August Burns Red - Messengers Album Lyrics

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The Truth Of A Liar

Allow what's done to preach new insight to your life.
Hindsight is perfect vision.
The past is easiest to see.

Clear a path.
Stand aside.
We're carrying the torch now
Clear a path
Stand aside
We're carrying the torch now
Clear a path
Stand aside
There's no stopping us

Clear a path
Stand aside
We're carrying the torch now
Clear a path
Stand aside
There's no stopping us.

You think you're everything to everyone, to everyone
Go ahead.
Partake in it.
Justify it.
Become engulfed in it.
It will eat you alive.

This is not a one way road.
You're headed for the dead end.
This is not a one way road.
You're headed for the dead end.

You might think you're everything to everyone.
Well pardon me if I intrude.
You might think you're everything to everyone
You're not a perfect man in a perfect world

Look at where your ignorance has brought you.
All this will be buried.
Like the fall of Rome,
Look at where your ignorance has brought you
you will come crashing down.

The truth hurts,
The truth hurts
The truth hurts
but denial's what will kill you.

All that you loved, all that you treasure,
Will pass with time
will pass with time.

Blinded by the inability to see beyond flesh and blood.
Blinded by the inability to see beyond flesh and blood.

Shifting blame with a log in your eye
Insisting that a string tied to your limbs
Is what's to blame, what's to blame
Suck it up and bite the bullet

 

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Up Against The Ropes

Pushed up against the ropes
You wouldn't last another round
I never wished for you to suffer like this
You would not listen
Pushed up against the ropes
You wouldn't last another round
I never wished for you to suffer like this
You would not listen

We will survive
The strong, the fortunate, the never ending
We will survive through thick and thin
We will survive
The strong, the fortunate, the never ending
We will survive through thick and thin

Looking in the mirror
Seeing a troubled reflection (reflection, reflection)
This is our
Darkest hour
This is our
Darkest hour
Darkest hour

Remember what you said
When we waved our goodbyes
Remember what you said
When we waved our goodbyes

We're all dead in the end
So live life while you can
So live life while you can

You've abandoned all of us
You've abandoned me
You've abandoned all of us
You've abandoned me
You've abandoned all of us
We've forgiven you
So forgive yourself
We've forgiven you
So forgive yourself
We've forgiven you
So forgive yourself

We will survive
The strong, the fortunate, the never ending
We will survive through thick and thin

Pushed up against the ropes
You wouldn't last another round
I never wished for you to suffer like this
You would not listen

I have little sympathy
For this divorce story
Stand in front of the jury
With no happy ending
With no happy ending
With no happy ending
With no happy ending
With no happy ending

 

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Back Burner

Convictions
To the back burner
Convictions
To the back burner
Remembering what's really important isn't so important after all

Gather all your possessions
Smile cause you've got it all
Gather all your possessions
Smile cause you've got it all
Smile cause you've got it all
Smile cause you've got it all

Still that empty feeling
Won't go away
Still that empty feeling
Won't go away
Your puzzle's missing one very essential piece
(And I know you'll) keep looking in all the wrong places until it's too late (until it’s too late)

Slip on the ice again
When did you become so cold?
Living for the here and now never made so much, so much sense
Slip on the ice again
When did you become so cold

You think you've got all the time in the world, but this could all be ending...
Now!

How far down will you go
Before it's too late?
Slipping on the ice again
You've become so cold

Lucky for you rock bottom is in sight
Lucky for you rock bottom is in sight
Your wake up call is set for now
And the trail you have followed
Has come all the way to the end

I hope you survive
Survive the crash

 

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The Blinding Light

The fear is what shelters them
It's what shades their eyes
And muffles their ears
The fear is what shelters them
It's what shades their eyes
And muffles their ears

Keep them inside
Lock them up
In a closet known as home

In here no one can find them
In here no one can fill them with filth
In here no one can find them
In here no one can fill them with filth

They were born with the silverware
Clenched in their teeth (in their teeth)
They were born with the silverware
Clenched in their teeth (in their teeth)
They were born with the silverware
Clenched in their teeth (in their teeth)
And so help us, they will die with it too
So help us, they will die with it too
They will die with it too
None of them will make anything of themselves

They don't need their own lives
The ones we have planned
Will work just fine
They don't need their own lives
The ones we have planned
Will work just fine

The world is a terrifying place
Without us they will never make it

They will never reach their potential
They will never ever surpass us
Without our watchful eye
They might just leave us behind
Without our watchful eye
They might just leave us behind

 

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Composure

"Shake it off
Pick yourself up," they say
Your life fell apart in your hands
And you've got the scars
To prove it
It's not the first time
And they're getting deeper

Pull it together
Button up your shirt
Roll down those sleeves
Don't let them see how you've coped

It’s not the first time
And they’re getting deeper

More and more your demeanor looks like quicksand
More and more your demeanor looks like quicksand

It seems like you’re giving up
Giving up on everything you worked for
It seems like you’re giving up
Giving up on everything you worked for

It's pulling you under
It's gripping around your throat
It's pulling you under
It's gripping around your throat

It seems like you’re giving up
On everything
It seems like you’re giving up
On everything
It's pulling you under
It's pulling you under

Life can be overwhelming
But don't turn your back on the strongest crutch
You've ever had, you’ve ever had
They have always been there
To brace your fall

Wave goodbye to the past
You've got your whole life to lead
Wave goodbye to the past
You've got your whole life to lead
Wave goodbye to the past
You've got your whole life to lead
Wave goodbye to the past
You've got your whole life to lead
(You've got your whole life to lead)
(You've got your whole life to lead)
It's time to gain some ground

 

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Vital Signs

This building is barely standing
On its own foundation
On its own foundation

I've collapsed its lungs
Calloused its heart
Sucked the life out of this
For all of Sunday to see
For all of Sunday to see
I've collapsed its lungs
Calloused its heart
Sucked the life out of this
For all of Sunday to see
For all of Sunday to see

I've taken the breath out of everything they believe, they believe
I've taken the breath out of everything they hold true
Everything they hold true

Preaching to the deaf and blind
No one sees my effort
Preaching to the deaf and blind
No one gets the point
No one sees my effort
No one gets the point

Welcome to my dying home (dying home)
Welcome inside these crumbling walls
A meaningless handshake
Greets them all with smiles of false hope
Welcome to my dying home (dying home)
Welcome inside these crumbling walls

Do I even care as I watch a sea of people
Dwindling into an audience of skin and bones
An audience who doesn't have the strength
To walk out on a man who has tarnished their faith

I've taken the breath out of everything they believe, they believe
I've taken the breath out of everything they stand for

Preaching to the deaf and blind
No one sees my effort
Preaching to the deaf and blind
No one gets the point

 

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The Eleventh Hour

We've heard the sound
That ears bleed to hear
The sound of a place
The entire universe awaits

Here the strongest fall to their knees
A passion so powerful that walls crumble
To their foundations
Here the strongest fall to their knees
The lost find their way back home
Here the strongest fall to their knees
The lost find their way back home
But the masses buy what will make them rich
Feasting on lies
Chasing their tails
Truth be told
They'll get what they were promised

Crawling away
Burning with regret
To the deepest, darkest depths
Crawling away
Burning with regret
To the deepest, darkest depths
Of hell

We got news for you
We got news for you
The day is soon coming
When turning your back
Won't be an option
We got news for you
The day is soon coming
When turning your back
Won't be an option

Keep telling yourself what you really don't believe
You can compromise
What you know to be true
And you can turn off
All of your senses
But in the end you'll see
But in the end you’ll see
Nothing stands between a man and his maker
Nothing stands between a man and his maker

No, no matter what it's your decision
No matter what, it's your decision
This isn't something you could do alone
Go!

No matter what it's your decision
(Give up, give in)
Give up, give in, no matter what
It's your decision
Give up, give in, no matter what
It's your decision
Give up, give in, no matter what
It's your decision
Give up, give in, no matter what
It's your decision

 

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The Balance

All these ideas keep swimming
Running through your
All these ideas keep swimming
Running through your
All these ideas keep swimming
Running through your head

Quick, we'll drown them with this fix

The dose to stop your shaking
The one to silence your voice
The dose to stop your shaking
The one to silence your voice

Just take it and you'll be fine
Calm, relaxed, obedient
Just the way we want you
Just the way we want you
Just the way we want you
Just the way we want you

Your thoughts are ours to manipulate
Your actions are ours to control
Your opinions are a thing of the past
Opinions are a thing of the past
So tilt your head back and swallow this
Opinions are a thing of the past
So tilt your head back and swallow this

Go!

A real team player
A real class act
No one cares about your identity
Open wide, here it comes
This prescription makes you perfect
Open wide, here it comes
This prescription makes you perfect

 

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Black Sheep

Fallen captive
You've fallen captive
To what you thought would save you
What you thought would clean your slate
You're in the thick of it now (in the thick of it now)
And you have swallowed the hook

What's done is done
We'll continue on
With or without you
Pain must exist
In order for healing to survive
In order for healing to survive

Neither one will ever serve their purpose alone (survive)
Neither one will ever serve their purpose alone

You've fallen in love with a dream you've never had (you never dreamed)
You've fallen in love with a surreal way of living

Too late to wake
Farewell and good luck to you
See you at the end
Too late to wake
Too late to wake
Too late to wake
I guess this is farewell
And good luck to you
I thought we'd live to tell
This is my goodbye

Don't worry
We saw through your trickery
We’re coming out alive
See you at the end
What was once your life
Is now lifeless
What was once your life
Is now your jail cell
What was once your life
Is now lifeless
What was once your life
Is now your jail cell

 

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An American Dream

Suffocation
Suffocate with no room to breath

Forgive us for "now" is too late
This is not an American dream
This is no longer an American dream
This is no longer an American dream (American dream)

We are trying to breathe
We are trying to breathe underwater
Trying to breathe
Underwater

The few, the proud, no longer sing their song
One nation under God
It's us against the world
One nation under God
It's us against the world
It’s us against the world (us against the world)
It’s us against the world (us against the world)

We've cut the tongue from society
Forcing consumption
Never hearing "no"
We've brainwashed our children
To believe this is destiny
Spoiled rotten
Still counting their 1, 2, 3's
We've brainwashed our children
To believe this is destiny
Spoiled rotten
Still counting their 1, 2, 3's

Forgive us for "now" is too late
Forgive us for fueling the flame

This is not an American dream any longer
As we've become spoiled, rotten, counting our 1, 2, 3's

Disease infesting our young
Beauty has become the beast
Beauty has become the beast
Beauty has become the beast
Beauty has become the beast

 

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Redemption

I trust in You for life to live
And air to breath
Purity fills my lungs
I trust in You for life to live
And air to breath
Purity fills my lungs

I no longer live in solitude
No longer bound
My heart beats with great devotion
This is the start to a new beginning
I no longer live in solitude
No longer bound
My heart beats with great devotion
This is the start to a new beginning

On my knees
Praying for mercy
Hands raised high
Humble and broken

Wanting Your grace
Wanting Your security
Memories of laying face down
Motionless, with such a hollow feeling inside
Soon I would end this life I was living

I am just a man
With a heart and sinful hands
I am a fallen victim
I am just a man
With a heart and sinful hands
I am a fallen victim
I am just a man
With a heart and sinful hands
I am a fallen victim
I am just a man
With a heart and sinful hands
I am a fallen victim

Lord, show me the way
Let my words be Your words
Let my thoughts be Your thoughts
Let my words be Your words
Lord, show me the way
I ask of You Father
To You, I give my praise
To You, I give my praise
To You, I give my praise

Show me the way
Take me in Your arms
Never let me go

I trust in You
I trust in You
For life to live
For life to live
And to breathe
And to breathe
Purity fills my lungs
Lord, show me the way
As I give myself to you
Never let me go
Hold me with Your everlasting love
Be my strength
Be my voice
My glory
Set me free