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Welcome home
While away
They have tampered with the locks
And your things they rearranged
"We propose,
A better way"
Said the note they left behind
In their wake of disarray
You fell in place
Don't fall asleep
They'll find us here
I know a place
To disappear
As a voice proclaimed
[Chorus]
What we are is the sum of a thousand lies
What we know is almost nothing at all
But we are what we are 'till the day we die
Or 'till we don't have the strength to go on
'Till we don't have the strength to go on
Let us cry
Let us be
Let us open up our hearts
Without fear of anything
Faith alone's
All we need
To traverse this burning bridge
Now before it gets too late
You claim, "it's fine"
But the heart reveals
What smiles betray
Your sad sad eyes
Gave you away
And don't you know
[Chorus]
Our shoulders bear an awful weight
But still we trudge on just the same
Our colors run then leave a stain
They blacken our once honest name
How can we argue, tell me
Over the fury and the fire
How many times can we tell you that we
Are not like you, we see right through
The poor disguise that fails to fool
The wary eye is trained on you
[Chorus: x2]
Yeah we don't have the strength to go on.
While away
They have tampered with the locks
And your things they rearranged
"We propose,
A better way"
Said the note they left behind
In their wake of disarray
You fell in place
Don't fall asleep
They'll find us here
I know a place
To disappear
As a voice proclaimed
[Chorus]
What we are is the sum of a thousand lies
What we know is almost nothing at all
But we are what we are 'till the day we die
Or 'till we don't have the strength to go on
'Till we don't have the strength to go on
Let us cry
Let us be
Let us open up our hearts
Without fear of anything
Faith alone's
All we need
To traverse this burning bridge
Now before it gets too late
You claim, "it's fine"
But the heart reveals
What smiles betray
Your sad sad eyes
Gave you away
And don't you know
[Chorus]
Our shoulders bear an awful weight
But still we trudge on just the same
Our colors run then leave a stain
They blacken our once honest name
How can we argue, tell me
Over the fury and the fire
How many times can we tell you that we
Are not like you, we see right through
The poor disguise that fails to fool
The wary eye is trained on you
[Chorus: x2]
Yeah we don't have the strength to go on.
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My favorite book series of all time is the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. It's a big , 12 book series with each book being 700 - 1000 pages. Like RA, the books are filled with meaning. I was reading one of the books, and this song came on. After listening to the lyrics closely, I seemed that this song was made for the book. No joke. It's almost as if it's the series crammed into a few verses. A
Anyway, that's just my feeling. I doubt that RA actually based this song on the books, but they both have the same beliefs.
As a fellow Sword of Truth lover i have to say that the tv series was a complete let down :(
@ILikeThatPanda,
I'm going to go ahead and venture a guess that few - if any - of these guys are Christian. Being that they stand in opposition to just about everything that Christian Society has created, I'd be blown away to learn otherwise. Frankly, with their world view, the way events are really going down and the way things are headed, I can't imagine why they'd believe in any god at all. Maybe Buddhism, at the worst.
It is a damn good question though. Because I've wondered the same. Too bad the likelihood of them over proclaiming a religious-alliance (if any) is next-to-nil. And good on them for it. Don't let the nonsense get in the way of the truth, right?
hero of war (at least cause i havent looked much into the others u said) seems more like its just about military overall, not just in iraq war..... audience of one does have parts (or all?) about military.... i know Tim said that one part is about the the system that if u lose ur arm in war they pay u some money and after ur medical benefit kick in (about 6 months after u get home) u have to pay that back.
Also Collapse (Post Amerika) could say that it mentions the iraq war becasue it talks about a war in the desert were progress stands still, but that might not be about that and the rest isnt.
is this song saying religion is a lie- "sum of 1000 lies" + "faith alone" (just kidding)
altho i know they arent a religious band, i was woundering if all/any of them were christian(or jewish/muslim)? i know they say something abotu hell in a song, fall from gracy in Collapse and PRAYER of refuge, but i dont know if thats just them using phrases
Just the titles of "long forgotten sons," "hero of war" and "Whereabouts unknown" suggest this :P