Enchant may refer to:
Some say it's better off this way
Now it's over
You say, "The future's looking gray
If it's over"
Yeah, there's sorrow as we break
But it's over
Yeah, we've had all we could take
So it's over
Stow away memories of yesterday
To think over
Run away, the truth you can't betray
Or pushover
Yeah, there's silence as we break
'Cause it's over
Yeah, you've made your last mistake
So it's over
Words they hurt, fingers point blame
Look to yourself and do the same
Painful thing to admit
This puzzle piece just won't fit
But we tried, and we pushed so hard
'Til something had to give
Still we cried, and I screamed so loud
I'm sure you had to hear
Now my fingers bleed and I need some relief
Because my back it breaks
So, I let you down before you fall
But still my heart it aches
Judgment day, the good and bad we weigh
And look over
Cast away your negative display
And start over
Yeah, there's silence as we break
'Cause it's over
Yeah, you've made your last mistake
So it's over
Yeah, there's sorrow as we break
But it's over
Yeah, we've had all we could take
I'll lead the way, let's follow the sun
Be on our way envied by everyone
Our bags are all packed, a breeze starts to blow
The winds at our back, are you ready to go? Yeah
I'll lead the way, let's follow the sun
Oh, the last time we traveled
We labored so hard but drifted so far from home
Yeah, the search is our battle
Can we ever find what we want
Let's take a chance and follow the sun
Dare to dance the music has just begun
Step after step, cleansing our souls
Cathartic release, making us whole, yeah
Let's take a chance and follow the sun
Oh, the last time we traveled
We labored so hard but drifted so far from home
Yeah, the search is our battle
Though we stumble and fall it's only a bump in the road
Oh, the more time unravels
The older we are but the less we seem to know
Our resolve is rattled
You would think we'd know better by now
By now, by now, by now
Oh, the last time we traveled
We labored so hard but drifted so far from home
Yeah, the search is our battle
Though we stumble and fall it's only a bump in the road
Oh, the more time unravels
The older we are but the less we seem to know
Our resolve is rattled
No quarter shall be called loud
His cries echo by, like a river's endless flow
To wear away the stone, carve his life like a knife
The scars he'll never show
Broken dreams shatter the still
I'm invincible, unbeatable
Splintered hearts and lacking the will
I'm unstoppable, untouchable
The battle's just begun, he's standing ground
Tall and proud, despite the wind that blows
As most his comrades fall like toppled trees
In the breeze where roots none deep had grown
Roots none deep had grown
Broken dreams shatter the still
I'm invincible, unbeatable
Splintered hearts lacking the will
I'm unstoppable, untouchable
In your dance of indecision
I never realized just how frail you'd be
Cracks have shown in your foundation
Castles made of sand crumble eventually
Soon the smoke will clear then we'll see
You and me, just who's king of the hill
The oceans swell with rage, earth did quakes
The bow may break, know I'll be standing still
I'll be standing still
Broken dreams shatter the still
I'm invincible, unbeatable
Splintered hearts and lacking the will
I'm unstoppable, untouchable
A sense of place, a sense of waste
Don't know how this can be
The silence that envelops me
Whispers something, subtly
Exhale and change the atmosphere
They've left a trace of their fear
How could something like this
Have happened in a place like this?
Such mindless violence
The surroundings hold their secrets
How could something like this
Have happened in a place like this?
A new day is here
But there's a trace of yesterday
Here the trees can speak
In voices weak that suggest a tale of pain
Of tears shed in the pourin' rain
But at that they halt their sad refrain
Look up at the vault of starts
And the calming harvest moon
A witness to the unspeakable
And easily repeatable
Cry out to change the atmosphere
Some kind of presence is here
How could something like this
Have happened in a place like this?
Such mindless violence
The surroundings hold their secrets
How could something like this
Have happened in a place like this?
A new day is here
But there's a trace of yesterday
There's a trace of yesterday
Red wine spilled on the carpet
We can clean it up
Tracks left on the beach that the tide washes away
Footprints dug deep in the snow
They'll melt away
But what can wash the stain away from this place?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
In spite of earnest dreams we're broken
In spite of arrogance we're humbled
For all these stubborn minds we compromise
Through all of the rose gardens
Let us walk without prickling thorns
Through golden lambs may burn, let us not be tempted more
For every cup I drink, don't let me spill one drop
In spite of tempting gold we'll never sell our souls
To fight for what we've founded we'll always hold our ground
To fight the stale malaise, to fight to preserve our ways
Through all of the rose gardens
Let us walk without prickling thorns
Through golden lambs may burn, let us not be tempted more
For every cup I drink, don't let me spill one drop
One more down, we're moving up
That much less to go
New hope lies within the pain of sweat and of blood
You can bet we'll see you there
Our shadows will fly over the mountain tops
We'll see you there
In spite of tempting gold we'll never sell our souls
To fight for what we've founded we'll always hold our ground
To fight the stale malaise, to fight to preserve our ways
Through all of the rose gardens
Let us walk without prickling thorns
Through golden lambs may burn, let us not be tempted more
Why do we loan ourselves to the things by which
We will never be repaid
And feel consoled by tomorrow
When today has been profaned
Confused by choices or blind to cause-and-effect
And a future gravestone
Today's a draft of your epitaph
Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave
Update your draft of your epitaph
Till you crash and break like a wave
I'll hope to file away my account today
And see it in some value
And appreciate all that I've had
Before I quit this venue
Confused by choices but alive to cause-and-effect
An eventual gravestone
Today's a draft of your epitaph
Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave
Update your draft of your epitaph
Till you crash and break like a wave
Something about someone with a hood and a scythe
Something about a date you just can't cancel
Eulogies, memories, services and tombstones
Flowers and candles, tears and regrets
If I ask myself every day, is today the day?
Then one day, it will be my final draft
Lost in today
Confused by choices or blind to cause-and-effect
And a future gravestone, an eventual gravestone
Today's a draft of your epitaph
Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave
Update your draft of your epitaph
Till you crash and break like a wave
Today's a draft of your epitaph
Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave
Update your draft of your epitaph
Till you crash and break like a wave
Today's a draft of your epitaph
Keep changing it 'til you meet the grave
Update your draft of your epitaph
Till you crash and break like a wave
I'm not alone
There are millions who are just like me
Is our life our own?
Are we breed to think everything's fine?
Just another ant in the line
I don't want to be
One more calf who's suckling the cash cow
Dressed like a corporate freak
Begging the clock to give me the chance to be me
A few moments just to be free
Swallow the lie just to get by
But I'm sick of this bag of feed
Try to hide but it feels like
You're caught in a landslide
When dreams die
You can chalk it all
Up to the Monday
Blame it all on a Monday
Friday feels all right
You think you got all night
Saturday is great but then it gets too late
And when Sunday comes around
It brings you right back down dreading Monday
And all of what used to define you
Serves only just to remind you
Of the man
You'd hoped to be
I can't believe
I'm on the clock and wearin' a monkey suit
Where is my dream?
You know the one where I'm up on a stage
I guess I'm missin' that page
Take a quick look
Glance through the book
Before I'm put back in my cage
Shed your skin the transformation begins
Chalk outline
And the finger points to a Monday
The only suspect is Monday
Friday feels all right
You think you got all night
Saturday is great but then it gets too late
And when Sunday comes around
It brings you right back down dreading Monday
And all of what used to defined you
Serves only just to remind you
Of the man
You'll never be, oh yeah
I'm not alone
Mindless masses trapped just like me
Busy little drones
Day in day out we're all pawns for the queen
I guess it's how it will be
Chained to my desk
Just like the rest
Who have surrendered their dreams
Shed your skin the transformation begins
Chalk outline
And the finger points to a Monday
Blame it all on a Monday
Friday feels all right
You think you got all night
Saturday is great but then it gets too late
And when Sunday comes around
It brings you right back down dreading Monday
Chalk it all up to a Monday
There's a new moon out tonight
Another reason for living
This time I better get it right
I've seen life be less forgiving
Ooh, ohh, to the one who's lost it all
The hand can seem so deceiving
But pride it comes before the fall
It's time I started believing
Broken by life's deceptions
Mended by one who saw through, ohh
Fall to the ground before you
My judgment came too late
I don't deserve forgiveness, ohh
My sins are far too great
There's no way to make this end
Words are of no value here
Betting my life on a lie
Losing my soul in a blink of an eye, ohh
Fall to the ground before you
My judgment came too late
I don't deserve forgiveness, ohh
My sins are far too great
To the one who's lost it all
The hand can seem so deceiving
But pride it comes before the fall
It's time I started believing
Betting my life on a lie
Losing my soul in a blink of an eye, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Fall to the ground before you
My judgment came too late
I don't deserve forgiveness, ohh
Heard enough for today
Guess I'll turn and walk away
A leaf that's turned golden brown
The slightest breeze will bring me down
In safety mode system overload
My soul is moved with just disdain
But it's not my job to bring a change
Is it all by design
Or have we gone astray
Didn't we miss a sign
'Cause this can't be the way
Cynicism's a disease
No one's got it worse than me
Even if I raise my voice
It just gets lost in all the noise
Are we over the line
Or was it ever there
Maybe I should resign
To convince myself to care
Can you feel
(Or are you paralyzed?)
Can it heal
(Or will it spread to our eyes?)
Are we blind
(Or do we choose each day)
To see no evil
(To look the other way?)
A generation born to bleed
On the jagged edge of apathy
And to stand aside and criticize
Is the extent of my expertise
After all that we've seen
You'd think we'd want to turn around
Instead we take each brush with fate
And use it to paint the town
Can you feel
(Or are you paralyzed?)
Can it heal
(Or will it spread to our eyes?)
Are we blind
(Or do we choose each day)
To see no evil
(To look the other way?)
Can you feel or are you paralyzed?
Can it heal or will it spread to our eyes?
Are we blind or do we choose each day
To see no evil to look the other way?
Can you feel
(Or are you paralyzed?)
Can it heal
(Or will it spread to our eyes?)
Are we blind
(Or do we choose each day)
To see no evil
I'm under fire, blood red sky
Underneath the war machine
Fight for what's right don't ask why
Just make the sacrifice
Please, make the sacrifice
Desensitized but my eyes
Still recognize the pain
Through stark and real fight or die
Retreat has no place in this game
In the dark and under fire
Believing our cause was justified
Caught in the cross hair's condition dire
Trying a case of do or die
In the blink of an eye
I took someone's life
It's no wonder why
I'm haunted by it still
Bright flickering light
Snubbed by my numbing hands
Don't understand
One finger slip and it's over for him
All's fair in war so they say
But later as I try to sleep
I just can't help but replay
When I sat in as deity
Was this man a loving father?
Was this man a loving son?
Though it was one of us or the other
I don't feel like a lucky one
In the blink of an eye
I took someone's life
It's no wonder why
I'm haunted by it still
In the dark and under fire
Believing our cause was justified
Caught in the cross hair's condition dire
Trying a case of do or die
In the blink of an eye
I took someone's life
It's no wonder why
I'm haunted every night
I still hear his cries
And think about his wife and his kids
And all that he could have been
If only we'd have been friends
Forgot my alarm, I overslept again
Had to shave in a hurry, almost cut off my chin
Slipped in the bathtub, I think I broke my neck
My car's out of gas, I forgot to check
Going nowhere fast, what the heck
Sometimes it feels like I'm living in a movie
Acting out a story that's not my own
There's drama and action and random acts of tragedy
I don't want to be in this starring role
I got to work late, my boss chewed me out
Called me irresponsible, cleaned my desk out
Stopped by the hospice, said bye to a friend
Found out I had cancer, only six months to live
What's the joke? I give
Sometimes it feels like I'm living in a movie
Acting out a story that's not my own
There's drama and action and random acts of tragedy
I don't want to be in this starring role
I can't believe it
Bad things are always happening to me
Serenity, achieve it
Maybe it's not as bad as it seems
Pulled over for speeding, I wasn't in the mood
Got sprayed with mace, had a bad attitude
Talked to my wife, she'd understand
Said she was leaving, found a better man
How can this be? I don't understand
Sometimes it feels like I'm living in a movie
Acting out a story that's not my own
There's drama and action and random acts of tragedy
I don't want to be in this starring role
Sometimes it feels like I'm living in a movie
Sometimes it feels like I'm living in a movie
Did everybody spit upon you?
God dealt a card you didn't ask for
Are you the one they throw the change to
While the other hand locks the door
What are you in for?
What if I could rise and take this mat with me
And what if I had eyes that couldn't help but see
And what if I could fly, why not it's never going to be
So tell me what are you accused of
That you should be incarcerated?
Can you endure a life with no love
Or is this a life at all?
What are you in for
What if I could rise and take this mat with me
And what if I had eyes that couldn't help but see
And what if I could fly, why not it's never going to be
He put berries on a vine, stirred waves into the sea
He put planets in a line, but he didn't finish me
He made day time and the night, so you'd appreciate the sun
I am the darkness to your light, so that you'll be glad you're one
Of the lucky ones with all your sanity to spare
So keep pretending not to see me, I'll keep pretending not to care
What if I could rise and take this mat with me
And what if I had eyes that couldn't help but see
And what if I could fly, why not it's never going to be
Hey, what do you want from me?
As far as I can see
There's really nothing you get for free
Hey, are you dense or just unaware
When you know the one that's there
Could care less if you even breathed
There's nothing up my sleeve
Yet I'm the one deceived
Swallow your pride and choke down the pills
Keep it inside and drink to your fill
You push it aside, still waiting
For your ship to finally come ashore
Just one more drop in the downpour to ignore
I know there's a heavy cost
If compromise isn't tossed
Your dreams can be completely lost
Still afraid of change
And I'm the one to blame
Swallow your pride and choke down the pills
Keep it inside and drink to your fill
You push it aside, still waiting
For your ship to finally come ashore
Just one more drop in the downpour to ignore
You sit and stare out the window
Searching for winds of change
Meanwhile the rest of the herd
Has much greener grass on their range
You hide in a chasm of pride
Too proud to dig yourself out
Heartache to the point where you break
Wake up and scream and shout
Hey, what do you believe?
In dogma and chemistry
Or a psychedelic philosophy?
When damaging your soul
You pay a heavy toll
Swallow your pride and choke down the pills
Keep it inside and drink to your fill
You push it aside, still waiting
For your ship to finally come ashore
Just one more drop in the downpour to ignore
Swallow your pride and choke down the pills
Keep it inside and drink to your fill
You push it aside, still waiting
For your ship to finally come ashore
Just one more drop in the downpour to ignore
Still you do nothing about it
Still you do nothing about it
You're playing tug of war
Still you do nothing about it
You're playing tug of war
Still you do nothing about it
You're playing tug of war
Still you do nothing about it
You're playing tug of war
Still you do nothing about it
You're playing tug of war
Still you do nothing about it
You're playing tug of war
Still you do nothing about it
You're playing tug of war
You love the righteousness you feel
That no soul was lost to make your meal
You challenge everyone's ideals
You're sure to let your won congeal
How blessed to be adorned
The queen of the informed
You're a friend of the just, of course
If their agendas are just like yours
The only cause you don't endorse
Is just say, no one but my kind
Has an open mind
I question other's sanity
While I'm handcuffed to evergreens
But if your view opposes mine
I'll flip you off and wave a sign
How blessed to be adorned
The queen of the informed
You erupt that you're free to speak
Interrupt when they don't agree
The only cause that you don't believe
Is just say, no one but my kind
Has an open mind
Your daddy drowned in tuition fees
Your M.B.A. in T.H.C.
Your favorite text through all of that
Was "Save a tree" on paperback
How blessed to be adorned
The queen of the informed
If parity is what you need
Maybe it's time you breed
Stop imposing what you believe
On everyone around
You erupt that you're free to speak
Interrupt when they don't agree
Only cause that you don't believe
Is just say, no one but my kind
Has an open mind
No one but my kind
Has an open mind
No one but my kind
Has an open mind
No one but my kind
Has an open mind
How did we come to this?
When did we reach that fork in the road
That carried us from our home?
Where did we go wrong?
How could we lose the words to our song
When we were writing it all along?
And how could something beautiful
Turn into something ugly
And change right before our eyes?
And how could something wonderful
Just fade away and slip into
Something that we try to hide from?
What we've become
A mere shadow of the
Lovers we used to be
Don't you see?
Where do we go from here?
Can we reclaim all that we have lost
And start all over again?
Can we afford the cost?
Should we risk the chance of losing it all
Or walk away now as friends?
And how does something beautiful
Just fade into a memory
Stored there for a rainy day?
And how does something wonderful
Get tossed aside or thrown away
Like something that is broken or frayed?
What a mess we've made
Shards of our hearts
They splinter beneath our feet
Yet we refuse to retreat
So think about tomorrow
And forgive all the wrongs of today
We should know better than
To let our pride get in the way
We can make it better
We can save what we have
If we try to rise above our faults
We can make it beautiful
Turn from something ugly
And change right before our eyes
And we could make it wonderful
Just turn our backs on yesterday
And focus on the love that we've made
'Cause we have something beautiful
It's something that's invaluable
Like waking to a brand new day
What we have is wonderful
It's sublime, it's magical
The gray light of the morning
The blue-green of the sea
A leaf splashed with color
Falling from a tree
The sparkle in a diamond
The fire of the sun
They all seemed much brighter
Am I the only one?
To see them
Slowly slip away
Something changes
A little day by day
Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array
Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay
Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed
A lesson in mortality, eventually every color fades
The blush of a woman
The warmth of a touch
The novelty of love
Feelings within my clutch
I try to savor
But it doesn't taste the same
Senses numbed and jaded
A little day by day
Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array
Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay
Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed
A lesson in mortality, eventually every color fades away
Slowly but surely
As if it were the setting sun
A child comes of age, gains life experience
Time gathers innocence and trades it in for wisdom
Like walkin' through the snow
Its purity is stained
Like a shootin' star across the sky
Never meant to remain
Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array
Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay
Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed
A lesson in mortality, eventually every color fades
Colors fade
Colors fade
I sit in silence here alone
An agony I've made my own
An empty chasm in the dark
Is where I choose to hide my heart
Something that I've lived with
For so very long
I've never had an interest
In what's right or wrong
Deviant or so I'm told
Villainous or so extolled
A heightened animosity
Distorting everything I see
This world has closed its doors to me
Sat me in the balcony
Now my only recompense
A gift I've honed to mastery
Tainted eyes that strain to see
I'm not in prison but I'm never free
A curse that somehow has followed me
I'm not in prison but I'm never free
Looking out this dirty window
From inside my trophy room
Hostile world, I've been born into
Hostile world, I've been consumed
I'm the one you sat behind you
The one you've chosen to neglect
Now I've chosen to confront you
You're the wrong I must correct
I'm the one you sat behind you
The one you've chosen to neglect
Now I've chosen to confront you
You're the wrong I must correct
Tainted eyes that strain to see
I'm not in prison but I'm never free
A curse that somehow has followed me
I'm not in prison but I'm never free
Oh, never free
[Music & lyrics - D. Ott]
Can't fight this urge
I'm overwhelmed with anxiety
It's taking over me
Can't calm my nerves
I just can't seem to stop this calamity
Will it be the death of me?
I'm finding out
There is no doubt I need some help
How can I learn to protect me from myself?
This craving is too strong
Restraint is on the shelf
I just can't be alone with myself too long
Can't stop my trembling hands
I've got the shakes again
Convinced myself the needle's
My best friend
Never been so high
I'm sure if I wanted I could touch the sky
I'm already halfway there
But I'm falling down
Seems my time to fly is running out
Does anybody really care?
I've figured it out
There is no doubt I need some help
Can you try to save me from myself?
This craving is too strong
I've lost all self control
I just can't be alone
With myself anymore
I've nothing left to lose
And nothing stops the pain
But the poison
That I pump through my veins
And my tears they leave a stain
And my heart won't beat the strain
Cause the beast I just can't tame
I've figured it out
There is no doubt I need some help
Can I ever really trust myself?
My craving is so strong
My self-esteem is gone
I must stop
Or I won't be around very long
I won't be around:
Very long:
Some nights I lie in forced awakeness
My thoughts won't let me go
A sleep like death has claimed the world outside
The silence reshapes my solitude
From a refuge to a prison
Distraction less, nowhere to hide
Aloneness holds the mirror
I see things, I just can't work through
Some things you'll never shine any light into
Like how to read what will be, from what has been
Like what's in store for me and you
I wonder what my life will be
What lies ahead for the people close to me?
How can I make my peace with uncertainty
In a sea of risk, swim with serenity?
Some nights my thoughts drag me to a cold, cold place
The dark side of mortality
Who will be the next to go their light blown out forever
In that merciless finality?
Lives are running novels at times you read, at times you write
The choice of which to do might keep you awake at night
Should I just accept or act against this pressing moment?
Should I run for cover or stand and fight?
I wonder what my life will be
A public failure or success in obscurity?
How can I make my peace with uncertainty
In a sea of risk, swim with serenity?
I wonder what my life will be
What lies ahead for you and me?
Can I make my peace with uncertainty?
I wonder what my life will be
[Music - P. Craddick & D. Ott / Lyrics - D. Ott]
Frightened -- trying to decide
Which way do I side
Can't make up my mind this time
Searching -- curiosity's burning
Just what am I learning
From all this wasted time
Waiting in line?
Wrapped up in
What might have been
I just pretend
That luck was seized from me
All alone (but on the throne)
The King of tragedy
Caught up in what could be
If only God had smiled on me
Another dance with circumstance
For His Majesty
Crying
My bitter tongue denying
A life wasted in trying
To rise from the bed I've made
Where I lay
Screaming
My aching head is reeling
The crown of thorns I'm feeling
Made by my own hands
Do you understand?
Wrapped up in
What might have been
I just pretend
That luck was seized from me
All alone (but on the throne)
The King of tragedy
Caught up in what could be
If only God had smiled on me
Another dance with circumstance
For His Majesty
Neither her nor there
In between is where I'm found
Holding court with my excuses:
Will the King ever denounce his crown?
Wrapped up in
What might have been
I just pretend
That luck was seized from me
All alone (but on the throne)
The King of tragedy
Caught up in what could be
If only God had smiled on me
Another dance with circumstance
(Music - M. Geimer / Lyrics - T. Leonard)
So safe within this cozy little cell
No risk at all throwing coins into a well
I lust for gold, but shutter at the price
Reward I want, but not the sacrifice
And the target's well with in my sights
But my hands won't release the bow
I've been pulling back on it so long
I've forgotten how to let it go
And I know I have the means
But my will is gone
And I fear I won't succeed so I'm holding on
A life passes by, I watch passively
I'm haunted by time, my enemy
I fear that I'm bound, I fear that I'm free
And haunted by time, my enemy
I'm frozen by the fast approaching night
A dear that stares into oncoming light
It's time for me to come down from the fence
But either side invites a consequence
Waiting for the door to open wide
Waiting for the stones to find their place
The price it never seems to leave my hands
Intentions never help me in the race
And I know I have the means
But my will is gone
And I fear I won't succeed so I'm holding on
A life passes by, I watch passively
I'm haunted by time, my enemy
I fear that I'm bound, I fear that I'm free
And haunted by time, my enemy
So I'm safe within my cozy little shell
No risk at all, just wishing to myself
The price of gold, more than I care to spend
But the cost of life is to chance the consequence
And the target's well with in my sights
But my hands won't release the bow
I've been pulling back on it so long
I've forgotten how to let it go
And I know I have the means
But my will is gone
And I fear I won't succeed so I'm holding on
A life passes by, I watch passively
I'm haunted by time, my enemy
I fear that I'm bound, I fear that I'm free
Once a week I spit it out
Monday I receive
Once a week without a doubt
Monday hard to believe
Once a week I give it up
Monday never shows
Once a week I lift it up
Monday down it goes
Struggle between your word, my deed
To the latter I always concede
A two legged chair I chose to build
On bread alone I choose to feed
Well, then why even with all this bread
Do I buckle from the pain?
It's just sad 'cause I know what
I need has nothing to do with grain
Still I try, but nothing my hands make
Can ever fill this hole
It's just sad 'cause getting what
I need is so rarely my goal
One day I'm stability
The next thing that I know
I'm relearning humility
While casting every stone
And I start to throw in all directions
Then I see your hand
Scribbling down convictions
Hassles in the sand
Struggle between your word my deed
On bread alone I choose to feed
Well, then why even with all this bread
Do I buckle from the pain?
It's just sad 'cause I know what
I need has nothing to do with grain
Still I try, but nothing my hands make
Can ever fill this hole
It's just sad 'cause getting what
I need is so rarely my goal
Struggle between your word my deed
To the latter I always concede
A two legged chair I chose to build
On bread alone I choose to feed
Struggle between your word my deed
Struggle between your word my deed
[Music & lyrics - D. Ott]
The words you say: they break me
Conversation takes me to a new low
Can't cope - hide me, false hope - remind me
Say no more, for your words:
They cut me like knives
If there's virtue in silence, say no more
For you melt my heart like ice
With your verbal violence
Spiteful words echo inside me
The flame that once burned has turned cold
No doubt - debated, found out - hate it
Say no more, for your words:
They cut me like knives
If there's virtue in silence, say no more
For you melt my heart like ice
With your verbal violence
You speak, your tongue, a blade unsheathed
Each phrase cuts a bit too deep
Say no more, for your words:
They cut me like knives
If there's virtue in silence, say no more
For you melt my heart like ice
With your verbal violence
Say no more, for your words:
They cut me like knives
If there's mercy in silence, say no more
[Images: Dream Theater]
[Words: Moore]
Morning comes too early
and nighttime falls too late
And sometimes all I want to do
is wait
The shadow I've been hiding in
has fled from me today
I know it's easier to walk away
than look it in the eye
But I will raise a shelter to the sky
and here beneath this
star tonight I'll lie
She will slowly yield the light
As I awaken from the longest
night
Dreams are shaking
Set sirens waking up tired eyes
With the light the memories
all rush into his head
By a candle stands a mirror
Of his heart and soul she
dances
She was dancing thru the night
above his bed
And walking to the window
he throws the shutters out
against the wall
And from an ivory tower hears
her call
"Let light surround you"
It's been a long, long time
He's had a while to think it over
In the end he only sees the
change
Light to dark
Dark to light
Light to dark
Dark to light
Heaven must be more than this
When angels waken with a kiss
Sacred hearts won't take the
pain
But mine will never be the same
He stands before the window
His shadow slowly fading from
the wall
And from an ivory tower hears
her call
"Let the light surround you"
Once lost but I was found
When I heard the stained glass
shatter all around me
I sent the spirits tumbling
down the hill
But I will hold this one on high
above me still
She whispers words to clear my mind
I once could see but now at last
I'm blind
I know it's easier to walk away
than look it in the eye
But I had given all that
I could take
And now I've only habits left
to break
Tonight I'll still be lying here
[Music & lyrics - P. Craddick]
I am weighed down by this pain
I am blackened by this stain
But I can't complain
We have to choose and deal with the rest
I must meet this challenge
I must pass this test
Have to work with what I've got
Have to walk before I run
No point in always looking back
The past can't be undone
And I have this cross to bear
Can't pretend it isn't there
Trust, once broken, so difficult to repair
Trust me, though
To try and make it there
Life is truth and dare
We have to choose and deal with the rest
In this labyrinth of options
This pitfall ridden quest
Have to work with what I've got
Have to walk before I run
No point in always looking back
The past can't be undone
And I have this cross to bear
Can't pretend it isn't there
The nails are driven in
But not all the way
There's no tragic necessity
Tomorrow can be a better day
So here I sit, alone
Peruse my thoughts, survey my heart
And work to reconstruct
This whole that's splintered into parts
Life is a dare
We have to choose and deal with the rest
I must meet this challenge
I must pass this test
Have to work with what I've got
Have to walk before I run
No point in always looking back
The past can't be undone
And I have this cross to bear
Can't pretend it isn't there:
Yet this pain behind your stare
Oh to see the moon through her eyes and to feel the sun the first time
No preconceptions
She looks at me and smiles as she stands
While clutching my sandpaper hands
No imperfection
She elates and illuminates
Every strangers face
She sets free, moentarily
Everyone she sees
So this is what they've talked about
So bountiful that you never run out
A love unmeasured i feel her pain, i feel her delight
I feel removed from myself in her sight
An infinite treasure
She elates and illuminates
Every strangers face
She sets free, moentarily
Everyone she sees
I count the days till she looks at me
And saysthe words that she' heard so repeatedly
Then again i wish time would slow down
Because i want to savor a while
Her innocent eyes an untainted smile
She elates and illuminates
Every strangers face
She sets free, moentarily
Everyone she sees
Hey, neighbor coma and see
Another reason to be me
Guess I win
The finest is all I own
Why even my hair's hand sewn
Guess I win
You've got a home you prize
Mine is palatial size
Guess I win
You drive a new Sedan
My driver's name is Sam
Guess I win
You know, no prize awaits you
You're in a race that no one wins
It's empty what you cling to
It's like you're trying to hold the wind
Ooh, hold the wind
Check out this mast I got
Now all I need is the yacht
Then I'm there
I've got what you yearn for
Now I just need five more
Then I'm there
No, you can't take it with you
You'll leave with nothing in the end
It's empty what you cling to
It's like you're tryin' to hold the wind
Ooh, hold the wind
And in the scope of eternity
You're writing checks your soul can't pay
You've hung your hope on futility
And spent your life away
I've got the green to spare
Net worth a millionaire
Lucky me
Just got another toy
This one's a horse from Troy
Lucky me
You know, no prize awaits you
You're in a race that no one wins
It's empty what you cling to
It's like you're trying to hold the wind
No you can't take it with you
You'll leave with nothing in the end
It's empty what you cling to
It's like you're trying to hold the wind
Standing alone in a crowded room
He hears it
A voice so familiar, not unlike his own
He fears it
His name being called out from across the room
But he can't see
He's willingly blindfolded starting towards the voice
But each step leads
Into a dance with a different stranger
His purpose he quickly forgets
Each dance delights till the song is through
But the silence between the songs
Reminds him what he'd intended to do
But the voice it knows no time, waits patiently
Can't record a wrong, his past it can't see
And if it takes him forever, it'll still be there
Waiting jealously
He moves towards the voice
More determined now but still can't see
The music begins and he's pulled away again by flattery
Just as with a drug the words purposely inoculate
All puffed up but silence
When the music ends, quickly deflates
Now the voice, though never changing
Begins to sound to him like a shriek
He covers his ears with his hands
Now deaf and blind, he wanders aimlessly
Submerged in the darkness
He's forgotten what he was to be
But the voice it knows no time, waits jealously
Can't record a wrong, his past it can't see
And if it takes him forever, it'll still be there
Waiting patiently, waiting patiently
He cannot see the floor is wet
Nor does he hear the strangers warn
He slips onto his back and lying paralyzed
He feels forlorn
The music begins and strangers whom he trusted
Leave him there
Helpless and immobile lying on the floor
And no one cares
But the voice that once was distant
Sounds as though it's right next to his ear
And no longer the shrieking does he hear
The voice says, "Walk" and suddenly
He knew he would
It says, "Remove the blindfold", suddenly he knew
He always could
But the voice it knows no time, waits patiently
Can't record a wrong, his past it can't see
And if it takes him forever, it'll still be there
Waiting jealously, waiting jealously
But the voice it knows no time, waits jealously
Can't record a wrong, his past it can't see
And if it takes him forever, it'll still be there
Beyond breakin' waves she walked the shore
Thoughts diving down the ocean floor
The ocean flows like life, just like life
Hope is not a thing that she inclines to take into confidence
For another disappointment, there can be no recompense
Like the vastness of the world, bad luck does not make sense
Yet, in this disappointment, the sea can give her sustenance
She cast her worries into tidal pools
The wishing wells for lovers and fools
The one flows like life, just like life
Hope is not a thing that she inclines to take into confidence
For another disappointment, there can be no recompense
Like the vastness of the world, bad luck does not make sense
Yet, in this disappointment, the sea can give her sustenance
Paint another picture of the world
Sketch another image of yourself
Rearrange all the contours and the lines
Hope is not a thing that she inclines to take into confidence
For another disappointment, there can be no recompense
Like the vastness of the world, bad luck does not make sense
Yet, in this disappointment, the sea can give her sustenance
Sustenance
Not what I've done, not what I've spoken
Not what I've shown, not that I lied
Just holding on would render me broken
But weak as I am, my hands remain tied
Fear of wrath, fear of pain
Fear of facing what I am
Fear this might, leave a stain
Of your blood on my hands
My face is scarred, my hands unclean
Can't wash away the fool I've been
Murder one or suicide
Which would be the greater sin?
Straining to hold each breath I'm taking
A shackle that pulls, I can't set it free
Not quite below, but slowly I'm breaking
In saving you I, I would be killing me
Fear of wind, fear of rain
We built this house on shifting sand
Fear this might, leave a stain
Of my own blood on my hands
My face is scarred, my hands unclean
Can't wash away the fool I've been
Murder one or suicide
Which would be the greater sin?
A wave that hits from behind me
A weight that pulls from beneath
A storm that blows all around me
A fear inside that has bound me
Fear of wrath, fear of pain
Fear of facing what I am
Fear this might, leave a stain
Of your blood on my hands
My face is scarred, my hands unclean
Can't wash away the fool I've been
Murder one or suicide
Cornered again
I've backed my self in and I'm fresh out of time
Too much to deal with lately
I feel like I'm juggling knives
I'm predisposed to be composed
But not of late and no time soon
My list it grows by rows and rows
And leads me to an early tomb
Light in my eyes, I'm paralyzed
I've had all I can take
If we get one more drop of rain
This levy is gonna break
I've arranged priorities
Conversely to what I need
In haste I grab a plate
And fill it with things I hate
Cornered again
I've backed my self in and I'm fresh out of time
Too much to deal with lately
I feel like I'm juggling knives
I'm burning midnight oil
Or wicks but at both ends
And now the choice is
Juggling 9 or dropping 10
Light in my eyes, I'm paralyzed
I've had all I can take
If we get one more drop of rain
This levy is gonna break
I'm burning midnight oil
Or wicks but at both ends
And now the choice is
Juggling 9 or dropping 10
Light in my eyes, I'm paralyzed
I've had all I can take
If we get one more drop of rain
This levy is gonna break
This levy is gonna break
This levy is gonna break
This levy is gonna break
This levy is gonna break
This levy is gonna break
Can you look into my eyes
Before I look away, can you catch my gaze?
Can you see what's deep inside
A lost and lonely man, can you understand?
That I wear a mask of fear
I cannot be betrayed that's why I'm so afraid
To interact with the other side
Instead I act alone, decisions are my own
Look, listen
Me, myself and I, we will be alright
Living all alone in a dark and empty home
Just another loner trying to survive
Needing companionship to keep oneself alive
My body and soul are mine alone to share
Making conversation with someone who isn't there
If I could just, if I could just
Interact, minds making contact
Interact when chemicals react
How can you reach this burning man?
You sense his pain and passion, in silent scream he cries
His tale is told through his eyes
You cannot look too long before you hear his song
Look, listen, listen
Me, myself and I, we are doing fine
Kid myself, I must, there's no one else I trust
How can I tell my secrets when we already know?
How can I show my fears when I've already shown myself
To myself, for myself, all by myself?
Interact, minds making contact
Interact when chemicals react
Interact, there's no turning back
If I could just interact, interact, if I could just
Me, myself and I, we will be alright
Living all alone in a dark and empty home
I drank in my youth and had more than my share
I'd ask for forgiveness but I really don't care
Don't ask you to see me but for what I am
Was a dad for a while now just a lonely old man
I've wandered, I've tasted
I've squandered all that should be mine
What bounty I've wasted
I swapped my story for a line
I never let you lie
Except when you called me daddy
And if I seem insincere
Well, good then you finally get me
I've wandered, I've tasted
I've squandered all that should be mine
What bounty I've wasted
I never was born to see the line
It's hard to stay, it's hard to fight
But it was easy to go
And I could care but what the hell
I had my own seeds to sow
And they were young they'll let it go
They'll learn to swallow the pain
I shouldn't have to be involved
I shouldn't have to explain
Well, you were wrong, I can't forget
I never could understand
And now with children of my own
It's as clear as my hand
Oh, you're a despicable man
Oh, a despicable man
You've wandered, you've tasted
You've squandered all that should be mine
What bounty you've wasted
You never was one to see the line
You've wandered, you've tasted
You've squandered all that should be mine
What bounty you've wasted
You swapped my story for the line
You won't hear me laugh, you won't hear me cry
You won't even hear what I'm thinking
I can't even speak, I'm too weak to try
Surprised I'm even still breathing
Like winter's icy touch, I'm...
Cold, so cold, from the surface of skin, to the depths of my soul
Cold, so cold, my temperature feels one hundred below
My being is numb, but I strain to fell
A heart that's become black and rotten
You don't care to look, you don't care to see
This man that love has forgotten
Asking for nothing, yet wanting so much
Longing for one thing, the warmth of a touch
I'm...
Cold, so cold, I shiver and shake chilled, to the bone
Cold, so cold, I've made my bed with a blanket of snow
Cold, so cold, from the surface of skin, to the depths of my soul
Cold, so cold, my temperature feels one hundred below, below zero
I can't seem to move, I can't seem to think
I'm not sure my heart is still beating
As life from me, flows, my spirit will go
And haunt this world that I'm leaving
Offering nothing yet taking so much
Regretting not sharing the warmth of a touch
If I could just do it all again, I'd change my ways and would not be so
Cold, so cold, I shiver and shake chilled, to the bone
Cold, so cold, I've made my bed with a blanket of snow
Cold, so cold, from the surface of skin, to the depths of my soul
Cold, so cold, my temperature feels one hundred below, below zero
There's a man who is lonely
This could change if he'd only
Take a chance and risk stepping outside himself
There's a girl he's been seeing
From afar he's been dreaming
he could have her if he were someone else
So he silently awaits
A major change in fate
A change that comes too late
And you're reaching for a star
But can you reach that far
Standing where you are?
The wanting was too much
You're longing for her touch
It's not within your clutch
There's a man who's been thinking
To himself he's been dreaming
How to build a skyscraper to the stars
Now he starts to go to it
He's so sure he cand do it
Though he's lacking the knowledge of design
Now his dream comes crashing around him
And tumbles to the sea
Along with all he wanted to be
A realization strikes him
A harsh reality
He doesn't know everything
When the student tries to teach
The knowledge that you seek
Lies just outside your reach
There's a thirst you have to learn
A hunger inside burns
Time for the page to turn
It's the wanting, It's the hoping, It's the longing
There's a flame within your soul
To strive to reach your goal
But dreaming takes its toll
It's nature's own device
To grab and roll the dice
But each toss has its price
Emotions starts to flow
Your heart takes control
And steers you down the road
Your destination is no concern
The impulsive never learn
Just another bridge to burn
It's the wanting, It's the hoping, It's the longing...
[Music - D. Ott, E. Platt / Lyrics - T. Leonard]
I guess I knew this day would come
When you would finally drop the bomb
Conclusion long forgone
But that you'd say it with a yawn
Thought you'd stop
Tempting fate
Change your ways
Now it's far too late
I know it's strange
Responding with disdain
But when you're gone
I'll still feel the pain
Constantly you'd roll the dice
To find your place in Neverland
Mirage that easily enticed
You into the sinking sand
It wasn't that it could
You said it so yourself
It was only that it would
You play the hand you're dealt
You say you harbor no regret
That love's a double-edged knife
To feel its sting you're desperate
To fee it deep you'd trade your life
So again you roll the dice
To find your place in Neverland
Mirage that easily enticed
You into the sinking sand
It wasn't that it could
You said it so yourself
It was only that it would
When I spoke with you today
I didn't know what to say
It's been so long, so long
I said I'm doing fine
But what haunts my troubled mind
Is where it all went wrong, so wrong
I did not suspect
That we would not connect
And end up strangers
I could dance with you all night
Make love by candlelight
We could talk and talk but it's all in spite
Because you'll never be my friend
I could walk with you through the rain
We could share each other's pain
We could do all this but it's all in vain
Because you'll never be my friend
As time goes flying by
I have to wonder why
I don't see you anymore
they call it chemistry
What will or will not be
What's missing between you and me
[Chorus]
When I spoke with you today
I didn't know what to say
Maybe so long, so long
If you chance on me some night
Underneath some lone streetlight
Just wave and say,"So long, so long"
I do not regret
The chance I shan't forget
And we're no longer strangers
You could dance with me all night
Make love by candlelight
We could talk and talk but it's all in spite
Because I'll never be your friend
You could walk with me through the rain
We could share each other's pain
We could do all this but it's all in vain
Because I'll never be your friend
Never be my friend, my friend
You wouldn't be my friend
And I couldn't be your friend
So long, so long...
Running out of time
But I still don't try
I can hardly breathe
When you don't come around
Thought I'd write it down
Did then threw it out
Reality is the pill
And you help me choke it down
Stay my cure for vanity
Stay my source of laughter
My broken record remedy
Stay my everafter
My everafter
I don't say enough
And I never lose my [Incomprehensible]
But you, you can shell an oyster
With nothing but a stare
Stay my cure for vanity
Stay my source of laughter
My broken record remedy
Stay my everafter
My everafter
My everafter
Stay my cure for vanity
Stay my source of laughter
My broken record remedy
Stay my everafter
Stay my cure for vanity
Stay my source of laughter
My broken record remedy
My destination is unknown
And i've lost my way
But I still have water
With my rations running low
I am so fatigued
Can I go much further?
Lost and all alone
In the blazing heat
And it just gets hotter
Sweat drips down my skin
And string my eyes
As I look toward the distance
Blistered hands block the sun
That blinds my sight
And dances on the horizon
Is there something up ahead?
Or just a mirage
Fooling me again
Another dried up waterhole
Lacking nourishment
Quench my thirst and feed my mind
The place that I seek is so far away
And I don't know which way to go
The vision I see is a holy place
That is tranquil to the soul
Just a nomad sailling across this earthly sea
Searching on and on for sanctuary
Weary from the chase of life's eluding dream
Strive to reach that goal but it's never ending
Raise my canteen to parched lips
Taste the water so sweet
Take one last swallow
So many miles I have come
So many more to go
Down the path I follow
Funny how we lose our way
Through this desolate land
Lives are grains of sand
Which way will the wind blow?
Sifting through our hands
To fall wherever they may
The place that I seek is so far away
And I don't know which way to go
The vision I see is a holy place
I'll soon use my hands
To carve paths through this caged world
Locked up by them
I must hold my courage
Whether their kind will ever give
Whether in life they'll ever live
Flaming eyes burn far above
A candle's glow
Naked to myself
Chained to change
One day see the light
As I grasp for this
My world
my joy
Purged of its life
They will seek their reward
Leading them on...
They'll bleed they own hearts
Steal my world
Asserting that I must sanction worse
Flaming eyes burn far above
A candle's glow
Naked to myself
One who's scorched by the fire, I stand alone brazen-faced
Love's become an open fumace, my follies stoked the fireplace
Blind to the peril around me, my resistance wearing thin
I fell prey to the power of temptation, and the brand of infidelity kissed
My skin
With each kiss a heart breaking, with a touch her love dies for me
Slowly desintegrates
Blackned by coals of deception, I cry for redemption far too late
Here today, gone tomorrow
Trail of tears leads to sorrow
Leads to sorrow
Alone I wallow in my suffering
So much regret behind my stare
Is love lost or just misplaced?
Can a heart broken be repaired?
With each thought conscience burning, with a sign her love dies for me
Cannot exonerate
Eyes filled with discontent, I plead for forgiveness far too late
Here today, gone tomorrow
Trail of tears leads to sorrow
No reprieve, despite your wishing
Trust betrayed, now she's missing
Her image you cannot replace
Missing, you hope to reconcile, but you've lost face
With each day soul searching, with the night I cry
"Restore me, reverse this morose state
Never again shall I falter, afford me this one mistake"
Fear today, loathe tomorrow
Trail of Tears leads to sorrow
Dream of when you were kissing
So aware of what you're missing
My hands are shaking
head is spinning
No mistake
the end's beginning
Body's aching
I feel like breaking down
Looking left and searching right
The pressure mounting,
my skin's too tight
Though I've made this bed
I'm not laying down
Next stop is heartbreak city
Get off this train of pity
And hang on - the worst is coming
Be strong - the walls are tumbling down
So long - your head's been numb but your heat's still beating loud
Tired of running
sick of fighting
Plug my ears for the truth is frightening
My will is bending
I'm on shaky ground
The more I plush, the further you go
As I'm pulled down by the undertow
I'm reaching out - please don't let me drown
Don't let me down
Next stop is heartbreak city
Get off this train of pity
And hang on - the worst is coming
Be strong - the walls are tumbling down
So long - your head's been numb but your heat's still beating loud
And I worry
can I make it on my own
End of story
let's write this book again
(solo)
Next stop is heartbreak city
Get off this train of pity
And hang on - the worst is coming
Be strong - the walls are tumbling down
A face with no emotion
Lost in the television's glow
He's slipping into darkness
Not far from comatose
With a bottle in his left hand
A cigarette in his right
He's drowning out the echo
Of voices in the night
Through the conversation
The old me drifts away
Hiding from the moment
I long for yesterday
I hear your voice so distant
Calling out my name
If only I could answer
If we were still the same...
Oh, but we've changed
So what am I supposed to do
And what am I to say?
I feel a bit more paralyzed
With every word you say
And what about the change you want
How can I succumb?
When everything you want to do
Leaves me awfully numb
Awfully numb
Stay for a moment
Stay for while
Join in on this masquerade
Filled with regret and denial
We are kindred spirits,
Though parallel lines
Running off in different directions
Never to entwine
No way to rewind
We can't turn back time
So we avoid the subject
Our communication strained
Sheltered in the small talk
We wait for the other to change
But the song remains the same...
So what am I supposed to do
And what am I to say?
I feel a bit more paralyzed
With every word you say
And what about the change you want
How can I succumb
When everything you want to do
Leaves me awfully numb
Awfully numb
A face with no emotion
Lost in the television's glow
He's slipping into darkness
I think I bit my tongue today
No sign of blood but this taste won't go away
Even if a wound does heal
Its scar might never fade
Unwelcome words can pierce
And drain the soul
Like aphids on the blossoms leave a hole
Sometimes the heart and mind
Won't work together and one gets left behind
While the other pulls ahead
Naive of where it treads
The residue of harmful words
Outlasts a seeming pardon
Little can undo the work of aphids in the garden
I can't believe that I hurt you with the words I've said
I can't conceive how I fooled my heart and lost my head
But as I watched with wonder as your jaw seem to hit the ground
I realized that I stuck my foot right in my mouth
And what a big foot it is
I wish that I could turn back time
Alter memory or pay some kind of fine
Anything to make amends
Fix this break to where it bends
The residue of harmful words
Outlasts a seeming pardon
Little can undo the work of aphids in the garden
I can't believe that I hurt you with the words I've said
I can't conceive how I fooled my heart and lost my head
But as I watched with wonder as your jaw seem to hit the ground
I realized that I stuck my foot right in my mouth
These words are fugitives
Too harsh or too honest
A little pain will gain
If I bite my tongue for your sake
I can't believe that I hurt you with the words I've said
I can't conceive how I fooled my heart and lost my head
But as I watched with wonder as your jaw seem to hit the ground
I realized that I stuck my foot right in my mouth
I think I bit my tongue today
No sign of blood but this taste won't go away
Even if a wound does heal
All I see, fruits of my own labor
All in vain, all for nothing real
All I taste, disappoints in flavor
What I know is fighting what I feel
This is no time to be distracted
Time lost can never be regained
Don't let yourself become attracted
This need has got to be restrained
Where is the treasure?
I know there is one
I've looked everywhere under the sun
I'll search, and I'll fail, and be dead when I'm done
But I've looked everywhere under the sun
All I've seen seems to lack in color
All I've held crumbles in my hands
Desperately needing something that will
Fill this whole ... seems like nothing can
It's time you find out what's important
This futile chase has got to end
Don't let your conscience lie there dormant
The truth can break but never bend
Where is the treasure?
I know there is one
I've looked everywhere under the sun
I'll search, and I'll fail, and be dead when I'm done
But I've looked everywhere under the sun
I've spent my life searching for something to keep me constantly content
And now I'm left here with a longing for what I've spent!
This is no time to be distracted
Time lost can never be regained
Don't let yourself become attracted
And live your life only to gain
Where is the treasure?
I know there is one
I've looked everywhere under the sun
And I'll search, and I'll fail, and be dead when I'm done
But I've looked everywhere under the sun
All I see
There's an aura around you
I'm captivated by your eyes
I can't believe that i've found you
Why am I so starry eyed?
I once lived with honor
Followed codes of chivalry
But I can't help but falter
Under the spell of Annowree
Oh- This love's not for real
The emotions I feel
Oh- stronger than tempered steel
Can't you see how I feel?
Where did you come from?
What's your name?
Is it all a game?
You ignite men's hearts aflame
To burn for you in vain
Like a magnet you draw me
Like a spider to the fly
An empty heart is so easy
To seduce and hipnotize
Oh- is this my destiny?
A lock whithout a key
No- this nightmare is no dream
Have I lost Reality?
Where did I come from?
What's my name?
Nothing seems the same
You ignite my heart aflame
To burn for you in vain
And the ones who let their hearts
Rule their minds
Will burn their bridges
When they've crossed
And leave the world behind...
Leave it all behind
No- this loves not for real
The emotions I feel
No- can I break this spell?
I look into a sea of blue in your eyes
And see a full and swollen moon
Resplendent in a stormy sky
I look through your gaze, its source is pure and uncorrupted
And see a wilderness of dunes, untouched, uninterrupted
Pessimis protects me
Limp hope won't let me down
Still i lust for the pure
It unties the knots and turns me around
I swear, I won't unravel this time...
I banish "too good to be true" from my mind
I'm steeled in my resolve by this gem I never thought I'd find
The echoes of your laughter fall upon me, like the calming rain
They intimate a surreal world, smooth-surfaced and free of stain
Pessimis protects me
Limp hope won't let me down
Still i lust for the pure
It unties the knots and turns me around
I swear, I won't unravel this time...
Your gaze's source is uncorrupted... Pure
Dunes untouched, uninterrupted... Pure
I'm steeled in my resolve by this gem I never thought I'd find
Echoes of your laughter falling down on me
Like the calming rain...
Pessimis protects me
Limp hope won't let me down
Still i lust for the pure
It unties the knots and turns me around
Just another day, I go about my business
I start to shave in my ordinary way
Nothing has changed, yet something is different
Ah yes-- It's my birthday today
My skin feels a little tighter
The razor bites at my face
What are those lines in the mirror?
Can't seem to wipe them away
And my vision is blurry, I don't know what it is
And a blemish is swirling out from under my skin
And there is far too much hair in ths sink today
And what's left on my head has somehow turned to grey
Like a picture in the sun, the colors start to fade
Like broken glass upon the shore, the sharpness wears away
My face bleeding, I drop the razor to the floor
I try to catch it, but my hands do not obey me
What is that pounding, is there someone at the door?
It's just my heart, straining not to fail me
My legs feel so heavy
Each inch seems like a mile
Muscles burn from the effort
As I fall into denial
And my speech is slurred, I don't know what it is
And my arm is bruised from where I've touched my skin
And there is something wrong with my mirror today
It seems my eyes of blue has somehow turned to grey
Just like a chameleon who changes his skin
I went to sleep young and virile, woke up old, tired and thin
Did I sleep through my life and waste away my youth?
Or did time just pass by and I'm denying the truth?
And my vision is blurry, I don't know what it is
And a blemish is swirling out from under my skin
And there is far too much hair in ths sink today
And what's left on my head has somehow turned to grey
And my speech is slurred, I don't know what it is
And my arm is bruised from where I've touched my skin
And there is something wrong with my mirror today
This is the ending of an age, the closing of a chapter that
Was just beginning...
Battered senseless, this is not what you deserve
Stripped and left defenseless, this is not what you deserve
Stabbed and left to die, all alone forsaken
Life palns gone awry, precious life blood taken
And your dignity is gone
You thought you had found something that was stable
Now you're finding you were wrong
And the promise made nothing but a fable
Blindsided, this is not what you deserve
Purposely misguided, this is not what you deserve
No foresight for this, words that kept you blind
Betrayed with a kiss, life plans undermined
And you'll never love again
You thought you had found something that was stable
Hearts can change just like the wind
So it's best to keep them safe beneath the table
Actions telling lies
Ring, an empty token
Formal-wear disguise
Woke up all alone, a bed that's cold and sterile
With nothing of my own
Bombarded and explored by faces unfamiliar
Intrusions uncondoned
Cruel thoughts in brief but lucid moments
I'm losing all I've gathered all my years
I wonder why these strangers look so sullen
I wonder what I've done to cause their tears
Swirling in my head, scenes and random memories
Things I might have said
Some of them are clear but none of them involving
Those beside my bed
I thought the golden years were for reflecting
I thought I'd teach my grandson how to cast
I thought I'd be the fireside storyteller
I thought that I would revel in my past
Waking only to see
The shell of a man I used to be
Save me, I don't want to be
A shell of a man
Confidence, autonomy
Taken for granted till they leave
Serenity I counted on
Was mine for a moment now it's gone
Today I'm not alone
She sparks a distant memory
Someone I might have known
She fills me in on things we did together
She says she's loved me since the day we met
She says that even if I don't remember
She will never let herself forget
Waking only to see
The shell of a man I used to be
Save me, I don't want to be
A shell of a man
Waking only to see
The shell of a man I used to be
Save me, I don't want to be
A shell of a man
(Music & lyrics: D. Ott)
So you think you've got me figured out
Studied every detail now you know me inside and out
But do you see me as I am or as you want me to be
Do you
Color me - change the black from white
Color me - use any hue you like
Paint the picture but stay within the lines
Escape your oppressor - trangress your transgressor
Turn it upside down
Why blame me when you don't get your way
The glass house where you live is just a stones throw away
It's easy to point the finger and look away from yourself
So you
Color me - change the black from white
Color me - use any hue you like
Paint the picture but stay within the lines
Escape your oppressor - trangress your transgressor
Turn it upside down
Your masterpiece complete; but you left out one formality
You can paint till fingers bleed but you'll never change reality
How does it feel to sculpt the world, to your plan?
Draw me the villain if you don't get your demands
Now your out in the rain and the colors are washing away
Still you
Color me - change the black from white
Color me - use any hue you like
Paint the picture but stay within the lines
Escape your oppressor - trangress your transgressor
I was set loose as a child
To find my way out in the wild
Fell asleep inside a cage
And woke up in middle age
I felt like I was living a lie
And had to escape it all
With mortal fears I shaved off the years
And went from a walk to a crawl
I know I'm reaping what I've sown
But I never thought I'd die alone
I guess I signed up for this fate
By sowing the seeds of hate
And when I finally shook the phase
I was lost and miles away
Got too hard to turn around
I've left no bread crumbs on the ground
I felt like I should have apologized
But that was so overdue
And by your eyes knew I was despised
I guess I was afraid of you
I know I'm reaping what I've sown
But I never thought I'd die alone
I guess I signed up for this fate
By sowing the seeds of hate
So please believe this will that you read
That I thought of you everyday
I grant to you my hollow legacy
Please don't live your life this way
I know I'm reaping what I've sown
But I never thought I'd die alone
I guess I signed up for this fate
By sowing the seeds of hate
Know that I tried to stay with you much longer
Know that I tried to be at better man
Know that the pain of flesh is now behind me
Know that the pain of leaving you still remains
Know that my love is forever
Know that and try to remember
How long can this anger last
Unenlightened with fist tightened
Explode and I run from the blast
My ears ringing, my face stinging
And you push and pull me
Beat and bruise me till I'm aching
And you take and use me
Just abuse me till I'm breaking
Too strong when you come unglued
Overpowered till I'm devoured
No absolution till I'm black and black
But it's too late, hope you feel great
And you push and pull me
Beat and bruise me till I'm aching
And you take and use me
Just abuse me till I'm breaking
Just around the bend
We will have to brake
Careening over the edge
No other road to take
Up against the ropes again, our daily regimen
Cursing then hurting, apologize then console
Of course it's problematic with an aggression addict
Needing me bleeding is taking its toll
And you push and pull me
Beat and bruise me till I'm aching
And you take and use me
Just abuse me till I'm breaking
And you push and pull me
Beat and bruise me till I'm aching
And you take and use me
Just abuse me till I'm breaking
Hang a picture over the hole in the wall
Try to sweep up this broken glass
Hide my face so I don't need to explain
Save us from ourselves
Our creations march against us
Overwhelm us
And there you were beside me
in the middle of a crowd
It took so long to find me
while I cried to you out loud
It seemed like forever
I was so alone
I thought I've never find home
I was stumbling in the darkness
I was living underground
Now I'm standing in the sunlight
basking in this love I've found
It's the first breath of a baby
it's the warmth of a touch
I'm giving you my vow
I'll say it here and now
Nothing I could do
could mean as much
I savor every moment
I hang on every word
It's rapture just to touch you
the world becomes a blur
I'm a better man with you
than I was by myself
And when I kiss you
you can tell
It's finding what you after
it's what is meant to be
When I hear your laughter
and when you look at me
It's like living in a daydream
it's like heaven here on earth
I don't have much to give
but as long as I shall live
I give to you my heart for what it's worth
I was drowning in an ocean
a lost soul set a drift
I was wandering the desert
I was stepping off a cliff
I was hanging by a heartstring
I was just about to slip
When you came to my rescue
and gave to me the ultimate gift
(solo)
It's a feeling of completeness
it's a half that now is whole
Now I see forever
when you look into my soul
It's a drug I've never taken
it's like walking through the clouds
Words cannot describe just how I feel inside
Because of who you are I'm free somehow
It's finding what you after
it's what is meant to be
When I hear your laughter
and when you look at me
It's like living in a daydream
it's like heaven here on earth
I don't have much to give
but as long as I shall live
I give to you my heart for what it's worth
Standing looking in the mirror
Wondering who it is I see
The face seems so familiar
But it doesn't look like me
Something is changing, something's different
A foreign look behind my stare
I feel frantic, almost desperate
He acts as if he doesn't care
A smile cracks his face, a tear comes to my eye
His laughter fills the room, words echo in my mind
Look away- (Don't look at me)
Look away- (You won't like what you see)
Look away- (Fear what's inside me)
But I can't look away
Fell the lock of tension closing
As I slowly turn the key
I sense joints lock into place
Like cement setting in my veins
Like an attic stored with memories, the contents are so rarely seen
Look away- (Don't look at me)
Look away- (You won't like what you see)
Look away- (Fear what's inside me)
But I can't look away
A complex creature, I labor to see through the haze
I strive to know myself, but I'm lost within the maze
It's painful learning the truth about myself
So I always look away
Through the passage lies the answers, to the questions inside me
So, tomorrow like today, I'll stare again, doing nothing
Here I stand Beside you, still I somehow stand apart
I'm burdened in my spirit, a stone is weighing down my heart
I'm riddled in my depths by this half-heartedness
Sundered from the "now" by self-protectiveness
Look around in your heart
Cut off from the moment
Divested all the way
No music in this silence
No colour in this grey
I'm rarely fully there, I cloak myself from harm's way
An inmate of my own device who's blinded by the light of day
Summon forth from your heart
Cut off from the moment
Divested all the way
No music in this silence
No colour in this grey
This chasm I cannot bridge
This hole I cannot fill with sand
Summon forth, from your heart, the whole man
Half-speed, half-there, thus I'm half-alive
Un-veiled and un-guised then I'm genuine
But why do I die just as I come alive?
So used to this armour, and how it fits
Cut off from the moment
Divested all the way
No music in this silence
No colour in this grey
This chasm I cannot bridge
This hole I cannot fill with sand
Summon forth, from your heart, the whole man
Take a look outside your window
And tell me what you see
Does everything look fine to you?
It seems the air is a litle hazy
And the grass is much too green
What's this world coming to?
I see you haven't noticed
What's happening around you
Tell me who is fooling who?
If you choose not to take notice
And you look the other way
The path's not yours to choose
Open eyes tell no lies
The blind can see through open eyes
How is the view looking through closed eyes
It must seem very dim
Living life in such fear
Like a blind man in the darkness
Clutches to familiar things
Until he's sure the path is clear
See the walls you've built around you
It's a fortress that you've made
Such a lonely solitude
But your fortress is a prision
And you locked yourself away
Sheltered from the truth
Open eyes
If you opened up your eyes
Open eyes
You would see through the disguise
Open eyes
Accept the truth refute the lies
Open eyes
Open eyes tell no lies
The blind can see through open eyes
So think about who's thinking for you
Do you have a life to waste
Seeing what they want you to see?
You can lead a horse to water
But you cannot make him drink
Having the choice means everything
See the walls you've built around you
Too much trouble to escape
Well I guess that you're doomed
To live a life of indecision
You're buried alive, too late
Shall I seal up your tomb?
Open eyes tell no lies
The blind can see through open eyes
I've been a hungry and holy man
Trapped between what i am
And want to be
I disowned my mind
And denied my heart
Inspiration set me free
Reklinde the fire
Of what'll be
I see the fixed mark in the mirror
The North Star, no need to fear
Stop, I'm not time's fool
Just a nomad
Searching for life
Should I kill what gives me life
No, I've got to feel this
I've got to win this fight
She sanctions my right
I'm down on my knees
She refuted the meek
She offers the world
The world I seek
I see the fixed mark in the mirror
The North Star, no need to fear
Stop, I'm not time's fool
Just a nomad
Searching for life
You know the heart fuels the mind
Alleviates the grind
Gives reason to strive
Drawing strenght from the sky
Knowing nothing is wrong
How sublime a thing it is
I run my desperate trembling hands
Along the floor were you once walked
Fighting tears that come from loss
I brave the rooms where we once talked
You took a part of me I never can reclaim
Your spirit's in my heart
But you know it's not the same
Straining to beat this blur of tears
Swollen eyes beg for my dead friend
Reminiscing with a photograph
Drives home (that) what was won't be again
I will to guarantee my reason will prevail
Pain breeds the need for make believe
To soothe a heart that's fail
Like a wind-up clock left in the rain
Like a candle burns away its light
We all suffer at death's door
As surely as day turns into night
I drop down to my knees and plead with the sky
Of course it does no good
But i'll give anything a try
Gazing, thinking, standing on a cliff
That guards the blue-green of the sea
I accept the blueprint of the world, that
All must pass away that's come to be
You meant so much to me
That's why there's all this pain
So much improved from our exchange
It will never be same
Like a wind-up clock left in the rain
Like a candle burns away its light
We all suffer at death's door
As surely as day turns into night
Like a wind-up clock left in the rain
Like a candle burns away its light
We all suffer at death's door
We all suffer loss...
Look in her eyes as if to say that she fears nothing
All knowing smile like nothing has changed
She thinks, I'm asleep while at night she goes on trembling
She thinks, I don't know how her life's been rearranged
Can't move my arms, can't move my legs
Can barely move my eyes
To take in the last view I'll ever see
It's on the stand beside my bed a picture of my son
It's constantly staring back at me
Want to tell him that I swear that if I can I'll be there
Watching over him and every step he takes
How do I say soon comes the day
When I must go away
What would adhere to a seven-year-old ear?
Words that would make it clear
I hope that you don't forget me
Don't let my memory fade, it's my greatest fear
My back is numb, my feet are cold
I fear that it's only a matter of time now
There's just one thing
I've got to muster the strength to say
Know that my love is forever
Know that and try to remember
Don't let my memory fade
Don't let my memory fade
Don't let my memory fade
Don't let my memory fade
[Music - D. Ott / Lyrics - T. Leonard]
Running blind and out of breath
But in the wrong direction
I don't recall or recognize
My own reflection
Locked myself in a cell I can't breach
My key to sovereignty lies just out of reach
Can't set myself free:
Can't seem to keep down my last meal
Can't turn back the hand I deal
Feel like I'm caught in foreign land
Exiled by my gavel hand
A rat in a cage
I'm spinning the wheel
But getting nowhere
The gallows -- my stage
I'm seen by all
Performing to no one
This could have been my finest day
A drug that expends me; the price that I pay
Can't throw it away:
Can't seem to keep down my last meal
Can't turn back the hand I deal
Feel like I'm caught in foreign land
Exiled by my gavel hand
The cage that I'm in is formed
From my own design:
No way out that I can tell
Stay here forever trapped
Inside my own mind:
I know every corner so well
And I fear that when I finally find the will
The atrophy will keep me lying still
But I'm tired of the darkness
And I'm tired of the smell
But I'm torn; I don't know anything else
And I'm tired of the nighttime
And I long for the day
But I'm torn; I don't know another way
Running blind, out of breath
Spinning the wheel
Dark day in paradise
Tantalized by my eyes mislead
This one you've got to see
And her gaze, it is set on me
Not like I would push the brink
But it sure makes me think
Maybe I need a change
Otherwise would my eyes so stray
A choice is taunting me
And it knocks on my door today
Not like any vows were bent
Just a glance, it's innocent
Long way down
Don't you think you're too close to the edge
Turn around
Some wounds are so deep, they'll never mend
Take it from me, it's never worth the cost
Been down that road before
And demise is where it leads
The grass looks emerald green
But believe me, it's just the weeds
Not like I have crossed the line
Owed her a lunch and a valentine
It's propagation man
Don't you know that a guy has needs
What separates us then
From those things that are scratching fleas?
Am I just a sounding board?
Were you hoping for accord?
Long way down
Don't you think you're too close to the edge
Turn around
Some wounds are so deep, they'll never mend
Take it from me, it's never worth the cost
I just cringe thinking what I could have lost
It seems you're looking for consent to do the same
Where's your memory? Don't you remember me?
The weight of agony that crushed me flat
Are you impervious or just too curious?
Don't you remember what it did to the cat?
Guess what I did today
Now I fear there's no turning back
Hey, next time you need advice
Check the zodiac
Not like I didn't warn
Buckle up, enjoy the storm
Long way down
Don't you think you're too close to the edge
Turn around
Some wounds are so deep, they'll never mend
Long way down
Don't you think you're too close to the edge
Turn around
Some wounds are so deep, they'll never mend
Long way down
What's it gonna be, what's it gonna be, my friend?
Turn around
Some wounds are so deep, they'll never mend
Long way down
What's it gonna be, my friend?
Don't you know that one day, you'll be found out?
Faulty explanations, changing colors all breed doubt
You push your thoughts away from the day when you must pay
When the storm becomes a blizzard, don't play dead like a lizard
Pull it out, wash it off
With the blade of deception sheathed the wounds can heal
Though you like the darker climes, they shade you from the real
Don't pull it off, cut it off
A game is fair when the players abide by the rules
You speak with forked tongue and cast yourself the fool
There's something slightly saurian in the structure of your skin
Your conscience is well padded, your reasoning is thin
So you put your prayers away until the hunt when you're the prey
On that darkest judgment night, the ledger books will be set right
Pull it out, wash it off
With the blade of deception sheathed the wounds can heal
Though you like the darker climes, they shade you from the real
Don't pull it off, cut it off
A game is fair when the players abide by the rules
You speak with forked tongue and cast yourself the fool
Watch your tail
You're headed for a tailspin
Approaching danger cuts the water like a shark's fin
Don't you know that one day, you'll be found out?
The changing colors
I arise from sleeplesness invited by the wind
It lifts me up from loneliness and greets
Me as a friend
It beckons me to walk alone beneath the
Nighttime sky
An altar of frozen light to worship with my
Eyes
As you're lost within the view
Something reaches out and finds you
As you leave the sight behind
The feeling that remains, reminds you
With the wind in my hair, and heart in
Hand
Nature and I become one, she
Understands and speaks to me
Call to mind these images that surface
From the deep
Ghosts of sights that i have seen when
Sight was lost in sleep
I've looked across both time and space
And haven't blinked an eye
Fused with the things I've seen beneath
The nighttime sky
As you're lost within the view
Something reaches out and finds you
As you leave the sight behind
The feeling that remains, reminds you
As you're lost within the view
Something reaches out to form you
And when you leave the flames behind
I'll lead the way, let's follow the sun
Be on our way envied by everyone
Our bags are all packed, a breeze starts to blow
The winds at our back, are you ready to go? Yeah
I'll lead the way, let's follow the sun
Oh, the last time we traveled
We labored so hard but drifted so far from home
Yeah, the search is our battle
Can we ever find what we want
Let's take a chance and follow the sun
Dare to dance the music has just begun
Step after step, cleansing our souls
Cathartic release, making us whole, yeah
Let's take a chance and follow the sun
Oh, the last time we traveled
We labored so hard but drifted so far from home
Yeah, the search is our battle
Though we stumble and fall it's only a bump in the road
Oh, the more time unravels
The older we are but the less we seem to know
Our resolve is rattled
You would think we'd know better by now
By now, by now, by now
Oh, the last time we traveled
We labored so hard but drifted so far from home
Yeah, the search is our battle
Though we stumble and fall it's only a bump in the road
Oh, the more time unravels
The older we are but the less we seem to know
Our resolve is rattled
You would think we'd know better by now
No quarter shall be called loud
His cries echo by, like a river's endless flow
To wear away the stone, carve his life like a knife
The scars he'll never show
Broken dreams shatter the still
I'm invincible, unbeatable
Splintered hearts and lacking the will
I'm unstoppable, untouchable
The battle's just begun, he's standing ground
Tall and proud, despite the wind that blows
As most his comrades fall like toppled trees
In the breeze where roots none deep had grown
Roots none deep had grown
Broken dreams shatter the still
I'm invincible, unbeatable
Splintered hearts lacking the will
I'm unstoppable, untouchable
In your dance of indecision
I never realized just how frail you'd be
Cracks have shown in your foundation
Castles made of sand crumble eventually
Soon the smoke will clear then we'll see
You and me, just who's king of the hill
The oceans swell with rage, earth did quakes
The bow may break, know I'll be standing still
I'll be standing still
Broken dreams shatter the still
I'm invincible, unbeatable
Splintered hearts and lacking the will
I'm unstoppable, untouchable
I'm invincible, splintered hearts, untouchable
A sense of place, a sense of waste
Don't know how this can be
The silence that envelops me
Whispers something, subtly
Exhale and change the atmosphere
They've left a trace of their fear
How could something like this
Have happened in a place like this?
Such mindless violence
The surroundings hold their secrets
How could something like this
Have happened in a place like this?
A new day is here
But there's a trace of yesterday
Here the trees can speak
In voices weak that suggest a tale of pain
Of tears shed in the pourin' rain
But at that they halt their sad refrain
Look up at the vault of starts
And the calming harvest moon
A witness to the unspeakable
And easily repeatable
Cry out to change the atmosphere
Some kind of presence is here
How could something like this
Have happened in a place like this?
Such mindless violence
The surroundings hold their secrets
How could something like this
Have happened in a place like this?
A new day is here
But there's a trace of yesterday
There's a trace of yesterday
Red wine spilled on the carpet
We can clean it up
Tracks left on the beach that the tide washes away
Footprints dug deep in the snow
They'll melt away
But what can wash the stain away from this place?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
A new day is here
There are traces of yesterday
This place is stained
What will it take to wash them away?
What will it take to wash them away?
I sit in silence here alone
An agony I've made my own
An empty chasm in the dark
Is where I choose to hide my heart
Something that I've lived with
For so very long
I've never had an interest
In what's right or wrong
Deviant or so I'm told
Villainous or so extolled
A heightened animosity
Distorting everything I see
This world has closed its doors to me
Sat me in the balcony
Now my only recompense
A gift I've honed to mastery
Tainted eyes that strain to see
I'm not in prison but I'm never free
A curse that somehow has followed me
I'm not in prison but I'm never free
Looking out this dirty window
From inside my trophy room
Hostile world, I've been born into
Hostile world, I've been consumed
I'm the one you sat behind you
The one you've chosen to neglect
Now I've chosen to confront you
You're the wrong I must correct
I'm the one you sat behind you
The one you've chosen to neglect
Now I've chosen to confront you
You're the wrong I must correct
Tainted eyes that strain to see
I'm not in prison but I'm never free
A curse that somehow has followed me
I'm not in prison but I'm never free
Oh, never free
Oh, never free
There's a man who is lonely
This could change if he'd only
Take a chance and risk stepping outside himself
There's a girl he's been seeing
From afar he's been dreaming
he could have her if he were someone else
So he silently awaits
A major change in fate
A change that comes too late
And you're reaching for a star
But can you reach that far
Standing where you are?
The wanting was too much
You're longing for her touch
It's not within your clutch
There's a man who's been thinking
To himself he's been dreaming
How to build a skyscraper to the stars
Now he starts to go to it
He's so sure he cand do it
Though he's lacking the knowledge of design
Now his dream comes crashing around him
And tumbles to the sea
Along with all he wanted to be
A realization strikes him
A harsh reality
He doesn't know everything
When the student tries to teach
The knowledge that you seek
Lies just outside your reach
There's a thirst you have to learn
A hunger inside burns
Time for the page to turn
It's the wanting,It's the hoping,It's the longing
There's a flame within your soul
To strive to reach your goal
But dreaming takes its toll
It's nature's own device
To grab and roll the dice
But each toss has its price
Emotions starts to flow
Your heart takes control
And steers you down the road
Your destination is no concern
The impulsive never learn
Just another bridge to burn
It's the wanting,It's the hoping,It's the longing...
[Music and Lyrics: D.Ott]
[Music - D. Ott, E. Platt / Lyrics - T. Leonard]
I guess I knew this day would come
When you would finally drop the bomb
Conclusion long forgone
But that you'd say it with a yawn
Thought you'd stop
Tempting fate
Change your ways
Now it's far too late
I know it's strange
Responding with disdain
But when you're gone
I'll still feel the pain
Constantly you'd roll the dice
To find your place in Neverland
Mirage that easily enticed
You into the sinking sand
It wasn't that it could
You said it so yourself
It was only that it would
You play the hand you're dealt
You say you harbor no regret
That love's a double-edged knife
To feel its sting you're desperate
To fee it deep you'd trade your life
So again you roll the dice
To find your place in Neverland
Mirage that easily enticed
You into the sinking sand
It wasn't that it could
You said it so yourself
It was only that it would
You play the hand you're dealt
See beyond the moment
Think beyond the day
Hear the word
My voice will not be cast away
Fatalistic fortune
Ever near the end
Love goes on
But Time does not return again
[CHORUS]
Across the sky
I will come for you
If you ask me to
Demystify
Your uncommon dreams
Stranger things have come true
Fear no more the midnight
Fear no more the sea
Close your eyes, regret nothing
You're safe with me
Look into the shadows
Step into the mist
Search your land but doubt never
I still exist
[CHORUS]
Ask yourself: is this all there is
Take no answer but the one you find
I have put my faith in aberrations of your kind
But even if you're in my mind
[CHORUS]
Should we hear the silence
Should we hear the noise
I don't need this blind acceptance
I have made my choice
Light lives in the darkness
Beauty lives in pain
In destruction we may lose ourselves
But still I will remain
Across the sky
Across the sky
See beyond the moment
Think beyond the day
Hear the word
Hear the word