Future Orphans Lyrics & Tracklist by American Standards

I’ve been killing time Yeah, I’ve been killing time Been watching the world go by Since 1985 Shed my skin Just to find myself again These old bones Spawn more and more, more and more ghosts More and more, more and more ghosts Jump from ship to ship To sink before I swim I will sink before I swim Headstones for the versions Of someone I no longer know I will rage against the dying light No, I will not go gently I will not go gently into that goodnight Forgotten but not gone We are all just Future Orphans I’ve been killing time Yеah, I’ve been killing time Been watching the world go by Sincе 1985

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Feb 27, 2026

Bring me the heads Of the kings of your scene And melt their crowns They don’t mean anything Self absorbed Fame hungry Pieces of shit Chasing the carrot Right off of a cliff Narcissistic Its narcissistic If nothing is sacred And all can be bought If nothing is sacred Then crawl through the mud When the locust descend On the fields of original thought They have salted the earth And new growth must emerge through the rot Parasitic It’s Parasitic Our hearts beat for shallow needs Like social validation Building plastic monuments Therе’s no legacy immune to decay Thеre’s no legacy Because times a theif that tears it away It tears it away Give me the blackout Give me the disconnect We need a restart Let’s start a new trend If you can’t be used You’re useless And if you shine too bright You’ll be drained of your energy If you can’t be used You’re useless And if you shine too bright You’ll be drained of your energy Let them see There is nothing more than now Blackened lungs From the smoke that they’re blowing out Couldn’t keep An illusion so sharply dressed So let the see Now is all we have left

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Feb 27, 2026

And we find ourselves Led by invisible hands The gears are turning And we’re churning To meet their demands I’ve learned that the art of decay Is to keep dragging these anchor to the grave My debts already been paid, I Inhale smoke to find the flame I’m plagued by familiar aches And it’s sick, sick, sick It’s making me sick Trace the lines to past mistakes and Inhale smoke to find the flame No, I’m so tired but I can’t seem to sleep Ah, go to work Pay your taxes Take your pills There must be something more than this There must be something more than this Tell me there is more Because I’ve been working 9 to 5 Left my soul right at the door I once thought that I was an innocent man We’ve all got blood on our hands I found I break before I bend I can’t go back there again We can be the relics of an outdated and flawed design Eyes adjust to the dark A hand that has been gnawed on by the unrelenting embrace of time Eyes adjust to the dark Radios without dials oh we are receivers Eyes adjust to the dark Sold our time just to survive and now we’re all deathbed believers Eyes adjust to the dark There must be something more than this Tell me there is more Because I’ve been working 9 to 5 Left my soul right at the door I once thought that I was an innocent man We’ve all got blood on our hands I found I break before I bend I can’t go back there again We are all just passersby In the race against the tide I’ve been running my whole life With nothing to show Ah, go to work Pay your taxes Take your pills Please tell me There must be Something more

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Feb 27, 2026

Stand still for the camera It goes 1, 2, 3 smile And in a flash It couldn’t last With hearts buried in the past Blank stares The death of every party Is knowing it has to end But we can pretend Just keep on dancing Yes, we can pretend But I can’t defend Blank stares Oh I’m feeling numb Were we oblivious Or were we just dumb Bellies full from the hunt Now we’re motionless We’re sitting ducks Bellies full from the hunt Now we’re motionlеss We’re sitting ducks Decеption was the fashion That you wore so fucking well Silence is now Our native tongue Silence is now us It’s all fun and games Until someone gets hurt Watch out It’s all fun and games Until it puts you in the dirt You’re in for quite the surprise They’re all listening now And they have millions of eyes They’re on you You can try to hide like I tried To be impossible to find But you can never disappear And you can never buy more time They’re close behind, they’re close behind, they’re close behind I feel their eyes, I feel they’re eyes Were wasting time Just keep on breathing Just keep on moving Just keep on thriving Keep keeping on It’ll all be over soon