FLOTSAM & JETSAM LYRICS

1. Prisoner of Time

I can see the world at breakneck speed, passing me by
Everybody takes a piece of life and cutting line

I seem to think I can wait my turn
All the entitled can crash and burn
Give to the need my place in line
A few seconds of my time

Don't forget the golden rule is live and let live your life without regret
Or be a prisoner in time

Broke down, need the help, can't you see I'm struggling on by
You would think out of all of these that one would stop and try

I seem to think it's no big deal
All the entitled can burn at the wheel
Give to the need my sweat and time
A soul to save and I think it's mine

Look up to the sky
In a tear you wonder why
We turn ourselves into a prisoner of time

2. Control

I hear your endless talking
While you feed me all you have to say
I believed every lie so easily

But now my eyes are open
I see you just for what you really are
Hiding every truth you've ever heard

You will not restrain me!
You will never break me!

Take my world -- but you'll never take my soul
Burn it down to ashes on the ground
Take my world and swallow it whole
Burn it down -- but you'll never take control!
Never take control of me!

You know you almost had me
I believed in every word you said
Every deed was buried in the darkness

Knowing all the secrets
Living in such beautiful detachment
All the time spreading your disease

You will not restrain me!
You will never break me!

Take my world -- but you'll never take my soul
Burn it down to ashes on the ground
Take my world and swallow it whole
Burn it down -- but you'll never take control!
Never take control of me, yeah!

Take my world -- but you'll never take my soul
Burn it down to ashes on the ground
Take my world and swallow it whole
Burn it down -- but you'll never take control!
Never take control of me!

Take my world -- but you'll never take my soul
Burn it down to ashes on the ground
Take my world and swallow it whole
Burn it down -- but you'll never take control!
Never take control of me!

3. Recover

A long so deep it bruises the inner depths of your soul
A fate you just can't wrap your head around
A feeling you can't describe as it blackens all that you see
And all you can see is death and despair

Nothing is beautiful
And the colors all turn to grey
The sun doesn't shine
Behind the clouds of your dismay

I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this

And I don't see how this makes me a better man
Was this hole inside, part of a bigger plan
They say life goes on but it doesn't go on the same
Not even the taste of blood will satisfy the pain

Nothing is beautiful
And the colors all turn to grey
The sun doesn't shine
Behind the clouds of your dismay

I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this
I may never recover from this

4. Prepare for Chaos

Not a spirit who hides in the day
Not an eruption that will not or may
It's a wrecking ball of death and completely without fear
No conscience, fear, or heart
Doesn't think about an end or start
Tear the world apart not to see what's deep inside

Not a friend to call, not a savior at all
Not a place to run and hide
No way to stop, no way on top
Stay out of sight and prepare to die

Prepare for the chaos
Prepare to die

Once every 1000 years or so the beast gets hungry
And the pain inside that wakes him, makes him angry
There's not enough food in sight
So, he'll start to roam the earth tonight
And the path of death he leaves will feed the hunger

Won't pick you out of a crowd
Doesn't care if you're calm or loud
It's a living, breathing, eating, storm of death
No agenda, no favorite meal
He's the real motherfuckin' deal
He's only awake to eat and he eats it all
Not a friend to call, not a savior at all
Not a place to run and hide
No way to stop, no way on top
Stay out of sight and prepare to die

Prepare for the chaos
Prepare to die

Once every 1000 years or so the beast gets hungry
And the pain inside that wakes him, makes him angry
There's not enough food in sight
So, he'll start to roam the earth tonight
And the path of death he leaves will feed the hunger

5. Slowly Insane

Into pain and into terror, in denial
Under pressure, under cover, under fire
Understand, under duress that I can kill
A daily battle to contain the way I feel
A daily battle to contain the way I feel

Pressure is building up inside my brain
Slowly, so I don't notice
Driving me insane

Over exaggerated, over all the pain
Over the mountain, I've been climbing up in vain
Over, under, over compensating dream
A daily battle to convey just what I mean
A daily battle to convey just what I mean

Pressure is building up inside my brain
Slowly, so I don't notice
Driving me insane

And then one day I just start walking
No direction, no one talking
Scattered images in mind
Don't bother what I leave behind

6. Architects of Hate

I see red and feeling low
Nervous, jumpy, ready to go
Paranoid and on the edge
Out of comfort zone, walking the ledge

Every turn becomes the wrong path
Every decision goes array
Wound up tighter than a beating drum
I need a metal show today

I drink the blood of every man
I slink the catacombs of hell
I want to end the life of everything
Don't ask me why 'cause I can't tell

Teeth are grinding, blood will boil
Vision blurred from all the hate
Dream of killing, dream of fear
Dream of way to get the hell out of here

Every turn becomes the wrong path
Every decision goes array
Wound up tighter than a beating drum
I need a metal show today

I drink the blood of every man
I slink the catacombs of hell
I want to end the life of everything
Don't ask me why 'cause I can't tell

7. Demolition Man

I'll tear it down, I don't care what it is
It's all the same to me 'cause I'm fuckin' destructive
I consume rubble like it's water and air
I'll tear it down to the ground like it was never there
And I love the smell of dust from a tumbling place
The rumble, from the grumble, underneath my feet
And the power over something, power to destroy
I've got a smile on my face, 'cause I am overjoyed

Demolition man
Tearing down walls and excavating
Demolition man
I'm a wrecking ball, stay out of my way
Demolition man
Near the caution line I spend my time
Demolition man
Push the button down and bring it to the ground

When I look up, I see the falling walls
The sky coming down and crushing it all
And not even the devil can survive the pain
When my soul crushing demolition ends the game
I will take history right down to the earth
And leave a scar for the future to begin rebirth
Concrete, steel, brick, beams and stone
It all came down like a card house blown

Demolition man
Tearing down walls and excavating
Demolition man
I'm a wrecking ball, stay out of my way
Demolition man
Near the caution line I spend my time
Demolition man
Push the button down and bring it to the ground

8. Unwelcome Surprise

Win the big prize and die the next day
No one will say where it all goes
Spend life savings on a brand new car
Watch it crumpled being towed
Terrified of the man in charge
As he changes everything
You finally drop down to one knee
And realize you've lost the ring

I bet you didn't see that one coming, right between the eyes
I bet you didn't see that one coming, unwelcome surprise
I bet you didn't see that one coming

The courage comes and you can take the ride
First time in the air
And as you meet the earth face to face
You realize life isn't fair
Carry life 'til it's ready to bloom
Born without a heart
Ready to race and ready to go
No one to say it's time to start

I bet you didn't see that one coming, right between the eyes
I bet you didn't see that one coming, unwelcome surprise
I bet you didn't see that one coming

No warning, no breath, no beat
No future, no help, no end I see
No point, no thing to gain
You can't win by cheating the game

Pulled over when you're already late
Ending shackled, face on the ground
My favorite band plays my favorite bar
But only when I'm out of town
Hit the lottery and hit 10 mil
Split in 12 million ways
I get a break and finally die
But someone else is in my grave

I bet you didn't see that one coming, right between the eyes
I bet you didn't see that one coming, unwelcome surprise
I bet you didn't see that one coming

No warning, no breath, no beat
No future, no help, no end I see
No point, no thing to gain
You can't win by cheating the game

9. Snake Eye

Faster than a bullet from a gun
Looking out and thinking only of number one
Respect written on the tip of death
Take you out, bring you down with every breath

Designed to stop you when you fight
Push a button, pack it up, it ends tonight
Nowhere to run, nothing you can do
A 1000 pounds of flotsam just for you

Hide deep beneath the ground
A hundred thousand pounds of instant death
Curl up and cover head
You're all but dead, the walls are closing fast
Hide from the sound of thunder churning underground and coming fast
Once you have seen its eye, it's time to die, there is no more escape

It can reach and pull you from the sky
Steadfast like a lizard to the fly
Has no connection to a rule
If you come up against it, you're a fool

No barriers, no respect, or fear
When it's there, you'll wish you were here
Nothing avenged, everything is gray
Death, annihilation, just another day

Hide deep beneath the ground
A hundred thousand pounds of instant death
Curl up and cover head
You're all but dead, the walls are closing fast
Hide from the sound of thunder churning underground and coming fast
Once you have seen its eye, it's time to die, there is no more escape

Once dead it has no use for you
It only likes to kill, no prejudice or view
Path of destruction in its way
Life, limb, or heart, whatever it can take
Run and hide, the desert's shaking
It doesn't think about what it's taking
Hide, die, play dead, whatever you can do
Odds are your life is over, too

10. Survive

I can tell you all just what I think
I'm the media, I make the truth become
Mass hysteria is how I know I'm good
See the world from my own point of view

Defenseless little lives
Becoming raped and scarred
The button pushed as number three is in the cards
The weather coming down and wiping out another town
The plague that takes us over will survive another day

Can we survive another this
The terror and the pain
The tragic loss, again
Can we survive another this
As history repeats itself again

You believe in everything I tell you
You react to everything I say
There's a time you think things for yourself
Let it go for one more funking day

Defenseless little lives
Becoming raped and scarred
The button pushed as number three is in the cards
The weather coming down and wiping out another town
The plague that takes us over will survive another day

Can we survive another this
The terror and the pain
The tragic loss, again
Can we survive another this
As history repeats itself again

Plan your lives on stories that I tell you
'Show no fear', I tell you with a smile

Defenseless little lives battling so hard
Pushing buttons to bring war into your yard
The weather coming down
And tearing through another town
The famine takes us over
Won't survive another day

Can we survive another this
The terror and the pain
The tragic loss, again
Can we survive another this
As history repeats itself again

11. Good or Bad

In between the points of the beginning and the end
Is the memory of your soul
Carry on your legacy any way you want
It's your eternity and your toll

Every step you take leaves an everlasting print
And every word you utter fills a hole
Someone is watching, someone emulates the way
Evil or not, it plays a lasting role

Leave a tracer of your path behind
Your generous or thoughtless mind
Breadcrumbs from the life that you have had
Leave it epic, leave it good or bad

Under the canvas of the ones we love and know
Is a demon waiting to explode
Leaving a trail of total devastation
And a life so lonely, death will take a hold

When they look back and picture all that you have done
Will anyone remember your high
In through the nostril of the devastator
Is the scent of hope and the taste of fear

Leave a tracer of your path behind
Your generous or thoughtless mind
Breadcrumbs from the life that you have had
Leave it epic, leave it good or bad

12. The End

I have seen the future as clear as the shit in the sky
I have seen the four eyed creatures hissing poison 'til it dies
I have seen the shadows laughing as they run on by
I have seen the bad moon rising blackening the lit up sky
I have touch the scales of a dragon and the soul of a warrior
I will start the world on fire like I've never been there before

I can see the end
Is taking over
And it always brings me down

Colors of the sunset glowing evil all night long
Darkened haze that hides the city from the peaks of the mountain's song
Prison walls all built from mistakes, the same ones that locked us in
No plans to stop the bleeding as the artery rips within
The devil fights the angel, evil tells him that he's got the right
Common sense can fix our society, I just can't do it tonight

I can see the end
Is taking over
And it always brings me down

13. Another One

[Bonus Track]

Spilling blood, DNA
How to make it go away?
One mistake deserve some more
Free to go, create a cover
Out to kill, to take them out
Before she'll open up and shout
She would say as she saw too much
And now she's simply out of touch

Can't take back the things I've done
She was the lucky one
Who saw the things she had to see
The things that invocated me

I can't change what I have done
Fix it all in another one
I can't change what I have done
But I'll fix it all in another one

World messed up me
There was just no other way
Thorn that had to come inside
And now I've got to run and hide
I will seek and bring it out
Off all that there is no doubt
What I have to drag her with?
And now I have to bleed the filth

Can't take back the things I've done
She was the lucky one
Who saw the things she had to see
The things that invocated me

I can't change what I have done
Fix it all in another one
I can't change what I have done
But I'll fix it all in another one

[Guitar solos]

Can't take back the things I've done
She was the lucky one
Who saw the things she had to see
The things that invocated me

I can't change what I have done
Fix it all in another one
I can't change what I have done
But I'll fix it all in another one







FLOTSAM & JETSAM LYRICS