Hell is for Heroes (lyrics)

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All the song lyrics below are on The Neon Handshake.

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I Can Climb Mountains

Out Of Sight

give me some kind of hope

Once more I get burned, kick out the closed gate

give me one honest lie to promote

cos i'm ready to join the crowd, and i'm ready to unlock the padlock on my mind

and try to think better days when you choke

Twisted and torn, tensions that tear, my will from my mind

when blood for profit gain wins your vote

and you can fake smiles to make you feel

reason from rhyme and I can't decide, which one to feed and which one to fight,

once more I get scarred, break through the brick wall, just gather my thoughts and go,

when its time to break the deal

and i'm ready to pick up the pieces of my life

and its easy now, I'm easy now

I wana be out of sight, I wana be out of mind

and buy a new disease when it pays to sell the cure

I can't seem to judge the distance between my hands and feet, quite literally

its easy now, I'm easy now

cos I can climb mountains

Walk slowly into the vacuum, this is the end of everything,

welcome back to the black hole, raise the shade up from your eyes

I can spit further than you can hurl

and I'll be out of sight and I'll be out of mind

and I can swallow failure just to learn

and I can build bridges from what you burn

and you can fake smiles to make you fee

Five Kids Go

Do you have the time to kill, lets go head for the shore,

do you have the will to jump

down from the top of the world

if it's easier to burn tie me up on a stake

empty high roads are calling

my defences are slowly breaking down

fuck these head strong scheming plans, lets go head for the shore

on my last legs I'll take a stand

and jump from the top of the world

If it's easier to burn then tie me up on a stake

fire is my only friend

empty high roads are calling, calling

my defences slowly breaking fuck your well trained golden handshake all we need is space to roam

all we have left is self control all we have to do is pack up and go

so catch me falling if you can, cut your ties and flush them down cos

we're taking back the rein, take control of time

when its time to break the deal

and its easy now, I'm easy now

and buy a new disease when it pays to sell the cure

its easy now, I'm easy now

cos I can run, I can hide, I can take a world of pain in a stride

and I don't need fairytales to pretend

and I don't heroes to depend on

I can heal, I can regenerate

I can give birth and I can meditate

and I can hate, I can love, I can fuck

I can see the view from below from the top

With arms around it, I'll take the summit

With arms around it, I'm home.

Sick Happy

I tried to drown in your flame somehow i let the fire escape

Night Vision

and i can only blame myself

Under a blanket of fear, down a bottomless pit

a rubber soul is hard to sell

you pull me in and push me out

I've been waiting for this night, to open my eyesWide awake I see in the dark,

you tie me up and tie me down

see the fences breaking apart

you give me space, I'm locked in chains

get together with my old friends

I want your fire, I need your faith

you always knew just what to say

once again we breathe in the air, escape to somewhere far from nowhere, where the sky's been tainted red

never misspoke a single word

where the sky's been tainted

I pleaded guilty once again

up on a bank by a stream

so hand me down

my sentence now, I am condemned

trading memories for dreams, fading echoes and pictures, we burn all the seams

the victim and the criminal

and now our wings are painted gold

I'm on my knees in silent prayer

they'll make idols of us yet

for one last touch my twisted valentine

when every second lasts a thousand years

empty promises they sold, reach their best before dates soon, I can see it all

and every shot glass holds a million tears

Slow Song

Come down to my level, and share this cold with me

the space once filled heavy, with lost now lies empty

I tried to run but I got stung, a thousand times rolled into one, the ache still burns

with every word, I broke to find the trust again

Come down to my heaven, and share this warmth with me, we'll bleed here together

and lick our wounds better

tried to run but I got

I stung a thousand times rolled into one

the ache still burns with every word, i broke to

find the trust again

I'll take the sting and close the door on everything that I became

I close my eyes to see your face

It holds me up and knocks me down

You knock me down

and every race ends in a brand new start

there's no soul left but you can take some heart

(with my hands up) I'll give myself up for you

so take me down my time has come up

Three of Clubs

I've been searching for a getaway, a get-out clause - a safe escape route, If I could shape myself to fit the mould, I would break it to pass

through

He's the one to make

us feel like we belong here on the inside, after all it's entertainment

you will get just what you paid for

open doors that I can walk through, open eyes that I can see through,

give me skin so I can touch you, give me space so I break through

I'll suffer, I'll suffer with you my friend

I'll suffer, I'll suffer until the end

Cut Down Seven years wash up behind me and I'm wondering what the time is It's a question of perception; I don't want you with hurt There's an old man in the corner in his sunk and withered features see reflections of my future, will you join me there I'm here to find the watershed, to shake the past away drown me in a pool of tears and start another day now I've swallowed down the poison, sister will you still believe me will you feed me down the serum, will you follow me my secret haunt, my favourite place, where I cut down, so I cut down

Retreat We better get injected, just to combat our demented ways, if you don' care, don't panic the after shock bite is just a passing phase do you know me my brother, is my blood as bona fide as yours has the devil got my number, did I get stuck at the get go I never thought I'd reach the end I never thought I'd find a gap, I never thought I'd reach the end I found the point of no return so here I am now, I'm ready now, I've been waiting for the sky to fall, you know that hell's got no fury, like a man too scared to just back down, we don't want peace and quiet if it means walking unidentified, divided here together, I'll make my own way to the exit I never thought I'd reach the end, I never thought I'd find the gap, I never thought I'd reach the end, I'm ready to surrender	Disconnector I've been looking for the questions to the answers, I've been fed a banquet of lies, digested with a smile, I'm a captive in a hole, I'm gracious in defeat, take back the mic, turn off the light I stole Your the captain of your soul the master of your fate, I dreamt of being like you so pure, so clean, so whole I just need one more chance to rinse my eyes and wash away my blindness, wash away my sadness, wash away my dependence, wash away my fear so I can myself protection when you put me down, so I can deal with disconnection when i hit the ground get resistance to the infection that you spread about, so I can declare my independence It's been so long, so high, this wall I've climbed, so green so blue, so real surreal I'm home i'm dry i'm free I've washed my hands of the future

Few Against Many Found my resolve, to stick to my ground, to stand up and shout but I just can't make a sound caught by the man you tripped out of line, you spoke out of turn, but you could not find the word like a rat in a trap, I'll be waiting for you taking punch's for kicks, I'll be bait for the kill was it all in my head, did you know all along, that its just you and me, we're against the world dressed up to kill, been coated in arms, with fire in your eyes, melt me down and suck me in like a dog to a bone, fitted collar and chain I will catch what you throw, in the chase I am sane, and its all that I know and its all I can take till its time to give up raise the candles and blow we're up against the world we're up against the world, we're up against the world	Retreat We better get injected, just to combat our demented ways, if you don' care, don't panic the after shock bite is just a passing phase do you know me my brother, is my blood as bona fide as yours has the devil got my number, did I get stuck at the get go I never thought I'd reach the end I never thought I'd find a gap, I never thought I'd reach the end I found the point of no return so here I am now, I'm ready now, I've been waiting for the sky to fall, you know that hell's got no fury, like a man too scared to just back down, we don't want peace and quiet if it means walking unidentified, divided here together, I'll make my own way to the exit I never thought I'd reach the end, I never thought I'd find the gap, I never thought I'd reach the end, I'm ready to surrender

You Drove Me To It Somebody better give me a sting, somebody better make me bleed, fill this vacancy underneath my skin, cos I'm fighting with a thorn in my side I never meant to fall this far, I have grown a soul of an enemy, but I hold an element of surprise, god knows it's gona make you smile Breathe in immortality, I'm falling down a thousand feet, so let's gather with the gods tonight and play truant for the final time, I've been strung from hell give me birth again cos I never meant to climb this high, my guts are gona drop like flies breathing in mortality, I'm falling down a thousand feet and oh my god one hundred floors flash faster than my eyes can meet Give me something sacred, so long, so deep , so high, so far, so good, so much pressure building They won't break me, they wont ground me