Our Best Hope
Lyrics
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Living Underground
Ages ago there was a world wide war
Monster and Man fought each other
We tried despite our clear disadvantage
We were sealed below their feet
Life in the Underground
There’s no hope to be found
I want to see the stars in the sky
I slowly lose the will to survive
Our leader says he has a plan
It’s been decades since we were damned
As I watch the years go by
I see more of my brothers die
Life in the Underground
There’s no hope to be found
I want to see the stars in the sky
I slowly lose the will to survive
(Repeat twice more.)
Let Her Go
You only have the best in mind
You know the world can be so unkind
Working day and night you don’t have time
Do you think she does what you say every minute of every day
Do you think if she’s kept busy, she’ll stay in line
How did you miss it?
Her rose-colored glasses
She doesn’t need it!
Chorus
You never thought she’d tell a lie
Though she says a year has gone by
See the conviction in her eyes
Give her a sword to save your lives
Witness her growth, you know what to do
Her needs have changed, and so should you
Let her go, she can take care of herself
You will be there if she needs any help
How did you miss it?
Rose-colored glasses
She doesn’t need it!
You have to believe it
How did you miss it?
No longer passive
She’s assertive
(Chorus.)
Are you proud of your daughter
She’s becoming more than you could’ve asked for
Now that you’ve seen what she can do
You need to let your angel spread her wings
(Chorus.)
Just let go and let her try.
In Pieces
Have you stared into someone’s eyes
Only to find your reflection inside?
Does this mean nothing else is there
Or are you just a piece of their design?
Chorus:
When someone’s pieces have been lost,
Worn away by the sands of time,
Does the tide wash in and leave behind
Another pattern to be ripped away?
Actions speak louder than words
But is there something else I should say?
But you won’t leave me when I tell you,
You won’t let me do this my own way.
(Chorus.)
All I ask is for another chance
To live on my own terms again.
All I ask is you accept my repentance
Maybe then I’ll even forgive myself.
You wanted to know what goes on inside of my head,
If I knew, I don’t know where I’d begin.
Before you came along I was trapped and mislea,d
With only my reflection to keep me from going insane.
(Chorus.)
When someone’s been left behind,
Their pattern has been ripped away,
Do the tidal pools keep their reflection,
Or do they get lost in the flow of time?
Locked in a Cage
Finally you’re free to make your own decisions
What do you do now that you’re not under control?
The world doesn’t make sense because you lack experience
Lashing out against the ones who kept you in control…
Chorus:
All the ones you kept outside
Are trying to keep you alive…
Eyes are dry from tears of rage
But it’s time you opened up this cage
You think that you must intervene, taking all the negativity
You’re the only thing keeping it under control
Try and see that you’re blinded by the reality of life
And the beast is the one keeping you in control
(Chorus.)
All the times you tried to fly
You were just trapped inside again
Now you’re fried no tears to cry
You’re trapped inside a beast again
(Repeat once more.)
(Chorus.)
(Repeat once more.)
A Lost Pearl
Can I live up to my own wild expectations?
Be a perfect imprint of those whom I hold dear?
Should I give up like I have been told to before?
Be like others I know who are ruled by their fears?
Chorus:
I’m not who I want to be
I’m just a shadow following
Dancing behind the scenes
Holding the bad habits I’m borrowing
Please show me
Now that she’s gone I’m lost with no light,
Still I’m, defined, by another that I’ve clung to.
(Chorus.)
Yes I know that I can change
But old habits just don’t seem to go away
It’s like code in my DNA
To let go of my self and simply obey
Don’t you see, I’d move on if I could
But when I see a rose I breakdown inside
I may keep it in, but please believe me
I want nothing more than to be by her side
(Chorus.)
(I’m not who I want to be
I’m just a shadow following)
Dad Rock
Take my internal struggles
The pain I dream about
All your little messages
Pound deep within my mind
I just want to please you
Until the blood stops cold inside
I wish that I stopped this before it began
This situation wasn’t part of the plan
If you serve too many masters
Suffering will be your way
Strung out in all directions
But you don’t have any say…
Broken in the mirror
Face shattered in the dark
Frustration builds anxiety
Your abuse has left it’s mark
Room spinning, barely councious
Trailing pieces of my heart
Hopeless tears mix in the blood
This was not clear from the start
Wish I could have stopped this
If you serve too many masters
Suffering will be your way
Strung out in all directions
But you don’t have any say…
Sweat stings, my eyes
My muscles are tense
Adrenaline flowing
I prepare my defense
Fight, or flight
I’m sick of being under your thumb
Make my escape,
Your torture’s made me numb
If you serve too many masters
Suffering will be your way
Strung out in all directions
But you don’t have any say…
Rose’s Rebellion
Millenia in the past humanity had just awoken
An ageless race came to us, who knew our home would be broken
We gladly served our Goddess, upon her throne of rose
The shine in her eyes dimmed, the coming terror undisclosed
“All life deserves a chance”
She cried to diamonds from the sky
They didn’t give us a second glance
She went to war with her own kind
This global Disease was sapient, injecting themselves into the ground
Siphoned the life from our planet, then came death and famine
Apathetic to all the damage, Gods uncaring if we could manage
She couldn’t stand our pain
She leapt to battle, tears in her eyes
Her kin had become monsters
Leaving another species to die
“All life deserves a chance”
She cried to diamonds from the sky
They didn’t give us a second glance
She went to war with her own kind
Right.
So began the rebellion.
She couldn’t stand our pain
She leapt to battle, tears in her eyes
She saw her own were monsters
Leaving another species to die
The war waged for centuries
They left, the rose shielded mankind
Only a few of her friends survived
To defend our home she stayed behind
There’s no such thing as a good war
The Rain
Have you felt the rain?
Beneath layered skies of gray
Have you felt the same?
Have you felt before?
Or were you too far away?
Deep inside the cage you wore?
Chorus:
Do you find yourself appreciating hell?
Unable to move past your hollow shell.
Slowly you decide to give this world a chance,
Slowly you change…
Do you feel like a pawn?
Endangered but forced to stay
Do you feel your life is gone?
Had you shut the door?
Screening out everyway
That you could feel something more?
(Chorus, repeat twice.)
Left Behind
ft. Plastic Cyborg & Rockin’ Brony
You felt left behind
So you kept others down,
Tried to fill your empty chest
With what you felt you’d been denied.
In the name of equality
You kept yourself above the herd,
Your lies spouted from your FountainHead
Until they were broken words.
Chorus:
If everyone’s the same
No one wins the game
You’ve told yourself
This is how to numb the pain.
If everyone’s the same
No one wins the game
But the hole in your heart
Will still remain.
The world you’d built
Shattered again,
Another hole in your heart
Filled with revenge instead of guilt.
In the name of equality
You tried to alter history,
Ignoring the destruction wrought
Just chaging one small thing.
(Chorus.)
Now there’s nothing left but dust
There’s an angel pleading in your ear
Now only you can save the world
Were you left behind by those you held dear?
If everyone’s the same
No one wins the game,
You lied to yourself
Only you can take the blame.
If everyone’s the same
No one wins the game,
But if we play along
We can stake our claim.