anathematic | THIS IS WHO I AM;

Your father made a fortune, on the pain and torture
Of the labour never paid to build the streets
And as he lay there dyin', he pulled you to him cryin'
He said, "My dear, their faces starin', back at me."
And you said, "Father, whatever do you mean?"

He said, "There's bones under the road
I buried them deep...
And I know, that when I go, they're waiting for me."

You love it when there's blood on your tongue
And you're ready for war
But wait just a little bit more
Take what you came here for
I know you, and I know you can't take any more
You got me with your fingers on my throat
And my head on the floor
You're taking what you came here for

So this is how I'm slipping away
Yeah, so this is how you want me to play
You know I love it- but it's stopping today
I'm slipping away

Until now, I knew this of myself
That if you had thrown yourself down
Into the lion's den
My brother, I'd follow you in
Perhaps I lack some foresight ( should have known )
But brother, you were so right
Sure as the setting sun
You can't trust just anyone

That's what you want
But it's not what you're asking for
I said, "that's what you're asking,
But you're gonna get more than you bargained for."
I said, "that's what you had, but you don't have it any more
You had it coming."

I never imagined you dead
( i never )
But tell me, are you even aware
That all we did, you undo?

Oh, you know you had it coming, my friend, my friend
You know you had it coming, my brother
My brother had it coming, my friend

Oh, my brother.

( they're all dead )
Instrumental

No wealth, no ruin, no silver, no gold
Nothing satisfies me but your soul

Well, I am Death

I wish I'd never seen your face
Better door than window phase
I need an echo- not your praise
Straying from the God you nailed

Sex and love is not a game
A game is something you can win
Maybe something kind of fun
'Cause love is just a bloodsport

( safe )
Instrumental

It's all the same, only the names will change
Everyday it seems we're wasting away
Another place where there faces are so cold
I'd drive all night, just to get back home

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted, dead or alive

Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days
And the people I meet always go their separate ways
Sometimes you tell the day
By the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone
All you do is think

Sorrow found me when I was young
Sorrow waited, sorrow won
Sorrow they put me on the pill
It's in my honey, it's in my milk

Don't leave my hyper heart alone on the water
Cover me in rag and bone
Sympathy
'Cos I don't wanna get over you

Don't hold yourself like that
You'll hurt your knees
I kissed your mouth and back
But that's all I need
Don't build your world around- volcanoes melt you down

What I am to you is not real
What I am to you, you do not need
What I am to you, is not what you mean to me
You give me miles, and miles of mountains
And I'll ask for the sea

Don't throw yourself like that
In front of me
I kissed your mouth- your back
Is that all you need?
Don't drag my love around- volcanoes melt me down

And all I'll ask- what I give to you
Is just what I'm going through
This is nothing new
No, no- just another phase
Of finding what I really need
Is what makes me bleed

Keep on dreaming, don't stop breathing, fight those demons
Sell your soul, not your whole self
If they see you when you're sleeping, make them leave it
And I can't even see, if it's all there any more- so

Being me can only mean
Feeling scared to breathe
If you leave me, then I'll be afraid of everything
That makes me anxious- gives me patience- calms me down
Let's me face this, let me sleep, and when I wake up
( i wake up, i wake up )
Let me be

When I wake up, I'm afraid
Somebody else might take my place
When I wake up, I'm afraid
Somebody else might end up being me

We've got to hold on, to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We've got each other- and that's a lot
We'll give it a shot

Whoah, we're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand, and we'll make it
I swear

Our lovers vows
I fucked 'em up
Forget me now

The squirmin' and I'm hearing
Watch the good life disappearing
I'm left dreaming in the treetops;
With the photos and the hollyhocks
You are hypnotizing breathing,
I'll surrender peacefully.

My hands are raw;
From digging my own grave...

I know you're probably gettin' ready for bed
Beautiful woman, get out of my head
I'm so tired of the same old crud
Sweet baby, I need fresh blood

The moon shines in the autumn sky
Growin' cold, the leaves all die
I'm more alone than I've ever been
Help me out of the shape I'm in

After the fires, before the flood-
My sweet baby, I need fresh blood

There is a thin line
Between what is good and what is evil
And, I will tiptoe down that line
But I will feel unstable

Well, there is nothing to save me now
So I will not look down
And again, and again, and again-
It happens again

I can't prepare for death
Any more than I already have
All you can do now is watch the shells

Give me one good reason not to do it
( because i love you )
Don't let me get carried away

The skyline has not been seen for many days
It feels as though we're never coming back here.
The line returns to dust

Is there any way, to get this weight off my skin?
And find another one?

Is there anyone to get this writing off the walls?
And find a new one?

THIS IS WHO I AM;

FATHER - 1864

KATHERINE - 1864 & TOMB

DAMON - FOREVER

VARIOUS - 145 YEARS

OF MONTERREY - 1917

REBEKAH - 1920's

DETOX - 30 YEARS

LEXI - BIRTHDAYS

VICTIMS - FOREVER

ELENA - A SUMMER GONE

LOSING CONTROL - DENIAL & ADDICTION

CAROLINE - HUMANITY & SOBRIETY

KLAUS - A DEAL

RIPPER - FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR

FRIED SWITCH - NOT PLAYING DEFENSE

CONTROL - IT HAS TO END

NAMES ON A WALL - ALL THE WORLD'S GUILT