James Labrie - Static Impulse Album Lyrics

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One More Time

[Guillory/LaBrie]

I tried to pretend that you were fine
And all was okay now
But I couldn't ignore the rapid decline
That's taken you somehow
I watched it slowly take over you
It left you so helpless
There was really nothing that I could do
But sit there and witness

I saw your face in all my dreams
The greatest thing I've ever seen
Sent crazy shivers up and down my spine
It was like yesterday
If only I could make you stay
I wish that I could see you one more time

I wasn't ready to say goodbye
Because it's so hard to
It felt like I was going to die
The moment I lost you
My life's so crazy now that you're gone
Don't want to believe it
And all the emptiness is so strong
I really can't take it

I saw your face in all my dreams
The greatest thing I've ever seen
Sent crazy shivers up and down my spine
It was like yesterday
If only I could make you stay
I wish that I could see you one more time

 

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Jekyll Or Hyde

[Guillory/LaBrie]

Rehabilitated me
You want me to lie
Free to go out on the streets
My fears in overdrive

I'll stick out as if I'm an alien
Just like that kid that never quite fit in
A fish in a bowl is where you'd rather me
Make sure I'm fed and be my eyes to see

A living hell no pearly gates
No second chance for this inmate

Don't know if I'll survive
Doctor Jekyll or Mister Hyde
I feel them both collide
Not easy to decide

Why celebrate
A waste of time
Right here's where I belong
They'd like to think
They healed my wounds
Believe me they are wrong

I did my time, I did it well
Propaganda, learned to gel
Can't shake the past
They won't let me
Infallible hypocrisy

Adieu farewell, I'm out of place
No second chance
It's much too late

Don't know if I'll survive
Doctor Jekyll or Mister Hyde
I feel them both collide
Not easy to decide

I have no voice
They shut me down
Who listens at any rate
I'll chart a course
In this playground
And follow it one day

Typecast
Stuck on this roundabout
A failed system
Inside and Out

Don't know if I'll survive
Doctor Jekyll or Mister Hyde
I feel them both collide
Not easy to decide

 

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Mislead

[Guillory/LaBrie]

I can't be
Here not a...
One moment longer

My skin feels
It's crawling
Actions appalling

Ratified
Justified
To keep us quiet

Dominion
Opinion
The streets will riot

Whose interests are we supporting?
Convinced us in their reporting

Mislead
(No more lame excuses)
Mislead
(they should look the part)
We'll paint their lips a crimson red
Bang it over their heads
Then none of us will feel Mislead

It's your move
Can feel it
Tension is rising

No facial
Expression
But know they're lying

Forefathers
Words spoken
The constitution

Infected
Corrupted
Our institutions

Whose interests are we supporting?
Convinced us in their reporting

Mislead
(No more lame excuses)
Mislead
(they should look the part)
We'll paint their lips a crimson red
Bang it over their heads
Then none of us will feel Mislead

They've fallen short
Again to hell with their credentials
If we are to survive
Realize our full potential

Mislead
(No more lame excuses)
Mislead
(they should look the part)
We'll paint their lips a crimson red
Bang it over their heads
Then none of us will feel Mislead

 

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Euphoric

[Guillory/LaBrie]

I got her call last night
Let me know she had a good time
There was something, it just feels right
I wish it may, I hope that it might

Tired of bumming the streets alone
No relationships on my own
Forgot what it was like 'til she
'Til this lovely girl she touched me

I never felt
Euphoric so high
I just bumped into the man in the sky

You got me I'm yours
A spell on me
Look forward to seeing you
I'm outta control
Every reason to be
A romantic rendezvous

Don't tell me this is wrong
Hard to read but we get along
Let down my guard it's clear
A thought exterior means nothing here

I'll admit she's a bit odd
No centerfold or a great bod
What's up will all that hype
Stick chic's, bulimic, ain't my type

I never felt
Euphoric so high
I just bumped into the man in the sky

You got me I'm yours
A spell on me
Look forward to seeing you
I'm outta control
Every reason to be
A romantic rendezvous

Nobody's wrong here
Nobody's right
Nobody's wrong here
Nobody's right
Nobody's wrong here
Nobody's right
Nobody's right
Nobody's right

I never felt
Euphoric so high
I just bumped into the man in the sky

You got me I'm yours
A spell on me
Look forward to seeing you
I'm outta control
Every reason to be
A romantic rendezvous

She's got me I'm hers
A spell on me
Look forward to seeing her
I'm outta control
She's my ecstasy
I'm her junkie and she's my cure

 

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Over The Edge

[Guillory/LaBrie/Sfogli]

I can't make it out
Was she looking my way
Checking to my right
But no one fit the part
She's messing with my head
But who am I to say

Shy boy his head in the sand
No risk of rejection then

You saw me twisting
You read my mind
I'm driving carelessly
Over the Edge
Threw caution to the wind
But who cares
I'm driving carelessly
Over the Edge

Paranoid I'm not
A warped sense of humor
So called friends
Never thinking she'd go this far
A raving dark beauty
Saddles up beside me

No gene pool lottery here
Last time I checked in the mirror

You saw me twisting
You read my mind
I'm driving carelessly
Over the Edge
Threw caution to the wind
But who cares
I'm driving carelessly
Over the Edge

Over the Edge
Over the Edge
I'm driving, driving
Over the Edge
Over the Edge
I'm driving

You saw me twisting
You read my mind
I'm driving carelessly
Over the Edge
Threw caution to the wind
But who cares
I'm driving carelessly
Over the Edge

She saw me twisting
She read my mind
Was driving carelessly
Over the Edge
No rope to reel me in
Out of time
I'm driving carelessly
Over the Edge

 

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I Need You

[Guillory/LaBrie]

Caged in
With all the crackheads
Facing my fears all rolled up into one
Waiting
seems like forever
It's only the first day
Guess hell has begun

Can't find a way out
No

My head
Spinning in circles
Don't know what's up
And I don't know what's down
Wake up
This is a nightmare
Wanna get off of this merry-go-round

I can't do this on my own
And I don't have to be alone

(So)
Help me
Send calvary to the rescue
I need you to
Save me
I have nothing to hold on to
I need you

Searching
Looking for answers
Wondering why does it have to be me
Then you
Lifted the curtain
Just so my blind eyes would finally see

I can't do this on my own
And I don't have to be alone

(So)
Help me
Send calvary to the rescue
I need you to
Save me
I have nothing to hold on to
I need you

I'm filled with doubt
So get me out
I don't care for this one bit
I need blue skies
To dry my eyes
I just can't take it
No

I can't do this on my own
And I don't have to be alone

(So)
Help me
Send calvary to the rescue
I need you to
Save me
I have nothing to hold on to
I need you
(I am broken
Rescue me)
I need you to
Save me
I have nothing to hold on to
I need you

 

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Who You Think I Am

[Guillory/LaBrie]

You think that I'm losing my mind
You think that I'm hopelessly blind
You Think that I'm weak but I'm strong
You think that I'm down but your wrong

You don't
Have a clue
Do you?

Nothing you say
Nothing you do
Matters to me
It's really nothing new
So laugh all you want
Cause I don't give a damn
I'm not, I'm not who you think I am

You think that I'm just a disgrace
You think that I'm just wasted space
You think that I'm dumb
Well nice try.
You think that I'm lost, its a lie

You don't
Have a clue
Do you?

Nothing you say
Nothing you do
Matters to me
It's really nothing new
So laugh all you want
Cause I don't give a damn
I'm not, I'm not who you think I am

You don't know the first thing
You don't know the first thing
No.
You don't know the first thing
You don't know the first thing about me

Nothing you say
Nothing you do
Matters to me
It's really nothing new
So laugh all you want
Cause I don't give a damn
I'm not, I'm not who you think I am

Nothing you say
Nothing you do
Matters to me
It's really nothing new
So laugh all you want
Cause I don't give a damn
I'm not, I'm not who you think I am

Who you think I am
I don't give a damn
Who you think I am
I don't give a damn

 

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I Tried

[Guillory/LaBrie]

What have you to prove
I honestly don't care
It's all so petty, so petty
I cant get in a word
So go and speak your mind
I hope, your happy, your happy

If there's one thing
You remember
Though I tried to warn you
I don't have all the answers
But I know a thing or two
I see it, believe it
You've been eaten up by pride
If there's one thing
You remember
Remember
I tried

I don't how how
To make you understand
Cause you wont listen, wont listen
Whats come over you
It's getting out of hand
Just stop
Your bitchin' your bitchin

If there's one thing
You remember
Though I tried to warn you
I don't have all the answers
But I know a thing or two
I see it, believe it
You've been eaten up by pride
If there's one thing
You remember
Remember
I tried

If there's one thing
You remember
Though I tried to warn you
I don't have all the answers
But I know a thing or two
I see it, believe it
You've been eaten up by pride
If there's one thing
You remember
Remember
I tried

 

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Just Watch Me

[Guillory/LaBrie]

I've realized the errors of my ways
I've come to terms that I've gone astray
I'm far from perfect

I know that I have let you down
But that will change this time around
I'll earn your respect

No promises broken
That's for sure
No wishin' and hopin'
I find a magic cure
This time I'll do things differently
This time I will do it
Just watch me

It's clear you're scared and I understand
It's not been great just like we planned
But I will show you

No promises broken
That's for sure
No wishin' and hopin'
I find a magic cure
This time I'll do things differently
This time I will do it
Just watch me

 

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This Is War

[Guillory/LaBrie]

Tell me what are you trying to prove
Spreading lies spinning stories
What gain do you get from all of this
Is it fame is it glory

Don't try to be someone that you're not
'Cause you know I'm not buying
The more that you open up your mouth
It's more time that you're lying

It's time
To re-
Define
You and me
It's clear
That you
Are my
Enemy

I'm ready
So why don't you come get me
What are you waiting for
There's no point in charades any more
This is war
This is war

I see how you're playing innocent
But I know what you're doing
You smile as you stab me in the back
So that trouble is brewing

To you it's all one big silly game
Just to see me defeated
I hope that you've gotten all your thrills
Did you get what you needed

It's time
To re-
Define
You and me
It's clear
That you
Are my
Enemy

I'm ready
So why don't you come get me
What are you waiting for
There's no point in charades any more
This is war
This is war

You couldn't leave well enough alone
The lights are on but nobody's home

It's time
To re-
Define
You and me
It's clear
That you
Are my
Enemy

I'm ready
So why don't you come get me
What are you waiting for
There's no point in charades any more
This is war
This is war

 

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Superstar

[LaBrie/Guillory]

A masquerade
The spotlights glare
Exquisite fads to view
Your every move
Fixated eyes on you

The camera waits as you prepare
It comes so easily
Once borrowed shoes
Now high society
A celebrity

Your dreams
Are now reality
You've got everything
Adored
A two edged sword
Magazines, silver screens
A Superstar

You cannot stand what you've become
It's lost all its appeal
Your entourage
Has no clue what you feel
This time it's for real

Your dreams
Are now reality
You've got everything
Adored
A two edged sword
Magazines, silver screens
A Superstar

Not sure you like what you've become
How you think, what you feel
Should you care, how you look
What you're paid to put on
Know your part of the deal

Your dreams
Are now reality
You've got everything
Adored
A two edged sword
Magazines, silver screens
A Superstar

Influence the youth
Adored
Unbecoming of you
Exposed
One will never know
Nothing they can prove
A true Superstar's
What you are

 

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Coming Home

[Guillory/LaBrie]

Feels like rain
Closing in on me again
Cant deny
Angry skies are falling
So farewell
Wish there was some other way
Cant undo, There's no use in trying
I hope that they will understand

Know that
I wont be coming home
Far away from where I belong
Tell my wife, my best friend
Both my children I love them
Know that I,
Know that I wont be coming home

Speak the truth
Know me for the man I am
Don't you cry
Water came from dying
Know me for the man I am

Know that
I wont be coming home
Far away from where I belong
Tell my wife, my best friend
Both my children I love them
Know that I,
Know that I wont be coming home

What if I,
I told you then
Could you help me
Would you help to
Set me free
I cant feel any remorse
Have no recourse

Apathy
Apathy

Running out of time
I hope they will understand

Know that
I wont be coming home
Far away from where I belong
Tell my wife, my best friend
Both my children I love them
Know that I,
Know that I wont be coming home