Broken Generation

Album: Restoring Force: Full Circle (2015)
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  • He sits and he waits,
    Feeling broken and hollow
    Hands held close to his face
    Screaming, "Why do I bother?"

    They'll just tear me down,
    Rip me apart, cast aside like a sinner
    With no words from the wise

    Will you ever learn, will you ever learn,
    will you ever learn, learn to listen?

    Can you hear them calling?
    You'll testify to justify, you have to find a way!
    Can you hear them calling?
    With arcane eyes you're staring
    back at someone with no face!
    Can you hear them calling?

    She lies there in wait
    And feeling so hollow.
    Can't find love in this place,
    Left alone with her sorrow

    All the promises you made
    When you stood by her side were so broken
    When you threw it away

    Will you ever learn, will you ever learn
    will you ever learn, learn to listen?

    Can you hear them calling?
    You'll testify to justify, you have to find a way!
    Can you hear them calling?

    We'll mobilize, not pacify to save another day
    Can you pick up all the pieces of this broken generation (broken generation)?
    Can you hear them calling?

    The road to hell is paved in good intentions and apathy,
    What did you expect when common sense is your enemy?
    I'd rather burn alive than drown inside your reality

    Can you hear me?
    Are you listening?

    Can you hear them calling?
    You'll testify to justify, you have to find a way!
    Can you hear them calling?
    We'll climb the walls to scratch the sky to save another day

    Can you pick up all the pieces of this broken generation
    (pick up all the pieces of this broken generation)?
    Can you hear them calling? Writer/s: AARON PAULEY, ALAN ASHBY, AUSTIN CARLILE, DAVID BENDETH, PHIL MANANSALA, VALENTINO ARTEAGA
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • J from UtMy unofficial meaning of the song is about a suicidal person due, initially depressed to the loss of touch due to modern communications, and is now being convinced not to end it all. "Can you hear me?" "Can you hear them calling?" "You have to find a way!"
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