The Powerless Rise
The Powerless Rise is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album was released on May 7, 2010 in Europe and was released on May 11, 2010 in the United States. The Powerless Rise debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 38,000. The album features three singles: "Beyond Our Suffering", "Parallels", and "Anodyne Sea". Music videos have been released for all three, with the latest one ("Beyond Our Suffering") consisting of live footage.
Writing and recording
As I Lay Dying began writing songs for The Powerless Rise in mid-2009 following two years of touring for the band's 2007 album An Ocean Between Us. By the end of September, the group had finished "about 6-7" songs and was scheduled to enter the studio on October 17, 2009 where they would continue to write new songs. This is in contrast to previous albums by As I Lay Dying that had been written over the course of only a few months. The three years between the release of An Ocean Between Us and The Powerless Rise has been the largest gap between releases from the band to date. Frontman Tim Lambesis stated that while some bands "need to rush out a crappy record so they can start touring again to pay their bills," As I Lay Dying had been working hard to "make a record worth listening to (hopefully), and start touring again when we're done."
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by As I Lay Dying
The Powerless Rise
by: As I Lay DyingI've tried to find reconciliation behind the walls of those whose hatred burns.
For I find it easier to reach someone who still feels,
Than to make amends with passionless apathy.
Where all lines are the same a portrait cannot be made.
I need to burn inside. I need to know that you are alive.
I need to know that feelings of discontent are stronger
Than indifference for those too weak to stand.
Like a colorless sky over a sea of nothingness,
Hatred faces it's enemies while apathy strikes furtively.
I need to burn inside. I need to know that you are alive.
I need to know that feelings of discontent are stronger
Than indifference for those too weak to stand.
I need to know that feelings of discontent are stronger
Than indifference for those too weak to stand...
Until our anger burns against injustice, we will create
The faceless by dismissing those forced to concede.
Many of us have turned off the light outside, erasing what exists beyond our front door.
And for you I find it harder to reach common ground than my most glaring opposition.
But what about those whove lost the luxury of choice?
... striving for identity, buried by our lack of interest, souls marked as mere history.
How much grievance will it take to awaken us?
I need to know that feelings of discontent are stronger
Than indifference for those too weak to stand.
I need to know that feelings of discontent are stronger
Than indifference for those too weak to stand...
How much grievance will it take to awaken us from the comfort of our homes?
... the comfort of our oversized graves.
I've tried to find reconciliation... I've tried to find reconciliation...