SIX FEET DEEP LYRICS

1. Congruent

You look something beautiful, smeared it all with blood
Both hands out in front of you when push comes to shove
Proudly you cash in on those that you violate
Standing tall for everything that I've come to hate
I want to see you fall... down.
You will not succeed, you will drown, choked by your greed.
Hatred swells inside my head, blind and only seeing red.
Ludicrous, lost in thought, this anger inside is all I've got.
Unaware of what it costs, absent of love I'm already lost.
I call the kettle black
And black is my state
What is wrong and right
My bitter heart cultivates hate.
So consumed by your intentions,
My own blood becomes fermented,
Clutching my own will, and I've already killed.
I call the kettle black
And black is my state of mind
What is wrong and right
Forgiveness is hard to find
Just beneath the gnashing teeth
Of pride and animosity
I feel my heart still beating
I hear myself still breathing
There comes a time when we have to face
The reflections of the world in our ways
For all have sinned and fallen shy
Of the grace that's shown in both our lives.

2. Purify

Pull the wool from my eyes, sensitize me.
Cut the cancer from inside, purify me.
Send your cleansing rain, saturate me.
Burn away this pain, drench and drain me.
Placed beneath this still sky
Only reflecting it's pale blue
So imperfect in contrast
And yet we continue to do the things we do.
Set ablaze this garden
Ignited by sulfurous pride
Cauterized creation
When will we feel the burning inside?
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.
Set ablaze this garden
Ignited by sulfurous pride
Cauterized creation
When will we feel the burning inside?
Pull the wool from my eyes, sensitize me.
Cut the cancer from inside, purify me.
Send your cleansing rain, saturate me.
Burn away this pain, drench and drain me.
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

3. Slip

What once burned so violent in your heart.
Is now a cold, hard, distant, calloused part of you.
What you embrace is what you become.
And I can see in your face the things you used to run from.
So much to belong to, so much to pursue
So much to consume, so much to consume you
You will get burned, when you touch a flame
I guess you've learned that from the pain.
Are you so bold as to think that you can go on this way?
All alone in a world that left you cold.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another
Brother to brother, if you lose your grip.
And as air is to a fire, so we will be to each other
One to another, if I start to slip.
What once burned so violent in your heart.
Is now a cold, hard, distant, calloused part of you.
What you embrace is what you become.
And I can see in your face the things you used to run from.
Are you so bold as to think that you can go on this way?
All alone in a world that left you cold.

4. Apathetic

Lifeless, empty, stagnant, stillborn,
Hollow, frozen, listless, calloused.
Associate me with a cause, but it's so much more than that.
I try to reach out through it, but no one can see past
What you've scarred, twisted, raped, and exploited.
Bloodless, hateful, broken, complacent.
All thing to all men, not most things to some, yet you remain so introverted
You created your own religion, and it leaves me so isolated.
Time has passed but brought no change, apathy alone, the final remains.
Frustration is all I can feel.
You serve the god that best serves you
No conviction or desire for the truth.
Can't you see the path you've beaten, so broad, so crooked
Your whitewashed heart is full of dead men's bones.
Lifeless, empty, stagnant, malevolent.
Do your veins still pulse with life or does your blood flow slow and cold
Called to be the salt and the light but all I see is bitter darkness...
Darkness that can be felt.

5. More In Sorrow...

every day that I breathe the breath of life
I face the hate, the pain, the strife
that invade my mind - and try to close my eyes.
enmity surrounds me - bitterness and animosity.
but that's not what I want to be - and it fills my heart with grief.
I can feel it in the air around us - a sense of hopelessness.
the truth is hidden in the mess - and the youth are getting restless.
I know that this world will fade - despite the words I have to say.
but I can't just look away - or watch it all decay.
the anger's there, the hatred's there, but when I look into your eyes,
it's more in sorrow, than in anger, that I raise my voice.
sorrow, because I can't make your choice for you.
your respect is not enough for me - to sit silently.
the things I say, I mean - it's not about what you think of me.
it's not enough for me to die - just knowing that I tried.
I don't want to see your life - destroyed by countless lies.
I won't stand by - and watch you die.
the anger's there, the hatred's there,
the anger's there, the hatred's there, but when I look into your eyes,
it's more in sorrow, than in anger, that I raise my voice.
sorrow, because I can't make your choice for you.

6. Steadfast

The world is constantly shifting,
Shifting through ideals gone past.
Stretching it's so called moral boundaries,
I'm counting the days
'til it's finally over at last.
I won't accept your change,
I'll pull against your ways.
It bleeds my mind - but for what it's worth - I left it all behind.
Nothing is sacred - nothing seems real.
In this world of confusion - nothing is steadfast.
Truth is ever eternal, regardless of you
Truth, despite human frailty, is absolute.
Mankind is barely existing - drifting through life aimlessly.
Clinging to countless carnal securities
But how long can we go on in this stale conformity.
So desensitized - broken down by lies.
It all bleeds my mind - but for what it's worth - I left it all behind.
Despite all this chaos - despite all the lies.
In the face of confusion - my God is steadfast.
Truth is ever eternal, regardless of you,
Truth, despite human frailty, is absolute.
All I remember is broken promises
And the remains of every day... pain.
Nihilistic state of mind - is what I've left behind.
And now I've come to find
The way, the truth, the life, along The Road Less Traveled.
And the words that ring true, "I will never leave nor forsake you"...
steadfast.

7. Meaningless

It seems the harder I try, the farther I fall when I fail.
And the farther I fall, the harder it is to... get back on my feet again.
Punish myself trying to please you
Trying to establish worth in your eyes
When nothing you do is of value
But yet it costs you your lives.
You put on your mask of contentment to cover the shame on your face
You push me toward shining achievement but my God has called me to clay.
Your success is meaningless
You're so proud yet it's a symbol of your shame.
Your excess is meaningless
And you expect me to follow you into the flames.
Your way, I'm constantly reaching
For something you want me to be
So you can take pride in your system
And cash in on this American dream.
You said be all that I can be
Find the truth inside of me
But all I found was a withered seed
Humanity.
Your success is meaningless you're so proud
Yet it's a symbol of your shame.
Your excess is meaningless
And you expect me to follow you into the flames.
Most of what you live for, means nothing to me
There's nothing you would die for, and that saddens me
The blood on your hands makes me sick
And the reasons you give are meaningless.
What I am to gain, to go your way is worthless
Only to attain all your pain and lack of purpose
You put on your mask of contentment
To cover the shame on your face
And you push me toward shining achievement
But my God has called me today.

8. Broken Tree

maybe the limbs of a broken tree will heal themselves in time
or maybe the limbs from that broken tree will petrify......
hard as stone.
as I peel back the layers I find things I never knew were there
and as I listen to my prayers I hear myself confused and scared.
this broken tree feels like it's part of me somehow controlling
my destiny.
has the seed of a broken promise decided what I will be?
and I, left to myself can only hope to survive.
and I, left to myself can only slowly die.
how long will I drift? would I not know the difference?
have I weathered so long that I've been shaped by this ocean?
will the legacy live on in me? like father, like son?
I don't believe that what I am is determined by what
precedes me.
and now I have to realize that the past is not my future
and in Christ I'm a brand new creature.
and I, left to myself can only hope to survive.
and I, left to myself can only slowly die.
but given grace I know I can,
given grace I can learn to forgive.
in the face of all of this.
given grace I can truly live.

9. Quick Time

sometimes I feel so alone, carrying only a few simple truths
and the weight a world bent to bury them
and I can feel myself getting tired.
the fire inside my heart now pales in comparison
to what I once felt, and I'm dying
eyes have bled so much they should have dried
my body should be decayed from all the filth I've put inside.
I push you away so you let me go
but it's too dark and cold for me to be alone.
most of my thoughts are shadowed by the treachery of life,
my convictions are torn and yellowed, and half aren't half as bright.
standing alone, I find myself so far away from you
looking back on where I left your path.
and here I am again, feeling slightly abandoned by you
when it was me that walked away, and I'm lost without you.
traditions, addictions, I bear this responsibility
my own twisted actions now take their toll on me.
infected, affected, let your light shine on my face.
fill this tattered shell once again in these dark days.
Lord save me not only from the enemy, but also from the frailty within
and the stubbornness of my humanity, show me where to begin.
superior, inferior, bring me life through rebirth
before I lose the life I have and dissolve into the earth.
interior, exterior, I used to know the difference.
a shred of hope, my eyes shut tight,
blind hands clench, I need you.
this hole I've dug is deep, my arms too short to reach.
I need you, lift me out, I need you.
your blood ran down upon me, yet still I feel that I'm guilty.
life is quick time, and I feel lost.







SIX FEET DEEP LYRICS