Defender - As I Lay Dying

Fighting so hard to be heard

Yet having nothing to say

You talk about changing masses

But forget those close to you

Most of us have given up

On these words that all sound the same

But I am still willing to believe

If you have done all that you can

You can justify almost anything

If you are willing to be loud enough

But once you’ve spent everything

To change the world around you

Even if your voice is taken away

Such actions will still inspire

Most of us have given up

On these words that all sound the same

But I am still willing to believe

If you have done all that you can

Drained

Spent

Determined

Intent

Now you’ve earned the right to be heard

We’ve been deceived by elegant speech

Whose only concern is mere distraction

Defender

Drained

Spent

Determined

Intent

Now you’ve earned the right to be heard

I will follow to the grave

A man who’s willing to die

Most of us have given up

On these words that all sound the same

But I am still willing to believe

If you have done all that you can

I am willing to die

Defender