CHILDREN OF BODOM LYRICS

1. This Road

Wreck of a human mind blurring the line
Between what is real, what's fiction and what I feel
Night after night, sin after sin
Year after year I don't know where I've been
Different day with the same old refrain
And it's starting to blare all over again

Bloodshot, black and blue
Eyes empty through and through
Faceless, dreary soul
Like a bottomless black hole
Your future is bleak, my past is unknown
Don't leave me behind, just leave me alone
Nowhere to be found, forever lost
Making a break for it at any cost

This road's gonna kill me
So put me down, distill me
End of the line, the end of me, oh yeah
This road is goin' down
And around until I drown
This road's gonna kill me, oh yeah

You start at bulletproof
And ten feet tall
With anger through the roof
Still feeling so small

This road's gonna kill me
So put me down, distill me
End of the line, the end of me, oh yeah
This road is goin' down
And around until I drown
This road's gonna kill me, oh yeah

2. Under Grass and Clover

Flashback from the night before
Was it the other day, I couldn't say
It's all coming in pieces
But before you know they just fade away
Goddamn! What did I hear, what'd I do?
Where did I go and how'd I get there?
I know... I'm too far gone
A deadbeat, a travesty
What's my strategy?

Fuck me, there's blood on my hands
That's nothing new but now they're shaking too
Everything's soaked in sweat
Here comes the "forgive and forget"
Who should I forgive? Forget that plan
I really don't give a damn
I just need my fix, I'm dying
Break out the bottle and stop crying

And the calm washes over
My soul drying my tears
Under the grass and clover
A new sense of hope appears

Choking - breathing exhaust
Hard to keep an even keel
Shot - boiling mercury
It burns so bad yet I can't feel

Choking - breathing exhaust
Hard to keep an even keel
Sweating - boiling mercury
It burns so bad yet I can't feel

Walking - in a mine field
Tired of keeping my eyes peeled
Shot - to hell and fried
No heaven, evermore denied

And the calm washes over
My soul drying my tears
Under the grass and clover
A new sense of hope appears

3. Glass Houses

Keep your enemies closer they say
But I prefer mine dead and miles away
Wanna save the world now and right away?
Tomorrow would be better 'cause there wasn't one today

The absence of your mind
Preaching, judging
Is hard for you to fake
Reactions of your kind
Cringing, whingeing
Is too much for me to take

Ignorance is a bliss
That might be but not when you throw
Stones in a house made of glass
With your halo buried far up your ass

If a pen is mightier than a sword
I wish you luck sincerely in your world
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger
Is a crock of shit, I'm sick of it
Sick of you, fuck you too

Distress and nothing less you breed
Confess and you're blessed
Set free from your sin ain't that something
Absolution leaves me nothing

The absence of your mind
Preaching, judging
Is hard for you to fake
Reactions of your kind
Cringing, whingeing
Is too much for me to take

The absence of your mind
Preaching, judging
Is hard for you to fake
Reactions of your kind
Cringing, whingeing
Is too much for me to take

4. Hecate's Nightmare

We never meant to let you down
But it all just goes to show
We keep on dancing though we know
It's the same old song of woe

Two torches light up the way
As they beckon from below
To the groves of willows where
The seeds of hate we sow

Lost souls hover over the crossroads
Crying out your name

If the desire is do or die
When all else has failed
Calling upon you is a game
Never lost or never prevailed

Lost souls hover over the crossroads
At rise of the new moon
When the gates slowly open wide
The hinges creak their tune

We're like Hecate's nightmare
Three shots from you and none to spare

Should've been more watchful
Calling out your name in vain
We never saw your pain

Hecate's nightmare
Unaware of the damage beyond repair

We're like Hecate's nightmare
Three shots from you and none to spare
Nightmare - unaware
Of the damage beyond repair

Gates close in the light of the moon
And the hinges creak their tune
We have become...

Hecate's nightmare - unaware
Of the damage beyond repair
Hecate's nightmare
Three shots from you and none to spare
Nightmare - unaware
Of the damage beyond repair

Should've been more watchful
Calling out your name in vain
We never saw your pain

Hecate's nightmare - unaware
Of the damage beyond repair

5. Kick in a Spleen

You're whining bitching all day long
You don't connect you don't belong
When you wanna 'fess up and you wanna come clean
It's like taking a kick in the spleen

Could you dial back just a notch I'm asking…
Will you won't you do you don't you
With the insecurities that you're masking
Not that I would do but could you

You wear things out like the air we breathe
You care about things like what's underneath
You rant about shit and nobody cares
Take a tumble down in a flight of stairs

Could you dial back just a notch I'm asking…
Will you won't you do you don't you
With the insecurities that you're masking
Not that I would do but could you

Your sob stories are the oldest ones in the book
Will you won't you do you don't you
That's what we call a storm in a tea cup
Not that I would do but could you

So could you dial back a notch I'm asking...
Will you won't you do you don't you
With the insecurities you're masking
Not that I would do but could you

Your sob stories are the oldest ones in the book
Will you won't you do you don't you
That's what we call a storm in a tea cup
Not that I would do but could you

6. Platitudes and Barren Words

I'm broken, you're bent
I laugh while you repent
Threw punches never left a dent
Kick and scream you can feed the flame
Put out the fire it's all the same
Just either clock out or stake your claim

C'mon just lay it on the line
You're running on fumes and out of time
It takes more to be convincing
Than platitudes 'cause your words are wearin' thin

I rush you stall
Here we go you're on a roll
Driving me right up the wall
Emotions left ripped at the seams
The game is over or so it seems
But sticks and stone won't break your fuckin' routines

C'mon just lay it on the line
Cut me a break don't take your time
I'm up for laying down the swords
Just no more platitudes or barren words

I'm filled to the brim
What's one more deadly sin?
To lose or win
Should I frown or grin

C'mon just lay it on the line
You're running on fumes and out of time
It takes more to be convincing
Than platitudes 'cause your words are wearin' thin

I'm filled to the brim
What's one more deadly sin?
To lose or win
Should I frown or grin

7. Hexed

Sometimes my pain is so damn elaborate
That I can taste the blood in my tears trying to forget…

They haunt me… taunt me

The dreams that are nothing but a cruel joke on me
I'll ride 'em out yet I'm taut in actuality

Hexed
Turned into a casualty
Hexed
A blessing or a travesty?

Kill me once, who's to blame?
Kill me twice, I'm yours to claim
Curse me once, shame on you
Hex me twice, shame on me

If spirits could be visible, not just a fallacy
Your hex would be tangible but in reality…

They haunt me… taunt me

Am I just a victim of my insanity
A final chapter in a tale that ends in tragedy

Hexed
Turned into a casualty
Hexed
A blessing or a travesty?
Hexed
Demon's within
Hexed
Crawling under my skin

Kill me once, who's to blame?
Kill me twice, I'm yours to claim
Curse me once, shame on you
Hex me twice, shame on me

Hexed
Turned into a casualty
Hexed
A blessing or a travesty?
Hexed
Demon's within
Hexed
Crawling under my skin

Hexed

8. Relapse (The Nature of My Crime)

Say you're hurting… but that's not where you're at
But then again who am I… to say a word about that
Come again? Did you wanna ask something?
Amen! I'm ready for judging
Forget - I even said anything
Better yet turn around and start walking

So I sleep on it 'til next morning
Recurring dream so far from close
This nightmare is not my first warning
So on and on it goes

Relapse once again drain out my peace of mind
Too blind to witness the nature of my crime

I remember sitting through this strife
I didn't just meet you, I've known you my whole life
You tell me - to grab a knife or a bottle
Watch your life - travel by at full throttle
I'm done - rackin' out my fried brain
Just go away - you're nothing new, you're all the same

You knew my story turn a page and read the signs
They speak of relapse between selected lines

Relapse once again drain out my peace of mind
Too blind to witness the nature of my crime

Relapse once again drain out my peace of mind
Too blind to witness the nature of my crime

The thought of turning back sends shivers down my spine
Your delusions sure as hell were never mine
You knew my story from the get go, read the signs
They scream of relapse between selected lines

9. Say Never Look Back

Struggling to stay awake
Don't wanna take my chances (wake up!)
Tossing and turning
How am I supposed to block these voices

Drifting off to sleep
Count sheep, you're now in deep
Whimper though you wanna shout
No use, he's in, you're out

One two three you're now in a dream
Never look back, never look 'cause you're gonna crack
Five six seven see the flood lights beam
Down on you as you wanna scream
Eight nine ten here we go again
You can lie down, you can lie but you're gonna drown
End of the games, your number is up for now

Wake up! Who said that?
Am I awake? My eyes are shut
Weary once again
But was I out? What the hell was that all about?

Where did
All these scars come from
Still warm…
Blood on the sheets
But was all real?
I just don't wanna feel…

One two three you're now in a dream
Never look back, never look 'cause you're gonna crack
Five six seven see the flood lights beam
Down on you as you wanna scream
Eight nine ten here we go again
You can lie down, you can lie but you're gonna drown
End of the games, your number is up for now

One two three you're now in a dream
Never look back, never look 'cause you're gonna crack
Five six seven see the flood lights beam
Down on you as you wanna scream

10. Soon Departed

When your hands have been tied
From front, back and from side to side
It's hard to see the shape of things to come
And the past becomes undone
No stars aligned to lead the blind
When your future is already declined

Lying, discarded
Dying, soon departed

Another morning it's hard to breathe
Waking up so damn confined
By these walls. Cut, bruised and left behind
Another day and it hurts to burn
Your candles at all ends
No more looking and waiting for the godsends…
You keep throwing away

If that is the life you choose
No circumstance can excuse
Why you run when you've passed
A dead end sign at long last
The days are numbered you swear
So you can start the countdown for all I care
Keep on telling yourself there's nothing left to do
Your story's weak and so are you

Lying, discarded
Dying, soon departed

Another morning it's hard to breathe
Waking up so damn confined
By these walls. Cut, bruised and left behind
Another day and it hurts to burn
Your candles at all ends
No more looking and waiting for the godsends…
You keep throwing away

Another morning it's hard to breathe
Waking up so damn confined
By these walls. Cut, bruised and left behind
Another day and it hurts to burn
Your candles at all ends
No more looking and waiting for the godsends…
You keep throwing away

11. Knuckleduster

Walls are closing in on me
Hear the clock ticking
But time is standing still for me
Used... or did you say abused?
Makes no difference to me
Can we agree to disagree?

I would rather tune out
Than open up my mind
To be placed in your little faction
No... pick another time
Choose another day
And a place if it's another interaction

Roughed up, rundown
Gave in to giving up
You can take it out on me
'Cause I don't give a fuck!

Hey! Did I ever ask you
To step on my toes?
Face the knuckleduster
And you'll end up six feet under
Thou shalt not kill is what they say
But I swear we'll see the day
To bring you down
And you will end up six feet under

Roughed up, rundown
Gave in to giving up
You can take it out on me
'Cause I don't give a fuck!

Hey! Did I ever ask you
To step on my toes?
Face the knuckleduster
And you'll end up six feet under
Thou shalt not kill is what they say
But I swear we'll see the day
To bring you down
And you will end up six feet under







CHILDREN OF BODOM LYRICS