I've felt the hate rise up in me Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves I wander out where you can't see Inside my shell, I wait and bleed You haven't learned a thing I haven't changed a thing The flesh was in my bones The pain was always free

The deepest gray forever lives inside of me But I am not afraid for I have lived this agony And so my patience thins Could blood not be so sweet Or flow enough to sustain Two hundred nine tomorrow's rise And I'm alone again Please not this way So sweet

(Whoa) it's unforgettable I feel a rise inside me It's untouchable (whoa) Like breathing fire in me With blind eyes open wide I'm seeing it I'm feeling higher It's unforgettable I'm coming alive, I'm coming alive

(Break it to me) Don't dress it up but don't beat around the bush And don't cover it up but don't push it underground And don't keep it inside and don't edit and redact And no dumbing it down I know how to mend I can rise high above the ashes I'll

All rise, Eyes bow, Time feels like a midnight ride, Finality waits outside, Weeping in perplexity's arms, The unsettled mind is at times an ally, Leaving the senses to fend for them selves, Caressing our smiles inside, The National debt is at times an

I'm trapped inside this dream Of the Eldar's For the Eldar Song of doom I've seen the moon And the first sunrise I'll leave it to the memories And kiss the wind goodbye I've tasted poison

And there's nowhere to go but up There's nowhere to go but up Life's a balloon That tumbles or rises Depending on what is inside Fill it with hope And playful surprises And oh, deary ducks Then you're in for a ride

Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by Forget my name and I'll forget it too Always keep me coming back to you Deep inside these burning buildings Voices die to be heard Years we spent

The time has come to Make a difference Raise our voices So rise up and fight with me Embrace what we have It might be the last time In this life we will rise If we find the strength to unify Rise inside

But on a sunday morning sun Waste all my time Could I believe you never know Your presence sublime, oh oh I know I need your ever more, oh oh Well I don't, I don't believe in your lovin' When all things sort of fall inside Then I don't, I don't believe