sticks and stones
they’ll tear your skin
and break your bones
then these words
with the might of a
thousand storms
shakes the earth

but you and I
collide into their threats
carry worth
it’s our time
to recite a song of 
no return

sons and daughters
remain strong
these devils hold a light
when they come
and these skies of hell
rain down may your sing
“I’d rather burn forever”

I’d rather burn forever

take your time
let the whole world
see our light
shed our skin 
but this is the moment
our voice begins

delight in our afterglow

our design, redefined
we’ve longed to be set free
in the end
we delight
in the rise our ashes bring

Afterglow

carry me out there
beyond the atmosphere
I really want to know
see if our likeness lives
in the stars, I’m here
I’m ready for a show

I for one, well I for one
I stand in the mind of a maker
out here
brace for the sun
see comets run
I find there’s a hope for the 
future my dear

I for one
see the light of 
the future so clear
brace for the setting sun
I see the hope for the future
right here

I see the hope for 
future right here
I see the hope for
the future
I see the hope for
the future
bright, right here
I see the hope for
the future right here

gone beyond these 
lights where time
stands still
I’m ready to be shown
here the ancients call
my heart be still
and turn your eyes
to home

like the sun awakening from the heavens
I will set fire to the clouds
setting their hearts ablaze
changing the way they see these skies

I For One

I can see 
my own penance deems
a lane to perdition, i seek
I seek another way home
for all that i’ve done
can’t resist what I’ve witnessed
breathe
realize I’ve been given a means
to fight until the daybreak
until I fall

carry on, please lead me to something 
as I pass by the destruction
a wasteland
the weight of all I am
tho my failures follow injustice
tho all these crimes call for judgement
a wasteland
the weight I bear; I can

scars of twisted ambition seek
a need for conviction and peace
a long to rise again
upon this wasteland
can’t deny my addiction; disease
admit to my weakness
retreat; no long a way home
for a rider of storms

as the sun lights the day
and my body’s laid to rest
in peace I can proclaim
that I fought to the death
and waged war

waged war

Wasteland

blinded we’ve become
to carnage and violence
these hands bound and tied
to prosper, within lines

the weakest; prey for kings
the design of our being
pretend we’re surprised
when we consume
and take sides

are we owned
are we clones

on the line 
and now it’s ‘o so clear
I won’t go
I’m waking up 
I’m waking up
defiance, once what I feared
but now I know
I’m waking up
I’m waking up

Our cage all depends
if we need convenience
disguise all these words
with passion and page turns

the blood stained
cathedrals blamed
can’t admit to our mistakes
forced into a damned romance
who will scream, “resistance”

Rattle the cage
these chains were meant
for someone else
We are the rage
defiant to the walls you build

Wake Up

hit the lights
check the sound
take the stage
stand my ground

lay it on me, it on me, it all on me

show my scars
share my pain
sing my joy
feel the grace

lay it on me, it on me, it all on me
and the show will make a way

I want to know beyond what lies on the outside
go along this ride searching where life began
I want to sail to the farthest reaches of your mind
I can take my place and I won’t be
looking back 

speak my fears
face my change
admit wrongs
capture faith

lay it on me, it on me, it all on me

heard my name
saw the signs
answered calls
witnessed life

lay it on me, it on me, it all on me
and the show will make a way

The Show

seek to find, pull the string, hear the depth
of a hearts’ beat is taking over 
free fall into closure 
sing a carol, sing free
from the depth of a heart speaks
of things to be and of things to see

all our love taking the night
the lies are undone as we become 
fierce suns bound together

cut the line let it go
take the wind to the unknown
you’re getting closer 
a clear mind carries over
a buried spark will concede
don’t get lost in the cold deep
take time to breath, take time to dream

you’ve come
more or less with nothing
you long, to find a way
you’ve run
too far for nothing
so become

a buried spark will concede
don't get lost in the cold

Animus

Rock band from Los Angeles. Love over fear.

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