Sevendust - Chapter VII Hope & Sorrow lyrics
Inside
Pleased to meet the motherfucker with the first slug
Expect the best, but you see the glass as half empty
Your looking for a sacrificial lamb
(I know your secrets!)
Try not to miss the warnings
You know you have to own up for yourself this time
The answers inside
Karma has come to take a payment from your rest now
Your second guessing has you beaten down, its all empty
The misery that company brought to you
(I still fucking hate it!)
Try not to miss the warnings
You know you have to own up for yourself this time
The answers inside
Your scared of the change thats coming
You know you better hold onto yourself this time
The answers on the inside
(Here comes the pay back!)
You think you know it all, but its my turn
To tell you what i see
(I know your secrets!)
Try not to miss the warnings
You know you have to own up for yourself this time
The answers on the inside
You're scared of the change that's coming
You know you better hold onto yourself this time
The answers on the inside
Enough
I don't wanna leave a blood stain
I just need to try and understand
It's always good when it's in my hands
But it seems to hurt when someone
Tries to be alone
I know whats wrong, I need control
Scared to be alone
'Cause I can be your friend
Unless you try to be who I am
And I will let you stand
If you let me take control
'Cause too much is never enough
Never mind you got your last chance
I can see the writing on the wall
If you follow in my foot steps
I can't promise anything
But you wont be alone
I know it's wrong, I need control
I'm scared to be alone
(I'm scared to be alone)
'Cause I can be your friend
Unless you try to be who I am
And I will let you stand
If you let me take control
'Cause too much is never enough
(Too much is never enough!)
(Enough!)
(Hang onto every word that I say) [x3]
Even if you hold on
It's not enough
But when I take control
It's never (enough!)
Too much is never (enough!)
'Cause I can be your friend
Unless you try to be who I am
And I will let you stand
If you let me take control
'Cause too much is never enough
(Too much is never enough!)
Hope
I woke today
To the strangest thing
I have to say
Reminded me of just the the other day
Not today
You herd me say the same thing
Again I say
No excuses for the other day
Sorry always seems so hard to say
I twist the words
But still they mean
The same ole thing but
I don't know how to face today
No matter how much you think you gave to me
I don't know how to face the day
Will you ever forgive me for all that I've put you through
I came to see
What's the reason for you hating me
I try and find another way to make you see
I'm not the same
You hear me say
It's killing me
I don't know how to face today
No matter how much you think you gave to me
I don't know how to face the day
Will you ever forgive me for all that I've put you through
Save me... save me... save me...
Inside it kills me
To know how it makes you feel
The hopes gone
I don't know how to face today
No matter how much you think you gave to me
I don't know how to face the day
Will you ever forgive me for all that I've put you through
Save me...
Scapegoat
I for one will say I haven't seen it
All I know a second chance for me was long
So change is still to think about the world I took
That brought me here (who am I) suppose to be
I breath
I bleed
Am here to show you all my mistake
(It's right here beside you)
Lie next to me and you'll see am the scapegoat
I am here to tell you that this life's not for free
Look at me I am the scapegoat
What will you do about it
Find another way to look at life and understand that
(I can't stop) what's suppose to be but I can show
You what it will take (if you would shut up and listen)
Lie next to me and you'll see am the scapegoat
I am here to tell you that this life's not for free
Look at me I am the scapegoat
What will you do about it (lie)
(Scapegoat)
Lie next to me and you'll see am the scapegoat
I am here to tell you that this life's not for free
Look at me I am the scapegoat
What will you do about it
Fear
Seems as though you're here again
Even so this day wont end
Always a step behind me, been
Creates a vision that blinds within
If you could only see
The thought the burns inside
Gives you a feeling that you think will hurt me
A sight that burn the eyes
And you'll catch me and I know it kills you
It kills you
Flip the switch and start again
Get the feeling every now and then
That your eyes are watching me
Creates a burning inside of me
I wish that you could feel
All the shit that you put me through
The thought that burns inside
Gives you a feeling that you think will hurt me
A sight that burns the eyes
And you'll never catch me and I know it kills you
It kills you
Of course I saw you stumble
Always a step ahead
I coulda sworn I saw you say
Your confusing what you see
Confusing what I mean
I'll show you everything you thought you'd ever taught to me
The thought that burns inside
Gives you a feeling that you think will hurt me
A sight that burns the eyes
And you'll never catch me and I know it kills you
It kills you
So think about this as you walk away
You lost it all and now
It's coming down
It's coming down
Of course I saw you stumble
Always a step ahead
I coulda sworn I saw you say
Your confusing what you see
Confusing what I mean
The Past
Beneath the water
That's falling from my eyes
Lays a soul I've left behind
The edge of sorrow was reached but now I'm fine
I've filled the hole I had inside
I'll pray it doesn't scream my name
So I light a flame and let it breathe
The air that kills the shame
I'm up
I'm down
Like a rollercoaster racing through my life
I've erased the past again
A risky morning
I feel like I'm alive
I can't believe I've made it through this time
The edge of sorrow I lived in for some time
(lived in for some time)
Has left the hole I have inside
The burden is I try my hate
Was the last thing I ever felt
Or thought I could escape
I'm up
I'm down
Like a rollercoaster racing through my life
I've erased the past again
[x2]
You let me in then broke me down
The difference is this time around
I will not let you see me try
I'm up
I'm down
Like a rollercoaster racing through my life
I've erased the past again
[x2]
Erased the past again now
Erased the past again
Beneath the water
That has fallen from my eyes
Prodigal Son
Passing through this life with so much regret
It feels like I haven't got over it yet
It takes so long for these wounds to heal
I'm knocking down walls, taking my time
I gotta get out of here
Where will I go?
Who will I become?
I'm coming on like an elephant gun
Reaching for the piece of mind that I can't find
The sun keeps fading away
Searching for a feeling that will never come
The return of the prodigal son
Last night the moon seemed to look so empty (yeah)
I fell into a pit of despair (going nowhere)
I never thought that these wounds would heal
I fell to my knees, the rain came down
I thought I could touch the sky
What have I done, why was I so wrong?
Hear the pop of my elephant gun!
Reaching for the piece of mind that I can't find
The sun keeps fading away
Searching for a feeling that will never come
The return of the prodigal son
Reaching for the piece of mind that I can't find
The sun keeps fading away
Searching for a feeling that will never come
The return of the prodigal son - the Prodigal Son!
This time has just begun
I finally found a feeling
The return of a Prodigal Son
Lifeless
I wanna hold you up
To let you see yourself
I'm sick of watching
You fall on your face again
I want to help you
You have to help yourself
I know you wont
Communicate to me
(I fucking hate this!)
Suffering long enough
I take my hands around you
You'll never breathe again
Your wish has come
No telling what you'll see
Or will it be the end
The temptation fills you up
No sign of slowing down
You have to stop before your soul
To turn around
You never listen
To understand what I say
You keep on pushing
The same ol' fucking line to me
(Watching you fumble!)
Suffering all your life
I take my hands around you
You'll never breathe again
Your wish has come
No telling what you'll see
Will it be the end?
Constrict my hands around you
You'll never breathe again
Your wish has come
No telling what you'll see
Will it be the end?
You never listen
To understand what I say
You keep on pushing
The same ol' fucking line to me
(Watching you fumble!)
Suffering all your life
Constrict my hands around you
You'll never breathe again
Your wish has come
No telling what you'll see
Will it be the end?
So try and sell the story
Of why you think it's gone away
I wish that I could tell you
What will be, if it's not the end
Sorrow
I'm the only one
That sings the same old song
I know my destiny was made long ago
I've yet to make a change
Its time to rearrange
I understand, it seems
I'm the last to notice
How anybody feels
Is it really 'cause I feel
I'm the one thats owed it
Am I wrong? Am I wrong?
You look at me the same
Still I feel the blame
I was shifting my self
Removing all the punishment
For never being wrong
I feel life is too long
Sometimes i know it seems
I'm the last to notice
How anybody feels
Is it really 'cause I feel
I'm the one thats owed it
Am I wrong? Am I wrong?
All my pride leaves me vacant
For the sorrow i'm to blame
But i know if i could just let go
I could find a better way
Only, Am I the only one?
Who thinks and breathes
What no-one see's
I'm the only on
I understand, it seems
I'm the last to notice
How anybody feels
Is it really 'cause i feel
I'm the one thats owed it.
Am I wrong? Am I wrong?
Give me just a chance
I notice what I've done
What I've done
Contradiction
I learned a lesson on my first day.
You were far too divine to say...
How can you hold onto a mistake?
And I told you why.
Don't defend what you didn't say.
Another taste for conflict anyway.
Pretend again who you are today,
To give a reason to contradict again.
You were foreer with a bitter mind,
And the darkness is consuming.
You talk the bullshit and you rob the blind.
Now you live a lie.
Don't defend what you didn't say.
(I got) another taste for conflict anyway.
Pretend again who you are today,
(And try) to give a reason to contradict again. [x2]
I learned a lesson on my first day.
You were far too divine.
Don't defend what you didn't say.
Another taste for conflict anyway.
Pretend again who you are today,
To give a reason to contradict again.
Don't defend what you didn't say.
(I got) another taste for conflict anyway.
Pretend again who you are today,
(And try) to give a reason to contradict again!
Walk Away
You can't ever accept your fight so
What's the point of asking when i know the only answer is
It's my fault you live this so called
Life where all your consequenses fall on everyone else
Making everbody struggle
I'm finding it ever so clear
If I had so much to say
Why was I the one to walk away?
You never found a way to change
That's why I had to walk away
Find another way to change the story for everyone
I'm not buying the shit that you're talking
Live with your decision consequences have come around
And it's time for you to struggle
You're finding it ever so clear
If I had so much to say
Why was I the one to walk away
You never found a way to change
That's why I had to walk away
If I had so much to say
Why was I the one to walk away
You never found a way to change
That's why I had to walk away
If I had so much to say
why was I the one to walk away
You never found a way to change
That's why I had to walk away
If I had so much to say
Why was I the one to walk away
You never found a way to change
That's why I had to walk away