Many shoes have taken steps across the treshold
But no shoes were ever crowder than his
On the day he carried me across the treshold
And gave his brand new bride a wedding kiss
Now a hundred heartaches later out the treshold
All his love for me has vanished there's no doubt
And the lips that kissed me coming through the treshold
And they're laughin' now as I go walking out
[ steel ]
I built my little world behind that treshold I may not have made him happy but I tried
Still his eyes keep looking out across the treshold
For the happiness he thinks he left outside
Now I'm standing all alone at the treshold
All his love for me has vanished there's no doubt
And the lips that kissed me coming through the treshold
And they're laughin' now as I go walking out
I'm hearing voices, animal noises
The creme de la creme, the feminine abyss
And I'm reaching my threshold
Staring at the truth 'till I'm blind
My body's stupid, stereo putrid
Spilling out music into raw sewage
I'm reaching my threshold
Staring at the truth 'till I'm blind
My threshold
My threshold
Reaching my threshold
I'm hearing voices, animal noises
The creme de la creme, the feminine abyss
And I'm reaching my threshold
Staring at the truth 'till I'm blind
My threshold
I'll explode
Reaching my threshold
(My threshold)
My threshold
(My threshold)
My threshold
(Reaching my threshold)
[Instrumental]
I don't want to see, I don't want to hear
I don't want to feel anything Can't you understand
Everything I do doesn't stem from you
It doesn't have a fucking thing to do with you
I just want to die Throw it all away
Never have to feel again the way you make me
Lose my fuckin' mind all the fuckin' time
Can't control the violence that's spewing from me
Take It
I can't control the rage that flows from me
I can't shut it down it overwhelms me
I can't stop the rage that flows from me
Can't Stop The
Violence I love it
No one's immune to hate that flows from it
Infectious I feed on it
Every fucking endless day
You're either on my side or else You're In my way
No one stands a chance when I'm lashing out
Random hate there is no other way
It's my discipline it's my way of life
Never wanted bliss never wanted you
Never needed anyone I've polluted
Everything you feel everything you are
Everything you'll ever be you repulse me
It's always about you always come at me
With shit I can't identify you know it makes me
Lose my fuckin' mind all the fuckin' time
Can't control the violence that's spewing from me
Take It
Can't stop the
Violence I love it
No one's immune to hate that flows from it
Infectious I feed on it
Every fucking endless day
You're either on my side or else you're in my way
No one stands a chance when I'm lashing out
Random hate there is no other way
There are clouds on the horizon
Shifting colours, heavy rain
High above the roaring thunder
Shooting bullets through your brain
There's something wicked left behind
A baleful sight, a coming
A sinister state of your minds
Behold the skies, the port of heaven
Take the stairway down to hell
The gate is open, lift the curse
We set aside our dreams and visions
We are one we will unite
At the Threshold of the universe we will rise
Late at night they heard the sirens
From a place so far away
Allied forces, mighty brethren
In a vesture of decay
They are the legions of the night
Turning darkness into...
Turning the dark into light
Behold the skies, the port of heaven
Take the stairway down to hell
The gate is open, lift the curse
We set aside our dreams and visions
We are one we will unite
At the Threshold of the universe
Solo: Stefan
Behold the skies, the port of heaven
Take the stairway down to hell
The gate is open, lift the curse
We set aside our dreams and visions
We are one we will unite
I can barely bear to be with you tonight
I can hardy stand to see you in this light
How can I even try to deny it
I can barely bear to be with you tonight
How long will you keep me waiting
I can only hold you in the dream tonight
I won't even think what claims you've made tonight
How can I even try to deny it
I can only hold you in the dream tonight
[Repeat verse 1]
he makes big generators chewing up the atmosphere
he learns the secrets of nature then destroys her without fear
see him burning the fruits of his labours
and with joy in his heart digs the graves of those
that he's trying to save oh, self destruction's his aim
see the soil turn to dust see the steel turn to rust
killing all those he loves thanking god up above
the paradox of man the paradox of man
he has colossal power but he's helpless as a lamb
he's a mass of contradiction the paradox of man
and he envies the power of his neighbours
and he still fails to see he's become his own
worst enemy oh, will he ever learn?
see the truth turn to lies see the greed in his eyes
wasting all that remains his soul trapped in chains
the paradox of man the paradox of man
he makes big generators chewing up the atmosphere
he learns the secrets of nature then destroys her without fear
soil turn to dust, can his power ever last?
the chains of his gain, reveal secrets of his past
bitter is his greed, but man will never pay
oh lead me through, lead me through, the faults of his rage
he has colossal power but he's helpless as a lamb
between the tumbling of the mountains and the vastness of the sky
lurks a power that we all dream of none of us knows why
she flies into a temper every time she comes awake
lead us not into destruction with the mess that we now make
oh mother earth don't seal our fate
i'm still standing in the light of day
she's the great benign she-wolf who gives breath to every life
she's a builder and destroyer but she will not be sacrificed
she flies into a temper when thunder rapes the skies
our mother and protector through the interstices of time
oh mother earth don't seal our fate
i'm still drowning in ultraviolet rays
but in the temples, where the children play
they've split the atom, turning night-time into day
oh mother earth don't seal our fate
i can see what you think of me
i can know what you want from me
i cast a glance and you understand
i think aloud and there's money in my hand
life's too good
why have i been given the design why must i feel guilty all the time
all your garbage clogging up my mind and the new world moves away
how would you feel if you knew all truth
no need to doubt me im living proof
the world at my feet but no right to dare
your blind ignorance removes all care
life's too good
why have i been given the design why must i feel guilty all the time
all your garbage clogging up my mind and the new world moves away
i can make all the fighting cease
yeah i can bring your world to peace
but i would have to hold your mind this way
all your independance gone away
life's too good
why have i been given the design why must i feel guilty all the time
i'm doing the best that i can everything is going to plan
if only i can keep my head tonight
so when i feel the hardship start i'll try not to take it to heart
i only want to keep the end in sight
if only i can keep my head when everyone is losing theirs
if only i can trust my heart when doubting minds are everywhere
if i can keep my eyes in focus everything will turn out fine
if only i can keep my head tonight
if only i can keep my head when everyone is losing theirs
if only i can trust my heart when doubting minds are everywhere
if i can keep my eyes in focus everything will turn out fine
if only i can keep my head
i'm doing the best that i can everything is going to plan
i woke to find you by my side
you gave your heart to keep it alive
the love that you bring me is shining within me
just another dream
nothing ever seems to look the same anymore
and you're not coming home because it's
just another dream
and i could stay alone forever
you play your game like nobody loses
you know the way so why don't you use it
i need you beside me but you keep on hiding
just another dream
nothing ever seems to look the same anymore
and you're not coming home because it's
just another dream
and i could stay alone forever
forever
long nights and lonely days
i'll burn the candle always
just another dream
nothing ever seems to look the same anymore
you're not coming home because it's
just another dream
modern man has turned his back on old philosophies
lost the spiritual universe and gained reality
worship money, scientists and grim normality
what use are logic, power and wealth with no society
scan the mind stand by earth, give it time your rebirth
when forests become desert and the seas are filled with slime
rivers wash the soil away we still ignore the signs
we must rely on instincts we've left buried in our heads
will rich men eat their money when they've killed the world stone dead?
gather round you sinners who don't believe in peace
you can all be winners if you let your soul fly free
don't be afraid the threat's not for real
be very afraid you've made your last deal
business men and money spinners rape the earth for gain
they don't like my ideas they label me insane
don't be afraid the threat's not for real
be very afraid you've made your last deal
two thousand years of looking for utopia
two thousand years of babylon rising
don't be afraid the threat's not for real
you're tired of waiting for natural selection
so men are creating genetic perfection
the perfect example of holding the keys
for beautiful people with perfect disease
your tower of babel is falling from the sky
so while i'm able
i'll turn my soul from the world and fly
it's time to say goodbye
you're living for profit no matter what happens
and reaping the forfeit of chemical weapons
the perfect destruction is out of your hands
and under production in enemy lands
but in your logic you found your alibi
and lost your magic
i'll turn my soul from the world and fly
it's time to say goodbye
turn my soul and fly
time to say goodbye
goodbye mother earth you're no longer free
can't you see your situation don't you know your destiny
you hide from the truth and honesty is lost
you look for things to pleasure you but no one wants to count the cost
for all that you've done and all that you've not
no one's there to cover you for all the things that you forgot
goodbye mother earth the truth will be known
soon you'll find there's not much time to go
you brood of vipers
converting human life into your likeness
i'll turn my soul from the world and fly
it's time to say goodbye
turn my soul and fly
don't look down upon the atmosphere
wings of stealth are broken dreams
don't look back upon your learned years
you seem blind to what you've seen
now i see how far the ground
has fallen down and round and round
time is a river and life flows away
into the valley of dreams you've made
soon i'll be surfing that cold astral plane
where the dreams and the nightmares are one and the same
don't look now upon your history
dead end streets of futures spurned
don't look up to all you wish to be
winding path of your sojourn
can you see how far the ground
has fallen down and round and round
time is a river and life flows away
into the valley of dreams you've made
soon i'll be surfing that cold astral plane
do you feel that your life is in a rut
that the modern world is all too much
do you want to remove the pain
do you want to begin again
and if you need it we can re-arrange your life
take away the misery the trouble and the strife
coming from the darkness he is standing at the door
we can feed your inner needs get you back to where you are
he is i am we are, too late you've come this far
he is i am we be, give us your individuality
and if you need it we will cultivate your mind
saturate your character with doctrines so divine
a generous contribution will secure your earthly bed
grow with us in commune you'll have nothing in your head
he is i am we are, too late you've come this far
he is i am we be, you've lost your individuality
don't want to, i can't feel you
just leave me be, don't need you
and i wandered far away couldn't hear their thoughts no more
i was swept on a tidal wave and was cast to a distant shore
it was the desert of my own desires i was burnt in the searing heat
my hedonism stoking up the fires of my own spiritual defeat
and if you look in the mirror boy don't be ashamed of what you see
[Part One: fission]
Atom by atom gaining a few
Collapsing and waxing and building anew
Eleven dimensions curled up so tight
Time and space one thing the speed limit light
Neutron and proton collapsing afresh
More complex carbons creating the flesh
Super string membranes dark matter burst
Pulling together our universe
Strange, charm and gluons imploding again
All of this matter formed into men
Energy everywhere and no drop to drink
Each generation a chain in the link
Science has helped us in getting this far
The road has run out so get out of the car
We're approaching the critical mass
What will become of the spirit of man?
What is the story and how does it end?
Where are the boundaries and where are the doors?
Who are the heroes for fighting this war?
How did I meet you and why have we spent
Our lives together, why were we sent?
I know that I've lived with you twelve times before
We're growing together, but what is it for?
We're approaching the critical mass
What will become of the spirit of man?
What is the story and how does it end?
Where are the boundaries and where are the doors?
Who are the heroes for fighting this war?
This means war
[Part Two: Fusion]
[Instrumental]
[Part Three: Lucky]
I've only just found it
It's slippin' away and there's nothing I can do
I've only just found it
It's slippin' away and there's nothing I can do
I don't pray so i'll have to stay lucky
I don't pray so i'll have to stay lucky
I was dead I was alive
I've been everyone in this life
I was alive I was dead
I've heard everything ever said
But...
I've only just found it
It's slippin' away and there's nothing I can do
I've only just found it
It's slippin' away and there's nothing I can do
I don't pray so i'll have to stay lucky
I don't pray so i'll have to stay lucky
I was awake I was asleep
I never had anything that I could keep
I was asleep I was awake
I never broke anything I couldn't make
But...
I've only just found it
There's a fire by the wayside
And it burns so bright
As the smoke rolls over us
We think that we're bathing in light
As we tend to our gardens
The world is growing wild
But we live in our tiny heads
And can't see past our own tiny minds
As we turn away from heaven's bright sun
To earth's dark star
We're powerless we're paranoid
We'll never know what we destroyed
We're arrogant so ignorant
We're falling falling away
So we stop by the wayside
And we think we're smart
We vote for the pretty ones
And curse when the world falls apart
And we swear we'll do better
But the sky's about to fall
So the smoke rolls over us
And we are doing nothing at all
We turned away from heaven's bright sun
So here we are
We're powerless we're paranoid
We'll never know what we destroyed
We're arrogant so ignorant
We're falling falling away
We're breaking we're stalling
We're drifting we're falling
We're headstrong for so long
sick of guessing what's behind your eyes
i ask for truth and all i get is lies
the shrinking violet in your flacid mind
thinks he's cool but all you do is whine
and now you stand there and demand your half
when i have given to you all you have
don't make me laugh at that demo play
you're sick and tired of my clever word play
you find it hard doing things my way
you've done your part so tell me why do you stay
i assume your silence is a foil for rage
you can't find words even at your age
the space between us is the cloak you wear
to hide your feelings oh you just won't dare
to reveal the visage that's behind your mask
we have the answers but you just won't ask
don't make me laugh at that passion play
you're sick and tired of my clever word play
you find it hard doing things my way
you've done your part so tell me why do you stay
now i pick up the entrails of another dead affair
i assume the mantle that i knew you could not wear
you never had the confidence to leave yourself exposed
to the gaze of the tiny minds it's my mission to explode
is this more like it can you get into the groove
or are you paralysed still too scared to move
you are naked you are rooted to the spot
Here we stand and face the world
Renegades of consternation
Innocent in thought and word
Ready for a new sensation
Block up the dam
close up the well
to stop it flowing
Your memory is not preferred
For that is not the way we're going
Sliding away from liberty
to lethargy we fall
Subsiding again
collapsing from the burden of it all
But time after time
We belive in better
Never let a chance pass us by
and we're sure we'll never fail to notice
Sign after sign
That a change is coming
time is running out like a tide
but we think we're on a
March of progress
From ashes we rise
to ashes we fall
Our hand in it all
Here we stand and take the blame
We thought that this could last forever
We turned our backs on God again
But everybody longs for heaven
Sliding away from vision
to deficiency we fall
Subsiding again
collapsing from the burden of it all
But time after time
We belive in better
Never let a chance pass us by
and we're sure we'll never fail to notice
Sign after sign
That a change is coming
time is running out like a tide
but we think we're on a
March of progress
Here we stand and face the end
Apathy alive and growing
On independence we depend
But that is not the way we're going
Sliding away from plenty
to dependency we fall
Subsiding again
collapsing from the burden of it all
But time after time
We belive in better
Never let a chance pass us by
and we're sure we'll never fail to notice
Sign after sign
That a change is coming
time is running out like a tide
but we think we're on a
March of progress
but we think we're on a
i can't see in front of me i feel blind to my sentence
my assumed autonomy is all steeped in dependence
i'm breaking inside
i watch time delimiting but i don't see the answers
i know gain's diminishing but i'm wasting my chances
i'm breaking inside
my head's above the water but i just can't fight the tide
till the pressure subsides
all you see reflects on me
how can it be forever
all i do reflects on you
now do you feel the pressure
with all things permissible i can't stem the pollution
and no hand invisible can assure resolution
i'm breaking inside
my head cries out for stillness but i just can't find the time
till the pressure subsides
all you see reflects on me
how can it be forever
all i do reflects on you
now do you feel the pressure
all i know will come and go
you can't have it all together
all you ask will come to pass
now do you feel the pressure
i'm breaking inside
my head's above the water but i just can't fight the tide
till the pressure subsides
all you see reflects on me
how can it be forever
all i do reflects on you
now do you feel the pressure
all i know will come and go
you can't have it all together
all you ask will come to pass
what do you gain from all that you've done
everything comes to an end
ages will go and ages will come
and who will remember you then
all that has been it will be again
what has been done will be done
clouds will return at the end of the rain
and nothing is new, nothing under the sun
what if i build you a house or a park
what if i bought you a slave
silver and gold and the treasure of kings
with satin to line your grave
as sure as the dust will return to the ground
your knowledge will soon be gone
as sure as a man should enjoy what he does
nothing is new, nothing under the sun
so everything is meaningless and so we carry on
if i coerced you, you would follow me
i can see into your mind can you see me
i can look at you and move you physically
i'm not the only one i cannot be
how can i touch you when i feel that you would break
how can i talk to you when noise is all you make
am i the only one who isn't deaf and blind
i am so lovelorn it would blow your tiny mind
i must control my own ability
i want your friendship offered willingly
if i could shut out all this noise it would be fine
if i reveal my secret would you be a friend of mine
how can i touch you when i feel that you would break
how can i talk to you when noise is all you make
am i the only one who isn't deaf and blind
picture time as before where you slept through it all
they believe you were there why deny what i said?
vicious lies being heard you stand there how absurd
and with hate in your mind convict me
take my life away or give back the answer you hold
and stand unashamed of what you have done
don't just walk away unlock the chains from your heart
prove my innocence cause i did no wrong
empty words lies from the start? we stood strong never apart
had it all in our hands we had it all, yes you and me
now the tables have turned all i gave you return
makes it hard to believe what you've done to me
don't call me your friend, won't you understand I don't need
take my life away or give back the answer you hold
and stand unashamed of what you have done
don't just walk away unlock the chains from your heart
i'm walking a tight-rope stretched twixt truth and illusion
sometimes it's real but my life just seems to melt
into helpless confusion i just can't deal with the
lust for acceptance and the pain of rejection
my heart won't heal as i circle it round with a
wall of protection
i'm hiding all the pain and i can't accept the blame and i'm
so alone in a world of love with no-one meant for me
i'm missing the point of a life in the fast lane
i'm missing the signals of love
i can't understand of time's subtle landscape and
i'm looking for reasons to live
my love is real while i circle it round
with a wall of fantasy
i'm hiding all the pain
and i can't accept the blame and i'm
so alone in a world of love with no-one meant for me
don't want to feel this way again
here in the dark i can see clearly
all that i am burns on my eyes
nobody knows the road that's before me
nobody sees the darkening skies
here in the light i'll be your angel
under your spotlight i'm learning to fly
but one man's perception is another's deception
and dying to feeling i'm living a lie
and in my understanding i find no reason
you can tell me i'm strong like a gathering storm
but i'm lost in my thoughts and dead to the world
you gave me sheltering sky but i reached for the stars
i said i don't believe in who you are
but it's only words
deep in the dark i feel like i'm falling
voices and visions are pulling me down
i need you to help me escape from this ocean
i need you to stop me from learning to drown
you seem so understanding i find no reason
you can tell me i'm strong like a gathering storm
but i'm lost in my thoughts and dead to the world
you gave me sheltering sky but i reached for the stars
i said i don't believe in who you are
i never thought i'd let it go this far
What have i done what is this mourning
The arc of the brightness blinds me
What are these thoughts and cumbersome footsteps
The arc of the dream that binds me
What have i been this figure of light
Island of gardens that feeds you
What if i burn swallowing doctrines
Does painting this picture feed you
Brother my child my counsel
Cynical fathers i see
What colour these memories might be
What about me what about me what about me
What do i need only my conscience
Forgiveness is all you gave me
Vast is the wave i am my demon
Where is the dark that folds me
Why should i care piercing my cause
Bring on the fools that bind me so
What if i drown water is yielding
Interrogate my own sanity
Brother my child my counsel
Cynical fathers i see
What colour these memories might be
What about me what about me what about me
What have i been this figure of light
Island of gardens that feeds you
What if i burn swallowing doctrines
Does painting this picture feed you
Brother my child my counsel
Cynical fathers i see
What colour these memories might be
(West, Anderson)
Everything you want from me
And everything I long to be
Are twisted up and torn
It must be written on the heart of men
To get back on our feet again
To brave another storm
I fight against the hours
I fight against the hours
Until it comes to pass
I stand until my strength is gone
And even then I carry on
Until I'm home at last
Everything you promised me
And everywhere I long to be
Are visions through the storm
It's hard to focus when the world's so loud
Enthralling me with sight and sound
But I will not be drawn
I fight against the hours
I fight against the hours
Until it comes to pass
I stand until my strength is gone
And even then I carry on
Until I'm home at last
Day by day my memory fades
And all the gains I made are drifting on the wind
Lost my way my energy wanes
Until I feel no pain but I can't stop the hurting
Destiny don't let this dissolution get to me
Empathy don't throw away the life that's meant for me
One by one my thoughts are undone
Until my dreams are gone like shadows on the wind
Hope has flown my plans are unknown
I try to call them home but they won't stop deserting
Destiny don't let this dissolution get to me
Empathy don't throw away the life that's meant for me
Hours turn to days
Days fade away
Until it comes to pass
I fight against the hours
I fight against the hours
Until it comes to pass
I stand until my strength is gone
And even then I carry on
Until I'm home at last
Show me the door cause I've been here before
Always my conscience was smothered
How can I mean to be part of your scene
You hit me before I've recovered
Sometimes you only find your feet
When you're walking away
So open up the door
And get me out of here
I won't be back for more
This isn't my future
So watch me disappear
Once we begin you're just drawing me in
Always my judgment is clouded
Stupid ideas start exciting my fears
Next thing I know I'm surrounded
But even though I know
It's hard to let you go
But harder to admit it
You did it, you did it again
But even though I cry
To leave it all behind
It's harder to forget it
You did it, you did it again
Show me the door cause I've been here before
Always I fall for your fable
How could I mean to be part of your scene
In heavy consternation I move across the hall
I pictured this so many times
And wasn't scared at all
But every time I got this far I never felt so small
My mind was full of questions
Of arguments and lies
But every word was melted down
When I looked in your eyes
And I don't need these memories
For now I'm mesmerized
And I'm staring down the barrel of my life
Now I'm entranced, you possess my full attention
How my thought dance freely on the journey
You attended all along, to somewhere I belong
Like a pilot in the sky of dreams
Can you promise me the world
And everything I need
Can you promise me the world
Can you promise me a sky
That's trouble free and clear
So it's safe for me to fly
But who can stop my plane (stop my plane)
From drifting out of range (far away)
Will this sky be precious to defend
Will my sights go dark before the end
Will I see the landing lights again
Can you offer me the speed
To travel like the wind
If I ever feel the need
Can you guarantee the sun
Won't melt away my wings
Way before my journey's done
And who can stop my plane (stop my plane)
From drifting out of range? (far away)
Drifting away (drifting away)
Out of the grey and out of control
Such a nice day (such a nice day) for drifting away
What became of the blue horizon
Are you sure I was flying blind
Never saw that the plane was diving
Never thought I was out of time
And now I'm disenchanted
You endure my disaffection
All my systems running red
The radio is down and there's trouble ahead
Get me back down
I lost my way and I want to be grounded
Get me back down
I lost my way coming out of the storm
Did I promise you a sky
Where rain would never fall
Or did you listen to a lie
Did you radio to base
I waited for your call
But you left without a trace
But I can stop your plane (stop your plane)
From drifting out of range! (far away)
Still this sky is precious to defend
Still your sights will last until the end
can you give me a reason why you shone for a season
then you turned to deceiving (i don't believe that it's right)
you pretend you can hear us but you won't come near us
now it's all got serious (i don't believe that it's right)
we thought you'd do your best for future generations
but all you left was a mounting debt (i don't believe that it's right)
we thought your peace could flow like water through the nations
but you shut down the fountainhead (i don't believe that it's right)
can you give an account now as the truth's coming out now
it's the end of the countdown (i don't believe that it's right)
now we've lost all our patience with your forced liquidation
of our land of our nation (i don't believe that it's right)
we thought you'd right the wrongs that others brought upon us
but you sold off our right to choose (i don't believe that it's right)
we thought you'd fight for us but you just fought among us
and you sold off your servitude (i don't believe that it's right)
no more tries and no more chances
no more lies to pass as answers
no more smiles and false relations
no more world indoctrination
sorry for being angry sorry for being numb
sorry for all the dreaming i really should have done
i thought that i was blameless i thought that i was safe
i thought that a happy ending would happen anyway
i can't believe we never noticed
i can't believe it took so long
for us to turn around the future
by standing up for what we all believed in all along
it was there right before our eyes we were blind not to realise
in the rush to be globalised we signed away our freedom
we forgot how to criticise we were scared to be demonised
as the truth was neutralised we lost the art of reason
shallow the crusader and shallow their crusade
but deep the ideology that brings them into play
political correctness a foil for our minds
a false exoneration to cover up the crimes
i can't believe we never noticed
i can't believe it took so long
for us to turn around the future
by standing up for what we all believed in all along
it was there right before our eyes we were blind not to realise
in the rush to be globalised we signed away our freedom
we forgot how to criticise we were scared to be demonised
Out across the water staring to the shore
Standing on the threshold of a dream
No prior warning no overture
Just a sudden ocean from the stream
Isolation never was a violation
Domination never was a destination
We flew our colours
Always on the run
And all our gains
Were shadows in the sun
But as we journey through the fall
So uncertain of it all
We never come undone
Or crossed the Rubicon
Out across the valley variation comes
Now the girl of summer disappears
No demonstration no loaded gun
No defend the ones who brought us here
Condemnation never was a contemplation
Domination never was a destination
We flew our colours
Always on the run
And all our gains
Were shadows in the sun
But as we journey through the fall
So uncertain of it all
We never come undone
Or crossed the Rubicon
[SOLO]
A spring of much potential
A summer so eventful
And so we carry on
An autumn to sustain us
So winter won't betray us
And so we carry on
We fought against all reason
To last another season
And so we carry on
Dependent on the kindness
Of those who stand behind us
And so we carry on
[SOLO]
Condemnation never was a contemplation
Domination never was a destination
We flew our colours
Always on the run
And all our gains
Were shadows in the sun
But as we journey through the fall
So uncertain of it all
We never come undone
Or crossed the Rubicon
[Instrumental]
Never really thought we'd come so far
Everyone has something more to lose
Never really thought it's all we are
So we must invent again ourselves
Never really thought we'd fade away
I have given to you all you have
Never really thought we'd see the day
A future generation devising its past
Never really thought we'd lose these things
All you ever thought will fall to the ground
Never really thought we'd spread our wings
Your struggle with the stars comes crashing down
Never really thought we'd touch the sun
The truth behind the end remains unseen
Never really thought what we'd become
(West)
Well you talk about the way out
Like there's no way out
When you talk about the way out
And you talk about redemption
With a heart of doubt
When you talk about the way out
Well you talk about surrender
Like you know you've lost
When you talk about surrender
Well I hope that you remember
There's a line you cross
When you talk about surrender
Maybe we're meant to bow down
As we enter our darkest hour
But I'll be staring at the sun
Maybe they want us to break
At their pointed display of power
But we have only just begun
Well you talk of intervention
Like a long lost dream
When you talk of intervention
Do you start to feel the tension
Like a heart of steam
When you talk of intervention
Maybe we're meant to bow down
As we enter our darkest hour
But I'll be staring at the sun
Maybe they want us to break
At their pointed display of power
But we have only just begun
Maybe they're stirred by the boundaries
They blurred in their darkest hour
But time will level all they've done
Maybe they want us to break
At their pointed display of power
Oh baby, don't you know I suffer?
Oh baby, can't you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretenses,
How long before you let me go?
Oo-ah, you set my soul alight
Oo-ah, you set my soul alight
Glaciers melting in the dead of night,
and the superstars sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night,
and the superstars sucked into the
(Into the supermassive)
(Supermassive black hole)
I thought I was a fool for no one
Oh baby, I'm a fool for you
You're the Queen of the superficial
How long before you tell the truth?
Oo-ah, you set my soul alight
Oo-ah, you set my soul alight
Glaciers melting in the dead of night,
and the superstars sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night,
and the superstars sucked into the
(Into the supermassive)
(Supermassive black hole)
(Supermassive black hole)
(Supermassive black hole)
(Supermassive black hole)
Oo-ah, you set my soul alight
Oo-ah, you set my soul alight
Glaciers melting in the dead of night,
and the superstars sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night,
and the superstars sucked into the
(Into the supermassive)
(Supermassive black hole)
(Supermassive black hole)
(Supermassive black hole)
Dragonfly in the pouring rain
Casts a shadow on halcyon days,
Chasing rainbows and running the storm,
Unaware that your wings would be torn.
Sometimes I think I'm going nowhere at all,
Stuck in the shelter with my back to the wall,
Then I remember how it felt to come down,
So I'm taking my time and I'm not going out
Until it's safe to fly,
I could be waiting 'til the summer sky,
But I'm standing by
Until I'm clear to go,
I won't be shaken by the undertow...
I'm under your wing this time,
And I know there's a storm outside,
So I'll stay til I know it's safe, safe to fly.
Aeronaut in a heavy cloud,
Staying up with the radio down,
Chasing rainbows you'd rather forget,
Unaware of the trouble ahead.
Sometimes I think I'm learning nothing at all,
Once I recovered I'd just stumble and fall,
Til I discovered what the journey's about,
I'm preparing for flight, and I'll weather it out
Until it's safe to fly,
I could be waiting 'til the summer sky,
But I'm standing by
Until I'm clear to go,
I won't be shaken by the undertow
I'm biding my time
Sometimes I think I'm going nowhere at all,
Stuck in the shelter with my back to the wall,
Then I remember how it felt to come down,
So I'm taking my time and I'm not going out
Until it's safe to fly,
I could be waiting 'til the summer sky,
But I'm standing by
Until I'm clear to go,
I won't be shaken by the undertow
I'm under your wing this time,
And I know there's a storm outside,
I saw the sign a faded stoplight up ahead
I crossed the line cause I was caught in the middle
caught in the middle
long empty road on damaged tyres with shallow
tread
so far to go I might have lost it a little
lost it a little
don't you stop me now
I'm nowhere near my destination
don't you shut me down, cause I don't want to rest
like a maniac I sprinted way off track
then took the long way back
racing at full speed ahead
now I'm taciturn I felt the crash and burn
the point of no return
will I be fighting for breath forever
high empty walls the buzz of tube light never fades
my shadow falls and I'm now lost for a little
lost for a little
try to relax you may experience delays
I know the facts but now I'm caught in the middle
caught in the middle
don't you lock me out
I'm sure I know the combination
fragments drift about, but suddenly they're gone
like a maniac I sprinted way off track
then took the long way back
racing at full speed ahead
now I'm taciturn I felt the crash and burn
the point of no return
will I be fighting for breath forever
burning up breaking down (don't want to be)
on the edge all the time (don't want to be)
flaring up freaking down (don't want to be)
half awake half alive, just want to be me
breaking up burning down (don't want to be)
off the edge out of tome (don't want to be)
falling down flaking out (don't want to be)
half asleep half alive, just want to be free
I close my eyes and turn out the lights
cause somebody closed this road
and I can't drive cause now there's nowhere to go
I close my mind, and mine is the night
mine is the longest wait
and here I'll stay 'til the stoplight eventually fades
don't you keep me down
I'm nowhere near my destination
don't you stop me now, cause I don't want to rest
like a maniac I sprinted way off track
then took the long way back
racing at full speed ahead
now I'm taciturn I felt the crash and burn
the point of no return
Five miles tall,
And everything is small,
Everything is small...
Five miles down,
You see your patch of ground
It's not so bad at all
Breathe in, out,
And don't stop breathing!
'cause this, this is your life,
This is your world,
And everything that you've been trusted with,
It's small in your eyes,
But great is your worth,
And you can do this right
This is your life!
Five miles high,
Don't want to leave the sky,
Everything's so clear.
Five miles on,
When clarity is gone,
Just make it reappear...
Breathe in, out,
And don't stop breathing!
'cause this, this is your life,
This is your world,
And everything that you've been trusted with,
It's small in your eyes,
But great is your worth,
And you can do this right
This is your life!
Breathe in, out,
And don't stop breathing!
'cause this, this is your life,
This is your world,
And everything that you've been trusted with,
It's small in your eyes,
But great is your worth,
And you can do this right
You know that this, this is your life,
This is your world,
And everything that you've been trusted with,
It's small in your eyes,
But great is your worth,
And you can do this right
i thought you weren't contagious i thought i owned my inner-self
you offer, now i forget the reason i can't have
as you try hard to please me this need turns to greed down inside
i touch the hand of my sickness and feel my faith divide
if i said i would, would you care? would you take me there?
and feed my desire with your will to give
a distant storm and the lightning strikes the pouring rain feels warm tonight
thunder echoes and the lesson begins as one more time you take me in
but i look back at you and think of all the things i should have said and done
but i can't talk no i can't talk i try to hide myself from shame
and try to share the blame for what i've done what have i done?
now i said i would, do you care as you take me there
i taste my first time and now i can't turn away
i lie to myself like a man trying to understand
as you change my life with your will to give
i see disgrace and it's looking back at me
blame my desire for lies i live and breathe
begin again though the hardest part to take
behind my eyes you still remain
i thought you'd understand when you took me there
a ruby eye of beguiling light winking at orions might
she lures the gallilean mind a new beginning for mankind
and on her face for ages past we gazed through eyes of polished glass
a voyager once landed there and filled with pictures all the air
and awakened yearnings in our heart a home coming or a brand new start
we travelled months in weightless grace traversing voids of time and space
to build what caused our death on earth that here might start our kind's rebirth
come in little earth you cannot hear me now
and i'm never coming back again
hello little earth you cannot reach me now
and i'm never coming down again
nine generations now surviving since our many coloured land has died
and we emerged from biospheres onto a virgin land in tears
for when we took our first few paces into eden's newest pages
we realised what we'd guessed before this was our real home after all
come in little earth you cannot hear me now
and i'm never coming back again
hello little earth you cannot reach me now
and i'm never coming down again
don't know what i'm hoping to find
looking for my peace of mind
don't know what i'm hoping to find
looking for my peace of mind
come in little earth you cannot hear me now
and i'm never coming back again
hello little earth you cannot reach me now
we long for a place of constant perfection
where action and outcome have exclusive protection
like in a dream of the waking mind
life with a freedom that is so hard to find
i cannot dream no more, my mind is a blank
virtuality, electrons running round my brain
virtuality, cybersex without the pain
virtuality, life can never be the same
virtuality, rock and roll without the fame
i am wired into the electronic drain
my mind is part of a gigantic mainframe
melding my consciousness with input so profound
relying on program for every sight and sound
i cannot dream no more, my mind is a blank
virtuality, electrons running round my brain
virtuality, cybersex without the pain
virtuality, life can never be the same
virtuality, rock and roll
cd rom drive me far away
hard discoveries in hyperspace
don't delete me i am no sprite
girlfriend's fat agnes chip burning bright
i have immersed myself in the isolation tank
virtuality, electrons running round my brain
virtuality, cybersex without the pain
virtuality, life can never be the same
when i speak to you it's in the language of the 20th century people
the ones who are the stars of stage and screen
everything i say has been taught to me by my favourite tv programme
the one that i watch each and every week
turn on tune in drop out
if i concentrate i can break through the wash but only for a moment
my lucid thoughts are lost and out of reach
i would rather fall back into my familiar comfortable persona
the one that my tv was bought to teach
turn on tune in drop out
i can be the hero who can fly around the sun
i can scare you shitless i saw how on channel one
i think that i'm impressing you with funny anecdotes
i got them from my kid's tv and he's too young to vote
we're living in a fantasy but that's ok with me
you believe the whole thing too we're all on mtv
buy into the merchandise and then it becomes real
palpable and plastic packaged neatly on the reel
don't even go outside you will be destroyed
best to stay inside take the networked ride
when i sing to you it's through the haze of mild and modern schizophrenia
the one where i am not the man i am
if i glimpse the real then i am scared into the rampant paranoia
the one where i am still a tv fan
close your eyes and tell me what you find
don't you here the voices in your mind
where have all your lovers gone, the friends you thought you counted on
passed away like shadows lost with time
i gave you all your life to make a choice
from time to time i know you heard my voice
it wasn't just for information, i desired your conversation
all you did was drown me out with noise
when i said go you wouldn't go
i gave my hand but every time you never want to know
and so you turned away, the seasons reached their end
it took you all your days to keep me from your head
the night grew dark your eyes grew black
and soon there'll be no turning back again
are you swimming through a myriad
of spiritual decisions
are they whispering sweet nothing while they
drown you with derision
out of sight but in your mind
they're calling out they're pulling you away
deep inside you know what's right
but slowly you're believing what they say
if they said go would you go
are you orbiting the rainbow do you live to be in trances
are you lost in paranoia did you take too many chances
parasites and soul-destroyers ready for your life to drift away
deep inside they steal your mind and slowly you're repeating what they say
if they said go would you go
when every country's gone to war every dream has hit the floor
when every gene has split in two and every breath has poisoned you
only then you'll understand none of this is what i planned
but giving you the right to choose meant some of you would have to lose
when every lake is parched and dry when all pollution kills the sky
when every soul has gone it's way and every heart is old and grey
maybe then you'll understand somewhere on your wounded land
i was much too far out all my life and not waving but drowning
first there is an ocean then there is no ocean then there is
and then we have a mountain range and then a plain and a range again
last there is a desert then a fertile plain then dry again
once there was a people then there were none then some more did live
then there was a city then a pile of rocks and a town again
then they made a weapon that destroyed the lot in a cloud of rain
then they raised a temple to a god who died and failed them
then they left and travelled far and then they flew back home again
in the gardens of the dead when the disembodied entity said
let there be body let there be mind let there be man unkind
she gave the reasoning to me and now the guilt is all on me
i entered in & my seed spread generations spawned from the visions in my head
we raised it up and we pulled it down we advertised and marketed up town
she gave the reasoning to me and now the guilt is all on me
i can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out
i can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out
i was destroyed and i lived again my unborn children strengthening the strain
countless lives marching throughout time marking out the details of my crime
she gave the reasoning to me and now the guilt is all on me
i can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out
i can tell the world the savageness of mind will find you out
and the knowledge that i have gained has been lost again and again and again
but it's really all the same all that has changed is the name
she gave the reasoning to me and now the guilt is all on me
i can tell the world the ravages of time will seek you out
mary's baby's eyes are blue he is to be the chosen few
there's just one thing she's got to do to conceive the latent gene
his absent father's watching him from a gene pool where a billion swim
where mutants form on just a whim and conceive the latent gene
my generation's lost it's patience playing with the world within
accelerated saturation out of our minds on saccharin
mary's baby's eyes are green potential power still unseen
morals cleansed in ethylene and conceive the latent gene
mary's baby's eyes are black a dinucleic heart attack
and the doctor says he's coming back to conceive the latent gene
my generation's lost it's patience playing with the world within
accelerated saturation out of our minds on saccharin
she hears a voice inside her head when all is quiet and she's in bed
it's hard for her to understand the mindspeak of her little man
how can a baby have two mothers adopted long before it's born
conceived by another and from a second torn
but in this safe and confined world within this cookoo's changing it's spots
an outcome unforeseen now we see the latent gene
the doctor's scientific discipline can't stop him changing the plot
an outcome unforeseen now we see the latent gene
faltering telepathy reaching out into his mother's mind
mary's baby's eyes are grey evolution gone astray
changes in his dna have conceived the latent gene
my generation's lost it's patience playing with the world within
i am me i am real free to take part, in the game
but i don't qualify i never helped to write the rules
and if you see me acting strange please don't hurt me with your scorn
i will not comply it's been the same since i was born
the wisdom of the mystics is the devil's own disguise
his fingers flick the tarot deck keep weak ones mesmerized
what twisted minds would hide behind the cult of living death
man and nature so defiled white dove with hawkish head
what a true man feels defines the world's disease
after centuries his blindness can't be healed
the disappearing sands of time are leaving us no trace
what deity would best describe the mighty human race
has vanity dressed up our god in likenesses of man?
when selfishness and greed and lust are all we understand
what a true man feels defines the world's disease
after centuries his blindness can't be healed
i can't philosophize with you when you don't see the things i do
you don't think beyond the fringe of this tiny world you're in
see me dancing on clouds hear me thinking out loud
true believers, jesus freakers, heaven in your hand
self relying, sanctifying, help me understand
eye of the needle, free the people in the desert land
i've spread my wings i've cut the strings
my puppet days have died
i've prayed until i have free will i've shut out all the lies
i can't make sense of fate's portents on patterns i've relied
i've given in my demon twin lies dying by my side
the future is a mystery now the stars have turned to grey
my freedom rests on knowing how to think and do and say
sun-sign believers enlightenment achievers
you strange deceivers you are not my kind
sun-sign believers speaking tongue receivers
tarot card faith healers the blind leading the blind
''do what thou wilt'' the blood was spilt an ego thus caressed
accepting none but only one is where my freedom rests
presenting now the sacred cow ''you cannot trust free will''
they stand in line of their birth signs their emptiness is shrill
their clockwise universe is ticking out their lives
an orgy of pre-destiny held by threads of time
sun-sign believers enlightenment achievers
you strange deceivers you are not my kind
sun-sign believers speaking tongue receivers
tarot card faith healers the blind leading the blind
we must invent again ourselves
become the sum total of our perceptions
do not react as you did yesterday
don't you become a slave to your memories
sun-sign believers enlightenment achievers
you strange deceivers you are not my kind
sun-sign believers speaking tongue receivers
doctor found me just in time
can't recall how long i'd been lying there
he said my body mind and soul
had lost their true alignment
i thought i'd only hurt my head
the pain across my forehead reminded me
its hard to tell you where it hurts
but won't you make it go away
so far away and he said
smile pretend you're on a trip searching
for yourself connecting with your soul
close your eyes, your energy is gone
w can be your strength we have got control
we haven't got much time 'til sunrise on mars
never thought i'd fall from grace
never thought i'd damage and never heal
but everday i lose again, seduced by confusion
i thought the world was black and white
how can i escape from this colourfield
it's hard to tell you why it hurts
or how to make it go away
so far away and he said
come everyone who hurts
if you feel weighed down i will give you rest
you should take my yoke upon your back
learn from what i do my burden is less
and i'll restore your soul for sunrise on mars
as we sailed through the clouds over plains of emerald green
a million dead unseen we were justifiably proud
they saw the doors opening they saw the smothered ground
they heard the fire ravaging we thrilled at every sound
judges of the night with the calculus of godly might
cause the world to weep as we lay your body down to sleep
how it all tortures endlessly gone tomorrow the same
can you in all humility give all that power a name
when the kiss of a feather has worn the mountain down
in its annual orbit of the sun
when will the suffering cease and do we all deserve our peace
(destiny is but to run)
will our wealth increase when will we all be released
(future's only just begun)
but it was not always like this now i gaze with jaundiced eyes
on the fruit of our exploitation i stop to wonder why
where has it all gone all the time that we won
all our lives and all of this waste
when will the suffering cease and do we all deserve our peace
(destiny is but to run)
will our wealth increase when will we all be released
burning the sands alight way into the air
dark black clouds obscure the sky a twilight of despair
and babylon is overrun by armies of the lord
who cleanse their souls in holy wars and sing in praise of sword
the mighty cross of jerusalem the crescent moon of troy
saracens and noblemen a sport they all enjoy
churning black, the seas awash environmental doom
oil wells are set alight obscure a darkling moon
euphrates valleys overrun by armies of the west
sent by god to claim their prize a black gold treasure chest
the mighty cross of jerusalem the crescent moon of troy
saracens and noblemen a sport they all enjoy
from the cradle of civilisation springs the mother of all wars
a u.n. team of investigation the breaking of all human laws
we will never finish what we started and break the tyrants rule
just like all those old time crusaders we're the only fools
evil takes what evil needs and there ain't no middle way
just like all those christian martyrs we're the ones who'll pay
he's just another victim of the system's bloody knife
a problem evader an escapee of life
a temporary soma not yet prescribed
has stripped him of ego with each lungful imbibed
get your mind-set altered here i will provide you with some fantastic gear
up down sideways forward and back our children submit to lysergic attack
hiding in tantric mesmerized trances
as the warehouse lightshow flickers and dances
synapses snap as his madness advances
leaving him open to paranoid fancies
lost in the garden of fantastic mind
I'm leaving my ego and body behind
trails of false images hang in the air
the smell of strange colours are heard everywhere
over the rainbow and into the light
i'm orbiting slowly, I'm high as a kite
can't remember my name anymore
everything's changed since i opened the door
get out demons get out controlling my brain
freak out healing freak out going insane
hit out feelings hit out cannot explain
reach out reeling reach out calling my name
for twenty-four hours time has no meaning
but several days later kicking and screaming
with delusions of grandeur and one o'clock fit
a family signed section has caught me in the net
can't seem to regain control of my fears
the world's receding and leaving me here
get out demons get out controlling my brain
freak out healing freak out going insane
hit out feelings hit out cannot explain
reach out reeling reach out calling my name
a shot of the hard stuff makes him tranquil and straight
no danger to public, himself or the state
under sedation he won't shed no tears
inwardly tortured by demonic fears
can't remember my name anymore
everything's changed since i opened the door
get out demons get out controlling my brain
freak out healing freak out going insane
hit out feelings hit out cannot explain
reach out reeling reach out calling my name
ravers, gyrators heaving with sweat
have you tried any good ecstasy yet?
if you don't wind up sleeping in gardens of stone
you'll be a new person if you ever get home
for the sake of your sanity, family and friends
leave subconscious travelling to gurus and men
who're prepared for the journey with no beginning or end
Can't rely on reality
Things ain't what they appear to be
When you visit please don't forget
The fragile mess of this nervous wreck
Who of you feels he's been here before?
Now I've been here twelve times or more
Life's becoming a bit of a bore
If the ceiling speaks please don't complain
He might just make me go back, round again
Who of you feels he's been here before?
Round and round and round again
The first million years
They were the worst
The second million years
They were the worst as well
Please don't ask 'cuz I can't explain
Why I keep coming back again
Maybe it's 'cuz when I roll the dice
I never get to throw "afterlife"
Who of you feels he's been here before?
Safe from all the hurting safe from all the lies
Locked myself away now blindfold on my eyes
Lost in your predictions fiction from the stars
Bound to be your destiny you know who you are
Someone stopped the starlight loosened up the ties
Now the door is open open like my eyes
So if the sky's about to fall i'll still be up there flying
It's just the fear of what's in store that ever stops you trying
And if the storm throws you around it only makes you stronger
But when the stars come crashing down it's a phenomenon
Scared of all your visions scared of all you hear
Thought you'd bring security but all you brought was fear
Someone stopped the starlight brought me back to life
Set me free from your deceit threw away the lies
So if the sky's about to fall i'll still be up there flying
It's just the fear of what's in store that ever stops you trying
And if the storm throws you around it only makes you stronger
But when the stars come crashing down it's a phenomenon
I don't want many things just a chance to spread my wings
Don't know what the future brings but I want to be there
Someone stopped the starlight loosened up the ties
Now the door is open open like my eyes
So if the sky's about to fall i'll still be up there flying
It's just the fear of what's in store that ever stops you trying
And if the storm throws you around it only makes you stronger
as you look on your surroundings from the mountain to the sea
you find everything i gave you you see everything but me
i am the storm that won't be calmed i am the calm that follows
i'm in the stars that fill your sky and when i choose
i'll be in your thoughts i'll be in your dreams
all the light you see all the air you breathe
as you look on all the hurting and the finger points at me
you see freedom in deserting and the cost of being free
i painted the heavens the sun and the moon
i know what's beyond them i know you
i know what's before you and what's going to be
but now is the moment you'll find me
and all that you ever thought will fall to the ground like snow
clearing the air you breathe whitening all you know
and all that you ever see is never the same again
your eyes will be open wide then you will understand
as your science takes you further you'll eventually concede
you can only scratch the surface i'm the one who's playing me
i am the road that won't be found i am the sign that guides you
i'm in the air that's all around and when i choose
i'll be in your thoughts i'll be in your dreams
trying to make an impression on the world
like throwing rocks into the sea
trying to bring to my surroundings a subtle piece of me
every action we bring to this life can it change reality
even if it's an opposite force will it bring equality
we all retain these futile gestures
like some common held belief
but as the waves return my mote
it brings me only slight relief
the wings of the butterfly have stirred the forest air
and i have made a miniscule contribution
an element in the sum of the parts of the ultimate solution
inside the seventh iteration the flaws of order are revealed
no straight lines no simple answers the laws of symmetry repealed
like rocks in the waters of the stream of our existence
we cling to the mortality and awareness of ourselves
what place would we be swept to
if we had the strength to let go
and let the waters take us to wherever they may flow
just part of the chaos, spinning around me
just part of the chaos, part of the synergy of life
just part of the chaos, rising above me
just part of the chaos
are we delivered to the edge of some far forgotten shore
are we engulfed amongst the waves
are our notes added to the score
the symphony continues though it has no shape or form we'll never
change its course forever just breath against the storm
just part of the chaos, spinning around me
just part of the chaos, part of the synergy of life
just part of the chaos, rising above me
just part of the chaos
our crazy minds insist on bringing order to the world
our systems see confusion in a dark cyclonic swirl
the anarchy of nature can't be tamed by you or i
we'll never understand her patterns it's dangerous to try
just part of the chaos, spinning around me
just part of the chaos, part of the synergy of life
just part of the chaos, rising above me
every time i try to climb a mountain
all i find are steeper ones ahead
every time i walk along the highway
all you do is push me to the edge
i'm not afraid
let the sky become an ocean pull me in above my head
won't deny my one devotion lose or win cos i'm not scared
the higher up you build your walls around me
the higher i discover how to fly
i'm not afraid
let the sky become an ocean pull me in above my head
won't deny my one devotion lose or win cos i'm not scared
i know the truth of my conscience and i know the lies of my sign
i know how it feels to be wanting and i know of the fullness of time
i feel a storm across my face as night is falling
and i can't see to carry on
i know the emptiness of space can hear me calling
but i don't know what lies beyond
i dream of a world without shadows and i dream of a day without pain
i long for perpetual motion and i dream of living again
every time i try to climb the mountain
nothing in the world can pull me down
i'm not afraid
let the sky become an ocean pull me in above my head
Bonus track
in a starlit avenue the consciousness is gathering
take all the things you thought you knew and discard the truth you're peddling
come with us to a higher plane or you can eat the dirt you're buried in
what if the wind changes what if there's ice ages?
here's all that you have to do take part in the new beginning
what more have you left to lose do nothing it's your decision
there's enough for everyone in the automated technospheres
if you still can't find the sun it's 'cuz you're trapped in a self made veil of tears
what if the sea changes and valleys become mountain ranges
here's all that you have to do take part in the new beginning
what more have you left to lose do nothing it's your decision
why are you so scared of things you can't change?
why are you so frightened of things with no name?
if a man remains at the mercy of moods of hope and fear
aroused by the outer world he loses his consistency of character
such inconsistencies invariably lead to distressing experiences
such humiliations often come from an unexpected quarter
what if a deadly virus kills all the tea in china?
here's all that you have to do take part in the new beginning
what more have you left to lose do nothing it's your decision
here's all that you have to do let go of your old religions
caught in the headlamp glare of your own blinding vanity
mesmerised by the stare of your shallow personality
gorging the junk food of flattery you drag your fat ego around
everyone floored by the battering you give to whoever's around
trapped in the personal hell of your own desperate addiction
frightened that others can tell of your expensive affliction
with your happiness based on a chemical you wax lyrical with words so profound
when your indulgence reaches that level it's safest not to be around
oh narcissus you petulant child admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes
oh narcissus you angel beguiled unsated by self you do nothing but die
wrapped in the transparent lies of your desperate situation
you expound on imaginary ties expecting us to believe them
in the absence of concrete commitment
you've all the attention that money can buy
not caring that those who still love you are callously thrown to one side
oh narcissus you petulant child admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes
oh narcissus you angel beguiled unsated by self you do nothing but die
oh narcissus you treacherous child admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes
oh narcissus you angel beguiled unsated by self you do nothing but die
hey you dog man whelp of a litter of scavengers
bolting the flesh of your victims with a ravenous greed
you work with your siblings up to a point
'til your ego is sated or your wallet fulfilled
jealously guarding the bones of your kill
with a malice that's born out of fear
running with the pack your defence is to attack
but i detect you in your stealth because you've rolled in your own filth
you hope to gain my trust with your cowardly disguise
whispering such confidences my revulsion to a-wreck
you call yourself my friend you call yourself my friend
and when i turn my back your fangs will feel my neck
what is your domain but a barn where your runts roll in the reek
you would seek to steel my freedom and have branded me a freak
i want nothing of your snarling mongrel strain your smarmy doggerel lies
and if these words have singed your fur consider yourself a whipped cur
gorging the junk food of flattery you haul your fat ego around
everyone floored by the battering you give to whoever's around
oh narcissus you petulant child admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes
i thought that you were driving or never thought to ask
all the while you left me in control
somehow i'm surviving it doesn't seem so hard
cos i'm not on this journey all alone
and i know the way i'm feeling but i just can't find the words
i go my own way down i fall again
i see the sunrise only taste the rain
what you remind me i already know
unless i follow every road with you
i take the long way home
you weren't supposed to find me i tried so hard to hide
i never thought you'd want to track me down
i thought that you disowned me every time i strayed
i guess i had it all the wrong way round
and i know the way i'm going but i just can't find the road
i go my own way down i fall again
i see the sunrise only taste the rain
what you remind me i already know
unless i follow every road with you
i take the long way home
and i know that i believe you but i just can't keep the faith
i go my own way down i fall again
i see the sunrise only taste the rain
what you remind me i already know
unless i follow every road with you
i get flashes of reality quickly consumed
in the fog of existence and the thoughts i exhumed
are lost to the grasping fingers of understanding
a dancing light on the edge of my sight
that teases me through the futility of life
and torments my slumbering mind into action
this is not a lethal wait but it can be a kind of deception
vanity is a heavy weight fuelled by a constant rejection
no rational perception of the meaning sustained
i have no pain to measure but the concept remains
high and illusive a briefly glimpsed bright
hall of awareness where my soul is in flight
a strong evolution of humanity's ground
a large inhalation of both meaning and sound
based on a primitive urge of exploration
this is not a lethal wait but it can be a kind of deception
vanity is a heavy weight fuelled by a constant rejection
they say that music is the window of the soul
look through the frosted pane at the melody of my heart
i am the dreamer yes i am the only one
i have been victim of obsession from the start
she came then to me in a cloud of tension
disguised by perfume of lovers affection
maintained a silence kind of rejection
nervous of feelings she was just too scared to mention
but i was staring deep into the lake of despondency
nihilistic nightmare on which i've embarked
my soul is exposed to the truth that is stark
and no one can help me solving this rare conundrum
but the world goes on spinning the sun comes again
washes fear from my memory clears doubt from my brain
the awesome eye sweeps past into the distance
this is not a lethal wait but it can be a kind of deception
i'm lost in the half world where the heart and mind collide
on the shores of my dispassion with all feelings locked inside
who made the promise that the key of life is here
who drew the symbols for the mind that will appear
and i continue down the road i will not tread
and i will fear no evil from the words i have not said
who made the promise that the way of life is clear
who drew the symbols for the man that will appear
colder than starlight older than the sun
straight lines converging collapsing into one vast soul
a voice that has not spoken for 2000 years
a jealous benefactor and a yardstick full of fears
motivate your mystery i'm young enough to try
quantify your influence i'm old enough to die
signify your energy i'm tired of asking why
resolve your dichotomy i am both truth and lies
a merciful forgiveness a judgement absolute
a sacred separation or a prophecy of doom
no recollection (i don't recall) of what has gone before
no precognition (no sign at all) of what i have in store
motivate your mystery i'm young enough to try
quantify your influence i'm old enough to die
signify your energy i'm tired of asking why
resolve your dichotomy i am both truth and lies
too late your nemesis is coming for you
awakened from your sleep by what you must do
the mocking eyes of he who would devour your soul
staring through your thoughts and he is laughing at your goal
this way is easy it is logical and cruel
you can be powerful and make up your own rules
don't you see? it don't matter, what you believe
your whole existence is the reason for my fun
your weak resistance is an indulgence i've become
i was there at the beginning i will be there at the end
i'm your secret enemy and your fair weather friend
help yourself to all my gifts and my seductive charms
sign your name in blood give me all your love
with me or against me i still have no need of faith
ignorance is no excuse not one of you is safe
i control the selfishness that keeps you all in line
your running out of time i control your minds
don't you see? it don't matter, what you believe
motivate your mystery i'm young enough to try
quantify your influence i'm old enough to die
signify your energy i'm tired of asking why
I was driving through the fens in a peaceful English scene
Paid for by my grandfather the original gunners dream
I was taking life for granted though I was born to die
It's been a long time since a bomb dropped from the expansive Norfolk sky
I was listening to the radio and the talk was all of war
Freed themselves from Tito settling old scores
I was far from Sarejevo it seemed irrelevant to me
If it was U.N. troops or diplomats that had to intervene
We are impotent in our power do we dare to fight again
Must we always kill for freedom what will intervention gain?
It's a symptom of repression and a people held at bay
No freedom of expression waiting for this day
If we impose our standards on a people newly freed
We will be the opressors and the curse of war will breed on
Don't let it breed on
Don't let it breed on
But her cries went right through me
Gripped my heart till I thought that I would die
That little child on the operating table
I had to stop to wipe the tears from my eyes
They had no drugs to comfort her to dull away the pain
As they removed the bloody legacy a cruel shrapnel rain
That had destroyed the lives of the ones she loved
That would shake your faith in the Lord above
And the eyes of the world they are turning away
She had no natural resources to protect her in her play
And the backstreets of her home town
they are burning down in flames
She is part of a new crystal nacht an ethnic cleansing day
We are ignorant we are partisan
adjustment to nature's blueprint for life
cutting the membranes adding the throwback splice
holding our species future in our hands
writing a language we don't understand
writing a language we don't understand
holding our species future in our hands
cutting the membranes adding the throwback splice
adjustment to nature's blueprint for life
we all come from beyond the naked eye
atomic individuals with elemental minds
we can take our surgery and stick it in between
the leaves of your humanity and wipe the pages clean
yes we can make a few tweaks
yes we will create some freaks
isn't it for liberty the search for mental man
we have the right to implement it just because we can
our moral fibre stretches to the new world of the brave
we stand alone unchaperoned there's no one here to save
yes we can make a few tweaks
yes we will create some freaks
and in the concentrated contents of this flask
a future generation's divorcing it's own past
and it is beautiful and it is clean, obscene
yes we can make a few tweaks
yes we will create some freaks
adjustments to nature's unique
We are fragmented
Clinging on to a concept known as how
Drifting through dimensions
In a place which we call now
Simply unaware
Of what goes on above beyond and before
Behind us fly the ragged fragments
Of what should have been much more
Been much more
So unsure
Opening doors
Separate entities in ebb and flow
Fragmentation
Diverse quantities behind us show
Fragmentation
We thought that we would live forever
Now we're mortals like the rest
We were lion hearted fighters
Who were never put to the test
Can't foresee the end but it's round the bend
And it's putting us to flight
I would go with you if you asked me to
And you're frightened that I might
I just might
Souls in flight
Just not right
Separate entities in ebb and flow
Fragmentation
Diverse quantities behind us show
Fragmentation
Half of a fantasy but I never got
Half of the fanta see? but I never got
Half of the fans to see but I never got
Half of the van to sing but I never got
No I never ever never got
Half of the fantasy but I never got
Half of the band to see but I never got
Half of the fans to sing but I never got
Half of the royalties no I never got
It's time to reconvene the wolf pack
And gather these disparate parts
And to exorcise the maniac
And separate these scars
Let my blood flow fast
And neutralise the yearning in my heart
Let my spirit fill with energy
Like its waiting for the start
For the start
A broken heart
Torn apart
Separate entities in ebb and flow
Fragmentation
Diverse quantities behind us show
Everything's gone out of control silently sliding away
Destiny's end is calling again the future was yesterday
Visions of light fade in my eyes energy falls from my hands
Faint in the night echoes of life drown in the day's demands
How did I get so stranded
Here I am built a house on the sand
And I know I've been slipping away too fast
Slipping away
I caught a glimmer of what could be
Another future a possibility
But just a blink and it was gone
And I was staring back at me
Forever dreaming of what to do
Never achieving I never see it through
Don't want to live like yesterday
This time my dreams are coming true
The clouds are rolling by there's purpose in the sky
I'm rooted to the ground procrastinating
The sun's about to set and nothing's happened yet
Don't want to close my eyes I'm tired of waiting
Lost in the safety of modern times
Nobody tells you to read between the lines
So you could stumble in the dark
Or you could open up your eyes
The clouds are rolling by there's purpose in the sky
I'm rooted to the ground procrastinating
The sun's about to set and nothing's happened yet
Don't want to close my eyes I'm tired of waiting
I'm tired of waiting
I caught a glimmer of what could be
Another future a new reality
I'm going to chase it through the night
I'm going to bring it back to me
The clouds are rolling by there's purpose in the sky
I'm rooted to the ground procrastinating
The sun's about to set and nothing's happened yet
Don't want to close my eyes I'm tired of waiting
I'm tired of waiting
Here I am built a house on the sand
And I know I've been slipping away too fast
Slipping away
Visions of light fade in my eyes energy falls from my hands
Faint in the night echoes of life drown in the day's demands
give me a place to stand and i will move the world
give me the right to speak and see my flag unfurled
the gods of war and the generous whore
give me life in this tinsel town
but the shit i eat and the people i meet
make me want to bring this curtain down
in the night time the shadows fall and i retire to lay down
the twisted chains and losses and gains of war
it's the right time to speak in rhyme of the fire gods that lay down
read between all the shadows i've seen and more
i am falling down closer to the ground
(give to me your fairest deeds)
teardrops are rising
tell me where you're bound i will follow now
(i am he your fairy steed)
teardrops are falling
nightmare is coming and i hear the drumming
of demons in the night
the space where my heart was is claimed by the servants
of my subconscious flight
the wings that i fly on are taking me into
the underworld tonight
where i perceive all my wildest dreams where i
bring them all to life
all that stands before breaking human lore
(i'm your wildest fantasy)
teardrops are running
nightmare is coming and i hear the drumming
of demons in the night
the space where my heart was is claimed by the servants
of my subconscious flight
the wings that i fly on are taking me into
the underworld tonight
where i perceive all my wildest dreams where i
bring them all to life
unicorn so wild and free, balm my eyes carry me home
teardrops are drying
nightmare is coming and i hear the drumming
of demons in the night
the space where my heart was is claimed by the servants
of my subconscious flight
the wings that i fly on are taking me into
the underworld tonight
where i perceive all my wildest dreams where i
Bonus track
has it always been this way how could I let you fool me for so long
has it always been this dark how could I see how could I find my way
scratching the surface to see if I'm here if it's really me
reaching out slowly to see if this world's got something to offer me
do unto them as they do unto you you will find yourself again
do unto them as they do unto you you will find yourself
there's a reason here somewhere I just can't find it where can I go to now
and it's all getting too much nobody's noticed nobody even cares
scratching the surface to see if it's me if I'm really me
reaching out slowly to see if this world's got something to offer me
do unto them as they do unto you you will find yourself again
do unto them as they do unto you you will find yourself
do unto them as they do unto you you will find it's not too late
not too late at all to do anything you want to do
do unto them as they do unto you you will find yourself again
we fear the void like some dark temptation
(calling you under)
pulling us off course
just as we are beginning to get closer
closer to the light, closer to the light
and it gets harder to concentrate
and it gets harder to concentrate
and it gets harder to concentrate
and we must keep our faces pointing
straight into the light
and upwards into his domain
we can have help as we are getting closer
closer to the light, closer to the light
and it gets harder to compensate
and it gets harder to compensate
and it gets harder to compensate
i can see you, you're not there fog of existence fills the air
i can't matter now i've found art of freedom, safe and sound
living in the greenhouse growing crops that we can't eat
making money out of poverty turning forests into meat
we got our fingers on the trigger of some suicidal gun
the population's getting bigger underneath a dying sun
there's a fire in the furnace and there's nothing left to burn
buried waste has reached the surface is there nothing left to learn?
every day ozone getting layered every way life is getting worse
everybody's lung is getting cancer everyone has something more to lose
every country armies are rising every gene splitting into two
every breath monoxide getting stronger every sea whales are beached
economies are growing subsistence life is dead
we can't sustain this growth and things are coming to a head
we gotta learn to climb down the ladder of success
with two feet on the ground we gotta clean up all this mess
there's a fire in the furnace and there's nothing left to burn
buried waste has reached the surface is there nothing left to learn?
every life extinction is forever every town riots in the streets
every sky greenhouse is affecting every tree dying in the breeze
every plant chemical pollution every song relying on the beat
every lake water getting shorter every heart aching for release
surviving in a world of mass production we must all consume to live
our working lives to give and join the unemployment lines
when confidence is low
a man must try to sell his labour to the highest bid
keep his anger hid and try not to get pulled into
the vicious undertow
but even in the middle classes they fall into that hole
aspiring to that goal of rising from the yoke of
such an exploitative state
as a child i recall i had once believed
i would die before i reached seventeen
seventeen i remember i faced the truth
when i understood your prophecy was confused
when all is done there is little that can guide everyone along
the faltered line you mumbled on the day you left us behind
nothing is clear though you promised me you'd be here
you promised me
nothing is clear though you promised me
you promised me that you'd be here
nothing is clear though you promised me you'd be here
you promised me
though nothing was clear
as a child hope is what keeps us young
like a fuel it will burn until you are strong
if you're weak you'll never see past the day
like a cynic you will probably feel betrayed
if one thing's clear there is certainly little of value here
and when we die inevitably we're leaving all this behind
nothing is clear though you promised me you'd be here
you promised me
nothing is clear though you promised me
you promised me that you'd be here
nothing is clear though you promised me you'd be here
you promised me
Each new life killing time
They must wait can't escape
Clinging on each sad song
Swells the throng millions strong
Unaware if they care
Am I real if I feel?
I'm looking past the edge of you and all I see is black
What you steal is energy and you won't give it back
Intimidate interrogate poor you remain aloof
The drama of your misery played out since your youth
Waiting for the first insight
How can I explain my kingdom remains?
If I die again the choices
I'm looking for coincidence before it gets too late
I've been in this rut for so long I'm starting to stagnate
I need to find a way out soon I really have to try
Is it possible to be alive not noticing you've died?
Waiting for the first insight
How can I explain? my kingdom remains
If I die again the choices
You're ever so clever and if you're not clever
You'll never get into heaven again
Searching for the tenth insight
How can I explain my kingdom remains?
all my life been holding on to nothing
all my hopes were castles in the sand
i've read words with no comprehension
i've had dreams i don't understand
here i am falling down
all i want is a comforting hand
giving the same as anybody out there
living on guilt 'stead of living on prayer
keep the fire lit i'm making that change for you
kicking the ground with every step that i take
letting you down with every promise i break
don't let go i'm making that change for you
time goes on to help you find the answers
why you're alive and where you go
life goes on but you don't stop to wonder
what there is that you still don't know
here i am growing old
i've got to hold that comforting hand
giving the same as anybody out there
living on guilt 'stead of living on prayer
keep the fire lit i'm making that change for you
kicking the ground with every step that i take
letting you down with every promise i break
You lived the life you dreamed the dream
You built the wall that stands between
Blocked out the light that gave you hope
Withdrew your words before you spoke
You watched the world slip out of your hands
And you laughed and you cried
And that made it all worthwhile
And you hoped and you prayed
That your world would never change
But all that it's become
Is Avalon
You made your home where kings have died
There's no romance now you've seen the light
You thought you'd found the land of dreams
Sometimes a paradise is not what it seems
You watched the world slip out of your hands
And you laughed and you cried
And that made it all worthwhile
And you hoped and you prayed
That your world would never change
But all that it's become
Is Avalon
All that remains are memories and lies
Nothing stays the same
And you laughed and you cried
And that made it all worthwhile
And you hoped and you prayed
That your world would never change
But all that it's become
you used to call me different like there was something wrong
a vanishing of reason a soon forgotten song
you used to call me special when i was very small
but now i'm old i should have known
you don't call me any more
and every day you turn away from everything you know
and every night you fade your light soon you won't know where to go
angels calling at my door
i don't know what scares me more
going where they call me to
or staying on this world with you
you used to call me baby but now i'm fully grown
now you're old your eyes are cold and you are so alone
you don't believe your visions you don't believe your son
you don't believe in anything but what your hands have done
and every day you turn away from everything you've heard
and every night you close your eyes and hide your face from every word
angels calling at my door
i don't know what scares me more
going where they call me to
or staying on this world with you
don't you here my gentle voice i'm calling your name
only just a whisper but you know what i'm saying
you are worth so much to me much more than you know
all you've got to do is choose the way that you go
and when you're lost in me i will be found in you
and when i'm found in you the truth will set you free
don't you be so terrified i'll do you no wrong
i don't want to crucify but help you along
you've been losing out on so much more than you know
you've been choosing dangerous paths instead of my road
and when you're lost in me i will be found in you
and when i'm found in you the truth will set you free
angels calling at my door
i don't know what scares me more
going where they call me to
i have lost the unobtainable i am faithless and afraid
my emotions are unstable control is hanging by a thread
and the misery of the world
is weighing heavy on my shoulders
my belief has not unfurled and i'm not getting any older
no i'm not getting any older and the world is turning colder
there's a gathering storm eating up the night
there's a tension of souls can you feel it bite?
it is because we're not living on our own terms
swept on a wave branded with society's burns
we're not happy with this unnatural law
we've moved into check into a corner of flames
half of us staled in a late mating game
we're just trying just crying for
the right to give / fail / fall / live / have feelings
the right to see / be / need / feed / give meanings
the right to love / care / share / sow / show the right signals
the right to fight / spite / do / lose / find the right answers
i am nailed to the cross of my own pernicious anguish
collapsing at a loss into some kind of selfish languish
bribed by irresistible strangled by the air
blind and still equivocal dispossessed by heir
i have no faith i have no unbelief
there is no neutral ground there is no relief
i didn't get what i expected to receive
don't let them tell you what they want you to believe
and i'm searching for some space in my life
while people all around me multiplying just like flies
the whispering millions, their hunger it is loud
a silent frustration breeds in every crowd
i have no faith i have no unbelief
there is no neutral ground there is no relief
i didn't get what i expected to receive
don't let them tell you what they want you to believe
i've spread my wings i've cut the strings
my puppet days have died
i've prayed until i have free will i've shut out all the lies
i can't make sense of fate's portents on patterns i've relied
i've given in my demon twin lies dying by my side
the future is a mystery now the stars have turned to grey
my freedom rests on knowing how to think and do and say
sun-sign believers enlightenment achievers
you strange deceivers you are not my kind
sun-sign believers speaking tongue receivers
tarot card faith healers the blind leading the blind
''do what thou wilt'' the blood was spilt an ego thus caressed
accepting none but only one is where my freedom rests
presenting now the sacred cow ''you cannot trust free will''
they stand in line of their birth signs their emptiness is shrill
their clockwise universe is ticking out their lives
an orgy of pre-destiny held by threads of time
sun-sign believers enlightenment achievers
you strange deceivers you are not my kind
sun-sign believers speaking tongue receivers
tarot card faith healers the blind leading the blind
we must invent again ourselves
become the sum total of our perceptions
do not react as you did yesterday
don't you become a slave to your memories
sun-sign believers enlightenment achievers
you strange deceivers you are not my kind
sun-sign believers speaking tongue receivers
I sail on an endless sea
Strong winds are blowing me
Can't free my hands to steer
No sign of land is near
I'm so alone
I drift through a blood-red sky
Can't move my arms to fly
So high above the ground
I shout but I hear no sound
Save me now
No heart, no home
No love, no place to go
You shout, but I cannot hear
I've been blown many miles from here
Many years I've played the game
I'm unfulfilled, and I can't explain
They lie, they cheat
When I'm drifting I can't be reached
Sail away
No heart, no hope
No love, no place to go
You shout, but I cannot hear
I've been gone many miles from here
No heart, no hope
No love, no place to go
You shout, but I cannot hear
I've been gone many miles from here
Looking up i see the light
It's bright and warm and it must be right
He's come to bear my soul away
Taking me to judgement day
God in his majesty
Has seen it fit to rescue me
So snug, so warm
So filled my body's torn
I sail on an endless sea
Strong winds are blowing me
Back to the land I love
Guided by the stars above
Sail away
No heart, no home
No love, no place to go
You shout but I cannot hear
(Morten)
I will break down this belief
Exhibitions of the weak
Sunken eyes that now behold
You and I held in relief
Like the parting of the sea
Fatal inhibitions
As my purpose now unfolds
I will break down these walls
I will break down these walls
I will break down these walls
I will break down these walls
I will break down these walls
I am flame, desire burning your heart
I am damned, forever failing to start
And when the spirit departs
I'll walk with god in the stars
I am black, the shades of grey in your white.
I am back, assigning blame when you're right,
And your wrongs repeating time after time.
Face down now in amongst your mistakes now
Drown open mouthed no escape now allowed
The fight is still on despite all you've become
Now remain brave now fight because you
Can save somehow what was lost
Remember the power you found
As you made up lost ground
I will break down this belief
Exhibitions of the weak
Remember remember
You and I held in relief
Like the parting of the sea
Remember remember
I have found, the roots of man in the earth
To the ground, we walk with consciousness blurred
Only with the blueprint submerged, can we finally learn
Icon crowned, forging wounds in the skin
Last in line, for redemption within
Without the scars that you've carried
Your renewal begins
Face up now take your place on the stage and bow
To the crowds now devout and proud
We look to the sun, now your life's work is done
Celebrate out loud, raise your voice to the sky and
shout
We're sorry we've lost you
We remember all that you gave
In our hearts you'll remain
I will break down this belief
Exhibitions of the weak
Remember remember
You and I held in relief
Like the parting of the sea
Remember remember
I will break down this belief
Exhibitions of the weak
Remember remember
You and I held in relief
Like the parting of the sea
there is a time for flying like an eagle
there is a time for falling like a stone
but if you stop dead
take a look around
maybe you'll watch the seasons flow
and then you'll finally know
as the atmosphere rolls away
though appearances stay the same
you can't fly twice in the same patch of sky
you won't find rest till you're ready to change
there is a time for walking on the water
there is a time for drifting out to sea
but if you stop dead
take a look around
one day you'll find you're back on land
and then you'll understand
as the atmosphere rolls away
though appearances stay the same
you can't fly twice in the same patch of sky
you won't find rest till you're ready to change
one day you'll find you're back on land
and then you'll understand
as the atmosphere rolls away
though appearances stay the same
you can't fly twice in the same patch of sky
you won't find rest till you're ready to change
it's over my head
it's over my head
give me life give me air to breathe
bring sight unto my eyes
give me speech to tell my inner thoughts
give me truth and give me lies
and as the night turns into day
i will walk the narrow way
though it be beset with evil thorns and briars
i will run and never tire
pain and sorrow when i see the seventh angel
give me love give me a hand to hold
give me shelter from the rain
give me strength to know the way of the world
give me joy and bring me pain
and as the day turns into night
who can say if i am right
running headlong into all my hopes and fears
growing older with the years
no tomorrow when i cry
give me peace before i die
pain and sorrow when i see
Never found me a reason why
All I saw was a hollow sky
Did I set my sights too high
To find a path before me
I dreamt of shooting stars
I travelled out so far
Tried to signal where you are
But nothing could assure me
Inside, outside, any side
Still I'm looking for alibis
Cast aside close my eyes now I'm here
And the words seem hollow now
But I don't want to let you down
'Cause the world just came around
And everything is brighter
I was so unsure
'Til I found the door
And you let me in
When the flags have blown away
And the footprints started to fade
Will I find my way again
Or lose the path before me
I saw the leaves go brown
I saw them falling down
All my dreams lying on the ground
With nothing to assure me
Fall came, hard rain, clean again
I'm still waiting and mesmerised
Purified, close my eyes, now I'm here
And the words seem hollow now
But I don't want to let you down
'Cause the world just came around
And everything is brighter
I was so unsure
'Til I found the door
Don't look down
Don't look down
Don't look down
Don't look down
It's time to shine!
You have spent your life confessing what was wrong
inside
They left you second guessing how to close your mind
So you cry for redemption from all you thought
Until you wake up tomorrow just the way you were before
So what are you waiting for?
Your feet never leave the floor
You're running round in circles like a tethered mare
But there is no exertion that will get you there
So you cry for exemption from all you've done
And try to shake off the sorrow over all that you've
become
So what are you waiting for?
Your feet never leave the floor
We are looking out for a leader to believe in
For a watcher of the sky
Don't want a pretender to deceive us
Or a demon in disguise
So if you can live through the shadow of our eyes
We'll come to receive you because we need to
In a world that is born to fly
Hesitation has a strong design
But every good intention slowly fades with time
But you force hibernation is no retort
Because you wake up tomorrow just the way you were
before
So what are you waiting for?
Your feet never leave the floor
We are looking out for a leader to believe in
For a watcher of the sky
Don't want a pretender to deceive us
Or a demon in disguise
So if you can live through the shadow of our eyes
We'll come to receive you because we need to
In a world that is born to fly
In a world watch it fly
[SOLO]
Staring at the endless sky longing for the clouds to
take you
Looking for a promised time hoping that it won't
forsaken you
There's nothing you can do about the wasted years
The battle brought the mettle that makes you
You don't need an angel to carry you here
And you don't need a devil to break you
When all your reason and reference are taken away
And you believe in the perception that something must
change
When all your credence and candour are put in their
place
You'll find the boldness to abandon the future you face
Don't look down
Don't look down
Don't look down
Don't look down
It's time to shine!
[SOLO]
So what are you waiting for?
Your feet never leave the floor
We are looking out for a leader to believe in
For a watcher of the sky
Don't want a pretender to deceive us
Or a demon in disguise
So if you can live through the shadow of our eyes
We'll come to receive you because we need to
In a world that is born to fly
Don't look down
As one mans will declines
Gone are his reasons and rhyme
At odds with awkward evens
Stand your ground to be believed in
To those who already shine
How did it feel when you switched sides
I guess I'll know, I guess I'll know, given time.
See this side of me, these humble offerings.
From this well, hope still brings. My enemy.
As my pride lays crumbling, so down comes everything.
With a heavy heart, this sadness brings... My destiny.
It's one mans will to rise
So precise, the predictable line
Anchor the body, and prepare to breathe in deep
Can you see what's in my mind
The reaching point, of reaching pride.
Although it's hard, I guess my heart can't lie.
See this side of me, these humble offerings.
From this well, hope still brings. My enemy.
As my pride lays crumbling, so down comes everything.
With a heavy heart, this sadness brings... My destiny.
Seasoned minds will bring, these humble offerings.
From this well, hope still brings. My purity.
You've seen me stumbling
With a thankful heart I spread my wings
Divinity.
In the quiet of the mind
The fog of memory is formed
The gravity of it's charge
States that you reclaim it
Amongst the trails here you will find
Visual echos that conform
To the divine in all it's parts
This path you have laid it.
If you were ever needing proof, just follow now your
inner truth, to guide you
Don't give doubt the space to confuse you, there's no
room in here.
If you were ever feeling moved, to shape this coming
life renewed
I excuse you, as your guardian, I choose you. To me
it's clear.
I excuse you, we excuse you, we all excuse you, we
won't lose you!.
See this side of me, these humble offerings.
From this well, hope still brings. My enemy.
As my pride lays crumbling, so down comes everything.
With a heavy heart, this sadness brings... My destiny.
Seasoned minds will bring, these humble offerings.
From this well, hope still brings. My purity.
You've seen me stumbling
With a thankful heart I spread my wings
[Groom, West]
There’s a dead sky rising on the dark horizon
With the reason and the rhyme of a hurricane
There’s an empire falling and a future calling
As the seasons and the times move on again
Do we find a solutions in a constitution
Has the reason we designed it gone away
Do we find repentence to suspend our sentence
Because the seasons and the times don’t want to wait
Once there was a city left to ruin
Alone and broken down
The walls that once gave shelter
Are levelled to the ground
Powerless to cope for there was
No-one left to trust
Nothing there to hope for when your
Dreams have turned to dust
The kings are in the counting house
They’re counting up their prize
But all that they’ve accounted
Is the sum of their demise
Won’t be moved by what I see
Anger fear and jealousy
Losing hold of liberty
Complacency to apathy
Running wild on make believe
A panacea to legacy
Watch it flow from liberty
To apathy dependency
Once there was a city from the ashes
Arising up with faith
So eager as she rushes
To make the same mistakes
Our fine veneer of progress
Only covers us so far
It only takes a crisis
To reveal the way we are
The kings are in counting house
To borrow from their foes
The debts are only mounting
That’s the way the money goes
Won’t be moved by what I see
Anger fear and jealousy
Losing hold of liberty
Complacency to apathy
Running wild on make believe
A panacea to legacy
Watch it flow from liberty
To apathy dependency
Won’t be moved by what I see
Anger fear and jealousy
Losing hold of liberty
Complacency to apathy
Running wild on make believe
A panacea to legacy
Watch it flow from liberty
where do you go where do you go for external forces
your body wakes but never waits to restore resources
do you believe in what you do or is it just for money
so if the world all does the same no wonder things are funny
just when you thought that you were building on a rock
you find you've dug yourself a hole
and you'll be facing such a futuristic shock
when ground control slips away from you
ground control slips away
how can you face the future
do you create and generate to build a land of plenty
or do you misappropriate until the world is empty
do you despise and criticise with no absolution
or do you stop to analyse to find a new solution
just when you thought that you were building on a rock
you find you've dug yourself a hole
and you'll be facing such a futuristic shock
when ground control slips away from you
ground control slips away
they're cutting up the world we know
for reasons they're ashamed to show
and all we love will have to go
they're storming us without a war
extending force until we fall
while we lie back and take it all
and everything our fathers made
and everything they fought to save
is trampled under this parade
and nothing's going to stop them now
their policy will know no bounds
as soon as they control the ground
under the flag of liberty you'll find corruption lurking
it's our responsibility to keep the system working
just when you thought that you were building on a rock
you find you've dug yourself a hole
and you'll be facing such a futuristic shock
when ground control slips away from you
i took the low road i took the slow road
i've seen enough to know that i can't see at all
there's only static on my receiver
you've got my frequency but i don't hear you call
get away get away get away now
no sense in wishing no transmissions ever come this way
get away get away get away now
just premonitions that i can't explain
i know i want you to know who i am now
i want you to know me
i meditated i medicated
i made a promise but i broke it every day
annihilated i violated
all that was given me i choked it all away
get away get away get away now
no sense in wishing no transmissions ever come this way
get away get away get away now
just premonitions that i can't explain
i know i want you to know who i am now
i want you to know me
how can i hear (what i don't hear)
how can i see (what i don't see)
how can i know (what i don't know)
how can i be this impossibility
i want you to know who i am
i know i want you to know who i am now
i want you to know me
it's growing colder i'm growing older
my summer's over and it's time to face the fall
there's only static on my receiver
how can you worry, we've got so much time
the world will keep on spinning and the sun will always shine
if you walk around with both your eyes open
don't let them know your heart is broken
just keep it with mine, just keep it with mine
you may be tired, but you're not so very old
we can make changes to the course of this road
if your keeping your heart and mind open
and never stop wishing and hoping
our children depend on us all
lets teach them to answer the call
time is running fast but we're learning at last
lost in the haze so far away how can we get back home
lost in the haze so far away who's going to guide us home
i've struggled to get near it to backwards engineer it
but all i find is a smoke and mirror game
the recondite monopolise the airwaves
till all believe there is no other way
and this is how we live our lives our opium is televised
till finally they watch us fade away
our lifeless generation is going to the wall
a languid demonstration of daze before a fall
a preconceived condition imagined long ago
but will we ever know all that lies below
they'll print it on the front page to synthesise an outrage
but all we find is a decoy once again
duplicity and trickery surround us
till all believe there is no other way
and this is how we fall asleep their opium is running deep
till finally they watch us fade away
our lifeless generation is going to the wall
a languid demonstration of daze before a fall
a preconceived condition imagined long ago
but will we ever know all that lies below
waiting to play are we the pawns in this game
paving the way watching the kings make their claim
martyrs and spies although we don't realise
falling away under the watch of their eyes
this is the way we've chosen to be
this is the road that we go down
as clear as the day but still we don't see
we'll only know when it's over
lost in the haze so far away how can we get back home
lost in the haze so far away who's going to guide us home
and this is how our nation died our opium has satisfied
and finally they watch us fade away
our lifeless generation is going to the wall
a languid demonstration of daze before a fall
a preconceived condition imagined long ago
i don't need allusion i don't need blame
i don't need collusion to help me find my way
i could drown in your delusion and everything you say
fact is just a fusion of every shade of grey
truth is sublime but talk is just a waste of time
describing the shadows that form our lives
so you can take away the answers
and they'll still return but when you throw away the questions
i'll only learn again so take away the evidence
but i'll still recall until you throw away the memory
and all that's left is you
i don't need hypotheses and all that's assumed
flawless ideologies that decadence consumed
and i am just the knowledge that found its way to you
and now i've reached your zenith and everything was true
truth is sublime but talk is just a waste of time
believing the shadows that form our lives
so you can take away the answers
and they'll still return but when you throw away the questions
i'll only learn again so take away the evidence
but i'll still recall until you throw away the memory
and all that's left is you
all that you left behind lingers inside your mind
all that you can't let go shows you the way back home
truth is sublime but talk is just a waste of time
destroying the shadows that form our lives
so you can take away the answers
and they'll still return but when you throw away the questions
i'll only learn again so take away the evidence
but i'll still recall until you throw away the memory
all that you left behind lingers inside your mind
all that you can't let go shows you the way back home
can we go on can we be strong
we've got a system you're going to use it
we call it freedom and you are free to choose it
if you're not against it you've got to be for it
neutral is dangerous and you cannot ignore it
can we go on forcing our hand
can we be strong till others understand
can we go on to save our wounded land
can we be wrong
we've got the money we're going to spend it
peace is our mission we'll murder to defend it
sooner or later you'll get the picture
we're the creator and you were just created
devastation is where we're heading if we follow this illusion
escalation of all the hurting that is borne of our confusion
unrelenting as we persist in putting everyone beneath us
never ending until we understand our honesty deceives us
there is still one truth on which we can depend
we've started something we can never end
we know although we try to justify the means
the truth behind the end remains unseen
and while we all assume we all agree
we're giving up the freedom to be free
disillusion is always possible but we've got propaganda
mass confusion is always better than the threat of understanding
we'll deceive you we've got so many ways to make you stand behind us
if we need to we'll use them on ourselves to constantly remind us
there is just one lie that we can still defend
we've started something we can never end
we know although we try to justify the means
the truth behind the end remains unseen
and while we all assume we all agree
we're giving up the freedom to be free
there is still one truth on which we can depend
we've started something we can never end
we know although we try to justify the means
the truth behind the end remains unseen
and while we all assume we all agree
i'm looking for a reason why i see no shooting stars tonight
just a sign that everything's alright to quiet me, to quiet me
maybe all i hoped was wrong maybe all i dreamed is gone
maybe i was stupid all along for trying it, for trying it
but i believed in what you said
i trusted in your summer
now the leaves are turning red
and soon they'll all be coming down
how can i go on
if hope is what keeps me alive
and i'm so uncertain
it seems the more i look for you the more i fail to find the truth
maybe i'm affecting what i view with heavy veils and fairytales
maybe my research was sound but maybe i just fooled around
all flags and footprints but nothing further down to find you, to find you
but i believed in what you said
i trusted in your summer
now the leaves are turning red
and soon they'll all be coming down
how can i go on
if hope is what keeps me alive
and i'm so uncertain
i guess i learned the hard way or did i waste my time
i never met you half way but i crossed that line
and i believed in what you said
i trusted in your summer
now the leaves are turning red
and soon they'll all be coming down
how can i go on
if hope is what keeps me alive
her memory still hangs over me
and over me she kneels
i cannot find a constancy in anything i feel
i do not have words to say
how much of me she takes
but i could live forever
on the food of love she bakes
conceal the face i've worn
conceal the face i've worn
conceal the face i've worn
conceal the face i've worn
she looks at me and i can see
the hatred in her eyes
i left her once but now i know
i'm going to have to try
you and i cannot be real
no matter what we take
my ego now is miniscule
and life and love are fake
conceal the face i've worn
conceal the face i've worn
conceal the face i've worn
(West)
The circling ravens are hunting us down
Erudite playthings who lost what we found
But I don't care
Hollow illusions fallen from grace
To a land of confusion there's no such place
And you won't go anywhere
And no-one cares
Avalon nation where is your station now
Because everyone wants to go home
But can't find the way
Honesty hides in the dust of the afterglow
Scattered so wide but we know what we have to know
Lost in the view but ignoring your colophone
Longin to lose our illusion of counting on you
Did you do all the things that you wanted to do
Nobody noticed the war of the worlds
A paradise broken a planer disturbed
So unaware
The carrion ravens are down for the feast
To feed on the broken the lost and the least
Before they go anywhere
And no-one cares
Babylon nation who's going to save you now
Because everyone opened theis homes
And closed off the way
Honesty hides in the dust of the afterglow
Scattered so wide but we know what we have to know
Lost in the view but ignoring your colophon
Longing to lose our illusion of counting on you
But I'm counting on you I'm counting on you
Did you do all the things that you wanted to do
Every image bears the imprint of the master
And the message is the way to ever after
Did you do all the things that you wanted to do
Did you do all the things that you wanted to do
Did you do all the things that you wanted to do
From the breath of existence
To the dawn that divides these riches
Have you witnessed the pain
That can not be explained
You had no-one to trust
Now you're looking to us
That's why we came
That's why we came
Through the deafening thunder
From the ashes of awe and wonder
As landscapes erase
We are lighting the way
That's why we came
That's why we came
That's why we came
If you've nothing left to be taken away
When there's nothing left
Seems there's nothing to trade
So as you stand alone and face the day
We'll lead the way we'll lead the way
That's why we came
That's why we came
That's why we came
You've witnessed the pain
That's why we came
That can not be explained
That's why we came
As landscapes erase
That's why we came
climb the wall and leave it all behind
climb the wall and leave it all behind
you've got so much on your table
and I now that you are able
but you're hiding in your cradle
trying to rock it all away
you're sailing where the driftwood goes
you're falling from the sky like stone
you're the lifeline not the dead zone
the foundation, not the headstone
many things you need to let go
many things you need to start
and I know that your dependants
may be pleased with your attention
but I know it's worth a mention
that it's tearing them apart
and sometimes it's a hard road,
maybe it's elusive (so hard to find your way)
but you know just what the truth is (you feel it every day)
and maybe it's intrusive (won't seem to go away)
but you know you've got to do it (let go of yesterday)
until it's done
showed you wisdom showed you wonders
that you cannot pull asunder
and there's no curse that you're under
cause it's over, gone away
now you have all you need
all the stores are full, your wings are strong
now it's time to compete
So you're the man with the mansion
On the hill like the fool you have built
But they say you're of wisdom
With your words you're careful what you spill
And you open wide all your doors at night
And let the people through
And you tell them of an eventful life
And every word is every word is right
But very rarely true
In our minds there are mansions
Just like yours that won't mean that much to you
And we all see the answers
But like you they will never be fulfilled
In the past you'll find you had once denied
The very thing you do
And you cannot see that throughout your life
Everything was everything was right
So you open wide all your doors at night
And let the moonlight through
And you contemplate on your varied life
And every thought is every thought is right
But very rarely true
From a room in a house on a hill
The world can change on the turn of a will
Ooh, there's no need to remind us
Ooh, you're killing us with kindness
On the left (x3)
A desolate horizon
On the right (x3)
A destiny is rising
We forget (x3)
The signs and implications
We deny (x3)
Our final condemnation
From the dust of oppression and foes
We have risen from our chains
Now the rust of complacency grows
as we give it all away
How did our conscience get so seared
that we could all stand by
as victory disappears before your eyes?
We can fight against corruption
We can stand for what is true
But we fall when we surrender
to the corporation view
And our faith can only offer
what we faithfully pursue
I promise you, I promise you
On the left (x3)
Apostasy has spoken
On the right (x3)
Our promises are broken
All the things we believe in and know
fall like targets in a war
All the thoughts we were thinking long ago
have become unthinkable
How did our conscience get so seared
that we could all stand by
as history disappears before your eyes?
We can fight against corruption
We can stand for what is true
But we fall when we surrender
to the corporation view
And our faith can only offer
what we faithfully pursue
I promise you, I promise you
It's a silent revolution as so thoughtfully
we're persuaded 'til we're crushed and jaded
Feigning ignorance, faking innocence
to belie our inner voice
They shoot us with ideology, kill with policy,
so protection overrides objection
Contemplation a violation
'Til the memory of freedom is gone (x2)
We can fight against corruption
We can stand for what is true
But we fall when we surrender
to the corporation view
And our faith can only offer
what we faithfully pursue
I promise you, I promise you
Are you drifting? Is there nowhere to go?
Life support is down, and your system's low!
Are you cruising on your secondary sails,
Waiting for the bells...
"What do you really think so?"
Flat line, you're a lucery mind,
Dreams are for the bold and you're not that kind,
Disappointment has a house on their dome,
Best to stay at home...
"What do you really think so?"
It's safe and warm inside,
And chances pass you by,
The question fills your mind...
Are you caught in a slipstream?
Are you lost in the fog?
Can you see through the windscreen,
Are you sure it's safe to
Follow somebody's daylight?
Are you already lost,
When you get to the daylight,
When you recognize the world
You want to cross...
Are you listening with your head in the sand?
Drown the words you don't wanna understand...
'Til the song stops... is it safe to come out?
Nobody's about...
"What do you really think so?"
Too late, now there's nowhere to go,
Life support is down, and your system's low!
And your fuellight said you'll never get home,
Now you're all alone...
"What do you really think so?"
You're scarred to stay inside,
More chances pass you by,
The question fills your mind...
Are you caught in a slipstream?
Are you lost in the fog?
Can you see through the windscreen,
Are you sure it's safe to
Follow somebody's daylight?
Are you already lost,
When you get to the daylight,
When you recognize the world
You want to cross...
Pity for the dreams you thought you'd lost
Pity for the dreams you thought you'd see
Pity for the price you thought it cost,
Pity for the one you thought you'd be.
Pity for the time you kept it all,
Pity for the wealth you thought you'd get,
Pity for the day you ever fought,
The night is falling and the last rays of moonlight
caressing the graves one more day.
A cold blast thrills the skin just one more step
close to the threshold of life and death
But after all it´s a memory and only the wise
who know the power of time will cross it
I see a bright light in the sky
as the moon seen in all its glory
as being embraced in a perfect blend
of souls that with the same desire
are transported to the underworld.
While truly I'm standing at threshold’s door,
looking days passing through the fields of desolation
Join me on the lonely road that leads us to the truth
don´t allow me to slip on vague hopes,
Time carries your looking to here...
Far from the city of deep darkness
I faced a mortal fear fades out of the door
A cold blast thrills the skin just one more step
close to the threshold of life and death
But after all it´s a memory and only the wise
who know the power of time will cross it
Echoes from the dark are killing my soul,
time is running out the clock. Time after time,
every tear in my life turn to blood on the sea taken
away
with the wind
I would like to capture and stop it to be with you
walking the way of life and dreams
Atmosphere is cold
Tension cuts like a knife
Hazed are the eyes
Reflecting shadows of the past
Nothing moves -
They all just stare.
Inner peace is gone
Tainted by time
Our great leaders
The leaders of man
They lied to us all
They tried to pretend.
They tightened the rope around your neck
Distorted all your views until the bitter end.
Carry the cross,
The cross of burden
Only memories remain
Looking for new life
The fear of the end
Lives in all of us
Heart and soul of man
Ravaged by greed
Heart and soul of man
Ravaged by greed
Denial and deception
Feed the sorrow
Divided as we fall
Break the solemn vow
Atmosphere is cold
Tension cuts like a knife
Hazed are the eyes
go ahead raise your fist
revel in your mire and filth
like a fat little...
pink gets ugly quick
parading your waste
oblivious and insolent
why don't i
just put you out of your misery
out of sympathy
i can only stand it so long...
go ahead flash your smile
a season of fattening
prime of the canine
and swine-bred children of guile
carry on, carry on
i know who i am
wretched worm
my self deserving of hell
i fell onto mercy you despised
and denied
...watching you torture yourself
and whoever else you can bring down
with you...
"...a song took from our souls
a home that is our own
we're all born remembering
but few of us will know"
the tip of your tongue
a memory in mind
just outside of you...
will you wake to find
the rest you so clearly seek
or painfully realize that it's lost
forever?
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