All Our Kings Are Dead.

NICO Touches the Walls All Our Kings Are Dead.歌詞
1.Sons Of Apathy

A notion cold as the night air
Starts within in my head
Spreads like ink right through my veins
All of our kings are dead
I am not a scholar and I don't believe in fate
Surely as I share your blood will I end up the same?

If there's one thing I have learned
In my short time on this earth
Devotion should be owed not earned
Only you determine what you're worth

We are set free
We are the sons of apathy
Though it's not right
It's all we know
And there's no one left to follow

We are the heirs to empty thrones
And promises un-kept
We sit and watch the empire burn with mild disinterest,
But we are not forsaken,
We have a gift worth more than gold
We've been shown how not to live
By gracious kings of old

If there's one thing I have learned
In my short time on this earth
Devotion should be owed not earned
Only you determine what you're worth

We are set free
We are the sons of apathy
Though it's not right
It's all we know
And there's no one left to follow

My father was an oak
The earth moved when he spoke
My father conquered seas
But was not there for me.

My father was an oak
The earth moved when he spoke
My father conquered seas
But was not there for me.

My father was an oak
The earth moved when he spoke
My father conquered seas
But was not there for,
Was not there for me.

We are set free
We are the sons of apathy
Though it's not right
It's all we know
And there's no one left to follow


2.Crystal Clear

I was told when I was young,
That I could one day hold the world right as it spun,
But now it seems as though
I've made a mess of everything I've ever done

Could I forget it all?
Follow the setting sun...

It's crystal clear to me
That I've been killing time
Nothing's going to stand in my way
Cos I'm not done,
Even if the sun sets I will start a fire
To change your mind

A scar is just a mark,
Not a burden but a start of something new
Even stars in the end fade,
Given time coast lines will change so why won't you?

Could I forget it all?
I've lost teeth, failed every test,
My broken heart's the only thing of any value I have left

It's crystal clear to me
That I've been killing time
Nothing's going to stand in my way
Cos I'm not done,
Even if the sun sets I will start a fire
To change your mind

You will see me in the dark,
Burning brighter than the stars
I defy the motion of the setting sun,
I hold my head up high cos I'm still here.

It's crystal clear to me
That I've been killing time
Nothing's going to stand in my way
Cos I'm not done,
Even if the sun sets I will start a fire
To change your mind

It's crystal clear to me
It's crystal clear to me
Even if the sun sets I will start a fire
To change your mind


3.Meter & Verse

I carry my mistakes
And she carries them too
When all I see are bruises black
She shows me the blue
I remember the tears in the morning
The dread of the veil gently falling to the floor

I'll never know divinity
So inadequately I carve
In meter and verse
She believes in God
But I believe in her

When my ship has run it's course
She steers me back out to the sea
She won't let me run aground

I've seen the storms she's met,
I've seen the tears in secret shed
She sees me as an eagle
though I am just a crow
She sees me as a diamond
though I'm just a weathered stone

I'll never know divinity
So inadequately I carve
In meter and verse
She believes in God
But I believe in her

I stole a glimpse of you in pain
And I'll take the image to my grave
You look towards the heavens,
and I look up to you
I kneel because there are no words,
an act will have to do

She believes in God but I believe in...
...no divinity
So inadequately I carve
In meter and verse
She believes in God
But I believe in her


4.Weight Of The World

A continent of doubt weighs heavy on mind,
how long can my brittle bones bend,
before they yield and snap?
i don't wanna know, 'cos i'm so scared,
it's not gonna get easier than this
because it's too much to bear my darling,
the weight of the world,
and i would carry it for you,
but please don't ask me to because the
weight of the world is a burden i can't bear.
is a burden i can't bear.

maybe it's gravity,
that pulls her to my chest,
not the fear that she is the source
of what little strength i've got left,
i don't wanna know, 'cos i'm so scared,
it's not gonna get easier than this
because it's too much to bear my darling,
the weight of the world,
i would carry it for you,
but please don't ask me to because the
weight of the world is a burden i can't bear.

my horizon lies a jagged line,
oh i can clearly see,
the mountains that i've yet to climb,
i'll get there if it kills me.
because its too much to bear my darling,
the weight of the world,
and i would carry it for you,
but please don't ask me to because the
weight of the world is a burden i cant bear.
and i would carry it for you,
but please don't ask me to because the
weight of the world is a burden i can't bear.


5.D.O.A

I'm always on the run
From all the things I've never done
But I can never escape

Fluid in my lungs
I've been treading water for so damn long

You burn the books you never read
Because of what you think they said

I'm not dead on arrival
Though I'm up against the ropes
So I'll stare into the darkness
Just to see how deep it goes

Neon and silhouettes
Stare at the light and not yourself
Seems we don't bury our dead

We watch but we don't learn
Entertained but unconcerned and unaware

You burn the books you never read
Because of what you think they said

I'm not dead on arrival
Though I'm up against the ropes
So I'll stare into the darkness
Just to see how deep it goes

We're told to watch others live our dreams
So we all sit staring at the screens
The numbing warmth of the neon blue
Can't give me something to hold on to

I'm not dead on arrival
Though I'm up against the ropes
So I'll stare into the darkness
Just to see how deep it goes.


6.Stitches

Every hour is a season
Every season* is a day
So I sit here picking stitches
'cos I find comfort in decay
How I long to fill my lungs

Tell me how does it feel to
Breathe air cold and clean
Cos I've been living on my knees
Since I was seventeen
Thought I was safe beneath the smoke
But even under cover I still choke

My wings are clipped but even if they weren't
I've not the guts to fly and leave behind the Earth
There's no poetry in my soul
Just a list of lies I've told
And I don't know how much longer I can hold on.

My wings are clipped but even if they weren't
I've not the guts to fly and leave behind the Earth
There's no poetry in my soul
Just a list of lies I've told
And I don't know how much longer I can hold on.


7.Winter Kiss

Every night I hold a vigil,
Is another spent in vain,
I never thought I'd find religion, baby,
Oh god, save me from this pain

I want to sleep, but I hear voices, (Calling out)
I hear them calling out to me,
This winter kiss has left me poisoned, (Left me here)
And I will never be the same again

The devil you know is better than the ghost you don't,
So I sit and the scan the frequencies,
Watch the falling snow,
I'm still searching,
For a sign,
That you're still listening,
But the voice I hear is mine
(I will let you down, to love me is to drown)

I want to sleep, but I hear voices, (Calling out)
I hear them calling out to me,
This winter kiss has left me poisoned, (Left me here)
And I will never be the same again

A distress call to one and all,
Can you hear me? Please respond,
'Cause I'm searching for a sign of life,
But all I hear is white noise...

I want to sleep, but I hear voices, (Calling out)
I hear them calling out to me,
This winter kiss has left me poisoned, (Left me here)
And I will never be the same again


8.Elements

It's twenty belong,
That I feel the cold, anymore.
Tell me how I must conspire,
Drain me of desire, I'm at fault.

So I have spent so long searching,
Didn't know what I was looking for.

Don't know where I've been,
But I trust you where I'm heading.
And I believe falls submerged
Here my friend.

I have spent so long searching,
Didn't know what I was looking for.
So will I quiver the mind so bladder,
Didn't see it fall.

Every waking breath I feel a little more at peace inside,
Well who are the rangers, no I'm a little high.

I have spent so long searching,
Didn't know what I was looking for.
So will I whither the light so bad I,
Didn't see it fall.

Who left the wages,
Only on the journey I will be ready alive.


9.After The War

I walk these streets with bloodied hands
Looking for the peace I lost
Buried in the sand, we live our lives on front lines
We are all at war with time

It's what they say,
I wouldn't have it any other way after the war
Nobody comes back the same,
when all is said and done
Even though I held no gun after the war
Nobody feels the same

As long as night still follows day
True are the words all errant fathers say
To love is to lose,
but I still refuse to give up hope

It's what they say,
I wouldn't have it any other way after the war
Nobody comes back the same,
when all is said and done
Even though I held no gun after the war
Nobody feels the same

So join me in this pale moonlight
Swear that we won't lose the fight
Dig deeper into the sand,
and always swim against the tide
We swear an oath to those who've died
We will never forget

It's what they say,
I wouldn't have it any other way after the war
Nobody comes back the same,
when all is said and done
Even though I held no gun after the war
Nobody feels the same


10.Endless Grey

Shadow why cast on a wall it weighs more than my soul.
And it's the only proof that I am here at all.
I will comfortably invite you if you promise to accept,
After all that's said and done, you are second best.

So I wind this mortal go with me,
Cause your darkness is a lie to me.

All of my colour is bleeding away,
So now you watch me fade into the endless grey,
Into the endless grey.

I keep on needing every day,
wish it better on my sins,
But it's not enough.

While my heart collapses like on clay,
Heed my warning, stay away.

All of my colour is bleeding away,
So now you watch me fade into the endless grey,
Into the endless grey.

All of my colour is bleeding away,
So now you watch me fade into the endless grey,
All of my colour is bleeding away,
So now you watch me walking into the endless grey.
Into the endless grey.


11.At The Gates

I see the vultures over the head,
They're circling for the waking dead,
Walking the line, Mile after mile,
Seems so much further then I ever thought,
Have I lost my way?

So I'll stand at the gates,
Screaming I am not afraid,
But there's no-one listening to me,
I know I'm to blame,
For my hands amongst the flames,
I just want to feel alive.

As I stumble down this unlit road,
My legs buckle underneath the load,
Though it twists and turns,
My muscles burn,
I keep going to stop me from thinking,
That I've lost my way.

So I'll stand at the gates,
Screaming I am not afraid,
But there's no-one listening to me,
But I know I'm to blame,
For my hands amongst the flames,
But I just want to feel alive.

March on, march on,
until I'm at the gates,
March on, march on,

So I'll stand at the gates,
Screaming I am not afraid,
But there's no-one listening to me,
But I know I'm to blame,
For my hands amongst the flames,
But I just want to feel alive.

March on, march on,
March on, march on,
March on, march on,
March on, march on,


12.Beneath The Waves

Dearly beloved we are gathered here today
To lament the loss of honesty
To the art of saving face
Of vanity and opacity
A generation lost beneath the waves

Loose lips sink ships
And we?re all going down

We're in the throes of vertigo
Higher is impossible
Sink like a stone
Let it all go
Higher is impossible

The oceans rise to break the bow
And I find peace within the sound
Of water rushing in

So bid farewell to all you know
Take your place way down below
We'll sleep beneath the waves

Loose lips sink ships
And we're all going down

We're in the throes of vertigo
Higher is impossible
Sink like a stone
Let it all go
Higher is impossible

Loose lips sink ships
And we're all going down