This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
My friend told me once my voice was lost inside of the sound of someone else's sound
And suddenly the sound of my voice is not mine anymore
He told me,
"Friend brother, friend brother, where are you now"
Friend brother, I'm here now
He told me my voice
Wasn't what he thought it'd be
He told me channel deep inside my soul again
Well friend brother
Here it is
Every sound of a soul
Burning bright again
The source of power
In a world with no more power
The magic's gone
It's all gone
I hear
Insanity
In every word
That we say now
And I open up my throat now
In the safety of my home
Because of the doubt
That lurks in your mind
That everyone around you is truly insane
There is no reconciliation for the things they say
The things they say
The curse and the wicked demon in their throat
Has come out to play
I will tell you now
Every time someone mentions the devil
They're talking about the hatred in their heart
They're talking about themselves
Start listening to the things people say
But when they speak who they speak to
Are they speaking
Of you or themselves?
The things they say inside of their life
Seems kinda narcissistic
The persistence of the tongue twisted
I promise you they care
They are listening and they are already there
Will we all push forward through the night
In our hearts
We listen carefully for once
I sing like I have purpose in my lungs once more
Cuz I have a purpose once more
Once more inside my lungs
The way begin to sing
I was a boy one day
My father came into the room and told me,
"Son, you will be everything"
Why would you tell me?
Why would you tell me?
"One day the world will be yours"
Why would you tell me?
Why would you enslave me to an idea that I had to control
An entire universe at all?
You tell me everything I do
Slowly trickles down the line
And I'll start moving sideways
And sing side to side
The pulse inside my heart will beat unevenly
Synthetic adrenaline is all I need
I capitulate every thing I've ever done
To tell you I am more than what you wanted me to be
I am everything
One day I will understand why you burdened me
You told of me
"The weight of the world is on your shoulders
Don't start running yet"
I started running the second I was born
I knew the fear of the shadow was after me again
And I don't know if there is any part of me
That wants to find a single part of this world
This world doesn't feel right anymore
So we begin to illuminate the fears
Inside this world once more
I will show you everything inside a heart
I will show you emotion is still there
I will show you everything inside your heart is real
One day my love for you will fade away
Will fade away
And tell of you
"I am more than man
I am more than you
I am life
For you"
One day I won't have to hold a single part of my fears
And suddenly the sound of my voice is not mine anymore
He told me,
"Friend brother, friend brother, where are you now"
Friend brother, I'm here now
He told me my voice
Wasn't what he thought it'd be
He told me channel deep inside my soul again
Well friend brother
Here it is
Every sound of a soul
Burning bright again
The source of power
In a world with no more power
The magic's gone
It's all gone
I hear
Insanity
In every word
That we say now
And I open up my throat now
In the safety of my home
Because of the doubt
That lurks in your mind
That everyone around you is truly insane
There is no reconciliation for the things they say
The things they say
The curse and the wicked demon in their throat
Has come out to play
I will tell you now
Every time someone mentions the devil
They're talking about the hatred in their heart
They're talking about themselves
Start listening to the things people say
But when they speak who they speak to
Are they speaking
Of you or themselves?
The things they say inside of their life
Seems kinda narcissistic
The persistence of the tongue twisted
I promise you they care
They are listening and they are already there
Will we all push forward through the night
In our hearts
We listen carefully for once
I sing like I have purpose in my lungs once more
Cuz I have a purpose once more
Once more inside my lungs
The way begin to sing
I was a boy one day
My father came into the room and told me,
"Son, you will be everything"
Why would you tell me?
Why would you tell me?
"One day the world will be yours"
Why would you tell me?
Why would you enslave me to an idea that I had to control
An entire universe at all?
You tell me everything I do
Slowly trickles down the line
And I'll start moving sideways
And sing side to side
The pulse inside my heart will beat unevenly
Synthetic adrenaline is all I need
I capitulate every thing I've ever done
To tell you I am more than what you wanted me to be
I am everything
One day I will understand why you burdened me
You told of me
"The weight of the world is on your shoulders
Don't start running yet"
I started running the second I was born
I knew the fear of the shadow was after me again
And I don't know if there is any part of me
That wants to find a single part of this world
This world doesn't feel right anymore
So we begin to illuminate the fears
Inside this world once more
I will show you everything inside a heart
I will show you emotion is still there
I will show you everything inside your heart is real
One day my love for you will fade away
Will fade away
And tell of you
"I am more than man
I am more than you
I am life
For you"
One day I won't have to hold a single part of my fears
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
I Am Infected Because I Am Sick, I Am Sick Because I Am Alive Lyrics as written by Jacob Harding
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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