~Lyrics for Affliction~
21 miles to go, teeth grinding
Cold coffee and a cigarette
Strung out, hung out and driving
I'm not ready to quit yet
Oh, I'm not ready to lose
Oh, I'm tired of crawling back to you
I can feel it
Slipping away
Boiling hot, burning chrome
Neon shining on the world below
Here in this devils pit
The world I've come to know
Oh, I've seen better days
The pain of these memories
I cannot drive away
I can feel it
Slipping away
Nowhere to go from here
Nothing to lose my dear
Nowhere to go from here
We're nowhere now...nowhere now
Broken down and alone
There's nothing I can do
No excuse I can use
Deep inside this hole
Deep inside of you
Oh, I'm not ready to lose
Oh, I'm tired of crawling back to you
I can feel it
Slipping away
You say you're gonna kick it today
Crawl out from all your dirty walls
And make your escape
Today you're gonna face the rage
The cage...the prison you're in
Hypocricy and lies, I am
Terrified inside, I am
Oh, I can feel nothing
Dependent of my acts of sin
Swimming in this decadence
Oh, I can feel nothing
Oh you'll never let me escape
I am your prisoner
Something's gotta take me away
I am a prisoner
Can't take it for another day
All the contradictions
The indifference in me
Today I'm gonna face the rage
The cage...the prison I'm in
I can feel nothing
I am here, in silent fear
Waiting for you
No one can see, the hurt I feel
It pulls, it tears, my soul
You don't feel
You don't care
You're so wicked
Take away, take away
This cross I bare
This burden shared, won't pull me down
Won't hold me down
Smile she said, turn your head
Walk away
It's in your hand, your hands
Your hands
Me...I'm misunderstood
I'm not who you thought I was
See...I'm on the outside
Staring at the world, that you live in
You will, you won't, demand, provoke
Just wait and hope I'll save you
I will, I won't, I fall, I'm not, here
I'm not here to entertain you
Nothing is sacred
You're so empty and vain
An emotional stain
Strange how you pollute me
Fill me with your rhetoric and shame
Now, I see it clearly
Everything, everything was a lie
Empty and Vain, and emotional stain
You're everything, you're empathy, you're sympathy
This was not for me, this was for you
You're everything, you're empathy, you're sympathy
An emotional stain
Shadow dance lazily, across this dim lit room
Are you my ememy, my lover, my ruin?
Warm and shallow are, the waters of your soul
It's my difference, my hurt that makes you whole
You lift me up drag me down
And here I am
Alone
Searching for serenity in the halls of discontent
Pieces of my sanity, my will, my hope have left
I don't understand, where this all began
Are you my enemy, my lover, my ruin?
You are so far away
You are so far away
You lift me up, you drag me down
You leave me so alone
I watch you turn away...I watch you
I watch you turn away...crying
I feel strangely cold and nervous again my friend
And its time, this conversation ends
I weigh, my will agaist the steel
In the palm of my hand
And it loods like (you'll see) my reality
And it looks like (you'll feel) the pain
Oh, save my soul
Save my soul
Did you take me for a foul my friend?
Think that you'd be laughing?
I don't ever forgive
I don't ever forgive
And it looks like (you'll see) my reality
And it looks like (you'll feel) the pain
Blood in, Blood in, Blood in, Blood in the river
Blood in, Blood in, Blood in, Blood in the river
Oh save my soul, save my soul
Oh save my soul, save my soul
I'm not here cause I wanna be
I'm not here to be free
In this broken society
Currupt and empty
You made me
You made me
Don't judge me with your prejudice
Your church and God
Tell me what the hell you got
That I want
You can't save us all, the journey of the sick
We're never very long, in your cruel world
Don't trust me, comfort me with sentiment
You don't mean
Don't flood me, in rivers of medicine
I can't swim
Hold me, accountable for all I've done
As I, will hold you
Give me pleasure, give me pain
All things to make it fade
Take me where I wanna go
I am, I am lost
Yeah! I won't crawl Yeah!
You just take and take from me
You just take and take from me
Sell me pictures, black and white
Sell me dreams of paradise
Make it all look so damn good
I am, I am no foul
Give me pleasure, give me pain
All things to make it fade
Take me where I wanna go
I am, I am lost
Drag me down, pull me under deep
Smother me with your hate
Tell you what I've heard it all before
Tell you I don't give a damn
I can see, I can say
I can see you
Hold me close, whisper in my ear
Promise me, no more
I won't scream, I won't beg and pleed
I'm here at your mercy again
Kicking and crawling, you're begging to get more
Kicking and crawling, you're dragging me down
I want more
I want more
Tell you what I've heard it all before
Tell you I don't give a damn
Drag me down, pull me under deep
Smother me with you hate
Someone shoot the messenger
Dig me a grave
I can't take another minute of this poseurs charade
Give me radio revolution
Give me public execution
Burn the flag, join the looters, plug your ears
And stop the endless stream of lies
You're standing on the top, don't know how you got there
You think you're going out, never known, you never will
They're coming up to get you
They're coming up to get you
Knock you down
Momentary fashion, the passing of a phase
Calculated drivel from empty soul parade
Pabulum for the masses, you can't dig the grave
All you ever wanted was a little peace of fame
Oh your lies
Lies
There I'm on the edge
Of something more than what I knew
I've traded my burdens
For habits I can't cure
Gather up my enemies
Bring them to the feast
Dancing in the circle
As they crucify me
Falling down again...don't be late
It's my time of reckoning
Misery my friend
I'm spending all my time with you
Reflection in the mirror
Of someone I once knew
Take me to the gallery
And push me to my knees
Begging for forgiveness
As the chorus judge me
Falling down again...don't be late
Its my time of reckoning
You've taken everything
Oh, you never get enough
Imtimidate, you violate, humiliate me
You just can't let it be
You're coming back for me
Push me down
Push me down
Hurt me again
You crawl in me, exist to feed
You watch me bleed
You're punishing
Consumed with greed
You empty me
No, No, No, No...
Dive it deeper, go on
Just push it in
Fill me with infection
Your affliction in me
Oh your sadistic need
You're coming back for me
Push me down
Push me down
Hurt me again
You crawl in me
Exist to feed
You watch me bleed
You're punishing
Consumed with greed
You empty me
No, No, No, No...
Smothered in this addiction
Your affliction, is drowning me