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we’re more than carbon and chemicalsfree will is ours and we can’t let gowe can’t allow this, the quiet cullso we sing out this, our canticlewe are the image of the invisible

we all were lost now we are foundno one can stop us or slow us downwe are all named and we are all knownwe know that we’ll never walk alone

we’re more than static and dial tonewe’re emblematic of the unknownraise up the banner, bend back your bowsremove the cancer, take back your soulswe are the image of the invisible

though all the world may hate us, we are namedthough shadow overtake us, we are known

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridge drums: RileyBreckenridge backup vocals: Edward Breckenridge, RileyBreckenridge, Teppei Teranishi, Steve Osborne programming:Steve Osborne, Teppei Teranishi morse code: Dustin Kensrue

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is this everything, i’ve dreamed of so much morebetween the end and where we liehere all hopes and dreams are scavenged from the floorand fed into machines that feed on vacant eyesall of my dreams, always find mefar beyond these fake flourescent skiesi know there must be something more, if i could only findthe doorthen i could free myself and see the world outside

where daylight breaks on you and shines into thegrey that sleeps beneath your skulldaylight breaks on you and burns away thegrey that suffocates your soul

for now i hold a key, and though i may be losti know that i will find my wayi search endlessly but every time i’ve thoughtthat i was near the smoke and mirrors lead me astraysee the pit boss, steal each tick tocktime it seems will suffer at our handsi look for exits in the haze, the dense electric twilight mazei’ve heard that there is one that leads to sunlit lands

daylight, they tell me that it’s just a myththey try to betray me with a kiss daylight, they tell me that it can’t existthey might never know just what they missed as

daylight pours fire into my grey eyespour grace into my grey lifebreaks in and lights the way i can’t live without the day

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridge drums: RileyBreckenridge rhodes: Teppei Teranishi synthesizer: EdwardBreckenridge programming: Dustin Kensrue percussion:Steve Osborne

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we dream of ways to break these iron barswe dream of black nights without moon or starswe dream of tunnels and of sleeping guardswe dream of blackouts in the prison yard

heartbroken, we found a gleam of hopeharken to the sound, a whistle blowsheaven sent reply, however smallevidence of life beyond these wallsborn and bred in this machinewardens dread to see us dreamwe hold tight to legends of real life, the way it was before

we dream of jailers throwing down their armswe dream of open gates and no alarms

look to the day the earth will shakethese weathered walls will fall away

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridge drums: RileyBreckenridge backup vocals: Edward Breckenridge, RileyBreckenridge, Teppei Teranishi hammond: Teppei Teranishi

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it’s been so long, and tin cans and string for yearsis all that we’ve known, could it be you’re really here

‘cause my eyes are open, and everything still moves inslow-motion, breathless and blue, and behind your eyes the seaoceans of light envelop me

but things can’t be as they seem, i’m so far from homethis must be another dream, but my eyes are open

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Dustin Kensrue acousticguitar: Dustin Kensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridgebass synth: Edward Breckenridge drums: Riley Breckenridgerhodes: Teppei Teranishi, Dustin Kensrue synthesizer:Teppei Teranishi percussion: Dustin Kensrue glockenspiel:Dustin Kensrue backup vocals: Teppei Teranishi

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i know one day, all our scars will disappear, like the stars atdawnand all of our pain, will fade away when morning comesand on that day when we look backwards we will see, thateverything is changedand all of our trials, will be as milestones on the way

and as long as we live, every scar is a bridge to someone’sbroken heart and there’s no greater love, than that one shed his bloodfor his friends

on that day all of the scales will swing to set all the wrongsto right

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all our tears, and all of our fears will take to flightbut until then all of our scars will still remain, butwe’ve learned that if we’llopen the wounds and share them then soon theystart to heal

(as long as we live, we are bridges to someone’s brokenheartthere’s no greater love, shed your blood for your friends)

we must see that every scar is a bridge, and as long aswe live we must open up these woundswhen someone stands in your shoes and will shed hisown bloodthere’s no greater love. we must open up our wounds

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridge drums: RileyBreckenridge piano: Teppei Teranishi programming:Teppei Teranishi

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how can you be sleeping, waves like weapons crasho’er us, cry for mercy and hold fast hope

who of us is cursed, or do we have to asksearch your souls and hold fastif no one speaks a word, then let the lots be casttruth be told and hold fast

white death wakes in black skies, mark your makers wrathfear and flames of azure climb the crooked mastyou will yet be baptized, steeped in shattered glasssink and sing your answer and hold fast hope

as strong arms grip your shoulders like dead hands of the pastpray as you’re tossed over, this breath could be your last

quiet and cold, silent and slownight black as coal, miles here below

find your faith and dive deep, through living gateways passlined with death and ivory, and hold fast, hold fast

deep beneath the black dawn, leagues from lightnings flashribs will raise cathedrals for the morning masssteel yourself in sackcloth, roll your heart in ashscrape your skin with steel wool and hold fast hopecross your heart and hold fast hope

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridge drums: RileyBreckenridge moog: Steve Osborne

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we move for all mankind, a million miles from every-thing we’ve ever knownand we’re on their hearts and minds, a million heads arebowed to bring us safely homehemmed in by emptiness, a million ways that everythingcould be undonethis hollow in my chest is filled with reasons not to singbut i found one, i know

we are not alone, we feel an unseen lovewe are sons and heirs of gracewe are children of a light that never dimsa love that never dies, keep your chin up child and wipe the tears from your eyes

in sleep we saw ourselves, a million years we had beenwaiting there it seemswhile someone weaves a spell, a million stars look on inwitness to our dreams

we feel an unseen lovewe are children of lightstand ready and tall, reflect the light

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridge drums: RileyBreckenridge rhodes: Teppei Teranishi hammond: TeppeiTeranishi synthesizer: Teppei Teranishi music box: TeppeiTeranishi

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once again these bitter herbsthe perfect compliment to all your cryptic wordsi nod but don’t know what to say, but i know youand i believe you’re who you say you are so i…

i will follow you, lay down my lifei would die for you, this very night

once again the bread and winebut it seems the meanings may be deeper still thistimeand you surprised me when you said i’d fall away,don’t you know mei could never be ashamed of you, no i…

i’ve never been this cold, the fire’s gravity compelslike planets cling to sol, i feel my orbit start to faillike moths to flame i come, too close and all myoaths are burnedas stars begin to run, all my accusers take their turnand calling curses down, from my lips lies like poisonspilland then that awful sound, the sound of prophesyfulfilledand then i met your eyes, and i remember everythingand something in me dies, the night that i betrayedmy king

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue acoustic guitar: Teppei Teranishi bass guitar:Edward Breckenridge drums: Riley Breckenridge piano: TeppeiTeranishi synthesizer: Edward Breckenridge, RileyBreckenridge

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the towers that shoulder your pridethe words you’ve written in stone sand will cover them, sand will cover youthe streets that suffer your nameyour very flesh and your bonessand will cover them, sand will cover you

so put your faith in more than steeldon’t store your treasures up, with moth and rustwhere thieves break in and stealpull the fangs from out your heelwe live in but a shadow of the real

step out from time, see the dust of nationsstep out from time, hear the stars ovation

saturn will not sleep, until the sand has made us cleanstill we stack our stones and bury what we canbut it all will be undone, and nothing built under the sunwill ever stand before the endless march of sand

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridge drums: RileyBreckenridge synthesizer: Teppei Teranishi bass synth:Edward Breckenridge backup vocals: Teppei Teranishi pro-gramming: Teppei Teranishi

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i know what lies beneath, i’ve seen the flash of teethconspiring with the reef to sink our shipthe wind’s a cheating wife, her tongue a thirsty knifeand she could take your life with one good kiss

can you see the sky turn redas morning’s light breaks over meknow tonight we’ll make our bedat the bottom of the sea

i know the ocean speaks, i’ve heard her call to meand smiling in my dreams she whispers this(the stars retreat behind their veilthe clouds are clinging to your sailthe storm is coming can you see)

look and see the sky turn redlike blood it covers over meand soon the sea shall give up her deadwe’ll raise an empire from the bottom of the sea

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wake, stand and feel your worth, o my soulkneel and know the word that can save us allcome to die

we are fuel and fire both, we are waterwed with wine and ghost

we are wrought with breath and dirt, washed in secondsightwoven through the earth, wreathed in rings of lightwe will wield a second birth, whet our wits and kniveswrap our knees in earth, wrap ourselves in light

wake, we will weigh and drink this cup, we will burnbut we will not burn up

wake, feel your worth, o my soulspeak the word, the word that can save us allawed by grace, i fall on my faceand scream the word that can save us all

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridge drums: RileyBreckenridge piano: Teppei Teranishi programming: SteveOsborne

vocals: Dustin Kensrue guitars: Teppei Teranishi, DustinKensrue bass guitar: Edward Breckenridge drums: RileyBreckenridge rhodes: Teppei Teranishi synthesizer: TeppeiTeranishi programming: Riley Breckenridge, Teppei Teranishi

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Dustin: God for giving me the opportunity to play music, mywife Shadlie for her unending love and constant understand-ing with me always being gone, my family for all of their sup-port through the years, all of my friends, and especially Natefor being a sounding board for lyrics, Rob for his patienceand trust in us, Steve for choosing to make this journey withus when no one else could see where we were going, Dave fornot being afraid to hang microphones from the rafters, BrianMcTernan for his friendship and understanding, Sean Beavanfor being a great closer and mixing like a champ, and every-one and anyone who has supported us through the years andgiven words of encouragement. Last but not least, I would liketo thank Teppei, Eddie, Riley, and Nick for too many thingsto count, but mostly for their friendship and trust throughthe past seven long but short years.

Eddie: My mom and dad for their love, support, letting meuse their house to store all my instruments and putting upwith their noises. Doug Kensrue for letting us make noise,documenting our noise, and store noise at his work. Nick,Kenny, and Brent for working ridiculously hard, being friendsbefore all else, and drinking massive quantities of coffee withme while riding bikes, Shadlie and Jenna for letting me stealtheir men. Brian McTernan for keeping me sane, sharing hisknowledge, and doing so much for our band. Mark Beemerfor making giving such a joy and a blessing (and being myhomie!). Rob Stevenson for sticking with us and being anhonest man in a world I am unsure about. Nick Tkalac forkeeping us on schedule and being Australian. Bob Bryar formaking us sound good even if it gets him in trouble. JonnyPaladino for guiding me horizontally and feet first across theU.S. Nate Burke for introducing me to life changing andinspiring music, Shelby Cinca for inspiration and advancedcommunications via the metaverse. Riley, Teppei, and Dustinfor being my family away from home.

Riley: First and foremost, my mother and father, for theiryears of support and love. I’d be lost without you guys. Ed forbeing my best friend, brother, bandmate, and the most com-passionate person I know. I’m so happy to be making musicand experiencing this life with you. Dustin and Teppei forbeing like brothers to me. So much so, that you’ll put up withme despite my quirks, spazziness, and at times, my undesir-able behavior. Thank you for your patience and forgiveness.Ryan, Arash, and Bob for inspiring me and constantly

reminding me that there can and will be something more outside of this life. I miss you guys more than I could everexplain. Paul, Jason, Chris, Eric, Chad, Rendell, EJ, Pete,Erwin and the extended LL/PBF family for being my rock.Nick for being a friend first, and a manager second. Kennyand Brent for making the day-to-day grind a lot easier than itcould be. To the bands and musicians we’ve toured with andshared ideas and life lessons with over the years: thank you forthe inspiration and lasting friendships. And finally, thanks toeveryone who has supported this band over the past 7 years.You’ve helped us to do something I never thought was possi-ble, and I am truly grateful for that.

Teppei: My parents, my family, all my close friends (you knowwho you are), all the amazing and most of the time underrat-ed bands who inspire me, my little animal friends Emma,Suki, and Oliver; God for blessing me with every beautifulday that I get to live, and last but most certainly not least, mybeautiful and amazing wife Jenna, thank you for always beingthere for me and supporting my dreams.

Thrice would like to thank: Nick, Kenny, and Brent at NewNoise Management (the best team ever!), Rob Stevenson andour friends and family at Island Records, Andrew Ellis,Monty Olson and everyone at BMG, Nick Ben-Meir, ScottBradford, Nick Tkalac, Bob Bryar, John Harris, Toby Levato,Jimi Johnson, Reno, Florida, Dave Witalis, Ryan Kelly,Anthony Ostler, all the bands and people that we've touredwith or made friends with over the years, everyone in theAlliance, and all the people who've come out to our shows orlisten to our music, thank you all for making it possible forus to do what we love.

Thanks to these people and companies for their help and sup-port: Everyone at Active Ride Shop, Tim Bergevin at Nike,Ben Sherman, Marty at Vestal, Ambiguous, Converse,Vans, Tommy Love at Obey, Initium, Rockett, Atticus,Michelle Silberman and Line 6, Bill Nash and NashGuitars, Tien at Mesa Boogie, Gibson, Fender, Josh andDaniel at OCDP, Kirsten at Zildjian, Chad Brandolini at V-A-T-E-R, DW Hardware, Ernie Ball, Gordon Smith Guitars,Ampeg, Darren, Joe, and Charles at West Cost DrumCenter, Guitar Center.

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thrice is:Dustin KensrueTeppei Teranishi

Eddie BreckenridgeRiley Breckenridge

all music by: Thriceall lyrics by: Dustin Kensrue

© 2005 Scepter of Malice/bmg (ascap)

produced by: Steve Osbornetracked in april, may, and june of 2005 at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York

engineered by Dave Schiffmanassistant engineers: Chris Laidlaw & Jeff Gehlert

mixed by Sean Beavan at The Pass Studios, Los Angeles, CAassistant mix engineer: Zephyrus Sowers

guitar tech: Jimmy Epparddrum tech: Noel White

mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CAmanagement: Nick Bogardus, Ken O’leary, Brent Kredel / New Noise Management

us/japan booking: Andrew Ellis / Ellis Industriesinternational booking: Steve Strange / X-Ray Touring

legal representation: Scott Bradford for Baker & Hostetler, LLPbusiness management: Nick Ben-Meir

a&r: Robert Stevensonmarketing: Paul Resta

studio photographs by: Mark Beemer & Ed Breckenridgecover design: Brian McMullen

A portion of the proceeds from every album sold will be donated to 826 Valencia. 826 Valencia is a neighborhood-based nonprofit educational organization. 826 locations — in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Chicago, Seattle

and Ann Arbor — help city students age 8-18 with their basic, intermediate and advanced writing skills. Utilizing armies of volunteer tutors, 826 offers free classes for English-language learners, assists public school teachers in

their classrooms, and publishes student work in books, magazines, journals and on the web.

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