EP: SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (PART ONE) (2024)












THE RECKONING lyrics - Daughtry

This is for the sorrow, this is for the rage
This is for the ghost that lives inside my head telling me to pray
This is for the hurt, this is for the pain
This is for the lies and all the alibis that kept me in a cage

Enough is enough
Enough is enough
I'ma pull the trigger

Fire away and let it reign
This is the reckoning, death to the misery
Wide awake, I'm face to face
With the demons inside of me, they won't be the death of me
This is the day of my reckoning

For every waking hour and every broken dream
For all the times my hands were tied
The truth has set me free
This is for the heart that makes me feel
This is for the love that makes it real
I never thought I'd make it out alive

Enough is enough
Enough is enough
I'ma pull the trigger

Fire away and let it reign
This is the reckoning, death to the misery
Wide awake, I'm face to face
With the demons inside of me, they won't be the death of me
This is the day of my reckoning

Oh, this is for the heart that makes me feel
This is for the love that makes it real
I never thought I'd make it out alive

So fire away and let it reign
This is the reckoning, death to the misery
Wide awake, I'm face to face
With the demons inside of me, they won't be the death of me
This is the day of my reckoning

Enough is enough
Enough is enough
Enough is enough
I'ma pull the trigger

ARTIFICIAL lyrics - Daughtry

Artificial

No blood in the veins
Built to feel without the pain
Circuits for the brain
Wide awake
A vision of perfection, no lies
Just bitter resurrection, disguise
Just another lethal injection
To mankind

Welcome to your worst nightmare
The days are getting dark, you should be scared
It doesn't have a heart
Plug into the new you, don't resist
'Cause it's no use, it's no use
It's digital warfare
The death of who we are is right here
It's never gonna stop
Plug into your new soul, ice cold
Mechanical, artificial

No love, no embrace
Something's wrong and outta place
A soulless masquerade
A disgrace
No sickness, no dying, no disease
No begging for mercy, on your knees
No god, no religion
No beliefs

Welcome to your worst nightmare
The days are getting dark, you should be scared
It doesn't have a heart
Plug into the new you, don't resist
'Cause it's no use, it's no use
It's digital warfare
The death of who we are is right here
It's never gonna stop
Plug into your new soul, ice cold
Mechanical, artificial

No sickness, no dying, no disease
No begging for mercy, on your knees
No god, no religion
No beliefs

No belief
No belief

Welcome to your worst nightmare
The days are getting dark, you should be scared
It doesn't have a heart
Plug into the new you, don't resist
'Cause it's no use, no use
It's digital warfare
The death of who we are is right here
It's never gonna stop
Plug into your new soul, ice cold
Mechanical, artificial

No sickness, no dying, no disease
No begging for mercy, on your knees
Plug into your new soul, ice cold
Mechanical, artificial

PIECES lyrics - Daughtry

You never know what lies beneath the surface
And what you'll find and if it's worth it
Losing ground, I'm getting nervous
There's only so much I can control, oh

Even with the cracks in the mirror
My reflection's getting clearer
And I'm trying to cope, at the end of my rope
While I'm doing the best that I can

To live with the broken pieces of me
That were shattered, can't stop the bleeding
I'll never get over it, it's hard to move on
But I'm learning to live
With the pieces of me
Pieces of me

You never know who's coming for you
Into the storm without a warning
Like the cold of the mourning
Oh, how it cuts straight to the bone

It is the silence in the battle
When I'm afraid of my own shadow
When I'm reaching for hope, at the end of my rope
Well, I'm doing the best that I can

To live with the broken pieces of me
That were shattered, can't stop the bleeding
I'll never get over it, it's hard to move on
But I'm learning to live
With the pieces of me
Pieces of me

I can't change the past and I need to let go
Learning to live with this hole in my soul
Losing grip and I'm just trying to cope
Well, I'm doing the best that I can
Well, I'm learning
I'm learning
Oh, I'm learning
I'm learning, well, I'm learning

To live with the broken pieces of me
That were shattered, can't stop the bleeding
I'll never get over it, it's hard to move on
But I'm learning to live
With the broken pieces of me
That were shattered, can't hide the feeling
I'll never get over it, it's hard to move on
But I'm learning to live
With the pieces of me (Pieces of me)
Pieces of me (Pieces of me)
With the pieces of me (Pieces of me)
Pieces of me

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM lyrics - Daughtry

Always been such a creature of habit
I try to quit, but I keep coming back like an addict
My body's numb, I'm paralyzed
Feels like I'm dead on the inside
And I can't seem to find the light

I'm looking for a way out now
Looking for a higher ground
I wanna feel something different
Adrenaline gone ballistic
There's nothing like a shock to the system
So I'm looking for something to bring me back to life
To feel good to feel alive

I don't know how it all got started
I'm out in space, but I'm running in place
Cold-hearted and guarded
I'm bleeding out, I need escape
Hard not to feel the weight
When gravity has its way

I'm looking for a way out now
Looking for a higher ground
I wanna feel something different
Adrenaline gone ballistic
There's nothing like a shock to the system
So I'm looking for something to bring me back to life
To feel good to feel alive

I'm looking for a way out now
Looking for a higher ground
I wanna feel something different
Adrenaline gone ballistic
There's nothing like a shock to the system
Oh, there's nothing like a shock to the system

Looking for a way out now
Looking for a higher ground
I wanna feel something different
I wanna feel something different
Shock to the system
So I'm looking for something to bring me back to life
To feel good to feel alive

NERVOUS lyrics - Daughtry

Why am I so nervous?
Why am I so numb?

After all this time I should feel better now
Trying to get above the noise that drowns me out
Skin is crawling, hands are shaking
Can't breathe, my heart is racing
Feels like my shadow's chasing me

Why am I so nervous? Why am I so numb?
Trying to find my purpose, am I the only one?
Why am I so anxious? Why am I so stuck?
I'm just being honest 'cause everything is fucked
Why am I so nervous?

Every moment feels like I'm under attack
Waiting for the worst to stab me in the back
Blood is racing through my veins
I'm waiting for my world to change
Before it changes me

Why am I so nervous? Why am I so numb?
Trying to find my purpose, am I the only one?
Why am I so anxious? Why am I so stuck?
I'm just being honest, 'cause everything is fucked

Everything is upside down and out of reach
Nothing is what it seems
Will I ever be the same?
No, I'll never be the same

Why am I so nervous? Why am I so numb?
Trying to find my purpose, am I the only one?
Why am I so anxious? Why am I so stuck?
I'm just being honest, 'cause everything is
Everything is fucked

Why am I so nervous?
Why am I so nervous?

THE DAM lyrics - Daughtry

Chaos inside
And everywhere I hide
It never stops the hurting (The hurting)
Caught in the riptide
I'm struggling to fight
Underneath the current (Current, current)

I think the sky is falling
Looks like the walls are crumbling
Feels like the end is coming (Coming, coming)
I see the water rising
Just like a wave of pressure building up
It's building up on me

The dam's about to break
I'm standing on the brink
It's washing me away
The damage is done, here comes the flood
'Cause the dam's about to break

Levees on my mind
What's on the other side
Is bound to breach the surface
Calamity inside
With nothing left behind
In the wake of the resurgence
I feel the doom impending
The ground underneath me shaking
I can see my world upending

The dam's about to break (I'm never getting out alive)
I'm standing on the brink (Not ready for the afterlife)
It's washing me away (I'll see you on the other side)
The damage is done, here comes the flood
'Cause the dam's about to break

Hatred is breeding, the vultures are feeding
It's taking a turn for the worst
Can't keep pretending, can't change the ending
And everything's buried underneath

The dam's about to break (I'm never getting out alive)
I'm standing on the brink (Not ready for the afterlife)
It's washing me away (I'll see you on the other side)
The damage is done, here comes the flood
'Cause the dam's about to break

Dearly Beloved (2021)












Desperation lyrics - Daughtry

State of the mind
State of the blind collective
Desperation calls for peace
Desperate times
Freedom denial
Free the child, the captive
Liberation taunts the thief
And paradise
Comes down to the level
Come down
Desperation calls
Desperation calls for...

Love to come and lead us home
Love is gonna mend these bones
Desperation calls for love
Desperation calls for...
Love
Love

Stray from the hive
And pray to survive the masses
All hail, here comes the queen
The paradigms
Break down if you let em
Break down
Desperation calls
Desperation calls for...

Love to come and lead us home
Love is gonna mend these bones
Desperation calls for love
Desperation calls for love

Ready or not, yeah
Ready or not, yeah
A change is gonna come
It's gonna come
And like it or not, yeah
Like it or not
We gotta break the walls
Oh oh oh

Desperation calls for love

Oh
Love is gonna lead us home
Love is gonna mend these bones
Desperation calls for love
Desperation calls for...
Love
Love to come and lead us home
Love is gonna mend these bones
Desperation calls for love
Desperation calls for love

World On Fire lyrics - Daughtry

Going down like a dead man walking
One step from a body in a coffin
Just one, one of the fallen
Waking up to a blood moon, howling
Can't drown it out, even with the medicine
Tearing through me like a bullet on adrenaline

Arms heavy, face down on a death bed
Blame the gods while choking on the violence
In the end, silence is deafening

Can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising
The angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire

Stressed out, head trauma, took a beating
Takes more than a pill to numb the feeling
Bang, bang, no mercy for the healing
Oh, 20 dead without a fight, without a reason
20 more in a cop car, bleeding
All tryna win a war without a meaning

Can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising
The angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire
World on fire
World on fire

Arms heavy, face down on a death bed
Blame the gods while choking on the violence
In the end, silence is deafening

Can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising
The angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire
Fire

Yeah, can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising
The angels are crying
World on fire
(World on fire, world on fire)
World on fire
(World on fire, world on fire)

The sickness is rising
The angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire

Heavy Is The Crown lyrics - Daughtry

Never needed any reason
To find deliverance
Like a cancer running through my veins, oh
That's never gonna give in

See 'em march like lambs to the slaughter
Toy soldiers lined up on the altar
I was never meant to drink that water
And they'll remember me when I'm underground

Heavy is the crown
Never falter, never let 'em bleed you out
I'll be still standing when they try to bring my castle down
I'll never bow down, heavy is the crown

Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown

With the weight of the world crashing
Pushing you closer to the edge
You find a way to get a little bit stronger
To fight off the demons, yeah

See 'em march like lambs to the slaughter
Toy soldiers lined up on the altar
I'll rise, hell or high water
And you'll remember me when I'm underground

Heavy is the crown
Never falter, never let 'em bleed you out
I'll be still standing when they try to bring my castle down
I'll never bow down, heavy is the crown

Everything will fade away
Nothing in this world is meant to stay
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown

Heavy is the crown
Never falter, never let 'em bleed you out
I'll be still standing when they try to bring my castle down
I'll never bow down, heavy is the crown

Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh (Heavy is the crown)
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh (Heavy is the crown)
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown, oh
Heavy is the crown, heavy is the crown

Changes Are Coming lyrics - Daughtry

In the darkest of the night
Waiting for the light to come
When the demons in your mind
Remind you of the damage done

Always talking, so much to say
Like a haunting, ghosts from the grave
And heaven seems so far away
So far away
Oh I can see it

Changes are coming
Changes are coming
Yeah we're headed for better days
Never stop running
Changes are coming
Changes are coming

Lost and helpless, scared to death
Barely breathing, still alive
Hit the ground face down in the dirt
Never giving up when it hurts
Oh heaven feels so far away
So get ready for the fight, get ready for war
Yeah, and never give up what you're fighting for

Changes are coming
Changes are coming
Yeah we're headed for better days
Never stop running
Changes are coming
And we're headed for better days
Changes are coming

So get ready for the fight, get ready for war
(Get ready for the fight, get ready for war)
Yeah, and never give up what you're fighting for
(Never give up what you're fighting for)

Changes are coming
Changes are coming
Yeah we're headed for better days
Never stop running
Changes are coming
Yeah we're headed for better days
Changes are coming
Changes are coming
Yeah we're headed for better days
Changes are coming
Coming

Dearly Beloved lyrics - Daughtry

I think you know
I think you know
That I'm not one for letting go
It goes to show
Sometimes the ones we love
We tend to hurt the most

Yeah with every hit
We're closer to the break
But you might be surprised
How much a heart can take
Blow after blow
I just might be the one to say
I told you so
I know it feels like...

It's like the world has left us behind
Dearly beloved, dearly beloved
We've always had to fight to survive
Kicking and screaming, but never running

No, no, no
No matter what they say
I promise you it's not for nothing
No, no
No matter what they say
I swear to God it's not for nothing

Yes I believe
That there are sides of you and I
We've never seen
Oh there's nothing to hide
We wear our scars as proof
That we are still alive

Yeah with every hit
We're closer to the break
But you might be surprised
How much a heart can take
Stone after stone
We're getting stronger than you know
So let em throw
I know it feels like...

It's like the world has left us behind
Dearly beloved, dearly beloved
We've always had to fight to survive
Kicking and screaming, but never running

No, no, no
No matter what they say
I promise you it's not for nothing
No, no
No matter what they say
I swear to God it's not for nothing

So don't look back now
We've come too far
To look back now
To look back now
I know it feels like...

It's like the world has left us behind
Dearly beloved, dearly beloved
We've always had to fight to survive
Kicking and screaming, but never running

No, no, no
No matter what they say
I promise you it's not for nothing
No, no
No matter what they say
I swear to God it's not for nothing
No, no
I swear to God it's not for nothing
No, no
No matter what they say
I swear to God it's not for nothing

Cry For Help lyrics - Daughtry

At the bottom
Just surviving
Reaching for the truth
Such a longing
The distance driving
The nail straight through

Ooh, ooh
Just try to hold steady
The world's getting heavy
Ooh, ooh
When you can't hold the weight
Any longer

Cry for help
Cry like rain
Let it fall down your face
Let the dam break
Cry for help
Ease the pain
When you can't hold the weight
It's okay yeah
To cry for help

In the still
Of the darkness
The light shines through
Shows the sorrow
And the burden
Inside you

Ooh, ooh
Just try to hold steady
The world's getting heavy
Ooh, ooh
When you can't hold the weight
Any longer

Cry for help
Cry like rain
Let it fall down your face
Let the dam break
Cry for help
Ease the pain
When you can't hold the weight
It's okay yeah
To cry for help

There's no telling
If these walls could talk
What they'd say
Yeah they've seen it all
The best in me
And where it all went wrong

At the bottom
Just surviving
Reaching for the truth

Cry for help
Cry like rain
Let it fall down your face
Let the dam break
Cry for help
Ease the pain
When you can't hold the weight
It's okay
Cry for help
Ooh, ooh
Cry like rain
Cry like hell
Ooh, ooh
Cry like rain

Asylum lyrics - Daughtry

There's a reign over the horizon
The lunatics have taken the asylum

Fear is like a dagger
And blood is dripping off the blade
They wave it like a scepter
In the kingdom come of the insane
There's a wake up in the shelter
The prisoners have broke their chains
All hail the deceptors
Who poison and manipulate

Somebody sound the alarm
Somebody ring the bell
Grab the noose, the psychos are loose
And we're headed straight for hell
Ya'll better run for cover
The writing is on the wall
It's pandemonium
And Rome is about to fall

There's a reign over the horizon
The lunatics have taken the asylum
We're on the edge, it's an uprisin'
The lunatics have taken the asylum

(The lunatics have taken the asylum)
(The lunatics have taken the asylum)

Deadly is the viper
That licks the venom from their fangs
Watch the way they slither
Like a parasite inside your brain
Too many sharks in the water
Circling the weakest prey
Like a sniper in the shadows
Waiting just to take his aim

There's a reign over the horizon
The lunatics have taken the asylum
We're on the edge, it's an uprisin'
The lunatics have taken the asylum

Somebody sound the alarm
Somebody ring the bell
Drop the noose, too much to lose
We gotta save ourselves
We better run for cover
The writing is on the wall
We gotta take our power back
Before they take us all

There's a reign over the horizon
The lunatics have taken the asylum
We're on the edge, it's an uprisin'
The lunatics have taken the asylum

There's a reign over the horizon
The lunatics have taken the asylum
We're on the edge, it's an uprisin'
The lunatics have taken the asylum

Oh have taken the asylum
The lunatics have taken the asylum
Oh and it's an uprising
The lunatics have taken the asylum

Evil lyrics - Daughtry

Oh God got a feeling
I got a feeling
And it's a bad one
I'm lost in a season
In a season
And it's a mad one

Yeah oh my God it's raining
Yeah old blue sky is grey
Yeah it's deadly how you do
What you do for love
What you do for love yeah

Taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil
Evil
Giving me bad vibes inside
And it's evil
Evil
Way down below
Only heaven knows
Laying where the demons lie
Taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil
Evil

Oh the devil got a feeling
Got a feeling
And it's a good one
She got her own rhyme and reason
Got a reason
And it's a cold one

Well oh my God it's raining
It's driving me insane
Ain't it deadly how you do
What you do for love
What you do for love yeah

Taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil
Evil
Giving me bad vibes inside
And it's evil
Evil
Way down below
Only heaven knows
Laying where the demons lie
Taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil
Evil

And I fell for your wicked games
That I can't win
So I wear these chains

You're taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil
Evil
Giving me bad vibes inside
And it's evil
Evil
Way down below
Only heaven knows
Laying where the demons lie
You're taking me to the dark side of life
And it's evil
Evil

The Victim lyrics - Daughtry

You showed me your colors
Showed me your face
Painted with pretty lies
You broke every promise
Feeling no shame
Leaving me dead inside
And I won't
No I won't take the blame
So I run
From your cold wicked way
You ain't diggin, diggin, diggin
My grave, no

Not gonna be the victim
Don't wanna be a slave
Not gonna be addicted
To a system
I did not create
Stop making me the monster
Stop messing with my brain
Not gonna be the victim
Any longer
So get off my wave

I rest you in pieces
Ashes and dust
Spiritual suicide
Shedding my skin
Shake off the rust
Bringing me back to life
So I run
From your cold wicked way
You ain't diggin, diggin, diggin
My grave, no

Not gonna be the victim
Don't wanna be a slave
Not gonna be addicted
To a system
I did not create
Stop making me the monster
Stop messing with my brain
Not gonna be the victim
Any longer
So get off my wave

No I won't (No I won't)
No I won't take the blame
So I run (So I run)
From your cold wicked ways
No I won't (No I won't)
No I won't take the blame
So I run (So I run)
From your cold wicked ways

Not gonna be the victim
Don't wanna be a slave
Not gonna be addicted
To a system
I did not create
Stop making me the monster
Stop messing with my brain
Not gonna be the victim
Any longer
So get off my wave

Oh not gonna be the victim
Yeah not gonna be the victim
Yeah not gonna be the victim
So get off my wave

Somebody lyrics - Daughtry

With you it's always all or nothing
With you I know I'm in for life, oh yeah
With you I lay in this bed we made
With you it's ride or die

Cause when I'm alone I don't do so well
And on my own you know it hurts like hell
It cuts to the bone every time I leave
Without you next to me

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
What doesn't hurt just isn't real, oh yeah
The in between I learned to suffer
Reminding me how to feel

Cause when I'm alone I don't do so well
And on my own you know it hurts like hell
It cuts to the bone every time I leave
Without you next to me

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

We all need somebody
Somebody to love
Somebody to love
We all need somebody
Somebody to love

Cause when I'm alone I don't do so well
And on my own you know it hurts like hell
It cuts to the bone every time I leave
Without you next to me

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love oh

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone (Somebody to)
Everybody needs somebody (To give it all)
Somebody to love (To give it all)

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone
Everybody needs somebody
Somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs someone (Somebody to)
Everybody needs somebody (To give it all)
Somebody to love

Call You Mine lyrics - Daughtry

Well it may sound crazy
Turn me away, I get it
But in another time
It was you and me
I can tell you where you're going
Tell you where you've been
I can't get enough
Let me tell you
Let me tell you, tell you

We know each other from a different life
The dreams, the memories, I recognize the way you felt
The way you held me up against you
But I can't call you mine
We'll keep on coming till we get it right
This place, we've seen it a million times
I won't forget you, can't remember me without you
But I can't call you mine, yeah
I can't call you mine

I can't ignore the way you looked at me
When I called you by your name
If I could make you see
You'd stop hiding in this way
So come and get me one more time
Tell me the lies I tell myself
Won't you tell me
Won't you tell me, tell me

We know each other from a different life
The dreams, the memories, I recognize the way you felt
The way you held me up against you
But I can't call you mine
We'll keep on coming till we get it right
This place, we've seen it a million times
I won't forget you, can't remember me without you

But I know that I can feel it
Can you feel it?
Cause I can't let go
No I can't walk away
Can you feel it?
I can feel it, yeah
So I won't let go
No, I can't walk away
I'll never walk away
I'll never walk away

We know each other from a different life
The dreams, the memories, I recognize the way you felt
The way you held me up against you
But I can't call you mine
We'll keep on coming till we get it right
This place, we've seen it a million times
I won't forget you, can't remember me without you
But I can't call you mine, yeah
I can't call you mine

Lioness lyrics - Daughtry

You're ticking like a time bomb
Fit to blow up everything
Sooner or later, babe
You're gonna come for me
Once upon a time was the only thing
To ease your pain
Somewhere along the way
You got over me

And I saw you change into a lioness
A beast in the wild, unbridled
I could see it in your eyes
You could've eaten me alive
Just to show me you could

A hunter on the prowl
My feral queen, my everything
Sooner or later, babe
You'll have your way with me
And then I shake and feel the nerves
Guess that I'll get what I deserve
'Cause I couldn't let it go (yeah)
I know better now

'Cause I saw you change into a lioness
A beast in the wild, unbridled
I could see it in your eyes
You could've eaten me alive (yeah)
I saw you change into a goddess
Holy, divine in your power
I could hear it in your cry
You could've cut me down to size

Just to show me you could
Show me you could
Show me you could

And I won't forget the way that you looked at me
I won't forget the way that you shook
Straight rattled my bones
Won't forget how you showed me your mercy (your mercy)

And I won't forget the way that you looked at me
(And I shake and feel the nerves)
I won't forget the way that you shook
(Guess that I'll get what I deserve)
Straight rattled my bones
(Guess that I'll get what I deserve)
Won't forget how you showed me your mercy
('Cause I couldn't let it go)

'Cause I saw you change into a lioness
A beast in the wild, unbridled
I could see it in your eyes
You could've eaten me alive

Break Into My Heart lyrics - Daughtry

Been numb so long, I just wanna feel something
I used to be so strong, how did I forget?
Has the world gone cold, have I lost my soul? Feels just like forever
Oh, and all I felt was nothing
I just wanna feel something

So break into my heart
Let me feel the blood rush in
Break into my heart
I need to feel the pain again
Tear it up and bruise it
Wreck it and abuse it
Let it cut beneath the skin
Break into my heart
And make me feel again

I spent most my life always chasing something
I wonder what it's like to have no regrets
Has the world gone blind, have I lost my mind, Lord, I can't remember
Oh, I just wanna feel something

So break into my heart
Let me feel the blood rush in
Break into my heart
I need to feel the pain again
Tear it up and bruise it
Wreck it and abuse it
Let it cut beneath the skin
Break into my heart
And make me feel again

Here I am bleeding, living and breathing
Looking for meaning, something to believe in

So break into my heart
Let me feel the blood rush in
Break into my heart

So break into my heart
Let me feel the blood rush in
Break into my heart
I need to feel the pain again
Tear it up and bruise it
Wreck it and abuse it
Let it cut beneath the skin
Break into my heart
And make me feel again
And make me feel again

So tear it up and bruise it
Wreck it and abuse it
Let it cut beneath the skin
Break into my heart
And make me feel again

Cage To Rattle (2018)




















Just Found Heaven lyrics - Daughtry

Gone all my life
Worried about my soul
Brimstone and fire, stories I've been told
Then I saw grace, right before my eyes
I should break through those gates, and fall from the sky

I hate to let you down, hate to let you down, no
Hate to say it now, hate to say it now
But

I don't really care where I go when I die
Cause I just found heaven
You can tell the devil that's he's wasting his time though
Cause I just found heaven
Singin' Halle, Halle, Halle, Halle, Hallelujah
Singin' Halle, Halle, Halle, Halle, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Sins wash away
Dark tuns to light
Your body is a temple so take me inside, oh
I feel no pain, pleasures all mine
You give me a taste of eternal life, oh

I hate to let you down, hate to let you down, no
Hate to say it now, hate to say it now
But

I don't really care where I go when I die
Cause I just found heaven
You can tell the devil that's he's wasting his time though
Cause I just found heaven
Singin' Halle, Halle, Halle, Halle, Hallelujah
Singin' Halle, Halle, Halle, Halle, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

(Hate to let you down, hate to let you down, no)
(Hate to let you down, hate to let you down, no)

I don't really care where I go when I die
You can tell the devil that's he's wasting his time
Oh, I don't really care where I go when I die
Cause I just found heaven
You can tell the devil that's he's wasting his time though
Cause I just found heaven
Singin' Halle, Halle, Halle, Halle, Hallelujah
Singin' Halle, Halle, Halle, Halle, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Oh, hallelujah
Cause I just found heaven, hallelujah
(Oh, hate to let you down, hate to let you down, no)
Hallelujah
(Hate to let you down, hate to let you down, yeah)
Hallelujah

Backbone lyrics - Daughtry

When you're hurting deep down
When you're feelin' like you're never gonna dig your way out
Never gonna dig your way out
Keep pushing up the river
Keep mining for the silver
'Til you've struck gold
Gotta weather the storm

'Cause it can't rain forever, no
I'm telling you

We all fall on hard times, you know
Each day is a hard climb, you know
Some days your body has to carry on
So you gotta show a little backbone
You know, you know, you know
You gotta show a little backbone

These troubles, so real
We're all facing temptations
And our own fears
Year after year

But it can't rain forever, no
I'm telling you

We all fall on hard times, you know
Each day is a hard climb, you know
Some days your body has to carry on
So you gotta show a little backbone
You know, you know, you know
You gotta show a little backbone
(You gotta show a little backbone)
You know (you gotta show a little backbone)
You gotta show a little backbone

Are you strong enough, to get back up?
When the chains hold you to the ground
So let's break 'em down, yeah, uh
Let's break 'em down
Let's break 'em down
Whoa, I'm telling you...

We all fall on hard times, you know
Each day is a hard climb, you know
Some days your body has to carry on
So you gotta show a little
We all fall on hard times, yeah
Each day is a high climb, you know
We all fall on hard times, you know
(So you gotta show a little backbone)

We all fall on hard times, yeah
You know each day is a high climb, you know
We all fall on hard times
Each day is a high climb, you know
So you gotta show a little backbone

Deep End lyrics - Daughtry

I'm underwater and I'm on fire
There's nothing wilder than my heart
Just let the current set in emotion
Then nothing can keep us apart

We're all swimming into the light
I want you by my side
And I'm right here waiting for you
Right here waiting for you
We're all living on borrowed time
I've been holding my breath all night
Waiting for you

I'm diving into the deep end
And I'm not scared, I'm not scared
And I'm in way over my head
And I'm not scared, I'm not scared, no

I am an island, you are an ocean
I wanna float here in your arms
High as a mountain, deep in devotion
There's nothing wilder than your heart

We're all swimming into the light
I want you by my side
And I'm right here waiting for you
Right here waiting for you
We're all living on borrowed time
I've been holding my breath all night
Waiting for you

And now I'm diving into the deep end
And I'm not scared, I'm not scared
And I'm in way over my head
And I'm not scared, I'm not scared, no

I'd follow you straight to the bottom
Not afraid, hell or high water
I wanna dive into you
I'd follow you straight to the bottom
Not afraid, hell or high water
I wanna dive into you

I'm underwater
And I'm on fire

And now I'm diving into the deep end
And I'm not scared, I'm not scared
And I'm in way over my head
And I'm not scared, I'm not scared, no

I'd follow you straight to the bottom
Not afraid, hell or high water
I wanna dive into you
I'd follow you straight to the bottom
Not afraid, hell or high water
I wanna dive into you

As You Are lyrics - Daughtry

You're feeling isolate, and all kinds frustrate
But I love you as you are, love you as you are, yeah
And don't worry about the haters
It don't fit in those boxes they create
And it's tearing you apart, it's tearing you apart, yeah

And when you build those walls to keep you safe
It's like a prison you can't escape
You tear them down, you just might hear me say

I love you as you are
I love you as you are
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's gone
I love you
I love you as you are
I love you as you are
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's gone
I love you
I love you as you are

You can come out of the shadows
They're only scared of what they don't know
But I love you as you are, love you as you are, yeah
Yeah, you waged this war within yourself
Wasting time dying in a shell
They don't define you, just know they never will

I love you as you are
I love you as you are
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's gone
I love you
I love you as you are
I love you as you are
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's gone
I love you
I love you as you are, yeah
I love you as you are

You're feeling isolate, and all kinds frustrate
But I love you as you are, love you as you are, yeah

I love you as you are
I love you as you are
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's gone
I love you
I love you as you are
When the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's gone, 'til it's gone, 'til it's gone
I love you as you are, yeah
I love you as you are, yeah
When the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's gone
I love you as you are

Death Of Me lyrics - Daughtry

Like a scream inside, the one you just can't hide
Sounds so deafening, you can't hear yourself think
As real as real can get, keeping my heart in check
From feeling anything, but my own apathy
Again, again

It's creeping up on me
Making it harder to breathe

We're all under pressure
Can't stand the weather
For the worst and not for the better
Please, this ain't the way to live
Something's got to give
We forgive but don't forget it, no
Another day, another battle
We all have a cage to rattle
This just might be the death of me
Might be the death of me

It's reached a fever pitch
I'm living proof of it
I find it hard to cope, without a thread of hope
Blood is thicker than water
But love is even stronger
Hold out a little longer
Until we found ourselves
Again, again

It's creeping up on me
Making it harder to breathe

We're all under pressure
Can't stand the weather
For the worst and not for the better
Please, this ain't the way to live
Something's got to give
We forgive but don't forget it, no
Another day, another battle
We all have a cage to rattle
This just might be the death of me
Might be the death of me
Another day, another battle
We all have a cage to rattle
This just might be the death of me
Might be the death of me

Like a scream inside, the one you just can't hide
Sounds so deafening, you can't hear yourself think
As real as real can get, keeping my heart in check
From feeling anything
Making it harder to breathe

We're all under pressure
Can't stand the weather
For the worst and not for the better
Please, this ain't the way to live
Something's got to give
We forgive but don't forget it, no
Another day, another battle
We all have a cage to rattle
This just might be the death of me
Might be the death of me
Another day, another battle
We all have a cage to rattle
This just might be
Yeah, this might be the death of me

Bad Habits lyrics - Daughtry

Let's smoke
Smoke a cigarette in bed together, in bed together
Just a metaphor
For all the ways that we see each other, we see each other
I keep on pulling you in, holding my breath
Long as I can, 'til I need to exhale
And it can't be good for you
No, it can't be good

We ain't gotta go home, we could just stay here and kick it
Got a lot to learn, but I don't want to admit it
Sorry to put you down, I'm up on us right now, let's hit it
Just trying to kick it like, let's kick it like
My bad, my bad, bad habits, yeah
My bad, my bad, bad habits

Let's call
So let's call it what it is and have another, have another
Against the wall
And now you got my mind in the gutter, in the gutter
I keep on drinking you down, cooling my thirst
Causing a scene and I'm slurring my words
And it can't be good for you
No, it can't be good

We ain't gotta go home, we could just stay here and kick it
Got a lot to learn, but I don't want to admit it
Sorry to put you down, I'm up on us right now, let's hit it
Just trying to kick it like, let's kick it like
My bad, my bad, bad habits, yeah
My bad, my bad, bad habits
My bad, bad habits, yeah

I don't wanna go home, no
I just wanna stay here
I just wanna stay here and kick it

We ain't gotta go home, we could just stay here and kick it
Got a lot to learn, but I don't want to admit it
Sorry to put you down, I'm up on us right now, let's hit it
Just trying to kick it like, let's kick it like
My bad, my bad, bad habits, yeah
My bad, my bad, bad habits

Let's smoke
Let's call it what it is and have another
(My bad, my bad, bad habits, yeah)
And have another
(My bad, my bad, bad habits)

Back In Time lyrics - Daughtry

Whoa, whoa, going back in time
Whoa, whoa, going back in time

You knew how to start a fire, didn't need gasoline
Never took no time at all to get me on my knees
The fruit just seemed to fall, never had to shake no tree
The door was always open and we didn't need a key

Whoa, whoa

Take me back to those days of gold
We were young and said we'd never get old
No oh, no oh
Take me back to just me and you
Doing things that Momma said don't do
No oh, no oh
Take me back in time, take me back in time

Didn't matter where I went, everything's anything goes
And time and time we'll cross the line
And watch that bomb explode

Whoa, whoa
There it goes
There it goes

Take me back to those days of gold
We were young and said we'd never get old
No oh, no oh
Take me back to just me and you
Doing things that Momma said don't do
No oh, no oh
Take me back in time
Take me back in time
Take me back in time
Take me back in time

Whoa, whoa, going back in time
Whoa, whoa, going back in time

Take me back to those days of gold
We were young and said we'd never get old
No oh, no oh
Take me back to just me and you
Doing things that Momma said don't do
No oh, no oh

Take me back in time
Take me back in time
Take me back in time
Take me back to those days of gold
We were young and said we'd never get old
Take me back in time
Take me back in time
Take me back to just me and you
Doing things that Momma said don't do
Take me back in time
Whoa, whoa, going back in time

Gravity lyrics - Daughtry

Escape the noise to find a voice
What kind of sound that'd be
Life ain't enough, a familiar place
What fills the void that we need?

Breathing with no air
Can't, hear my echoes, when
I scream out, I'm cravin' gravity
I'm like a shipwreck, inside
Stranded with no land in sight
I need an anchor, my gravity

Even though we're not under the same sun, we're not far
Don't have to be miles apart if you're here, in my heart
I can feel your love from a different place, it's okay
Don't have to be miles apart if you're here, in my heart

Embrace the strange, who's to say
I don't belong here anyway
And passing by, or visiting
And I could get used to this

Breathing with no air
Can't, hear my echoes, when
I scream out, I'm craving gravity

Even though we're not under the same sun, we're not far
Don't have to be miles apart if you're here, in my heart
I can feel your love from a different place, it's okay
Don't have to be miles apart if you're here, in my heart
Don't have to be miles apart if you're here, in my heart

(I'm like a shipwreck inside, stranded with no land in sight)
Don't have to be miles apart if you're here, in my heart
(I'm like a shipwreck inside, stranded with no land in sight)
Don't have to be miles apart if you're here

Stuff Of Legends lyrics - Daughtry

I live days, alone and afraid
With my devils, how I wrestle them
I spent hours staring at the walls
I heard angels sing Hallelujah

I'm tired of waiting for the ship to come
And being told that it can't be done
Gon' go ahead and give me some
Gon' go ahead and give me some (Oh oh)
Won't let 'em get to me (No)
Won't let 'em get to me (No)
Get to me
Get to me
I'm gonna

Fight with mercy (I'm gonna), love and anger (I'm gonna)
They won't get to me, get to me
'Cause that's the stuff of legends
All my power (I'm gonna), live life louder (I'm gonna)
They won't get to me, get to me
'Cause that's the stuff of legends

Walk that walk, feelin' like a boss
Flip that blue switch, turn them lights on

I'm tired of waiting for the day to come
So make it rain without blockin' the sun
Gon' go ahead and give me some
Gon' go ahead and give me some (Oh oh)
Won't let 'em get to me (No)
Won't let 'em get to me (No)
Get to me
Get to me
I'm gonna

Fight with mercy (I'm gonna), love and anger (I'm gonna)
They won't get to me, get to me
'Cause that's the stuff of legends
All my power (I'm gonna), live life louder (I'm gonna)
They won't get to me, get to me
'Cause that's the stuff of legends

Won't let 'em get to me
Won't let 'em get to me
Won't let 'em get to me (No)
Won't let 'em get to me (No)
Won't let 'em get to me (No)
Won't let 'em get to me (No)
Get to me
Get to me
I'm gonna

Fight with mercy (I'm gonna), love and anger (I'm gonna)
They won't get to me, get to me
'Cause that's the stuff of legends
All my power (I'm gonna), live life louder (I'm gonna)
They won't get to me, get to me
'Cause that's the stuff of legends

I'm tired of waiting for the day to come
So make it rain without blocking the sun
Gon' go ahead and give me some
Gon' go ahead and give me some (Oh)
I'm tired of waiting for the day to come
So make it rain without blocking the sun
Gon' go ahead and give me some
Gon' go ahead and give me some
I'm tired of waiting for the day to come
So make it rain without blocking the sun
Gon' go ahead and give me some
Gon' go ahead and give me some (Oh oh)

White Flag lyrics - Daughtry

I lost my words lingering in the dark
Hard times, don't you know we've seen them all
Ain't one to preach
Ain't one to speak on what I don't know
I lay that burden down
With one hand, we're reaching for the sky
And one hand, holding on for life
I won't raise my, I won't raise my white flag
In this life

The moment I surrender, bury me in the ground
I'd die before you see me take a bow
You know we all got, you know we all got
You know we all got a lot to lose
I won't surrender, praise the Lord my soul to take
Thank God I live to die another day
You know we all got, you know we all got
You know we all got a lot to lose
I won't raise my white flag
'Til I'm through

I found my way following a trail of hurt
'Cause my name ain't no stranger to the dirt
It's been dragged around, it's been kicked around
They left it lying there for dead, whoa
But I defy before I lose the right
And take the time to watch the river rise
I won't raise my, I won't raise my white flag
In this life

The moment I surrender, bury me in the ground
I'd die before you see me take a bow
You know we all got, you know we all got
You know we all got a lot to lose
I won't surrender, praise the Lord my soul to take
Thank God I live to die another day
You know we all got, you know we all got
You know we all got a lot to lose
I won't raise my white flag
'Til I'm through

I won't raise my, I won't raise my
I won't raise my white flag until I'm through
Until I'm through
Yeah

The moment I surrender, bury me in the ground
I'd die before you see me take a bow
You know we all got, you know we all got
You know we all got a lot to lose
I won't surrender, praise the Lord my soul to take
Thank God I live to die another day
You know we all got, you know we all got
You know we all got a lot to lose
I won't raise my white flag, no
I won't raise my white flag 'til I'm through

I won't raise my, I won't raise my
I won't raise my white flag until I'm through

I won't raise my, I won't raise my
I won't raise my white flag until I'm through

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Alive lyrics - Daughtry

(originally by Sia)

I was born in a thunderstorm
I grew up overnight
I played alone
I played on my own
But I survived

Hey
I wanted everything I never had
Like the love that comes with light
I wore envy and I hated that
But I survived

I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don't change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
And you're taught to cry into your pillow
But I survived

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive

I found solace in the strangest place
Way in the back of my mind
I saw my life in a stranger's face
And it was mine

I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don't change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
And you're taught to cry into your pillow
But I survived

But I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
Yeah

You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing

I have made every single mistake
That you could ever possibly make
I took and I took and I took what you gave
But you never noticed that I was in pain
I knew what I wanted; I went out and got it
I did all the things that you said that I wouldn't
I told you that I would never be forgotten
And all in spite of you

And I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing)
I'm alive

I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive

Artificial lyrics - Daughtry

Artificial

No blood in the veins
Built to feel without the pain
Circuits for the brain
Wide awake
A vision of perfection, no lies
Just bitter resurrection, disguise
Just another lethal injection
To mankind

Welcome to your worst nightmare
The days are getting dark, you should be scared
It doesn't have a heart
Plug into the new you, don't resist
'Cause it's no use, it's no use
It's digital warfare
The death of who we are is right here
It's never gonna stop
Plug into your new soul, ice cold
Mechanical, artificial

No love, no embrace
Something's wrong and outta place
A soulless masquerade
A disgrace
No sickness, no dying, no disease
No begging for mercy, on your knees
No god, no religion
No beliefs

Welcome to your worst nightmare
The days are getting dark, you should be scared
It doesn't have a heart
Plug into the new you, don't resist
'Cause it's no use, it's no use
It's digital warfare
The death of who we are is right here
It's never gonna stop
Plug into your new soul, ice cold
Mechanical, artificial

No sickness, no dying, no disease
No begging for mercy, on your knees
No god, no religion
No beliefs

No belief
No belief

Welcome to your worst nightmare
The days are getting dark, you should be scared
It doesn't have a heart
Plug into the new you, don't resist
'Cause it's no use, no use
It's digital warfare
The death of who we are is right here
It's never gonna stop
Plug into your new soul, ice cold
Mechanical, artificial

No sickness, no dying, no disease
No begging for mercy, on your knees
Plug into your new soul, ice cold
Mechanical, artificial

Hunger Strike lyrics - Daughtry (feat. Lajon Witherspoon)

(originally by Temple Of The Dog)

I don't mind stealin' bread from the mouths of decadence
But I can't feed on the powerless when my cup's already overfilled, yeah
But it's on the table, the fire's cookin'
And they're farmin' babies, while the slaves are all workin'
Blood is on the table and the mouths are all chokin'
But I'm goin' hungry, yeah

I don't mind stealin' bread from the mouths of decadence
But I can't feed on the powerless when my cup's already overfilled, uh huh
But it's on the table, the fire's cookin'
And they're farmin' babies, while the slaves are all workin'
And it's on the table, their mouths are all chokin'
I'm goin' hungry (Goin' hungry)
I'm goin' hungry (Goin' hungry)
I'm goin' hungry (Goin' hungry)
I'm goin' hungry (Goin' hungry)

I'm goin' hungry (Goin' hungry)
I'm goin' hungry (Goin' hungry)

(Yeah, I don't mind stealin' bread) I don't mind
(No, I don't mind stealin' bread) I don't mind
I'm goin' hungry (Goin' hungry)
I'm goin' hungry (Goin' hungry)

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) lyrics - Daughtry (feat. Lzzy Hale)

(originally by Journey)

Here we stand
Worlds apart, hearts broken in two, two, two
Sleepless nights
Losing ground, I'm reaching for you, you, you

Feeling that it's gone
Can't change your mind
If we can't go on to survive the tide
Love divides

Someday love will find you
Break those chains that bind you
One night will remind you
How we touched and went our separate ways
If he ever hurts you
True love won't desert you
You know I still love you
Though we touched and went our separate ways

Troubled times
Caught between confusion and pain, pain, pain
Distant eyes
Promises we made were in vain, in vain, in vain

If you must go
I wish you luck
You'll never walk alone
Take care, my love
Miss you, love

Someday love will find you
Break those chains that bind you
One night will remind you
How we touched and went our separate ways
If he ever hurts you
True love won't desert you
You know I still love you
Though we touched and went our separate ways

Oh
I still love you, babe
I still love you, girl
I really love you, babe
I really love you, girl
Oh

Someday love will find you
Break those chains that bind you
One night will remind you
How we touched and went our separate ways
If he ever hurts you
True love won't desert you
You know I still love you
Though we touched and went our separate ways

Though we went our separate ways
Though we went our separate ways
Though we went our separate ways
Though we went our separate ways
Though we went our separate ways
Though we went our separate ways

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