Killswitch Engage

calm; a disposition free from stress or emotion

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There must be serenity

The echoes of my voice (the echoes of my voice)

make fun; treat with contempt

So simple (the anguish)

As it mocks me

Crawling back into the dark

wrong idea; an incorrect conception

What we design is hate inside

A misconception

A judgement made (a judgement made)

firmness of purpose; bring to an end; settle conclusively

The path I walk (the path I walk)

I walk it with my own resolve

When darkness falls (when darkness falls)

give up; forsake, leave behind

Abandon the safety

Of mindless following

restriction; the state of being physically constrained

Take control

No more wallowing, battle my constraints

I'm the sinner and the saint

reach; to gain with effort

As I slip down into this despair (into this despair)

There is nothing to attain

What victory? (What victory?)

cover; one celestial body obscures another

Where the weight of my burden

Eclipses my resolve

This broken path I've chosen

remorseful; feeling sorrow for wrongdoing

I defy you, you've become the crownless king

The penitent pray for the downfall

Of your, of your reign

challenge; resist or confront with resistance

Where the virtuous can't be found

Defy you, to the depths you descend

I defy you, to the death we defend

take back; fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

We will prevail (we will prevail)

Revoke the needless way of affliction

Revoke and abandon

honor; something given or done as an expression of esteem

This love with hate

A tribute to the fallen

Your choice is made

apathy; unbiased impartial unconcern

Quiet distress

We can't afford indifference

Hearing screams and cries

dominate; be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

Weep no more (weep no more)

We will prevail (we will prevail)

Grieve no more (grieve no more)

refuse; elude, especially in a baffling way

Bow down to no one

Resist the system

Lost in uncertainty, divided in our strife

argument; a point asserted as part of an argument

How many years controlled by fear? The fallacies run deep

Contention (contention) diverted (diverted)

Democracy is deserted

strong belief; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

Replacing fear with a truth, a truth beyond denial

I've lost faith in these hollow convictions

I need something more (I need something more)

not active; lacking in energy or will

Their cries are blown away with the wind

How passive can we be before humanity is lost?

Turning our backs on those who need love

ignore; refuse to acknowledge

Can you feel their agony?

In a world that feeds on disregard

Heal the broken hearted

approve; give sanction to

So bite the hand that feeds

Altercations spread through violent sanction

Mother give your children to the beast

disagree; withhold assent

We are compromised

They have silenced our dissent

A dull complacency covers humanity

orderly; characterized by order and planning

A dull complacency covers humanity

This systematic hate of deceit

How many more will die

complaint; express grief verbally

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The sound of cries and lament

Spiraling into this descent

well-known; having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

Now the time has passed to mourn our sorrow

The prominent will bow

To their knees as they will call for mercy

use; eat immoderately

You son of man can't you see what burns inside me

This fire will consume as the flames purify

With the peace that passes understanding

call forth; summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

It must be now, we must resolve

Invoke the strength, turn the tide

Start right now

come out; come out into view, as from concealment

Into dismay

Emerge from the pain again

I swear this is not the end