james labrie

8/11/2019 James Labrie

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1. Agony

One voice she hears Taking control, leaving it's mark... Agony Can't make her see it my way

Restrict, you binge Lunatic fringe struggles within... Agony Losing her identity

Helpless feeling, It's eating you Taking it's toll

You cannot give up again

Crack the door and he'll let himself in Rotten to the core, that grin Lose a little more, patience wearing thin

When nothing else matters Tattered, shattered Abused, you are battered

Scattered, shattered Know it's all messed up You cannot give up

Wasting away, skin bruised and gray Falling apart... Agony Shut down more than yesterday The perfect you

Now you're see through It's killing you... Agony

No grasp of reality

Helpless feeling, It's eating you Taking it's toll

You cannot give up again Crack the door and he'll let himself in Rotten to the core, that grin

Lose a little more, patience wearing thin

When nothing else matters Tattered, shattered

Abused, you are battered Scattered, shattered Know it's all messed up You cannot give up

You cannot give up again Crack the door and he'll let himself in

Rotten to the core, that grin Lose a little more, patience wearing thin

When nothing else matters

Tattered, shattered

Abused, you are battered Scattered, shattered Know it's all messed up



You cannot give up

2. Undertow

Tha waves crash over me

And there's no time to breathe I think I might be in too deep

I don't know up from down

can't stop from spinnin' round No hope of laning on my feet

Nowhere to go, nowhere to go Nowhere to go, I'm stuck inside a nightmare

When I'm scared an silently scream "no"

My heart's beating fast but I'm moving slow Before I start sinking below You grab on and never let me go

Don't let me go, don't let me go When I need you the most You pull me out of the undertow

But nine times out of ten I'll just fall in again And one would think that I would learn

After all this time now

Repeat the same mistakes

Get trapped under the breaks And playin' with fire just gets me Gets me, gets me burned

Nowhere to go, nowhere to go Nowhere to go, I'm stuck inside a nightmare

When I'm scared an silently scream "no" My heart's beating fast but I'm moving slow Before I start sinking below

You grab on and never let me go Don't let me go, don't let me go When I need you the most You pull me out of the undertow

Face down in the sand Think I understand now Seen my stubborn ways And it's time I give a damn

When I'm scared an silently scream "no" My heart's beating fast but I'm moving slow

Before I start sinking below You grab on and never let me go Don't let me go



Don't let me go When I need you the most You pull me out of the undertow

3. Slight Of Hand

Turned a page, in my life Thought it through, wasn't easy to do Weighed the risks, slight of hand

If I miss, then life's not worth a damn

Too dark to see, too light, to feel One's fate, is sealed

You're nothing but a liar Don't try and change me

Waste of time You'll never convince me I'll walk away a better man

From something you don't understand

Don't try to change me Waste my time You'll never convince me I'll walk away it's who I am I don't expect you'd understand

On the list I've been made

A high risk, should have taken the fall Odds against, won't survive

No defense, end this once and for all

Too dark to see, too light, to feel One's fate, is sealed

You're nothing but a liar Don't try and change me

Waste of time You'll never convince me I'll walk away a better man


Don't try to change me Waste my time You'll never convince me

I'll walk away it's who I am I don't expect you'd understand

Let them try, all they want Come what may, I am through With lies, and their ways Not the first, who has tried

Nor the last they will betray

You're nothing but a liar



Don't try and change me Waste of time You'll never convince me I'll walk away a better man


Don't try to change me Waste my time

You'll never convince me I'll walk away it's who I am I don't expect you'd understand

You're nothing but a liar Don't try and change me Waste of time

You'll never convince me I'll walk away a better man From something you don't understand

Don't try to change me Waste my time You'll never convince me I'll walk away it's who I am I don't expect you'd understand

4. Back On The Ground

You lost in outer space

And I don't mean to burst your balloon Put yourself in my place

While you orbit around the moon

You know I've tried my best You never gave me the time of day

And now you're out of breath And heading 'cross the Milky Way

Gotta get your feet back on the ground Shake off the stardust Gotta get your feet back on the ground

Just not on Venus Don't make it any worse Just throw it in reverse Come on, come on Come on down to earth

Gotta get your feet back on the ground Back on the ground Back on the ground

Riding a solar wind As you weave through Saturn's rings You dig your heels in

But that's not gonna solve a thing

You know I've tried my best



I can't keep hope alive

When I veer so far off the course When I'm stuck and can't take anymore

It's easy to forget

When I'm scared half to death You never left my side

I don't need stars to wish upon I don't need some magician with a magic wand That could wave just to make me strong

Cause I got you

I don't need stars to wish upon

I don't need some magician with a magic wand That could wave just to make me strong Cause I got you

When down and out of luck And things just don't add up When I just want to shout

And wrong just feels so right Not always black or white Can't figure this thing out

When I veer so far off of the course When I'm stuck and can't take anymore

It's easy to forget When I'm confused at best You rid me of my doubts

I don't need stars to wish upon I don't need some magician with a magic wand That could wave just to make me strong Cause I got you



When I veer so far off of the course When I'm stuck and can't take anymore

It's easy to forget When I'm confused at best You rid me of my doubts

I don't need stars to wish upon I don't need some magician with a magic wand That could wave just to make me strong Cause I got you





6. Holding On

Sitting here, silently As you tear me down With your words all night

What went wrong You're not you And it's scaring me Am I hearing you right

Like a house of

Cards in the wind One big gust and We could cave in

I don't want usHaunted by what might have been

So I'm holding on Holding on, holding on I just don't want to let go I'm holding on, holding on, holding on Cause deep down I already know We're close

And there's no turning back once We're down that road

I'm holding on, holding on I'm holding on to you

Three a.m., half asleep

On a beat up couch Praying that we'll pull through If I could I'd go back

And fix my mistakes All the things I can't undo

Like a house ofCards in the wind One big gust and We could cave in I don't want us

Haunted by what might have been

Stop placing the blame because Neither of us are perfect It's not complicated So don't analyze it to death

So I'm holding on Holding on, holding on I just don't want to let go



I'm holding on, holding on, holding on Cause deep down I already know We're close And there's no turning back once

We're down that road I'm holding on, holding on

I'm holding on to you

7. Lost In The Fire

Here we go again A night filled with everything but sleep Trying to catch up to you Inside of this maze of one-way streets

Every single turn, seems our story burns

But I won't accept defeat

The flames might be growing high

But I'm gonna stay and fight I'm not gonna run Bring on and let's see the smoke rise We're not getting lost in the fire

Guilt will fuel the pain And I won't get caught up in regrets Born, just let it all burn We'll get out alive with one last breath

Let the battle rage, I am not afraid

And I won't accept defeat

The flames might be growing high But I'm gonna stay and fight

I'm not gonna run Bring on and let's see the smoke rise We're not getting lost in the fire

By the skin of our teeth We'll survive in one piece

If you hold on tight We can get through this If you'll believe

The flames might be growing high

But I'm gonna stay and fight I'm not gonna run Bring on and let's see the smoke rise We're not getting lost in the fire

But I'm gonna stay and fight I'm not gonna run

Bring on and let's see the smoke rise We're not getting lost in the fire



8. Letting Go

It's the same, all you see

Nothing's new, time to aim Smash the mold, break right through

Right now you can't get by And even if you try You know that deep inside

It's killing... you (it's killing... me) It's killing... you (it's killing... me) It's killing... you

Letting go What's defining me, letting go I can't make them believe or reason

I can tell by your reaction You don't have my back I'm letting go, all that I am

Know it fits, real assured It's enough, you admit Looking back, was messed up

What has become om me I'll take that chance, break free There's nothing here for me Stuck in a rut, I'm feeling stuck

I'm feeling stuck

Letting go, what's defining me, letting go I can't make them believe, or reason I can tell by their reaction They don't have my back

I'm letting go, all that I am

I will survive with or wothout you

My head held high, with or without you

Letting go, what's defining me, letting go

I can't make them believe, or reason I can tell by their reaction They don't have my back

I'm letting go, all that I am

Letting go, what's defining me, letting go I can't make them believe, or reason I can tell by their reaction They don't have my back

9. Destined To Burn



You've been taken From all that You've ever know

There's no question You're already on your own

What's going on here What have we done

Someting's wrong This can't be right Coffles and strangers Pushing further

Beaten well into the night

We cannot alter or change

Gainst our will held in chains Difference colour of skin Is my sin

What gives them the right to Take away All I could've loved til my Dying day Is this bridge really destined to burn

Pale skinned serpent There's no conscience eating youMy sole purpose What God has done onto you

What if the tables were reversed With all your rights taken away Suddenly perverse

It's a nightmare No one's waking you today

We cannot alter or change Gainst our will held in chains Difference colour of skin Is my sin

What gives them the right to Take away All I could've loved til my

Dying day Is this bridge really destined to burn

Shrouded in fear Morales reversed now Battered til the core to one's soul Lighter a shade

You steal then you break Even one's own faith

We cannot alter or change

Gainst our will held in chains Difference colour of skin



Is my sin

What gives them the right to Take away

All I could've loved til my Dying day

Is this bridge really destined to burn

10. Say You're Still Mine

Looking away, don't wanna see you crying Cause I can feel it, there's no escape All of the lies are there

If I could go back I would turn back the time

But all I can say, I'll do what it takes from now

Say you're mine, that we're not broken in two

Say you're still mine, say it's me and you

I never thought That I'd be so close to sinking It hurts to look in your eyes It cuts like a knife

I know I've gone too far, afraid I broke your heart But you're all that I want

You're all that I need to go on

Say you're mine, that we're not broken in two Say you're still mine, say it's me and you

Cause without you, I'm dying, I'm dying

I won't give up trying, just say you're mine Say it's me and you



11. Amnesia

Your cold voice, locks me up Like a prison cell, desolate And devoid of light

One day I will break free Like a convict would Scale a wall in the dead of night



That's right

Cause I've been trying to forget you Anyway, anyhow

I never wanted some amnesia more than I do now So I can erase, the memories of

A love that was never true So I could forget you

You're a scene, in my head That's been on repeat I need a way to turn it off

One day I'll close my eyes And you won't be there because

I will find a way to make it stop

Cause I've been trying to forget you

Anyway, anyhow I never wanted some amnesia more than I do now So I can erase, the memories of A love that was never true So I could forget you

Nothing will be like it was before I'm not gonmna need you anymore Done going through the revolving door The revolving door

Cause I've been trying to forget you

Anyway, anyhow I never wanted some amnesia more than I do now So I can erase, the memories of


Cause I've been trying to forget you Anyway, anyhow I never wanted some amnesia more than I do now So I can erase, the memories of


12. I Will Not Break

Tightening it's grip on me My moral compass spinning Draining my live empty Give me something to believe in

Wounded up , I'm way too thight Fear tearing, wearing me thin

And knowing it ain't right Give me something to believe in



Wanna move on, gotta face the music There's only one way out Tired of stumbling Searching endlessly

And giving in to more than doubt

Let them take, all that they can Each one of them, I will not bend

I ain't broke, they can't break me As I am, not one of them These so called friends, they're a joke

Headstrong your apathy Neurotic and quite nervous Obtuse propensity

Still convinced it serves your purpose

Lacking the sense to care

Degrading and puberscent Discretion worse for wear Is this something to believe in

Wanna move on, gotta face the music There's only one way out Tired of stumbling Searching endlessly And giving in to more than doubt

Let them take, all that they can Each one of them, I will not bend

I ain't broke, they can't break me As I am, not one of them These so called friends, they're a joke

Know I have to walk Have to walk away Never seemed to fit most of the time I'll be better off Better off this way And taking back what's mine

Wanna move on, gotta face the music There's only one way out Tired of stumbling

Searching endlessly And giving in to more than doubt

Let them take, all that they can Each one of them, I will not bend I ain't broke, they can't break me As I am, not one of them

These so called friends, they're a joke

13. Unraveling



[Limited Edition Digipack Bonus Track]

I know that look hidden in your eyes

I've seen more than I dare to count tonight And I don't wanna fight

It's like a storm heading straight for me

The thunder rain and the lighting unleashed It's getting hard to breath

And at the break of dawn

We'll search through the remains of broken hearts Are we losing everything, cause underneath the veil We're two pages in a hopeless fairy tale unraveling

I wanna speak but I hate the words I wanna cry but my tears come out as fire

How do we break this curse

When did our world start caving in We're crashing down in a violent spin and love is evaporating

And at the break of dawn We'll search through the remains of broken hearts Are we losing everything, cause underneath the veil We're two pages in a hopeless fairy tale unraveling

We're like a ship sinking in slow motion How do we fix what can't be unbroken

Don't really know but I'm slowly losing my faith, my faith

And at the break of dawn

We'll search through the remains of broken hearts Are we losing everything, cause underneath the veil We're two pages in a hopeless fairy tale unraveling

14. Why

[Limited Edition Digipack Bonus Track]

New day, but the same routine

Is our engine almost running out of steam

But we pretend that we don't see the ugly truth

Crazy that we drag this on

When it's crystal clear that the fire's gone

There's nothing left but heavy scares for us to wear

But here we are, lost in the dark



Drifting apart

So tell me why, why are we wasting our time

Are we that scared of goodbye, that we'd rather

Be living a lie, tell me why

Can't we move on with our lives

If there was ever a chance

Guess it disappeared

Slipped through our hands

It's come and gone ain't coming back

Don't hold your breath

Now we're, just a masquerade

Stuck in a make believe, cause we're too afraid

We're running from reality to a dead end

So here we are lost in the dark

Drifting part





How can we demagnetize

Pull apart and break the lies for good

Feels like it's impossible

To walk away when I know that I should









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