A.F.I. Album

Through our bleeding we are one.
Through our bleeding we are one.
Through our bleeding we are one.
Through our bleeding we are one.

Through the darkness breaks the light,
Through the light unending pain.
Deify the wrenched one,
Till the darkness comes again.

Through our bleeding we are one.
Through our bleeding we are one.
Through our bleeding we are one.
Through our bleeding we are one.

thanks to Travis Mauthe for
submitting the lyrics

I know...
It's here we retreat, for where else could we go?
To great disbelief there is somewhere we belong.
In negative space supposed flaws go unseen,
but our strength is shown.
In darkness together we're bringing the light.
In darkness together we are forming.
The fire tomorrow is born of the night, in darkness together we ignite.
From all we've been shunned but we found a new home.
To great discontent it is greatness that we own.
In luminous eyes, reflections of fear absolute...
All hate what we've become.
In darkness together we're bringing the light.
In darkness together we are forming.
The fire tomorrow is born of the night,
in darkness together we ignite.
Through our will we bring fear.
Left to burn beneath the sun.
We are one.
When daylight forms blinding walls where do we go?
Days arid are scorching all.
When daylight forms blinding, binding walls where do we go?
The darkness calls.

Go

Welcome the whole new pain
And take comfort in
All you've become
I waved as I passed myself along the way

I have arrived
So unashamed
But my reflection no longer looks the same
It seems much dimmer now
It seems so dim

Just stumble and fall
Into a world that's overcrowded
And you will find me
Won’t recognize me
I won't recognize myself

I have arrived
So unashamed
But all my senses no longer seem the same
I can sense everything
My sight's so clear

Just stumble and fall
Into a world that's overcrowded
And you will find me
Won’t recognize me
I won't recognize myself

In an instant
My life just slipped away
I fought for life
The whole time you were
Holdin' me down
You watched me dyin'
Holdin' me down
You brought my rebirth
Holdin' me down
You watched me dyin'
Holdin' me down
You brought my rebirth

Just stumble and fall
Into a world that's overcrowded
And you will find me
Won’t recognize me
I won't recognize myself

thanks to Travis Mauthe for
submitting the lyrics

Open my eyes as I submerge
and I won't deny what I've been since birth.
I'll die drowned by your standards.
Breathe in the life of the summer's death
as the orange and red breathe their first breath,
so welcome as they're burning through.
We all begin to burn.
Autumn's flame dance's in my eyes
Set alight for all we've learned.
My ashes falling.
My skin is singed but it heals my heart and with glowing pride
I'll wear my scars.
I'm honored by your hatred.
Leaves fall we arise again, and the end impending, it will begin.
So welcome as it's burning through.
Ashes fall and I'm rising up again.
Ashes fall. Ashes fall. Ashes fall as we all arise.

to the wounded:

i have seen the self image that they've forced you to reduce to shattered glass
with the only remaining value lying in its jagged edges
but the few who warrant waking for await their recognition
no fear of death but with fear of life
your weakness kills everyone so live

angels for everyone
for no lack of seaching i can't seem to find one
angels in everyone
what of all their promises? can't seem to find much more than lies
angels in anyone

a permanent solution to a temporary problem
before i'd lay me down to rest i'd throw everything away to live

Lean against the night and laugh
As I try to scale the walls
Ignored futility
Fills the air
You're only there
To watch me fall
Watch me fall
Watch me

If only pure sweetness was offered
Why's this bitter taste left in my mouth?
If I could catch my breath
Just to exhale
I'd know
That I
Held it in too long

From above comes a faint smile
A new vantage, such a view
Familiarity
Now disowned
Just sit and stare
As I walk away
Walk away
Watch me

If only pure sweetness was offered
Why's this bitter taste left in my mouth?
If I could catch my breath
Just to exhale
I'd know
That I
Held it in too long

{A buncha “whoa”s}

If only pure sweetness was offered
Why's this bitter taste left in my mouth?
If I could catch my breath
Just to exhale
I'd know
That I
Held it in too long

If only pure sweetness was offered
(The bitterness)
Why's this bitter taste left in my mouth?
(The sweetness)
If I could catch my breath
(My breath)
Just to exhale
I'd know
That I
Held it in too long

An invitation excluding no one,
So you walk right in and destroy the fucking place.
You've lost your right to be part of my family.
The family that welcomed you, you joined, and left in disgrace.
Your flag was flaming (was flaming), your flag was flaming before it ever started flying.
Your flag was burning, was burning down everyone in true salute.
Sense of commitment. A sense of pride.
I heard you say that we shared a destiny.
Now it is plain to see you've got no sense at all.
The name that once honored you disgraced and made a mockery.
Your flag was flaming (was flaming), your flag was flaming before it ever started flying.
Your flag was burning, was burning down everyone in true salute.
I could always see... I could always see the smoke from miles away.
I could always see the weakness in your eyes.
Far away I feel the lies while the sky is burning.
Your flag was flaming (was flaming), your flag was flaming before it ever started flying.
Your flag was burning, was burning down everyone in true salute.
You will always be unwanted... unwanted.
You will always be unwanted... unwanted... unwanted.

Now! Peel the skin back from the flesh.
Steal the flesh back from the starving static minds.
From nature we must stray, to clarity we'll climb.
Deadly impulse seems so natural,
just look beyond it and we'll find (we will find)
a brand new evolution, here begins a brand new line.
And in the distance there's a gathering,
that no longer seems so far away.
Pushed to our knees so let us pray,
and all together we'll bring the real rain.
Watch all that's wasted wash away,
so let it come. Our will be done.
Stature retrieved, regain our form.
Break free from instinct that's left us all confined.
From nature we must stray to clarity we'll climb.
Tradition ingrained, now impermissible.
Now comes a call for all to find (we will find)
a brand new evolution. Here begins a brand new line.
I can't help but fear, look to my species and tremble,
to think that God is just...
And in the distance there's a gathering
that no longer seems so far away.

I've been dreaming, I've been dreaming I was lucid.
blood was seeping, it was seeping from my pores.
Who'd believe that it was all my own decision?

Cracked faces and medicated smiles.
Set fire to my home before I turned and walked back in.
For every needle open my chest and insert ten pins.
I just anticipate what awaits when I awake... break!
I (die) die in my day dreams.

I've been dreaming, I've been dreaming I was lucid.
blood was seeping, it was seeping from my pores.
Who'd believe that it was all my own decision?

The gardens have all been overgrown.
I pushed my hand through the thorns to crush the final rose.
A deadly secret only I suffer to know.
I can't eradicate what awaits when I awake... break!
I (die) die in my day dreams.

I've been dreaming, I've been dreaming I was lucid.
blood was seeping, it was seeping from my pores.
Who would believe that it was all my own decision?

Hung in your room, swaying, hoping only that you'll see
All by myself, I'm alone in such poor company
The deeper I think, the deeper I seem to sink

I can't stop the insects that are feeding
Pull the needles from beneath my skin

I broke myself, shattered, tied a bow around every piece
You'll lovely the eyes, have they always shown so vacantly?
The more I show the less you'll want to know

I can't stop the insects that are feeding
Pull the needles from beneath my skin

Now I'm on display, I am becoming
Hurt myself today, it's all for you
Do you like, do you like what I'm becoming?
Cut myself today, it's all for you

I part the night, flashing, approaching as I watch you flee
Pushed through your panes, seems I've landed quite uncomfortably
But as I pass through souls of broken glass

I can't stop the insects that are feeding
Pull the needles from beneath my skin

Now I'm on display, I am becoming
Hurt myself today, it's all for you
Do you like, do you like what I'm becoming?
Cut myself today, it's all for you

Please don't ask me just what I think
Trust me, you don't want to know
Please don't ask me to open up
Trust me, trust me because I can't

Stop the insects that are feeding
Pull the needles from beneath my skin

Now I'm on display, I am becoming
Hurt myself today, it's all for you
Do you like, do you like what I'm becoming?
Cut myself today, it's all for you

They're coming 'round again.
I've returned and they've been waiting.
Their aged offererings received and returned,
passed through wet eyes
I tremble as I feel them rolling in for,
my sins, the old ghosts know.
So chilling as I feel them mourn within my soul.
As the mourning grows.
Unfold before me.
Turn back the page again.
Twenty four hours spent wishing that the day was never ending.
Shadows of glory shading my heart again.
Recall the summer when I left my heart to cool beneath the shadows
I'm coming 'round again.
I've returned and no one's waiting.
I strain my eyes to see but it's so hard to read the old tags on the fallen walls.

No haven now as I watch it pour from everywhere.
Just like the storm that has come out of thin air.
Gentle caresses, just as paper thin -frail
and only- lack the strength to hold.

What if I could go to sleep for days,
would you count the hours,
or would your restlessness consume fading memories of me?

Fall into open arms that offer their protection.
Quick to deny that their open to deceit.
Long to believe that support will never cease.
Bitter and lonely, those they've left before.

What if I could go to sleep for days,
would you count the hours,
or would your restlessness consume fading memories of me?

The vibrant heart so quickly growing old,
the warmest eyes so quickly growing cold.
Just a glance for they don't care to see what becomes of me.
The vibrant heart so quickly growing old,
the warmest eyes so quickly growing cold.
Just a glance for they don't care to see what becomes of me.

What if I could go to sleep for days,
would you count the hours,
or would your restlessness consume fading memories of me?
What if I could go to sleep for days,
would you count the hours,
or would your restlessness consume fading memories of me?

Let's admire the pattern forming.
Murderous filigree.
I'm caught in the twisting of the vine.
Go ascend with ivy, climbing.
Ignore and leave for me the headstone crumbling behind.

(Wooahhh)
I can't help my laughter as she cries.
My soul brings tears to angelic eyes.
(Wooahh)

Let's amend the classic story, close it so beautifully,
I'll let animosity unwind.
Steal away the darkened pages, hidden so shamefully.
I'll still feel the violence of the lines.

(Wooahh)
I can't stand my laughter as they cry.
My soul brings tears to angelic eyes.
And miles away my mother cries.
Omnipotence, nurturing malevolence.

Go.

Woahoo

(Wooahh)
I can't stand my laughter as they cry.
My soul brings tears to angelic eyes.
And miles away my mother cries.
Omnipotence, nurturing malevolence.

WooahhH

thanks to Travis Mauthe for
submitting the lyrics

What went down on the side of the road?
What I saw at the edge of the sea.
Only those elements time cannot wear, and they follow.
What seeped out through the cracks in time,
what sucks out the color in me?
What awaits beyond infinity?
Beyond and to all time I stand.
What blew in with the great gale?
What weighed down the falling leaves?
What came forth from the remains?
What has always lived and gone unseen?
What has caused the night to fall?
Who speaks of eternity?
Who awakes to night eternally?