Daughtry - Dearly Beloved Album Lyrics

State of the mind
State of the blind collective
Desperation calls for peace
Desperate times
Freedom denial
Free the child, the captive
Liberation taunts the thief
And paradise
Comes down to the level
Come down
Desperation calls
Desperation calls for

Love to come and lead us home
Love is gonna mend these bones
Desperation calls for love
Desperation calls for
Love
Love

Stray from the hive
And pray to survive the masses
All hail, here comes the queen
The paradigms
Break down if you let 'em
Break down
Desperation calls
Desperation calls for
Oh oh oh-oh

Love to come and lead us home
Love is gonna mend these bones
Desperation calls for love
Desperation calls for love

Ready or not, yeah
Ready or not, yeah
A change is gonna come
It's gonna come
And like it or not, yeah (like it or not, yeah)
Like it or not
We gotta break the walls
Oh oh oh

Desperation calls for love (for love, for love)

Oh
Love is gonna lead us home
Love is gonna mend these bones
Desperation calls for love
Desperation calls for
Love
Love to come and lead us home
Love is gonna mend these bones
Desperation calls for love
Desperation calls for love (for love, for love, for love, for love, for love, for love)

Going down like a dead man walking
One step from a body in a coffin
Just one, one of the fallen
Waking up to a blood moon, howling
Can't drown it out, even with the medicine
Tearing through me like a bullet of adrenaline

Arms heavy, face down on a death bed
Blame the gods while choking on the violence
In the end, silence is deafening

Can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire

Stressed out, head trauma, took a beating
Takes more than a pill to numb the feeling
Bang, bang, no mercy for the healing
Oh, twenty dead without a fight, without a reason
Twenty more in a cop car, bleeding
All tryna win a war without a meaning

Can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire
World on fire
World on fire

Arms heavy, face down on a death bed
Blame the gods while choking on the violence
In the end, silence is deafening

Can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire
Fire

Yeah, can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
World on fire (world on fire, world on fire, yeah)
World on fire, world on fire, world on fire)
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire

Never needed any reason
To find deliverance
Like a cancer running through my veins, oh
That's never gonna give in

See 'em march like lambs to the slaughter
Toy soldiers lined up on the altar
I was never meant to drink that water
And they'll remember me when I'm underground

Heavy is the crown
Never falter, never let 'em bleed you out
I'll be still standing when they try to bring my castle down
I'll never bow down, heavy is the crown

Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown

With the weight of the world crashing
Pushing you closer to the edge
You find a way to get a little bit stronger
To fight off the demons, yeah

See 'em march like lambs to the slaughter
Toy soldiers lined up on the altar
I'll rise, hell or high water
And you'll remember me when I'm underground

Heavy is the crown
Never falter, never let 'em bleed you out
I'll be still standing when they try to bring my castle down
I'll never bow down, heavy is the crown

(Everything will fade away)
Everything will fade away
Yeah, nothing in this world is meant to stay
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown

Heavy is the crown
Never falter, never let 'em bleed you out
I'll be still standing when they try to bring my castle down
I'll never bow down, heavy is the crown

Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh (heavy is the crown)
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh (heavy is the crown)
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown

In the darkest of the night
Waiting for the light to come
When the demons in your mind
Remind you of the damage done

Always talking, so much to say
Like a haunting ghost from the grave
And heaven seems so far away
So far away
Oh, I can see it

Changes are coming
Changes are coming
Yeah, we're headed for better days
Never stop running
Changes are coming
Changes are coming

Lost and helpless, scared to death
Barely breathing, still alive
Hit the ground face down in the dirt
Never giving up when it hurts
Oh, heaven feels so far away
So get ready for the fight, get ready for war
Yeah, and never give up what you're fighting for

Changes are coming
Changes are coming
Yeah, we're headed for better days
Never stop running
Changes are coming
And we're headed for better days
Changes are coming

So get ready for the fight, get ready for war
(Get ready for the fight, get ready for war)
Yeah, and never give up what you're fighting for
(Never give up what you're fighting for)

Changes are coming
Changes are coming
Yeah, we're headed for better days
And never stop running
Changes are coming
Yeah, we're headed for better days
Oh yeah, yeah (changes are coming, coming)
Yeah, we're headed for better days
Changes are coming, coming

I think you know
I think you know
That I'm not one for letting go
It goes to show
Sometimes the ones we love
We tend to hurt the most

Yeah, with every hit
We're closer to the break
But you might be surprised
How much a heart can take
Blow after blow
I just might be the one to say
I told you so
I know it feels like

It's like the world has left us behind
Dearly beloved, dearly beloved
We've always had to fight to survive
Kicking and screaming, but never running

No, no, no
No matter what they say
I promise you it's not for nothing
No, no
No matter what they say
I swear to God, it's not for nothing

Yes, I believe
That there are sides of you and I
We've never seen
Oh, there's nothing to hide
We wear our scars as proof
That we are still alive

Yeah, with every hit
We're closer to the break
But you might be surprised
How much a heart can take
Stone after stone
We're getting stronger that you know
So let 'em throw
I know it feels like

It's like the world has left us behind
Dearly beloved, dearly beloved
We've always had to fight to survive
Kicking and screaming, but never running

No, no, no
No matter what they say
I promise you it's not for nothing
No, no
No matter what they say
I swear to God, it's not for nothing

So don't look back now
We've come too far
To look back now
To look back now
I know it feels like

It's like the world has left us behind
Dearly beloved, dearly beloved
We've always had to fight to survive
Kicking and screaming, but never running

No, no, no
No matter what they say
I promise you it's not for nothing
No, no
No matter what they say
I swear to God, it's not for nothing
No, no
I swear to God, it's not for nothing
No, no
No matter what they say
I swear to God, it's not for nothing

At the bottom
Just surviving
Reaching for the truth
Such a longing
The distance driving
The nail straight through

Ooh, ooh
Just try to hold steady
The world's getting heavy
Ooh, ooh
When you can't hold the weight
Any longer

Cry for help
Cry like rain
Let it fall down your face
Let the dam break
Cry for help
Ease the pain
When you can't hold the weight
It's okay, yeah
To cry for help

In the still
Of the darkness
The light shines through
Shows the sorrow
And the burden
Inside you

Ooh, ooh
Just try to hold steady
The world's getting heavy
Ooh, ooh
When you can't hold the weight
Any longer

Cry for help
Cry like rain
Let it fall down your face
Let the dam break
Cry for help
Ease the pain
When you can't hold the weight
It's okay, yeah
To cry for help

There's no telling
If these walls could talk
What they'd say
Yeah, they've seen it all
The best in me
And where it all went wrong

At the bottom
Just surviving
Reaching for the truth

Cry for help
Cry like rain
Let it fall down your face
Let the dam break
Cry for help
Ease the pain
When you can't hold the weight
It's okay
Cry for help
Ooh, ooh
Cry like rain
Cry like hell
Ooh, ooh
Cry like rain

There's a reign over the horizon
The lunatics have taken the asylum

Fear is like a dagger
And blood is dripping off the blade
They wave it like a scepter
In the kingdom come of the insane
There's a wake up in the shelter
The prisoners have broke their chains
All hail the deceptors
Who poison and manipulate

Somebody sound the alarm
Somebody ring the bell
Grab the noose, the psychos are loose
And we're headed straight for hell
Ya'll better run for cover
The writing is on the wall
It's pandemonium
And Rome is about to fall

Oh, there's a reign over the horizon
The lunatics have taken the asylum
We're on the edge, it's an uprisin'
The lunatics have taken the asylum

(The lunatics have taken the asylum)
(The lunatics have taken the asylum)

Deadly is the viper
That licks the venom from their fangs
Watch the way they slither, yeah
Like a parasite inside your brain
Too many sharks in the water
Circling the weakest prey
Like a sniper in the shadows
Waiting just to take his aim

There's a reign over the horizon
The lunatics have taken the asylum
We're on the edge, it's an uprisin'
The lunatics have taken the asylum

Somebody sound the alarm
Somebody ring the bell
Drop the noose, too much to lose
We gotta save ourselves
We better run for cover
The writing is on the wall
We gotta take our power back
Before they take us all

There's a reign over the horizon
The lunatics have taken the asylum
We're on the edge, it's an uprisin'
The lunatics have taken the asylum

There's a reign over the horizon (oh, there's a reign)
The lunatics have taken the asylum (oh)
We're on the edge, it's an uprisin' (oh, and it's an uprisin')
The lunatics have taken the asylum

Oh, have taken the asylum
The lunatics have taken the asylum
Oh, and it's an uprising
The lunatics have taken the asylum

Oh God, got a feeling
I've got a feeling
And it's a bad one, yeah
I'm lost in a season
In a season
And it's a mad one

Yeah, oh my God, it's raining
Yeah, old blue sky is grey
Yeah, it's deadly how you do
What you do for love
What you do for love, yeah

Taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil (evil)
Evil (evil)
Giving me bad vibes inside
And it's evil (evil)
Evil (evil)
Way down below
Only heaven knows
Laying where the demons lie
Taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil (evil)
Evil (evil)

Oh, the devil got a feeling
Got a feeling
And it's a good one
She got her own rhyme and reason
Got a reason
And it's a cold one

Well, oh my God, it's raining
It's driving me insane
Ain't it deadly how you do
What you do for love
What you do for love, yeah

Taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil (evil)
Evil (evil)
Giving me bad vibes inside
And it's evil (evil)
Evil (evil)
Way down below
Only heaven knows
Laying where the demons lie
Taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil (evil)
Evil (evil)

And I fell for your wicked games
That I can't win
So I wear these chains

(So I wear these chains)
(Oh)

You're taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil (evil)
Evil (evil)
Giving me bad vibes inside
And it's evil (evil)
Evil (evil)
Way down below
Only heaven knows
Laying where the demons lie
You're taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil (evil)
Evil

You showed me your colors
Showed me your face
Painted with pretty lies
You broke every promise
Feeling no shame
Leaving me dead inside
And I won't
No I won't take the blame
So I run
From your cold wicked way
You ain't diggin, diggin, diggin
My grave, no

Not gonna be the victim
Don't wanna be a slave
Not gonna be addicted
To a system
I did not create
Stop making me the monster
Stop messing with my brain
Not gonna be the victim
Any longer
So get off my wave

I rest you in pieces
Ashes and dust
Spiritual suicide
Shedding my skin
Shake off the rust
Bringing me back to life
So I run
From your cold wicked way
You ain't diggin, diggin, diggin
My grave, no

Not gonna be the victim
Don't wanna be a slave
Not gonna be addicted
To a system
I did not create
Stop making me the monster
Stop messing with my brain
Not gonna be the victim
Any longer
So get off my wave

No I won't (No I won't)
No I won't take the blame
So I run (So I run)
From your cold wicked ways
No I won't (No I won't)
No I won't take the blame
So I run (So I run)
From your cold wicked ways

Not gonna be the victim
Don't wanna be a slave
Not gonna be addicted
To a system
I did not create
Stop making me the monster
Stop messing with my brain
Not gonna be the victim
Any longer
So get off my wave

Oh not gonna be the victim
Yeah not gonna be the victim
Yeah not gonna be the victim
So get off my wave

With you it's always all or nothing
With you I know I'm in for life, oh yeah
With you I lay in this bed we made
With you it's ride or die

Cause when I'm alone I don't do so well
And on my own you know it hurts like hell
It cuts to the bone every time I leave
Without you next to me

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
What doesn't hurt just isn't real, oh yeah
The in between I learned to suffer
Reminding me how to feel

Cause when I'm alone I don't do so well
And on my own you know it hurts like hell
It cuts to the bone every time I leave
Without you next to me

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

We all need somebody
Somebody to love
Somebody to love
We all need somebody
Somebody to love

Cause when I'm alone I don't do so well
And on my own you know it hurts like hell
It cuts to the bone every time I leave
Without you next to me

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love oh

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone (Somebody to)
Everybody needs somebody (To give it all)
Somebody to love (To give it all)

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone (Somebody to)
Everybody needs somebody (To give it all)
Somebody to love

Well it may sound crazy
Turn me away, I get it
But in another time
It was you and me
I can tell you where you're going
Tell you where you've been
I can't get enough
Let me tell you
Let me tell you, tell you

We know each other from a different life
The dreams, the memories, I recognize the way you felt
The way you held me up against you
But I can't call you mine
We'll keep on coming till we get it right
This place, we've seen it a million times
I won't forget you, can't remember me without you
But I can't call you mine, yeah
I can't call you mine

I can't ignore the way you looked at me
When I called you by your name
If I could make you see
You'd stop hiding in this way
So come and get me one more time
Tell me the lies I tell myself
Won't you tell me
Won't you tell me, tell me

We know each other from a different life
The dreams, the memories, I recognize the way you felt
The way you held me up against you
But I can't call you mine
We'll keep on coming till we get it right
This place, we've seen it a million times
I won't forget you, can't remember me without you

But I know that I can feel it
Can you feel it?
Cause I can't let go
No I can't walk away
Can you feel it?
I can feel it, yeah
So I won't let go
No, I can't walk away
I'll never walk away
I'll never walk away

We know each other from a different life
The dreams, the memories, I recognize the way you felt
The way you held me up against you
But I can't call you mine
We'll keep on coming till we get it right
This place, we've seen it a million times
I won't forget you, can't remember me without you
But I can't call you mine, yeah
I can't call you mine

You're tickin' like a time bomb fit to blow up everything
Sooner or later, babe, you're gonna come for me
Once upon a time was the only thing to ease your pain
Somewhere along the way you got over me

And I saw you change into a lioness
A beast in the wild, unbridled
I could see it in your eyes
You could've eaten me alive
Just to show me you could

A hunter on the prowl, my feral queen, my everything
Sooner or later, babe, you'll have your way with me
And then I shake and feel the nerves
Guess that I'll get what I deserve
'Cause I couldn't let it go, yeah
I know better now, yeah

'Cause I saw you change to a lioness
A beast in the wild, unbridled
I could see it in your eyes
You could've eaten me alive, yeah
I saw you change to a goddess
Holy, divine in your power
I could hear it in your cry
You could've cut me down to size
Just to show me you could
Show me you could
Show me you could

And I won't forget the way that you looked at me
I won't forget the way that you shook, straight rattled my bones
Won't forget how you showed me your mercy (your mercy)
And I won't forget the way that you looked at me (and I shake and feel the nerves)
I won't forget the way that you shook, straight rattled my bones (guess that I'll get what I deserve)
Won't forget how you showed me your mercy (guess that I'll get what I deserve)
('Cause I couldn't let it go)

'Cause I saw you change into a lioness
A beast in the wild, unbridled
I could see it in your eyes
You could've eaten me alive

Been numb so long, I just wanna feel something
I used to be so strong, how did I forget?
Has the world gone cold, have I lost my soul? Feel just like forever
Oh, now there is nothing
I just wanna feel something

So break into my heart
Let me feel the blood rush in
Break into my heart
I need to feel the pain again
Tear it up and bruise it
Wreck it and abuse it
Let it cut beneath the skin
Break into my heart
And make me feel again

I spent most my life always chasing something
I wonder what it's like to have no regrets
Has the world gone blind, have I lost my mind, Lord, I can't remember
Oh, I just wanna feel something

So break into my heart
Let me feel the blood rush in
Break into my heart
I need to feel the pain again
Tear it up and bruise it
Wreck it and abuse it
Let it cut beneath the skin
Break into my heart
And make me feel again

Here I am bleeding, living and breathing
Looking for meaning, something to believe in

So break into my heart
Let me feel the blood rush in
Break into my heart

So break into my heart
Let me feel the blood rush in
Break into my heart
I need to feel the pain again
Tear it up and bruise it
Wreck it and abuse it
Let it cut beneath the skin
Break into my heart
And make me feel again
And make me feel again

So tear it up and bruise it
Wreck it and abuse it
Let it cut beneath the skin
Break into my heart
And make me feel again