Intro: G
I�ve [G]heard the sound of my dear old mama [C]crying
And the [D]sound of the train that took me off to [G]war
The [G]awful sound of a thousand bombs ex[C]ploding
And I [Am]wondered if I could take it any[C]more[D]
There were [G]times when they almost drove me [C]crazy
But I [D]did my best and took it like a [G]man
And [G]who would think in my lonely room I�d [C]hear it
The [D]one sound in the world my heart can�t [G]stand
[N.C.]To hear that sound and to [G]know its really [C]over
Through tear stained eyes I watched her walk a[D]way
And of [G]earthquakes storms and guns and war
Lord [C]nothing has ever hurt me more than that [G]lonely sound
The [D]closing of the [G]door
(Key change to G#)
And of [G#]earthquakes storms and guns and war
Lord [C#]nothing ever hurt me more than that [G]lonely sound
Come to the door, Ma, and unlock the chain
I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain
There's nothin' I want, nothin' that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and then I'll be on my way
I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen
With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans
I fought in the dockyards and with the money that I made
And the fight was my home and any blood was my trade
Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula, and La Fayette town
Well they paid me the moon, Ma, to knock the men down
I did what I did, when it come easily
Restraint and mercy were always strangers to me
I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud
Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood
In the twelfth, I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw
And I stood over him, pounded his blooded body into the floor
Well the bell rang and rang, still I kept on
'Til I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone
And the women and the money came fast, in the days I lost track
The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets
Well I took my good share, Ma, and I had no regret
I took the fixed staid hombre with Big Diamond Don*
From high in the rafters I watched myself fall
So he raised his arms, my stomach twisted, and the sky it went black**
I stuffed my bag with their good money, and I never looked back
Understand me, and Ma, every man plays a game
If you know anyone different, then speak out his name
Well Ma, if my voice, now you don't recognize
And just open the door and look into your dark eyes
I ask of you nothin', not a kiss, not a smile
Just open the door and let me lie down for a while
Now the grey rain is fallin' and my ring fighting's done
So in the work fields and alleys, I take them who'll come
If you're a better man than me then just step to the line
And show me your money and speak out your crime
There's nothin' I want, Ma, nothin' that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and then I'll be on my way
Well tonight in the shipyard, a man draws a circle in the dirt
Like I always do, I move to the centre and I take off my shirt
I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain man no time can erase
I'm dizzy walkin outta larry's army wear used
with some black leather shoes and desert BDU's
many boxes of ammo, i got the camo face paint
barricaded the tower doors, safe this place ain't
up to the top, i can see the whole planet it would seem
the sun is beatin on my head as i'm livin my horror dream
up-chucked a couple times then i finally took aim
a man is chattin on his cell phone, i spattered his brain
a lovely couple started runnin, all the sudden she tripped
he kept right the fuck without her, like he never missed a step
i snapped one to his head, he fell dead to his knees
then his wife was right there to retrieve the car keys
not many notice at first, although some do start to scatter
pluggin iron in they back, who they are it doesn't matter
there's a psychopathic, way up in the tower somewhere
and when they think they outta range *gunshot* poof they hair
(chorus)
and it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
so fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
and it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
so fuckin hot...
i shot the lady in the ass and the kid on the grass
and the daddy on the swing through the lens in his glasses
first cop on the scene will be commended for his services
for now he holds his throat and scream 'i didn't deserve this'
the tower too high, i'm bringin shot from above
cuz my head's a battle royale of serpents, snails, and bugs
i'm quadarpolar, though my snipers scope i see the enemy
the world ain't never been my friend and never pretended to be
i fought in two wars, my country left me poor and sick
leg missin, agent orange and an un-useable dick
so as i reload, my trigger finger's frozen cold
from squeezing so hard my reason is no control
warped soul, look at that, pap-pap-krack
three frat college boys flat, dead on they back
and they lady tryin to hide behind the dead fat guy
just got one plucked in her eye
(chorus)
and it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
so fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
and it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
so fuckin hot...
i'm finally at war again, only i ain't takin orders
200 yards below, i'm taggin targets, small as quarters
marksman, sniper, military precision
spotlight on the tower, tryna nullify my vision
my eyeballs keep rollin in the back of my head
practicing for any minute when i'm actually dead
they put the tape up, these people think they outta my view
but still, i'm steady pluggin sleepin pills off into them too
i see in strobe light vision and i'm way beyond a panic
my only skill is murder and i'm stuck on automatic
sweatin profusely, bleedin outta my ears
their shots are missing by fragments, bullets shavin my hairs
and yet my aim is remarkable, i'm peggin these duck
one by one, jumpin out of those SWAT team trucks
i see the major activity, i'm caughing a chao
mad... my life went out with a flash
(chorus)
and it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
so fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
and it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
so fuckin hot...
and it was hot that day, so fuckin hot
it shouldn't get that hot, humid and hot
beatin down on us, so fuckin hot
too fuckin hot that day, just too fuckin hot
how can it get that hot, how can it be that hot?
too hot, too hot, too hot, it was just too fuckin hot
I'm dizzy walkin outta larry's army wear used
With some black leather shoes and desert BDU's
Many boxes of ammo, i got the camo face paint
Barricaded the tower doors, safe this place ain't
Up to the top, i can see the whole planet it would seem
The sun is beatin on my head as i'm livin my horror dream
Up-chucked a couple times then i finally took aim
A man is chattin on his cell phone, i spattered his brain
A lovely couple started runnin, all the sudden she tripped
He kept right the fuck without her, like he never missed a step
I snapped one to his head, he fell dead to his knees
Then his wife was right there to retrieve the car keys
Not many notice at first, although some do start to scatter
Pluggin iron in they back, who they are it doesn't matter
There's a psychopathic, way up in the tower somewhere
And when they think they outta range [gunshot] poof they hair
[chorus]
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot...
I shot the lady in the ass and the kid on the grass
And the daddy on the swing through the lens in his glasses
First cop on the scene will be commended for his services
For now he holds his throat and scream "i didn't deserve this"
The tower too high, i'm bringin shot from above
Cuz my head's a battle royale of serpents, snails, and bugs
I'm quadarpolar, though my snipers scope i see the enemy
The world ain't never been my friend and never pretended to be
I fought in two wars, my country left me poor and sick
Leg missin, agent orange and an un-useable dick
So as i reload, my trigger finger's frozen cold
From squeezing so hard my reason is no control
Warped soul, look at that, pap-pap-krack
Three frat college boys flat, dead on they back
And they lady tryin to hide behind the dead fat guy
Just got one plucked in her eye
[chorus]
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot...
I'm finally at war again, only i ain't takin orders
200 yards below, i'm taggin targets, small as quarters
Marksman, sniper, military precision
Spotlight on the tower, tryna nullify my vision
My eyeballs keep rollin in the back of my head
Practicing for any minute when i'm actually dead
They put the tape up, these people think they outta my view
But still, i'm steady pluggin sleepin pills off into them too
I see in strobe light vision and i'm way beyond a panic
My only skill is murder and i'm stuck on automatic
Sweatin profusely, bleedin outta my ears
Their shots are missing by fragments, bullets shavin my hairs
And yet my aim is remarkable, i'm peggin these duck
One by one, jumpin out of those SWAT team trucks
I see the major activity, i'm caughing a chao
Mad... my life went out with a flash
[chorus]
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot...
And it was hot that day, so fuckin hot
It shouldn't get that hot, humid and hot
Beatin down on us, so fuckin hot
Too fuckin hot that day, just too fuckin hot
How can it get that hot, how can it be that hot?
Too hot, too hot, too hot, it was just too fuckin hot
Quick sand
My heart is sinkin'
I try to run
But I can't stop thinkin'
I'm climbin' walls
I'm on the ceilin'
It's gonna take a miracle to heal me (me)
I'm starin' down
Into the quarry
I see a stone
For every sorry
I'm on the edge
I'm goin' under
And after I die
I'm'onna rise from the water (oooh)
I wanna blast off
Let gravity disappear
I'm tired of fallin', fallin', fallin' from the weight of fear
Come and lift me up into the clean and clear
I'm waitin' on you, Jesus, in the water here
So come and wash me clean
The sky is red, there's
Blood on my hands
I can't deny
I'm guilty where I stand
The verdict's in
I hear them shoutin'
Send me a river to drown this mountain (oooh)
I wanna blast off
Let gravity disappear
I'm tired of fallin', fallin', fallin' from the weight of fear
Come and lift me up into the clean and clear
I'm waitin' on you, Jesus, in the water here
So come and wash me clean
Oooh, Wash me clean, Aaahh, Aaahh
(Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me)
I wanna blast off
Let gravity disappear
I'm tired of fallin', fallin', fallin' from the weight of fear
Come and lift me up into the clean and clear
I'm waitin' on you, Jesus, in the water
I wanna blast off
Let gravity disappear
Come and lift me up
Into the clean and clear
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh
(Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me)
(Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me, Heaven wash me)
I'm dizzy walkin outta larry's army wear used
With some black leather shoes and desert BDU's
Many boxes of ammo, i got the camo face paint
Barricaded the tower doors, safe this place ain't
Up to the top, i can see the whole planet it would seem
The sun is beatin on my head as i'm livin my horror dream
Up-chucked a couple times then i finally took aim
A man is chattin on his cell phone, i spattered his brain
A lovely couple started runnin, all the sudden she tripped
He kept right the fuck without her, like he never missed a step
I snapped one to his head, he fell dead to his knees
Then his wife was right there to retrieve the car keys
Not many notice at first, although some do start to scatter
Pluggin iron in they back, who they are it doesn't matter
There's a psychopathic, way up in the tower somewhere
And when they think they outta range [gunshot] poof they hair
[chorus]
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin high (shooting from the tower)
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin high
I shot the lady in the ass and the kid on the grass
And the daddy on the swing through the lens in his glasses
First cop on the scene will be commended for his services
For now he holds his throat and scream "i didn't deserve this"
The tower too high, i'm bringin shot from above
Cuz my head's a battle royale of serpents, snails, and bugs
I'm quadarpolar, though my snipers scope i see the enemy
The world ain't never been my friend and never pretended to be
I fought in two wars, my country left me poor and sick
Leg missin, agent orange and an un-useable dick
So as i reload, my trigger finger's frozen cold
From squeezing so hard my reason is no control
Warped soul, look at that, pap-pap-krack
Three frat college boys flat, dead on they back
And they lady tryin to hide behind the dead fat guy
Just got one plucked in her eye
[chorus]
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot...
I'm finally at war again, only i ain't takin orders
200 yards below, i'm taggin targets, small as quarters
Marksman, sniper, military precision
Spotlight on the tower, tryna nullify my vision
My eyeballs keep rollin in the back of my head
Practicing for any minute when i'm actually dead
They put the tape up, these people think they outta my view
But still, i'm steady pluggin sleepin pills off into them too
I see in strobe light vision and i'm way beyond a panic
My only skill is murder and i'm stuck on automatic
Sweatin profusely, bleedin outta my ears
Their shots are missing by fragments, bullets shavin my hairs
And yet my aim is remarkable, i'm peggin these duck
One by one, jumpin out of those SWAT team trucks
I see the major activity, i'm caughing a chao
Mad... my life went out with a flash
[chorus]
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot (shooting from the tower)
And it was hot that day (someone's in the tower)
So fuckin hot...
And it was hot that day, so fuckin hot
It shouldn't get that hot, humid and hot
Beatin down on us, so fuckin hot
Too fuckin hot that day, just too fuckin hot
How can it get that hot, how can it be that hot?
Generals on deck, what's up, son?
(Yeah, yeah, yeah... come on!)
Salut this (Library shit)
(Rock the belt, uh-huh, you know what time it is)
They understand and support us
(I ain't goin' out) Theodore (Uh-huh!)
Eh-yo!
Stark edition, rock Christian's
The crystalized rock got the big jury dealers on a mission
Slick taste of lace, I done smacked New York City
The four-fifty went poppin' when he tried to dip me
Balled out in bingo halls, reported skiied out in jury duty
Judge Judy, big groupie bitch blew me, Beigen rush Cuffies
Blast the last uzi, ship me to Africa, right? I share rubies
Due to the night up on my behalf
I threw the shotti in the glass so I could have a double bash
Duffle pass, couples, teamed with the knuckle clash, fast
Rain, hail, snow, sleet, still bust that ass
Uppercut, bad, you in the grass slumped out and ya faggot-ass man hauled ass
Slammed body in the G-Y-M, G-Y-N'
Love Doctor in the hood, fucked bitches, all their friends
So, yo...
Party people, you're the reason we're here
Cuz we love the game and our music is projects
So, so, yo, hello! Makin' sure y'all still there
On stage here tonight be the almighty Theodore Click
Yeah! Yeah... yo!
I'm a little dude but I hold guns the size of Europe
Y'all niggas is sweet like pancakes with extra syrup
Whatever y'all put up, I double that
Stapleton is where I hustle at, 2-12 is where I bubble at
Yeah, I'm talkin' money-wise, you funny guys
I'm quick to yolk you up like eggs that's cooked sunny-side
Catch me at the honey hive, runnin' the strip
Gun on the hip, posted for hours, slingin' dope and power
Culture power, throwin' nitros, lettin' the pipes blow
Got remote control cars and they're not made by Tyco
This the Theodore, drunk off Smirnoff
Bit ya ear off, therefore, the drama is what I'm here for
From the block to the stage
I represent for those, locked in the cage
'Til I'm dropped in the graves, every line I spit, is like a, shot from the gauge
Move accordingly, even when I'm actin' disorderly
Who you wit?
See? See? Yo!
I'm a Don, dead form, look upon Ezekials
To the generals in my click, there'll be no sequels
Them hot ones'll crease, the vultures'll feast you
The loved ones will shiest you, gorillas will beast you
Just served fiends walkin' up the block yawnin'
Late night game, damn, forgot I got a warrant
Got in, laid down, then start snorin'
P-O kickin' ya door in, 4 in the mornin'
You blockin' my lane-lane like John Stockton
With the uttermost disrespect just like, Bernard Hopkins
Simply, it's PC within the verse
A great lord came walking through the forest
One morning with a weapon in his hand;
Rich was his castle, he lacked for nothing,
But killing was his plan;
When a white bird flew by she fell from the sky,
Nothing was found, only blood on the ground, she was gone;
Cursing his fortune,
He turned to the forest to kill once again,
And standing before him was a lovely young woman
With her hand hung in pain,
When he saw her his eyes were filled with desire,
He said "I must have her, she must be mine,
She will be mine..."
He offered her silver, he offered her gold,
But she threw it on the ground,
He fell to his knees and he begged her,
"Oh please come with me,
What you wish will be found;"
She said, "Sire, I'll go if you put up your bow,
And spare these creatures, leave them in peace,
You have no need..."
But her words were lost in the wind
His eyes were fixed on a queen
And all he saw was a woman
And all she was, was a dream...
Oh oh...And all he saw was a woman, and all she was,
Was a dream...
He took her and bound her with ropes tied around her
To his castle he did ride;
In the wood was a bower where stood an an old tower
And he threw her deep inside;
Then the birds left the sky and a terrible cry,
Brought thunder and lightning, and rain falling down,
Tears on the ground...
All through the days on her face he would gaze,
For she was lovely as the spring;
No words would she speak but "Leave them in peace",
And some sad lament she would sing,
Oh one day by the door, at the window he saw
A single white feather lying on the floor.
She was there no more...
Now that great lord is dying,
His cold heart is crying for the love of the girl;
For many an hour he has wept on the tower
For she meant more than the world;
And once in the sky, a white bird flew by,
He lifted his hands, he cried out in pain
"Come back again..."
But his words were lost in the wind,
His castle was built upon sand,
And all he has is a memory,
And all he yearns is her hand...
Ah ah ... all he has is the memory,
The tree stands along
Hidden, but still strong
Carrying all the leafs
For us to pick, for them to leave
Then, wind comes and blows
The leafs fall and go
But there's one that's gonna stick
That's the one I'm gonna pick
I'm gonna carry this one forever
Loose it? No, never!
But I guess it's just an utopy
Based on my insecurity
Still I'll try to pick
The true leaf that won't trick
The one without a mask
But which one, if I may ask?
Then, wind comes and blows
The leafs fall and go
But there's one that's gonna stick
Come to the door Ma, and unlock the chain
I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain
There's nothing I want, nothin' that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way?
I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen
With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans
I fought in the dockyards and with the money I made
I knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade
Baton Rouge, Poncitoula, and Lafayette town
Well they paid me their money Ma I knocked the men down
I did what I did well it come easily
Restraint and mercy Ma were always strangers to me
I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud
Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood
In the twelfth I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw
I stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the floor
Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on
'Till I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone
Then the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track
The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets
I took my good share Ma, I have no regrets
Then I took the fix at the state armory with big John McDowell
From high in the rafters I watched myself fall
As he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black
I stuffed my bag with their good money and I never looked back
Understand, in the end Ma every man plays the game
If you know me one different then speak out his name
Ma if my voice now you don't recognize
Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes
I ask of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile,
Just open the door and let me lie down for a while
Now the gray rain's fallin' and my ring fightin's done
So in the work fields and alleys I take all who'll come
If you're a better man than me then just step to the line
Now there's nothin' I want Ma nothin' that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way
Tonight in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt
I move to the center and I take off my shirt
I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain,
Man, nor the time can erase
I move hard to the left and I strike to the face
the sword of truth is just another weapon
let me live for just one more second
i see a woman, she's holding flowers
a bouquet of roses that are blood red
from a burning building, a man leaps to his death
i stand above these mansions of the dead
red tombs and above us looms
the tower
i see red
i see a tower against the sky
beneath a red unblinking eye
radiowaves curve and cross
i stand below them - lost!
above me is a black obelisk
and the dangers that i risk
here gather the ghosts of the mind
that tear my heart and here i find
all the traps that have been set
everything i would forget, beneath
the tower
i see red
i see a tower against the sky
beneath a red unblinking eye
violence is close at hand
you are damned if you do
and if you don't - damned!
a red eye, tyrant full of hate
glares from the sky, it's captive state
if it should blink or deviate
a thousand worlds would obliterate
i do not move, nor do i speak
beneath that hard and pitiless peak
of concrete, steel and antennae wheels
the tower
i see red
i see a tower against the sky
I am the Captain and it feels absurd
How I let my life crash down by your every word
And I know you feel the weight it puts on you
But I can't stop thinkin' we can make it through
Ooh, can we keep it hangin' on the tower, yeah, yeah
Ooh, can we keep it hangin' on the tower
Can you believe in what you want to feel?
Not turning back but going up the hill
I'm sure there is a view from the very top
And then it's all downhill and never stop
Ooh, can we keep it hangin' on the tower, yeah, yeah
Ooh, can we keep it hangin' on the tower, yeah, yeah
Last night I said out loud a little prayer
And don't believe it died out in the air
It maybe seems impossible today
But I will keep believing anyway
Every day
All the way
Ooh, can we keep it hangin' on the tower, yeah, yeah
Ooh, can we keep it hangin' on the tower, yeah, yeah
Can we keep it hangin' on the tower, yeah, yeah
I'm rollin' up in a big gray bus
And I'm shackled down
Myself that's who I trust
The minute I arrived
Some sucker got hit
Shanked ten times
Behind some bullshit
Word in the pen the fool was a snitch
So without hesitatin'
I made a weapon quick
If found a sharp piece of metal
Taped it to a stick
Then a bullhorn sounds
That means it's time for chow
My first prison meal
The whole feeling was foul
It wasn't quite my style
But my stomach growled
So I flushed the shit down
And hit the weight pile
The brothers was swole
The attitudes was cold
Felt the tension on the yard
From the young and the old
But I'm a warrior
I got my ground to hold
So I studied the inmates
To see who hd the power
the Whites? The Blacks?
Or just the gun tower!
In a blink of an eye, a riot broke out
Blacks put their backs to the wall
Cause it was north and south
A gun man shouts
And everybody had doubt
Until the bullets started fly'n
Took two men out
Thn they rushed everybody
Back to their cells
Damn the pen is different than
The county jail
I'm in a one man cell
I know my life's on a scale
I wonder if that gunman is goin' to hell
This is my second day
I got a ten year stay
I learned my first lesson
In the pen you don't plaay
I saw a brother kill another
Cause he said he was gay
But that's the way it is
It been that way for years
and when his body hit the ground
I heard a couple of cheers
It kind of hurt me inside
That they were glad he died
and I ask myself
Just who had the power?
The Whites? The Blacks?
Or just the gun tower!
You see the Whites got a thing
The call White pride
The Blacks got the muscle
Mexicans got the knives
You better be wise
You wanna stay alive
Go toe to toe with a sucka
No matter wht size
A fool tried to sweat me
Act'n like he was hard
I stuck him twice in the neck
And left him dead in the yard
It was smooth how I did it
Cause nobody could see
With my jacket on my arm
And my knife on the side of me
Bam bam, it was over
Another one bites the dust
I went crazy in the pen
With nobody to trust
Bench'n ten quarters, so I'm hard to sweat
Used a tat gun, and engrved my set
They call me a lifer
Cause I'm good as dead
I live in the hole, so the floor's my bed
And I ask myself again
Who has the power
The Whites? The Blacks?
Nobody thought that we'd last
As long as we have
I guess we showed 'em
Now I don't mean to brag
We're pretty good at
Keepin' what we got goin'
I guess we beat the odds
Hey how 'bout us
Chorus
In this crazy world
Of mirrors and smoke
Where hearts can get broke
And forever's so hard to find
People still dream
And people still hope
That someday they'll get it right
And love like yours and mine is why
They Try
You know i'll kiss you downtown
Right there on your mouth
With everyone staring
I don't mind if they see
Just what you mean to me
Girl, that's something worth sharing
Love's a beautiful thing
Hey, let it catch on
Chorus
n this crazy world
Of mirrors and smoke
Where hearts can get broke
And forever's so hard to find
People still dream
And people still hope
That someday they'll get it right
And love like yours and mine is why
They Try
They try, they try, they try
Baby, our best days are up ahead
Girl we ain't done yet
No far from it
In this crazy world
Chorus
n this crazy world
Of mirrors and smoke
Where hearts can get broke
And forever's so hard to find
People still dream
And people still hope
That someday they'll get it right
And love like yours and mine is why
They Try
What, fade me how?
Shit, on this rap shit
Come on, nigga
I brought my chopper an' my hard hat
The shit's fucked up now show a nigga where the war at
'Cause I'm about to clean house
Stick this AK up your ass an' blow that fucker clean out
'Cause you niggas in the wrong
You came up short an' now we finna get it goin' on
I ain't your average motherfucker
You step out of line an' watch a motherfucker bust ya
'Cause you done came at me the wrong way
I ain't no Clint Eastwood, nigga
An' you done picked the wrong day
So bring your ass to the battleground
Rat a tat tat, like that is how my gat'll sound
Avoid no niggas 'cause niggas be human
I squeeze the trigger an' niggas be movin'
'Cause I don't point it in the air
An' pull the trigger, why?
I'd rather point it at yo' ass an' watch the nigga die
I gives a fuck about your team mates
When it's all said an' done
You're gonna wish you never seen 'Face
You shoulda seen that lil' nigga, Brad
James through here, seen Dave an' yo, that nigga bad
An' your homies better stand still
Don't make my brother Warren bust one of you bitches
'Cause the man will
Don't bring your ass to my picnic
'Cause I done had it up to here
With all you niggas talkin' that bitch shit
So you better get your shit right
I'm from the state where you rarely see
A motherfuckin' fist fight
It's all about the gun blast
So you can miss me with that bullshit
You spittin' with your punk ass
It's 'The Diary' of a born killer
Don't have to worry about me fallin' off this thang
'Cause I'm a strong nigga
Doubt my regard of the hard
With niggas behind me from East Oakland to the South Park
I've got the mind of the man right behind you
You can run, you can hide but I'll still find you
Like I say, there's no getaway
An' I'm gon' have it where
Your family'll have to throw your shit away
It's the return of the real niggas
I'm prejudiced to a certain extent but still I kill niggas
I'll bust that ass on the fuckin' double
So push on with that ho' shit, bitch
'Cause you don't want trouble
So get your ass up of my shoestrings
An' let your shermed nigga do things
Ay, ay, ay, where you finna go, fool?
I can't fuck with it, you got it, man
Come on, man, you wanna rap, nigga?
I can't do it, come on
You see, you see
That's how motherfuckers is, dog
I had a Tree, in the dream hills where my childhood lay.
And I'd go there in the wide, long days,
And my Tree would listen to all that I'd say.
And the sun was shining brightly,
and the sky was smiling,
and the sun was shining brightly,
and the sky was smiling.
Peeling paint, dead cigarettes... old cobwebs on the ceiling. Feeling
faint, the spider fled - the flies played hide 'n' seek. We wrestled cheek
to cheek, pink naked on the sheets. A feel was cheap, a deeper thrill was
steeper. Camera peeped, director leaping, screaming, shouting, louder
"Roll 'em, hold 'em, hole 'em, Close up. ART! Prepetual motion. Higher!
Ram it home now cowby. Down Boy. Showdown! Shoot that crazy foam across
the duvet..." Get them creaming at the dairy, pumping lonesome 'cross the
Praries. Hats spin on their laps. The hotsprings gushing. Play roulette.
The russians do it best - well, don't they, Jerkov?
he is anark
can you hear the sound of the phantom bell
people gather around
burn in his half-world hell
proto-overman
user of the dead hand
to the tower
he is anark
screams that calm the wind
hear the black birds shriek
death is your last breath
we have one enemy
proto-overman
user of the dead hand
to the tower
he is anark
dark dance
break of dusk
cold wind
time to kill
eyes closed
see his blood
fear not tomorrow will
proto-overman
user of the dead hand
I had a tree in the dream hills where my childhood lay
And I'd go there in the wide, long days
And my tree would listen to all that I'd say
And the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling
And the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling, oh
Then one day when the world had put me in its tomb
And my life was just an empty room
I went to my tree and I sat there in my gloom
And the light was fading dimly and the sky was crying
And the light was fading dimly and the sky was crying, oh
Then my tree bent its branches low down to the ground
And its green leaves shrouded up my mind
And I left the world somewhere behind
And I didn't not know what I would find
And the sun was shining brightly
And the sky was smiling
Oh, the sun was shining brightly
We've got a problem we can't get around
It's gotten too big to just tear down
We built a wall out of thin air
Now I'm over here and you're over there
I'm afraid that there's no two ways to it
This could be our undoing
Can't raise the ceiling, can't lower the floor
The only thing left is to build a door
A door ain't nothing but a way to get through a wall
That's all
A window won't work and a ladder stretched that tall
It might fall
You get a hammer and I'll get a saw
And we'll give this wall what-for
What we need between you and me
Is a door
We might get sweaty, might get dirty
A couple of splinters would be well worth it
We'll hang it right here, level and plumb
We'll shake hands on a job well done
Once that door's standing open
We'll get some communication going
We'll reach out and the next thing you know
This wall'll come down like Jericho
A door ain't nothing but a way to get through a wall
That's all
A window won't work and a ladder stretched that tall
It might fall
So you get a hammer and I'll get a saw
And we'll give this wall what-for
What we need between you and me
Is a door
A door ain't nothing but a way to get through a wall
That's all
A window won't work and a ladder stretched that tall
It might fall
You get a hammer and I'll get a saw
And we'll give this wall what-for
What we need between you and me
How I'd like to look into that little book
The one that has the lock and key
And know the boy that you care for
The boy who is in your diary
When it's late at night
What is the name you write
Oh, what I'd give if I could see
Am I the boy that you care for?
The boy who is in your diary
Do you recall and make note of all
The little things I say and do
The name you underline
I'm hoping that it's mine
Darling, I'm so in love with you
Please don't leave me blue
Make all my dreams come true
You know how much you mean to me
Say I'm the boy that you care for
I really don't care if you're not in my sight
I really don't think but I think I'm right
It don't bother me none if you're depressed or depraved
'Cause I'm not the one and you don't need to be saved
As the sunrise comes down the doorway
And the snow white falls like rain down an alley
I'll be sending my light your way
You are the doorway, you are the door
I really don't care if you lay it all down
I really don't mind if you switch off the sound
Put it in reverse we might sound better that way
Say what you want 'cause it's all okay
As the sunrise comes down the doorway
And the snow white falls like rain down an alley
I'll be sending my light your way
You are the doorway, you are the doorway
You are the door
What are you waiting for? What are you hoping will happen now?
Out of the sycamore darkness the dye was cast
Time has passed away, color in the world by numbers
Masked in fear, you can't hear me say
You are the doorway, you are the door
As the sunrise comes down the doorway
And the snow white falls like rain
I'll be sending myself your way
Don't you know you are the door?
I really don't care if you're not in my sight
I really don't think but I think I'm right
It don't bother me none if you're depressed or depraved
'Cause I'm not the one and you don't need to be saved
I really don't care if you twist or you shout
I really don't think what you think you're about
It don't bother me none if you shoot under par
'Cause I know what you have and I know what you are
As the sunrise comes down the doorway
And the snow white falls like rain down an alley
I'll be sending my life your way
You are the doorway, you are the doorway
I. introduction/the water
i am the water
i am the ocean king
i own the red sky
i am the one who makes...
dreams....
real
II. when it all goes to hell
there you are
it's soft and it's red
floating free
in your own private bed
then one day
you're pushed down the well
and you can feel your funny bone crack
when it all goes to hell
you come into
a world cold and bright
and after a while
it all seems alright
you dance and play
but it's too soon to tell
that you'll find yourself scathed and attacked
when it all goes to hell
when it all goes to hell
and you don't even try to get up
when it all goes to hell
III. a thief in the night
i was a general
of darkness and light
i was to be the major man
it was some kind of sight
i was going to stand alone
and do what was right
now i'm just another stepping stone
a thief in the night
so where were all of those
angels and priest
who said they'd carry me
beyond my beliefs
where are all of them now
they're gone from my sight
my mother and father deserted me
like thieves in the night
yes, where are all of them now
they're gone from my sight
my mother and father deserted me
like thieves in the night
i was the water
i was the ocean king
i ruled the red sky
i could do anything
'till you, you
you messed me up
you, you
you all messed me up
IV. FU/i'm sorry
you gave me this home and then you left me alone
FUCK YOU
you act real nice while you're exacting your price
FUCK YOU
everyone's got their opinions
they'll tell ya 'bout 'em all the time
what makes 'em think i wanna hear them
i wish that you'd all fucking die, die, DIE!
you don't give a shit about anything
FUCK YOU
i don't know why you even bother to live
FUCK YOU
everyone's so pathetic
always talking all the time
what makes them think that
i give half a shit what's on their minds, minds, MINDS!
FUCK YOU
(if the truth were told i really hate myself so)
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOU!
i'm so sorry
i really am so, so sorry
if i ever hurt you or caused you pain
i can't help it
i really, really just can't help it
when the madman's on the rise again
can you understand what it's like?
you all must understand what it's like
i can't help what happened to me
sometimes it just comes out now can't you see
please understand and don't
don't hate me
i'm so sorry
i really am so, so sorry
if i ever hurt you or caused you pain
if you don't understand it's all the same
i guess i'll just be left alone again......
V. the water (revisited)
i am the water
i am the ocean king
i own the red sky
i am the one who makes....
you.....
feel
VI. runnin' the race
mocks and spots
rip up your face
but all that counts
is that you get to first base
tension mounts
then it's put in it's place
and you're finally having some fun
when you're runnin' the race
chinatown
is off to your left
the motor pool
is there on the right
tension in dot matrix
right in your face
and you're finally having some fun
while you're runnin' the race
and you're finally having some fun
while you're runnin' the race
runnin' the race
runnin' the race
VII. reach for the sky
after we've gone
after the moon rises
and the red flags fly
gonna reach for the sky
gonna hold my head up high
gonna reach for the sky
storm ragin'
that'll be alright
if we reach for the sky
yeah we reach for the sky
guess there never was....
a winner
just a race against time
i was mean - i was kind
even though i was blind
i still reached for the sky
storm ragin'
that'll be alright
if we reach for the sky
yeah we reach for the sky
come people
[Gabriel]
Where do I go?
Never had a very real dream before.
Now I got a vision of an open door.
Guiding me home, where I belong,
dreamland I have come.
Oh where do I go?
Never had a flesh and blood like this before.
Got a new appearance when I passed the door.
Is it a dream I am withing? Oh what's going on?
Down, down, down
Go down, go down, go down
I roam into nowhere.
Don't see an end: eternal wastelands.
And I hear the voice, the voice, the voice, the voice...
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...
Never been a fighter, never been a man.
But I must help Vandroiy, he's my only friend.
Nowhere to go but I know that he knows how
we will get her out...
Magic of transcendence
brought me to this place
Vandroiy in reality lead me on my race.
Told me to bring back the seal
but still I don't know where I shall go.
[Lugaid]
Can't you 'feel' the voice?
You don't have a choice.
What a kind of life:
Freedom in flesh - shackles on your mind...
Go all the way to the tower!
Find out the secrets behind!
Go all the way to the tower!
For all the wisdom of ages doesn't die.
[Elderane]
Men have good intentions
on their way to the light.
But som of them are venal
and end up in the night.
Maybe it's better for you, mankind,
not to know what's going on.
[Gabriel]
Sometimes we must go
ways that seem to be wrong.
What a kind of life: Freedom in flesh,
shackles on your mind...
[Lugaid]
Go all the way to the tower!
Find out the secrets behind!
Go all the way to the tower!
Find out the name of the one
who reigns from inside...
[Voice in the Tower]
You have come the long way through ages
to bring me the seven parts of the seal.
So now throw it over the walls of the tower.
Throw the seal!
[Pope]
But first Godfather, what about the prophecy? What
about your reward: The ultimate illumination, the
gnosis and the power to defend your kingdom on
earth with a strong hand? What about the prophecy?
[Lugaid]
I Realize...
[all]
For the glory, for the glory, for the glory,
For the glory. Oh - what is going on?
For the glory, for the glory, for the glory,
For the glory. Oh - what is going on?
[Lugaid]
Gabriel I can feel:
You have it back - book and seal.
Still no war is won, we have just begun...
Go all the way to the tower!
Long for the secrets behind!
Go all the way to the tower!
Found out the name of the one
who reigns from inside...
Go all the way to the tower!
Long for the secrets behind!
Go all the way to the tower!
Found out the name of the one,
Of the one...
[Jakob]
Oh, how could the stranger steal the seal away?
Was it my fault? Or was it no one's fault at all?
I was down for so long
Everything I did was wrong
And I found fault
In everyone but me
I was hurt and alone
I could not find my way home
Broke-down and hungry
And too tired to moan
[Chorus]
Then I heard somebody calling my name
Saying ain't no need to be shamed
I found out that the door was always open
I was trapped in my mind
A prisoner of my own design
Lost in a world
A world of confusion
I was there by myself
Couldn't find no help no where else
Thought I'd call up the hotline
But there was nobody there
[Chorus]
[Instrumental Bridge]
Baby when i think of all my yesterdays
when i dream about tomorrow
when i recount my joys
when i remember my sorrows
sometimes a mans gotta say what he's gotta say
I ain't hangin' around no more
tonight I'm picking up my Samsonite
and I'm walking right out the door
you know there's been some good times babe
sure there's been some bad times too
but the worst time is gonna be tonight
cause tonight I'm leaving you
sometimes a mans gotta say what he's gotta say
even if it's real bad news
tonight I'm walking out that door
and I'm making love to a bottle of booze
Don't try and track me down!
break neck fat race world does it taste just like it should?
you only own what's etched in stone better get it while it's good
don't weep big city sheep I'm just trapped in your hemisphere
you tell me what I should know and I can tell you what you wanna hear
say tunnel vison there is no purpose served
by staying aboard this runaway wreck
while you're losing is on the curve
right there's the door
don't knock little can't rock he's the one huffin' gasoline
been keepin' time with a cloudy mind since they hit him with a limosine
still the lil' ones eat off the cold concrete
and the bleedin' hearts don't care
you tell me where I can go and I'll bet you that I see you there
say tunnel vison there is no purpose served
by staying aboard this runaway wreck
while you're losing is on the curve
right there's the door
don't deny, purify said the man on the golden throne
guilty times have made you lie and you realize you're all alone
so now you're throwin' stones at some old bag of bones
and you can't even knock him down
and there's one last thing that you should know
and I can tell you without a sound
Could've been like before
Could've had to lock the door
Make your mind
Let the door, let the door swing
Only one
Only one to let the door
Wanted to pretend he's dead
Didn't have to pretend
All this and more
Makes no sense to me
All this and more
Makes me drown
Let me know if it's alright
Baby baby
The telephone's ringin' again
What do I say, are you home this time
There's somebody askin' on the telephone line
Baby baby
You know it's getting me down
The Fatman called, left no message
They get so heavy when you're not around
Did you see how many, were they driving a truck
Did they come on mean, did you push your luck
Did they offer you a summons, did they offer you a fag
Were they lookin' for the money for the sugar bag
Hostile city
Running out the door again
Pulled a big escape along Broadway
The man came calling seven times today
Keep on running
Keep on moving around
Gotto get away by the break of day
If you relax they're gonna pin you down
You've been hangin' down on Dixon Street
Eating Chinese chicken when it's time to eat
Spending time on the underground
When you relax they're gonna pin you down
Wake up baby
I want you to hold me now
It's 3 a.m., time of night when
Robbers prowl
Give me your hand
You know I could not be sure
Oh baby there it goes again
I’m staying now in a vacation house
It’s all season, there’s no reason to leave
Today in the fishing boat I pulled the choke
And started the engine and set it on slow
I patrolled down the river under collapsing hopes
And dead leaves and mossy trees you know I made my way
down to the gulf
I let my friends go to let my friends know
Tonight I’m staying in to do my tarot, I got stuck on a
card I couldn’t let it go
The burning tower hit by lightning and people are jumping
I see the world in a swirl of hues,
but my favorite color is shame.
Tonight the sky is painted...
Tonight the sky is painted... melancholy
and the wind sings songs as if it would lament
some tragedy on the far side of the world.
We're in the deep pockets of my mind,
where I lust after blood and pain.
Tonight the sky is painted...
Tonight the sky is painted... melancholy
and the wind sings songs as if it would lament
some tragedy on the far side of the world.
I am I and the world is a woman
from who I must take take take.
In an act of lust, no, in an act of pride
And I am damned, but can I be saved?
but can I be saved?...saved
Tonight the sky is painted...(echo)
Tonight the sky is painted...(echo)
Tonight the sky is painted...(Tonight the sky is)
Melancholy and the wind sings songs as if it would lament
some tragedy on the far side of the world.
And the wind sings songs as if it would lament
to burrow my way through death and flesh
all beasts i let out ú ill buried untold
to lock my cage ú unleash the fallen
fear eyes contain light in my soul
feral snakes collide burn in my skull
freeing the circles ú that night i saw a burial train
all thieves i bludgeon
from ice i burn breathe astral plane
greyed eye enclosed ú seer east is gone
from now on, farther on
i'm nailed to the crossroads searching for the piece of me
that wasn't mine, blood dripping from my hands
my end has seen the figure of my lightkeeper
standing in the doorway
I see the world in a swirl of hues
But my favorite color is shame
Tonight the sky is painted
Tonight the sky is painted melancholy
And the wind sings songs as if it would lament
Some tragedy on the far side of the world
We're in the deep pockets of my mind
Where I lust after blood and pain
Tonight the sky is painted
Tonight the sky is painted melancholy
And the wind sings songs as if it would lament
Some tragedy on the far side of the world
I am I and the world is a woman
From who I must take, take, take
In an act of lust, no, in an act of pride
And I am damned but can I be saved?
Can I be saved?
Tonight the sky is painted
Tonight the sky is painted
Tonight the sky is painted melancholy
And the wind sings songs as if it would lament
Some tragedy on the far side of the world
And the wind sings songs as if it would lament
Gabriel:
Where do I go?
Never had a very real dream before.
Now I got a vision of an open door.
Guiding me home, where I belong,
dreamland I have come.
Oh where do I go?
Never had a flesh and blood like this before.
Got a new appearance when I passed the door.
Is it a dream I am withing? Oh what's going on?
Down, down, down
Go down, go down, go down
I roam into nowhere.
Don't see an end: eternal wastelands.
And I hear the voice, the voice, the voice, the voice...
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...
Never been a fighter, neber been a man.
But I must help Vandroiy, he's my only friend.
Nowhere to go but I know that he knows how
we will get her out...
Magic of transcendence
brought me to this place
Vandroiy in reality lead me on my race.
Told me to bring back the seal
but still I don't know where I shall go.
Lugaid:
Can't you 'feel' the voice?
You don't have a choice.
What a kind of life:
Freedom in flesh - shackles on your mind...
Go all the way to the tower!
Find out the secrets behind!
Go all the way to the tower!
For all the wisdom of ages doesn't die.
Elderane:
Men have good intentions
on their way to the light.
But som of them are venal
and end up in the night.
Maybe it's better for you, mankind,
not to know what's going on.
Gabriel:
Sometimes we must go
ways that seem to be wrong.
What a kind of life: Freedom in flesh,
shackles on your mind...
Lugaid:
Go all the way to the tower!
Find out the secrets behind!
Go all the way to the tower!
Find out the name of the one
who reigns from inside...
Voice in the Tower:
You have come the long way through ages
to bring me the seven parts of the seal.
So now throw it over the walls of the tower.
Throw the seal!
Pope:
But first Godfather, what about the prophecy? What
about your reward: The ultimate illumination, the
gnosis and the power to defend your kingdom on
earth with a strong hand? What about the prophecy?
Lugaid:
I realize...
all:
For the glory, for the glory, for the glory,
For the glory. Oh - what is going on?
For the glory, for the glory, for the glory,
For the glory. Oh - what is going on?
Lugaid:
Gabriel I can feel:
You have it back - book and seal.
Still no war is won, we have just begun...
Go all the way to the tower!
Long for the secrets behind!
Go all the way to the tower!
Found out the name of the one
who reigns from inside...
Go all the way to the tower!
Long for the secrets behind!
Go all the way to the tower!
Found out the name of the one,
Of the one...
Jakob:
Oh, how could the stranger steal the seal away?
Was it my fault? Or was it no one's fault at all?
A haunting wind from the frozen
It carries the message of death
It howls and whistles and whip through the night
It's storming towards Nazareth
As the fool is cast from the tower
To drown in the waves below
The tower is shattered of lightning
And through conceit his weakness will show
Arrogance can't breed forever
The path of the fool is foretold
As the storm is whining around him
He struggles to stay in control
The darkness is the salvation
Burning and freezing its path
The key to rise from the dead again
To grow in the storms aftermath
Revelations of the truth
Exposing all the hidden
A burst of insight
Seeing through the riddle of the forbidden
Black flame rise within
Black flame burn eternal
The storm is raging over sea and land
But yet he's standing straight
Trapped inside a wounded womb
To grow by inner faith
He will erupt in anger
His fortune will now take a turn
When facing the truth of his arrogance
First finally then he may learn
He's forced to breath the sulphur
He's destined to nakedly burn
Revelations of the truth
Exposing all the hidden
A burst of insight
Seeing through the riddle of the forbidden
Black flame rise within
I was just a hitter
on the top of the mountain
no one told me the truth
they lift you to the top
and then they kick you to the bottom
you know how bad it feels
hey! this is who I am
don't forget about your rage
that was ilegal
and nobody cares
I just had the beater
but the beater would leave me
no one told her the truth
they lift you to the top
and they they kick you to the bottom
The only real way is the highway
Paid my dues singing the blues
not gonna bitch about
the holes in my shoes
Play all night
work all day
travel around the country because I love to play
The only real way is the highway
I get to get on the stage
I get to bend the bars of my vocal range
travel across the land
making payments on the van
We're gonna rock as hard as we physically can
Fuck #1 we play it all for fun
the harder it gets
is because the harder it comes
not better than the rest
just put ourselves to the test
putting the suck back into success
the only real way is the highway
I think I can
Its what you make it man
You get out of it what you put in
Its what you make it!
13 Heads
War for claws
Twisting facts
Face the Hydra
From the bottomless pit
Tell truth as it fits
In league with the beast
Downfall unleashed
In the hour of chaos
Cold hearts made of steel
Closing the rifft
Between panic and fear
Face the storm that´s coming through
Sinners and saints unite against you
The telegraph cables hum
And few can decipher who the message is from
And it deliver it quietly
Cause some don't get much company
The harbour becomes the sea
And lighting the house keeps it collision free
Understand the lay of the land
And don't let it hurt you
Or it will be the first to
The water, the water
Didn't realize
It's dangerous size
The mountain, the mountain
Came to recognize
It's a steep and rocky sides
More than realized
Pale as a pile of bones
You hope for your babies
And this is how they grow
Wind-battered, knocked over
The teeth by the shoulder
Watching the grey sky
That's acting like a good guy
The water, the water
Came to realize
It's a dangerous size
The mountain the mountain
Came to recognize
It's steep and rocky sides
Came to recognize
It's steep and rocky sides
Use my grains for blending voices
Bigs among his birds is flying
All of this was quite accepted
Now their skin they were affected
Just on eleven and now she's going on twelve
No one can see
She must be one in hundred millions
A mind so tall and torned and wreckful
What have you done with this poor girl
You made her believe that nothing's sacred
A conscience is lost
Voices tell me I am in need
See the people in pain into bleed
For nigh a trice they never say
A knife can kill and now she missed it
Just on eleven and now she's going on twelve
No one can see
She must be one in hundred millions
A mind so tall and torned and wreckful
What have you done with this poor girl
You made her believe that nothing's sacred
?Cause I don't wanna be like this
I've been runnin? these streets for too long now
I've got nothin? that?s true but this song now
But the further I go I wanna go home
?Cause I don't wanna be like this
I've been runnin? these streets for too long now
I've got nothin? that?s true but this song now
But the further I go I wanna go home
I fuckin' swear that I care but it?s hard when you stare
Into the bottom of a bottle that is empty and bare
Oh, my desolate soul in my desolate home
It's my desolate role, yeah I'm here all alone
I can't think of a reason to get the fuck out of bed
Curtains closed, lights are off, am I alive or dead?
I haven't shaved in a week, I always slur when I speak
Tolerance at its peak, another fit just to sleep
Oh, woe is me, woe is me, I guess I need love
Hoes you see, hoes you see I'm just in a rut
And I swear I'm tryin? baby, please baby don't leave
Goddamn I'm a fuck up but I guess that's just me
So I sit in my room and I'll cry in my bed
Thinkin? about all the shit that made me wrong in my head
I keep tryin? to climb but it seems so steep
Pour myself a fuckin' whisky and go back to sleep bitch
?Cause I don't wanna be like this
I've been runnin? these streets for too long now
I've got nothin? that?s true but this song now
But the further I go I wanna go home
?Cause I don't wanna be like this
I've been runnin? these streets for too long now
I've got nothin? that?s true but this song now
But the further I go I wanna go home
I watch my momma cry, she says baby why?
I say baby died, baby's gone like a suicide
I don't think you'll see him soon, mom stay out my room mom
Tell daddy that I hate that motherfucker like you mom
I sing this shit for you Danny, Sasha and Jordan
These tears keep getting? warmer every time that I hold her
I pour this out for you like a partner in crime
It's part of the times when you're sick in the mind
Yeah, I'm sick oh so sick, I'm so sick of this shit
Yeah, I'm lit oh so lit, I'm so fucked up off it
So I stumble around ?til I stumble, fall down
To this puddle of my tears layin? here on the ground
When you've got nothing left, you've got nothing left to lose
With my last left single breath I'll still be singing to you
So when you bury me man, you better bury me deep
And sing along to this song 'cause you're broken like me
?Cause I don't wanna be like this
I've been runnin? these streets for too long, now
I've got nothin? that?s true but this song now
But the further I go I wanna go home
?Cause I don't wanna be like this
I've been runnin? these streets for too long now
I've got nothin? that?s true but this song now
But the further I go I wanna go home
And I wanna go back to the start, back where we started from
And I know it's been so long
I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong all along
And I wanna go back to the start, back where we started from
And I know it's been so long
I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong all along
?Cause I don't wanna be like this
I've been runnin? these streets for too long now
I've got nothin? that?s true but this song now
But the further I go I wanna go home
?Cause I don't wanna be like this
I've been runnin? these streets for too long now
I've got nothin? that?s true but this song now
The one who survives by making the lives
Of others worthwhile
She's coming apart
Tight before my eyes
The one who depends on the services she renders
To those who come knocking
She's seeing too clearly what she can't be
What understanding defies
She says I need not to need
Or else a love with intuition
Someone who reaches out to my weakness
And won't let go
I need not to need
I've always been the tower
But now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
She turns up the light
Anticipating night falling tenderly around her
Watches the dusk
The words won't come
She carries the act so convincingly
The fact is sometimes she believes it
She can be happy with the way things are
Be happy with the things she's done
And yet I need not to need
Or else a love with intuition
Someone who reaches out to my weakness
And won't let go
I need not to need
I've always been the tower
But now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
Reach out, hold back
Where is safety
Reach out and hold back
Where is the one who can change me
Where is the one
The one
Reach out, hold back
Where is safety
Reach out and hold back
Where is the one who can save me
Where is the one
The one
I need not to need
Or else a love with intuition
Someone who reaches out to my weakness
And won't let go
I need not to need
I've always been the tower
But now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in the snow
The danger and the power
Behind the walls I hide where the sun cannot reach me
Within the tower where you can't see my face
Through dust I slowly stride where the night is forever
Within the tower where you can't see my face
One step behind you
Turn around, and I am gone
You'll never see me
Just a feeling that something is so wrong
Each night I wander
Uninvited, from the tower
A nightly guest
Who has come to kiss your life good-bye
From the past, a shadow
A phantom, in the pale moonlight
I can see you
Oh, how sweet is not your face in fright
Your heart is pounding
As you walk through the shadow of the tower
I can smell your fear
There are twelve commandments
There are twelve divisions
Twelve are the pagans who have mapped the sky
In the outer circle
To the inner sanctum
From the octave at the end of time
The fountain, the trinity
The pilgrim is searching for blood
(searching for his blood)
To look for his own free will
The stone of infinity, washed in the flood
Lovers in the tower
The moon and sun divided, and the hanged man smiles
Lovers in the tower
The moon and sun divided, let the fool decide
In the atom circle
Where we break the stars
Hammer into anvil, stuffing out the sun
Witness all the killing
See the birth of Mars
Our religion thrown into the fire
The fountain, the trinity
The pilgrim is searching for blood
(searching for his blood)
To look for his own free will
The stone of infinity, washed in the flood
Lovers in the tower
The moon and sun divided, the hanged man smiles
Lovers in the tower
The moon and sun divided, the magician laughs
Lovers in the tower
The moon and sun divided, and the priestess kneels
(priestess kneels)
Lovers in the tower
The moon and sun divided, let the fool decide
Lovers in the tower
The moon and sun divided, and the hanged man smiles
Lovers in the tower
The moon and sun divided, let the fool decide
Lovers in the tower
The moon and sun divided, the priestess kneels to receive
Lovers in the tower
We're thrown in
To the world of horror
The sky is low
The clouds are mean
Remember when I'm gone away
Into the unknown land
Better leave me when I'm gone
When you can no more hold me by the hand
You tell me of our future that you planned
When there's no more day by day
When the darkness came
And the thoughts that once I had
You should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad
Better leave me when I'm gone
Into the unknown land
You miss me when I'm gone
Tonight you're the one I need
Hold me and be strong
You're the one I need
Leave me with a smile
And forget me for a while
You should remember me
Better leave me when I'm gone
My life closed twice
Before it's close
No more
No more
Parting is all we know of heaven
And all we need of hell
Not half turn to go yet turning stay
Remember me when no more
Day by day
When the darkness came
And the thoughts that once I had
You should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad
Better leave me when I'm gone
Into the unknown land
You miss me when I'm gone
Tonight you're the one I need
Hold me and be strong
You're the one I need
Leave me with a smile
And forget me for a while
You should remember me
So take the fast road and get goin' now
Before you leave no trace
Time in this place was closer than my friends
Remember my eyes not my face
Ain't no sense has no sense it invents
Another man unfolds
I'm standing next to myself the sink
Staring into the black hole
I panic at the quiet times
Decisions at the door
I panic at the quiet times
Fate leaves me to much more
On the inside it hurts less
The outside seems so cold
I need to climb, gotta find some tenderness
Before I get too old
Sun come from behind, it hurts my eyes
It dries my hair so nice
I watch the boiling sea, meet the open sky
But my soul still feels like it's ice
I panic at the quiet times
Decisions at the door
A panic at the quiet times
Fate leaves me to much more
I panic at the quiet times
Decisions at the door
A panic at the quiet times
I heard her in the valley,
I heard her in the dead of night
The warning of a white hare
Her eyes burning bright.
Careful you don't catch her
Or give her right of way.
For she will look upon you
Steal your soul away
For the white hare is calling
She's dancing in the night
And she'll be out 'til the morning light
Out upon the heather
A shadow came onto me
Her hair was hanging over
Her face I could not see
She ran behind the rocks
I heard the hounds cry
The image of a woman
Her head she held up high
For the white hare is calling
She's dancing in the night
She'll be out 'til the morning
With her eyes burning bright
The white hare is calling you
If you go hunting
Or calling out your prey
Or if you see a fair maid
With hair an ashen grey
Careful you don't catch her
Or give her right of way
For she will look upon you
Steal your soul away
For the white hare is calling
She's dancing in the night
She'll be out 'til the morning
With her eyes burning bright
I Tried To
Tried To Show You
How Good Our Love Could Be, You
Gave Nothing Back To Me And
I Gave You So Many Chances
To Turn It Around
Now All Your Chances Have Run Out
Now There'll Be No One Last Time
There's No More One Last Tries
This Time You've Pushed Your Love Too Far
And I've Got No Time For You No More
I Showed You Love, Now I'm Showing You The Door
So Pack Up, Get Up
Get Outta My Life
Go On, Get Gone
Get Outta My Sight
Cause I'm Thru, With You
Got No Room For You No More
I Showed You Love, Now I'm Showing You The Door
You Should Have
Tried To Give Back
The Love That I Gave To You
You Did Not Bother To, And
I Should Have
Known That You Were Never Gonna Change
It's Too Late For Changes Anyways, Cause
There'll Be No One Last Time
There's No More One More Try
Your One Last Chance Has Come And Gone
And I Don't Want You Around No More
I Showed You Love, Now I'm Showing You The Door
So Pack Up, Get Up
Get Outta My Life
Go On, Get Gone
Get Outta My Sight
Cause I'm Thru, With You
Got No Room For You No More
I Showed You Love, Now I'm Showing You The Door
So Don't Trip On Your Way Out
Don't Think About Getting Back With Me
Cause It's Over
Baby We're Thru
The Only Sound You'll Hear
Is My Heart Slamming Shut On You
{So Pack Uuuupppppp}
So Pack Up, Get Up
Get Outta My Life
Go On, Get Gone
Get Outta My Sight
Cause I'm Thru, With You
Got No Room For You No More
I Showed You Love, Now I'm Showing You The Door
Over fences and through backyards
We tiptoe past empty boxcars
So as not to wake the bums inside
Industry that once thrived now is gone
Abandoned factories and tracks trains ran on
Are all that's left from those days
Through barbed wire fence we see sculptures in a field
We find some maps at the front gate
And walk inside to investigate
Following a stream, it leads a path
To sewer's entrance and a raft
Ever wonder how it looks down under the concrete?
Over murky water we ride
Through concrete tubes we float inside
Our voices echoing through the endless darkness
Oblivious to life above
Our minds are clear (no mental spewage)
The voice in my head is dead, maybe he drowned in the sewage
When we emerge though darkness sunlight seeps
And we all go home to sleep
Concluding the tour for this day
Other sights we've never seen
And places that we've never been
We'll find when things get stagnant again
Come on, let's go outside
And take a look and see what we can find in this city
My mouth has shut not to open up,
I've kept my back to them.
Those things they say blew my ears away,
I've stopped listening.
It's something new
you should try feeling
waking up on the other side.
These walls why do we need them?
I've hidden so well...
We're drawn to be what we wish to see,
you only half believe.
Now I have strayed, falling far away.
Let me clear my lungs show you everything I have done.
Gritting my teeth to perfection.
It's something new you should try
feeling waking up on the other side.
These walls why do we need them?
I've hidden so well...
It's something new you should try
feeling waking up on the other side.
These walls why do we need them?
I've hidden so well...
A fear of forgetting my face
because what you see is not me.
They twist my bones till
I'm gone... oh so gently.
It's something new you should try
feeling waking up on the other side.
These walls why do we need them?
I've hidden so well...
It's something new you should try
feeling waking up on the other side.
These walls why do we need them?
