The last I heard of you
You were somewhere on a cruise in the Mediterranean
So imagine my surprise to see you very much alive
In the English rain again
And I can still recall wet afternoons
When we were small and simply childish
But you've created your own ghost
And the need you have is more than most to hide it
Oh, Chameleon, you're stealing your way back into my eyes
Beyond a shadow of a doubt
You're a devil, you're a devil in disguise
Do you really change me, or am I going crazy
Chameleon, Chameleon, Chameleon, you're free again my child
I remember still those lazy summer days
We'd kill out hunting danger
And we were alien to all outsiders
You want the best of both worlds
But you're not getting either
You seem content to ride the fence
When you know which side is greener
Some run hot and some run cold
Some run from their maker
Some run the risk of losing all
With lukewarm friends and fakers
Chameleon- you blend with your surroundings
Chameleon- no one knows where you come from
Chameleon- you change with every situation
Compromising dedication
You compromise each word you say so inoffensively
You only want to hide behind your anonymity
You struggle for acceptance and it takes you to extreme
The smile you hide your face behind is not all that it seems
Come out, come out
Come out from among them
Come out, come out
Come out and be free
There is no gray, no neutral ground
There's only black and white
Nothing in between the two
To turn a wrong into right
There is no time for your charade
You've got to make your stand
When salt has lost its savor
Where do we go from here?
Together for seven years,
Pull a polaroid from the lawn,
You and your red dress before it was torn
Was it all a waste of time?
What if we never met that night?
Would you be the same inside?
I wanna make it work, I wanna get it right
Criss-crossed power lines,
Strung over the billboard sky,
Oceans burnt to dust,
And shadows from bombs above
Is it all a waste of time?
We are born, we give in and we die,
Think of all the ways we try,
We wanna make it work, we wanna get it right
What if we never met that night?
Would you be the same inside?
When you think of it do you start to cry?
You wanna make it work, you wanna get it right
It is all a waste of time?
We are born, we give in and we die,
Think of all the ways we try,
- chorus -
you can't, you can't tell me
maybe i'll become a chameleon
you cats
you cats gotta order me
order me the all-american slam and then you got to find me when it's ready
i can't sit in wal-mart
and boil
(Lyrics : Jani Lane and Jerry Dixon / Music : Jerry Dixon, Jani Lane and Rick Steier)
You always change your colors
When you find yourself in a fix
And when you get yourself in trouble
You just pack your bags and split
And your off the find a new love
Who doesn¹t know you like some do
Put on a smile like it¹s make up
Protection from the truth
If they don¹t have what you need
You won¹t need them right back
And if they gave you the world
You¹d find something
Wrong with that
Chorus
You better find out which road your on
You can¹t change who you are by the colors you put on
You better find somebody to lean on
Have you strayed from the movement?
You're lost in a lie.
Contradiction is my worst fear,
I cannot see how you can block the truth from your ears.
Has it turned from a lifestyle to a fucking trend?
You're too busy feeding your face to realize what you've caused:
pain and suffering to a being as helpless as a baby.
You'll never see it my way until you stop giving into your greed.
Deaf to the truth, blind to reality.
For once, can you take the attention away from your hunger,
look outside yourself and see just what you created?
and Louise,
cowering into nowhere
speaking in terms of a
foreign land
where winter lies easy
and she will surmise the guise
of chateau eyes
I never saw you arrive
Though you're always around
Making your day
Close to the ground
Around with the pigs
Feeding on what's left behind
Adapt your colors to my mind
Chameleon
Fooling all those who are blind
Chameleon
Adapt your colors
Chameleon
I never saw you leave that day
Fed on what was thrown away
A one eyed king
Leading the blind
Ruler of pigs
Until nothing is left to find
Adapt your colors to my mind
Chameleon
Fooling all those who are blind
Chameleon
Adapt your colors
Chameleon
Adapt your colors to my mind
Chameleon
Fooling all those who are blind
Chameleon
You took me runnin' up a wrong way street
When we got there, you said, "Can't you read?"
I must be blind but now and then I see
Another number where mine used to be, oh
Keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
Keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
I say, "What's up", and then you say, "It's down"
I see triangle, and you say, "It's round, round, round"
Saw an empty glass and you say "It is full"
Lord, it's so hot, then you come on cool, cool
Keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
Keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
Keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
Keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
You keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
You keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
You keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
You keep on changin' your face like a chameleon
Chameleon - what's your color today
Chameleon - this ain't your color to stay
Chameleon - blows the way the wind blows
Chameleon - goes where everyone goes
What's the new thing this week
Is it because your weak
Is it acceptance you seek
You don't have to be a freak
Freak
Chameleon - what's the look right now
Chameleon - I know you'll change somehow
Chameleon - I didn't recognize you
Chameleon - because you look like a fool
What's the new thing this week
Is it because your weak
Is it acceptance you seek
You don't have to be a freak
Freak
What's the new thing this week
Is it because your weak
Is it acceptance you seek
You don't have to be a freak
It is just raining, it is just micro macro mood
It is just no words to say, it is just being in love
It is just fragility, it’s so unknown aha aha…
It’s that I shouldn’t talk no more, I shouldn’t talk no more
I hold a chameleon in my heart
Disastrous and divine
And I’m never alone and he is my guide
And I’m never alone and he is my guide
It is just ridiculous, it is just how much I ignore
It is just they are talking to me, It’s that I want to understand
It is just the way it works, It is just too many chains sometimes
It’s that I should stop speaking now, I should stop speaking now
I hold a chameleon in my heart
Disastrous and divine
And I’m never alone and he is my guide
And I’m never alone and he is my guide
I hold a chameleon in my heart
Disastrous and divine
And I’m never alone and he is my guide
And I’m never alone and he is my guide
I hold a chameleon in my heart
Disastrous and divine
And I’m never alone and he is my guide
And I’m never alone and he is my guide
Remember those walls I built
Well, baby they're tumbling down
And they didn't even put up a fight
They didn't even make up a sound
I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now
It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
It's the risk that I'm takin'
I ain't never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I want
Think I'm addicted to your light
I swore I'd never fall again
But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't forget
To pull me back to the ground again
Feels like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
The risk that I'm takin'
I'm never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
Halo, halo
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
You're hiding behind the face of your victims
An imitation of the ones you killed
Afraid...
To see yourself in the mirror (the mirror lies!)
Afraid...
To be yourself in real life
Bastard! Coward!
I've blackened my inner self of innocence
And it's tearing my soul apart
I'm abused
Misused
Confused
And I died (mentally!)
Am I what you call insane?
My mind decayed with hate, I lost my common sense
Thus cannot tell right from wrong
Revenge!
To avenge with a relentless killing spree!
I cannot be saved no more...
This childhood of mine betrayed
My sanity fades away while sowing my seeds of hate
Now tell me who's to blame!
I'm afraid to be
And afraid to see, to live my life as myself, so a
Chameleon of life I'll be!
I'll escape and be someone else!
Memories from the past keep haunting me
All visions of guilt and shame that will make me cry
Even make me kill!...
And hide my face from you!
Afraid...
To see yourself in the mirror
It lies...
It defies...
Chameleon, you're breakin' his heart
It's in pieces on the ground - all apart
There's nothing that that boy won't do when it comes to you
Chameleon, you know that it's wrong
But it's fun to have someone you can pull along
The way you treat that boy ain't fair, but he don't care
What does it mean if you know you don't mean it?
What does it say if you got nothing to say?
He's just your silly little thing hangin' on a string
Waiting by the phone praying it'll ring
You know it ain't right
'Cause you're never gonna do what he wants to
Kneeling by the bed, praying it true
You know it ain't right
Chameleon, what's he gonna do?
You gloss them lips, shake them hips
Honey, what's wrong with you?
He'll follow you wherever you go, and I know you know
What does it mean it you know you don't mean it?
What does it say if you got nothing to say?
He's just your silly little thing hangin' on a string
Waiting by the phone praying it'll ring
You know it ain't right
'Cause you're never gonna do what he wants to
Kneeling by the bed, praying it true
You know it ain't right
You ain't gotta tell me, he fell too fast
But would you just tell him it ain't gonna last
What does it mean it you know you don't mean it?
What does it say if you got nothing to say?
He's just your silly little thing hangin' on a string
Waiting by the phone praying it'll ring
You know it ain't right
'Cause you're never gonna do what he wants to
Kneeling by the bed, praying it true
This life all for you
So right
Felt true
'Cos I know I'm gone
I can't help holding on
Hold on
This time I know
That I should've found you cold
And I'm sorry for all the hurt
Will I ever commit to you
I felt so sick when I held you
Why go back undercover
Together we can get it started
Cos everywhere I'm thinking
That maybe we can cope in silence
Well I will never hate her
I could be an imbecile
So we can learn to replace
We will learn to replace
Isabelle mijn dochterke
Waar hebde gij leren naaien?
Te Gent al bij mijn moeje
Hoe leid, hoe leid, hoe leider is 't mijn
Isabelle mijn dochterke
Wat hebde gij daar gegeten?
Een vis met gele strepen
Hoe leid, hoe leid, hoe leider is 't mijn
Isabelle mijn dochterke
Waar he'n ze dat viske gevangen?
In een kelderke met een tange
Hoe leid, hoe leid, hoe leider is 't mijn
Isabelle mijn dochterke
Wat jonde gij aan uwen zelve?
Een spaadje om mij te delven
Hoe leid, hoe leid, hoe leider is 't mijn
Isabelle mijn dochterke
Wat jonde gij aan uwe moeje?
Een oven om in te gloeien
Hoe leid, hoe leid, hoe leider is 't mijn
Isabelle mijn dochterke
Wat jonde gij aan uwen broeder?
Een vrouwe gelijk zijn moeder
Hoe leid, hoe leid, hoe leider is 't mijn
Sweat dripping down from my face
Contemplating my relevance
Worthlessness disgrace
Realization has made me sad
My idiosyncrasies are yours
No reactions are of my own
I fight a battle inside myself
Tortured by the constant
Longing to be whole like you
My core is the mangled elf
How is it everybody else can have their own beliefs?
Why is it no one else suffers from this emptiness?
Tried to offer my own ideas
But the threat of disapproval had terrified me
No more my soul I will reveal
You don t know it but I see you
You don t know it but I know you
You don t know it but I sense your essence and suck it in
You don t know it but I am you
I ve found that people need themselves
Mutual agreement comforts them
Without it they re in my cell
Perhaps in that way I help
I m the catalyst that will allow your peace
But who helps me from this hell?
You don t know it but I see you
You don t know it but I know you
I don t want to disappear
At times it works out well
I gain a personality I desire
Briefly out of my hell
And as I venture away and towards another case
My automatic defense is strangling me
Color change takes place
I m on a leash owned by who I m with
Thrown around in circles
My emotions are changing fast
Confused I m losing my grip
You don t know it but I see you
You don t know it but I know you
You don t know it but I sense your essence and suck it in
You don t know it but I am you
Hey come on you better start to hit me with yourself
Go on I'm dying to find out whats in your mind
Move on you've shown this side to many times before
(Chameleon Chameleon Chameleon you better start)
Hear me say dont use that voice its tearing up my heart
all day you give me to much
give me to much
(Chameleon Chameleon Chameleon you better start)
I am the thrill of your life You should be be one of my kind
I am the thrill of your life You should be be one of my kind
The one in my life
The one in my life
Hey wait the end is near so why suprise me
(Chameleon Chameleon Chameleon you better start)
Hey come on you know Im right there's no hidding
There's no hidding so stop pretending
(Chameleon Chameleon Chameleon you better start)
I am the thrill of your life You should be be one of my kind
I am the thrill of your life You should be be one of my kind
The one in my life
The one in my life
(Chameleon Chameleon Chameleon you better start)
I am the thrill of your life You should be be one of my kind
I am the thrill of your life You should be be one of my kind
The one in my life
The one in my life x2
Once again I stand alone with a simple plan, of a humble man
And someone told me I should never lean a hand, I'll do best I can
You had it all and I got nothing at all
It changed your life forever
Rise or fall, it means nothing at all
It changed your life
[Chorus]
Because like razorblade again we falling for these grain
Every day we kill our sense while looking for your sleeve
Come out and you'll see
you'll lean up but you can't change me
[/Chorus]
Walk along on your own on a broken land, while I still stand
And when its all done and out of your hand, I don't give a damn
You had it all and I got nothing at all
It changed your life forever
Rise or fall, it means nothing at all
It changed your life
[Chorus]
Because like razorblade again we falling for these grain
Every day we kill our sense while looking for your sleeve
Come out and you'll see
you'll lean up but you can't change me
[/Chorus]
If you stay behind me...
Stay behind and you'll see...
Over, its over now...
Over, you can't get up
[Chorus]
Because like razorblade again we falling for these grain
Every day we kill our sense while looking for your sleeve
Come out and you'll see
you'll lean up but you can't change me
[RIGHT Channel]
1. The king of Orion brings
The jewels from his belt and his sword
The emeralds shine through the trees
To dance upon the high forest lord
2. I am to you as I am to me
I am a star in a deep blue sea
I am the queen of a million queens
I am a ripple on a crystal stream
The three kings from the east bring gifts of gold
frankincense and myrrh
They sing a song of coolness as they trip across the
hills that never stare
3. The king of William shakes his spear writes upon the
pages made of bread
He packs his bag, mounts the star, follows wherever he
is led
The king of the desert brings a rainbow made of
crystals of Assam
He strides across the dusty sea, a caravan of camels in
his hand
Tonight
[LEFT Channel]
1. Where are they? X14
Where?
2. Where are my little slaves and why are they not in
their caves
I'll give them such unhappy days and force them all to
change their ways
I'll tie them to a book of rules and send them to my
prison schools
Unto my elementarys and they will come out just like me
And Where am I, Where am I
And where have they gone, Where have they gone
They all ran after the dark lord's wife
She cut off their love with a carving knife
Did you ever see anything else in your life as my blind
mice
My blind mice
3. I am the lord with a plastic hand
Where are the slaves that I command
Where are the knights that were trembling at my words
And standing by the ruined gate
Just for the fish to catch their bate
And then my love to dark tunnel we shall go
Where are my little slaves and why are they not in
their caves
I'll give them such unhappy days and force them all to
change their ways
I'll tie them to a book of rules and send them to my
prison schools
Unto my elementarys and they will come out slaves as me
Preaching the good words to a crowd who could give less
of a fuck about utopias and never-ending dreams
Basking in the glory of the lies you feed to us each and
every day
Vomiting the stench of false promises seems to be a
profession these days
Double standards and sellout heroes are the fuel of the
crowds
We are looking for answers but no more words will come
Channeling the very essence of our fall from grace
Yet you seem to be satisfied with the remains of their
feasts
Screaming your discomfort only to bow down at their feet
Constantly changing colours is the way to go to hide from
things you don't want to see
Transient and vague revolutions come and go like the
change of the seasons
We are looking for answers but no more words will come
out of me
Everyone else is doing it, so why don’t you do it too
Everyone else is saying it, so why don’t you scream it too
All of those guys are craving it, so you’re gonna crave it too
All of the guys are thinking it, and I know you think it too
You’ve got a hole so why don’t you fill it with lies
You got a hole so why don’t you fill it with lies
You’re blending in but I’ve figured you out
You’re faking it, and I’m calling you out
Everybody's onto you, if you could, let it go
Everybody sees the fool, why don't you let it go
So, let it, let it, let it take over
Shut up, shut up, and change your color
Your second face
Is getting ugly now
All of your friends are acting weird
Maybe you’ll act psycho too
All of your friends are ill behaved
Go and be a tasteless fool
You’ve got a hole so why don’t you fill it with lies
You got a hole so why don’t you fill it with lies
You’re blending in but I’ve figured you out
You’re faking it, and I’m calling you out
Everybody's onto you, if you could, let it go
Everybody sees the fool, why don't you let it go
So, let it, let it, let it take over
Shut up, shut up, and change your color
Your second face
Is getting ugly now
Excuse me, but I smell the fear
The first sign of you, you disappear
And now you try to change your heart
Acceptance shouldn’t be that hard (x4)
You’re blending in but I’ve figured you out
You’re faking it, and I’m calling you out
Everybody's onto you, if you could, let it go
Everybody sees the fool, why don't you let it go
So, let it, let it, let it take over
Shut up, shut up, and change your color
Your second face
Oh hello.
Sorry, I didn't recognize your face
Funny hey, how it all fits into place
I'm sorry but what was your name again
I've forgotten about the time when we were friends
Chameleon chameleon
How are you today?
It's been quite awhile since i saw you yesterday
Chameleon chameleon
God I hope, I hope that this is right
I don't know who i'm talking to tonight
Oh hey, are you talking to me
I couldn't tell
For your lack of empathy
It's funny hey, how this all fits into place
What was your business here?
You had me once and you'll never have me again
Chameleon chameleon
What color are you today?
Chameleon chameleon
How are you today?
Chameleon chameleon
What games do you play?
Chameleon chameleon
How are you today?
How are you today?
No, no, no, yeah
I can't figure you out to save myself
It would help if you would talk to me
(Baby, talk to me)
You keep switchin' it up girl, I can tell
You ain't sure just where you wanna be, yeah
One minute it's like we're so inseparable
The next second it's like you ain't feelin' this no more
(No)
I know you wanna be close but ya scared so you push away
Just tell me which side of you I'm getting today, oh yeah
Chameleon, I see your true colors
You can hide but the truth don't lie
You don't wanna get hurt this time
You're just like a
Chameleon, I see your true colors
Everyday is a new disguise
Wanna get to know the one inside
Chameleon
Now I ain't tryin' to start no argument
(No baby, no baby, no baby)
I'm just sayin' that I don't understand
Girl, the closer I get to knowin' you
I realize the further away I really am, oh
One minute, it's like we're floating on a cloud
(Floating)
The next second I swear it's like the rain is pouring down, yeah
Whenever we get close you get scared and you push away
Just tell me which side of you I'm getting today?
Chameleon, I see your true colors
You can hide but the truth don't lie
You don't wanna get hurt this time
You're just like a
Chameleon, I see your true colors
Everyday is a new disguise
(I wanna get to know)
Wanna get to know the one inside
Chameleon
Sometimes you wanna hide away
When it all seems too much
But runnin' doesn't take away the pain
I know that it's a lot to ask but this is serious
Just promise me your heart will never change, oh
Chameleon, I see your true colors
You can hide but the truth don't lie
You don't wanna get hurt this time
You're just like a
Chameleon, I see your true colors
Everyday is a new disguise
I wanna get to know the one inside
(I get to know the one inside)
Chameleon
Chameleon, I see your true colors
You can hide but the truth don't lie
You don't wanna get hurt this time
You're just like a
Chameleon, I see your true colors
Everyday is a new disguise
(I wanna get to know)
Wanna get to know the one inside
Chameleon, oh, oh, yeah, baby
I talk like a chameleon,
I am waiting on my back,
(Hiding my children from the storm).
I know as far as ethereal goes you have forgotten it all.
It's once bitten, twice and those poppies have put you to sleep.
Can you shake off her narcosis as you're staring back at me?
As brave as I am,
I come out talking counterfeit.
You're no mystery to me,
I just can't work out how to breathe slowly.
(But this is nothing new).
I'll be the rain on my own.
You didn't have so much to say,
As I put my insides on a plate.
You didn't want to look let alone swallow,
You didn't want to look let alone be,
As brave as I am,
I come out with a broken down mystery.
I can't work out how you cannot love me.
(But this is nothing new).
It has been done, I must let it be,
Not walk around with untidy hands,
Making you my own misery.
You didn't want me to have much to say,
My insides they were waiting,
By the telephone, on a table,
And you,
Didn't want to look let alone swallow- me.
You didn't want to look let alone take a chance,
At reinventing yourself in some other world with me.
A love out of context, without reference to your shaped reality.
But what you don't want is ok boy,
Nothing new to me.
Some make shadows
Some make lights
Some make everything
Some make it now
Some make popcorn
Some make science
Some make people
But they do it fine
You can shine like the sun
You can fly like a bird
You can walk like a cat
Even look like a rat
But nothing looks like a rain
Nothing looks like a flame
Now you want to walk my way
But if you think that I’ll smile
If you think that I’ll lie