Avenged Sevenfold

25 advanced vocabulary words across 18 songs.

regimeThis Means War

government; the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

Lie, mask the pain of a child who's forsaken

Lie to myself, praise the new regime

I left me long ago

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imposeHeretic

put upon; compel to behave in a certain way

Rising masses marching to find heretic blood

Impose your will on me

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boundlessNobody

endless; seemingly limitless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent

A narrow moment when we find ourselves and all we occupy

Return to the boundless, immerse in the free (I'm a man without a head)

Letting go as you lose your name and all you've known to be

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converseBurn It Down

opposite; carry on a conversation

Jealousy's an ugly word, but you don't seem to care

Converse behind my back, but now I'm here

Need no one to comply with me through everyone that I defeat

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preyTrashed and Scattered

victim; a person who is the aim of an attack

City makes my body ache

(Lonely, don't try and prey on me)

I feel your world dying (don't try and get the best of me)

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restraintUnholy Confessions

limitation; the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

Break all your promises, tear down this steadfast wall

Restraints are useless here, tasting salvation's near

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steadfastUnholy Confessions

reliable; marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

Contribute to our plague

Break all your promises, tear down this steadfast wall

Restraints are useless here, tasting salvation's near

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emergeUnbound (The Wild Ride)

come out; come out into view, as from concealment

This ride that takes me through life

Leads me into darkness but emerges into light

No one can ever slow me down

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insightfulTrashed and Scattered

having clear understanding; exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception

(Lights went down, was on the edge and I fell)

Oh you're so insightful, let me remind

You to twist and break me should make you worried

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confrontationAnd All Things Will End

conflict; a bold challenge

Break from the ropes, your hands are tied

Uneasy with confrontation

Won't turn out right, can't turn out right

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somberRadiant Eclipse

serious; lacking brightness or color; dull

Something was wrong and though I felt I had to stay

Moving on seemed to be somber bliss

Without one goodbye

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acknowledgeClairvoyant Disease

recognize; declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

When I bleed forever

Don't acknowledge right, just dwell on wrong

This spot in hell's where I belong

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mundaneGame Over

ordinary; found in the ordinary course of events

(Daily iteration) the bestest part of waking up

(Mundane ideation) this dark roast got me so fucked up!

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feasibleCrossroads

possible; capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

There's got to be another way to go

A way that's much more feasible

A combination of both these lives

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cosmicExist

related to the universe; pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe

When I track the orbits of asteroids, comets, and planets

Each one a pirouetting dancer in a cosmic ballet, choreographed by the forces of gravity

I see beyond the plight of humans. I see a universe ever-expanding, with its galaxies embedded within the ever-stretching four-dimensional fabric of space and time

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ethnicExist

cultural; distinctive of the ways of living of a particular group of people

Vanished airplane, every fictionalized dictator, biased or partisan, and wayward son

Are part of the curtains of society's racial, ethnic, religious, national, and cultural conflicts

And you find the human ego turning the knobs and pulling the levers

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party member; a fervent and even militant proponent of something

Each fabricated conflict, self-murdering bomb

Vanished airplane, every fictionalized dictator, biased or partisan, and wayward son

Are part of the curtains of society's racial, ethnic, religious, national, and cultural conflicts

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absorbDarkness Surrounding

soak up; become imbued

The wood has rotted away

Take the time, absorb it

Their time is slipping away

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unevenLost It All

rough; not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture

A piece of me that I have yet to find

Edge of reason, lines uneven, turn me off, feel the blood so cold

Like a product that was bought and sold, asking me for the impossible

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indulgeShattered By Broken Dreams

treat; give free rein to

This will take your life

Overdose and then indulge until you die

Pondering, we all ask the question why

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paradigmParadigm

model; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

I stare at my reflection, have I lost that boy inside?

Final paradigm

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illustrateFermi Paradox

demonstrate; clarify by giving an example of

Snakes born of fire conjure the demons in our dreams

In void we illustrate our lives

Emerge in small

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occupyNobody

fill; keep busy with

A crack in the darkness, a tear in the sky (I'm the one in everything)

A narrow moment when we find ourselves and all we occupy

Return to the boundless, immerse in the free (I'm a man without a head)

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spectrumNobody

range; an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

Breathe in the silence, ebb and flow among the waves

Blur on the spectrum, in light, come dark, in equal phase

All I ever was, has been, and always will be

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singularParadigm

unique; unusual or striking

Singular I am

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