Thrice Album

The weight of the world is on my shoulders
And it's just too much to bear.
It's not that I'm growing callous,
I'm just too tired to care.

So drop your expectations,
Let go of any dependencies,
Forget your disapproval
'Cause I'm setting myself free.

Looking up to me,
Looking down on me,
And hazarding those sidelong glances.
I'm not too sure of what they see.
All I know is their views are slanted.

So drop your expectations,
Let go of any dependencies,
Forget your disapproval
'Cause I'm setting myself free.

(All eyes on me.)
I can't take the pressure.
(All eyes on me.)
Breathe without making a sound.
(All eyes on me.)
Don't expect perfection
(All eyes on me.)
'Cause I won't fail to let you down.
(All eyes on me.)
I can't take the pressure.
(All eyes on me.)
Breathe without making a sound.
(All eyes on me.)
Don't expect perfection
(All eyes on me.)
'Cause I won't fail to let you down.
I won't fail to let you down.

Once you were free and you stretched out your wings to the sky
Sky was the limit, cap on your creativity
Team against team could we even the score
Our hearts kept the rhythm, that forbidden beat
Your talons now grip like steel to the weight they chained you to
Two in the morning, you can't hear the rumbling train
Trained not to think or question anything
The chains that had bound you are now obsolete

Please open your eyes,
Everything they told you was a lie,
Think for yourself won't you even try to look past all of those lies
Think for yourself

For generations the answer has always been no
No one remembers and nobody cares to ask
Asking a question is deemed criminal and slowly the silence grows
On the growing list of the mindless, by your name a check
Checkmate the situation if we all toe the line
Line up and never open up your eyes
And don't even think about raising your voice

Leave your mind without thought (they fill it)
Identity erased
Place refuse in your sight (you swill it)
Yeah it seems they got you bound (bound tight)
Yeah it seems they got you beat
The chains that held you down (you down)

When you can want something you hate,
And lie in perfect honesty
From every angle things are crystal clear
When you doubt things of which you're sure
Something seems just beyond your hand
You wonder if your living second rate
Is my mind too open,
Is my heart still beating
Do my eyes betray a hint of loneliness
Or an ambiguity,
I only want to see the light
When every word makes perfect sense
In every single line you read
But every single line seems to conflict
And the perspectives that I see
A Picasso reality
I'm seeing truth through sheets of opaque glass
Where does reason stop, and romance begin
I feel the ghosts hitchhiking on the wind
And since when did following your heart become a sin,

In my head everything was perfect
Every note resounds in harmony
But all I seem to offer up are dischords
And every note I sing sounds out of key
And every time I play with passion
I start breaking strings
And my voice cracks
When I sing from my heart
Guess that's the price
I've got to pay to know that I'm alive
This melody is tearing me apart

So now what do I have to show
And what price do I have to pay
And like a sayan I won't grow
Unless I'm battered in the fray
And we're all in the same machine
Each one with his own broken dreams
Passion gives way to failure
So let's all try and understand
You take my hand and I'll take yours

How many times will I sit when I should stand
How many times have my dreams been just beyond my hand
How many times have I compromised
How many times have I told myself these lies

How many times will I walk the beaten path
How many times will I end up dead last
How many times will I watch it pass me by
How many times will I bury what's inside

Well I know someday
I will find the means
And I will find the time
And I will find a way

No time for anything at all
No time to reason or question direction
But I won't let myself fall
I'll just keep pushing 'til the end
I hope that I will find my way [x2]
When it's all been said and done
I really think you'll miss it once it's gone
As time passes I get scared
Where will I end up and will it be good enough
Will it work itself out
Or will I be stuck here once again
I'll keep my eyes open wide
And try not to blink
It's just a matter of knowing where to look
Cause sometimes things fall apart,
My walls crumble on me,
But I'll keep trying, and trying,

What's the use in hoping
When you always get let down
What's the use in smiling
When all you wanna do is frown
I'm drowning, in a sea of hate-filled eyes
And she's screaming
But no one hears her cries
Is anybody hear to see a band
Did anybody come to hear a song
Does anyone believe in magic
Is anybody here to sing along
People shove me down they're coming from all sides
And as I look around
Something just don't seem right
I I feel so all alone
Though the people inundate
I I see no joy or desperation
Only senseless hate

Is this the same scene
That I used to think I loved
Or was I just naive
And were they always out for blood
I've seen better days,
But I know that we can make a change