Haunted nights for haleyon days Can't sleep to the scraping of his voice Nature's way struck grief in me And I became a ghost in sickness Willingly guided into heresy Beneath the surface, stark emptiness And you'd pity my conviction Whereas I thought of

Qui me sucent le sang, Old Lady Wolf can live under the water, Old Lady Wolf can breathe under the water, Ô humains, vous me laissez sans voix, Ô humains, ô humains trois fois, Le ciel, la terre, le paradis, l’enfer, Convictions, j’ai-tu des convictions,

Convictions to the back burner Gather all your possessions, and smile because you've got it all Smile because you've got it all Still that empty feeling won't go away (Go away) Slip on the ice again When did you become so cold? Lucky for you rock bottom

Belief will always save me Conviction made aware What if the rest of the world

Have not the strongest And closest ties been bound so long I've called upon them They remind me where I'm from With deep conviction I am connected cross the miles With out them nothing worth relying on It's been so long since I could say I've needed

You know kids, I wish every mom and dad would make a speech to their teenagers and say kids, be free, be whatever you are, do whatever you want to do, just so long as you don't hurt anybody. And remember kids, I am your friend. I would just like to say

(to) give me truth to my conviction Reality or fiction Am I out of my mind? And just for one day I wish I could disappear There's no solution Is my own confusion Maybe nothing else will ever be so clear Well maybe that's only my fear Just take me far

Where are the dreams that we once had? This is the time to bring them back. What were the promises caught On the tips of our tongues? Do we forget or forgive? There's a whole other life waiting to be lived when One day we're brave enough To talk with

Don't cross that line Hopin' that you don't cross that line Don't cross that line, Baby don't cross that line Convict

I'm a man of my convictions Call me wrong, call me right But I bring my better angels to every fight You may not like where I'm going But you sure know where I stand Hate me if you want to Love me if you can Sometimes I think that war is necessary Every