I made you in my image, as you made me into yours;
The tragedy of living is when love becomes a war;
I armed my mind with philosophy and locked my heart in chains;
You made yourself a maker, and turned into its slave;

Dancing with the mistress, you bartered for and sold;
This portrait of obsession will live forevermore;
You cannot kill your motives;
They’re living on their own;
Haunting you, and the victims, who followed you below;

Watching from my window, at a world I wished to burn;
Cleanse me of this madness, I should not be alone;
One more chance to breathe, my god, I cannot stop the man;
Who stole my heart and burned, my house built on the sand;

The whipping post and the crucified are shadows of the grave;
Crawling from the world below, and carrying the weight;
Fade into the darkness t' hide from what I'd done;
The beast's alive, removed of me;
It cannot be undone;

Burn Me;
Burn Me;
You can’t save my soul -

You build yourself a wall;
While standing so tall, my son -
You’ll ruin them all;
Before the fall -

Duel with your creator;
You are not my savior;

Duel with your creator;
You are not my savior;
And heaven's just a war;
Between trust and your behavior;
How were we supposed t' know;
How tall that we could grow;

Our egos are a cross;
Crushed, over time;
Our soul forever lost;
Consumed by our own device;

I can't -
I can't turn back, now;
I won't
I won't come back down;
I don't;
I don't know how to;
I have;
Nothing without you;

Build yourself a name;
Watch them tear it to the ground;

Build yourself a name -
Watch them tear it to the ground;
You play yourself a game;
With all your friends around;

Our egos are a cross;
Crushed, over time;
Our soul forever lost;
Consumed by our own device
Consumed by our own device;
Consumed by our own device;
Rebuild me…

Crushed beneath the Earth, I’m dying;
Rise above the ash, I’m trying;
The final hour pulls me under;
Before I’m reborn, to lead and conquer;
Heaven knows we’re born down below;
We’ll crawl from hell, and would kill for the throne;
How many lives are lost in pursuit -
Of a purpose no one can fulfill;
Now I’ll sit here praying to you;
Now I’ll sit here waiting on truth;
Now I’ll sit here praying to you;
Now I’ll sit here waiting on you;
My God;
Dammit, where are you?
Dammit, where are you?
Dammit, where are you?
Gone.

I’ll try and stop this, it pulls me under;
I’ll try and stop this, it pulls down;
I’ll try and stop this, it pulls me under;
Dragging me below –
I will rise again, and carry you from hell;

Love is love reflecting;
We turned our back on home;
How can we learn to touch the ones –
We send out on their own?
God, why don't they seek me;
It's not I they shouldn't trust;
The curse in your creation is losing what you love;
Losing what you love;
Losing what you love;

Love;
Love;

You build yourself a wall;
While standing so tall, my son;
You’ll ruin them all;
Before the fall -

I can't -
I can't turn back, now;
I won't
I won't come back down;
I don't;
I don't know how to;
I have;
Nothing without you;

War torn, the battle;
Body verse the mind leaves the heart in shambles;
Gridlocked, I’m frozen;
Trippin’ the wire, cross the line and -
I’m broken;
Catch me, I’m falling;
One dream left, set the waves in motion;
Face what you’ve started;
You ruined it all, just to live in the moment;
My son –
My son –
Can you face what you have done?
Can you see what you’ve become?
Can you stare into the shattered sun?
Can you face me, my son?

Our egos are a cross;
Crushed, over time;
Our self forever lost;
Consumed by our own device;

Our egos are a cross;
Crushed, over time;
Our soul forever lost;
Consumed by our own device;
Consumed by our own device;
Consumed by our –
Consumed by our –
Device.

Survive, the tides;
Are you willing to die -
To fight for your life?
I fight pride;
Betting my hand on a lie;
Still I drive;
White light blind;
Staring at stars in the sky;
I’ll survive -

Running faster, burning stars;
Take my song and take my heart;
Start a game where no one wins;
Bury me deep, cover up my sins;

So I can live;
And do it again;
So they will know my name;

A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Hanging on your crucifix;
I am a survivalist -

Stand in this hole I dug beneath me;
Crossing the line and now I’m screaming -
Out to the rats, I played the piper;
Leadin’ them to the rising fire;
Are we born to lose?
Don’t want your fame;
Have you guessed my name?

A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Hanging on your crucifix;
I am a survivalist;
A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Like Jesus Christ and Lazarus;
I am a survivalist;

The silence of this sound;
Below, still talkin’ down –

So they can live;
And do it again;
So we would know their name -

I crossed my heart and prayed that you’d save me;
Into the cold, I walked over canyons;
I drank the wine and danced with the angels;
Have we run out of time?
Have we run out tonight?

Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive;
Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive;

I crossed my heart and prayed that you’d save me;
You watched me die, I knew you’d betray me;

Please, God, help me…

Still remember the time when I lost my mind;
When I sold my birthright for a cup of wine;
When my family turned its back on me;
‘Cause I wouldn’t sell out to a ministry;
Ya’ see -
How come I couldn’t just hold these broken wings -
That were cut from me?
It wasn’t mine to choose;
I wasn’t yours to save;
I kept feeding the fire, that burns and it burns and now -
I’m choking on the fumes from all that I’ve learned;
But you wouldn’t stop building your walls around me -
To see the I had built an army aimed at what you believe;
In the end it’s still fire verse fire and I’m hell bent -
On saving what’s mine and burning down heaven;

So, I can live;
And do it again;
So they will know name;

A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Hanging on your crucifix;
I am a survivalist;
A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Like Jesus Christ and Lazarus;
I am a survivalist;

Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive –
Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive –
Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive –
Create, survive it;
Isolate me…

Hold yourself to the fire -
'Til they cannot burn you;
Taste the flames;
You're the only one -
Who has heart to;
Now they're gone and you're stronger than -
You ever thought you were;
Alone is a better place;
When you finally learn that -
It's always been this way;

Spent my whole searching for the answers;
T' why I am this way;
Why does it seem that what I'm after -
Has hidden itself from me?
As all these melodies;
Keep rainin' down;
I'm drownin' in my dreams;
No choice;
But to sing my song;
T' scream it out;
'Til they hear it endlessly

Hold yourself to the fire;
Until they cannot burn you -
Taste the flame;
You're the only one;
Who has heart to;
Now they're gone and you're stronger than -
You ever thought you were;
Alone is a better place;
When you've finally learn that -
It's always been this way -

Lookin' back, so blinded -
Caught up in the scene;
A cinematic state of mind;
While the curtain closed on me-
So, cut the scene!
I cross my heart;
I swore I'd never sell our love for memories;
No choice but to the price;
And scream it out;
'Til you'll hear it endlessly -

Hold yourself to the fire;
Until they cannot burn you -
Taste the flame;
You're the only one;
Who has heart to;
Now they're gone and you're stronger than -
You ever thought you were;
Alone is a better place;
When you've finally learn that -
It's always been this way -

Tied up and shackled;
Like a hostage in my mind;
Another war that I cannot fight;
Another love and another time;
In the cold!
Lost in the desert for so long-
My heart's a stone;
Overtime my tears have turned t' dust;
I guess, I'm better off alone -

Hold yourself to the fire;
Until they cannot burn you -
Taste the flame;
You're the only one;
Who has heart to;
Now they're gone and your stronger than -
You ever thought you were;
Alone is a better place;
When you've finally learn that -
It's always been this way;
And who am I t' say -
You were better off livin' your life off stage?

We all want something;
We all want something;
We all want something;
We know we'll never find -

I said, I'd scream until I died;
Watch the waves til' I cried;
When all I wanted was a reason;
Just t' leave these dreams behind;
With all the confusion I've created;
For the sake of passin' time;
I hid inside this world you hated;
And built a wall no one could climb;
Now you're lost in my intentions;
Lookin' for the one you loved -
But he's gone out with the ocean;
And you knew you should have known -

We all want something;
We all want something;
We know we'll never find -

There are voices that we carry;
Who aren't for sale at any price;
Just messengers who came -
To start a fire in our lives;
So I'll sing until there's not another voice -
Left t' be heard;
And if you have t' leave, my dear;
At least you'll know for what it's worth -
That I slowly gave my love t' something;
Deep inside me -
Now I'm all alone and that's exactly where I'm supposed t' be -

We all want something;
We all want something;
We know we're never find -
We all want something;
We all want something;
We know we're never find.