Sound of Madness - Live Acoustic from Kansas City

[Spoken Intro]
This is the sound of madness
Everybody, on your feet
People, everybody up
Hands in the air

[Intro]
Yeah, I get it you're an outcast
Always under attack
Always coming in last
Bringing up the past
No one owes you anything
I think you need a shotgun blast
A kick in the ass
So paranoid, watch your back
Oh my, here we go

[Verse 1]
Oh my, here we go
Another loose cannon gone bipolar
Slipped down, couldn't get much lower
Quicksand's got no sense of humor
I'm still laughing like hell

[Pre-Chorus]
You think that by crying to me
Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe
You've been infected by a social disease
Well, then take your medicine

[Chorus]
'Cause I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
And you can sleep with a gun
But when you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?

[Verse 2]
'Cause I'm so sick of this tombstone mentality
If there's an afterlife, then it'll set you free
But I'm not gonna part the seas
You're a self-fulfilling prophecy

[Pre-Chorus]
You think that by crying to me
Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe
You've been infected by a social disease
Well, then take your medicine

[Chorus]
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
And you can sleep with a gun
But when you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?

[Bridge]
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
But when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up, and fight?

[Chorus]
'Cause I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
But when you gonna wake up
For yourself?

[Outro]
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?

[Spoken Outro]
Everybody, this is still a Shinedown show
So if you would please
Everyone, get your fists in the air
Damn
Now we got the blood pumpin'?
Thank you very, very much
You can have a seat though, sit down
Thank you
The uh, the next song is actually one of my fathers, one of my fathers favorite songs