BandaidBand-aidBroken dreamsFallen hopesA tattered lifeAnd now I'm left here feelin likeI can't stand here And let this all happenBut I got no choiceCause its beyond my controlUnsettling thoughtsOf days gone byMemories lostOf a time when I remember feelinA happinessNo corruptionWhen the world was niceAnd there was nothing more thanPlaying outside in the rainWhen you'd get your next ice creamSummer days spent out in the poolThinking you'd grow up some dayAnd when you did you'd change the worldAll the problems were just a band-aid awayWhy does it seemWe lose ourselvesEach passing dayWe forget what's
BrokenBrokenUnerringly I standBefore this crumbling broken throneA tattered crumbled monumentOf earthly dying stoneWhich speaks of works of manAnd leaves me wandering in fearNot knowing where to find my fillDevouring my fleshWith every passing thrillAnd finally I find myself Before the throne of the AlmightyReaching up to take His handPraying, kneeling, driven to cryNever have I felt so filledNow I think I'll be pulled through From brokenness I'm mendedIn the glorious light of truthChorusFrom broken things and broken dreamsThe broken utterings of menThe light brings forth the undeniableOh what man can sta
Fade AwayFade AwayDriving down this old dirt roadOpen country all aroundI was feeling oh so coldWas lost but now am foundThought I'd finally close that doorWhich dragged me down and left me dryThought that I'd find so much moreThought I'd touch the sky(Interlude)Thought I wanted to get away from hereThought I needed to find myself out thereI drove away from all that I held dearAnd lost myself along the wayThought I needed to find a place to breatheSwore I'd find it some dayBut when I'm with you, you leave me breathlessAnd I prefer it that way(Interlude)I was so blindI nearly missed youBut now I'm on my wayI
FlyFlyHello dear friend, how are you now?What tragedy befalls you?trapped among your broken fleshthe spirit must eventually break throughbeyond the tattered words and broken liesbeats a heart which screams for puritybut beneath those lies, among shattered dreamsit falls into obscuritycome fly with me, dear friend, and leave this tragic world behindretreat into this land of dreams, see what we shall find…..waiting among humanities demisewe sit and hang our headsthe hopeless falls into our eyes, as we sit among the deadwhat did we do to miss our call?What did we do instead?Nothing friend and that is allWith the
LiftLift Drop D tuningLying hereUnder this pile of heavy burdensMy greatest hope of saving meIs above the weeded gardenI need no glassesNo instrument of sightFor the only thing that can show me truthIs the vision of my soulAnd the burden lifts above the skyAnd tumbles into infin itySo the life of me is eternally restoredAnd I need to fear no moreThis shroud of dark has disappearedVanished into the brink of nothingAnd so the dead will rise again and walkInto this land of glowing sunriseThen the light will lift me up And take me to darkness graveWhere all the pain and hurt are laid to restAnd
Oblivion's Edgewhen the powers that hath ruled this world all but fade away to oblivion's edge, to then doth my heart travel and back again, yearning for the day whence that which came leaves again and that which left returns to claim the rightful place atop the hills of silver and gold which men hath deemed a goda god to please the flesh and bone, to look no deeper than the skin, so when the rightful doth come back to judge, the skin will tell its lies, but the heart will tell its all, so those who live in pain but see in truth will be lifted from this vile, tepid world and carried to the gates of paradise, to live in peace forevermoreand those whose l
TonightTonightThe way the light hits your eyes tonightIt suddenly makes my world so brightAnd with you in my arms now everything's alrightAt least tonightWhen you left my heart began to cryTo turn away and let my body dieThe hole you left just ate me up insideUntil tonightAnd all the pain that I had felt beforeFell away when you walked through that doorYou told me your heart had nearly diedJust like mine tonightAnd all the games that we had playedSeem so wrong and insincereBut we let them break apart this wondrous thingWhy do we act this way?We let our pride tear us apartAnd then it ripped out my heartI let you
What Life's All AboutWhat Life's AboutI hide behind these broken eyesWhere you can't see the pain I feelI close my eyes and wait to findWhat I need to make this realAnd take my life to where it needs to beChorusBroken waiting for your touch to heal meStanding waiting for you to make me freeI just can't stay here while this pain keeps pouring outCause that's not what life's all aboutDrifting slowly through an endless abyssI can't stand to think of youMy anger seethes within my clenching fistsAnd there's nothing left for me to doTo let me break away from this disease(Chorus)I run from you at every chance I getTo let myself breath
Perfectionmaybe I'm going insane. perhaps my mind has finally had it. I guess I'll never truly know because I'll always feel the same. the mad can never tell that they have lost what small thread of reality kept them tied into the world, the true physical realm of taste and touch and smell and sight and sound, the place where everything falls toward the ground and life and death have meaning. maybe thats where the sun and moon really are, rising and setting in perfect tandem over a sea of endless people thinking its just for them. maybe the sun really burns with the light of dreams undreamed and sleeps unslept where light and dark meet fun and fear and
Four Years LaterIt's been four years nowSince the first day I walked down these hallsI think back on all the memoriesSome have stayed and some have fallen awayLooking on a sea of facesHow many did I never know?But here and there I see a friendAnd wonder if I'll be able to goWe spent so much timeWalking down these halls and now we'reLittle bit older, little bit wiser, but sometimes just as immatureLittle bit jaded, little bit faded, but still so much in storeHere we sit four years laterFour years later here we areSpent countless hoursOn essays and problems I can't recallBut the people who stayed with meFriends who endured thr
Finally the EndYou'd think eventually I'd learn my lessonOn the brink of just givin up this timeOn the road again cause I got nowhere to goI guess its time for me to finally say goodbyeTo everything I thought I knewI was waiting for so longFor you to come aroundI've finally realized that its not gonna happenIts only ever all about youAll I've wanted for so longIs to tell you how I really feelThen turn and walk awayAnd leave you with a memory of what I used to beAnd what you've made me todayAnd as I sit here writtin these wordsI know you'll never even realize they're about youAnd see that's the problemWhat I've been thinking
Be On My WayI just don't think things will ever be the sameYou've gone too far this timeAnd now it looks like its come time for meTo finally be on my wayI just can't stay here any longerTime has shown your true colorsAnd I can't live with what I've seenSo now its time to be on my wayMaybe next time you will understandJust what happens when you turn your backWhen you turn around now I won'tBe there any more And you can figure out why on your ownAnd now I'll be on my wayAnd all these thoughts in my head make this harderI don't know how I'm still standin here todayWhen I think of all you did to me these past few monthsI rea
Never Letting GoBroken and bleedingI standOn the edge of somethin newSo quick and fleetingIt wentAnd I fell into youYour arms around meLet meKnow that its alrightSomething to come back toAfterI stumble through the fightI spent so long crashing through the darknessBlind and aimless I'd truly lost my wayThen you found me and gave me something to hold on toOpened my eyes to the brilliant light of dayAnd now I know that things will never be the same without youSo I'll hold you close and I'm never letting goStrong and tallI standAll my strength renewedNot afraid to fallI'll fightKnowin I've got youTo come back home
Hope and FearHalfway doneOr so you thinkUntil you look at what's left to doAll for noneYou're on your ownTo solve this case without a clueHere I comeOnce againNever learnJust keep comin back for moreFalling fastI never lastLanding on a concrete floorLife and deathOne leads to the nextAnd all the earth just fades awayHope and fearIt's all so clearThis tortured wretched game we playFall awayCan't face the dayDespair has grasped your every breathIts all for naughtYou just get caughtAnd bide the time until your deathFollow meLet's be freeIgnore the world just for nowRun awayFace the dayRealize we'll
All of MeSpinnin roundTryin to show you a different side of meSlow it downBreak these chains and make me freeFall awayFrom everything we've known until nowIts gonna be okayWe'll make it through somehowI want nothing moreThan you just the way you areWalk right out my doorI'll search for you near and farI swear I'll do just whatever it takes for you to seeI'm offering all of meAnother dayAnd again I'll just be right here waitingSo much to sayI don't know how to tell you everythingIn my headI'll be waiting just as long as it takesSo much unsaidI'll prove this isn't fakeI want nothing moreThan you just the way
A TributeDo you remember that bright September day?When all the earth just fell awayAnd things will never be the sameAs they were before that dayNo it won't ever be the sameAnd as we watched those towers fallSaw them crumble into nothing at allI fell down to my kneesCried out Father heed my callI beg you Father pleaseLift our spirits and guide our broken soulsLet us rejoice in the midst of our troublesHeal this nation from the heartache we have seenWipe our tears and make us cleanAnd do you remember the heroes of it all?The ones who stood like giants proud and tallAnd did not give in to the fearsTheir courage buried i
As I sit hereAs I sit here tonightI have lost myself insideThe frantic pulsing of my reeling mindIts something I can't hideTonightSo now I'm left here aloneTo pick myself up and carry onAnd I know that it will be a while until I feel that touch againSo I stumble on till thenAnd I've heard it all so many times beforeAnd it looks like now I'll hear it all once more"It just don't look like things are workin out"Just one more beam to reinforce this doubtInsideI swear I'll never let it get to me, I'm done with all of thatBut each time I just keep comin back"Don't you worry, something else will come in time"Another mountain, an
Every WordDo you rememberWhen it seemed like the world caved inThrough the yearsI've been there through thick and thinAnd I just wanted you to knowOh babe, I'm never gonna goAnd even whenI felt betrayed by youI realizedI can't imagine all that I've been throughWithout you by my sideThe times we fell and the times we fliedNo matter what comes I'll be there for youCause so many times you've been there for me tooAnd as time goes on and days go byRemember that for you I'd dieI don't know If I can express what I feel for youThese wordsJust seem so petty and so fewThough life may get you down sometimesJust remember h
Letter from a VT StudentToday was by far the most trying day I've experienced in my life. On April 16, 2007 33 people were killed, with 15 more wounded on the Virginia Tech Campus. I know that this is likely not new information, but I repeat it just to add strength to my message. There are not words to properly express just what feelings this day has brought. Surreal doesn't even begin to describe it. I've spoken to more people on the phone today than I have in any day I can remember. The hours spent in the dorm just waiting and watching, seeing the events unfold and hearing the number of dead and wounded climb higher was the epitome of helplessness. This was a trag
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