[Paroles] Album Pretend or Surrender

IF SHE'S NEAR

I'm up against the best
'Cause whenever she is near
I'm my own worst enemy

Forbidden and so dangerous
But in spite of all we've been through I can't flee

(Ignite)
I'm about to hit the floor
(Right now)
I shouldn't have begged for more
(This fight)
I fight against myself
(This time)
I'm gonna lose so

Hold me down
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So please take me out of

Here right now
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So take me out of here

Somebody help me awake
I know this is surreal
And she makes me feel

Subconsciously self-destructive
'Cause her lies are lethal but insanely seductive

(This fight)
I fight against myself
(This time)
I'm gonna lose so

Hold me down
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So please take me out of

Here right now
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So take me out of here

Hold me down
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So please take me out of

Here right now
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So take me out of here


TURN

I lost track of good sense 'cause I never
Learned when to stop

And somewhere along the way I dragged you
Into this mess

I chose to fight but I lost
I ruined all and you paid the cost
But I hope that you would

Turn and stay with me
I know you hate me now
But now I need you to

Turn and stay with me
Through these tormenting days
That only you can alleviate

I did everything I feared I would do
When the pressure cracked me

Some say it's hate, some say it's fate
That put those words in my mouth as I raged
But I hope that you would

Turn and stay with me
I know you hate me now
But now I need you to

Turn and stay with me
Through these tormenting days
That only you can alleviate

And I'm so sorry
You have to watch me crawl
But for once in my life
I know I'm too weak to survive

I'm closer now
Surrender is near
Pull me to you, pull me up
I'm closer now
Surrender is near
Pull me to you

Turn and stay with me
I know you hate me now
But now I need you to


TAKE A SHOT

I see a thousand corridors
And I've walked through them all
Nowhere an open door

I'm imprisoned by my love
Who is chained by the fears
Affection tombed in the tears

There's a part of me that just won't take the pain
There's a part of me that just wants to burst in the flames and break all the chains

Take a shot
Of my poisonous blood
I've got a fever and it won't drop
As long as you're in my life
Take a shot
Of my poisonous blood
I'm a fever, I'll burn you up
So you'd better speed me out of your life

I'm the farewells that tears you apart
The deceit that sucks the life
Out of your faint heart

Duality's a sin for me
Rush to the arms of solitude
It's the only cure

There's a part of me that just won't take the pain
There's a part of me that just wants to burst in the flames and break all the chains

Take a shot
Of my poisonous blood
I've got a fever and it won't drop
As long as you're in my life
Take a shot
Of my poisonous blood
I'm a fever, I'll burn you up
So you'd better speed me out of your life

Cut me out of your life
I wanna see you free of all the hurt that I have caused you

Take a shot
Of my poisonous blood
I've got a fever and it won't drop
As long as you're in my life
Take a shot
Of my poisonous blood
I'm a fever, I'll burn you up
So you'd better speed me out of your life


DIFFERENT LIGHT

Never could I see
The beauty of your ways

You wore your crown
Alone in silence
In silence

I wish that I could see you in a different light
I'm hoping that someday I'll see you
Fall in love without falling apart

I wish that I could see you in a different light
But I know that soon I'll see you
Fall asleep without falling into dreams

Your heart is already there
Don't fight your anxiety

And don't tire your eyes
I'll see you at my end
At my end

I wish that I could see you in a different light
I'm hoping that someday I'll see you
Fall in love without falling apart

I wish that I could see you in a different light
But I know that soon I'll see you
Fall asleep without falling into dreams

I know you have to leave
'Cause there is less
That you would miss
If you would stay

I wish that I could see you in a different light
I'm hoping that someday I'll see you
Fall in love without falling apart

I wish that I could see you in a different light
But I know that soon I'll see you
Fall asleep without falling into dreams


WRITINGS ON THE WALL

A glimpse of light breaks through
The ruins of our lives
My dusty eyelide rise to let hope
Blind my sight

Between the closing walls
A breeze revives my mind
I run into the darkness
Preying we could escape

Is this moment the last chance to change the course
For I know she can't take, she can't take this for long

Is this the chance that I've been looking for
That I've been looking
For to change the writings on the wall
The writings on the

I collect the puzzles wishing
The tears could fill a well
Deep enough to sink our problems
Once and for all

Is this moment the last chance to change the course
For I know she can't take, she can't take this for long

Is this the chance that I've been looking for
That I've been looking
For to change the writings on the wall
The writings on the
The wall
Is this the chance that I've been looking for

Time after time, wrong after right, but never again
Will I let things roll without taking control of myself

Is this the chance that I've been looking for
That I've been looking
For to change the writings on the wall
The writings on the
The wall
Is this the chance that I've been looking for


TIME AND TIME AGAIN

I've been running to let go
I've been running away from home
My knees no longer hold
But I can't stop

It's still too easy to run

Time and Time again you fade away
And I wonder how you
Still manage to beat the hell out of me
Time and Time again you seem to fail
But it seems that you can
Still manage to crush my self-esteem

I'm hoping when I'm gone
You realize I'm not strong
That I would suffocate my will to play along
And I wish you'd understand
I've sacrificed all I can

To share my soul with you

Time and Time again you fade away
And I wonder how you
Still manage to beat the hell out of me
Time and Time again you seem to fail
But it seems that you can
Still manage to crush my self-esteem

I got lost in fire
I tried to get away
But the flames grew higher
Too high for me

Time and Time again you fade away
And I wonder how you
Still manage to beat the hell out of me
Time and Time again you seem to fail
But it seems that you can
Still manage to crush my self-esteem

Time and Time
Time and Time
Time and Time again
Still manage to beat the hell out of me
Yeah
yeah
Still manage to crush my self-esteem


BELONG TO NO ONE

I’m hanging on a threat
So much in me feels sick but I only want
To confront
What’s meant for me with a hint of dignity

Dreadful to see
A life lived as a slave for the industry
Smothered fantasies
Gone down the drain along with the poison running through the vein

I’ve felt the temptation
Pleasure gained by addiction
But I won’t trade my pride for feeling good
I’ll suffer just as much as I need to

(Chorus)
I’m not the one who’s waiting for you
I won’t give in, I belong to no one
I am not the one with a guilty conscience
But is it wrong to belong to no one

I learned the hard way
To appreciate myself too much to love
Unconditionally
But so much control has left a hole in me

Suspicions wear me down
I will never be completely free
I’m a servant
Of my obsession to question everything

I’ve felt the temptation
Happiness gained by illusions
But I won’t deceive my mind with substitutes
I’ll rather grow as much as I need to

(Chorus)

In the midst of chaos
On these decadent streets
I stand at the crossroads
Should I pretend or surrender?


MY ISOLATION

Once again
they tell me that I'm
insensible
It must be true,
It's always the same accusation

You don't feel well
and you seek
a reason,
I guess it's me,
I guess it's my lack of compassion

And I fake to sympathize
With the struggles you endure every single day

These desperate cries
Surround my isolation
I wanna be alone
Am I whole? Am I hollow?

Before my eyes the most beautiful girl cries
Still I run to avoid any complications

And I fake to sympathize
With the struggles you endure every single day

These desperate cries
Surround my isolation
I wanna be alone
Am I whole? Am I hollow?

When heaven descends to the
Palms of my hands
I wanna be alone
Am I whole? Am I hollow?

These desperate cries
Surround my isolation
I wanna be alone
I wanna be
When heaven descends to the
Palms of my hands
I wanna be alone
I wanna be


RID OF ME

I am desperately seeking
More ways to believe in
The sensation of a second chance
I was so unaware of all
And I surely wasn't ready
When you dropped the bomb

Now you wanna get rid of me
Does it mean
you didn't feel
All the things that I
Thought would last forever
Now you wanna get rid of me
Does it mean it wasn't real
When you told me that you
Loved me more than ever

I've been beaten and mugged
I've been lynched, I've been cut
But never before left to rot
I'm down on the pavement
But blood is the least
Of my worries right now

Now you wanna get rid of me
Does it mean
you didn't feel
All the things that I
Thought would last forever
Now you wanna get rid of me
Does it mean it wasn't real
When you told me that you
Loved me more than ever

Forever and never
You break me, you break me into pieces
My savior, pretender
You break me, you break me into pieces

break me
break me

break me
break me
you break me


ORDINARY DAY

Reflection unharmed
Cold stares of the strangers
Are like a mirror into my life
Frozen and undermined
No longer can I
Remember the last time
I was afraid for something
I chose to give up on everything

It's all the same
On a ordinary day
I'm in my place
In my disgrace
Nothing' s changed
It's an ordinary day
Myself to live for
No one and no cause to die for

Like yesterday
Today I disguise the way
I resent every breath we waste
Everytime I choose to collaborate
Go with the flow
Refuse the see signs
That we're treading the ground we live on
Into a wasteland of American dreams

It's all the same
On a ordinary day
I'm in my place
In my disgrace
Nothing' s changed
It's an ordinary day
Myself to live for
No one and no cause to die for

It's all the same
On a ordinary day
I'm in my place
In my disgrace
Nothing' s changed
It's an ordinary day


END OF THE WORLD

Terror in the eyes of a child
Weapon in the arms of a woman
Survival in the heart of a killer

And here we are
Seeking for a revolution
But after all
Is there anything left to be amended

It will all be over any second now
Don't wait for tomorrow
Do us a favor and stop the dreaming

So it's the end of the world
it's the end of the world
Hey it's the end of the world

Smoke blocking the sun
Dust fading the shade of green
Can you now see the true colors

Of who we are
We're the essence of pollution
And face the truth
We're too late to be purified

It will all be over any second now
Don't wait for tomorrow
Do us a favor and stop the dreaming

So it's the end of the world
it's the end of the world
Hey it's the end of the world
it's the end of the world

And it's here
The day before tomorrow

It will all be over any second now
Don't wait for tomorrow
Do us a favor and stop believing

So it's the end of the world
it's the end of the world
Hey it's the end of the world
it's the end of the world

the end of the world
the end of the world


SAVE ME

Again I close my eyes
Cause it's hard to see that I'm
Losing my prime
My actions feed your lies
And the truth begins to fade
Become so vague

Lift me up
Don't force me down
I've already been in the bottom
I've walked through the gates of sorrow
Lift me up
Don't force me down
I've opened my scars
With all the faults that I've got

Save me, just save me from myself
Save me and save the life we share
Cause I'm nothing without you
And that's why I'm asking
Save me, just save me from myself
I didn't want to do you wrong
Cause I'm nothing without you
Just save me

Lead me to the road
Guide me to your heart
Don't send me away

Lift me up
Don't force me down
I've already been in the bottom
I've walked through the gates of sorrow
Lift me up
Don't force me down
I've opened my scars
With all the faults that I've got

Save me, just save me from myself
Save me and save the life we share
Cause I'm nothing without you
And that's why I'm asking
Save me, just save me from myself
I didn't want to do you wrong
Cause I'm nothing without you
Just save me


LOVE & LUST

What you don't know is how it turns
Everything to anything
Your failure to your sin
What you hope is that you will learn
From the scars on your skin
And the burden you're carrying

Love and lust
Run the night away
Cause slumber
It can't hide the stains
Love and lust
Far beyond this game
Our old lies
And our new lives won't wait

What you don't know is how it burns
The bridge to home sweet home
The times you lean on
What you don't know is how you disturb
The way it was meant to be

Love and lust
Run the night away
Cause slumber
It can't hide the stains
Love and lust
Far beyond this game
Our old lies
And our new lives won't wait

What you don't know is how it burns

Love and lust
Run the night away
Cause slumber
It can't hide the stains
Love and lust
Far beyond this game
Our old lies
And our new lives won't wait