I, THE BREATHER LYRICS

1. False Prophet

I am not a king, you're not a prophet
You're not a prophet

I hear all these words you speak
Why don't you steal their soul?
My body's breaking
From the hearts you've choked
You've choked

Now I'm left contemplating
All the things you said when you inspired me
Do you remember me?
Do you remember me?

Place your face on the edge of the throne
You'll never speak again
Place my hands beneath your soul
You'll never speak again
I was just like them
You'll never speak again

I am not a king
I am not a king
You are not a prophet
I believe that there's a king
There's a king, a throne out there
And we will see his face one of these days
I believe that there's a king
There's a king, a throne out there
And we will see his face one of these days

Do you see what you're doing?
You're taking hopes and dreams
You're taking hopes and dreams from these kids
You'll never speak again
I was just like them
You'll never speak again
Cause I am not taking this anymore

I believe that there's a king
There's a king, a throne out there
And we will see his face one of these days
I believe that there's a king
There's a king, a throne out there
And we will see his face one of these days

Your time will come if you don't wake up
When everyone and everything is gone
Where will you be?
Where will you be?
Where will you be?
Where will you be?

Your time will come
If you don't wake up
Your time will come
If you don't wake up

2. The Beginning

This table used to hold a “dinner”
This house used to home a “family”
Not anymore
Those days have come and gone
Those days have come and gone

Looking back now I don't remember much
I spent my whole life trying to prove my worth (I had no place)
I was sheltered from this world
I lost all hope, there was no God

Fight for what you're longing for
Hold tight, life has its funny ways
Follow your heart when you can't think straight
Life has its funny ways

I can only "Thank you"
You made me who I am today

Looking back now
I don't remember much

I've faced my fears
I've become a better man
I've faced my fears
But my heart's still bitter
I can only "Thank you"
You made me who I am

Fight for what you're longing for
Hold tight, life has its funny ways
Follow your heart when you can't think straight
Life has its funny ways
Fight for what you're longing for
Hold tight, life has its funny ways
Follow your heart when you can't think straight
Life has its funny ways

This table used to hold a dinner
This house used to home a family
Not anymore
Those days have come and gone
Those Days Have Come and Gone...

3. Bruised & Broken

I built these roads
To find a new hope
A real home
I've been choked
I've felt the weight of a thousand thorns
To hit this stage when I want nothing more

I built these walls
To home the family of the broke and burned
We fell with the things we couldn't see
He picked us back up with his hands that bleed
I know it's hard
I know this pain...
When the ones you love kick you to the streets

We are the bruised and broken
And we refuse to be like you
We are the bruised and broken
And we refuse to be like you
We are the ones who are bruised and broken
We all refuse to be like you
Just open your eyes
There is not much to see
This world is full of hate
And it's the love we need
We won't run
This is our destiny
This is our destiny

God!
Won't you please help them?
Why won't you please help them?
Why won't you please fix this?
Please help them!
Why won't you please help them?
Why won't you please fix this?

We are the bruised and broken
And we refuse to be like you
We are the bruised and broken
And we refuse to be like you
We are the ones who are bruised and broken
We all refuse to be like you

Oh I can't seem to shake this sight (shake this sight)
The sky it burned
And it rained of ashes
We are the bruised and broken
We are the bruised and broken
We are the bruised and broken
And we refuse to be like you

4. Mentalist

[feat. Micah Kinard of Oh, Sleeper]

Can we take on the weight of the world?
This corrupt world
Can we take on the weight of the world?
This corrupt world

I know we fell short many times before
We can't do this all on our own
Our generation takes the task
Wake up we've gotta pick up the slack

Our generation takes the task
We will rise up
We will rise up
Put on the armor of God
We will rise up
We will rise up

If we shy away
How can we create change?
Fight for the one we believe in
Our generation takes the task

I'm not fighting with myself anymore
No longer wrestling with flesh and blood

Never stray from our faith
This is our call to duty
It's our destiny
The strong will triumph
We'll make strong the weak

Take me to the grave
You've gotta fight the dead that walks
Deep in your skin, for your veins they haunt
Crush their bones, blow the chaff out of your lungs
You'll set ablaze when the deed's been done
The deed's been done

I'm not fighting with myself anymore
If we shy away, how can we create change?
Fight for the one we believe in
Our generation takes the task

We will rise up!
We will rise up
We will rise up
Put on the armor of God

If we shy away
How can we create change?
Fight for the one we believe in
Our generation takes the task

5. Meaning (Victory)

Bracing open my eyes with a heart full of fear
This life fades with every blood, sweat and tear
When will we fall?
When will our existence crumble?
When will we crumble?

You spend your whole life looking for
The basic meaning of this world and so much more
Searching for a home full of love
And a life (and a life)
That many dying dreamed of

I'm screaming to you with a soul full of grief
Father they are preaching with a snake at their teeth
A snake at their teeth
And it repeats, it repeats

Oh this is me, I know this is me
You say I'm not worthy of this life we speak?
Oh this is me, I know this is me
I just can't follow all these lies you preach

You call yourself a man of god?
You can wear it
But can you defend it?

I'm trying to get closer
But the waves keeps smashing my fate
Now how I am supposed to follow this life
With the world crumbling down at the edge of my feet

I'm screaming to you with a soul full of grief
Father they are preaching with a snake at their teeth
A snake at their teeth
And it repeats, it repeats

You spend your whole life looking for
The basic meaning of this world and so much more
Searching for a home full of love
And a life (and a life)
That many dying dreamed of
You spend your whole life looking for
The basic meaning of this world and so much more
Searching for a home full of love
And a life (and a life)
That many dying dreamed of

6. Lunar

[Instrumental]

7. Knights & Pawns

We all found love in the wrong places

We're all living lies in our heads
Living in silence has taught me everything I know
We're all knights and pawns forced to fit the mold
This is such a sad, sad world

Our hands are calloused and we've got nothing to show
Our hands are calloused and we've got nothing to show

We're living in a perfect world
That we made into a sad, sad world
We're all living lies in our heads
We're all stuck
We're stuck in misery
We're fabricated
We're fabricated
We're living lies in our heads
We're living lies in our heads

I must admit that I feel a sense of rejuvenation
To know there's no relation
Between my irrational fears
And what's in store for us

We're all sinners
Bathing in our own self-pity
We're all sinners
Bathing in our own self-pity
Bathing in our own self-pity

This is such a perfect world
That we made into a sad, sad world

8. Judgment

You got what you wanted
A heart full of pride and a soul full of pain

My actions speak louder than my words
I'm so fed up
I'm so sick and tired
I am not like them
I am not the same

I am not the one who gave you your beliefs
I am not the one who stripped you of your dreams
So who's to blame?

I am the same as you
We're raised in a world
That's black and blue
I've got a heart and a soul
So who's to blame?

We are the same
I've got a heart and a soul that guide my way

That does not make me any less than you
That does not make me any less than you

I am the same as you
I am not the one who gave you your beliefs
I am not the one who stripped you of your dreams
I am not the one who gave you your beliefs
I am not the one who stripped you of your dreams

Why Must I be Pushed Off for What I Believe?
What I believe

This is not right
This is not the right time or the right place
This is not right
This is not the right time or the right place

We saw God
I know you don't believe
This life I lead
I know you don't believe
This life I lead

I am the same as you
We're raised in a world
That's black and blue
I've got a heart and a soul
I am the same as you
We're raised in a world
That's black and blue
I've got a heart and a soul...

9. Raphaim

We stand here
Like we're all alone and there's no one else out there
We have come to believe
We are the one land
So selfish to think
We are the only ones

No one knows
We are not God
No one knows
We are not God

We are scared to find the truth
So we shy away
We dismiss the things that are different than our beliefs
We dismiss the things that are different
Than our beliefs
Than our beliefs

I want to be free
And not judged for what I believe
I want to stand up tall
I want to help who falls
I want to help who falls
I want to stand up tall
There's no right
There's no right in fighting our own

We are scared to find the truth
So we shy away
We dismiss the things that are different than our beliefs
We are trying to be something we are not
We are not God
We are trying to be something we are not
We are not God

Stop judging and open your eyes
Our souls have the same beauty inside
No two minds will ever think alike
So who's wrong if we don't know who's right?
We don't know who's right
Because we are not God
We don't know who's right
But we fight with fire inside

I want to be free
And not judged for what I believe
I want to stand up tall
I want to help who falls
I want to help who falls
I want to stand up tall
There's no right
There's no right in fighting our own

10. 4/12/11

[In memory of Kathy Wisniewski]

We close our eyes
As the day turns to night
We forget what it's like to sleep
The memories sink in
When they were by our side
Every day and night
We're begging to you, asking you why
You took the closest thing to our life
Is it me?
I can't seem to think
Why must we suffer
Why must we suffer

I'm begging you, please
I'm begging you
To tell me why

I've faded away (away)
I've faded away (away)
I've faded away (away)
I've faded away (away)

And I fear I'm not coming back
And I fear I'm not coming back
It's ashes to ashes and dust to dust
But we still pray they are coming back
It's ashes to ashes and dust to dust

If we are just a cancer
Please tell me what we live for
What's the meaning of our life?

Are you with me on this?
God!
Why won't you tell me you're with me on this?
Why won't you please just reach down

I've been praying and praying to you
Just to come and take away the pain

God, where are you?
Because, it's been one year
I forget what it's like to sleep

The memories sink in
When you were by my side
Every day and night

I'm begging to you asking you why
You took the closest thing to my life







I, THE BREATHER LYRICS