If this life ends early
Would I have spent our time right?
Here at your mercy
Or lost in our biggest fight
I'm so afraid of a life lived without you
But we're made to wait
For the truth to come soon
But should you go before me
I'll be right behind you
It won't get any easier
As I start to get old
Please share with me something
Before I lose control
Life's a parade
Travelers marooned
Here in a play
That shortly will end soon
But should you go before me
You'll know
I don't want you to go
Coheed and Cambria - The Father Of Make Believe Album Lyrics
Coheed and Cambria - The Father Of Make Believe Lyrics
- Yesterday's Lost
- Goodbye, Sunshine
- Searching for Tomorrow
- The Father of Make Believe
- Meri of Mercy
- Blind Side Sonny
- Play the Poet
- One Last Miracle
- Corner My Confidence
- Someone Who Can
- The Continuum I: Welcome to Forever, Mr Nobody
- The Continuum II: The Flood
- The Continuum III: Tethered Together
- The Continuum IV: So It Goes
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Goodbye, Sunshine
Goodbye, Sunshine
Oh, the more I wait, the less the time is mine
As new fades to old
Watch the truth reveal, the less I want to know
Old habits die hard tonight
No, I don't wanna be your kind
Oh, I don't wanna do that grind
Every damn night, struggling through life
Holding onto the wrong end of the knife
Oh, things are gonna be alright
Even though it may seem hard at first sight
Be as they might, words that spark fights
I believe in the dark, we'll find the light
Goodbye, Sunshine
Goodbye, Sunshine
I'll be the first in line here at your wake, celebrating the good times
I won't stay mad, we played our parts
And those were the breaks, so maybe some things were hard
It was so worth a good goddamn, but all things end
I can't have you back, but some things are better off dead
The evil you shed for me, you said
Were results of an honesty misread
I must confess, the trap I set
I set to reignite
Old habits die hard tonight
No, I don't wanna be unkind
No, I don't wanna do that grind
Every damn night, struggling through life
Holding onto the wrong end of the knife
Oh, things are gonna be alright
Even though it may seem hard at first sight
Be as they might, words that spark fights
F*ck with me
Who turned out the lights?
Goodbye, Sunshine
Goodbye, Sunshine
I'll be the first in line here at your wake, celebrating the good times
I won't stay mad, we played our parts
And those were the breaks, so maybe some things were hard
It was so worth a good goddamn, but all things end
I can't have you back, but some things are better off
Everybody wants to blame it all on luck
But maybe everybody's tryna pass the buck
So when the blame falls in on us
You'll do what you must to earn the time of your life
The greedy needs of you and me, oh
Goodbye, Sunshine
I'll be the first in line here at your wake, celebrating the good times
I won't be mad, we played our parts
And those were the breaks, maybe some things were hard
It was so worth a good goddamn, but all things end
I can't have you back, but some things are better off dead, oh
I won't stay mad, we played our parts
And those were the breaks, some things were hard
So worth a good goddamn, but all things end
I can't have you back, but some things are better off dead
Oh, the more I wait, the less the time is mine
As new fades to old
Watch the truth reveal, the less I want to know
Old habits die hard tonight
No, I don't wanna be your kind
Oh, I don't wanna do that grind
Every damn night, struggling through life
Holding onto the wrong end of the knife
Oh, things are gonna be alright
Even though it may seem hard at first sight
Be as they might, words that spark fights
I believe in the dark, we'll find the light
Goodbye, Sunshine
Goodbye, Sunshine
I'll be the first in line here at your wake, celebrating the good times
I won't stay mad, we played our parts
And those were the breaks, so maybe some things were hard
It was so worth a good goddamn, but all things end
I can't have you back, but some things are better off dead
The evil you shed for me, you said
Were results of an honesty misread
I must confess, the trap I set
I set to reignite
Old habits die hard tonight
No, I don't wanna be unkind
No, I don't wanna do that grind
Every damn night, struggling through life
Holding onto the wrong end of the knife
Oh, things are gonna be alright
Even though it may seem hard at first sight
Be as they might, words that spark fights
F*ck with me
Who turned out the lights?
Goodbye, Sunshine
Goodbye, Sunshine
I'll be the first in line here at your wake, celebrating the good times
I won't stay mad, we played our parts
And those were the breaks, so maybe some things were hard
It was so worth a good goddamn, but all things end
I can't have you back, but some things are better off
Everybody wants to blame it all on luck
But maybe everybody's tryna pass the buck
So when the blame falls in on us
You'll do what you must to earn the time of your life
The greedy needs of you and me, oh
Goodbye, Sunshine
I'll be the first in line here at your wake, celebrating the good times
I won't be mad, we played our parts
And those were the breaks, maybe some things were hard
It was so worth a good goddamn, but all things end
I can't have you back, but some things are better off dead, oh
I won't stay mad, we played our parts
And those were the breaks, some things were hard
So worth a good goddamn, but all things end
I can't have you back, but some things are better off dead
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Searching for Tomorrow
Last chance to figure things out
Oh, will you fail to answer when your body can't stay still?
Hardly ever had a clue
Enhance, the future becomes so clear
But it doesn't matter 'cause you find you were never here
You were never wanted
Livid, livid, livid, livid
You're so convincing
Inching, inching out
Up to no good
Searching for tomorrow
Misunderstood
Well, you're headed straight into the flames
You dance between the true and false
To salvage something, but you learn that you lost it all
You finally learn that you can lose
Now that reality's sank in
Alone is always how you've been
Hardly ever had a clue
You're so convincing
Inching, inching out
Up to no good
Searching for tomorrow
Misunderstood
Well, you're headed straight into the flames
Left into it, you're out of your mind
It's so good to let go, so good to let go
Let them know it's by design
Up to no good
Searching for tomorrow
Misunderstood
Well, you're headed straight into the flames
Left into it, you're out of your mind
It's so good to let go, so good to let go
Let them know it's by design
Up to no good
Searching for tomorrow
Misunderstood
Well, you're headed straight into the flames
Left into it, you're out of your mind
It's so good to let go, so good to let go
Let them know it's by design
Let them know it's by design
Let them know it's by design
Oh, will you fail to answer when your body can't stay still?
Hardly ever had a clue
Enhance, the future becomes so clear
But it doesn't matter 'cause you find you were never here
You were never wanted
Livid, livid, livid, livid
You're so convincing
Inching, inching out
Up to no good
Searching for tomorrow
Misunderstood
Well, you're headed straight into the flames
You dance between the true and false
To salvage something, but you learn that you lost it all
You finally learn that you can lose
Now that reality's sank in
Alone is always how you've been
Hardly ever had a clue
You're so convincing
Inching, inching out
Up to no good
Searching for tomorrow
Misunderstood
Well, you're headed straight into the flames
Left into it, you're out of your mind
It's so good to let go, so good to let go
Let them know it's by design
Up to no good
Searching for tomorrow
Misunderstood
Well, you're headed straight into the flames
Left into it, you're out of your mind
It's so good to let go, so good to let go
Let them know it's by design
Up to no good
Searching for tomorrow
Misunderstood
Well, you're headed straight into the flames
Left into it, you're out of your mind
It's so good to let go, so good to let go
Let them know it's by design
Let them know it's by design
Let them know it's by design
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The Father of Make Believe
I see them for who they are
Baring their shields and scars
Jokers behind the cards
Common-age criminals, serial who trading memories for miracles
Covering up the score before our eyes
With a stance no one's yet surmised
When all the lines blur between all that's wrong and right
Just take my hand, when the monsters turn out the lights
Oh
And you'll find I'm not how you remember me
I'm the vision that you choose to see
The one you can hate or love as you need
In time's absence, more than memory
So now, at your darkest, I'll come as promised
I'm the Father of Make Believe
Father of Make Believe
Father of Make Believe
Pride and grace are feeling outnumbered
In moments where nothing is as it seems or as it fits
Pushed out of place, where our memories
Now enemies, fill voids to take up space
When all the lines blur between all that's wrong and right
Just take my hand, when the monsters turn out the lights
Oh
And you'll find I'm not how you remember me
I'm the vision that you choose to see
The one you can hate or love as you need
In time's absence, more than memory
So now, let me share with you something honest
Father of Make Believe
Where have all of the angels gone to burn their wings?
When all the lines blur between all that's wrong and right
Just take my hand, when the monsters turn out the lights
Oh
And you'll find I'm not how you remember me
I'm the vision that you choose to see
The one you can hate or love as you need
In time's absence, more than memory
So now, at your darkest, I'll come as promised
I'm the Father of Make Believe
Baring their shields and scars
Jokers behind the cards
Common-age criminals, serial who trading memories for miracles
Covering up the score before our eyes
With a stance no one's yet surmised
When all the lines blur between all that's wrong and right
Just take my hand, when the monsters turn out the lights
Oh
And you'll find I'm not how you remember me
I'm the vision that you choose to see
The one you can hate or love as you need
In time's absence, more than memory
So now, at your darkest, I'll come as promised
I'm the Father of Make Believe
Father of Make Believe
Father of Make Believe
Pride and grace are feeling outnumbered
In moments where nothing is as it seems or as it fits
Pushed out of place, where our memories
Now enemies, fill voids to take up space
When all the lines blur between all that's wrong and right
Just take my hand, when the monsters turn out the lights
Oh
And you'll find I'm not how you remember me
I'm the vision that you choose to see
The one you can hate or love as you need
In time's absence, more than memory
So now, let me share with you something honest
Father of Make Believe
Where have all of the angels gone to burn their wings?
When all the lines blur between all that's wrong and right
Just take my hand, when the monsters turn out the lights
Oh
And you'll find I'm not how you remember me
I'm the vision that you choose to see
The one you can hate or love as you need
In time's absence, more than memory
So now, at your darkest, I'll come as promised
I'm the Father of Make Believe
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Meri of Mercy
The familiar feels so foreign
As I search these spots
For a trail I forgot
Once so young, now feeling my age
As my time comes to a close
As I watch from the window
So tell me why
It's so hard to escape
Out of time and out of place
Yeah, I made up my mind, I'm getting out, I'm
I won't know her for much longer
I'm screaming from the top
Screaming from the top
I just need you to stop
Meri
I'm not gonna quit
Until I can sit at the end of this life
With you there beside me
Is there something wrong with me?
I know those times were tough
As the lights rose in and out
No, there wasn't much time
I didn't have time to say
What you mean
Can't you see, Meri?
Meri
I'm not gonna quit
Until I can sit at the end of this life
With you there beside me
When all goes dark
And I can't see
All my memories lost
I'll know you're always with me
Meri
I'm not gonna quit
Until I can sit at the end of this life
With you there beside me
When all goes dark
And I can't see
All my memories lost
I'll know you're always with
Meri
I'm not gonna quit
Until I can sit at the end of this life
With you there beside me
When all goes dark
And I can't see
All my memories lost
I'll know you're always with me
As I search these spots
For a trail I forgot
Once so young, now feeling my age
As my time comes to a close
As I watch from the window
So tell me why
It's so hard to escape
Out of time and out of place
Yeah, I made up my mind, I'm getting out, I'm
I won't know her for much longer
I'm screaming from the top
Screaming from the top
I just need you to stop
Meri
I'm not gonna quit
Until I can sit at the end of this life
With you there beside me
Is there something wrong with me?
I know those times were tough
As the lights rose in and out
No, there wasn't much time
I didn't have time to say
What you mean
Can't you see, Meri?
Meri
I'm not gonna quit
Until I can sit at the end of this life
With you there beside me
When all goes dark
And I can't see
All my memories lost
I'll know you're always with me
Meri
I'm not gonna quit
Until I can sit at the end of this life
With you there beside me
When all goes dark
And I can't see
All my memories lost
I'll know you're always with
Meri
I'm not gonna quit
Until I can sit at the end of this life
With you there beside me
When all goes dark
And I can't see
All my memories lost
I'll know you're always with me
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Blind Side Sonny
Hey, I'm Blind Side Sonny, here to give you the news
The kind you won't like 'cause it involves you
You want to take me, take me for all I got
Well, you got to catch me, are you ready of not?
Decide once and for all, is it trouble you want?
'Cause he in your lies, you're only going to get caught
And now you're going to face your biggest fear
Your ass is no longer welcome here
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Go on, give me some
Go on, give me your tears
Know this for a fact, I will not hear
Your retaliation doesn't mean shit
Go on, give me a myriad of reasons
I've had to relive through the times
Of all the unpleasantries and crimes
Used up all of your nine lives
Don't fool yourself, Sonny
Now you're living in mine
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
We want blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Dancing through a mental breakdown
I find I am always met with doubt
I'll show my baby I can
Change to become something better
The work I put in isn't what I get out
(I put in isn't what I get out)
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
We want blood, we want blood, we want blood
The kind you won't like 'cause it involves you
You want to take me, take me for all I got
Well, you got to catch me, are you ready of not?
Decide once and for all, is it trouble you want?
'Cause he in your lies, you're only going to get caught
And now you're going to face your biggest fear
Your ass is no longer welcome here
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Go on, give me some
Go on, give me your tears
Know this for a fact, I will not hear
Your retaliation doesn't mean shit
Go on, give me a myriad of reasons
I've had to relive through the times
Of all the unpleasantries and crimes
Used up all of your nine lives
Don't fool yourself, Sonny
Now you're living in mine
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
We want blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Dancing through a mental breakdown
I find I am always met with doubt
I'll show my baby I can
Change to become something better
The work I put in isn't what I get out
(I put in isn't what I get out)
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
Blood, we want blood, we want blood
Yeah, yeah, yeah, give us some
We want blood, we want blood, we want blood
Writer: Claudio Sanchez
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Play the Poet
This place meant for our grave
The dark before the dawn, no place to be safe
What does a dead man say?
When riddled with regret in desperate plays
All my life, afraid of the someone that I could've been, and now I'm through
Relive the things that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
No sense in hiding that you know it
Blame yourself, now play the poet
I can't rely on you to play the game
And abide by the rules
Born to play the poet, fire your words like bombs and bullets
And aim for my head, go on, aim for my head
Take aim, made to stake claim
Close to something like resolve but the same for decades
Different language, the words you can't seem to say
How can this get any better? Here we go again
All my life, afraid of the someone that I could've been, and now I'm through
Does reliving things that you don't want to make you a better them to the ones who do?
I can't rely on you to play the game
And abide by the rules
Born to play the poet, fire your words like bombs and bullets
And aim for my head, go on, aim for my head
Relive the thing that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
Relive the thing that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
Relive the things that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
Relive the things that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
Now break your mind and try to find the right
It's all your life, the lines, the lies, now I
Now break your mind and try to find the right
It's all your life, the lines, the lies now
I can't rely on you to play the game
And abide by the rules
Born to play the poet, fire your words like bombs and bullets
And aim for my head, go on, aim for my head
I can't rely on you to play the game
And abide by the rules
Born to play the poet, fire your words like bombs and bullets
And aim for my head, go on, aim for my head
Aim for my head
The dark before the dawn, no place to be safe
What does a dead man say?
When riddled with regret in desperate plays
All my life, afraid of the someone that I could've been, and now I'm through
Relive the things that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
No sense in hiding that you know it
Blame yourself, now play the poet
I can't rely on you to play the game
And abide by the rules
Born to play the poet, fire your words like bombs and bullets
And aim for my head, go on, aim for my head
Take aim, made to stake claim
Close to something like resolve but the same for decades
Different language, the words you can't seem to say
How can this get any better? Here we go again
All my life, afraid of the someone that I could've been, and now I'm through
Does reliving things that you don't want to make you a better them to the ones who do?
I can't rely on you to play the game
And abide by the rules
Born to play the poet, fire your words like bombs and bullets
And aim for my head, go on, aim for my head
Relive the thing that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
Relive the thing that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
Relive the things that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
Relive the things that you don't want to, make you a better them to the ones who do
Now break your mind and try to find the right
It's all your life, the lines, the lies, now I
Now break your mind and try to find the right
It's all your life, the lines, the lies now
I can't rely on you to play the game
And abide by the rules
Born to play the poet, fire your words like bombs and bullets
And aim for my head, go on, aim for my head
I can't rely on you to play the game
And abide by the rules
Born to play the poet, fire your words like bombs and bullets
And aim for my head, go on, aim for my head
Aim for my head
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
One Last Miracle
A marathon through oblivion
Sound the alarm, we're coming in
If the water should run out while you're in the fire's mouth
Hold me, I'm hoping for a miracle
When reality bends way beyond
Your imagination
Look and you will find me here
In revelation
One last miracle, a fortune sold on television
Where our truth's coming from, so damaged beyond recognition
Ad placement will keep things clever, preoccupied with the now or never
One last miracle, stay tuned for the revolution
An angel here within our arms
Its chorus formed from cold to warm
If you had a shred of doubt, a liar named devout
A hero longing for a criminal
When reality bends way beyond
Your imagination
Look and you will find me here
In revelation
One last miracle, a fortune sold on television
Where our truth's coming from, so damaged beyond recognition
Ad placement will keep things clever, preoccupied with the now or never
One last miracle, stay tuned for the revolution
No, oh, yeah
On to the revolution
No, oh, yeah
Oh, the revolution
One last miracle, a fortune sold on television
Where our truth's coming from, so damaged beyond recognition
Ad placement will keep things clever, preoccupied with the now or never
One last miracle, stay tuned for the revolution
Sound the alarm, we're coming in
If the water should run out while you're in the fire's mouth
Hold me, I'm hoping for a miracle
When reality bends way beyond
Your imagination
Look and you will find me here
In revelation
One last miracle, a fortune sold on television
Where our truth's coming from, so damaged beyond recognition
Ad placement will keep things clever, preoccupied with the now or never
One last miracle, stay tuned for the revolution
An angel here within our arms
Its chorus formed from cold to warm
If you had a shred of doubt, a liar named devout
A hero longing for a criminal
When reality bends way beyond
Your imagination
Look and you will find me here
In revelation
One last miracle, a fortune sold on television
Where our truth's coming from, so damaged beyond recognition
Ad placement will keep things clever, preoccupied with the now or never
One last miracle, stay tuned for the revolution
No, oh, yeah
On to the revolution
No, oh, yeah
Oh, the revolution
One last miracle, a fortune sold on television
Where our truth's coming from, so damaged beyond recognition
Ad placement will keep things clever, preoccupied with the now or never
One last miracle, stay tuned for the revolution
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Corner My Confidence
Lady, I know you're here with me somehow
Lately, it feels the future's left me out
Wait for the curtains to fall on your past
How could I be so certain this would be the last
Place I came so close to be the one you chose?
Endings don't come any easier
As I needed one, you stole the sun
Caught in the flare, we were amateurs
Scared to get burned as time slowly
Turns to the unknown
I corner my confidence
And together, we break the mold
Save me, I fear I'm drowning in my doubt
Hold me, my time is quickly running out
Endings don't come any easier
As I needed one, you stole the sun
Caught in the flare, we were amateurs
Scared to get burned, as time slowly
Turns to the unknown
I corner my confidence
Don't let me go
Your hand's the only one I hold
And together, we'll break the mold
You're my only need
I'd relive our worst days over
For one inch closer
I just want you to stay here with me
Wait for the curtains to fall on your past
How could I be so certain I would be the Last
One you finally chose?
I corner my confidence
And together, we break the mold
Lately, it feels the future's left me out
Wait for the curtains to fall on your past
How could I be so certain this would be the last
Place I came so close to be the one you chose?
Endings don't come any easier
As I needed one, you stole the sun
Caught in the flare, we were amateurs
Scared to get burned as time slowly
Turns to the unknown
I corner my confidence
And together, we break the mold
Save me, I fear I'm drowning in my doubt
Hold me, my time is quickly running out
Endings don't come any easier
As I needed one, you stole the sun
Caught in the flare, we were amateurs
Scared to get burned, as time slowly
Turns to the unknown
I corner my confidence
Don't let me go
Your hand's the only one I hold
And together, we'll break the mold
You're my only need
I'd relive our worst days over
For one inch closer
I just want you to stay here with me
Wait for the curtains to fall on your past
How could I be so certain I would be the Last
One you finally chose?
I corner my confidence
And together, we break the mold
Writer: Zachary Cervini, Claudio Sanchez
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Someone Who Can
This is us
Running out of magic, losing touch
All or nothing
Swimming against the under currently
I'm accountable for every little obstacle
In your way
What do you need me to say?
I'm over it
Matters of the heart broken to bits
The end hits
With insecurities turned habits
Living with these right or wrongs
Terrified to tear apart this song
There's nothing left to let go
There's nothing left to let go
There's no time to look back
Straight as arrows
Head to the light at the end of the road
This can't be all that we
Wanted for us in the here and right now
I won't fight for the old life
Help me try to understand
I just want to be someone who can
When life throws a curve at you, know that
I got no sympathy, son
Now give me love
Give me light
Give me fire
No, maybe don't drive crazy
Come on lady, let's just dance once more
The hours' yours
This can't be all that we
Wanted for us here in the here and right now
I won't fight for the old life
Help me try to understand
I just want to be someone who can
(Someone who can)
When the lines of the road
Vanish in your tracks
Life fades on a day that
You'll never get back
When you feel abandonment
All sympathies gone
Give me light
Give me love
Give me fire
Give me light
Give me love
Give me fire
This can't be all that we
Wanted for us here in the here and right now
I won't fight for the old life
Help me try to understand
I just want to be someone who can
I just want to be someone who can
Running out of magic, losing touch
All or nothing
Swimming against the under currently
I'm accountable for every little obstacle
In your way
What do you need me to say?
I'm over it
Matters of the heart broken to bits
The end hits
With insecurities turned habits
Living with these right or wrongs
Terrified to tear apart this song
There's nothing left to let go
There's nothing left to let go
There's no time to look back
Straight as arrows
Head to the light at the end of the road
This can't be all that we
Wanted for us in the here and right now
I won't fight for the old life
Help me try to understand
I just want to be someone who can
When life throws a curve at you, know that
I got no sympathy, son
Now give me love
Give me light
Give me fire
No, maybe don't drive crazy
Come on lady, let's just dance once more
The hours' yours
This can't be all that we
Wanted for us here in the here and right now
I won't fight for the old life
Help me try to understand
I just want to be someone who can
(Someone who can)
When the lines of the road
Vanish in your tracks
Life fades on a day that
You'll never get back
When you feel abandonment
All sympathies gone
Give me light
Give me love
Give me fire
Give me light
Give me love
Give me fire
This can't be all that we
Wanted for us here in the here and right now
I won't fight for the old life
Help me try to understand
I just want to be someone who can
I just want to be someone who can
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The Continuum I: Welcome to Forever, Mr Nobody
Would you like to initiate free fall?
Life can be so demanding
When anxiety strikes, capable of withstanding
The pressures you never
Never thought there'd be when you're with somebody
Why can't I just let this go?
Hide inside something else's shadow
I'm desperate for release
Wrestled down to my knees
No matter how tough I think I may be
I plead
Is it so hard to see
A better version of me?
I know life isn't fair
But it gets worse when you're going nowhere
A fear growing since they found us
Voiced my distress, difficult to process
Inside my fantasy of conflicts
I'm scared to question if
If the real me still exists
Plead
Is it so hard to see
A better version of me?
I know life isn't fair
But it gets worse when you're going nowhere
My time, it just don't mean shit
In a world of one where I live
Lying beneath all that's left of the dream
Headstone reads "Mr. Nobody"
Mr. Nobody
Will I forgive or submit to these hard times?
I've made up my mind
To leave this behind
No, the life that I've lived through in this state of review
I reject both old and new you
This is forever now
Please
Is it so hard to see
A better version of me?
I know life isn't fair
But it gets worse when you're going nowhere
A bit part actor playing
The world's smallest violin
Standing beneath an abandoned marquee
Where the words read "Mr. Nobody"
Welcome to forever, Mr. Nobody
Welcome to forever, Mr. Nobody
You'll find it harmonious
The confines of loneliness
Welcome to forever, Mr. Nobody
Life can be so demanding
When anxiety strikes, capable of withstanding
The pressures you never
Never thought there'd be when you're with somebody
Why can't I just let this go?
Hide inside something else's shadow
I'm desperate for release
Wrestled down to my knees
No matter how tough I think I may be
I plead
Is it so hard to see
A better version of me?
I know life isn't fair
But it gets worse when you're going nowhere
A fear growing since they found us
Voiced my distress, difficult to process
Inside my fantasy of conflicts
I'm scared to question if
If the real me still exists
Plead
Is it so hard to see
A better version of me?
I know life isn't fair
But it gets worse when you're going nowhere
My time, it just don't mean shit
In a world of one where I live
Lying beneath all that's left of the dream
Headstone reads "Mr. Nobody"
Mr. Nobody
Will I forgive or submit to these hard times?
I've made up my mind
To leave this behind
No, the life that I've lived through in this state of review
I reject both old and new you
This is forever now
Please
Is it so hard to see
A better version of me?
I know life isn't fair
But it gets worse when you're going nowhere
A bit part actor playing
The world's smallest violin
Standing beneath an abandoned marquee
Where the words read "Mr. Nobody"
Welcome to forever, Mr. Nobody
Welcome to forever, Mr. Nobody
You'll find it harmonious
The confines of loneliness
Welcome to forever, Mr. Nobody
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The Continuum II: The Flood
We had our sunshine
In a life so surreal
A restricted lifetime
Where death becomes real
I can't find
Where I fit in this place
To trace the lines
That age gave to our face
Understand
You should be afraid of me
Time lost the key
That unlocks the beat of my heart
Where I once loved
Now pumps cold blood
You mean nothing to me
A memory lost on the flood
Oh, if I could, I would leave you here
To soldier onward, to face what you fear
The choice isn't mine
To have my time erased
Will you remember
I took up this space?
Are you afraid of me?
Time lost the key
That unlocks the beat of my heart
Where I once loved
Now pumps cold blood
You mean nothing to me
A memory lost in the flood
In the days, through the light, the shade saves me from
What you cannot be, I couldn't give to you
With the chance to leave comes the chance I take
To lose everything power illuminates
Water rushing
Everlasting
Over all these precious things
Hear them whispering
Sharing secrets
Through a force-fed lyric
I can't seem to dream anymore
I don't even dream anymore
Are you afraid of me?
Time lost the key
That unlocks the beat of my heart
Where I once loved
Now pumps cold blood
You mean nothing to me
But a memory lost in the flood
Ah, ah
Just memories lost in the flood
Flood, ah
Just memories lost in the flood
Where I once loved
Now pumps cold blood
When I cease to dream
I'm a memory lost in the flood
Ah, ah, ah
In a life so surreal
A restricted lifetime
Where death becomes real
I can't find
Where I fit in this place
To trace the lines
That age gave to our face
Understand
You should be afraid of me
Time lost the key
That unlocks the beat of my heart
Where I once loved
Now pumps cold blood
You mean nothing to me
A memory lost on the flood
Oh, if I could, I would leave you here
To soldier onward, to face what you fear
The choice isn't mine
To have my time erased
Will you remember
I took up this space?
Are you afraid of me?
Time lost the key
That unlocks the beat of my heart
Where I once loved
Now pumps cold blood
You mean nothing to me
A memory lost in the flood
In the days, through the light, the shade saves me from
What you cannot be, I couldn't give to you
With the chance to leave comes the chance I take
To lose everything power illuminates
Water rushing
Everlasting
Over all these precious things
Hear them whispering
Sharing secrets
Through a force-fed lyric
I can't seem to dream anymore
I don't even dream anymore
Are you afraid of me?
Time lost the key
That unlocks the beat of my heart
Where I once loved
Now pumps cold blood
You mean nothing to me
But a memory lost in the flood
Ah, ah
Just memories lost in the flood
Flood, ah
Just memories lost in the flood
Where I once loved
Now pumps cold blood
When I cease to dream
I'm a memory lost in the flood
Ah, ah, ah
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The Continuum III: Tethered Together
Your eyes on me
Search for things you can't see
Looking to find something better
Don't be afraid of whatever comes next
This now will be ours till it's severed
And all these ghosts don't scare me woke
Hold me close to your flame
We'll all sing together
From the first verse to the last word
Our voices will unify in harmony
Sing together, tethered forever
With the weight this carries
For the moment it brings
A target to seize good measure
In the end, I will make sure
We'll be on my terms
A bed I could lay in, forever unnerved
No regrets, never
At the stop or the start
Here is my chance to now pull it apart, so while
We'll all sing together
From the first verse to the last word
Our voices will unify in harmony
Sing together, tethered forever
Together
Together
And all these ghosts don't scare me woke
Hold me close to your flame
We'll all sing together
From the first verse to the last word
Our voices will unify in harmony
Sing together, tethered forever
We'll all sing together
From the first verse to the last word
Our voices will unify in harmony
Sing together, tethered forever
Search for things you can't see
Looking to find something better
Don't be afraid of whatever comes next
This now will be ours till it's severed
And all these ghosts don't scare me woke
Hold me close to your flame
We'll all sing together
From the first verse to the last word
Our voices will unify in harmony
Sing together, tethered forever
With the weight this carries
For the moment it brings
A target to seize good measure
In the end, I will make sure
We'll be on my terms
A bed I could lay in, forever unnerved
No regrets, never
At the stop or the start
Here is my chance to now pull it apart, so while
We'll all sing together
From the first verse to the last word
Our voices will unify in harmony
Sing together, tethered forever
Together
Together
And all these ghosts don't scare me woke
Hold me close to your flame
We'll all sing together
From the first verse to the last word
Our voices will unify in harmony
Sing together, tethered forever
We'll all sing together
From the first verse to the last word
Our voices will unify in harmony
Sing together, tethered forever
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The Continuum IV: So It Goes
[Backwards:]
Please, somebody, open this lock
It's all in my head, these lines
That connect you and me and everything between us
It's all by design, the divide
Your experience from mine to decide how you feel about
Oh, the way I shake out of control
Don't look at me, I'm ashamed of what you'll see
But you keep on still with those eyes
From a space where someone like me shouldn't be alive
Oh, it feels so strange to watch
Life pass me by without so much
As a whisper, well, so it goes
Out of my head and into your arms
Confused by protection, I lost your affection
Mother, wake me 'cause sleeping, I'm not
It feels like a dream if dreams were just pins and needles
Buried deep inside my skin
There's no time to fiddle on the back of broken
The space behind his eyes, it scares the kids
Here at the end, where everyone begins
Oh, it feels so strange to watch
Life pass me by without so much
As a whisper, well, so it goes
Please, somebody open this lock
My mind is breaking apart
Is there a way for the light to escape the dark?
Please, somebody open this lock
My mind is breaking apart
Is there a way for the light to escape the dark?
Oh-oh-oh-oh, so I'm
I'm just a broken window
Oh, it feels so strange to watch
Life pass me by without so much
As a whisper
Well, so it goes
Well, so it goes
Well, so it goes
Please, somebody, open this lock
It's all in my head, these lines
That connect you and me and everything between us
It's all by design, the divide
Your experience from mine to decide how you feel about
Oh, the way I shake out of control
Don't look at me, I'm ashamed of what you'll see
But you keep on still with those eyes
From a space where someone like me shouldn't be alive
Oh, it feels so strange to watch
Life pass me by without so much
As a whisper, well, so it goes
Out of my head and into your arms
Confused by protection, I lost your affection
Mother, wake me 'cause sleeping, I'm not
It feels like a dream if dreams were just pins and needles
Buried deep inside my skin
There's no time to fiddle on the back of broken
The space behind his eyes, it scares the kids
Here at the end, where everyone begins
Oh, it feels so strange to watch
Life pass me by without so much
As a whisper, well, so it goes
Please, somebody open this lock
My mind is breaking apart
Is there a way for the light to escape the dark?
Please, somebody open this lock
My mind is breaking apart
Is there a way for the light to escape the dark?
Oh-oh-oh-oh, so I'm
I'm just a broken window
Oh, it feels so strange to watch
Life pass me by without so much
As a whisper
Well, so it goes
Well, so it goes
Well, so it goes
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Most of Coheed and Cambria's albums are part of a sci-fi saga called The Amory Wars. They have been released out of sequence in relation to the story arc.
The band returned to the Amory Wars storyline with a planned pentalogy of albums, titled Vaxis. The first part, Vaxis - Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures, was released on October 5, 2018. The second part, Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind, was released on June 24, 2022. The third part, Vaxis - Act III: The Father of Make Believe, was released on March 14, 2025.
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Coheed and CambriaThe band returned to the Amory Wars storyline with a planned pentalogy of albums, titled Vaxis. The first part, Vaxis - Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures, was released on October 5, 2018. The second part, Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind, was released on June 24, 2022. The third part, Vaxis - Act III: The Father of Make Believe, was released on March 14, 2025.
-Wikipedia
Genre(s): Rock
Producer(s): Coheed and Cambria, Zakk Cervini
Released: March 14th, 2025
Year: 2025