Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

Side A

Dead and Done (3:27)

In the end it’s all so clear to me that you’re betraying all your friends When the wind blows against you dear then you cower in defense

‘Cause I’m fucking dead Ain’t nobody owning me I’m fucking done
I just don’t have the energy

You pretend you see things differently when you slave to all the trends And if I bend this all ends painfully and you’ll be blaming me again

‘Cause I’m fucking dead Ain’t nobody owning me I’m fucking done
I just don’t have the energy

‘Cause I’m fucking dead Ain’t nobody owning me I’m fucking done
I just don’t have the energy

‘Cause I’m fucking dead Ain’t nobody owning me I’m fucking done
I just don’t have the energy I’m fucking dead

Fucking dead Fucking dead Fucking dead Fucking
Bruised and Bloodied (3:38)

Add meat to the body abandon your own welfare
Feel safe in the knowledge that you’ll save yourself with prayer Disgrace everybody then bask in the afterglow

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If I beat myself it seems like you just don’t care at all It’s really fucking pitiful

I’m not asking to pray about Parade around
Or save somebody
Lost the courage I’m craven now You’re way to proud

All bruised and bloodied

Conceit so lovely you’ve led me into despair
This rape and pillage of all things that I hold dear
Deface my body with gifts that you now bestow
When I need somebody it seems like you’re just not there at all It’s really fucking pitiful

I’m not asking to pray about Parade around
Or save somebody
Lost the courage I’m craven now You’re way too proud

All bruised and bloodied

These disembodied emotions are all laid bare
So please tell me when will I wake from this new nightmare

I’m not asking to pray about Parade around
Or save somebody
Lost the courage I’m craven now You’re way to proud

All bruised and bloodied

3. Wasteland (4:00)

At the end of the day
You’re so soft spoken
Don’t hang your head for me
Nobody seems to believe in the reasons you feel so lonely Nobody seems to accept them the way that I do
Oh

This teenage wasteland of ours I feel too much

I remember the way you left me broken Don’t shed a tear for me

Nobody seems to be willing to save me from purgatory Nobody seems to be able to shed the treadwheel
Oh

This teenage wasteland of ours
I feel too much
This drug won’t take on for hours I need this crutch

Say something Say something Say something Say something Now

This teenage wasteland of ours
I feel too much
This drug won’t take on for hours I need this crutch

Now
I need this crutch

4. Dangerous (3:50)

So take them off the blinders that cover your eyes
Don’t break new ground
Just follow the beaten path
Well all I can do in the end is bury it in the cellar
And only a fool would pretend to blame it on the weather

It’s so dangerous all this blamelessness and I feel like I lost all the good I’ve known It’s so dangerous all this shamelessness and I feel like I’m watching a tumor grow

Now take them down
The roses you smothered, they died
I hear the cries of souls you have eaten since
We all must revere and defend the fortune of the teller
We all must subdue and suspend belief that this gets better

It’s so dangerous all this blamelessness And I feel like I lost all the good I’ve known

It’s so dangerous all this shamelessness and I feel like I’m watching a tumor grow

Please just say you know you won’t be satisfied Not unless you know your name is verified
God I hope you choke on hate and stomach bile Even as you sing the praise of feticide

It’s so dangerous all this blamelessness and I feel like I lost all the good I’ve known It’s so dangerous all this shamelessness and I feel like I’m watching a tumor grow

And I feel like I lost all the good I know And I feel like I’m watching a tumor grow

5. Liar (4:19)

There’s a break in the weather but I’m never gonna fade away There’s a saying it’s now or never and this is never gonna wash away So don’t you wear that frown and don’t you be forlorn
There’s a break in the weather and it’s sure nice not to feel

So take heed of voices that conspire Make me walk this path alone
My sanity keeps unraveling despite this I’m burning in the fire

I’m labeled as a liar

From today I will do better
Because I never want to feel the shame
With every vein that I have severed
I have struggled with what I became
I will not let you down
I won’t be cause for harm
So today I will do better and I sure hope this can heal

So take heed of voices that conspire Make me walk this path alone
My sanity keeps unraveling despite this I’m burning in the fire

I’m labeled as a liar
But I can’t bring you here

But I can’t bring you here But I can’t bring you here Oooh
Oooh

So take heed of voices that conspire Make me walk this path alone
My sanity keeps unraveling despite this I’m burning in the fire

I’m labeled as a liar

I’m burning in the fire I’m labeled as a liar I’m burning in the fire I’m labeled as a liar

Side B
6. Can’t Go Wrong (3:47)

I don’t want to be the one exposed to the places no one goes I don’t want to be the one who feels like a leper and
I don’t want to get left behind in the places that I hide
I don’t want to be the one who caves under pressure

It’s really easy to doubt me
I’ve got a feeling this can’t go wrong My reputation precedes me
I’ve got a feeling this can’t go wrong

I don’t want to have my will imposed
Or the darkness diagnosed
I don’t want to be the one who’s kneeling forever and I don’t want to fear the day I die
Or feel the pain unamplified
I don’t want to be the tie you’ve chosen to sever

It’s really easy to doubt me
I’ve got a feeling this can’t go wrong My reputation precedes me
I’ve got a feeling this can’t go wrong

My reputation precedes me
I’ve got a feeling this can’t go wrong

Buried in the Sand (4:17)

Well I don’t want to be caught In a tidal wave
and everything’s for naught
is what the old folks say

Well now I find I’m distraught
I’m closer to my grave
and now I’m going to come short another goddamn day

When you throw my feelings on the fire I can’t keep this down
and I feel like I won’t be afraid
when I’m buried in the sand

Well now I found myself fraught and I am filled with rage Another bottle’s been bought To help me waste away

I think these chains are too taut They’re cutting my rib cage And if I give this more thought
I think I’ve gone astray

When you throw my feelings on the fire I can’t keep this down
and I feel like I won’t be afraid
when I’m buried in the sand

When I’m buried in the sand (x3)

When you throw my feelings on the fire I can’t keep this down
and I feel like I won’t be afraid
when I’m buried in the sand

Throw my feelings on the fire I can’t keep this down
and I feel like I won’t be afraid when I’m buried in the sand
Let It Go (4:08)

Second chances are so divine
I can’t reveal what’s on my mind

But I am drowning in the quicksand The deprivation of my mind
This education intertwined
With all these musings of a sick man

Float down that river of blood you made when you stabbed my back But I am drowning in the quicksand

Well I don’t feel like getting older
I just feel like getting numb
And I don’t see why I should bother I just don’t think I can let it go

When you turn sour grapes to wine the fermentation takes some time but I am following the short hand When desperation is unkind exacerbation walks the line

and I am following a blind man

Float down that river of blood you made when you stabbed my back but I am drowning in the quicksand

Well I don’t feel like getting older
I just feel like getting numb
And I don’t see why I should bother I just don’t think I can let it go

Oooh (x4)

Well I don’t feel like getting older
I just feel like getting numb
And I don’t see why I should bother I just don’t think I can let it go

9. Failure (3:52)

Well I saw my face in the mirror
and I am I believe a growing curiosity Hold my feet to the fire
Cause I am I believe a quivering atrocity

Sowing seeds of doubt
that we can’t live without
Saw my face in the mirror
and I am, I believe a trembling monstrosity

And yeah I live my life like a broken-hearted failure
I’m trying to shed some light on the scars left by the razors

Well I quell my fears with a shiver
Yet I am I believe incapable of anything
So much more to deliver
but I am I believe a swollen wound without the sting

Sowing seeds that sprout disease to take us out Throw myself in the river
Cause I have I believe this viral animosity

I live my life like a broken-hearted failure
I’m trying to shed some light on the scars left by the razors

What else can I say (x3) What else can I
Say for myself
I’m terrified

And yeah I live my life like a broken-hearted failure
I’m trying to shed some light on the scars left by the razors Again

Side C
10. Beg (3:40)

I can’t remember what it feels like Seems you should’ve known the rules I think I’m never going to find my way Slowly coming from the rear
I feel I’ve never had a thought so real Time I found myself a quite place

Beg motherfucker Beg motherfucker Beg motherfucker Beg

I poke the needles under your skin Tastes like blasphemy and treason No you’re never getting far away

See hope fading out of your eyes
This time the pain is going to feel unreal I think you’re gonna be some easy prey

Beg motherfucker Beg motherfucker Beg motherfucker Beg

11. Drift Away (4:52)

Don’t let anyone cry on your shoulder Don’t let misery bring you down Beauty fades away as you get older Such a shame that you hate yourself

When I saw the feelings go to waste But it all comes as no surprise
And I feel I let it slip away
Left so hollow and dead inside

And I realize I was too afraid so much wasted time
I feel you drift away

On the surface it seems like I’m colder Underneath it all I’m not fine
You do well in the eyes of beholders But I feel ugly as sin inside

When I saw the feelings go to waste But it all comes as no surprise
And I feel I let it slip away
Left so hollow and dead inside

And I realize I was too afraid so much wasted time
I feel you drift away

Oooh (x3)

Who are you to let me bleed Who are you to set me free

When I saw the feelings go to waste But it all comes as no surprise
And I feel I let it slip away
Left so hollow and dead inside

And I realize I was too afraid so much wasted time
I feel you drift away

12. Pride Before the Fall (4:13)

So can’t you see I need to leave The world can burn without me Don’t I belong with every song Keep letting rage come out me

Faith but not belief it helps me breathe It feels like shade around me
Waste no relief I grind my teeth
I feel betrayed and lonely

Can it bleed ya
Can it see ya
Doesn’t it hurt to hide it all Can it free ya
Can it feed ya
Ever the pride before the fall Can it feel ya
Can it heal ya
Don’t pass this up
Does it need ya
Does it please ya
Oh no

Faux and make believe I can’t conceive another way around these words It’s all so wrong
I’m too headstrong
To assuage the turnkey

Faith, the clover leaf so keep this brief but keep this cage around me Hate with no reprieve the knives unsheathed
I feel decay around me

Can it bleed ya Can it see ya

Doesn’t it hurt to hide it all Can it free ya
Can it feed ya
Ever the pride before the fall Can it feel ya

Can it heal ya Don’t pass this up Does it need ya Does it please ya Oh no

He says he’s gonna hunt something He seems to think the prey is me
If I can only have one wish
what do you think that wish would be

Can it bleed ya
Can it see ya
Doesn’t it hurt to hide it all Can it free ya
Can it feed ya
Ever the pride before the fall Can it feel ya
Can it heal ya
Don’t pass this up

Can it free ya
Can it feed ya
Ever the pride before the fall Can it feel ya
Can it heal ya
Don’t pass this up

Can it bleed ya Can it see ya Oh no

13. Written in Stone (3:38)

When I’m all by myself
The silence seems so absurd
Dripping words from my mouth
It never feels like I’ve heard
and I feel like I’m done
I’m tired is all I can say
when it wears down my health it’s time to take this away

‘Cause when it breaks down it’s like its written in stone And it when it fades out
I feel the pain in my bones
it’s like its written in stone

When the sun’s heading south
and all the cows come to herd
Will the flames get snuffed out
by the screams of the birds
and I feel like I tried to quiet all my dismay but it tore me apart

the violence out on display

‘Cause when it breaks down it’s like it’s written in stone and when it fades out I feel the pain in my bones ‘Cause when it breaks down it’s like it’s written in stone and when it fades out I feel the pain in my bones

It’s like it’s written in stone Like it’s written in stone Like it’s written in stone Like it’s written in stone

Side D
14. What Would You Do? (4:49)

Gotta find a better way to quit the cigarettes Gotta drink another drink until I can forget Gotta find a way to feel like I’m myself Whoa

With the whiskey came the things that I do regret (well this erodes my body, erodes my body, erodes my body, breaks my body down)
and I know there were things I should not have said
I believe you’ve already got them written down

Whoa

When the world around me can feel so rotten I am sorry for making you feel so low

Never gonna lose these feelings I regret always gonna be the same old tired shit What would you do
What would you do

There will never be a feeling I suspect All apologies are something heaven sent

What would you do What would you do

I lie awake at night I’m trying not to break a sweat Mind is racing there’s no comfort for me yet
Gotta find a way to get away from myself
Whoa

I really wish I could erase all the things I did (well this erodes my body, erodes my body, erodes my body, breaks my body down)
I really wish I had a path to the wreck against
I really wish I had a way to cleanse myself

Whoa

When the world around me can feel so rotten I am sorry for making you feel so low

Never gonna lose these feelings I regret always gonna be the same old tired shit What would you do
What would you do

There will never be a feeling I suspect All apologies are something heaven sent What would you do
What would you do

Never gonna lose these feelings I regret always gonna be the same old tired shit What would you do
What would you do

There will never be a feeling I suspect All apologies are something heaven sent What would you do
What would you do

What would you do What would you do

15. Will It Ever End? (4:08)

Well I can feel this going down Abandon ship and save yourself now Just float away and let me drown

And please don’t over-exert yourself now

And set me free And set me free I’m going home

I’ve been running for a long time thinking is a past time
paying for my past crimes
will it ever end