I AM MAN, I AM MONSTER LYRICS

1. Well If That Ain't Aren't Isn't

2. Cranium vs Crowbar

A-one-man-war-machine
Topped-by-a-blazing-gold
Business-in-the-front-because
He's got work to do
Black shirt and skintight jeans
No past glory re-told
Party in the back because
He got nothing to lose

No desk, no tie, no
Guns no holds barred (No holds barred)

Here comes the storm
Blurs-of flash-ing re-d
Stifled-where-I, whe-re-I sta...nd

The human wrecking ball
Has descended upon us
All the while your nibble fingers
They just push the buttons

All I have is this blade
Come take it from me

Did you think you so called fortress could keep away

In blood the price will be paid
Of this you must believe

No desk, no tie, no
Guns no holds barred (No holds barred)

(Holding down the line
We have nothing left
Nothing left this time
Nothing left
Our served limbs in hand
Ares, a leveler of man[?])
... Stifled-where-I, whe-re-I sta...nd

The human wrecking ball
Has descended upon us
All the while your nibble fingers
They just push the buttons

We're so weak
We're so weak
Coming wave upon wave
Two by two, three by three
Flattened in his wake
No one left to save

No desk, no tie, no
Guns no holds barred

Our wings to be tattered
Our faces sha-ttered

No worry for walls or structure

3. My Gift, Your Demise

This life you've given me
I'm nothing divine
I am feeble and I am week
So undeserving
You placed this in my mind
And in my body
But I will no take my leave,
Not 'til I'm ready

You can throw what you want at me
Break me down, piece by piece
I am not crumbling
Because I believe
There is something out there for me
Something greater, something holy
Lift me out of this suffering
When there's nothing left for me

There is nothing else but to live my life
In pursuit of your glory
So strengthening
His eyes behind mine, I see your light
And when I'm gone I will live on
In the hearts of those who bore
Witness to my suffering

There is an image to hold of perfection
I close my eyes
And I am not afraid of the darkness
You taught me love, when you gave me this sickness
This... will... not... be... the... end... of... me...

This life you've given me
There is beauty in the quickness of life
I am feeble and I am week
...I feel you are with me now
You placed this in my mind
And though it feels like in I'm already fading
But I will no take my leave
From what it is that's killing me

I can see in you, all I ever wanted
Your strength and valor moving mountains
I can hold my head up high
Knowing you will always be here
Pushing, urging me to see
Rest in peace

It all came crashing around me
This is what you intended Sacred and meek
I've been scrounging around for a savior, but between you and me
I've grown tired of dragging this vessel around, I need release
All the weight you've carried
Has keep me planted on this earth
I beg of you
Bring me clarity
In these moments of
Agony...
Yet somehow all the troubles piled on you
Have kept the earth beneath your feet
You have awakened this in me

This life you've given me
...There is beauty in the quickness of life
I am feeble and I am week
...I feel you are with me now
You placed this in my mind
And though it feels like in I'm already fading
But I will no take my leave
From what it is that's killing me

This is my gift, your demise
This is my gift, your demise
This is my gift, your demise
This is my gift, your demise

There's a kingdom for me

4. An Elephant Never Forgets

Don't you fear
My return is emanate

Following the dotted line
I know I've been down this road before
From A to B there's nothing left
But rubble encasing my journey
And the lives taken along the way

You should have remembered
The way that I do
And ran from the desolate place
I'll be back to stake my claim
To render this place barren

Hold tight to the ones you love
Hide away in your embrace
I will not make this easy
I will take everything

The ground will shake
The trumpets will blare
Just before my arrival
Take cover or be on you way

This path that I run will
Crush all in my wake
It can be seen from the heavens
This trek I have taken over and over

Hold fast to your loved ones
Hide away in your embrace
I'm walking the trails of my past

Don't be afraid
Soon I will make this trek again

5. Skulls for Trophies

Perched high above the sight lines
I know you can't see me but I can smell you
And my crosshairs are locked on so tight that

There's no way I wouldn't miss you
There's no way I wouldn't find

Your feet can't carry you fast enough
There's nowhere left to hide
No matter how much you tiptoe around
Your stench leaves the perfect trail

Sitting brazen upon your soapbox
Caring and seeing nothing but yourself
How easy could you make this for me?
Out in the open defenses down

Too far away to attack
I step in close for the strike
Hesitating when I hear your jawbone clatter
Your chatter turns to filth in the air and...

There's no way I wouldn't miss you
There's no way I wouldn't find-

Look up and be sure to
Smile wide
I have come to
To collect my prize

I hold tight upon the acme
Of your twisted sickled spine
Twisting hard then wrenching skyward
Garbage still spewing

No matter how much you tiptoe around
Your stench will still lingers a perfect trail

This hollow cavity will soon
Be prepped and readied for display

As silent as the passing breeze
I bridge the gap with a single bound

Make your scream of sacrifice

Faded into the scenery

Run so far from me
Your feet can't carry you fast enough
Hide there's nowhere left
Your cover can't mask you well enough

As I knew this would be simple
You submit with no retaliation

Look up and smile wide
Your card is about to be punched

No matter your guile slinking here and there

I prefer the hands on approach
So I will let you doddle on for now
Dare not to take another break
Your scent provide an easy trail

Two faced brother of mine
Do you really think I'm that naïve?
I'm not another victim for your demise
I'm the one who sees

Right through your bullshit
Its almost too easy
I've caught you red handed
In quicksand you're sinking
Think of something quick
Your time is running out

The only way to wash my hands of this
Is to
Sever your lifeline
Sever your lifeline
Sever your lifeline...me

6. Solomon Grundy

Pulled back from off my knees
Slapping at the hands that try to
Pick me up I can do this my way
Bathed in the purest of waters
But still unclean

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

And yet I can't help but think
If you were to strip me of these faults
I'd be left with nothing underneath
Maybe someday I'll awake from these dreams
That carry me farther than my design
(I'll hold my breath)

Never promised but betrothed
Fighting, bighting, it hastens

All my senses open
Lashing at the lips that speak words
Of faith I know I can't believe
A full mouth and brand new eyes
With-no want-to see

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

One week to live

Veins filled with rust and refuse
Only-pleasure for-the ground

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

One week to die

With no more fight to give

Pulled back from off my knees
Slapping at the hands that try to
Pick me up I can do this my way
Bathed in the purest of waters
But still unclean

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

And yet I can't help but think
If you were to strip me of these faults
I'd be left with nothing underneath
Maybe someday I'll awake from these dreams
That carry me farther than my design
(I'll hold my breath)

And yet I can't help but think
If you were to strip me of these faults
I'd be left with nothing underneath
Maybe someday I'll awake from these dreams
That carry me farther than my design
(I'll hold my breath)

And yet I can't help but think
If you were to strip me of these faults
I'd be left with nothing underneath
Maybe someday I'll awake from these dreams
That carry me farther than my design
(I'll hold my breath)

And yet I can't help but think
If you were to strip me of these faults
I'd be left with nothing underneath
Maybe someday I'll awake from these dreams
That carry me farther than my design
(I'll hold my breath)

Never promised but betrothed
Fighting, bighting, it hastens

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

Breakdown
Breakdown
Breakdown
Breakdown

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

Relinquished from the pain
In solace I remain
My selfish breath finally gave

Fighting it hastens
I can feel the sickness that was
Once deep inside of me

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy

7. Welcome to Earf

You were cast out
Much like how you threw
Our intentions to the ground
So now you reside
With the jesters and the liars
And you fit in so well

Skinned bare and wingless
Good luck riding your high horse
Legs broken and beaten to death
Pretending to be so up above us
Your fall is played out in the cards
Your failure inevitable

Your all seeing eyes
Conduits to my rescuing
Witness to my awakening
Choking on the lot that has been bestowed upon me

Your descent
Will be righteous
As you join us in our hell
In your wake
We will rise
To take the throne you have misappropriated

Olympus has fallen
It crumbled at our feet
Welcome to the dredges
My high and holy friend
Remembering what it's like to be
On your hands and knees again

Resigned to dirt and turmoil
Taking your place at the fete for deceivers
Breaking bread with what was once your refuse
And feast upon your fate
Bleating and braying
We are all mad down here
Just as hungry as you

Your descent
Will be righteous
As you join us in our hell
In your wake
We will rise
To take the throne you have misappropriated and this life you cast aside

We are all mad down here
Just as hungry as you
Just as hungry as you

Frivolous time spent
Hours wasted all for what
Fretful thankless moments

Stale days
Hours wasted moment by moment
Here we stand

Your all seeing eyes
Conduits to my rescuing
Witness to my awakening
Choking on the lot that has been bestowed upon me

You were cast out
Of your fleeting palace
Much like how you threw
Our intentions to the ground
So now you reside
With the jesters and the liars
Dreading your displacement
And yet you fit so well

8. Flesh Hounds

As-the-sun-slowly-dies-in-the-fiery-west
This-night-we-can-hear-them-call (call)(call)

Their horrid faces
Have turned,
Their lurching bodies speed our way
The gears of our fate
Have spurned
Us once again in our time of need
Empty silhouettes blot out the earth
A swarm drawing nigh and nigh

A crash, a rumble curses our ears
Before our feet can touch the ground
This-is-our worst-fear
No mistake now that we've been found

No time to turn our backs with
Nowhere else left to hide
Our only hope is the shotgun
Their only peace be the shell

This is where, we make our, our last stand

Knowing there's no chance to run
Dig your heels in and prepare
No more howls their voices are blood
Open your eyes now don't dare be scared

Minds tight, triggers ready
The sweat pouring over our brows

Too late for, hindsight our, time is here
This is where, we make our, our last stand

Rushing in, the house swells
With the stench of death
Muzzle flairs, light up the night,
The daunting beasts teeth now are bared
There empty eyes, reflecting plight
A simple breathe a flash of light
Is all that it, has taken
Bring flesh hounds to their haunches

And start the hoards to bay

A horde of rotting wickedness
Begging greed of the beast
Desperation, a plague of humanity
Final judgment is the feast

Teeth and bones- oh the gluttony
Ravenous sounds of hell
Out hope is the shotgun
Our grace is the shell

With fingers crossed we dare to sneak a peak
Not knowing a glow's begun to leak

Tempting fate of those around us
We undo our well-built fortress

9. Walking the Steel

In the end (Our end)
Of a perfect existence (a failure within)
We'll reside on the fringe
Between the appearance of our (consignment to an)
Awakened world
And what we modeled it to be

Treading forth we are aiming
To touch the clouds
The earth below us
The sky our only ground
As the world
Builds around us
We push to be the level above

Breaching more than just a ceiling
Heights only in our dreams
Trying simply not to sway

Never do we teeter
Holding hard against
Every passing breeze

Keeping our eyes open
One step after the other (one foot at a time)
Filled with repose our
Only care for the heel to toe

And though the beams
Are set and sturdy
Every aching step,
On the razor thin

Heads bowed day by day
We climb hand in hand
Our prayer only answered
By our – by our return home

In the end (Our end)
Of a perfect existence (a failure within)
We'll reside on the fringe
Between the appearance of our
Awakened world
And what we modeled it to be

We have erected this new skyline
A cold example of our dreams
From afar our faults are cemented
In the foundations of this steel
And from the ground up they make us stronger
A broad collection of histories
Skeleton stories and the specters upon
The streets

Grasping to the smallest roots

Keeping our eyes open
One step after the other

No care for the partner

Inches from a drop
Without pity or remorse
Rendering only spite

Rising higher
Into the thinning air

I will keep them hidden

10. It Takes 3/4 to Tango

11. UN Squadron

The sweat off our backs
The unfolding of our minds
The blood upon their streets
Just to leave it all behind

Time after time, after time, after time

Could you be
So naïve

To not learn from the discretions of the past
And not see
Failure lurking over your shoulder

Centuries away and worlds apart
We still can't just leave them be

The sweat off our backs
The unfolding of our minds
The blood upon their streets
Just to leave it all behind

We've turned a continent into a puzzle of war
A game of perfection
Standing back, watching the timer tick down
Until the map explodes

You are the common denominator
With not a leg to stand upon
When those that are divided
Reconcile themselves
Just to turn against you

A line drawn in the sand
Bring me your hungry
The enemy in a foreign land
Give us your poor
The battle was over before it began

And nothing more
The cost of what is hidden below all their feet
Is it worth the sullen graves?

Though all of your pandering words
Are not the virtue you claim
A colonial
Era mindset
Your gluttony is at hand

It pushes you forward
Taking everything you can

Those caged in white walls?
Those stranded in the sand?

Unable to win this game,
Where the pieces don't fit

A mushroom cloud that casts an ominous shadow

Themselves

Lobbied by the ones that would care
For nothing more than...







I AM MAN, I AM MONSTER LYRICS