Underoath - Define The Great Line lyrics
- In Regards To Myself
- A Moment Suspended In Time
- There Could Be Nothing After This
- You're Ever So Inviting
- Salmarnir
- Returning Empty Handed
- Casting Such A Thin Shadow
- Moving For The Sake Of Motion
- Writing On The Walls
- Everyone Looks So Good From Here
- To Whom It May Concern
In Regards To Myself
Wake up, wake up My God
This is not a test, and it's not too late to come clean
Get it off your chest
So steady your hand before your face and concentrate
There's got to be some stable ground left to walk on
So tear another page from the book
Are you asleep or just alone
Clear this room from your lungs
And pull yourself together
Pull yourself together man
Pull yourself together
Pull yourself together
On your back
You're sleeping in a bed of shame
Let the light breathe some new life into this room
It's what keeps you coming back
Made up of insatiable taste
Bury your head in your hands
And sink into yourself
Just what are you so afraid of
What are you so afraid of
You're staring truth in the face
So come on down
What are you so afraid of
You're busy living now, aren't you
You're busy making vows
You're coming unglued
Time is shorter than you know
I know the light is blinding to the naked eye
So why don't you take steps away from being alone
I swear it's not too late for you
It's all worth reaching for
It's all worth reaching for
It's all worth reaching for
The hand to pull you out
It's all worth reaching for
The hand to pull you out
Wake up, wake up, wake up
And step outside your box
Wake up, wake up
A Moment Suspended In Time
Held captive, I’m a prisoner
In the back room where the water leaks
and I’m oh, so cold
Command me on what to do, but we both
know neither you or I are in control
There’s nothing left for me here
I’m grabbing on to what’s left of this hole.
It’s all too real this can’t be happening
Never again, ever again, will I say I’m Ok
I’m scared of the fate that will become
mine
No time to talk you know the drill
Under my desk this can’t be it
I’m only dreaming, I’ve got to be dreaming
But I can’t get up. No time to talk, not this
time, this is my place
This is where I arrange
It’s so funny how we see things so clear
when we have no time left to live
So lay back now and take it in
I won’t say a word. I won’t say anything
I can’t believe how it feels
To stand here in this room
and feel like it’s going to blow
I think we're all going to blow
I’ve got to be dreaming
We've got to be dreaming
Please don’t wake me up
This is the end
There Could Be Nothing After This
In the end we tend to think of how it
began
I could never explain the picture it painted,
and how it made me feel
Now the ceiling is in motion
The light centered and overlooked
You want to see me disappear? Well, so do I
Such a quiet evaporation
We’re nothing but hollow vessels in search
of what makes us alive
I never said this was my revolution when
you looked me in the eye
Oh, how I’ve walked this white line so
many times before
What a feeble attempt just to feel alive
This is for you and your hopeless case
You never would leave me in your wish to
fail every time
Every time I try
So talk about it
At least it makes you feel something inside
Who have I become
Oh God, everything all around me is
crumbling at my feet
I stare so delicate and ashamed
at the shell I’ve shed myself from
In the eyes of my ghost
and I will never look back again
You're Ever So Inviting
The time has come for you
to sit this out
To fit inside your mold
would be to sell myself short
This ground we tread upon
is now filling up to our necks
We turn the pages left to right
We see everything
Oh,my story’s growing, it is
on my last request
Don’t make me feel so contradicting
There’s no room for cheating and being
yourself
Failure leaves such a bitter taste in their
mouth
And on the last hour
we write so many new chapters again
And on the outside
where there are no surprises
Oh, it’s getting longer
to see it through their eyes
would bring me so much closer
You can do this night after night
Failure leaves such a bitter taste in my
mouth
Taste and see, I swear I know what’s good
Be still and know that they won’t lie to you
every
single time you’re facing lies
I know why you never take your eyes off
me
I’ve used my lungs for everything but
breathing
I find myself dried up in this conversation
So pull me out, pull me aside
Salmarnir
(Psalm 50:1-6, in Russian)
PS 50:1 Бог Богов, Господь возглаголал и призывает землю, от восхода солнца до запада.
PS 50:2 С Сиона, который есть верх красоты, является Бог,
PS 50:3 грядет Бог наш, и не в безмолвии: пред Ним огонь поядающий, и вокруг Его сильная буря.
PS 50:4 Он призывает свыше небо и землю, судить народ Свой:
PS 50:5 'соберите ко Мне святых Моих, вступивших в завет со Мною при жертве'.
PS 50:6 И небеса провозгласят правду Его, ибо судия сей есть Бог.
The mighty one, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth
Our God comes and does not keep silent, a devouring fire is before him, and a mighty tempest all around him
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!
The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge
Returning Empty Handed
How peaceful it feels against my face
Oh, what a long haul
You brought me here for this
I see nothing but disaster
Now I’m taking you with me
A transparent scenery that comes as fast as
it leaves
Now my eyes flash with white
It’s settling in with all the flickering
Here again
The floor is more fitting for my face
Here again? This is getting old
I am being watched
This is overwhelming
Paranoia...
As you dig your feet in I will sink my teeth
into the floor,
while I lay here alone
As the light begins to breach the border,
while I lay here alone
Aware of every step
I’m not aware at all
black...flash white...I am awake
Casting Such A Thin Shadow
Speak up
My ears are growing weary
I’ll sing this to the end
and watch the waves crash over me
Not too much to overcome with enough
time to turn it all around
In a picture perfect scenery I’ve become a
stick figure illustration
My eyes roll back and focus on what’s
ahead
I can still stand if you lend the hand to
brace me
I’ll take this on my own
Moving For The Sake Of Motion
<Someone please turn the lights back on
I've been wandering here for days, disconnected, and in search
For new air to breathe in
I don't think I can fix this
Don't think I could change
But that's the problem
We never speak to Him
Our walls have caged us in
And I can't quite remember
This was the first time I didn't say enough
This was the only time I kept it close enough
Brace yourself! They're not waking up
Oh, my God
I hate the me that I've become
This needy useless forgetting one
Truthfully I can't be the me that I've washed up to be
Don't stop breathing
The walls have just begun to spin
Just let the water calm you this time
It's all around you, just open your eyes and take a look
It will never kill you; not this time
It's all around you
We're surrounded for all I care
Brace yourself right now
Lights out I'm not breathing
I can't keep swimming, can't keep my head up
Writing On The Walls
Maybe we
Why dont we
Sit right here for half an hour
We'll speak of what a waste I am
And how we missed your beat again
I swear we need to find some comfort in this run-down place
To bridge the gap of this concious state that we live in
And I'm short on time
How come you try
To place us all
And fit the shape of
And I break
What they tell you
You to move on, move on!
But mostly what they show you
At this rate we can't give up
I'm takin back all the things I've said
I'm takin back all the things I've said
But I sure can't just sit still
Keep me filled in and I swear I'll come
We walk alone
We walk alone
We walk alone
We walk alone
We walk alone
We walk alone
Back home
Alone, back home
You're almost gone and I'm okay
I still see your shadow
To give you time to be afraid
But never your face again
I remember your presence
I hope to God you come down
I hope to God you feel this now
I hope to God you come down
I hope to, God
I know there must be some way out of here
And all of them will be waiting there
Everyone Looks So Good From Here
In a deep breath it all starts to change.
Flip my world inside out, honestly I like it
better this way
When I mesh the night through the back
of my eyes
I have put myself here
I’m the culprit
I am the culprit
I’ve been swallowed up alive
Shut down
Building from the inside out
I can finally walk through the walls
I swear I’ve slipped right through the
cracks in the floor
It’s so easy when it’s pulling me under
Now I can see things from the outside, and
I will sit here with no place in mind
I can’t escape from this place, this is so
unfamiliar to me
I can hear the unsatisfying silence
My mouth is open but none of you can
hear me
To Whom It May Concern
So hold your head up high and know it’s
not the end of the road
Walk down this beaten path before you
pack your things and head home
At the end of the road you’ll find what
you’ve been longing for
I know ‘cause my feet have the scars to
show
I was lost with vague direction and no
place to call home
It’s time for you to press on
This is not your war
Set your sights to North and press on
This is not your escape
Wash away what they thought of you
Because in this place, we're all as good as
dead
...end cycle...
Behind the mask you’ll find yourself alone
It’s not the end of road for you