Dead Man Walking (Overture II)

Album: Vale (2017)
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  • They say there was progress
    The holy among us
    I thought they would lead us through the night
    But fear has consumed us
    A feeling we can't trust
    I hope this will open up their eyes

    Stand up before it gets too late
    Love now when all is down to hate

    So I stare at the sun
    And I can't take back, I can't take back the world
    And I stare at the sun
    And it burns my heart
    As I cry I am left with the lie of all of these forgotten ones
    And we can't take back just what we did
    And we can't take back the things we said
    But I'll try to change this world again
    Before we lose our hope

    Feel like a dead man walking
    A dead man walking
    I'm a dead man walking
    A dead man walking

    I thought you could hold me
    I thought this would show me
    That we will live eternal nights
    But I can't be bought, no
    I won't be taught, no
    I have no faith to run back to

    Please try before it gets too late
    We can choose to end this fate

    So I stare at the sun
    And I can't take back, I can't take back the world
    And I stare at the sun
    And it burns my heart
    As I cry I am left with the lie of all of these forgotten ones
    And we can't take back just what we did
    And we can't take back the things we said
    But I'll try to change this world again
    Before we lose our hope

    Feel like a dead man walking
    A dead man walking
    I'm a dead man walking
    A dead man walking

    Don't smile at me with your sideways
    Two-faced enemy to criticize he said she said
    All these years are left for dead
    How can we live our lives?
    How can we live our lives now?
    This is oppression
    And where's your goddamn king?
    What's missing? (What's missing?)

    And if you're fed up then rise out from the dirt
    Will the fight that we once had retreat?
    Just a hole where your heart used to be

    The nation fades away and the aftertaste is bitter
    Will the ghost that haunts stand for this song?
    We have nothing for this pain, ignorance to true gain
    We can run away and build a wall of isolation, desperation

    But they won't be there to answer the call
    Who is left now to catch your fall?
    They won't be there, they won't be there
    They won't be there, they won't be there

    We're drowning, we're drowning
    And I'll be the constant reminder of what life should have been
    We're drowning, we're drowning
    I feel alone living in a nightmare
    Feel like a dead man walking
    I'm a dead man walking
    I'm a dead man walking
    I'm a dead man walking

    So I stare at the sun
    And I can't take back
    I can't take back the world
    And I stare at the sun
    And it burns my heart
    As I cry I am left with the lie of all of these forgotten ones
    And we can't take back just what we did
    And we can't take back the things we said
    But I'll try to change this world again
    Before we lose our hope

    Feel like a dead man walking
    A dead man walking
    I'm a dead man walking
    A dead man walking Writer/s: Andy Biersack, Jacob Pitts, Jeremy Ferguson, John Feldmann, Matt Pauling, Zakk Cervini
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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