Hatebreed

[empathic connection]

Betrayed By Life

In a cold unforgiving world--alone with fear and weakness, oppressed and dying slowly--countless people have been betrayed by life. No one is exempt. No one is safe. So many lives will be taken. So many lives have been ruined. So many lives hang in the balance. So many lives have been lost. Betrayed by life. As survivors we are left to mend their wounds, we are left to dry there tears. We are left to pick up the pieces of those who have been betrayed by life.

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I Will Be Heard

Now is the time for me to rise to my feet

Wipe your spit from my face

Wipe these tears from my eyes

Now is the time for me to rise to my feet

Wipe your spit from my face

Wipe these tears from my eyes

I've got to take my life back

One chance to make it right

I've gotta have my voice be heard

And bring meaning to this life

Cause I've trusted for nothing

I've been led astray

I've been tried and tested

But I won't accept defeat

Now I've done things I regret

And its time to reverse the rules

I just want to make good on

All the promises that I have made

I will be

I will be...I will be heard

I will be...I will be heard

Now is the time for me to rise to my feet (I will be heard)

Wipe your spit from my face

Wipe these tears from my eyes (I will be heard)

Through the worst we prevail

So our voices will be heard

Through the worst we prevail

So our voices will be heard

Through the worst we prevail

So our voices will be heard

Through the worst we prevail

So our voices will be

Now is the time for me to rise to my feet

Wipe your spit from my face

Wipe these tears from my eyes

Now is the time for me to rise to my feet

Wipe your spit from my face

Wipe these tears from my eyes

I've got to take my life back

One chance to make it right

I've gotta have my voice be heard

And bring meaning to this life

Cause I've trusted for nothing

I've been led astray

I've been tried and tested

But I won't accept defeat

Now I've done things I regret

And its time to reverse the rules

I just want to make good on

All the promises that I have made

I will be

I will be...I will be heard

I will be...I will be heard

Now is the time for me to rise to my feet (I will be heard)

Wipe your spit from my face

Wipe these tears from my eyes (I will be heard)

I will be

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We Still Fight

Talk of the causes you support

Voice your misdirected views

You only comment on the things you don't have the power to change

Do you even think before you speak

Do you know what it is you condone?

Take a look at the world today

You've taken your freedom and safety for granted

How do you justify (you have no right)

The way you disgrace those who gave their lives

And how do you justify (you have no right)

The way you disrespect those whose loved ones died.

Everyday is a different crusade

You revolt from the safety of your fantasies

Privileged, you've never fought for a thing

You'd be the first to go if there was real anarchy

All your jargon makes me sick

You're the farthest thing from an activist

You've lost sight of what's important and real

You've taken your freedom and safety for granted

(How do you justify...)

Kill!

This is dedicated to all those who gave their lives to uphold their beliefs

Not to those who try to demean their sacrifices

You have no right.

For those who fought our rights and for those who gave their lives.

And for the families whose love ones died.

It's their honor for which we still fight.

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Unloved

When it all ended

There was no where to turn

I hid inside myself hoping someone would find me

That day never came

As the years passed the pain lessened

I thought those memories where gone forever

I was wrong

This time there's no turning back

Emerge from a doorway at the end of a war inside my soul

There's no picking up where we left off

And there will not be a future

I've died so many times inside

I've accepted this pain

And I won't look back now

I never will

You don't know

You don't care

You never have and you never will

[repeat: Chorus]

You made me realize

Everything I've ever known of love was pain

And the person you once were

Has died and rotted away

I've lived with this knife in my heart

As a reminder of what I can't be

I know all I do is hate you

There is nothing you can say or do

You were never part of my life

And you never will be

Unloved

[paddypotty]

strong stuff,hope you are okay though,think you have my email addy if you need to chat.Take care.

Patricia

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Im a fucking mess as usual , pattypotty !

I havent been able to find my own owrds to describe how I have been feeling so I guess thats why I chose lyrics to some of the songs that move me !

~EC~

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Hollow Ground

From nothing we have risen and from nothing we still rise

Take your life back

Fight, fight

Will you fight to take you life back?

Ask yourself what's truly yours in life

Are you in control or someone's slave?

All that you cherish, all that you love

In the blink of an eye can be taken from you

In moments of tragedy we bond

And in weakness clarity thrives

I've been blessed with the inspiration

To take what little I have and always strive

Sometimes surviving is all that you can do

I never claimed to have all the answers of the solutions

My satisfaction is knowing, that my desires will not be killed

With a readiness to defend what is mine and never compromise

The foundation of our lives

Built on hollow ground

We must unlearn the prejudice

We must unlearn the lies

I've seen the calloused

I know the jaded

I've been disheartened and I've lost control

But I never crumbled and I've lost control

And I always force myself to believe

(The foundation of our lives...)

Are you willing to fight?

Are you willing?

(Take your life back...)

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Healing To Suffer Again

I won't be chained to the earth

I feel cheated, so I cheat myself

I feel defeated, so I defeat myself

Drown my sorrows again and again

Push away and deny this misery

These feelings and instincts remain

I'm struggling to pull myself from my grave.

Let me be the one with the infinite

Let me be one

Let me be the one with the infinite

I won't be chained to the earth

I won't be chained to the earth

(I feel cheated...)

(Let me be one with the infinite...)

I just need the will

To suppress the urge

I can't suppress the urge

I've build so many barriers

I'm healing to suffer again

Time has given me no remorse

Spiritually bankrupt

Just give me the grace to oppose this sin

Haunted by the things I've done

Is this guilt and shame the price I pay

I hate myself for this weakness

I won't be chained to the earth.

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Facing What Consumes You

Facing what consumes you is the only way to be free.

Released from those poisonous fears.

Resurrected once and for all.

You want me to hold my tongue

Then why the fuck am I here?

You want me to bottle my rage

Cause you never had the heart to say what I say.

My life, my body, my pride.

You have no opinion, no right.

I've built myself nothing like you.

My refusal is my way of life.

Doubt me, Hate me

You're the inspiration I need

My life, my body, my pride

You have no say

My life, my body, my pride

You don't have say

Facing what consumes you is the only way to be free.

Though I'm still far from perfection.

I stay relevant, I'm still vigilante.

I have so much more to say.

I have so much more to fight for.

I've used your lack of inspiration.

As my awakening, its my ability to live forever

By my own command.

To be vehement, remain confident.

Doubt me, Hate me

You're the inspiration I need

You're all the inspiration I need.

Your doubt, it fuels me.

Your hate, it drives me.

The challenge ignites me.

You make me fight harder.

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A Lesson Lived Is A Lesson Learned

Do it

Some scars are meant to be worn with pride.

Everyday is knowledge to use in life.

A lesson lived is a lesson learned.

Setbacks used to propel me forward

Misjudgment taken as force to do right,

A better outlook a mindset of power.

Each day resolve and reform.

A lesson lived is a lesson learned

You've got to fend for yourself

A lesson lived is a lesson learned

Everyday is a lesson.

Said so many things that I wish I could retract

I've got my issues, I've got my demons

Finished what I began and finally saw.

It's how you use the knowledge you've been given.

Stood tall when others would have turned and run.

Put my work in when everyone quit.

Claw and tear for everything I have.

And I've only just began

A lesson lived is a lesson learned

You've got to fend for yourself

A lesson lived is a lesson learned

Everyday is a lesson

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Confide In No One

Give me something real

Give me back those years

Give me peace of mind

Give me something more

Strength, to deny you

Trust, in my instincts

Breathe, when I'm drowning

Life, when I'm lying dead

Hearts, mend with pieces

Dreams have been shattered

Love crucified, forgiveness denied

Strength, to deny you

Trust, in my instincts

Breathe, when I'm drowning

Life, when I'm lying dead

Hearts, mend with pieces

Dreams have been shattered

Love crucified, forgiveness denied

Give me something real

Give me back those years

Give me peace of mind

Give me something more

I confide in no one.

Strength, to deny you

Trust, in my instincts

Breathe, when I'm drowning

Life, when I'm lying dead

Hearts, mend with pieces

Dreams have been shattered

Love crucified, forgiveness denied

The betrayal, so hard for the victim to fathom.

Burn every word, every page, every letter.

Confide in no one

Confide in nothing.

No one, no one

Confide in no one.

No one.

Give me something real

Give me back those years

Give me peace of mind

Give me something more

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Bound To Violence

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Bound to violence

Gagged by pain

Drowned in self-regret

This grief is the sentence you face

Incomplete, you've lost your way

Struggling with rationale

In a world so cold and bleak

How could this be a place for you?

Bound to violence

Gagged by pain

Drowned in self-regret

This grief is the sentence you face

You're bound to violence

Bound, bound, bound to violence

Gagged, gagged, gagged by pain

Drowned, drowned in self-regret

And this grief

Bound to violence

Violence begets violence

Pain begets pain

Haunted by a dying hope

Subconsciously needing the agony

When will you face this?

Why do you run?

How will you ever heal

If you've lost the ability to feel?

Bound to violence

Gagged by pain

Drowned in self-regret

This grief is the sentence you face

You're bound to violence

Bound, bound, bound to violence

Gagged, gagged, gagged by pain

Drowned, drowned in self-regret

And this grief