City of Anger

by Lordchain

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1.
It's empty and it's lonely And it's pleasure but it's phony And it pulls you and controls you And fills you with pain you can't bear You lied and I listened; you led me astray It's easy to say I'll never go back there You know where I'm weak and you know how to thrill But then comes the kill I'll never go back there; I'll never go back there I'll never go back to sinful living I listened to what you told me And I fell for the things you sold me Like a blind man or a dead man Or a lost man far from his home This place is sorrow, This place is fear This place is pain when there's nothing to gain This place is sinful, this place is vile This place is where unbelievers are there This place is final; this is forever You and the demons and satan forever A liar and a stealer And excitement and a killer And a switchblade in his hand For your back; satan attacks
2.
There is a place inside where we shouldn't go It's where the anger lives 'til it overflows It's like being someplace when you can't get out It's like no one hears you even when you shout It's like thunder raging loud inside your head Anger is a bullet, gonna shoot you dead All your love is gone away and you don't know why But when you let hate live Then your love will surely die God show us a place where we can learn to love and trust This city of anger is so very dangerous; dangerous City of anger inside of your soul It's like suicide when you don't let your pain go And if you wanna hate someone then you gotta pay 'Cause the city of anger will take all your love away Gonna take... Gonna take... Gonna take all your love away I know you got your reasons for the way you feel You think you're cut so deep you're never gonna heal You say you don't like living 'cause it isn't fair You feel so used up now you just don't care But there's a way out of here, you go back to the start Then you let God give to you a loving heart This is a one-sided story of agony or glory But it’s up to you to make your grey sky turn blue
3.
Would you believe that I love you? Would you believe that I care? Would you believe if I told you God really cares? He cares Life is a wonderful thing when life has a plan Trust in the love that he brings, believe; I know you can Life is a wonderful thing when life has a plan Where will you be when it's over? Where is your life taking you? There is a light in this darkness And heaven's the place it's leading to; leading to
4.
Today I opened up an old card of mine And read the words that used to make me feel so fine But if you'd ask her now about the things she wrote She'd only laugh at herself But it's not a joke It's not a joke And you might disagree But it's not a joke to me And when the night falls hard on an empty soul When fear and anger and loneliness take control Someone will lose their will to live and say goodbye Because they wanted to die But life's not a joke Life's not a joke And you might disagree But life's not a joke to me God is the one true love that we're dying for He is the hope of life that we can't ignore And on this narrow road I will always be With God in front of me And God's not a joke God's not a joke And you might disagree But God's not a joke to me And it's not a joke It's not a joke And you might disagree But it's not a joke to me
5.
In your little mind you see the crime The script is written line by line You're so aware of everything That's going on in there Written down by your consent You have control of each event But this is not a simple game Of youth and innocence Oh, it's happening to you No more innocence to you No more little believer anymore Into some new thing you have become I'm lonely for the other one Someone that I used to know Before you went away But the world is strong I ought to know I live under its shadow Kiss goodbye your simple childhood Welcome to the world It's a naive fact of me, I guess To think of you not like the rest Questioning the change I see in you from day to night Sad to you as it might seem You changed the ending of my dream Where innocence is beautiful And love means what is right

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Mad at the World is one of our favorite bands. They have been a huge influence on us and this is a tip of the hat, so to speak, to Randy, Roger and all the guys in MATW.

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released March 7, 2025

Jeff Grady - Guitar
Matthew Jones - Piano/Keys
Kelly Matthews - Drums, Bass Guitar, Vocals

Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Jeff Grady & Kelly Matthews at New Vision Studio
Edited by Carmen Grady
Mastered by Kelly Matthews through LANDR Inc.
Graphic Art & Design by Brant Hutchcraft

Publishing for all songs owned by Broken Songs (ASCAP)

Special Thanks:
Randy Rose for your kind words, Adel at MMG/Broken Songs, Thomas Johns, Anthony Gober, Bill Bafford, Brant, our families for the unending love & support and to MATW for being willing vessels of God.

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Lordchain Caruthersville, Missouri

Lordchain was formed in 1990 by Jeff Grady & Kelly Matthews. As of the Fall of 2025, the band has released 11 full length albums, 7 EPs, 2 compilation, 2 stand-alone singles and signed with Roxx Records in 2022. They have played with artists such as Tourniquet, Bride Disciple, Chaotic Resemblance & others. After 35 years, Lordchain continues to record & release new music. ... more

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