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Modicum Of Integrity
05:17
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Lyrics:
Set the bar at a standard that only you define
Keep me hopelessly aiming at a target not mine
Make me feel like the renegade every way I turn
I learned my lesson burning out to earn respect from your curse
Cause all you seek is what you need to dig the grave to bury me
Well you better run quick to the shovel
I’ll dig through the rubble and break it to prove you wrong
Prolong the agony listening to the hate you sing
I should have left you alone
Cause you don’t know anything
And I’m not the man you made me out to be
If we’re to be enemies
Then I will crush you down beyond belief
Cause I’m not settling
The world is mine
I don’t need your approval
And I’m not questioning myself within your eyes
I will not compromise
I know where I belong
Deeply rooted emotions that you claim to feel
Disregarding devotion with a conscience of steel
Hypnotizing commotion left within your wake
You fake me out take and break my heart then throw me away
But you don’t know anything
And I’m not the man you made me out to be
If we’re to be enemies
Then I will crush you down beyond belief
Cause I’m not settling
The world is mine
I don’t need your approval
And I’m not questioning myself within your eyes
I will not compromise
I know where I belong
Won’t you show the world who you are if you dare
I’m sure you’ve got your bases covered
Knowing that you have gone to far, but you don’t care
You’re indifferent to all you smother
I’m not questioning myself within your eyes
The path between your lies will lead me back where I belong
Now my peace has been lost
Bear the weight of this cross
Turn around make amends
Or be crushed in the end
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Going Under
06:52
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Lyrics:
Wait like you’re buried underneath the heavy weight
Of the choices you were too afraid to make
But there’s no paradise to come for those who wait
So pick your feet up before Death comes round to take
Every chance you never had to waste
Oh I can see your road coming to a dead-end
Won’t you please believe me
All I want is to believe in you
Believe me when I say
Pain is a purpose if it pushes you away
From the brokenness that put it in your way
But there’s no ticket out of Hell for those who stay
At the feet of Misery locked in loosened chains
Torch come down and set it all in flames
Oh I can see your feet turned over your head
Won’t you please believe me
All I want is to believe in you
Believe me when I say
There’s no use in going under
Stare into the past
All your wondering will lead you to the brink
Of a disaster maybe all the pain of past
Could be turned into a future that you make
So why wait
Would you leave your life to Fate
Do you feel it coming after you
There’s a purpose underneath that heavy weight
So quit your paralyzed belief that Time won’t take
Every chance you never took to write your name
In the book of losers who won’t play the game
Scrape to climb the mountainside but
There’s no use you’re going under
Staring down the path
All your wandering will lead you to a grave
Cause it’s a disaster out there
Bracing for a crash
Are you thinking maybe this was a mistake
Well it’s too late
Wouldn’t leave your life to Fate
Do you feel the pain
As you’re coming to the end
What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end
What can be loved in man is that he is an overture and a going under
I love those who do not know how to live except by going under
I love those who do not first seek behind the stars for a reason to go under
I love him who lives to know and wants to know thus he wants to go under
I love him who loves his virtue for his virtue is the will to go under and an arrow of longing
I love him who does not hold back one drop of spirit for himself
Thus he strides over the bridge as spirit
It’s all over now
It’s all over now
Is it all over now
Are you sleeping again
You’re sleeping
You’re dreaming
Wake up
Get up
Won’t you take up
Control of yourself
Find a way
Nobody lasts forever
Stare into the past
Were you thinking maybe this was a mistake
Well it’s a disaster back there
Shaking off the ash
All I want to do is see you take your place
So don’t wait
You won’t leave your life to Fate
When you feel the pain
You will be alive again
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3. |
Fly Away
03:28
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Lyrics:
You’re searching for a way to ease the pain you feel
You’re hiding from the day nursing wounds that you conceal
If you’re willing to obey the scars you couldn’t heal
Then take their words to heart sip that poison till it kills you
The relief that you crave you may never find it in this world
So who could blame you for lashing out against us
But that doesn’t make it right
To bite the hand that feeds you
Or disregard the part you play
So if you want to fly then fly away
Into to the ether you will fade
Cause if you stay here
You will have to face the truth
Of the matter is that this is not a game
And the souls you break will not just automatically regenerate
And if they ever even do luck will be on your side
But it’s you they will come to despise
It doesn’t make it right
To bite the hand that feeds you
Or disregard the part you play
So if you want to fly fly away
Into the ether you will fade
Cause if you stay here you will have to face the truth
So fly away
Like it is nothing you will break
Any remaining faith I ever had in you
Go on and spread your wings of cowardice and take your flight,
Oh if you want to fly
Fly away
Into the ether you will fade
Cause if you stay here you will have to face the truth
So fly away
Like it is nothing, you will break
Any remaining faith I ever had in you
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4. |
Off And On
05:15
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Lyrics:
Stare out into your emptiness
How could you let your circumstances come to this
You once were bright and true, but now all that you do
Is sit around and spew madness no one wants to hear
I think it’s just about time that I made it clear
I’m sick of your charade
Your pitiful parade comes to an end this day
My friend, arise and make a sound
Will you reignite or slowly smolder out
Don’t let this be the death of you
Stand tall and radiate just like you’d always do
There’s more than meets the eye
There’s power deep inside that no one can deny
My friend, arise and make a sound
Will you reignite or slowly smolder out
And when you give your curtain call
Will you be able to say you gave your all
Get off your ass and get on your feet
Get out the shade and into the heat
Get off your ass and get on your feet
Get out the shade and into the heat
My friend, arise and make a sound
Will you reignite or slowly smolder out
And when you give your curtain call
Will you be able to say you gave your all, or not
Off and on
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5. |
Teenage Progmo
06:01
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Lyrics:
Summer vacation
New girl in town
Infatuation is spreading around
She’s so far out my league, how could I stand a chance
But something tells me I need to ask her to dance
Cause I’ve got a feeling we could go all the way
Hide out under the bleachers, take a roll in the hay
And I’ve got a feeling that she could be the one
Take my hand, oh darling, let’s go have some fun
I’m all in tonight and this feels so right
We’ve nowhere to be but lying underneath the stars in each others’ arms
Three years go by much faster than you’d think
So deeply in love or so it seemed to me
But now I’m beginning to question my belief
Cause I heard a rumor you’ve been messing around
After all this time how could you let me down
Cause I had a feeling we could go all the way
To be so broken down never thought I’d see the day
I’m dying tonight and you had no right
To treat me that way
To hell with it all, time to walk away
But I guess that’s just the way it goes
Too young to know the difference
I guess that’s just the way it goes
So deeply insignificant
But I still see you in my dreams
Haunted by your memory
I see the truth now before me
Falsehoods that I believed have only led me
To walk away from the only one I love
So wait for me, I’m coming back for you
I’m sorry that I let myself go blind
To all the good you’ve done for me and all the love we shared
I let their poison seep into my mind
There you stand right before my eyes
Peacefulness flows through my soul as the fear within me dies
I’m all in tonight
So let’s make this right
Never again will I break the heart of the one I dearly adore
Forever we’ll be in your company
We’ll live out our days defying the odds that stand in our way
And so the story goes
Two flames conjoin to burn as one
I guess that’s just the way it goes
A tale as old as the moon and the sun
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Shame
03:52
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Lyrics:
Time and time again we’ve stepped over the line
Complicating matters with no reason or rhyme
But I don’t want to be the one to carry on the trend
Or live a life consumed with fright so au revoir
I’ll see you ‘round the bend
Such a shame it has to be this way
It seems we feel the same so why can’t we get along
I wonder if we’ll ever meet again before our time on earth reaches an end
I surely hope we do, but if we don’t then I’ll catch up with you within the land of everlasting day
And lest you think I’m callous and deprived of a shred of remorse for our demise
I promise that I’ll love you ‘till the end of time
Such a shame it has to be this way
Such a shame you’ve nothing more to say
Such a shame to throw it all away
Such a shame to throw it all away
Even though I already forgive you
And malice won’t be in the words I say
I cannot stick around and watch this madness for even one more day
Such a shame it has to be this way
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7. |
Hills And Valleys
04:38
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Lyrics:
Move in a strange and unusual manner
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8. |
Phoenix
05:40
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Lyrics:
I got nothing but the clock to prove you wrong
Let the hand hit the top, I’m moving on
But Time comes along with a robe and scythe
To cut down the ladders I devise
He said I’m mostly the lead never turned to gold
And the thoughts I mistake for the sacred stone
Were stolen without settling the price
They’re falling to pieces before my eyes
Hey, won’t you stay
But this call to adventure is calling my name
As I wake up again
With my hands to my face
And the colors all screaming
I’ll keep my hands up, keep my shadow sharpened
Keep my wits even if the ax is falling
I got nothing but a mask I thought I owned
Now I can’t seem to figure out who’s the mold
The Maker’s the top of my altar space
He’s closing the lock of this coffin-cage singing
Hey, won’t you stay
But this call to adventure is calling my name
As I wake up again
With my hands to my face
And the colors all screaming
I’ll keep my hands up, keep my shadow sharpened
Keep my wits even if the ax is falling
The ax is falling
I’m not afraid to be the monster that I know I could be
You can call it destiny, but I cut my own trail between the trees
Tell you my little secret
You won’t be my weakness
And regret only brews resentment
So drink the last full glassful
You ate the apple, that’s cool
But now it’s time to take out the trash you collected here
I got nothing but the clock to prove you wrong
Let the hand hit the top, I’ll be moving on
When the time strikes again will I burst in flames
Dust off all the ashes and fly away
To keep my hands up, keep my shadow sharpened
Keep my wings out when the sky is falling
The sky is falling
I’m not afraid to be the bastard that I know I can be
You can call it destiny, but I cut my own trail between the trees
Tell you my little secret
You won’t be my weakness
And regret only brews resentment
So drink the last full glassful
You ate the apple, that’s cool
But now it’s time to take out the trash you collected here
Keep my hands up, keep my shadow sharpened
Keep my wings out when the sky is falling
Keep my hands up, keep my shadow sharpened
Keep my wings out when the sky is falling
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Crush
08:27
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Lyrics:
Consider this your come to Jesus moment
Take it all to heart cause you’re only getting one
More opportunity to make amends
And then you will be cast into the fire and consumed
All your grievances are piling up upon our shoulders
And it makes me wonder if you ever cared at all
Thinking you can play us all for fools and walk away unscathed
Well let me give you some advice, a word to the wise, I will not say it twice
If you think that I won’t crush both your little grapes to wine
You’ve got a rude awakening coming down the line
I can’t believe I watched the one I called my friend bastardize themselves in such a manner
You’re hardly recognizable from who you used to be
Every time I try to reconcile, it feels as though you’ve spit into my eyes
Now the camel’s back is broken and my patience has demised
Why oh why, tell me why it has to end this way
But since you’ve chosen this path for yourself, there’s nothing more to say
So let me give you some advice, a word to the wise, I will not say it twice
If you think that I won’t crush both you’re little grapes to wine
You’ve got a rude awakening coming down the line
So so long, you won’t be missed
Our time has reached its end
And I know you probably never thought this day would come
But you have turned your back on me for the very last time
Never should have come to this
But there’s no way to justify the way you’ve overstepped your boundaries again
Distraught and burdened once more
With the overwhelming task of picking up my shattered psyche off the floor
What a sight to see to look down and see your body lying on the ground
What you stole from me I’ll steal back right out of your cold and mangled hands
I’m more adrenalized than I have ever been before
I can hardly accept this new reality that’s bearing down on me
But you were warned over and over again
And the consequences crushed you down, dealt to you the fate that you deserved
What a sight to see to look down and see your body lying on the ground
What you stole from me I’ll steal back right out of your cold and mangled hands
And I’ll never forgive you for this pain you’ve laid upon my soul
To the void I’ll scream one last time so I can make my peace and carry on
Rest in pain you fiend
Rest in peace my friend
All at once the world relieved
Cured forever more of your disease
Cause I’m not settling
The world is mine
I don’t need your approval
And I’m not questioning myself within your eyes
I will not compromise
I know where I belong
Now my piece has been said
You can call my love dead
Never made your amends
Now lie crushed in the end
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Jack The Elbow Birmingham, Alabama
Jack The Elbow is a three piece prog rock band out of Birmingham, AL.
Band members include: Madison Langham, Caleb Wilemon, and Michael Tucker.
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