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DIGITAL RUIN LYRICS
"Dwelling in the Out" (2000)
1. Living for Yesterday
2. Darkest Day
3. Dwelling in the Out
4. The Forgotten
5. Adrift
6. Night Falls Forever
7. Machine Cage
8. Letting Go
9. The Agony Column
10. Along the Way
1. Living for Yesterday
I can't turn back the hands of time
Can't change the past or bring back a life
I'll stay inside if you talk with me
About the places I've left behind
Tonight I'm going back to remember
And walk these streets of my yesterdays
Tonight I'm going back to the feeling
Life goes on and we are what we are
[Bridge]
Tell me now, do you feel the same
Have you found an answer deep inside your soul
Tell me now, can you take me back where I belong
Back to my yesterdays
Well I'm here for the day and closer to the chase
But I know when tomorrow comes
I'll be right back in the same place
And I've come so far, to turn back now
Would mean the end of everything I fought for
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Living for yesterday, hope there is another way
Tell me now, do you feel the same
Tonight I'm going back for the last time
Tell me now, can you take me back where I belong
Back to my yesterdays
We all were left behind
Passed by changing times
I still feel it's coming back someday
We are the last to fight
For what once was and still could be
Can you take us back?
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
2. Darkest Day
Sometimes I feel alone, lost inside a daydream
Sometimes I feel like I can't, survive
With all these lies surrounding me
Sometimes I feel like the days go by
And the signs along the way make it hard to stay
[Bridge]
Into the darkness I said goodbye
Behind the mask of death
I saw a world beyond our flesh and blood
Sometimes I can not sleep
And I fear the night will never lift
Sometimes I feel like the hours go by
And I've lost the strength to fight for life
But don't think any less of me
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Just when I thought it was over
I feel the coldness of regret
Just when I thought I'd found the answer
Beyond the darkest day
While sadness overcomes
I can't control the anger
While candles burning
I'm afraid to say it's come to this
Will you remember me
Can you just let it be
While candles burning
I'm feeling that the time has come
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
3. Dwelling in the Out
I've never feared sleep so much
Or dreams that come in the night
When will I find all that I need
How can I live without you
[Bridge]
Nowhere left to turn and nowhere to hide
No one left to believe in or care about
You said that you were leaving
But I've no time for goodbyes
That only means there's nothing to lose anymore
I have been lost for so long
Lost in the fear I would die alone
There's no one left to bring me down
How can I live without that
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Outside I left my pain
And headed for the door
You used your lies to get inside
I won't be the victim no more
Well I'm older now and learning to forget
But I just can't hide the scars you gave me
With every day I think I'm farther from my heart
Further from the place I long to be
You left me in the dark
When I would die for you
With every lie
You know you said goodbye
You sealed that coffin shut
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
4. The Forgotten
Lay still and don't make a sound
And pray to God that you won't be found
Don't close your eyes, it could be the end
We've lost sight of what we defend
[Bridge]
If it's all the same, are we gonna learn someday
If it's all the same, take me now
Rain falls on the battered ground, blood red from the bodies down
[Bridge]
Bullets fly and bodies fall, but can you find the courage
To face another day, just knowing that we never will be forgotten
[Chorus]
Remember me - And cherish the life that we all fought to defend
Remember me - And tell me that we never will be forgotten
Remember me - And cherish the life that we all died for
Remember me - And tell me that we will never be forgotten
Fire rains and cities burn and I've fallen by the dead
To say a prayer for those who care but left me here instead
[Chorus]
Under darkness they will come, believing in their cause
The chosen ones, our only sons, left dying on the shores
[Chorus]
5. Adrift
I've always been one to follow through
With all the things I said I would do
And when the lies were said and done
I never strayed from the vision
I've always been one to look inside
For something more that I could hide
I asked for truth, you questioned why
Did you read the bottom line?
I've been outside for some time
Holding out on that part in a new life
I've been learning the hard way
And each lesson found is the start of a new day
I've been looking for some time
Trying hard to believe in my own mind
To follow through with what I feel
And find my mission in life
[Bridge]
Will I ever find a higher ground
Will I ever change what's inside
And bury the past in learning to survive
[Chorus]
We are adrift
With your doubts still you carry on
Always dreaming of what could have been
Always looking for the other ride
Never knowing that the answer was inside
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
We've been adrift for some time
Holding out for a part in a new life
We're learning the hard way
Can you hear a single word that I say
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
6. Night Falls Forever
Years ago I left the day behind
To sleep a while, under the veil of night
In a dream I walked through the garden
With cross in hand
And with every step, you weren't there
Hiding in darkness with weakness inside
And there behind the mask, all reason dies
Remembered the faces, and words left behind
The lives lost in the balance of our hidden empire
[Chorus]
Take me home, I'm setting for the sunrise
Take me home, when night falls forever
Image in shadows, moving behind
Under a coffin still, our secret lies
"Suffer the wrath, with power and rage" he said
And carry the burden of our hearts
In living undead
[Chorus]
Under God I lived my life
A servant from the start
Into the sun, from ashes to dust
This time the night falls forever
[Chorus]
When I needed you most you let me down
Come down from the cross, show me your crown
You won't have my faith anymore
7. Machine Cage
Seven years and counting into the future
All empires gone
Existence is obscure
Pirates rule the wasteland and there beyond
Lords of the underground and hope of the world
Come take my hand
I'll show you the way
Machine control is the object of mankind
A vision lost at the hands of time
Now silence rules the wasteland and there beyond
While the killing machine moves on
Come take my hand
I'll show you the way
[Chorus]
From Towers of Fire and mechanical rage
Take My Hand
We're lost in the machine cage
From rivers of black and deserts of ice
Take my hand
We're lost in the machine cage
Dark Mountains in the sky
From ashes we will rise
Into oblivion, into the unknown
Black towers scar the sky
We will forever fight
We're dreamers from another land
Victims of the master plan
[Chorus]
8. Letting Go
Everyday there's something new to bring me down
Worlds collide, no answers to be found
But don't get me wrong, it's not you I blame
I just never learned to live without the pain
[Bridge]
Somehow I've lasted until the end
Without the thought I never could survive alone
Somehow I've lasted until the end
But I don't feel the same no more
[Chorus]
I'm letting go that feeling you once cared
I'm letting go that feeling we once shared
Everyday there's something new to dream about
Passing lives, universal doubt
Don't get me wrong, it's not you I blame
But I won't forget the person you became
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
It fell apart in the end, but you know the reason why
You went looking on that other side
I keep searching or that man I left behind
But I fear he's lost in another time
I'll find a way through this water before I drown
And I'll be back to show you all
You can't keep me down
[Chorus]
9. The Agony Column
In the middle of my room I sit and wonder why
These four walls are closing in on me
No one really understands this broken man
Who's fighting each day to have his say
And find some ground to stand
[Bridge]
Looking back it's all misunderstood
Can you tell me if I'm truly dead
[Chorus]
I'm feeling alone tonight, no one there to say
"There's power in you to seize the day"
I'm feeling alone tonight, no one left to say
"If you dwell in the past then there will you stay"
Standing in a lonely crowd
This broken man
Is trying to find some peace of mind
Before the column cracks
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
I've been lost for so long, waiting for this feeling to end
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
I'm trying to find a reason to move on
Some place away from here
Because I've been lost for so long
[Bridge]
10. Along the Way
All the lines are drawn when the curtain falls
As I've said my last
But I'm not like the rest
Couldn't seem to pass that test
And those things in me will never change
No, you never truly listened to what I had to say
But I know you'll hear me in this way
It's only me again
It's late and I've had some time to think
And write a few thoughts before I sleep
[Bridge]
Someday you may look and see
You never found that place you seek
And if you're down for the count
I'll still be there to lift you out
[Chorus]
Run from your life
But don't carry the lies
Along the way
You'll always hide the truth inside
So now you're on your way
Run from your life
But you're leaving people
Along the way
You think you'll find a better day
Don't you know you'll never get away
Even in the end you won't come clean
But one look into your eyes
And that's all I'll need
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
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