ACT OF DEFIANCE LYRICS

1. M.I.A.

Propaganda's the wolf, in shepherd's clothing, lie imposing
Fold your hand for their bluff, conceal the motive, self devoted

Overwhelmed by the noise, of people yelling, falsely telling
The confusion destroys, voices of fact, suicide pact

What do you want from me? Time to stand and voice our rage
Why do you make this decree? In this misinformation age

Playing on your emotions, doctrines standard, leaves us scarred
The gospel to the flock, no contradiction, adoring fiction

What do you want from me? Time to stand and voice our rage
Why do you make this decree? In this misinformation age

Deceit of a fact comes from anywhere
Preying on the want to accept is the snare
Search of principal is not always kind
A loss of its presence and all are in the blind

We fight in a sea of treachery
Our thoughts are poisoned in bias
The plight, seeking truth among perjury
Is cursed by deceit believed

Draw the line in the sand, accepting nothing, never trusting
Origin of wisdom, dissecting sources, one endorses

What do you want from me? Time to stand and voice our rage
Why do you make this decree? In this misinformation age

What do you want from me? Time to stand and voice our rage
Why do you make this decree? In this misinformation age

2. Molten Core

Destruction of the planet to gain control
The greed of a corporate nation
Rise to power, bring the change. Create milestones
Fuel for contamination
Speculation of ideas across the globe
We're due for annihilation
Technological command, there's still no growth
Modern day excavation, to the molten core

Catastrophic consequence, put your trust in what you know
Politics protect their interests, so quick to bury their own

Disenchanted and divided, we're at a loss
Emissions in escalation
Media feeds on the weak and the uninformed
Heinous humiliation
Radiation on the rise, there is no hope
Millions of dollars wasted
Contribution from a government, our downfall
Humanity restricted, to the molten core

Catastrophic consequence, put your trust in what you know
Politics protect their interests, so quick to bury their own

To rubble from root, this is our realization
Too rich and too dumb to care
With our bellies full, keep us uneducated
The divisions of disrepair

Eradication of the sun, it's a vast black hole
Demise of the population
Suffer the plague, an age of millennials
The mindless generation
Ignoring all the signs, we take the fall
Ignorant and misguided
Living in a world of oblivion
Arrogant and entitled, to the molten core

Catastrophic consequence, put your trust in what you know
Politics protect their interests, so quick to bury their own

3. Overexposure

Wait for the camera to roll, you put yourself on trial
You keep on digging a hole, to make your headline
Just when the story unfolds, your status is denial
The weight is taking a toll, just to undermine

We won't be sold - and it's overexposure - no
It won't be long before we pay the price, open your eyes

Selling your soul every day, the curtain starts to rise
Your shallow words are in vain, hide behind the lies
A talking head on a screen, with nothing left to say
To play out the final scene, you've led yourself astray

We won't be sold - and it's overexposure - no
It won't be long before we pay the price, open your eyes

Open your eyes...

Open your eyes...

You prey upon the sheep, all by design you thrive on your...
And with no spine, you thrive on your celebrity

We won't be sold - and it's overexposure - no
It won't be long before we pay the price, open your eyes

We won't be sold - and it's overexposure - no
It won't be long before we pay the price, open your eyes

4. The Talisman

Life will flash before thine eyes, the fear will start to grow
It should come as no surprise, the darkness always knows
Ancient shrines inscribed in stone, the powers are bestowed
The dagger points to the black sun, spirits to behold

The blood of the sacred, the tears of a fool
Night of the wolf, a world of skin and bones
We are the mark of the hand of our maker
Night of the wolf, break the spell from the left hand path
The poison tongue of our lord's command

Whispers from the underworld, beneath the forest floor
Protected by the talisman, legend and folklore

The blood of the sacred, the tears of a fool
Night of the wolf, a world of skin and bones
We are the mark of the hand of our maker
Night of the wolf, break the spell from the left hand path
The poison tongue of our lord's command

Sky will turn to black, rain will turn to blood
Night will bury your children, plague of one and all

Beast of man transformed as one, scars carved into souls
The scourge of demons has begun, under a full moon

The blood of the sacred, the tears of a fool
Night of the wolf, a world of skin and bones
We are the mark of the hand of our maker
Night of the wolf, break the spell from the left hand path
The poison tongue of our lord's command

5. Lullaby Of Vengeance

A song of daggers, a song of knives.
State what matters, bold faced lies
Psalm of revenge, psalm of wrath.
Sing your motive, lunatic psychopath

Lost in a lullaby of vengeance, no other soul to be found
Cost of yourself condemning penance, no congregation around

Chant of hatred, chant of contempt.
Your stab at friendship, a failed attempt
A hymn of folly, a hymn of spite.
Your lunacy, harbor your ruthless plight

Lost in a lullaby of vengeance, no other soul to be found
Cost of yourself condemning penance, no congregation around

Chorus of your indignation,
In the depths your thoughts dwell
A chanting voice of resentment,
The flawed conclusion of your hell

Can't you listen to all around.
Thought remission, but disdain found
You only see reasons to hate.
Actions define your loathing traits

Anthem's anger, anthem's fight.
Can you feel it? A stinging slight
Air of closure, air of the end.
The final cadence, nothing to condescend

Lost in a lullaby of vengeance, no other soul to be found
Cost of yourself condemning penance, no congregation around

Chorus of your indignation,
In the depths your thoughts dwell
A chanting voice of resentment,
The flawed conclusion of your hell
Choir sings contempt and loathing,
The stifled words you cannot tell
Ballad of emphatic voices, the barren soul of the impaled

6. Circle Of Ashes

Erupt like a fire, leave your legacy
To ensure you will live forever more
Death may devour your identity
To me you'll always be an immortal soul
Circle of ashes and smoke

Burn the candle at both ends and live for yourself
Stand up for something
Burn the brightest of embers up to your last breath
The fragments you laves us are transcendent

Preserve the inferno, in a sea of flames
Remember who you are and reveal yourself

Circle of ashes and smoke
Burn the candle at both ends and live for yourself
Stand up for something
Burn the brightest of embers up to your last breath
The fragments you laves us are transcendent

Light the darkness...

A signal in the noise, kindle the coals.
Dignity 'til death, calm before the storm

Circle of ashes and smoke
Burn the candle at both ends and live for yourself
Stand up for something
Burn the brightest of embers up to your last breath
The fragments you laves us are transcendent

Burn the candle at both ends and live for yourself
Stand up for something
Burn!
The fragments you laves us are transcendent

7. Reborn

Stuck, amidst another illusion, becomes so great that you cannot perceive
See, beyond the hallucinations, you only hear just what you want to believe
Your delusions lead to stark conclusions, enforce more confusion - prophecy
Old convictions create new restrictions, slave to your addiction - the disease

Reborn - beneath the remains you cannot see, the curse is written in blood
Descendant of all iniquity, an omen - our family tree

To learn their true motivation, you pierce the skin for they want you to bleed
Fear, in the throes of isolation, your only haven is the comfort of sleep
Your psychosis is the diagnosis for a higher dosage, that's the key
Thee prescription is the real redemption, from your past afflictions, that you seek

Reborn - beneath the remains you cannot see, the curse is written in blood
Descendant of all iniquity, an omen - our family tree

You channel the fear, enter the unknown
Summon the beast, now you play the role
The pain that you hide, it's slow suicide
The cross you bear is not your own

Reborn - beneath the remains you cannot see, the curse is written in blood
Descendant of all iniquity, an omen - our family tree

You channel the fear, enter the unknown
Summon the beast, now you play the role
The pain that you hide, it's slow suicide
The cross you bear is not your own

8. Conspiracy Of The Gods

Kneel before your father, profane hypocrisy
Steal to serve your savior, falling prey to the machine

Sworn to secrecy, a new sovereign nation
Independence becomes world domination

Conspiracy of the Gods
Old scars, new wounds
They're playing you like the pawn
Neglect and misuse

Now no one can save you, cast down from the elite
Heed the cryptic warning, just a cog in the deceit

Sworn to secrecy, a new sovereign nation
Independence becomes world domination

Conspiracy of the Gods
Old scars, new wounds
They're playing you like the pawn
Neglect and misuse

Conspiracy of the Gods
Surveillance of truth
Conspiracy of the Gods
You're left without a clue
Conspiracy of the Gods
Bind and control your world view

Your chalice of faith has betrayed
The cross of illusion is fading away
Now cast aside, left to burn
Lies they've been feeding you - over and over again
Hands to the sky
Seeking the answers yet always denied
No one will hear fading cries
Lies they been feeding you over and over again

9. Another Killing Spree

What blind eyes see, a fake reality
Awakened from another killing spree

What blind eyes see, a fake reality
Awakened from another killing spree

Your path to hell is led with grave intentions
You're selfish in your ways without redemption
Detached from what is real, a vague existence
Unhallowed fall from grace, a frail man broken

Can't you see what you've become
Can't repair your mangled world

What blind eyes see, a fake reality
Awakened from another killing spree

Living out your last days, the mind of the insane
You pull the trigger yet, you never take the blame
Compelled by your sick rage, the flood gates open...
And much to your dismay, you are forgotten

Can't you see what you've become
Can't repair your mangled world

What blind eyes see, a fake reality
Awakened from another killing spree

What blind eyes see, a fake reality
Awakened from another killing spree

Can't we see what we've become

What blind eyes see, a fake reality
Awakened from another killing spree

What blind eyes see, a fake reality
Awakened from another killing spree

10. Broken Dialect

Foregone conclusion, arguments intrusion
Hatred builds ferocity, impose your views of animosity

Screaming at deaf ears, shouting all our fear
On our shoulders, no burden of proof
A puppet recites their version of truth
Scheming within our spheres, a view that no one hears
Afraid to face, your thoughts are mistaken
Deny the facts our culture's forsaken. Broken Dialect

Culture crippled, unity stifled
Listen to your contending view, letting go, your need to subdue

Screaming at deaf ears, shouting all our fear
On our shoulders, no burden of proof
A puppet recites their version of truth
Scheming within our spheres, a view that no one hears
Afraid to face, your thoughts are mistaken
Deny the facts our culture's forsaken. Broken Dialect

We are strong, undivided. On our own, we're misguided

Integrity in all replete. Corruption, preys on sole deceit

Point of tension, forming aggression
We don't see reality, as we run from uncertainty

Screaming at deaf ears, shouting all our fear
On our shoulders, no burden of proof
A puppet recites their version of truth
Scheming within our spheres, a view that no one hears
Afraid to face, your thoughts are mistaken
Deny the facts our culture's forsaken. Broken dialect

11. Rise Of Rebellion

Rise of rebellion, raising fists, angers ignition
A violent reason, marching forward has begun

What we have seen is the black of our eye
What's endured by the hope in the sky
Bending us backward for the will to break
Nothing is left to lose, everything at stake

Rise of rebellion, raising fists, angers ignition
A violent reason, marching forward has begun

Our self worth, find the will to resist
Something felt, down so deep, can't dismiss
Strength of allegiance, we shall stand and defeat
Pushing them back again, they're forced to retreat

No way out, tyranny's doubt
Run you down, steal your crown

Rise of rebellion, raising fists, angers ignition
A violent reason, marching forward has begun

Absence of state, no fortune, time to rise
Down on our knees, nothing left but to despise
The entitled take control of majority
Penance has come, deprive all authority

Rise of rebellion, raising fists, angers ignition
A violent reason, marching forward has begun

Rise of rebellion, raising fists, angers ignition
A violent reason, marching forward has begun







ACT OF DEFIANCE LYRICS