Here I lie
In a lost and lonely part of town
Held in time
In a world of tears I slowly drown
Going home
I just can't make it all alone
I really should be holdin' you, holdin' you
Lovin' you, lovin' you
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no one to love you you're going nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no one beside you, you're going nowhere
Night and day
There's a burnin' down inside of me
Oh, burnin' love
With a yearnin' that won't let me be
Down I go
And I just can't take it all alone
I really should be holdin' you, holdin' you
Lovin' you, lovin' you
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no one to love you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no one beside you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no one to love you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and your heart goes by
It's hard to bear
With no one beside you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no one to love you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and your heart goes by
It's hard to bear
With no one beside you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no one to love you, you're going nowhere
Windstorm,
comes the sound,
from the stars
my dark has come.
I're gone from me.
Oh oh! tragedy
Oh come back,
help me here
me a call my love,
be sincere (a)
I're gone from me, oh oh
Tragedy
Like smoke
from a fire of love ... oh oh
All our dreams
have gone to a fire ... oh oh
Blow the wind,
kiss by the snow
all that is left is the dark.
We know that
you're gone from me ... oh oh
Tragedy
As smoke
from a fire of love ... oh oh
all our dreams
have gone to a fire ... oh oh
The wind blows
kissed by the snow
all that is left is the dark
We know that
you're gone from me ... oh oh
Some say it's destiny
Whether triumph or tragedy
But I believe we cast our nets out on the sea
And nothing we gather comes for free
I would have paid down through the years
A price beyond rubies beyond tears
To keep you safe with me
But your suspicion and your fear
Your vow to let nobody near
Was your Trinity, such a tragedy
I drew the best hand you'd ever hold
Then cashed my winnings in long ago
Settled for silver how could I know
You were waiting with the gold
I could have caused your heart to yield
But I was only a disturbance in the field
Of your dreams
And I will never see you cry
You won't be with me when I die
A waste of you and me, a tragedy
We took the wrong train to kingdom come
No more damage can be done, baby
It's just what the world don't need
It's another stinkin' tragedy
That's how the story goes
Our chapter's coming to a close
We are history
But I will always think of you
Everyday until my days are through
Here I lie
in a lost and lonely part of town
Held in time
In a world of tears I slowly drown
Goin'home
I just can't make it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you loving you
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you you're
goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you you're
goin' nowhere
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
Night and day
there's a burning down inside of me
Burning love
With a yearning that won't let me be
Down I go
and I just can't take it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you loving Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you you're
goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you you're
goin' nowhere
Tragedy etc.
TRAGEDY
(Fred Burch - Gerald Nelson)
« © '61 Embassy Music, BMI / Wren Music, BMI »
Tragedy
TRAGEDY
(Fred Burch - Gerald Nelson)
« © '61 Embassy Music, BMI / Wren Music, BMI »
Wind and storms
Gone's the sun the sun
From the stars
My dark has come
You've gone from me
Oh oh tragedy Oh oh
Oh come back
Have me here
Hold me love
Be sincere
You've gone from me
Oh oh, tragedy
Like smoke
From a pyre
Of love, oh oh
Our dreams
Have all gone
Of love, oh oh
Blown by winds
Kissed by snow
All that's left
Is the dark below
You've gone from me
Oh oh, tragedy
Oh oh oh, tragedy
Some say it's destiny
Whether triumph or tragedy
But I believe we cast our nets out on the sea
And nothing we gather
Comes for free
I would have paid down through the years
A price beyong rubies beyond tears
To keep you safe with me
But your suspicion and your fear
Your vow to let nobody near was your trinity
Such a tragedy
I drew the best hand you'd ever hold
Then cashed my winnings in long ago
Settled for silver how could I know
You were waiting with the gold
I could have caused your heart to yield
But I was only a disturbance in the field
Of your dreams
And I will never see you cry
You won't be with me when I die
A waste of you and me
A tragedy
We took the wrong train to
Kingdom come now
No more damage
Can be done baby
It's just what the world don't need
It's another stinkin tragedy
That's how the story goes
Our chapter's coming to a close
We are history
But I will always think of you
Every day until my days are through
You made me believe
In tragedy
Wind storm, comes the sound
From the stars my dark has come
You've gone from me
Woah, tragedy
Woah, tragedy
Woah, come back, help me here
Call me my love, love, be sincere
You've gone, you've gone
You've gone from me
Woah, tragedy
Woah, tragedy
Like smoke from a fire of love, love, love
Oh, our dreams have all gone
A fire
Blown by wind, kissed by snow
All that's left is the dark
We know you've gone from me
Why?
Tragedy
Why did you have to go?
Why did you have to be you?
And do the things you always do
Each time it hurts inside
The things you say
The games you play
Makes me feel like my heart had died
Just like my world fell in around me
Tears found me
Abandoned and they drowned me
Life is often a roller coaster ride
You slide
You hit the bottom hard
You have to run away and hide
But you gotta sit up
Shake yourself down
Start your life again
And see the funny side
Here's a little song
To help the pain along
Come on and sing now
Tragedy
Take a look and see
I'm laughing in the face of adversity
And like the need to sing a song
I need a little hurt to get along
Tragedy
Take a look and be
A survivor in the face of adversity
And like the need to sing a song
I need a little hurt to make me strong
I've tasted love
Love comes and goes
I've cried the tears
The tears have flowed
I felt the world had dragged me down
Not a single friend around
I needed time
I needed help
I had to find the strength myself
Sometimes I walked the path of regret
The sun came out shining
But I still got wet
I could have had a drink or two
A pill to numb the blues
But I hung on for the ride in time
To see the funny side
And now I sing
Tragedy
Take a look at me
I'm laughing in the face of adversity
And like the need to sing a song
I need a little hurt to get along
Tragedy
Take a look and be
A survivor in the face of adversity
And like the need to sing a song
(Music: De Feis/Pursino, lyrics: De Feis)
Who's to say, who is to blame
Who killed our love
I can see the lines are drawn
Broken hearts and broken dreams
Drifting worlds apart
The lies are old, the scars are warm
I don't wanna lose your love now babe
'Cause I feel that's when I'm with you it's alright
Then I fall for your touch
(Chorus:)
Tragedy- a broken love
Fallen dreams are on the ground
Tragedy- our love is pain, oh babe our love is pain
When you make love do you think of
Does he looks like me, does he do the things I do
A shattered glass, a broken rose
Blood runs from my soul
Still you wound but never slay
It's so lonely, so lonely
It's killing me babe...
Everyday...
Nothing left...
Y'all know I don't wanna be
In a penitentiary
But that's my reality
That shit might be a tragedy
I be right back smoking weed
Chilling with the family
Cause that's my reality
That shit might be a tragedy
Starting out my week with a quarter boat
Stupid strong and I won't sell a quarter o
I got 5 on that cause I'm infamous
Fuck fame, strippers love me...
"back to work nigga! I know y'all niggas miss this shit!"
Y'all know I don't wanna be
In a penitentiary
But that's my reality
That shit might be a tragedy
I be right back smoking weed
Chilling with the family
Cause that's my reality
That shit might be a tragedy
Starting out my week with a quarter boat
Stupid strong and I won't sell a quarter o
I got 5 on that cause I'm infamous
Fuck fame, strippers love me ad infinite
Fuck no, I ain't working for the minimum
I'm going in, every weekend is a cinema
So get a coke, hot dog and some candy bars
I'm from the 6 but my dick dunn been in movie stars
I'm so high right now I want a?
Let everybody in free
I'm bringing all my cars
And I don't wanna be locked up, hell no!
But we got weight so?
Excuse me for being gangsta, I'm crazy
I couldn't have been a sissy
Mama wouldn't have fed me
I'm all-red and my beemer confetti
I'm? 18 with the chevy
I'm deadlift with a tool like freddy
Not jackson, kruger, you smell me?
And no push ups, just kush up
No lay-ups, just?
E a g a got bakers
Eastside, can I roll through decatur
I'm going hard for the squad
I'm the major
Word up
Wu Tang up in this joint
Wu Tang forever
Wu Tang, Wu Tang
Wu Tang, Wu Tang forever
(Here comes the rain)
Word, Wu Tang Forever
(Here comes the rain)
Wu Tang forever, the Ryzarector in your sector
(Here comes the rain)
From Shaolin to the holy city of Mecca
(Here comes the rain)
Yo, yo, assassination, vaccination, poor education
Infatuation with Satan with global nation taxation
Fiber optic microscopic biological germ
Mad Cow burger on the market, captain of your starship
I never departed once I started
To explore these regions that was uncharted
Leave your heart broken, yo I stand tall
Like buildings on Van Dyke's, all mics
Beats strike like a noisy four train late night
Chase got New York for the Life, we out of state
Can't smoke a bone in the staircase with out gettin' chased
Penny candy poisonous rappers
Best to chill or get your head gashed
Lemon head, sour patch kids, best to grab
A Life Savor, I'll Jaw break ya, Boston Bake ya
Then plant my sunflower seed on every square acre
The beauty of my nature shown through Shaquaisha I Mecca
When I made myself Equality, known to my reflector
Stay in your playpen boy, and babble for your formula and cried
You pacified, this lullaby from the black butterfly
Here comes the rain again
Falling on your head like a tragedy
Falling on your head causing new demotions
Not even
Yo, yo, I'ma show this metamorph-is as the King takes his office
Keep my planets in orbit, never forfeit, or quit
Move forward, I talk with the awkward slang
I walk with, the Wu Tang, yo
Heavy thoughts can't be held down by the laws of gravity
Watch for the lime in the temple tryin' to plot your tragedy
A game rank with, the high officials at the banquet
For attemptin' to hijack the Wu Tang Manual under his blanket
Can't interpret 'cause your brain is short circuit
This dumbness left your body numbness try to come amongst us
What's your angle?
Rectangle or triangle?
As my truth of square drains you
Of your power the death angel
Strangles you like a weed, choking the helpless flower, you cower
You feel the power of the final shower
Here comes the rain again
Falling on your head like a tragedy
Falling on your head causing new demotions
Not even
Here comes the rain again
Falling on your head like a tragedy
Falling on your head causing new demotions
Not even the naked eye, can see
Not even the naked eye, can see
(Tragedy)
Here comes the rain again
(The reign of terror)
Falling on your head like a tragedy
(Fallin' on your head like a tragedy)
Falling on your head causing new demotions
Not even eye can see
Word up, word up Wu Tang
Wu Tang, Wu Tang
That's right, ninety-seven February
Time after time
You turn on what I thought was good
And leave me behind
You should have loved me like you know that you could
But oh- no this won't be no hard goodbye
Oh- no you can't hurt me this time
She doesn't love- On my lord
It doesn't mean it's a tragedy, tragedy
She doesn't mean it - say that she don't
This dosen't have to be a tragedy, tragedy
All of my life
I was searching for the love that we had
Without knowing why
You turned around and treat me so bad
But oh- no I'll just hold my tears inside
oh- no maybe you'll find another lover who will cry
On the phone for hours
But we had very little conversation
We spoke of words with no meaning
We spoke of love with no end
[Nicki Minaj Verse]
Pink Friday, Eminem, 8 Mile
It must hurt to sell your album off PayPal
‘Specially when you in the game 15, 20
You was hot when Shaq teamed up with Penny
Man, you was magic!
I mean, look at you now, ho, you just tragic!
You a tragedy, you a parody
Last name Ann, first name Raaaaaaggggedy
These goofy bitches is stupidity personified
Ayo, Wayne, you want it gully, go to Gaza side
*Lyrics incomplete.
The music's slowly dying and I'm jumping outta my jeans
I jump into the bed, you're there already waiting for me
Ain't this a perfect way, to spend the night
There ain't no better way, of killing time, than loving you
Be sure of that I do
It's reached top speed, and I'm getting inside of you
This is hot stuff mama, taste it, It sure tastes good
Oh yes, it does, it's maybe cold outside, but in you the fire is burning
And when you bite me babe, love is hurting
Tragedy life reminds me bout, a symphony on the radio
First a little bit too fast, and then a little bit much too slow
Tragedy life reminds me bout, a symphony I heard today
First a little bit too fast and then a little bit much too slow for me
I wake up in the morning and I feel, the pain in my head
If it's rest I need I'd rather be dead, no destination in this life I live
Here I lie in a lost and lonely part of town
Held in time in a world of tears I slowly drown
Goin' home I just can't make it all alone
I really should be holding you, holding you
Loving you, loving you
Tragedy, when the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy, when the morning cries
And you don't know why, it's hard to bear
With no one to love you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy, when you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy, when the morning cries
And you don't know why, it's hard to bear
With no one beside you, you're going nowhere
Night and day there's a burning down inside of me, oh, ooh
Burning love with a yearning that won't let me be
Down I go and I just can't take it all alone
I really should be holding you, holding you
Loving you, loving you
Tragedy, when the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy, when the morning cries
And you don't know why, it's hard to bear
With no one to love you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy, when you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy, when the morning cries
And you don't know why, it's hard to bear
With no one beside you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy, when the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy, when the morning cries
And you don't know why, it's hard to bear
With no one to love you, you're going nowhere
Tragedy, when you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy, when the morning cries
And it hurts inside, it's hard to bear
With no one beside you, you're going nowhere
[Girl that] I've been leading
With the lying and the cheating is hard
You got yourself a boyfriend and
Treats you like a lady and friend
No one sees the tragedy except for me
[Girl that] I've been leading
With the drinking and the cheating [in good]
You had yourself a boyfriend and
Used him like the others you did
Trust me, you're in deep
I look around and see
All of these different places
And I can't help but think
All of these different faces
Have made the same mistake
And got up and walked away
You'll never here me say
Its time to walk away
Why am I so afraid when I've got nothing to fear?
How did it dissipate? How did it all disappear?
When I anticipate this time I won't shed a tear
I let it resonate for everybody to hear
Somebody tell how to save me from myself
'Cause my worst enemy is staring back at me
Somebody tell me how to save me from myself
Cause every time that I try it's such a tragedy
If I'm the opposition
Why can't I just back down
So full of ammunition
That tries to shoot me down
In all this repetition
That's going round and round
Submit to my submission
Before I get shot down
Cause all I see is somebody else that's watching at me
It's the enemy
Standing alone and she's so sick of waiting
Her hair has gone flat and her makeup is fading
It's cool 'cause I brought her some flowers
She knows that I'll kiss her for hours
Jump in the car, hit the gears and we floor it
Run out of gas as we cruise 'round the corner
I know we didn't get far
But we still look cool in my car
Chorus:
Things go wrong when you're next to me
You're, you're my favourite tragedy
Blindfold her and take her down to the water
A romantic night on a boat on the water
What in the hell was I'm thinking
There's a hole in my boat and we're sinking
But she knows that I'll save her from drowning
Fiction of manÂ's tragedy is killing brothers Family with unexpected combination: violence, pain and self rejection
Murder in the first degree, united fatal policy with dead and gone identities You rotten people rest in peace
Can not fade away Do not talk today and leave me alone I canÂ't stand you anymore
Tragedy tears all apart ItÂ's fact that youÂ're condemned at last
So take no walk on this direction: violence, pain and self rejection
Murder in the first degree, united fatal policy with dead and gone identities Hey, f*** you, asshole, rest in peace
Can not fade away Do not talk today and leave me alone I canÂ't stand you anymore
Sorry I'm only human you know me
Grown up, oh no guess again
My days always dry up and blow away
Sometimes I could do that too
Make no mistake in
When you need a friend
You could count on anyone
But you know I'll defend
The tragedy that we knew as the end
Progress, changing
Growing then giving up
Somehow we're never quite prepared
But I understand it
When you need a friend
You could count on anyone
But you know I'll defend
The tragedy that we knew as the end
So taking you with me would be like
Taking all your money to the grave
Well it does no good to anyone especially
The one you're trying to save
But it's so hard not to save
And when you need a friend
Hey you could count on anyone
But you know I'll defend
Cynics and Christ-like hypocrites.
How They stick to you like glue.
Jealous and Thoughtless lunatics flow they stick to you like glue.
Truth is like a Tragedy.
Unclean undeniably surely.
How They stick to you like glue.
Offensive and corrupt.
How they seem to fuck with you so fuck you.
Truth is like a tragedy.
Come with me I cannot lie.
I'll tell the truth I cannot lie.
Well I cannot I cannot I cannot I canot lie.
Cynics and Christ-like hypocrites.
How they stick to you like glue.
Jealous and thoughtless lunatics.
How they fuck with you so fuck you.
Truth is like a tragedy.
Come with me I cannot lie.
I'll tell the truth I cannot like.
Well I cannot I cannot I cannot I cannot lie.
Broken bottle won't hurt me
Nothing worse that I have dreamed
Gun shot in my chest you'll leave
I can take that you will see
Late at night is when I dream
Horrible things are what I see
Hard for me to believe
I wake up and I won't freeze
Car crash highway tragedy
Nothing worse than I have dreamed
Loss of my best friend I grieve
I’ve spent years trying to change the world, but it
always ends the same
Such a fruitless waste of time, ‘cause it ain’t my
world to change
I never had a change from way back when and that’s how
it remains
It’s such a tragedy
It’s such a shame
We’re all to blame
We’ll do anything for a buck and you know it’s such a
shame
Nobody cares where the money comes from as long as you
don’t complain
New shiny Chinese toys made from a child’s pain
We buy shoes with blood in the soles, how did we get so
vain?
We lost track of our souls in unemployment lines
We lost our humanity somewhere in our selfish minds
I start over every day with a half a mind to change
But the pressure of modern life just beats me down
again
While the plebs keep eating shit, Big brother has his
It’s just taxes, taxes, get in line or get the fuck out
of my way
We lost track of our souls in unemployment lines
We lost our humanity somewhere in our selfish minds
Help me!
There’s got to be a lot of people like me
Who hate living in a society
That takes our pain so lightly
Can we get away together and start again?
Is it crazy to hope for better day?
Can people exist in harmony?
Without greed or hate or poverty
Or am I just wasting time?
You’re just wasting time
Am I just wasting time?
You’re just wasting time
I’ve spent years trying to change the world, but it
always ends the same
Such a fruitless waste of time, ‘cause it ain’t my
world to change
I never had a change from way back when and that’s how
it remains
It’s such a tragedy
It’s such a shame
The end, it shouldn't end like this
it's the bottle she is merciless
she's stringing me along
she's stringing me along
And how could such a palace house
deceit and malice
there's something wrong here
there's something wrong here
As the words were chosen
his heart was frozen
his sould had spoken
but it sounded all twisted and broken
Years and years ago
they delivered the final blow
and suddenly his life ain't a damn
There were ghosts
and they lit up this town
but they left
when they sold off the underground
we ain't welcome here no more
As the words were chosen
his heart was frozen
his sould had spoken
but it sounded all twisted and broken
I, I won't let you down
it's my first day back in town
but my skin is six feet underground
and everything is different now
The end, it shouldn't end like this
it's the bottle, she is merciless
she's stringing me along
she's stringing me along again
As the words were chosen
his heart was frozen
his sould had spoken
Here I lie
in a lost and lonely part of town
Held in time
In a world of tears I slowly drown
Goin'home
And I just can't make it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you loving you
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you you're
goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you you're
goin' nowhere
Night and day
there's a burning down inside of me
Burning love
With a yearning that won't let me be
Down I go
and I just can't take it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you loving you
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you you're
goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you you're
Broken bottle won't hurt me
Nothing worse than I have dreamed
Gunshot in my chest you'll leave
I can take that you will see
Late at night is when I dream
Horrible things are what I see
Hard for me to believe
I wake up and I want free
Car crash highway tragedy
Nothing worse than I have dreamed
Loss of my best friend I grieve
I can take that you will see
Late at night is when I dream
Horrible things are what I see
Hard for me to believe
I wake up and I want free
Wind and storm, goes the sun
From the stars, my dark has come
You've gone from me, oh, oh, tragedy
Oh come back, have me near
Hold me love, be sincere
You've gone from me, oh, oh, tragedy
Like smoke from a fire of love, oh, oh
Our dreams have all gone above, oh, oh
Blown by wind, kissed by snow
All that's left is a dark below
You've gone from me, oh, oh, tragedy
Oh come back, have me here
Hold me love, be sincere
Look at me in the eyes
Can you hear me?
Are you listening?
I wrote this note to you
I can't say it, so just please read
It's so hard for you to understand
And for me to explain
I hope this clears the mess I made
From the start I've said I loved you
And always would
But these promises have altered
I did the best I could
I know you're hurting
Your eyes the show me sure truth
And my heart, it hurts for you
And tell me
(Chorus)
How can I live in peace
And live life happily?
How can I come to you
When life's a tragedy?
(Chorus)
I know I made a promise like these one before
I realize things like these you just can't try to ignore
But you're all I have, and I've hurt you
The choice is yours
Just remember this one thing
That when I said to you that I loved you
That has never changed
I don't want to think that I'll lose you
Over one mistake
I hope you'll try to find a place for me in your heart
A place where maybe I can stay
And tell me
(Chorus)
(Chorus)
Don't you walk on, don't you walk away from me
Don't you walk on, don't you walk away from me
Cause you're everything I ever need
I ever need
You're everything I ever need
I ever need
You're everything I ever need
And tell me
(Chorus)
(Chorus)
How can I come to you when life's a tragedy
Here I lie
In a lost and lonely part of town
Held in time
In a world of tears I slowly drown
Goin' home
I just can't make it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you loving you
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you
You're goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you
You're goin' nowhere
Night and day
There's a burning down inside of me
Burning love
With a yearning that won't let me be
Down I go
And I just can't take it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you loving you
Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you
You're goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you
IF I TOLD YOU THAT LIFE IS A COMEDY,
TELL ME WOULD YOU LAUGH AT ME,
AND WOULD THE LAUGHTER SET YOU FREE
AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE THE ONE FOR ME,
WOULD IT HELP TO MAKE YOU SEE,
WE COULD LIVE SO EASILY
* AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT WE COULD FALL
WOULD YOU EVEN COME AROUND AT ALL
IF I TOLD YOU THAT LIFE IS A TRAGEDY,
WOULD YOU TURN AWAY FROM ME,
WOULD YOU SEE THE IRONY
AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT I THINK I NEEDED SPACE,
WOULD YOU UP AND SLAP MY FACE,
WOULD IT HELP TO MAKE YOUR CASE
* AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT WE COULD FALL
WOULD YOU EVEN COME AROUND AT ALL
LIFE CAN BE SO STRANGE, SO SUBJECT TO CHANGE,
SO DON'T TRY TO REARRANGE
SPIRITS THAT ARE BROKEN, WORDS LEFT UNSPOKEN
LIFES AWOKEN
IF I TOLD YOU THAT LIFE IS A MELODY,
WOULD YOU COME AND PLAY FOR ME,
WOULD THE MUSIC TAME THE BEAST
AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT IT'S ALRIGHT TO DANCE AROUND,
MOVE YOUR BODY TO THE SOUND,
WOULD I BE WITHIN MY BOUNDS
* AND IF I TOLD YOU THAT WE COULD FALL
WOULD YOU EVEN COME AROUND AT ALL
LIFE CAN BE SO STRANGE, SO SUBJECT TO CHANGE,
SO DON'T TRY TO REARRANGE
SOULS TO BE MENDED, POSITIONS DEFENDED
LIFES UPENDED
This once was a forever in time,
But it seemed to slip my watch
And I'll sit waiting for the next car to roll by,
But it's not you
And I'll sit waiting for the next car to drive by,
But it's not you
And I will wait forever if I have to
Put your hand in my hand,
And promise you'll stay forever
This would be a tragedy if it didn't last forever
Fill this void in my life,
And promise you'll stay forever
Put your hand in my hand
This will be the last of my letters,
Until I get a reply
And I'll stare at the walls,
Until you cannot see the whites of my eyes
This will be the last of my letters,
Until I get a reply
And I'll sit waiting for the rest of my life,
The rest of my life
Put your hand in my hand,
And promise you'll stay forever
This would be a tragedy if it didn't last forever
Fill this void in my life,
And promise you'll stay forever
Put your hand in my hand
This could be
The last words that I ever say to you,
And I want you to know
That I would not trade it for anything in this world
This could be
The last words that I ever say to you,
And I want you to know
That I would not trade it,
I would not trade it
Put your hand in my hand,
And promise you'll stay forever
This would be a tragedy if it didn't last forever
Fill this void in my life,
And promise you'll stay forever
Hear me out,
My friend in doubt,
You'll surely drown,
With this life you've found.
And you're dying to just find these tears to cry,
But you're too high to realize,
That I've been by your side.
It's my style to run away,
I'll face tomorrow,
But I just can't face today,
It's my style to run away,
I'll be back tomorrow,
But today is too late,
It's my style to run away,
I'll face tomorrow,
But I just can't face today,
It's my style to run away,
I'll be back tomorrow,
But today is too late,
It's my style to run away,
It's my style to run away,
It's my style to run away.
You let your addiction,
Turn our friendship into fiction,
You're the boy who never listens,
You let your addiction,
Turn our friendship into fiction,
You're the boy who never listens,
You let your addiction,
Turn our friendship into fiction,
Flexx: Oooh oooh
Bay-C: Yo!
Flexx: T.O.K.!!!!
Bay-C: T dot O dot K, official
Chorus: Flexx
Tragedy, you diss di family
And now it's tragedy
Di likkle punk try mess wid we
And now it's tragedy
Murda inna first degree
You shouldn't mess wid we
You diss di family and now it's tragedy
Verse 1: Bay-C
Yo! Don't bring war to us
We buss tings dat mek yuh unconscious
From dem seh shootout we buss first
And a dun all a hoola between dem seh dust
Whoa, mentally sick and dust
Bwoy yuh bring war to we
Yuh nuh waan yuh skull buss
Trust Fadda God and di squad weh mi trust
Diss mi yuh must bite di dust It's just a....
Chorus: Flexx
Tragedy, you diss di family
And now it's tragedy
Di likkle punk try mess wid we
And now it's tragedy
Murda inna first degree
You shouldn't mess wid we
You diss di family and now it's tragedy
Verse 2: Bay-C
Shhhh!!!! Nobidy nuh ring di alarm
Portmore thugs we nuh run when war fi gwaan
We pop corn like movie a gwaan
Or if a cartoon like (Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!)
Yuh send mi di psalm
You betta if yuh cease and harm
Don't mek white chalk outline di asphault
See bwoy run like seh I pull fart
Gunshot mek dem do a triple spin summersault
Chorus: Flexx
Tragedy, you diss di family
And now it's tragedy
Di likkle punk try mess wid we
And now it's tragedy
Murda inna first degree
You shouldn't mess wid we
You diss di family and now it's tragedy
Verse 3: Craigy T
Cool bwoy watch how yuh talk
Might a find yuh body ova ? park
If yuh crew test about line inna chalk
Cau di bwoy dem too too like Noah's Ark
Yuh hear dat, watch how yuh a profile and part
Touch afta six watch di streets yuh a walk
Deep inna di spotlight yuh life a go dark
Cau yuh dun violate now time dog bark HA!!!!
Chorus: Flexx
Tragedy, you diss di family
And now it's tragedy
Di likkle punk try mess wid we
And now it's tragedy
Murda inna first degree
You shouldn't mess wid we
You diss di family and now it's tragedy
Repeat Verse 1
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Verse 2
If you could envision
The meaning of a tragedy
Ooh, you might be
Surprised to hear it's you and me
But when it comes down to it
You never made the most of it
Ooh, so I cried, cried, cried
And now I say goodbye
And I won't be made a fool of
Don't call this love
When did you decide
That I didn't have enough to buy?
Forgive and forget you a thousand times
For the fire and the sleepless nights
And I won't be made a fool of
Don't call this love
Don't call this love
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, love
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, love
La, la, love
Why did you feel the need
To prove that everybody else was right?
No, I won't fight
Oh, you're my tragedy, tragedy
You're my tragedy
Oh, this is, oh, oh, oh, oh, no, no, no
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, love
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, love
How did we fall so hard, so fast, your blood is all over the sky
How did we fall so hard, so fast
The current came and washed them all away
The people said the current came and washed them all away
Floating up above, your fire, I can hear you calling out for me
Floating up above your tragedy
The current came and washed them all away
The people said the current came and washed them all away
The people said the current came and washed them all away
The people said the current came and washed them all away
The current came and washed them all away, away, away, away
The current came and washed them all away, away, away, away
The current came and washed them all away, away, away
(Hold on)
The people said the current came and washed them all away
The people said the current came and washed them all away
The people said the current came and washed them all away
Here I lie, in a lost and lonely part of town
Killing time, in a world of tears slowly drown
Going home
I just can't face it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you
Loving you
Tragedy, when the feelings gone
And you can't go on
It's tragedy
And the morning cry's
And you don't know why
It' shard to bare
With no one to love you,
You're going nowhere
Tragedy, when you lose control
And you've got no soul
It's tragedy
And the morning cry's
And you don't know why
It' shard to bare
With no one to love you,
You're going nowhere
Night and day
This burning down inside of me
Oo, burning love, with yearning
Then that won't let me be
Now I know
I just can't take it, all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you
[Intro: RZA]
Word up; Wu-Tang up in this joint
Wu-Tang Forever
Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang
Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang Forever (here comes the rain)
Word, Wu-Tang Forever (here comes the rain)
Wu-Tang Forever, the Ryzarector in your sector (here comes the rain)
From Shaolin to the holy city of Mecca (here comes the rain)
[Verse One: RZA]
Yo, yo, assassination, vaccination, poor education
infatuation with Satan with global nataion taxation
Fiberoptic microscopic biological germ
Mad Cow burger on the market, Captain of your starship
I never departed once I started
to explore these regions that was uncharted
Leave your heart broken, yo I stand tall
like buildings on Van Dyke's, all mics
Beats strike like a noisy four train late night
Chase got New York for the Life, we out of state
Can't smoke a bone in the staircase with out gettin chased
Penny candy poisonous rappers, best to chill or get your head gashed
Lemonhead, sour patch kids, best to grab
a Life Savor, I'll Jawbreak ya, Boston Bake ya
Then plant my sunflower seed on every square acre
The beauty of my nature shown through Shaquaisha I Mecca
When I made myself Equality, known to my reflector
Stay in your playpen boy, and babble for your formula and cried
You pacified, this lullaby from the black butterfly
[Chorus: Tha Truth]
Here comes the rain again
Falling on your head like a tragedy
Falling on your head causing new demotions
Not even...
[Verse Two: RZA]
Yo, yo, I'ma show this metamorph-is as the King takes his office
Keep my planets in orbit, never forfeit, or quit
move forward, I talk with the awkward slang
I walk with, the Wu-Tang, yo
Heavy thoughts can't be held down by the laws of gravity
Watch for the lime in the temple tryin to plot your tragedy
A game rank with, the high officials at the banquet
For attemptin to hijack the Wu-Tang Manual under his blanket
Can't interpret cause your brain is short circuit
This dumbness left your body numbness try to come amongst us
What's your angle? Rectangle or triangle?
As my truth of square drains you of your power the death angel
strangles you like a weed, choking the helpless flower, you cower
You feel the power of the final shower!
[Chorus: Tha Truth]
Here comes the rain again
Falling on your head like a tragedy
Falling on your head causing new demotions
Not even the naked eye, can see
Not e-eeven the naked eye, can see
(Tragedy)
Here comes the rain again (the reign of terror)
Falling on your head like a tragedy (fallin on your head like a tragedy)
Falling on your head causing new demotions
Not even... eye can see
[Outro: RZA]
Word up, word up Wu-Tang
Wu-Tang Wu-Tang
That's right, ninety-seven February
Wu-Tang comin at you, word up
I don’t even care
I want an escape
A road to run away
From your mental fucking rape
You said that it’d be different
But I am just a hound
Inherently a dog
For you to knock around
Every time I fuck you
You're in a paradise
But when you lose your mind
You prey on every other guy
I am sick of your abuse
I am done…I always fucking lose
We woke up in love
But you went to sleep a drunk
When you threw me the keys
To every dream, your every love
You treat me like a cage
When you want to fucking rage
I give you all the space you want
But you will never change
I lifted up your heart
And the life that you dismembered
You'll probably forget
But I will remember
Well I’m trying to show you the way
Convince myself
I am your saving grace
I’m right there, right with you
Try to help you follow through
I’ve been here
I’ve done that
Always find me pulling you, pushing you
Well I’m trying to show you the way
I’m not an infiltration
I am what saves
So damn close
So damn far
Can’t carry you anymore, anymore
I’ve been here
I’ve done this
Guess I never learn anything anymore
Daylight
The sun bleeds
Beams burst as thunder
Nature seeds
Withers under swampy mud
Night
The moon weeps
Isn't glad with existance
All life sleeps
Stunned through natures inheritance
I look in the eyes of the sun
It's samed and turns it's back
On me
I hear the cry of the moon
It suffers and wants to be
Free
It's a tragedy
Tragedy
Every time that I have this recurring dream
I can't believe that it's true
There is a light, and a distant scream
If you only knew
Ignoring the words
And the signs that once were given to us
From the land
To the sea
Can you feel the tragedy
Do you fear
What you see
Can you feel the tragedy
It’s too late to turn
A whisper in the wind
We will never learn
It’s time to count our sins
The future’s passed
The spell was cast
We’ll never last
From the land
To the sea
Can you feel the tragedy
Do you fear
What you see
Can you feel the tragedy
Some had time to stop and learn
They looked away, too late to turn
Ignoring the words
And the signs that once were given to us
From the land
To the sea
Can you feel the tragedy
Do you fear
What you see
Can you feel the tragedy
Don't you fear
What you see
Can you feel the tragedy
From the land
To the sea
Tragedy
why'd you come and find me
everything was going fine without you here
you take from me
everything i've ever love
you threw it all away
damn you tragedy
go away
Look to the skies to find your only friends
all the ones you thought would stand beside you in the end
fragile only is the rose
that wilts away before it has the chance to grow
how long are we here for?
i guess well never know
Tragedy
why'd you come and find me
everything was going fine without you here
you take from me
everything i've ever love
you threw it all away
damn you tragedy
go away
open your eyes with hope that fate will give a second chance
in the same blink the final breath just slipped right through your hands
and i hate the moments
between living life and losing it
its all the same when you leave us here to live without you
how long are we here for?
i guess well never know
where'd you go?
seems like im always searching
for you now
Tragedy
why'd you come and find me
everything was going fine without you here
you take from me
everything i've ever love
you threw it all away
damn you tragedy
No motivation, defeat
No time left for passion , dictation
Pictures in magazines, dissection
Pictures in magazines, defeat
Lives remain incomplete
Marching in tandem, they come in drones
Strictly waiting with their strongest intent
Polishing their guns and boots
Searching for moments of truth, they wait for
Direct orders under someone somewhere's
Sure fire command, polishing their guns and boots
And despite all... despite all the cries and screams
And despite all... despite all the death and defeat
Watching closely with absolute refusal to see
Searching for truths predetermined
Salivating for action, for god and country
Eyes glazed over with fear and confusion
Muscles tense from anxiety and fatigue
Senses overloaded from constant manipulation
And despite all... despite all the cries and screams
And despite all... despite all the death and defeat
Scientists and profiteers sweat out another year
Of almost and maybes keeping secrets under lock and key
Filed neatly away from those who need, from those who bleed
You are a fucking experiment
As they claim no cure for their designer disease
And while military design takes on a mind of it's own
Discarded rubbish left to dissolve like a castaway
Stamped as a reject, sworn to reject, you're a castaway
No one will have you, nowhere to call home, you're a
Nameless stray, rules don't apply, no I won't follow
I'm no master's slave scarred at birth, bloodstained
Never sold, thrown away
No false salvation can alter the mind of a castaway
No regulations will straighten the path of a castaway
Antisocial, anti-society, we're all castaways
They fashion the leash, but I won't wear it
I'm no bastard's slave scarred at birth, bloodstained,
Never old, thrown away
On the surface we appear to comply only because
That makes us harder to detect
Under the radar, under the radar
Dismantling the plans, sabotaging the schemes
You came for us as children, while we slept
Robbed us of our youth, our innocence
Don't think that we've forgotten,
Don't think that we'll forget
You, you've got a number, you've got a name
You can run, you can hide but never close your eyes
Beware the sands of time, they're on our side
You came for us at birth with pills in hand
Told us we were unbalanced, told us you had a plan
Another institution, another padded cell,
Another induced psychosis, another hell
You can run, you can hide, but never close your eyes
Beware the sands of time, they're on our side
You, you've got a number, you've got a name
You can run, you can hide, but never close your eyes
Beware the sands of time, they're on our side,
Is it violence of our culture of death that keeps us from resolve?
Never knowing solace, never knowing peace...
Or is that culture only a projection of the violence in our minds?
Forever seeking fullness but never knowing solace
To never give up, to never give in
Becomes a vision of impossibility
A the bombardment worsens
Narrowly defined roles now easier to play
To never give up, to never give in
To the incessant intoxication of the senses
The allure of the machine
Is a full time job without pay
Fighting for survival
Can we call it life?
when the beating of hearts has ceased
Can we call it life?
with our days spent taking a beating
Can we call it life?
When our daze reeks of death
Strung up by the hungry hordes, left to decompose
At the feet of sheep, modern day witch hunt
Barbaric acts, scapegoats for the righteous cause
Scapegoats for the righteous cause
Crucifier, crucifier, crucifier, crucifier
Seek out targets of practice, each time feeling
More proud, bringing home the kill for devouring
Displaying heads as trophies, displaying heads as trophies
Crucifier, crucifier, crucifier, crucifier
Carry out the valiant fight with the morals of a
Perverted priest, hypocrisy is redundant
Might obtained from the blood of others
Demanding adherence to their own laws while
Breaking them in secret, on the surface is sterility
The filth is kept in hiding
Crucifier, crucifier, crucifier, crucifier
They juggle their numbers, they examine their charts
The sum of our ignorance, they submit their reports
Year after year, information is suppressed
After years of toil and strife and decades of debate
The equation is solved correctly, all scientists
Finally agreed, happily report their findings
Too late to turn back now happily report
Report their findings: all life will cease to be
The defeat of mankind lies not in their answers
But in the question that we never asked in
The arrogance of our waste, in the knowledge we refused
To retain and when the waves hit again, with baffled
Blankness they'll stare, clutching their possessions to their
Watery grave, destruction no technology could save
Blindly followed out of fear, out of
Desperation for something more than this
The remnants of a life once significant
The remnants of minds once thoughtful
The remnants of hopes once realized
The force of law, the defeating of all life
The defeating of all life, defeat, defeat
Kept in line for years and years
Patience, obedience, clenching fists
The force of law, the defeating of all life
The defeating of all life, defeat, defeat
The pressure's mounting, shown in our vacant eyes
Hardened by never ending stares and obstacles
Unsurmountable, unsurmountable
Blindly followed out of fear
Blindlow followed history
Blindly followed out of obedience
Handcuffed and gagged, bled until dizzy
Consumed with fatigue
Acquired from years of crawling
Closer to the edge of the abyss
Only to be kicked in the knees
Dismantled again
Our eyes strained, their muscles stretched taut
Teased by visions of escaped
Viewed through narrow windows
Of missed opportunity
And windscreens of regret
Disabled by morality imposed
By those who would dispose of us
Except that our last ounces of energy,
Our last hopes generate their wealth
Our last hopes keep us I wait
And our waiting is our incarceration
Born to the sound of gunshot fire,
Shells scatter the floor
And in the distance there's the chiming of bells
From empty churches where no one worships anymore
And the feeling in the air is a feeling of war
You can die in their hands but not of your own
They declared it while we slept on nightmares of death deprivation
Unable to put an end to this painful ringing in the ears that hear nothing
We can't hear nothing
But propaganda and commercials, sermons and machine gun fire
Loaded and cocked, the guns in our hands
Serving only one function
Only one function
And suicide is not an option: it's illegal and punishable by death
You came for us at birth with your proven techniques
For molding model citizens, forced us into compartments
Where we didn't fit in
Brought us with a full schedule of television and revised history
Classes that had us believing this is "just the way it is"
You came for us with grins and smiles,
Systematic persuasion and coercion that we might have become robots
If it weren't for
Our undying hatred, our unyielding drive,
For reprisal, for retribution, for retaliation, for revenge
The hunt is on, the war is on
We come for you in life, until death.
We comprise the backbone of this leprous body, of this life(less) from
Ambiguous and vaporous, it moves through us all
Saturating all with its foul odor of stale blood and sweat from our tired hands
that took out your garbage and swept your floors,
filled your orders and delivered them to your fucking doors
We carry the weight
As we find ourselves barely conscious, we struggle to our knees
Looking for a sign that says this is life, and not a dream
There is a sign and it read: "hope is the leash of submission"
Moral bondage forges it's cage, once again filling us with guilt and shame
Moral bondage tightens it's grip, once again crushing us with fault and blame
For how long will we carry these crippling loads?
And when will we unlearn the lies, refuse the cost and throw it all to the dogs?
Throw it all, throw it all, throw it all, throw it all to the dogs!
Signs statements of release Relinquishing all duties
Offer a refusal with no regrets
Sever the religious romantic ties
Throw off the guilt and the faithfulness
For how long will we carry these crippling loads?
Mouths hang agape and drool,
Mumbling incoherent anthems of acceptance and fidelity
Trained by clever men
Hell, hell is here
In hidden laboratory backrooms splicing atoms,
Reducing humanity to a study on a slide
With microscopes staring deeper into eyes glazed over by fear
And desensitization from injected violence and reruns of cops
With rods they prod at our culture: scanning for DNA
And an elusive gene that they can steal bottle
And sell for profit as the next new thing
Radiation settles, water turns black with ash and discharge
Chemical imbalance
Laden with synthetics, genetically engineered life end sustenance
Ingredients unknown
Chemical imbalance
Set your channel for imminent collapse
No reforms can save us from ourselves
A travesty generations old
A tragedy written in stone
Engraved on our tombstones that mark our scars on the earth.
Etched in towers threatening to obey the curse
The churning continues
Accelerating so that short of complete and total extinction...
Days of destruction follow days of destruction
Reducing life to such horrid display
That a redefining of words is needed
To explain the wretchedness of the endless tunnel
With no light at the end.
Only darkness following darkness swallowing darkness
Days of destruction follow days of destruction
The skin hangs from bodies that tried to run from a blinding flash
The children have no mouths with which to speak, were they ever alive?
An empty shell now stands where yesterday a hospital stood,
Medicating the sick with more sickness?
An empty shell now stands where yesterday a schoolhouse stood,
Teaching children how to follow orders
A graveyard of smokestacks stands where yesterday stood factories,
Mass producing useless products, mass producing greed
All that remains are the stacks and stacks of radiated corpses,
All that remains are the piles upon piles of our excessive debris,
All that remains are the skeletons of the once alive
Tragedy, oh tragedy
You're you're you're such a tragedy, oh tragedy
But you'll never let go, oh no
Never let go, oh no
Injury, oh injury
You're you're you're causing injury, oh injury
But you'll never let go, oh no
Never let go, oh no
Tragedy, oh tragedy
You're you're you're such a tragedy, oh tragedy
But you'll never let go, oh no
Never let go, oh no
Don't ever let go, oh no
Tragedy oh oh oh tragedy
Your your your such a tragedy
Oh oh oh tragedy
But don't ever let go oh no
Injury oh oh oh injury
You you you caused me
Injury oh oh oh injury
You've go such sweet,Perfect hands
I see the wheel in your hands
You always make the scene
And somehow come out clean
Get off
You're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
Get off you're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
You always make the scene
My perfect tragedy
Thrill for the ride
And it comes down to the wire
Can somebody show me where
The highway ends
Kill for the life
And it's twisting my desire
When you're face to face with
No one in the end
For the life
You've got such innocent hands
But there's a knife in my back
You always talk so sweet
And wash the blood off clean
Get off
You're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
Get off you're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
You always talk so sweet
My perfect tragedy
Thrill for the ride
And it comes down to the wire
Can somebody show me where
The highway ends
Kill for the life
And it's twisting my desire
When you're face to face with
No one in the end
For the life
I see the face is getting colder
And colder
I see their fire turn to shade
I see the world is turning slower
And slower
Can't turn the music down
Can't let the questions fade away
You've got such deceiving hands
You hold my world in those hands
You come off like a tease
And throw your sex at me
Fuck off
You're gonna get it
Get it when you want it
Fuck off you're gonna get it
Get it when you need it
You come off like a tease
My perfect tragedy
Thrill for the ride
And it comes down to the wire
Can somebody show me where
The highway ends
Kill for the life
And it's twisting my desire
When you're face to face with
No one it's the end
When the scientists find our remnants, what will they say?
When they find our bloated carcasses
Ridden with sickness and cancers, what will they find?
And what... what will they say?
Will they recognize our self-abuse
As a product of the abusive hands that molded our lives?
Or will we remain, a mystery?
Deformed from malnourishment
Our blood coagulated and inced with disease:
The preservatives, the alcohol, the cigarettes.
The meat we gorged ourselves on,
For all those years.
Will they recognize our self abuse
As a product of the abusive hands that molded our lives?
As experts scratch their heads
No words, no words can explain the anger from years and years of being beaten down
No words, no words can relay
No words, no words can erase
Brainwashed, domesticated, bound in chains
No words, no words can relay
As the giant steamroller called progress
Mows down the last fragments of what once was
No words can explain the rage as another factory replaces another field
No words, no words can relay
No words can begin to say what would be said if the dead could replay,
If the napalmed children,
The tortured dissidents,
The publicly executed,
The burned villages,
The silent masses could
Cry, could scream,
Could speak...
Telling tales of tragedies for which we find no words
Pressure to succeed,
pressure
Pressures to succeed,
depression
Pressures to assimilate,
pressure to conform
Pressures that begin at nine and never end at five
Like a vice with a grip so tight
we can scarcely breathe
With a weight so dense
I am the face of the despondent neighbor I am the face of the disparate masses
I bear the weight of my dormant anger I am the bomb that must explode I am the grasp of a malignant system I am the craft of profit addiction
I am all attached within us I am the mask of what we have done This banal existence has wound its way into tragic despair
A barren landscape of a ravaged world
Forgotten remnants of a savage war
Vultures scatter, buzzards swarm
Darkness descending from the heavens' scorn
The caches of riches mean nothing now
A scalpless skeleton wears the crown
Empires fall and all are equal in death
Peasant and slaver take their last breath their last breath
Hand in hand, time after time, insane despots
Execute by design, taking the world down
With them in vain, colors fade into a sea of grey
No in blindness, life stops breathing
No signs of life but the scavengers feasting
Every last ounce of sympathy, every last bit of emotion
Saturated with this bitterness and situations,
Stacked end on end end on end
And tonight there will be no resolve
For those who lay awake clutching their children
Listening to bombs drop and boots marching down barren streets
My mind shut off like a switch on a machine*
Rejecting all pleasure, denying all pain
Numbing of senses, body decays
Panic! panic! rabid panic
Caught in a shadow of doubt and confusion
Panic coursing through panic veins
Eager patients, we swallow with ease
Keeping us sedate
Panic! panic! rising panic
Like death walking, struggle each day
Go through the motions, fight to maintain
Panic! panic! rising panic panic! panic! rabid panic
Like pawns on a chessboard, we are directed
Shuffled, misplaced and used to build a barrier
Between madmen and their enemies
In the eyes, in the eyes of madmen
In the minds, in the minds of madmen
Peace is a privilege reserved for those
Who can afford not to fight in the wars
They created, in the wars they create
In the eyes, in the eyes of madmen
In the minds, in the minds of madmen
In the eyes of madmen, we are just figures on a chart
We are just barriers in their path towards world
Only a fool truly believes
Education to be bought and sold
Yet still we worry about make believe
Ivy leagues and secret societies
Of hallways and arches where everyone wins
Down here we are assumed insignificant
Pressure builds, ready to blow, flammable device
Set to explode, ire stabbing, never fades
Migraine fury, venomous rage, locked and loaded
Soon the snap, lost sanity, no looking back
Tolerance running low, day by day impatience grows
Peddlers of hope promising salvation, closing their
Eyes, proclaiming peace in a wartorn world of misery
Of misery, optimism is the madness of insisting that
All is well in a sea of disease, sea of disease
Do you feel the scalding heat? do you feel the urgent beast?
Do you feel the last hopes fading?
Clutch our chests and gasp in disbelief
Squint our eyes to see,
if we missed the fine print to small to read
Check our pulses to see if our hearts still beat
No help from anyone to help us understand
This confusion, this abomination, never ending
And as clouds darken, the asphalt swells,
and as the clouds darken, the asphalt cracks
The sky darkens one final time
Gears cease turning, the machines malfunction
What we deserve, what we deserve
We don't want to be the next in line
Used and abused then disposed of
In you assembly line of mass produced homogeneous dreams.
We believe none of your promises
And follow none of your backhanded schemes.
We take none of your offerings
We hear none of your lies
We choose none of your options
A fire sparks inside after a drought was declared
Ashes once dormant react and ignite
Chain reaction follows, reaction follows
Distraction on distraction, no tears will flow tonight
The corpse of the vanquished fight comes to life
Comes to life, what was forgotten now takes over
The mighty fools revelled in their victories too soon
Undead in our spirit to consume their fragile rule
Do you feel it? do you understand?
Do you feel it? do you understand?
Do you feel the hunger for the freedom to be free
Do you feel the thirst for something not so incomplete
As the sinking world we find ourselves
Forcefed to accept, as the stinking world we find
Ourselves repeating to reject, to reject
Do you feel it? do you understand?
Do you feel it? do you understand?
Do you feel it do you feel it, do you feel it
Do you feel it do you feel it, do you feel the hunger?
From hands that beat us senseless come offerings of apparent help
From mouths that told judges lies come pleas of disarmament
As we lay wounded in growing numbers with explosive fury
They fly the white flag at half mast
Calling for, the laying down of arms
Calling for a truce, they must be.
They must be losing it to think we'll just pick up our bruised bodies and gather at their feet
No truce, no mercy, no surrender, no rest, no more, this is war
The midnight hour near's and we prepare for attack
Conditioned inside and out to the point of no return
to what we may have been without all this shit we were born into:
Poverty, depression, power and despair
Conditioned inside and out to the point of no return by a world not crafted
by hands of our own yet still we march in step to the cadence of its
irregular beat
The damage has been done-
irreparable and all-encompassing
Nature is as archaic word that could never explain this mess
Worlds become obsolete like ideas and they won't have to burn the books
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