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Album: Returners
Release Date: 8 June 2010
Genre: Melodic Hardcore
Label: Mediaskare Records
Artwork by: Justin Reich
Producer: Baron Bodnar, Shane Frisby
- Line Up CD: from left -
Artwork by: Justin Reich
Producer: Baron Bodnar, Shane Frisby
* KC Stockbridge: Drums
* Zach Johnson: Guitar
* Jonathan Vigil: Vocals
* Aaron Brooks: Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Jim Riley: Bass Guitar
01. Walk Away From The World:
Instrumental [♫]
02. Greater Distance - Lyrics:
All the wrath and all the faith
I have inside is eating me alive
Most tend to put their dreams aside
To get them through the day
But my eyes are open
And I see the sky
And I am infinite
I continue on
I will never fear the unknown
And I am infinite
I can continue on
Limitless and unbreakable
The wavering wishes of man are but a whimper
Now stand up high to come and live forever with me
Now stand up high to come and live forever with me
All hope is not lost
All hope is not lost
Some things seem so far away
To a half-hearted and broken youth
Terrified of the outside
And everything
It's just within your reach
Everything is just within your reach
Everything is just within your reach.
03. Between The Lines - Lyrics:
[featuring: Brendan Foley]
But when the spotlight comes, where have the words gone?
The fall from grace is paved with your lies
Stand strong behind your beliefs, if you can even manage to stand at all
What happened to the blood pumping through your veins?
You've scattered the ashes of an iron faith
The sun fades below the horizon, and you say goodbye to what used to be
They try to hang pictures of perfection on every wall and every corner
But the negatives fail to transfer to the final print
Defy the leader
Step away from the line
No one will ever get the best of me
What do you stand for?
Tell me now, what do you stand for?
So sing your song with the highest choir; preach from the top of the world
Share your voice
Admiration of the highest degree
And now I'm washing my hands of this and leaving it all behind
I'll wash my hands
And leave it behind.
04. Unspoken - Lyrics:
I've got something here worth fighting for
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Give me everything that you've got
It's all for one or it's none for all
You're giving me the reason to keep coming back again and again
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Not a single voice unheard or unspoken
I'm not passing time, not along for the ride
You're the fuel to my fire, now watch me burn
Who needs fame and who needs fortune
Cause I've got guts and I've got glory?
We took a shot in the dark and we might have failed
This is our one chance
So ready to see how things turn out
I might have to bite the bullet again
Resentment, no longer my cross to bear
Bitterness and emptiness are a thing of the past
I've found my shelter
I have my home
I've got something here worth fighting for
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Give me everything that you've got
It's all for one or it's none for all
You're giving me the reason to keep coming back again and again
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Not a single voice unheard or unspoken
I'm not passing time, not along for the ride
You're the fuel to my fire, now watch me burn
There's no coming back from this
This could be my destiny, I won't stray from the path
Nothing else can take control of my mind
I've got something here worth fighting for
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Give me everything that you've got
It's all for one or it's none for all
You're giving me the reason to keep coming back again and again
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Not a single voice unheard or unspoken
I'm not passing time, not along for the ride
You're the fuel to my fire, now watch me burn
Burn!
With screams over silence taking place of the violence
Standing together we are never alone
With screams over silence taking place of the violence
Standing together we are never alone
With screams over silence taking place of the violence
Standing together we are never alone.
05. Overlooked - Lyrics:
I say fear me and fear death, too
You can't keep me on the ground
Made to suffer, but no longer
This is coming to an end
It's time for your reign
To stop its constant downpour
Endure this drought that you've been bringing on for so long
Fear me, fear death, fear the life you love
The light will shine for you no longer
I'll banish you back to dark
I'll banish you back to dark
For you the light will shine no longer, punk
I was made for war
I was built for everyone
Who lacks the means to scream
Who lacks the means to scream
To anyone who's been locked out of their dreams
Beaten and broken, I will prevail
The life you hold down is the one you shunned so long ago
I have fear in one hand and fire in the other
I'll end this terror that you've started
I was made for war
I was built for everyone
Who lacks the means to scream
Who lacks the means to scream
To anyone who's been locked out of their dreams
Beaten and broken, I will prevail
Sever the rope that holds my anchor
I'll watch as you sink
Now you'll know what it's like to be left out
Now you'll know how it feels to be nothing
(Because I know how it feels to be nothing).
06. Chrono - Lyrics:
[featuring: Mat Bruso]
Rushing in and out, and in and out of my mind
(I'm out of my mind)
We live and obey with some kind of hate
Dreading the time to come when we've got no time at all
I want to take the time to stop and think
About doing this, and what it might mean to be
When I close my eyes, there's nothing but darkness revealed
It's right there in front of me
Looking forward for a taste of things to come
I can't see familiar faces on anyone
Life is trying to pass me by
But not this time. I am not afraid
You're not getting older; you're just getting old
And your finish wears thin as your stories get told
Yet you've somehow impressed her; she's already sold
The one page in your book that's still shining in gold says
"Wishing for the years to flash by has left me blind
I'm waiting for the few fleeting moments where the world makes sense to me."
I want to take the time to stop and think
About doing this, and what it might mean to be
When I close my eyes, there's nothing but darkness revealed
It's right there in front of me
Looking forward for a taste of things to come
I can't see familiar faces on anyone
Life is trying to pass me by, but not this time
I am not afraid, I am not afraid
My search continues for a taste of things to come
I can't see familiar faces on anyone
Life is trying its best to pass by, but not this time, I am not afraid
(I am not afraid).
07. The Conflict - Lyrics:
[featuring: Tommy Green]
Let's put an end to this once and for all
We've found strength in numbers
And when your time runs out, what will you believe?
I'm in no search for salvation or sanity
Your words are bringing me down
Just leave me be
A sinking ship, escape from these shackles at home
Now I'm led to your bleeding heart, and I'm standing alone
A song, some psalm about hope and fear
Subject to the words of a voice I don't hear
Constructing an army of fallen men before my eyes
But I don't want your council, I walk my own line
I live the life of the true
I do not bleed
My eyes only see the ones who don't believe
Just the sight of the hopeless with no calling or a place in the sun
It takes more than might to move the masses
It takes strenuous strength to stand for something
I can see your arms open to welcome the storm
I see the boundaries
I know this game
I can stand with you though we don't see the same
I want you to know the love that set me free
I don't worship a concept. I follow a king
We walk through water to bridge the gap between lives and separate sides
And when it comes to this, there will be no war; there should be no pride
You've always hated what you've never known
And never loved what you were never shown
Drop your guard and be as strong as "we."
Finally free
Block out the sun until the walls cave in
Tearing down the walls between two sides
Respecting each others lives with no fear no pride
Bridging the gap that exists, though there are still two sides
Please know I'm on your side
We walk through water to bridge the gap between lives and separate sides
Drop your guard and be as strong as "we."
Finally free
Let's put an end to this once and for all
We've found strength in numbers
And when your time runs out, what will you believe?
08. Downbeat - Lyrics:
Days can fade, and lives can slip away
Any song can be silenced
It's time that we start this over
I know what it's like to fall face down
We've all been there before, with no life in sight
When it feels like the world just gave up, with no strength to see it through
Raise a fist up to the sky, scream it loud
"I'm not ready die."
A hymn for the hopeless, my song to the deaf
I learned to push past the pain
I've seen it before; it's never the same
Aim an ear to the heavens
Still waiting for a sign of life
I'm gonna build this wall from brick, twice as thick
So you cannot tear it down
And then it rang in my head, "Love is what you make it
Some hands we have to fold
And the hardest lessons you will learn are the ones you've been told."
Face to face with death himself
I know this won't be the end of me, I just know it
You always will be my enemy
I control it
Days can fade, and lives can slip away
Any song can be silenced
It's time that we start this over
I know what it's like to fall face down
We've all been there before, with no life in sight
When it feels like the world just gave up, with no strength to see it through
Raise a fist up to the sky, scream it loud
"I'm not ready die."
A hymn for the hopeless, my song to the deaf
I learned to push past the pain
I've seen it before; it's never the same
Aim an ear to the heavens
Still waiting for a sign of life
I'm gonna build this wall from brick, twice as thick
So you cannot tear it down
Days can fade, and lives can slip away
Any song can be silenced
It's time that we start this over.
09. The Returner - Lyrics:
- Being in a touring band, you're away from home more than anyone could ever imagine
And every time we come back home, things are drastically different than the way we left them
This one is about returning home or to some place familiar and dealing with the changes that have taken place in your absence
Searching for something that cannot be found
An end with no means to reach
Look to the light that we'll never see
Is this life? Or some kind of dream?
I am a dreamer, so blind my eyes
My absence meant more than this
All the things I've come to miss (and bless) are gone
I am a returner, just not tonight.
10. Through The Cracks - Lyrics:
Pride and pity play no part of the process
Like allegiance lost in hellfire, I've lost it all
Tell the maker of my grave that I'm not dead
There's far too many things in life I left unsaid
Any face and any place to tell me none of this was in vain
I'd live this all again, if you'd do the same
So to the shadows I disappear
To stay forever, but I wont end here
Dear God, my world is ending
As quickly as it starts, everything is gone
And everything went wrong!
OHH!
I've spent so much time trying to live the lie
To be a part of something bold as blood
Take me home to embrace the nothingness
Now I'm home to embrace that theres nothing left
Pride and pity play no part of the process
Like allegiance lost in hellfire, Ive lost it all
Tell the maker of my grave that I'm not dead
There's far too many things in life I left unsaid
Any face and any place to tell me none of this was in vain
I'd live this all again, if you'd do the same
No cave can hide me!
No one will find me
Over the years
No apologies, no regrets
NO REGRETS!
11. Truth And Temper - Lyrics:
We're bringing on the night
And everything that it entails
This one for all the times
I've been made into a saint
Haunted by a halo
You thought was a way out
We tell ourselves these things
In hopes it brings us to the path we seek
The only hope
Was the words I've said to you to get you through
The only hope
Was the words I've said to you...
To get you through
Anger sank in today
And it's sad to say that it's here to stay
But battle through the days
That bring you to your knees
To all my demons that breathe fire down on me
And every angel that shares it grace with me
I am no king, I am no king
A hollow man
In a world of thieves
This tragedy plays out, over again
We're bringing on the night
And everything that it entails
This one for all the times
I've been made into a saint, into a saint
I stand in defiance of all your kings
(And the fear that they bring)
Crushing the strength of some
It's not fair, I don't care
I am not defeated!
It's not fair, I don't care
I am not defeated!
Out of all the words left to say, this is what you need to hear:
"To all my demons that breathe fire down on me
And every angel that shares it grace with me
I am no king, I am no king".
* Zach Johnson: Guitar
* Jonathan Vigil: Vocals
* Aaron Brooks: Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Jim Riley: Bass Guitar
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Instrumental [♫]
02. Greater Distance - Lyrics:
All the wrath and all the faith
I have inside is eating me alive
Most tend to put their dreams aside
To get them through the day
But my eyes are open
And I see the sky
And I am infinite
I continue on
I will never fear the unknown
And I am infinite
I can continue on
Limitless and unbreakable
The wavering wishes of man are but a whimper
Now stand up high to come and live forever with me
Now stand up high to come and live forever with me
All hope is not lost
All hope is not lost
Some things seem so far away
To a half-hearted and broken youth
Terrified of the outside
And everything
It's just within your reach
Everything is just within your reach
Everything is just within your reach.
03. Between The Lines - Lyrics:
[featuring: Brendan Foley]
But when the spotlight comes, where have the words gone?
The fall from grace is paved with your lies
Stand strong behind your beliefs, if you can even manage to stand at all
What happened to the blood pumping through your veins?
You've scattered the ashes of an iron faith
The sun fades below the horizon, and you say goodbye to what used to be
They try to hang pictures of perfection on every wall and every corner
But the negatives fail to transfer to the final print
Defy the leader
Step away from the line
No one will ever get the best of me
What do you stand for?
Tell me now, what do you stand for?
So sing your song with the highest choir; preach from the top of the world
Share your voice
Admiration of the highest degree
And now I'm washing my hands of this and leaving it all behind
I'll wash my hands
And leave it behind.
04. Unspoken - Lyrics:
I've got something here worth fighting for
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Give me everything that you've got
It's all for one or it's none for all
You're giving me the reason to keep coming back again and again
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Not a single voice unheard or unspoken
I'm not passing time, not along for the ride
You're the fuel to my fire, now watch me burn
Who needs fame and who needs fortune
Cause I've got guts and I've got glory?
We took a shot in the dark and we might have failed
This is our one chance
So ready to see how things turn out
I might have to bite the bullet again
Resentment, no longer my cross to bear
Bitterness and emptiness are a thing of the past
I've found my shelter
I have my home
I've got something here worth fighting for
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Give me everything that you've got
It's all for one or it's none for all
You're giving me the reason to keep coming back again and again
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Not a single voice unheard or unspoken
I'm not passing time, not along for the ride
You're the fuel to my fire, now watch me burn
There's no coming back from this
This could be my destiny, I won't stray from the path
Nothing else can take control of my mind
I've got something here worth fighting for
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Give me everything that you've got
It's all for one or it's none for all
You're giving me the reason to keep coming back again and again
Give it all, give it all, give it all
Not a single voice unheard or unspoken
I'm not passing time, not along for the ride
You're the fuel to my fire, now watch me burn
Burn!
With screams over silence taking place of the violence
Standing together we are never alone
With screams over silence taking place of the violence
Standing together we are never alone
With screams over silence taking place of the violence
Standing together we are never alone.
05. Overlooked - Lyrics:
I say fear me and fear death, too
You can't keep me on the ground
Made to suffer, but no longer
This is coming to an end
It's time for your reign
To stop its constant downpour
Endure this drought that you've been bringing on for so long
Fear me, fear death, fear the life you love
The light will shine for you no longer
I'll banish you back to dark
I'll banish you back to dark
For you the light will shine no longer, punk
I was made for war
I was built for everyone
Who lacks the means to scream
Who lacks the means to scream
To anyone who's been locked out of their dreams
Beaten and broken, I will prevail
The life you hold down is the one you shunned so long ago
I have fear in one hand and fire in the other
I'll end this terror that you've started
I was made for war
I was built for everyone
Who lacks the means to scream
Who lacks the means to scream
To anyone who's been locked out of their dreams
Beaten and broken, I will prevail
Sever the rope that holds my anchor
I'll watch as you sink
Now you'll know what it's like to be left out
Now you'll know how it feels to be nothing
(Because I know how it feels to be nothing).
06. Chrono - Lyrics:
[featuring: Mat Bruso]
Rushing in and out, and in and out of my mind
(I'm out of my mind)
We live and obey with some kind of hate
Dreading the time to come when we've got no time at all
I want to take the time to stop and think
About doing this, and what it might mean to be
When I close my eyes, there's nothing but darkness revealed
It's right there in front of me
Looking forward for a taste of things to come
I can't see familiar faces on anyone
Life is trying to pass me by
But not this time. I am not afraid
You're not getting older; you're just getting old
And your finish wears thin as your stories get told
Yet you've somehow impressed her; she's already sold
The one page in your book that's still shining in gold says
"Wishing for the years to flash by has left me blind
I'm waiting for the few fleeting moments where the world makes sense to me."
I want to take the time to stop and think
About doing this, and what it might mean to be
When I close my eyes, there's nothing but darkness revealed
It's right there in front of me
Looking forward for a taste of things to come
I can't see familiar faces on anyone
Life is trying to pass me by, but not this time
I am not afraid, I am not afraid
My search continues for a taste of things to come
I can't see familiar faces on anyone
Life is trying its best to pass by, but not this time, I am not afraid
(I am not afraid).
07. The Conflict - Lyrics:
[featuring: Tommy Green]
Let's put an end to this once and for all
We've found strength in numbers
And when your time runs out, what will you believe?
I'm in no search for salvation or sanity
Your words are bringing me down
Just leave me be
A sinking ship, escape from these shackles at home
Now I'm led to your bleeding heart, and I'm standing alone
A song, some psalm about hope and fear
Subject to the words of a voice I don't hear
Constructing an army of fallen men before my eyes
But I don't want your council, I walk my own line
I live the life of the true
I do not bleed
My eyes only see the ones who don't believe
Just the sight of the hopeless with no calling or a place in the sun
It takes more than might to move the masses
It takes strenuous strength to stand for something
I can see your arms open to welcome the storm
I see the boundaries
I know this game
I can stand with you though we don't see the same
I want you to know the love that set me free
I don't worship a concept. I follow a king
We walk through water to bridge the gap between lives and separate sides
And when it comes to this, there will be no war; there should be no pride
You've always hated what you've never known
And never loved what you were never shown
Drop your guard and be as strong as "we."
Finally free
Block out the sun until the walls cave in
Tearing down the walls between two sides
Respecting each others lives with no fear no pride
Bridging the gap that exists, though there are still two sides
Please know I'm on your side
We walk through water to bridge the gap between lives and separate sides
Drop your guard and be as strong as "we."
Finally free
Let's put an end to this once and for all
We've found strength in numbers
And when your time runs out, what will you believe?
08. Downbeat - Lyrics:
Days can fade, and lives can slip away
Any song can be silenced
It's time that we start this over
I know what it's like to fall face down
We've all been there before, with no life in sight
When it feels like the world just gave up, with no strength to see it through
Raise a fist up to the sky, scream it loud
"I'm not ready die."
A hymn for the hopeless, my song to the deaf
I learned to push past the pain
I've seen it before; it's never the same
Aim an ear to the heavens
Still waiting for a sign of life
I'm gonna build this wall from brick, twice as thick
So you cannot tear it down
And then it rang in my head, "Love is what you make it
Some hands we have to fold
And the hardest lessons you will learn are the ones you've been told."
Face to face with death himself
I know this won't be the end of me, I just know it
You always will be my enemy
I control it
Days can fade, and lives can slip away
Any song can be silenced
It's time that we start this over
I know what it's like to fall face down
We've all been there before, with no life in sight
When it feels like the world just gave up, with no strength to see it through
Raise a fist up to the sky, scream it loud
"I'm not ready die."
A hymn for the hopeless, my song to the deaf
I learned to push past the pain
I've seen it before; it's never the same
Aim an ear to the heavens
Still waiting for a sign of life
I'm gonna build this wall from brick, twice as thick
So you cannot tear it down
Days can fade, and lives can slip away
Any song can be silenced
It's time that we start this over.
09. The Returner - Lyrics:
- Being in a touring band, you're away from home more than anyone could ever imagine
And every time we come back home, things are drastically different than the way we left them
This one is about returning home or to some place familiar and dealing with the changes that have taken place in your absence
Searching for something that cannot be found
An end with no means to reach
Look to the light that we'll never see
Is this life? Or some kind of dream?
I am a dreamer, so blind my eyes
My absence meant more than this
All the things I've come to miss (and bless) are gone
I am a returner, just not tonight.
10. Through The Cracks - Lyrics:
Pride and pity play no part of the process
Like allegiance lost in hellfire, I've lost it all
Tell the maker of my grave that I'm not dead
There's far too many things in life I left unsaid
Any face and any place to tell me none of this was in vain
I'd live this all again, if you'd do the same
So to the shadows I disappear
To stay forever, but I wont end here
Dear God, my world is ending
As quickly as it starts, everything is gone
And everything went wrong!
OHH!
I've spent so much time trying to live the lie
To be a part of something bold as blood
Take me home to embrace the nothingness
Now I'm home to embrace that theres nothing left
Pride and pity play no part of the process
Like allegiance lost in hellfire, Ive lost it all
Tell the maker of my grave that I'm not dead
There's far too many things in life I left unsaid
Any face and any place to tell me none of this was in vain
I'd live this all again, if you'd do the same
No cave can hide me!
No one will find me
Over the years
No apologies, no regrets
NO REGRETS!
11. Truth And Temper - Lyrics:
We're bringing on the night
And everything that it entails
This one for all the times
I've been made into a saint
Haunted by a halo
You thought was a way out
We tell ourselves these things
In hopes it brings us to the path we seek
The only hope
Was the words I've said to you to get you through
The only hope
Was the words I've said to you...
To get you through
Anger sank in today
And it's sad to say that it's here to stay
But battle through the days
That bring you to your knees
To all my demons that breathe fire down on me
And every angel that shares it grace with me
I am no king, I am no king
A hollow man
In a world of thieves
This tragedy plays out, over again
We're bringing on the night
And everything that it entails
This one for all the times
I've been made into a saint, into a saint
I stand in defiance of all your kings
(And the fear that they bring)
Crushing the strength of some
It's not fair, I don't care
I am not defeated!
It's not fair, I don't care
I am not defeated!
Out of all the words left to say, this is what you need to hear:
"To all my demons that breathe fire down on me
And every angel that shares it grace with me
I am no king, I am no king".
