HAND OF MERCY LYRICS

1. Dexter

Murderer,
Your shadow lurks within my soul,
Can't hide it, can't stay in control
Tonight my terror will take it's toll,
Tonight your body will lay cold

Make sure your last words count,
You're going underground

I need, Your fucking respect
Like I need a bullet in my fucking head

Don't think twice about making it right
Don't think twice, it's not alright
You left me shattered
When it really mattered
Pieces of my broken trust now lay scattered

Tonight my terror will take it's toll,
Tonight your body will lay cold

Another night I close my eyes
And let the hatred boil inside
I can't think of a reason why I
Should be taking this in stride
You can run but you can't fucking hide

What do I do with all this rage
I'll put it to use, break outta my cage
Open my book and rip out every page
I'll wash your blood of my hands in the rain
What do I do with all this rage
I'll put it to use, break outta my cage
Open my book and rip out every page
I'll wash your blood of my hands

Channeling pure hate

Another night I close my eyes
And let the hatred boil inside
You can run but you can't fucking hide
Another night I close my eyes
And let the hatred boil inside
Another night you'll lay awake

Knowing that there is no escape
Murderer
Murderer
Murderer
Your shadow lurks within my soul

2. Absence Makes The Heart Go Wander

Well I'll be tearing away your vicious restrains from me.
I have tried, tried so hard, but abandonment,
Has cut my strings of stride,
You plucked my wings, I cannot fly.
My battles, could not be won,
So I backed away, and I held my tongue.
The glory years are dead and gone,
Ashes to ashes.

We kicked holes, in all of the walls,
I set myself up for a fall,
Get back on my feet and,
Once again we,
We kicked holes, in all of the walls,
All the resentment that I could withhold
Adios motherfucker,
I'll go my way,
And you can go straight to f*cking
Hell.
I'll see you in fucking hell.

We kicked holes, in all of the walls,
I set myself up for a fall,
Get back on my feet and,
Once again we,
We kicked holes, in all of the walls,
All the resentment that I could withhold
Adios motherfucker,
I'll go my way,
Rid myself of your filth.

Wretched soul, you've been the catalyst,
You made ash of all the good left in me.
Repressed.
I am a wreck
I am a wreck
I am a wreck

So long I've been,
Trapped in the wake of a horrible dream,
Never mercy,
Only pulling teeth.
So long I've been,
Enraged but unable to scream.
So long, so fucking long.

I've been so long, checking my back, looking over my own shoulders
Afraid to breathe, I'm bottled up to self destruct,
And that still wasn't enough
I'm ready to have pride, and worth, not apprehension.
So I'm going to live the life you stole from me.

3. Benson

Born with a curse that only leads to waste
Every moment is so fragile, it can't be replaced
Keep hoping round the corner that your chance will come
Forever waiting in the dark, you'll never see the sun
The air is only getting thinner!
Don't blink or it will slip through your fingers
I can sense the urgency in your eyes
So self destructive you feel entitled, there is no way you'll survive
Two open hands with two closed eyes will never bring you peace
You lack the focus and the drive for any hope to succeed
The warning signs are there and have been for years
The fucking sight of wasted youth, my greatest of fears
Apathy is now the norm, is there something I've missed?
Stop living like the walking dead, you're better than this!
I can sense the urgency in your eyes
So self destructive, there is no way you'll survive
Two open hands with closed fucking eyes, deserting all potential, such a waste of life!
You're only as strong as your outlook
Greats oceans can't be crossed with thoughts alone
Forever fucking stagnant, you will sink like a stone
Always talking bout you're plans yo've no intention to try
Left with what could have been, until the day, you die
I can sense the urgency in your eyes
So self destructive, there is no way you'll survive
Two open hands with closed fucking eyes, deserting all potential, such a waste of life!

4. Quarter Deck

I can't deny I saw it coming, with my own two eyes,
I've learnt to second guess, because it's not the first time,
I had to double take, rub my eyes just to make sure I'm awake
That'll teach me to care at all.
So set the record straight,
You be you, and I'll be irate,
Being let down is now a frequency,
No sign of shame or self reflection,
I can't continue to give a fuck.

You have not learnt from your most ancient mistakes,
Facing a catastrophic repeat of fate,
Set up burn yourself, we the audience sit back
We don't repeat ourselves,
You don't make up for what you lack.

You don't redeem your bitter act

I can't deny I saw it coming, with my own two eyes,
I've learnt to second guess, because it's not the last time,
I had to double take, rub my eyes just to make sure I'm awake
That'll teach me to care at all
So set the record straight,
You be you, and I'll be irate,
Being let down is now a frequency.
No sign of shame or self reflection,
I can't continue to give a fuck

Time spent in vain is time never to be,
Another drop in the ocean, another ship wreck I see,
Catch up catch up, forever chasing your tail,
So much promise only set up to fail,
Search for hope, I know there's nothing to find,
just another case of leading to the blind.
Search for perfection, but you're too far off course,
Nothing left now, only doubt, and remorse.

I've discarded, all that lit the path
That led to this grim aftermath,

Smoke and mirrors cannot hide this disgrace,
I'm ready to forget your face,
A stranger takes your place.

5. 23 Hour Lockdown

Good fortune can only last for so long
This cruel world shackle your feet and throw you back to the slums
Intimidate to force your mind to believe
You're fucking worthless and you'll never achieve

Your dreams are turning into nightmares
Your goals, they've picked them up and thrown them away
Back down, too scared to fucking face the day
Are you content with this hopeless thing you call your life?
No one is looking over you to mend your mistakes
Just a sky full of hate and greed
You weak coward in your fucking disguise
I'll sit back and watch the world
Eat you alive!

You tried to push on
With your hopes so high
Nothing to carry you
With your self centered sights
Holding your ignorant views
When will you wake to find this world has left you
Abandon, too late to redeem yourself
Is this what you thought it would be like?
Chasing your wildest dreams
Are turning into nightmares
Your goals, picked them up and thrown them away
Back down, too scared to fucking face the day
Are you content with this hopeless thing you call your life?

You choke yourself with what you've become!
This free world is what you make of it!
Your bitter soul won't carry you, you!

You tried to push on
With your hopes so high
Nothing to carry you
With your self centered sights
Holding your ignorant views
When will you wake to find this world has left you
Abandon, too late to redeem yourself
Is this what you thought it would be like?
Chasing your wildest dreams

6. Rumble In The Grundle

At a loss for words
The sirens fill my head
With promises I've already heard
Backtracked by a lesson not learned

Hindsight is a terrible thing
It makes me realise what the past was to bring
Mistakes that were so avoidable
Plagues every thought that enters my mind

This has been born from torture
And is forged with the darkest intent
You can't try to salvage this
When there's nothing fucking left

It's not the first time this has been left behind
Just let it die
Just let it die
Just let it die
Just let it die!

You're chasing something
That you will never find
I just hope we both make it out alive

I'd rather the reaper ran blades through my flesh
Than sit back, and indulge in this mess

Cold hearted sentiments and forked tongues
Leave me mentally vexed

A black vision of the future
Just know I'd rather the reaper instead

I'd rather the fucking reaper
Than one more second of this hell

This story's over
There's nothing left to tell

I'd rather the reaper ran blades through my flesh
Than sit back, and indulge in this mess

Cold hearted sentiments and forked tongues
Leave me mentally vexed

A black vision of the future
Just know I'd rather the reaper instead

Can't you see the signs of struggle
Why bother pushing against the grain

Can't you see the signs of struggle
I await the reaper
To call my name!

7. Can't Stop, Won't Stop, Did Stop

Down!
At long last I will speak, Out
This is the point, I draw the line
My expectations redefined
There's a new light about to shine
This sweet release has warmed my weathered heart
After years of toleration, now I deal my own cards
I no longer feel like I am bound to sinking cannonballs
I've lived enough to proclaim that my great escape will resonate
Through windows of a house that's burning down
Out of the edges of this dark town
I've said goodbye one final time
Count all the reasons why we would stick around
Pledged to kings that none of us have crowned
They're dragging me down, dragging me down, dragging me...
Down!
At long last I will speak, Out
This is the point, I draw the line
My expectations redefined
There's a new light about to shine
This sweet release has warmed my weathered heart
After years of toleration, now I deal my own cards
I no longer feel like I am bound to sinking cannonballs
I've lived enough to proclaim that my great escape will resonate
Through windows of a house that's burning down
Out of the edges of this dark town
I've said goodbye one final time
Count all the reasons why we would stick around
Pledged to kings that none of us have crowned
They're dragging me down, dragging me down, dragging me...
The Cowardly will wash away
The uninspired will do the same
Run for your life, don't let them drag you down
The Cowardly will wash away (The Cowardly will wash away)
The uninspired will do the same (all of their faces turning to grey)
Don't fade away, don't fade away, don't fade away!
Run for your life, don't let them drag you down
Run for your life, don't let them drag you down
This is the point, I draw the line
My expectations redefined
There's a new light about to shine
So bright!

8. Hope Crusher

On the outside you've spun your web teeming with lies
Viewing life through weary clouded eyes
You've come to the end of the ride!
Give up, there's no point in pushing when you know there's no second chances in this game you played and you cheated now you've lost
So do me a favour and disappear!
I've built a threshold and I'll always be a step ahead, burning fucking bright
Giving me the strength to stay and fight!
You've created monsters in your mind that feed upon your dignity and pride and it shows on your outside
You're losing sleep, lost your balance on your own two feet
Tell me when, when did I say, that I'd carry you when you went astray?
Show me the dotted line, where I spilled my blood, till my name was signed!
When you had it, you fucked it up, it took losing it all to even care enough!
Carry your hopeless intentions, invalid deceptions and twisted perceptions to weigh your shoulders six feet underground!
You held the torch and didn't stop to think about the fortune you once held within your hands
Now look upon and see
I've built a threshold and I'll always be a step ahead, burning fucking bright!
You're getting worse, I won't look back, I'm going straight ahead
Lost your final fight!
I can't believe that I ever got uneasy, thinking that your scheming would eventually defeat me!
I can't believe I ever lost a night of sleep, scared, that I'd let myself buy into your shallow games and your deceit!
Take it all for granted!
Hopeless, drained and stranded!
Ghost of a still beating heart

9. Strong Armed

Aimlessly wandering through the void as the chasms expand before my eyes
Far too ashamed to admit it but the nothing leaves me paralysed
No escape, no relief, no letting go!
From uncertainty, the haze that's clouding my mind
Broken, I lose my sanity
Inspiration is something I can't find!
Sick and tired of this sick and tired feeling, that comes from this fucking rut!
To take a chance would mean to gamble something, I haven't fucking got
I sit and stare, aching for a sign
Greeted only by harrowing emptiness and ambition just frozen in time
It seems so limitless, so fucking unattainable
It's not the fire and ice that I fear but the hollow state of my soul!
Sick and tired of this sick and tired feeling, that comes from this fucking rut!
To take a chance would mean to gamble something, I haven't fucking got
I don't stand a fucking chance!
I've always heard it's never too late, seek and you shall find
It's all so fucking impossible, when ambition is frozen in time!
My ambition is frozen in time!
Terrified by thought that I could be, stuck here for eternity
A wounded soul left to wander the earth, is what I'm destined to be!

10. Interlude

[Instrumental]

11. Last Lights

Is this the end,
Of the road?
Break the shell of a former hero

Caution I'm a trainwreck
No respect
I followed on although I knew nothing was perfect
I know it's easier said than done
So I declare my defeat, my affirmation

It's over,
I'm ready,
My head is getting heavy,
Release me, I'll sleep
My last lights are fading
And.
With cander,
I'm looking back in anger
I'll take the first exist while the world's getting blander

Trapped in a blazing building
Signal the firing squad to shoot me out
To hell with your ruze
Irrational attitudes.
Signals are telling me turns those lights out
Turn my last lights out

There's nothing left to stand up for
(After so many tries)
All that I once said I would die for
(Fell down before my eyes)
What good's having nothing to believe in?
(I should be leaving)
When everything's this fucked, well I should be leaving
(I should be gone)

There is, nobody to blame me
I lowered my shield, trust got the better of me
There is no one to blame but me
(There is no one to blame but me)
There is no future I foresee
(You got the fucking best of me)

Caution I'm a trainwreck
No respect
I followed on although I knew nothing was perfect
I know it's easier said than done
So I declare my defeat, my affirmation

Is this the end,
Of the road?
There's no more room for heroes
Turn my last lights out
Turn my last lights out







HAND OF MERCY LYRICS