Rise Against - 'Long forgotten songs: B-Sides & Covers (2000-2013)'

Even though we know, yeah We know, Our time has almost come We're all overdue Can there be a place to call our own? Can there be a road that takes us home? We don't belong (we don't belong) We go along (we go along) We don't belong To you now When it rains it pours Like summer storms, the skies as grey as leaves The rivers flood the banks and spill into the streets But the people laughed and swore that they'd restore The city piece by piece And then the clouds gave way as if to agree When it rains it pours The mystery unknown now unfolds The life that we once owned, first bought, then sold Like passengers on board, we've no control To oceans unexplored This ship sails through We don't belong (don't belong) We go along (we go along) We don't belong To you now When it rains it pours Like summer storms, the skies as grey as leaves The rivers flood the banks and spill into the streets But the people laughed and swore that they'd restore The city piece by piece And then the clouds gave way as if to agree When it rains it pours It pours (It pours) When it rains it pours When they die we mourn When it hit, we swore Now we want not more Like a saint re-born Like a rose in a storm Like a child un-born A child un-born... It's the coin we're tossing into the well It's misfortune that we could not foretell It's the dry spell When it rains it pours Like summer storms, the skies as grey as leaves The rivers flood the banks and spill into the streets But the people laughed and swore that they'd restore The city piece by piece And then the clouds gave way as if to agree When it rains it pours It pours When it rains it pour *

On dirt like stone The life paste, the bones of men That sought to overthrow Or all that remains Oh, what they stole Was innocence, the slate once clean Has gone as black as coal Time and time again Take a look around The tide is turning upside down The image of the world Reflects inside the child's eye This world No self-control No sense of time No bleeding hearts, no long good-byes We grow colder every day But is it all a show? A game we play Society vice queens, so fucking bored And so cliche Take a look around The tide is turning upside down The image of the world Reflects inside the child's eye We eat our own to stay alive Slow and steady now Slow and steady now Slow and steady now Slow and steady now Slow and steady now, it's time Take a look around The tide is turning upside down The image of the world Reflects inside the child's eye We eat our own to stay alive Around, take a look around Watch this world reflect Inside a child's eye We eat our own to stay alive *

We don't sleep very much These triggers ache for the touch Where's the strength we relied on? Fear alone, like a crutch Maybe that's what keeps us up All night with the light on Glowing screens simulate Lives that no longer take place Can this be what we've become? Paper thin, overweight Pills to arouse or sedate Still we don't know what we want We can't let go Can't you see? To lose control Is to be... Finally free! First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode Into the darkest of nights Disconnect Cut the cord Lines are dead Now they'll know With everything comes a price And each day we are torn Between the right and the wrong Between life and convenience Why lose sleep? Why complain? There's always channels to change It's like elective amnesia As we grow older in this place Let's just start over Let's erase What they've made! First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode Into the darkest of nights Disconnect Cut the cord Lines are dead Now they'll know With everything comes a price It could be minutes away It could be hours or days Before the bottom falls out Before the ground gives way Into this debt we are born A debt we try to repay And yet we blacken the sky Smoke rising out of the flames Now they'll know... First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode Into the darkest of nights Disconnect Cut the cord Lines are dead Now they'll know With everything comes a price (First a spark) (Then a flame) (Now a fire) We explode We explode With everything comes a price (Disconnect) (Cut the cord) (Lines are dead) We explode We explode *

We celebrate the downfall with ticker tape parades Oblivious to the fucking mess left lying in the wake "God grant me the strength to let my children starve" He whispered to the dripping roof into the candled dark Contemplate contracts of gold Just wave your hand and relinquish control Nine lives await to unfold We bury ten thousand stories untold First with insurrection batting eyes from afar In skybox seats or hotel suites, six figure fucking cars Contemplate contracts of gold Just wave your hand and relinquish control Nine lives await to unfold Bury the stories Control the heart Control the mind Control the hands To build what they've designed Lifetimes of silence and apathy Ensure the prompt demise of our humanity Contemplate contracts of gold Just wave your hand and relinquish control Nine lives await to unfold We bury ten thousand stories The stories untold *

Writer: Trever Keith. Band: Face to Face. What if I’m right and you are wrong? What if you knew it all along? What if I figured out that I did not belong? What if it always bothered me? What if I never did believe? Would it be wrong if I decided I should leave? If I pretended I was blind And struck it from my mind Would it still be there? What if I’d do anything to make it seem all right? It’s all right What if it’s all inside my head? What if those words were never said? Would it be easier if I could just forget? What if I didn't run away? Could it be any other way? Would it be wrong if I decided I should stay? Hey, yeah! If I pretended I was blind And struck it from my mind Would it still be there? What if I’d do anything to make it seem all right? It’s all right It’s all right It’s all right It’s all right And now, if I pretended I was blind And struck it from my mind Would it still be there? What if I would do anything to make it seem all right? It’s all right Now, what if I’m right and you are wrong? What if you knew it all along? What if I figured out that I did not belong? What if it always bothered me? What if I never did believe? Would it be wrong if I decided I should leave? *

In the face of change Is when she turned to me and said "I'm not sure anymore?? And there amidst the waves And the cloudless skies That blanket the year before I watch my life wash ashore Have you ever been a part of something That you thought would never end? And then of course it did Have you ever felt the weight inside you Pulling away inside your skin? And then something had to give Now the lines are drawn Is this feeling gone? The best parts of this have come and gone And now that is all this is With the reasons clear We'll spend another year Without direction, full of fear But now things will be different There's nothing simple when it comes to you and I Always something in this everchanging life And it probably always will Now that time is getting harder to come by The same arguments are always on our mind We've killed this slowly fading light Now something has kept me here too long and you can't leave me if I'm already gone Make the same mistakes we're always hanging on Break the promises we're always leaning on All this time spent waking up Mow I keep this line open to get this call from you as you speak the words That keep me coming back to you now this time it's all different Now something has kept me here too long and now I'm gone... *

Getting trampled under boots of progress Ignore the pleading of the nameless faces Now with our backs against the wall How long till we fall? Do away with all the underprivileged their demographic doesn't fit your image Turn your blind eye when duty calls How long till we fall? (In With The New) This is something that you can't ignore (In With The New) A simple thing worth fighting for (In With The New) cause now they're tearing down our doors So she screams out the window, "I've had it up to here" So sick and tired of wondering where I'll be next year... Caring less about the homeless millions All the petty problems that go with them Reap the profit that reaps their lives and Tell me that it's fine Throw them out and call it relocation Lower-income-housing quick solution A Generation lost (In With The New) This is something that you can't ignore (In With The New) A simple thing worth fighting for (In With The New) cause now they're tearing down our doors So she screams out the window, "I've had it up to here" So sick and tired of wondering where I'll be next year... Now in the whirlwind of my life Is where you presently reside Can I pretend you don't exist Maybe just for ten more minutes? My hearts been broken into two and rusted from years of disuse So will you place upon it your hands Will you help it beat again? [2x] It seems the whole world's turned on me (Bound and gagged) in the land of the free Let's talk this over, this game is over In with the new, out with the old Hearts of the world have grown so cold This game is over, let's talk this over *

This city grieves like widows clasping folded flags against their hearts Raindrops spill like dirt and roses on black coffins in the dark Not yet corpses, still we rot, oblivious to our decay Drinking poison, drop by drop, descend to dark Unless we save our lives From the coming tide That seeks to drown us in its waves But if we sell our soul For the chance of gold Then we'll rue each passing day And I swear this place once was alive The streets all pulsed like living veins Heart was beating cars with blood The buildings breathe each time they sway Time of death Punctuated by the bells The sky turned red Then came the rain Come on let's save our lives From the coming tide That seeks to drown us in its waves But if we sell our soul For the chance of gold Then we'll rue each passing day. They drown, they'll crush you from the top I'd rather die, I would rather chase them down These worlds are crashing forward, They try to set alight Build our true fates while they drown Like fallen soldiers on these fields We spared our lives Bodies holed up on the wheels I swear we tried I gave up on this godforsaken sight, And felt it all pass by. Come on let's save our lives From the coming tide That seeks to drown us in its waves But if we sell our soul for the chance of gold then we'll rue each passing day. So save our (Save our lives) Our lives, it's coming clear, Yeah it's been coming clear (Coming clear) To me... We'll never sell our soul For the chance of gold And we'll live each passing day *

Writer: Bob Dylan. Band: Bob Dylan. Hollis Brown He lived on the outside of town Hollis Brown He lived on the outside of town With his wife and five children And his cabin fallin' down You looked for work and money And you walked a rugged mile You looked for work and money And you walked a rugged mile Your children are so hungry That they don't know how to smile Your baby's eyes look crazy They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve Your baby's eyes look crazy They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve You walk the floor and wonder why With every breath you breathe The rats have got your flour Bad blood it got your mare The rats have got your flour Bad blood it got your mare If there's anyone that knows Is there anyone that cares? You prayed to the Lord above Oh please send you a friend You prayed to the Lord above Oh please send you a friend Your empty pockets tell yuh That you ain't a-got no friend Your babies are crying louder It's pounding on your brain Your babies are crying louder It's pounding on your brain Your wife's screams are stabbin' you Like the dirty drivin' rain Your grass it is turning black There's no water in your well Your grass is turning black There's no water in your well You spent your last lone dollar On seven shotgun shells Way out in the wilderness A cold coyote calls Way out in the wilderness A cold coyote calls Your eyes fix on the shotgun That's hangin' on the wall Your brain is a-bleedin' And your legs can't seem to stand Your brain is a-bleedin' And your legs can't seem to stand Your eyes fix on the shotgun That you're holdin' in your hand There's seven breezes a-blowin' All around the cabin door There's seven breezes a-blowin' All around the cabin door Seven shots ring out Like the ocean's pounding roar There's seven people dead On a South Dakota farm There's seven people dead On a South Dakota farm Somewhere in the distance There's seven new people born *

Sight unseen, the road stretched out before me. Suffocate - the water rising slowly. Step in time, agree to share this pain. Live or die now, but still we suffer just the same! I took my share and then told her, "I don't want more" We spend our lives, then ask you, what was this for, We gave our time and still we came up short. Cause this is all I've got, and I've nothing more. We save the worst excuse, but the best in store. Maybe now, we'll finally even the score. Are you counting? - do you even wanna know? Cause unknown, the streets are never-ending. Sinking down, with nothing to defend me. Lie and wait, for some small show of mercy. Questions change - but the answers always stay the same! I took my share and then told her, "I don't want more" I fell so low, I touched the oceans floor. But what the hell are we searching for?! Cause this is all I've got, and I've nothing more. We save the worst excuse, but the best in store. Maybe now, we'll finally even the score. Are you counting? - do you even wanna know? She lies awake now, and cried a thousand rivers. The circumstance here, has led this child astray. This candle's fading, the dim light slowly withers. You ask for guidance, but I just look away... I have nothing more to say. So let me down, because they never believed in you. Seal this crown, and still we can see right through. Cause this is all I've got, and I've nothing more. We save the worst excuse, but the best in store. Maybe now we'll finally even the score. Cause this is all I've got. And now there's nothing. *

This night will fall like any other Daylight subsides and shadows crawl Out from under black corners Hiding something Stirs, all so restless Cracked windows open wide Dead-bolt turns doors creak open With stars and moonlight there to guide Come raise your lantern to the sky Can we illuminate this night? We'll dance like heathens round a flame While the world sleeps we are awake The black brook calls It sings a chorus While the gathering swells The flames grow tall Right before us As drums keep pounding And the masses now are fusing Bodies pressed and tangled As we revel in confusion Our inhibitions thrown into the fire Come raise your lantern to the sky Can we illuminate this night? We'll dance like heathens round a flame While the world sleeps we are awake Here in the dark we are safe from the judgement Now arm in arm locked tight so no one gets in The heaven-sent say, "Child, you are hell-bent." But hell is not where we're going Hell's where we've been Come raise your lantern to the sky And let's illuminate this night We'll dance like heathens round the flame And while the world sleeps we are awake Raise your lantern to the sky And let's illuminate this night We'll dance like heathens around the flames And while the world sleeps we are awake We are awake (raise your lantern to the sky) We are awake We are awake (now raise your lantern to the sky) We are awake Yeah we are awake *

Writer: Danny Elfman. Band: Danny Elfman. This time, this time Making Christmas Making Christmas Making Christmas, making Christmas Is so fine It's ours this time And won't the children be surprised It's ours this time Making Christmas Making Christmas Making Christmas Time to give them something fun They'll talk about for years to come Let's have a cheer from everyone It's time to party Making Christmas, making Christmas Snakes and mice get wrapped up so nice With spider legs and pretty bows It's ours this time All together, that and this With all our tricks we're Making Christmastime Here comes jack I don't believe what's happening to me My hopes, my dreams, my fantasies Hee, hee, hee, hee Won't they be impressed, I am a genius See how I transformed this old rat Into a most delightful hat Hmm, my compliments from me to you On this your most intriguing hat Consider though this substitute A bat in place of this old rat Huh! No, no, no, now that's all wrong This thing will never make a present It's been dead now for much too long Try something fresher, something pleasant Try again, don't give up All together, that and this With all our tricks we're making Christmastime... This time, this time Making Christmas, making Christmas La, la, la It's almost here And we can't wait So ring the bells and celebrate Cause when the full moon starts to climb We'll all sing out It's Christmastime Hee, hee, hee *

With your eyes Glazed and half-smiling Explain to me the details Of your god-given right You point your finger In my face but You can't remember what you Did last night It's all fun and games 'til You try to justify It's all well and done 'til You question the choices in your life Join! All the millions Of victims who prescribe To this mediocre life And all these years Have been lost Looking for something That you'll never find! It's all fun and games 'til You try to justify It's all well and done 'til You question the choices in your life In your life... In your life! It's all fun and games 'til You try to justify It's all well and done 'til You question the choices in your life *

Writers: Louis Koller, Pete Koller, Arman Majidi, Craig Setari. Band: Sick Of It All. Invest time, invest life Invest it all, reinvent yourself Before you know it Your essence is renewed with something fresh Your will, your way Will earn respect in your day Let the glory sharpened knife Carve the future of your life Let's not praise the past, just a fact Built to last Old school or the new Doesn't mean a thing if your heart's not true Greedy ones faded fast, we're here Built to last For the fun, not a fad The love and the truth so powerful Work out the snags of the past Work out the snags that won't last Mistakes have finished my brothers Mistakes will guide all the others Your will, your way Might shape a better day Eradicate the stagnancy Eradicate it like disease Let's not praise the past, just a fact Built to last Old school or the new Doesn't mean shit if your heart ain't true Greedy ones faded fast, we're here Built to last For the fun, not a fad The love and the truth so powerful The love and the truth so powerful As we've seen around the world We won't go away Cause we'll always feel this way We're here to stay And our impact will be felt We won't go away If we feel it, if we feel it We're here to stay *

Here alone we wander and we roam We cut our teeth in city streets and gutters we call home Await the day the clouds will part Deliver words we know by heart Raise your fucking voice Or be a face in the crowd Isn't that what it's all about? So tempt me not with the life you have bought Our keep is earned in the change that we sought Explain away the tangled truth Accuse away but without proof Raise your fucking voice Or be a face in the crowd Isn't that what it's all about? Boots on the ground, aim tried and true Bells toll the sound; impending doom In our respite our numbers grew Now it's time to Raise your fucking voice Or be a face in the crowd Isn't that what it's all about? *

Writer: Malvina Reynolds. Band: Pete Seeger. Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes, all the same. There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one They're all made out of ticky-tacky, And they all look just the same. And the people in houses who went to the university, where they were put in boxes, And they all came out the same. There's doctors and lawyers And business executives, They're all made out of ticky-tacky And they all look just the same. And they all play on the golf-course, And drink their Martini dry, And they all have pretty children, And the children go to school. And the children go to summer camp And then to the university, They all get put in boxes And they all come out the same. And the boys go into business, And marry, raise a family, And they all get put in boxes, Little boxes, all the same. Yeah a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one And they're all made out of ticky-tacky And they all look just the same. *

Break through the undertow, your hands I can't seem to find Pollution burns my tongue, cough words I can't speak so I Stop my struggling, then I float to the surface Fill my lungs with air, then let it out I give it all, now there's a reason why I sing So give it all, and it's these reasons that belong to me Rock bottoms where we live, and still we dig these trenches To bury ourselves in them, backs breaking under tension For far too long these voices, muffled by distances It's time to come to our senses, up from the dirt We give it all, now there's a reason why I sing So give it all, and it's these reasons that belong to me Breathe (breathe), the air we give (give), the life we live (live), our pulses racing distances (breathe) so wet my tongue (give), break into song (live), through seas of competition So please believe your eyes, a sacrifice Is not what we had in our minds I'm coming home tonight, home tonight We give it all, now there's a reason why I sing So give it all, and it's these reasons that belong to me Today I offer all myself to this I'm living for my dying wish I give it all, now there's a reason, there's a reason, to give it all *

Writers: Brian Baker, Ian MacKaye, Jeffrey Nelson, Lyle Preslar. Band: Minor Threat. We're not the first, I hope we're not the last 'Cause I know we're all ready for that adult crash The time is so little, the time belongs to us Why is everybody in such a fucking rush? Make do with what you have Take what you can get Pay no mind to us We're just a minor threat We're just a minor threat Early to finish, I was late to start I might be an adult, but I'm a minor at heart Go to college, be a man, what's the fucking deal? It's now how old I am, it's how old I feel Take your time Try no to forget We never will We're just a minor threat We're just a minor threat *

To all you people standing proud Thinking you know what I'm about I think you can fuck yourself From your safe distance in this crowd That's when your voice becomes so loud Still trying to keep us down Walk one mile in shoes I never asked to fill But still I press on... I slipped, I fell, then I lost everything My hope, my faith, in what the future brings In hopes of pushing past the tie that brings us down We sing together now. Give me one reason to look you in the eye Tell me exactly why it is that you think you are worth my time I slipped, I fell, then I lost everything My hope, my faith, in what the future brings In hopes of pushing past the tie that brings us down We sing together now. To all the ones that shake my hand Then talk your shit behind my back To those who claim they understand But never heard a word I said In spite of you I am still here This vision has never been more clear As we sing together now. I slipped, I fell, then I lost everything My hope, my faith, in what the future brings In hopes of pushing past the tie that brings us down We sing together now. *

Breathe deep and easy, swallow this pride. Stare at my shaking hands through bone-dry, blood shot eyes. Clock strip the hours, I count the miles. Will you be there waiting, awake until sunrise. I have traveled in darkness, for what seems like days, I, come from the sinkholes, collapsed under this weight. I know not your sorrow, but I know mine, So say you'll stay and dance with me tonight. In the glow of twilight, our world is finally calm. I felt it complete me, when the stars give way to dawn. A language universal, but I speak not its tongue. Is this a night that spans forever, or a dawn that never comes. I have traveled in darkness, for what seems like days, I, come from the sinkholes, collapsed under this weight. I know not your sorrow, but I know mine, So say you'll stay and dance with me tonight. Tomorrow we might wake in servitude and silence I will give you everything if only you would have me Tomorrow we will sweat and toil, Our hands will quiver caked with soil, Tomorrow we'll give it one last chance, But tonight we dance, But tonight we dance! And for this, I travel in darkness, for what seems like days, I, come from the sinkholes, collapsed under this weight. I know not your sorrow, but I know mine, Just say you'll stay and dance with me tonight. *

Writer: Greg Ginn. Band: Black Flag. I'm about to have a nervous breakdown My head really hurts And if I don't find a way out of here I'm gonna go berserk cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders It's going... berserk I hear the same old talk talk talk The same old lines Don't grill me that today Yeah If you know what's good for you you'll get out of my way Cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Is going... berserk I won't apologize For acting outta line You see the way I am You leave any time you can cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt Head on my shoulders Is going... berserk Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! I don't care what you fuckin' do I don't care what you fuckin' say I'm so sick of everything I just want to... die! *

(Gethsemane!) It was the perfect night Then you had to go and ruin it with a kiss now I'm trapped inside here The innocence we held once so carelessly Has been suffocated in this breathless moment [Chorus:] Believe in me and I will believe in you You're asking of me everything So I'll give it all to you With arms raised to the stars begging them to listen With legs littered with scars cut from these olive branches Now, point of return now crossed and our hands left shaking Tonight we give in to temptation [Chorus:] Believe in me and I will believe in you You're asking of me everything So I'll give it all to you Someone stop my mind from screaming It's so loud I can't hear myself think Life, Death, Religion, Survival It makes no sense Never try to tell me that I'm a coincidence [Chorus:] Believe in me and I will believe in you You're asking of me everything So I'll give it all to you And I don't Believe in you Never safe from you [?] Believe in me You're asking of me everything So I'll give it all to you And if I never have you, then I can never lose you Now, everything here is a lie Where is the truth? Where is the fucking truth? *

Writers: Ari Katz, Dan Yemin, David Palaitis, Pete Martin, Scott Golley. Band: Lifetime. Tune the electric bass to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th string. The boy's no good. Yeah, he's a fuckin' hood. He won't treat you like he should. I heard he's making time with this friend of mine. I heard he's talking trash. I saw that kid last night. He's starting fights. He's got that nervous twitching. He's just not the kid for you. He's all dressed up. He's got nothing to do, but he's got something. He's cool as anything, but he's not good. That boy's a fucking creep. The boy's no good. Yeah, he's a hood. He won't treat you like he should. I said the boy's no good. He's a hood. He won't treat you like I would. I said the boy's no good. Listen to what I say. The boy's no good. He'll fuck you anyway. The boy's no good. I'm gonna have a talk... the boy's no good. The boy's no fuckin' good. *

Writers: Steve Perry, Neal Schon. Band: Journey. Anyway you want it That's the way you need it Anyway you want it She loves to dance She loves to sing She does everything She loves to move She loves to groove She loves the lovin' things All night All night Oh every night So hold tight Hold tight Oh baby hold tight She said Anyway you want it That's the way you need it Anyway you want it Anyway you want it That's the way you need it Anyway you want it I was alone I never knew What good love could do Then we touched And we sang About the lovin' things All night All night Oh every night So hold tight Hold tight Oh baby hold tight She said Anyway you want it That's the way you need it Anyway you want it Anyway you want it That's the way you need it Anyway you want it *

Writer: Kurt Cobain. Band: Nirvana. Mom and dad went to a show They dropped me off at grandpa Joe's I kicked and screamed Said "Please, don't go" Grandpa take me home Had to eat my dinner there Mashed potatos and stuff like that I couldn't chew my meat too good Grandpa take me home Said "Why don't you stop your crying Go outside and ride your bike?" That's what I did I killed my toe Grandma take me home After dinner, I had ice cream I fell asleep and watched TV I woke up in my mother's arms Grandpa take me home, never take me home Grandpa take me home I wanna be alone *

Writer: Bruce Springsteen. Band: Bruce Springsteen. Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks Goin' some place there's no goin' back Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest No home, no job, no peace, no rest Well the highway is alive tonight Where it's headed nobody knows I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Got a one-way ticket to the promised land You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Bathin' in the city aqueduct Well the highway is alive tonight Where it's headed everybody knows I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Look for me Mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand Or decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Look in your eyes Mom you'll see me" Well the highway is alive tonight Where it's headed everybody knows I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad Well the highway is alive tonight Where it's headed everybody knows I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad With the ghost of old Tom Joad With the ghost of old Tom Joad *