Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter Cult lyrics
- State Of The Union
- The First Drop
- Life Less Frightening
- Paper Wings
- Blood To Bleed
- To Them These Streets Belong
- Tip The Scales
- Anywhere But Here
- Give It All
- Dancing For Rain
- Swing Life Away
- Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
State Of The Union
If we're the flagship of peace and prosperity,
we're taking on water and about to fucking sink.
No one seems to notice, no one even blinks.
The crew all left the passengers to die under the sea.
Countdown
to the very end.
Equality;
an invitation that we won't extend.
Ready, aim.
Pull the trigger now.
In time you
firmly secure your place in hell.
State of the union address
reads "War Torn Country Still a Mess"
The words: power, death and distorted truth
are read between the lines of the red, white and blue.
Countdown,
to the very end.
Equality;
an invitation that we won't extend.
Ready, aim.
Pull the trigger now.
In time you
firmly secure your place in hell.
"guilty" is what our graves will read,
no year, no family.
We did nothing to stop the murder of
a people just like us.
The First Drop
I'm calling out
Only echoes respond
But I scream 'til my voice is gone
Crouching in corners and hiding your face
I'm sick and tired of playing your games
I'm not alone
I stand amongst the voiceless
Millions in the unforgiving sun
Here arm-in-arm
We parade these streets
And sing our songs (and sing our songs)
We've had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We've had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We've had enough)
Can't you listen to what we have to say? (We've had enough)
Unknowing, we lie and wait for the rain
To wash away what they have made
Face down in the dirt with your foot on my back
In the distance I hear thunder crack
C'mon Stand up !
This system of power and privilege is about to come to an end
Here come the clouds
The first drop is falling down (falling down)
We've had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We've had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We've had enough)
Can't you listen to what we have to say? (We've had enough)
Our futures burn in red horizons
Ashes scattered in winds of change
Casualty numbers are rising
Now it's time to raise the stakes
We're meant for something more than living just to put food on our plates
I can't help but wonder--why should we participate?
We've had enough
Is there even anything left to explain? (We've had enough)
Am I really someone you need to restrain? (We've had enough)
Can't you listen to what we have to say? (We've had enough)
Life Less Frightening
Suffering from something we're not sure of
In a world there is no cure for
These lives we live test negative for happiness
Flat line, no pulse, but eyes open
Single file like soldiers on a mission
If theres no war outside our heads
Why are we losing?
[Chorus: x2]
I don't ask for much
Truth be told I'd settle
for a life less frightening, a life less frightening
Hang me out to dry I'm soaking
With the sins of knowing
Whats gone wrong but doing nothing I still run
time again i have found myself stuttering
Foundations pulled out from under me
This breath is wasted on them all
will someone answer me
[Chorus x2]
Is there a God tonight?
up in the sky or is it empty just like me (Just like me)
A place where we can hide out from the night
Where you are all I need (Where you are all I need)
So while we say goodbye, and close your eyes
Tell me what you see (Tell me what you see)
A life thats set inside, this dream of mine
where you are all I see (You are all I See)
[Chorus x2]
Paper Wings
one last thing i beg you please just before you go
i've watched you fly on paper wings half way round the world
until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down
landed somewhere far from here with no one else around
to catch you falling down
and i'm looking at you now
and i cant tell if you're laughing
between each smile theres a tear in your eye
theres a train leaving town in an hour
its not waiting for you and neither am i
swing for the fences son
he must have told you once
that was a conversation you took nothing from
so raise your glass now and celebrate exactly what you've done
just put off another day of knowing where your from
catch up with yourself if you run
and i cant tell if you're laughing
between each smile theres a tear in your eye
theres a train leaving town in an hour
its not waiting for you and neither am i
is this the life that you lead?
or the life thats left for you?
will you take the road thats been laid out before you
will we cross paths somewhere else tonight? somewhere else tonight....
and i cant tell if you're laughing
between each smile theres a tear in your eye
theres a train leaving town in an hour
its not waiting for you and neither am i
and i cant tell if you're laughing
between each smile theres a tear in your eye
theres a train leaving town in an hour
its not waiting for you and neither am i
Blood To Bleed
this place rings with echoes of
lives once lived but now are lost
time spent wondering about tomorrow
I don't care if we lose it all tonight
up in flames, burning bright
warming the air of the world
"I don't love you anymore,"
is all I remember you telling me
never have I felt so cold
but I've no more blood to bleed
cuz my heart has been draining
into the sea
steps I take in your footsteps
aren't getting me closer to what is left
of the dreams of what I once claimed to know
within my bones this resonate
boiling blood will circulate
could you tell me again what you did this for?
"I don't love you anymore,"
is all I remember you telling me
never have I felt so cold
but I've no more blood to bleed
cuz my heart has been draining
into the sea
and still I wait with a hope inside of me
so still I wait until again we meet
until again we meet
within my bones this resonate
boiling blod will circulate
could you tell me again what you did this for?
"I don't love you anymore,"
is all I remember you telling me
never have I felt so cold
but I've no more blood to bleed
cuz my heart has been draining
into the sea
To Them These Streets Belong
so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone?
you got what you came for now i think it's time to move on
but these ghosts come alive like water and wine and walk through these streets
singing songs and carrying signs,
to them these streets belong
my atonement lasts the best part of eternity
ran out of hands to count the sin that breeds inside of me
not this hate but the loneliness has left me here into this mess of
head hung from shame we bear a weight that brings me to a crawl
these years of longing tell decades of unwashed calls
for a change, 'cause everyday we slip and fall
kicked while we're down, our fists clench into ball
my hands are soaking in the blood of angels
on broken wings they collapse
dark clouds exploded and torrents of rain fell
all these lost halos wash away
so look in my eyes, what will you leave behind once you've gone?
you got what you came for now i think its time to move on
but these ghosts come alive like water and wine and walk through these streets
singing songs and carrying signs,
to them these streets belong
Tip The Scales
Are we so alone,
So distant,
So forgotten,
As we think ourselves to be?
These are our lives
But did they ever even matter?
Are we worth remembering?
These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams
We’re throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain
When this is all said and done
We spent this life on the run
Judged by the company we keep
Our language, buried inside
These lungs that keep us alive
We breathe so selfishly
Promises we plan to break
Are made in whispered voices
Cause our despair knows many names
We make mistakes
But we apologize with roses we never stop to smell along the way
These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams
We’re throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain
When this is all said and done
We spent this life on the run
Judged by the company we keep
Our language, buried inside
These lungs that keep us alive
We breathe so selfishly
We fell from the sky today
We melt into balls of clay
We sell ourselves everyday
Don’t tell me how to live this way
Pushed so far to the edge
We teeter just on the brink
You can lead me to the bloodbath
But you can’t make me drink
As these machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams
We’re throwing wrenches in the gears
Our lives will not be lived in vain
My life will not be lived in vain!
Anywhere But Here
we've been alright up to now
but the air that we breathe is about to run out
we've rehearsed our lines clear and loud
but the cue never came and the lights they never went down
so we're passing the time
while time passes us
the fast lanes a term never applied to us
without a dime to my name or a prayer in the world
i walk out the door
destination anywhere but here
away from you
now i'm on my way to the otherside
[on my way]
i'll forget everything i left behind
[on my way]
these empty rooms
[on my way]
are still filled with you
[on my way]
so i dropped out of my own race
a race with no finish line
no first or last place
i watch these faces all run right past me
i turn and walk away
'cause we finally know now what our
time here's about we were not meant to be
another face in the crowd
we're a forest of lives
we grow tall and wide
we won't ever be cut down
now i'm on my way to the otherside
[on my way]
i'l lforget everything i left behind
[on my way]
these empty rooms
[on my way]
are still filled with you
[on my way]
i'm so tired and turned around and scared
i'm lying in empty beds again
i'll wait for you to come
to your senses barbed-wire fences
won't keep me from breaking through
i swear i will for you
now i'm on my way to the otherside
[on my way]
i'l lforget everything i left behind
[on my way]
these empty rooms
[on my way]
are still filled with you
[on my way]
i'm so tired and tunred aroud and scared
i'm lying in empty beds again
away from you
Give It All
Break through the undertow, your hands I cant seem to find,
pollution burns my tongue, cough words I can't speak
so i stop my struggling, then I float to the surface,
fill my lungs with air, then let it out
I give it all, this is the reason why I sing,
So give it all, and it's these reasons that belong to me
Rock bottoms where we live, and still we dig these trenches,
to bury ourselves in them, backs breaking under tension
For far too long these voices, muffled by distances,
its time to come to our senses, up from the dirt
We give it all, this is the reason why I sing,
So give it all, and its these reasons that belong to me
Breathe, the air we give, the life we live, our pulses racing distances,
so wet my tongue, break into song, through seas of competition,
So please believe your eyes, a sacrifice,
is not what we had in our minds,
I'm coming home tonight, home tonight
We give it all, this is the reason why I sing,
So give it all, and its these reasons that belong to me
Today I offer all myself to this I'm living for my dying wish,
I give it all, now there's a reason, there's a reason, to give it all
Dancing For Rain
we're losing daylight but i can't work any faster.
under the veil of dusk we go on
don't close your eyes.
what if it all disappears in the shadows
that reach from the stars?
if i held my ground would you ask me to change?
this drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
we drink the air but it's still not the same
these worlds collide but the distance remains
we point the finger, never accept the blame and i know.. i know
let's go!
the waters gone but the fire still rages on here
the men all shrugged their shoulders and left
we sleep so sound in rooms just up the stairs
will you save us like you saved them?
if i held my ground would you ask me to change?
this drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
we drink the air but it's still not the same
these worlds collide but the distance remains
we point the finger, never accept the blame and i know.. i know
you've bled me dry, but i'm still breathing
i swear i'm sucking dry the sky
and you won't ever find us kneeling
or swallowing your lies
if i held my ground would you ask me to change?
this drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain
we drink the air but it's still not the same
these worlds collide but the distance remains
we point the finger, never accept the blame, and i know.. i know
this drought bleeds on... this drought bleeds on.
Swing Life Away
Am I loud and clear,
or am I breaking up.
Am I still your charm,
or am I just bad luck.
Are we getting closer,
or are we just getting more lost.
I'll show you mine
if you show me yours first.
let's compare scars
I'll tell you whose is worse
lets unwrite these pages
and replace them with our own words
We live on front porches,
and swing life away.
We get by just fine here on minimum wage.
If love is a labor,
I'll slave till the end.
I won't cross these streets
until you hold my hand.
Been here so long
I think it's time to move.
The winters so cold,
the summers over to soon.
So let's pack our bags
and settle down where palm trees grow.
I've got some friends,
some that I hardly know.
We've had some times,
I wouldn't trade for the world.
We chase these days down,
with talks of places that we will go.
We live on front porches,
and swing life away.
We get by just fine here on minimum wage.
If love is a labor,
I'll slave till the end.
I won't cross these streets
until you hold my hand.
Swing life away...
Swing life away...
Swing life away...
Swing life away...
Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
So please don't ask me how
I ended up at my wits end
And breaking down
Pages torn from books we never read,
Cause we're plugged into this grid.
Don't pull this plug right now,
Or then we'd really have to live.
When I die, will they remember not
What I did, but what I haven't done?
It's not the end that I fear with each breath
It's life that scares me to death.
When we built these dreams on sand
How they all slipped through our hands
This might be our only chance
Let's take this one day at a time
I'll hold your hand if you hold mine
The time that we kill keeps us alive.
Your words won't save me now.
I'm at the edge feeling the sweat drip from my brow.
"Get a grip on yourself" is what they say,
Every hour, every day.
Hands over my ears,
I've been screaming all these years!
When I die, will they remember not
What I did, but what I haven't done?
It's not the end that I fear with each breath
It's life that scares me to death.
When we built these dreams on sand
How they all slipped through our hands
This might be our only chance
Let's take this one day at a time
I'll hold your hand if you hold mine
The time that we kill keeps us alive.
We came in search of answers!
We left empty handed again!
Shots fired into the sky...
Are now returning!
Where the fuck will you hide?
Hiding from the laughter in the closets of our lives,
But the door hinges are squeaking letting in thin shards of light.
And now a hand's extending outward,
Quiet comfort they invite,
Do we dare take what they offer?
Do we step into the light?
When I die, will they remember not
What I did, but what I haven't done?
It's not the end that I fear with each breath
It's life that scares me to death.
When we built these dreams on sand
How they all slipped through our hands
This might be our only chance
Let's take this one day at a time
I'll hold your hand if you hold mine
The time that we kill keeps us alive.
[x2]