Reflection - I laid the night before me, unraveled the tangles of my heart... All I felt was stale hollow air. // These streams of uncertainty, they are collapsing upon my mind... upon my mind. Yaah // Torrents... torrents fill... my veins until I... I burst... I burst with... mistaken guilt and shame. // My battered bones try to keep... fighting against this endless... this ocean of... of self-defeat. // (Everybody off your feet!) As time goes on, some months are yet to pass. As time goes on, some months are yet to pass... As time goes on, some months are yet... are yet to pass. Let’s go. // Puddles, puddles of ink... surround this tired chair. All of... all of my... sorrow has been spilled (Yeah) into... into my... my reflection. Lyrics explanation by vocalist Tim Lambesis: "Reflection describes the dark night that the previous two songs refer to. It is my best effort to write down every emotion that I felt during that time. Even now, the lyrics seem to be the only accurate description I can offer. In the end, everything I felt was the result of the world I had created for myself through selfish living and a lack of sincere sacrificial love."

AS I LAY DYING - "The Darkest Nights" (Live @ With Full Force 2007)

The Darkest Nights - (Here we go!) For so long I have felt alone, content to live with unrest. Longing faded into countless... nights that buried my weary heart. But You brought an end... to this dead hour, and meaning to a... a calloused life. // Held in Your arms, but too far from my heart. Held in Your arms, but too far from my heart. // These thoughts will carry me through the darkest nights, while Your eyes rest in... These thoughts will carry me through the darkest nights, while Your eyes rest in mine... // I remember the way You looked... at me and the way You drew... drew me close. With one deep sigh, scattering pieces of my... my restless mind, forgetting all that we... we have left behind... we have left behind... we have left behind... we have left behind. // These thoughts will carry me through the darkest nights, while Your eyes rest in... These thoughts will carry me through the darkest nights, while Your eyes rest in... These thoughts will carry me through the darkest nights, while Your eyes rest in... These thoughts will carry me through the darkest nights, while Your eyes rest in.... Lyrics explanation by vocalist Tim Lambesis: "The Darkest Nights is the first of two climactic points in the concept of the record. It is during this song that I have been able to fall in love and pour my heart out into something of worth, but it is the very emotional side of love that this song describes. Regardless, it is this love that was initially able to save me. Knowing how much of this life is meaningless, I experienced a deep sense of sorrow wondering what is worthwile for my heart to pursue. This song describes a feeling that is very momentary but nonetheless provided a memory that was capable of giving me hope through the dark times that would follow."


AUGUST BURNS RED - "Composure" (Live @ With Full Force 2009)

Composure - Here we go... Yeah... Shake it off. Pick yourself up, they say. Your life fell apart in your hands, you’ve got the scars... to prove it. It’s not the first time, and they’re getting deeper. // (From side to side. Let’s go boys!) Pull it together. Button up your shirt. Roll down those sleeves. Don’t let them see how you’ve coped. // It’s not the first time, and they’re getting deeper... // More and more your demeanor looks like quicksand. More and more your demeanor looks like quicksand. // It seems like you’re giving up... giving up on everything you worked for. It seems like you’re giving up... giving up on everything you worked for. // It’s pulling you under. It’s gripping around your throat. It’s pulling you under. It’s gripping around your throat. It seems like you’re giving up on everything. It seems like you’re giving up on everything. It’s pulling you under. IT’S PULLING YOU UNDER. Yaah... // Life can be overwhelming, but don’t turn your back on the strongest crutch you’ve ever had... you’ve ever had. They have always been there to... brace your fall. // (Sing it with me!) Wave goodbye to the past. You’ve got your whole life to lead. Wave goodbye to the past. You’ve got your whole life to lead. Wave goodbye to the past. You’ve got your whole life to lead. Wave goodbye to the past. You’ve got your whole life to lead.... You’ve got your whole life to lead. It’s time to gain some ground.

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As I Lay Dying - "This Is Who We Are" (3-DVD) (Digipak) (European Rel.) - (April 9, 2009)
 

ADM - "A Very Brutal Christmas" (Single) (Digipak) - (Metal Blade - November 25, 2008)

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