
Though endangered we'll still hunt you down
With heads on a stake, long may you reign
[Chorus]
We want it all and we want it now
Tonight I watched your fires burn out
The cold dead hands we pried
These guns from are yours
Oh-oh-oh-oh, we want it all and we want it now
A tide is coming to drown you out
We make ourselves at home while your body's still warm
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah
[Verse 3]
And there's a fire on the borders
And it's burning down the walls you built high
And there's a steady stream of anger
And it's spilling from the coasts
A tidal wave
[Chorus]
We want the motherfucking world and we want it now (Woah)
Tonight I watched your fires burn out
The cold dead hands we pried these guns from are yours
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah
[Outro]
No, I don't wanna wait
I know a better way
So step aside, come on
Or better yet, just go away
Our chance has finally come
There might not be another one now
No, we're not gonna wait, we want it now
Yeah, we're dousing the flames, we want it now
I Donāt Want to Be Here Anymore Lyrics
[Verse 1]
On pins and needles we are waiting for the fall
We count the days scratching lines on the wall
Wait in the wings at someone's beck and call
No longer recognize the place that I call home
No longer recognize this face as my own
Somewhere, this fate, I lost control
[Pre-Chorus]
We backed down
We took no for answers far too long
We felt those walls close around
I don't wanna be here anymore
I don't wanna be here anymore
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be here anymore (Be here anymore)
I know there's nothing left worth staying for
Your paradise is something I've endured (Oh-ah-oh, oh-ah-oh)
See, I don't think I can fight this anymore (Fight this anymore)
I'm listening with one foot out the door
And something has to die to be reborn
And I don't wanna be here (Be here) anymore
[Verse 2]
On hand and foot we answered every single call
And weathered every day like passing storms
But when we break we will all be gone (We will all be gone)
Won't back down, won't take no for answers anymore (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
These walls close, we pace back and forth
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be here anymore (Be here anymore)
I know there's nothing left worth staying for
Your paradise is something I've endured (Oh-ah-oh, oh-ah-oh)
See, I don't think I can fight this anymore (Fight this anymore)
I'm listening with one foot out the door
And something has to die to be reborn
And I don't wanna be here (Be here) anymore
[Bridge]
The point where we break gets closer everyday
But where do we go?
But where do we go?
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna be here anymore
I don't wanna be here anymore
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be here anymore (Be here anymore)
I know there's nothing left worth staying for
Your paradise is something I've endured (Oh-ah-oh, oh-ah-oh)
See, I don't think I can fight this anymore (Fight this anymore)
I'm listening with one foot out the door
And something has to die to be reborn
And I don't wanna be here (Be here) anymore
[Outro]
(We need a better way, we need to let go)
(We need a better way, we need to let go)
Anymore
(We need a better way, we need to let go)
(We need a better way)
Tragedy + Time Lyrics
[Verse 1]
On the edges of the sharpest knives
In the middle of the darkest nights
Always knew that I would find you here
In a puddle of the bravest tears
I've seen enough to know
It's lonely where you are
[Pre-Chorus]
Above the crowd
Feet dangling from a rooftop (A rooftop)
She waits from ledges
For a voice to talk her down
[Chorus]
And nothing matters but the pain when you're alone (Still waiting)
The never-ending nights when you're awake (Still waiting)
When you're praying that tomorrow it's okay
There will be a time to crack another smile (Still waiting)
Maybe not today or for a while (Still waiting)
But we're holding on to laugh again some day
To laugh again some day
[Verse 2]
All that matters is the time we had
Doesn't matter how it all went bad
Never wonder what it might be like
Shut the door, say goodbye
When faced with tragedy (When faced with tragedy)
We come alive or come undone
[Pre-Chorus 2]
So don't look back
Let it shape you like an ocean
Even the deepest scars
In time will fade
[Chorus]
And nothing matters but the pain when you're alone (Still waiting)
The never-ending nights when you're awake (Still waiting)
When you're praying that tomorrow it's okay
There will be a time to crack another smile (Still waiting)
Maybe not today or for a while (Still waiting)
But we're holding on to laugh again some day
Yeah, we're holding on to laugh again some day
[Bridge]
And sometimes you have to go back
To know just where you have been
But we're old enough to know that
What has been will be again
And again, oh-uh-oh
And the bravest of faces
Are the ones where we fake it
In the roles that we play
[Chorus]
Nothing matters when the pain is all but gone
When you are finally awake
Despite the overwhelming odds, tomorrow came
And when they see you crack a smile
And you decide to stay awhile
You'll be ready then to laugh again
[Outro]
Nothing matters but the pain (We are tragedy, yeah, we are sympathy)
Nothing matters but the pain
You see what you want to see
Nothing matters but the pain (We are misery and distant memories)
Nothing matters but the pain
We all learn to laugh again
Yeah, we all learn to laugh again
Oh, we will learn to laugh again
The Black Market Lyrics
[Verse 1]
A currency of heartache and sorrow
The air we breathe is stale with mold
To shadows we are slaves, digging deeper every day
But emptiness is growing so old
[Verse 2]
Headlamps light the tunnels we wander
They shimmer and they dance on the walls
We're lost inside these caves as the chances of escape
Grow slimmer 'til there's no chance at all
[Pre-Chorus]
This ink, it travels from the page
Up my hand and to my veins
Choking on those stories I've told
If there are words here left to say
I just wanna let you know
[Chorus]
I'm falling on my knees right now
I'm covered in the mess I made
These colors used to wash right out
But now they are a part of me
[Post-Chorus]
I've been searching for a remedy
When all along it's been in front of me
I need you here, I need you now
Right now
[Verse 3]
We traffic in the blackest of markets
Trade misery like diamonds and gold
The angst that we exchange for applause or petty praise
Is finally now taking its toll
[Pre-Chorus]
But there's a world above the ground
A life that we can lead
We're washing off the dirt from our clothes
I don't want to live without
I just wanna let you know
[Chorus]
I'm falling on my knees right now
I'm covered in the mess I made
These colors used to wash right out
But now they are a part of me
[Post-Chorus]
I've been searching for a remedy
When all along it's been in front of me
I need you here, I need you now
Right now
Right now, uh-oh
[Bridge]
(Black stains) They mark me like a letter
(Don't fade) Cracking under the pressure
(Black stains) Nothing stays gold
[Pre-Chorus]
There's a world above the ground
A life that we can lead
But we're lost deep down in these holes
And I have seen the way out
Now I just wanna let you know
[Chorus]
I'm falling on my knees right now (Black stains)
I'm covered in the mess I made (Won't fade)
These colors used to wash right out (Black stains)
But now they are a part of me
[Post-Chorus]
I've been searching for a remedy
When all along it's been in front of me
Your voice, it washed the stains away (It washed the stains away)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-uh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-uh-oh (It washed the stains away)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-uh-oh-uh-oh
The EcoāTerrorist in Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Spray paint the cameras, jam the frequency
What you kill just comes alive in me
Hoods and bandanas make not an enemy
You can't define us any way you please
[Pre-Chorus]
You make the rules, we make the calls
My conscience clean, my sins absolved
'Cause I found God (Hey)
In the sound of your factories burning down
Now I sleep so sound
[Chorus]
When it all comes down
Will you say you did everything you could?
When it all comes down
Can you say that you never gave up?
[Post-Chorus]
Were you standing by
To watch it fall away?
Will you hold on or let it go?
[Verse 2]
Instead of doing what's right, they built higher walls
Where we can't shed a light on true criminals
When business and suffering is one and the same
When laws fail the people, they turn to the flame
[Pre-Chorus]
I found love (Love), I found life (Life)
As a thorn stuck in your side
And you wonder why
[Chorus]
When it all comes down
Will you say you did everything you could?
When it all comes down
Can you say that you never gave up?
[Post-Chorus]
Were you standing by
To watch it fall away?
Will you hold on? (Will you hold on?)
Did you hold on or just let it fall?
Did you let it fall?
[Chorus]
When it all comes down
Will you say you did everything you could?
When it all comes down
Can you say that you never gave up?
When it all comes down
Will you say you did everything you could?
When it all comes down
When it all comes down
[Outro]
When the lights all go out and roadblocks blow up
When you sleep to the sound of alarms going off
When it all comes down
Will you say you did everything you could?
Sudden Life Lyrics
[Intro]
I'm floating in the clouds
I'm giving up the fight
A voice is calling out
I'm walking into the light
[Verse 1]
We used to race a thousand miles a day so fast
Feet, they barely even touched the ground
We used to fly to places out beyond our own little world
The fury and the sunlight
[Verse 2]
I saw it flicker like a television set
Bright flashes of a warning sign
Flipping channels in a world gone static
Eroding away line by the fading line
[Pre-Chorus]
Under water for years we found
So much harder to swim than drown
The current takes us
Now we're walking into the light
[Chorus]
Are you dying all your life? (Walking into the light, walking into the light)
Broken, beat, and tired out (Walking into the light)
You want to live, but don't know how (Walking into the light)
Diagnosis: sudden life (Walking into the light, walking into the light)
Can no one revive me now?
Feels like I'm walking into the light
[Verse 3]
Woke up floating on a wave of golden sound
Tunnel vision and a great beyond
Heart beating like a rhythm
Slowing down 'til it's gone
An echo of a song
[Pre-Chorus]
Flat line and a closing bell
Whisper a warm farewell
The flames are beckoning
As we're walking into the light
[Chorus]
Are you dying all your life? (Walking into the light, walking into the light)
Broken, beat, and tired out (Walking into the light)
You want to live, but don't know how (Walking into the light)
Diagnosis: sudden life (Walking into the light, walking into the light)
Can no one revive me now?
Feels like I'm walking into the light
[Bridge]
Don't suppose that you know the way?
Don't suppose that you care?
I see lights up ahead and hear cries of angels ring in my ears
[Pre-Chorus]
But you know that had you a choice
You would go back and do it again
We all have unfinished business to tend
[Chorus]
So no, I won't go gentle into the good night
You can keep your candle
I'm walking away from the light
Yeah, I'm walking away from the light
I'm walking away from the light
I'm walking away from the light
I'm walking away from the light
Diagnosis: sudden life (Walking into the light, walking into the light)
I woke up my heart racing (Walking into the light)
I'm at a loss explaining why
Are you dying all your life? (Walking into the light)
Then put your darkest days behind
Let the life flash right before your eyes (Walking into the light)
And for very the first time
It feels like I'm walking away from the light
A Beautiful Indifference Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There's a struggle coming but to conquer, first they must divide
The machines keep humming night and day
How are we so unaware?
Why are you not afraid?
Protests are drumming while you turn your nose and roll your eyes
Knee-jerk reactions so ingrained
Judging from an arm chair
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause there is hate and there is love and there is loss
But there is light and there is dark and then there is us
And whether this world burns is none of your concern
Caught up in a ticker tape parade
[Chorus]
I have learned to stand up and just to walk away (Hey, stand up)
Sometimes the cold hearts aren't worth the love or the hate (Hey, cold hearts)
Learn to let go, learn to walk away
Up from the shadows, I am seduced by the light of the flame
But this time I'm here to stay
[Verse 2]
Gunpowder residue, bright lights and turpentine
True colors shining through
As we are stripped of our exteriors
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, 'cause there is hate and there is love and there is loss
But there is right and there is hope and then there is us
[Chorus]
We're falling until we learn to stand up and just to walk away (Hey, stand up)
Sometimes the cold hearts aren't worth the love or the hate (Hey, cold hearts)
Learn to let go, learn to walk away
Out from the shadows
I'm seduced by the light of the flame
This time I'm here to stay
Oh-oh-uh-oh
[Bridge]
Feet first into the quicksand (Cold hearts [?])
Every day we are surrendering (Cold hearts [?])
Never straying from the game plan (Cold hearts [?])
And I keep hoping you will take my hand and stand up
Oh-uh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-uh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-uh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-uh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
[Outro]
The water's overflowing (Oh-uh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
The walls are breaking
But I will wait here knowing (Oh-uh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
That we can make it
And there's a light still glowing (Oh-uh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
A light I'm chasing
And I've been lost before (Oh-uh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
And I have been led astray
But this time I'm here to stay
Methadone Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Love like a needle full of methadone
Potent but not real, left you wanting more
Lipstick track marks bleeding red
Like Montagues and Capulets
For us, child, the stars refuse to shine
Why for us, child, do the stars refuse to shine?
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm somewhere strung out on the lam
We wound up back here again
Like unstable chemicals
Combining only to explode
[Chorus]
What will it take for you to notice?
I am a heart on fire
And all the world's a fuse, so don't get close
The trouble and the worth
Am I better off on my own?
[Verse 2]
Contaminated, quarantined, then left alone
A shipment refused, address unknown
Damaged goods they soon forget
In choking dust that we got left
For us all, the stars refuse to shine
[Pre-Chorus]
Tap the vein and light the match
We burn like stars before the crash
But for you there's still a chance
Just let go
[Chorus]
What will it take for you to notice?
I am a heart on fire
And all the world's a fuse, so don't get close
The trouble and the worth
I'm better off on my own
On my own
[Bridge]
There's nowhere to run
And now there's nowhere to hide
There's nothin' under the sun
We haven't already tried
[Chorus]
What will it take for you to notice?
I am a hand grenade
Pin already pulled, so don't let go
As we chase the sun
My shadow slows us down
Without me along
You're better off and I know
You're better off and I know
And I know
Zero Visibility Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm settlin' in here for the long haul
"Can't hide forever" is what they say
In with the wind, out with a bang (In, out, in, out)
Meanwhile nothing has changed
[Pre-Chorus]
With each word slowly uttered
A storm brews in her eyes
A missed shot at the buzzer
Time whether wasted or well spent is still time
[Chorus]
We are not brave, we are not wise
We stand at the end of the longest lines
But we stand here all together
We have been damned, we have survived
We came back to homes we don't recognize
But we return here all together
[Verse 2]
Moments of clarity here are short lived
Bleed through the bandages again
And when is a lie no longer white
But black as a day without sun?
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm passed out in a gutter
Woke up in your arms
Nursed back and recovered
The same touch that heals me (Heals me)
Left the scars
[Chorus]
We are not brave, we are not wise
We stand at the end of the longest lines
But we stand here all together
We have been damned, we have survived
We came back to homes we don't recognize
But we return here all together
[Bridge]
And the world works in ways that I never
Have claimed to know
We got out in front of the weather
But it followed
And the view from here isn't better
But it's all we know
It's all we know
[Chorus]
We are not brave, we are not wise
We stand at the edge of the borderlines
But we stand here all together
We have been damned, we have survived
Who we become you won't recognize
But we became them all together
All together
Awake Too Long Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I watched the rise and the fall of the common man
I lived to see all our steps walked back
I watched the walls all crash down, crumblin'
Just to be rebuilt while we slept, oh-oh
We threw swords in the oceans, wide and deep
We promised peace, but the peace won't last
'Cause now we forge new blades so nervously
Waitin' for this harmony to pass
[Pre-Chorus]
I stand guard and roam
Like a sentinel
And I see it all
[Chorus]
I've been awake too long (Awake too long)
Wish there was something that could close my eyes (Awake too long)
To all that I see
Awake too long (Awake too long)
It would be easier to fall asleep
[Verse 2]
We fell in love, but the love kept running out
We followed roads, but the roads all end
We lived and learned, and learned to live without
Falling from the ladders we ascend, oh-oh
I've seen the eyes of the widows left behind
I've seen the child of a fallen man
And never once did our leaders apologize
For battles they began
[Pre-Chorus]
I can't look away (I can't look away)
Or pretend not to see
And so I stay
[Chorus]
I've been awake too long (Awake too long)
Wish there was something that could close my eyes (Awake too long)
To all that I see
Awake too long (Awake too long)
It would be easier to fall asleep
Asleep
[Bridge]
Maybe I would dream if I could sleep
Maybe I'd see what this could be
Instead of what it is, oh
And is there bliss in ignorance?
Is this our demise we can't prevent?
Should we fall asleep?
I've been awake too long
I've been awake too long
I've been awake too long
I've been awake too long
[Outro]
(I've been awake too long)
And like constant vigils, we are
(I've been awake too long)
Burning eternal flames
(I've been awake too long)
A surgery, blades in an open heart
(I've been awake too long)
And through it all
Every single cut I've been awake
People Live Here Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My God is better than yours
And the walls of my house are so thick
I hear nothing at all
I followed you out in the storm
But it carried you off
And I burned every picture of yours
Was that not enough?
[Verse 2]
My gun is bigger than yours
So let's arm the masses
And see what the bastards do then
Walking tall once set us apart
Now we're down on all fours
Do you cry my name in the dark
Like I do yours?
[Pre-Chorus]
These storms are getting stronger now
Trusses all bend and sway
Lightning hits, the power goes out in the fray
[Chorus]
As the waves crash high
And the shoreline disappears
I will scream to the sky
"Hey, people live here"
[Verse 3]
My dreams are not unlike yours
They long for the safety
And break like a glass chandelier
But there's laughter and oh, there is love
Just past the edge of our fears
And there's chaos when push comes to shove
But it's music to my ears
[Pre-Chorus]
May you be in Heaven before the Devil knows you're dead
May these winds be always at your back
[Chorus]
'Cause when we're all just ghosts
And the madness overtakes us
We will look at the ashes
And say, "People lived here"
[Bridge]
From the penthouse to the holy martyr
Sea to shining sea
From the coffins full of kindergartners
Is this what you call free?
From the hate that drips from all your crosses
Are your hands so clean?
There's a wildfire and it's spreading far
From sea to shining sea
[Chorus]
When we're all just ghosts
And the madness overtakes us
I will scream to the sky
Yeah, I'll scream to the sky
Yeah, I'll scream to the sky
"Hey, people live here"
Bridges Lyrics
[Verse 1]
In a world of uncertainty
The night sky told us all to be patient
But when the ground started shaking
I wondered for how long
There's a place that I'd rather be
There's a voice deep inside of me
Saying the progress we are making
Is not progress at all
[Pre-Chorus]
Into a world of promises, woah
Is where we let ourselves been led
[Chorus]
We built the bridges
We now sleep under (Now sleep under)
We frame the doorways (We frame the doorways)
But may not pass through
The very same roads (The very same roads)
That we now wander (That we now wander)
The ones you pass us by on
We paved with our bare hands
Paved with our bare hands
[Verse 2]
A black cloud hovers over me
Without all this guilt I feel naked
Something about the way it
Wraps its arms around
White snow covers everything
An angel watches over me, praying
She asks me for a favor
Catch me if I fall
[Pre-Chorus]
A rush of blood straight to the head, woah
I wonder what this could have been
[Chorus]
We built the bridges
We now sleep under (Now sleep under)
We frame the doorways (We frame the doorways)
But may not pass through
The very same roads (The very same roads)
That we now wander (That we now wander)
The ones you pass us by on
We paved with our bare hands
Paved with our bare hands, hey
[Bridge]
No, I never meant to hurt you
No, I never meant to do you wrong
I stood waitin' while the man said "Move along"
We lay the tracks down
But now they're rotted
Like a runaway train
We brace for the crash
We were in love once
Have you forgotten?
Like a runaway train
Bearing down upon a gap
[Outro]
We built the bridges, woah (Brace for the crash, built from their hypocrisy)
We built the bridges (Brace for the crash, brace for the crash)
(Now we brace for the crash)
We built the bridges, woah (Brace for the crash, brace for the crash)
(Built from their hypocrisy)
We built the bridges (Brace for the crash)
And underneath the shadows we now live