The Stage
Avenged Sevenfold
Album • 2016
11 Tracks
Avenged Sevenfold
Album • 2016
So I arrived, naked and cold A welcome change from the abeyance of a ghost town catacomb No need for counsel I appreciate the time I'm not alone Why don't you get my lawyer on the phone There were days these child eyes Would overlook the ugliness and fantasize I found my heart for the first time and I awakened in me I left myself to navigate⦠and oh I felt control (It appears these sheep have quite an appetite) Who is the crowd that peers through the cage, As we perform here upon the stage? As the boy became a man In came a calm sophistication I can hardly understand So lost in ego, didn't notice when the time had slipped away (Yeah, everyone's got a sob story) Jesus Christ, was born to die Leave it to man to levitate his own to idolize We're simply sociopaths with no communication baby I see your angle but we differ from our points of view So tell me, what's your cross to bear? Who is the crowd that peers through the cage, As we perform here upon the stage? Tell me a lie in a beautiful way I believe in answers Just not today Hope my wheels don't abandon me now, seein' that I'm out here alone I'm runnin' out of fight And the wind speaks a comforting voice, guiding me to her arms Mother, I'm alright It took the birth of sin to snake-rattle the mind Before a blow to the head by the gavel of time to wake up Won't you wake up? When did the walking apes decide that nuclear war Was the only solution for them keeping the score? Just wake up Can't you wake up? (You do know this is just a simulation, don't you?) Who is the crowd that peers through the cage, As we perform here upon the stage? Tell me a lie in a beautiful way I believe in answers Just not today
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
You've been breakin' down for far too long Far too many moons since you felt well and strong You see, you could say goodbye but you don't have to die Not ever... Engineer the wires to your brain. Architect a code so you won't feel the pain With your family by your side and vigor in your eyes forever... Live forever I'm way up, a god in size, beyond the reach of mortals I shed my human side Father, O' Father, I stare at my reflection Have I lost that boy inside? Final paradigm What's it really mean to be a man? Think about your answer but please understand While it's natural to fear I'll make a disappear forever I forever I'm way up, a god in size, beyond the reach of mortals I shed my human side Father, O' Father, I stare at my reflection Have I lost that boy inside? Final paradigm Singular I am I have to question if these thoughts are mine To live forever but did something in me die? I'm clawing my skin but I can't feel it inside I know the agony of pain would hurt so much better I'm way up so far up Have I lost myself tonight? Father, O' Father Have you lost that boy you used to know?
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
We've been through hell. Sewn up our eyes Found fuel in meds. Viewed through the narrow Encouraged fear when so inclined Bought peace through wars that doomed our children to die Ego is sure to fix the world. Served up to happy boys and girls. I'd make a decision if granted the privilege but I'm afraid my taste is unrefined. And no one likes cheap wine. When the clouds kiss your eye, Shadows stain on the high-rise Raise your thumb to the sky Fossilize You own the burg. We sleep in streets You dine then waste, we forage to eat. Well who pays the tab when you cross the line? Who writes the check? Who's herding the swine? Just takes a fence to rule the roost. As long as the scale has been reduced. How can we see outside of the pen when survival has possession of our minds? Calmly walk the line When the clouds kiss your eye Shadows stain on the high-rise Raise your thumb to the sky Fossilize All good things come with time When you know then you'll know Such a marvelous find in an illusion (Vlader Lauder sat in sorrow For all his teeth had gone He drank sweet rum while fingering his gun And eyeballed a feast Not one bite he could eat Somebody cut of his head) Dear radiation my sweet friend Let agents dance upon my nerves Let sunlight glow under my skin Let toxins seep into my soul When the clouds kiss your eye Shadows stain on the high-rise Raise your thumb to the sky Fossilize All good things come with time When you know then you'll know Such a marvelous time I will find in an illusion It's an illusion
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
Hey â can't you see we're tripping on the wire Waltzing through the candy land of our desires Press the magic button and behold the world you crave But where's the fun in freedom when it renders you a slave? Pledge allegiance, no flag, god nation, goddamned The devil dances with the scorned And how the fire keeps us warm Hey â it goes beyond big brother in the sky Beyond the threat of martial law, no Horus eye No one came to cuff you they just handed you the chains Blind follow the blind and now the one-eyed man is king Pledge allegiance, no flag, god nation, goddamned The devil dances with the scorned And how the fire keeps us warm Tunnel vision, no man, damn nation, god damn Can't see the forest for the trees Can't heal the wound before we bleed No form of payment, no of of gold, will satisfy the debt of what's he's owed. Spilling from the houses in a trance the children lined up on the road Cursing at the piper as he lured your kids away and let them to the river for what was their final day No need for conviction on this pipe he played a song to fool them all Fooled them all Pledge allegiance, no flag, god nation, goddamned The devil dances with the scorned And how the fire keeps us Tunnel vision, no man, damn nation, god damn Can't see the forest for the trees Can't heal the wound before we bleed
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
Standing in the shade of altruism, answering the call Came a modern messiah to save us all Something far beyond a work of fiction, Positronic brain A world that's void of all the anguish and suffering, pain Better tame your convictions before you go and open the cage We're creating god, master of our designs We're creating god, unsure of what we'll find Never held a high regard for Darwin, selection takes too long A little kick in the pool shouldn't do us wrong Devouring the very last invention man would ever need But exponential growth is a frightening thing, indeed Sweet bohemian jury rounded up and hung in the streets Were creating god, master of our designs Were creating god, unsure of what we'll find Sometimes when I look to the sky I have to wonder are we "summoning the demon" you and I? Have you noticed that I'm needin' it more now, more than it needs me Got a couple of billion that seem to agree Surfing in an artificial dimension, but we're not alone Now the master has become just a steppingstone, oh Like a blow to the ego the bitter pills are harder to take We're creating god, master of our designs We're creating god, unsure of what we'll find We're creating god, in search of the divine We're creating god, committing suicide
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
Took me years to make my motives clear And the days have not been kind Once a steady gaze and charming smile Has me buried in the lines, I find I walk in the noise, quiet employs And the darkness seems to know just where I am Mother wash the devil from my hands Pray the lord I have the strength to stand Mother, tell me was it all a lie? Show me where the angels die There are words that never found my lips There are words I'd soon forget Thought the trick was never to look back But it seems I've lost my grip, I slip The faster we run now, the closer the gun now And somehow all the bullets bear my name Mother wash the devil from my hands Pray the lord I have the strength to stand Mother, tell me was it all a lie? Show me where the angels die Took the road but should have chased the stars Now I've lost my own way home Had a photo of the time we shared But I burned it longed ago, I know I struck all the matches stuck in the ashes Forgive me, won't you simply speak my name Mother wash the devil from my hands Pray the lord I have the strength to stand Mother, tell me was it all a lie? Show me where the angels die
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
It seems I should have walked away Reverse the wager I've no means to pay Toto has pulled back the green tonight, in sight And blue pills coat with such disdain I've worn the shades for so long That I've forgotten how to see The curtain rises but who dares to pull the strings I've questioned all the voices in my head Are they mine of have I have misled? Total understanding don't seem to mean a thing When you can't see behind the silver screen, a figurine Can't you hear me scream? By the way of cosmic rays A subtle breakdown jarred the code display A simulation as I can tell, our cell Playing out a hopeless scene We stand to lose all our charm And faith just seems to wane A billion years can seem a stunningly short time I've questioned all the voices in my head Are they mine of have I been misled? Total understanding don't seem to mean a thing When you can't see beyond the silver screen, a figurine Can't you hear me scream? Posturing the way I feel Is truth only what we believe is real? Marvel the sketches that paint the night, starlight And take a breath before it's all erased away
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
Freed of the world Shed of the weight Onward to see you my friend Light years above (take me higher) Time seems to wait (take me higher) Promise to see you again It haunts to remember All the memories of that day Pre-flight demonstration Led to desperate voices fueled by flames Now I'm out here waitin' Hoping you would send a sign Came a million miles And the earth grows small as I lovingly leave it behind Freed of the world Shed of the weight Onward to see you my friend We seem to have found it All the hope we've been denied There's more then we've been told Had to find it on the other side Now I must be dreaming Face against the frozen glass But there's no return now And the blazing worlds salute As we go flying past Freed of the world Shed of the weight Onward to see you my friend Light years above (take me higher) Time seems to wait (take me higher) Promise to see you again Meet you in the stars tonight There you find me drifting in the ether within the lull.
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
As the embers rose through the Roman sky Tell me were you calm when they took your life Just before you go, tell us how the heavens flow Weightless evermore, as you walk beyond that door Shine forever true Shared with us the world well before your time Through they took your voice words forever shine Just before you go, tell us how the heavens flow Weightless evermore, as you walk beyond that door Shine forever true As they spoke your fate a fearless man replied "As you will sentence me, your fear is beyond mine" Just before you go, tell us how the heavens flow Weightless evermore, as you walk beyond that door Shine forever true
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
Lights paint the windows in the sky The past is sewn In pursuit our spirit shown But for now there's no one home Heaven works on borrowed time (walk alone) Empty pages burn forever mine (walk alone) Masquerade us upon high (walk alone) All we are is ll we've left behind My sweet Medusa, reflect the empty in our being Snakes born of fire conjure the demon in our dreams In void we illustrate our lives Emerge in small Heed the sign meant to evolve To the end we send the call Heaven works on borrowed time (walk alone) Empty pages burn forever mine (walk alone) Masquerade us upon high (walk alone) All we are is all we've left behind Where children shiver in the cold The sun will shine Just a touch to heal the blind In ourselves we hope to find Heaven works on borrowed time (walk alone) Empty pages burn forever mine (walk alone) Masquerade us upon high (walk alone) All we are is all we've left behind Alone
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
Our truth is painted across the sky In our reflection we learn to fly No hand to hold us No one to save us from tomorrow Sailing away, beyond the reach of anyone Far beyond the dreams of everyone No lights to follow A shot in the dark Does anybody know? Sailing away, beyond the reach of anyone Far beyond the dreams of everyone High from the heavens I can't see the pain Does anybody care? Think for a moment of all the lives Stripped of their essence before their time We stand to conquer But is there nothing left tomorrow? Sailing away, beyond the reach of everyone Far beyond the dreams of everyone No light to follow A shot in the dark Does anybody know? Sailing away, beyond the reach of anyone Far beyond the dreams of everyone High from the heavens I can't see the pain Does anybody care?
Submitted by Morgoth — Dec 15, 2025
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