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1. |
Countdown
02:19
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2. |
Here to Stay
03:41
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[VERSE 1]
I am a ghost
The very thing that all fear the most
Not a man of flesh and blood (no!)
An apparition, a vision with no form
A mind inside the eye of a cyclone
I, encapsulating all space and time
Indefinably infinite (right!)
All coalescing together we make scores
A one chord fermata forevermore
[PRE-CHORUS]
Through all the wind and the rain, we remain
No matter the hurt or the pain, we don’t wane
Whether weak or strong, we soldier on
Into the clear, void of fear
[CHORUS]
We’re (We’re!)
Here (Here!)
No, we’re not going away (now everybody say)
We’re (We’re!)
Here (Here!)
We’re here to stay
[VERSE 2]
Obey or take the reins
Make your choice
Raise stakes and wake your voice
Though take heed, every breath that you breathe
Will sow the seeds of the legacy that you will leave
We (repeat), we hold the keys to possibility
See, nothing can dim the light that we shine when
Our deeds will echo for all time
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
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3. |
Burn
04:36
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[VERSE 1]
The hunt is underway
Where predator becomes the prey
Sparks arc and dark explodes
Sweating bullets in the open
Oh, they’ve been exposed
In the bright, where the dim don't glow
All the lights rise and the shadows show
Douching solution, feel the fuel flow
Match drop, flash, pop, boom
There you go
[CHORUS]
Burn
It’s a blazing purge
Burn
Razing all the scourge
Burn
In flames, with tables turned
It’s time the futile learn, breathe the fumes and burn
[VERSE 2]
Flambeaux all aglow
Fulgurate the vulgar foe
Benzene dreams ignite our side
All lighting up the night so that you cannot hide
Stoking the smoke, we bellows blow
Choking every stratum of the status quo
Oh, how low can one man go?
Waking in the red lake below
Now you know
[CHORUS]
[BREAKDOWN]
Let us count the ways…
(1) This has only begun
(2) For we, the true
(3) The time has come
(4) To see this through
(1) This has only begun
(2) A sum is due
(3) So where you run
(4) We will pursue
(1) This has only begun
(2) We’re coming through
(3) Do you hear the roar?
(4) Come on, one more
(1) This has only begun
(2) And there’s nothing you can do
(3) Your chums are done
Now we’re coming for you
Now that the worm has turned, time for you to…
[CHORUS]
[FINAL CHORUS]
Burn
It’s a blazing purge
Burn
Razing all the scourge
Burn
In flames, with tables turned
It’s time the futile learn, breathe the fumes and
Time you come to terms, see the view
To whom it may concern, there’s room for you too…
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4. |
The One
03:18
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[VERSE 1]
Behold:
Refined like silver and gold
Purified by the fiery blaze and made bold
Tested by the stresses of pressure, the best moves through
Losing all the rest, whom the heat consumes
Be True:
Our lives are defined
By the moments that we seize and what we leave behind
Like planned obsolescence, the clock cannot be messed with
A blink of an eye will pass by, then you hit the exit
That’s it!
Wake up and open the blinds
You've been blessed with a finite window of time to shine through
Be You:
Come what may,
Shout out into the skyline and proudly proclaim…
[CHORUS]
I am the one (The one!)
Beneath the sun, lungs breathing for a reason that I will not shun
I am the one (The one!)
Here to become what never has, nor ever will again be done
I’m the one (The one!)
Under the gun, revved up to the red line, ready to run
A sole singularity, secondary to none
I (I!) am
I am the one
[VERSE 2]
My nickname is The Big Bang, I came out of nowhere
To knock off the top spots and leave ‘em screaming, “No fair!”
Beware: This token is only prose
For greatness isn't spoken, it's what a man shows
Let's go!
My volition is torrential
Hail and reign for the tempest of potential
Third is absurd, second just won't do, that only leaves Uno
You know who...
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE]
We all wield power without weaponry or size
Each thought brought into this world can change lives
So dive from the sidelines, get off the fence and
Utilize this vital time where you and I can make a difference
Bear witness!
The day has arrived
For every single soul to stop and take a look inside
Life is yours to decide, but it’s time to choose (come on!)
5,4,3,2…
[CHORUS]
[FINAL CHORUS]
The one, beneath the sun
Lungs breathing for a reason that I will not shun
I am the one (The one!)
Here to become what never has, nor ever will again be done
I’m the one (The one!)
Under the gun, primed up at the white line, ready to run
A soul singularity, secondary to none
I (I!) am
I am the one
'Till kingdom come
I (I!) am
I am the one
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5. |
March
05:04
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[VERSE 1]
Moving in unity, puppets on strings swing
Trapped in captivity, strapped to vapid things
All living in oblivion, optical obsidian
Locked in a box, taught not to ever come out again
Forfeiting freedoms, gorging their illusions
Scores of orchestrations, forging more confusion
Fusing collusion, gimmicks, and greed
The blue bloods will cut you just for fun to watch you bleed
The artfulness in this artifice
It’s crafted very clearly
Get in line, do what you’re told
Or my dear you’ll suffer dearly
Plant the placebos, impregnate the minds
Have people feeling helpless, not some, but all of the time
Vitality to banality, machine assimilation
Lubricated by lifeblood and herd perspiration
Deities are now digital and glamour is God
No longer Allahu Akbar, it’s all a facade
Docility, servility, subservient meekness
Open obedience to feed on the weakest
Praising the pixels of holographic heroes
Keep it up and we’ll be the ones who are zeroes
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
This isn’t trite, get up, we’ve gotta fight!
[CHORUS]
Left, right, left, right, left, right
Through the night
Left, right, left, right, left, right
Into the light
Left, right, left, right, left, right
With full hearts
Left, right, left, right
Sound off
We march!
[VERSE 2]
Moving in unity, brothers in stride
Eyes set to the horizon, fire in the sky
All side by side, pacing proudly in a pride
Like lions to Zion, not afraid to die
These sages for change, who flew from the cage
Headstrong, chains gone, en route to engage
In range as the first shot sails from beyond
Arms drawn, they respond screaming, "Bring it on!”
We, the elite freed fleet agreed allegiance
A creed to decimate any breed or deed deemed egregious:
Fame floozies, low lives, the onanistic
So twisted, their own existence is just scripted
Hive minds who fly blind and vie for validation
From serpents who serve lies and gilded temptations
Soft times, soft spines, lined up to be melded
Mankind is standing at the vet to get gelded
No more, it's war!
For order to restore
What's unjust must be gored at the tip of liberty's sword
Oh, no telegnosis to tell you I know this
History is fixed, but the future exists in your fists
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
You and I, no try, it’s do or die!
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 3]
If you think my diatribe is a far cry, I’ll hit you with some wisdom
We may be merely days away from baby’s brains with chips in them
You wanna roll the dice? Be my guest.
As for the rest of us, we'll be in this quest, abreast, while we have breath, contesting...
[CHORUS]
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6. |
Forward
02:31
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7. |
No Surrender
03:10
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[VERSE 1]
Attack!
Ranks in a phalanx from front to back
Primed to bite, height of our might, and right on track
Cognizance stance, no scission on the advance
So though unbeknownst, the opposition stands no chance
Focus with no fuss, the onus is on us
Our lone allowed endeavor is now or never
All together
Destined with fates entwined
To forever
Guided by a future right in view
For us to ride on through
[CHORUS]
Onto the open road
Unknown, but not alone
Ready, steady
Heading to a place that waits for us to make it so
With lives alight
We’ll fight and brightly burn
Until the urn, return to sender
No retreat, no surrender
[VERSE 2]
Onward!
Churning through subterfuge used
You can see the white flag is just a body bag
There is no truce
Crusading on the plain of a sanguinary campaign
Maintain ‘cause any creed worth bleeding for is not in vain
The ailment of failure is A6 contagious
To stave off the strain just remain courageous
I beseech you
Be who you seek to find
Make due, break through
To the other side
With the toll in full we pay today
We’re free to go all the way
[CHORUS]
[FINAL CHORUS]
Onto the open road
Unknown, but not alone
Ready, steady
Heading to a place that waits for us to make it so
With our lives alight
We’ll fight and brightly burn
Until the urn, return to sender
There will be (No surrender!)
No retreat (No surrender!)
Up on our feet, yeah we go, whoa-oh…
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8. |
Death Ground
05:16
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[VERSE 1]
All in, fall out, fate is calling, go time, no doubt
Locked in and on a route
Headlong, headstrong
Beckoned by the trek I’m meant on
And just like that I’m gone
Dogged on the trail, drawn to the dawn beyond the pale
A long and roaming climb to this moment in time
And now I'm…
[CHORUS]
Up on the precipice, one shot that I cannot miss
With bridges burned, wholly in the zone of no return
Although all that I know is risked on this only throw
My soul is bold, devoted to a solemn oath I hold:
I will stand and defend
My life, my fight, until the end
Head high, I am bound
No backing up or turning around
This is death ground
[VERSE 2]
Left on my own, by threshing of the flesh I am honed
And so my will is shown
Chasing safety, never came to save me safely
I firewalk alone
Tossing all the dross, forging a way in an ireful fray
To the destined land through the dust and sand
Oh, I must, I know, so, I am...
[CHORUS]
[FINAL CHORUS]
Now I’m…
Up on the precipice, one shot that I cannot miss
With bridges burned, fully in the zone of no return
And even although it’s all we know
We’ll risk it on this only go
For the soul is made whole
Devoted to a common goal we can hold
I will stand and defend
My life, my fight, until the end
Head high, I am bound
No backing up or turning around
This is death ground
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9. |
Rise
05:31
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[VERSE 1]
This is the end of every act that has been
Where the back gets packed and the when gets penned
Primed by a line, then a sine into waves
Finally aligned, we can flip this phase
First stage: Attain unity gain
Through reverse attenuation of our own domain
Where the maimed to do not feign who they are
Armored in beauty marks fools call scars
Feet of clay need to be beat
No throwing out shade to avoid the heat
See, the ravine between weak and strong
Both may fall, but one goes on
Fate, a slate, the gate awaits
But the fight’s right now, might as well be great
Amputate the dead weight, sever all ties
It’s time for you to...
[CHORUS]
Rise (Rise!)
Put ‘em up (Aye!)
Reach out and seize what needs to be realized
(Rise!)
Between the eyes
Where the elevation lies we rise
(Rise!)
Calling out (Aye!)
Throw down a rope of hope and open the skies
For you and I
So we can rise
[VERSE 2]
Push through all hues black and blue,
Pull back from the pack, aim high, and shoot true
Better unfettered, not tethered together to
Has-beens, have-nots, those who never do
Others and their druthers can negate great plans
‘Cause people hate what they fear, what they don’t understand
The mettle of a man is four nines fine
So preserve your neural net worth and pay no mind
Cash in the fact the past is aft ash
But the present is a gift and the future can be vast
Though the act of protracted battle is a dark art
Those who have the heart are gonna make their mark
I see thee suffused in solution
What used to be a seedling has sprouted revolution
Bask in a class, ever-summing in size
Come one, come all, and rise
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 3]
Speech that’ll reach and is worthy to teach
Can be a lost soul's sought scroll, sermon of the streets
But bastions of action don’t just defer to words
Truth is a scene, it is not a herd
To the battle-born, war torn, beaten and bruised
The muted, forgotten, abandoned, abused
The view of few, that’s gone unheard
It’s now time for you to hear and heed these words
Thoughts get myopic when not on the mission
But, seeing eye-to-eye is the way we share a vision
May this wisdom and all it implies be fuel for you to…
[FINAL CHORUS]
Rise (Rise!)
Put ‘em up (aye!)
Reach out and seize what needs to be realized
(Rise!)
In between the eyes
Where the elevation lies we rise
(Rise!)
Let it ride (aye!)
Throwing out all the doubts that cloud the skies
All allies, now we can rise
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10. |
Choice Is Yours
05:50
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[VERSE 1]
As a young boy he'd look high in the sky
Thinking big dreams, with a twinkle in his eye
Moved by the universe and everything in store
He felt like a bird in the world, he could soar
But as a young teen, it wasn’t a fun scene
When his folks broke up he was torn at the seams
Seeing fighting, who's wrong, who's right, caught in between
So worried, so hurried, no time, no green
Lo one day, clicking on the TV
He was caught by the screen thinking, "That could be me!"
Through this epiphany, he found true purpose
Knew that it'd be harder than hell
But it'd be worth it
Many made fun, none would condone
The fact he'd be leaving back all he called home
Even so, he phones friends to go and hit the road
Now he’s off on a mission because he knows…
[CHORUS]
You only get one chance, one life to live
One heart, one soul, one time to give
One key that could be for one of many doors
You can do anything, the choice is yours
But you get one chance, one life to live
One heart, one soul, one time to give
One key that could be for one of many doors
You can do anything, the choice is yours
[VERSE 2]
His first attempt fails, so do two through ten
People tell him he’s an idiot to try it again
Each friend went from belief to bereft
Packed up, backed out, stuck him with the bills, then they left
Now it’s been weeks since the sheep brought sleep
When the power went out, and there was anything to eat
He’s trying to ignore that the landlord is at the door
Hiding in the bathroom, lying on the floor
Mayday! Life raft lost on the waves
He's adrift watching as his ship is slipping away
When communique finally came it said,
"Dear John, I've had affairs, but who cares, 'cause you're gone."
No one understands it’s his plan to succeed
Why he’d give up everything, why he sweats, why he bleeds
‘Cause he sees with these dreams come bumps in the road
But nothing’s gonna stop him, in his heart he knows...
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 3]
One day he gets a letter, one man, one fan
“Everything you've done makes me feel now I can.
Life is bright and all is right, you’ve got an ally now,
I’ve got your back in this fight!"
That one turned into hundreds, hundreds into thousands
Thousands into countless, all across the land
‘Cause they feel the same, and together they stand
From the seed that was planted by a dreaming young man
Touring the world, big crowds, big shows,
Big bucks, photos, autographs where he goes
Found those of his family and bona fide friends
Made sure nobody ever had to worry again
Then at the end is when he met his biggest fan
It was just a little boy, holding his mom’s hand
As they stand for a photo the boy looks to the sky
Thinking big dreams, with a twinkle in his eye...
[CHORUS]
One chance, one life to live
One heart, one soul, one time to give
One key that could be for one of many doors
You can do anything, the choice is yours
But you get one chance, one life to live
One heart, one soul, one time to give
One key that could be for one of many doors
You can do anything, the choice is yours
[FINAL CHORUS]
One chance, one life to live
One heart, one soul, one time to give
One key for so many doors
You can do anything, the choice is yours
‘Cause you get one chance, one life to live
One heart, one soul, one time to give
One key for many doors
You can have it all, the choice is yours
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