My Favorite Lyrics Part 1

So I listen to a lot of music, and a great friend of mine, Matt, and I play a game where we quote a lyric from a song, and the other person has to guess the artist and the song. I am not going to play the game here, but I thought I would post some of my favorite lyrics. Each of these songs tells a story, and many of them are open to interpretation, so feel free to read through and post what you think each one means.

Killswitch Engage - Reject Yourself

Their cries are blown away with the wind.
How passive can we be before humanity is lost?
Turning our backs on those who need love.
We must not rest while healing is needed.

Tear down the veil.
That bars your heart from feeling this.
Dedicate yourself.
Give your soul to compassion.
With open arms, embrace this heart.
With open eyes, behold the truth.
Embrace this life.

So little time is left.
We must be relentless in our pursuit of those in torment.
Tear down the veil
That bars your heart from feeling this.
Dedicate yourself.
Become the voice of compassion.
With open arms, embrace this heart.
With open eyes, behold the truth.
Embrace this life.

Can you reject yourself?
Can you feel their agony?
In a world that feeds on disregard.
Heal the broken hearted.



In Flames - My Sweet Shadow

I'm selling heavenly sketches
A world out of my mind
Ready to explode in purity
To fill the holes inside

An ever moving stream
With glowing rays of light
Emotions tied to past lies
And I know I should let go

Tame with confidence of a brighter future
I found a flame in the burnt out ashes... burn out, burn out

Fueled these new shores burn
Dark past lies cold
Shadow, my sweet shadow
To you I look no more

Another dawn collapses
Do I need to be reminded?
A glimpse of my safe home
A path to hide all anger

In circles I catch
A torch carried by the immortal
From depths that I created
In vain echoes fade

Burn out!



As I Lay Dying - Meaning In Tragedy

I have traveled so far to find so little
Meaning in tragedy or tragedy
In the search for the meaning
Dark clouds have lead me here
Confined freedom
Guides us to security
What if everything
I have been taught is a lie and all of my teachers
Have been wrong this whole time
Compelling us to fight
The battles they would not
They have already won
And we have already lost
If we do not learn from their mistakes
We have already lost
If we don't learn to change


Lamb Of God - Laid To Rest

If there was a single day I could live,
A single breath I could take,
I'd trade all the others away.

The blood's on the wall,
So you might as well just admit it.
And bleach out the stains,
Commit to forgetting it.
You're better off empty and blank,
Then left with a single pathetic trace of this.

Smother another failure
Lay this to rest

Console yourself,
You're better alone,
Destroy yourself,
See who gives a fuck.

Absorb yourself,
You're better alone,
Destroy yourself.

I'll chain you to the truth,
For the truth shall set you free.
I'll turn the screws of vengeance,
And bury you with honesty.

I'll make all your dreams come to life,
And slay them as quickly as they came,

Smother another failure
Lay this to rest

Console yourself,
You're better alone,
Destroy yourself,
See who gives a fuck.

Absorb yourself,
You're better alone,
Destroy yourself.

See who gives a fuck

FAILURE
If there was a day I could live,
If there was a single breath I could take,
I'd trade all the others away,
I'd trade all the others away.