Album: Shadows Are Security
Release Date: 14 June 2005
Genre: Metalcore
Label: Metal Blade Records
Producer: Tim Lambesis, Phil Sgrosso
* Clint Norris: Bass Guitar, Clean Vocals
* Jordan Mancino: Drums
* Tim Lambesis: Lead Vocals
* Nick Hipa: Guitar
* Phil Sgrosso: Guitar
* Jordan Mancino: Drums
* Tim Lambesis: Lead Vocals
* Nick Hipa: Guitar
* Phil Sgrosso: Guitar
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(United States: San Diego, California)   |
01. Meaning In Tragedy - Lyrics:
I have traveled so far to find so little
Meaning in tragedy or tragedy
In the search for meaning
Dark clouds have lead me here
Confined freedom
Guides us to security
What if everything (yeah)
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 do not learn to change
02. Confined - Lyrics:
Yeah!
That night that I never came home
Wandering souls captured my thoughts
Emptiness filled my mind
Urgency spoke her lies
In the confines of these grey walls
I watched them move together
Taking me places I cannot remember (remember)
We have been poured out
Into a loveless bride
How quickly I forget
That this is meaningless
How quickly I forget
That this is meaningless
Yeah!
In a world passing through my fingers
I still chase the wind
How quickly I forget
That this is meaningless
How quickly I forget
That this is meaningless
Yeah!
What have I learned from yesterday?
What have I learned from yesterday?
03. Losing Sight - Lyrics:
Can we die to live an other day?
How could we lose sight
Of what matters most?
Trying to love
What cannot love us back
All we have is not worth living for
If we do not know when to let go
What is life
That we cling to it so tight?
Afraid that it will take from us
These fading sentiments
Can we die
Can we die to live another day?
Can we die to live another day?
Can we die to live another day?
What is life
That we cling to it so tight?
Afraid that it will take from us
These fading sentiments
How could we lose sight
Of what matters most?
Trying to love
What cannot love us back
All we have is not worth living for
If we do not know when to let go
How could we lose sight
Of what matters most?
Trying to love
What cannot love us back
All we have is not worth living for
If we do not know when to let go
04. The Darkest Nights - Lyrics:
For so long I have felt alone
Content to live with unrest
Longing faded into countless nights
That buried my weary heart
But You brought an end
To this dead hour
And meaning to a calloused life
Held in Your arms
But too far from my heart
These thoughts will carry me through
The darkest nights
While Your eyes rest in
These thoughts will carry me through
The darkest nights
While Your eyes rest in mine
I remember the way You looked at me
And the way You drew
Dew me cose
With one deep sigh
Scattering pieces of my
My restless mind
Forgetting all that we have left behind
We have left behind
We have left behind
We have left behind
These thoughts will carry me through
The darkest nights
While Your eyes rest in
05. Empty Hearts - Lyrics:
I've watched them build
Upon these empty hearts
I've watched them build
Upon these empty hearts
False hopes of lossless paradise
Gathering together
The dead hearts beat as one
Stillborn comfort feeding lies
Through answers of self denial
Divided between a dissolute self
And the sorrow of sincere devotion
Devotion
What is it that you find peace in now?
Where is your hope in this dark night?
What is it that you find peace in now?
Where is your hope in this dark night?
06. Reflection - Lyrics:
I laid the night before me
Unraveled the tangles of my heart
All I felt was stale hollow air
These streams of uncertainty
They are collapsing upon my mind
Upon my mind
Torrents fill my veins until I burst
With mistaken guilt and shame
My battered bones
Try to keep fighting
Against the endless ocean of self defeat
As time goes on
Some months are yet to pass
As time goes on
Some months are yet to pass
As time goes on
Some months are yet to pass
Are yet to pass
Let's go
Puddle puddles of ink
Surround this tired chair
All of my sorrow has been spilled
YEAH!
Into into my reflection
Reflection
07. Repeating Yesterday - Lyrics:
This is what I am
This is what I have become
Repeating yesterday
Drain me of my very essence
To form again what lasts
This is what I am
This is what I have become
Repeating yesterday
Drain me of my very essence
This is what I am
This is what I have become
What is love without (what is love)
What is love without (sacrifice),
My tears hold no weight
If my commitment is only failure
Each day I
I am
Repeating yesterday
Each day I am born (I am born) again to be (again to be)
A child (a child) in the eyes of love
Repeating yesterday
Repeating
YEAH!
Drain me of my very essence
To form (to form) again
To form (to form) again what lasts
This is what I am
This is what I have become
What is love without (what is love)
What is love without...
08. Through Struggle - Lyrics:
Yeah!
Only through struggle have I found rest
With a piece of me taken away
I begin to understand
Hollow out this machine like chest
With its gears that turn to make me feel
And assembled thoughts that fade away
Only through struggle have I found rest
Only through struggle have I found rest
Remove from me (from me)
(This de...) This deception (...ception)
(That I) That I called love (called love)
(That I) That I called love (called love)
Yeah!
With its gears that turn to make me feel
And assembled thoughts that fade away
Remove from me (remove from me)
This deception (that I that I)
That I called love (that I called love)
That I called love
Only through struggle have I found rest
With a piece of me taken away
I begin to understand
I begin to understand
I begin to understand
Love
09. The Truth Of My Perception - Lyrics:
White shutters enclose
The boundaries of my heart
I hold my breath
Till the steady beating is shut out
In silence I wait for what is real
For I know the truth of my perceptions
Nothing in life matters more
More than You
Matters more
More than You
When first feelings fade
I will still be here
I hold my breath
Till the steady beating is shut out
Beating is
For I know the truth of my perceptions
Nothing in life matters more
More than You
Matters more
More than You
When first feelings fade
I will still be here
10. Control Is Dead - Lyrics:
Control is dead in this blind world
For we do what we hate
Split from inside
Betrayed by emotion
Emotion
We must look past
What is in front of us
Shadows are security
They have become the solace
Of my looking glass heart
In search for certainty
I no longer need control
Take me through the fire
Refine what is Yours
Take me through the fire
Refine what is Yours
It is time to overcome this
We must look past
What is in front of us
It is time to overcome this
We must look past
What is in front of us
11. Morning Waits - Lyrics:
All along it was me who changed
Morning now waits for me
All along it was me
Morning now waits
Morning now waits for me
What I have to gain does not matter
If what I give is all to You
If what I give is all to You
I have seen the stars fall (yeah)
And the sun rise again
But You are yet to change
You are all that is
You are all that is worth
You are all that is worth living for
What I have to gain does not matter
If what I give is all to You
If what I give is all to You
All along it is was
It is was me who changed
12. Illusions - Lyrics:
Yeah!
How could I ever go back (ever go back)
Back to the life
Where I live amongst the dead (dead)
How could I go back
To live amongst the dead
Those who have forgotten how to feel (how to feel)
And have become slaves (become slaves) to memory
And wishful thinking
But Your love has set me free
As You've awakened every star
That has been sleeping
In the constellation of my soul
How could I go back
How could I go back
To live amongst the dead
Amongst the dead
How could I go back
To live amongst the dead
Those who imprisoned beauty
I never want to leave Your arms
So I wait in hope for Your embrace
For Your embrace
I wait in hope for Your embrace
I wait in hope for Your embrace
Yeah!
Illusions of what I thought was love
Illusions of what I thought was love
Now I have clear sight
To see I've left nothing behind
I have traveled so far to find so little
Meaning in tragedy or tragedy
In the search for meaning
Dark clouds have lead me here
Confined freedom
Guides us to security
What if everything (yeah)
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 do not learn to change
02. Confined - Lyrics:
Yeah!
That night that I never came home
Wandering souls captured my thoughts
Emptiness filled my mind
Urgency spoke her lies
In the confines of these grey walls
I watched them move together
Taking me places I cannot remember (remember)
We have been poured out
Into a loveless bride
How quickly I forget
That this is meaningless
How quickly I forget
That this is meaningless
Yeah!
In a world passing through my fingers
I still chase the wind
How quickly I forget
That this is meaningless
How quickly I forget
That this is meaningless
Yeah!
What have I learned from yesterday?
What have I learned from yesterday?
03. Losing Sight - Lyrics:
Can we die to live an other day?
How could we lose sight
Of what matters most?
Trying to love
What cannot love us back
All we have is not worth living for
If we do not know when to let go
What is life
That we cling to it so tight?
Afraid that it will take from us
These fading sentiments
Can we die
Can we die to live another day?
Can we die to live another day?
Can we die to live another day?
What is life
That we cling to it so tight?
Afraid that it will take from us
These fading sentiments
How could we lose sight
Of what matters most?
Trying to love
What cannot love us back
All we have is not worth living for
If we do not know when to let go
How could we lose sight
Of what matters most?
Trying to love
What cannot love us back
All we have is not worth living for
If we do not know when to let go
04. The Darkest Nights - Lyrics:
For so long I have felt alone
Content to live with unrest
Longing faded into countless nights
That buried my weary heart
But You brought an end
To this dead hour
And meaning to a calloused life
Held in Your arms
But too far from my heart
These thoughts will carry me through
The darkest nights
While Your eyes rest in
These thoughts will carry me through
The darkest nights
While Your eyes rest in mine
I remember the way You looked at me
And the way You drew
Dew me cose
With one deep sigh
Scattering pieces of my
My restless mind
Forgetting all that we have left behind
We have left behind
We have left behind
We have left behind
These thoughts will carry me through
The darkest nights
While Your eyes rest in
05. Empty Hearts - Lyrics:
I've watched them build
Upon these empty hearts
I've watched them build
Upon these empty hearts
False hopes of lossless paradise
Gathering together
The dead hearts beat as one
Stillborn comfort feeding lies
Through answers of self denial
Divided between a dissolute self
And the sorrow of sincere devotion
Devotion
What is it that you find peace in now?
Where is your hope in this dark night?
What is it that you find peace in now?
Where is your hope in this dark night?
06. Reflection - Lyrics:
I laid the night before me
Unraveled the tangles of my heart
All I felt was stale hollow air
These streams of uncertainty
They are collapsing upon my mind
Upon my mind
Torrents fill my veins until I burst
With mistaken guilt and shame
My battered bones
Try to keep fighting
Against the endless ocean of self defeat
As time goes on
Some months are yet to pass
As time goes on
Some months are yet to pass
As time goes on
Some months are yet to pass
Are yet to pass
Let's go
Puddle puddles of ink
Surround this tired chair
All of my sorrow has been spilled
YEAH!
Into into my reflection
Reflection
07. Repeating Yesterday - Lyrics:
This is what I am
This is what I have become
Repeating yesterday
Drain me of my very essence
To form again what lasts
This is what I am
This is what I have become
Repeating yesterday
Drain me of my very essence
This is what I am
This is what I have become
What is love without (what is love)
What is love without (sacrifice),
My tears hold no weight
If my commitment is only failure
Each day I
I am
Repeating yesterday
Each day I am born (I am born) again to be (again to be)
A child (a child) in the eyes of love
Repeating yesterday
Repeating
YEAH!
Drain me of my very essence
To form (to form) again
To form (to form) again what lasts
This is what I am
This is what I have become
What is love without (what is love)
What is love without...
08. Through Struggle - Lyrics:
Yeah!
Only through struggle have I found rest
With a piece of me taken away
I begin to understand
Hollow out this machine like chest
With its gears that turn to make me feel
And assembled thoughts that fade away
Only through struggle have I found rest
Only through struggle have I found rest
Remove from me (from me)
(This de...) This deception (...ception)
(That I) That I called love (called love)
(That I) That I called love (called love)
Yeah!
With its gears that turn to make me feel
And assembled thoughts that fade away
Remove from me (remove from me)
This deception (that I that I)
That I called love (that I called love)
That I called love
Only through struggle have I found rest
With a piece of me taken away
I begin to understand
I begin to understand
I begin to understand
Love
09. The Truth Of My Perception - Lyrics:
White shutters enclose
The boundaries of my heart
I hold my breath
Till the steady beating is shut out
In silence I wait for what is real
For I know the truth of my perceptions
Nothing in life matters more
More than You
Matters more
More than You
When first feelings fade
I will still be here
I hold my breath
Till the steady beating is shut out
Beating is
For I know the truth of my perceptions
Nothing in life matters more
More than You
Matters more
More than You
When first feelings fade
I will still be here
10. Control Is Dead - Lyrics:
Control is dead in this blind world
For we do what we hate
Split from inside
Betrayed by emotion
Emotion
We must look past
What is in front of us
Shadows are security
They have become the solace
Of my looking glass heart
In search for certainty
I no longer need control
Take me through the fire
Refine what is Yours
Take me through the fire
Refine what is Yours
It is time to overcome this
We must look past
What is in front of us
It is time to overcome this
We must look past
What is in front of us
11. Morning Waits - Lyrics:
All along it was me who changed
Morning now waits for me
All along it was me
Morning now waits
Morning now waits for me
What I have to gain does not matter
If what I give is all to You
If what I give is all to You
I have seen the stars fall (yeah)
And the sun rise again
But You are yet to change
You are all that is
You are all that is worth
You are all that is worth living for
What I have to gain does not matter
If what I give is all to You
If what I give is all to You
All along it is was
It is was me who changed
12. Illusions - Lyrics:
Yeah!
How could I ever go back (ever go back)
Back to the life
Where I live amongst the dead (dead)
How could I go back
To live amongst the dead
Those who have forgotten how to feel (how to feel)
And have become slaves (become slaves) to memory
And wishful thinking
But Your love has set me free
As You've awakened every star
That has been sleeping
In the constellation of my soul
How could I go back
How could I go back
To live amongst the dead
Amongst the dead
How could I go back
To live amongst the dead
Those who imprisoned beauty
I never want to leave Your arms
So I wait in hope for Your embrace
For Your embrace
I wait in hope for Your embrace
I wait in hope for Your embrace
Yeah!
Illusions of what I thought was love
Illusions of what I thought was love
Now I have clear sight
To see I've left nothing behind
