Defiant!

Take me instead, I'll stand in the middle

A martyr once said, hoping to deliver us

Take me instead, I'll stand in the middle

When the river runs red, hoping for deliverance

Defiant, I'll become the shelter 

In the hope that my death 

Gives more before oblivion

I'm hoping that the river runs dry yet

I am all of who I am

Wear the face of all I know I am

I am all of who I am

I the tested, I the broken stand

Take me instead, I'll stand unforgiven

When the river runs red

Hoping this delivers us

Defiant, I'll become the shelter 

In the hope that my death 

Gives more before oblivion

Hoping that the river runs dry yet

I am all of who I am

Wear the face of all I know I am

I am all of who I am

I the tested, I the broken stand

...On the inside

Born a slave here in denial

I am free now, I am just

Holding my own sacred line

I will keep on following

For the one who bears the eyes 

I conceived mine offered up 

I will brace, bleed and defy 

The moment that the river runs

I am all of who I am

Wear the face of all I know I am

Both the liar and the honest man

I the tested, I the broken stand

I'm hoping to deliver us

Hoping to deliver us

Hoping that the river runs dry

Hoping that the river runs dry

Hoping that the river runs dry

The Pull of Hidden Wires..

I couldn't hide my face to claim my innocence
I wouldn't have the sense to keep going on
Maybe I'm just too proud to stand in your defense
Still I feel the pull of hidden wires
I'm never gonna try, I lied
I dared to speak my mind
When all the old changes made before
Don't seem to change a thing at all
Are you real?  Are you real?

I wouldn't find my place with this poor disguise
Why can't I face myself without these lies?
I couldn't find my path without knowing it
I've been around every turn
I know what's left is right
I'll never let it die
I tried, I dared to free my mind
And all these same changes as before
Don't seem to change a thing at all
I'm never gonna try, I know 
That I won't go back
It started with a smile, I know
But it won't come back
This is real!

I should've seen it coming
Now I'm feeling nothing
I was taken far beneath the middle
I'm never gonna try, I know 
That I won't go back
It started with a smile, I know
But it won't come back
This is real!