Annoy's LIVING THINGS LYRICS TRANSCRIPTION

[Annoy]

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***LOST IN THE ECHO***

 

Yeah, yo...

 

You were that foundation/never gonna be another one, no.

I followed, so taken, so conditioned, I could never let go.

Then sorrow, then sickness, then the shock when you flipped it on me.

So hollow, so vicious, so afraid I couldn't let myself see.

That I could never be held, back or up, no, I hold myself.

Check the rep, yep, you know my mine well./ Forget the rest, let them know my hell.

There and back, yet my soul ain't sell./ Kept respect up. The rest, they failed.

Let the rest be the tale they tell, that I was there saying:

 

"In these promises broken: Deep below, each word gets lost in the echo.

So one last lie I can see through, this time I've finally let you go."

Go.

 

Go...

 

Test my will, test my heart.

Let me tell you how the odd's gonna stack up.

Y'all go hard? I go smart.

How's it working out for y'all in the back, huh?

I've seen that frustration, been crossed and lost and told "No"

And I've come back unshaken, let down, and live and let go.

 

So you can let it be known, I don't hold back, I hold my own.

I can't be mapped, I can't be cloned./I can't C-FLAT, it ain't my tone.

I can't fall back, I came too far. Hold myself up and learn my scars.

Let the bells ring wherever they are, cause I was there saying:

 

"In these promises broken: Deep below, each word gets lost in the echo.

So one last lie I can see through, this time I've finally let you !go!."

 

No, you can tell 'em all now; I don't back up, I don't back down.

I don't fold up and I don't bow. I don't roll over, don't know how.

I don't care where the enemies are. I can't be stopped, all I know: go hard.

Won't forget how I got this far but every time saying:

 

"In these promises broken, deep below, each word gets lost in the echo.

So one last lie I can see through, this time I've finally let you go."

 

Go...

Go.

 

Go... Go...

Go...

 

 

***IN MY REMAINS***

 

Separate: Sifting through the wreckage, I can't concentrate.

Searching for a message in the fear and pain.

Broken down and waiting for a chance to feel alive.

 

Now in my remains are promises that never came.

Set the silence free to wash away the worst of me.

 

Come apart: Falling in the cracks of every broken heart.

Digging through the wreckage of your disregard.

Sinking down and waiting for the chance to feel alive.

 

Now in my remains are promises that never came.

Set the silence free to wash away the worst of me.

 

Like an army falling, one by one by one.

Like an army falling, one by one by one.

 

Like an army falling, one by one by one.

Like an army falling, one by one by one.

 

Now in my remains are promises that never came.

(One by one, one by one. One by one by one.)

Set the silence free to wash away the worst of me.

(One by one, one by one. One by one by one.)

 

Like an army falling, one by one by one.

(One by one, one by one. One by one by one.)

Like an army falling, one by one by one.

(One by one, one by one. One by one by one.)

 

 

***BURN IT DOWN***

 

The cycle repeated as explosions broke in the sky.

All that I needed was the one thing I couldn't find.

And you were there at the turn, waiting to let me know...

 

We're building it up to break it back down.

We're building it up to burn it down.

We can't wait to burn it to the ground.

 

The colors conflicted as the flames climbed into the clouds

I wanted to fix this but couldn't stop from tearing it down.

And you were there at the turn, caught in the burning glow.

And I was there at the turn, waiting to let you know.

 

We're building it up to break it back down.

We're building it up to burn it down.

We can't wait to burn it to the ground.

 

You told me "Yes.", you held me high. And I believed when you told that lie.

I played soldier, you played king you struck me down, when I kissed that ring.

You lost that right, to hold that crown, I built you up, but you let me down.

So when you fall, I'll take my turn and fan the flames as your blazes burn.

 

And you were there at the turn, waiting to let me know.

 

We're building it up to break it back down.

We're building it up to burn it down.

We can't wait to burn it to the ground.

 

When you fall, I'll take my turn and fan the flames as your blazes burn.

 

We can't wait to burn it to the ground.

 

When you fall, I'll take my turn and fan the flames as your blazes burn.

 

We can't wait to burn it to the ground.

 

***LIES GREED MISERY***

 

I'ma be that nail in your coffin. Sayin' that I soften?

I was duckin' down to reload, so you can save your petty explanations.

I don't have the patience. Before you even say it, I know.

You won't let your pride or your ego talk slick to me, no.

That is not the way I get down and look at how you lose your composure

Now let me show you exactly how the breaking point sounds.

 

I wanna see you choke on your lies.

Swallow up your greed.

Suffer all alone in your misery.

 

Choke on your lies.

Swallow up your greed.

Suffer all alone in your misery.

 

What is it you want me to tell ya?

I am not the failure.

I would rather live and let be.

But you came with the right kinda threat to

Push me to let you know you can't intimidate me.

You disrespect me so clearly/Now you better hear me.

That is not the way it goes down.

You did it to yourself and it's over.

Now let me show ya/Exactly how the breaking point sounds.

 

I wanna see you choke on your lies

Swallow up your greed

Suffer all alone in your misery.

 

Choke on your lies

Swallow up your greed

Suffer all alone in your misery (x2)

 

I wanna see you choke on your lies.

Swallow up your greed.

Suffer all alone in your misery.

 

Choke on your lies.

Swallow up your greed.

Suffer all alone in your misery.

 

You did it to yourself...

(x4)

 

You did it to yourself!

(x4)

 

I wanna see you choke on your lies.

Swallow up your greed.

Suffer all alone in your misery.

Choke on your lies.

Swallow up your greed.

Suffer all alone in your misery.

 

***I'LL BE GONE***

 

Like shining oil, this night is dripping down.

Stars are slipping down, glistening.

And I'm trying not to think what I'm leaving now

and no deceiving now.

It's time you let me know.

Let me know...

 

When the lights go out and we open our eyes -

out there in the silence, I'll be gone.

I'll be gone.

Let the sun fade out and another one rise -

climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone.

I'll be gone.

 

This air between us is getting thinner now.

Into winter now, bittersweet.

And across that horizon, this sun is setting down

and you're forgetting now, it's time you let me go.

Let me go...

 

When the lights go out and we open our eyes -

out there in the silence, I'll be gone.

I'll be gone.

Let the sun fade out and another one rise,

climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone.

I'll be gone.

 

And tell them I couldn't help myself

And tell them I was alone.

Oh, tell me I am the only one

and there's nothing left to stop me.

 

When the lights go out and we open our eyes -

out there in the silence, I'll be gone.

I'll be gone.

Let the sun fade out and another one rise,

climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone.

I'll be gone.

 

I'll be gone.

 

***CASTLE OF GLASS***

 

Take me down to the river-bend, take me down to the fighting end.

Wash the poison from off my skin, show me how to be whole again.

 

Fly me up on a silver wing, past the black where the sirens sing.

Warm me up in a nova's glow and drop me down to the dream below.

 

Because I'm only a crack in this "Castle of Glass", Hardly anything there for you to see.

For you to see...

 

Bring me home in a blinding dream, through the secrets that I have seen.

Wash the sorrow from off my skin, then show me how to be whole again.

 

Because I'm only a crack in this "Castle of Glass", Hardly anything there for you to see.

For you to see...

 

Cause I'm only a crack in this "Castle of Glass", hardly anything else I need to be.

 

Because I'm only a crack in this "Castle of Glass", Hardly anything there for you to see.

For you to see...

 

***VICTIMIZED***

 

No regret for the confidence betrayed, no more hiding in shadow.

Because I won't wait for the debt to be repaid.

Time has come for you...

 

Victimized, victimized.

Never again... Victimized.

 

Victimized, victimized.

Never again... Victimized.

 

They're acting like they want a riot, it's a riot I'll give 'em.

As a siren climbs higher on this violent rhythm.

Threw your snakes in the grass, supplying the venom.

I ain't scared of your teeth, I admire what's in 'em.

You've been waiting in the shadows there, thinking you're hidden.

But the truth is you don't have the stomach to get 'em.

Lauryn already hit 'em, yeah you've got to be kiddin.

Wanna talk about a victim? Imma put you there with 'em.

 

Victimized, victimized.

Never again...Victimized.

 

***ROADS UNTRAVELED***

 

Weep not for roads untraveled, weep not for paths left 'lone.

Because beyond every bend is a long blinding end.

It's the worse kind of pain I've known.

 

Give up your heart left broken and let that mistake pass on.

Because the love that you lost wasn't worth what it cost.

And in time you'll be glad it's gone.

 

Wo-Wo-Oooo-Oh-Woah-Ooooo-Oh.

Wo-Wo-Woah-Oooo-Oooo-Woah-Oooooo-Oh-

Wo-Wo-Oooo-Oh-Woah-Ooooo-Oh.

Wo-Wo-Woah-Oooo-Oooo-Woah-Ooo-ooo-Oh-

 

Wo-Wo-Oooo-Oh-Woah-Ooooo-Oh.

Wo-Wo-Woah-Oooo-Oooo-Woah-Ooo-ooo-Oh-

 

Weep not for roads untraveled, weep not for sights unseen.

May your love never end and if you need a friend:

There's a seat here along side me.

 

Wo-Wo-Oooo-Oh-Woah-Ooooo-Oh.

Wo-Wo-Woah-Oooo-Oooo-Woah-Oooooo-Oh-

Wo-Wo-Oooo-Oh-Woah-Ooooo-Oh.

Wo-Wo-Woah-Oooo-Oooo-Woah-Ooo-ooo-Oh-

 

(Ahhhh,ahh,ahh,ahhh,ahhh

Ahhhh,ahh,ahh,ahhh,ahhh)

 

Wo-Wo-Oooo-Oh-Woah-Ooooo-Oh.

Wo-Wo-Woah-Oooo-Oooo-Woah-Oooooo-Oh-

Wo-Wo-Oooo-Oh-Woah-Ooooo-Oh.

Wo-Wo-Woah-Oooo-Oooo-Woah-Ooo-ooo-Oh-

 

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***SKIN TO BONE***

 

Skin to bone and steel to rust. Ash to ashes, dust to dust.

Let tomorrow have its way with the promises we made.

Skin to bone and steel to rust.

 

Ash to ashes, dust to dust. Your deception, my disgust.

When your name is finally drawn, I'll be happy that you're gone.

Ash to ashes, dust to dust.

 

Ahhhh...

Ash to ashes, dust to dust.

Ahhhh...

Skin to bone and steel to rust.

 

Right to left, left to right. Night to day and day to night.

As the starlight fades to grey, I'll be marching far away.

Right to left and left to right.

 

Ahhhh...

Ash to ashes, dust to dust.

Ahhhh...

Skin to bone and steel to rust.

 

Let tomorrow have its way with the promises we chase.

Skin to bone and steel to rust.

 

Skin to bone and steel to rust.

Skin to bone and steel to rust.

 

***UNTIL IT BREAKS***

 

(It goes 'a: One..)

 

It's goes 'a:

 

One..

Two...

Three.

 

I was born the hunger of a lion, the strength of a sun.

I don't need to sweat it when the competition come.

Original style like an 808 drum, so I don't run the track.

No, I make the track run.

My mama taught me words, my daddy built rockets.

I put 'em both together. Now, tell me what I got.

It's a pretty smart weapon:

I can shoot it, I can drop it.

But learn to respect it because you surely can't stop it like that.

 

It ain't over 'cause the shark's on the left side, the snake's on the right.

And anything you do, they wanna get a little bite.

It really doesn't matter if you're wrong or if you're right.

Cause once you get the teeth in, nothing really fights.

Except for me, I do it like I got nothing to lose.

And you can run your mouth or you could try to fill my shoes.

But steady little solider, I ain't standing next to you.

I'd be laying on the ground before you're even in my view.

Like that.

 

Give me the strength of the rising sun.

Give me the truth of the words unsung.

And when the last bells ring, the poor men sing

"Bring me to kingdom come"

 

This is something for your people on the block to blackout and rock to.

Give you what you need like Papa/Who Shot Ya?

Separate the weak from the obsolete, ya meek, I creep hard on imposters.

I switch styles on the dime, quick witted

Ya'll quit Tripping, I don't have time for your crying.

I grind tough, sucker, make your mind up.

Are you in the firing squad or are you in the line-up?

Bang bang/Little monkey man playing with the big guns -

will only get you slain I ain't playing.

I'm just saying you ain't gotta sliver of a chance.

I get iller I deliver while you quiver in your pants.

So shake, shake-down/Money, here's the break down

You can play the bank/I'ma play the bank take down

And no mistakes now/I'm coming to getcha

I'm just a Banksy/You're a Brainwash, get the picture?

It's like that..

 

We swim against the rising waves and crash against the shore.

The body bends until it breaks, the early morning sings no more.

 

So rest your head, it's time to sleep and dream of what's in store.

The body bends until it breaks, then sings again no more.

 

'Cause time has torn the flesh away, the early morning sings no more...

 

***TINFOIL***

 

[No Lyrics: Instrumental interlude into Powerless]

 

***POWERLESS***

 

You hid your skeletons when I had shown you mine.

You woke the devil that I thought you'd left behind.

I saw the evidence, the crimson soaking through.

Ten thousand promises, ten thousand ways to lose.

 

And you held it all but you were careless to let it fall.

You held it all and I was by your side, powerless.

 

I watched you fall apart and chased you to the end.

I'm left with emptiness that words cannot defend.

You'll never know what I became because of you.

Ten thousand promises, ten thousand ways to lose.

 

And you held it all but you were careless to let it fall.

You held it all and I was by your side, powerless.

 

Ohhhh...

 

And you held it all but you were careless to let it fall.

And you held it all and I was by your side, powerless.

 

Ohhhh...

 

Powerless...

 

Powerless...

Edited June 18, 2012 by Annoy

[AParallelogramInTheSand]

This is something for your people on the block to/ back down and rock to

Give you whatcha need like Papa/Who shot ya

Separate the weak from the obscure, lead your meek, I creep hard on imposters

This is something for your people on the block to/ black out and rock to

Give you whatcha need like Papa/Who shot ya

Separate the weak from the obsolete, you're meek, I creep hard on imposters

Edited June 16, 2012 by MrCinder

[[High_Voltage]]

I think in COG it's saying "warm me up in the NOVA'S glow"

[Numbrocker]

You are my new favorite person for posting these.

[[AndOne]]

"In these promises broken/deep ego.

I think it is below, not ego.

[Annoy]

I've edited my post with corrections.

[[High_Voltage]]

I've edited my post with corrections.

I think in COG instead of "novice glow" it's "nova's glow"

[Annoy]

I think in COG instead of "novice glow" it's "nova's glow"

Thank you, I've edited my post and I'm sure now that the lyrics are at least 99% accurate.

 

Sorry for the double post but

 

Update: Color coded the lyrics.

[Pioneer0]

No, you can tell 'em all now; I don't back up, I don't back down.

I don't fold up and I don't bow. I don't row over, don't know how.

I don't care where the enemies are. I can't be stopped, all I know: go hard.

Won't forget how I got this far but every time saying:

 

"In these promises broken, deep below, each word gets lost in the echo.

So one last lie I can see through, this time I've finally let you go."

I think it is "I don't roll over, don't know how"

 

and thank you for posting these. great

Edited June 17, 2012 by Pioneer0

[Annoy]

Removed the color code and corrected lyrics.