WITHIN TEMPTATION LYRICS

1. The Reckoning

[feat. Jacoby Shaddix]

As cold as stone, they march in darkness
Enslaving the young and killing their fathers
But soon they'll know
The path they've chosen
Has carved their faith in stone

In blood and tears, a thousand times
We rise against, we'll always hold the line
Of reckoning

Red tears run down like a river
Don't close your eyes, it won't disappear
No fear you wanna end the pain
Don't let go, don't back down
Hold the line
We'll bring the reckoning
In blood and tears, a thousand times
We rise against, we'll always hold the line
Of reckoning

We're all alone, walking in twilight
The night has been long and so many've fallen
Feel no remorse, light will be breaking
Our freedom is worth it all

In blood and tears, a thousand times
We rise against, we'll always hold the line
Of reckoning

Red tears run down like a river
Don't close your eyes, it won't disappear
No fear you wanna end the pain
Don't let go, don't back down
Hold the line
We'll bring the reckoning

I see your face, find peace of mind
Between the madness and the sadness and the fire burning
The end of war, the great divine
We'll see the day of reckoning

In blood and tears, a thousand times
We rise against, we'll always hold the line
In blood and tears, a thousand times

We rise against, we'll always hold the line
Of reckoning

(We'll bring the reckoning)

In blood and tears, a thousand times
We rise against, we'll always hold the line
Of reckoning

2. Endless War

You're fighting an endless war
Hunting a miracle
And when you reach out for the stars
They just cut you down

Looking through the glass
Cannot recognize the ghost that you're seeing
Every step you take on the burning sand
Slowly sinking deeper

All the memories remain, all the pain from your broken home
And the walls 'round your heart grew so strong
You can't let go

You keep crawling on
Don't wanna let it go
So you keep holding on
To feel whole

'Cause you're fighting an endless war
Hunting a miracle
And when you reach out for the stars
They just cut you down

'Cause you're fighting an endless war
Hunting a miracle
Is it worth dying for?
Or are you blinded by, blinded by it all?

Here they come again
Hear them whispering when your heart is bleeding
Like a symphony playing on repeat
Unraveling your feelings

All the memories remain, all the strain you feel broken up
And the weight that you feel pulls you down
You can't let go

You keep crawling on
Don't wanna let it go
So you keep holding on
To feel whole

'Cause you're fighting an endless war
Hunting a miracle
And when you reach out for the stars
They just cut you down

'Cause you're fighting an endless war
Hunting a miracle
Is it worth dying for?
Or are you blinded by, blinded by it all?

It's an endless war
But then they cut me down
They cut me down once more

System overload. Self-destruct sequence activated. One minute 'til self-destruction.

Don't let them cut me down
Cut me down once more

3. Raise Your Banner

[feat. Anders Fridén]

Blood for freedom

You're pushing me into the corner, don't fight with me
Don't fight with me, don't fight with me
I'm crowning no man for his armour or rhapsody
For what I see and what I feel

Wake up, I'm defying you
Seeing right through you, once I believed in you
Wake up, feel what's coming
Deep within we all know

Blood for freedom

So raise your banner, fight your war
Break the silence, no remorse
Won't die within
(Blood for freedom)
Raise your banner, won't you come
Fight the venom, the good die young
Won't die within

I'm feeling the eyes of the fallen they're watching me
They make me see, they make me see
I'm feeling the pain how you break them and make them bleed
You make them bleed, you make them bleed

Wake up, I'm defying you
Seeing right through you, once I believed in you
Wake up, feel what's coming
Deep within we all know

The way that you torment me
The way that you challenge me
The way that you make me bleed

Blood for freedom

So raise your banner, fight your war
Break the silence, no remorse
Won't die within
(Blood for freedom)
Raise your banner, won't you come
Fight the venom, the good die young
Won't die within

Blood for freedom

So raise your banner, fight your war
Break the silence, no remorse
Won't die within
(Blood for freedom)
Raise your banner, won't you come
Fight the venom, the good die young
Won't die within

When gods are failing
They put all heaven in a rage
We're on our own
Our tears keep falling
They're setting fire to the flame
Blood for freedom

4. Supernova

I'm waiting for you
Supernova

I'm waiting for you
Supernova
Supernova
Supernova

I'm waiting for you
Supernova
Supernova
Supernova

Drowning in a haze
And I just want to get in deeper
Purple skies with a million stars
I'm floating around

These days when I'm losing track of time
These days when I'm burning up inside
These days when I'm lost and search the skies

I'm waiting for your last goodbye
'Cause I'm not over it, not over it
I'm waiting for your last goodbye
The kiss of time

Like thunder screaming out for a flash of lightning
Stars are falling down for god's applause
I'm waiting for the light of your supernova
Your last goodbye

I'm waiting for you
Supernova
Supernova
Supernova
I'm waiting for you

When the lights go down,
I'm still here and I'm singing for you
When the lights go down,
I can't let the music fade
I hear it, I hear it
I dive in deep and soar so high
I blow the ashes through the sky
On a hill I'm here to say goodbye

I'm waiting for your last goodbye
'Cause I'm not over it, not over it
I'm waiting for your last goodbye
The kiss of time

Like thunder screaming out for a flash of lightning
Stars are falling down for god's applause
I'm waiting for the light of your supernova
Your last goodbye

I'm waiting for you

As long as I dream, it ain't over
I'll break the chains of gravity
Oh I long for your fire
Yeah I long for your fire
My heart is lost between the stars

Drowning in a haze and
I just want to get in deeper

I'm waiting for your last goodbye
'Cause I'm not over it, not over it
I'm waiting for your last goodbye
The kiss of time

Like thunder screaming out for a flash of lightning
Stars are falling down for god's applause
I'm waiting for the light of your supernova
Your last goodbye

I'm waiting for you
Supernova

I'm waiting for you
Supernova
Supernova
Supernova

I'm waiting for you
Supernova
Supernova
Supernova

Drowning in a haze and
I just want to get in deeper

5. Holy Ground

It's been a while since I told you
That I hate you
You've turned the truth inside out
Don't turn your back when I face you
Or I'll make you
You turned my world upside down

You get inside my head
I want you out
'Cause I've been betrayed on holy ground

Burying the truth with lies
Fed up how you justify
And I hate it
And I hate it
You're so despicable
When you're acting reasonable
And I hate it
And I hate it
Your words like firing guns, bullets raining
The way you hurt me 'cause you never want to face it
Your words like firing guns, bullets raining
Bullets raining
You never want to face it

What does it take now to break you
To awake you
To make you bow and spit it out
Does it matter if I hate you
Or embrace you
Nothing makes you turn around

You got inside my head
I want you out
'Cause I've been betrayed on holy ground

Burying the truth with lies
Fed up how you justify
And I hate it
And I hate it
You're so despicable
When you're acting reasonable
And I hate it
And I hate it
Your words like firing guns, bullets raining
The way you hurt me 'cause you never want to face it
Your words like firing guns, bullets raining
Bullets raining
You never want to face it
The way you hurt me 'cause you never want to face it

Burying the truth with lies
Fed up how you justify
And I hate it
And I hate it
You're so despicable
When you're acting reasonable
And I hate it
And I hate it
Your words like firing guns, bullets raining
The way you hurt me 'cause you never want to face it
Your words like firing guns, bullets raining
Bullets raining
You never want to face it

Bullets raining
You never want to face it

6. In Vain

Beautify all I know
Keep on dancing
Let it all turn to gold
When the dream touches ground
The demons walk in
And I know what awaits

A priceless glory
Memento mori
All for nothing now
I know

Nothing of the heart remains
Even if we could have stayed
We've been here long enough, long enough
To know it's all in vain

Everything we try to say
Up until the final day
I guess we said enough, said enough
To know it's all in vain (oh, oh)

All in vain (oh, oh)
All in vain (oh, oh)
All in vain (oh, oh)
All in vain (oh, oh)

See the world through a tear
Keep on breathing
Soul has dried you're not here

Just a heartbeat away
The demons walk in
Now I know it's too late

A priceless glory
Memento mori
All for nothing now
I know

Nothing of the heart remains
Even if we could have stayed
We've been here long enough, long enough
To know it's all in vain

Everything we try to say
Up until the final day
I guess we said enough, said enough
To know it's all in vain (oh, oh)

All in vain (oh, oh)
All in vain (oh, oh)
All in vain (oh, oh)
All in vain (oh, oh)

To the memories, but I can feel them fading
All our vanities, there's nothing left to save me now
I can take 'em 'cross the border
I can take 'em 'cross the border

Leaving everything we have for you to find it
Every time I walk away I wanna turn around
I wanna turn around

But nothing of the heart remains
Even if we could have stayed
We've been here long enough, long enough
To know it's all in vain

Everything we try to say
Up until the final day
I guess we said enough, said enough
To know it's all in vain (oh, oh)

Vain
Yeah oh oh oh

I guess we said enough, said enough
To know it's all in vain (oh, oh)

All in vain
All in vain
All in vain
All in vain

7. Firelight

[feat. Jasper Steverlinck]

I pay my dues
All for truth
Can't leave it here and leave it here
And leave it here forgotten
Silence rules
As blind as fools
You'll never learn, never learn
Never learn to break away

Oh, why can't we rise again?

When all the days go by a firelight
We'll never fade out in the night
And we are estranged, we're drawn to the flame
We are like fire to the rain

Isn't it strange that love is in the way?
It never goes away (never goes away)

I paid my dues (my dues, my dues)
All for truce
I leave it here, leave it here
Leave it here forgotten

Life will rule
Over truth
We'll never learn, never learn
Never learn to break away

Oh, why can't we rise again?

When all the days go by a firelight
We'll never fade out in the night
And we are estranged, we're drawn to the flame
We are like fire to the rain

Isn't it strange that love is in the way?
Isn't it strange that love is in the way?

When all the days go by a firelight
We'll never fade out in the night
And we are estranged, we're drawn to the flame
We are like fire to the rain

Isn't it strange that love is in the way?
It never goes away
Away

8. Mad World

Can't control the restless part of me
Bowing down our heads to love and greed
I wonder
Can't deny it's in my head
Our world in flames
The blood we shed

Walls are falling down on us

We wanna scream our pain
And break away from the dark
Caught in this wicked game
We know that nothing stays the same

'Cause we're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
Mad world

Trying to hold on to all we know
But one day turn around and let it go
Restless
Can't deny the dreams we had are glowing sparks
The fire ain't dead

Walls are falling down on us

We wanna scream our pain
And break away from the dark
Caught in this wicked game
We know that nothing stays the same

'Cause we're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
Mad world!

We hate, we love, we're fighting
This world is tearing us apart
And piece by piece, we're crumbling
We're crumbling

We wanna scream our pain
And break away from the dark
Caught in this wicked game
We know that nothing stays the same

'Cause we're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world

We're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
We're living in a mad world
Mad world!

9. Mercy Mirror

We are, forever as one
In what remains
You're in my blood,
From the cradle to the grave

I don't like to think about the pieces
All the cracks and the breaks that still remain
If I could breathe
I'd ask you

To look at my mercy mirror
I need you more than I've known
To look at my mercy mirror
'Cause I'm not ready to let you go

Now I know
Now I know
I'm not ready to let you go

Now I know
Now I know
I'm not ready to let you go

My heart, like a planet the sun forgot
Where now?
Orbiting the light that I had lost

More than words the silence teaches
How to see and to feel what is real
When the sunlight reaches my soul

So look at my mercy mirror
I need you more than I've known
To look at my mercy mirror
'Cause I'm not ready to let you go

Now I know
Now I know
I'm not ready to let you go

Now I know
Now I know
I'm not ready to let you go

It's a wicked game life plays,
How it gives and takes away
No turning around, touching ground
What we had was so much more than I realised

If I could I'd embrace, embrace you!

And look at my mercy mirror
I need you more than I've known
To look at my mercy mirror
'Cause I'm not ready to let you go

Now I know
Now I know
I'm not ready to let you go

Now I know
Now I know
I'm not ready to let you go

I'm not ready to let you go!

10. Trophy Hunter

Breathe, I need to breathe
And wipe off the scarlet red
Make my heart slow down
I know I will find you here

You are trophy hunting
Kill for nothing
Tired of watching
Turning tables

I can't let go
I'll set them free from you

I won't give in

You, you won't escape me
I'll rise from the deep
In this final moment,
No words left to say
I can't let you be,
When life fades away
You, you won't escape me
'Cause I'll set you free

Time, I need more time
But patience is hard for me
Feel my blood rushing,
Slowly I'm closing in

Trophy hunting
Kill for nothing
Tired of watching
Turning tables

I can't let go
I'll set them free from you

I won't give in

You, you won't escape me
I'll rise from the deep
In this final moment,
No words left to say
I can't let you be,
When life fades away
You, you won't escape me
'Cause I'll set you free

In the end we go out our own way
When time comes no one can stay
Why is nothing ever easy and the truth is never straight
Slowly learning how to be me
All alone but I can see
That I never will give in, no, always free

You, you won't escape me
I'll rise from the deep
In this final moment,
No words left to say
I can't let you be,
When life fades away
You, you won't escape me
'Cause I'll set you free







WITHIN TEMPTATION LYRICS