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AMERICAN X

Close your eyes to the world that you see
And open wide to the one in your dreams
There’s nothing left that you wanna believe
Foreign eyes have been torn at the seams
You’d save yourself from a world without sin
You're born again with a means to an end
Drawing lines in the palm of your hand
Your holding on to all that you’ve planned

There’s nothing here that is left to be saved
Take a bow to the warrior state
You throw yourself to the perilous static
You shut your eyes but the death is romantic
You’ve sold your soul but it’s only a fake
You’d kill yourself for a piece of the take
You lose your mind in a world that leaves nothin’
You're holding on for asylum, reaching for air

It’s all you want, you know you’ll never forget
Your open arms, they only seem to surrender
It’s all you know, you know you’ll never regret
Your open arms, they only seem to surrender all that matters

No one needs what they think to survive
Pulled inside with an appetite blind
You feast your eyes on American sex
You sleep in shores of American bliss
Growing wings from the sorrowless excess
Your frozen eyes cut the chord to their last depth
You share your young with the wolves of a nation
There’s nothing left ‘til you pray for salvation

It’s all you want, you know you’ll never forget
Your open arms, they only seem to surrender all that matters
It’s all you know, you know you’ll never regret
Your open arms, they only seem to surrender all that matters

I’m the last of the messiahs
All your lost star signs

BABY 81 (US)
May 1, 2007

BABY 81 (UK)
Apr 30, 2007
16 Comments Add Comment
carocha says:
one of the best outros ever. i'm drooling.
May 9, 2008 at 10.11pm
rolf-brmc says:
awesome song, awesome lyrics
March 7, 2008 at 8.13am
manic1 says:
my fave BRMC song along with Awake, Ain't no Easy way and Heart & Soul.
October 27, 2007 at 11.21pm
mychelle3 says:
I agree! Robert's vocals on this song are amazing.
August 25, 2007 at 10.43pm
king-of-mods says:
My favourite of rob's vocal performances.
August 13, 2007 at 7.43am
jnahra says:
fantastic song. even better live
July 14, 2007 at 6.27pm
potatohead says:
Why does this guy keeps critizing? Anyway, 5 staRS love it!
June 19, 2007 at 8.10am
mychelle3 says:
this may have replaced every other favorite song i have ever had. it is amazing, both on the album and live. i've never been so enthralled with a lengthy guitar solo in my life.
June 17, 2007 at 6.41pm
fisherl4 says:
I love that BRMC jams out for a long time in this song. It kind of reminds me of a My Morning Jacket vibe.
May 27, 2007 at 6.20pm
danielaudio says:
The thing about this song, you could actually hear all of BRMC influences’, especially the solo in the guitar. Sounds like the doors,
May 26, 2007 at 8.16pm
paula_abroad says:
i love this one. very trippy solo. can´t wait to hear it live!
May 10, 2007 at 1.09am
giorgos says:
this song is fantastic!very dark and paarnoid guitars!
May 8, 2007 at 3.05am
jcdawg says:
Just saw this performed live in San Diego-INCREDIBLE!
May 7, 2007 at 1.11am
skinriver says:
Great lyrics and delivery but the guitar break could have been constructed better. Anti-climatic.
May 4, 2007 at 11.47pm
RangerFish says:
I think the vocals are a little monotonous perhaps, but I absolutely love the guitars on this.
May 4, 2007 at 5.59pm
ookyshpooky says:
One of the best songs ever written.
May 3, 2007 at 12.05pm

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