The Requiem/The Radiance/Burning In The Skies/Empty Spaces/When They Come For Me
The Requiem
God save us everyone Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns For the sins of our hand The sins of our tongue The sins of our father The sins of our young
God save us everyone Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns For the sins of our hand The sins of our tongue The sins of our father The sins of our young
The Radiance
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remember the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." - J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Burning In The Skies
I used the deadwood to make the fire rise The blood of innocence burning in the skies I filled my cup with the rising of the sea And poured it out in an ocean of debris
I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve
We held our breath when the clouds began to form But you were lost in the beating of the storm And in the end we were made to be apart In separate chambers of the human heart
I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve
It's in the blackened bones Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve
I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve
The blame is mine alone For bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve What I don't deserve What I don't deserve
And here's the dead wood to make the fire rise The blood of innocence burning in the skies
When They Come For Me
I am not a pattern to be followed The pill that I'm on is a tough one to swallow I'm not a criminal, not a role model Not a born leader, I'm a tough act to follow I am not the fortune and the fame or the same person telling you to forfeit the game I came in the ring like a dog on a chain and then found out the underbelly's sicker than it seems And it seems ugly but it can get worse 'cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse 'cause once you got a theory of how the thing works Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first And I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey I will not dance even if the beat's funky Opposite of lazy, far from a punk
Ya'll oughta stop talking Start trying to catch up mother fucker And all the people say Try to catch up mother fucker
Lauryn said money change the situation Big said it increase the complication Kane said don't step, I ain't the one Chuck said an Uzi weighs a mother fucking ton And I'm just a student of the game that they taught me Rocking every stage and every place that they brought me I'm awfully underrated but came here to correct it And so it ain't mistaken, I'mma say it for the record I am the opposite of wack, opposite of weak Opposite of slack, synonym of heat, synonym of crack Closest to a peak, far from a punk Ya'll oughta stop talking, start trying to catch up mother fucker
And all the people say Try to catch up mother fucker
When they come for me Come for me I'll be gone [x3]
And all the people say Try to catch up mother fucker