SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (PART TWO) (2025)












DIVIDED lyrics - Daughtry

Embraced in the shadows
We'll bleed into one
We are the seeds falling from the stars
We sharpen our arrows
Aim for the sun
A dying breed
We're living to evolve

It's always been us against the world
We've known it from the start
We won't be torn apart
Won't be divided
Up against the wall
We'll rise up for ourselves
So let 'em try like hell
We won't be divided

Been raised for the glory
And kill for the throne
They're out for blood
Out for flesh and bone
They build up their castles
Empires of sand
The kings and queens stand hand-in-hand

Us against the world
We've known it from the start
We won't be torn apart
Won't be divided
Up against the wall
We'll rise up for ourselves
So let 'em try like hell
We won't be divided

Embraced in the shadows
We bleed into one (Bleed into one)
Embraced in the shadows
We bleed into one

It's always been us against the world (Us against the world)
We've known it from the start
We won't be torn apart (Ooh)
We won't be divided (Divided)
Up against the wall (Up against the wall)
We'll rise up for ourselves (Ooh)
So let 'em try like hell
We won't be divided

We won't be divided
Oh, we won't be divided

THE DAY I DIE lyrics - Daughtry

Haven't seen the light of day
Since god knows when
Couldn't force a smile even if I tried
My heart is empty
And my bones won't mend
Feels like the river's running dry

And I keep on dreaming of
The day I die
Where I escape the darkness
In my own mind
It's like a mental funeral
Something beautiful
I wanna stay but I know I gotta let it go
I keep on dreaming of
The day I die
And I don't wanna wake up

Melancholy creeps in like a thief in the night
Resentment tries to have its day
I know I'm just another dog in their fight
Feeding on the scraps of my mistakes

And I keep on dreaming of
The day I die
Where I escape the darkness
In my own mind
A mental funeral
Something beautiful
I wanna stay but I know I gotta let it go
I keep on dreaming of
The day I die
And I don't wanna wake up

And I don't wanna wake up
And I don't wanna wake up

I keep on dreaming
I keep on dreaming
I keep on dreaming
I keep on dreaming

And I keep on dreaming of
The day I die
Where I escape the darkness
In my own mind
It's like a mental funeral
Something beautiful
I wanna stay but I know I gotta let it go
I keep on dreaming of
The day I die
And I don't wanna wake up

And I don't wanna wake up
I don't wanna wake up

THE BOTTOM lyrics - Daughtry

I had a reason, I felt in my bones
I lost my grip and the darkness took a hold of me
Can't breathe
(I think I'm suffocating)
I had the best of intentions 'til the fall
A downward spiral as far as I could go, so deep
Down so deep

Buried underneath the stone
A name without meaning
A life with no feeling
Left to die alone
Well, the body's still breathing
A soul that was bleeding

I was dead and gone
Lost and forgotten
Living like a ghost
With no hope of crossing over
I was down in a hole
'Til I clawed my way back from the bottom

I had a purpose, I let it go to hell
I use up every excuse to sabotage myself
I blame no one else

And all the lies that I've been told
A kiss and a promise
This beautiful garden
Turned to catacombs
Well, the body's still breathing
My heart is still beating, yeah, yeah

I was dead and gone
Lost and forgotten
Living like a ghost
With no hope of crossing over
I was down in a hole
'Til I clawed my way back from the bottom

Back from the bottom
Oh

I was dead and gone
Lost and forgotten
Living like a ghost
With no hope of crossing over
I was down in a hole
'Til I clawed my way back from the bottom
Ooh, oh
I was down in a hole
'Til I clawed my way back from the bottom

Ooh, back from the bottom
Back from the bottom

TERRIFIED lyrics - Daughtry

It waits, it hides
It's creeping up, I feel it come to life, yeah
Well, it's feeding time
The blood is taking over my devices, yeah
And I'm paralyzed as it tears me apart, yeah
And it's no surprise I'm so scared of the dark now

Oh my
I'm fucking terrified of what lies
Inside of my own mind
I can't stop the beast from coming out of me
I can't lie
'Cause I'm fucking terrified

It's like a creaking door that opens up in the masses
A shiver so cold, leaves a chill down my spine
It's a different kind of scary, and it's going too far
When the monster that you made me is afraid of the dark

Oh my
I'm fucking terrified of what lies
Inside of my own mind
I can't stop the beast from coming out of me
I can't lie
'Cause I'm fucking terrified

So where do I go?
Where do I go from here
When what's in my mind
Is all of the darkness I'm feeling?

Oh my
I, I'm terrified of what lies
Inside of my own mind
I can't stop the beast from coming out of me
I can't lie
'Cause I'm fucking terrified

Oh my
Oh my
Oh my
Oh my
I'm fucking terrified

RAZOR lyrics - Daughtry

Into the wreckage of the storm
Where bodies are bruised and hearts are torn
Pain is just a breath away
I never had a chance to say
'Cause I was in denial, now I'm on trial
For everything

And now you got your way, you made me bleed
Your words became the blade, you cut me deep
And all of my mistakes, too blind to see
They're taking me beyond my disbelief
You cut me like a razor
Cut me like a razor, oh
Cut me like a razor
And now you're gone

'Cause I have been down this road before
It's too familiar
And all of the things that I ignore
Haunt me forever
I guess it had to come from you
'Cause nothing hurts like the truth

And now you got your way, you made me bleed
Your words became the blade, you cut me deep
And all of my mistakes, too blind to see
They're taking me beyond my disbelief
You cut me like a razor (Cut me like a razor)
Cut me like a razor, oh
Cut me like a razor (Cut me like a razor)
And now you're gone, yeah

These are the days of letting go
These are the days of letting go, oh
I guess it had to come from you
But nothing hurts like the truth
These are the days of letting go

And now you got your way, you made me bleed
Your words became the blade, you cut me deep
And all of my mistakes, too blind to see
They're taking me beyond my disbelief
You cut me like a razor (Cut me like a razor)
Cut me like a razor, oh
Cut me like a razor (Cut me like a razor)
And now you're gone, yeah

These are the days of letting go (Oh-oh-oh)
These are the days of letting go (Oh-oh-oh)
These are the days of letting go (Oh-oh-oh)
These are the days of letting go, yeah

ANTIDOTE lyrics - Daughtry

Ain't no use in running
If it leads you to the fire
And you flirt with falling
Walking on the wire
Without warning
You find you're the prey
When you're cornered
And there's no escape
Dancing with the snake

I couldn't stop the rain
When the hurricane was coming
I couldn't keep the pace
With a runaway train going off the tracks
Looking back, it's hard to watch the poison take control
When you don't have the antidote

Heavy armor
Makes it hard to fight
It's like treading water
Or swimming against the tide
Now you're at war
You're fighting so hard
But the torture
Has become your god

I couldn't stop the rain
When the hurricane was coming
I couldn't keep the pace
With a runaway train going off the tracks
Looking back, it's hard to watch the poison take control
When you don't have the antidote

I wish that I could take the pain
If only I could take your place
When there's nothing left, there's nothing left to lose

I couldn't stop the rain
When the hurricane was coming
I couldn't keep the pace
With a runaway train going off the tracks
Looking back, it's hard to watch the poison take control
When you don't have the antidote, woah, woah, ooh

When you don't have the antidote

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

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