You can take it
If you want it
You can break it
If you need it
I'll never fight another day
But you can take the flesh not the soul away
They're calling from the lions den
They're fighting for the ghosts of holy men
Into the arena we climb
We look to the sky
Into the arena we climb
You and i
Is it over
When the light goes?
Bella nova
Tell me who knows
Scars will beat the minds of men
Can you feel the thorns upon the skin?
I'll never fight another day till I die
{chorus}
Yes I hear you
Yes I see you
Yes I feel you
And I need you
Is it over, I'll never fight another day
When the light goes?
But you can take the flesh, not the soul away
Bella nova, they're calling from the lions den
Tell me who knows?
They're fighting for the souls of holy men
But hey, all I can say is to get what you wished for
[Chris Brown - Chorus]
If anybody feeling fresh in the building
Take your hand, hold it high to the ceiling right now
And say damn, I'm killing them, damn, I'm killing them
I know they feeling me now
And if you too fresh in the building
Then Take your hand, hold it high to the ceiling right now
And say damn, I'm killing them, damn, I'm killing them
Before me plays the endless film
Relentless splinters I recall
Each living thing breathes life, only sentiment remains
To liquid born from patterns formed
Sand descends with blind intent
Where the river takes me will in time be revealed
Thy cannot turn my feelings down
Beyond my means to turn my thoughts around
Expressed in every word I'll ever speak
Brighter than all the stars combined
More than the waters, earth, and sky
All that I wish and all that I dream
Above the waves with my hands raised
Dare the wind lay claim to me
Knowing somehow none could take me
Watching the sun come up in vain
The only reason I can find why I remained
The need to leave the point I came to again and again
It didn't matter how hard I tried
It took so long to claim that I knew how
Or what it meant to let go of this to ever say goodbye
Call it destiny, call it fate
Chose my direction, running forward
Each life to learn anew, whatever, whatever may come
Thy cannot turn my feelings down
Beyond my means to turn my thoughts around
Expressed in every word I'll ever speak
Brighter than all the stars combined
More than the waters, earth, and sky
All that I wish and all that I dream
No creed on earth can replace or provide
In my darkest hour, the comfort I'd feel
Leading me to see, I can be more than I expect of me
My beginning and my end
First and last air that I breathe
More than the sum of everything that I will ever be
My beginning and my end
First and last air that I breathe
Step into the light and join the everlasting battle between good and evil.
A battle of the minds being fought each and every day.
Coming out of the black, taking over,
it´s my way down, when I´m here alone.
Am I supposed to pretend I don´t feel the pain,
like it happens again
Destroyed, we watch you bleed
coming through, what you need
My faith makes you cry,
handfull of lies
Out of my sight,
and out of my mind
but the vision is still the same
Arena
You´ll never know why,
the skull of the blind
welcome into my arena
And we die, and we breed,
waisted hands that need to feed,
got to fill my empty stare
You´re broken by words,
you´re whipped by the lies
but they won´t bring me down.
Shadows fall from the sky
Summon all to, heed their cry,
tempted in sin, it´s no fate,
gather the souls, they hold within
so for the world, who´s to blame,
woke up wet from a dream
tempted in sin, it´s no fate,
Traitors - Heathens....don't thank me!
Empires - Princes....don't thank me!
The fellowship started here
With bleeding hearts and fine cause
The brotherhood started here
With fevered brows - malevolence
Beaten - Howling....I'll drag you down!
Kneeling - Cowering....I'll drag you right down!
Soldiers - Victims....don't thank me!
Warriors - Pilgrims....don't thank me!
The fellowship started here
With righteousness and lunacy
The covenant started here
With screaming souls and vitriol
Can there be comfort left
For one who lies bleeding in the fields
Remorse and second thoughts are not enough
To shield me from the consequence
Horses - Warcries....Don't thank me!
Forces - Armies....Don't thank me!
Dedicate your life to this
With blood vows and loyalty
Dedicate your life to me
With suicide - atrocity
Onward - Fervent....I'll drag you down!
Torture - Torment....I'll drag you right down!
Can there be a heaven still
For one who lies bleeding in the fields
A pardon for these actions and passions
Committed in the name of our salvation
Innocence of acquaintance or liaison
The darker side of hunger and need
We reach a path -
the way beyond reason
Now we have sown that nemicidal seed
And I can count on you to let me bleed
An act of trust is as fragile as a child
And we have led as far as we can lead
We'll make a pact from threats and insecurities
Things will arise from lies and disagreements
And I can count on you to let me bleed
Let the meek lie down!
For they shall not inherit the earth from me
Let the meek lie down!
I will never set your people free
Take no prisoners!
For they shall not receive any hope from me
Take no prisoners!
I will never set your people free
Death is the enemy!
For he waits in the field of blood for me
Death is the enemy!
I will never set your people free
Let the meek lie down! Let the meek lie down!
Let the meek lie down! Down!
I feel vindicated
Looking back on what I've done
Not so complicated
When moments meet as one
Are you ready to part the veil?
And write a new beginning to this tale
Rising up
I see creation from the sky
I'm learning to fly
Rising up
I see creation from the sky
This freedom is mine
Standing on the mountain
The olive leaf in hand
Drinking at that fountain
So that I might understand
Are you ready to start once more?
With no idea of what's in store
Are you ready to part the veil?
And write a new beginning to this tale
Rising up
I see creation from the sky
I'm learning to fly
Rising up
I see creation from the sky
This freedom is mine
Rising up
I see creation from the stars
We've travelled so far
Rising up
I see creation from the stars
We've travelled so far
Rising up
An Angel falls, so fragile and exposed
Soon lies crushed and wasted - Too delicate to hold
A soulful melody innocent and pure
Rises to the sky and is lost for ever more
As guilt rains down
And scars the faith of man
It flows into the ground
We will never wipe the bloodstains from our hands
A failing heart, vulnerable and weak
Waiting for the moment to beat the final beat
Surely there is someone who'll reach out
Thinly veiled, a cruel disguise
Vengeance lies behind these eyes
Glaring from the pulpit
As the Fallen Angels follow me
Plageristic sermons
Hiding voyeuristic undertones
Foolishly they will embrace
And ignorant they follow me
You've never truly known
The kind of place that I come from
You turned your back on all the signs
That bore the words of warning
Come to me my simple child
Tear apart your innocence
Pray with me beloved son
And I will help you find a way
Think before you throw yourself
Upon the tables and the merchant s
Are you sure this temple
Isn't just another cruel perversion?
You've never truly known
The kind of place that I come from
You turned your back on all the signs
That bore the words of warning
Don't look for comfort in this house of mine
Don't ask for mercy at my image or my shrine
Don't seek forgiveness at this house of mine
Don't build a temple here
And wait for me to walk into the fire
I will make this promise now
A simple thing, a sacred vow
Come with me my pretty Angel
I will show you how to fly
We will fall together
Into unforgiving night we plunge!
Chained by sin and clothed by guilt
We will be as one forever
Don't look for comfort in this house of mine
Don't ask for mercy at my image or my shrine
Don't look for comfort in this house of mine
Don't break the Holy bread or drink the Holy wine
Don't seek forgiveness at this house of mine
Don't build a temple here
Dead calm
Raining all over me
Too late
Sense of mortality
Dark skies
Threaten to swallow me
Down to the flame
While my flesh and my bone melt away
I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice
With the power of your hand
On the crack in the ice
Raped and discarded
Are left dead
The vultures will feed on them
Lost cause
Tearing this life apart
Thrown to the flame
While my flesh and my bone melt away
I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice
With the power of your hand
On the crack in the ice
Take this moment so close to my heart
You held the white rose out
Just before we parted
Take this moment so far away in dreams
I can feel the thorns bite
But the flower died, it seems
Hold this feeling so close to my heart
You brought the passion out
Just before we parted
Hold this feeling so far away in dreams
I can feel the thorns bite
But the flower starts to bleed
I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice
With the power of your hand
Half heard cries in the night
Bolt the door, put out the light
The clock just stopped, time goes slow
Listen to my voice on the telephone
Fine prayers, sweet dreams
Don't forget to breathe, my friend
You're not the only one
To look me in the eyes again
Half heard screams in the night
The man's down deep 'cos he died of fright
There's a dog bite - Flash light
Throw him in the room with the clues and the dynamite
Fine prayers sweet dreams
Don't forget to breathe, my friend
You're not the only one
To look me in the eyes again
You saw! You saw!
A figure in the fog with razor claws
You saw! You saw!
A devil in the dark, we've met before
Fine prayers, sweet dreams
Don't forget to breathe, my friend
You're not the only one
To look me in the eyes again
Half seen shadows in the night
Burning hands and tortured sight
All the children of the storm are waiting
Half seen shadows in the night
Blood red rooms and fire light
All the children of the storm are waiting
And as you stand glued to the line
Your heart just stopped
And now you're mine!
Did it really make a difference?
Was there strength enough to set me free?
Am I even sure I'm living now?
Or is this some kind of dream?
Is it really that important?
Did I really need to find this way?
Have I never looked inside before?
Have I always been afraid?
The vampire waits on the corner of the street
Past the clown and the words of the preacher
Try to run, but you'll never beat the thief
Are these the faces of The Visitor?
It was there in a desperate breath
It was born from a moment of death
It was held in the weakest of faith
But it seemed to last forever
It was over in a moment of sight
It was gone in a flash of a light
It was lost in the heart of the night
But it seemed to last forever
You're never alone
Take it from me
You're never alone
Just take it from me
Take it from me
Did it really make a difference?
Am I really what I seem to be?
Did I ever truly breathe again?
No more choices born from freedom
No more kings and no more kingdom come
Live in fear of what your doubts are
You may find all your nightmares
Knocking down your ivory tower
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Forced apart by blind divisions
Inspiration, rash decision making
Ignorance and tears, innocence and early years
Beware the chaos that will tear apart
that game you play
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the heart and soul
that freed the slaves
When you're forced to the wall
By the sheer weight of will
When you're fighting between one another
Be sure that you know who the prisoners are
And don't turn against your own brother
Behind every thought is a far greater plan
You can feel as the elements gather
Be sure on which side of the bars you are on
You will live with your choices
forever.....forever.....forever!
Forever........ever.....ever.....ever.....ever.....ever
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the heart and soul
that freed the slaves
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, oh, to the shattered world we tried to save
The spirit that will never fade
Heart and soul that freed the slaves
Pouring fuel across the fire
Let the flesh evaporate
I can hear it in their crazy voices
They're opening the floodgates
Shout loud that burning mantra
With the confidence of fools
Let it be me
Who sets you free!
Exile! You show no mercy
You're living in a mindless state
Exile! You've crossed the line this time
You've thrown it all away
And you can drag this new pariah down
Till the lifeless body breaks
I can see it in their angry faces
They're opening the floodgates
Shout loud that burning mantra
With the unity of fear
Let it be me
Who sets you free!
Exile! You show no mercy
You're living in a mindless state
Exile! You've crossed the line this time
You've thrown it all away
Exile! You show no mercy
You're living in a mindless state
Exile! You've crossed the line this time
Many times this world has been my playground
An endless field of images, not too profound
I let you read between the lines, if you think you can
Part of someone's grand design of
Sainthood, childhood....Slipping through our fingers....
There it is in black and white for you to shout out loud
But all those empty promises just sow more seeds of doubt
Let my vision smother you in heartache
It freezes like the venom from a rattlesnake
It really doesn't matter now, the end will be the same
It really doesn't matter how the world will rise again
There's nothing you can do to stop the river flowing blood
The betting man has played his hand
He's waiting.....waiting
Look for me in everything material
live and breathe philosophy and spiritual escape
You'll find me in the films and in the theatres
Through the minds of novelists and orators
It really doesn't matter now, the end will be the same
It really doesn't matter how the world will rise again
There's nothing you can do to stop the river flowing blood
The betting man has played his hand
He's waiting for the flood
You walked with me before, you know
We crossed this land before, you know
You talked with me before, you know
You held my hand before, you know
It really doesn't matter now, the end will be the same
It really doesn't matter how the world will rise again
There's nothing you can do to stop the river flowing blood
The betting man has played and we're just
Waiting for the flood
You followed me too far and it's too late to turn around
You followed me too far to stop the world from being drowned
There's nothing you can do to stop the river flowing blood
The betting man has played and we're just
Desperation on your own
Let the kindred spirits go
Keep on building, stone on stone
Never fail, never doubt
Stands alone, stone on stone
I shall lie within this shrine....
Waiting for ten thousand years
Free from preconceived ideas
Isolated, hibernating
Sleeping through the age of
Darkest hour before the dawn
Patiently, silently
Hanging on a single hope
Clinging to a fragile rope
Desperation, preservation
Keeping the faith
Too much at stake
Do what the Gods say...
Every day the idea grows
Money is no object so
Keep on building, stone one stone
Let the temple reach the clouds
Stands alone, stone on stone
Working on the grandest scale
How could worshipped idols faith
Untold wealth, hidden with care
by stealthy people
Promised riches stored in haste
by urgent people
Sworn on the good book -
Hard look!
Hardly a whisper away
Sworn on the New Faith -
Keepsake!
Keeping a distance away.
What is mine is mine you know
rights are not for you and so
Keep on building,
stone on stone
Make it strong
and make it proud
Stands alone stone on stone
In this glory lies the key
Mine is immortality
Untold wealth hidden with care
by stealthy people
Promised riches stored in haste
by urgent people
Sworn on the good book, hard look,
hardly a whisper away
Sworn on the new faith, keepsake,
keeping a distance away
Jewels lie thick, as far as the eye
can barely see
Elegant crystal, the wishful dragged through
the sands of time for me
Born from resistance, innocence
Into the darkness the blind will be thrown
Born from acceptance, vehemance
Venomous promises innocent foes
You will all hear me, all fear me
Standing in line with your faith at your feet
Do what your will has and fight back
Come meet your maker, Your saviour!
One man, fate unknown
Born of stone on stone
One flame lights the fire
Dawn of stone on stone
my faith will stand up alone
Your light enriching the sacred stone
One man, fate unknown
A wave that rushes headlong through the darkness
An eternal flood that violates our minds
A mighty river thirsty for our sanity
A waterfall that crashes down upon mankind
The foam that smashes deep into the shoreline
A tidal force that's pumping through our veins
A wordless voice that echoes in our beating hearts
Driving every living soul insane
There's nowhere to hide now
There's nowhere to run
A skyline that is changed beyond redemption
The planet with it's back against the wall
Man was overflowing with self confidence
The time was overdue that he would take the fall
There's nowhere to hide now
Nowhere to run
There's nowhere to hide now
Scooping the moon from a starlit pool
It ripples and breaks into luminous jewels
And shards of light float through the night
Moonbeams of magic shining like eyes
Shooting the breeze as the clouds roll by
A face in the rain and a voice in the sky
Showering wisdom like newly formed pearls
That fall to the ground in this innocent world
Here in this Darkest House - Living with these ancient wounds
Here in this Darkest House - Trapped inside those shattered rooms
So many lies - blighted ambitions
Caught in a race - a certain collision
Stumbling over the paths of depression
Too scared to search for the answers to questions
Lost in this Darkest House – Living with these ancient wounds
Lost in this Darkest House – Trapped inside those shattered rooms
Hide brother hide – Veiled in disguises
Circle of spies - Fighting for the highest prize
Offer a culture - Must now divide them
Melt into every crowd - Bringing our defences down
Lost in this Darkest House - Living with these ancient wounds
Lost in this Darkest House - Trapped inside those shattered rooms
I see the shadow of this lupine condition
Howling in the mountains with a wolverine heart
He's always running from this state of aggression
Given half a chance he can tear you apart
No mercy for you! No sleep for the doomed!
I see the shadow of a vampire’s obsession
Eternity's a curse that will drive him insane
A life of guilt and such violent confession
Don’t look away; he'll drain the last drop of blood from your veins
Lost in this Dark House – Watch your back and stay awake
Lost in this Dark House – Sleep would be a cruel mistake
Lost in this Dark House - living with these ancient wounds
Lost in this Dark House - Trapped inside these cold and shattered rooms
Lost in this Darkest House - Lost in this Darkest House
Am I invisible? Far away from the safety line
And the petty little lives of all Mankind
With my eyes closed - and my aching head inclined
Can you see me now?
Keeping in step with the March of Time
I write the verse and I find the rhyme
I listen to the rhythm but the heartbeat's mine
I'm singing along - to 'One for the Vine'
Can you see me now?
Keeping in step with the March of Time
Am I invisible? Far away from the screaming minds
Waiting for a taste of the blood red wine
Don't look close - you won't like what you find
Can you see me now? Keeping in step with the March of Time
Staying on guard with your powder dry
Got to be quite ready when the missiles fly
Fighting the tide - is an clear act of crime
Can you see me now? Keeping in step with the March of Time
Playing all the parts - It hurts when they laugh
But keep that smile spread wide across your face
Till your head splits in half
Just try to keep the wolves at bay
Let them joke about you - They don't know you well
Never let them see into your mind - They'd go spinning down to hell
Just try to keep the wolves at bay - Don't fight against what they say
'Cos your under attack night and day
One moment of trust could leave you lost and betrayed
Far away from the safety line
And the petty little lives of all Mankind
Keeping in step with the March of Time
I write the verse and I find the rhyme
I listen to the rhythm but the heartbeat?s mine
Keeping in touch with the March of Time
Let the days and years erase me
Let life go by, decay the signs, and fade me
Let the days and years erase me
Let life go by, decay the signs, and fade me
Let the days and years erase me
As time slips through my finger tips
Like grains of sand in Caesars hands
I can hear the time bomb as it ticks and it ticks
Not long to go now, no more will we stand
Invincible, sure and superior
We are fallible weak and inferior
As we slip and we slide down the long mountainside
We’re the debris of a lost human tide
There's a feeling I can feel
As the clockwork clicks around
There's a shadow after me
And it waits without a sound
I'm so tired of standing by
While the fates design my life
They never tell me why
The world must die!
Surely there is someone to reach out
Surely there is someone to reach out
As time slips through my fingers
There's a void where the hope used to be
As time flows through my fingers
We see visions that no one should see
And it's cold
So cold out here
And it's cold
When there's so much to fear
As time slips through my fingers
I am blinded and alone
As time flows through my fingers
I am haunted by demons I have always known
And it's cold
So cold out here
And it's cold
Walk along the waterfall
Watching as the world turns red
Wonder where the river flows
And the blood on the river bed
Poison lies too close to us
Reach across the salt and sand
Moving deeper into the land
Following the waterfall
Watching as the world turns green
Wonder where the river flows
The copper face remains unseen
Ignorance has failed to cleanse
Reach across the salt and sand
Moving deeper into the land
Crying as the earth cries out
Weeping as the land decays
Wonder if I could have helped
Maybe I'd have found a way
Poison lies too close to us
Reach across the salt and sand
Moving deeper into the land
Cling to the branch of a tree
That was waiting for
Something to preach
Someone to teach
The Word was the first
And the last to be heard
From the branch of the tree
It was praying for me to fall down
Climb to the top of a tree
That was waiting for
Someone to warn
A life to be torn into
Pieces of gold
For a soul to be sold
And the heart of the tree
Was crying for me to come back
Take me to the hanging tree
There's a man in the light
And he's pointing at me
Guide me to the hanging tree
It's the place that I come from
Walk along the waterline
Reach across the salt and the sand
Moving deeper into the land
Take me to the hanging tree
There's a boy in the light
And he's staring at me
Take me to the hanging tree
It's the place that I come from
Walk along the waterline
Reach across the salt and the sand
Moving deeper into the land
I'm gonna fight em' off.
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back.
They're gonna rip it off.
Takin' their time right behind my back.
And I'm talkin to myself at night, bcause I cant forget.
Back and forth through my mind behind a cigarette
And a message comin' from my eyes, says leave it alone.
Dont wanna hear about it.
Every single ones got a story to tell.
Everyone knows about it.
From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell.
And if I catch you comin back my way, I'm gonna serve it to you.
And that aiin't what you want to hear, but thats what I'll do.
And a feelin' comin' from my bones, says find a home.
Im goin' to Witchitaw.
Far from this opera forever more.
Im gonna work the straw (?).
Make the sweat drip out of every pore.
And I'm bleedin' and I'm bleedin' and Im bleedin' right before my lord.
All the words are gonna bleed from me, and I will sing no more.
There in a dream – More than it seems
A Morbid theme - Through the eyes of Lara Moon
Back from the grave – A twilight state
Help came too late - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon
No chance to change - What came before
The senseless rage - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon
And so we wait - Night after night
To share that fate - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon
You saw it coming - But you did nothing
You just kept watching – Through the eyes of Lara Moon
It's hard to fight
When you're struggling for breath
And it's hard to smile
Noble in the face of death
There's no defence
To quell a greater force of will
One desperate flight
But needlessly their blood is spilt
Endure the bleakest days
Light the visions crowding in
Identify the blame
Expose the guilty and the sinners
Vocation holds us here
Even to the end of days
There's no inaction
That will feed the hungry flames
And so we wait - Night after night
To share that fate - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon
Nowhere to hide - Night after night
So dead inside - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon
And so we wait - Night after night
To share that fate - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon
And so we wait - Night after night
So dead inside - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon
Oh my brother, kneel with me
And share this dream of paradise
Through this cold and freezing night
We will survive
Oh my sister, walk with me
And share this dream of paradise
Through this unforgiving night
We will survive
As the Lantern City lights
He waits in the dark for lives, misguided and wrecked
The catcher of innocent souls
He's proud of his human collection
Of losers who give up the chase
Of winners who fail to look round
He creeps up behind the fallen and blind
They're gone! With hardly a sound
'Save me - somebody reach out a hand
Save me from eternity caught in the grip of
The Butterfly Man'
He waits in the dark for the scent of anger or hate
He hides behind ignorance
And it's never for long that he has to wait
A gentle caress
Is enough before fear takes a hold
The warning signs come far too late
By then he'll have captured your soul
'Save me - somebody reach out a hand
Save me from the agony caught in the grip of
The Butterfly Man'
'Save me - somebody reach out a hand
Save me from eternity caught in the grip of
The Butterfly Man'
'I've been here for so long
Don't even know what my purpose ever was
I don't even know where I belong
Through the years I've been waiting
Even time has lost it's meaning
Don't even know where I belong'
'Can't ever turn from this path
Don't even know what alternatives there are
Perhaps I wandered too far
I've been here for so long
Don't even hope for an end to all of this
I have no choice, but to carry on'
There you are fighting to escape from the womb
Dying in the snares of your chosen beliefs
Were you not set free far too soon?
There you are bathing in the warmth of creation
Drowning in the blood of your chosen beliefs
Prisoners of fate
Living in a state of sedation
'Save me - somebody reach out a hand
'Save me - somebody reach out a hand
Save me from eternity caught in the grip of
The Butterfly Man'
He waits in the dark
The catcher of elegant souls
Extravagant souls
Belligerent souls
He waits in the dark
His arms open wide
Never too short
Never too tall
This is a clown's tale
Falling over
Again and again
He paints his face
With colours from the sun
But he is living in the rain
This is a clown's tale
Jumping up
Spinning round and around
He kicks his heels
To the laughter of the crowd
But from inside there is no sound
Why do we all fail to see
The darkness in another's heart
Why do we all turn our backs
On open wounds
And failed attractions
Painted on the canvas there
Written in the books we share
This is a fool's tale
Rolling over
Again and again
Telling jokes
To cool the anger of a king
But he can never be the same
This is a fool's tale
Tripping up
Spinning round and around
Try to walk
Beyond words of the wise
Then reach a place too high
Show them you can fly
And dream until you hit the ground....
Don't offer sympathy
When you've just walked away
Don't play apologies
And sentimental games
I stood before the world
And gave you my heart
And it may never beat again!
Don't give me hollow tears
Or empty cries of shame
Don't try to turn away
By throwing me the blame
I stood before the world
And gave you my soul
And now I'm living in the rain!
This is a clown's tale
Falling over
Again and again
He paints his face
With colours from the sun
But he is lying in....
He is dying in....
Standing in water, but dying of thirst
This is my thanks and this is my curse
Try as I might, the fruit on the trees
All remain beyond reach, beyond wishes or pleading for
One last chance
Waiting for time to pass me by
Waiting for freedom, waiting to die
Where can I go, in a world without hope?
There is never a place for a soul that has broken so
Trust in no one - Trust in no one
Linking the chains that weigh down your reason
Nothing to blame, but the actions you choose
Driven insane by the conscience of treason
Running in vein from a life of abuse
The closer I get the further I am
The journey I make is the course of the damned
The distance I go is no distance at all
And I climb to the sky but find myself falling so
Trust in no one - Trust in no one
Quench my thirst - Fill my heart
Feed my mind - Don't leave me starving
Hold my hand - stay close by
Talk to me - Don't leave me crying here
Standing in water, yet dying of thirst
This is my thanks and this is my curse
Empty forgiveness for old indiscretions
And such condemnation for just one transgression
Find me now - set me free
Find me now - set me free
Waiting for time to pass me by
Waiting for freedom, waiting to die
Why do you smile at my timeless ordeal here
And why do you laugh at my hopeless appeal for your mercy?
Tear away the chains - Free me now
No one else to blame – Let me go
Tear away the chains - Free me now
Driving me insane – Let me go
Tear away the chains - Free me now
No one else to blame – Let me go
Tear away the chains - Free me now
There's a spectre at the feast
Feeding on my soul and drinking my hopes away
There's a wind from the east
My heart grows cold, my rainbows turn to grey
There's a spectre at the feast
Tearing me up and tossing my bones to the wolves
On the brink of defeat
We're moving the goals and changing the rules
Hey don't fall asleep
Don't close your eyes and drift away to some foreign land
I know who you are - My fate is in your hands
There's a spectre at the feast
Panic has a face; it's looking at me right now
There's the shadow of defeat
Got to rise and bring those demons down
Hey don't fall asleep
Don't close your eyes and drift away to some foreign land
I know who you are - My fate is in your hands
Are they so pure, that they should judge me everyday?
Am I so low in estimation, that none will hear a word I say?
Are they so sure, the human race should turn away?
In every home to be unwelcome, and none will hear a word I say!
This brave new world has fallen and decayed
Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay?
Are they so weak, that they despise me everyday?
A painful demonstration that none will hear a word I say!
This brave new world has fallen and decayed
Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay?
Are you so pure?
This brave new world has fallen and decayed
In the distance
Hidden from sight - patiently
Waiting for me
Part of the night - enemy mine
This horizon
Darkness and light - opposites
Drawn together, one forever
Wrong and the right - enemy mine
Now is the time to decide......
Don't answer me with the same old questions
Don't patronise with those tired old solutions
I've heard these before, I've been here before
Don't pay me back with the same old deceptions
Don't give me facts
and predictable suggestions
I've heard these before, I've been here before
Then you're screaming all the time
You don't listen any more
When you threw out the hope
with the dustbin liners
You were standing alone
with your coat of kindness
Covered in mud - it was soaked in my blood
When you fed me to the lions
in your personal arena
And you watched till the cries
and the prayers grew weaker
Head in my hands - Dripping tears in the sand
The roar of the lions
As the victim lies damned and alone.......
When agony comes
more from hope than failure
Look further than
your preconceptions,
expectations
Where the power
of the mind can
take you out
beyond this reach
Higher than the dull
and simple world you
know so well
Back to paradise.......
Who keeps the child - Tell
me which is the mother?
The need in her eye,
and the eyes of the other
and I've seen this before,
I've been here before
Cut the child in half,
give a piece to each woman
A desparate chance,
the last hope has fallen
Just like before,
I've felt this before
And the gurgles of laughter
echoes once more in my
heart
So I lie down in my mothers arms
And I cry in my mothers arms, praying
Praying for the end to come.....
A friend to come and rescue me - right now
So I listen to my mother's voice
And I listen to the
Only choice she had to make
Living fear cold and naked
Throw me away? Don't throw me away
"Take the child - it's yours!"
Was the only thing she could have said.....
Does it matter to you?
In the lion's cage we're all the same
Does it matter to you?
It's a child's game with a child's name
Does it matter to you?
If I place the blame upon your shoulders
Don't try to fool the world
Don't try to rule the world again.....
Throw away my life in the fireplace
With the old love letters
And the Nottingham laces;
Trying to forget the warm embraces
Video suppers and the funny faces
Does it matter to you?
Does it matter to you?
Does it matter to you?
Does it matter at all?
------
Alexandre Pérusse
Do you hear the voice?
Shouting down the Midnight Friend
Do you hear the voice?
An empty requiem
Tell me who you are
To treat me like a fool, can’t you be
Honest from the start
Explain these tainted rules
Calm me down
A siren’s crown
Graceful sounds
Ease me round
More than smoke and mirrors
Can't you see me on the stage?
More than misdirection
Don't you let me fade away!
Spinning out your web
You planned to bring me down – Wrong again!
You crawled inside my head
Corrupted what you found – Wrong again!
Lead me on
A siren’s song
Draw me in
Break my wings
More than smoke and mirrors
Can't you see me on the stage?
More than misdirection
Don't you let me fade away!
More than smoke and mirrors
Can't you see me on the stage?
More than misdirection
Don't you let me fade away!
More than smoke and mirrors
Can't you see me on the stage?
More than misdirection
Don't you let me fade away!
More than smoke and mirrors
Knowing what I know
I'm never free to come and go
But when I try to open doors
I burn when daylight hits the floor
Playing the skin game
Breathing the blue flame
Playing the skin game
In sight, insane
Knowing what I know
I've been looking for a space to grow
And maybe I can set you free
Yes maybe I can set you free
Playing the skin game
Breathing the blue flame
Playing the skin game
In sight, insane
I'm content to live in the vacuum I have made
A comfortable existence on my own
The problems of the world are there for others to debate
I prefer to face my days alone!
Kneeling down before I sleep
Never said a prayer that I believed
One day you'll understand
Why have I become this way?
Maybe it's another quirk of fate
Yielding to my DNA
Try to live on my own
Reborn once more as a whisper on the telephone
Unafraid of it all
Every thought, every dream, I will call! I will call!
Now I'm living alone
And all I am is a whisper on the telephone
Making sense of it all
Silently calling
I hear myself speak
My breath is in my hands
I cry out your name
Silently calling
I feel so at peace
And the time to surrender
Is the time you will take hold of me
What did you do when you woke today
What did you feel, were you sad or afraid
Searching your thoughts
for reasons or meanings
And the choices you made
Silently calling
In a field of dreams
Where memories fade
They keep passing through
this soulless maze
What did you do when you woke today
What did you feel, were you sad or afraid
Searching your thoughts for hope or relief
Looking for safety in the falling leaves
Splinters of virtue
From splintering hearts
The door is always closed
As it was from the start
Masters of freedom
Masters of light
Will you ever let me go
Take away this second sight
What did you do when you woke today
What did you feel, were you sad or afraid
Searching your thoughts
for warnings and traps
Nothing in your life will be the same!
Hanging to the sail
Caught behind the storm
Wait for the waves to come
Know the fear
Hide behind your smile
Crying for mercy
Hanging to the mast
Caught behind the storm
Wait for the sea to foam
Climb....Climb....Climb up to me
Hanging to the sail
Far beyond the storm
Lightning across the sky
Catch the rope
Cling to hope
Watch as our lives flash by
Hanging to the mast
Beyond the storm
Saltwater burning
Shield your face from whiplash sprays
Hold your breath and
Neptune will make his next move
Hanging to the rail
Caught within the storm
Watch for the jagged land
Follow a line
From another time
Washed up on stone and sand
Grab the mast
Caught within the storm
Reach for a helping hand
We could share this calm experience now
In shadows I can see the light
I whisper your name
But it's lost in the night
Watching reflections of my own solitude
Heartfelt indifference
towards actions and truths
In shadows I can see light
I whisper your name
In the night
Spare me from those sirens' lies
Spare me from this grand illusion
Spare me from those weeping eyes
And promises of absolution
Shall I stand without defense
Now that death is all around me
Did you hope for my surrender
Leaving me to die on the
bloodstained ground
It's only a lifetime
Where heroes need heroic deeds
It's only a lifetime
Where children dream of breaking free
Follow the cause
Follow the signs
Drawn by a song to our own demise
It's only a lifetime
Blue fire, spreading across
From my finger tips - a powerful chaos
Ice cold, consuming all
Unstoppable advancing wall of
Radiance, marching forth
For the final throws of a world war
Bow down before the truth
I hear the cry - too late to stop you
Burn - Like a moth to the flame
We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name
Burn - Like a moth to the flame
Blue fire, spreading across
From the farthest shore - the final cost
Go back to the other place
Another side of a well known face
Blinding light, the world falls down
I will draw you in to the slightest sound
Reach out, follow your heart
To the end of time - You will not be the last
Burn - Like a moth to the flame
We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name
Burn - Like a moth to the flame
Blue fire, a creeping curse
There is nowhere safe in the universe
Too late, you are hypnotised
By the gentle waves, as they dive and rise
One strike of a single match
And the human race is reduced to ash
Bow down before the truth
I hear the cry - too late to stop you
Burn - Like a moth to the flame
We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name
Burn - Like a moth to the flame
There's a light behind the veil
And it's calling to me
There's a force behind the veil
And it's waiting for me
There's a hand
Reaching out
Holding on
Won't let go!
I defy you to stand
On the crack in the ice
With the power of your hand
On the crack in the ice
Rising, rising
I can feel your hands upon me
I can feel your arms around me
Rising, rising
I can feel a breath inside me
I can feel a warmth inside me
Rising, rising
I can feel your hands upon me
I can feel your arms around me
Rising, rising
I can feel a breath inside me
I can feel my heart begin to burn
"Open your eyes"
I can hear the Visitor!
Shaking me
Rousing me
Waking me
"Open your eyes"
I can hear the Visitor
Warning me
Rousing me
Calling my name
"Open your eyes
Gather close my friends - Attend to my confusion
These thoughts till now have been too far for you to reach
Gather close to me - My students of delusion
Listen carefully to what I have to teach
So finally, you will walk with me - As an equal in the heart of my prophecies
No struggle now, and no falling down - No hiding from the attitudes and jealousies
The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship me!
Then hand in hand, we will make that stand
I was once myself, but now I am another man
There's a sense of urgency - Flawed invisibility
The negative converge - feel the synchronicity
A union of consequence beyond this lost adversary
The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship me!
There’s nothing more to fear - A question of a few degrees
From sane to maniac - We’re feathers on a dying breeze
You trust your life to float - Across the gentle ebb and flow
And on the random whims - A God that no one really knows
The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship...
There’s nothing more to fear - A question of a few degrees
From care to negligence - In freedom or captivity
Perhaps there is a place - Far outside these prison walls
Where I may live your life - A cleaner slate, a stronger cause
The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship me!
So I exist in this fragile equilibrium
Which glues the substance of the universe to me
The stars they’re falling down, drawn to me in millions
Only I can set them free... set them free
Set them free! Only I can set them free!
You try to live without me by your side
You try to live without me now but
I will always be there, just a single breath away
And I will always be there – I will share your fate again
The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship me!
From the first to stand on the fields of Waterloo
Through the two world wars and landing on the moon
The search to find forgiveness and to bury all my shame
Got to let this burden go, got to shoulder all the blame
One day, I will lie down
And rest here forever
Till then my heart beats – heart beats!
I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town
Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down
I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer
Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers
They fall at the hands of dark corruption
From saintly deeds to poisonous intentions
Living with remorse on Purgatory Road
Keeping me alive – watch the evil grow
One day, I will lie down
And sleep here
I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town
Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down
I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer
Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers
I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town
Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down
I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer
Won't fade away - Going to follow all my prayers
I'm here to stay - Till humans walk the ocean floor
Won't fade away - Till man can find an end to war
I'm here to stay - Till the polar caps freeze up again
Lying here
Can't even feel the cold
Just a tingle in my spine
A bitter line of hope
Lying here
Can't even see the sky
Just a tingle in my fingers
A shiver in my soul
Don't walk towards the light
Still got those pins and needles
Turn back, embrace the night
Am I ready to be judged like this?
Lying here
Can't even turn my head
Just a tingle in my feet
A shimmering before my eyes
Lying here
Can't even touch my face
Just a tingle in my throat
A living moment, isolated
Don't walk towards the light
Still got those pins and needles
Turn back, embrace the night
I'm not ready to be taken yet
Don't walk towards the light
Still got those pins and needles
Turn back and hold the night
I'm not ready to be taken yet
This is not my time
I'm not ready yet
I am the painted man
With a frown on my face
And a language you don't understand
A wild refugee
That is all you people can see
I am the painted man
With a smile on my lips
And a living tattoo on my hand
That's no guarantee
Of the truth you people can see
Why - With poison so strong in our hearts
And the world torn apart
Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain
Can't you see that we're painted the same?
I am the painted man
With bile in my veins
From a dark and sinister plan
Blind and deceived
That is all you people believe
I am the painted man
No thought for the world
I was here when the nightmare began
Wrongly conceived
That is all you people believe
Why - With poison so strong in our hearts
And the world torn apart
Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain
Can't you see that we're painted the same?
Come down from your ivory towers
Corruption devours us all
Come down from your ivory towers
Look for me here
It's blacker than the night
Look for me here
But don't throw me in the light
Keep me on the inside
A part of the team
Keep me on the inside
I don't care what that means
Oh - Like the ghost in the Firewall
Oh - Like a virus in the system
Oh - Like the ghost in the Firewall
Let me in
Let me fade away
Look for me here
My name is Legion
Look for me here
We are many - we are one
Keep me on the inside
Lost in the crowd
Keep me on the inside
Don't try to force me out
Oh - Like the ghost in the Firewall
Oh - Like a virus in the system
Oh - Like the ghost in the Firewall
Let me in
Let me fade away
Let me in
Let me fade away
Let me fade away
5. Climbing The Net
I can see the other side
Keeping my head bowed down
I can see them all around
Dead staring eyes
Donning their Ascension robes
Waiting for the time
Shouting down below
'I told you once before - I told you so!'
Got to build a tower
Need a better line of sight
We're climbing up the net
We're reaching for the sky
Got to keep on rising
Take a ray of burning light
We're climbing up the net - through the sky
I can see the other side
Try to keep a hold
Take the rollercoaster ride
On some binary code
Speaking in a single tongue
Think a single thought
Touching everyone
Reaching out - we've been here before
Do I join in the race, keep my enemies near?
Am I forced to embrace this modern veneer?
Will I ever break free from this house of cards?
The truth is the victim - it was dead from the start!
Got to keep on rising
Take a ray of burning light
Got to keep on rising
We're climbing - We're climbing up the net
We're climbing - We're reaching for the sky
We're climbing - We're climbing up the net
We're climbing - We're reaching for the sky
We're climbing up the net
A ray of burning light
A better line of sight
We're reaching for the sky
We're climbing up the net
A ray of burning light
A better line of sight
Soon there will come a time
Whether a life like mine
Reaches you
Touches you
Under a cloud of fear
No longer need me here
Feeling secure
Part of the cause
Dramatic setting for
Friendship is not so pure
Innocence...influence
Now we have come so far
Etched on my mind unsure
Commonsense...Confidence
Far reaching consequence
Born from indifference
Leave me here now
Forgotten with pretence
Forward and sufferance
Leave me here now?
When the time was right
And the signs were clear
I should have known
But I didn't hear the warning
.....The calling!
When the moment came
And the lonliness
Was falling in
I couldn't find a reason
...I stopped believing
Once more to the breach
There's nothing left to teach
me now ....Now!
Stand up and be counted
No more time for doubt,
stand up
Stand up!
Was it empathy or apathy
we shared
There's no understanding
When honesty's not there
No hand me down excuses
Insincerity too far
Are brave enough
or strong enough
when truths are told in halves
Now its obvious
It's so obvious to me
Now its obvious
In this wilderness you'll see
That hollow words
are feckless
Allies souls can move apart
Surface wounds infectious
Through to your Achilles
heart.
"Forgive them, for they know
not what they do"
What is forgiveness?
Who grants forgiveness?
Who gives a damn?
I'm breaking out of this
wilderness
I turn my back on all the
make believe and promises
A soldier of fortune
I fell once before
But I live again!
I'm part of this once more!
I'm breaking out of this
wilderness
I've cut my way through all
the sympathy and tenderness
A soldier of fortune
I fell once before
But I live again!
Lying there - With spiders in your hair
No one seems to care if you survive
Blood on your face - All over the place
No one seems to care if you live or you die
We're the same you know
Putting up walls and dodging the stones
We're the same you know
Walking in the crowd, but living alone
Don't let this life decay to misery and hate
Don't throw it away – don’t leave it too late
Lying there - On the edge of despair
This is where I should have been
Black and blue - All battered and bruised
This is where I should have been
Lying there - With death in the air
Too young and unprepared for such distress
Hanging on - But not for too long
Too young and unprepared for such distress
We're the same you know
Putting up walls and dodging the stones
We're the same you know
Walking in the crowd, but living alone
Don't let this life decay to misery and hate
Don't throw it away – don’t leave it too late
There will be a time and place
You'll be sure to find me there
Praying that I won't be too late
To take you from the edge of despair
We're the same you know
Putting up walls and dodging the stones
We're the same you know
Walking in the crowd, but living alone
Don't let this life decay to misery and hate
Just a simple thought, cast into the light
Leads to such destruction - never ending night
In my blind obsession to avoid the fools I've seen
How could I not recognize the fool was always me?
As guilt rains down
And scars the faith of man
It flows into the ground
I will never wipe the bloodstains from my hands
This seed of hate was carried in my soul
Waiting for the moment when it could take control
Surely there is someone who'll reach out
Surely there is someone who'll reach out
A failing heart, vulnerable and weak
Waiting for the moment to beat the final beat
As guilt rains down
And scars the faith of man
It flows into the ground
I will never wipe the bloodstains from my hands
Is there someone who'll reach out?
Stay down! Like a shadow in a hallway
Watching all the blues and greens
As I hide from the glare of the monitor screen
Run fast! Like a shadow in a subway
Try to remain unseen
As I hide from the glare of the T.V. screen
We're all sucked in
Part of the core collective
We're all dragged in
Blind to the cause we've been selected for....Elected for
Stand still! Like a ghost in the Firewall
Watching all the blues and greens
As I listen to the rhythm of the fax machine
What will I be when winter comes again?
And we're wrapped in furs, and life has begun again
And it hurts to be away from you
From the world you made so well
What will I be when the summer comes once more?
And we're naked and weak in the eye of the sun once more
We're all sucked in
'Leave it on the net' demands the optimist
'No room for slaves to high tech reform'
Maybe there's a way to save the pessimist
He could make it to the hills and ride out the storm
'Formulas are set' declares the analyst
'This is the road for everyone'
Maybe we can hide, continue to exist
With a crate of bottled water and a sawn off shot gun
Try to survive - Don't look into his eyes
Try to stay alive - Don't look into his dead dead eyes
You can send me codes
From the safety of a chat room
In your grey ether clothes
I have looked into your soul
Looked into your soul!
I'm sitting with my head in the radiogram
Waiting for some sign of a ghost or a little green man
Glued to the glowing of a sun behind the plastic hood
And the bass heavy tones
That ooze from the pores in the wood
Oh no.... I can't go there again
Oh no..... Was this ever meant to be?
I'm sitting on the floor with the book in my hand
Dreaming of the world in a way that only children can
And I listen for the emanating sounds from the hidden choirs
The message in the radiant valves and red hot wires
Oh no.... I can't go there again
Oh no..... Was this ever meant to be?
To think it has come to this
Ruled by indifference
Underlying waves of doubt
Such arrogant self reliance
Too far we have travelled out
Nervous in our sentience
Ordinary people
Objects and events
Now is a time of foolish fears
Emotions run high and needless tears are shed
He has the face of a friend
And shall reach across the world into every home
We invite him in and offer no defence
And with every given soul he reaches for his throne
He has the face of an Angel
As he leads us in the dance
Until we find ourselves......alone!
So we're standing in the Moviedrome
Staring at the shadows and the falling lights
Prisoners forever in the Moviedrome
Letting all the pictures be the
Guide to our fragile lives
Did we ever really learn?
Did we never really learn?
The human race has found it's own true home
The dwelling places of these high tech lies
The few that see the world beyond the Moviedrome
Must march on through the wilderness
Creeping out into the night
Keep your hands outstretched and
your eyes closed tightly
Running out on your own
Don't answer the door or the
telephone
This is no kind of a dream
Not a blessing but a curse
This is no illusion
You've had them before -
this isn't the first
Reaching out - so cold!
What did I say - did I do
To lose my hold on you
Everything you touch
With your finger tips -
Hurts so much
There's a fallen wish
it's shattered on the ground
like a broken gift
The Midas Vision
Was always beating in your heart
The foolish greed, the golden seed
Is dragging out of the reason
and tearing you apart!
Reaching out - so cold!
What did I say - did I do
To lose my hold on you?
Reaching out with
all that I could give
What should I say - should I do
To make you....
Holding out, holding out your hands
Open up, open up your eyes
Is that the knock
or the ringing of the bell
Open the door
to your own private hell.
Reaching out - so cold!
What did I say - did I do
To lose my hold on you?
Reaching out
with all that I could give
What should I say - should I do
To make you live again?
Reaching out - so cold!
What did I say - did I do
To lose my hold on you?
Reaching out
with all that I could give
What should I say - should I do
It's just a matter of course now
Like some ritual or formality,
that's guiding me
Violent flows the venomous dance
Chasing through the system in a frenzy
of enhancement
Addicted to your belladonna kiss
I am running in the shadows
Anonymous, invisible to all the world but you
How can you be so proud of the
things you do
Medusa! Hollow words and promises
Bow down in servitude before this throne
Medusa! You always know my weaknesses
Only with a heart of anger
Could you freeze the lifeblood in my veins
Only with a heart of anger
Could you bleed the strength,
put out the flame
Poisoned by your belladonna kiss
I am trapped in the web
I am drowning in the bitterness
and all that I can pray
Is that I die in your embrace again
Medusa! Hollow words and promises
Bow down in servitude before this throne
Medusa! You always know my weaknesses
I turn to stone
All I need is a bloodstained jewel
Or a poisonous flower
All I yearn for is the siren's cry
Or the torment and endurance
in the final hour
Medusa! Hollow words and promises
Bow down in servitude before this throne
Medusa! You always know my weaknesses
Oh! I'm paralyzed before this vision
Medusa! Hollow words and promises
Bow down in servitude before this throne
Medusa! You always know my weaknesses
I turn to stone
Addicted to your belladonna kiss
I am running in the shadows
So here I am
Sitting on a pile of stones
Waiting for the rain to fall
To wash away the dust from my hands
So here I am
Sitting on a pile of broken bones
Waiting for the sun to shine
Just to find my way to another day
I hear you call to me
But there's nothing I can do
I hear you call to me
But I can't help you
So here I am
Nothing more to give the world
Hoping for another chance
As I try to make a stand against the tide
And now I walk in fire
I see the flames are grower stronger, dancing higher
And voices from the blue
Their screams will not be silenced, as I stand accused
I look for mercy in their eyes
But only find despising gazes
So here I am
Wasted and torn apart
Waiting for the end to come
Release me from the guilt I've had to bear
So here I am
Sitting on a pile of broken hearts
Waiting for the end to come
And take away the burden of my fear
I hear you call to me
But there's nothing I can do
I hear you call to me
But I can't help you - But I can't help you
Who makes these choices
Who waves the final hand
When wisdom is more than
age or reason
Who makes these choices
Who makes the final stand
When solitude is all
that you believe
It's all the same
And you really should have known
It's all the same
When your heart grows cold
and you're all alone
This has no name
This feeling that I used to know
It's here again
I can see the tortured souls
as they cry for help
Take my hand
I'll lead you through the
traps and snares
Take my hand
I'll feed you and I'll clothe you like
My only child
There is nothing left to fear
My only child
There is nothing left
to hurt you now!
Who makes these choices
Who waves the final hand
When all around
I hear the sound
Of pleading for a helping hand
Who makes those choices
Who makes the final stand
When far away I hear them say
They couldn't give a damn....
Give a damn!
They're crying for help....
Help me!
They're crying for help...
Help me!
They're crying for help...
Help me!
They're crying for help...
Forget the lights
Forget the sounds
You no longer need me round
Lost my patience
Lost my pride
The story of my life
Innocence is no way to hide
Forget the light
Forget the sound
Why do you have to drag me down
Men of night, In disguise
Slay this barren child
Sadness is your only friend
"Please forgive me
I didn't mean to
play with your emotions
Tear apart your passions
Please forgive me
I didn't mean to
Hurt you with false meanings
Hurt you with false feelings"
Is what you see
Is what you get
Overhearing distant sounds
Is what you wish
Is what you hope
Given both ends of the rope
Both ends of the rope?
When you turn against the system
and the rules that are taught
The true unconscious law
an action without thought
To free yourself forever from the shackles and the chains
Of any kind of hell
You can call this need by any other name
When you stay held down for most of your life
It's not hard to find a cause
It's the catalyst behind the knife... the knife!
Gonna turn the tide against you
Gonna make this private revolution
Gonna smash the gates and march right through
Gonna tear apart this institution
I'm coming down to find you
Gonna make this private revolution
Better keep this faith behind you
Gonna lead the way to new solutions.
Jericho - I'll bring those walls right down on you!
Jericho - I'll bring those walls right down on you!
Gonna turn the tide against you
Gonna make this private revolution
Gonna smash the gates and march right through
Gonna make this private revolution
Jericho - I'll bring those walls right down on you!
Why should all the wise survive
When nothing is what it may seem?
Why do all the living die
When only the dying remain?
Helpless are the broken wishes
Dashed upon the window pane
So close! But I'm one step ahead
My shadow is all you will touch
Too late! You waited too long
I stole the freedom
You needed so much
Do you hide away from me?
There's nothing here you should ignore
Do you close your eyes on me?
You've made that mistake once before
Helpless are the shattered wishes
Dashed upon the window pane
So close! But I'm one step ahead
My shadow is all you will touch
Too late! You waited too long
I stole the freedom
You needed so much
Search far, search wide
Lying down is not a matter of pride
Look hard, look deep
Never try to take this line of retreat
Don't let the bastards grind you down
So close! But I'm one step ahead
My shadow is all you will touch
Too late! You waited too long
I stole the freedom you needed so much
So close! But I'm one step ahead
My shadow is all you will touch
Too late! You waited too long
I stole the freedom
I spy an innocence caught in your eyes
It shines and beckons me close
I bathe deep in the light of your eyes
They shine and banish the ghosts
How far do travellers go
To reach the safety they yearn for so?
I spy a vulnerable look in your eyes
It draws and beckons me close
I try to shield you from venomous lies
To guide you away from the lows
How far do travellers go
To reach the safety they yearn for so?
I spy the memories trapped in your eyes
The scars are vivid and close
I bathe deep in the light of your eyes
They shine and banish the ghosts
How far do travellers go
To reach the safety they yearn for?
How far do travellers go
What I dream tonight may rest with me
Till morning comes again
From the truth comes light
We're vulnerable, as we shelter from the rain
This is a place where all I touch
May not be as it seems
When I close my eyes I pray that you
May shield me from this pain
Hidden from my sight
So dangerous, as we shelter from the rain
This is a place where all I touch
May not be as it seems
And still we go on waiting for Friday's Dream
It's a world that's far away
From the sound of people calling
'free me from these chains'
It's a moment of escape
As the blood of fallen angels scars the earth
Tearing at the innocent once more
What I dream tonight may rest with me
Till morning comes again
Weakened by our doubts
We cling to this as we shelter from the rain
It's a world that's far away
From the sound of people calling
'free me from these chains'
It's a moment of escape
As the blood of fallen angels scars the earth
Tearing at the innocent once more
It's a world that's far away
From the sound of people calling
'free me from these chains'
It's a moment of escape
As the blood of fallen angels scars the earth
Burns the earth
Tearing at the innocent once more
When I close my eyes I pray we'll find
A shelter from the rain
What I dream tonight may rest with me
Till morning comes
You think you can hide from the life that you made
You think you can run from the hell you created
Never a thought for the fruits of your labour
Just some vague and fading picture
You think I would laugh in the face of neglect
You think I would smile in the light of rejection
Never a thought to the flesh and the blood
Just some weak and willing victim
"All that glisters is not gold",
or so the wise man said
"When greed awakes upon your shoulder
Hearts will turn to lead"
Fools gold! Ah, fools gold!
Fly to the valleys, fly to the hills
Try to exist on your own without feelings
Ripping your soul beyond all recognition
Unforgiven, twisted vision
Let your conscience decide!
Can you live with yourself
and the deed you have done
Conquer your thoughts when all this has begun
It's tearing your mind into guilt and regret
Troubled dreams - You'll not forget this!
"All that glisters is not gold",
or so the wise man said
"When greed awakes upon your shoulder
Hearts will turn to lead"
Fools gold! Fools gold!
No........It's not all right to call
No........It's not all right to haul me over hot coals
Burning the soles of my feet
Biting deep - Deep into my flesh - My hands
Vengeance - Be sure that I will repay you
Vengeance - Be sure that I will be
the one to betray you!
Vengeance - I'll strike like a snake
when your back is turned
Vengeance - I shall light the fire
and leave you to burn
Digging deep for something of value
How much more must I tear at the soil?
Then at my feet I find angels and saints
Pleading for forgiveness
Digging deep for something of value
Will I find what I touched in a dream?
Then at my feet I find demons and devils
Waiting to drag me down into the pit!
Digging deep for something of value
Searching hard for answers and clues
Then at my feet I find bigots and sinners
Screaming their abuse at me
Digging deep for something of value
Will I find what I lost once before
From my soul there springs home for redemption
A chance to walk the farthest shore
I made my own bed - I must lie here forever
I made my own prison -
I must live out my life in it now
Are you really afraid when the sun sets at night
Are you really afraid when you lie down
and close your eyes
Never a chance to retreat into sleep
The damage is done - now you shall reap justice
You wanted it all but now you have nothing
Lost to the wind are the chances you threw
You wanted it all but now you have nothing
You killed for the gold but this won't help you
"All that glisters is not gold",
or so the wise man said
"When greed awakes upon your shoulder
Hearts will turn to lead"
Something on the edge of this place
Something on the edge of my mind
Getting closer to me
Growing stronger in me all the time
The young foretell a life ahead
The old look back on a life that's been led
But I - I see nothing
Got too much sand across my head
Sit there waiting for the phone to ring
Hopes in the attic, tied up with string
On a top shelf, bottom drawer
Any place I could ignore
The falling of this hero
No! Don't let the child die here
Don't let the child die here
Don't let his life just fade away
Don't let the child die....
I made a promise - my soul laid bare
Signed and sealed on a wing, on a prayer
But thrown to the darkness
It lies beyond repair
This solemn oath I swore to you
Has been neglected and unused
In a back room, not on show
Anywhere just not to know
The falling of this hero
No! Don't let the child die here
Don't let the child die here
Don't let his life just fade away
Don't let the child die....
I let the orphan fall, tears remained unseen
I let the child die on signal fifteen
I missed the vital signs and all of the meanings
You cannot judge me
That's not your place
There's a jury for the crime's of my disgrace
You hide behind those vacant words
Have you seen what I've seen?
Have you heard what I've heard?
You cannot judge me
That's not your right
This is my room, no key, no light
You stand behind those faithless words
Have you seen what I've seen?
Have you heard what I've heard?
No! Don't let the child die here
Don't let the child die here
Don't let his life just fade away
Don't let the child die here
Don't let the child die here
Don't let the child die here
Don't let his life just fade away
Don't let the child die here
Don't let the child die here
Don't let the child die here
Don't let his life just fade away
I've seen that face before
Demon eyes watch what an Angel once saw
I've seen that face before
Lying in shadows but hard to ignore
No where to run
No where to hide
I've seen this place before
A wilderness born from the torment of souls
(Yes!) I've seen this place before
A memory lost as the story unfolds
No where to run
No where to hide
No where to run
No where to hide
...."I will always find you!"
We played this game before
Counting no cost but keeping the score
(Yes!) We played this game before
Eyes to the front and backs to the wall
Some bitter puppeteer tore away my right to choose
Dealt me shit instead of cards
Watched me bluffing from the start
Some warring cavalier rode the truth into the ground
Dragged me screaming by the feet
Left me sprawling in defeat
Right - right to the end
We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again
Some deep deluded author wrote new chapters in my life
Threw my hat into the ring
Let the lady start to sing
So here we face each other, in the blackness of the night
I don't care how it appears
This ends now, this ends here
Right - right to the end
We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again
I can read your mind - Your future's so defined
Beware you've crossed the line this time
Are you so sure of what you'll find
A victim of your lies
A witness to your own demise
There's nowhere else to turn
Right - right to the end
We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again
I can feel your craving - The way that you behave
I can hear the thunder roll
The pleading of a million souls
You've done this to yourself
You've done this to yourself
There's nowhere else to turn
Right - right to the end
We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again
And you know, yes you know
Help me, help me.........help me
Let us share this hope
That we may close our eyes in peace
Follow what may rise from this
Standing in the halls of grace
Let my people go
Was the cry I heard from far away
I should have known
Not to trust every word I heard them say
Help me, help me.........help me
There's a face I can see
Staring back in desperation
Nowhere to turn to now
Drowning in this sea of fate
Don't run! Don't hide!
The devil will find you anywhere
We should never have lied
The sin was always there
Help me, help me.........help me
This choice must be free
Answers do not grow on trees
We must face our enemies
With faith in one another
Don't fall down! Don't lie down!
You can lean on me my friend
The future may not bring us luck
But together we can go down fighting!
Help me, help me.........help me
No more choices born from freedom
No more kings and no more kingdom come
Live in fear of what your doubts are
You may find all your nightmares
Knocking down your ivory tower
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Forced apart by blind divisions
Inspiration, rash decision making
Ignorance and tears, innocence and early years
Beware the chaos that will tear apart
that game you play
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the heart and soul
that freed the slaves
When you're forced to the wall
By the sheer weight of will
When you're fighting between one another
Be sure that you know who the prisoners are
And don't turn against your own brother
Behind every thought is a far greater plan
You can feel as the elements gather
Be sure on which side of the bars you are on
You will live with your choices
forever.....forever.....forever!
Forever........ever.....ever.....ever.....ever.....ever
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the heart and soul
that freed the slaves
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, oh, to the shattered world we tried to save
The spirit that will never fade
Heart and soul that freed the slaves
Dead calm
Raining all over me
Too late
Sense of mortality
Dark skies
Threaten to swallow me
Down to the flame
While my flesh and my bone melt away
I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice
With the power of your hand
On the crack in the ice
Raped and discarded
Are left dead
The vultures will feed on them
Lost cause
Tearing this life apart
Thrown to the flame
While my flesh and my bone melt away
I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice
With the power of your hand
On the crack in the ice
Take this moment so close to my heart
You held the white rose out
Just before we parted
Take this moment so far away in dreams
I can feel the thorns bite
But the flower died, it seems
Hold this feeling so close to my heart
You brought the passion out
Just before we parted
Hold this feeling so far away in dreams
I can feel the thorns bite
But the flower starts to bleed
I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice
With the power of your hand
I can see the other side
Keeping my head bowed down
I can see them all around
Dead staring eyes
Donning their Ascension robes
Waiting for the time
Shout down below
"I told you once before - I told you so!"
Got to build a tower
Need a better line of site
Climbing up the net
We're reaching for the sky
Got to keep on rising
Take a ray of burning light
Climbing up the net - through the sky
I can see the other side
Try to keep a hold
Take the roller-coaster ride
On some binary code
Speaking in a single tone
Think a single thought
Reaching out - we've been here before
Do I join in the race, keep my enemies near?
Am I forced to embrace this modern veneer?
Will I ever break free from this house of cards?
The truth is the victim - it was dead from the start!
Got to keep on rising
Take a ray of burning light
Got to keep on rising
We're climbing - We're climbing up the net
We're climbing - We're reaching for the sky
We're climbing - We're climbing up the net
We're climbing - We're reaching for the sky
We're climbing up the net
A ray of burning light
A better line of sight
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out!
We live amongst you
In the guise of the mortal men
You'll never see us in the crowd
We only look towards
What purpose we've been sent
And wait until the time is now
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out
Better hold on tight if you want to know how
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out
You have been chosen!
Imagine you can tell us all apart
From prophecy or old wives tales
Or from the warnings of a singular birthmark
But these are merely all false trails
Wisdom spat from the whirling chair
Shaking the bars when they stop and stare at me
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out
Better hold on tight if you want to know how
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out
You have been chosen....Now!
The faceless followers knelt in prayer
Near Whited sepulchres and lightly coded software
Freedom of speech - But we have no voice
Freedom of spirit - But we have no choice
Given no help - To meet these demands
Given no help - It's out of our hands
Never turn around never look behind
Got to turn the water into wine
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out
Better hold on tight if you want to know how
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out
We've sown the seeds now
Don't know where they may fall
Just lonely ghost towns
Empty churches, empty town halls
We've travelled far now
And so into the wilderness we crawl
I'm floating through the debris
Of reference books and catalogues
Climbing over sun baked bones
Of Kings and Queens and Demigods
You can take away my crown
But you'll never bring my spirit down
I won't give in
Try to push me off the rope
I will float down on the wings of hope
I won't give in
I wander through the dead lands
Computer chips and stereos
Powerless technology
Instruction books and videos
You can take away my crown
But you'll never bring my spirit down
I won't give in
Try to push me off the rope
I will float down on the wings of hope
I won't give in
Time may fly - And I will search the world for you
Rainbow skies - And I will cross the seven seas for you
Race on by - And I will find my way to you
Crawling through the poison pool
Hiding eyes with bleeding hands
Every step another fool
Kings and Queens of sand
Over there an angry god
Violent brow and negligence
Making waves that can't be stopped
Unafraid of consequence
Chosen faith's a lottery
Heaven sent down forgeries
Miracles and travesties
Irreligion sows that seed
Staring through the Judas Hole
See what I can see?
Every covenant of souls
Drum roll payments paid to me...
Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares!
Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around
This place - So far gone
Darker than hell - A stagnant field of dreams
That face - Speaks to me
So much to say - But nothing’s what it seems
You're only human - Just mortal to me
You're only human – Just an earthbound disease!
Those eyes – Madness reigns
Acid tears – A constant stream of pain
That life – wasted here
Nothing left – No mourners, no name
You're only human - Just mortal to me
You're only human – Just an earthbound disease!
Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares!
Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around
Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares!
Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around
Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares!
All my life I've been runnin' scared
Feelin' shut out, no one cared
Not my mother, not my brother
Crazy beatings by my father
A-ooh a-ooh
Music's been my saving grace
Been my ticket to a better place
Brought me riches, brought me fame
Many people know my name
A-ooh A-ooh
My old friends who knew me when
Say Brian you've come a long, long way
Thank you, thank you wo wo-o-o-oh
My cousins say I ain't the same
Criticize I change my game
They're not happy 'cause I'm different
More creative, independent
A-ooh A-ooh
My old friends who knew me when
Say Brian you've come a long, long way
Thank you, thank you
Thank you, Thank you
I've decided to change and grow
Taste the new and release the old
Those who love me, they know I'm tryin'
Livin' brave instead of dyin'
A-ooh a-ooh
I've decided to change and grow
Taste the new and release the old
Those who love me, they know I'm tryin'
Livin' brave instead of dyin'
A-ooh a-ooh
Gira el mundo y giro tambien
Esta vida un lienzo de papel
Los colores se tatuan sobre mi piel
En mi piel
Otra gloria por conquistar
Un misterio mas por desifrar
Dia con dia
Una historia mas se escribira y sera
Todo siempre ha de girar
Adelante nunca es hacia atraz
Hoy mis pasos se sumergen en la inmensidad
Y sera
Dia con dia una historia mas se escribira
Y sera
Un grano de arena
Tan solo una estrella
En este universo que tengo que hacer girar
Y girar
Un grano de arena
Tan solo una estrella
En este universo que tengo que hacer girar
And she walks by the edge
She sees them in her eyes
Pushes off and then...slowly glides
Poised and confident
She bows to her friend
Smiles so heavenly, I'd understand
And for all the world to see
She makes no mistakes
And I watch her in...Arena.
She knows no enemy
She dances for the kill
It’s gross this loss of jaded sanity
Days are found recalling vanity
The guise the poise serving solitude
Days are found plating gratitude
Arena, I seen her misdemeanour, in the corner
Mural watching children screaming
Running running running running running run
The face, the grace of this atttitude
Make mistakes onto platitudes
The race, the case the boys are innocent
These mistakes buy new testaments
Arena, I seen her misdemeanour, in the corner
Mural watching children screaming
Noble watchmen guard the children
Mural watching children screaming
Running running running running running run
All the boys are innocent, lonely, oh, oh
All the boys are innocent, lonely, oh, oh
This games been played before
73 times won
The faster you die, faster you lose
Life's the prize for one
Children wielding weapons, cutting short a life
Cameras see it all
But we're they enemies or were they friends?
Gotta make it through somehow
5... 4... 321!
The arena! The arena! This is our world stage
The arena! The arena! This is our death cage
Cannons in the distance! The distance!
Silver parachutes descend
You've been spared for now but for how long?
When will all this end?
Watch out for the careers, murders in their veins
Cato, Clove, and Glimmer
Survive and thrive on pain
All that's left are the eyes, twisted muttations
Risen from the dead
Born to kill, bred to die
But they all bleed all the same
5... 4... 321!
The arena! The arena! This is our world stage
The arena! The arena! This is our death cage
Cannons in the distance! The distance!
Silver parachutes descend
You've been spare for now but for how long?
When will all this end?
No allies or teams
Only their screams
No allies nor teams
5... 4... 321!
The arena! The arena! This is our world stage
The arena! The arena! This is our death cage
Cannons in the distance! The distance!
Silver parachutes descend
You've been spare for now but for how long?
