Hard times, the throw is offline
Pictures of black and grey
Soft minds, backed up by hard drives
Standing in single file
Anything to pass the test
You passed the test

Like screaming in the air
A sound for all who care
The siren rings in vain
When lightning hits the ground
To all who stand around
A shock of ignorance

Black lines can turn to battlefields
When they are drawn in pen
Stop signs, like human apathy
Can cause a fatal crash

Like screaming in the air
A sound for all who care
The siren rings in vain
When lightning hits the ground
To all who stand around
A shock of ignorance

The feeling hard to tell
A word can break the spell

Hard times, the throw is offline
Pictures of black and grey

Like screaming in the air
A sound for all who care
The siren rings in vain
When lightning hits the ground
A shock to all around, to all around

Your screaming, your screaming, your screaming
The lightning, the lightning, lightning


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Black Lines To Battlefields song meanings
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    Great song.

    The Withered Graveon October 23, 2010   Link

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