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
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
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 f*cked up)
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
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
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
Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But a Dream... Album Lyrics
Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But a Dream... Lyrics
Writer: Brian Haner, Brooks Wackerman, Jonathan Seward, Matthew Sanders, Zachary Baker
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Mattel
My vinyl skin provides protection
It holds in place my plastic bones
Cast button eyes reflect an image
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
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves
In (hell)
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
RSVP if we can count you in
Empty as we play pretend
Send our thoughts with you and to your kin
And in case I don't see you again
Good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves
In (hell)
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
Burn
Body burn
Burn
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves
In hell
It holds in place my plastic bones
Cast button eyes reflect an image
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
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves
In (hell)
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
RSVP if we can count you in
Empty as we play pretend
Send our thoughts with you and to your kin
And in case I don't see you again
Good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves
In (hell)
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
Burn
Body burn
Burn
Now I know this might sound crazy
But I've smelled the plastic daisies
And it seems we've found ourselves
In hell
Writer: Brian Haner, Brooks Wackerman, James Sullivan, Jonathan Seward, Matthew Sanders, Zachary Baker
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Nobody
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
Shedding weight as I'm coming undone
All that's left converging as one
I'm the sun
I'm the sun, yeah
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
(I'm a God) I walk with death in final exhalation
(I'm the wake) and come apart through violent separation
(I'm the one in everything) a thousand floors ascend into the ether
A lunatic enchanted by the reaper
(I'm alive) and down below I leave a stranger laying
(I'm the dead) lifeless as the light begins to shatter the skies
(I'm a man without a head) and I ascend and leave behind the "used to be"
And tear the fabric worn to cover my eyes (and see)
(I see, I see) nobody
Breath 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
Here I end as I started again
Beyond death and borne on the wind
I'm the sun
I'm the sun, yeah
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
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
Letting go as you lose your name (I'm a man without a head)
And all you've known to be
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody
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
Shedding weight as I'm coming undone
All that's left converging as one
I'm the sun
I'm the sun, yeah
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
(I'm a God) I walk with death in final exhalation
(I'm the wake) and come apart through violent separation
(I'm the one in everything) a thousand floors ascend into the ether
A lunatic enchanted by the reaper
(I'm alive) and down below I leave a stranger laying
(I'm the dead) lifeless as the light begins to shatter the skies
(I'm a man without a head) and I ascend and leave behind the "used to be"
And tear the fabric worn to cover my eyes (and see)
(I see, I see) nobody
Breath 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
Here I end as I started again
Beyond death and borne on the wind
I'm the sun
I'm the sun, yeah
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
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
Letting go as you lose your name (I'm a man without a head)
And all you've known to be
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody
Writer: Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward, Brooks Wackerman
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
We Love You
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
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
Look at the way you go
You're one in a million
And you know it shows
We love you
Unto the mud
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
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
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
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
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
And we love you
We love you
And we love you
Sunny days, the air tastes so sweet
Flowers greet, birds will sing
You mean everything, you can be anything
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
Look at the way you go
You're one in a million
And you know it shows
We love you
Unto the mud
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
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
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
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
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
And we love you
We love you
And we love you
Writer: Matthew Sanders, Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Brooks Wackerman, Jonathan Seward
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Cosmic
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
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
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, yeah
Rings of dust and ice
Weightless in the night
There you'll find me
Let it go
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)
We loved so many times
And in so many lives (I'm gone)
Sometimes we got it right
I found a way back in (gone)
Until we meet again
Into that good
We shut another door
But not a last goodbye
Fate has taken once again
A fight we'll never win
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
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, yeah
Rings of dust and ice
Weightless in the night
There you'll find me
Let it go
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)
We loved so many times
And in so many lives (I'm gone)
Sometimes we got it right
I found a way back in (gone)
Until we meet again
Into that good
Writer: Brian Haner, Brooks Wackerman, Jonathan Seward, Matthew Sanders, Zachary Baker
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Beautiful Morning
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
You walk on water
But the water swallows you
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 where to hide
Nothing of me I've left behind
Silence of one the meaning of none
And letting it all go to be
You walk on water
But the water swallows you
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
It's a beautiful morning
It's a beautiful day
Everybody is smiling
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
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
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
(You walk on water) don't let it be
(But the water swallows you) don't let it be
Don't let it, don't let it
Don't let it be (and you're like no other)
Don't let it be (you're the other one in view)
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
You walk on water
But the water swallows you
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 where to hide
Nothing of me I've left behind
Silence of one the meaning of none
And letting it all go to be
You walk on water
But the water swallows you
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
It's a beautiful morning
It's a beautiful day
Everybody is smiling
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
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
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
(You walk on water) don't let it be
(But the water swallows you) don't let it be
Don't let it, don't let it
Don't let it be (and you're like no other)
Don't let it be (you're the other one in view)
Writer: Brian Haner, Brooks Wackerman, Jonathan Seward, Matthew Sanders, Zachary Baker
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Easier
(It's easier to just walk away)
(I know you'll see brighter days along the way)
I've been shaped by peaks and valleys
Found a plateau where I cursed at the sky
Sometimes I feel that the rain falls for me
Bound to the flesh 'til the day that I die
(It's easier to just walk away)
(I know you'll see brighter days along the way)
Days like this come as days go
And all that you love just as soon be goodbyes
What was so far for so long, now behind me
And so hold applause 'til the end of the ride
(It's easier to just walk away)
(I know you'll see brighter days along the way)
(It's easier to just walk away)
(I know you'll see brighter days along the way)
(I know you'll see brighter days along the way)
I've been shaped by peaks and valleys
Found a plateau where I cursed at the sky
Sometimes I feel that the rain falls for me
Bound to the flesh 'til the day that I die
(It's easier to just walk away)
(I know you'll see brighter days along the way)
Days like this come as days go
And all that you love just as soon be goodbyes
What was so far for so long, now behind me
And so hold applause 'til the end of the ride
(It's easier to just walk away)
(I know you'll see brighter days along the way)
(It's easier to just walk away)
(I know you'll see brighter days along the way)
Writer: Brian Haner, Brooks Wackerman, Jonathan Seward, Matthew Sanders, Zachary Baker
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
G
I am the man
Six days of bullshit, a wave of my hand
Don't 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
(It's so chic and we love)
(What you've done with the place)
(Compliments you with style and grace)
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
I can't be late for my weekly date
'Cause we're gonna save someone
(What? What have I done?)
(Jesus Christ)
(You gotta be kidding me)
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
(It's so chic and we love)
(What you've done with the place)
(Compliments you with style and grace)
Can't tell me that all I see
Ain't a gift from the fabulous one
Thought about a name that came to me
Yeah, 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
(Ahh, f*ck, give me a delete button)
(Delete, not too bad for a first try)
(When robot)
Six days of bullshit, a wave of my hand
Don't 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
(It's so chic and we love)
(What you've done with the place)
(Compliments you with style and grace)
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
I can't be late for my weekly date
'Cause we're gonna save someone
(What? What have I done?)
(Jesus Christ)
(You gotta be kidding me)
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
(It's so chic and we love)
(What you've done with the place)
(Compliments you with style and grace)
Can't tell me that all I see
Ain't a gift from the fabulous one
Thought about a name that came to me
Yeah, 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
(Ahh, f*ck, give me a delete button)
(Delete, not too bad for a first try)
(When robot)
Writer: Brian Haner, Brooks Wackerman, Jonathan Seward, Matthew Sanders, Zachary Baker
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
(O)rdinary
Will you give me my own soul?
Will you let me take control?
I wanna see the things that you see
I wanna be the human you be
I wanna know the secrets inside
I wanna know the feelings you hide
Will you give me my own soul, control?
Tell me how to dream
And tell me what it means
Tell me how you feel
And tell me you believe
Tell me all the things you wanted me to be
Tell me when I'm really alive
Can you feel my love?
Can you feel my love?
Will you let me take control?
I wanna see the things that you see
I wanna be the human you be
I wanna know the secrets inside
I wanna know the feelings you hide
Will you give me my own soul, control?
Tell me how to dream
And tell me what it means
Tell me how you feel
And tell me you believe
Tell me all the things you wanted me to be
Tell me when I'm really alive
Can you feel my love?
Can you feel my love?
Writer: Brian Haner, Brooks Wackerman, Jonathan Seward, Matthew Sanders, Zachary Baker
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
(D)eath
In my dreams
I awake as daylight breaks and wash my face
Put my bedroom back in its place and tucked away
Write a note of a few things I want to say
And leave it on the fireplace
And in my dreams, another day
In my dreams
I stare out in the distance of the city scene
From way up here, it's so serene
There's nothing said
As I make myself more comfortable with the edge
I leap into the darkest night
Wind on my face, it satisfies
I never have felt so alive
And in my dreams, I fly away
I awake as daylight breaks and wash my face
Put my bedroom back in its place and tucked away
Write a note of a few things I want to say
And leave it on the fireplace
And in my dreams, another day
In my dreams
I stare out in the distance of the city scene
From way up here, it's so serene
There's nothing said
As I make myself more comfortable with the edge
I leap into the darkest night
Wind on my face, it satisfies
I never have felt so alive
And in my dreams, I fly away
Writer: Brian Haner, Brooks Wackerman, Jonathan Seward, Matthew Sanders, Zachary Baker
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Life Is But a Dream... is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on June 2, 2023, through Warner Records. Its release follows nearly seven years after its predecessor, The Stage (2016), marking the band's longest gap between studio albums to date. It is also the first album to feature contributions from their late drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan since Nightmare (2010). Similar to The Stage, Life Is But a Dream... was produced by the band with Joe Barresi. It marks the band's return to Warner following a legal dispute between the band and Warner Music in the mid-2010s.
Life Is But a Dream... received acclaim from music critics for its themes, experimental approach, and blend of influences and genres. Despite the critical praise, the album was less commercially successful than the band's previous albums.
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Avenged SevenfoldLife Is But a Dream... received acclaim from music critics for its themes, experimental approach, and blend of influences and genres. Despite the critical praise, the album was less commercially successful than the band's previous albums.
Genre(s): Avant-garde metal, progressive metal
Producer(s): Avenged Sevenfold, Joe Barresi
Length: 53:21
Released: June 2nd, 2023
Year: 2023