Killswitch Engage - Incarnate Album Lyrics

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Alone I Stand

A day of great tribulation is upon us.
A time of deception conflict and unrest.
I will not cower in fear and submission.
I will hold my ground and resist.
It all starts in the mind.
From the beginning of days to the last and final end.
Uncertainty bleeds from within.
Open wounds stitched with precision.
Mind and body conditioned to obey.
They call us sons and daughters.
Only sheep led to the slaughter.
So many times, so many lies.
I am disconnected from a system I've rejected.
No allegiance.
Defiant I withstand.
This resistance.
I reject what you demand and alone I stand.
Rank, file and number.
We are gears in the machine.
Unseen to the eye the shackles are on the inside.
Illusion of security.
Rejection of this supremacy.
Confusion lead us to submission.
Disconnection from a system I've rejected.
No allegiance.
Defiant I withstand.
This resistance.
I reject what you demand and alone I stand.
There is great tribulation.
Upon us all.
Deception, conflict, and unrest.
Upon us all.
I will hold my ground.
I will resist.

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Hate By Design

Yeah!

Born into this world of hatred.

We are born free
from the restraints of this society,
helpless to what is instilled.
(Yeah)
To all those who raise us, mold us, and shape us:
there is a time to separate,
from this.

A reason why, a state of mind,
there's a disconnection.
A judgement made.
Fueled by hate, it's your mistake,
it's a choice you made.
It's tearing us apart.

Hate,
hate by design,
is destroying our lives.
Seek to find,
some understanding.
Redefine your life!

Consequence, effected
in a life that is rejected,
anger misplaced.
A burden on our hearts,
that's keeping us apart,
no love,
no understanding.

What we design is hate inside,
a misconception,
a judgement made.
(a judgement made)

It's our mistake,
what we create,
when we lose compassion,
it's tearing us apart.

Hate,
hate by design,
(hate by design)
is destroying our lives
Seek to find
(we'll seek to find)
some understanding,
redefine your life!

Redefine your understanding.
Redefine your own life.
(go!)

Hate,
hate by design,
(by design)
is destroying our lives,
(our lives)
seek to find,
some understanding.

Redefine your life!

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Cut Me Loose

Lost in thought
Recounting the cost when sanity became askew
When turning the pages of life
Concentrated on killing the sorrow that tears us in two

A faded memory of what used to be
The burden and the noose
And just cut me loose

It can't be mistaken, the spirit is vacant
When hope for tomorrow is nowhere in view
Living so close to a weakness
That continues to keep you held down
Hear the sound Of the voice that is screaming
What's lost is now found

A faded memory of what used to be
The burden and the noose
And just cut me loose

Ghosts of the past no longer torment me
I release the anguish

A faded memory of what used to be
The burden and the noose
Begging you to cut me loose
The burden and the noose
Just cut me loose
Cut me
Cut me
Cut me loose

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Strength Of The Mind

Strength of the mind!

Looking back on the life that I lived
What I leave behind
Mistakes and memories serve to remind (they serve me to remind)
The reflection staring back from the mirror
No longer looks like me, like me!

Strength of the mind to fight what's inside
It takes strength of the mind
Before I lose control

Who can raise you from the fall and save you? Only you
Who can take the pain away and change you? Only you

A thousand miles between this never ending feeling
Just looking for something more
Searching for a release
I've seen rock bottom and I've smashed my fists against it
Just keep telling yourself it will be alright

Who can raise you from the fall and save you? Only you
Who can take the pain away and change you? Only you

Gather all your pain and suffering
Turn them into strength and weaponry
To overcome the enemy that's in you
Come face to face with a war that rages in you

Who can take the pain away? Only you!

Who can raise you from the fall and save you? Only you!

Strength of the mind!
Before I lose control

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Just Let Go

Holding on to something
That I know I can't control
And I could not have it any other way
Restless anxious is all I've known
Defenseless against this
This change in my soul
What was once reluctance soon becomes the will to grow
And I would not have it any other way
So I let go. Lose control.
Let go to the unknown
Nothing changes in refusing to grow
Wisdom engages those who will grasp for something more
Take this leap of faith
There's no time to waste
And I cannot have it any other way
So I let go. Lose control.
Just let go. Let go
See behind the hue. Reject what I once knew. I'll let go. Surrender

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Embrace The Journey... Upraised

A lifetime of searching.
Questioning existence and purpose
From the setting sun.
To the vast expanses
Death from birth in reverse.
Examine the dimensions
in suspension of disbelief

The search continues.
The soul escapes.
Our existence.
My soul aches

Beyond the aether, pass into the veil.
Dissolved into nothingness
No hands can grasp.
There is no answer to the questions
In the span of the infinite.
To the concept of all time

I'm upraised a feeling I can't explain
My soul aches still searching is my refrain

Prepare the body for when the soul escapes
The last caress before the great awakening

Beyond all.
All of our comprehension.
Beyond all disbelief

Spread my ashes into the sea.
Embrace the journey
Death where is thy sting

I'm upraised a feeling I can't explain
My soul aches still searching is my refrain
I'm upraised still searching is my refrain
My soul aches this feeling I can't explain

Silence the voice of the self-righteous,
condescending and without grace
Give sight to those who are blind with hatred,
to see beyond hypocrisy

My soul searches beyond the aether,
beyond the dogmatic haze
I still believe
I still believe

I, I still believe
I, I still believe...

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Quiet Distress

How many times, how many lies
Does it take to demonstrate?
To change the apathy that's ingrained
The screams. The cries. Behind the lies
The victim and the villainy, taking all your dignity

Quiet distress covers scars and bruises
Quiet distress leaves us lost and desperate

Night after night, search for the light.
Relive the fear and misery
Disguise the pain. The blood will wash away,
but the wounds still sing of your agony

Quiet distress covers scars and bruises
Quiet distress we can't afford indifference

Hearing screams and cries, over and over again
Wash the blood away, over and over again
The victim, over and over again.
Becomes the victor in the end

Quiet distress won't cover scars and bruises
Quiet distress leaves us lost and desperate
We can't afford indifference

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Until The Day

The reverberations escape and embrace me to a lonely sleep.
As thoughts hold on to me. With words left unspoken.
I couldn't ease the pain so easily. Drown my sanity
The distance apart, the longing in our hearts
I will remain until the day I die
We keep this path alive. Never break the ties
I will remain until the day I die
The open spaces. Another city passes as we sleep, and it calls to me
The rhythm tears me open. Another crowd
Another chance to bleed through this release
And I taste the pain. No looking back as it begins again
I wouldn't change a thing. I'll give it everything until the end. Until my final breath
I will hold fast. Never turning back
I will hold fast until the day I die. Forever I will remain

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It Falls On Me

It all falls on me. Brings me to my knees
This feeling that's inside. Where's the peace that you promised me?
Desolation fills this hollow heart. Seeking all the answers as we drift apart
Where is the light? Where's the sanctity in this choir of voices that deceive?
In disarray I find a place to come undone
Then all of my anger, all of my pain, bleeds into something I can't contain
Release me from this moment. Left here with nothing to hold on to
Your voice is still speaking, my vision is clear and through the distance I feel you near
You don't see me, you can't hear. My voice left me with nothing, without a choice
Memories of what could have been. Remind me it will never be the same again. It falls on me

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The Great Deceit

Resound the outcry, raise the signal of distress. We are compromised
They have silenced our dissent. A dull complacency covers humanity
This systematic hate of deceit
How many more will die before we realize the truth has been disguised?
Violence increased no justice and no peace. In the great deceit
The discontent silenced or put to death
In the great deceit. It's mental slavery
Our segregation is further fed by ignorance
This disconnection through color of the flesh
Blood of generations, saturate our roots. But history conceals the truth
How can we breathe? The silence is killing me
How can we breathe? Who is the enemy
How can we breathe? Suffocate humanity
How can we breathe? No justice. No peace

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We Carry On

Morning breaks from a night awake, that laid my heart to waste
Here in this anguish. Knowing what will end just begins again
Somehow through it all. We carry on
Raise you up when you fall. We carry on
Heal these wounds to break the skin again
What's done is done. Nothing's the same
Vacant expression. As the waves wash over your motionless face
Bury the past. Wounds remain through it all. A desire to live again

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Ascension

This is a dawning
A calling to face down consequence
No honor in hiding behind a wall, that keeps you sane
Shed the skin of past mistakes
No remorse and no escape
The burden of your consciousness
Don't turn back. Your time has come
Draw your breath
Define your ascension
Put your fears to death
Define your ascension
As the tension builds within you
Let conviction conquer
All those who stand before you
This is fair warning. No turning back
There is no indecision
Don't turn away
Your time has come
It all ends today
Your time has come
This is fair warning
Your time will come

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Reignite

In modern humanity. We lack a sense of urgency. Where lies our ambition
Speaking words that don't hold weight. Lack of pure integrity
Leaving nothing to be gained
Nothing but insincerity. Just masking insecurity
Where's the passion. The urgency? Where is vitality?
Hanging on by a thread. Fading spark of light within.
Reignite the ignition
There is no greater defeat. Then not fighting for what you believe
What do you believe in? What do you stand for? It's time to back up your words
Live this life with passion. Has the world drained all our hearts? Has the love been torn apart?
Live this life with new direction. With knowledge to maintain. To determine what must change
With positive mentality. An attitude that sustain. Reignite the ignition
Live this life; it's in your hands. It's our time. Take nothing for granted
Take this life; it's in your hands. Live this life.
Stand and fight. Reignition. Ignite the blaze

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Triumph Through Tragedy

Triumph through tragedy. Every decision, every choice that we make
All it takes is just one victory or just one simple mistake
To change the course. Count the loss. Determine the road that we must take
The road that we create
Strength through the determined
Can't you see that triumphs through tragedy?
Cause us be there's no illusion. This life will drag you through so much despair
Draw your own conclusion. Through reason and purpose we persevere
To change the course. Count the loss determine the road that we must take
The road that we create
Strength will bleed through the determined
Can't you see we have a purpose
All we need is to believe. There is triumph through tragedy
Never give in to despair and hopelessness
Never give in when your will begins to break
Never give in
When you're on the edge step back to find your balance
When the walls are closing in tear them down

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Loyalty

"Justice for my sister and her children"
"If you want justice you've come to the wrong place"
"I disagree. I want to bring those who have wronged me to
justice and all those who've wronged me are right here"

The Queen brings the vengeance race
Fight from the fledged
Passing through the blood red sun
You're the watchers in the southern skies

Fighting until our last breath
Feel this indenting death
Through honor and victory
We will be avenged
Avenged

Loyalty unto the grave
Unbowed, Unbent
We are unbroken

F*cked up to blood and to fight
Choking on these venomous voices
We overcome our enemy
Until all are vanquished

Flames course through the darkness
For life to be avenged
Through honor and victory
We make amends

Loyalty unto the grave
Unbowed, Unbent
We are unbroken
Loyalty until the grave
Unbowed, Unbent
We are unbroken

Sever these venomous voices
Voice from the pain
My death won't be in vain
Loyalty until the grave

Loyal until death
Loyal to the grave
Loyal until death
Loyal to the grave

Loyalty unto the grave
Unbowed, Unbent
We are unbroken