I am trying so hard, you know, to let this go You don’t know what it’s like to lose control Reaching inside this emptiness Trying to find reason to escape from this All my life I’ve been searching broken windows and open doors Trying to find shelter to get out of the storm In here it’s warm, but I feel the pain of this life Out there it’s cold, but it takes me away from my mind I don’t know why I’m always searching for more When I can’t remember what I was looking for I tried to hide so I wouldn’t feel anything Now I’m dying inside and I feel everything I’ll continue to wander upon these lonely roads Till I find somewhere that I want to go Feeling alone, I try to hide from my mind Hoping someday I’ll know what I’m trying to find Should I try to find my way back home? Or am I better off alone Just wandering this world with nowhere to go And in the dark I can see the light It’s the path to take that I know is right I’m ready to leave it all behind If you’ll just hold me in your arms tonight I feel so cold Wandering this world alone Searching for a reason to exist Searching for a way out of this Just a weary traveler in the night Searching for any sign of light And I’ll start it all over again Searching for a road to take me anywhere but where I am And I’ll continue to explore, till I find something worth searching for

Trying to find our way Trying to find our place Reaching out Grasping at air Only to find no one is there Screaming out in a world so cold Reaching out for something to hold Is this the only way? Feeling so out of place Please don’t cry, please my dear Dry your eyes and wipe your tears Yes I know you feel alone You have nowhere to call your home Crying out, I feel your pain We are the lost without a name Look inside, find a way Spread our wings and fly away We tried We tried so hard Feeling so far apart Is this the only way? Feeling so out of place We will open up the skies Screaming out in frustrated cries They will feel our voices rain Through the clouds and through the pain The collected whispers of a thousand dreams Left in our souls the mystery Why we seek the path unknown And find ourselves so far from home This is the only way. Feeling so out of place

Searching through the smoke Trying to find my way Sifting through the ashes Of a fire that burned away Beneath the ashes An ember still burns I tried to forget Kindling this regret As the wind blows The ember starts to glow Tears like gasoline Screaming to be free I whisper your name And these memories fuel the flame It’s reaching for the skies And it’s burning me alive

Unbreakable, Insatiable We are the fallen angels These broken wings We will mend again These wounds will heal Then we’ll ascend I spread my wings beneath your feet I’ve tried so hard and felt so weak Through the cries of pain and lies I know that these trampled wings will fly We are the abandoned children We are the loving neglect We are the gods forgotten We are your regret When you look out into the black You’ll see it’s you who’s staring back A frustrated Angel Seeking and searching For the rite of passage in a bloody mess of broken wings These are the soils of the broken earth And so we must grow And so we must hurt

Here I sit alone again, Pretending to be me. But I am someone else right now, Crushed, trapped, and unable to be free. So in this cage I sit, Still trying to define what the key may be. Love perhaps, or simple romance, Hoping there exists a soul to match. Or is it something more? Something I forgot to look for. I stare into that space beyond the bars, Wondering if prayers ever reach beyond the stars. Then it dawns on me to try the door, I just assumed it was locked before. And fearing that my world may end, Gently I push upon this rusted hinge. Creaking and moaning its sad little song, The melody begging me to sing along: Can you tear down these walls you've built? Do flowers bloom, only to wilt? Can you find the strength to go beyond, To lift yourself up and carry on? For if this cage was built by me, It is only within that I can find the key.

I tried to hold onto all these fading dreams With my only point of view, watching you leave This is how it has to be I don’t want you to fall with me You have to save yourself And you’re never coming back for me I know we tried so hard, but the time has come Let me be cast aside Let me be your sacrifice You know that I tried to be everything you wanted of me I never wanted you to see what you have done to me I can’t take the pain away And we’ll never be the same You have to leave me behind I don’t want you to watch me fall So please close your eyes This will be the last goodbye Cast aside Let me be your sacrifice I tried to heal myself through screaming out Questions of faith and doubt Holding onto these fears Afraid to let it all out Gripping onto the edge And when I can’t hold on Please just let me fall

Chained down and told to believe in these lies as we’re asked to close our eyes Don’t ask any questions, do as you’re told Go on living the life that you know Feel the pressure of the blade on your throat Smiling through broken teeth and bloody lips Give up hope You try to make us kneel, but we stand at the edge, better to fall than fail These swollen eyes still see Yes, we feel the pain We’re no longer afraid Clenched fists with chains on our wrists Eyes full of rage as we laugh through the pain We won’t ask ‘why?’ or ‘what for?’ Because it doesn't hurt anymore Bleeding and smiling, eyes open wide, now it’s time to set fire to the skies We are broken We are bleeding Our knees won’t bend We won’t give in When the whole world comes crashing down We’ll be the ones to stand our ground We are the ones who still feel alive The everlasting of a dying tribe We won’t bow our heads in shame We are the hope We are the way Hold our heads up high And expose our throats to the blade