Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream… (2023)

[Verse 1: M. Shadows]
I sit stoic, touch of the divine upon my neck
Lay me gently - take my body down let me ascend
Help me to hear, and hear me to save, and save me before I've gone too far
Let me inhale my passage to hell while slowly exhaling the scar

[Refrain: M. Shadows]
You walk on water but the water swallows you

[Verse 2: M. Shadows]
I lay quiet, floating in the stillness of this tomb
Headstone empty, choking on the flowers as they bloom
No one to know and no whеre to hide and nothing of me I'vе left behind
Silence of one the meaning of none and letting it all go to me

[Chorus: M. Shadows]
You walk on water, but the water swallows you
And you're like no other, you're the other one in view
Don't let it be, don't let it be, don't let it

[Bridge: Synyster Gates, Synyster Gates and M.Shadows]
It's a beautiful morning, it's a beautiful day, everybody is smiling in a beautiful way
I took a walk to paint the flowers and the trees
The sun reflected gazing fondly on me
I made a picture and I put it in the rays outside
It washed the paint away and carried me home
I have finally arrived
There's no one but you... two

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3: M. Shadows]
Dressed in armor - just the hollow shell I was before
Help me to turn my attention on me so empty just as I was before
Let me exhale concession to hell while slowly embracing the scar

[Chorus: M. Shadows]
You walk on water, but the water swallows you
And you're like no other, you're the other one in view
(Don't let it be, don't let it be, don't let it)
You walk on water, but the water swallows you
And you're like no other, you're the other one in view
(Don't let it be, don't let it be, don't let it be)

[Verse 1]
Fade - from all that was before we shut another door
But not a last goodbye
Fate - has taken once again, a fight we'll never win
And time again we try
Left alone I can't wait too long, fade
Love - we loved so many times
And in so many lives sometimes we got it right
Pain - It found its way back in
Until we meet again into that good night
None too far as we chase through the stars beyond forever
I'll follow you

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
Dancing in the wind as roses born again
There you'll find me
Before the dawn of man in castles made of sand
There you'll find me
Writing in the caves as fire lights the way
There you'll find me
Mask of royal glow don in pharaoh's clothes
There you'll find me
Let it go
Rings of dust and ice weightless in the night
There you'll find me
Let it go

[Outro]
Dancing in the wind as roses born again
There you'll find me
Before the dawn of man in castles made of sand
There you'll find me
Writing in the caves as fire lights the way
There you'll find me
Mask of royal glow don in pharaoh's clothes
There you'll find me
From all that was before we shut another door
But not a last goodbye
Taken once again, a fight we'll never win
And time again we try
(I'm gone, I'm gone)
We loved so many times
And in so many lives sometimes we got it right
(I'm gone, I'm gone)
It found its way back in, until we meet again
Into that good

[Verse 1: M Shadows]
I am the man
Six days of bullshit, a wave of my hand
And you know what I need
Put your hands together, get down on your knees
Or climb a hill and just don't talk
I never made a man didn’t trip when they walk the walk

[Refrain: Taura Stinson and Brianna Mazzola]
It's so chic and we love
What you've done with the place
Compliments you with style and grace

[Chorus: M. Shadows, Taura Stinson and Brianna Mazzola]
Can’t tell me that all I see ain't a gift from the fabulous one
Thought about a name that came to me can you explain why the phone would ring?
Prayed so hard and oh my Lord I got a spot at the front of the lot
Can't be late for my weekly date 'cause we're gonna save someone

[Interlude: M. Shadows]
What? What have I done?
Jesus Christ... you gotta be kidding me

[Verse 2: M. Shadows]
I am the plan
Cheap imitations by obsessive fans
But you're great and fun to watch
On the seventh day I thought about world peace
But I decided just to take it off

[Refrain: Taura Stinson and Brianna Mazzola]
It's so chic and we love
What you've done with the place
Compliments you with style and grace

[Chorus: M. Shadows, Taura Stinson and Brianna Mazzola]
Can’t tell me that all I see ain’t a gift from the fabulous one
Thought about a name that came to me can you explain why the phone would ring?
Prayed so hard and oh my Lord I got a spot at the front of the lot
Can't be late for my weekly date ’cause we're gonna save someone

[Outro: M. Shadows]
Ahh fuck, give me a delete button
Delete! Not too bad for a first try
Wen robot?

[Verse 1]
Open, blurry, nurture, loving
Crawling, walking, fleeting, glory
Welcome brother, stranger, bloody
Ally, teacher, recess, buddy
Secret, toothless, fairy, pillow
Money, kissing, nervous, hero
Warmly ordinary (this daytime TV satisfies)
Extra ordinary (these hand-me-downs worn in so nice)

[Chorus]
As it may, as it may, as it may, as it may
As it may, as it may, as it may, as it may
Days are fine and come on time
But years leave with nothing to find

[Verse 2]
Changes, hormones, high school, threesome
Roll call, study, license, freedom
Novice, flirting, first time, lover
Party, fighting, wasted, summer
Questions, doubtful, wedding, family
Happy ever after, dead end
Daily iteration (the bestest part of waking up)
Mundane ideation (this dark roast got me so fucked up)

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
As it may, as it may, as it may, as it may
As it may, as it may, as it may, as it may
Days they come and days they go until
No more days set you free
Well on my way, my way to lose... me

[Bridge]
It strikes me that I don’t belong here anymore
As I observe my own reflection, try a happy face
Staring through the warm tears, a sad frown from the cold years
Adieu, I never had the will anyway

[Outro]
Toss a rope over the branch and fall into the night
And here I swing from my family tree, say goodnight
Can't you see life is but a dream anyway...

[Verse 1]
My vinyl skin provides protection
It holds in place my plastic bones
Cast button eyes reflect an image and all seems as it should
But there's nobody home
Cue the breeze that sway the painted trees
Toy yellow birds upon the rooftops sing in chorus with the buzzing bees
Melt in sun LED beams from the sky being held on a string
While boredom tears me apart at the seams

[Chorus]
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves in hell

[Verse 2]
Round head consumed with major nothings
Ears made of wax unfit to hear
Day after day it all plays over, dedicated loop, same year after year
Please attend, all model citizens, R.S.V.P. if we can count you in, empty as we play pretend
Send our thoughts with you and to your kin and in case we don't see you again
Good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight

[Chorus]
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves in hell

[Bridge]
Living feign in porcelain and just smart enough to know nothing at all
Pull my string and make me cry
Advertisement, moral scrawl, a semblance of choice when there's no choice at all
Out of stock "The end is nigh"

[Breakdown]
Burn
Body burn
Burn

[Chorus]
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves in hell

[Verse 1]
Ride in the shadows wandering beyond the frame
Float like a feather through space and time outside a dream
Pirouette with divinity in a dance we've shared before
"Someone dissolution"
This is "I am all" as "I am none"
Here we fly so high, no, I, no coming down

[Pre-Chorus]
Shedding weight as I'm coming undone
All that's left converging as one
I am the sun
I am the sun

[Chorus]
I'm a God, I'm awake, I'm the one in everything
I'm alive, I'm the dead, I'm a man without a head

[Bridge]
(I'm a God, I'm awake, I'm the one in everything)
I walk with death in final exhalation
And come apart through violent separation
A thousand floors ascend into the ether
A lunatic enchanted by the reaper
(I'm alive, I'm the dead, I'm a man without a head)
And down below I leave a stranger laying lifeless as the light begins to shatter the skies
I ascend and leave behind the "used to be"
And tear the fabric worn to cover my eyes and see
I see

[Refrain]
Nobody

[Verse 2]
Breathe in the silence, ebb and flow among the waves
Blur on the spectrum in light come dark in equal phase
All I ever was, has been and always will be

[Pre-Chorus]
Here I end as I started again beyond death and borne on the wind
I am the sun
I am the sun

[Chorus]
I'm a God, I'm awake, I'm the one in everything
I'm alive, I'm the dead, I'm a man without a head

[Post-Chorus]
A crack in the darkness
A tear in the sky
(I'm the one in everything)
A narrow moment when we find ourselves
And all we occupy
Return to the boundless
Immerse in the free
(I'm a man without a head)
Letting go as you lose your name
And all you’ve known to be

[Bridge]
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody

[Guitar Solo]

[Instrumental Outro]

[Intro]
There you are, you’ve come so far
Sunny days, the air tastes so sweet, flowers greet
Birds will sing you mean everything, you can be anything

[Refrain]
More power, more pace
More money, more taste
More sex, more pills
More skin, more shills
Build tall, build higher
Build far, build wider
Build here, build down
Build up, build now

[Chorus]
Look at the way you go
You're one in a million and you know it shows
And we love you
Unto the mud

[Refrain]
More wants, more needs
More hits, morphine
More speed, more drive
More self, more time
Build out, build fast
Build strong, build vast
Build too, build more
Build all, build war

[Chorus]
Look at the way you go
You're one in a million and you know it shows
And we love you
Do unto the mud
Mud

[Verse 1]
Race to scale the body stack
Lay foot to face atop broken back
A failure here is a failure earned
So do unto the top
Do unto the end
Do unto the mud
Do

[Refrain]
More power, more pace
More money, more taste
More sex, more pills
More skin, more shills
More wants, more needs
More hits, morphine
More speed, more drive
More self, more time
Build tall, build higher
Build far, build wider
Build here, build down
Build up, build now
Build out, build fast
Build strong, build vast
Build, build, build, build
Build, build, build, build

[Verse 2]
Look at the way you go
You're one in a million
And you know it shows
And we love you
Look at the way that you choose
You know you'll never lose
And all that you are
It was all you deserved anyway
Sunny days

[Outro]
And we love you
And we love you
And we love you