new divide (linkin park)

Yes.  This could go on forever.  I love fighting machines. 

Lyrics:

I remembered black skies, the lightning all around me
I remembered each flash as time began to blur
like a startling sign that fate had finally found me
and your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve

so give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide

there was nothing in sight but memories left abandoned
there was nowhere to hide, the ashes fell like snow
and the ground caved in between where we were standing
and your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve

so give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
let the floods cross the distance in your eyes across this new divide

in every loss, in every lie, in every truth that you'd deny
and each regret and each goodbye was a mistake too great to hide
and your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve

so give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide
across this new divide, across this new divide.

the catalyst (linkin park)

Why?  Because I have a fading memory of my brother Jon stealing money from my mom's purse and sending me on a secret mission to Ace Hardware (next to 7-Eleven).  My mission:  to rescue Optimus Prime from their toy shelves and to avoid parental detection.  


lyrics:

God bless us everyone
we're a broken people living under loaded gun
and it can't be outfought, it can't be outdone
it can't be outmatched, it can't be outrun, no

like memories in cold decay
transmissions echoing away
far from the world of you and I
where oceans bleed into the sky


God save us everyone
when we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
for the sins of our hand, the sins of our tongue
the sins of our father, the sins of our young, no

like memories in cold decay
transmissions echoing away
far from the world of you and I
where oceans bleed into the sky

lift me up, let me go.

everything's tic-toc (viva death)

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Don’t wanna be here till the end of time
or the rest of my life
no one can tell me if it’s wrong or right
that’s for me to decide
if you won’t believe the truth believe the lie
that it’s best to get by
don’t wanna know the answer
nobody’s got a right to run you down
nobody’s ever gonna understand the reason why
are you listening?
are you listening?

you’re gonna sacrifice and do the time
for the rest of your life
no way to compromise or justify
if you know that it’s right
don’t wanna be the one you crucify
I can leave it behind
no way to meet your Maker
don’t waste a minute holding it inside
don’t hang a limit ticking in your heart and at your pride
are you listening?
are you listening?

nobody wants to be the one to tell it to you
you’re gonna have to get inside the truth
no going out with everybody crying over you
are you listening?
are you listening?

born again

There is a second life
beyond the point
you give up
you become unflinchingly alive
bored-out blasphemy
flapping in the wind
no cares
just guttural excitement

there is a constant scrutiny
of my bad intentions
there is a shadow war
I know I'm losing
everything is so complicated,
you see
everyone will judge
but not everyone will understand

there is truth
in my lame excuses
there are lies
poised behind these eyes
there are days
that bore right through me
if you're the type to judge
then do what you must
just remember
once they take me down
they're coming after you.