Billy Talent

Lyrics

The sun has born a brand new day
Conscience has been cast away
Evil has been blessed with praise
Heroes end up in their graves

So who will be your savior now?
They’ve shot your angels to the ground

It’s a lonely road to absolution we must walk along
It’s a lonely road to absolution we must walk along

We can’t take back the days we’ve borrowed
No more time to kill tomorrow
No more time to kill tomorrow

Lyrics

Down, lets take it down
Raise up their heads on a stake
We will show no mercy on evolution’s mistake
Change, will have to wait
If we can’t decide on a fate
Self-appointed prophets and their doomsday charade

You preach about love, teach about faith
But all your beliefs are still rooted in hate!

Crosses still burn, axes still fall

And down on your knees you just don’t look so tall
Crosses still burn, axes still fall

And down on your knees you just don’t look so tall

Stop, punch in the clock
Punch it with all of your rage
Put the man in office for a minimum wage
Rats, fighting for scraps
Siphoned the gas from your tank
Left your pockets empty, as they laugh to the bank

They speak about trust, but make no mistake
They’re shaking your hand while they spit in your face!

Crosses still burn, axes still fall
And down on your knees you just don’t look so tall
Crosses still burn, axes still fall
And down on your knees you just don’t look so tall

Now! the time is now
We can still turn it around
Raise your voice like a weapon, til’ they fall to the ground
Light! Let there be light
Without a shadow of doubt
We will fight tooth and nail until salvation is found!

So how can you look, the world in the eyes?
When all we can see is corruption and lies!

Down on your knees, you don’t look so tall
Down on your knees, you don’t look so tall
Cracking the whip on the backs of the poor
We asked you to stop but you still wanted more
The blood on your hands left a trail as you crawl
Down on your knees you just don’t look so tall!

Crosses still burn, axes still fall
Down on your knees you just don’t look so tall!
Crosses still burn, axes still fall
Down on your knees you just don’t look so tall!
Crosses still burn, axes still fall
Down on your knees you just don’t look so tall!
Crosses still burn, axes still fall

Down on your knees, you don’t look so tall
Open your eyes and the empire falls!

Lyrics

You got the look, but not the credit
They wrote the book, on how to sell it
From cigarettes, to skinny jeans
You got the money? They got the means

All you upper class daughters and working class sons
It’s hard to save a dollar, the way the world runs
You’re the target market of a corporate joke
It won’t be so ironic when your daddy is broke!

Surprise Surprise!…Surprise Surprise!
You’re much better looking when you’re in disguise
Surprise Surprise!…Surprise Surprise!
And this revolution has been brought to you by…

Just find a style, so you can mimic
The tortured artist, the jaded cynic
The latest gadget, is just a gimmick
Another sucker, born every minute
Well I’m sick of this town, bringing me down
It’s a first world epidemic all around
Well I’m sick of this town, bringing me down
A lost generation trying to act profound

All you upper class daughters and working class sons
It’s hard to save a dollar, the way the world runs
We got a counterculture you can buy off a shelf
If you’re losing your identity, try somebody else!

Surprise Surprise! Surprise Surprise!
You’re much better looking when you’re in disguise
Surprise Surprise! Surprise Surprise!
And this revolution has been brought to you by…
Those who seem to think we don’t care
Those who seem to think we’re not aware
Surprise Surprise! Surprise Surprise!
You’re much better looking when you’re in disguise

All you working class daughters and upper class sons
It’s hard to save a dollar, the way the world runs
We’re the target market of a corporate hoax
our generation is a fucking joke!

Surprise Surprise! Surprise Surprise!
You’re much better looking when you’re in disguise
Surprise Surprise! Surprise Surprise!
And this revolution has been brought to you by…
Those who seem to think we don’t care
Those who seem to think we’re not aware

Surprise Surprise! Surprise Surprise!
You’re much better looking when you’re in disguise

Lyrics

It’s up to you!

This ain’t no TV show
You watch my head explode
Ten thousand hours every day
No time to be afraid
Chase out the rattlesnakes
Don’t let your fear control your fate

The ghost of self-denial
It whispers from the grave
The road you can’t rely on’s
A risk that you must take

I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m pullin’ the blindfolds back, on a dead end life

I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m ‘gonna escape this trap, ‘gotta get out alive

Stuck in this prison cell
Just like a criminal
I count the years that went to waste
If this road goes to hell
I’ll fight back when I fail
Made a career from my mistakes

The ghost of self-denial
It whispers from the grave
The road you can’t rely on
Could be your saving grace

I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m pullin’ the blindfolds back, on a dead end life

I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m ‘gonna escape the trap, ‘gotta get out alive

Every step that I aim to take
I fall behind, I fall behind
Every neck that I had to break
These scars are mine, these scars are mine
Every day that I pray for you
I close my eyes, I close my eyes
At least I can say that we made it through
The stars aligned, The stars aligned

And words just can’t explain the struggle of a dead man’s fight
And silver spoons can’t buy the wisdom of a hard earned life

Every step that I aim to take
I fall behind, I fall behind
Every neck that I had to break
These scars are mine, these scars are mine
Every day that I pray for you
I close my eyes, I close my eyes

And I hope that you make it through
Yeah I hope that you make it through
It’s up to you!

I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m pullin’ the blindfolds back, on a dead end life!

I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m runnin’ across the tracks, and I’ll never go back
I’m ‘gonna escape the trap, I gotta put up a fight!

Every step that I aim to take
I fall behind, I fall behind
Every neck that I had to break
These scars are mine, these scars are mine
Every day that I pray for you
I close my eyes, I close my eyes
At least I can say that we made it through
The stars aligned, The stars aligned
The stars aligned!

Lyrics

Alive!
And right before your eyes
It’s easy to think twice
A choice can change your life

Angry fists, angry eyes
Thought you’d take them by surprise
And unleash all your demons upon them
With your guns and your knives
Left them fighting to survive
You’re the villain but you played the victim

Never took no advice
Did you ever realize
That your violence had taken your virtue
Well you can’t wash away
the mistakes of yesterday
When the boys wearing blue come to greet you

And I can hear the sirens still calling your name
And I can see the ashes rise up from the flames
When love was still around
When love was still around
One day before it all came crashing down

Did you stop and regret?
When the voice inside your head
Got so quiet that you’d hear a pin drop
Did you still like the view
When their guns were aimed at you?
Screaming “Out of the house with your hands up!”

Now you wait in the line
For the prison bell to chime
Singing “I fought the law but the law won”
When you’re done serving time
You can look them in the eyes
While you count all the lives that you’ve broken

And I can hear the sirens still calling your name
And I can see the ashes rise up from the flames
When love was still around
When love was still around
One day before it all came crashing down

And I can see the flashing lights take you away
And now the tears are rolling down your mother’s face
When love was still around
When love was still around
One day before it all came crashing down

When love was still around
When love was still around
One day before it all came crashing down

When love was still around
When love was still around
Some day you’ll see the life that you turned down

Alive!
And right before your eyes
It’s easy to think twice
A choice can change your life

Lyrics

I had a feeling
Buried inside
Covered beneath a
Blanket of pride
I couldn’t tell you
What my heart felt inside
In so little time

Stand up and run, Stand up and run,
Stand up and run, Stand up and run,
Into my Arms

Chasing the bright lights
This city got old
You walked out of my life
And into the cold
It’s hard to imagine,
That you’d never come home
Forever Alone

Stand up and run, Stand up and run,
Stand up and run, Stand up and run,
Into my Arms

Stand up and run, Stand up and run,
Stand up and run, Stand up and run,
Into my Heart

Can’t you see there is no love logic to love,
And we’re lost just like the stars up above,
If I’d only known how you’d make me feel
I would kiss the ground that touches your heel
After all these years of being apart
Don’t let reason try to tear us apart
If the compass breaks then follow your heart
And I hope it leads you right back into my arms

And though time has passed, we’ll still make it last
And I hope this leads you right back into my arms

I had a feeling
Buried inside

Lyrics

Crooked minds have gone astray
Have they never learned from yesterday
Only a fool would wear the crown
One day the kids will tear it down

Can’t you see the clocks are ticking away
They try to fit more hours into the day
The CPU is crunching numbers away
We’re running out of breath just to keep up the pace
And when did the revolver start the race?
When did the revolver start the race?

Accelerated architecture creates
A manufactured lifestyle for the deranged
They swallow up the green and build up the grey
And let tomorrow’s kids dispose of today
And when do you think the roof will bottom out?
When do you think the roof will bottom out?

Crooked minds under grey skies
They can’t live ’til something dies!
The kids will tear it down! The kids will tear it down!
Crooked Minds ain’t satisfied
‘Til the ground touches the sky, touches the sky!
The kids will tear in down! The kids will tear it down!

Cemetery statues stare into space
Sucked into a social media craze
They’re looking for an answer to explain
The reason why disaster strikes again
Picture perfect family sits at the lake
Swimming in a sea of mechanical waste
Why can’t they see a tragedy awaits?
Can’t they see a tragedy awaits?

Crooked minds under grey skies
They can’t live ’til something dies!
The kids will tear it down! The kids will tear it down!
Crooked minds ain’t satisfied
‘Til the ground touches the sky, touches the sky!
The kids will tear in down! The kids will tear it down!
We’ll tear it down!

Cauterize these bloodshot eyes
Tangled in their power lines
Tear the ground up with their knives
Raise the caskets in the sky
Some day soon we’ll realize
Nothing’s left for you and I
Nothing’s left for you and I

Crooked minds have gone astray
Have they never learned from yesterday
Only a fool would wear the crown
One day the kids will tear it down

Crooked minds under grey skies
They can’t live ’til something dies!
The kids will tear it down! The kids will tear it down!
Crooked Minds ain’t satisfied
‘Til the ground touches the sky, touches the sky!
The kids will tear in down! The kids will tear it down!

Cauterize these bloodshot eyes
Tangled in their power lines
Tear the ground up with their knives
Raise the caskets in the sky
Some day soon we’ll realize
Nothing lives ’til something dies!
’til something dies!
’til something dies!

Lyrics

Man Alive! Don’t stand aside!
While people make demands
At first they’ll take your liberties then tie them ’round your hands
Man Alive! Don’t stand aside!
While people make demands
When time goes by some day you’ll find their words are your command

Well the bloodsucker society, is looking for recruits
I took a sip of their sobriety, it doesn’t taste that good

Well At first you’re fine with working overtime
10 years go by til you’re caught up the grind
And can’t escape the fact your youth is fading fast
These times won’t last and once they’re gone they don’t come back

Man Alive! Don’t stand aside!
While people make demands
At first they’ll take your liberties then tie them ’round your hands
Man Alive! Don’t stand aside!
While people make demands
When time goes by some day you’ll find their words are your command

They try to fill you with anxiety, until you bite the hook
They drop a line of notoriety, and flash a big chequebook

Oh they’ll turn you blind for a nickel and a dime
Don’t waste your time with their simple frame of mind
You can’t escape the fact your youth is fading fast
These times don’t last and once they’re gone they don’t come back.

Man Alive! Don’t stand aside!
While people make demands
At first they’ll take your liberties then tie them ’round your hands
Man Alive! Don’t stand aside!
While people make demands
Once time goes by some day you’ll find their words are your command

Attention all personnel!
Stand single file, resistance is futile!
We’re gonna raise your hopes up
Just to knock them down
You got a bright bright future
If you can shut your mouth
And if you work the front lines
To keep us safe and sound
You won’t be compensated
Until you’re in the ground
Don’t waste a single breath
For what society expects
If history don’t lie
They’re gonna take you for a ride until you die!

Man Alive! Don’t stand aside!
While people make demands
At first they’ll take your liberties then tie them ’round your hands
Man Alive! Don’t stand aside!
While people make demands
When time goes by some day you’ll find their words are your command

Lyrics

Hello, hello, hello my darling, have we reached the end?
Cause when the stitches fall apart we’re hanging by thread

Hello, hello, hello my darling, some things never change
When our words are dipped in gasoline, our love goes up in flames
I tried so hard to get behind your mental barricade
But every time it leaves me feeling damaged, torn, and frayed

Hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread
When you break my heart, I fall apart ’til you stitch me up again

I’m tired of all the drama that unravels in your head
Well, It’s easy to get tangled up when your world is torn to shreds
And every time you spit at me, some day you will regret
An ounce of insecurity is worth a pound of lead

Hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread
When you break my heart, I fall apart ’til you stitch me up again
Hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread
C’mon patch me up, or cut me loose, cause these rags are turning red
C’mon patch me up, or cut me loose, cause I’m hanging by a thread

Hello, hello, hello my darling, have we reached the end?
Cause when the stitches fall apart we’re hanging by thread
For all the times we’ve hurt eachother, with all the things we’ve said
Well, it’s hard to hold this olive branch with a gun against my head

Hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread
When you break my heart, I fall apart ’til you stitch me up again

Hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread
C’mon patch me up or cut me loose, cause these rags are turning red
C’mon patch me up or cut me loose, cause I’m hanging by a thread

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Time
Drifts through the sky
Without a reason why
We walk past the flowers
Don’t stop for a breath
Until they’re above our heads
We used to fight
Have we made amends?
Father I just can’t tell
Watching you spend
The time you have left
Trapped in a cold blue bed

In darkness we’ll rest
Count the days down to one last breath
In darkness we’ll rest
So forgive what you can’t forget

We said
That we would call
But we never spoke at all
The years drfited by
We built up these walls
For reasons that seem so small
If this is the end
Let’s bury the past
This might be our one last chance
Together until
The last grain of sand
Has dropped from the hourglass

(So open your Eyes) Open your eyes, and don’t forget to breathe
(If we lose the fight) If we lose the fight, your spirit will live through me
(It’s time we make right) It’s time we make right the pages of history
(Until we find) Until we find a cure for the enemy

All those you’ve loved
All those who’ve died
All we have left is what lives in our mind
All those you’ve loved
All those who’ve died
I know their spirits are up in the sky

(So open your Eyes) Open your eyes, and don’t forget to breathe
(If we lose the fight) If we lose the fight, your spirit will live through me
(It’s time we make right) It’s time we make right the pages of history
(Until we find) Until we find a cure for the enemy

And in darkness we’ll rest
Count the days down to one last breath
And in darkness we’ll rest
So forgive what you can’t forget

All those you’ve loved
All those who’ve died
All we have left is what lives in our mind
All those you’ve loved
All those who’ve died
I know their spirits are up in the sky

Lyrics

This heart don’t count on the wicked
These hands don’t fight at all
This mind don’t do what it’s told to
These eyes don’t cry at all,
Don’t cry at all, hey-oh…hey-oh…
These eyes don’t cry at all, hey-oh…hey-oh…

This heart don’t count on the wicked
We face this world alone
When all they want is to break you
Turn anger into hope

Within this city of villains
I walk these streets alone
When everyone is a stranger
Their eyes turn me to stone
Turn me to stone, hey-oh…hey-oh…
Your eyes turn me to stone, hey-oh…hey-oh…

This heart don’t count on the wicked
We face this world alone
When all they want is to break you
This anger into hope
I’m telling you, tonight I swear to tear out these nails,
From the cross I’ve bared for giving you control of me,
This heart don’t count on the wicked
This anger turns to hope, it turns to hope

Calling from the mountain tops
Rain is falling from the sky above
They surround you with their darkest thoughts
‘Til you drown you in pessimistic talk
You say you don’t care, if the atom drops
You say you don’t care, if the world is lost
They’ll never break you, if you’re strong enough
They’ll never change you, If you turn your anger into hope!

This heart don’t count on the wicked
We face this world alone
When all they want is to break you
Turn anger into hope
I’m telling you, tonight I swear to tear out these nails,
From the cross I’ve beared for giving you control of me,
This heart don’t count on the wicked
This anger turns to hope, we turn it to hope
We turn it to hope (4)
Anger turns to hope!
We turn it to hope (4)
Anger turns to hope!

Lyrics

Put me on an aeroplane
A million miles away
She’s opened up her book of hate
And tore a brand new page
Tonight I’ll find a wishing well, tomorrow’s a new day
Tonight I’ll find a wishing well, before it’s too late…

Show me the way, show me the way!
Why do my dreams keep slipping away?
Show me the way, show me the way!
Spent a whole lifetime running away

She questioned my ability
To learn from my mistakes
I said she’d need a guillotine
To put me in my place
Tonight I’ll write my eulogy, before I fade away
Tonight I’ll write my eulogy, so don’t be afraid…

Show me the way! Show me the way!
Why do my dreams keep slipping away?
Show me the way! Show me the way!
Spent a whole lifetime running away
And every time I close my eyes, I’ve lost another day
Show me the way! Show me the way!
Why do my dreams keep slipping away?

The waves came crashing, down so fast
That when the storm was over, the sky turned black
And now I pray for sunshine! I pray for sunshine!
I pray you’ll help me to escape!

Show me the way, show me the way!
Why do my dreams keep slipping away?
Show me the way, show me the way!
Spent a whole lifetime running away
And every time I close my eyes I’ve lost another day
Show me the way, show me the way!
Why do my dreams keep slipping away?

And every time we close our eyes we’ve lost another day
And every time we close my eyes, dreams will have to wait

Lyrics

We spent a life together
That should have last forever
But now it’s time to sail on
So take this anchor from my heart
So we can finally drift apart
Before we drown in sorrow

I gave you sanctuary
Under the sun we lived carefree
I tried so hard to love you
But then you turned your back on me
Your good intentions turned to greed
And now it’s good to know that you have been…

Swallowed Up By the Ocean
Swallowed Up By the Ocean
Swallowed Up By the Ocean
Swallowed Up

The bluest skies turned into grey
Through tortured eyes I watched you change
Our paradise went up in flames
And though I cried a thousand times
You didn’t hear the rising tide
There’s nowhere left to hide since you have been…

Swallowed Up By the Ocean
Swallowed Up By the Ocean
Swallowed Up By the Ocean
Swallowed Up

Your devastation took its toll
As the waves came crashing to the coast
This sinking ship I’m taking back from your control
It felt so good to cross my arms
And renounce my faith in mankind
How could you ever be so blind
To think that you’d survive?

Swallowed Up By the Ocean
Swallowed Up By the Ocean
I hope you know that nothing matters now that you have been…

Swallowed Up By the Ocean
Swallowed Up By the Ocean
I hope you know this ship has finally come to rest
I hope you know this ship has finally come to rest
I hope you know some day this ship will be your end

Lyrics

Living underneath the land of sorrow
I can hear the bombs reign down
And how do I explain there’s no tomorrow
I can hardly make a sound

Dead Silence! A fate we can’t escape
’til death do us part in the end

They’re marching up the main street, as my heart beats
Louder than machine gun fire
The sound of all the sirens, sing like violins
Rattling the cold barbwire

I heard the soldiers say, ‘Don’t let him get away!’
But I could not escape their bullets and grenades
A casualty of war? a victim of mistake?
Another widow has been made

Dead silence, will come to rescue me
When violence, has took this world away
Dead silence, a fate we can’t escape
’til death do us part in the end

Dead silence, will come to rescue me
When violence, has took this world away
Dead Silence, no time to be afraid
My love I will see you again

Fly away like the wind, some things God can’t forgive
Why is war justified, while the innocent die?
They can tear us apart, I’ll still live in your heart
If your spirit gives up, don’t surrender your love

And the world will survive, if we stand side by side
One day hope will arrive, but now I must say goodbye

Dead silence, will come to rescue me
When violence, has took this world away
Dead silence, a fate we can’t escape
’til death do us part in the end

Dead silence, will come to rescue me
When violence, has took this world away
Dead Silence, no time to be afraid
My love I will see you again