And the sad thing is I don't know how to change My mind is so ingrained with television stains And the question is where did I go wrong? I thought I was playing it safe but I was just playing along We were so comfortable, and plentiful but it's a lie Someone pull me out, I'm crawling up the walls but they keep falling down And no one's ever around With all these preferences how can we find a purpose without feeling life is completely worthless? With all these references how can we divide from a twisted mind? Where impossibles collide We were so beautiful, unbreakable until we died We never realized the time we waste was even there to pass us by Bringing us to our demise Trapped in a cell, I know you know that feeling well How can you tell if your life was living a lie you were setup to tell?

Call it what you will, I call it an interest, excitement for future thrills With nothing but good fortune bestowed on the life I lead, just welcoming Achieving our goals, all wide eyed rushing through thick oak doors Carving out rivers of establishment and flooding the hallways of accomplishment We are the truly enlightened souls carrying the women and the children on our backs We'll bring the weak ones to shelter, darling And leave the faithful to pray By the fire burning beneath our city streets The soil stained red, the dying hearts we hear them beat-beat-beat Makes you open your eyes, the majority lies in our hands All that remains, an invisible trace A man, yes a man is consumed by the world he created and then destroyed I was born to the stomach of a Deathmachine in the middle of its darkest hour Coming alive with a system designed to die Pray that the choices we make are the right ones We have to be true to ourselves and brave for as long as we can Since even as children we knew where these broken, beaten down paths would take us in the end The mistake we made was trusting the fate was just as human A friend for so long has turned like the years that keep turning and turning and churning out Distortion and feedback screaming from these grinding gears Injecting fear like fuel as each witness is laid out Watching sunsets slip into comas, sliding down these iron walls Now our guiding lights are machine gun turrets perched high amidst the smoke and the flame On wheels made from distant memories of feeling secure and safe All being driven by hatred within as we ignite our saving grace Oh my dear, show me where it hurts Hold my hand and let us sing a song, a song of our success Now the machine's a blazing furry engulfed with the flames that we set to it Don't look back the ashes have already been swept Hold my hand And let us sing a song, a song of our regrets We are the truly enlightened souls, we are enlightened souls

I reach my hand into the dirt, I can pull out the world and just throw it away I put my hand into the clouds, now I'm bringing the rain I keep the sun in the palm of my hand, and I can but it out like a cigarette I touch my fingers to the sea, I start a ripple now the ripple is a tsunami I am my own element, tell me once again why you think you're the boss Over and over, again and again, "Advisor advise me, this fear that subsides me" When the head on your shoulders is all you have left to lose Each passage I write defines a truth, a truth that is greater than God Like God, I hold the universe in my hand Reigning from sea to sea, put your trust in me, on the clouds of Olympus I stand A leader to man but you're nothing more than a grain of sand Perpetual hierarchies have existed for years, we can't break these family ties You're burning the bridges I create with hands that manipulate In time my patience will wear thin as you find your conscious within A man with the virtuous mind will always fall behind This empire was built on departed remains that once called this place home Take flight above with the twisted stars, we're casting the cards and watching them fall Defining the man that you are Was there at the start, don't forget who brought you this far I feel like the man in the moon or the sun in the sky, I wait for the end of the night I've seen cold winters turn to spring, and then back to winter's grim I've seen a youthful light fade dim in countless ruler's eyes They plead and they cry to me for help This empire was built on departed remains that once called this place home I burned for it, I bled for it, I died and was born again for it This image reminds me of who I am Balancing the fine line between genius and insanity, genius and insanity Kept my eye on the prize but did you notice what you lost along the way? My view from Utopia will remain the same Neglect the pleading, evade the screaming, but shutting them out won't stop their bleeding With forked tongue and slitted eyes, a story perfected A simple caress to the souls you collected You've bent them and made them believe how nice it must be To pull up a seat to a canvas that's clean So deep in the veins and there you'll stay, waiting for a shutter, and that last breath to escape WIll you contemplate as you're nearing your prey? Will you ask yourself, "Am I genius or insane?"

The King: powered His crown: soured How can we decide? The King and all his glory flash like bright lights in the headlines We're right this time, in line, we know that we are justified Maybe in the morning's light things will feel more alive Step up to the podium, speak with the words that you infected Rise above the mass, and look down your nose at the poor and the sad All because you couldn't find the time The money was short and the days were getting longer It wasn't that there's reason to suspect That the evidence has been wiped so clean that it's faded Beg for forgiveness for this disease that you have spread This contamination, disorder of structure, this humiliation All because you couldn't find the time You covered it up but we can see the outlines He is here to come to our defence But the blood in the soil will wash into the ocean The King was walking on our backs, dipping his hands into our pockets Leaving nothing left to live We lost our respect, in the dirt, lies face down Hello fellow citizens, I stand in front of you today Addressing what was not addressed, saying what I couldn't say I'm in a position to make a judgement call They terrorized our livelihood, our backs against the wall I know some of you have your thoughts Like my hand was in your pockets or my mind was drifting off afar Let me shed some light into the dark They can take away our covers but they'll never take our hearts This conflict was inevitable, with a scene so unforgettable I call upon my will to be strong and rise above this devastating blow And I know there comes a time to pay the piper My eyes are just silhouettes, empty holes within my head Desensitized to feeling alive I wish I never witnessed this, I stand in front of you to say These empty words are meaningless, a king's oath can't fix anything If you would really listen you'd have to hear their call There wasn't much to start with, now we've gone and took it all I know some accept the loss We've got to take them down my friend, we can never stop All those left so long in the dark It might seem like the end but really it's a brand new start This conflict was inevitable, with a scene so unforgettable I call upon my will to be strong and rise above this devastating blow And I know the time has come to pay the piper Your eyes are just silhouettes, empty holes shot in your head There comes a time for evil to die, and I've never felt more alive When you hit the ground When you hit the ground, people standing all around Now we are the ones looking down on you

Little darling sleep tight I hope you dream of everything that you wish for tonight Because when I wake up and you're fast asleep Under cover I will find a safe place to retreat If you happen to arrive at the scene of the crime You will find me with blood on these hands that isn't mine I'm finally going somewhere, I put some meaning to my life Since everything I've worked on this far was lost Tonight we take it back, tonight we take back what was ours And we'll never need anything again Never bow down to kiss the crown you held so high, so high above us Under the cover of darkness, we'll look for the weakest stone in the wall and let it fall Down to our feet we'll let it fall Break in to the yard like clock work, silently putting footsteps on the grass We made it passed, not to be seen Now we'll watch you fall, down to your knees we'll watch you fall Helpless like the people you've stepped on Victimized for the first time in your life, this feels so right and I've been waiting for so long And now you are waiting and soon you'll be praying for death to come And release you from this masked assassin Your undertaker, reign of terror is over Little darling sleep tight Don't you dare make another move Like figures etched in glass, I can see right through you Bodies in bags and your heads all in baskets I brought you the numbers, the fear, and the masses Under my impenetrable, bequeathable, sovereignty, dynasty, baby Little darling sleep tight I hope you've dreamed of everything that you've wished for tonight How should I feel? When did I go blind? A picture out of focus, conclusive before its time And now that I've seen the truth behind the lies Evacuate, evacuate under the moonlight The king is dead and now his crown will be placed on another head No one knows but me, they won't see what I have seen Run away, run away, run away darling Spread warning of this odious monarchy I'm finally going somewhere, tonight we take it back little darling

This is where we began with a concept so pristine Blacked all the windows, covered all the seams Candles burned into the night, this is where we sat to dream And conceive ideas that brought us to the brink Wrote it down on paper, read through it and agreed We'll meet back here again tonight, this is what you promised me I've been standing abandoned for so long And my foundation is breaking under the weight of it all I could have swept the floor a million times and will a thousand more Just waiting for you to come back home We're ghosts left in machines, it's all we've ever been Can't you tell by the cobwebs draped like banners form the ceiling? We're ghosts left in machines, it's all we've ever been Can't you tell by the dust that clouds the window's pane? And the image it creates Looking out from within upon a world I can't believe We burned down all the bridges, we blocked up all the streams Everything we've feared for has become reality And it seems like we are never going to see smiles on their faces, glisten in the teeth Laughter heard into the night, we could have written history I've been standing abandoned, it's so wrong And my foundation is breaking under the weight of it all I could have swept the floor a million times and will a thousand more Just waiting for you to come back home Inside we fade, but never to forget As this landscape takes its toll on me I am led to believe that what we had was just a flash in the pan We used to sit and stare at the world that's right out our door step Now I'm sitting alone We all had so much to live for, so much to plan for now it's come and it's gone When did day dreaming die? Now we don't even try Did anyone say goodbye? We're ghosts left in machines, it's all we've ever been And the sad thing is we don't know how to change We're ghosts in machines, it's all we've been