GRIDIRON LYRICS

1. Storm Of Swords

[Music: M. Elsner, J. Cross, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley]

What you don't know
Is this can hurt you
Be the reason that you will bleed
Obsessed with living
Never giving
Fulfilling all your selfish needs
You are self-obsessed
And so possessed
This very thing is bringing
You down
You know this pain brought
Selfish mind sought
This storm of swords
Brought you to the ground

Facing
The storm of swords
Realizing
Your mind forlorn
Facing
The storm of swords
Selfish
Your heart is torn

I'm surrounded
By the very power
That gives force to

The only one who
Will release
The only one who will not cease
So powerful
The three in one
Father, spirit, only son
Trinity makes me complete
In death knows no defeat

What you don't know
Is this can hurt you
Be the reason that you will bleed
Obsessed with living
Never giving
Fulfilling all your selfish needs
You are self-obsessed
And so possessed
This very thing is bringing
You down
You know this pain brought
Selfish mind sought
This storm of swords
Brought you to the ground

Facing
The storm of swords
Realizing
Your mind forlorn
Facing
The storm of swords
Selfish
Your heart is torn

I'm surrounded

The only one whom
Will release
The only one who will not cease
So powerful
The three in one
Father, spirit, only son
Trinity makes me complete
In death knows no defeat
Storm

[Solo: Josh]

Facing the storm
Of swords

2. 11th Hour

[Music: Z. Knight, M. Elsner, J. Cross, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley]

The hour
Is here

Time quickly erodes into a state of madness
A leviathan of preordained truth
As the event draws near in status

Approaching
As is in a terrifying dream
Denying it will not prevent
For it is as it seems
The final minute
All of prophecy
Revealing this last stand
Determining just who will live
Reveal the upper hand

The hour
Is here

Sands of time now cease to fall with prejudice
Banal world on verge and brink
Destructive end so imminent

Flying on
The winds of death
This resolution being
To a gored and ghastly state
Paralyzed by what you're seeing
You can't fight and won't win
This vision shakes your soul
The tide turned and you're burned
The end the only goal

The hour
Is here

The reaping of what you've sown
Is so close at hand
Eleventh hour has finally come
This is your final stand

[Solo: Josh]

The eleventh hour
Is here

3. In Sorrow

[Music: Z. Knight, M. Elsner, J. Cross, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley, Z. Knight]

There was a time
I was the one
That you believed in
Time wore on
Your faith stood still
No longer within

I kept struggling without solution
Your pain refused to heal
No possible real solution
In time this life was sealed

I am the one
Who lives in sorrow
Battered and broken
Upon my cross
With my blood
I paid tomorrow
The day will come
You'll know just what
Was lost

Distance, time
Does not heal
Levity and pain
Is real

I kept struggling without solution
Your pain refused to heal
No possible real solution
In time this life was sealed

I am the one
Who lives in sorrow
Battered and broken
Upon my cross
With my blood
I paid tomorrow
The day will come
You'll know just what
Was lost

What was lost
What was lost

Time and time
And time and time
And time and time
Again
This struggle just perpetuates
Seems never to end
Never did I think that this could ever
Seal the deal
This pain you caused
Will not go on because I choose to heal

I was the one who lived in sorrow
Battered and broken upon my cross
With my blood I paid tomorrow
The day will come
You'll know just what was lost

No more
Sorrow

4. Crimson Throne

[Music: Z. Knight, M. Elsner, J. Cross, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley, Z. Knight]

All hail the king
Of darkness
His reign of terror becomes complete
A liar's crown
Sits upon his brow
Blinding those who thought could see

All hail
The tyrant king
Bringing the world's destruction
This is so wrong to me
Yet it seems
The current social direction

The wrong direction

So behold the crimson throne
Upon which sits the king
Martyred himself
To save the world
And crush this darkened being

Truth flails
The tyrant king
Against the crimson lord
Crushed against
The mighty shield
And thrown out
Upon the sword

So fails the prince
Of darkness
He has no power over weak
Thrown in the pit
For the second death
The greatest failure of eternity

All hail
The crimson king
Bringing the world's salvation
This is a powerful truth
And it will be
The final prediction

The true prediction

So behold the crimson throne
Upon which sits the king
Martyred himself
To save the world
And crush this darkened being

Behold
The crimson throne

Behold
The crimson throne

5. Godless Society

[Music: J. Cross, M. Elsner, R. Knight, lyrics: Z. Knight, S. Cooley]

They are hungry,
Emaciated
Starving for the next event,
But they are drowning,
Quickly drowning,
In the maelstrom; at the end's behest

We are lost forever,
In a time where man is blind,
To rebel has been our nature,
When will we see the light?

War and violence,
Kings and tyrants,
Adding to the toll of the dead.
Clock is ticking,
Time is nearing,
To lay this system to its rest

[Solo: Josh]

We are lost forever,
In a time where man is blind,
To rebel has been our nature,
Will we ever see the light?

Bring life to all
Of this society
Bring God to all
Of this society

6. Reckoning

[Music: M. Elsner, J. Cross, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley]

From dust you were made
To dust you return
Humanity is a waste
Today its lesson will be learned
Each one of the passing days
Ignore the signs of impending wrath
Of heaven raining your demise
For tables now have turned

Clouds unfold
Destruction now consumes the earth
Rapture has passed
Those in doubt left suffering
Unremorsefully remain behind
Are symbols of the
Apocalypse that is coming
What is this?
Can it be?
The end
Of humanity
No more grace

Fools so blind to see
The judgement comes
It's the time
Of the reckoning
For it's far too late
To change your fate
As the end has come to be
Debt will be repaid
The choice was made
On this day
Of the reckoning

Standing hopeful that
My name not called
From the list of the ones
To fall
Through the doubts my faith
Would sail
Though I suffered it
Never failed

Plagues unleashed
Marks of the approaching beast
Judgement at hand
Humanity and its last stand
Unremorsefully remain behind
Are symbols of the
Apocalypse that is coming
What is this?
Can it be?
The end
Of humanity
No more grace

Fools so blind to see
The judgement comes
It's the time
Of reckoning
For it's far too late
To end your hate
As the end has come to be
Debt will be repaid
The choice was made
On this day
Of the reckoning

The reckoning
The reckoning
The end is here
The end is here
The reckoning

7. Constant Shadow

[Music: Z. Knight, M. Elsner, J. Cross, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley, Z. Knight]

For so long we've searched for a remedy
"In men we trust" to the signs; a blind eye
How can we be free with no consequence?
Never fulfilled until we look towards the skies

Hatred and greed
On sorrow we feed
Craving the next
Dramatic entrance
With all that we see,
Don't know what we need
Too lost to the dark
To make a difference

I'm weighed down by this constant shadow
Plaguing my thoughts
Corrupting my mind
I'm chained down
By the shame of tomorrow
Mankind is lost
This world dies

So this darkness sits heavy upon my chest
Do I breathe in the air?
A great lie
Taste the forbidden
From the fallen Serpent
Banned from the gates
Lost to the light

Hatred and greed
On sorrow we feed
Craving the next
Dramatic entrance
With all that we see,
Don't know what we need
Too lost to the dark
To make a difference

I'm weighed down by this constant shadow
Plaguing my thoughts
Corrupting my mind
I'm chained down
By the shame of tomorrow
Mankind is lost
This world dies

This life is constant shadow
Bloodshed and war
Deceit and defiance
The day will come and it will be too late
To remember his word
To make our change

We have failed our creator
God take me home
God take me home

8. Blood

[Music: Z. Knight, M. Elsner, R. Knight, lyrics: Z. Knight, S. Cooley]

Bow down to your interim "God"
Clawing at your mind
Weighing down your heart
Shines bright for the eyes of man
Obsessed on the brink of
destruction

For what?
For what is it all?
Material gain
Will mean nothing when you fall

Blood
Is the answer,
You can have all the gold in the world but
Blood
Is the answer
There are no riches when the casket is shut

Bow down to the one true god
Released your tortured mind
Healed your broken heart
Blood purchased the souls of man
Released the world from the brink of destruction

For what?
For what is it all?
Material gain
Will mean nothing when you fall

Blood
Is the answer,
You can have all the gold in the world but
Blood
Is the answer
There are no riches when the casket is shut

We survive on the root of all evil
But if you reach the gates
The only value in anything you've ever done is your faith in the
Blood

Blood
Is the answer,
You can have all the gold in the world but
Blood
Is the answer
There are no riches when the casket is shut

9. Cinder & Soul

[Music: Z. Knight, M. Elsner, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley, Z. Knight]

Open your eyes
The horns have sounded
Signaling the end
The end of this system
Parting the skies
The horses are mounted
A white king at the head
Charging to battle

I beg you to see
A life worth coveting

Cinder and soul
Never lose your fire
Never lose your flame
Don't let it go
I can feel the embers
Calling my name

You were reborn
A light was placed inside you
Giving you the flame
Burning inside eternal
The white king he won't fail
His power without ending
Crushing all this darkness
Winning your battles

I beg you to see
A life worth coveting

Cinder and soul
Never lose your fire
Never lose your flame
Don't let it go
I can feel the embers
Calling my name

[Solo: Zack]

Cinder and soul
Never lose your fire
Never lose your flame
Don't let it go
I can feel the embers
Calling my name

Remember the love you once had

Hold on
Please hold on

10. Dark Divide

[Music: Z. Knight, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley, Z. Knight]

The flame is gone
Still we sift through the ashes
Piece together
What we thought could be saved
How many times
Will we bludgeon dead horses?
Contempt and discontent are all that remain

To
Breathe life into words forgotten
Bring
Hope to this dying world

Before our eyes
We see the light,
As man's knees drop to the floor
We hear their cries
A dark divide
Slowly dying evermore

The flame returns
As we rebuild the ramparts
Put together
What we knew could be saved
Just one more time
As we bludgeon the demons
Contempt and discontent will never remain

To
Breathe life into words forgotten
Bring
Hope to this dying world

Before our eyes
We see the light,
As man's knees drop to the floor
We hear their cries
A dark divide
Slowly dying evermore
Evermore

[Solo: Josh, Zack]

Before our eyes
We see the light,
As man's knees drop to the floor
We hear their cries
A dark divide
Slowly dying evermore

11. Ending Time

[Music: J. Cross, M. Elsner, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley]

Waiting for the world to change
All consumed with fear
Existence was embattled
Negativity of peers
Although my soul
Was tortured
Wretched with searing pain
Visions of my past it seems
Were haunting me again

Ending time

Crushed my life was over
It was the bitter end
Rage replaced my sanity
Fight to live again
All the paths I walked it seemed
Were darkened deepest black
Past the point of all return
Never to turn back

Then it hit me
Crossed the line
I approached my ending time
Died to self
Rebirth in me
End to all the misery

Death to all
This suffering
Death to all
The suffering

[Solo: Josh]

This is mine
My dying time
This is mine
My dying time
This is mine
My rebirth

"Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him."
[Romans 6:8]

12. Thorn

[Music: J. Cross, M. Elsner, R. Knight, lyrics: S. Cooley, J. Cross]

Let this pain
Serve to remind me
A perfect will
Greater than me

Now as I see all this come around
Can't let my selfish nature rule out
Just let me be
I'll keep on believing
This will is greater
Stronger than me

This thorn
In my side
This thorn
Is why

Long is the path I tread
Great is the pain to remind
Me to shed
My inner selfish needs
The weakness within
This thorn will bleed
This thorn will bleed

This thorn
In my side
This thorn
Is why
Is why

As I look to the sky
I keep on wondering why I'm still losing
This thorn in my side
That I wish I could hide your still using

"Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, 7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
[2 Corinthians 12:6-10]







GRIDIRON LYRICS