IN FLAMES LYRICS

1. The Mirror's Truth

This spectacle, our collapse
It's not a false alarm
The ashes settle in.

I guess, we are the insane
As we ignore the mirror's truth

Should I join the feast?
Should I acknowledge the leash?
A future in captivity
I'm not who I'm supposed to be.

Without even trying
Let this night explode.

The bleeding, we deceive them
Fuel the life that fades
At the height of reason
We should live by your laws
Call the swarm
Feed them another false hope.

Without even trying (killing the last scene)
Let this night explode
Without even trying
Find the exit sign and disappear

Without even trying (killing the last scene)
Uh, let this night explode
Without even trying
Find the exit sign and disappear!

2. Disconnected

Look at the dead outside my window
Wonder what's on their mind?
Why do they run?
They all seem to have a mission
But then they cry themselves to sleep

You receive what you give
And this is like nothing
Oh, I feel like shit
But at least I feel something

Is this all you meant to be?

Their marks in the pavement
You've walked this route too many times
What if I changed the signs?
Would you even take notice?

You receive what you give
And this is like nothing
I feel like shit
But at least I feel something

Is this all you have to give?

Go. March.
Straight-jacket union.
Go. March.
In chains - surrender

Yeah!

You receive what you give
And this is like nothing
Oh, I feel like shit
But at least I feel something

You receive what you give
And this is like nothing
I feel like shit
But at least I feel something

3. Sleepless Again

Hopeless times approach
Just give into the chaos
Strangely I find comfort here
Impatient and curious of what may come

And so the rampage begins
Against the headache I can't win

Drain me
Keep me in the dark
I don't want to take part
Prefer to be forever numb

Nothing great can come out of this
I'm a hostage to myself
I fear I might collapse on the razor's edge
And I fear I'll realize when it's too late

And so the rampage begins
Against the headache I can't win

Drain me
Keep me in the dark
I don't want to take part
Prefer to be forever numb

Yeah!

Sleepless again

I need to ease my mind
And kill what burns inside

Sleepless again

I can't win

Drain me
Keep me in the dark
I don't want to take part
Prefer to be forever numb

4. Alias

The serpent knows,
When the curtain falls,
With denial’s blindfold,
He greets another day

Don't believe the mask
It adapts to any lie,
A perfect ten,
When reality caves in
Don't tell me,
Tell my ghost,
'Cause I blame him
For all I don't want to know
I found secrets about life's undertow

Life's wrapped in a riddle,
Easier said than done,
Way to play the victim,
Just run and hide.

Don't believe the mask
It adapts to any lie,
A perfect ten,
When reality caves in
Don't tell me,
Tell my ghost,
'Cause I blame him
For all I don't want to know
I found secrets about life's undertow

Let them take me far away

Crawl back in place,
It's easier to cope behind the curtain,
Wipe the worries away
No thought about the consequence

Don't believe the mask
It adapts to any lie,
A perfect ten,
When reality caves in
Don't tell me,
Tell my ghost,
'Cause I blame him
For all I don't want to know
I found secrets about life's undertow

Let them take me far away

5. I'm the Highway

I am my deepest shadow,
Something I can't ever neglect,
Rise above these ashes,
Or fall and fade away

In dark moments, I know better,
Within destruction, I see clearly

From here to new grounds,
Suppose I will do it alone,
With a smile through black design
Fearless of your conviction

Staring into truth, I am the highway,
Existence, care for me in all
Your everlasting complications

In dark moments, I know better
Within destruction, I see clearly

From here to new grounds,
Suppose I will do it alone,
With a smile through black design
Fearless of your conviction

Forget the promised land,
There was never an invitation,
Today I create my own,
Before there was sorrow
And lack of attention

From here to new grounds,
Suppose I will do it alone,
With a smile through black design
Fearless of your conviction

6. Delight And Angers

Everyday takes figuring out how to live,
Sometimes it feels like a mistake,
Sometimes it's a winner's parade,
Delight and angers,
I guess that's the way it's supposed to be...

Please heal me, I can't sleep
Thought I was unbreakable, but this is killing me
Call me, everything, make me feel unbreakable,
Lie and set me free

I feel the fear takes hold
Afraid this hell I create is my own
Calm my franticness, I can't take it anymore,
This used to be my own world,
But now I've lost control

Please heal me, I can't sleep
Thought I was unbreakable, but this is killing me
Call me, everything, make me feel unbreakable,
Lie and set me free

Chasing leftovers,
Under the fading sun,
A searching for shelter,
I feel my time has come

Please heal me, I can't sleep
Thought I was unbreakable, but this is killing me
Call me, everything, make me feel unbreakable,
Lie and set me free

7. Move Through Me

Consume the curse
That brings you down
(A fading liar)
Who wakes up alone

It's there
In front of you

Invert this tragedy to come
And reclaim your future
This is a call to arms
One quest at a time

Feed the hunger,
Climb on up
Repress the negative
You are not alone

It's there
In front of you

Invert this tragedy to come
And reclaim your future
This is a call to arms
One quest at a time

Avoid the mould
Desperate you regress
Move through me
I'll be your triumph

Invert this tragedy to come
And reclaim your future
This is a call to arms
One quest at a time

8. The Chosen Pessimist

Tell me which side I'm on
Approaching constant failure
Tell me which side I'm on
(Who's friend or foe?)
Approaching constant failure

Between love and hate
Which path to follow?
How can I keep balance in this race?
Come faith, I'm dying (slowly)

In many ways I'm the burden that divides us from the light
In many ways you're the halo that keeps my spirit alive

Temptation
Play the good or evil part
With me, you evoke the dark
Erase the free will
And watch me heal

Tell me which side I'm on... now
Approaching constant failure

Between love and hate
Which path to follow?
How can I keep balance in this race?
Come faith, I'm dying...

Amused by the trials and tribulations
If I survive I fly from here
But as the chosen pessimist, yeah

(I carve) Carve my name in stone
(I carve) Carve my name in stone

(Amused by the trials and tribulations)
(If I survive I fly from here)
How can I keep balance in this race?
(But as the chosen pessimist)
Come faith I'm dying...

9. Sober And Irrelevant

Used to be original,
But now I tremble in fear
I am like everyone else
And that buries me

Is this how it feels to reach rock bottom?
Want to know how it feels to be forgotten?

I've become the distance,
I am the sober and irrelevant,
I don't feel part in this,
What is there to believe?

I'm not asking for much, just a moment
A chance to pick up the pieces
Happiness, please, come home

What if it ends right here?
How do I change it?
Hoping to find a saviour
I've lost my way

I've become the distance,
I am the sober and irrelevant,
I don't feel part in this,
What is there to believe?

(Uh!)

Is this how it feels to reach rock bottom?
Want to know how it feels to be forgotten?
Hoping to find a saviour
I've lost my way

I've become the distance,
I am the sober and irrelevant,
I don't feel part in this,
What is there to believe?

10. Condemned

So restless,
These walls drain my thoughts
Room 307
I can't find my way out

It used to be my home
This cage, far from my comfort zone
Alive but without control...
Fear is taking hold

I should cross the line
Confront like the blind

Hear a distant cry...
Would you tell me how
Break the cycle that I'm in
And discover the living?

I don't recognize my soul
Condemned to live in this black hole
Dig within time... and crave what is mine.

Hear a distant cry...
Would you tell me how
Break the cycle that I'm in
And discover the living?

I should cross the line...
Confront like the blind

Hear a distant cry...
Would you tell me how
Break the cycle that I'm in

(It's a hill)
It's a hill to climb
Would be a dream if I,
Design a future
And not the end of time
Not the end of time

11. Drenched In Fear

You won't
Find a friendly face in the crowd
It's quite amusing to see how you suffer, yeah!

I refuse to let you steal my daylight
Barely awake, but it strengthens my night rage
I've seen you kill many dreams
But I got brand-new armour
And your weapons are way out of reach

How does it feel to be demolished
Vaporized into thin air?
Strange new feeling to be nothing

All the words I hear... they don't mean a thing
All the words I hear... they don't mean a thing
All drenched in fear
And the hate you bring

Make me bother, I dare you
I've got the strength I need
But I'll await my darkest moment
When the guilt doesn't get to me

Yeah!

All the words I hear... they don't mean a thing
(All drenched in fear)
All the words I hear... they don't mean a thing
All drenched in fear
And the hate you bring

[Solo]

Yeah!

All the words I hear... they don't mean a thing
(All drenched in fear)
All the words I hear... they don't mean a thing
All drenched in fear
And the hate you bring

All the words I hear... they don't mean a thing
(All drenched in fear)
All the words I hear... they don't mean a thing
All drenched in fear
And the hate you bring

12. March To The Shore

I used to adore you
The lies made sense somehow
Gave myself away without a fight
But the betrayal craved its price

At first I was scared
Not used to a murder's mind
But there was something beautiful
So powerful, definite, so divine

Pushing the faith
Build out of rage

Falling ideals
Broken seals
March to the shore
You are a killer!

Is it something that always been there?
Was it destined to leave its cage?
Oh, I'm glad we met though
I love to release the rage

But everything has its end
I've done my deed
The final bullet was always meant for me

Pushing the faith
Build out of rage

Falling ideals
Broken seals
March to the shore
You are a killer!

[Solo]

But everything has its end
I've done my deed
The final bullet always meant for me

Falling ideals
Broken seals
March to the shore
You are a killer!

Falling ideals
Broken seals
March to the shore
You are a killer!

13. Eraser

[Japanese Bonus Track]

Yeah!

Consume, dead like a worm,
Catch a glimpse of the sun through cracks,
Anything, I swallow whole,
They hide before the flood.

The way I see things,
I wish they could be true,
But take me all the way.
The trail of the torment,
Is not my path anymore,
But take me far away.

Delete the past, the fear,
Delete the past, every step is pure,
Delete the past from here forward,
Delete the past, every step is pure.

Auh!

Afraid of lost control,
Still there's a part of me that wants to feel insecure,
Afraid of lost control,
It keeps me on the edge.

Delete the past, the fear,
Delete the past, every step is pure,
Delete the past from here forward,
Delete the past, every step is pure.

[Solo]

The way I see things,
I wish they could be true,
But take me all the way.

Delete the past, the fear, forward,
Delete the past, every step is pure,
Delete the past from here forward,
Delete the past, every step is pure.

14. Tilt

[Japanese Bonus Track]

We all find ourselves,
In honour of the good cause.
How empty we've become,
With our sight to be the true force.

Does every instinct say you're right?
I think sometimes there is doubt.

You're waiting for a re-run,
But yesterday won't come.
Want to relive the moment,
But yesterday is done.

Lies and desperation lead us through as we're trying to be heroic,

Straight the world to what you manage.
Take a step back,
I'll tie you to it.

You're waiting for a re-run,
But yesterday won't come.
Want to relive the moment,
But yesterday is done.

Hopes and prayers in pursuit of salvation,
Take a short cut, it all depends on the cost.
But as far as I remember,
There's nothing that will get back the days you lost.

[Solo]

Does every instinct say you're right?
I think sometimes there is doubt.

You're waiting for a re-run,
But yesterday won't come.
Want to relive the moment,
But yesterday is done.

15. Abnegation

[Japanese Bonus Track]

We believe but we are deceased
Or soon to be.
Why act surprised?
You've seen the seas,
It's just enough to feed the trees.

We believe but we are not free,
This wasteland is our prison.
Why act surprised?
I see the bones through your skin,
This radiation from within.

I grant you this torn land,
I'd rather not live here anymore.
Don't say I didn't try,
But I'd rather not live here anymore.

We believe but we don't see
The coming of the storm.
Why act surprised?
There are warnings from time to time,
Signs of our own decline.

We are the scavengers,
We plunder and rape,
We're the guests here, the new breed,
But act like it's ours to take.

I grant you this torn land,
I'd rather not live here anymore.
Don't say I didn't try,
But I'd rather not live here anymore.

[Solo]

We believe but we don't see.

(I) I grant you this torn land,
I'd rather not live here anymore.
Don't say I didn't try,
But I'd rather not live here anymore.

I grant you this torn land,
I'd rather not,
Don't say I didn't try,
But I'd rather not live here anymore.







IN FLAMES LYRICS