Band: Shinedown
Album: The Sound Of Madness
Release Date: 24 June 2008
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Atlantic Records
Producer by: Rob Cavallo
* Eric Bass: Bass Guitar
* Barry Kerch: Drums
* Brent Smith: Vocals
* Nick Perri: Lead Guitar
* Zach Myers: Rhythm Guitar
* Barry Kerch: Drums
* Brent Smith: Vocals
* Nick Perri: Lead Guitar
* Zach Myers: Rhythm Guitar
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(United States: Jacksonville, Florida)   |
01. Devour - Lyrics:
Take it and take it and take it and take it and take it all
Take it and take it and take it until you take us all
Smash it and crash it and thrash it and trash it
They're only toys
Try it, you'll like it, don't hide it, don't fight it, just let it out
Steal and shoot it and kill it or take another route
Take it and take it and take it
You know they're only toys
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go
You want it, you want it, you want it, you want it
Well, here it is, everything, everything, everything
Isn't so primitive
Take it and take it and take it and take it and take it all
Nobody, nobody wants to feel like this
Nobody, nobody wants to live like this
Nobody, nobody wants a war like this
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go
What a way to go
Diving down
Round and round
Diving down
Round and round
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go
What a way to go.
02. Sound Of Madness - Lyrics:
Yeah, I get it, you're an outcast
Always under attack, always coming in last
Bringing up the past, no one owes you anything
I think you need a shotgun blast, a kick in the ass
So paranoid, watch your back
Oh my, here we go
Another lose cannon gone bi-polar
Slipped down, couldn't get much lower
Quicksand's got no sense of humor
I'm still laughing like hell
You think that by crying to me
Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe
You've been infected by a social disease
Well, then take your medicine
I created the sound of madness, wrote the book on pain
Somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up and fight for yourself?
I'm so sick of this tombstone mentality
If there's an afterlife then it'll set you free
But I'm not gonna part the seas
You're a self-fulfilling prophecy
You think that by crying to me
Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe
You've been infected by a social disease
Well, then take your medicine
I created the sound of madness, wrote the book on pain
Somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up and fight for yourself?
I created the sound of madness, wrote the book on pain
Somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up and fight?
I created the sound of madness, wrote the book on pain
Somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up and fight for yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight for yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight for yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight for yourself?
03. Second Chance - Lyrics:
My eyes are open wide
By the way I made it through the day
I watch the world outside
By the way I'm leaving out today
I just saw Haley's Comet, she waved
Said, "Why are you always running in place?"
Even the man in the moon disappeared
Somewhere in the stratosphere
Tell my mother, tell my father I've done the best I can
To make them realize this is my life, I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying
Sometimes goodbye is a second chance
Please don't cry one tear for me
I'm not afraid of what I have to say
This is my one and only voice
So listen close, it's only for today
I just saw Haley's Comet, she waved
Said, "Why are you always running in place?"
Even the man in the moon disappeared
Somewhere in the stratosphere"
Tell my mother, tell my father I've done the best I can
To make them realize this is my life, I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying
Sometimes goodbye is a second chance
Here is my chance
This is my chance
Tell my mother, tell my father I've done the best I can
To make them realize this is my life, I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying
Sometimes goodbye is a second chance
Sometimes goodbye is a second chance
Sometimes goodbye is a second chance.
04. Cry For Help - Lyrics:
You've been hanging out for quite awhile now
Livin' off of people you know
Trying to raise a little money to pay off all the monkeys
That you met inside the rabbit hole
You're taking candy from the white witch
You're smokin' tea with Mama Kin
Well, there's a wolf outside a brick house
Screamin', "This time I'm gonna blow it in"
Because the mind is a weapon, see?
And it's got you on your hands and knees
Pull the trigger if you're gonna
We all know that you wanna
Count of 1, 2, 1, 2, 3
You better pray that there's another way out
You better pray that someone's listening now
(And doesn't want to watch you drown)
'Cuz when you lie you're like the devil himself
No angels gonna hear your cry for help
I know you must really think it's funny
You had everybody fooled in the end
But it's a little unassuming considering how you knew me
I'm the only one that called you a friend
Because the mind is a weapon, see?
But you're not gonna use it on me
Pull the trigger if you're gonna
We all know that you wanna
Count of 1, 2, 1, 2, 3
You better pray that there's another way out
You better pray that someone's listening now
(And doesn't want to watch you drown)
'Cuz when you lie you're like the devil himself
No angels gonna hear your cry for help
Count of 1, 2, 1, 2, 3
You better pray that there's another way out
You better pray that someone's listening now
(And doesn't want to watch you drown)
'Cuz when you lie you're like the devil himself
No angels gonna hear your cry for help, for help, for help.
05. The Crow And The Butterfly - Lyrics:
I painted your room at midnight
So I'd know yesterday was over
I put all your books on the top shelf
Even the one with the four leaf clover
Man, I'm getting older
I took all your pictures off the wall
And wrapped 'em in a newspaper blanket
I haven't slept in what seems like a century
And now I can barely breathe
Just like a crow chasing a butterfly
Dandelions lost in the summer sky
When you and I were gettin' high as outer space
I never thought you'd slip away
I guess I was just a little too late
Your words still serenade me
Your lullabies won't let me sleep
I've never heard such a haunting melody
Oh, it's killing me
You know I can barely breathe
Just like a crow chasing a butterfly
Dandelions lost in the summer sky
When you and I were gettin' high as outer space
I never thought you'd slip away
I guess I was just a little too late
Just like a crow chasing a butterfly
Dandelions lost in the summer sky
When you and I were gettin' high as outer space
I never thought you'd slip away
Like a crow chasing a butterfly
Dandelions lost in the summer sky
When you and I were gettin' high as outer space
I never thought you'd slip away
I guess I was just a little too late
Oh, just a little too late.
06. If You Only Knew - Lyrics:
If you only knew
I'm hanging by a thread, the web I spin for you
If you only knew
I'd sacrifice my beating heart before I lose you
I still hold onto the letters you returned
I swear I've lived and learned
It's 4:03, and I can't sleep
Without you next to me, I toss and turn like the sea
If I drown tonight, bring me back to life
Breathe your breath in me
The only thing that I still believe in is you
If you only knew
If you only knew how many times I counted
All the words that went wrong
If you only knew how I refuse to let you go
Even when you're gone
I don't regret any days I spent
Nights we shared or letters that I sent
It's 4:03, and I can't sleep
Without you next to me, I toss and turn like the sea
If I drown tonight, bring me back to life
Breathe your breath in me
The only thing that I still believe in is you
If you only knew, if you will only knew
I still hold onto the letters you returned
You helped me live and learn
It's 4:03, and I can't sleep
Without you next to me, I toss and turn like the sea
If I drown tonight, bring me back to life
Breathe your breath in me
The only thing that I still believe in is you
Believe in is you, I still believe in you, oh
If you only knew.
07. Sin With A Grin - Lyrics:
Take a good look at agony
Force fed pass down time release
I'm inspired to find the liar
Black list X on the back of a soulful man
I've got ways you understand
Look left, look right but I'm behind you
I never noticed until I focused
On everything you did, you said
You lit the fuse inside my head
Thank you for reminding me of why I'm sick inside
Thank you for the venom, did you think it would paralyze?
These scars I scratch, I tear are there under my skin
Where you've always been
Thank you for reminding me to sin with a grin
Hangman standing on a twisted 2 by 4
Built your house but forgot to lock the door
I'm inside with two black eyes
I have not one shred of sympathy
I have no use for apologies
I'm inspired to find the lie
I never noticed until I focused
On everything you did, you said
You lit the fuse inside my head
Thank you for reminding me of why I'm sick inside
Thank you for the venom, did you think it would paralyze?
These scars I scratch, I tear are there under my skin
Where you've always been
Thank you for reminding me to sin with a grin
Thank you for reminding me of why I'm sick inside
Thank you for the venom, did you think it would paralyze?
These scars I scratch, I tear are there under my skin
Where you've always been
Thank you for reminding me of why I'm sick inside
Thank you for the venom, did you think it would paralyze?
These scars I scratch, I tear are there under my skin
Where you've always been
Thank you for reminding me to sin with a grin
Sin with a grin, sin with a grin, sin with a grin.
08. What A Shame - Lyrics:
Two packs of cigarettes a day
The strongest whiskey Kentucky can make
That's a recipe to put a vagabond
On his hands and knees
I watched it all up close
I knew him more than most
I saw a side of him he never showed
Full of sympathy for a world that wouldn't let him be
That's the man he was
Have you heard enough?
What a shame, what a shame
To judge a life that you can't change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So won't you give this man his wings?
What a shame to have to beg you to
See we're not all the same, what a shame
There's a hard life for every silver spoon
There's a touch of gray for every shade of blue
That's the way that I see life
If there was nothing wrong then there'd be nothing right
And for this working man
They say could barely stand
There's gotta be a better place to land
Some kind of remedy for a world that wouldn't let him be
That's the man he was
Have you heard enough?
What a shame, what a shame
To judge a life that you can't change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So won't you give this man his wings?
What a shame to have to beg you to
See we're not all the same, what a shame
God forgive the hands that laid you down
They never knew how
But your broken heart can break the sound
And change the seasons
Now the leaves are falling faster
Happily ever after
You gave me hope through your endeavors
And now you will live forever
What a shame, what a shame
To judge a life that you can't change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So won't you give this man his wings?
What a shame to have to beg you to
See we're not all the same, what a shame
What a shame, what a shame
'Cause we're not all the same
What a shame, what a shame
'Cause we're not all the same.
09. Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide - Lyrics:
She's a steel thrill suicide
They say cyanide in her plastic veins
She's a mannequin of misery
She's on a bender but she ain't gonna break
Hey, hey, taste like sugar
But it's Novocaine
She's grinding teeth
So she can sharpen the pain
White light
Train wreck
Black lips, pale eyes
Cyanide sweet tooth suicide
She's a killer
She's my cyanide sweet tooth suicide
Strychnine cerebellum feeds the brain
Hurricane in a violent rage, they say
She's a looker just like Anna Nicole, oh no
Fuck the silver let's go straight for the gold
Hey, hey, digging deeper
Than a six foot hole
She's snorting cocaine
Through a suicide note
White light
Train wreck
Black lips, pale eyes
Cyanide sweet tooth suicide
She's a killer
She's my cyanide sweet tooth suicide
White light
Train wreck
Black lips, pale eyes
Cyanide sweet tooth suicide
She's a killer
My, my cyanide sweet tooth suicide
Black lips, pale eyes
Cyanide sweet tooth suicide
She's a zero modified
Cyanide sweet tooth suicide.
10. Breaking Inside - Lyrics:
I caught a chill and it's still frozen on my skin
I think about why I'm alone by myself no one else to explain
How far do I go no one knows
If the end is so much better why don't we just live forever?
Don't tell me I'm the last one in line
Don't tell me I'm too late this time
I don't wanna live to waste another day
Underneath the shadow of mistakes I've made
'Cuz I feel like I'm breaking inside
I, I, I, I don't wanna fall and say I lost it all
'Cuz maybe there's a part of me that hit the wall
Leaving pieces of me behind
And I feel like I'm breaking inside
Out here nothing's clear
Except the moment I decided to move on and I ignited
Disappear into the fear
You know there ain't no coming back when you're still carrying the past
You can't erase, separate
Cigarette in my hand, hope you all understand
I won't be the last one in line
I finally figured out what's mine
I don't wanna live to waste another day
Underneath the shadow of mistakes I've made
'Cuz I feel like I'm breaking inside
I, I, I, I don't wanna fall and say I lost it all
'Cuz maybe there's a part of me that hit the wall
Leaving pieces of me behind, leaving pieces of me behind
And I feel like I'm breaking inside
I won't be the last one in line
I finally figured out what's mine
I don't wanna live to waste another day
Underneath the shadow of mistakes I've made
'Cuz I feel like I'm breaking inside
I, I, I, I don't wanna fall and say I lost it all
'Cuz maybe there's a part of me that hit the wall
Leaving pieces of me behind, leaving pieces of me behind
And I feel like I'm breaking inside
And I feel like I'm breaking
And I feel like I'm breaking inside.
11. Call Me - Lyrics:
Wrap me in a bolt of lightning
Send me on my way still smiling
Maybe that's the way I should go
Straight into the mouth of the unknown
Left the spare key on the table
Never really thought I'd be able to say
I merely visit on the weekend
I lost my whole life and a dear friend
I've said it so many times
I would change my ways
No, never mind
God knows I've tried
Call me a sinner, call me a saint
Tell me it's over, I'll still love you the same
Call me your favorite, call me the worst
Tell me it's over, I don't want you to hurt
It's all that I can say, so I'll be on my way
I finally put it all together
But nothing really lasts forever
I had to make a choice that was not mine
I had to say goodbye for the last time
I kept my whole life in suitcase
Never really stayed in one place
Maybe that's the way it should be
You know I've led my life like a gypsy
I've said it so many times
I would change my ways
No, never mind
God knows I've tried
Call me a sinner, call me a saint
Tell me it's over, I'll still love you the same
Call me your favorite, call me the worst
Tell me it's over, I don't want you to hurt
It's all that I can say, so I'll be on my way
I'll always keep you inside
You healed my heart and my life
And you know I tried
Call me a sinner, call me a saint
Tell me it's over, I'll still love you the same
Call me your favorite, call me the worst
Tell me it's over, I don't want you to hurt
It's all that I can say, so I'll be on my way
So I'll be on my way, so I'll be on my way.
12. I Own You - Lyrics:
[Bonus Track]
Come on in, take a seat
Tell me how you feel this weak
Are you cursed? Are you blessed?
Are you still inside the mess?
All those feelings wrapped around you
Hold you down so you can't break through
Its a trap, so don't ask. Its a shadow on
Your back. It don't burn, it don't bleed
Still it cuts you at the knee
All this pressure that surrounds you
Holds you down but you know you
Gotta break through
Hey, C'est la vie
Remember me?
I made you, dressed
And trained you
Hey, its bitter sweet
You can't kill me with kindness
I don't buy it
Strip down, show me flesh and bone
(Strip Down)
'Cause now I own you
Take a breath, hold it in
Now look up, let's begin
Lesson learned, take a turn
Now you come around again
All those feelings wrapped around you
Hold you down so you can't break through
Time is up, take your shot
'Cause your story's all you got
Don't back down, don't say no
Just exhale and let go
All this pressure that surrounds you
Holds you down but you know
You've gotta break through
Hey, C'est la vie
Remember me?
I made you, dressed
And trained you
Hey, its bitter sweet
You can't kill me with kindness
I don't buy it
Strip down, show me flesh and bone
(Strip Down)
'Cause now I own you
(You can't kill me with kindness, no I don't buy it)
Strip down, show your flesh and bone
'Cause now I own you
Hey, C'est la vie
Remember me?
I made you, dressed
And trained you
Hey, its bitter sweet
You can't kill me with kindness
I don't buy it
Strip down, show me flesh and bone
(Strip Down)
'Cause now I own you
Now I own you
Now I own you
Now I own you
You know I own you.
13. The Energy - Lyrics:
[Bonus Track]
You make it up as you go along
Why pretend that you're something that you're not?
I believe in you and always will
Ever since you told me you're for real
Inside, emotional mood swing soon collide
Now gather up all your tenacity
Take my hand 'cause I set you free
[Chorus]:
Who cares who's there to stare
And tell you how I look?
I'm not even sure they know you by name
Who cares who's there to share what they think of you?
Everybody here plays the same fucking games
Alright, alright, alright
You're such an energy
Alright, alright, alright
You're such an energy
Let me see your fly
Put your fist up in the air
Alive, that's how I want you to feel tonight
Live, you're only here once, so do it well
Fight, you all need to rise up and give them hell
There is no reason to wonder if you should
Go tell them you can't be bought or sold
Break your silence and tell them who you are
'Cause they're all witness to a shooting star
[Chorus]:
Who cares who's there to stare
And tell you how I look?
I'm not even sure they know you by name
Who cares who's there to share what they think of you?
Everybody here plays the same fucking games
Alright, alright, alright
You're such an energy
Alright, alright, alright
You're such an energy
Let me see your fly
Put your fist up in the air
Tell me how you feel is stroong enough
Tell me, 'cause all eyes are on you now, yeah
[Chorus]:
Who cares who's there to stare
And tell you how I look?
I'm not even sure they know you by name
Who cares who's there to share what they think of you?
Everybody here plays the same fucking games
Alright, alright, alright
You're such an energy
Alright, alright, alright
You're such an energy
Let me see your fly
Put your fist up in the air
You're such an energy
Woah you're an energy
Yeah, you're such an energy.
14. Son Of Sam - Lyrics:
[Bonus Track]
Paint it black and white if you like
The stories still the same
A generation built on a lie
That everyone of us is safe
Paint it black and white if you like
If it keeps you sane
You know the world just ain't right
So tell me who's to blame
(And I will catch you but you might break the fall)
God damn, I might be the son of Sam
The only child of a holy man
I stand alone for all to see
'Cause they ain't never seen a war like me
God damn, son of Sam
God damn, son of Sam
Burning buildings from above
Send their best and send their love
Turn away, goodbye, goodnight
Go to sleep, now don't you cry
Are you afraid your life means less?
Are you concerned you might be next?
It's much too soon for me to tell
If you're in heaven or in hell
(And I will catch you but you might break the fall)
God damn, I might be the son of Sam
The only child of a holy man
I stand alone for all to see
'Cause they ain't never seen a war like me
God damn, son of Sam
God damn, son of Sam
Your ceiling falling piece by pieces
Raining down like concrete
Just surrender and remember
What you've done to me
Look now over your shoulder
No it's not over
It's just beginning
And I will write the final ending
God damn, I might be the son of Sam
The only child of a holy man
I stand alone for all to see
'Cause they ain't never seen a war like me
God damn, I might be the son of Sam
The only child of a holy man
I stand alone for all to see
'Cause they ain't never seen a war like me
Son of Sam, son of Sam, son of Sam, son of Sam
Son of Sam
'Cause they ain't never seen a war like me.
