Shinedown - Attention Attention Album Lyrics

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The Entrance


[Instrumental]

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Devil

Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up
Pick up the phone
You said it yourself you're scared of being alone
You said it yourself that you can crack the code
But the static you hear automatically keeps you exposed on your own
I hope you're ready, steady, smashing through the levy
The drama, the trauma, don't play the prima donna
My God, you said it yourself that you would never stop
Until you felt the needle drop

So now you pack your bags
The party's such a drag
And everyone can tell that you're poisoning the well
But there are no mistakes
Except what you create
You need to know your place

'Cause it's about to get heavy
It's about to be on
Yeah, I'm bangin' slingin' napalm
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's in the next room

The silence, the silence
The blinding ultra violence
Knockin' at your door
Pacin' back and forth
What now?
The whispers and the screams
The stereotypical profiling ritual
Vicious and obscene

So now you pack your bags
The party's such a drag
And everyone can tell that you're poisoning the well
But there are no mistakes
Except what you create
You need to know your place

'Cause it's about to get heavy
It's about to be on
Yeah, I'm bangin' slingin' napalm
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's in the next room

'Cause it's about to get heavy
It's about to be on
Yeah, I'm bangin' slingin' napalm
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's in the next room
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah the devil's in the next room
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah the devil's in the next room
(Heavy, heavy, heavy)
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's right beside you

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Black Soul

Who's the victim now?
Stand up and take a bow, a bow
Face right, face left
Face everyone you disrespect

So who's the asshole now?
Holier-than-thou, you're not
Cause baby's got a black soul
Got a black soul
Got a black soul

You made a mess of your life
And you've been burned once or twice
Now you play roulette with the watergun

Wake up
Pull yourself together
Speak up
Cause no one heard your name
Erupt
It's better late than never
And if I take forever to put you back together

(Face right, face left)
(Face everyone you disrespect)

Now they're on their feet
To watch you double down hard, and take it too far
And you know you're in too deep
Cause you're running out of time and you're talking in your sleep
Baby's got a black soul
Baby's got no control
Baby's got a black soul, got a black soul
Got a black soul

You made a mess of your life
And you've been buried alive
Now you play roulette with the watergun

Wake up
Pull yourself together
Speak up
Cause no one heard your name
Erupt
It's better late than never
And if I take forever to put you back together

Oh oh
Oh oh

Wake up
Pull yourself together
Speak up
Cause no one heard your name
Erupt
It's better late than never
And if I take forever
Wake up
Pull yourself together
Speak up
Cause no one heard your name
Erupt
It's better late than never
And if I take forever to put you back together

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Attention Attention

(Attention, attention)

Attention, attention
Down on the floor
Don't reach for your pockets
Don't run for the door
The tension, the tension
It's urgent, it's real
The camera's rolling
The envelope is sealed
Attention, attention
By the way, did I mention?

The stories are here
Are the stories, I tell
Like jumping over buildings
That's sticking out of Hell
Retention, retention
It's all in your head
That pretty little mistress
That's hidin' in your bed
Attention, attention
By the way, did I mention?

Nothin' about me is ordinary
My friends all say I'm goin' crazy
I don't hear a word that they say
Cause the voices in my head are legendary
But I will never tell them where the bodies are buried
Keeps them comin' back every day

Oh no, oh no
They're just villains in my mind doin' time
Oh no, oh no
They're just matches burnin' holes in my soul

Attention, attention
Cause this ain't a stunt
The judges are racist
The jury's corrupt
The shelves are all empty
But the seats are all filled
A shiny new penny
On my hundred dollar bill
Attention, attention
By the way, did I mention?

Nothin' about me is ordinary
My friends all say I'm goin' crazy
I don't hear a word that they say
Cause the voices in my head are legendary
But I will never tell them where the bodies are buried
Keeps them comin' back every day

Oh no, oh no
They're just villains in my mind doin' time
Oh no, oh no
They're just matches burnin' holes in my soul

(Attention, attention)
(Attention, attention)
(They're just villains in my mind doin' time)

Nothin' about me is ordinary
My friends all say I'm goin' crazy
I don't hear a word that they say
Cause the voices in my head are legendary
But I will never tell them where the bodies are buried
Keeps them comin' back every day

Oh no, oh no
They're just villains in my mind doin' time
Oh no, oh no
They're just matches burnin' holes in my soul

Oh no, oh no
They're just villains in my mind doin' time
Oh no, oh no
They're just matches burnin' holes in my soul

(Attention, attention)
(Attention, attention)

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Kill Your Conscience

Beast mode
Everybody's strikin' a pose
Everybody's taxin' my soul
They say it's all the rage, to never act your age

So what you gonna hit me with next?
Darwin or a crucifix?
So why you wanna do me like this?
It's always so extreme, but what's it really mean?

When you're beggin' for a brick
Just to throw it back and forth
And you call each other sick
Yet you're comin' back for more
Back for more of what you love
Back for more of what you hate
You can't stop, stop, stop
'Cause you're already too late

[Chorus]
So you kill your conscience, cry yourself to sleep
Kill your conscience, better you than me
You're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed
Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts
Kill your conscience (conscience, conscience)
Kill your conscience (conscience, conscience)
Yeah you're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed
Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

Good luck (good luck)
Everybody's passin' the buck (the buck)
Prayin' that they're makin' the cut (the cut)
They'll sell you by the pound and keep you underground

While you're scratchin' at the gates
Screamin', "Come on, let me in!"
Like a fully-loaded zombie
Throwin' caution to the wind
Back for more of what you love
Back for more of what you hate
You can't stop, stop, stop
'Cause you're already too late

So you kill your conscience, cry yourself to sleep
Kill your conscience, better you than me
You're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed
Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts
Kill your conscience (conscience, conscience)
Kill your conscience (conscience, conscience)
Yeah you're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed
Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

> (Hey, hey!) (Conscience, conscience) (Hey!)
(Hey, hey!) (Conscience, conscience) (Hey!)
(Hey, hey!) (Conscience, conscience) (Hey!)
(Hey, hey!) (Conscience, conscience) (Hey!)
(Hey!)
(Hey!)
(Hey!)
(Hey!)

Kill your conscience, cry yourself to sleep
Kill your conscience, better you than me
You're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed
Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts
Kill your conscience (conscience, conscience)
Kill your conscience (conscience, conscience)
Yeah you're all plugged in, ready and rehearsed
Do your best, do your worst, show me where it hurts

Kill your conscience
Kill your conscience
Kill your conscience
Kill your conscience
Kill your conscience

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Pyro

There's thirty seconds left, what's gonna happen next
You'd better watch your step, the wicked they don't ever rest
Yeah, they don't ever rest
Ain't nothin' cut and dry, no retro overdrive
I cut the fuse, it's live, I'll feel it when the doves cry
Yeah, when the doves cry

What can you do?
Bringin' you down
When your momma is a burnout
And your daddy is a pyro

[Chorus]
'Cause they just want to light it on fire
And they just want to let it all burn
They just want to light it on fire
And they just want to let it all burn

Set fire to the family tree
And set fire to the family tree

It's never one and done, it's only just begun
And now the inmates are runnin' the asylum
Runnin' the asylum
Am I a head case? Did I inherit this?
Am I a hypocrite to say that I ain't feelin' this (No, no, no, no, no!)
'Cause I ain't feelin' this (No, no, no, no, no, no, no!)

What can you do?
Where can you go?
When your momma is a burnout
And your daddy is a pyro

'Cause they just want to light it on fire
And they just want to let it all burn
They just want to light it on fire
And they just want to let it all burn

Set fire to the family tree
Set fire to the family tree

What can you do?
Where can you go?
When your momma is a burnout
And your daddy is a pyro

'Cause they just want to light it on fire
And they just want to let it all burn
They just want to light it on fire
And they just want to let it all burn

Set fire to the family tree
Set fire to the family tree
Set fire to the family tree
Set fire to the family tree

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Monsters

Good for you, you fooled everybody
Good for you, you fooled everyone
Good for you, now you're somebody
Good for you, you fooled everyone

Leave your weapon on the table
Wrapped in burlap, barely able
Don't get angry, don't discourage
Take a shot of liquid courage

'Cause my monsters are real, and they're trained how to kill
And there's no coming back and they just laugh at how I feel
And these monsters can fly, and they'll never say die
And there's no going back, if I get trapped I'll never heal
Yeah, my monsters are real

Good for you, you hurt everybody
Good for you, you hurt everyone
Good for you, you love nobody
Good for you, you owe no one

Leave your weapon on the table
Wrapped in burlap, barely able
Call a doctor, say a prayer
Choose a God you think is fair

'Cause my monsters are real, and they're trained how to kill
And there's no coming back and they just laugh at how I feel
And these monsters can fly, and they'll never say die
And there's no going back, if I get trapped I'll never heal
'Cause my monsters are real

Leave your weapon on the table
Wrapped in burlap, barely able
Don't get angry, don't discourage
Take a shot of liquid courage

Leave a light on if you're able
'Cause we both know you're unstable
Call a doctor, say a prayer
Choose a God you think is fair

'Cause my monsters are real, and they're trained how to kill
And there's no coming back and they just laugh at how I feel
And these monsters can fly, and they'll never say die
And there's no going back, if I get trapped I'll never heal
Yeah, my monsters are real

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Darkside

Can you hear me? Am I speaking clearly?
Are you starstrucked or just made of stone?
Do you need a savior? Some bad behavior?
Or you could cash it all in, I suppose

Because you're in deep, resisting repeats
Face forward and don't come unhinged
I've got the actors and all these bastards
That took all the fun out of rage and revenge

Don't be so quick to judge, rain havoc from above
I think I've had enough, time to raise the dead
It's all subliminal, supernatural
I might be mental but I've still got my cred

[Chorus]
So welcome to the party, won't you please come inside?
Where habits have teeth and the words carry knives
You enter at your own risk, so don't be surprised
Welcome to the darkside

Spare me your sorrow, there's no tomorrow
That's an empty promise at best
I tried to play nice, you were baptized in ice
So don't tell me you're just depressed

Don't be so quick to judge, rain havoc from above
I think I've had enough, time to raise the dead
It's all subliminal, supernatural
I might be mental but I've still got my cred

So welcome to the party, won't you please come inside?
Where habits have teeth and the words carry knives
You enter at your own risk, so don't be surprised
Welcome to the darkside

Your equilibrium has been spun all around
And everything you know turned upside down
The symptoms are contagious, so please be advised
So welcome to the darkside

Don't be so quick to judge, rain havoc from above
I think I've had enough, time to raise the dead
It's all subliminal, supernatural
I might be mental but I've still got my cred

So welcome to the party, won't you please come inside?
Where habits have teeth and the words carry knives
You enter at your own risk, so don't be surprised
Welcome to the darkside

Your equilibrium has been spun all around
And everything you know turned upside down
The symptoms are contagious, so please be advised
So welcome to the darkside

(Darkside, darkside) Welcome to the darkside
(Darkside, darkside) Welcome to the darkside
(Darkside, darkside) So welcome to the darkside
(Darkside, darkside) So welcome to the darkside

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Creatures

(Never again, never give in, never give in
Never again, never give in, never give in)

I wouldn't wish this on just anyone
But you seem to share my impulse
I wouldn't take this from just anyone
But you seem to like the result

I'll connect the dots and you can tell me when to stop
But I'd rather keep on goin' than be somethin' that I'm not

[Chorus]
We're creatures of habit, we can't live without it
We don't have to answer to anyone
We're chasing the rabbit, like creatures of habit
And no one else knows where we're comin' from
And nothing's ever gonna change, 'cause I ain't gonna run away
There's no need to panic, 'cause you're just as tragic
We're creatures of habit, we don't have to answer
To anyone

I'm not amused by just anything
But under the circumstances (Never again, never give in!)
You'll be the recluse, I will defend you
When you've used up all your chances

I'll connect the dots and you can tell me when to stop
But I'd rather keep on goin' than be somethin' that I'm not

We're creatures of habit, we can't live without it
We don't have to answer to anyone
We're chasing the rabbit, like creatures of habit
And no one else knows where we're comin' from
And nothing's ever gonna change, 'cause I ain't gonna run away
There's no need to panic, 'cause you're just as tragic
We're creatures of habit, we don't have to answer
To anyone

[Instrumental break]

We're creatures of habit, we can't live without it
We don't have to answer to anyone
We're chasing the rabbit, like creatures of habit
But no one else knows where we're comin' from (Never again, never give in!)
And nothing's ever gonna change (Nothing will change), 'cause I ain't gonna run away (I'll never run)
There's no need to panic, 'cause you're just as tragic
We're creatures of habit, we don't have to answer
To anyone

(Never again, never give in
Never give in...)
[repeat and fade out]

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Evolve

Opinions are biased, shut up and be quiet
I'm tryin' to make you understand
This is what you're up against
Powerful, powerless, leavin' with the upset
Here to stay, by the way, I turned it around
In a room full of mirrors, I figured it out

[Chorus]
I had to take leave of my senses
To draw my own conclusion
Had to swing for the fences
To find my own solution
In a world gone mad, it's all so sad
Look what we've become
Welcome to the age of the new evolution

Evolve, evolve, new evolution
Evolve, evolve
Evolve, evolve

Conditioned to fight it, so bring on the riot
'Cause we're all invited to the dance
Raise a glass now for the damned
Terrorize, terrified, prayin' for your fuckin' life
Wide awake, dominate, I figured it out
In a room full of mirrors, there's only one way out

I had to take leave of my senses
To draw my own conclusion
Had to swing for the fences
To find my own solution
In a world gone mad, it's all so sad
Look what we've become
Welcome to the age of the new evolution

Evolve, evolve, evolution
Evolve, evolve, evolution
Evolve, evolve, evolution
Evolve, evolve, evolution
Evolve, evolve, evolution
Evolve, evolve, evolution
Evolve, evolve, evolution
Evolve, evolve

I had to take leave of my senses
To draw my own conclusion
Had to swing for the fences
To find my own solution
In a world gone mad, it's all so sad
Look what we've become
Welcome to the age of the new evolution

Evolve, evolve, new evolution
Evolve, evolve, new evolution
Evolve, evolve
Evolve, evolve

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GET UP

Get up, get up
Get up, get up
Get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up

I know you're clingin' to the light of day
To tell you everything's A-okay
And medication don't do much
Yeah, it just numbs the brain

Guess you might say I'm a little intense
I'm on the bright side of bein' hell bent
So, take it from me, you're not the only one
Who can't see straight (Can't see straight)

If you were ever in doubt
Don't sell yourself short, you might be bulletproof
Hard to move mountains when you're paralyzed
But you gotta try, and I'm callin' out

[Chorus]
Get up, get up, get a move on
Get up, get up, what's takin' so long
Get up, get up, get a move on
Stop stallin', I'm callin' out
Get up, get up, get a move on
Get up, get up, ain't nothin' wrong
'Cause I believe you can do whatever
And I agree you can do much better, trust me (Trust me)

Everybody wants to sing their song
So, Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On?"
Ain't nothin' normal when it comes to you and me
I'd rather twist myself in knots than watch you give up on your dreams

If you were ever in doubt
Don't sell yourself short, you might be bulletproof
Hard to move mountains when you're paralyzed
But you gotta try, so I'm callin' out

Get up, get up, get a move on
Get up, get up, what's takin' so long
Get up, get up, get a move on
Stop stallin', I'm callin' out
Get up, get up, get a move on
Get up, get up, ain't nothin' wrong
'Cause I believe you can do whatever
And I agree you can do much better, trust me

Yeah I don't know why I never talk about it
I guess that's probably part of the problem
Yeah
Sometimes you're wrong... sometimes you're right
Just gotta keep moving
Yeah
I'm just gonna keep moving
Today, tomorrow, and the next

Get up, get up, get a move on
Get up, get up, what's takin' so long
Get up, get up, get a move on
Stop stallin', I'm callin' out
Get up, get up, get a move on
Get up, get up, ain't nothin' wrong
'Cause I believe you can do whatever
And I agree you can do much better, trust me

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special

Hurry up before you go and get old
Hurry up before your blood runs cold
None of us were ever meant to stay
We're all gonna find out one day

You see life's too short to run it like a race
So it's never gonna matter if you win first place
'Cause we're all the same

[Chorus]
Stop waitin' on your fifteen minutes of fame, 'cause you're not special
I'm not tryin' to rain on your parade, but you're not special
I'm not tryin' to bring to you down, I'm not tryin' to sound so ineffectual
But you're not special

Hurry up before the bottle kicks in
Before the poison and the pain sets in (Get up, get up)
If you take it down a notch and you let me explain
That on this earth we are all the same

And all I can say is...

Stop waitin' on your fifteen minutes of fame, 'cause you're not special
I'm not tryin' to rain on your parade, but you're not special
I'm not tryin' to bring to you down, I'm not tryin' to sound so ineffectual
'Cause you're not special

We all live to love, we all fall apart
We'd all go to war for the faint of heart
Instead we're condescending
There are no happy endings
I won't hold my breath, I won't cast a doubt
I'd never sell you out
But I'll give you one last chance to own it
'Cause you're not a god or a poet, so...

Stop waitin' on your fifteen minutes of fame, 'cause you're not special
I'm not tryin' to rain on your parade, but you're not special
I'm not tryin' to bring to you down, I'm not tryin' to sound so ineffectual
But you're not special

(Get up, get up, get a move on)
(Get up, get up, ain't nothin' wrong) But you're not special
(Get up, get up, get a move on)
(Stop stallin', I'm callin' out) But you're not special
'Cause you're not special
'Cause you're not special

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The Human Radio

I got a four letter word for "I don't care"
A whole lot of drive, to get me there
I've seen a whole lot of wrong, to say the least
Spent a whole lot of time, starin' down the beast

Keep movin' subject... matter around
Keep your eye on the prize and your feet on the ground
Keep movin' subject... matter around
Keep your eye on the prize and your feet on the ground
Keep your eye on the prize and your feet on the ground
Keep your eye on the prize and your feet on the ground

[Chorus]
I'm reachin' out to the human radio
To get a jump on 'em, a witch hunt on 'em
Get the money, throw the tantrum
The human radio is playin' your anthem

The human radio is playin' your anthem
The human radio is playin' your anthem
The human radio is

I got a hand full of friends, that can't be bought
If you tell 'em you're the king, you're probably not
Got a brand new approach, and I ain't done
I'm the master of machines, a bullet on the run

Keep movin' subject... matter around
Keep your eye on the prize and your feet on the ground
Keep movin' subject... matter around
Keep your eye on the prize and your feet on the ground
Keep your eye on the prize and your feet on the ground

I'm reachin' out to the human radio
To get a jump on 'em, a witch hunt on 'em
Get the money, throw the tantrum
The human radio is playin' your anthem

We march, we fight, we live
We scream, we die, we give
We want the world to know
We are the human radio
We march, we fight, we live
We scream, we die, we give
We want the world to know
We are the human radio

The human radio is playin' your anthem
The human radio is

Radio

I'm reachin' out to the human radio
To get a jump on 'em, a witch hunt on 'em
(Get the jump on 'em, get the jump on 'em)
Get the money, throw the tantrum
(Get the money, get the money)
The human radio is playin' your anthem

We march, we fight, we live
We scream, we die, we give
We want the world to know
We are the human radio
We march, we fight, we live
We scream, we die, we give
We want the world to know
We are the human radio
We march, we fight, we live
We scream, we die, we give
We want the world to know
We are the human radio
We march, we fight, we live
We scream, we die, we give
We want the world to know
We are the human radio

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Brilliant

Count it down from 10 to 1, faster than a firefly
Callin' out to everyone, "Are you dead or alive?"
Quicker than the curious, and brighter than a meteor
Never knowing who to trust can make me insecure
Let me clear my throat, let me catch my breath
Let my heart bleed out till there's nothing left
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant

Count it down from 10 to 1, faster than a hurricane
Callin' out to everyone, "Are you mad or insane?"
Quicker when you're curious, and better once you realize
Finding someone you can trust gets results, check your pulse

[Chorus]
Let me clear my throat, let me catch my breath
Let my heart bleed out till there's nothing left
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant

Say it if you're one of us, the beaten and the furious
Injustice and lies, for the very last time
It's all the same (Believe it or not), but this ain't a game (And I'll never stop)
So you better run for your life

Let me clear my throat, let me catch my breath
Let my heart bleed out till there's nothing left
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant

To whom it may concern
I won't crash and burn
Burn, burn
I won't crash and...

Let me clear my throat, let me catch my breath
Let my heart bleed out till there's nothing left
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant

As the world collides and I fight for air
As I crash and burn like I just don't care
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant

Count it down from 10 to 1, quicker when your curious
Say it if you're one of us, the beaten and the furious
Are you mad or insane, mad or insane
Are you mad or insane, you better run for your life
It's my day to be brilliant
It's my day to be brilliant