Trash & Burn

I tried to tell you that there's always
Two sides to the blade
I saw my future cave in from the roots of decay
The dark cloud started dancing all over the sun
Whatever it took to make my blood run
I had a ways to go
Sorrow that you'll never know
But lately it's beginning to show
And i tell myself never again

The armies of doubt were playing war in my head
I couldn't recover from the things that they said
Crash landed in the safehouse under the stairs
Last place on earth where anyone cares
Never dreamed i'd fall to this
Something that i couldn't resist
And now i just clench my fists
And i tell myself never again

Run silent, run deep, run as fast as you can
Let the rest of the world slide through your hands
Old habits die hard like a fatal disease
They cut you so deep, you can never come clean
I've got a past to pay
I got demons to face
I can't just run away
But i tell myself never again

We're touching down on janus
Last of the dying planets
Her buried wealth and splendor
Had never been surrendered
For in these trying times
The flags of war waved high
On and on and on
Gone and gone and gone

As the fields of fire burned
No one seemed concerned
The future was consumed
And where destinies collide
Can anything survive
I stand inside the ruins

Beneath the dust of janus
The seeds of war were planted
They fought against all reason
Burning the flags of freedom
And as their hatred spread like rivers bloody red flowed
On and on and on
Gone and gone and gone
I too was taken cold
By the spirit and the soul
In a land of no one left
Still in silence and in death
A planet put to rest
She touches and she goes

So if we should survive
If all our worlds collide
Exploding in the light
Are we these islands of the sun
Old before we're young
Gone before we're done
We're touching down on janus

I've been dragged through the mud
Told i ain't enough
Done a lot of hard livin' in a world that's sometimes cold
I been pitched and taken in
My future's looking grim
Somehow i disconnected along that road
But try as i may
I can never be the same
This time i'm here to stay
Ricochet

Seen the walking side of death
The eyes that never rest
Been waiting in a line for the call that never comes
But kid, don't hold your breath
You're only second best
Ain't personal just business being done

With a paralysing gaze
I walked onto the stage
Could i really be the outcast coming home
As i turn to look at you
The way you've fallen too
I hope i can take it when it goes

Downtown to the courthouse
For some pass-the-buck justice
It's a knock-down, drag 'em out, beat 'em up, mace the crowd
Strip search, busted
Can't control the fire
Coming through barbed wire
It's a junkyard, live hard, bear the scars of broke and charred
Sellers and buyers
So when all is said and done
Watch out, 'cause here they come
Shadows of the night

It's the last of the old ways
It's the wave of the new age
Computerized, digitized, money markets, mechanized
Internet highway
Infected by the needy
Neglected by the greedy
Chaos, blood loss, nickel bagging debutants
Looking for a freebie

We got radio silence
Another act of violence
Backstage, spray paint, security in rollerskates
Beating on a new dance
Going down on a choker
Stun gun smoker
Open range, who's game, shoot until the scream of pain
Never getting older

I've crossed the line
I've bent the rules
Home of the brave
Red, white, and blue
I've fought the fire
Running through my head
Stood by and watched
Believed in what they said

I'm 40 miles of bad road
A riverbed of potholes
I know, i know, i know where
The money goes
Down a shaft of ratholes
Lowered by my ankles
Where dear dogs lie in the
Afterglow

I've walked the cage
I've been in cuffs
I've done the time
Enough is enough
I know my rights
Know when i'm wrong
But nothing seemed to matter
Until you came along

I've wrapped my wounds
I've closed my eyes
Escaped to nowhere
Turning back the tide
I asked the sage
What it's gonna take
To get out of jordan
With everything at stake

Maybe we were meant to be like a heartbeat turning black
Wasted like the colors mixed while thieves steal out the black
It's like a broken smile, a step apart that gives you style
It doesn't need explaining you know it's fall when it starts raining
It's just the way it is

Touching through an open flame and sparks begin to fly
Looking for another way but you can't help passing by
It's not your enemy, it's the sense somehow you won't be free
It's only rank and file, trampled love, and walking wild
It's just the way it is

Within the crystal pains that we shattered long ago
Alone with what remains it's hard to let you know
In a no-win fight, i guess two wrongs don't make a right
We're in the dash between the way we are and what we've been
It's just the way it is