Angels Lyrics
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Album | The Stage(2016) |
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Genres | Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal |
| Labels | Capitol Records |
| Ranked | #89 for 2016 , #2,827 all-time |
Album rating : 82.7 / 100
Votes : 28
Votes : 28
6. Angels (5:41)
Took me years to make my motives clear
And the days have not been kind
Once a steady gaze and charming smile
Has me buried in the lines, I find
I walk in the noise, quiet employs
And darkness seems to know just where I am
Mother, wash the devil from my hands
Pray the lord I have the strength to stand
Mother, tell me, was it all a lie?
Show me where the angels die
There are words that never found my lips
There are words I'd soon forget
Thought the trick was never to look back
But it seems I've lost my grip, I slip
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow all the bullets bear my name
Mother, wash the devil from my hands
Pray the lord I have the strength to stand
Mother, tell me, was it all a lie?
Show me where the angels die
Took the road but should have chased the stars
Now I've lost my own way home
Had a photo of the time we shared
But I burned it long ago, I know
I struck all the matches stuck in the ashes
Forgive me, won't you simply speak my name
Mother, wash the devil from my hands
Pray the lord I have the strength to stand
Mother, tell me, was it all a lie?
Show me where the angels die
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
(Took the road but should have chased the stars
Now I've lost my own way home)
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
(Had a photo of the time we shared
But I burned it long ago)
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
(Took the road but should have chased the stars
Now I've lost my own way home)
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
(Had a photo of the time we shared
But I burned it long ago)
And the days have not been kind
Once a steady gaze and charming smile
Has me buried in the lines, I find
I walk in the noise, quiet employs
And darkness seems to know just where I am
Mother, wash the devil from my hands
Pray the lord I have the strength to stand
Mother, tell me, was it all a lie?
Show me where the angels die
There are words that never found my lips
There are words I'd soon forget
Thought the trick was never to look back
But it seems I've lost my grip, I slip
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow all the bullets bear my name
Mother, wash the devil from my hands
Pray the lord I have the strength to stand
Mother, tell me, was it all a lie?
Show me where the angels die
Took the road but should have chased the stars
Now I've lost my own way home
Had a photo of the time we shared
But I burned it long ago, I know
I struck all the matches stuck in the ashes
Forgive me, won't you simply speak my name
Mother, wash the devil from my hands
Pray the lord I have the strength to stand
Mother, tell me, was it all a lie?
Show me where the angels die
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
(Took the road but should have chased the stars
Now I've lost my own way home)
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
(Had a photo of the time we shared
But I burned it long ago)
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
(Took the road but should have chased the stars
Now I've lost my own way home)
The faster we run now, the closer the gun now
And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now
(Had a photo of the time we shared
But I burned it long ago)
The Stage - Lyrics
The Stage - Album Credits
Members
- M. Shadows : Vocals
- Synyster Gates : Guitars
- Zacky Vengeance : Guitars
- Johnny Christ : Bass
- Brooks Wackerman : Drums
Additional musicians
- Brian Haner Sr. : Second Guitar Solo on "Angels"
- Jason Freese : Keyboards on "The Stage", "Paradigm", "Higher", "Fermi Paradox" and "Exist"
- Brian Kilgore : Percussion on "God Damn" and "Roman Sky"
- Eric Gorfain : Strings on "Creating God"
- River James Sanders, Tennessee James Baker : Backing Vocals on "Simulation"
- Valary Sanders : Nurse on "Simulation"
- Angelo Moore, Walter Kibby, Jaime Ochoa : Additional Horns on "Sunny Disposition"
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson : Spoken Word on "Exist"
Other staff
- Joe Barresi (Tool, Slipknot, Bad Religion) : Producer
- Avenged Sevenfold : Producer
- Andy Wallace : Mixing
- Bob Ludwig : Mastering
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