All lyrics written by Travis DeBlois 

01. Meanwhile... 

(Instrumental) 

02. Rise  

Chorus: 

Rise Up 

Rise Up 

Verse 1: 

Raise the beast from the Earth, use your will to coerce, 

take it for what it's worth, what you gain it can't be worse 

(Chorus x2) 

Verse 2: 

Consequences not forethought, when many lessons go untaught, 

repeating blunders long forgot, results of being overwrought, 

pyres burning down to ash, to cover up your gruesome task, 

phoenix rising out to ask, was it worth what you've unmasked? 

(Chorus x2) 

03. Lead the Way 

Verse 1: 

Never asked for this at all, 'cause at the top I'm scared to fall, 

but as I see how the stakes rise there grows a truth I can't deny, 

need to accept my future task, to answer what has not been asked, 

to climb atop these broken stones and teach mending of broken bones 

Chorus: 

I'll lead the way, but I don't even know how, 

to fly this plane, or land it safe on the ground, 

I'll make the change, I'll stand in front of the crowd, 

despite my angst I'll lead the way out 

Verse 2: 

Too many years of holding back, looking away scared to attack, 

I couldn't face my oldest foes, mind games controlling all my woes, 

but something changed and now I see, there's only one way to be free, 

take a step towards the unknown, head first into this harsh cyclone, 

Bridge: 

And when the rain appears, wind roaring past my ears, 

I'll stand and stare ahead, still, poised and confident, 

I will trudge through this unfazed, blocking out fears of old ways, 

you can follow if you choose, decisions meant for only you, 

but if you want to walk behind, I'll do my best to be your guide, 

please forgive me for mistakes, I haven't made but know I'll make, 

all I ask is for your trust, for your trust 

(Chorus) 

04. Don't Take the Ring 

(Instrumental) 

05. Lit Cigarette 

Verse 1: 

I lifted the curtain to see, the workings of everything, 

nothing but curiosity, what happened it changed me 

Chorus: 

Saw some things I wish I could forget, 

but I've been burnt by this lit cigarette (x2) 

Verse 2: 

Overloaded and filled to the brink, too much I didn't know what to think, 

is this really the truth of it all? If it is we seem destined to fall 

(Guitar solo) 

Verse 3: 

Now that I'm sitting with this, every moment lacking bliss, 

Thinking back to the younger days, when the answers were lost in the haze 

(Chorus) 

06. Without a Trace 

Verse 1: 

Loud room, you're sitting, he's standing, your eyes meet for a second, 

he turns and, you follow, his mystical expression, 

he seems so familiar, and yet that seems outlandish, 

you look down, and back up, he's nowhere he's vanished 

Chorus: 

Wait, he left without a trace, 

he seemed so out of place, 

I can't un-see his face, 

he left without a trace 

Verse 2: 

Outside, you're walking, you spot a figure off in the distance, 

you shout out, you chase him, running with such persistence, 

he speaks but, his words are, obscured by nature's noises, 

you trip and you lose him, there are no more voices 

(Chorus) 

Bridge: 

There must be a meaning, but something's intervening (x2) 

(Chorus) 

07. Uniformity 

Verse 1: 

Go 'head and break my bones, crack your whip, 

I still won't take no more, of your shit, 

and when there comes a chance for revenge, 

you'll try to clean your hands and make amends 

Chorus: 

Take it easy on ya? 

What's my motivation? 

Those evil deeds you need to,  

make some reparations, 

I hope you had your fun, 

'cause now you're paying, 

for everything you've done, 

and got away with 

Verse 2: 

Go 'head and spread  deceit, hide behind, 

a wall of pure conceit, built on lies, 

it's not so hard to see what you are, 

who is underneath that uniform 

(Chorus) 

08. Barren 

Verse 1: 

I'm going crazy but I'm standing so still, 

the things that faze me locked away in the till, 

things don't amaze me I don't feel the thrill, 

Is this nothingness better than enduring all the pain? 

I feel what should hurt but I'm desensitized, 

I see what it's worth but I'm unenergized, 

this void it asserts that it's a friend of mine, 

though I accept it weariness is tugging on the line 

Chorus: 

It's got me so barren, 

where is my passion? 

funny but I'm not laughin', 

expose no reaction, 

and time is just passin', 

all the days just happen, 

well my mind starts laggin', 

and I wonder what I'm missin' 

Verse 2: 

(Light shine, light shine, light shine..) 

Sometimes I get a light to shine my eyes open up, 

I need bad to remember what it once was, 

I used to read everyone inside of the room, 

and I could feel energy and keep all their gloom, 

I'd carry it, walk away and let it consume, 

couldn't accept that, this is why I had to realign 

(Chorus) 

Post Chorus: 

I'll make it back to you one day once I gain control, 

I'll make it back to when I was innocent and young, 

I'll make it back to you once I regain my old hope, 

I'll make it back to you one day, one day 

(light shine, light shine, light shine...) 

I don't wanna run, 

I wanna catch the sun, 

I wanna break this, 

can I accept this? No assurances this light will shine  

09. This Dream (feat. Quasar and the Missed) 

Verse 1: 

This dream we've made, it is all we've known, 

In the shade what we call home, 

take us out and let us see, 

we can breathe forever 

Chorus: 

In darkness hides a light and keeps us here, 

illuminate the night to see what's there, 

I wish that I could take away the curtain, 

take away the veil that makes it all certain 

Verse 2: 

Stars we gaze, a glimpse of hope, 

in the maze where we all roam, 

find the door so I can see, 

let us leave together 

(Guitar Solo) 

(Repeat Verse 1) 

(Chorus) 

10. Silent Route 

Verse 1: 

I took the quiet route from here one time again, 

they looked and wondered if I'd ever reach the end, 

I took one million steps and walked right back again, 

and then I disappeared from sight, around the bend, 

And it rains, and it rains in the dark, 

and when it stays that's when I choose to embark, 

They'll never know the sights I see as I move on, 

only a guess or even less, and then I'm gone 

(Guitar Solo) 

Bridge: 

To take it, to own it,  

this view and, this moment, 

to make it, to show it, 

to do it and control it, 

I walk and, I look back, 

regrets I'm walking from them, 

a spark and, I took that, 

a sign to overcome them (x2) 

Verse 2: 

I took the silent route from there one time again, 

no one bothered to see what was at the end, 

I ran and ran until I lifted off the ground, 

soaring through the sky admiring what I found, 

but the strain, but the strain pulled me back down, 

and when I came back to life no one was found, 

so few have thought to follow me upon this road, 

and no one wants to hike with such a heavy load