STAND YOUR GROUND LYRICS

1. Castaway

to a dead generation
to an over zealous few
there's no piss
running through your veins you all see right through
this red, white, and green
an attempt to rape what once was free
still we follow blindly, into a grand hypocrisy
where is your voice?
where is your fire?
content to stay the same,
we've lost all desire
where is our marquee? our bright lights?
day in, day out, we're still invisible
find the strength to burn your torch
stay awake. stay the course.
it's all just begun.
we'll all spill scarlet the same,
only we'll not stand and cower.
i stand and pledge allegiance to a myriad of lies.

2. Onwards And Downwards

with your heart in your hand and your love on a shelf
how could you abandon the hand that feeds?
to stand by yourself. to wade through this garbage.
did we keep you alive? was it us you need?
feast or famine. raise your hands.
fall to your knees. pray for mercy. pray for rain.
this is a final plea.
you made fools of us all and we wore the lashes.
you've sewn seeds of malcontent and now we're reaping the harvest.
you bled us dry when we had so little to offer.
yet still we sit there and smile oblivious to it all.
i know hell is empty. hell is right here.
not a day goes by i don't hope for the best.
i've spent so many sleepless nights praying for something,
praying for anything.
the smallest thread to pull you through.
not one single day passes me by.
these times will try our hearts. theses times will try.
i know hell is empty. hell is right here.
my only wish is you never forget my warm embrace.

3. A Sudden Breath

[Instrumental]

4. No Star Shines

without a glimmer of hope in our eyes,
we'll continue to live in darkness
with no ounce of salvation, stagnant we will stay
i'm content with being stagnant, i'm content to stay in hell
i'll quit looking for the answers. they'll all find me
please let the sun shine tomorrow. please let my demons be.
i (am not a martyr) i (won't be an example)
don't let the sun go down on my head
i can't handle another year like
this with all this weight on my shoulders, i don't know how long i can stand.
i won't be the catalyst to my end.

5. Nautilus

born into silver. caressed in gold.
living without rigor.
I've bitten the hand that once fed my growing appetite
my insatiable lust for living my life
i can't seem to break these chains from my calloused hands
this crown on my head. feverishly i await my fall
and with regret comes the holy ghost of loneliness
with my eyes clouded over and no sky above,
I'll reach out to nothing and find nothing in return
I'll reach out. I'll find nothing.
constantly i spit in the face of open arms
only to watch them continue to hold
I'll forget my past and just move on, move on
still smoke fills my lungs still I'm drowning in regret
still regret drowns me
this is for my own life. this one's mine.
i will be the spark to ignite this forest.
i am my own

6. Crooked Jaw

The pressure builds.
in the end we'll die alone.
there's no polish for our lost luster.
we're exhausted. we're sold out.
bare your teeth like the lion you are.
send your fire for we deserve to burn.
you built these walls, only to see us ruin the foundation you laid.
and for what? for what?
where were you when i prayed so selfishly?
where were you when i slept so recklessly? where were you?
still i keep routines and I'll never understand why.
sitting complacently, god bless this mess I've made.
I've failed.
no medication. no professional opinion.
I've failed.
bring me to your arms. warm my cold heart.

7. In The Wake Of Drowning

I'm sorry I've been a terrible excuse for a seed that you planted.
I've been given the world on a silver spoon and i choked on it all.
now I'm choking on my final words.
I'm choking. I'm still choking.
why did my sun refuse to shine?
why did eyes refuse to see that what you gave was more than enough for me?
this is a life no one chose for me. this is 21 years of living.
21 years of failure and pain. i need a new beginning.
here comes my renaissance
is this what you wanted?
because I'll run, I'll run till there's nothing left.
I'll keep swimming without my breath.
I'll fall into your arms.
i know you'll wait for your prodigal son.

8. The Deadlands

i refuse to stay on my knees rotting for nothing
with every ounce of strength and every promise made,
I'm in hell.
i'm still bitter and this seat is where i'll stay.
here's to opportunity that came and went.
I know it's small. I know it's not worth the hours spent.
There's a godless desolation in the golden state.
thanks to you i dream no more.
i pray to the sky that you become a product of your damnation.
i could sit and beg for days on end
leaving me nowhere to go.
i'd rather see your skin crawl.
i just hope you too are left with nothing at all.
and to my satisfaction, you're still face down.

9. Adrift

not one single breath could lead me astray
turn your green eyes to me and tell me i'm safe
because for too long
i've lived for the day
that you'll play noble martyr out of my way
this is new ground. this ends right now
this ends with me peeling your eyes back so you can see
what good is left in this race that we claim?
who then do we turn to with lives untamed?
we are the bastard child of morality
we pray and we pray to reclaim our sanity.
three cheers for the absence of purity
let's see if our footprints match our tattered feet
if this is your life, leave me be
cynical as you are, set me free
i won't be your whipping boy
i won't be your shelter
dear whoever reads this letter, just know the selfish part of me caused this hurt

10. Dispatch

[Instrumental]

11. An Angry Sea

I can't believe what that week did to me
our adult hearts.
you're teenage mind.
the road to hell we traveled is the road you've yet to leave.
self destruction sure has its perks.
look at all you've lost.
i hope your ears still bleed.
you're dust to us all. i hope you're ears still bleed.
you're forgotten.
i can't say you never meant anything to me.
i can't say you never will.
as the whiskey drowned you, i still held out my hand.
you looked up and laughed and said you never needed me.
from now on you will be spit in my mouth.
keep swimming, keep sinking
you can't feel that alive if you're that dead inside.
tip your bartender leave me be





STAND YOUR GROUND LYRICS