You can’t seem to remember When you got on this ride The ticket was free And you found yourself here So you took it in stride Ah but had you known then All the things you know now The ups and the downs The round and around The Who, What, When, Where and How We all move in a circle Ending where we began And while we are here Bound to this track the track Let’s enjoy all that we can Everyone gets to ride Be you a Pawn or a King So try and make sure You get what you need While reaching for the brass ring

You can't see the end But you feel it coming The calm before the storm A thin disguise To hide the lies Just recognize And cease succumbing You must resist the swarm You can ride the wave Till it starts crashing And breaks upon the stone The water churns The tide, it turns So try to learn And keep from splashing Your time to atone Why do You keep pushing Beyond the Pale Why do You keep choosing A path that only leads To Ruin You can't feel the pain That you're inflicting The numbing is complete A sluggish death A stagnant breath Awaiting Seth So contradicting No limit to your conceit You can wield the blade Until it's blunted And rusted to the core A string of words A stack of thirds A song unheard You've been confronted And so you start the war Why do You keep pushing Beyond the Pale Why do You keep choosing A path that only leads To Ruin You can't touch the light But you're still reaching As darkness closes in The candle burns The tables turn The people learn So stop beseeching Your morals wearing thin You can lift the stone That you're trapped under But you're the only one Just forgive And try to live There’s more to give Though torn asunder You're work has just begun Time for you to stop Pushing beyond the Pale Time for you to stop choosing The path that only leads To Ruin

It just won’t stop Every time I turn around Just the same old thing With a brand new name The pressure builds Soon we’ll see What we can take Time to think of Where to put the blame There’s no release An ebbless tide That’s coming in If the levy breaks Nothing stays the same Say Goodbye to all you remember Say goodbye to all that’s lost Say goodbye to all that is special Say goodbye to everything What can I do Now that I’m here Among it all Trying to keep myself From getting swept away How will I know How to procede Without penalty I don’t know the rules I don’t want to play Is this what you want to be Part of a machine Without reason A member of the hive A shared collective mind Just a number on a screen One that doesn’t dream About treason A one for the all Just another thrall How does it feel To have everything In front of you With no idea of What to choose How will it end No way to know What’s gonna be Just wait and see If we win or lose Question why to all you remember Question why to all that’s lost Question why to all that is special Question why to everything This isn’t what I want to be Part of a machine Without reason A member of the hive A shared collective mind Just a number on a screen One that doesn’t dream About treason A one for the all Just another thrall Life without you Would be the death of me As I cease to see Any reason to take One more step That thing you do That gives breath to me When I’m in need And cannot see What I must accept

I remember that day very clearly You jumped into my arms And all I saw was your eyes Staring at me And how I wished that it wouldn’t end In that moment longing to spend The rest of my life with you Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Then I bided my time always thinking About the way that this could be My patience would be tested But I knew I would pass Tired of feeling like a ship lost at see Wondering what it was that you saw in me Thinking maybe I could be the man for you Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh When the time came I knew I was ready To give myself to you My life would be so different Gone from empty to full And oh, how I wanted that change I wanted my life rearranged I wanted to spend my time with you Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Now I spend most my time simply smiling And it feels so strange To know that I’ll be with you Till the end of my days And now I feel my life is complete No more time accepting defeat Living in the beauty that is you Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

The pressure keeps on building Escalation is the theme for now A broken cup that’s slowly spilling A barren field unfit to plow Reaction is the only action Words come out without a thought Division quickly gaining traction Ties that bind to be unwrought Logic cast into the gutter Occam’s razor going blunt Reason shamed when it’s uttered Passions pushing to the front The search is on for separation Lines are drawn into the sand Focus on the destination Ignore the fire being fanned Is the way to become Better than what we once were Everything coming undone We are our own saboteurs Stepping away from ourselves No telling who we are now The stories left on the shelves Decisions we must not allow. What was private now is public Living life caught in the web Population Atelophobic Reality begins to ebb Opinions gracing every headline Biased is as biased does Misinformation taken mainline Signing on to catch a buzz Distraction is the main attraction Focusing on what comes next Never gaining satisfaction Life of Riley growing vexed Machinations causing motion Sifting out authentic thought Faithless, speaking of devotion Reveling in what’s been wrought. Is the way to become Better than what we once were Everything coming undone We are our own saboteurs Stepping away from ourselves No telling who we are now The stories left on the shelves Decisions we must not allow. Is there a way to become Better than what we once were Accepting that what’s done is done Focused on what will occur Working on knowing ourselves So we can understand how The stories left on the shelves Determine the ones we tell now.

Something in the darkness lurks As Sadeas bleeds out on the floor A killer in Urithiru's halls Murder once and then once more Shallan can't find a point of view Stormblessed tries returning home The Blackthorn weds the one he loves As Bridge 4 breathes light from a broam Moash kills an ancient soul To Kohlinar he pulls a sled His life is spared but not returned Useless now without a friend A tool to be worked by the Fused A guilty mind that can be changed A life to give up, hope to lose A knife in hand for a man deranged The Blackthorn sees his past again The visions now his to control The Father of Storms accepts the Words But his memories are left unwhole A girl looked up and a killer ran Pattern chasing through the halls Darkness banished by the Light The Midnight Mother revealed to all We've been here for so long Unmade by the Golden Shard The warnings hidden in a Song Unknown to the ones we scarred We spark the Thrill and Revel on The future seen by dying men We mimic pain and copy death Telling lies and corrupting spren Parshmen freed across the land Stormblessed plays the slave once more The heretic back from the dead And Brightness Radiant is born Lumanor gets back his Song And Bridgemen fly across the Plains A man of honor stained with blood Ialai conceals her pain Moash seeks to shed his guilt He knows the siege is coming soon Parshmen not prepared to die While gluttons feast beneath the moon In Kohlinar revolution reigns An Ardent hanged before them all The Queen consumed by madness now Watching as her city falls Storblessed flies before the storm In the company of knights and kings Dalinar plays the diplomat But from his past a problem springs All in white Veil roams the streets Bringing food to those in need Kaladin stands on the wall Fighting as the city bleeds With light and sand Wit spins a tale Among the crowd a Knight he sees Shallan can't bare to face the truth A blinding light, a gentle breeze The king tries to reclaim his home Azure brings men from the wall Shallan must try to break the Heart Kohlinar about to fall Elhokar must say the words With son in hand he starts to speak Soldiers fighting for their lives From a sphere light starts to leak Moash sees revenge at hand Around him men and parshmen fight Stormblessed watches through his tears As Moash quickly kills the light In Urithiru leaders meet Dalinar tries to unite Deception plays a roll once more Memories still come to light Warned against the Oathgates use Shallan and company get lost A sea of beads, a blackened sun Into Shadesmar they have crossed We've been here for so long Brought to life by the minds of men a secret hidden in a song as Words are said we bond again Splinters of a ruined god Humans we no longer trust The Recreance was not forgot We will still do what we must The Listeners reduced to one Venli forced to tell the tale Once again Szeth rides the winds Death denied by the hand of Nale An ancient truth has been revealed The coalition starts to fall Broken oaths must be renewed Faith restored to one and all Blightwind blowing on the beach The Thrill returns to Alethi men A sea of Parshmen on the shore Odium returns again Dalinar won't yield his pain Memories that left a scar Odium forced to keep an oath Forever bound upon Roshar A Bondsmith now tThe Blackthorn stands The light of Honor shining bright Shallan gets lost within herself Along the shore, Stormblessed fights A drunken Heralds time has come Too late when he sees the knife Moash knows just what he's done Trades his soul for a Heralds life

It always hits me when I least expect it Spiraling down Upon myself And I can’t get away Just burn it down and watch the flames consume it all Then turn my back And leave the ashes where they lay The ends justify the means If the means Can justify themselves In the end But that’s just not the case No concern from me Why should I even care Just leave me alone Let me rule this place But for all the good I see I surely would’ve lit the match My friends, my family All the ones that I hold dear So much in this world Giving cause to celebrate Hold it all close Keep it all near I’ll fight for all I love For love is always worth the cost So much to defend From my other self Can’t let it slip Can’t let it get away Into the world I’ll fight until I overcome I’ll bite the bit that’s kept me held Try to ignore it but it grows inside My head Can’t separate it From reality Little lapse A sudden slip Is all it needs To rise up Corrupting everything I see I never know what happens next But in the end It’s all the same I find my self Staring at the wall What has happened here How did it go this far Leave me alone Let me keep control I won’t be giving in To my internal enemy This time I hold my ground Refuse to live my life in fear So much left to do So many chords that resonate Written on the staff For all you to hear Ill write down what I know Though what I knew is mostly lost So much to amend And put back on the shelf I can’t forget can’t let it Fall away into the void I’ll write until my song is done Ill right the ship and take the helm

The hourglass has been turned over Sands running fast As it’s sifting through What hasn’t killed us yet Just makes us stranger But when it comes Id rather be with you The midnight hour Is fast approaching No moving forward No going back So why don’t you Slide on over I’ll introduce you to my Good friend Jack So You might as well Come and have a drink with me Nothing we can do But watch the world burn down The fires burn All around us Through city streets Across the seas of green Praying and racing For a solution As long as there’s time For you to be with me The war machine Is waiting for orders Two armies left Us and them Nobodies seeing The simple solution But there’s room at the bar So let the fun begin So You might as well Come and have a drink with me Nothing we can do But watch the world burn down The tidal wave is rushing towards us It’s coming fast No where to run There is no escaping What’s set in motion So we might as well Just have some fun