Innocence & Instinct Lyrics & Credits
Fight Inside
Words & music by Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves, Bernie Herms and Jason McArthur
Enemy
Familiar friend
My beginning and my end
Knowing truth
Whispering lies
And it hurts again
What I fear
And what I try
The words I say and what I hide
All the pain
I want it to end
But I want it again
And it finds me
The fight inside is
Coursing through my veins
And it's raging
The fight inside
Is breaking me again
Still the same
Pursuing pain
Is it worth all I have gained
We both know
How this will end
But I do it again
And it finds me
The fight inside is
Coursing through my veins
And it's raging
The fight inside
Is hurting me again
And it finds me
The war within me
Pulls me under
And without You
The fight inside
Is breaking me again
It's nothing (It's everything)
It's nothing
It's everything
It's breaking me
It's breaking me
I'm falling apart
I'm falling apart
Death of Me
Words & Music by Jasen Rauch and Rob Graves
I should've seen all the signs all around me
But I was comfortable inside these wounds
So go ahead and take another piece of me now
While we all bow down to you
You tear me down and then you pick me up
You take it all and still it's not enough
You try to tell me you can heal me
But I'm still bleeding
And you will be the death of me
How can you help my affliction
If you're the sickness and not the cure
Too long I've faked this addiction
Another sacrifice to make us pure
I won’t forget, I cannot forget this
I won't forget, I'll never forget this
I won't forget, I'll never forget
I know I can never prove this illusion
You aren't the one that I thought you were
And so I learned to embrace this delusion
The line that separates us starts to blur
And you will be the death of me
You will be the death of me
I won’t forget, I cannot forget this
And you will be the death of me
Mystery of You
Words & Music by Jasen Rauch, Anthony Armstrong, Rob Graves and Jason McArthur
You always said we'd meet again
You always said You'd be here
Where are You now?
You touched the deepest part of me
The places I could not see
Just tell me why I'm so dark inside
Somewhere I will find
All the pieces torn apart
You just left behind
In Your mystery
Somewhere I will see
All You've taken from me
All You kept deep inside
In the mystery of You
The mystery of You
It's obvious You understand
The blood that's on my hands
Where are You now?
I'm paralyzed, I can't escape
Until I see Your face
Don't leave me all alone
You're all I know
You're all I know
You’re all I know
Don't go, don't go
Somewhere I will find
The pieces torn apart
You've hidden deep inside
The mystery of You
(Somewhere, somewhere)
The mystery of You
(Somewhere)
Start Again
Words & Music by Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves and Jason McArthur
And I remember everything, everything I loved
I gave it away like it wasn't enough
All the words I said and all You forgive
How could I hurt You again?
What if I let You win?
What if I make it right?
What if I give it up?
What if I want to try?
What if You take a chance?
What if I learn to love?
What if, what if we start again?
On this time I can make it right
With one more try
Can we start again?
In my eyes You can see it now
Can we start again?
Can we start again?
The emptiness inside me I wonder if You see
It's my mistake and it's hurting me
I know where we've been
How'd we get so far?
What if, what if we start again?
I'm lost inside the pain I feel without You
I can't stop holding on
I need You with me
I'm caught inside the pain
Can we ever start again?
I'm lost without You
One more try
Can we start again?
In my eyes can You forgive me now?
Can we start again? Can we start again?
One more try
Can we start again? Can we start again?
Can You forgive me now?
Can we start again?
Never Be the Same
Words & Music by Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves, Jason McArthur, Mike Seminari and Todd Nielsen
I know You
Who are You now
Look into my eyes
If You can't remember
Do You remember
I can see, I can still find
You're the only voice my heart can recognize
But I can't hear You now, yeah
I'll never be the same
I'm caught inside the memories
The promises
Our yesterdays
When I belonged to You
I just can't walk away
‘Cause after loving You
I can never be the same
And how can I pretend I never knew You
Like it was all a dream, no
I know I'll never forget
The way I always felt with You beside me
And how You loved me then, yeah
You led me here
But then I watched You disappear
You left this emptiness inside
And I can't turn back time
No, stay
Nothing compares to You
Nothing compares to You
I can't let You go
Can't let You go
I can't let You...
I'll never be the same
Not after loving You
Not after loving You, no
I'll never be the same
I'm caught inside the memories
The promises
Our yesterdays
When I belonged to You
I just can't walk away
‘Cause after loving You
I can never be the same
I can never be the same
I will never be the same
I just can't walk away
No, I can't walk away, from You
Confession (What’s Inside My Head)
Words & Music by Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves and Jason McArthur
I feel fine
And I can smile
But I feel the anger coming
It's underneath
I don't know why
It's always overflowing
It's a constant fight
Deep inside
And I want to forget it
I confess
I'm always afraid
Always ashamed
Of what's inside me
I confess
I'm always afraid
Always ashamed
Of what's inside my head
And I can breathe
And I still feel
But not the way I want to
I'm on the edge
I don't know how
I can escape this nightmare
Oh, I'm wasting away
It's part of my instinct
I'll run away
From everything I hate
Take this away
Help me escape
Take this away
I confess
Innocence
Innocence
Innocence
Shadows
Words & Music by Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves and Benjamin Burnley
The sunset
I close my eyes
I pretend everything's alright
Drowning in anger from all these lies
I can't pretend everything's alright
Please don't let me fall forever
Can You tell me it's over now?
There's a hate inside of me like some kind of master
I try to save You but I can't find the answer
I'm holding on to You
I'll never let go
I need You with me as I enter the shadows
Caught in the darkness
I go blind
Can You help me find my way out?
Nobody hears me, I suffer the silence
Can You tell me it's over now?
I'm holding on to You
I'm holding on to You
Ordinary World
Words & Music by Nicholas Bates, Warren Cuccurullo, Simon Le Bon and John Taylor
Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
I thought I heard You talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV and the radio
And still I can't escape the ghost of You
What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some would say
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Passion or coincidence once prompted You to say,
"Pride will tear us both apart"
Well now pride's gone out the window
'Cross the rooftops, run away
Left me in the vacuum of my heart
What has happened to me?
Crazy, some would say
Where is my friend when I need You most?
Gone away
What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some would say
Where is the world that I recognize?
Gone away
And I won’t cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Everyone is my world
I will learn to survive
Everyone, everyone
Somehow I have to find
Out From Under
Words & Music by Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves and Richard Marx
Knocked off my feet
The earth moved beneath
The edge of a dream and a nightmare
I opened the door
Fell through the floor
I slipped through the cracks into nowhere
So tell me where were You
When everything fell down like thunder
I begged You to pull me through
I couldn't get out from under
I took the fall, I took it all
My smile was just an illusion
Cut me I bleed, reveal me I need
I finally broke in the pressure
So tell me where were You
When everything fell down like thunder
I begged You to pull me through
I couldn't get out from under
Left me for dead, inside my head
Couldn't You see that I was still breathing
Screaming I reached for You
I couldn't get out from under
Where were You?
I reached for You
The pressure pulled me down
Where were You?
I reached for You
The pressure pulled me
Where were You?
The pressure pulled me
Where were You?
The pressure pulled me
Where were You?
I reached for You
Pressure
Pressure
Pressure
Take it All Away
Words & Music by Jasen Rauch and Rob Graves
You've stripped me down, the layers fall like rain
It's over now, just innocence and instinct still remain
You watched me while I slowly disappeared
I reached for you to save me, you were frozen in your fear
Take it all away, Take it all away
Take it all away, Take it all away
Circling the pain inside my soul
I reached inside Your silence to steal what You won't show
I try to find the answers in my fears
But what was found is lost again as soon as it appears
I'm breaking, I can't do this on my own
Can You hear me screaming out?
Am I all alone?
You take away
You take away
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