Tower of Silence - Track 13

Verse 1
I see the canvas behind your eyes
I see the artist in disguise
I see the portrait painted so no one else will see
I see dimly lit sands and beyond a vast sea
I see your pallet—black and grey
And I see the bright colors you display
I see in your eyes the dripping color
Windows to the soul, I know
I see, you don’t trust a single other
So know, even if our eyes never meet again
This show, I hope you take it on the streets
I see, and realize you are just like me
I see, and I long to remedy

Chorus
The sun seems to fall with such gravity
Falling out of orbit as we lose our sanity
The night brings gloom as the day comes to an end
But you must know the dark is not your only friend
In this moment you must let the world turn
Keep going and shadows burn
We might not all make it but please try
We will win so find hope in what should die

Verse 2
The world gets worse, day by day
It burdens my heart, to see you this way
There’s a place for you in my soul
But that hole in you is filled with decay
You wish to place a bullet in your brain
But you’re afraid, it will just rattle around your head
I want to help you with this stain
But we will never know what’s not said
I know it’s not easy to un-bottle what’s inside
But with me and my music you don’t have to hide
I want to take it as my duty to save you
So I’ll direct you to the One who gives refuge
Do me a favor and gather your shards
Eclipse the moon and we’ll tally the stars
You raise up white flags most of these days
I was born with you so won’t you stay
So you will burn like a countryside star
For our God is not that far
They will not cast you out, they will not take you down
For in Christ, your meaning is found

Chorus
The sun seems to fall with such gravity
Falling out of orbit as we lose our sanity
The night brings gloom as the day comes to an end
But you must know the dark is not your only friend
In this moment you must let the world turn
Keep going and shadows burn
We might not all make it but please try
We will win so find hope in what should die

Verse 3
You have given your sight to the bottom
And fancy the darkness in which you swim
But notice the bliss of your abyss won’t let you in
So friend, please take your hands from over your eyes
This gloom has meaning because you are meant to be free
There’s light out the window that you must see
The night will meet it’s end, and you my friend will stand again
I once was a Heaver, just like you
And I can relate the what you’re going through
Lost in a sea of solemn blue
Slowly I found my way back to shore
But sometimes I fear I’ll end up like before
We grow stronger the more we endure
Building up for when the night brings more
It’s a question I struggle with—what’s it for?
The dark is the conflict, but hope is the driving plot
There’s peace in the storm, of this I’m sure!
So aim at me and take your shot
And I’ll show you all’s not lost
The night will haunt me again with things I’ve overcome
The dark reminds me of what I can still become
So you see, I’ve had wounds where a light is shone
But the might we can overcome when we kneel at His throne
So now I hope to row in a sea that is not my own
I want to know the valleys you are meaning
Because each of us is a human being
And the pain you feel is nothing new
No, I may not have seen your depths
But I have found my breath and now give it to you
A blot of yellow in your solemn blue

Tower of Silence - Track 12

Verse 1
Oh oh, I’m fearful when I play our song alone
Oh oh, I’m careful when we wear our rebel clothes
Oh oh, I’m ready when we sing this on the low
I’m lonely when I forget about our revel, oh oh
I’m zealous when we go marching in our yellow, oh oh!
I’m steady when I’m covered by my fellow rebels

Chorus
If we keep moving, they won’t know
Stay here with me, just keep low
When the silence flows, we will know that
Their religion has no hold, no
(The demons have no govern here)
Their religion has no hold, no
(The demons have no govern here)

Verse 2
There’s something that we need to say
Something before the end of the day
One thing before you go back home
You need to know you are not alone
You need to take it from these lines
There’s an army of us by your side
For you my stomach churns, my lyrics burn
I can’t sleep until it’s heard
So let’s take a walk and join the march
My Kind, my muse, there are many but we are few
Fighting for our minds, my Kind
Aiming for your heart, BANG our hope in view

Chorus
If we keep moving, they won’t know
Stay here with me, just keep low
When the silence flows, we will know that
Their religion has no hold, no
(The demons have no govern here)
Their religion has no hold, no
(The demons have no govern here)

Verse 3
Fall out of formation, rebel recognition, oh oh
They keep us in line
Follow the vibrations, come and find your place in, oh oh
We’ll find our incline
We’re all searching for something new
So I’ll go through with you
My lungs, are tired
But my hope, has not, retired

Bridge
( They won’t know ) (( About our revel ))
( Just keep low ) (( Marching in our yellow ))
( They won’t know ) (( About our revel ))
( Just keep low ) (( Marching in our yellow ))

drums Hey! (x5)

Verse 3
Each of us has our own trench
A black pit we must bare before we can breathe the morning air
Fire proves the proof in bullets
Ideas you should go show prudent
With growing numbers and flying colors my sisters and brothers
Tested and oppressed by the vendetta
Except’a He took the death to get me outa
The government of suffering that hovers
A masked assassin I tend to question
Our trench which is tended by depression
It’s a human condition, along with anxiety and suicide succession
But we must take a stand to enter in, to find our way within the dim
We’ll be up here on the ridge
As you walk across your bridge
We’ll cloak you with hope and encouragement
All of us as we face our tench
Receiving the yellow letters you sent

Chorus
If we keep moving, they won’t know
Stay here with me, just keep low
When the silence flows, we will know that
Their religion has no hold, no
(The demons have no govern here)
Their religion has no hold, no
(The demons have no govern here)

Bridge
Dare to be one of us, hey!
Dare to be one of us, hey!
Dare to be one of us, hey!
Dare to be one of us, hey!
Dare to be one of us, hey!
Dare to be one of us, hey!
Dare to be one of us, hey!

Verse 4
Our minds can be violent
In a world surrounded by sound, we’re worn and beaten down
But when our flow goes quiet
And our brains aren’t occupied, we can find the silence in our mind
But often we make an attempt to hide it
Day-to-day life chips away at our bones, caught up in the touch-and-go
So when our lives go vacant, our thoughts become blatant
We recognize the darkness behind our skull
Applying a little more pressure than usual
But I’ve found there’s another sound, I know of
For when we feel this far from home, reminding us we are not alone
We must not let each other go under
We’ll recover in our cover
Listen to my message, it’s dire
Because many of us are losing our fire
So take your time to cover and let someone know
We must band together to take them whole
Blinker, Sleeper, or Heaver
I promise you, we’ll make it though
I am a Dreamer and so are you

Outro
I am a Dreamer and so are you
I am a Dreamer and so are you!
I am a Dreamer and so are you!!
I am a Dreamer and so are you!!!

I am a Dreamer and so are you

Tower of Silence - Track 11

Hook
I’ll keep on going
If you keep on showing
Yeah I’ll keep it going, for you
If you keep on showing, up to
I can’t see it no, oh oh
But if you deem is so, oh no
I will go, oh oh
I will go, oh no

Verse 1
An ode to the darkness
I owe it to who fought this
To the One who saved me
And no, it wasn’t just a daydream
I prob’ly lost a lot of me
But thanks anyways—you set me free
I won’t consider it a loss—made it out to be the dark that has lost
My mind buckles in shotty, the darkness taking over my body
I’m sorry, but I’m taking back what belongs to me
I’m taking a break from these things where I stored my emotion
It causes too much commotion
I’m putting my mind on cruise control
I’m letting the Lord above take it all
But the truth is, I can’t cut ties with the silence
The dangerous are those who face the violence
It will always be here
My mind will always tied to the side that’s easier
But I’ve found a way to fight it
Take the darkness as a weapon and light it

Chorus
There’s still silence admits the sound
Determined to wear me down
All around, I’m srround–
–ed, and pound–
–ed, into the ground
I’m hounded like those long dead
Found, now I’m grounded
And surrounded
By something far more profound

Verse 2
I started the car, but I never got that far
I stayed until the air drew thin, even then
I waited for my death, stripping myself of breath
But then my Savior opened the garage and saved me from my *******
See how you’re alive—it’s for a reason
Though you may be barely breathing
So it’s time for us to drive out and pet the Lord direct our route
Because we’re all writing suicide notes, just for the fun
But to forget what we wrote, we must first put down the gun
Please hear this—it’s okay to come before in submission
With hesitation and opposition
Chamber loaded while holding the ammunition
Because if you’re like me, your brain is bloated with floating questions
I must warn you of my condition
Could it really be anxiety and depression?
It’s a disorder I have yet to oblige
For now, for you, I’ll call it a thorn in my side
But I promise you everything will be alright
I’ll get through and I’ll be just fine
It’s a blessing I’ve come to realize
So don’t be afraid of what I feel assigned
This thorn in my side may give me some fear
But I’ve come to understand why it is here
This weakness is not something to hide behind
But a way for me to finally find
Those who are going through the same exercise
Learning with these people how to empathize
And teaching me that I must learn to consign
My thoughts and fears to let Him guide
May these sufferings be scars of my loyalty
And strengthen me in God’s sovereignty
I will endure the thoughts I face all day long
Because it is in the Father that I belong
Were it not for Him, I would have given to the grave
But in His power and goodness, I am saved

Chorus
There’s still silence admits the sound
Determined to wear me down
All around, I’m srround–
–ed, and pound–
–ed, into the ground
I’m hounded like those long dead
Found, now I’m grounded
And surrounded
By something far more profound!

Hook
I’ll keep on going
If you keep on showing
Yeah I’ll keep it going, for you
If you keep on showing, up to
I can’t see it no, oh oh
But if you deem is so, oh no
I will go, oh oh
I will go, oh no

Tower of Silence - Track 10

Intro
(( Stay low ))

Pre-Chorus
Stay low, stay low
They say to shut the fire in my bones
I know, I know
If my bones are Yours, the fire, will grow

Chorus
I wasted time, I wasted death
I think I thought myself of breath
I need to stand, I need to fight
I need to move again tonight

Verse 1
No one to confide, hiding behind walls that confine
A system where I’m walled in
A rhythm that keeps me in depression
Oppressed, restrained to digress
No, I don’t desire to—this pattern I craft fire to
A wall in my way that obstructs my view
Contained by the lies that set my life in skew
With the help of my Blood I’ll reach the top
With the sound of our Kind we won’t fear the drop

Pre-Chorus
Stay low, stay low
They say to shut the fire in my bones
I know, I know
If my bones are Yours, the fire, will grow

Chorus
I wasted time, I wasted death
I think I thought myself of breath
I need to stand, I need to fight
I need to move again tonight

Verse 2
Sometimes I’m able to see the other side
Then I’ll look back and find my mind is tied
These lies convince me I can’t get over the wall
They hype up the doubts and make me fear I’ll fall
Could it all just be one of these schemes
To make me believe in such silly things
What I say when I wanna be more
Make a move and make a break for it
Take a spray can and leave your mark man
Stand up and step out into our plan
Opportunity does not make me certain
But what I’m certain in is, we will will
We can leave this society
Join me in the face of anarchy
Help me destroy our old world
Join with me to build a new one
Rise up and fulfill your duty
Join me in Exarcheia

Break
Wake up—Give up
Rise up—GiVE IN
(((Remember, remember)))

Bridge
(( It seems so fun to let the worry inside
I can’t get the darkness out of my life, anyways
So maybe I should give in
Fancy the dark—it’s a habit
So maybe I should do it anyways ))

Verse 3
So let’s take this energy, this emotion this notion this dependency
Use it, to chose it, for others to lose it
stAY LOw, they say to hold our hope at bay
I know, but I don’t know if the spirits should stay
Demons in this room, should they stay or should they go?
Eyes in the dark, are they friend or are they foe?
Man gave names to all the animals, so no wonder we give names to our own
To what’s not in sight of our candles, what is hidden deep in our bones
It was man that labeled all the beasts, we crafted the dark on which we feast
Was it our duty to name our demons, could this have any sort of meaning
We’ve named the monsters under our bed
For some reason, it’s the blood beneath our skin
And we’ve neglected His blood instead
We’re only engraving our own extinction

Hook
( Though I am weak, still I need to stay moving
Still I need to stay moving )

Verse 4
You are tired, you are bruised
Your world is blurred, and so confused
Don’t give in to these neon lamps
Loneliness hyped and darkness vamped
The blackness seems to inspire
With the nihility we don’t desire
They lure you into a heatless light
You my friend must stand and fight
You, my Kind, you know both sides
I know it’s hard, the silence intensified
So raise your hands up even higher
I know your arms are tired and they have your ankles bound
So stay low to the ground and we’ll leave the freezing fire
Whether it’s the easy way or the hard way, it’s time
To decide which side of the battle you’ll side with
And I promise you, friends, the latter is mine

Hook
Though I am weak, still I need to stay moving
Still I need to stay moving

Pre-Chorus
Stay low, stay low
They say to shut the fire in my bones
I know, I know
If my bones are Yours, the fire will grow

Hook
Though I am weak, still I need to stay moving
Still I need to stay moving
Though I am weak, still I need to stay moving
Still I need to stay—

(( We need to move again tonight )) .

Tower of Silence - Track 9

Hook
Hey
Wouldn’t it be great
If we could sleep away
The hours that abate
And wake up the next day

Hey!
Wouldn’t it be great!
If we could sleep away!
The hours that abate
And wake up the next day

Verse 1
But still I fear
When the day is done
And the night draws near
I pray I can overcome the setting sun

Pre-Chorus
I will stay awake tonight
Keep me alive until morning light! God

The night, has just, begun

Chorus
For the dark will not take me captive
I will not be a prisoner to the setting sun
I will play no part in the daylight’s declination
For my demons have no hold on me
I will set my heart ablaze
And you may come all you want
You have no plans, I’m free

Verse 2
I know 2am far too well
I recognize the darkness in which I dwell
I know it front, back, and inside out
I’m familiar with the crazed words my demons shout
But still clouded with all the doubt they bring
This is why I really hate the weekends
Because I’m face-to-face with all my demons
I know that even under my sheets, I fear
I’ll loose myself in night’s deep, still here
I believe there’s a reason why I won’t sleep
I can dream of the morning though now I weep

Pre-Chorus
I will stay awake tonight
Keep me alive until morning light! God

The night, will come, again
The night, will come, again
The night, will come, again

Chorus
For the dark will not take me captive
I will not be a prisoner to the setting sun
I will play no part in the daylight’s declination
For my demons have no hold on me
I will set my heart ablaze
And you may come all you want
You have no plans, I’m free

Hook
Hey, hey
Wouldn’t it be great
If we could sleep away
The hours that abate
And wake up the next day-ay-hey hey hey hey!

Verse 3
For a second, I thought I was moving past the feeling
But I reckon, every room I step in there’s only darkness beneath the ceiling
I’m better today than I have been
But I can’t expect it again to happen
Lately it’s been worse than it has in a while
But I know it’s just my faith under trial
I’ve been tested like a ship at sea
The winds and the waves have come to suit me
I fancy the darkness’ mutters
I doubt the nihility shutter
But in time I know I will recover
For peace and strength comes from no other
Recently I’ve been worse than I usually am
I wonder if I’ve chosen it, how to undo it if I can
I know the night will come again
But to play a part in the dark will not happen
I can’t choose every moment to live in the day
Even if I tell myself to think that way, the feeling won’t stay
One day I will get over this wall of stone
Though now I know I’m so far from home
For now I am fighting to reach the morning light
Deciding what must die and where I need to fight
I’m taking a stand to split up my mind
And one day I know I will leave behind the night
I’ll rely on the peace granted through the pain
Like a drought awaits Your replenishing rain

Pre-Chorus
I will stay awake tonight
Keep me alive until morning light! God

Refrain
The night, will come, again
Moving past the feeling
Slowly I’m letting go
Moving past the feeling
Slowly I’m letting go, again

Bridge
All these buzzards won’t stop
Make them quit
All these buzzards won’t stop
Make them quit
tHEY’re talking too quick, quick, save me
tHEY’re talking too quick, quick, save me
tHEY’re talking too quick, quick, save me!
(Hey!)
Quick, quick, save me!
(Hey!!)
Quick, quick, save me, please!!
(Make them quit)
(Make them quit)

Verse 4
The devil can’t even see
What’s right in front of me
So why would he do these things
If he already knows who reigns
(I don’t know!—he’s dumb)
Why does he think he can change the outcome?
So let’s fight in the fact that God has already won

Outro
Let our faith be sung, for they only come
When the day is over, in fear of what is done
They fight in fear of what we’ll do
The greatness of our God lives through
Can’t you see that they are scared?
Let them taunt you in prepared
The night has lost, so come if you dare

Tower of Silence - Track 8

Verse 1
I’m burning
But still cold, Am I learning?
I’m tending to this fire
But it never grows much higher

Hook
((( Darkness is a room, one of many in this mansion I call my brain
I’ve left, I assume, but still I hear those demons scream my name )))

Pre-Chorus
Deep calls to deep with the roar of Your waterfalls
See as I weep, I don’t trust You in the falls
All Your waves and breakers have swept over me
I’m with all the sleepers, let me drown at sea

Chorus
My heart, is so black and white
I think that you’re right
I’m just black, I’m going back
It’s a heart attack

Verse 2
How could you say everything’s alright
When I’m not even putting up a fight
I’ve created my own religion
A world in which I’m barely living
Within walls I’ve just written in
I’m working my way through this system
As I’m dreaming but it’s not my vision
All I want is a spark
And ember in the dark
You are my torch in this dry space
Be my light between two places
I don’t want to be alone
As I find my way back home

Pre-Chorus
Deep calls to deep with the roar of Your waterfalls
See as I weep, I don’t trust You in the falls
All Your waves and breakers have swept over me
I’m with all the sleepers, let me drown at sea

Chorus
My heart, is so black and white
I think that you’re right
I’m just black, I’m going back
It’s a heart attack

Bridge
((( A lifeless light, luminous, yet so dark
     Surrounding and cold
     Deep of night, with thoughts so stark
     I could not break hold )))

Verse 3
I am burning down my hometown
Send your fire and flames to reign down
Burn these strongholds to the ground
But still You hide your face
And I am forced to look away
I’ve had the tough of Your torch
And I feared I wasn’t of the sort
It isn’t enough to sort of touch
Is it enough of such to stand on Your porch?
It isn’t enough, a touch, I want that much
Just give it a touch—you’ll see He’s such
I’ve touched the tough and You are much, You are my torch
Now I’m such to have the touch of Your torch
Standing on my porch, I’ll show You His worth, the tough He endures

Bridge
My heart, is so black and white
Deep calls to deep with the roar of your waterfalls
I think you’re right
See as I weep, I don’t trust You in the falls
I’m just black
All your waves and breakers have swept over me
I’m going back
I’m with all the sleepers, let me drown at sea
My heart, is so black and white
Deep calls to deep—(waterfalls)
I think that you’re right
See as I >weep< — I don’t <falls>
I’m just black
>all Your waves<  <over me>
I’m going back
>sleeper<  <drown at sea>
It’s a heart attack

Verse 5
Please excuse me, how could I write something so contradicting?
I’m sorry, I don’t know who it is I’ve been depicting
Disappearing into my own sung theories
I hope it’s not confusing, I know it’s tongue-twisting
How conflicting, is it wrong to write what I’ve been thinking?
I’m not sure what it is I revel—is it God or the devil?
Looking back, I must be careful
Not to be dragged back—we are rebels
Sometimes I rather just wallow in my sorrow
But I don’t want you or me to be ****** into the funk
So I will try to testify the sky
With the introspective thump of our hearts’ rhythmic hum
My fingers the gates, this pen the flood
Singing as there is nothing new under the sun
What’s underneath—is it flesh or is it blood?
If I told them exactly what it is I do
I wonder if they’d say we’re through
I think you’re right, they just might, turn away from You
It’s hard to find a balance, so ignore my talents
I don’t want to be heard, I want you to listen
To this session of introspection
Look a little deeper and you’ll see what’s written
Take apart my art and you’ll find what’s written on your heart

Tower of Silence - Track 7

Verse 1
Once again, I’ve found myself up against a wall
Play pretend, I hear voices linger down the hall
I know, because I’ve done it all before
I don’t feel like doing this anymore
I don’t want to trouble you when the sun sets
I won’t show you all my pieces
I refuse to give you all my troubles
I neglect to let loose to all my demons

Pre-Chorus
Can you hear the voice inside me?
Do you know what my art means?
It’s calling out a cry, showing you my seams
Can you sense what my tongue claims?
Do you feel what I’m trying to say?
It calls you by name, asking you to stay

Chorus
I am a ghost
Transparent to those who get too close
Haunted by the ones I love the most
I’ll transmute on the low
That way they won’t know
And if it’s making me seem low
I am a ghost

Verse 2
All these people, they are real
All these questions, they’re sincere
All these voices, they’re for-real
And I will try, to let your words pass me by
Please ignore me when I say I’m fine
So I’ll ignore you still
On what I’d rather ****
Regardless, I don’t know how I could have fought this
Honest, I’d been even deeper down in the darkness
If it wasn’t for this art, God gave me as a start
But I am haunted still
All these voices, they’re for-real
When I write I begin to fear
At the sight of what is really here
I write some things and it seems so worthless
I say something and it feels so wordless
Maybe that’s the purpose
Memories formless, deep thought verses
Thinking comes to surface
Writing to plead something, rhyming but I say nothing
I have not forgot—You are all I got
Just trying to make it all stop
So before you go, don’t walk away
Listen for what I have to say
Deeper than this art or talent
A different dialect I can’t unpack
Eventually I will have lines to offer you
But you must stay—be here for what I’m going through
Stay by my side and give me time
My head is dead and decayed but I’ll be okay

Pre-Chorus
Can you hear the voice inside me?
Do you know what my art means?
It’s calling out a cry, showing you my seams
Can you sense what my tongue claims?
Do you feel what I’m trying to say?
It calls you by name, asking you to stay

Chorus
I am a ghost
Transparent to those who get too close
Haunted by the ones I love the most
I’ll transmute on the low
That way they won’t know
And if it’s making me seem low
I am a ghost

Verse 3
I’m driving inside my mind, and I’m driving kinda sideways
A runaway, but I don’t feel free
Relying on the highway—why can’t it be my way?
Swerving over the yellow lines
Give me some times to speak my mind
It’s stout to let it all out
So maybe my words are just drought
I know you’re worried for me and what I find
My head’s not right but I’ll be fine
I promise you I’ll come home some time
But in the meantime, listen for my cry
No, you don’t have to keep me down from ledges
Or steal from me razor blades and shoe laces
But prop you door open with wooden wedges
For when I enter into these dark places
For long enough I’ve tended to a heatless fire
Scared of labels they press to uninspire
Tried to convince me this gloom was nothing
Then you’d think I’m demented or something
But at the same time my aloneness was hyped
Making me think I was of the insane type
But it’s nice to hear my words filter in you
Otherwise I don’t know how I’d make it through

Outro
I know it can be hard
Don’t go in alone
Don’t think you have to be tough
Let your cover be shone
Your oxygen’s running low
Let our cover be blown
And steak out the window

Together we’re singing
Lah-lah-lah
Lah-lah-lah
Lah-lah-lah