SHINE (Rough Demo)

STONE SOUR LYRICS

SHINE (Rough Demo)

I know I have peculiar ways
I know I seem to hard to master
Give me more then I can take
I know the way, as long as I'm going alone

No one takes my breath away like you
And I will never change, I know my strength but...
I can not get you off my mind!
And under darkness you still shine
But what more the words can see
And lies reveal when shadows fade
And I won't let you be alone
Stay!

Burn away the past mistakes
Take a chance on my surrender
All I want is your release
I know the way, as long as I'm going alone

No one takes my breath away like you
And I will never change, I know my strength but...
I can not get you off my mind!
And under darkness you still shine
But what more the words can see
And lies reveal when shadows fade
And I won't let you be alone
Stay!

Huh!

What?

Hey!

I can not get you off my mind
When under darkness, you still shine
But what more the words can see
Your lies reveal when shadows fade
And I won't let you be alone
Stay!

Hey yeah!
Hey yeah!
Shadowing!
Shadowing!

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2

THE HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES

STONE SOUR LYRICS

THE HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES

Oh, this is what it's coming to
Another Waterloo
You wanna put me underground
'cause I'm overused
Giving up as you're pulling me down
I will make you come unglued

You can cover me in subtleties
What an effigy
I can fake it 'cause you'll never be real to me
I'm innocent!
I know I'm nearly in
But if I can't understand I will never win!

The more I know my mind
The more I leave you all behind
Living in the shadow of doubt
I'll never obey, but I'll always decide

Oh, my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones

Oh, you're the epitome
Of all the shit in me
And I'm surrounded by the people I will never be
Either way I've got nothing to prove
To a son of a bitch like you
Well this is hell and I wanted it
But I'm an idiot
It's a phase 'cause I know I'm illegitimate

Kill it!
I wanna see it!
I wanna feel it!
I will be here forever!

The more I know my mind
The more I leave you all behind
Living in the shadow of doubt
I'll never obey, and I'll always decide

Oh, my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones

The more I know my mind
The more I leave this world behind
Living in the shadow of doubt
I'm already gone, I'm already alive

Oh, my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones

Oh, my heart survived
I gotta do it alone
I will burn alive in the House of Gold and Bones
In the House of Gold and Bones
In the House of Gold and Bones!

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2

THE CONFLAGRATION

STONE SOUR LYRICS

THE CONFLAGRATION

Every now and then a lifetime needs a second chance
To find another one like you
Don't forget your better reason
All your silly risks will bring you down
Oh several years of bitter Mondays take a heavy toll
And then you realize, it's you
Until you make this easy harder
No one else will care if you're around

If you live your life with no tomorrows
Every day is just a road to sorrow
You should know what they want to get
If it's you, they won't let you forget

Oh so much for gentle lions
Gathering the sheep
All I wanted was
Something safe
Show me your ungrateful tyrants
I'll point out the mirror
Point to you
Oh this is where forever gets us
Immoral wishes and oblivion
I can't stay
I don't need the conflagration
I don't need the hate
And I don't need you

But if you live your life with no tomorrows
Every day is just a road to sorrow
And you should know what they want to get it
If it's you, they won't let you forget it, yeah.

So if you live a life with no tomorrows
Every day is just a road to sorrow
You should know what they want to get it
And if it's you, they won't let you forget it

Oh I'm on my own
I'm on my own

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2

DO ME A FAVOR

STONE SOUR LYRICS

DO ME A FAVOR

I am an anti everything man
A scab on the lips of the Lord
My caustic dismissal
Is all I need to get you
To fall on your sword

It's easy to live fast
It's harder to live
I woke up today with a gun
Ignoring your history
Is killing your past
You might run forever
If death never lasts

So do me a favor
Your behavior
Is just a reason why
There is no savior
When you're wasted
Let's face it
There's a side of you that
Knows you're a failure
Lives for the danger
Feels like an enemy but looks like a stranger

The bell has rung on the titans
Everybody give us some room
Your so called set of fake morals
I can't tell the difference
Is that an excuse?

The matter at hand
Is a matter of time
A sad little kid with broken toys
Your dogmatic license
Has kept you inside

What will you do?
When you're burning alive?

So do me a favor
Your behavior
Is just a reason why
There is no savior
When you're wasted
Let's face it
There's a side of you that
Knows you're a failure
Lives for the danger
Feels like an enemy but looks like a stranger

So do me a favor
Your behavior
Is just a reason why
There is no savior
When you're wasted
Let's face it
There's a side of you that
Knows you're a failure
Lives for the danger
Feels like an enemy but looks like a stranger

I don't mind my old, dead story
And I don't want to lie to you
I know my glory
Will never be the same as truth
By now my only enemy is you

I won't go slowly
I'll leave you behind
Leave you behind
Leave you behind
Leave you behind

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2

BLUE SMOKE

STONE SOUR LYRICS

BLUE SMOKE

Until
I shape this simple future
Into something that resembles my own life.

I've killed
A thousand better choices
I've deceived a generation with my lies.

I'm still
A bastard and a denizen
Immortal 'til I'm born again
A complicated fiction with no time

I'm here...
I'm...

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2

THE UNCANNY VALLEY

STONE SOUR LYRICS

THE UNCANNY VALLEY

Careful, the heathen wants to play...
Do you wanna be saved?
Someone doesn't feel himself today...
What a way to behave

When does your karma start to disarm your explosive demeanor?
It's not a reason to seethe
I see you showing your teeth
These are the valleys of greed

I can't believe my eyes
There's a fire across my skies
There's only so much left
But what does it matter
Everything is shut off

Careful, the medicine's designed to stain
So we can see your veins
Rose Americana pennies will rain
In the face of the sane

Better depression builds hungry legends
I always imagined the end was here in our sights
I never said it was right
This is the battle we fight

Oh, I can't believe my eyes
There's a fire across my skies
There's only so much left
But what does it matter
Everything is shut off

Oh, I can't believe my eyes
There's a fire across my skies
There's only so much left
But what does it matter
Everything is shut off

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2

'82

STONE SOUR LYRICS

'82

Oh long ago
There was a dead rat caught in a Chinese trap
And all I had to show
Where the ashes of a life that had no chance
It wasn't right, but all I could do
Was be another number that caught in the fuse
And what a lie, with nothing to lose
Something happened in nineteen-eighty-two!

Are you the enemy?
Let me show you what you did to me

Once I get away from here
I know its gonna be my time
I've seen to much to keep me here
I don't want yours I just want mine

I'm never alone-
I'm always in the middle talking to myself
And all I want to know
Am I really on the road, I just can't tell
It isn't right
But all I can do is take it to a level where I can't refuse
Its a lie-
I need you to see
Let me show you what you did to me

Once I get away from here
I know its gonna be my time
I've seen to much to keep me here
I don't want yours I just want mine
Before I get away from here
I think I better set you straight
I know my place is miles from here
You'll never understand to make my fate

Deep down there's a Devil inside
He can make you give up everything
Settle if you want to die
Or you can live for a world that must be free

Oh once I get away from here
I know its gonna be my time
I've seen too much to keep me here
I don't want yours, I just want mine
Before I get away from here
I think I better set you straight
I know my place is miles from here
You'll never understand to make my fate
Once I get away from here
Oh once I get away from here-
I know its gonna be my time!

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2

GRAVESEND

STONE SOUR LYRICS

GRAVESEND

Holding the "code" on top
Waiting for light and sound to stop
Deeper and deeper, today
Further and further, I fade away

Let me ignore the cost
Special effects for common loss
I'm ready for numb...
I'm ready for numb...

If the demons take me...
I just wanna be dead for good!
When the spirit meets me...
I will die like a good man should!

I was only eighteen when I finally let go...
Picking at the dead like a remnant on the road
I will never understand if I never get told...
Living in the dark like a remnant on the road

Digging with pale, white hands
Keeping the calm and tasting sand
Doing a favor, today
Telling a friend to stay away

I can't afford the cost
I don't care for what I've lost
I'm ready for numb...
I'm ready for numb...

And if the angels take me...
They're gonna need extra time
When the spirit mocks me...
I'll know I'll only take what's mine

I was only twenty-five when I finally went home
Looking for a ride like a murder on the road

I will only understand when you leave me alone
Dying in the dark like a murder on the road
Like a murder on the road...

You're never too young to remember you're old
Looking for a deal like the devil on the road

I will only understand when I finally get told
Waiting for the dark like the devil on the road

Like the devil on the road...
Like the devil on the road...
Like the devil on the road...

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2

STALEMATE

STONE SOUR LYRICS

STALEMATE

If I fail, if I fall...
If I can't be free, then I never was at all
The more I fight, I stay the same...

Where do I go, and what do I do?
I'll never know if I never get through
The more I fight, I stay... THE SAME!

God, I love excuses
Nothing better than a homemade lie
New rules and old confusion
The ones you just despise

Out of my way, out of my reach
How do you dream if you still can't sleep?
My mind is a terrible gift
And I'd rather be numb than feel this way

Come home with the medal is broken
Another fake doesn't matter a thing
Time flies when the moment is golden
I wont leave this clean

If I fail, if I fall...
If I can't be free, then I never was at all
The more I fight, I stay the same...

Where do I go, and what do I do?
I'll never know if I never get through
The more I fight, I stay the same...

Half my time I want protection
This is better than a bigger stand
New shoes and old directions
The epithet of man

Killing my name, killing my past
Nothing's left when nothing lasts
My life is a terrible waste
And I'm going down fast

But if I fail, if I fall...
If I can't be free, then I never was at all
The more I fight, I stay the same...

Where do I go, and what do I do?
I'll never know if I never get through
The more I fight, I stay the same...

[Solo]

Oh, don't be so distracted
I can tell you where the story ends...
New sins and old abuses
And no one wins again...

This is my chance, this is my curse
We all know it'll only get worse
My hell is a terrible case
But I'll give you all hell first!

If I fail, if I fall...
If I can't be free, then I never was at all
The more I fight, I stay the same...

If I still, if I stall
If I can't be heard, I will never even call
The more I fight, I stay the same

Where do I go, and what do I do?
The very thought scares the hell out of you
The more I fight, I stay the same...

If I fail, if I fall...
If I know if I care at all
The more I fight, I stay the same...

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2

PECKINPAH

STONE SOUR LYRICS

PECKINPAH

So I'm back in the corner
Looking at either side again
There's a terrible knowledge
That comes from being arrogant
Don't hold your breath, just keep what's left
You'll be justified
Reservations and revelations
Prepare to crucify!

I'm living incomplete!
I'm dying for release!
Killing extra time!
Born of different minds!
I will decide! (Decide!)

I'm seeing what the problem is
I'm anathema anymore
I don't know how I got here
But I'm locking every door
So I can never leave!

Oh the seminal coward
Threatens to show his hand again
I can see all the exits but
I'm missing what is evident
Don't save the best, just leave the rest
You'll be vilified
Lamentations and calculations
I've got nothing left to hide

So now I'm living incomplete!
I'm dying for release!
Killing extra time!
Born of different minds!
I will decide! (Decide!)

I'm seeing what the problem is
I'm anathema anymore
I don't know how I got here
But I'm locking every door
So I can never leave!

I'm seeing what the problem is
I'm anathema anymore
I don't know how I got here
But I'm locking every door
I can be a better artifact
Or I can be a bitter king
I should know what I'm made of
But I'm starting to believe
That I can never leave

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2