Nightmare

[Burningplain]

Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold

NIGHTMARE!
Now your nightmare comes to life.

Dragged you down below
Down to the devils show
To be his guest forever
Peace of mind is less than never

Hate to twist your mind
But God ain't on your side
An old acquaintance severed
Burn the world your last endeavor

Flesh is burning
You can smell it in the air
Cause men like you have such an easy soul to steal (steal)

So stand in line while banging numbers in your head
You're now a slave until the end of time

Nothing stops the madness turning, haunting, yearning pull the trigger

You should have known
The price of evil
And it hurts to know that you belong here
Yeah
Oooooooh
It's your fucking nightmare
While your nightmare comes to life

Can't wake up in sweat
Cause it ain't over yet
Still dancing with your demons
Victim of your own creation

Beyond the will to fight
Where all that's wrong is right
Where hate don't need a reason
Love is self-assassination

You've been lied to
Just to rape you of your sight
And now they have the nerve to tell you how to feel (feel)

So sedated as they medicate your brain
And while you slowly go insane they tell ya
"Given with the best intentions, help you with your complications"

You should have known
The price of evil
And it hurts to know that you belong here
Yeah
No one to call
Everybody to fear
Your tragic fate
Is looking so clear
Yeah
Oooooooh
It's your fucking nightmare
HA! HA! HA! HA!

(Break)

(Maniacal laughter)
Fight (Fight! ). not to fail (fail! )
Not to fall (fall! )
Or you'll end up like the others

Die (Die! ), die again (die! )
Drenched in sin (sin! )
With no respect for another
OH!

Down(Down! ), feel the fire(fire! )
Feel the hate(hate! )
Your pain is what we desire

Lost (Lost! ), hit the wall (wall! )
Watch you crawl (crawl! )
Such a replaceable liar

And I know you hear their voices
Calling from above
And I know they may seem real
These signals of love
But our life's made up of choices
Some without appeal
They took for granted your soul
And it's ours now to steal

As your nightmare comes to life

You should have known
The price of evil
And it hurts to know that you belong here
Yeah
No one to call
Everybody to fear
Your tragic fate
Is looking so clear
Yeah
Oooooooh
It's your fucking nightmare

Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare (Official Music Video)

[Burningplain]

If you don't know Avenged Sevenfold then you won't know what the lyrics mean, so I'll tell you.
In December Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, Avenged Sevenfold's drummer died of unknown causes. Avenged Sevenfold are a very close band, so the loss hit the really hard. Nightmare, the song and the album, is about their loss, mostly written by The Rev before his death. I think it's really moving and the drums at the end of the video are his. Same goes for most of the Lyrics on the album.

[Chinaren]

Excellent song, and very inspirational video too.

~starts scribbling asylum horror ideas down~

[BlackCat]

Very good song and lyrics, Music video rocks.

[Burningplain]

You heard their song fiction?

[Chinaren]

I'll look it up when at home.  It's a pretty good band actually.  Like their stuff I do.

[BlackCat]

No, sorry I haven't, but I listened to it when you posted it. And when C'ren posted that metal song, I've watched that before, my friends like how they use the guitar and drums.

[true_north_son]

Great lyrics and I can't wait until I'm home later to check out the video(s) - no sound on my work computer.  I'll likely have something a little more to add to this thread once I've checked out the videos.