Subconscious
A storm is approaching that's pulling us down Keeping our backs turned, we leave ourselves bound Creating the tempest we're trying to still Often forgetting we write our own will The hammer strikes hard searching for vengeance The toll is high for a carried-out sentence When the gavel descends, your freedom ends and the cost of your choice like lightning descends All your life you've kept your motives concealed, and now at last we find the reason revealed Always trying to put your guilt on the shelf Avoiding the term that you bring on yourself The hammer strikes hard searching for vengeance The toll is high for a carried-out sentence When the gavel descends, your freedom ends and the cost of your choice like lightning descends Enter the shrink who will search to find reason Say that who you are can change like the season Try and talk your way out, claiming life has been bad Point the finger to Mom and surely to Dad It's been brought to my attention that the need for this detention is not for you to pay your due, but for me to work and pay for you Confess what you've done - deceive no one Support what you show - prove what you know Why don't you take what's coming? Why don't you stop running? If this is what justice demands, then the price is out of your hands When you try and lay blame where it doesn't belong, all you see is a mirror Though the sentence you bear fails to undo the wrong, does it bring redemption nearer? Attorneys represent our country's slow descent Sometimes it seems that their aim is to feed the corruption's flame So many alibis that hide too many lies that lead us from the truth, so the courts become no use The gavel that lies in your hand is the power that rules the land The witness that lies at the stand is the coward the criminal planned (x2) Won't someone please, please tell me how we can let it slide so far? Won't someone please, please show me how we've reached the point where we are? What's gone wrong, what's the cause? Without enforcement, what good are laws? What good is time if it doesn't fit the crime? What good are judges who aren't worth a dime? The gavel that lies in your hand is the power that rules the land The witness that lies at the stand breaks the oath that was made with his hand (x2) We let ourselves be overrun when we fail to convict the guilty and the hammer's strike sets free those who plague society (x2)
Submitted by Grave666 — Jun 21, 2026
Winding down life's dusty road A highway carved from stone Following a path of hope My destination still unknown Drifting through a silent dream, afraid I've been betrayed Focusing to reach the end A message shared I must relay I know I'll face all fear I know a choice is drawing near I know that all I feel inside leaves room for change I can't deny [CHORUS]: I've traveled far to reach the top The mountain lies before me I understand the choice I make I've learned to live with what must be Shifting out of where I've been Seeing more than I saw then Finding choice in what's been said Seeing work in what's ahead What I felt inside my mind, I had no doubt that I could find I've reached the door without a key, content with what I've learned to see I know I'll face all fear I know a choice is drawing near I know that all I feel inside leaves room for change that I can't hide [CHORUS] I know I'll face all fear I know a choice is drawing near I know that all I feel inside won't let me fall, won't let me slide [CHORUS - x2]
Submitted by Grave666 — Jun 21, 2026
(<em>Instrumental</em>)
Submitted by Grave666 — Jun 21, 2026
He was made to travel a place he'd never been It's all the same - his time is running thin A light that now shines dim, once as bright as the sun A door once open wide will now let through no one [CHORUS]: He threads the needle, he's walking the fine edge He treats life like a game and you know he'll end up dead As he threads the needle, he can't remember what she said Can you make a change before it grows too late? You'll never know your place in life if all you love you hate Don't expect my company, there's nothing left to say And don't expect my sympathy - there's none to find today [CHORUS] You've lived your life a gamble, and for what you cannot tell I only hope you understand I can't pull you out of hell I've sacrificed all that I can, yet you refuse to try If you won't change your state of mind, then I guess this is goodbye [CHORUS] He treats life like a game and you know he'll end up dead As he threads the needle, you know he'll end up dead
Submitted by Grave666 — Jun 21, 2026
Today's a day that they knew could be coming, but it hurts the same anyway The soldier is called to take part in the battle, but he's still just Dad for today The table is set, the family is gathered to send their father on his way His country calls The soldier that leads them is leaving to enter the fray [CHORUS]: Farewell laughter Farewell to your boys Farewell daughter Farewell to your voice Farewell father Farewell to you son Farewell brother Until the war is done [PRE-CHORUS]: What awaits, no one knows What war brings, time will show All that's certain is the cause and the man All are hurting for the price war demands [CHORUS] What can be said when emotions run so high? There's a lump in his throat, and everyone he cares for is saying goodbye Tomorrow he leaves for war, but that doesn't matter now All that he cares about is enjoying this night somehow But there's one who will suffer more than the rest Yet she will still remain hopeful She will still do her best to raise their children to be worthy of the freedom they possess, and to understand the sacrifice of a soul whose blood is shed [PRE-CHORUS] [CHORUS]
Submitted by Grave666 — Jun 21, 2026