Behind Closed Doors
Rise Against · The Sufferer & The Witness [2006]
Chairs thrown and tables toppled
Hands armed with broken bottles
Standing no chance to win but
We're not running, we're not running
Theres a point I think we're missin
Its in the air we raise our fists in
In the smiles we cast each other
My sister, my brother
About the time we gave up hopin
We'd ever find these locks still open
Stumbling on stones unturned
The hurt we feel we all have earned
The lines we cross in search of change
But all they see is treason
Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
We will survive
(break out), I wont be left here
Behind closed doors
Bon fires burn like beacons
Guiding the lost and weakened
Flames dance on crashing waves
Guiding ships who've gone astray
Time out lets stop and think this through
We've all got better things to do
Than talk in circles, run in place
Answers inches from our face
Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
We will survive
(break out), I wont be left here
Behind closed doors
Black eyes, broken fingers
Blood drips, and I let it run
Down my, lips into my swollen gums
When hope is non-existent
Our instincts all scream run
We never, turn our backs
Or even bite our tongues
Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
We will survive
(break out), I wont be left here
Behind closed doors
Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
We will survive
(break out), I wont be left here
Behind closed doors
Hands armed with broken bottles
Standing no chance to win but
We're not running, we're not running
Theres a point I think we're missin
Its in the air we raise our fists in
In the smiles we cast each other
My sister, my brother
About the time we gave up hopin
We'd ever find these locks still open
Stumbling on stones unturned
The hurt we feel we all have earned
The lines we cross in search of change
But all they see is treason
Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
We will survive
(break out), I wont be left here
Behind closed doors
Bon fires burn like beacons
Guiding the lost and weakened
Flames dance on crashing waves
Guiding ships who've gone astray
Time out lets stop and think this through
We've all got better things to do
Than talk in circles, run in place
Answers inches from our face
Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
We will survive
(break out), I wont be left here
Behind closed doors
Black eyes, broken fingers
Blood drips, and I let it run
Down my, lips into my swollen gums
When hope is non-existent
Our instincts all scream run
We never, turn our backs
Or even bite our tongues
Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
We will survive
(break out), I wont be left here
Behind closed doors
Although we have no obligation to stay alive
On broken backs we beg for mercy
We will survive
(break out), I wont be left here
Behind closed doors