Nowhere Generation
Rise Against
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The Numbers
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Sudden Urge
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Nowhere Generation
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Talking to Ourselves
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Broken Dreams, Inc.
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Forfeit
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Monarch
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Sounds Like
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Sooner or Later
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Middle of a Dream
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Rules of Play
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Track Lyrics
The Numbers Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We're biding time as we wait for the signal
Sharpening blades while we wait out the storm
These cold nights are almost unbearable
But purpose keeps us warm (Warm)
Pledge allegiance while crossing our fingers
A bark with no bite, no teeth, just a roar
You're not a thorn in our side, you're a splinter
We are ready, but we're bored
[Pre-Chorus]
Just holding our place in line
And everything moves too slow now
Breaking away in time
[Chorus]
And they have the power (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
But we have the numbers now (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
It's all just a constant illusion of control
They break us like horses (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
How long will we drag their plow? (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
What will continue to be is what we allow, oh-ooh-oh
[Verse 2]
And still we worship at altars so empty
Consumption of something we don't need at all
Holes we can't fill, a never-ending song
"Again from the top now"
[Pre-Chorus]
(Oh) Textbook cases, we all fit the profile
(Oh) Mass surveillance, we opened the door
Prey on the fears, blurred lines of right and wrong
Sped up 'til we can't slow down
And at this velocity (Ay, ay)
One wrong move and we go down
Brace for a reckoning
[Chorus]
But they have the power (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
But we have the numbers now (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
It's all just a constant illusion of control
They break us like horses (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
How long will we drag their plow? (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
What will continue to be is what we allow, oh-ooh-oh
[Bridge]
And heavy are the chains
We fasten to ourselves
Gathering the thorns
To shape into a crown
Is this saddle comfortable?
Do these reins feel tight enough?
Will you gallop when you're kicked
Or throw the rider off?
Are you the willing and the able?
Or are you spoken for?
Destined to serve what you abhor
Until it all gives out
Listen, fuck what you call normal
And this pressure to conform (Break free)
It's your trail to blaze
Or your bridge to burn
Your bridge to burn
[Chorus]
Yeah, they have the power (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
And we have the numbers now (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
It's all just a constant illusion of control
They break us like horses (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
How long will we drag their plow? (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
What will continue to be is what we allow
What will we allow? (Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Nowhere Generation Lyrics
[Chorus]
We are the nowhere generation
We are the kids that no one wants
We are a credible threat to the rules you set
A cause to be alarmed
We are not the names that we've been given
We speak a language you don't know
We are the nowhere generation
The nowhere gеneration, oh-oh-ooh-oh
[Verse 1]
And one day
All the walls will comе down
All the doors will open
All the roads will lead home
But right now
We are spiraling down
And the longer we wait
The further we go
[Pre-Chorus]
I know we're slipping through the cracks now
No place left on your map now to call home
[Chorus]
We are the nowhere generation
We are the kids that no one wants
We are a credible threat to the rules you set
A cause to be alarmed
And we are not the names that we've been given
We speak a language you don't know
We are the nowhere generation
The nowhere generation, oh-oh-ooh-oh
[Verse 2]
And for your sweat, you'll be rewarded
They told us every day
There's a land of milk and honey
And it's not that far away
But the finish line kept movin'
And the promises wore thin
And the smoke on the horizon
Was the burning promised land
[Pre-Chorus]
And this place used to be somewhere
But they sold it out from under us
Our voices all ignored
[Chorus]
We are the nowhere generation
We are the kids that no one wants
We are a credible threat to the rules you set
A cause to be alarmed
And we are not the names that we've been given
We speak a language you don't know
We are the nowhere generation
The nowhere generation, oh-oh-ooh-oh
[Bridge]
And yet we climb these burning ladders
Still we raise for them the hammers
Swinging low
"And what exactly are we after?"
They will ask and we will answer
[Chorus]
We are the nowhere generation
We are the kids that no one wants
We are a credible threat to the rules you set
A cause to be alarmed
And we are not the names that we've been given
We speak a language you don't know
We are the nowhere generation, oh-oh-ooh-oh
[Outro]
We are the nowhere generation
(Oh-oh-ooh-oh, ooh-oh)
We are the nowhere generation
We are the nowhere generation
We are the nowhere generation
The nowhere generation
Talking to Ourselves Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We're waiting for something to happen
But nothing is snapping us out of this trance
Our eyelids are heavy and soon, we're all ready
To obey every single command
[Pre-Chorus]
But I feel lost, no map in front of me
And I don't know which way is up
Wishing we could just hit pause
Just enough to breathe
Oh, why can't I shake you
Awake from this dream?
[Chorus]
I never wanted to disturb the peace
But it feels like no one's listening
Are we talking to ourselves?
Are we just talking to ourselves?
[Verse 2]
I'm so good at spеaking out of turn
And talking back, I have some nervе
If I said this all to your face
Forgive me, sometimes I forget my place
[Pre-Chorus]
So what's it gonna be?
Will you dig in or give up?
Lean in or just get lost?
Drift away from here
This demands your attention
So hear me when I say
[Chorus]
I never wanted to disturb the peace
But it feels like no one's listening
Are we talking to ourselves?
Are we just talking to ourselves?
[Bridge]
What are we trying to say?
And tell me, what would it take
To pry open their eyes?
I would wade in the water
I'll stand in the fire
I am not afraid
And I would break down the door
If you give me the sign
For the chance to be yours
I would lay down my life
I am not afraid
[Chorus]
I swear I never wanted to disturb the peace
But it feels like no one's listening
Are we talking to ourselves?
Yeah, are we talking to ourselves?
Broken Dreams, Inc. Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I have seen what you call progress
Every warning sign ignored
And there's a muffled voice of reason
But we can't make out the words
And though the balance we struck was delicate
There was a sense of right and wrong
We tried to stem this flow with a tourniquet
But now the patient's dead and gone
[Pre-Chorus]
When we owe more than we're worth
And they're changing the locks on the doors
We raise glasses high to thе bottom line
On a street engulfed in flamеs, yeah
But on goes the show
[Chorus]
When the city streets are barricaded
A chaos we ourselves created
When there's nothing left
Tell me, where will you go?
When the factories are automated
Broken dreams incorporated
Gather your things, but there's nowhere to go
[Verse 2]
We are children of lesser gods
Better angels, darker days
But we're holding onto this cause
Like palm trees in a hurricane
[Pre-Chorus]
We chase every second
In clothes that we slept in
But they still got away
[Chorus]
When the city streets are barricaded
A chaos we ourselves created
When there's nothing left, tell me
Where will you go? (Whoa-oh-oh)
When the factories are automated
Broken dreams incorporated (Whoa-oh-oh)
Gather your things, but there's nowhere to go
[Post-Chorus]
Nowhere to go
[Bridge]
Was this place ever our home?
Were these lines ever our own?
Are we just reading from the pages? Yeah
Just putting on a show?
Are you along just for the ride? (Hey, hey)
Keep all hands and feet inside (Hey, hey)
Will you steer us all to safety
So at least they know you tried?
[Breakdown]
Broken dreams
Broken dreams incorporated
Broken dreams
Broken dreams incorporated
Broken dreams
Broken dreams incorporated
Broken dreams
Broken dreams incorporated
No longer asking, we are taking
(Broken dreams incorporated)
And tomorrow will be what we make it
(Broken dreams incorporated)
Forfeit Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'll meet you in the shadows that come at night
I'll listen to your cries through the door
If you won't let me in, I'll just wait outside
Until you're ready, I will just be ignored
I'll find you when you hide in the darkest cave
And be there when you emerge
I will shield your eyes from the blinding light
Is there a prayer to lift this curse?
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause you're in trouble, you're in deep
When you can't wake up, but you can't sleep
When it starts to slip away
And the world forgets your name
[Chorus]
I will not give up
I will not give up on you
Come fire and flood
Let the earth shake, I won't move
No matter what
No matter what you say or do
I will not give up
I will not give up on you
Whoa-ooh-whoa
[Verse 2]
I will wait for you at the forest edge
And feel each season change
I don't care what anybody else says
They can leave, I will stay
I'll save you a seat when the table's set
Hold your place 'til you return
I will light a candle by your photograph
If and when you say the word
[Pre-Chorus]
Then I'll come running down these streets
As fast as my feet will take me
When the crowds all go away
And the world forgets your name
[Chorus]
I will not give up
I will not give up on you
Come fire and flood
Let the earth shake, I won't move
No matter what
No matter what you say or do
I will hide the pain that I push through
Put a brave face on for you
Choke back tears all meant for you
Oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh, ooh-whoa
I will not give up
I will not give up on you
Come fire and flood
Let the earth shake, I won't move
No matter what
No matter what you say or do
I will not give up
I will not give up on you
[Outro]
Whoa-oh-oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh-ooh
Whoa-oh-oh-ooh-whoa-oh-oh-ooh
Whoa-oh-oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh-ooh
Whoa-oh-oh-ooh-whoa-oh-ooh-oh
Monarch Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I feel the same, no different than before
There was a time when what you thought of me once mattered
I put weight behind your words
[Pre-Chorus]
Then something snapped
Deep down inside me
Tectonic shifts aligning
Soft image into focus
Snapped fingers break hypnosis
Light through the crack
And then everything went black
[Chorus]
I am not the person you remember from before
The one you patronized and steppеd on, the one you hurt (Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)
And I have pullеd the arrows, now my skin has become stone
No longer am I prisoner to your empty fucking words
[Verse 2]
I carried every single word you said
They stacked up high, they weighed me down
But underneath it all, I didn't notice
I was growing strong somehow
Lean backward through an open window
Nothing left can save me now
I hear the cry of the approaching sirens
Right as I count down
[Pre-Chorus]
Then something snapped
A lightbulb moment
Like sighting land from the ocean
Pure water in the desert
A thirst that can't be measured
The first breath of a child
Released into the wild
[Chorus]
I am not the person you remember from before
The one you patronized and stepped on, the one you hurt (Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)
And I have pulled the arrows, now my skin has become stone
No longer am I prisoner to your empty fucking words
[Bridge]
And your pain is an open secret
It spills with every breath
And this game that you played is over now
And gone are the days I was helpless and afraid
Yeah, gone are the walls that kept me in
[Outro]
Yeah, I, I'm not the person
That you remember from before
Yeah, I, I'm not the person
That you remember from before
Yeah, I, I'm not the person
That you remember from before
That you remember
That you remember
Do you remember?
Do you remember?
Sounds Like Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If everything that we love will burn down
Then should we love no one and nothing?
If all that we build falls down
Then I will dig the deepest hole
Dig down, down
[Pre-Chorus]
All the things we don't say might mean something
Somewhere to someone
But nothing here is ever good enough
[Chorus]
So we close our eyes and wait for something better
(Whoa-oh-oh)
Not knowing what we're even waiting for
(Whoa-oh-oh)
With our hands cupped to the sky, we wait forever
(Whoa-oh-oh)
Sacrificing light we're given
Never knowing what we're living for
[Verse 2]
Can I have your attention, please?
I've played the game, you see
To make all these ends meet
But it's not enough
The fabric we all share
All starts to rip and tear
We're sending thoughts and prayers
But they're not enough
[Pre-Chorus]
Words without action equal nothing
They'll say when we're gone
We've heard your excuses all before
And this is what they sound like
[Chorus]
So we close our eyes and wait for something better
(Whoa-oh-oh)
Not knowing what we're even waiting for
(Whoa-oh-oh)
With our hands cupped to the sky, we wait forever
(Whoa-oh-oh)
Sacrificing light we're given
Never knowing what we're living for
We're living for, we're living for
And this is what it sounds like
(And this is what it sounds like)
[Outro]
So don't close your eyes, don't wait for something better
Know exactly what it is you're waiting for
Put your empty hands away, don't wait forever
(Whoa-oh-oh)
And don't sacrifice the light you're given
Know exactly what you're living for
Sooner or Later Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Here, we've burned the boats to ashes after beaching on the shore
Looked back across the ocean and said, "We're never going home"
But our shadows killed the flowers, our footsteps spoiled the land
It seems we're always in the way no matter where we choose to stand
[Pre-Chorus]
Can we just wait 'til this is over
If we know that our precious time is running out?
[Chorus]
Sooner or later comes a time when we will reap what we have sown
Sooner or later, we all have to go home
Sooner or later, there's a time to face the music, face the sound
Sooner or later, we will have to go home
[Verse 2]
Now, from the gods, we all seek favor with every sacrificial lamb
But the bodies all pile higher, and the blood just stains our hands
And soon, you'll feel the panic in your breath and in your veins
When you know there's no tomorrow, and you've realized too late
[Pre-Chorus]
And still, we wait
While our precious time is running out
[Chorus]
Sooner or later comes a time when we will reap what we have sown
Sooner or later, we all have to go home
Sooner or later, there's a time to face the music, face the sound
Sooner or later, we will have to go
Our precious time is running out!
[Interlude]
[Bridge]
Are we just passengers so sick of waitin' for this final destination?
And where we all will end up, I would die to know, die to know that place
[Chorus]
Sooner or later comes a time when we will reap what we have sown
Sooner or later, we all have to go home
Sooner or later comes a time when we'll have nowhere left to run
Sooner or later, we will have to go home
Middle of a Dream Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I still chase your ghost
I still walk these streets and feel your hand inside my own
Why do we have to run away to feel at home?
We spend lifetimes waiting, so what's another day
When hope is the only way we tolerate the pain?
[Chorus]
And I woke up in the middle of a dream
Chasing someone or something
A hidden face I've never seen
Where were you when I woke up (Hey)
To a world without your voice
To sing me back to sleep? Don't let go
Are you letting go? (Ooh-whoa-oh-ooh-whoa)
[Verse 2]
I steady myself at the altar
And spell your name inside my mind
We're all someone else when the sun sets
Every time we close our eyes
But there's a world less complicated
Somehow, we buried it alive
It froze like a river in the dead of winter
Deep underneath the ice
[Chorus]
And I woke up in the middle of a dream
Chasing someone or something
A hidden face I've never seen
Where were you when I woke up (Hey)
To a world without your voice
To sing me back to sleep? Don't let go
Are you letting go? (Ooh-whoa-oh-ooh-whoa)
[Bridge]
Of two worlds that I am caught between
(I am caught between)
Which one is real? Which one is just pretend?
'Cause you're a door I cannot close
A static voice that comes and goes
A fatal crash and I can't look away, yeah
[Chorus]
And I woke up in the middle of a dream
Chasing someone or something
A hidden face I've never seen
Where were you when I woke up (Hey)
To a world without your voice
To sing me back to sleep? Don't let go
Are you letting go? (Ooh-whoa-oh-ooh-whoa)
[Outro]
Still I am wandering (Wake up)
In search of anything (Wake up)
That brings you back to me (Whoa-oh-oh-oh)
That brings you back to me, ooh-whoa, ooh-whoa
Rules of Play Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Now, sister, I have come to clear my name
Or at least try to
Is there something to free me from this pain?
Oh, what did I do now?
[Pre-Chorus]
Following so many rules
Making so many mistakes
It keeps getting away from me
[Chorus]
Because this life is a game I don't know how to play
So many lies and disguises, I can't tell what's fake
But I can tell by the same sad look on your face
You and me, we are the same
[Verse 2]
Like stepping into traffic with a hand over my eyes
Feeling helpless to the tide
I try to run, but it's the same thing еvery time
We fight this war from diffеrent sides
[Pre-Chorus]
But we never knew the rules
Bend, follow, or to break
Lost in this place
[Chorus]
Because this life is a game I don't know how to play
So many lies and disguises, I can't tell what's fake
But I can tell by the same sad look on your face
You and me, we are the same, whoa-ooh-whoa
[Bridge]
Under my breath
I've said your name a thousand times
I'd save your life if you'd save mine
I feel your pain, do you feel mine?
Because this life is a game I don't know how to play
[Chorus]
Because this life is a game I don't know how to play
So many lies and disguises, I can't tell what's fake
But I can tell by the same sad look on your face
You and me, we are the same
[Outro]
Yeah, this life is a game that I don't know how to play
Oh, this life is a game that I don't know how to play
I don't know how to play, I don't know how to play