Killswitch Engage – Atonement

Let’s go
Deceive me, release me, unleash me
You’ve unleashed the wild within

Welcome to the madness that dwells inside these eyes
Pushed unto the breaking point, you’re running out of time, time

This innocent blood is on your hands
Deceive me
Come face to face with the final stand
Release me
It’s the part of me you can’t comprehend
Unleash me
You’ve unleashed the wild within
The wild within, yeah

You who spoke defiance, you who spoke in jest
(You who spoke in jest)
The last of all my tolerance has left this broken man

This innocent blood is on your hands
Deceive me
Come face to face with the final stand
Release me
It’s the part of me you can’t comprehend
Unleash me
You’ve unleashed the wild within

I remind you time and time again
You’ve broken the restraints against your heart, against the dark
Can you feel the pain of those you betrayed?
The promises unmade
Broken hearts that fill with shame
And you’re to blame, you’re to blame
Do they call your name? (Your name)
There’s nothing left to say
Nothing left to say

This innocent blood is on your hands
Deceive me
Come face to face with the final stand
Release me
It’s the part of me you can’t comprehend
Unleash me
You’ve unleashed the wild within

Yeah, no more following this endless maze
Separation will define the new way
What’s broken is what leads us all astray
The chosen are renewed in amnesty
Broken, hopeless, the state of all our fates
Revolted, woken, lead us from this place

Nowhere to hide, strength realigned
The signal fire’s alight
Given to fight, there’s hope just in sight
The signal fire’s alight

Can we walk a mile in another’s shoes
To determine what we have to lose? (To lose)
Disconnection of a common reality
Becomes so lost in this world of hypocrisy

Nowhere to hide, strength realigned
The signal fire’s alight
Given to fight, there’s hope just in sight
The signal fire’s alight
Alight

This is our beacon to deliver us all
To guide us away from this decay of humanity
Yeah

Nowhere to hide, strength realigned
The signal fire’s alight
Given to fight, there’s hope just in sight
The signal fire’s alight
Alight (Alight)
I won’t give up this fight
Alight
The signal fire is alight

This day will resound in our melodies
The voices of fate
A testament to all we hope for
They will learn of the passion and tragedy
That lies in wait, when they stand up
Stand up against the onslaught
Nothing could ever tear us apart

Our spirit is never ending
I’ll be the protection when you fall
Our spirit is never ending
So tell them it’s us, us against the world
Yeah

Yeah, this catastrophe will serve to redeem our purpose
Do you believe they could never come between us?

Our spirit is never ending
I’ll be the protection when you fall
Our spirit is never ending
Tell them it’s us against the world
(It’s us against the world)

The saga unfolds, the legends of old will guide us all
The crack of the skull, the blood and the soul
We heed the endless call

Our spirit is never ending (Never ending)
I’ll be the protection when you fall
Our spirit is never ending (Never ending)
Tell them it’s us against the world
(It’s us against the world)

Go

Abolition to this illusion
And all the monuments of hypocrisy
Burn them, burn them to the ground
Destroy them, they’re useless to us now

Tear down reminders of a crownless king
This impostor claims authority
Indignation is closing in
You choose a war, a war you cannot win
No one, no one can save you now
Cast down where no mercy can be found
No willingness to bow to a king without a crown
Where the virtuous can’t be found

Defy you, to the depths you descend
I defy you, to the death we defend
Defy you, your rule will come to an end
I defy you, you’ve become the crownless king

The penitent pray for the downfall of your
Of your reign
The warrior soul shall break the hold of constraints
In the end you will suffer

Defy you, to the depths you descend
I defy you, to the death we defend
Defy you, your rule will come to an end
I defy you, you’ve become the crownless king

This storied confusion, distorted and diluted
Will come undone when the balance shifts
And the framework breaks, yeah
The framework breaks

To the depths you descend
Become the crownless king
Defy you, I defy you
Defy you, we defy you

You carry this weight
Trying to cover your mistakes
To make it seem
Like nothing could ever break you
But I see right through
‘Cause I am broken too
In all the same places as you

And if you needed proof
I’d reopen my wounds, reopen my wounds (Yeah)
I see myself in you (In you)
I know you can make it through
If you needed proof
I’ll reopen my wounds
In all the right places for you
So now you see the truth
That you are broken too
I’ll reopen my wounds for you

I keep making the same mistakes
Just to feel alive again
It’s the only way to break on through
So stop numbing all the pain
Because it just won’t go away (Won’t go away)
If you only knew how much I needed you

And if you needed proof
I’d reopen my wounds (My wounds)
In all the right places for you
I can see the truth (The truth)
‘Cause I am broken too

I am broken too
Broken just like you

Lay your hands upon me (Upon me)
Give me the certainty to fulfill my destiny
Fill my soul with light (With light)
As it courses through my veins like a river after rain

Healer, seeker, true believer
Summon the storm to smite deceivers

Through the perils we face
We overcome
Through the treacherous days
We overcome
Nothing stands in our way
Sure as the sun will rise again

Take my words
Let them feed humanity
A sacrifice to demonstrate
A willingness to take the hate
And use it as our strength

Healer, seeker, true believer
Summon the storm to smite deceivers

Through the perils we face
We overcome
Through the treacherous days
We overcome
Nothing stands in our way
Sure as the sun will rise again

We gave our souls to the will of the fates tonight
With honor, the brave will live far beyond this life
Pulled from the darkness, reborn in light

Through the perils we face
We overcome
Through the treacherous days
We overcome
Nothing stands in our way
Sure as the sun will rise again

We overcome
Sure as the rising sun

Bow down to no one
Resist the system

Lost in uncertainty, divided in our strife
No comprehension of the conflict of our lives
Become enslaved in a technological haze
In the crosshairs of a weapon that dissuades our brains
The target is in sight
Mental imprisonment
They’ll take you down from the inside (Inside)
Self-destruction on command

Resist and fight back
Our minds under attack
Destroy their authority
And know your enemy
Protest, demonstrate
We must retaliate
Bow down to no one
And know your enemy, yeah

Locked and loaded, waiting to explode (Explode)
Pawns of illusion subjugating to control

Resist and fight back
Our minds under attack
Destroy their authority
And know your enemy
Protest, demonstrate
We must retaliate
Bow down to no one
And know your enemy

It runs much deeper than you think
You’ll never see who pulls the strings
You’ve got to know, know your enemy
Force-fed illusions
In this world of confusion
You have to know, know your enemy
The target is in sight

Bow down to no one
Resist the system
Bow down to no one (Bow down to no one)
Resist the system and fight back

They can’t subjugate a mind that’s free
No more force-fed reality

Resist and fight back
Our minds under attack
Destroy their authority
And know your enemy
Protest, demonstrate
We must retaliate
Bow down to no one
And know your enemy

They’ll take you down from the inside
Resist and fight back
And know your enemy

In the darkness, swallowed into the night
Trapped in the clutches of my indecision
Falling further past the point of control
So desperate to cast away this feeling
Cry out for rescue
Cry out for relief and give me peace
There must be a way to stifle this decay
There must be a means, means to an end

When the fear and panic takes a hold
You must take control
When your sorrow drags you down below
Take control
Take control

No more wallowing, battle my constraints
I’m the sinner and the saint

When the fear and panic takes a hold
Look within your soul
When your sorrow drags you down below
You must take control
Your strength will unfold, take control

I must find a way
So my words can penetrate
And I pray that you understand
You understand your pain someday

When the fear and panic takes a hold
You must take control
When your sorrow drags you down below
You must take control

Look within your soul
Take control

Flesh from flesh
To bring forth this endless quest
This endless quest

Yearning for something to consume
A long lost spirit to exhume
A hunger burns in me
An all-consuming voracity

Flesh from flesh (Flesh from flesh)
To bring forth this endless quest

Staring at your countenance
To seek beyond impermanence
Lost in translation, misconstrued
Forgive them all for what they do
I’m ravenous
(I’m ravenous)

Ravenous
In this vision beyond impermanence
Ravenous
For an undying truth in all of us

Cut down deep below the dermis
Unwound from the tangle of indoctrination
Break down the message and the purpose
Fall down to my knees in demarcation
I choose a life defined by evolving belief
A truth undefined is where I will find my peace
This undying desire

Ravenous
In this vision beyond impermanence
Ravenous (Ravenous)
For an undying truth in all of us
Ravenous (Ravenous)
For a new form of consciousness

I never knew the words to say
At a loss as the world was falling around me
I see that look upon your face
Feeling so desperate as we count down to dismay
How did it ever come to this?
Pick up the pieces and know something’s got to give
Don’t lose your faith (Don’t lose your faith)
Try to believe (Try to believe)
That the ends will justify the means

Divided we’ve become, this fight has just begun
But I can’t be the only one
Together we overcome with a truth they can’t outrun
But I can’t be the only one

I see that look upon your face (Your face)
Feeling so desperate as we count down to dismay
How did this come to be?
There’s so much more to this than what we all see, yeah
Don’t lose your passion (Your passion)
Don’t lose your love, yeah
It can’t just be only me (Only me)
It must be us in unity

Divided we’ve become, this fight has just begun
But I can’t be the only one
Together we overcome (Together we overcome)
With a truth they can’t outrun
But I can’t be the only one

Not getting through this on my own
What have we become when there is no love?
I gotta believe that things will change
And I believe things will change

Divided we’ve become (We’ve become)
This fight has just begun (Just begun)
But I can’t be the only one (Only one)
Just begun (Only one)
And overcome (Only one)
But I can’t be the only one

United, we overcome
Undivided, we are the sum
But I can’t be the only one

Swallow the sun in shadows as they suck out the marrow
The hopeless suffer in the fear of tomorrow
We count the cost to measure it against our loss
The sacrifice of the innocent
Separation
The lie from the truth (The lie from the truth)
Our division is our proof

We can’t allow this to stand
Oppression on demand
Led by liars and thieves
As desperation bleeds
They brought us to our knees
So bite the hand that feeds
All their poisonous belief
Lead us only to grief
Led by liars and thieves
As desperation bleeds
They brought us to our knees
So bite the hand that feeds

Altercations spread through violent sanction
Mother, give your children to the beast
The battles of the poor will soon be called to war
For the wealthy and their war machine

We can’t allow this to stand
Oppression on demand
Led by liars and thieves
As desperation bleeds
They brought us to our knees
So bite the hand that feeds

Pushed to the breaking point
Awake from your slumber
Kick back the shroud that humanity’s under
The beckoning call of our so called masters
Subjugate us to the brink of disaster
All for what cause? (All for what cause?)
To perpetuate their endless wars

We can’t allow this to stand
Oppression on demand
Led by liars and thieves
As desperation bleeds
They brought us to our knees
So bite the hand that feeds
All their poisonous belief
Lead us only to grief
Led by liars and thieves
As desperation bleeds
They brought us to our knees
So bite the hand that feeds

Where do we go from here?
We won’t go quietly
It must be the end of apathy
We let go of the grip of our sanity
What would you, what would you kill for?
What would you, what would you die for?
What would you, what would you kill for?
What would you, what would you die for?