Madina Lake is an alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The group officially formed in 2005 when twin brothers Nathan and Matthew Leone, both former members of The Blank Theory got the money to make their demo from winning Fear Factor twins. The $50,000 was the start up money for Madina Lake. Completing the 4-piece band is Mateo Camargo and Dan Torelli, former members of Chicago rock band Reforma.
Their debut album From Them, Through Us, to You was released March 27
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Tracklist: 01. Never Take Us Alive 02. Let's Get Outta Here 03. Legends 04. Criminals 05. Through The Pain 06. Never Walk Alone 07. Not For This World 08. Welcome to Oblivion 09. Silent Voices Kill 10. Statistics 11. Friends & Lovers 12. Lila, The Divine Game
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1.) Never Take Us Alive
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: Dm - xx0231 Bb - x13331 F - 133211 C - x32010 Gm - 355333 Am - x02210 Em - 022000
Intro:
Silence: Dm--F--Gm--Am--
Dsitortion: Dm-Bb-Gm-- x2
Verse 1: Bb Sometimes I feel like Gm I'm from another world Bb And everything I want Gm in life seems impossible Cause people they'll Bb tear you apart But in the bottom Gm of our hearts The dream's F alive inside Em And we won't forget
Chorus: So we say Dm You can't bleed Bb Can't touch Gm Can't take us down (You'll never take us alive) DmBb We stand how fight Gm said fight somehow (You'll never take us alive) DmBb Wa oh oh oh oh oh Gm Wa oh oh oh oh oh (You'll never take us alive) DmBb Wa oh oh oh oh oh Gm Wa oh oh oh oh oh (You'll never take us alive)
Interlude: Dm-- x2
Verse 2: Bb For the last time I'll Gm give myself to the enemy Bb By letting their words Gm just walk all over me Cause people they'll F(hold) tear you apart If you are not like them And we are different Let the war begin
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: Dm--Bb-C
Bridge: Dm(hold) There's no fear inside This is our time no giving up When we connect our hearts to our minds There's no stopping us
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: Dm-F-Gm-Bb-Dm(hold)
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2.) Let's Get Outta Here
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: Gm - 355333 D/F# - 2x023x Bb - x13331 Cm - x35543 D - xx0232
Intro: Gm--D/F#-- x2
Verse 1: Gm This scene is divine Enemies they start D/F# surrounding me Mostly in my head cause I swear I've never been so depressed Gm I can't stand anyone here I'm thinking "let's D/F# just disappear" And we'll roll the dice on a beach-front tropical paradise
Refrain 1: GmBb I'm ready to go where Cm palm trees always blow D I'm sick of this crowd We are getting out!
Chorus 1: Gm I wanna go where there's no one we know Where stars glitter like a 70's disco D/F# Come on, come on I say "Let's get outta here!" Gm We gotta go where we have no worries Bb Wet beaches and dry martinis CmD Come on come on Gm let's get outta here Gm Let's get outta here
Verse 2: Gm Maybe I'm going crazy The mainstream never made any sense to me D/F# Always on the outside looking in But I swear that we're fitting in Gm They say we'll never make it Truth is I couldn't D/F# care any less I think the visions of grandure are the only gifts I'll ever have
Refrain 2: GmBbCmD We are getting out!
Chorus 2: Gm I wanna go where there's no one we know Where stars glitter like a 70's disco D/F# Come on, come on I say "Let's get outta here!" Gm We gotta go where we have no worries Bb Wet beaches and dry martinis CmD Come on come on GmD/F# Let's get outta here
Bridge: Gm I'm ready to go where D/F# palm trees always blow I'm sick of this crowd we are getting out
Chorus 3: Gm I wanna go where there's no one we know Where stars glitter like a 70's disco Come on, come on I say "Let's get outta here!" Gm We gotta go where we have no worries Wet beaches and dry martinis D/F# Come on, come on I say "Let's get outta here!" Gm We gotta go where we live out loud Bb You know we're sick of this crowd CmD Come on come on GmBb let's get outta here CmD Let's get outta here Gm(hold) Let's get outta here
Verse 1: Gm I watch the sun fall down to kill the day Another part of me just went up in flames Cause I'm bored and dumb and dying to change It's the simple life driving me insane Then you explode in my head And now you're all over me EbFGm I come alive with you You know you set me free Let's go!
Chorus: Gm Let's burn this town Right to the ground And we'll go down like D/F# every legend before us Gm We'll part the seas Make history While chasing dreams like D/F# every legend before us
Verse 2: Gm You and me we hit the streets 'Cause the thrill of living gives me energy I wanna steal a car and rob a bank I wanna find a cure that'll save the world Eb Cause our lives are FGm going up in flames Bb As we watch like it's a movie EbFGm I come alive with you You're like the drug inside of my head!
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge: Eb I open up like a C#mGm window for you Eb So come on in and C#mGm destroy me like you do Eb You come on in after C#mGm midnight for me Eb And drag me out while C#mGm the city falls asleep
Verse 3: Gm Martyrs and kings A Heroes and thieves Bb We're chasing dreams like every legend before us
(Repeat Chorus twice)
End on Gm(hold)
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4.) Criminals
Key: Eb then G then C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: Cm - x35543 Bb - x13331 Eb - x68886 Fm - 133111 Gm - 355333 F#m - 244222 E - 022100 C - x32010 F# - 244322 D - xx0232 Am - x02210 Em - 022000
Verse 1: Cm Another weekend comes I got nowhere to go Bb So get real high and head to your window Cm Watch perfect faces living perfect lives Bb Til something snaps inside Cm Now everything looks just like a horror cartoon Bb And I'm thinking of something Eb that I know I shouldn't FmCm do But nobody knows Gm me and nobody cares BbEbFm And damn I feel alive
Refrain: F#mE You think you know C who we are F#mE Well you don't C know us at all
Chorus 1: F#D We are criminals C The arsonists the thieves the rapists F#D Save yourself C You put us in cages but F#D you made us criminals C Lost inside your american dreams F#DC we'll carry this for the quarantine
Verse 2: Cm Now I'm running away Just like a clumsy? machine Bb And a memory follows like a horrible dream Cm But I prove to myself I can do anything Bb And damn I feel alive
Piano Solo: Cm-- x4
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge: AmC For every town that F I've been lied to Em Been cheated Am beaten down C Revenge is such F a glamorous feeling Em I've been craving Am for so long And when you C sleep at night FEm Believe me I'll be Am there in the dark Cause we've got C nothing to lose F And we don't care Em who you are
Verse 3: AmC The rich the beautiful F You don't mean a thing to a scorched earth AmC Parasites in paradise F Our time has come to change your life
Guitar Solo: F#--D--C-- x2
Chorus 2: F#D We are criminals C The arsonists the thieves the rapists F#D Save yourself C You put us in cages F# The rich D the beautiful C You don't mean a thing to a scorched earth F#D Parasites in paradise C Our time has come to change your life
Outro: F#DC The disenchanted we revolution to change your life F#DC We're now at war with our future
Piano Outro: F#--D--C-- x2
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5.) Through The Pain
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: Bm - x24432 G - 320033 D - xx0232 Em - 022000 Am - x02220 F#/Bb - x143xx
Intro: Bm--G--
Verse 1: Bm On the Chicago River after dark G We watch the city lights tear the sky apart Bm The wind was blowing her hair around G As the scenery explodes I'll tell you how Bm I fell into an old cliche G Always on the road only halfway sane Bm No hospital can fix G what I've become
Chorus 1: D I've trapped myself Em in a ring of fire G If I say I'm okay I'm also a liar DEm The only way out is G through the pain A (How am I gonna get through this?)
Interlude: Bm--
Verse 2: Bm I got so low that I get high G Just to sit and watch the miles go by Bm Now I'm cold and sweaty with a nauseous heart G I got a million addictions wearing me down Bm I fell into an old cliche G Always on the road only halfway sane
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2: D And as I write these words Em my hands start to shake G With trouble sneaking in not a second too late DEm The only way out is G through the pain A Tomorrow I'll start again
Interlude: D-- x2
Bridge: BmG And now I'm begging for help D I know I can't get up AF#/Bb Gotta face this one all alone BmG And if I don't make it D Remember that I'll A always be a part of you
(Rpeat Chorus 1 and Chorus 2)
Outro: D-- x4
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6.) Never Walk Alone
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Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: C - x32010 G# - 466544 Fm - 133111
Verse 1: C Just imagine what it's like to love yourself from the inside out Imagine, is that a dread again You wake up now you feel alive
Chorus: G# Cause you don't have to walk alone Fm You're not alone right now C You don't have to hate the world G# You don't have to walk alone Fm You're not alone right now
Verse 2: C You know it's all in your mind It's all you see the world behind your eyes Just imagine what it's like to sleep at night with nothing on your mind Imagine, don't regret again Everything you've done just turned out wrong
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge: C You don't have to do anything Wrap it up and give the world to you When you think you've had enough When you think the G# skies are falling down C Just breathe open up your heart to it Let the sun cover up G# the flights in your mind
Outro: C This is not who you are Push it out crash and G# burn it down burn it down C Scared of the ocean floor rip the earth Cry it out just G# breathe just breathe C(hold) Ohohoh Just breathe
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7.) Not For This World
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Key: F
Chords used: Dm - xx0231 E - 022100 Bb - x13331 F - 133211 A - x02220 F/A - x032xx Gm - 355333 Eb - x68886
Intro: Bb--F/A--Dm--
Verse 1: Dm I woke up to a dream passing by E It was the middle of the night Was I awake? Was I asleep? Dm What was I doing outside? I saw a man walk from the trees E He came and sat next to me He said, "Boy, if you Dm don't follow your dreams You'll be dead someday E Just like me" Then he got up and walked away Dm And I started to think He turned around I saw his face And I looked deep E in his eyes And I realized that man was me
Chorus: DmF You're not for this world Bb This world is for you A And now is the time (There's no tomorrow!) DmF So make the most Bb of every day A While you're alive (Stand for something!)
Interlude: Dm(hold)
Verse 2: Dm I contemplate my every day And everything I've E been afraid to change Never good enough (promptly too late?) Dm Always excuses away I used to think if I never tried E I would never fail Now I realize I can do anything
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge: BbC Too little too late Gm And then you die Eb And no one even Bb knows your name C Don't let your light Gm fight from your heart Eb Your heart gives you Bb the best advice CGmEb Believe! Bb C Gm-- Gm(hold) Believe!
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: Dm For what you believe Bb--F/A--Dm--F--Bb--F/A--Dm(hold) For what you believe
Verse 1: G#Cm On an island out in the sea I wouldn't care what G# they think of me But in this crowded Cm room I believe That I'm seconds from insanity
Refrain 1: G# Cause her eyes just Cm rip me all apart G# And my temperamental mind Cm decides that I'm being a man
Chorus 1: G# Welcome to oblivion Bb Where panic starts Cm to settle in EbG# Welcome to oblivion BbCm Oh I think I'm losing it
Verse 2: G# So many voices Cm I can't even sleep G# Typical in night company They ask questions Cm about my life "Where is he going?"
Refrain 2: Fm Who am I? And those voices G# rip me all apart I need medicine to FmG# quiet and to find it
Chorus 2: BbG# Welcome to oblivion Bb Where panic starts Cm to settle in Eb And I'm afraid G# of everything Bb Oh I lost my Cm head again EbG# Welcome to oblivion Bb Where my whole Cm life is caving in EbG# And I can't stand who I am GmCm Oh, I think I'm losing it EbEb/GG# I lost my head again EbEb/GBb I lost my head again
Bridge: Eb Then I met you Eb/GG# You were standing all alone Eb cause you felt it too Cm The world has broken you BbEb down You and me are gonna Eb/GG# make it through Cause now we Bb know there's people like us
Verse 3: Chordless As I fall apart inside All of my thoughts collide And that's no way to live a life Oh I think I'm losing it
Chorus 3: G# Welcome to oblivion BbCm Where panic starts to settle in EbG# And I'm afraid of everything BbCm Oh, I lost my head again EbG# Welcome to oblivion BbCm I gotta get off the medicine EbG# Cause I can't stand who I am GmBbCmCm(hold) Oh I think I'm losing it
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9.) Silent Voices Kill
Key: C then Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: C - x32010 Bb - x13331 F - 133211 Eb - x68886 D - xx0232 G# - 466544 Gm - 355333 C# - x46664
Intro: C-- x8
C--Bb--F-- x2
Verse 1: C They say the darkest hour's just before the dawn Well I've been up all night just desperate for the sun Eb Cause I've got a voice or two D that can't seem to forget you Eb They keep me up all night D no matter what I do
Chorus 1: CBbF All these images surrounding me CBbF Over you in my head as I lay still C But the silent voices kill BbF They won't shut up There's so much noise C inside my head BbF They won't give up C I can't get away from myself BbF I don't wanna meet someone CBbF new I just wanna be over you
Verse 2: Eb The past is a noose that you D have tied my life up to Eb Now I'm obsessed I'm sick Eb I'm desperate I can't move
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Guitar Solo: G#-Cm-Eb--C#--C
Bridge: C They don't give up I can't even hear myself
Chorus 2: CBbF They won't shut up There's so much noise C inside my head BbF They won't give up C I can't get away from myself BbF I don't wanna meet someone CBbF new I just wanna be over you
Outro: C(hold)
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10.) Statistics
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: Am - x02210 E/G# - 476xxx G - 320003 Dm - xx0231 C - x32010 F - 133211 D - xx0232
Intro: Am--E/G#--
Verse 1: Am You're a wolf you are E/G# Dressed like a fox Am Got me tied up in knots over you E/G# But I think that I'm just a flavor you crave on instinct AmE/G# Cause you don't feel ashamed C(hold) But it won't make a difference
Chorus 1: AmG I've been wrong so many Dm times Let's be realistic FG I'm only a statistic to you AmG And it hurts so deep inside Dm Maybe I'm sadistic F I love when you GAm inflict it on me
Verse 2: Am You can take my time E/G# Cause after all well The earth's just a ball Am that revolves around you E/G# And all my friends and family try to warn me AmE/G# But like a moth to flame Darling lead the way AmE/G# Cause I'm afraid of change C(hold) So meet me in your bedroom
Chorus 2: AmG I've been wrong so many Dm times Let's be realistic FG I'm only a statistic to you AmG And it hurts so deep inside Dm Maybe I'm sadistic FGAmGDm I can't get myself off of you FGAmGDm I'm only a statistic to you FG I can't get myself off of
Bridge: FG I just caught you like a disease AmC It's terminal and I'm going down F But you're afraid that's G worse than death Am And I gotta get out C of this mess F(hold) You're a wolf you G(hold) D(hold) are You are AmE/G# (Only a statistic to you)
Chorus 3: Am I've been wrong so many E/G# times Let's be realistic I'm only a statistic to you Am And it hurts so deep inside E/G# Maybe I'm sadistic AmGDm I can't get myself off of you FGAmGDm I'm only a statistic to you FGAm(hold) I think I'm addicted to you
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11.) Friends And Lovers
Key: E then B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: E - 022100 B - x24442 F# - 244322 C# - x46664 G#m - 466444
Intro: C#m-- x2 G#m--C#m--E--F#--
Verse 1: E When I'm afraid the better C# days are never coming again I imagine your face and I keep on moving E I'm bound to cry destined to C# fly and guaranteed to die but til the end I've got your face and I keep on moving E I lost my mom when I was only twelve C# I was robbed with a gun when I was twenty-one E I crashed my car when I was drunk C# again and now got no friends got no money but I keep on living
Chorus: G#m You can build a life C# and have it broken down E You can choose a path F# and get turned around G#m You can hate yourself C# and fall in love again E As for me I've lost F# friends lost lovers But I've still got my soul
Verse 2: E When I'm afraid the better C# days are never coming again I imagine your face and I keep on moving E I'm bound to win I'm bound to lose and all the way F# I'll have to choose Sometime is right more time is wrong but I keep on moving
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: G#m(hold)
Bridge: G#m On a journey through my head E I stumble on a mess C# Where bad things from my G#m past are buried not dead G#m They haunt me like ghosts E Begging me to let them go C# But they make me who I am And I wouldn't change anything
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: G#mC#EF# But I've still got my soul G#mC#EF# But I've still got my soul G#mC#EF#G#mC#EF#