Nightmare

Album: Nightmare (2010)
Charted: 65 51
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  • Nightmare
    Now your nightmare comes to life

    Dragged you down below, down to the devil's show
    To be his guest forever (peace of mind is less than never)
    Hate to twist your mind, but God ain't on your side
    An old acquaintance severed (burn the world your last endeavor)
    Flesh is burning, you can smell it in the air
    'Cause men like you have such an easy soul to steal (steal)
    So stand in line while they ink numbers in your head
    You're now a slave until the end of time here
    Nothing stops the madness turning
    Haunting, yearning, pull the trigger

    You should've known the price of evil
    And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah
    Ooh, it's your fucking nightmare
    While your nightmare comes to life

    Can't wake up in sweat, 'cause it ain't over yet
    Still dancing with your demons (victim of your own creation)
    Beyond the will to fight, where all that's wrong is right
    Where hate don't need a reason (loathing self-assassination)
    You've been lied to just to rape you of your sight
    And now they have the nerve to tell you how to feel (feel)
    So sedated as they medicate your brain
    And while you slowly go insane they tell you
    "Given with the best intentions, help you with your complications"

    You should've known the price of evil
    And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah
    No one to call, everybody to fear
    Your tragic fate is lookin' so clear, yeah
    Ooh, it's your fucking nightmare
    Ha, ha, ha, ha

    Fight (fight), not to fail (fail), not to fall (fall)
    Or you'll end up like the others
    Die (die), die again (die), drenched in sin (sin)
    With no respect for another
    Oh
    Down (down), feel the fire (fire), feel the hate (hate)
    Your pain is what we desire
    Lost (lost), hit the wall (wall), watch you crawl (crawl)
    Such a replaceable liar

    And I know you hear their voices (calling from above)
    And I know they may seem real (these signals of love)
    But our life's made up of choices (some without appeal)
    They took for granted your soul
    And it's ours now to steal
    As your nightmare comes to life

    You should've known the price of evil
    And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah
    No one to call, everybody to fear
    Your tragic fate is looking so clear, yeah
    Ooh, it's your fucking nightmare Writer/s: Brian Haner, Jonathan Seward, Matthew Sanders, Zachary James Baker
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, TuneCore Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Truth from UsWho is the man looking out the broken window? He looks familiar.
  • Blake from WisconsinThis is their best song and one of my favorites
  • Theradiowolf from Naples NyI think this song, is one of my top 10 everyday rock playlist songs.
  • Cory from Dayton, OhThis song is one of my favorites by Avenged Sevenfold.
  • Marcus from Jackson, Milove it.
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