Accidents July, 2179 lyrics

I cannot stand aside,
and let nightmares rule my life,
while the voices of my murdered friends
scream with empty lungs,
again & again.

And I refuse to live a quiet life,
while your greedy hands bury your fears
of consequence
beneath the weight of years

I cannot stand aside.

Exploit me,
discount me,
deny me.

But the teeth of the dragon inside me
will not define me.

The better world you strive to build on thin ice is not mine,
this is no better world.

Denial by directive,
abandoned by our mother's
callus heart.

May we burn
her new-found favored sons
and leave her broken & drifting
amongst the stars.


I wake
to fall asleep once more.
The uncaring hands of time,
have stolen the life from your vibrant eyes.

We wake
to sail our seas no more.
We will return tenfold
the sanguine cruelties
wrought by decades of frigid dreams.

To you, my friends, who would measure life
in pure examples set,
& in wrongs made right.

Resist.
hold your young hearts high.
Protect those you love with your life.

And to those who would exploit us
and profit from our shattered lives;
if now I must die,

then with my last breath,
one last time,
I will defy.