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01. Can You Feel My Heart

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Jordan Fish, Lee Malia & Oli Sykes
Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken?
Can you feel, can you feel my heart?
(Can you feel my heart?)

Can you help the hopeless? Well, I'm begging on my knees
Can you save my bastard soul, will you wait for me?
I'm sorry, brothers, so sorry, lover
Forgive me, father, I love you, mother

Can you hear the silence? Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken? Can you feel my heart?
Can you feel my heart?
(Can you feel my heart?)
(Can you feel my heart?)

I'm scared to get close and I hate being alone
I long for that feeling to not feel at all
The higher I get, the lower I'll sink
I can't drown my demons, they know how to swim
I'm scared to get close and I hate being alone
I long for that feeling to not feel at all
The higher I get, the lower I'll sink
I can't drown my demons, they know how to swim
I'm scared to get close and I hate being alone
I long for that feeling to not feel at all
The higher I get, the lower I'll sink
I can't drown my demons, they know how to swim

(Can you feel my heart?)
Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken?
Can you feel, can you feel my heart?

02. The House Of Wolves

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Oli Sykes, Lee Malia & Jordan Fish
Show me a sign, show me a reason to give
A solitary fuck about your goddamn beliefs
I'm going blind, but one thing's clear
Death is the only salvation you'll feel

Brick by brick by brick
Brick by brick by brick

What you call faith, I call a sorry excuse
Cloak and daggers murder the truth
The bitter taste, there's nothing else
I'll bow for your king when he shows himself

Brick by brick by brick
These walls begin to cave in
The house of wolves you built
Whispers in a thousand tongues

Show me your face, show me a reason to think
My soul can be saved if I sell you my sins
I'm going blind, but one thing's clear
Death is the only salvation for me

Brick by brick by brick
These walls begin to cave in
The house of wolves you built
Whispers in a thousand tongues

The house of wolves you built
The house of wolves you built
The house of wolves you built
Will burn just like a thousand suns

Yeah
And when you die, the only kingdom you'll see
Is two foot wide and six foot deep, yeah
And when you die, the only kingdom you'll see
Is two foot wide and six foot deep
And when you die, the only kingdom you'll see
Is two foot wide and six foot deep, oh

Brick by brick by brick
Brick by brick by brick

Brick by brick by brick
These walls begin to cave in
The house of wolves you built
Whispers in a thousand tongues
Brick by brick by brick
These walls begin to cave in
The house of wolves you built
Will burn just like a thousand suns

You said you want me
Now I'm here, now I'm here, now I'm here
You said you want me
Now I'm here, now I'm here, now I'm here

03. Empire (Let Them Sing)

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Jordan Fish, Lee Malia & Oli Sykes
It's the start of the end, surrender the throne
The blood on my hands covered the holes
We've been surrounded by vicious cycles
And we're truly alone
The scars on your heart are yours to atone
We've been surrounded, let 'em sing, let 'em sing

The deeper you dig, the darker it gets
There's nowhere else for us to go
We live what we learn, and then we forget
We'll never find our way back home, come on

They came like moths to a flame
You left like a house in a hurricane
The wolves are at my door

It's the start of the end, surrender the throne
The blood on my hands covered the holes
We've been surrounded by vicious cycles
It's the start of the end, and we're truly alone
The scars on your heart are yours to atone
We've been surrounded, let 'em sing, let 'em sing

I hear 'em clawing at the gates (Let us in, let us in)
I hear them calling out my name, I don't care
Let them sing, let them sing, let them sing
Let the bastards sing, let them sing, let them sing
Let the bastards sing, let them sing, let them sing
Let the bastards sing, let the godforsaken bastards sing

They came like moths to a flame
You left like a house in a hurricane
The wolves are at my door
But I can't see the writing on the walls
The wolves are at my door
Waiting for my empire to fall

It's the start of the end, surrender the throne
The blood on my hands covered the holes
We've been surrounded by vicious cycles
It's the start of the end and we're truly alone
The scars on your heart are yours to atone
We've been surrounded, let 'em sing, let 'em sing

04. Sleepwalking

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Lee Malia, Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes
My secrets are burning a hole through my heart
And my bones catch a fever
When it cuts you up this deep
It's hard to find a way to breathe

Your eyes are swallowing me
Mirrors start to whisper, shadows start to sing
My skin's smothering me
Help me find a way to breathe

Time stood still the way it did before
It's like I'm sleepwalking
Fell into another hole again
It's like I'm sleepwalking

I'm at the edge of the world
Where do I go from here, do I disappear?
Edge of the world
Should I sink or swim or simply disappear?

Your eyes are swallowing me
Mirrors start to whisper, shadows start to sing
My skin's smothering me
Help me find a way to breathe, sing it

Time stood still the way it did before
It's like I'm sleepwalking
Fell into another hole again
It's like I'm sleepwalking

Wake up
Take my hand and give me a reason to start again
Wake up
Pull me out and give me a reason to start again

Time stands still (Time stands still)
Time stands still (Time stands still)
Your eyes are swallowing me
Mirrors start to whisper, shadows start to sing
My skin is smothering me
Help me find a way to breathe

Time stood still the way it did before
It's like I'm sleepwalking
Fell into another hole again
It's like I'm sleepwalking (It's like I'm sleepwalking)

(It's like I'm sleepwalking, it's like I'm sleepwalking)
Time stood still the way it did before
It's like I'm sleepwalking

05. Go To Hell, For Heaven's Sake

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Jordan Fish, Lee Malia & Oli Sykes
For the love of God, will you bite your tongue
Before we make you swallow it?
It's moments like this where silence is golden (Golden)
And then you speak
No one wants to hear you
No one wants to see you
So desperate and pathetic, I'm begging you to spare me
The pleasure of your company

When did the diamonds leave your bones?

I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell, for heaven's sake
I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell, for heaven's sake

Go to hell, for heaven's sake

No one wants to hear you, save your breath
No one wants to see you
So desperate and pathetic, you think that no one sees this?
I think it's time you knew the truth, yeah

I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell, for heaven's sake
I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell, for heaven's sake

When did the diamonds leave your bones?
Leave your bones

You're not a shepherd, you're just a sheep
A combined effort of everyone you meet
You're all flesh with no bone
Feed 'em to the sharks and throw 'em to the wolves

I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell, for heaven's sake
I'm burning down every bridge we made
I'll watch you choke on the hearts you break
I'm bleeding out every word you said
Go to hell, for heaven's sake

Go to hell, for heaven's sake
Go to hell, for heaven's sake
Go to hell, for heaven's sake

06. Shadow Moses

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Lee Malia, Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes
Can you tell from the look in our eyes? (We're going nowhere)
We live our lives like we're ready to die (We're going nowhere)
Can you tell from the look in our eyes? (We're going nowhere)
We live our lives like we're ready to die (We're going nowhere)

I thought I'd buried you and covered the tracks
You'll have to take this with your cold dead hands
I thought I'd buried you, what's dead can never die
I thought I'd cut you loose, severed the feeling
I slipped through the cracks and you caved in my ceiling
I thought I'd buried you, what's dead can never die, fuck

Can you tell from the look in our eyes? (We're going nowhere)
We live our lives like we're ready to die (We're going nowhere)
You can run, but you'll never escape (Over and over again)
Will we ever see the end? (We're going nowhere)

This is sempiternal
Will we ever see the end?
This is sempiternal
Over and over, again and again
Rise from the dead, you say
Secrets don't sleep till they're took to the grave
Signal the sirens rally the troops
Ladies and gentlemen, it's the moment of truth


Can you tell from the look in our eyes? (We're going nowhere)
We live our lives like we're ready to die (We're going nowhere)
You can run, but you'll never escape (Over and over again)
Will we ever see the end? (We're going nowhere)
Can you tell from the look in our eyes? (We're going nowhere)
We live our lives like we're ready to die (We're going nowhere)
You can run, but you'll never escape (Over and over again)
Will we ever see the end? (We're going nowhere)

This is sempiternal
Will we ever see the end?
This is sempiternal
Over and over, again and again

07. And The Snakes Start To Sing

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Lee Malia, Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes
I've lost the plot again, tell your friends to sharpen their teeth
There's a few quid to be made
And my soul's a sorry state, so come on down, you empty lovers
(Worms come out of the woodwork) And the snakes start to sing

Do you feel the chill clawing at the back of your neck?
I start to spill, did you really think that you could fix me?
They'll sell your bones for another roll
Well, sharpen your teeth, tell yourself that it's just business

Worms come out of the woodwork
Leeches crawl from out of the dirt
Rats come out of the holes they call home
I fall apart and the snakes start to sing

Don't say I'm better off dead
'Cause Heaven's full and Hell won't have me
Won't you make some room in your bed?
Well, you could lock me up in your heart and throw away the key
Won't you take me out of my head?
I'm just a woulda been, coulda been, shoulda been
Never was and never ever will be
Well, sharpen your teeth, tell yourself that it's just business
Woulda been, coulda been, shoulda been
Never was and never ever will be
(Worms come out of the woodwork) And the snakes start to sing

Worms come out of the woodwork
Leeches crawl from out of the dirt
Rats come out of the holes they call home
I fall apart and the snakes start to sing

If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock
Are you still getting high?
Did you catch your own reflection in the knife my mother held?
Or the hell in my father's eyes?
If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock
Are you still getting by?
Was I your knight in shining armour the apple of your eye?
Or just a step to climb?
If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock
Are you still getting high?
Did you catch your own reflection in the knife my mother held?
Or the hell in my father's eyes?
If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock
Are you still getting by?
Was I your knight in shining armour or the apple of your eye?
Or just a step, a fucking step to climb?

08. Seen It All Before

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Lee Malia, Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes
Every second's soaked in sadness
Every weekend is a war
And I'm drowning in the déjà vu
We've seen it all before
I don't wanna do this by myself
I don't wanna live like a broken record
I've heard these lines a thousand times
And I've seen it all before!

Are we close enough?
There is something I must confide
I think we've lost our touch
There's no sparkle in those eyes
What an awful mess I've made
There's nothing left to say

Every second's soaked in sadness
Every weekend is a war
And I'm drowning in the déjà vu
We've seen it all before
I don't wanna do this by myself
I don't wanna live like a broken record
I've heard these lines a thousand times
And I've seen it all before

There's nothing in the air tonight
Nothing in the air tonight
There's nothing in the air tonight
There's nothing in the air tonight

Every second's soaked in sadness
Every weekend is a war
And I'm drowning in the déjà vu
We've seen it all before
I don't wanna do this by myself
I don't wanna live like a broken record
I've heard these lines a thousand times
And I've seen it all before

I'm sorry, love, it's not enough
We should feel the love so painfully
It hurts right to the touch
I know it stings, I know this cuts
And I wish I could agree with you
But this love, it's not enough
It's not enough, it's not enough

09. Anti-Vist

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Lee Malia, Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything

The world is a shit tip, your children are fucked
The ones you think guard you are out for your blood
Well, our minds are battered and washed out with static
But what exactly do you think you're gonna do?

United we'll fail, divided we'll fall
We're fucked, but you're making it worse
United we'll fail, divided we'll fall
Give up 'cause you're making it so much worse

Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything

Oh, give me a break, you deluded, ill-informed, self-serving pricks
If you really believe in the words that you preach
Get off your screens and onto the streets
There will be no peaceful revolution, no war without blood
You can say I'm just a fool that stands for nothing
Well, to that, I say you're a cunt, kick it

United we'll fail (United we'll fail)
Divided we'll fall (Divided we'll fall)
United we'll fail
We're fucked, but you're making it worse

Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
I'm sick to death of swallowing every single thing I'm fed
Middle fingers up if you don't give a fuck
You think you're changing anything? Question everything

10. Crooked Young

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Lee Malia, Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes
Believe in no one!

Hallelujah, well, I'm saved
Just a dozen steps and 28 days
It's a miracle, I'll be born again
With the Lord as my shepherd, I will find a way

Fuck your faith, no one's gonna save you
Fuck your faith!

There's no hope for us, we speak in tongues
Blacker than the sun, no death can't touch
The crooked young
There's no hope for us, we speak in tongues
Blacker than the sun, no death can't touch
The crooked young, the crooked young!

We don't sleep, we don't eat
We speak in tongues
We can't die, we're dead inside
No death can't touch the crooked young
Believe in no one but yourself
The faceless won't save you
The clouds won't hear your fucking prayers

There's no hope for us, we speak in tongues
Blacker than the sun, no death can't touch
There's no hope for us, we speak in tongues
Blacker than the sun, no death can't touch
There's no hope for us, we speak in tongues
Blacker than the sun, no death can't touch

Hallelujah, I'm saved
It's a miracle, thank you, Jesus
Hallelujah, I'm saved
Fuck your faith, fuck your faith!

11. Hospital For Souls

Music by Bring Me the Horizon
Lyrics by Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Lee Malia, Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes
And then I found out how hard it is to really change
Even hell can get comfy once you've settled in
I just wanted the numb inside me to leave
No matter how fucked you get
Sorrow is there when you come back down
Funny thing is, all I ever wanted I already had
There's glimpses of heaven in every day
In the friends I have, the music I make, with the love I feel
I just had to start again

The days are a deathwish
A witch hunt for an exit
I am powerless
The fragile, the broken
Sit in circles and stay unspoken
We are powerless
Because we all walk alone on an empty staircase
Silent halls and nameless faces
I am powerless
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die
I can't fear death, no longer, I've died a thousand times
Why explore the universe when we don't know ourselves?
There's an emptiness inside our heads that no one dares to dwell

Throw me to the flames!
Watch me burn
Set my world ablaze!
Watch me burn

How are we on a scale of one to ten?
Could you tell me what you see?
Do you wanna talk about it?
How does that make you feel?
Have you ever took a blade to your wrists?
Have you been skipping meals?
We're gonna try something new today
How does that make you feel?

Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
In this hospital for souls
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
In this hospital for souls
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me
In this hospital for souls
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
In this hospital for souls
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
Hold me close, don't let go, watch me burn
In this hospital for souls