Lacuna Coil
Shallow Life
1. Survive
Sometimes I feel alone in a million crowd
An outsider wandering alone without
Any words to say
They can't explain
The desire to overcome the pain
Feel the breath that's always getting away from me
Am I dreaming it all?
I will never be afraid
I'll survive in this nothing, leading nowhere.
I survive, feeling strong for how much longer?
I'll survive in this nothing leading nowhere
I survive
A voice inside of me
That keeps on teasing
As sweet as like a whisper from the lips of pain
And so many steps that I can't make
I can't take the chance, release the brake
And the breath just keeps on getting away
Am I dreaming it all?
I will never be afraid
I'll survive in this nothing, leading nowhere.
I survive, feeling strong for how much longer?
I'll survive in this nothing leading nowhere
I survive
2. I Won't Tell You
I cannot tell you you're falling apart
Open your eyes if you wanna survive
I want to tell you your love is a lie
But I won't tell you, I won't tell you.
I can't leave this, I am fine inside it
I don't feel bliss and I just keep hiding
I've been burnt so badly but I still play with fire
Sometimes naked truth is what I don't believe in
I cannot tell you you're falling apart
Open your eyes if you wanna survive
I want to tell you your love is a lie
But I won't tell you, I won't tell you
I cannot get so deep into this now
I can't admit that I know what I know and
I want to tell you your love is a lie
I won't tell you, I won't tell you
It's hard to hear through the static again
It's never clear until the rush of pain
I'll never tell you I'm living a lie
In this confusion I feel alive
I've been burnt so bad but I still play with fire
Sometimes naked truth is what I can't believe in
Don't ever tell me I'm falling apart
Don't ever tell me I will not survive
Sometimes naked truth is what I can't believe in
Don't ever tell me I'm falling apart
Don't ever tell me I will not survive
Don't ever tell me this love is a lie
Cause I'm the lie, I'm the liar
3. Not Enough
I don't want to be saved,
I want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back
Come back, come back
I don't want to be saved,
I want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back
I thought it was too late
I thought you disappeared
It's been a while since I believed in you
I used to have the strength
I used to just walk away
But now that I see you
It's not enough, it's not enough
I don't want to be saved,
I want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back
I'm falling once again, I'm following the way
Nothing changed since I believed in you
I knew that it would come,
I thought that I'd be afraid
But now that I have you
It's not enough, it's not enough
I don't want to be saved,
I want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back
Forgotten fears
I'd throw away all the caution out unto the wind
My soul is thirsty, and I'm still dreaming of you
Get out of my mind
Come back (Get out of my mind),
Come back (Get out of my mind)
I don't want to be saved,
I want to go down with you
Together we will find a way to come back
I don't want to be saved,
I want to give into you
Together we will find a way to come back
4. I'm Not Afraid
Watch your back
Because I am coming closer
Shivers down your spine
You were not expecting me
How does it feel to be faced in your territory?
Are you afraid to see me here?
I'm not afraid
To take my time, to live my life
The way I want to
I'm not afraid
To take you down and live my life as I want to
I'm not afraid
Closer but apart
No one else can hear us
Get out of the car
Did you want to leave without me?
How does it feel to be faced in your territory?
Are you afraid to see me here?
5. I Like It
Everything is different today
I like it, like it
I feel different today
I like it, like it
I'm not gonna be in your parade
Cause I don't like it
You think I'm a dirty little game
You think I like it
You made up this fantasy with me
But I don't like it.
I want you to get away from me
That's how I like it
How do you like it?
Today I'm gonna fly
There's nothing that can keep me on the ground
Touch the sky
I'm free inside.
You think you're the master, I'm the slave
You think I like it
You don't even know me anyway
That's how I like it.
I'm getting ready to move on
But you don't like it
You can kiss your fairy tale away
I like it, like it
How do you like it
I'm free to do what I like
I'm celebrating my life
I'm free to be what I like
I'm celebrating my life
I'm gonna get what I like
I'm gonna celebrate 'till I die
I'm celebrating my life.
6. Underdog
You are going down
Down
At the bottom I have found
I cannot wait to get back in the fight
And send you straight to the ground
Hide and seek
When I'm on the ropes
You wanna knock me down, knock me down
Your cheap shots are denied
You're going down
You can't kill my soul and kill me dream
Back down
Now
You will understand me now
You don't want to come back to the fight
I've been the underdog all my life
I can feel it
I will not stop until I see you down
On the ground
Cause I am still alive
7. The Pain
I wake up to a smoking gun
The evidence in your head
There's no proof of guilt or innocence
I'm finished with you taking me through
A line of questioning that feeds you
I must confess I'm here to kill the pain
To kill the pain
What can I do?
How hard I fight
No matter how
How long I've tried
The sword of justice in my hand
You cut me down, sharp like a blade
You make me want to never trust again
I'm finished with you dragging me through
More lies and deceit that feeds you
I must confess I'm here to kill the pain
Doesn't matter, if it mattered
I would never have tried
To save us both from losing our minds
Doesn't matter
You shatter me now
I have to get away
The rain comes
The rain comes
Nothing gonna buy you time
The rain comes
The rain comes
You know its gonna come
8. Spellbound
Burning here, in the room
Feeling that the walls are moving closer
Silent scene the dark takes me
Leads me to the ending of another day
I'm haunted
Tell me who you are. I am spellbound
You cannot have this control on me
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
I will break the spell you put on me
Velvet drapes, glowing candles
Silent whispers of words inside of my head
The night that comes, it waits for me
Lift me to the ending of another day
I'm haunted
Tell me who you are. I am spellbound
You cannot have this control on me
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
I will break the spell you put on me
Tell me who you are. I am spellbound
You cannot have this control on me
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
I will break the spell you put on me
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
Everywhere I go I am spellbound
I will break the spell you put on me
9. Wide Awake
The rebel inside
A mind of my own
I haven't felt right
Since the moment I gave up
I challenged my limits
I'm feeling I'm becoming limitless
I take it all in and inhale
I'm wide awake
I open my eyes and the sky is so blue all of a sudden
I know that I treasure my life
I find myself
Wide awake
Like you
The struggle within
Now I understand freedom begins
When you get out of the cage you built
It looks like I'm crazy but I'm not the only one
To believe in myself, believe in myself
I won't be coming undone
Cause I feel like
10. The Maze
My thoughts can be so vicious
Committed to a plan
The fear becomes ambitious
Taking me till I am gone
I don't know how it started
Beating up myself
I've come to realize
I can barely carry on each day
This life is so destructive it's blowing out my mind
My breath is running so short
I'm lost here (deep inside)
In this maze
I'm running through the halls of emptiness
In this maze
I can't find a way to get back to the end
In this maze
I'm feeling like I'm stuck inside a cage
In this maze I won't feel the breeze 'till I break this maze and run
I don't know how it started
Thinking to myself
I've come to realize
I couldn't carry on each day
This vibe is so destructive
I'm smoking up my mind
So by the time she left
I was lost here
(Deep inside)
Will I ever see the sun?
Shining through the prison clouds
In the darkness you can hide
Go inside, free your mind
11. Unchained
There is nothing up ahead
Or down the road
The streets won't last forever
There is nothing left to loose
I cannot see
Myself inside this dream
I know
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
Unchained
I'm like a bullet set free now
Unchained
I'm like a weapon unleashed now
Now I've found my way
To solid ground
I left behind the feeling
That I've been a fool
I feel much stronger now
I am not the same
You know
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
12. Shallow Life
I never thought I'd be the soldier
I take my place inside the battle
I've come to realize the journey is over
Realize that life is sober
Everyday I'm like a soldier
Waking up within the battle
And through the haze I live a dream
That's better
than what I feel inside
Diggin' in me
Suffering darkness in my eyes
Against the light of Rome
I see the reflection of the ghost that I've become
Waiting behind the windows
I resign to be alone
I want to feel alone
And lost in this solitude
Shallow life
I'll stay close to the ground
Shallow life
The walls keep falling down
I close my eyes
I'll find my way around
In the shallow life
Welcome to the bottom line
Suffering darkness in my eyes
Against the night of Rome
I get confused and all I hear is just I
I will resign and search for peace of mind
I'm on my own
I need to be alone
And lost in this solitude
13. Oblivion
[Bonus track]
It's a fairy tale and the story is out of date
Nothing that I haven't tried to say
You know that the road is lonely
I will need some help
You know that this life is crazy
I will need some help
There's a place far below
The darkness deep within
It's a place, I don't belong
Come set me free from this oblivion
All inside of me
On the edge of agony
Nothing left for me that I can fake
You know that the road is lonely
I will need some help
You know that this life is crazy
I will need some help
And I keep wandering away
I'm so deep in disarray
There's a place far below
The darkness deep within
It's a place, I don't belong
Come set me free
14. The Last Goodbye
[Japanese bonus track]
Whatever you did to me
You gotta, you gotta tell me now
Why do we look like strangers?
Whatever I did to you
No excuses for this silence
Tell me what you're thinking I'll be there for you
So many stories told, too many useless words
Maybe because it's getting dark inside
This is the last goodbye
These broken dreams have been resigned
Here's to our last goodnight
These broken dreams have been resigned
Will this set us both free?
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta
Tell me what you're thinking 'cause I just don't understand it
Whatever I did to you
No excuses for this silence
Tell me what you're thinking I'll be listening
So many stories told, too many useless words
Maybe because it's getting dark inside
This is the last goodbye
These broken dreams have been resigned
Here's to our last goodnight
These broken dreams have been resigned
Why should I care when it will be alright?
Once separate ways we'll feel alive again
So many stories told, too many useless words
Maybe because it's getting dark inside
This is the last goodbye
These broken dreams have been resigned
Here's to our last goodnight
These broken dreams have been resigned
The last goodbye
The last goodbye
The last goodbye
The last goodbye
15. Leaving Alone
[Deluxe Edition bonus track]
Here today, I think I must have changed my mind
as I'm looking at things from a different side
I get up and fight off, the guilt last night
pushing back the fear
I will be my guide no one by my side
the only road, just me myself and I
I'm leaving alone tonight
I'm leaving the trust behind
I'm leaving alone tonight
I'm leaving it all behind
let the journey start, I finally freed myself
from the jealousy and revenge I have felt
I got out in time and I'm moving fine
I'll live to tell the tale
I will be my guide, no one by my side
this fearless road, just me myself and I
I can't awake this, it has slowly faded
you have made me feel so understated
this is the hurt that you have knowingly created
we have now become so overrated
Total playing time 43:56
The CD was recorded in September/October 2008 at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Don Gilmore.
Line-up:
Cristina Scabbia - Vocals
Andrea Ferro - Vocals
Cristiano Migliore - Guitars
Marco Biazzi - Guitars
Marco Coti Zelati - Bass
Cristiano Mozzati - Drums
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