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01. Survive

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
Sometimes I feel alone in a million crowd
An outsider wandering alone without
Any words to say
They can't explain
The desire to overcome the pain
Feel the breath that's always getting away
Am I dreaming it all?
I will never be afraid

I'll survive in this nothing, leading nowhere
I survive, feeling strong for how much longer?
I'll survive in this nothing, leading nowhere
I survive

A voice inside of me
That keeps on teasing
As sweet as like a whisper from the lips of pain
And so many steps that I can't make
I can't take the chance, release the brake
And the breath just keeps on getting away
Am I dreaming it all?
I will never be afraid.

I'll survive in this nothing, leading nowhere
I survive, feeling strong for how much longer?
I'll survive in this nothing, leading nowhere
I survive

02. I Won't Tell You

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
I cannot tell you you're falling apart
Open your eyes if you wanna survive
I want to tell you your love is a lie
But I won't tell you, I won't tell you

I can't leave this, I am fine inside it
I don't feel bliss and I just keep hiding
I've been burnt so bad but I still play with fire
Sometimes naked truth is what I don't believe in

I cannot tell you you're falling apart
Open your eyes if you wanna survive
I want to tell you your love is a lie
But I won't tell you, I won't tell you
I cannot get so deep into this now
I can't admit that I know what I know and
I want to tell you your love is a lie
I won't tell you, I won't tell you

It's hard to hear through the static again
It's never clear until the rush of pain
I'll never tell you I'm living a lie
In this confusion I feel alive
I've been burnt so bad but I still play with fire
Sometimes naked truth is what I can't believe in

I cannot tell you you're falling apart
Open your eyes if you wanna survive
I want to tell you your love is a lie
But I won't tell you, I won't tell you
I cannot get so deep into this now
I can't admit that I know what I know and
I want to tell you your love is a lie
I won't tell you, I won't tell you

Don't ever tell me I'm falling apart
Don't ever tell me I will not survive
Don't ever tell me this love is a lie
Cause I'm the lie, I'm the liar...

I cannot tell you you're falling apart
Open your eyes if you wanna survive
I want to tell you your love is a lie
But I won't tell you, I won't tell you
I cannot get so deep into this now
I can't admit that I know what I know and
I want to tell you your love is a lie
I won't tell you, I won't tell you

03. Not Enough

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
I don't want to be saved
I don't want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back
Come back
Come back

I don't want to be saved
I don't want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back

I thought it was too late
I thought you disappeared
It's been awhile since I believed in you
I used to have the strength
I used to just walk away
But now that I see you
It's not enough, it's not enough

I don't want to be saved
I don't want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back

I thought it was a game
I'll follow in the wait
Nothing's changed since I believed in you
I knew that it would come
I thought that I'd be afraid
But now that I have you
It's not enough, it's not enough

I don't want to be saved
I don't want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back

Forgotten fears
I threw away all of the caution out into the wind
My soul is thirsty and i'm still dreaming of you
Get out of my mind (come back)
Get out of my mind (come back)
Get out of my mind

I don't want to be saved
I don't want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back

I don't want to be saved
I don't want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back...

04. I'm Not Afraid

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
Watch your back because I am coming closer
Shivers down your spine
You're not expecting me
How does it feel to be faced in your territory?
Are you afraid to see me here?

I'm not afraid
To take my time, to live my life the way I want to
I'm not afraid
To take you down and live my life as I want to
I'm not afraid

Closer but apart
No one else can hear us
Get on out that car
Did you want to live without me?
How does it feel to be faced in your territory?
Are you surprised to see me here?

I'm not afraid
To take my time, to live my life the way I want to
I'm not afraid
To take you down and live my life as I want to
I'm not afraid

I'm not afraid
To take my time, to live my life the way I want to
I'm not afraid
To take you down and live my life as I want to
I'm not afraid

To take my time, to live my life the way I want to
I'm not afraid
To take you down and live my life as I want to
I'm not afraid...

05. I Like It

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
Everything is different today
I like it, like it
I feel very different today
I like it, like it

I'm not gonna be in your parade
Cause I don't like it
You think I'm a dirty little game
You think I like it
You made up this fantasy with me
But I don't like it
I want you to get away from me
That's how I like it
How do you like it?

Today I'm gonna fly
There's nothing that can keep me on the ground
Touch the sky
I'm free inside

You think you're the master, I'm the slave
You think I like it
You don't even know me anyway
That's how I like it
I'm getting ready to move on
But you don't like it
You can kiss your fairy tale away
I like it, like it
How do you like it?

Today I'm gonna fly
There's nothing that can keep me on the ground
Touch the sky
I'm free inside

I'm free to do what I like
I'm celebrating my life
I'm free to be what I like
I'm celebrating my life
I'm gonna get what I like
I'm gonna celebrate 'till I die
I'm celebrating my life...

Today I'm gonna fly
There's nothing that can keep me on the ground
Touch the sky
I'm free inside

I'm free to do what I like
I'm celebrating my life

06. Underdog

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
You are going down

Down
At the bottom I have found
I cannot wait to get back in the fight
And send you straight to the ground

Hide and seeking
When I'm on the ropes
You wanna knock me down, knock me out
Your cheap shots are denied

You're going down now
You can't kill my soul and kill my dream
Back down

You are going down

Now, you will understand me now
You don't want to come back to the fight
I've been the underdog all my life

I can feel it
I will not stop until I see you down
On the ground
Cause I am still alive...

You're going down now
You can't kill my soul and kill my dream
Back down

You are going down
You can't kill my soul and kill my dream

07. The Pain

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
I wake up to a smoking gun
The evidence is in your head
There's no proof of guilt or innocence
I'm finished with you taking me through
A line of questioning that feeds you
I must confess I'm here to kill the pain

To kill the pain
What can I do?
How hard I fight
No matter how
How long I've tried

The sword of justice in your hand
You cut me down, sharp like a blade
You make me want to never trust again
I'm finished with you draging me through
More lies and deceit that feeds you
I must confess I'm here to kill the pain

To kill the pain
What can I do?
How hard I fight
No matter how
How long I've tried

Doesn't matter, if it mattered
I would never have tried
To save us both from losing our minds
Doesn't matter if you shatter me now
I have to get away
The rain comes
The rain comes
Nothing's gonna buy you time
The rain comes
The rain comes
You know it's gonna come...

To kill the pain
What can I do?
How hard I fight
No matter how
How long I've tried

08. Spellbound

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
Burning here, in the room
Feeling that the walls are moving closer
Silent scene, the dark takes me
Leads me to the ending of another day
I'm haunted

Tell me who you are. I am spellbound
You cannot have this control on me
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
I will break the spell you put on me

Velvet drapes, glowing candles
Silent whispers of words inside of my head
The night that comes, it waits for me
Lift me to the ending of another day
I'm haunted

Tell me who you are. I am spellbound
You cannot have this control on me
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
I will break the spell you put on me

Tell me who you are. I am spellbound
You cannot have this control on me
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
I will break the spell you put on me

Everywhere I go I am spellbound
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
I will break the spell you put on me...

09. Wide Awake

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
The rebel inside
A mind of my own
I haven't felt right
Since the moment that I gave up
I challenged my limits
I'm feeling I'm becoming limitless
I take it all in and inhale

I'm wide awake
I open my eyes and the sky is so blue
All of a sudden
I know that I treasure my life
I find myself
Wide awake like you

The struggle within
Now I understand
Freedom begins
When you get out of the cage you built
It looks like I'm crazy but I'm not the only one
To believe in myself, believe in myself
I won't be coming undone, cause I feel like...

I'm wide awake
I open my eyes and the sky is so blue
All of a sudden
I know that I treasure my life
I find myself
Wide awake like you

10. The Maze

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
My thoughts can be so vicious
Committed to a plan
The fear becomes ambitious
Taking me till I am gone

I don't know how it started
Beating up myself
I've come to realize
I barely carry on each day
This life is so destructive
It's blowing out my mind
My breath is running short
I'm lost here
(Deep inside)

In this maze
I'm running through the halls of emptiness
In this maze
I can't find a way to get back to the end
In this maze
I'm feeling like I'm stuck inside a cage
In this maze
I won't feel the breeze 'till I break this maze and run

I don't know how it started
Thinking to myself
I've come to realize
I couldn't carry on each day
This vibe is so destructive
I'm smoking up my mind
So by the time she left
I was lost here
(Deep inside)

In this maze
I'm running through the halls of emptiness
In this maze
I can't find a way to get back to the end
In this maze
I'm feeling like I'm stuck inside a cage
In this maze
I won't feel the breeze 'till I break this maze and run

Will I ever see the sun
Shining through the prison clouds
In the darkness you can hide
Go inside, free your mind!

In this maze
I'm running through the halls of emptiness
In this maze
I can't find a way to get back to the end
In this maze
I'm feeling like I'm stuck inside a cage
In this maze
I won't feel the breeze 'till I break this maze and run

11. Unchained

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
There is nothing up ahead
Or down the road
The streets won't last forever
There is nothing left to loose
I cannot see
Myself inside this dream
I know
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever

Uunchained
I'm like a bullet set free now
Unchained
I'm like a weapon unleashed now

Now I've found my way
To solid ground
I left behind the feeling
That I've been a fool
I feel much stronger now
I am not the same
You know
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever...

Uunchained
I'm like a bullet set free now
Unchained
I'm like a weapon unleashed now

12. Shallow Life

Music & lyrics by Lacuna Coil
I never thought I'd be the soldier
I take my place inside the battle
I've come to realize the journey is over
Realize that life is sober

Everyday I'm like a soldier
Waking up within the battle
And through the haze I live a dream that's better
Than what I feel inside
Diggin' in me

Suffering darkness in my eyes
Against the light of Rome
I see the reflection of the ghost that I've become
Waiting behind the windows
I resign to be alone
I want to feel alone
And lost in this solitude

Shallow life
I'll stay close to the ground
Shallow life
The walls keep falling down
I close my eyes
I'll find my way around
In the shallow life
Welcome to the bottom line

Suffering darkness in my eyes
Against the night of Rome
I get confused and all I hear is just myself
I will resign and search for peace of mind
I'm on my own
I need to be alone
And lost in this solitude...

Shallow life
I'll stay close to the ground
Shallow life
The walls keep falling down
I close my eyes
I'll find my way around
In the shallow life
Welcome to the bottom line

13. The Last Goodbye

Whatever you did to me
You gotta, you gotta tell me now
Why do we look like strangers?
Whatever I did to you
No excuses for this silence
Tell me what you're thinking I'll be there for you

So many stories told, too many useless words
Maybe because it's getting dark inside

This is the last goodbye
These broken dreams have been resigned
Here's to our last goodnight
These broken dreams have been resigned

Will this set us both free?
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta
Tell me what you're thinking 'cause I just don't understand it
Whatever I did to you
No excuses for this silence
Tell me what you're thinking I'll be listening

So many stories told, too many useless words
Maybe because it's getting dark inside

This is the last goodbye
These broken dreams have been resigned
Here's to our last goodnight
These broken dreams have been resigned

Why should I care when it will be alright?
Once separate ways we'll feel alive again
So many stories told, too many useless words
Maybe because it's getting dark inside

This is the last goodbye
These broken dreams have been resigned
Here's to our last goodnight
These broken dreams have been resigned

The last goodbye
The last goodbye
The last goodbye
The last goodbye

14. Leaving Alone

Music by Lacuna Coil
Here today, I think I must have changed my mind
as I'm looking at things from a different side
I get up and fight off, the guilt last night
pushing back the fear
I will be my guide no one by my side
the only road, just me myself and I

I'm leaving alone tonight
I'm leaving the trust behind
I'm leaving alone tonight
I'm leaving it all behind

Let the journey start, I finally freed myself
from the jealousy and revenge I have felt
I got out in time and I'm moving fine
I'll live to tell the tale
I will be my guide, no one by my side
this fearless road, just me myself and I

I'm leaving alone tonight
I'm leaving the trust behind
I'm leaving alone tonight
I'm leaving it all behind

I can't awake this, it has slowly faded
you have made me feel so understated
this is the hurt that you have knowingly created
we have now become so overrated

I'm leaving alone tonight
I'm leaving the trust behind
I'm leaving alone tonight
I'm leaving it all behind

15. Oblivion

It's a fairy tale and the story is out of date
Nothing that I haven't tried to say
You know that the road is lonely
I will need some help
You know that this life is crazy
I will need some help

There's a place far below
The darkness deep within
It's a place, I don't belong
Come set me free from this oblivion

All inside of me
On the edge of agony
Nothing left for me that I can fake
You know that the road is lonely
I will need some help
You know that this life is crazy
I will need some help

There's a place far below
The darkness deep within
It's a place, I don't belong
Come set me free from this oblivion

It's a fairy tale and the story is out of date
Nothing that I haven't tried to say

And I keep wandering away
I'm so deep in disarray

There's a place far below
The darkness deep within
It's a place, I don't belong
Come set me free