I knew Jamie as a kid back when
We were all just learning to be
Human is carnal, no two ways around
Despite what we’d all like to see
Grown-up makeup painted on face
And a push-up braw underneath
Deep, diving collar and thin little straps
With a bare midriff in between.
Horns started honking from trucks on the road
That lead where we were walkin to
She asked “what they honkin’ at?”
Babe, it’s a fact-every horn was honkin’ at you!
And why are you wearing that crocodile grin?
It’s a sin, girl you’re only fifteen!
Why am I such a jerk? Honey, I saw you first
And I believe you belong to me!
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you go objectifying me?!
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you objectify yourself
In the sight of God?
Community college, ready for knowledge
To come spilling into my mind
Perverted diversions in short shorts and heels
I’m playing it back on rewind!
I can’t tell you one actual book
Or scholastic mountain I climbed
A mystery how I got my degree
So much easier if I was blind!
Black-heart kingdom of relative truths
We are taught not to hold dear.
It feels true to me that we both should be
In my bedroom when we’re out of here!
And should you decline, that’s perfectly fine
There’s plenty more girls just like you
Stupid and grinning, tanning and thinning
Teasing with all kinds of grooves.
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you go objectifying me?!
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you objectify yourself
In the sight of God?
Heart split wide open from wounds that I blame
On women, but self-inflicted just the same
Crying and broken… completely frozen
I am so over these childish games
Years fade to black… I’m healing within
Clinging to God and ignoring my sin
Shunning the lust… diverting my eyes
From parading posters in naked daylight
Finding those places the safest for me
Breathing the air… fresh as can be
Finding the house I’m supposed to be in
Even my church isn’t devoid of sin!
Husbands, how can you all smile so wide?
Don’t it just break you to see
Your wife and your daughters still dressing to kill
Throwing more temptation on me?
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you go objectifying me?!
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you objectify yourself
In the sight of God?
(…easier if I was BLIND!)
Savage… one-track mind
Hormonal… lust defined
Selfish… and dominant
Animal… masculine…
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you go objectifying me?
Wait
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you go objectifying me?
Carnal… perverted beast
How dare you? How dare you look at me?
Not ready… When I’m ready, though
I want you to be… READY TO GO!
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you go objectifying me?
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you go objectifying me?
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you objectify yourself?
How dare you? How dare you?
How dare you objectify yourself
In the sight of God?
In the sight of God?
Finally understanding the reason behind
This general sense of malaise
Silence and confuse the giant within
Long enough for demons to smile and play
And just when the clouds appeared
To have suffocated the world in shade
How sheepish they look in defeat
Throats choking on my blade!
The once booming voice of the church
Has faded to a pathetic whisper
We apologize now and beg for a moment
To speak the truth in love.
And the reason, I believe
Is that we’ve forgotten
That the gospel is the truth
And the gospel is “Good News”
CRY NO MORE!
LET LIONS ROAR
THEIR PRAISES UNTO THE LORD!
CRY NO MORE!
LET LIONS ROAR!
I’LL CRY NO MORE!
MY HEART’S RESTORED
AS PROMISED ME BY THE LORD!
CRY NO MORE!
LET LIONS ROAR!
The laws are just and holy
Their binding power over us
A man once died to break…
His name was Jesus.
“Do these things in my memory
And don’t fear breaking the laws
By doing these, as I have done
Observes a self-fulfilling clause.”
I have set aside my blade of metal
And grasped instead the sun
A blade that cannot stain
By the spilling of any blood.
I’ve spent too much time in today
And lost sight of what’s tomorrow
I’ve been fighting the individual
Instead of the disease of sorrow.
CRY NO MORE!
LET LIONS ROAR
THEIR PRAISES UNTO THE LORD!
CRY NO MORE!
LET LIONS ROAR!
I’LL CRY NO MORE!
MY HEART’S RESTORED
AS PROMISED ME BY THE LORD!
CRY NO MORE!
LET LIONS ROAR!
Hear me now, and hear me rumble
From the throat with victory!
The sight and passion I had lost
Has been returned to me!
Hear the rings upon my fingers
The clap of open palms
The tips of gauntlets clanking
And the chains that dangle from
And hear my song of worship
For the One my praise is for
I’d forgotten how fun it was to sing
And my lungs can cry no more!
The breath fills up inside me
Expands even as I roar
And the burn from screaming victory
Is what my throat lives for!
LET LIONS ROAR
THEIR PRAISES UNTO THE LORD!
CRY NO MORE!
LET LIONS ROAR!
I’LL CRY NO MORE!
MY HEART’S RESTORED
AS PROMISED ME BY THE LORD!
CRY NO MORE!
LET LIONS ROAR!
welcome to you all on this wonderful day
i'm so glad you could come to see my play
take your seats before the lights go down
while on the stage the actors gather 'round
could it be they know the truth?
quiet now as the lights sink low
a well dressed man steps up to start the show
but he's not wearing his familiar smile
his eyes dart for answers like a scolded child
he alone knows the truth
the words they never come
he stands there deaf and dumb
the words they never come
this old world has left him numb
the words they never come
the lies have come undone
the words they never come
he stands there deaf and dumb
the crowds anger begins to grow
as fear now sways to and fro
helpless he begins to sweat
he's on the high wire without a net
such is the burden of truth
timidly he begins to explain
and quickly his mood starts to change
"you've all been fooled there is now play
just like life it's only for display"
now you know the truth
the words they never come
he stands there deaf and dumb
the words they never come
this old world has left him numb
the words they never come
the lies have come undone
the words they never come
he stands there deaf and dumb
**I've been hearing the song Slave Labor By Fear Factory a lot lately. This is what came of it. My first attempt at lyrics.**
Light the match
ignite the flame
I only have
myself to blame
Pierce the dark
within the pyre
healing wounds
in searing fire
I look upon
the wrong I've done
and will not turn
I will not run
I'm burning down
the past I've claimed
and learned from it
I'm not ashamed
For I am only
flesh and bone
a fire to fuel
a soul to hone
i made a deal with the devil
and each day he comes to collect
i made a deal with the devil
another piece of my soul he will select
inside these walls i am to suffer
this now is my living tomb
inside these walls i am to suffer
these words spell out my living doom
have mercy on this weary creature
have mercy on this broken man
oh someone please, please end my burden
and send me to the promised land
i made a deal with the devil
and my pain is his request
i made a deal with the devil
he now takes all that is my best
lead weight fills my aching heart now
as i slip further into darkness
lead weight fills my aching heart
as i wait for deaths blackened kiss
have mercy on this weary creature
have mercy on this broken man
oh someone please, please end my burden
and send me to the promised land
remember me as i once was
a man with love and passion filled
remember me as i once was
who modern times did surely kill
have mercy on this weary creature
have mercy on this broken man
oh someone please, please end my burden
and send me to the promised land
and put and end to this sick notion
this unholy thing called modern man
and send us to the promised land
and send us to the promised land
Mandys done with Billy
He couldnt buy her everything
Billys done with Mandy
He bought her a diamond ring
And he bought her a condo
Because he got kicked out of the nest
For her. For her
He always did his best
Mandys car broke down and
That girl was so happy
She wanted something sleek and
She said Make it snappy.
You cant get water from a rock
And Billys always solid
You need a reason not to walk
He said, and this is how it
Daddy, Daddy immediately steps in
With a brand-new Dakota.
Billys always sayin how, I can never win.
To this day, hell quote her.
Jenny told me I deserve better and that makes sense
To me
For me, love is easy, and youll always need your friends.
You see?
So hes broken, now Hes broken now
And he probly feels hes so far down
And hes missing her and evrything
He thought that she could be
He is broken down, his will dead
Fast forward now some years ahead
And hes all the wiser knowing where
His broken heart has been
Hes much wiser now. Hes wiser now
As he counts the many steps he tread
And hes finding out the broken
Grow much harder in the end.
Jennys done with Tony
Shes through with being pushed around
Tonys done with Jenny
He doesnt like the sound of
Women sticking up for themselves when theyre black and blue
Do you?
Do you think its stupid I kept those secrets too?
Do you?
Do you think Im stupid cause I married someone mean?
Do you think Im stupid cause Ive been working since fifteen?
Do you think Im stupid cause I skipped on my degree?
Do you think Im stupid? I know you... but I dont know me.
Shes broken, now Shes broken now
And she probly feels shes so far down
And shes missing him and evrything
She thought that he could be
She is broken down, her will dead
Fast forward now some years ahead
And shes all the wiser knowing where
Her broken heart has been
Shes much wiser now. Shes wiser now
As she counts the many steps she tread
And shes finding out the broken
Grow much harder in the end.
Mandys done with Joey
She doesnt like the cops at home
Billys done with Mandy
Its sad shes got to be alone
But Mandy still has Daddy
To pick up the pieces once again
Shell need someone to talk to
Shes gonna need a friend
Wholl listen to her now that Jennys hangin around with Bill?
With Bill.
Hes always been solid, and hes more solid still
Hes still
Bitter about those years he spent alone because of what Jenny said
But he knows it was the valley they stumbled down into and met.
And shes sorry now, but very glad as she thinks about how truly sad
The world around her is without the sight to see itself
And shes broken now Hes broken now
And together they are finding out
Theyre finding out the broken
Grow much harder in the end.
This is my incompletion
This is my lonely night
This is my own deletion
This is my take in stride
This world is for the takers
Much better left alone
This world is for the fakers
This world is not my home
I wanna run away without the weight of legs behind me
I wanna run today, and wonder who would try to find me
This is my incompletion
This is my This is my
This is my own solution
This is my battle cry
This is my restitution
I watch my body die
This world is for the winners
Play fair and youll be passed
This world is for the losers
The first will be the last
I wanna run away to the feast thats been laid out for me
I wanna run away from the eyes that decide what I see
Its so real in my mind
I can get there if I
Dont try to buy your way here
Dont try to make me love this
Dont try to fake youre sincere
Dont try. You make me covet.
I wanna run away to the world that spins above me
I wanna run away to find out who would really love me
This is my incompletion
This is my This is my
This is my restitution
This is my battle cry
Its not my own solution
I watch my ego die
This world is for the quitters
I set myself apart
This world is for the sitters
Watch His completion start.
I wanna run today to wherever His steps take me
I wanna run to pay my debt to Him who made me
This is my This is my
It was filled with passion,
filled with desire.
No one heard your call,
so it burned with fire.
What was left was only
a dream of glass.
You buried it deep,
down deep in your past.
Forgotten was this,
fragile dream.
Where upon your heart,
it awoke to beam.
It was filled with passion,
filled with desire.
You heard its call and
it lit like a fire.
As delicate this
dream may be.
You know its a passion
you can see.
Once this dream is
taken with love.
It will shine like
the sun above.
Fear may take you
for a fool.
Dishearten spirit
with distraction.
Make it appear
as if its cool.
But dreams are not
born with inaction.
Fill you dream with passion,
fill it with the will to inspire.
We can hear your call,
strengthen it with your loves inner-fire
(Think metal/metal core/screamo)
Angry tears fall like cyanide burning my cheeks,
acid in my stomach that feels like fire
threatening to find its way to the surface.
You disgust me. Thoroughly make me sick with how angry I am.
How could you do this to them,
how could you do this to me?
Betrayed,
everyone feels it every now and then
but this, this is SICK.
Perverse in every way possible.
You disgust me. Thoroughly make me sick with how angry I am.
How could you do this to them,
how could you do this to me?
((To them, to me.... to them, to me.))
We let you into our lives
took you in
loved you
you were one of us...
How could you (how could you)
How could you (HOW COULD YOU)
do this to us? (TO US?)
I've felt mistrust before
but never has it
broken me, hurt me
scarred me
TO THE CORE.
You disgust me. Thoroughly make me sick with how angry I am.
How could you do this to them,
how could you do this to me?
((To them, to me.... to them, to me.))
Take your sad excuses
and walk out here and NOW.
Don't look back at me
with that sad, fake frown.
How could you do this to us?
((HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO US!))
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DUMMMMM-DAH
(re-inter bridge)