Five Finger Death Punch - The Way Of The Fist (2007)

[Verse 1]
It's days like this I wish that
Wish that I had stayed asleep
It's times like these that make it
So difficult to be
The light at the end, the crack in the sky
There's no promise for release
No way for me to get away
And all I'm trying to do is breath

[Chorus]
Searching... for something more
Searching... for something right
Searching... for a sense of clarity
Searching... for a place to die!

[Verse 2]
Days like this, I really wish
I really wish I wasn't me
It's times like this that make it hard
Makes it hard to fuckin' see
No light at the end, no crack in the sky
Everyone ends up deceased
A life like mine makes a man
Turns a grown man to a flea

[Chorus]
Searching... for something more
Searching... for something right
Searching... for a sense of clarity
Searching... for a place to die!

[Bridge]
Piece by piece, I slowly fade away
I slowly drift apart
I see a different world, closing in on the future
Sorry to be so cynical, but it's all I know
Piece by piece, I slowly start to change
I slowly start to change!

[Verse 3]
It's days like this I wish that I
Wish that I had stayed asleep
It's times like these that make it
So difficult to be
No light at the end, no crack in the sky
Everyone ends up deceased
A life like mine makes a man
Turns a grown man to a flea

[Chorus]
Searching... for something more
Searching... for something right
Searching... for a sense of clarity
Searching... for a place to die!

[Outro]
Searching for a place to die!

[Intro]
Right
Hate, hate, hate!
Bring it!

[Verse 1]
You don't understand me
And you probably never will
I got a tendency to self-destruct
And a soft spot for the filth
A hair-trigger temperament
A switchblade for a tongue
I'm a walking one-man genocide
With a black belt in corrupt

[Chorus 1]
Everything I touch turns to ashes
Falls away, it falls away
Everything I touch turns to ashes
It slips right through my hands

[Chorus 2]
Love me, hate me
Isolate me every day that I'm alive
Straight-up mentally unstable
You don't have to like my life

[Verse 2]
I'm a jinx, a curse; some say, "The worst"
I'm a savage, rabid beast
I've been called so many fucking things
It doesn't affect me in the least!
I've stolen, lied, been crucified
But I don't regret a thing
I'm an egocentric masochist
With a sadist's point of bleak

[Chorus]
Everything I touch turns to ashes
Falls away, it falls away
Everything I touch turns to ashes
It slips right through my hands

[Chorus 2]
Love me, hate me
Isolate me every day that I'm alive
Live to prove you wrong, it's easy
When your heart is filled with ice
Chapters in my life define me
Changed me into this deprived
Straight-up mentally unstable
You don't have to like my life

[Outro]
Everything I touch turns to ashes
Falls away, it falls away
Everything I touch turns to ashes
It slips right through my hands

[Verse 1]
The deeper you get, the farther you fall down
The closer I get, the more you dissolve

[Pre-Chorus]
You're lost inside your pale addictions
Bury you with the demons in the ash

[Chorus]
Can't heal you, don't want to
'Cause you can't save your-fuckin'-self
Can't heal you, don't need to
'Cause you won't save yourself

[Verse 2]
You are the one who made the decision
Stuck in a prison, shattered and broken
I am the one who expected to heal you
Save you from drowning in your endless nightmare
Blessed be the disillusioned
The banished misfit and the cursed hollow son

[Chorus]
Can't heal you, I don't want to
'Cause you can't save your-fuckin'-self
Can't heal you, don't need to
'Cause you won't save yourself

[Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]
We're taught to perish but fade away
Become the haunted and die as slaves

[Chorus]
Can't heal you, I don't want to
'Cause you can't save yourself
Can't heal you, don't need to
'Cause you won't save yourself
Can't heal you, I don't want to
'Cause you can't save your-fuckin'-self
Can't heal you, don't need to
'Cause you won't save yourself

[Verse 1]
To the haters, the takers, the liars, all the vultures
And the bottom-feeding scum
The FCC, the FBI, and every tin god
With a badge and a gun
You talk and talk, you preach and bitch
But your words don't mean a thing
You get what you give, you give what you get
Just the way it's always been

[Chorus]
I choose death before dishonor
I'd rather die than live down on my knees
Bury me like a soldier, with my dignity!

[Verse 2]
You imitate the ostracized
Put your head beneath the sand
Your cup it runneth over
Must be rough to live so grand
You reap what you sow, you pay what you owe
Unless you bathe yourself in greed
You rob and you take, your world is fake
There's no honor amongst the thieves

[Chorus]
I choose death before dishonor
I'd rather die than live down on my knees
Bury me like a soldier, with my dignity!

[Bridge]
Fuck!
You're self-righteous, self-pretentious
Your ways are not for me
You're deluded, so confused
Your world I dominate

[Chorus]
I choose death before dishonor
I'd rather die than live down on my knees
Bury me like a soldier...

[Outro]
Bury me! (Bury me!)
Bury me! (Bury me!)
Bury me!

With my dignity!

[Verse 1]
It's not that complicated, and you ain't gotta believe
They'll put me down in a hole before I let you succeed
I've never been complacent, I can't afford to be
I know you think you're special, but you ain't nothin'

[Pre-Chorus]
Can you read between the lines?
Or are you stuck in black and white?
Hope I'm on the list of people that you hate
It's time you met the monster that you have helped create
Boo!

[Chorus]
You've pushed me one too many times
I'm sick of all of the fiction; we're gonna settle it
You've pushed me one too many times
I'm sick of all of the shit; I'm gonna settle it!

[Verse 2]
It's not that complicated, and you ain't gotta believe
They'll put me down in a hole before I let you succeed
I've never been complacent, I can't afford to be
I know you think you're special, but you ain't nothin'

[Pre-Chorus]
Well, there's nothing you can say to me now
And there's nothing you can do to stop me
It's hard not to be a menace to society
When half the population is happy on their knees

[Chorus]
You've pushed me one too many times
I'm sick of all of the fiction; we're gonna settle it
You've pushed me one too many times
I'm sick of all of the shit; I'm here to settle it!

[Verse 3]
'Cause I can't take it anymore
I refuse to live this way
It's not that I don't care enough
It's not that I can't see
It's everything inside of me
That won't let me be you
It won't let me be you!
Ha-ha-ha

[Verse 4]
It's not that complicated, and you ain't gotta believe
They'll put me down in a hole before I let you succeed
I've never been complacent; I can't afford to be
I know you think you're special, but you ain't nothin'
No, you ain't nothin'
And you'll never succeed
I know you think you're special
But you ain't nothin'

[Outro]
But you ain't nothin'!

[Verse 1]
I'm so fed up with everyone around me
No one seems to care
I'm just so far gone and nothing's gonna change
I'll never be the same

[Pre-Chorus 1]
It's always, "Do this," "Do that," everything they want to
I don't want to live that way (No!)
Every chance they get, they're always
Pushing me away

[Chorus]
It's never enough; no, it's never enough
No matter what I say
It's never enough; no, it's never enough
I'll never be what you want me to be

[Verse 2]
It's all so messed up and no one ever listens
Everyone's deranged
I'm just so fucked up and I'm never gonna change
I wanna lay it all to waste

[Pre-Chorus 2]
They're always, "Say this," "Say that," nothing that you want to
I don't want to live that way (No!)
Every chance they get, they’re always
Shoving me aside

[Chorus]
It's never enough; no, it's never enough
No matter what I say
It's never enough; no, it's never enough
I'll never be what you want me to be
I'm done!
(I'm done, I'm done, I'm done, I'm done, I'm done, I'm done)

[Bridge]
In the end, we're all just chalk lines on the concrete
Drawn only to be washed away
For the time that I've been given
I am what I am
I'd rather hate you for everything you are
Than ever love you for something you are not
I'd rather you hate me for everything I am
Than have you love me for something that I can't

[Outro]
It's never enough, it's never enough
No matter what I say
It's never enough; no, it's never enough
No matter who I try to be
It's never enough; no, it's never enough
No matter how I try to change
It's never enough, never, never enough
I'll never be what you want me to be

[Verse 1]
Disgusted by your weakness
You have no right to live
To know you is to hate you
But your life's yours to give

[Pre-Chorus]
You monkey see, you monkey do
You're always doing what they tell you to
You're such a puppet on string
You don't get it!

[Chorus]
I won't bow to something that I've never seen
I can't believe in something that doesn't believe in me
I'm not blood of your blood, I'm no son of your god
I've no faith in your fate
Still, I find salvation

Right!

[Verse 2]
You think you have the answers to every last detail
In your eyes, you're the victor
In mine, you've all but failed

[Pre-Chorus]
You monkey see, you monkey do
You're always doing what they tell you to
You're such a puppet on string
You don't get it!
You monkey see, you monkey do
You're always doing what they tell you to
You're such a puppet on string
You don't get it!

[Chorus]
I won't bow to something that I've never seen
I can't believe in something that doesn't believe in me
I'm not blood of your blood, I'm no son of your god
I've no faith in your fate
Still, I find salvation

[Outro]
Still, I find salvation
Still, I find salvation

[Intro]
It's stranger than fiction
How you've decayed
It must be so lonely
Lost within your ways

[Verse 1]
You're born alone, you die alone
The rest is yours to fill the gap
The world goes on without you here
Adjust or just collapse

[Chorus]
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help

[Hook]
By yourself
By yourself
By yourself

[Verse 2]
Verbal grenades
You throw in vain
I can't believe you'd stoop so low
Of all the things you took away
I miss my mind the most

[Chorus]
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help

[Hook]
By yourself
By yourself
By yourself

[Solo]

[Chorus]
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help!

[Chorus]
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help!

[Outro]
It's stranger than fiction
How you've decayed
It must be so lonely
Lost within your ways

[Intro]
Lies!

[Verse 1]
I remember when all the games began
Remember every little lie (Every little lie) and every last goodbye
Promises you broke, words you choked on
And I never walked away (Never walked away)
It's still a mystery to me
Well, I'm so empty
I'm better off without you and you're better off without me
Well, you're so unclean!
I'm better off without you and you're better off without me!
(Right!)

[Chorus]
The lying, the bleeding, the screaming!
Was tearing me apart!
The hatred, deceiving, the beatings; it's over!

[Verse 2]
Paint the mirrors black to forget you
I still picture your face (Still picture your face)
And the way you used to taste (Way you used to taste)
Roses in a glass, dead and wilted
To you, this all was nothing, everything to you is nothing
Well, you're so filthy
I'm better off without you and you're better off without me
Well, I'm so ugly!
You're better off without me and I'm better off alone!
(Right!)

[Chorus]
The lying, the bleeding, the screaming!
Was tearing me apart!
The hatred, the beatings, disaster; it's over!

[Bridge]
(Why?) As wicked as you are
You're beautiful to me
(Why?) You're the darkest burning star
You're my perfect disease!

[Chorus]
The lying, the bleeding, the screaming!
Was tearing me apart!
The hatred, the beatings; it's over! Disaster!
The lying, the bleeding, the screaming!
Was tearing me apart!
The hatred, the beatings; it's over! Disaster!

[Outro]
It's over now...

[Intro]
The Devil's own
Why?!

[Chorus]
Where did I go wrong? Who was I supposed to be?
No matter what I've done, you've always criticized me
Where did I go wrong? Who was I supposed to be?
When it's said and done, will you remember...

[Verse 1]
Slap on the wrist, smack in the face
The family tree, gave me a name and nothing more
Neglected seed, why?!

[Pre-Chorus]
It's because of you I'm broken
It's because of you I'm dead inside
I never asked to be here
It's because of you I'm godforsaken
I never wanted this
It's because of you I'm dead inside

[Chorus]
Where did I go wrong? Who was I supposed to be?
No matter what I've done, you've always criticized me
Where did I go wrong? Who was I supposed to be?
When it's said and done, will you remember...

[Verse 2]
A happy home, a fairy tale, a broken dream
Gave me a life, then turned away
Killed everything, why?!

[Pre-Chorus]
It's because of you I'm broken
It's because of you I'm dead inside
I never asked to be here
It's because of you I'm godforsaken
I never wanted this
It's because of you I'm dead inside

[Bridge]
Fuck!
Father, bastard, I'm the Devil's very own
Mother, know not just who I've become
Father, hate me for being all you're not
Mother's baby, I hate what I've become
I hate what I've become
I hate what I've become

[Pre-Chorus]
It's because of you I'm broken
It's because of you I'm dead inside

[Chorus/Outro]
Where did I go wrong? Who was I supposed to be?
No matter what I've done, you've always criticized me
Where did I go wrong? Who was I supposed to be?
When it's said and done, will you remember me?

[Intro]
Break this shit down!
Zoltan, open the sky!

[Verse 1]
You want it, you got it
Everything you needed and more
You said it; I heard it
Careful what you wish for
Deleted, defeated, everything you've ever been
No mercy, it's the way of the fist

[Pre-Chorus]
Strapped with rage, got no patience for victims
Sick and tired of the whole fuckin' world

[Chorus]
I don't remember asking you about your imperfections
You might win one battle
But know this: I'll win the fucking war!

[Post-Chorus]
End of the goddamn road! (Right!)

[Bridge]
Step to me, step to me, motherfucker
Zip your lip, you've run out of time
Step to me, step to me, motherfucker
Talk the talk now, walk the damn line

[Verse 2]
Deserve it; you earned it, got yourself a fuckin' war
Believe it; you need it, facedown on the fuckin' floor
I hate it; can't take it
Wanna break your fuckin' bones
No mercy, you faggot
Should've left it all alone

[Pre-Chorus]
Strapped with rage; got no patience for victims
Sick and tired of the whole fuckin' world

[Chorus]
I don't remember asking you about your imperfections
You might win one battle
But know this: I'll win the fucking war!

[Hook]
As you crash and burn
One, two, fuck you! (Right!)

[Bridge]
Step to me, step to me, motherfucker
Zip your lip, you've run out of time
Step to me, step to me, motherfucker
Talk the talk; now walk the damn line
Step to me, step to me, motherfucker
Shut your face; it's your turn to die
Step to me, step to me, anybody
Talk the shit, your ass is mine

[Chorus]
I don't remember asking you about your imperfections
You might win one battle
But know this: I'll win the fucking war!

[Intro]
Oh, fuck it all!

[Verse 1]
Sick of being sick and tired, sick of understanding
(Fuck it all...) Tired of feeling sick to my stomach
Demons inside command me
They're saying, "Crush it, break it, smash it
Fucking kill 'em all!"
Laugh as it falls away
I won't dodge another silver bullet
Just to save a little face

[Chorus 1]
I want you to know, I want you to see
I want you to look beyond your own eyes
Past your afflictions

[Verse 2]
How many people really care?
How many will be standing?
I'll light the match, the flame, the fuse, the bomb
Rescue the world from slavery
I want to torch it, burn it, scorch it, fuckin' stomp it out
Laugh as it blows away
I won't eat another rotten apple
Though I've grown to like the taste

[Chorus]
I want you to know, I want you to see
I want you to look beyond your own eyes
Past your afflictions
I want you to hurt, want you to bleed
I want you to look beyond your own face
Past your infections

[Bridge]
I'm taking back control with my knuckles
I'm taking back control with my knuckles
I'm taking back control with my knuckles
I'm taking back control with my knuckles

Smash it, burn it, break it, kill it
Fuck 'em all!

[Chorus 1]
I want you to know, I want you to see
I want you to look beyond your own eyes
Past your afflictions
I want you to hurt, want you to bleed
I want you to look beyond your own face
Past your infections