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Juggernaut
04:05
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I’m dizzy, feeling sick from the freefall.
Come in and watch me tear my face off.
See what’s underneath.
You say you’re scared, I don’t doubt it.
Skin, I just don’t need.
I hold my eyes in my skull.
This is the real me.
I just can’t pretend.
You all believed the lie.
And I’m so very sickened by calling myself
a better man, now that you’re all gone.
I just don’t belong in here.
I’m all I’ve got.
Juggernaut.
You’re begging me to stop.
I pull the flesh off my jaw.
You look so afraid.
But now I’ll find my place.
Where I can’t hurt who I want like a juggernaut.
And my power disappears.
Cause the world sees clearly
I’m the worst of their fears.
You all believed the lie.
And I’m so very sickened by calling myself
a better man, now that you’re all gone.
I just don’t belong in here.
I’m all I’ve got.
Juggernaut.
Anomaly to some, but you know me as a juggernaut.
Give me all that you’ve got
and I’ll leave you in tragedy.
What’s happened to me?
I’ll take it, and wrap it up, and tie it in knots.
I haven’t forgotten.
This is what defines me.
You all believed the lie.
And I’m so very sickened by calling myself
a better man, now that you’re all gone.
I just don’t belong in here.
I’m all I’ve got.
Juggernaut.
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2. |
Rhetoric
03:48
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Where’d you get your hate?
Where’d you put your faith in yourself?
You’re so selfish.
How did I fall for you?
Don’t you know you’re not alone?
Why do you try to lie about the inconsistencies
In the way that you talk to me?
Tell me about your habit and all your insecurities.
My love won’t let you have it.
Tell me about your failed dreams and your proclivities.
But leave the rhetoric at the door.
I dared to give you my heart.
You only tear it apart.
I think I need to let you go,
but it’s so hard to tell you.
I want to pick up the pieces,
but baby you’re living a lie.
So won’t you tell me,
How could I be so blind?
So content spewing pathetic misery-fueled,
hate-filled rhetoric.
Did you think I’d be a victim of yours forever?
Parasitic, cold and defective.
Predatory, apathetic, so damn effective at your game.
But I don’t want to play anymore.
I dared to give you my heart.
You only tear it apart.
I think I need to let you go,
but it’s so hard to tell you.
I want to pick up the pieces,
but baby you’re living a lie.
So won’t you tell me,
How could I be so blind?
So content spewing pathetic misery-fueled,
hate-filled rhetoric.
Did you think I’d be a victim of yours forever?
Leave the rhetoric at the door.
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3. |
When The Planets Died
03:18
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I remember when the planets died.
I remember worlds on fire.
I remember clearly telling you goodbye.
Pretty girl in black.
Cemetery stones in back.
I keep that picture close to me.
Cause I will never be the coping type.
Outer space will do just fine.
Separate us until the end of time.
How do you sleep at night?
I have to hit the bottle just to try.
I need you or I won’t survive.
Cause I remember when the planets died.
I remember telling you goodbye.
Are there stars in your sky?
Have you seen one die?
I remember when the planets died.
Do you mourn every night,
for the empty sky?
I remember when the planets died.
I remember when the planets died.
I remember your frozen eyes.
I remember, I remember.
God help me, I did all that I could.
And no one’s gonna love you like I promised I would.
I’ll meet you at the starboard side.
But if you ever leave a second time…
If you ever leave a second time…
Are there stars in your sky?
Have you seen one die?
I remember when the planets died.
Do you mourn every night,
for the empty sky?
I remember when the planets died.
Are there stars in your sky?
Have you seen one die?
I remember when the planets died.
Are you proud of your life?
Wish I was of mine.
But I remember when the planets died.
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The Consequence
04:28
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You back down when you know that you want me.
You’ve come so far just to throw it away.
I’m all fucked up cause you left me this way.
I never had a change to change.
You’re all good cause you never got the consequence.
Impossible, impossible to know what you mean
When you’re on about all that you’re feeling.
I’ve had enough of taking the blame
cause I don’t feel the same,
like I did when I was yours.
There came a time to give up.
Cry all that you want cause I’m leaving.
You don’t comprehend the damage you’ve done.
You try so hard when you’re all alone.
Sorry that I’m not the one.
I’ve had enough of taking the blame
cause I don’t feel the same,
like I did when I was yours.
There came a time to give up.
Nothing’s as it should be,
cause I still feel so alone.
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January
03:29
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The years that I spent inside.
And the things that I had in mind.
Not enough to bring you here.
Now the world has turned into
a place made for me to hide from you.
Your face makes it more than clear.
That I am not more than I appear.
All I’ve done was done in vain
to be the man I used to be.
Now we’ll be breathing fine, won’t we?
And I’ll let you say all the things that you want to.
This was more than a phase, but January stopped you.
Maybe I’ll get my way with your hands behind you.
And on that day, I’ll finally be home.
Your tears and your bad advice.
Your fears make you paralyzed.
I’ll believe when I hear your lies.
Watch me disappear.
All I’ve got is what you see.
And I’m scared I don’t believe
in a place where I wouldn’t mind just being.
And I’ll let you say all the things that you want to.
This was more than a phase, but January stopped you.
Maybe I’ll get my way with your hands behind you.
And on that day, I’ll finally be home.
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6. |
By Your Command
01:36
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I scratch, and pull, and burn.
Wanna get you out of my head.
And now that I’ve had enough,
I’m no longer dead inside.
Are you gonna be the one to be offended
when the pageantry fades?
I’ll be the same.
You’re only breathing cause
I’m keeping my hands off of your face.
And you can finally see I’m so fucked, I’m in your way.
You can barely believe it, but it’s what you need.
I still bleed hate from my soul.
I’ll crawl back to my hole.
I don’t need your pity.
Your pretty face won’t save me.
I want you out of my head.
Cause you take and take whatever you get.
I’m left beaten in regret.
And when my vision goes black,
the years all come back.
I start to collapse.
The cracks show just how far I have fallen.
And I can’t explain it.
You won’t see it coming cause
you’ve got nothing beating in your chest.
No one believes you when you say you’re fucking trying your best.
Don’t give a fuck about your issues or emotional stress.
Cause the point is lost on me.
I still bleed hate from my soul.
I’ll crawl back to my hole.
I don’t need your pity.
Your petty lies to phase me.
I want you out of my head.
I can’t believe what you’ve done.
I thought that you were the one.
Hold my breath to recover some sense
Of the man who posed as my father’s son.
No cause to believe in.
No fault to assign.
No heart in me beating.
No trust, oh God, no one.
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8. |
A Little Bit Is Too Much
02:53
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Most of me, I can’t rationalize.
I plead insanity.
Lock me up forever, chain me down.
And don’t forget to toss the key.
I’m worse than you think.
You better stay away from me.
I’ll turn your blood black.
And all the things you want to be,
I’ll turn to shit.
I swear it.
No one showed me the right way to behave.
You can’t blame me for the damage in my wake.
A little bit is too much when it comes to me.
Don’t you touch me now.
Just let me die.
The way it ought to be.
You don’t want to keep me anywhere close
cause I’m a catastrophe.
I made it a point to be your every thought.
And you hate me more than ever
cause you want to get out.
But you take it.
No one showed me the right way to behave.
You can’t blame me for the damage in my wake.
A little bit is too much when it comes to me.
And if you’re gonna make yourself a martyr
and spread the truth all over town,
Be sure you’re gonna take me down.
A little bit is too much.
No one showed me the right way to behave.
You can’t blame me for the damage in my wake.
A little bit is too much when it comes to me.
And if you’re gonna make yourself a martyr
and spread the truth all over town,
be sure you’re gonna take me down.
A little bit is too much.
No one showed me the right way to behave.
You can’t blame me for the damage in my wake.
A little bit is too much when it comes to me.
And if you’re gonna make yourself a martyr
and spread the truth all over town,
you better fucking take me down.
A little bit is too much.
You say you don't like my tone,
so why don't you leave me alone?
Your misery doesn't mean shit to me.
Is that so hard to believe?
A little bit is too much.
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Ritual
04:02
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All the people gather with their scripture in hand.
Pray hard while the witches take in all their demands.
They can’t let me go.
Circle around my body, my grave, my home.
Someone better know how to raise an immortal soul.
I don’t want to leave the world.
Somebody free up the vessel for me.
Superstition abound from every edge of the town.
Now my body is in the ground.
Dirt from the sandstorm.
And salt around the head stone.
Torches to burn these bones.
And prayers on the newborn.
There’s a call in the valley for fallen Gods,
magic spells, sacred potions made from the streams.
They bring water and sacrifice to purify
And sanction the ritual.
The corner of my coffin is a quiet place.
I’ll be reborn with the image of a child’s face.
Will I recognize my home?
Maybe I’ll be someone better than me.
Dirt from the sandstorm.
And salt around the head stone.
Torches to burn these bones.
And prayers on the newborn.
There’s a call in the valley for fallen Gods,
magic spells, sacred potions made from the streams.
They bring water and sacrifice to purify
And sanction the ritual.
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Ladysinder
02:59
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Ladysinder tears me apart.
I’ve been alone since she broke my heart.
Years have come and gone, and I feel the same.
I’ve got a passionless heart.
A cold broken soul.
Why don’t you come back and restart the story?
I would never judge.
No one will ever know what you mean to me.
But you do, as I do.
Ladysinder is a damaged girl.
She’s all alone as she faces the world.
Love has come and gone, and she blames herself.
Well maybe she should, but I wish I could help.
Why don’t you come back and restart the story?
I would never judge.
No one will ever know what you mean to me.
But you do, as I do.
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When stumble turns to crawl,
I sink into the ground.
You brought the plague with you.
Infected what you found.
Your voice calms the most fearful of men.
But our words block out the sound.
You broke the world in two.
Now you wear the cursed crown.
No one knows me like you.
But it’s not so simple now.
I’ve gone too far.
And when I go to your quarters to see you,
I just see your broken heart.
And then you tell me all that you’ve been through.
I’m supposed to be where you are.
I look into your eyes, but I don’t really see you.
We know you brought the plague with you darling.
But I don’t want to leave you.
We locked you in solitude.
I never wanted to leave you alone in this prison cell.
When you reach for you water, it falls to the floor.
I can’t believe it’s you.
This tragedy goes on and on and on.
No one knows your heart like me,
But we can’t fix your disease.
I can’t believe you’ll be gone with the sun.
I can’t believe you’ll be gone with the sun.
This tragedy goes on and on and on.
You brought the plague with you.
And when I go to your quarters to see you,
I just see your broken heart.
And then you tell me all that you’ve been through.
I’m supposed to be where you are.
I look into your eyes, but I don’t really see you.
We know you brought the plague with you darling.
But I don’t want to leave you.
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12. |
The Plastic Key
06:05
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My cell has no windows in it.
Cut my hands on the stone from digging.
Hate this fucking place more with every day that I’m given.
Take the plates that the guards give me.
Scrape the plastic with my nails and teeth.
They don’t notice that I’m making a key.
Just a couple more days…
And when I go to sleep, I don’t even dream.
I just wait here for the morning light
to reflect down the halls, and bounce off these bars,
so I can see.
Broke the bed. Put my foot through it.
Called the warden down to spit in his face.
He tells me I’m a disgrace,
and I’m a goddamned slave to the record I made.
I took the town down with me,
and burnt my fucking house to the ground.
I’m breaking out, you’ll never see me again.
And if I come back, you can beat me so bad that I crack.
I reach into the wall where they can’t see.
The crevasse where I’ve hidden my plastic key.
And then I wait for the light to pass.
Then I’ll be working fast.
And while the prison sleeps, I start breaking free.
The bars behind me become a memory.
I slip past the guards.
And then I scale the walls.
I just can’t believe that I’ve gotten out.
I fall to my knees.
I’m having trouble breathing.
A lack of family and friends breaks my confidence.
My eyes glance across the stars.
The salt water makes it so hard.
Oh God, I can’t do this.
I’m going back inside.
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13. |
A Saint To The Pious
05:06
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I see the way you judge the whole damn world.
Gotta bring them to their knees.
I see all the ways you dance around the cause.
You spread the disease.
I’m stuck in this hospital bed, and I can’t stand it.
I’ve had enough I’m tearing off this bloody bandage.
You’re a fake and a liar.
You’re become a saint to the pious.
Now that I’m caged as a martyr,
Life is not the same without my father.
Hand me my gun, a crutch, and some pills.
I’ll numb the pain for a day or two.
You burned my city.
You stole my family.
You did this to me.
Fake and a liar.
You’re become a saint to the pious.
Now that I’m caged as a martyr,
Life is not the same without my father.
I’m stuck in this hospital bed, and I can’t stand it.
I’ve had enough I’m tearing off this bloody bandage.
You burned my city.
You stole my family.
You did this to me.
I’ve had enough I’m tearing off this bloody bandage.
You’re a fake and a liar.
You’re become a saint to the pious.
Now that I’m caged as a martyr,
Life is not the same without my father.
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14. |
The Girl No One Knows
03:46
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The walls of the prison don’t break.
And the drugs in my system don’t take.
Every day when I wake up,
I’m alone with my old mistakes.
Now the ghost of a girl without a face
tells me I don’t belong in this place.
I could tell her how I feel,
but I really have nothing to say.
I fall like an airplane on my way down.
Now the cause of the schism won’t fade.
And I scratch at my stitches as I beg
for the girl no one knows to come back
And make it all okay.
The memories circle around my head.
They tell me that I’m dead,
cause I don’t remember where they came from.
So I’m passively letting her walk away,
cause I am not afraid of the dark.
But nothing ever ends that way.
So I crawl back to die in my cave
with the pieces of my heart in my hands.
Then I till my grave.
And as the sadness overcomes my rage,
and the poison rushes through my veins,
I’ll say I always knew who she was from the very first day.
I fall like an airplane on my way down.
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Grace
03:20
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I break my back over someone else
When I put myself back together.
Trying to fill this hole.
I live my life in pantomime.
And I hide what I cannot show.
And all the days that I spend alone
Cut me up until I say no more.
Things can’t get any worse.
I think it’s time that I closed the door.
It’s been nice having all this time.
But I can’t take it home.
I think it’s far too late.
So much time to contemplate
Signing off and throwing it all away.
What holds me back are the subtle things.
A late night with a true friend.
A little more.
A little more would make it right.
I’m killing time.
I just didn’t want the boy to die.
And all the days that I spend alone
Cut me up until I say no more.
Things can’t get any worse.
I think it’s time that I closed the door.
I don’t feel like I did before.
Thought I’d be gone by now.
It’s been nice having all this time.
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It's harder now to remember your face.
It's not you in my dreams anymore.
When I met you, I was afraid but I wasn't too far gone.
But look at me and the things that I've done.
If I could do it over, I'd see it.
Like a fool, I believed it.
I've never been so wrong.
I kept my head in the clouds.
Now my heart is in the ground til the end.
I tell you, I'll complete the mission.
Throw my demons in the back; start living.
Leave you dying in the cold.
But look at me and the things that I've done.
If I could make you bleed, I would do it.
I'd die to put you through it.
You're a cancer after all.
You put the gun in my hands
when you failed to understand me at all.
I keep it down, try to conceal it.
Turn my back on the hate that I'm feeling.
Be reborn in the sun.
But look at me and the things that I've done.
I can't do this all by myself.
I've had enough.
I thought that you were the one who could save us from Hell.
It's harder now that I even conceived.
You're all alone now, or at least that's what I'd like to believe.
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Spirit Charge Monterrey, Mexico
Spirit Charge is an industrial rock band with heavy emphasis on unique production tone and expressive performance. Follow us on Spotify and Facebook.
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