I’ve fallen off of this sinking ship That I thought would last I’m finally going down nature’s way Just sink or swim Reach out, reach out Just sink or swim Reach out, reach out Oh why I never learned how To make a man out of myself Oh why I never learned how to swim And as I sink slowly Into the sea All memory of greatness Drowns in me For once there’s nothing left to fall back on But it’s not the end of you I fear the weakness inside me has won Remember, you’re stronger than you know I’m falling apart Oh my God I can’t help but wonder if I’m meant to die Just a scar on the earth Just a shame in the books Oh I can’t help but question why I’m even here Have I lost my life or just my pride? Did I really believe? I’ve finally fallen off a selfish throne That I thought would last... Reach out, reach out Just sink or swim (I never learned how) Reach out, reach out Oh why I never thought to learn To make a soul out of this shell Oh why I never thought to learn to believe I see my soul crumble Before my eyes The life in me is fading Do I give in? For once there’s nothing left to fall back on But it’s not the end of you I fear the weakness inside me has won Remember, you’re stronger than you know I’m falling apart Oh my God I can’t help but wonder if I’m meant to die Just a scar on the earth Just a shame in the books Oh I can’t help but think of accepting the end I’m falling apart Oh my God I can’t help but wonder if I’m meant to die Just a scar on the earth Just a shame in the books Or if there’s another way out of this hell...

Tangled in each other’s lives Excitement running wild Nothing means a thing to me But the life inside your eyes But if it’s so perfect and we’re living free Why do we always have to feel like we’re under attack? I may not be a perfect man But I will find a way to fight on Don’t go away The night’s so cold and your heart’s so warm Why do you always have to feel so far from me? Come a little closer Stay a little longer I can make you feel alive I can take the pain away I could show you heaven I’d face all your demons We can take this world on together I’ve tried a thousand times To make sense of this force that’s pulling us apart No end in sight I won’t fight, I won’t hurt you I don’t even have to see you All I want is to know you’re here by my side Don’t go away Your life is here but your heart’s so far from me Come a little closer Stay a little longer I can make you feel alive I can take the pain away I could show you heaven I’d face all your demons We can take this world on together This life is ours I caught a glimpse of paradise in your eyes Everything we lack I know our future can hold But I feel your heart drift out of my reach I know this love is worth holding to the end If you can find the strength to fight, I know we’ll make it through Come a little closer Stay a little longer I can make you feel alive And I’ll never leave your side I would show you heaven I’d face all your demons We can take this world on together You know this life is ours You know I’ll never leave your side You know we’ll never be alone So don’t let us go down without a fight, A final stand to keep this life, this love This paradise we hold in our hearts

To learn your strength Will never be enough to keep Your whole life intact Is a deadly feeling And yet to finally see the end Of the single closest treasure you held I give up, I am giving up Oh it just rips you apart It just rips you apart I let go, I am letting go And this void can never be filled again I learned to live with your hope guiding me home But now I’ve forgotten how to live So caught up in your loneliness So caught up in these walls Darkness is your game But it won’t be your escape You only forget how to live When you hide away from the light I cannot breathe, I choke and bleed Without you holding together my life And holding back the pain Now, now and again, I follow this path of yours This road that leads only deeper still Inside my head I give up, I am giving up I give up, give up, we’re going to try it your way And see, and see where it takes us I let go, I am letting go I let go, let go, and trust you as always To do what you need I learned to live with your hope guiding me home But now I’ve forgotten how to live So caught up in your loneliness So caught up in these walls Darkness is your game But it won’t be your escape You only forget how to live When you hide away from the light I cannot breathe, I choke and bleed Without you holding together my life And holding back the pain So caught up in your loneliness So caught up in these walls

This paradox has possessed me for so long The fight inside to find some meaning When I am the only one I’ll ever trust to give me answers My thoughts are all I’ve ever known or felt were real to me This is an age of awakening and certainty So why do I feel like I’m drowning in the past? Must I now press onwards flowing with the current Or is there more to life than I’ll ever know? Searching for answers Standing before you Open your eyes to the Hope that’s awaiting Go on searching for eternity I tried to run away But I couldn’t go I tried to run away But I couldn't leave you When I try to leave, a vision appears Perpetual emptiness When I try, I’m blinded for the first time When I try and grow, I cannot see, it only blinds me Searching for answers Standing before you Open your eyes to the Hope that’s awaiting Chaos haunts me for eternity I tried to run away But I couldn’t go I tried to run away But I couldn’t leave you I couldn’t leave my heart at bay While I swam out into the open sea I found, to find my own answers I’d be searching for eternity The truth inside burns now even stronger The search within has found an end and it can’t be vanquished And I’ll never go back To the hopeless, heartless search for eternity I tried to run away But I couldn’t go I tried to run away But I couldn’t leave you I couldn’t even run I couldn’t even leave your side I tried, I tried, I tried to leave your side, I tried, I tried But without you I just had no strength

Caught up in this ritual Of emptiness Trying to conform their minds to yours Where’s your heart? Scorning the fallen At every turn Is it truthfully So hard to see That he who made everything Really loves everyone? He can work in anything Anything and anyone He who had everything Gave it up to everyone His love is found in anything Anything and anyone Everything you say and do They adore And every thought they try and make You ignore You can take their souls But never mine If this is how you get to heaven Count me out And still you justify your actions with a book, a code, meant to bring them guidance more than judgment Don’t you see, don’t you know The fate that you and they alike deserve Don’t you see, don’t you know The fate that you and they alike deserve to suffer We all deserve to burn You won’t save anyone Caught up in this ritual Of emptiness Trying to conform their minds to yours Where’s your heart? Scorning the fallen And playing the judge Is it truthfully So hard to see That he who made everything Really loves everyone? He can work in anything Anything and anyone He who had everything Gave it up to everyone His love is found in anything Anything and anyone Well now I’m done, I’m done, I’m done with all the lies you sold I’ve found, I’ve found another way to live A life that’s not afraid to face the earth With nothing more to protect ourselves but the truth we speak and the fire in our hearts I’m done, I’m done with trying to judge the world I’ve found, I’ve found another way to live A life that’s not afraid to face the earth With nothing more to protect ourselves but the truth we speak and the fire in our hearts He who made everything Really loves everyone He can work in anything Anything and anyone He who had everything Gave it up to everyone His love is found in anything Anything and anyone And still you can’t even comprehend the fault in all your judgment through instruction and exclusion Don’t you see, don’t you know The fate that you and they alike deserve Don’t you see, don’t you know The fate that you and they alike deserve to suffer You would just watch them burn

It’s a trial and a test every time you show your face Every action a chance to catch a fault And for all the years you’ve spent in trying, No approval ever seems to come from this life of pain This blackness in your heart, this house that’s not a home Searching for an exit, hoping for a savior But not the one that you’ve been taught to know You know that there’s a better way And yet you try to hide, to run away Well you can’t beat the world if you’re scared to face it head on You’ll never be alone no matter how you hide You need to face your fears if you’re ever going to move on The love is still alive in the life you left behind You won’t break free by chasing a hope in vain You’ll never reach the end of the hopeless quest you’ve started There’s still an answer to your pain For now you know there is Still love in the life you left Please come home Still waiting with open arms Won’t you come home? And once again you turn your gaze To the world, to the streets Once again you’re left feeling empty This time, no love is left to catch your fall, your pain This darkness in your soul left turning to sadness When your options crumble before you Don’t you wind up asking yourself, “Am I free?” “Or is this a dream?” Don’t you end up hurting yourself When all you do is run away? You can’t beat the world if you’re scared to face it head on You’ll never be alone no matter how you hide You need to face your fears if you’re ever going to move on The love is still alive in the life you left behind You won’t break free You won’t break free There’s still a way For you know there always is Still love in the life you left Please come home Still waiting with open arms Won’t you come home? There is a better way There is a better way There is a better way to escape the pain There will always be love left to fall back on You know that there’s still love in the life you left behind You know there is Still love in the life you left Please come home Still waiting with open arms Won’t you come home?

So what do I say to emptiness? How can I end hatefulness? I’m caught in the center of a complex trap No one can make it stop No one but you Still I hear inside Your deceptive, lonely cry: “Love me to the end, will you love me to the end?” Words don’t make it true Your sympathy, your poison I’ve only sought to free myself From your entrapment Every day a new stage to fight Still I hear inside Your deceptive, lonely cry: “Love me to the end, will you love me to the end?” You will never replace what is lost The passion is lost in hell I wish I had a reason to trust the world It’s just so hard to dodge the frauds and the liars Still I hear inside Your deceptive, lonely cry: “Love me to the end, will you love me to the end?” Your form is still inside my head Every time I try to take a breath of the steely air You will never replace what is lost The passion is lost in hell

I remember the way You burned us to the ground, Ripped in two our hearts But who am I to take a stand? But who am I to change the course of history? I see the flames already biting through our skin I see a tomb with my name carved into the side I, I just can’t stop Confusions in time Running heartlessly For fighting won’t replace the endless flow That you are taking part in Fighting your own wishes Oh I fear you’ll never even know... You have a choice You have a choice You live, you die a part of the earth It will not set you free Warlords conquer all within their grasp Nations turn to men abandoned Every bond of kinship broken Bloody conflict face to face This is where we all break down This is where we fall to our knees If you still trust your flag, then show it If you still are a man, then hide it And when there’s nothing left But shattered minds, broken hearts Well then we’ll judge how meaningless it was To value pride Running heartlessly For fighting won’t replace the endless flow That you are taking part in Fighting your own wishes Oh I fear you’ll never even know... You have a choice Just to bite down, let them know how bitter The taste of failure can become From here, you have a choice If you still trust your flag, then show it If you still are a man, then hide it I can feel your hands clawing I can feel your teeth biting I can feel your hands clawing

No, you won’t bring me down With your lies and your shrouded deceit You won’t bring down the incorruptible You won’t take this crown I won’t be dragged to the bottom of hell You won’t break down the incorruptible Your challenge is met And everyone will know You cannot meet me face to face Don’t fall to the shadows when I’m testing your promise Don’t fall, don’t fall You will never be free from your own curse No, you won’t bring me down With your lies and your shrouded deceit You won’t bring down the incorruptible You won’t take this crown I won’t be dragged to the bottom of hell You won’t break down the incorruptible Now your lies are wearing thin Everyone will fall But I will fight back to the end You’ll never take my mind and you’ll never take my soul You’re not my king And I will never accept the curse you bring No, you won’t bring me down With your lies and your shrouded deceit You won’t bring down the incorruptible You won’t take this crown I won’t be dragged to the bottom of hell You won’t break down the incorruptible

When you can’t seem to find a way To find any peace on planet earth To live in a world that casts aside Anything that contradicts convention There will always be a voice Left to fight against the rule of oppression Tear out the chains that hold you down Fight to be free to your beliefs Look beyond the body’s pain It’s not going to change your heart Keep your enemies out of your mind Lash out in rage when they torment you No matter what they say or do They’re never going to change your heart They’re never going to change your heart As long as you are sure of your own beliefs An unwavering foundation So I, I will fight for everyone that’s cast aside And I, I will fight for every thought that brings you home I, I will fight for everyone that’s cast aside And I, I will fight for every thought that brings you home There will always be a chance To make a final stand To fight the torment they send And there will always be a voice A final voice to knock them all away Stand strong like it’s your final trial Wait out the sorrow and you’ll prevail If you see tests for what they really are They never going to make you change Fight off everything they said to you Black out everything but your own soul This could happen a thousand times And still never change your heart No matter what they say or do Your heart is strong enough to fight So don’t let them change you So I, I will fight for everyone that’s cast aside And I, I will fight for every thought that brings you home I, I will fight for everyone that’s cast aside And I, I will fight for every thought that brings you home There will always be another way to live There will always be a final voice to help you fight They’re never going to change your heart