Burn My Eyes
1994
Real Eyes Realize Real Lies
All lyrics written by Robb Flynn
All music written by Machine Head
except, "Alan's On Fire" written by Poison Idea (Tom Roberts/Jerry
Lang)
"I'm your God now" is dedicated to the memory of Jimmy Lapin (R.I.P.)
Blind man ask me forgiveness
I won't deny myself
Disrespect you have given
Your suffering's my wealth
I feed off pain, force fed to love it
And now I swallow hole
I'll never live in the past
Let freedom ring with a shotgun blastBurn my fist to the concrete
My fear is my strength
Power, rage unbound because
Been pounded by the streets
Cyanide blood burns down the skyline
Hatred is purity
The bullet connects at last
Let freedom ring with the shotgun blastLead: Robb/Logan
Scarred
I am the man that defends all things profane
Pour salt in the wound
Unscarred
6000 years is the time that I shall reign
And with a grin drank the blood of holy swine
Impurity made the blood turn into wineChorus:
Old man, dead hand
If only in their insanity
The lie feeds off their greed
Jesus weptI am the pain that feeds off your weakness
A sickening born of hate, not of the blessed
And with that time I will crush all things you prey
Destroying all from the known to the arcaneChorus
Burn my eyes and try to blind me
Bury me so they won't find me
Try to suck my power empty
Got no crown of thorns on meSo burn my eyes and try to blind
Bury me so they won't find
Try to suck my power dry
You got no crown of thorns on meChorus
What is a man that stays true to the game
But has to cheat a little to get by
Well that's a person that I know too well
Don't want to know, but I don't have to ask why
Everyone like a loaded gun
You want some shit, I'll fuckin' pound you, son
Don't need a reason, pain I'm feelin'
I gotta vent or else I blow insidePre-chorus:
Introspection, termination
Can't tell right from wrong
Fed up with this whole system
It's gone on far too longChorus:
You tell a thousand lie, been told a thousand times
Your words we hear, but we cannot sympathize
Thousand lies been told a thousand times
Hard as nails, the power to surviveWhat is a man that stays true to the game
But can't believe some of the things he sees
Anger's a gift and I won't be kept down
In poverty there is no democracy
Used needle and a crack vile
A broken bottle and a bullet shell
This urban life is so volatile
An inner city or a concrete hellPre-chorus
ChorusLead: Robb
What is a man don't stay true to the game
Don't care for no one, only cares for his greed
He's playin' God killin' thousands of people
'Cause the power is the fix that he needs
Racist goal of the white devil
I watched souls burnin' over oil
A politician got no feelin'
It makes my motherfuckin' cold blood boilPre-chorus
I am only nothing, I am only this
Chorus
I am just a man with these two fists
You have asked forgiveness
You have asked respect
Only something you did forgetAll gave you had planned to take
Beat upon me but I won't break
Stripping everything from me? No!Will to me your anger, will to me your rage
Will to me your lies, your sufferings
Not a man of virtue, not even a man
Will not take the hate dealt from your handsYears of pain I will take and hone
Manifest with your broken bones
My heart bleeds for none but my own
My ownBurn
BurnLead: Logan/Robb
I am only nothing, I am only this
I am just a man with these two fists
You're not a man of virtue, not even a man
Will not take the hate dealt from your handsYears of pain I will take and hone
Manifest with your broken bones
My heart bleeds for none but my own
My ownBurn
BurnMy heart bleeds for none but my own...
This world does not want me
This world does not care
And I'm a product of this world
Confused, I'd say that's fair
This pain will never leave me
It's scarred upon my brain
Destroying everything
That brought this
Just to keep me, just to keep me saneA hatred burns inside me
Emotion out of hand
But I've the will to focus this
Survive, contrive, command
From pain comes a courage
The strength from injustice
The rage to overcome it all
An open mind
With a closed fistLead: Logan
Well I look at justice in a different light
I been to jail, it didn't make me right
Try and conform, but I won't be deaf, blind, dumb
Been beaten down, just harder I've becomeChorus:
Death church rising
Hate church rising
Lost church rising
Death church risingHey Jesus can you help me with my pain
Mainline me some religion, keep me sane
Christ suffering upon my TV screen
Send in your money to the faith obsceneChorus
Lead: Robb/Logan
Strength, truth and honor, words I strive to live
Your faith's profane, it takes, never gives
'Cause I'm gonna die standing upon my feet
You're gonna die grovelling on your kneesChorus
Intro: LoganWell I see, I feel
On my way
You close your eyes, scared to think
You might see
A world that spends more to kill than cure
Living, writhing, diseased, so unpureIt hardens me, the things I see
But I won't break, it gives me strengthChorus:
Our suffering, won't always be
We'll dominate, this nation on fireThe media it
Blinds our eyes
A people divided
And force fed lies
The black and white societies corrode
Warring, hating, blind, a rage explodesSo take my hand, across this land
I won't go down, stand my groundChorus
This nation's built on fighting war after war
And for my brothers, I will fight and stand for
'Cause I won't break, your truth is fake
If blood ran red, you'd leave me for dead
A nation on fire
A nation on fireYou tell me peace, well I hear gunshots all night
I bite the hand 'cause this hand feeds off me
The scars I have, I've earned 'cause I've had to fight
An endless pain, and it won't change
We just sat by, and watched this world die
A nation on fire
A nation on fire
Devoid of emotion, it lives to cheat
Ignorance is bliss, and respect I gave you
Friend you did claim this
Too bad you can't speak the truthChorus:
Give respect
'Cause the rule is blood for bloodBeatings are what you'll inherit this time
Fist bait, your new name
Your pain is my shrine
Pulverize and break
Determination
Pleasure I negate
Your pain brings me salvationChorus
Lead: Logan/Robb
I was born of tension
Anger came from frustration
I can't back down from aggression
Some hard knocks taught me this lessonChorus
Chorus
So pain told you to take her
Well I learned to accept that feeling
'Cause I found how to numb it
If only for just a short while
I'd get so high I'd forget my name
I scarred my fists, I scarred my brain
I think that I'm going insane
I think that I'm going insaneSo drink up, so shoot in
Why must this feeling end
I crawled in my narcotic shell
Was crucified in my own hell
A gutter's where I found myself
Among the waste I chose to dwell
I chose to dwellLead: Robb
So now I'm in your system
And I'm what helps numb your pain
With time you will confide in me
So lonely friend, I've made you lose control
You'll use more and more with time
Our friendship grows with each mainline
So glad that you could be so blind
So glad that you could be so blindSo drink up, so shoot in
Cause I'll make this feeling end
I built you this narcotic shell
I crucified you in your hell
Your life not yours, you're just my slave
I am your messiah of pain
And time has come to
There's no time to prayLead: Logan/Robb
'Cause I'm your God now
Block
Hate breeds hate my eyes they have seen
the decimation of all that is pure, pure
A system that feeds their machine with
the blood, sweat and money of the poor, poor
Corruption gets rich, honesty just exists
'cause nobody cares anymore, anymoreFuck it all
Fuck it allWhite attack black, black attack back
the fuckin' media keeps us all blind, blind
Children on crack, junkies on smack
you wanna close your eyes to hide, hide
Pollution so dense, sickening existence
new world order, new world decline, declineFuck it all
Fuck it allThe more intense the sense of ignorance
The more intense then is the pain...Hate breeds hate my eyes they have seen
the decimation of all that is pure, pure
A system that feeds their machine with
the blood, sweat and money of the poor, poor
Believe in something if it stops your suffering
'cause all we have is nothing
NOTHING
FUCK IT ALLAlan's On Fire *Only on DigiPak version
Go!All my life I have been used by you
Time has come our game of love is through
Since I was born I've lived in the cold I've lived in the dark
Now I want heat now I want light igniting spark
I'm not a martyr but I am truth and you are a liar
But now my life of constant sadness goes up in the fireI will
Be heard
And I will
Be heardStep on me I'm here for you to see
I hope you choke as I go up in flames
I told you my problems but you never heard a word
This is the moment for once in my life I will be heard
I know there must be a better way but I don't know how
You've lied to me and you've ignored me
but you won't nowI will
Be heard
And I will
Be HeardAll my life I have been used by you
Time has come our game of love is through
A burning passion from a burning mass
reaches up for the sky
I've called you here my devoted family turn to watch me die
I'm not a martyr but I am truth and you are a liar
So now my life of constant sadness goes up in the fireYeah!
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