by Assemblage 23 on album Storm

Complacent You're growing complacent You forgot what it all meant And chose the path of convenience The road you took to where you're standing now Was fraught with obstacles that tore you down

by Assemblage 23 on album Penetration

High speed progress Step by step into a trap Moment insignificant No way to penetrate the spotlight surface So stay outside Close to your private light Short-term memory Permanently generating Plasti

by The Gothsicles on album NESferaTWO

If you're gonna get paid For playing other people's music You'll probably wanna add some zing And here's one way to do it And I know that fancy mixing Doesn't always make a good DJ But still, my mom

by Assemblage 23 on album Meta

Chords: Verse: Bm | Em | G | F# | Bm | Em | G | A Chorus: G | A | Bm | D | G | A | Bm | Bm x2 I am merely the product Of the life that I've lived An amalgam of sorrows And the wisdom they give

by Assemblage 23 on album Storm

Hello, if you're there pick up the phone I'm calling from 30,000 feet above you The captain's just informed us that our plane is going down So I'm calling for one last time to say I love you I'm

by Assemblage 23 on album Meta

I saw cities swallowed by the ocean I saw children crying in the streets Hundreds stranded on the overpass Bodies rotting in the brutal heat Cries for help fell on deaf ears 5 days passed and n

by Assemblage 23 on album The Vinyl Sessions

For how much longer must I bleed Into the soil before I see The one who holds the blade is me? For how much longer must I stand On destiny's uncertain sands Before I find stability? One spar

by Assemblage 23 on album Contempt

Disjointed context The words were merely sounds Watching as the buildings Slowly crumbled to the ground Thoughts never rendered Lie dying by the road Last breath drawn endlessly Collapsing in

by Assemblage 23 on album Meta

I'm sorry I can't bleed for you The way you want me to To throw myself against the rocks The way I used to do I'm sorry that I can't prolong The pain I've been put through I'm sorry, yes I'm s

by Assemblage 23 on album Failure

Just one more time For the sake of sanity Tell me why Explain the gravity That drove you to this That brought you to this place That pushed you down Into the soil's embrace Give me the chance I

by Assemblage 23 on album Meta

Monochromatic reasoning A divide and conquer legacy Dissect and over-simplify All hail the death of compromise CHORUS The world isn't rendered in black and white Other shades lie between Don'

by Assemblage 23 on album Meta

When I grow old And my memory Leads me deep into the fog where it abandons me Will you remind me Of who I used to be When I was younger? When I am old And the hands of time Have ravaged all

by Assemblage 23 on album Addendum

Let me take the fall Let me take the blame Let me carry you from hell To home again Let me walk for you When your legs are weak Let me find the words for you When you can't speak Let me be

by Assemblage 23 on album Early, Rare, And Unreleased 1988-1998

I can feel the violence Spill across the floor My eyes have grown too clouded To see it anymore Fading into nothing Turning into steam Left in desperation With nothing to redeem Underneath

by Assemblage 23 on album Meta

Time is like a serpent That devours it's own tail The coils grow ever-tighter With each moment it inhales A foreboding sense of deja ja That cannot be ignored It's hard to help but feel We've

by Assemblage 23 on album Defiance

Hours Sprial and coil into black Some remebered, some forever gone Tragic We never get them all back The relentless march of time must still go on The tide is turning Horizons burning Your

by Assemblage 23 on album The Vinyl Sessions

Just one more time For the sake of sanity Tell me why Explain the gravity That drove you to this That brought you to this place That pushed you down Into the soil's embrace Give me the chanc

by Assemblage 23 on album Storm

Some time ago I checked my conscience And found it wasn't all that clean A trail of people I had hurt A sea of sins left unredeemed Regret is a dull and rusted blade That covers me with scars t

by Assemblage 23 on album Meta

The truth is like a dancer with shattered limbs What once stood proud and graceful is languishing And the midday sun beats down from above like a giant fist That evaporates the veracity from within

by Assemblage 23 on album Meta

A thousand footsteps without direction Adrift like snowfall from winter skies Aimless parades of burning ambivalence Selling false hope in certainty's guise Living and breathing in sorrow's colo