it kills me not to know this but i've all but just forgotten what the color of her eyes were or her scars or how she as the telling signs of age rain down a single tear is droping through the valleys of an aging face that this world has forgotten- rise against, savior

define your meaning of war to me it's what we do when we're bored i feel the heat comin' off of the black top and it makes me want it more because i'm hyped up outta control if it's a fight i'm ready to go i wouldn't put my money on the other guy if you know what i already know it's been a long time comin' and the tables turned around cause one of us is goin' one of us is going down i'm not runnin' it's a little different now cause one of us is goin' ONE OF US IS GOING DOWN - sick puppies youre going down

i have my mothers dreams i have my fathers eyes you cant take that from me just go ahead and try the crescent city sleeps watch gaints in the sky preparing to unleash let loose a mighty cry can nobody save us will anyone try the pyre is burning the severance is dying and all along they say it help is on the way (they said they said) help is on the way (they said they said) hold my hand to help see right there in front of me help is on the way - rise against help is on the way

somewhere between happy and total f*cking wreck feet sometimes on solid ground sometimes at the edge to spend your waking moments simply killing time is to give up on your hopes and dreams to give up on your life for you has been less then kind so take a number stand in line we've all been sorry we've all been hurt but how we survive is what makes who we are - rise against, survive

break through the undertow your hands i can't 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 now there's a reason why i sing so give it all and it's these reasons that belong to me - rise against, give it all

one last thing i beg you please just before you go i've watched you fly on paper wings half way around the world until they burn up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down landing somewhere far from here with no one else around to catch you falling down and i'm looking at you now and i can't tell if your laughing between each smile there's a tear in your eye there's a train leaving town in an hour it's not waiting for you and neither am i - rise against, paper wings

breathe deep and easy swallow this pride stare at my shaking hands thruogh bone dry blood shot eyesclock strip the hours i count the mles will you be waiting awake until sunrise i traveled in darkness for what seems like days i crawl from the sinkholes collapsed under this weight i know not your sorrow but i know mine so say you'll stay and dance with me tonight - rise against, but tonight we dance

i can still remember the words and what they meant as we etched them with our fingers in years of wet cement the days blurred into each other though everything seemed clear we cruised along at half speed but then we shifted gears we ran like vampires from a thousand burning suns but even then we should have stayed but we ran away now all my freinds are gone mabye we've outgrown all the things that we once loved runaway but what are we running from a show of hands from this audience of one where have they gone - rise against, audience of one

i have a problem that i can not explain, i have no reason why it should have been so plain, i have no question but i sure have excuse, i lack the reason why i should be so confused, i know how i feel when i'm around you, i don't know how i feel when im around you, around you - system of a down, roulette

he said "son have you seen the world? well, what would you say if i said that you could just carry this gun you'll even get paid" i said "that sounds preety good" black leather boots spit shined so bright they cut off my hair but it looked alright we marched and we sang we all became friends as we learned how to fight, a hero of war yeah that's what i'll be and when i come home they'll be d*amn proud of me i'll carry this flag to the grave if i must because it's a flag that i love and a flag that i trust - rise against, hero of war

if you feel so empty so used up so let down if you feel so angry so ripped off so stepped on you're not the only one refusing to back down you're not the only one so get up, let's start a riot, a riot let's start a riot, let's start a riot a riot, let's start a riot, if you feel so filthy so dirty so f*cked up if you feel so walked on so painful so pissed off you're not the only one refusing to go down you're not the only one so get up, let's start a riot a riot let's start a riot, let's start a riot a riot let's start a riot, if you feel so empty so used up so let down if you feel so angry just get up... let's start a riot, a riot, let's start a riot... LET'S START A RIOT, A RIOT, LET'S START A RIOT - three days grace, riot

im holding onto white ballons up against a sky of doom tell me you see them cause whats inside of me is invisible to most even in clear view im sending out a signal to the possiblity of you cause right at this moment i know youre connected that i dont even know myself the changes in me are likely to be like the weather stormy and clear strength into fear bound together - sick puppies, white balloons

sing or i hurt you!!!!!

you've been warned this kid has problems. lots of them.

we don't know him *whistles and walks away*