ASKING ALEXANDRIA LYRICS

1. Alone In A Room

I've been away a little while
Sometimes I just can't help myself
When my mind's running wild
I seem to lose grip on reality
And I try to disregard the crazy things
The voices tell me to do but it's no use

I tried to own it write songs about it
Believe me I tried in the end I needed to breathe
Find inspiration some kind of purpose
To take a second to face the shit that makes me me

All I needed was the last thing I wanted
To sit alone in a room and say it all out loud
Every moment every second every trespass
Every awful thing every broken dream
A couple years back and forth with myself in a cage
Banging my head against the wall tryna put words on a page
All I needed was the last thing I wanted
To be alone in a room alone in a room

I saw the world a couple times
Tried to cure the ache with absence
But that hole was still a hole
And my mind kept playing tricks on me
Feeling older every day
Took everything I had to not crash and burn
But I'm starting to learn

Sometimes I'll fall down sometimes I'll lose hope
But those days will be few if I keep my feet on the ground
I might be lonely but I ain't alone here
So I keep pushing the limits of what makes me me

All I needed was the last thing I wanted
To sit alone in a room and say it all out loud
Every moment every second every trespass
Every awful thing every broken dream
A couple years back and forth with myself in a cage
Banging my head against the wall tryna put words on a page
All I needed was the last thing I wanted
To be alone in a room alone in a room

I can be better than I was
I can be better than I am

All I needed was the last thing I wanted
To sit alone in a room

All I needed was the last thing I wanted
To sit alone in a room and say it all out loud
Every moment every second every trespass
Every awful thing every broken dream
A couple years back and forth with myself in a cage
Banging my head against the wall tryna put words on a page
All I needed was the last thing I wanted
To be alone in a room alone in a room

2. Into The Fire

Take it all back
Take it all back
Take it all back

I'm not too sure what I'm supposed to do with this
These hands, this mind, this instability

From a cage I created to a hell that heaven made
Can't let go of the hatred 'cause I love the way it tastes

Take it all back

I wouldn't take back a moment, not one miserable moment

I give it all 'til there's nothing
I walk into the fire
Into the fire
I walk into the fire
Into the fire

Into the fire

I've come to terms with the fact I'll never change
And that's just fine, I find solace in the pain

I don't mind the darkness, it's easy on the eyes
I'm praying for something to make me feel alive

I wouldn't take back a moment, not one miserable moment
I give it all, 'til there nothing
I walk into the fire
Into the fire
I walk into the fire
Into the fire

Into the fire
The fire
No

I'm paranoid, sycophant, masochistic dilettante.
Narcissistic elephant in the room
I'm the end of the world, thinning the herd,
The all around outta my my mind, fucking absurd
I am gone, I am gone

I wouldn't take back a moment
I walk into the fire
Into the fire
I walk into the fire
Into the fire

Into the fire
Fire

Take it all back

3. Hopelessly Hopeful

Staring eyes wide open
Gazing into nothing
Running in place again
Going through the motions
In and out as the oceans
Repeating
Numb to the silence to the absence of emotion
The sum of the script nothing but a click in the rotation
Sick of the peace of mind that goes along with keeping on
And I can't keep on keeping on

Inside it feels like I'm stuck here suspended at best underwhelming what's wrong with me
My conscience is calling but the world isn't all it's cracked-up to be
I'm hopelessly hopeful (hopeful) that I'm not stuck here suspended in a world pretended was right for me for me

Strung out on the same old
Got an itch for something painful
To feel something real once to remind myself it's not in my head
Sick of the calm coinciding with stick in and with the line
Can't keep on keeping on

It all just feels like I'm stuck here suspended at best underwhelming what's wrong with me
My conscience is calling but the world isn't all it's cracked-up to be
I'm hopelessly hopeful that I'm not stuck here suspended in a world pretended was right for me for me

(What's right for me)
When I close my eyes
When I leave the light

Inside it feels like I'm stuck here suspended at best underwhelming what's wrong with me
My conscience is calling but the world isn't all it's cracked-up to be
I'm hopelessly hopeful that I'm not stuck here suspended in a world pretended was right for me for me

4. Where Did It Go?

So you're all stars now
So you're what's in now
Top of the world now
So you're the kings now
There's only one throne and I'm not done with it
Still shitting sleeping eating breathing it
Ten years and you're still hanging onto my every word with baited breath
After a decade pushing boundaries proving impossible possible making something from nothing creating larger than life
Always rejecting the herd
Always ahead of the curve
Writing the records your favorite band rip off in their records

You're all so fucking outrageous I can't take it
Motherfuckers more than a little complacent
Where did it go
Where did it go so wrong
Just sit the fuck down pay attention
There's too much noise for a second listen
Where did it go
Where did it go so wrong

There was the first one
The "triple gold" one
The "stole by every fucking band on summer tours" one
Then the second one
The "living reckless" one
The "knock the pop stars off the charts" one
Then the third one
The "fuck the world" one
The "arenas singing every fucking word" one
Then was a fourth one
The "wasn't me" one
The "we needed just a little space to breathe" one
But now there's this one
The "I am the king" one
The "I don't care I'm gonna do my thing" one
"Breaking every fucking rule in the book" one
The "fuck you all"

This shit is fucking outrageous I can't take it
Motherfuckers more than a little complacent
Where did it go
Where did it go so wrong
Just sit the fuck down pay attention
There's too much noise for a second listen
Where did it go
Where did it go so wrong

Don't have to like it but you can't deny you needed me
To show you what comes next what comes next
I set the standard far too high for you to follow me
Feel free to try your best try your best

You're all so fucking outrageous I can't take it
Motherfuckers more than a little complacent
Where did it go
Where did it go so wrong
Just sit the fuck down pay attention
There's too much noise for a second listen
Where did it go
Where did it go so wrong

5. Rise Up

Rise up take back control
Rise up take back control
Rise up take back control
Rise up take back control

I find resolve in the darkest part of my mind
I can stand to be inside
I find the light to be a little much at times
But I will rise

I will rise up
I will rise up

I will rise up with the weight of the world
I will rise up from the darkness purged

Rise up take back control
Rise up take back control
Rise up take back control
Rise up take back control

I face the truth with a bitterness that won't subside and I face it alone
I'll be the pariah in your war against yourself
But I will rise

This is a product of hatred and anger
A life spent on the outside
But I will rise

I will rise up with the weight of the world
I will rise up from the darkness purged

I will rise up with the weight of the world
I will rise up from the darkness purged

I will rise up

I will rise up with the weight of the world
I will rise up from the darkness purged

Rise up
Rise up

Rise up take back control
Rise up take back control
Rise up take back control
Rise up take back control

6. When The Lights Come On

There's a world passed the curtains of eager excitement
A sea of impatience awaiting incitement
It's all so enticing it's so mesmerizing
It's so hypnotizing the rhythmic beguiling

Bring the house down
Breathe in, out
In, out
In, out

When the lights come on
When the crowd goes wild
Rip the roof up off of here
Take it to the stratosphere
To the stratosphere
Stand up and scream it loud
When the fire flies
Rip the roof up off of here
Take it to the stratosphere
To the stratosphere

After sitting and waiting and anticipating
The energy through the walls reverberating
It's so captivating the buzz generated
It's invigorating I feel elevated

Bring the house down
Breathe in, out
In, out
In, out

When the lights come on
When the crowd goes wild
Rip the roof up off of here
Take it to the stratosphere
To the stratosphere
Stand up and scream it loud
When the fire flies
Rip the roof up off of here
Take it to the stratosphere
To the stratosphere

When the lights come on
When the crowd goes wild
Rip the roof up off of here
Take it to the stratosphere
To the stratosphere
Stand up and scream it loud
When the fire flies
Rip the roof up off of here
Take it to the stratosphere
To the stratosphere

To the stratosphere

7. Under Denver

Just wait and see
Just sit and breathe
Your life's unimportant
Your ego's distorted
Just let what is be
Delusions of control how's the wool feel
Pre-decision doesn't mean that this is not real
Why throw away what you've been given just to spite it
What will be will be

Children of the world dream in peace
The fourth will watch over you
Sleep and you will know the truth
Children of the world dream in peace
Here rebuild in solitude
Under Denver calling you

You're not alone
Your truth is wrong
It's best to accept it
No sense in resisting
Just let what is be
Listen follow orders buy consume sell
Stay on the surface it's OK to trust the system
Tried and tested they know best they know the outcome
What will be will be

Children of the world dream in peace
The fourth will watch over you
Sleep and you will know the truth
Children of the world dream in peace
Here rebuild in solitude
Under Denver calling you

They're more than we
They hold the keys
They live in the silence
Just offer compliance
And what will be will be

Children of the world dream in peace
The fourth will watch over you
Sleep and you will know the truth
Children of the world dream in peace
Here rebuild in solitude
Under Denver calling you

8. Vultures

Close the curtains cash me in
Gather photographs of the devil you let in
Digging deep inside my soul I don't know
I don't know

Where to turn
Everywhere I look these vultures burn
The life right outta me, do I run
Or lay down and die
Is it time to close my eyes

Keep me numb I'll follow direction
A pawn to pass around and be bled until I'm dry
It's hard to see what's underneath is it me
Is it me

Where do I turn
Everywhere I look these vultures burn
The life right outta me, do I run
Or lay down and die
Is it time to close my eyes

For so long all I've known all I've seen's green lights
Fuck your greed all I need's somewhere to catch my breath, rest my head and ease my mind
I've been holding on but grip ain't what it used to be
I'm much older I'm bitter I'm jaded I'm lost can somebody give me a sign

Where do I turn
Everywhere I look these vultures burn
The life right outta me, do I run
Or lay down and die
Is it time to close my eyes

Where do I turn
Everywhere I look these vultures burn
The life right outta me, do I run
Or lay down and die
Is it time to close my eyes

9. Eve

I am iniquity

You think everything's perfect silly girl
There's so much wonder here right in front of your eyes
What could it hurt what is wrong with you
Who the fuck is he why can't you know why can't you know

And the walls came down and the heavens opened
It's too late to claim your innocence once the trust is broken
It was just a little taste it was so sweet
You couldn't imagine in your wildest dreams
You had to taste it
Reach out and take it

For just a second consider why a man who cares so much would keep something so simple from someone so innocent
Maybe he wants it all for himself 'cause he thinks you don't deserve to feel all the joys that he feels that you'll never feel

Ask yourself why does he give you less when he takes more
Ask yourself how being free is being locked inside these walls
Maybe you're weak or a mistake or too emotional
Maybe you're not good enough for his world maybe you never were

And the walls came down and the heavens opened
It's too late to claim your innocence once the trust is broken
It was just a little taste it was so sweet
You couldn't imagine in your wildest dreams
You had to taste it
Reach out and take it

He'll never know I'll never tell
You deserve
You deserve to be free
You have my word damn me to hell
You deserve to know
You deserve to be free

And the walls came down and the heavens opened
It's too late to claim your innocence once the trust is broken
It was just a little taste it was so sweet
You couldn't imagine in your wildest dreams
You had to taste it
Reach out and take it
You had to taste it
Reach out and take it

Reach out and take it

10. I Am One

I could hold you so close and never let you in
I could feel you in my bones and never really feel a thing
You can't climb inside my soul and hold on forever
I couldn't change if I tried my mind's as the weather
Don't know what I believe in who I believe in anymore
I know that I'm broken it's the road that I've chosen to walk alone

I could hold you
I could hold you so close
I could hold you so close and never let you in

Alone among numbers
Scream back at the thunder
I learned from the start that all I had was me
I am as one the father and the son
I am one
I am one

You couldn't believe the fires that I've walked through
The shit that I've overcome I've never needed you
Taught me from the beginning
The only one to believe in is myself so I left and became the wind

I can't be left if I'm alone
I can't be pulled down if I don't hold on

Alone among numbers
Scream back at the thunder
I learned from the start that all I had was me
I am as one the father and the son
I am one

I don't need your love
I don't want your love
I am one
I am one
Again and again I repeat and explain am I fucking insane
It's like the words coming out just don't seem to sink in
I am one

Alone among numbers
Scream back at the thunder
I learned from the start that all I had was me
I am as one the father and the son
I am one

I am one
I am one
I am one
I am one
I am one
I am one
I am one

11. Empire

[feat. Bingx]

Yeah and they tell me that life is short
In the blink of an eye we come and die kept in mind that life is war
Stay grounded fly and soar always know what you're fighting for
Aging fast gotta pave a path and go figure out what my life is for
Quick witted and everyday I gotta switch lanes
Fuck race no pigment I got thick skin making big waves
Positive being positive is my legacy
Pray for me or make way for me because I'm setting out to go change the earth and I just may
My life is what I call it and I call it successful
Now everybody wanna eyeball it like how the fuck he do that though
Take pride in your every action everyday of my life is work
They say time is money and I know what that time is worth

Even if the sky was falling down
Down down down
Even if the sky was falling I'm not falling down
I stand tall through it all
I've risked too much to just give up now
I'm pushing on through

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Sure as the tide rolls in at night
I'll still be here at the end of days screaming at the sky
Let the fire consume and cleanse what's before me
Behold I'll build my empire before the ashes hit the ground

Life inside a piece of paper live it through my pen and pad
Lead inside my pencil like the hammer on my pistol back
There ain't no hitting back life ain't no tennis match
All over the net but that ain't where I do my business at
Face to face with adversity and intimidation
This is real this is raw ain't no imitation
No limitations ain't a ceiling in sight
There ain't no rules or regulations either yield or you fight
Just take a look at where I been that's some appealing advice
'Cause you can build until it falls or keep it real and you rise

Even if the sky was falling down
Down down down
Even if the sky was falling I'm not falling down
I stand tall through it all
I've risked too much to just give up now
I'm pushing on through

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Sure as the tide rolls in at night
I'll still be here at the end of days screaming at the sky
Let the fire consume and cleanse what's before me
Behold I'll build my empire before the ashes hit the ground

Sure as the tide rolls in at night
I'll still be here at the end of days screaming at the sky
Let the fire consume and cleanse what's before me
Behold I'll build my empire before the ashes hit the ground
Ashes hit the ground
Ashes hit the ground
Ashes hit the ground
Ashes hit the ground

Ashes hit the ground
Ashes hit the ground

Sure as the tide rolls in at night
I'll still be here at the end of days screaming at the sky
Let the fire consume and cleanse what's before me
Behold I'll build my empire before the ashes hit the ground
I'll build my empire before the ashes hit the ground

Ashes hit the ground
Even if the sky was falling down
Ashes hit the ground
Ashes hit the ground
Even if the sky was falling down

12. Room 138

On my back breathing heavy staring at the light
Praying this isn't the end but it might be
On my back got my heart beating out of my chest
I never thought I can't believe that I'd go out like this

So these are the walls that have to hold this moment
I never expected to be here again
My vision is burning as the light starts to fade
Please pull me out of this

My ribs are breaking I swear I'm only twenty three
Crawling searching for a lifeline I just can't reach
Somebody hear me someone open up the door
Get me up off the floor and stop the shaking the shaking
This blood is boiling in my veins oh god the pain it's unrelenting
I'm ready for the end if it means that all of this will end

So these are the walls that have to hold this moment
I never expected to be here again
My vision is burning as the light starts to fade
Please pull me out from this

Through the haze I saw a face a second chance another life to live
How did you forgive me
Held my head against your chest told me everything's alright
Don't be afraid
Close your eyes and rest

Through the haze I saw a face a second chance another life to live
How did you forgive me
Held my head against your chest told me everything's alright
Don't be afraid
Close your eyes and rest

So these are the walls that have to hold this moment
I never expected to be here again
My vision is burning as the light starts to fade
Please pull me out from this

Please pull me out from this
Please pull me out from this

13. Into The Fire (Radio Edit)

Take him out back
Take him out back
Take him out back

I'm not too sure what I'm supposed to do with this
These hands this mind this instability
From a cage I created to a hell that heaven made
Can't let go of the hatred 'cause I love the way it tastes

Take him out back

I wouldn't take back a moment
Not the miserable moment
I'd give it all 'til there's nothing

I'll walk into the fire
Into the fire
I'll walk into the fire
Into the fire

Into the fire

I've come to terms with the fact that I'll never change
And that's just fine I find solace in the pain
I don't mind the darkness it's easy on the eyes
I'm praying for something to make me feel alive

I wouldn't take back a moment
Not the miserable moment
I'd give it all 'til there's nothing

I'll walk into the fire
Into the fire
I'll walk into the fire
Into the fire

Into the fire
The fire

I wouldn't take back a moment

I'll walk into the fire
Into the fire
I'll walk into the fire
Into the fire

Into the fire
Fire

Take him out back

14. Xplicit

[Hidden Track]

Whoo!

This is one for the little stupid dummy heads
With poop on their face and pee on the face of someone stupid
You wanna brew it?

You're such a butt-head booger face
Shut your silly mouth you four-eyed nerd

Quick punk scram why you even talking to me
You're a loser I'm cool you're just too stupid to see

You don't even have a skateboard
You still have a PS3

You wanna kiss your teacher
You'll cry when you scream tonight
Beat it dweeb
You're a doofus

I don't even like you
We're not friends anymore
I'mma kick you in the butt
And you smell like a girl

James!
The fucking song's over, shut up!
Dick







ASKING ALEXANDRIA LYRICS