August Burns Red - Death Below [Full Album 2023]

Lyrics to Death Below [Full Album 2023] by August Burns Red

Tracklist: 01. 00:00 Premonition I had a dream the other night A dream I can’t forget It woke me with a sense of doom And soaked my sheets in sweat This vision plagues my every thought The worst is yet to come I fear this dream is coming true I need to tell someone I dreamt the other night That famine spread across the land The clouds, they held no water And the oceans turned to sand People by the millions Were gatherеd in the streets Their voices had gonе quiet Just the sound of marching feet They labored forward blindly Not knowing where or why Their purpose long forgotten Their eyes fixed on the sky Amongst them walked a silent foe It had no face or name It cared not for your riches For your power, or your fame Its deadly touch would plant in you Disease to multiply And spread to those around you As the herd emulsified And in the sky, appeared to us Its message clear and plain “When I am done, this world and you Will never be the same” 02. 01:53 The Cleansing I watched you from the sky As populations rise Feasting on Earth like flies Ensuring your demise Generations repeating the pattern Their stories told but never changed their minds A life of excess, keep feeding the glutton Bask in filth like a hoard of swine Come now, watch the fall You begged for relief, now I bring you the cleansing Come now, watch the fall A plague of contempt, a down pouring of pain I’ve watched you from the sky As the impoverished die Pay no heed to their cries Now tremble as I rise Feel my pestilent hands Pernicious touch My ruinous arms embracing you My blade to the hoard Avenging the dirt, I’ll spare but few It takes but one to make A spark to emanate The masses, soon to wake Their voices resonate Exposed for who I am No more hiding in the shadows I’m praised by the weeds I’m cursed to the gallows A hero of the heathens I’m a pillar of despair A vast and vacant chasm of darkness You’ll find me there You’ll find me there As I move on through the hoard Insistent on spreading my rage Underneath black dirt and dried up tears Their faces begin to change A man rose to his feet His temper refused defeat A song for the runaway The people, they heard him say “Take back your voice Lift your heads And focus your eyes on the sky" Our time must not yet end Together we will mend We will mend Our time must not yet end Together we will mend This song’s for you my friends This time, these lives, this world Is ours to tend” From the throne to the thorns I’ve watched you from the sky As the sun starts to rise Revealing my disguise I can finally close my eyes Come now, watch my fall Come now, watch my fall Come now, watch my fall My deceit created defiance Come now, watch my fall My treachery led to their triumph 03. 09:41 Ancestry [feat. Jesse Leach] [Intro] Left behind [Verse 1] You chose to leave Now it looks like you're leaving your family There's a cavern in your ribs Where your heart used to be I've been picking up what's left of you Connecting your pieces to my memories Hoping they would ignite some sentiment But they won't inspire sympathy [Verse 2] The hollow point may have ripped you apart You disregard the damage you'd impart Rest in peace to our ancestry That you maimed and left scarred My judgement is clouded by the blood we share [Chorus: Jesse Leach & Jake Luhrs] We built our truth (Our truth) On top of all these lies I still see the good in life It's not the end (It's not the end) Although you see the light I'll see you on the other side [Post-Chorus: Jesse Leach] Maybe one day you'll care But it's not my cross to bear [Verse 3: Jake Luhrs] I didn't skip a beat When I heard the news that you You couldn't make it to your feet All I have is apathy Just another day Of not knowing what to believe Another tale, another story A lifetime of perjury I wish I had the words to say I love you I'm not sure I understand what those mean When I'm thinking of you I have no words for you [Verse 4] When I needed you, you wouldn't even hear it You made your choices You'll live with them even if we're gone [Verse 5] It's impossible to find what's real in all these fables Unable to see through the resentment you've enabled The hurt that you inflicted on yourself Won't amount to the pain of everyone else I always wanted things to be different Although you see the light I'll see you on the other side [Chorus: Jesse Leach & Jake Luhrs] We built our truth (Our truth) On top of all these lies I still see the good in life (The good in life) It's not the end (It's not the end) Although you see the light I'll see you on the other side (The other side) Although you see the light I'll see you on the other side 04. 14:31 Tightrope [feat. Jason Richardson] I could feel my heart sink I had been pushed to the brink Losing this conflict was all I could handle I thought my world was ending But it was only expanding It wasn’t the emotion I thought I’d expect “This won’t happen” was engrained in my head My absence was always my escape I wasn’t in the best place You’re owed memories I can’t restore Not stories of wayfare and folklore My undivided attention was served in seconds For you I had to mend them The best parts of me were beckoning I swallowed my fears I’m so grateful you’re here The last two years Would have been unbearable without you there I thought I bided my time too long It turns out the timing was perfect In the end the weight was all worth it The brightness guided me through the fog A constant beam of light that set my course right I had taken on too much It took over me Longing for what I had when I was young I had taken on too much My responsibilities are choking me Setting boundaries for myself I’m the one who keeps walking all over them Creating limits for abuse I’m the one leaving myself battered and bruised Where is my incentive To find my healing? I let misery be my motivator I could sense myself slip into this crater I’ll only be one thing forever I’ll slide the scales back to the center The agony and anguish were just all part of the endeavor 05. 18:44 Fools Gold In The Bear Trap There is a world out there That doesn’t care about the problems in your head The disbelief you can’t conceive Is what clouds your thoughts with dread Backstabbers roam the streets Prowling for their next kill Disregard for human life powers how they feel Fool’s gold in the bear trap Line them up and watch their legs snap one by one Skip every step you’ll be left standing on the crack But it’s breaking your back Like following a map but scrapping every part Except for thе “X” Don’t make significant decisions Based on thе path of least resistance 06. 21:49 Backfire Witness the blind now leading the enraged Losing our sight, we've lost our way We find ourselves welcoming moral decay We have lost our way Entombed by deception We find lies where there is nothing but truth We find lies Thoughts of conceding are wasted on our youth You cry deceit and you never, never surrender While refusing to wave the flags of defеat Stoke fires, and fire up thosе who are looking for a leader Accepting a loss won't be the end You can always get back up and fight again It's hard to accept that your theories are just fallacies The downtrodden are feeling trampled Stockholm syndrome has afflicted the masses Enamored with those who always kept them in shambles My suffering is not your fault Your victories, they are your own How did we get here To a place where we blame We blame those we've never met for our misfortune How did we get here There are signs everywhere All of you are asleep We need to wake up We need to wake up Endless belief in a liar leads to a violent backfire Endless belief in a liar leads to a violent backfire Endless belief in a liar leads to a violent backfire Endless belief in a liar leads to a violent backfire 07. 26:11 Revival This incident was an invitation to a new beginning I must admit defeat and submit to the truth that is here The darkness has stricken me with fear I’ve been slipping This time I finally fell I’m defying the rails on the stairway to hell There are problems and then there’s rock bottom I think I’ve finally made my entrance I need to snap out of this trance And pray for a chance Suffering will gain me sight Teach me to see in the night Teach me to see in the night I’m no longer simply existing I’m pursuing a new mission I’ve been torched too many times So when the sun fades into the night My fears start to rise I’ve turned away too many times When the shadows come to life I’ll look them square in the eyes How do I recognize if I’m fine or terrified? Now I realize everything that always lead to my demise Reality has brought me here And from these actions I will rise from the ashes From the ashes I will rise I gave terror a face but now it’s filled with fractures The proof is on my fist that is covered in cracks My nemesis no longer has a grasp on me Broken like I used to be This is only the start of my comeback Comeback I just want to feel something I just want to feel feelings I just want to feel something I just want to feel anything I’m no longer simply existing I’m pursuing a new mission This is the start of my comeback 08. 30:44 Sevink 09. 32:06 Dark Divide Burning bridges we’re halfway across There’s no light at the end There’s no safety in turning back Our heals are dug in Tensions are deep within We’ve been trading blows now everyone is bloody There are no more innocents We’ve been trading blows now everyone is bloody Throw us all in the penitentiary War, war for the sake of war Common ground is the most stable War, war for the sake of war Convinced peace is not obtainable If we all fight on the fringe, we will never make a connection Disaster begins when we’re spread thin If this was a tsunami, the surge would have been 40 feet tall If there had been a fire, the flames would have consumed it all We no longer care about the cost Now we weep for what we lost Taking in the air from the earth Spitting out nothing of worth Take a walk with your enemy and you’ll see You’re on the same path How can we coexist When no one will admit That compromise means both sides give a little bit? Going against the grain shouldn’t cause others pain Burning bridges we’re halfway across There’s no light at the end There’s no safety in turning back Our heals are dug in (Tensions are deep within) How will I carry your coffin If I’m lying in the one beside yours? Save your fury for the guilty ones Discover clarity embrace your adversary 10. 37:02 Deadbolt You watched your aspirations Laid to waste, ground up, and evaporated Destined to be trampled and ignored The air in the room has made them sink to the floor Everyone is shouting for more More shock and disbelief Glued to the screen Instead of finding solutions There’s one in front of us We’re used to devastation A new standard of complete isolation We are lost in our own homes We start wandering sometimes We are hiding from all hope When we’re missing in our own minds How much longer will it take to find the answers to your mistake? We are all paying the price for them every second of every single day The clock is counting down Now we’ve learned you’re the time bomb Our patience has run out Pacing so much we are burning holes in the planks The flames flicker right before us Stuck in a trance we don’t notice them advance They overtake the silence We are lost in our own homes We start wandering sometimes We are hiding from all hope When we’re missing in our own minds Did the stars fail to guide your way Circling you in infinity Even if you follow the sun you can go astray It’s so hard to believe it’s happening The warnings fell on deaf ears But they crushed us into cowards filled with fear Sound the alarm We’ll sit here in silence We aren’t safe in our own minds Like being trapped in a living landmine 11. 41:22 The Abyss [feat. JT Cavey] Throw away all of your doubts before they lead you astray Cast aside All of your apprehensions used to be amplified Begin the expedition into parts unknown An adventure that leads us far away from home Take a chance on discovery Leaving your old ways behind Take a chance on discovery And you will learn what’s inside We are so resilient Your breakthrough is near It’s the new frontier Take a plunge into the darkness Let its roots trace a map towards the answers you’ll uncover Clarity creates our concepts We’ve unlocked an endless spectrum of color So bright we can't see right before our eyes If we are balanced, the edge is where we’ll realize Thrown to the threshold to learn who we’ll be How we return remains to be seen Will we build on the foundation? Will we fulfill our obligation? Lo and behold A palette of your own Spill out your soul The void will become your canvas No longer stranded like explorers Who’ve succumb to weakness Oppose the opposition Leave your doubt behind Impair the indecision Your frame of mind redefined Fighting our way through the abyss We’ll carry on, we’re more ambitious We were once so defenseless Dragging us down made us resistant Fighting our way through the abyss We’ll carry on, we’re more ambitious We were once so defenseless Won’t drag us down, we’ll resist 12. 45:57 Reckoning [feat. Spencer Chamberlain] Who am I? Flying blind Scorching heat, black skies Dark shadows asking "who am I?" Left behind, pushed aside I need order in the chaos when I'm flying blind I know the way (you better pray) I've done enough (you won't measure up) Looked down upon by the masses Unending streams of ruined dreams Empty accolades feel like razor blades Leaving me wanting more Never sure of my standing My trembling feet can't find the floor No matter what I do I feel I have something to prove In a world where right and wrong don't belong There is no sense of what is justified The higher I climb the further I fall The hand that held me then now holds me down Judgement day means reckoning for you Give me your time Sit down and talk No one to point the blame when no one's at fault My disaster began when I looked up On that day, all I've done My disaster began when I looked up I was both compelled and condemned I struggle so hard I do my best How can I find a single solitary day of rest Is it what you've done, or what you'll do in me I need to know so I will find peace Belief is believing what you cannot see Giving all you've got out of all that you need Endless arguments with myself All that remains is the shame There's no case to be made Punched into total darkness If what I've done imprisons me Then your will sets me free The villages are crumbling down Making right what's wrong won't make the lost found There's an arbiter No one escapes The standard we have for others will be our fate I'll swallow down the words you serve me graciously I've done this all before I'll hold it all inside until I break away I'm tearing down the door The fear cannot contain us all I'll make the cut just deep enough to sting I just wanna break free Rip your claws from my side I won't just die quietly while you prey on the innocent I will break free The reckoning won't bring you hope Death below on a tightrope Take your hands off your life It won't consume you The altar will give you life and not kill you I set my sights on the impossible Endless debt making grace unstoppable