ART BY NUMBERS LYRICS

1. Delusions Of Grandeur

We've compensated our days
We've gone and done it our way
Don't fear what's to come of us
We've done it plenty of times
We've done it plenty of times before

Such a road ahead
We're weighing the impossible at hand
We're weighing the impossible at hand

With a break in the passage taken
A comprehension of choice to make
With a silent reserve we ponder
The lasting effects of our ways

We're stuck in this state of ecstasy through debris
Unfortunate times have fallen upon our feet
We're stuck in this state of ecstasy through debris
Unfortunate times have fallen upon our feet

We're only saying what we want you to know
Give us your attention
Taking us so far away
She said that pain is only temporary
We play and pay her gain

Believe me when I say
We took the simple route towards
An honest mistake…an honest mistake
We took the simple route towards
An honest mistake…an honest mistake

We're stuck in this state of ecstasy through debris
Unfortunate times have fallen upon our feet
We're stuck in this state of ecstasy through debris
Unfortunate times have fallen upon our feet

Returning the path we fell down almost seems too far
We'll make the most of this under the lights the world is ours

We're only straying from ourselves when we break our word
Don't repress it just embrace the chance to hold on to what's left
We're only straying from ourselves when we break our word
Don't repress it just embrace the chance to hold on to what's left

We're only saying what we want you to know give us your attention
We're only staying until we've taken care of unfinished business
Away…away she said they have placed these ambitions on our hands

2. Man In The Box

Blissful Ignorance, such a shame that we can't enjoy
Tune our minds back in to the stream, and together we'll flow

"Pardon me my dear, you are mistaken
There is nothing here to find a claim with
Please file to the back
You're interrupting
Smooth transition helps to hide disruption

There's a vacancy unknown
Only those who fill the void return intact...I'm told
There's a vacancy unknown
Such a mystery to those who haven't
Oh no, tell me, what am I supposed to do as everything in front of me unfolds
Calm but concerning, search these worlds, so preoccupied.

When you find yourself shaking,
It's just the medication that's withdrawn from haunting you

It's no concern of ours, just know we're saving the best part
Remind yourself that you're expendable
A perfect symmetry that lies beyond comprehension
Don't be so bold to call out towards the sky
Did you ask yourself why?

So proud to reveal deception but so unprepared to find what lies beneath
Now you're bound by restless fear, uncovered all the pieces that provided shelter
Understand there is no turning back this time
Because you've gone too far, you've gone too far,
Understand this is not negotiable
I fear you've gone too far, you've gone too far this time.

3. Regression To The Meme

Under the circumstances
We were bound to find a new ambition
Letting go of this trend
Without a fascination
There is always unrest
Take it as a privilege
You'll find your existence

Undermining what they built is your escape
Take it and run while you can before...too late

I have misinformed you *background whispers*
I demand your best intentions
I demand your best intentions

And there's no telling what's been done
It's just a state of mindless

I've been around this story too long
Can we find another way to move on?
They're only following tradition
Can we find another way to move on?
They're only following tradition…follow me

And I'm doing the best I know I can
But they're taking the most from me again

I'm setting the course ahead
Few and far and between are etched in stone
But I'll be the first to take a leap of faith

We played the best of fools…the best of fools
And we had time to spare
We played the best of fools…the best of fools
And we had time to spare

They're only following tradition
Can we find another way to move on?
They're only following tradition
Can we find another way?

We played the best of fools…the best of fools
And we had time to spare
We played the best of fools…the best of fools
Regressing to the meme

4. Venice Is Sinking

Don't be so certain of what's left at hand
I'm tearing up every page so eloquently put but misconstrued
We never stood a chance

Waiting on others to finally discover it's just an empty space that binds us
To the world to everything we've ever asked for ourselves

Our promises best unkept have already found us
And all the while we still claimed sanity
And all the while we still claimed sanity

These lasting words took the best of us and tore our lives apart

My final fear was the first of every choice that I regret
Life takes away all the rest of what had given clarity
Too late never replace what's left it's all taken for granted

I won't underestimate the damage
So far everything is unappealing

And all I feel is that the worst to come is right around the bend
My only hope is to reverse what's done and suffer consequence

This is more than a just reward
This is more than I bargained for
This is more than a just reward
This is more than what I thought was in store

5. Reyes

Wide eyed and waiting
Arms are at my side
There is no time for wasting

You've got to be kidding me
You're always beating on my back
You're always pushing me to be more than I am

On and on once more with my eye on the prize
Looking at the mirror with no obvious place to hide inside
And I'll prevail with the slightest of hands these ships will set sail
And under my command we...
Divided and conquer
The raising of flags will fill the sky and…

We are nothing but relegated men at bay
Brave harsh seas and follow me find glory in the wind

Be cunning
Be clever
And let it show

A thief at heart from the start cause it's all I'll ever know
If things weren't so dark waiting here in the after glow for you

I am trading black for blue
Waiting in the after glow for you

Never found a reason to go on alone
Never took the time to clear my mind

We are only relegated men
We'll find glory

Still caught in the perfect place
At the worst of times thinking twice
But now its the perfect time to adjust the line
And reverse your thoughts of old
Remember the motions before you carry yourself away
You're now in the perfect place
But you're out of time don't give up
You're not the only one

6. Best Laid Plans

I've finally got something to say but I buried it alive
Now it's too too late for me to deny it
I've finally got something to say but I buried it alive
Now it's to too late for me to deny it

The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed
The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed

And everybody else has reason to walk away
You got to know somebody to know that things are going to be okay

So I left a note pertaining to all the detail left unsaid
The good deeds got erased but I left the bad ones on her bed

And when the list is read out loud
You'll know exactly where I've been
It's not about the things I've done
It's only a matter of where I'm going

The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed
The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed
The rules are only in play
When consequence is unnamed

And everybody else has reason to walk away
You got to know somebody to know that things are going to be okay
And everybody else has reason to walk away
You got to know somebody to be okay

I know exactly what you're thinking
You're worlds apart from me…don't be mistaken
You know that I can't be part of this but maybe I'll stick around for a while
Little did you know that I was unstable?
Wondering out about a world of strangers
False pretenses I made amends
Shaking the hand of a lasting endeavor
I've been falling so long that I can't feel the breeze
But now that I've found a release…I am free

7. Au Revoir

When the stars align
We cannot hold ourselves responsible
It's just a meeting of fates
Please don't hold your breath
As the sun expires on our time
Don't fear the letting go
Memories have passed this tale of growing old
We are falling in circles…

8. Panacea

Starting over with no hope for turning back
Still it's calling me, it's calling me
Saturated with a vigorous routine
I hear it calling me, still calling me again

Under this stress it's a mess I cannot avoid entirely

Trapped in distraction again I fall the victim to fighting thoughts with focus this paradox will be the end of me

Wired head to toe the rest must go
Wired head to toe the rest must go
No need for an alibi

I can't recall what's next
Unless I learn from a past demise
This scattered recollection fails
My mind is pacing back and forth through walls of a restless daze and consciousness is fading

What breaks inside is not the world to me
But will I ever make my way back safe inside this remedy
What breaks inside is not the world to me
But will I ever make my way back safe inside this remedy

Will I ever make my way back safe safe inside this remedy
If I had an ounce of strength left I could assure myself that I'm alright

The fall of a battling man is unstoppable
The fall of a battling man is unstoppable
Watch your step

What breaks inside is not the world to me
But will I ever make my way back safe inside this remedy
What breaks inside is not the world to me
But will I ever make my way back safe inside this remedy

9. Black Water Rush

Be cast aside
For crimes that were pure
Only to find
You're empty handed
Once more and I
I'll be a believer
Of the truth in wine

You can't tell me anymore
These understatements will
Surround me with
With ivory and lore

I'm fixed
Ready to stand surrounded
Breath in these flames
We'll rise from the ground and…

Once more my crimes were pure
We all end up empty handed
Once more and I'll be a believer still empty handed

No more
Ridiculed for always asking why
No more
Ridiculed for always asking why

We appose every right
Can we ingest the night and hang it on our hopes
Why hang it on everything?
Why waste it on anything?
Why hang it on everything?
Just watch we're both becoming empty handed.

10. Nightfall

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11. Mémoire Insuffisante

Fortune smiled and took him by the hand
You'll never have to worry
You'll never reach an end...she said
Times stretching you thin but the answers just around the bend
Now patiently waits his turn to discover a truth
Behind doors newly opened to him
It seems that nothings promised
Another act yet still the same page he finds himself
Right back where he began
Only now with pockets worth of empty promises in his hands

Pin it all on your scapegoats
Oh how misleading
They're surely the ones who cost you
Now that your dues are paid
Let complacency be the fire for your regret

Retrospect seems so familiar
With a feeling of despair
Holding on to the ground
Until the feeling you're bound to
Falling off the surface disappears

Retrospect seems so familiar
With a feeling of despair
Holding on to the ground
Until the feeling you're bound to
Falling off the surface disappears

Traces leading us
To an ends that did not justify the means

When you losses are cut
Is it more than skin deep?
We've created a way out now

When you losses are cut
Is it more than skin deep?
We've created a way out now

Retrospect seems so familiar with a feeling of despair
Holding on to the ground
Until the feeling you're bound to
Falling off the surface disappears

He counted each and every grain that trickled down
But long since overdue was the accounting of his own
Wasted wishing a past could be undone

12. Twelve Days

Carry me
Up across the atlas
Let it be
Wash my hands or find me in open sea

On and on
Surely there's an end to this
I've been left out
I realize I've landed on the other side
Considering all I've heard
Confiding in what I know
Wondering why I'd ever wait so long

You know I can see further than I should
But will I hesitate
Ending up alone
Will you add to my persistence?
With the details that I'm shown
Ambient lights behind the skies
Burning everything that I recall
You reveal my true disguise
When you are breaking down these walls

I am reciting all alone and on my own
Can you be more than I will know?
Are you whispering to me?
Leaving marks for me to find
Will you leave me on my own?
I can see it now and it's I'll ever know
Insecurity as we sway in situation

And we'll let it be
As we're testing our foundation

I can see it now and it's all I'll ever know
Insecurity as we sway in situation...







ART BY NUMBERS LYRICS