Killswitch Engage - Alive Or Just Breathing lyrics
- Numbered Days
- Self Revolution
- Fixation On The Darkness
- My Last Serenade
- Life To Lifeless
- Just Barely Breathing
- To The Sons Of Man
- Temple From The Within
- The Element Of One
- Vide Infra
- Without A Name
- Rise Inside
- In The Unblind
Numbered Days
This is the voice of the voiceless
We have learned by making choices
After persecution and delusion
We have severed this illusion
We will build this foundation
On natural elements to preserve life
We will rise against Babylon.
The time approaches
Fall
Chanting inspiration
For the righteous dislocation
From the social order.
Kingdoms will rise to power
But kingdoms fall to dust
Fall, fall.
The ashes of the dead
Will be a sign
The time approaches.
Arms raised, eyes gaze,
Tongues of fire whisper
This life will soon slip away.
Babylon you will fall
Your days are numbered.
Who will hear your cries as you fall?
Fall, fall, fall.
Self Revolution
I can't comprehend society's movement
The regression of human existence
This is the quest of life
Fulfill your destiny
Slow down the fast paced world
And you will see past the illusion
Breaking the foundation
Collapse the control
Building a revolution to heal nations
It starts within you
In this search for I and I the truth is always deep inside
(Reversal of oneself finding the truth)
This is the quest of life
We must find the strength for a new movement
Slow down this fast paced world and you will see the revolution
For a new movement
Fixation On The Darkness
Fixation on the darkness that engulfs this world
Drain the life force of our people, change
Fixation on the darkness that engulfs this world
Drain the life force of our people
Return to the womb, new life
Lay your head to rest, mercy
To give you a peace of mind, lay your head to rest
Come together inside, this body is only a shell
Change, the only way we will survive
Light transfiguration of the soul, of the soul, of the mind
Fixation on the darkness that engulfs this world
Drain the life force of our people
Return to the womb, new life
Lay your head to rest, mercy
To give you a peace of mind, lay your head to rest
Tell them they will not hold us down, it's time for change
It's time for change, change
It's time for change, they will not hold us down, they will not hold us down
It's time for change, it's time for change
My Last Serenade
This revelation is the death of ignorance
Tangled in a state of suffocation
Slave to self righteousness
Damnation is on your lips
From sorrow to serenity, the truth is absolution
From sorrow to serenity, it's on your head
This is my last serenade
I feel you as you fall away
This is my last serenade
From yourself you can't run away
It's your choice, point the finger
But it's on your head
Your destination is a choice within yourself
Will you rise or become a slave
To self righteousness
Open up your heart and gaze within
Life To Lifeless
Humanity cover me with the ashes of remembrance
I will learn from this pain
There is no darkness without light
To teach us of ourselves
Life to lifeless to eternity,
Life to lifeless the cycle repeats
Death unfolds itself painfully
To unmask how fragile we are
Death unfolds itself painfully
Teacher of sanity
The pain drags me down
I'll rebuild me
The pain drags me down
I'll rebuild me
Just Barely Breathing
Descend into hysteria
Chaos of mankind
But who is listening
To the voice of hatred?
Tortured souls lost
So completely lost
Weakened in the concept of decline, deception
Are we alive, or just breathing?
Don't close your eyes, see the images
Are we alive, or just breathing?
Don't close your eyes, see the images
The skies weep tonight
Our bodies washed away
I am waiting for you
Deliverance
The sun falls through the clouds
Hear my cry
The skies weep tonight
Our bodies washed away
I am waiting for you
Deliverance
The sun falls through the clouds
Hear my cry
I am waiting for
To The Sons Of Man
You, son of man, I am here as a witness
You, son of man, can't you see what burns inside me?
This fire will consume as the flames purify
With the peace that passes understanding, this is my outcry
From dust to dust we will return
The flesh is temporary, the soul is eternal
I am here as a witness, can't you see this fire purifies
This fire will consume (this fire will consume)
As the flames purify (as the flames purify)
Son of man, can't you see?
Son of man, you can't save yourself
Temple From The Within
Make me feel serenity when all is
Revealed so easy to look back in life and question
But I must seek to find the strength to push forward (forward)
Forward, I want to see what's so beautiful inside
As we drink of life
Make me feel serenity when all is
Revealed so easy to look back in life and question
But I must seek to find the strength to push
Forward (forward)
Forward, I want to see what's so beautiful inside
As we drink of life
Eternal absolve me through your suffering
Teach me to inscribe these words
On my heart cover me with the shadow
Of your hand I will not loose myself
I in everything that tears me down
Because you stand by me
No one to blame for my transgressions
No one to blame but myself
The Element Of One
Torn disbelieving separation
I close my eyes to see you
This is for you, everything I am
This is for you, take it from me
Torn disbelieving separation
I close my eyes
But there is no escaping this
In your arms in your soul
I will be rejuvenation
Breathe me in
I am forever
Deep within I am eternal
I will return to you
I am with you always
I will never turn away from you
Vide Infra
I have opened my eyes to see
The world that surrounds me, daily
I refuse to be led by the majority
Can't compromise I and I
To pass judgement
Judgement will be
Passed upon you
I will stand up for who I am never moved
Never moved by condemnation
No one is placed higher than another
No matter race or creed or gender
We must teach forgiveness and compassion
For who we are
Through understanding of our differences
We will find respect for one another
Because we are all flesh and blood
No one is placed higher than another
No matter race or creed or gender
We must teach forgiveness and compassion
For who we are
I am not afraid to speak my mind
No matter the consequences
Stay true to yourself
Through the humble eyes of a child
We will realize true equality
They cannot take me from me
They cannot take you from you
They cannot take I from I
They cannot take I from I
They cannot take me from me
They cannot take you from you
They cannot take I from I
Without A Name
Instrumental
Rise Inside
Rise inside
Free your mind
Raise your fist
To signify
We stand in defiance
Of hatred and deception
If I stand alone
I will fight for you
The time has come to
Make a difference
Why have we forsaken love
The time has come to
Raise our voices
So rise up and fight with me
Embrace what we have
It might be the last time
In this life we will rise
If we find the strength to unify
Hatred is a weakness
You become the victim
I believe love will overcome
Time has come to
Make a difference
Why have we forsaken one another
The time has come to
Raise our voices
So rise up and fight with me
The time has come
To rise inside
In The Unblind
Separation from the faceless majority step on the outside
Look on the inside tear tear it apart, A prisoner only in your own mind
Individuality will bring you life time to rise above to freedom
So much love lost, What have we become rise against the oppresion,
Resist and question burn the system kill the system kill the mindstate
Of indifference step into the unblind reclaim your life