1. Machine Gun

So, what I want to know is
How did you get through my security?
Don't turn us into a war zone
Here I thought with you I had immunity

So, here we go
You're about to blow and I see now
It was a set up with your talking
And there you go
Moving too fast and I'm too slow
To duck and run because you wound

Like a machine gun
No break, between a hit
You're a machine gun
And I'm running on for cover
Like a machine gun
The hurting never quits
I'm under fire
Fire!
Machine...

Screw you with what you're about to do
Set afire, annihilate our alliance
Well, boo hoo
So you were hurt before, too
That doesn't mean that you're justified in your violence

Now it's a civil war
'Cause you started this within the union
Must want it bad, 'cause you keep talking
But I'm no civil whore, civil bore
Remember you started this
Sight in and take aim
Let loose...

Like a machine gun
No break, between a hit
You're a machine gun
And I'm running on for cover
Like a machine gun
The hurting never quits
I'm under fire
Fire!
Machine...

Too bad for you
You're not the right calibre
Smoke-stacked and bested by a girl
Our treaty lost, thrown out through the window
Watch out 'cause I learned from the best...

Now I'm a machine gun
You're gonna learn how to take a hit
I'm an extreme one
I'll have you running on for cover
Like a machine gun
The hurt will never quit
I'm aiming higher
'Cause I am becoming your machine gun
And I'm never, ever gonna quit
You're under fire
Fire!
Machine...

2. Coward

The basic concept of truth seems to evade you
But I am here to set it right
I will not squander my faith
On fading, failing illusions
Longing will not rule my fate
Derailing, ailing...

Conjure storms, I'll take my chances
For I know that justice will come dance upon your grave
You coward

Parading secrets you steal
Instilling, willing confusion
Playing the part as you feel
Fulfilling, killing...

Cast your stones, I'll take my chances
For I know that
Justice comes to dance upon the graves of cowards

Red skies and diamond blades
Dead nights and minds ablaze

Tenacious racing toward a checkmate
And you know I'm right
No gracious winner in that game
And the noose is tight
Fed lies, a common rage
It's martial law to advocate
No partial call could bear the weight

Though foresworn, you take your chances
You should know that soon there will be no one left to save you
Show your scorn, I'll take my chances
For I know that justice will come spit into your brain
You coward...

3. Purge

I lie to myself again and take a step away
The more that I hold it in, the more the beast escapes
The fire burns the skin
But it can cauterize the sin
I'm hoping this time it will be the end

With the curtains drawn
(I hate to say it, but you know that I like it)
And the lights turned down
(Once you say it, ain't no way to deny it)
My channel is on, but it don't matter once the urge is gone
Been out on a binge
Now you know that I've got to purge

My will is now paper thin, my mind is bound to crack
Some part of me loves the spin and wants you on my back
I keep the lighting low
If I'm discreet, they'll never know
But now and again, I move too slow

With the curtains drawn
(I hate to say it, but you know that I like it)
And the lights turned down
(Once you say it, ain't no way to deny it)
My channel is on, but it don't matter once the urge is gone
Been out on a binge
Now you know that I've got to purge

Purge me of this, please take it away
Cleanse me of this
I just need to purge all this away

With the curtains drawn
(I hate to say it, but you know that I like it)
And the lights turned down
(Once you say it, ain't no way to deny it)
Now the urge is gone, can't deny it
And I know it's wrong
But I like it

4. Utter Descension

Elusive in the deepest acts of taking
Conducive to the horrid act of breaking
Bending the laws to your every whim
I cannot win...
Productive in the fakest indignation
Seductive in the foulest fornication
Sending the cause into torrid sin
I cannot win...
But why would I give in to give up?

Run to put it out
Extinguish this world on fire
Once we're going down
We'll all languish in the mire
Can we put it out?
We've all grown so very tired
We're too late
Heart rate is critical

Recessive in a sea of domination
Depressive by the means of resignation
Lending the awes to the fires within
I cannot win...
Elective is the course of action's sermon
Selective is the process to determine
Tending with gauze all the wounds of the din
I cannot win...
So why should I give in to give up?

Run to put it out
Extinguish this world on fire
Once we're going down
We'll all languish in the mire
Can we put it out?
We've all grown so very tired
We're too late
Heart rate is critical

We're falling down into utter descension
We spiral round into utter descension
Hope goes to ground, into utter descension
We're falling down...

5. Bow To The Ego

If I give in will you leave it alone, tyrannous soul?
Seething, you leave me to dance on my own
Vexed and offended again
I ache, you take
It's such a familiar subject
Irate outbreaks
We're down to the final countdown

On your knees
You won't get a "pretty please"
See and you will believe
I'd say your righteousness is barely legal
On your knees
No cure for this disease
Already feel the heat
I gotta get low
Now bow to the ego

Throwing your tantrum, I built up my wall
Brick after brick
No bed of roses awaiting your fall
Patience is slipping again
No shame, just blame
The air has the taste of sulphur
Low aim, untamed
This may be the final meltdown

On your knees
You won't get a "pretty please"
See and you will believe
I'd say your righteousness is barely legal
On your knees
No cure for this disease
Already feel the heat
I gotta get low
Now bow to the ego

Please, Sir, won't you ever think before you speak?
Now nothing can stop up this leak
I'm tired, so many egos to please
It's draining me weak

My head's bruised, all used
Is this what you really wanted?
Blown fuse, you lose
The one thing we all can count on...

6. Mistaken

Foolish was I to have believed you
Insufferable acts did I endure
I never betrayed, never deceived you
Was always behaved, ever demure
So long to all the poetry of emotion
It's crumpled up and strewn upon the floor
So long to all the sunflowers in my garden
For they'll not taste the raindrops anymore

Betrayed by your whispered lullabies and empty cries
The lake damming up all my solemn pride has left me dry
Forsake all of the thousand counterfeit sighs
You fake it
You make it that I was mistaken

Sanctity fled beyond retrieval
The church of my heart was not enough
I cannot believe you'd be so evil
Devotion besieged and left to rust
So long to all the harmony of emotion
She left before we could settle up the score
So long to all the violets in my garden
For they'll not see the sunlight anymore

Betrayed by your whispered lullabies and empty cries
The lake damming up all my solemn pride has left me dry
Forsake all of the thousand counterfeit sighs
You fake it
You make it that I was mistaken

Too many signs ignored
Beneath the rose are always thorns
And Sleeping Beauty never will awaken
Now wasted time and fairytales are all I see within your name
And every way I ever was mistaken

7. Scream It

Crucial is the tie that binds
But I refuse to be defined by the power you're believing is a rarity
A blessing thrown into reverse
Never meant to be and turning worse
Blocking any chance of finding clarity

Hold onto me
I'll be your landing strip
Let your anger out
You'd never hurt me

If you're curious, I owe you
Dig deeper into me
Your fate is to be mastered
And I'll make you feel it
If you want to know, I'll show you
Come closer and you'll see
That my name is your disaster
And I'll make you scream it

Fusion of the heart and mind
I tried and failed; I'm not that kind
You'd better up and leave 'cause I'm a hurricane
A vandal, damage is my game
I bend the rules, I'll never change
You're better off, believe me
I would be your bane

Cold as can be
The way you crack your whip
I can take it all
And still your aching

If you're curious, I owe you
Dig deeper into me
Your fate is to be mastered
And I'll make you feel it
If you want to know, I'll show you
Come closer and you'll see
That my name is your disaster
And I'll make you scream it

Low we might sink
So tighten up your grip
I see you there
You won't desert me
And though you might think you'll never find your way
I won't give up till you're converted

Kneel before me
Tempt me, bore me
Dare to lose your head
You're wrong!
Don't believe me
Stand naive and bare
You won't be there for long!

If you're furious, I know you
You'll never let it be
Your name is my catastrophe
And now I see it

8. Justifiable Casualty

First off, you hear it said somehow that everything's fair in love and war
How is it right to destroy a life to the core?
But did you stop and ever wonder what it means to trade your love for a battle scar?
No one wins in the outs and ins of the heart

Civil war and now to mend a broken hearted land will take a hundred years or more
What's it worth if you're ending up in the dirt?
She said, "You can't force an army to care for a loss not theirs."

Tears of ages dry, for pain is no retainable
We pass the time caught up in our power struggles
All the wasted lives
And every one explainable
We justify every casualty

Sarah Dowd felt her heart bleed out when the letter came
She was a widow now
So much pain, yet we move along every day
She said, "The sound still rings in my head
A dream shot dead."

Tears of ages dry, for pain is no retainable
We pass the time caught up in our power struggles
All the wasted lives
And every one explainable
We justify every casualty

Oh, we quickly forget the sound of regret
With hate in our heart and blood in the sand
So we're doomed to repeat mistakes that we keep committing
Don't we ever suspect that the way we're living isn't how it's meant to be?

March on, hold your flags up high and don't forget what you're fighting for
Deadly sins for a mortal win in the corps
She said, "There's no one who can declare a war on warfare."

9. Path Of Least Resistance

Insist on taking the path of least resistance
Less hurdles to jump at first with less consistency
It's fine, as long as you go and roll with all the punches
With your rubber-ball-thick-skinned-novocain-impervious self
You're telling yourself that it's not so bad...

You sweet, sweet fool
You know, you could have it all
But you keep it inside till you feel the tremors way down inside your blood and bones
You sweet, sweet fool
You so could have had it all
But you're determined to walk down your path of least resistance
Well, the choice is your own

Watch out: this time the bite is worse than the bark is
And the sun can be just as blinding as the darkness is
So apt to make the mountain now into a molehill
While you wish and hope, dream on, thinking that you're safe on your shelf
Keep telling yourself that it's not that bad...
But it's so damn sad

You sweet, sweet fool
You know, you could have it all
But you keep it inside till you feel the tremors way down inside your blood and bones
You sweet, sweet fool
You so could have had it all
But you're determined to walk down your path of least resistance
Well, the choice is your own

Gloss over the cracks till the next earthquake comes
Shaking you down to the San Andreas through your heart
Run, you wild mustang, while you're tethered to your pole
And eat the poisoned apples that the wicked witch has fed your soul

10. Into The Dissonance

оригинал: Lunatica

Into the dissonance I fall
Carried by an instant force
Craving for harmony, but playing the odds
I see a light in the tunnel
But I step to the left
Put my hands to my hips and do the dance
I cannot hear you, ground control
And it seems they cut the rope
Weightless, I seem to fall
And it feels so good

Into the dissonance I fall
And I don't want to lose control
But every moment I enjoy
Will keep the dissonance

Yes, life was good to me, I know
And I don't want to let it go
I will come back soon and try again
I'd be a raving fool to say that I wish it all away
Yes, I knew the consequences like I knew the gains
So do you think I'm out of tune?
Or these tones don't fit the song?
Just a little melody in a much bigger symphony

Into the dissonance I fall
And I don't want to lose control
But every moment I enjoy
Will keep the dissonance
Into the dissonance I fall
And I don't want to let it go
But every moment I enjoy
Will keep it dissonant

Set me free, please
Could you exorcise me
And I'd start again
Please help me...

Into the dissonance I fall
And I don't want to lose control
But every moment I enjoy
Will keep the dissonance
Into the dissonance I fall
And I don't want to let it go
But every moment I enjoy
Will keep it dissonant

11. Slow It Down

Everybody wants their little piece of you
And it's being spread so very thin
It pains me to see how you're torn at the corners again, my friend
The jagged edge is wicked and it shows

Better slow it down
Remind yourself again
Look at where you're bound
Rewind yourself and then
In the lost and found
Find yourself, remind yourself
Better slow it down

While you put your dreams off on your waiting list
Someday the tomorrows cease to come
These handcuffs are fool's gold; you're stuck in a corner
So then, my friend, you'll have to find the key down in the dirt

Better slow it down
Remind yourself again
Look at where you're bound
Rewind yourself and then
In the lost and found
Find yourself, remind yourself
Better slow it down

Take a deep breath and take care
For this will get you nowhere
Don't let the madness get you
So many people love you
And I do
I would fight for you
I would...

I never want to be another one of them
It's not my thing to slave trade you for time
I want you to know you've got me in your corner till the end, my friend
So know that you can always count on me