Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute lyrics
- Black Masks & Gasoline
- Heaven Knows
- Dead Ringer
- Halfway There
- Like The Angel
- Voices Off Camera:
- Blood Red, White & Blue
- Broken English
- Last Chance Blueprint
- To The Core
- Torches
- Amber Changing
- Anyway You Want It
Black Masks & Gasoline
simply because you can breathe,
doesn't mean you're alive,
or that you really live,
this life has taken its toll
and she just doesn't know how much more she can give
but here, at the top of the world, I raise my hands and I clench my fists,
they stand before me below demanding the answers with flips of a switch
I don't understand where you got this idea,
so deeply engrained in your head
that this world is something that you must impress,
because I couldn't care less
a need for revolution's rising, it comes to the surface, gasping for air,
we're not putting up with this planet one more day much less one more year
I don't understand where you got this idea
so deeply engrained in your head
that this world is something that you must impress,
because I couldn't care less
so here and now, in our rotting nation
the blood, it pours, it's all on our hands now
we live, in fear, of our own potential
to win, to lose, it's all on our hands now
I have an Amerikan Dream,
but it involves black masks and gasoline,
one day I'll turn these thoughts into screams,
at a world turned its back down on me
I don't understand where you got this idea,
so deeply engrained in your head
that this world is something that you must impress,
because I couldn't care less
Heaven Knows
The day i learn to fly, i'm never coming down
On perfect wings i'll rise through the layers of the clouds
And from there i see the neon grids of cities
Where six million people that keep their fires lit
And i threw a party in my name
But the hours crawled by and no one came
So i bowed my head and i prayed for wings
to take me from this place...from you
I see myself inside, you dream the dreams that i do
You're still searching for these answers, they're not inside your wrist
And from there i see the neon grids of cities
Where six million people that can keep their fires lit
And i threw a party in my name
But the hours crawled by and no one came
So i bowed my head and i prayed for wings
to take me from this place...from you
And i close my eyes as the curtains draw
I thought i heard your voice but i thought wrong
'cause you're not there anymore
no you're not there anymore
And so i lift my chin and the show goes on
the sky is listening, the stars all sing along
but you're not there anymore
and i just can't care anymore
Dead Ringer
I never claimed to be something more than me,
Your standards I refuse to see,
I will answer only to myself,
So why don't you police someone else
The place I call home isn't there anymore,
With boards on the windows and locks on the door,
So pick up the pieces that never once fit,
Let this be the end of it
Once you held a place for me,
But now that I've left you went and gave up my seat,
Don't expect me to share your visions of life,
I'll take the my chances somewhere else
The place I call home isn't there anymore,
With boards on the windows and locks on the door,
So pick up the pieces that never once fit,
Let this be the end of it
Give me the green light to get on with my life,
Pick up the pieces then roll the fucking dice
I live in exile of you, your key no longer fits,
Because the locks on my life are new
Halfway There
"Is this the point where we give up?
Is this the point where we give in?
Is this the point where we turn ourselves in?
Is this the time to ask questions?
Is this the time to seek answers?
Is this the time to throw it all in?
When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there
When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there
You're halfway there
That's when you know that you're halfway there
This is the point where we stand up
This is the point where we take back
The things that are keeping us from being free
When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there
When enough is enough that's when you know that you're halfway there
That's when you know that you're halfway there
Your voice the airwaves sent you prayed my life would end,
The wasted time I spent ashamed I called you friend,
Give me one reason, I need a reason, one reason"
Like The Angel
They turn the lights down low,
in shadows hiding from the world,
only coming out when it gets cold.
The seas part when they hit the floor,
the voices carry on and out the door,
and everything you touch turns into gold.
Like the angel, you are,
left creating a lightness in my chest.
Your eyes, they penetrate me.
Your answer's always 'maybe',
that's when I got up and left.
A beating heart and a microphone,
a ticking clock in an empty home,
still tells of these times so long ago.
And even though I've come so far,
I know I've got so far to go,
and any day now I'll explode.
Like the angel, you are,
left creating a lightness in my chest.
Your eyes, they penetrate me.
Your answer's always 'maybe',
that's when I got up and left.
Each and everyday, it leads into tomorrow,
and tomorrow brings one less day without you.
But don't wait up, just leave the light on,
'cause all the roads that I might take,
will all one day lead back to you.
Like the angel, you are,
you laugh creating a lightness in my chest.
Your eyes, they penetrate me.
Your answer's too amazing,
that's when I got up and left.
Voices Off Camera:
can you hear the desperate cries that are calling out your name?
twisting your arms, holding out their hands
and tugging at your sleeve,
do you feel this underlying sense of urgency
or are you as blind as me?
I hit the ground and I'm still running
but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning
I just need somewhere now
I can't bear the thought of losing,
I dread the attention winning brings
and ever since the day I came here
I can stand without your strings
I'm so sick of all these people
but I'm scared to be alone
and if this life has taught me anything
I forgot it long ago and so I
I hit the ground and I'm still running
but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning
I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
I hit the ground and I'm still running
but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning
I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
the heart is something you can't control
we either choose to follow or be left on our own
so we're leaving here on a less-travelled road
as desperate cries grow louder,
I know we're getting close, getting close
I hit the ground and I'm still running
but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning
I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
I hit the ground and I'm still running
but I need a place to stay tonight,
I swear I'll be gone in the morning
I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
Blood Red, White & Blue
So come test me, so come break me,
So come on intoxicate me with hands tied behind my back,
I fight and wait for you to strike
A new problem we can't stop them,
We're outnumbered and uncautioned,
A rally cry rings out into the night
So pride yourself on what you are,
And hold them all to words they can't take back,
I've seen a place (it comes) to me in dreams where fires die
But light still shines for us to see
What did you have to say?
Give me your logic, your definition,
The words you twist to justify your position of mass starvation
And blind airstrikes,
Every problem is solved with a fight
Peace won't be found, til we're underground,
As long as we live without a sound
So pride yourself on what you are,
And hold them all to words they can't take back,
I've seen a place (it comes) to me in dreams where fires die
But light still shines for us to see
Would God bless a murder of the innocents?
Would God bless a war based on pride?
Would God bless a money-hungry government? no.
Would God bless our ineffective court system?
God bless the sweatshops we run.
God bless America.
God bless America.
Broken English
Our building have fallen,
Our walls all caved in,
And we can't comprehend this sad state that we're in
So we sift through the ashes of what we've become
And surrender here one by one,
So push us down
And we get right back up again,
The things you're telling me aren't making any sense,
Right back up again,
I'm sick of wishing for someone else to come
Let the blind lead the blind,
Cause it's eye for an eye in your so called life,
Are you out there?
Are you listening?
Is there something we're still missing?
Let the blind lead the blind,
Cause it's eye for an eye,
We all fall down
And we get right back up again,
The things you're telling me aren't making any sense,
Right back up again,
I'm sick of wishing for someone else to come
We're spinning out of control
We're trying to find somewhere to land
And I don't want you to know
The things that keep me down
Cause we get right back up again
The things you're telling me aren't making any sense,
Right back up again,
I'm sick of wishing for someone else to come
Last Chance Blueprint
late nights and bloodshot eyes, clock ticking half past five,
we're barely breathing but we're still alive. GO!
our plans are all laid out, take all these unmarked roads,
we blaze the trails to places no one goes, yeah!
one last chance to go, if I don't leave tonight I never will
one last chance to go, let's take it now in for the kill
if in time we find ourselves, back where we started from,
too weak to fight and much too tired to run
before you swallow me into your perfect life,
i'm not going out without a fight, yeah!
one last chance to go, if I don't leave tonight I never will
one last chance to go, let's take it now in for the kill
but this blueprints faded grey
and here it seems like just yesterday
when we mapped out the details of our great escape,
but still these roads all beckon me to uncover their mystery
but I fall like dead autumn leaves and let the jet stream carry me
one last chance to go,
if I don't leave tonight I never will
one last chance to go
To The Core
if i could paint how i feel,
i'd draw a bullseye on your forehead,
my anger is not misdirected,
unless it somehow misses you
time spent on hate,
is time gone to waste,
i watch you point and click
your life away
so cast the stones that i'll gladly catch
and i'll throw them right fucking back,
i stand behind the things i say
you type the words you wont say to my face
time spent on hate,
is time gone to waste,
i watch you point and click
your life away
it seems you've let me go again
just like the day you let me in
the best of intentions
you were never mine to begin with
so step away from the fucking screen
see a world outside your scene
maybe then you will know,
and realize the lack of threat you pose.
Torches
on clearer days I can see the lights from my bedroom door
on windy nights I can smell the lake as it drifts to me from the shore
the traffic lights silently change a thousand times a day
but I'm still waiting
yeah I'm still waiting
(Chorus)
if my hand could block the sun
would we ever wake up?
If I turned back all these clocks
would that be time enough?
I can't remember exactly when this longing began
but I know it wasn't before the day you touched my hand
laugh and shout in blissful daze
and numbers are exchanged
I'm still waiting
yeah I'm still waiting
(Chorus)
so put your hands where I can see them
and shut your mouth
I know who you are
in a world void of feeling or heart
I know that we are the torches in the dark
let's break this down
let's make this count
let's leave this one-horse town
no better time than now
the angels dance
like feathers float
they're here to see and to be seen
the clock strikes two
the music slows
and each one slowly dons their wings
once outside
they all pair off and hand in hand they leave
but I'm still waiting
yeah I'm still waiting
(Chorus)
Would We Ever Wake Up?
Amber Changing
Information kept to myself
And everybody wants to know,
I trust the words of no one else
'Cause i've been there before,
Your voice is wasted 'cause i'm not listening
These calloused fingers are wrapped around a black ball-point pen
These eyes don't wonder as far as they at one time did
I've seen the future, it's fading faster
No place that i'd rather be than right here, right now
There's no time that i'd rather be than right here, right now
I'm on the other end begging you, "pick up the phone",
A shaking whisper is answering, "don't call anymore"
Your voice is wasted 'cause i'm not listening
Freeze me in this moment, thaw me in ten years
When the fires burned out and the smoke (clears)
No place that i'd rather be than right here, right now
No time that i'd rather be than right here, right now
Let's just pretend, let's just pretend
Let's just pretend, let's just pretend, tonight will never end
Let's just pretend, let's just pretend, tonight will never end
No place that i'd rather be than right here, right now
There's no time that i'd rather be than right here, right now
Anyway You Want It
Anyway you want it
that's the way you need it
Anyway you want it
She loves to dance
she loves to sing
she does everything
she loves to move
she loves to groove
she loves a lot of things
All night
all night
oh everynight
so hold tight
hold tight
oh baby hold tight
she said
anyway you want it
that's the way you need it
anyway you want it
anyway you want it
that's the way you need it
anyway you want it
i was alone i never knew
what good love could do
then we touched
and we sang
about the lovely things
All night
all night
oh everynight
so hold tight
hold tight
oh baby hold tight
she said
anyway you want it
that's the way you need it
anyway you want it
anyway you want it
that's the way you need it
anyway you want it