Asking Alexandria
Album • 2020
You can't say I didn't try If I'm honest, I probably gave a little too much Been on the edge for a while 'Cause I promised that I would be, yeah You can say I wasn't good enough But you know that that doesn't change what really happened here That I have grown into someone you never thought I could Someone who could walk away from it all Someone who could stand alone and be alright 'Cause I don't need you to tell me who I am or what I'm meant to be I don't need you to make up my mind There's so much I wanted to say but I can't find the words Good to hear you're doing fine If I'm honest, I think about you all the time But we left us behind To find out what we could be Yeah, you brought out the worst of me So I know if I stay, then we would both drown But now I've grown into someone you never thought I could Someone who could walk away from it all Someone who could stand alone and be alright 'Cause I don't need you to tell me who I am or what I'm meant to be I don't need you to make up my mind There's so much I wanted to say, but I can't find the words to I don't need you, I don't need you After all's said and done, I know I'm gonna get through this Rebuild the bridges I've burned down and find the light in the darkness After all's said and done, I know I'm gonna get through this I'll find the light in the darkness, in the darkness I don't need you to tell me who I am or what I'm meant to be I don't need you to make up my mind, my mind There's so much I wanted to say, but I can't find the words to There's so much I wanted to say, but I can't find the words I don't need you, no, no, oh I don't need you, no more, no more
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026
Allow me your attention Won't you lend me your ear for a moment? I know there's been a lot of tension But I feel compelled to explain myself I don't mean to offend you, but you're out of your mind If you think I give a fuck about you taking sides At the end of the day when you break it down I'm nothing like you I'm nothing like you, like you I can fly, and you're gonna fall face down while I inspire greatness As long as I'm alive, I'll fight, and you'll be stuck in the shadows of The heights of my greatness I've been hearing lots of whispers Stories sold by a shadow of a memory Pointing fingers from a distance I've tried, but I can't just ignore it With all due respect, yeah, you're out of your mind If you think I give a fuck about your reasons why This ain't gonna end how you wanted it to I'm nothing like you I'm nothing like you, like you I can fly, and you're gonna fall face down while I inspire greatness As long as I'm alive, I'll fight, and you'll be stuck in the shadows of The heights of my greatness I dedicate my life consumed in search for something more inside of me Incessantly, obsessively determined to define my legacy I dedicate my life consumed in search for something more inside of me Incessantly, obsessively determined to define my legacy I can fly, and you're gonna fall face down while I inspire greatness As long as I'm alive, I'll fight, and you'll be stuck in the shadows of The heights of my greatness I can fly, and you're gonna fall face down while I inspire greatness So long as I'm alive, I'll fight, and you'll be stuck in the shadows of The heights of my greatness
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026
(So take your time, I wanna cross some lines) (So take your time, I wanna cross some lines) (So take your time, I wanna cross some lines) (So take your time, I wanna cross some lines) (So take your time) You, you Come with me, I can give you anything you want Everything you've ever dreamed of, I can give you the world (I can give you the world) Lean on in, let me tell you that you're beautiful The only one I see in the room, I wanna taste your skin (I wanna taste your skin) Take your time, I wanna cross some lines, I want you, you Pull me in, I feel alive when I'm with you, you Can't deny there's something in the way that you move, move Skin on skin, body shaking, dripping ecstasy Burning daylight underneath the sheets, breathing out, breathing in (Breathing out, breathing in) Take my life, give me passage to a higher place With a fruit that bears the sweetest taste and let me stay there forever (And let me stay there forever) (Hey) Take your time, I wanna cross some lines, I want you, you Pull me in, I feel alive when I'm with you, you Can't deny there's something in the way that you move, move Hot sweat, love drip, heartbeat Body's shaking, I want it to last forever Lip bite, all night, this might Be nirvana, all I want is everything So take your time, I wanna cross some lines, I want you, you Pull me in, I feel alive when I'm with you, you Can't deny there's something in the way that you move, move (So take your time, I wanna cross some lines) (Hey) (So take your time, I wanna cross some lines) (So take your time, I wanna cross some lines) (So take your time, I wanna you, you)
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026
One step, two steps back Three breaths before I snap Three minutes of holding on Two turns to one This can't wait until another day And I'm not settling for second place I got a legacy to build And you're standing in my way I'm an animal, yeah, I'm an animal If you let me out the cage, it won't be long until you find out why, why, why I'm an animal, yeah, I'm an animal If you dare to play the game, it won't be long until you find out why, why, why I'm an animal One step, two steps back Three ways, you forced attack Three prayers to save your soul One turns to none This can't wait until another day And I'm not settling for second place I got a legacy to build And you're standing in my way I'm an animal, yeah, I'm an animal If you let me out the cage, it won't be long until you find out why, why, why I'm an animal, yeah, I'm an animal If you dare to play the game, it won't be long until you find out why, why, why I'm an animal I'm an animal, yeah, I'm an animal If you let me out the cage, it won't be long until you find out why, why, why I'm an animal, yeah, I'm an animal If you dare to play the game, it won't be long until you find out why I'm an animal
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026
Can I tell you a secret? I've been trying for a while, but I don't feel it no more Can I be all out of faith and still be a believer? I wanna be a believer, all I want is a reason Just one, it don't need to be major Something to make me feel like our time ain't wasted 'Cause I don't need that shit, no, I don't need that shit No, it ain't me, there's something wrong with you And I don't wanna talk about it No, it's done, it's been real, but it ain't been real fun So long, I'm long gone I thought you were different That you were nothing like the idiots always around us That you had a sane head on your shoulders Now they're all saying "I told you" And we're at a crossroad I wish this could be more than a once was That you didn't need to feed off problems 'Cause I don't need that shit, no, I don't need that shit No, it ain't me, there's something wrong with you And I don't wanna talk about it No, it's done, it's been real, but it ain't been real fun So long, I'm long gone Yeah, I hate to say it But someone really needs to We both saw this coming There's no sense in keeping on, in keeping on, I'm moving on All I need is a reason Just one fucking reason All I need is a reason Just one fucking reason All I need is a reason Just one fucking reason It ain't me, there's something wrong with you And I don't wanna talk about it No, it's done, it's been real, but it ain't been real fun So long, I'm long gone Yeah, I hate to say it But someone really needs to We both saw this coming There's no sense in keeping on, in keeping on, I'm moving on
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Feb 20, 2026
I'm sick of tryna be something that I'm never gonna be Tryna fit in a mold that wasn't meant for me I just wanna be free to let my mind do its thing Without the world weighing in on where my heart should've been And who I'm supposed to be And so I draw the line In the sand, my line Here's to starting over Here's to no compromise, yeah Get up or get out of my way Here's to starting over I'd always sworn that I'd fight to find my own way through, yeah But the past has a way of coming back for you, oh, oh I'm just trying to do what I was put here to do Without the world all assuming, oh, what it is that I do And so I draw the line In the sand, my line Here's to starting over Here's to no compromise, yeah Get up or get out of my way Here's to starting over I'd rather fail as me than succeed as someone else There's a world of opportunity for someone like me I don't need you to choose my direction I'll pave my own way, I can make my own mistakes No matter what it takes or what it means for in the days to come Here's to starting over Here's to no compromise, yeah Get up or get out of my way Here's to starting over
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Feb 20, 2026
Sometimes I think about the old days, remember where we came from Reflect on what it took for us to make it this far From dreaming in a parking lot, wasting away To seas of faces, social status, and a sense of victory in my heart Don't blink, you'll miss what's coming next Can you feel it in your chest? It's gonna be beautiful Say what you want about us, when's it ever slowed us down? With a little bit of faith, a lot of patience We turned this could-be into something amazing And I know what's gonna be We had a lot of dreams, a little bit of godsend Never could've dreamed where life would take us back then And I know what's gonna be Sometimes I think about the future, imagine how it's gonna feel To picture everything we've dreamed of coming to pass Got high ambitions and we're gonna be forever chasing destiny Manifesting more than we could ever conceive Don't blink, you'll miss what's coming next Can you feel it in your chest? It's gonna be beautiful Say what you want about us, when's it ever slowed us down? With a little bit of faith, a lot of patience We turned this could-be into something amazing And I know what's gonna be We had a lot of dreams, a little bit of godsend Never could've dreamed where life would take us back then And I know what's gonna be Well, the time's come to lay it all on the line and grow Into something more than we had ever seen We've waited all our lives for this day to come For it to all to pay off and become the sum of what we have worked to be With a little bit of faith, a lot of patience We turned this could-be into something amazing And I know what's gonna be We had a lot of dreams, a little bit of godsend Never could've dreamed where life would take us back then And I know what's gonna be And I know what's gonna be And I know what's gonna be, what's gonna be
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Feb 20, 2026
I wasted so much time on wasting time Made a million excuses, told myself I'm above it Now there's symphony where there used to be Nothing but silence, and I'm never gonna give you up (Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up) (Give you up, give you, give you, never gonna give you up) (Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up) (Give you up) I never saw it coming Exactly what I said I never wanted I'm so used to running But something caught me in the headlights that night Now I'm stuck, can't move, don't want to, so here I'll stay With a blinking of an eye, I felt my whole life change I wasted so much time on wasting time Made a million excuses, told myself I'm above it Now there's symphony where there used to be Nothing but silence, and I'm never gonna give you up (Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up) (Give you up, give you, give you, never gonna give you up) (Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up) (Give you up) It's got my colors showing Despite me always tryna keep them in I'm so used to knowing Who I am, but with you, it's like I'm someone new And I'm stuck, can't move, don't want to, so here I am In a strange new place that I'd never imagined I wasted so much time on wasting time Made a million excuses, told myself I'm above it Now there's symphony where there used to be Nothing but silence, and I'm never gonna give you up (Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up) (Give you up, give you, give you, never gonna give you up) (Give you up, give you up, gi-gi-give you up) (Give you up) In my darkest of days I've got a light now to show me the way It's like I've found my place And the world doesn't feel the same I wasted so much time on wasting time Made a million excuses, told myself I'm above it Now there's symphony where there used to be Nothing but silence I wasted so much time on wasting time Made a million excuses, told myself I'm above it Now there's symphony where there used to be Nothing but silence, and I'm never gonna give you up I'm never gonna give you up I'm never gonna give you up I'm never gonna give you up
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Feb 20, 2026
I felt like a monster in a church Tryna hide from the pain I bring My visceral urges, getting worse Looking for a sign somewhere I missed Because the hole deep within me kept growing and poisoning my blood Then in that moment alone in the dirt, I understood That every time I close my eyes, I'm overwhelmed by Visions of something that's bigger than Moving mountains, parting oceans And I've got the whole world in front of me I'll be a giant, I am defiant, it's in my blood I wasn't a monster, this ain't a church You can't trust the blind to keep you clean I saw my future from a hearse That wasn't the life meant for me Because the hole deep within me kept growing and poisoning my blood Then in that moment alone in the dirt, I understood That every time I close my eyes, I'm overwhelmed by Visions of something that's bigger than Moving mountains, parting oceans And I've got the whole world in front of me I'll be a giant, I am defiant, it's in my blood I'm not stuck inside this place The only thing that's keeping me here are the walls that I built myself I've got a dream to chase So I'm not wasting a moment, tryna hold on to nothing 'Cause every time I close my eyes, I'm overwhelmed by Visions of something much bigger than Moving mountains, parting oceans And I've got the whole world in front of me I'll be a giant, I am defiant, it's in my blood
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Feb 20, 2026
I'm not an addict, I just sometimes fucking hate myself (I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore) I'm not a victim, I'm not lonely, and I'm doing well for myself (I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore) I drive a sports car, got a couple houses, fly first class (I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore) So why when I wake up and see my reflection does it make me sick? One, two, three, four I don't care anymore, I've got a sickness in my soul I'm on my shit again I find it kinda funny being out of control Feed me Lorazepam My wife, she loves me, I've got friends who'd jump in front of a train (I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore) But every waking minute, I'm tormented by my fucked-up brain (I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore) Folks pay to meet me, take a photo, tell me I should smile (I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore) But all I wanna do is take a match and set this whole place on fire I don't care anymore, I've got a sickness in my soul I'm on my shit again I find it kinda funny being out of control Feed me Lorazepam My parents sometimes try to reach me, but I never respond (I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore) Not really sure why I'm still pissed off, but it's part of my brand now (I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore) I've got no reason to, so tell me why I feel like shit (I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care, yeah, I don't care anymore) Lucky for me, I'm pretty good at acting like I've got a hold on this One, two, three, four I don't care anymore, I've got a sickness in my soul I'm on my shit again I find it kinda funny being out of control Feed me Lorazepam I'm not an addict, I just sometimes fucking hate myself Every waking minute, I'm tormented by my fucked-up brain I've got no reason to, so tell me why I feel like shit All due offense, I don't feel bad if I push you away
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Feb 20, 2026
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