WAGE WAR LYRICS

1. Hollow

I've waited all my life for this chance to prove
Myself to the ones who think I'm of no use
So mark my words, run your mouth when nobody's around
No one remembers the cowards
When they're 6 feet beneath the ground

Bring it

So mark my words, run your mouth when nobody's around
No one remembers the cowards
When they're 6 feet beneath the ground

2. Twenty One

They say that there's no hope
"Don't think"
"Do what you're told"
No!

We've lost our way
Abandoned foundations on which we were made
We're all dying of the same disease
I looked for the answer and the problem was me

All along we've been searching for a place to call our home
You and I will never learn if we try to do this on our own

Underneath it all we are all the same
Never knowing where to go
Lost in our way
Can we ever escape?
Can we decide our fate?

Let go

I'm more than familiar with feeling like I've failed to meet everyone's expectations
When every definition of success becomes different,
It's hard to really feel like you're making a difference

They say that there's no hope
"Don't think"
"Do what you're told"
Dare to be different,
To break the mold
Live your life with intention,
Go forth and be bold

All along we've been searching for a place to call our home
You and I will never learn if we try to do this on our own

Why do we try to over-complicate the things that used to be so simple?
So step back
You'll be able to see that your purpose in life is not just to be

Underneath it all we are all the same
Never knowing where to go
Lost in our way
Can we ever escape?
Can we decide our fate?

I've come to grips with the fact that I'll never be able to change my own past
But I've found strength in divine perspective

It took me twenty one years to realize
Hope, Love, and Faith are how we survive
Grace sustains me

3. Alive

Get up!

This is revolution, a generation rising to become the solution
Torn down by every word
Silenced, no voice to be heard
So you think this is fair?
Hung by their words like a noose
Cross the line if you dare

They said we'd never make it out alive
They said we'd never make it out alive
They said we'd never make it out alive
They said

They said we'd never make it out alive,
But I broke the mold and I survived
Hate is a cancer
We are the problem
Love is the answer

Go

If we're the troubled youth they claim that we are
Condemned to sink to the depths of a world ripped apart
I'd rather spend my life believing there's hope
Than be obsessed with how to tie the end of my rope

They said we'd never make it out alive
They said we'd never make it out alive
They said we'd never make it out alive
They said

They said we'd never make it out alive,
But I broke the mold and I survived
Hate is a cancer
We are the problem
Love is the answer

Higher and higher until we fall
Deeper and deeper into this hole
Shame me, you blame me, you're victimless
Judge me, do nothing like all the rest

I'd rather spend my life believing there's hope
Than be obsessed with how to tie the end of my rope

4. Blueprints

I want to be the person that I was made to be
I've only scratched the surface
I'm giving everything

I am never defined by the mistakes I've made
I have a purpose to exist, I've got something to say
There is a hope despite shortcomings we face, got no love, got no grace

Through thick and thin we must stay strong
We won't lose sight
We will prevail
We will overcome

These ghosts still haunt me
It's all I have on these sleepless nights
Show me that I can still be saved
Show me that I'm worth saving
I know who I am
Mistakes are what made me
Your words, they can't change me
So go waste your breath somewhere else
I've heard it all before so keep it to yourself
Keep it to yourself

I'm not a prophet, I don't have all the answers
Transparent, imperfect, lost
Still fighting the cancer
We often ask ourselves "Is life really worth it?"
How quickly we forget every life has a purpose

I am revival

The turning point to a close minded race
Open your mind, we all bleed the same

One day they'll stand at the foot of my grave
I can't help but wonder what they will say
Life is a vapor
You only get one chance
Will you move forward with open heart and hands

These ghosts still haunt me
It's all I have on these sleepless nights
Show me that I can still be saved
Show me that I'm worth saving

I want to be the person that I was made to be
I've only scratched the surface
I'm giving everything

This life is mine
This time I play for keeps

5. Youngblood

Sometimes we're left to uncover the wreckage
At the mercy of another's decision

He was almost seventeen
Decided life was not worth living
Put a gun to his pain
To finally make it go away

I hope you know that you're missed
And even though your shell is gone,
In our hearts you still exist
I just wish you knew how much you meant
To everyone around you
To those you never met

He was too young
Taken by his own hand
No one would understand
Why he ended it all

But now you're gone

You left a hole in the hearts of those who treasured you the most
You may have left your mark but you left us all in the dark

So I'll sing
For the weak
For the broken, those in need
And I'll keep
My heart in reach
Left wide open, set you free
You were loved

I always saw the light in you and a smile on your face
Full of passion, full of purpose, ready to take your place
I guess we'll never understand why you chose to say goodbye
But when a future is as bright as yours, we are left to wonder why

He was too young
Taken by his own hand
No one would understand
Why he ended it all

You're never coming back
There's so many things I wish I would've said
The flashbacks replay in my head
This song is all that I have
Because you're never coming back

6. The River

Go

Trust is dead, like everything else you said
Each word more meaningless than the next
Your lips and your lies have severed the ties
I don't deserve this and you don't deserve me

I should've known but I doubted myself
Gave you every benefit of a doubt, I wanted no one else
But I guess I wasn't enough for you

Don't pretend like we can recover
When you chose the lust of another

Where did I go wrong?
I know I wasn't perfect, but I certainly tried so hard
Was it a moment of weakness, or was it the thrill?
Did you ache for a feeling, that you faked to feel?

Don't pretend like we can recover
When you chose the lust of another

I see your wandering eyes and second glances
I see through your lies, no second chances

Cut me free, you'll never be what I need
I hope you choke on the words I was lead to believe
Like a puppet on your strings, control means everything
And in my heart I want to forgive you
That doesn't mean I'll forget, you'll always be my regret
You'll always be my regret

Here's to a past I'll never need
No "here's to you."
Rest in peace

7. Deadlocked

There's no turning back
Everything has built up all around me
My problems, my addictions, complications rule all my decisions
It's a slippery slope leading to my end
Show me the way out
Get my grip again

These afflictions wage a war inside me
Can I find direction? No

In such pain, we are desperate for solutions
Where is the door that leads to redemption?
Everything is dark
Will I ever find my way out?

These afflictions wage a war inside me
Can I be forgiven?

You take what others have worked for
You're all that I'm not
You are the burden of many
We're deadlocked
This is for all those who struggle
For all those who can't
Don't let your troubles define you
Be the better man

I'm held down by the weight of my selfish mistakes
Buried under miles of guilt (miles of guilt)
You are the parasite, and now you've sunk your teeth
You are abomination

I have watched myself change from the inside out
Becoming what I swore I'd never be (swore I'd never be)
There's got to be more to this
There's got to be more to this

You take what others have worked for
You're all that I'm not
You are the burden of many
We're deadlocked
This is for all those who struggle
For all those who can't
Don't let your troubles define you
Be the better man

Be the better man
Where do we go from here?
Down this lonely road
I've never felt so scared, out here on my own

There's no turning back
I have left my old self behind
The damned are upon me but I won't be the victim
God, will you wash the blood from these hands
I'll change my ways, I'll be the better man

8. Enemy

All alone again with the thoughts in my head
I keep slip, slip, slipping away
I'm a slave but it's all a head game
Underneath the skin, I fight a war within
Looks like it's me versus me, my own worst enemy

There's no coming back from where I've been
There's no need to pretend

Save me
Life's pushing back harder than ever
Break free
Looks like it's me versus me, my own worst enemy

Right!

What can I do?
It's none for me and all for you
I gotta figure some things for myself
I'm to blame, me and no one else

Bringing me down

Doubting something doesn't means it's wrong
Don't fear consequence, you can't fix what you don't start

Save me
Life's pushing back harder than ever
Break free
Looks like it's me versus me, my own worst enemy

All alone again
Save me
Underneath the skin
Life's pushing back harder than ever
All alone again
Break free
Looks like it's me versus me, my own worst enemy

What if I should stumble?
what if I should fall?
What if there is nothing left underneath it all?

9. Spineless

I bet you think that you're on top of the world,
But it's gained you nothing and that's what you deserve
Walk around with no regard for anyone else
You'll get what's coming to you, this much I promise to tell

I just don't understand the sickness you are
Disrespectful punk, only set out to harm
This time you struck too close to home
When you hurt what's mine, you cast your last stone
You cast your last stone

Coward
You were never worthy to stand
You don't know what it takes
You don't know what makes a man
Spineless
It's about time that you learn some respect
So listen close, here's a lesson that you'll never forget

First blood

You drew first
Here's a lesson that you'll never forget
Next time you speak that name, I'll make sure you regret it

10. Basic Hate

Here is to your false ideals
I am so sick of all your protesting signs
Your claims disgust me
If you really knew the God you claim to serve
You should know that there's no hate in love
This your warning
This is your fall
Try and justify anything you hold to be true

We were meant to coexist
It was never suppose to be like this
At what cost do you think you'll be saved?
Don't use His name to move all the mountains in your way
Go back from where you came, have heart with what you say

You think you have all of the answers
Don't think you can judge and not be judged

You use His name in vain
You're a deceiver
Open your ears and bite your tongue
And listen up

Protest the funerals of the ones who protect you?
Innocent men and women who have died to defend you
Stop biting the hand that feeds, consumed by all your own needs

At what cost do you think you'll be saved?
Don't use His name to move all the mountains in your way
Go back from where you came, have heart with what you say

You're a plague to the non-believer
Tell them all "You're gonna burn forever"
You cast your stones in my Father's name
There will be hell to pay
May you burn forever

11. Desperate

What in the world are we waiting for?
No bliss in ignorance, thinking that less is more
What in the world are we waiting for?
Opportunity knocks, it's kicking down your door

This life is constant struggle
We have to fight just to survive
Searching for whatever makes us feel alive
I won't be another one to sit and watch the world burn

How can we say that we truly care, when we live so comfortably and still do nothing but sit and stare
Broken, beaten, bruised, defeated, tired, and worn
We do nothing for ourselves being so self-absorbed

Desperate

What in the world are we waiting for?
No bliss in ignorance, thinking that less is more
What in the world are we waiting for?
Opportunity knocks, it's kicking down your door

This is a call to arms

This life is constant struggle
We're only focused on ourselves
Why do we ignore the ones who truly go through hell?
Every life has a purpose to serve
Every face has a name
So go be the change

We are responsible for those within our reach, so live out what you claim with words
Practice what you preach

What in the world are we waiting for?
No bliss in ignorance, thinking that less is more
What in the world are we waiting for?
Opportunity knocks, it's kicking down your door

This is a call to the human race
Will you make a difference or just fill a grave?

What in the world are we waiting for?
No bliss in ignorance, thinking that less is more
What in the world are we waiting for?
Opportunity knocks, it's kicking down your door

This is a call to arms
No bliss in ignorance







WAGE WAR LYRICS