Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (2006) by Rise Against (보컬) on maniadb.com

Tell me how these things traced with colors filled with black debris And how these loyal, living reich were nameless things swept out of sight Dead through the streamers on the sky past neon words where we Remember those killed by names we each call, are you happy where you are? Blind to this impending fate We'll let the world carry our weight Its back breaks with every mile But we all live in denial Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine Let's go! And so we carry on each day as if our lives were not so real While every breath that we take, we only suffocate First bouts of delirium and scenes of homeless Democrats On Wall Street, a single mom of three, a TV personality I’m blind to this impending fate We'll let the world carry their weight Its back breaks with every mile But they all live in denial Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've begun? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Save us from what we have become tonight Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right Can we be saved, has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we've become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine

You spend your days counting the hours you're awake And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same it's a burden you've been burying in spite of all your prayers as the light turns off inside your heart do you remember what it's like to care knees are weak, hands are shaking, i can't breathe Give me the drug, keep me alive, give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breath on my own i'm finally free let me go The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way if you never meant to leave then you only had to stay with the memories that haunt us, i charish just the same as the ones that bring us closer to the sky, no matter how grave yet i fall through these clouds and she's screaming Give me the drug, keep me alive give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breath on my own i'm finally free let me go this grip loosens but it never breaks we carry nothing but a name you will forsake your words are always there to break my fall and now i find the comfort to see through it all guide me through uncharted waters before we lose our way again will you be my compass until forever, until forever ends knees are weak, hands are shaking i can't breathe Give me the drug,keep me alive give me whats left of my life let me go pull this plug, let me breathe on my own I'm finally free let me go (x3)

Hold on slow down again from the top now and tell me everything I know I've been gone for what seems like forever But I'm here now waiting To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger But closer than you think She said just go on she wants you And same does your life by Please don't die on me Wings won't take me Heights don't phase me So take a step But don't look down Take a step Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall Perpetual motion the image won't focus A blur is all that's in But here in this moment like the eye of the storm It all came clear to me I found a shoulder to lean on An infallible reason to live all by itself I took one last look from the heights that I once loved And then I ran like hell Wings won't take me Heights don't phase me So take a step But don't look down Take a step Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I count the times that I've been sorry I know, I know Now my conventions slowly drowns I know, I know If there's a time these walls could guard you I know, I know Then let that time be right now Now I'm standing on a rooftop Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall) And I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall

"Bricks" When faith alone is not enough, To keep our heads barely above, We look for reason and come up empty-handed. And when our children fight our wars, While we sit back just keeping score, We're teaching murder not understanding now. We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change The lives our buried sons have laid, Won't cancel debts we've yet to pay, In death, we justify anything now, As long as we blindly obey and do exactly what they say, We'll have no one to blame, but ourselves now. We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change. We run on the fumes of injustice, We'll never die with the fuel that you give us, Keep it coming 'cause I'm prepared to burn, Keep running, find me at every turn. Your life around, (into something true, into something true) So turn your life around, (into something true, something true) We're setting the fires to light the way, We're burning it all to begin again, With hope in our hearts and bricks in our hands, We sing for change.

"Under The Knife" Wake me up inside Tell me there's a reason To take another step To get up off my knees and, Follow this path of most resistance. How ever it takes us, Whatever it faces and wherever it leads, So wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside Something for the pain, just to kill this feeling although we looked awake, inside we're all still sleeping And I spent my time here alive, but buried there do you believe we'll ever make it? do you think we'll ever really say? So wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside Wake me up inside these dreams all die if we let them, Wake me up inside today won't start if we just give in. ('cause you'll be anything) Just wake me when it's through, I don't want to feel the things that you do (the things that you do) Don't worry I'll be fine I just don't want this dream, wake me up inside

"Prayer Of The Refugee" Warm yourself by the fire, son, And the morning will come soon. I’ll tell you stories of a better time, In a place that we once knew. Before we packed our bags And left all this behind us in the dust, We had a place that we could call home, And a life no one could touch. Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Down! We are the angry and the desperate, The hungry, and the cold, We are the ones who kept quiet, And always did what we were told. But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm, In the safety of your home. We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up Everything you’ve known. Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! So open your eyes child, Let’s be on our way. Broken windows and ashes Are guiding the way. Keep quiet no longer, We’ll sing through the day, Of the lives that we’ve lost, And the lives we’ve reclaimed. Go! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up now, I can stand my own ground, I don’t need your help now, You will let me down, down, down! Don’t hold me up… (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t hold me up… (I don’t need your help) No! No! No! Don’t hold me up! (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t hold me up! (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down!

"Drones" Deep inside these burning buildings Voices die to be heard Years we spent teaching a lesson We ourselves had never learned And if strength is born from heartbreak Then mountains I could move And if walls could speak I'd pray That they would tell me what to do If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. No signs of life here, save the embers, the occasional flame, We'd know the way but can't remember, conception to the grave, Shout confessions from the greatest heights, where no one can hear, All my fears, my insecurities are falling like tears. If you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. The drones all slave away, they're working overtime, They serve a faceless queen, they never question why. Disciples of a God, that neither lives nor breathes, (I won't come back!) But we have bills to pay, yeah we have mouths to feed! (I won't come back!) I won't come back! And if you see me, please just walk on by, walk on by. Forget my name and I'll forget it too. Failed attempts at living simple lives, simple lives Are what keep me coming back to you. I'm coming back to you

"The Approaching Curve" [Spoken:] The music played with a calming frequency. The speakers gently seeped the sound of ambient keyboards and light percussion, creating a seductive soundtrack to our midnight drive through curtains of blackness. The windows were cold to the touch, reflecting the icy conditions in our immediate extremity. Salt stains and fingerprints littered the glass, and streaks with melted snow cascaded down it's length. The music pulsed louder, yet gentle, like the far away squeal of a pot of boiling water. The skylight was glowing faintly with vague hints of an impending dawn. The car raced along a painfully straight stretch of road, and she hadn't so much as turned the steering wheel two degrees in the last twenty minutes nor had we spoken. As we were, so perfect, so happy. They'll remember, only our smiles 'cause that's all they've seen. Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned. As we were, so perfect, so happy. [Spoken:] "Why are you doing this?" she spoke as if not expecting a response. Her voice penetrated the still air of our speechless drive, so suddenly that my heart had jumped. "I'm not doing anything," I said, but I didn't even believe that myself. "This is what's best, for me, for you, for us," or maybe just for me I thought, as a tear formed in the pit of her eye. The music poured through the speakers and we were losing ourselves in the cadence. She looked down momentarily and closed her eyes for a bit longer than a standard blink. Then she was crying. Then she was shouting. Then I was shouting, now pouring confessions, having no answers, or solutions, we barely even knew the questions. As we were, so perfect, so happy. They'll remember, only our smiles 'cause that's all they've seen. Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned. As we were, so perfect, so happy. Don't put me underground, I was meant for a life somewhere else. Please, love, give me the wheel, before both of our hearts you will steal tonight (will steal tonight). As we were, so perfect, so happy. Don't remember, only your smiles 'cause that's all they've seen. Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned. As we were, so perfect, so happy. [Spoken:] Our cracking voices became part of the music. The car pressed on faster through the night. As our voices lowered, The cadence again overtook the air. Up ahead there was a curve approaching. She made no indications of slowing.

"Worth Dying For" Set me off like dynamite strapped tight around my waist We are the ones in competition but claim this ain't no race (Let's go!) Take a breath and explode like bullets tearing through the wind Cut me up with a razor blade that tries to separate the skin Now in the White flames of burning flags we found a world worth dying for, yeah We've been battered so hard that we don't feel anymore Take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? Send me off on the morning breeze so far away from here Feel me rise in the strength I've found inside the warm embracing air I'm moving slow Like a glacier melting watch me dissipate I searched for love in an empty world but all I found was hate Now in the White flames of burning flags we found a world worth dying for, yeah We've been battered so hard that we don't feel anymore Take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? Don't ask me why 'Cuz I don't know Don't ask me how I'm gonna solve this on my own Don't ask me why 'Cuz I don't know These things I've never faced Scratch out, but won't erase In the wreckage of a job well done I saw a place I'd never seen before, yeah And that moment I refused to close my eyes anymore So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me From this world Save me What if we All die young? So take me [2x]

"Behind Closed Doors" Chairs thrown and tables toppled, Hands armed with broken bottles, Standing no chance to win but, We're not running, we're not running. There's a point I think we're missing, It's in the air we raise our fists in, In the smiles we cast each other, My sister, my brother. About the time we gave up hoping We'd ever find these locks still open, Stumbling on stones unturned, The hurt we feel, we all have earned. The lines we cross in search of change, but all they see is treason. Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors. Bonfires burn like beacons, Guiding the lost and weakened. Flames dance on crashing waves, Guiding ships who've gone astray Time out, let's stop and think this through, We've all got better things to do, Than talk in circles, run in place, Answers {are} inches from our face. Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors. Black eyes, broken fingers, Blood drips and I let it run down my lips into my swollen gums. When hope is non-existent, Our instincts all scream "Run", We never turn our backs or even bite our tongues. Although we have no obligation to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors. [x2]

"Roadside" Tell me what I'm supposed to do, With all these left over feelings of you; 'Cause I don't know And tell me how I'm supposed to feel, When all these nightmares become real; 'Cause I don't know And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you, And I don't know how we separate the lies here from the truth; And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do. So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry; So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry. And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you; And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do. So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry; So leave me at the roadside, And hang me up and out to dry. 'Cause I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you, And I don't know how we woke up one day and somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do, exactly what to do.

"The Good Left Undone" In fields where nothing grew but weeds, I found a flower at my feet, Bending there in my direction, I wrapped a hand around its stem, I pulled until the roots gave in, Finding now what I’ve been missing, But I know… So I tell myself, I tell myself it’s wrong. There’s a point we pass from which we can’t return. I felt the cold rain of the coming storm. All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long. When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean, Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down, I’ll follow your voice, All you have to do is shout it out. Inside my hands these petals browned, Dried up, fallen to the ground But it was already too late now. I pushed my fingers through the earth, Returned this flower to the dirt, So it can live. I walked away now. But I know… Not a day goes by that I don’t feel it’s burn. There’s a point we pass from which we can’t return. I felt the cold rain of the coming storm. All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long, When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean, Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down, I’ll follow your voice, All you have to do is shout it out. All because of you… All because of you… All because of you, I haven’t slept in so long. When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean, Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down, Inside these arms of yours. All because of you, I believe in angels. Not the kind with wings, No, not the kind with halos, The kind that bring you home, When home becomes a strange place. I’ll follow your voice, All you have to do is shout it out.

"Survive" Somewhere between happy, and total fucking wreck Feet sometimes on solid ground, sometimes at the edge To spend your waking moments, simply killing time Is to give up on your hopes and dreams, to give up on your... Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are An obvious disinterest, a barely managed smile A deep nod in agreement, a status quo exile I shirk my obligations, I miss all your deadlines I excel at quitting early, and fucking up my life Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day Everything always works out, I have never felt so fucking great All smiles and sunshine, a perfect world on a perfect day Everything always works out, I have never felt so great (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) (Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this (Life isn't like this) Life isn't like this (Life isn't like this) Are we verging on an answer, or fucking up our... Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind So take a number, (who we are) stand in line We've all been sorry, (who we are) we've all been hurt But how we survive, (who we are) is what makes us who we are (Who we are) It's what makes us who we are (Who we are) Makes us who we are (Who we are) It's what makes us who we are (Who we are)

"Boy's No Good"

[Originally by Lifetime]

Tune the electric bass to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th string.
The boy's no good.
Yeah, he's a fuckin' hood.
He won't treat you like he should.
I heard he's making time with this friend of mine.
I heard he's talking trash.
I saw that kid last night.
He's starting fights.
He's got that nervous twitching.
He's just not the kid for you.
He's all dressed up.
He's got nothing to do, but he's got something.
He's cool as anything, but he's not good.
That boy's a fucking creep.

The boy's no good.
Yeah, he's a hood.
He won't treat you like he should.
I said the boy's no good.
He's a hood.
He won't treat you like I would.
I said the boy's no good.
Listen to what I say.
The boy's no good.
He'll fuck you anyway.
The boy's no good.
I'm gonna have a talk... the boy's no good.
The boy's no fuckin' good.