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TRIP THE DARKNESS

what a dayi can barely keep my eyes wide openi don’t wanna see straightwhat a dayit feels like my breath is heavy againand i’m totally faded

come to me come to mei am waiting for youcome to mei can’t wait

follow me, follow meas i trip the darknessone more timefollow me, follow mei awake from madnessjust in time

what a dayseconds, minutes and hours spill overthere’s no time here in spacewhat a dayi see beauty in everythingbut the world is still fading away

what a dayi can barely keep my eyes wide openi don’t wanna see straightwhat a dayseconds, minutes and hours spill overthere’s no time here in space

come to me come to mecome to me come to mecome to me come to mei am waiting for you

CRISTINA SCABBIA: VOCALS

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AGAINST YOU

no more rainand no more hate as i am sick of liesand i have no respectyou have failedyou’re underestimating my surpriseof agony and pain

i’m no saint but

i can’t live this wayi cannot relatei retaliateagainst you

once againi am the revolution that you cannot feel the prize you cannot winyou’ve stained my lifeand painted everything in black and bloodi’m not your portrait anymore

i cannot relatei retaliateagainst you

KILL THE LIGHT

hold me teach metell me what to dobut i’m not looking for a guidei can’t stand the light of the day outsidefeeling so cold inside your shadow

watch me when i’m falling downstep aside don’t ask whylet me down hit the groundbetcha smile deep inside

when i’m lostand don’t know what to doyou run away from mebut you’ll never kill the light inside me

now or nevercan you feel this loss?please let these memories just fadetime will heal the rainbut sometimes it hurtsi want to shine outside your halo

i will feel the suncome back upon my facethe light outside the darkness is not too far awaynot far away from the nothingi only want to escape’cause you can’t kill the light inside of meinside myself

i don’t know what to dowhen you run away from mebut you’ll never kill the light inside me

GIVE ME SOMETHING MORE

i disappearinto the nightthe silence is cursing meone more timei’m not alonein this decline’cause all my demonshave come back to life

i cannot wait for a saviormy angel is long gonei’m on my kneesi don’t wanna pray

give me something

give me something moregive me something more don’t shut my eyesgive me something moregive me something worth the sacrifice

i crossed the line the walk of shamei hear the church bells through the acid rainhow can i tradethe wrong for rightand pick up the pieces come back inside?

i can’t denydon’t ask me whyi feel the pressure everywhereit starts insideerupts in painit knocks me downam i insane?

i can’t deny don’t ask me whyi feel the pressure everywherei cannot standthis life in vaingive me a signam i insane?

(give me something to believe)

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UPSIDEDOWN

i don’t understand i don’t know what to doonce again i fail to even realisethe person that you think of medoesn’t care and doesn’t seei don’t listen anymore

don’t try to change your life with mine

i’m leaving the dark side upside downlaughing at my disaster i’m leaving the dark side upside downlaughing at my disaster

i don’t understand why do you feel confused?once again you failed to even realisethe person that you think of medoesn’t care what you believedoesn’t listen anymore

don’t try to change your life with mine

i don’t understand why do you feel confused?once again you failed to even realise

i’m leaving the dark side upside downlaughing at my disaster i’m leaving the dark side upside downlaughing at my disaster

upside downlaughing at my disaster

ANDREA FERRO: VOCALS

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END OF TIME

you’ve built your life above the sinyou hold my hand before the end comesforgiving mefor what i’ve done ’till the end of days’cause i belong to you’cause i am part of youi am dying in your armsit’s time to goi can make it trough

i’ve come to realise tonight my dearthe end of timeis not so far awaywe cannot prayto save our lives

i can feel youand i think that everything you wanted in mewas the mirror of your dreamsbut i couldn’t believe what you’d sayas i belong to youmy flesh and blood in youi am burning in this fireit’s time to goi can’t make it through

i’m coming home againand now i know where i belongreeling from my instincts’cause i realise i’m not alone

i’ve come to realise tonight my dearthe end of timeis not so far awaywe cannot prayto save our lives

i’ve come to realise tonight my friendthe end of timeit’s not so far awaywe cannot pray to save our lives

I DON’T BELIEVE IN TOMORROW

the smile on my face is burningi cannot keep it on long enoughi want to hide myself from something that’s bigger than me that i cannot controli wanted you to help protect meto keep me sane in my insanityconfronting the evidence you ran away from it just when i needed you the most

i want to say it now’cause i don’t believe in tomorrowthe storm is raging now’cause i lost my faith in youi want to have it now’cause i don’t believe in tomorrowavenge what i know now’cause i have no faith in you

i will rise from the ashes againyou can call me out but i’m still the sameso don’t even try to figure me out it’s too lateif i’m too complicated leave now’cause i could easily be without youi’ll bury your remorsebecause i just feel i can’t trust anymore

i avenge you

INTOXICATED

lie

broken mirror seven years of stolen lucki try to fix you one more timebut i must let it diethe dream that we’d survivecut my throat if i tell a lie

set it freelost ambitioni overthought my place in your lifeset it freesuperstitioni gave up on this fairy tale lie

blind man’s wisdomcross my heart but it’s a liei kept us going the last timeyou used one of your nine livesi gave up all of minecut my throat if i tell a lie

in the world that i created i’m intoxicated

set it free lost ambitionand now i won’t look backi’ve turned my back i’m off the groundset it freesuperstitionand now the air i breath is poison freei’m freedom bound

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THE ARMY INSIDE

now get ready for warit’s starting today

i can feel the distanceeven if you’re closing ini cannot hide the scarsi still relive them every secondshots ringing in my headbullets chasing mei brush my fear awaythe battle has begun

now get ready for warit’s starting todayi’m leading the army insidei am not afraid to lose i’m not gonna hidei’m leading the army inside

i will crush you to the groundwith words you’ll never forgeti’ll haunt you down it will become the end of your daysthe rhythm of my breathcalm and slow and deepi take control todaythe fight has just begun

now get ready for warit’s starting today

i’m leading the army inside

MARCO “MAKI” COTI-ZELATI: BASS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS

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FIRE

let the fire enter youlet the anger start to brewlet your instincts break the rules let it rise and rise in you

let’s take it outsideburn this townyou see it on my face gonna beat you downunleash the ragetrapped insidei am burning

let the fire enter you

let the fire enter youlet the anger start to brewlet your instincts break the rules let it rise and consumegive in to yourself

you started this fightface me downmy adrenaline rush is slowing downtake your placeon the firing line you’ll be burning

you’re on the groundnot much fightcompassion is gonei’m still fineso take my rage enjoy the ridefeel the hurting

let the fire enter youlet the anger start to brewlet your instincts break the rules let it rise and consume you

let the fire enter youlet the anger start to brewlet it rise and consume everything you doand give in to yourself

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CRIZ: DRUMS

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MY SPIRIT

forget the pain and all the games we playforget the worry and the shamei don’t want no morethe gates of hell are waiting let them wait a little more

where i gomy spirit is free i’m coming homewhere i goremember me but let me go

with no regrets i lay down all my blamethe fate the hate it’s all the same(you will become who you are)i don’t care no morethe gates of hell are waiting let them wait a little more

senza rimpianti abbandono la colpail destino e l’odio sono una cosa solai cancelli dell’inferno ci stanno aspettando lascia che attendanoovunque stia andando il mio spirito e’ libero sto tornando a casaconserva il ricordo ma lascia che io vada

i can feel i can fly where i goi can feel i can fly where i go

this song goes out to our fallen brother pete, we miss you but your legacy will be forever with us.

CRISTIANO “PIZZA” MIGLIORE: GUITARS

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SOUL INMATE so many timesi wished i could have walked awayspread my wings into the skylet myself go opening this black heart to freedom once againthen i can heal the strifei will start again from here the fury breeds into the struggleunrestrained i‘m leashing out i won‘t die or get on my kneestake a bow for youi will walk alone so many crimes against the innocent in meguilty but you do no timemy soul inmate i‘m running out of hopeit‘s caving in on meno time to say goodbyenow i‘m setting myself free the fury breeds into the struggleunrestrained i‘m breaking out i won‘t die or get on my kneestake a bow for youi will walk alone like heavy shadows in the dramanone of them will move alongfury breads into the struggleunrestrained i‘m freaking out i will walk alone

MAUS:GUITARS, LEAD GUITARS

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RECORDED AT: officine meccaniche, milano it / can-am studio, los angeles ca, 2011STUDIO ASSISTANT OFFICINE MECCANICHE: antonio cupertinoSTUDIO ASSISTANT CAN-AM STUDIO: chris sporlede LYRICS & MUSIC BY: marco coti-zelati, cristina scabbia, andrea ferro, cristiano migliore, marco biazzi, cristiano mozzati, don gilmore, except “losing my religion” by peter lawrence buck, john michael stipe, william thomas berry, michael e. millsPRODUCED BY: don gilmoreSOUND ENGINEER: mark kiczulaMIXED BY: marco barusso @ aisha studio, milano itMASTERED BY: marco d’ agostino @ 96khz.it mastering, milano itGUEST MUSICIAN: mario riso – percussionMUSIC & LYRICS PUBLISHED BY: copyright control / high speed chase, ascap, administered by kobalt music, except “losing my religion” published by night garden music / warner-tamerlane publishing co / warner / chappell north america limitedPHOTOS BY: katja kuhlARTWORK BY: medialogistics.comMANAGEMENT: adam (doom) sewell for riot rock managementBOOKING: paul ryan uk, tim borror us, for the agency groupLEGAL REPRESENTATION: michael toorock, toorock and rosen, llpTOUR MANAGEMENT: mark “gus” guy

LACUNA COIL WOULD LIKE TO THANK: adam (doom) sewell, noel oostdijk, francesca carotti & activision, luca cominelli @ blizzard, affliction, draven, hot topic, adam grayer @ jägermeister, soundmoves, john richmond, costume national, philipp plein, lip service clothing, agenzia modena, davide mozzanica & rock planet productions, live nation, mike taft - ibanez, allen steelgrave - esp, scott uchida - dunlop, scott ferrara - emg, linda hayden - line6, riccardo & stefano from bode S.R.L., dr. frank, monster energy drink, ron camero, matt wrycraft & emptyspiral.net, lacunacoilitalia.com, malvo studio, mark “gus“ guy, richard wolfgang, ryan folden, joe iwan, colin bradburne, thomas tiesler, peter foulkes, milton “milly tant“ evans, adam watts, stuart murray, gabriel shaw, ritchie burron, andrew todd, michele boccalone, nasty, simone ant niucci, jeremy shum, bert deixler, neil tait, maria nella palandri, zeisler, zeisler & rawson LLP, alberto ciocioni, rock TV, luca de gennaro & mtv, tropical pizza, emi, universal publishing, rezophonic, virgin radio, rock & roll radio, sirius xm, harddrive radio, backstreet merch, spin-go, roberto “saku“ cinardi, filezero web agency (www.filezero.it), stason zweifel, neil lim sang, tim binder, mike jakubow, crab scrambly, jodie ferneyhough, mike charette, marco soccoli @ evans & pro mark, bart hendrickson, michael toorock, armando guastella @ eastpak, steve joh, melanie, matt, and everyone at century media records, and all of our fans that have supported us during all of these years!

CRISTINA: my beautiful family, who supported, supports and will support me unconditionally. i love every single one of you very much. my heart has one king, only and it’s you, jim. true love is always a winner. the awesome wives & girlfriends in the lacuna family. my amazing friends, for being patient around my crazy schedules and for taking good care of me every time i come back home. i adore you all! mario riso, moris mazzone and the rezophonic family, perfect example on how it is still possible to have an insane amount of fun and help less fortunate people at the same time. last but not least: andi, maki, pizza, maus and ciccio, thanks for all the great memories we collected and for the new adventures we’ll go through. my brothers, forever. to whoever is listening right now: i hope you’ll be able to feel the pure, genuine emotion we put into this record. the dark adrenaline has just begun to flow.

ANDI: mom and dad, thanx for yesterday, for today and most of all for the days to come. paola, my soulmate, love you to death. mimmo and rocco our “consistent“ cats. our family in north and south italy. my bandmates: our trip is the best of all journeys! friendships are fragile things and i really treasure my true friends, cheers! our fans, people of courage and devotion, one love, one army, coilers for life!

PIZZA: my bun, nats, & our lil’ runts: peanuts, grunt & grub (guyyys!!!!), dany & roby, valerio & valentina, cynthia, zia marisa & zio cristiano, arianna & roberto: a deep and sincere thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the help you’ve given us!!! luca, giovanna & paolo & part-ners, enzo ’spike’ zito & family, marco giulio, barbara, tony & teresa, nonno bruno & nonna giuliana, teo, aldo, fabio, mirko and all the rest of my italian family (i love you all and you’re just too many to be mentioned here!!!), mary & bob and all my new us family: you guys all rock!!! ettore de cani & family & everyone in cagliano (the shire!), gary d’eramo & node and everyone else who’s been a true friend throughout the years!!! a very special thanks to my brothers & sister in lc: still rockin’ after all these years!!! :d and last but not least: nello... you know who you are!!!

MAUS: mamma, tata, cristel, dino biazzi r.i.p. i want to dedicate my work on this album to you. i love you.

MAKI: would like to thank my love serena who’s been close to me, supported and bared with me during these past few months without killing me for all the work done on this album :), my mom ciccia, my dad cz, my parrot spillo r.i.p., my 4 crazy cats dexter (satana), toki (the pissing masquerade), bonnie (psycho) and clyde (vacuum motherfucker), all my family, chiara bolsieri, enzo e luciana, kheto & gnappo, emanuele & gigia, jaio & fede, all my friends from lucca & castelnovo ne’ monti, clash baby & diego, alessandro loana & ludovica, oreste & fujiko, enzo and his family & garden bar, lorenzo di paolo, the unders, medulla, io? drama, cayne, chris & fury n grace, bianca saviane,davide savaris, all the family from inchiavabili team & ex midnight defender, the birreria il porco & family, gippo & wizard pub and all my true friends that put up with me and support me, thanx guys!

CRIZ: would like to thank laura, henry, nina & vegas, mum, granma and granpa souls, all my family and my true friends … and i would like to dedicate this record in the sweet memory of gabriele and elvis … your spirits are free my young friends!!!

in the past years we’ve lost some friends and we’d like to salute them here: peter steele, ronnie james dio, paul gray, jimmy “the rev“ sullivan, R.I.P.