AVENGED SEVENFOLD CRITICAL ACCLAIM

Shhh… quiet you might piss somebody off
Like me motherfucker you've been at it for too long
While you feed off others' insecurities
You stand in front of me and bite the hand that feeds

Self-righteousness is wearing thin
(Lies inside your head, your best friend)
I'll bleed but not for fellow men
(Broken glass, your fake reflection)

Telling them it's all for something real
Don't respect the words you're speaking
Gone too far
Acclaim

So how does it feel to know that someone's kid
in the heart of America has blood on their hands
fighting to defend your rights
so you can maintain a lifestyle
that insults his family's existence
Well, where I come from we have a special
salute waved high in the air
to all those pompous assholes
who spend their days pointing fingers
(Fuck You)

Shhh… quiet you might piss somebody off
Like the heartbeat of this country when antagonized too long
I'll be damned if you count me in as part of your generous hypocrisy
collected and amazed

Tabloid gossip we want less real
(There's no need for us to bury you)
Selfish agenda once again
(Right this way you've dug your own grave)

Telling them it's all for something real
Don't respect the words you're speaking
Gone too far
Acclaim

All the way from the east to the west we've
got this high society
looking down on their very foundation
constantly reminding us that our actions
are the cause of all their problems
Pointing their fingers in every
direction and blaming their
own nation for who wins elections
They've never contributed a fucking thing to the
country they love to criticize

Excuse the obscene, ignore the untrue
Depictions we see try and get through
Admitting mistakes can hurt
I'm not the last but I sure ain't the first

Shhh… quiet you might piss somebody off

Self-righteousness is wearing thin
(Lies inside your head your best friend)
Heart bleeds but not for fellow men
(Broken glass your fake reflection)

Telling them it's all for something real
Don't respect the words you're speaking
Gone too far
Acclaim

Avenged Sevenfold BAT COUNTRY

He who makes a beast out of himself
Gets rid of the pain of being a man

Caught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stay.

I tried to drive all through the night,
The heat stroke ridden weather,
the barren empty sights.
No oasis here to see,
the sand is singing deathless words to me.

Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).
Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.
My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).
No one can save me
and you know I don't want the attention.

As I adjust to my new sights the rarely tired lights
will take me to new heights.
My hand is on the trigger I'm ready to ignite.
Tomorrow might not make it but everything's all right.
Mental fiction follows me;
show me what it's like to be set free.

Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).
Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.
My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).
No one can save me and you know
I don't want the attention.

So sorry you're not here
I've been sane too long my vision's so unclear.
Now take a trip with me
but don't be surprised
when things aren't what they seem.

Caught here in a fiery blaze,
won't lose my will to stay.
These eyes won't see the same,
after I flip today.

Sometimes I don't know
why we'd rather live than die,
We look up towards the sky
for answers to our lives.
We may get some solutions
but more just pass us by,
Don't want your absolution
cause I can't make it right.
I'll make a beast out of myself,
gets rid of all the pain of being a man.

Can't you help me
as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).
Too many doses
and I'm starting to get an attraction.
My confidence is leaving me
on my own (all alone).
No one can save me and you know
I don't want the attention.

So sorry you're not here
I've been sane too long my vision's so unclear.
Now take a trip with me
but don't be surprised
when things aren't what they seem.
I've known it from the start all these good ideas
will tear your brain apart.
Scared but you can follow me
I'm too weird to live but much too rare to die.

AVENGED SEVENFOLD AFTERLIFE

Avenged Sevenfold M.I.A.

Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun will never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings cant be right,
lend me your courage to stand up and fight, on tonight.
oooo....
Stand up and fight.

Now fighting rages on and on, to challenge me you must be strong.
I'll walk your land but don't be long,
two million soldiers cant be wrong.

Its no fun but I've been here before.
I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war.
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
Some are scared others killing for fun,
I shot a mother in front of her son.
(Change this from my consciousness and please erase my dreams)

Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to god that our side is right.
You know we won but still we lose,
until I make it home to you.
I see your mother still in tears we grew up
so fast where did those years go.
Memories wont let you cry unless I don't return tonight.
So many soldiers on the other side,
I take their live so they can't take mine.
(Scared to make it out alive now murders all I know.)
Nobody tells me all the reasons were here,
I am a weapon so there's nothing to fear.
(Another day another life but nothing real to show for.)

Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to god that our side is right.
You know we won but still we lose,
until I make it home to you.
I see your mother still in tears we grew up
so fast where did those years go.
Memories wont let you cry unless I don't return tonight.

Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun will never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings cant be right,
lend me your courage to stand up and fight.

Watching the death toll rise wondering how I'm alive.
Strangers blood on my hands, showed all I can.
There were no sunny nights watching your brothers all die
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me.
(No thought of me)
No thought of me.

Ohhhhh.....

We'll walk the city lonely, memories that are not passing by.
A murderer walks your streets tonight.
Forgive me for my crimes.
Don't forget that I was so young, but so scared.
In the name of God and Country.

Avenged Sevenfold AFTERLIFE

Like walking into a dream, so unlike what you’ve seen
so unsure but it seems, ’cause we’ve been waiting for you
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
of your afterlife here so stay, you’ll be back here soon anyway
I see a distant light, but girl this can’t be right
Such a surreal place to see so how did this come to be
Arrived too early
And when I think of all the places I just don’t belong
I’ve come to grips with life and realize this is going too far
I don’t belong here, we gotta move on dear escape from this afterlife
’Cause this time I’m right to move on and on, far away from here
A place of hope and no pain, perfect skies with no rain
Can leave this place but refrain, ’cause we’ve been waiting for you
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
of your afterlife here so stay, you’ll be back here soon anyway
This peace on earth’s not right (with my back against the wall)
No pain or sign of time (I’m much too young to fall)
So out of place don’t wanna stay, I feel wrong and that’s my sign
I’ve made up my mind
Give me your hand but realize I just wanna say goodbye
Please understand I have to leave and carry on my own life
I don’t belong here, I gotta move on dear escape from this afterlife
’Cause this time I’m right to move on and on, far away from here
Got nothing against you and surely I’ll miss you
This place full of peace and light, and I’d hope you might
take me back inside when the time is right
Loved ones back home all crying ’cause they’re already missing me
I pray by the grace of God that there’s somebody listening
Give me a chance to be that person I wanna be
(I am unbroken; I’m choking on this ecstasy)
Oh Lord I’ll try so hard but you gotta let go of me
(Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live)
I don’t belong here, I gotta move on dear escape from this afterlife
’Cause this time I’m right to move on and on, far away from here
Got nothing against you and surely I’ll miss you
This place full of peace and light, and I’d hope you might
take me back inside when the time is right