Somewhere in VietNam a 19-year-old soldier walked out of a barroom
And he said I must be seeing things that bourbon hit me like a baseball bat
In Bellfast Ireland a little lady dropped her shovel in her garden
She raced across the yard and ask her neighbor Mrs Clancy what was that
In Memphis Tennessee a teacher raised the window closest the river
And the children in her classroom swore they'd heard a choir singing down the street
In Washington DC a private secretary's lips began to quiver
And the President just put aside his papers and rose quickly to his feet
I lay in a cheap motel in the arms of someone else's woman
When a loud explosion rocked the room and turned the morning into night
I jumped out of bed and ran into the street with hardly any clothes on
As the sky lit up my heart stood still and I could feel my face was turnin' white
All at once the clouds rolled back and there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory
And I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen were lookin' straight at me
I guess I was awakened by the penetrating sounds of my own screamin'
And it didn't take me long to stumble out of bed and fall down on my knees
As tears rolled down my face I cried dear God I'm thankful I was only dreamin'
He had all the rivers, under his power
He had all the mountains, under his command
You know that he had all the cities, in his own two hands
Yes and he had control of the four winds
And of the hunger of starving man
And now we're passing on the reins
Cause in my heart I can feel the change
You know the lord of light is laughing
Cause things don't stay the same,
Revelation, revelation
He controlled the brimstone, and eternal fire
Surrounds himself with downers, in the king of cold
You know that he had all the princes kissing his diamond ring
And I heard that he walled up, the door to summer
And cut the heart out of mister spring
And now we're passing on the reins
And in your heart you can feel a change
You know the lord of light is laughing
Cause things don't stay the same,
Revelation, revelation
Dream on, keep your eyes wide open...
On a Sunday morning, with a voice that's cold
The future gives a warning of the fire that burns below
He puts his hands together, cause his faith is strong
And that's what you've been needing
Oh but it don't seem to last too long
Cause now we're passing on the reins
And in your heart you can feel a change
You know the lord of light is laughing
Cause things don't stay the same,
Revelation, revelation
You say you got a revelation, well, you know
We all wanna save the world
But transcendental meditation, well, you know
It ain't gonna save the world
'Cause then you're talkin' 'bout deception
Don't you know that you should cut it out
You know you gotta see the light - the light - the light
You say you got some information, well, you know
From a woman in a trance
I ask you for some confirmation, well you know
We all do need evidence
But in Deuteronomy 18 the Bible says
Prophets who tell you the future can't make mistakes
You know it's gotta be all right - all right - all right
LEAD
You say the zodiac is ancient, well, I know
Babylon's where it began
You're followin' the constellations, well you know
They've all been moved around since then
But if you're an Ares, a Pisces or Gemini
It's all just a Cancer on everyone, then they die
You know you gotta see the light - the light - the light
The light... is Christ! The light... is Christ!
The light... is Christ! The light... is Christ!
Deuteronomy 18:22
If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true,
that is a message the LORD has not spoken.
That prophet has spoken presumptuously.
Now we chase the end of time
Afraid what we will find
Once again since Jesus Christ
The stars look down on mankind
Revelation
Overcome creation
False illusions
Fade and die
Whatever we awaited
Charity and hatred
Whatever we awaited
Will arise
It's revelation
Revelation
Power and prosperity
It won't be like before
Name, rank and authority
Not counting anymore
Revelation
Overcome creation
False illusions
Fade and die
Whatever we awaited
Charity and hatred
Whatever we awaited
Will arise
It's revelation
Revelation
Bemoan your words
Bemoan your deeds
Repent your thoughts of lies
Attain your sword
Attain your shield
Defend the sense of life
Bemoan your hate
Repent your greed
Improve your rotten seed
Pray for the child
Though born just by a fraud and a whore
Pray for the child
Who won't know what it's crying for
Revelation
Overcome creation
False illusions
Fade and die
Whatever we awaited
Charity and hatred
Whatever we awaited
Will arise
It's revelation
Got a better night...got a better ' for somebody kill me
Got a better tight..for me it seem better
That I ever had known before
How do you see with blindness all around you
How do you understand...
and when you see the enemy surround you
When do you show hand
Got to leave it alone
Call me a nation
Got to leave it at home
Call me a brand new revelation
I am a homicide
I am a shadow waiting for a casket
I am preoccupied
You know I think
Someone want to kill me
How can you bleed with vultures all aroound you
How can you give them hope...
How can you sleep with murderers inside you
I could never cope...
I feel your cold hand lying over me
I feel the underside , your generosity
And I hear the angels singing,
Do they sing for me
I feel your cold hand
How can you sleep at night
How can you bleed with vultures all around you
How do you understand
How ca you sleep with murderers inside you
Revelation (Revelation)
Revelation (Revelation)
Revelation (Revelation)
Revelation come, world soon done
Wi got to get together, yeh
Revelation come, world soon done
Wi got to get love each other, yeh
Revelation come, world soon done
Wi got to get together, yeh
Revelation come, world soon done
Wi got to get love each other, yeh
You better repent before it's too late, hey
Jah soon shuts the gate
You better repent before it's too late, hey
Jah soon shuts the gate
Revelation come, world soon done, well
Wi got to love each other, yeh
Revelation come, world soon done
Wi got to get love each other, yeh
Jah ain't pickin' no valuable
He's pickin' the good ones, ain't pickin' no valuables
And Jah ain't pickin' no veterans
He's pickin' the good ones, make sure no devil don't get you down
Revelation come, world soon done
I said wi got to get together, yeh
Revelation come, Babylon soon run
Wi got to get love each other, yeh
(Revelation)
(Revelation)
Oh, mind what you say, mind what you're doing
In this here times
Oh, mind what you say, oh, mind what you're doing
In this here times 'cause
Revelation come, world soon done
Wi got to get together, yeh
Revelation come, world soon done, well
Wi got to get love each other, yeh
And Jah ain't pickin' no valuable
He's pickin' the good ones, ain't pickin' no valuables (No, no)
And Jah ain't pickin' no veterans
He's pickin' the good ones, make sure no devil don't get you down
Revelation come, world soon done
I said wi got to get together, yeh
Revelation come, a world soon done
I said wi got to get love each other, yeh
(River, River Jordan) A River, a River, a River, a River
(A River, River Jordan) A River, a River
(River, River Jordan) A River Jordan, a River Jordan
(A River, River Jordan) A River, a River Jordan, yeh
Revelation come, a world soon done
I said wi got to get love each other, yeh
Revelation come, bullet soon run (Revelation), well
We got to, we got to, yeh
A River, a River, a River, a River
A River, a River Jordan, yeh
(River, River Jordan) A River, a River, a River, a River
(A River, River Jordan) A River, A revelation, yeh
My life has led me down the road that's so uncertain
And now, I am left alone and I am broken
Trying to find my way
Trying to find the faith that's gone
This time I know that You are holding all the answers
And I'm tired of losing hope and taking chances
On roads that never seem
To be the ones that bring me home
Give me a revelation
Show me what to do
'Cause I've been trying
To find my way
I haven't got a clue
Tell me should I stay here
Or do I need to move?
Give me a revelation
I've got nothing without You
I've got nothing without You
My life has led me down this path that's ever winding
Through every twist and turn, I'm always finding
That I am lost again
Tell me when this road will ever end
Give me a revelation
Show me what to do
'Cause I've been trying
To find my way
I haven't got a clue
Tell me should I stay here
Or do I need to move?
Give me a revelation
I've got nothing without You
I've got nothing without
I don't know where I can turn
Tell me, when will I learn?
Won't You show me where I need to go?
Let me follow Your lead
I know that it's the only way that I can get back home
Give me a revelation
Show me what to do
'Cause I've been trying
To find my way
I haven't got a clue
Tell me should I stay here
Or do I need to move?
Give me a revelation
I've got nothing without You
I've got nothing without You
No, oh no, oh no
Oh, give me a revelation
Oh Lord, oh no
I've got nothing, now, without You
Mother! The sea is deep and wide
Mother! Always by your side
Your love is forever
You gave me everything
Father! Wishing I was you
Father! Good and strong as you
My love is forever
You taught me everything
*
Don't break the chains you hold
You'd better believe the things you're told
They gave you everything
Your name, your place in time
Go and show the people the way to live
the time has come to give it all you got to give
Go and show the people the way to live
Don't forget, remember that love is forever
Brother! Don't wait for no one
Brother! Rising with the sun
Everything is up to you
Every word is true
* Repeat twice
Above the wreckage of your mortal world I stand
Judgement passed delivered by his hand
Now clear the smoke, there the ashes stand
A fitting tribute to mortality and man.
What was written foretold in dreams,
in visions apocalypse now seen.
And all self-righteous fools who lived and blasphemed
Drink the wine of his anger
Die with the beast.
Vindication, he is coming on the clouds.
See his angels, hear their trumpets sound.
The day of anger when the stars fall from the sky
The moon turns red, the sun turns black as night.
Know the end is coming, heed this sign
By the morning star the four horsemen ride.
Revelation, the chosen saved
Earth be cleansed in a blaze.
Armageddon, the first trumpet blows
Hail, fire and blood fall on Satan's throne.
His hair as white as wool, his eyes like burning flame
He is the first and last, he brings the seven plagues.
Seven stars of seven cities in his hand
He holds the keys of death for the underworld and man.
Know the end is coming, heed this sign
By the morning star he four horsemen ride.
Revelation, the chosen saved
Earth be cleansed in a blaze.
Armageddon, the first trumpet blows
Hail, fire and blood fall on Satan's throne.
Revelation, the chosen saved
Earth be cleansed in a blaze.
Armageddon, the first trumpet blows
Hail, fire and blood fall on Satan's throne.
Save my soul from anguish
Drained from fear to perish
From this world of torment
Save me, please save me from all
We're riding on a velvet dream
Thought ancient lands we've never seen
Far across the hands of time
Are we lost forever?
Rides and religions created to hate
To fear and incite, not to love and placate
Compassion for murders, to take Gods name in vain
A fortres of evil is build up whithin pain
I saw the sign
Enlighten my mind
Time after time
Silent tears
Shadows of fears
Search for the one
Revelation to come
Silent tears in anguish and in fears
We're serching for the one
Where we're all coming from
May your heart be strong and true
For the life's a gift love to you
In my visions I have seen
The world of mystery
Leading me gently to open the door
I'm searching for aswers can't stop anymore
Bound by this passion, my faith is unfailled
I'm holding the key to the kingdom of fate
I follow the sign
Time after time
Enlighten my mind
Revelation take me home
To where I belong
Home to the one, yeah!
I hear you calling, calling for me
Silent tears are falling
On all that is real, nothing is real
On wings of glory, we shall arise
Destiny's calling
All that is real, nothing real
Yours eyes seem so cold
So wise, lost before they're old
It's our creation
We build a symphony of fears
No more damnation
To find salvation for our souls
When you reach the ancient hall
Will you trust me when you fall
To find salvation for your soul
Oh, is this the end, or will I suspend?
I will be strong, Revelation shall come
I follow the sign
Time after Time
Enlighten my mind
Revelation take me home
Where I belong
Home to the one, yeah!
Silent tears will wash away
All that is real, nothing is real
We do not worship an unknown God
For You've revealed Yourself to us
And the more we see, the more we love
This revelation of Your heart
And we are falling, falling, falling
We are falling so in love with You
Beyond all question, You're a mystery
We have known the shallows of the mighty deep
Unsearchable greatness of a holy God
Yet day by day You reveal Your heart
And we are falling, falling, falling
We are falling so in love with You
Well, how could hearts not love Your Name
While all creation sings Your praise
And every breath points back to You, Jesus?
Now in part we see You, then face to face
And we'll know You fully, as we're fully known
And the depths of glory You now hide away
They will be revealed on that glorious day
And we are falling, falling, falling
I don't wanna go to school.. I don't need no education
I don't wanna be like you.. I don't wanna save the nation
I just wanna live my life.. everyday a celebration
One day I'ma leave this world.. I'm waitin for the revelation
I wanna kill myself! I'm still debatin
In front of a baptist church, masturbatin
Prayin to Satan - think I'm crazy cause I smoke crack
live on (?) in a two-family flat? (Fuck it)
Tired of gettin hit in the face with a broom
My moms on her period, my dad's in my room (Daddy no!)
I got ten rocks and I need to get out
I told him in five minutes, out my own damn mouth (Moms smoke crack)
My poor grandmother, God bless her soul
The bitch got AIDS (aww) she just waitin to die of a cold (hahaha)
There's three things that keep me from bein a Nazi
I'm black, a fag, and my dad's Liberace
No matter how bad the beatin, I went to school cheatin
My dad whooped my ass at a PTA meetin
Stick with school I had to have nuts just to do it
Got bored and became truant
When I had the gall to go I just couldn't do it
I was lured into corners by the peer pressure shit
How would you feel if you was held by the tip of a barrel
Gettin threatened to get your skin ripped to bone marrow
Bet suburban kids never got rushed for their apparel
like me, outcast, last in class
First to leave, when the teacher called on me
Best believe I had somethin up my sleeve
I've been praised and labelled as crazed
My mother was unable to raise me, full of crazy rage
An angry teenager, nothin can change me back
Gangsta rap made me act like a maniac
I was boostin, so influenced by music I used it
as an excuse to do shit, ooh I was stupid
No one can tell me nothin hip-hop overwhelmed me
to the point where it had me in a whole 'nother realm
It was like isolatin myself was healthy
It felt like we was on welfare but wealthy
Compelled me to excel when school it failed me
Expelled me and when the principal would tell me
I was nothin, and I wouldn't amount to shit
I made my first million and counted it
Now look at, a fuckin drop-out that quits
Stupid as shit, rich as fuck, and proud of it
That's why
I was raised with a rifle and mask
Steadily beatin my psychiatrist ass just for askin about my past
(bitch) I was never on that punk shit; fuckin around
can get yo' belove abducted, smothered in blood quick
You couldn't pay Swift to give a fuck
Was crazy like my father, it musta been poison in that nigga's nut
Far as probation, fuck peein in cups
I violate at any time, let 'em see the blunt
I grew up steadily masturbatin inside of cells
Young as hell, havin conversations with myself
You could tell I wasn't lenient, a disobedient
Lynched and slapped teachers, bitch I'm not readin it
You don't know what dawgs go through, a little nigga
Sippin liquor with my old dude, what the fuck you gon' do?
I'm quick to curse you, I told my mother that I'ma hurt you
if you ever again mention a curfew
Look, my family ignored me and I don't like that
They don't even listen when I tell them I'll be right back
(Yeah whatever) This nice beautiful house ma, it don't mean shit
Cause you know daddy's a drunk and he don't clean shit
And yesterday he hit me like a grown fuckin man
I couldn't stand up to him, I just ducked and ran
I'm sick of this, I wish on Christmas
that I can get a loaded four-fifth and put a fuckin end to this
(Fuck it) I got no friends and I can't get a bitch
Only thing I have is dirty magazines and sticky fingertips
Nothin to smile about, I'm about to lose my mind
Got me an automatic nine, now I'm ballin out
Wait 'til school's over, pu-pil are people to shoot through
Kids goin cuckoo, with a two-two
Since my fame is this new dude, in this high school
Losin his noodle learn that people don't like you
The football jocks is, spittin on him
Popular kids in school is now pickin on him
Burn out youngsta niggaz now hittin on him
And his teacher in his english class keep flippin on him
And now he's grounded with no allowances
for drinkin forty ounces, cause he was caught by his counselors
And why the fuck I gotta ride the bench coach?
Already got expelled for wearin a trenchcoat
All I ever seen is.. {violence, violence}
Told me to keep silent, stepped back in my eyelids
It's apparent that my parents weren't parents at all
Got a locket on a string
She caresses as she brings me jasmine tea
Breaking out of who she was
She confesses that she's not sure how
And I cannot explain now
But the rain keeps coming down
It's the rain of revelation
Just keeps comin' down
Just keeps comin' down
It's the pain of pure elation
Just keeps comin' down
Just keeps comin' down
She's a shifted paradigm
She's my partner in my crime against the clock
If she's the wind then I'm a fan
Blowing through and changing who I am
And I don't understand how
But she's blowing through me now
It's the rain of revelation
Just keeps comin' down
Just keeps comin' down
It's the pain of pure elation
I can't live without
I can't live without
I can't live with
I had somethin' black and somethin' blue
But I never heard a thing that's true
And I always thought there's nothing new under the sun
I cannot explain now
But the rain keeps coming down
It's the rain of revelation
Just keeps comin' down
Just keeps comin' down, down
It's the pain of pure elation
I can't live without
I can't live without
It's through now
It's through now
It's through now
As an outlet for oppression,
and as a tool for control,
Icons of a sterile creed have come to rule man's destiny.
In the guise of self-made saviuors
They've tried to enslave us all,
But these holy chains of imprisonment will be shattered
by the death of god.
Encircled by a deceitful light,
You escape the harsh reality.
Live sheltered from the awful truths
You internalize the lies of a dead revelation.
Within the iron gates of fate,
They send their lambs to certain death.
Control, kill, justify
You've internalized their lies of a fake revelation.
You buy redemtion, they crush your pride
You gotta bob and weave cause they try to deceive
You gotta cover your wounds don't let 'em see you bleed
It's time to make my stand wave my fist in hand
I draw my sword cause this village is damned
It's like war are you feeling hardcore
The sound of my roar will put your ass on the floor
You better lay down stay down don't get up
I'll run you down like a semi truck
Hold on what was that sign I passed
I might be confused I think I'm goin' too fast
I can't be sure but if it was the cure
I should have paid attention to what just occurred
There was a transformation in the population
The sky had a pulse for my mind's migration
All the rage I gave didn't make a change
But now my eyes are open with bionic range
Revelation
Revelation
It was a moment in time I wish that I could rewind
And in the blink of an eye somebody almost died
It was 3am my night had come to an end
They say it's not my fault, Feels irrelevant
I was standing there I could feel the glare
The look in his eyes as he screamed in despair
The ground was red from the severed leg
An image that will haunt me 'till the day I'm dead
You see what I witnessed it can not be dismissed
There's no antibody that can build a resistance
Where does that leave me, it's driving me crazy
When I think about his family and how they must hate me
What about my pain, forget about my pain
I can still walk, I just have to maintain
I can't let it go I just take the blow
I try to tell myself I won't let it show
Revelation
Revelation
A monster's out on the streets tonight
Regardless of the victims that he maimed that night
I thought if I found him I thought I might kill him
But what can be gained when revenge is your name
With my vision clear, my mind free of fear
I'm moving with the focus of a bombardier
My path the same, the direction unchanged
The only thing different is the strength I've gained
You see I just had a revelation
It's a new form of emancipation
My clothes are soaked from the condensation
But my mind is clear from the revelation
Revelation
The Picture's Gettin Clearer Now
Pieces Start To Fall In Place
I Need To Know The Possibility
Is It More Than Just A Vision
Can I Trust My Intuition
Now My Dreams Become Reality
Revelation - It Has Come To Me
Revelation - The Devine Will See
Now I Have Their Wisdom In Me
Feeling So Illuminated
The Blurry Ring - Was This Meant To Be
Reborn With A New Found Optimism
Filled With Violent Energy
Drowning In My Own Mortality
Revelation - It Will Come To Be
Revelation - The Devine Will See
[Guitar Solo Chris Caffery]
Revelation - It Will Come To Me
Revelation - The Devine Will See
Revelation - It Has Come To Me
I see it every day
As children play
There's a future, watching, waiting
No-one can deny
The reasons why
We are hurting
Much more than believing
You're deceiving with all these bitter lies
I've just got to let you know this time
That we've seen through your disguise
Politically motivated total mind control
Just as I predicted
The innocent grow stronger through it all
Chorus:
It's no lie, it's a revelation
Open your eyes to the revelation
Visions in your mind
Unfolding in our time
There's a new world out there calling
We are justified
Almost hypnotised
We are leading
Somehow we are changing
Rearranging the lexicon of life
And there's nothing left to change this time
Here we all stand unified
Together we have motivated absolute control
And just as I imagined
We all realised we had it all
(Chorus)
Side by side, to the revelation
One two
We don't stop
[ VERSE 1 ]
A revolution of mass confusion, brothers killin each other
Robbin their mother, father, sister and brother
They don't wanna get a job, or go to school
They think it's cool, but they're playin the fool
It's now 1984, five hundred years later
We're dominating both sides of the Aequator
In sports, music, and makin love
But yet we still have trouble rising above
It's said that in the later days
People shall be movin in different ways
There'll be many false prophets, devils in disguise
Performin illusions before your very eyes
Some have eyes to see, and ears to hear
But they cannot utilize them because of fear
You have sell-out brothers who will sell their heart
For fame and fortune or to get a head start
But in the long run they will see
That they are nothin else but victims of prophecy
Time is running short, the world is in damnation
Refuse to follow the laws of creation
You can not all be Jesus Christ
But you still can make some sacrifice
If not for anyone for yourself
Cause you have nothin to prove to anyone else
We don't longer have a sheperd now, we're lost sheep
Have to open your eyes, you can't afford to sleep
And a major factor is jealousy
Which stops us from obtainin the unity
Come on
You don't stop
[ VERSE 2 ]
Times are hard, and people are chillin
You can't get a job, but you know you're willin
So you go down to the unemployment line
And the man throws you out on your behind
Then you find some transportation, and you go back home
And find your wife cryin on the telephone
The police called to say that your job is ill
She tried to o.d. on a bottle of pills
Now you're mad as hell, and can't take it no more
So you grab your gun and walk out the door
You find another brother and you take their check
And deep down inside you know you're riskin your neck
How do you know they don't have a knife?
But you have your gun, so then you take their life
Now your pocket is full, but can't you see
That your soul will burn in hell for eternity?
See, I remember back in Brooklyn, when I was a child
Actin wild, cause that was the stlye
But as I grew older, I learned the deal
Because my old lady told me, "Son, be for real
You have a chance to be an architect or scientist
So why do you choose to be like this?"
You have to get yourself together before it's too late
It's up to you to be a bum or someone great
We all have it in us, and that is why
They tell us lies to cover our eyes
So we are not able to see the light
And differentiate wrong from right
You see, the road to vanity is filled with flowers
You better be careful of its hypnotic powers
While the road to truth is long and full if distress
But if you make it through, you're truly the best
Come on
I've been up
And I've been down
But everything is just fine, fine, fine, fine, fine it's true
Tougher skin?
Guess again
But not because I don't try, try, try, try, I always do
And I don't want nobody
Telling me I'm nobody
I've got a revelation
I'm a new creation, baby
The world can't bring me down
You think what?
Why the rut?
'Cause if you're towing the line, line, line, those days are through
You know it says it right here
Right here
Take a good look at this
Intent
No, you're no accident
Why let life get you confused
Don't let anybody
Tell you you're nobody
I've got a revelation
You're a new creation, baby
The world can't bring you down
And I've got a revelation
You've been elevated, baby
The world can't bring you down
Big screen tells ya 'You gotta look this way
You got no beauty beyond what you display'
But don't they get it it's what's inside you
So take your place and don't ever hid your face
All those fashion victims
Seem so aggravated
Going with the flow is
Very over-rated
I've got a revelation
You're a new creation, baby
The world can't bring you down
I've got a revelation
You've been elevated, baby
The world can't bring you down
The world can't bring you down
The world can't bring you down
The world can't bring you down
Somewhere in Vietnam
A nineteen year old soldier stumbled from a bar room
He said, "I must be seeing things
That bourbon hit me like a baseball bat"
In Belfast, Ireland
A little lady dropped her shovel in her garden
As she raced across her yard
And asked her neighbor, Mrs. Clancy, "What was that?"
In Memphis, Tennesse
A teacher raised the window closest to the river
And the children in her classroom
Swore they heard a choir singin' down the street
In Washington, D.C.
A private secretary's lips began to quiver
And the President just put aside some papers
And rose quickly to his feet
And I lay in a cheap motel
In the arms of someone else's woman
When a loud explosion rocked the room
And turned the morning into night
And I jumped out of bed
And ran into the street with hardly any clothes on
And as the sky lit up
My heart stood still and I could feel my face turn white
All at once the clouds rolled back
And there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory
And I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen
Were lookin' straight at me
I guess I was awakened
By the penetrating sound of my own screaming
It didn't take me long to stumble out of bed
Fall down on my knees
As tears rolled down my face
I cried "Dear God, I'm thankful I was only dreaming
And if I never go to hell, Lord
Troubled is the world
Evil in the air
God is here to help
When Satan casts despair
Beast upon the earth
Christians dying
Satan says, "trust me"
He was only lying
Poor souls of earth
In hates desire
Eternal death
In the lake of fire
We don't need no sympathy
>From those of you who'll live
We believe in dying
For things that God will give
Lucifer will rule the earth
Seven years of death
God will grant eternal life
I'm the angel of the light,
The men call me "The Dragon",
One name among my names,
and the wind carries them away.
I am the Force of Life,
the Fire of the Life
that burns inside every shining heart...
My Great King, listen me,
I can you reveal
All your kingdom will be free
and we will be there together
This is the home of my sons,
This is the power of my love,
This is the burning, spreading flame,
The holy flame of Kaledon...
When the great sky
Black coat puts on
I felt the power
Which calls me
Instinctive like an animal
I am running forward
When deepness of forest
Draws me in
Old mighty boughs
Under cover of the night
It swing ominous
With the wind
Whine of the wolf from afar
Reminds me now
That world of an animals
Is so close to me
Flash appeared in the sky
Light up darkness of wood
Into wilderness solitude
Mighty thunder
My face with a delight
Received rainfalls
I shown my power
Round about storm
My body twines
Master of gloomy throne
You've chosen me
This night I feel
Your nearness'
From face strakes wisdom
I drink it
Great SATAN!!
The first glare of the dawn
Hurts my eyes
I stand powerless in the forest
Awaked from the torpor
Now I know
Where my soul
This night I saw
Now the sky opens up before my eyes
The vision blinds me
On the bolts of fire cast upon the earth
Out, out of the void the riders come
Through hail and flashes
In the distance hear the seventh horn still sound
No one is innocent
No, I will return again
The sky divides in two
The final revelation
Out of the void, see the riders emerge
The prophec is true
The final revelation
Feel the fire, as it's cast upon the world
No ripples upon the sea of glass
The shrine is open
As I wait the final sacring of my soul
I, I open the scroll and know my fate
The peals of thunder
Is love pain?
Fortune paralysed by fear?
The quest of deepest darkness
Although the creature strives for the light.
Love, depraved mysterium ...... revelation?
Are we falling into the most tremendous of all storms
Can eternity only mitigate
The crown of creation rose to rule to be subject.
The beast has left us
Gaja will be the judge
Love, depraved mysterium ....... Revelation ...... Downfall
Welcome all to the fall and rise
I believe in myself and go
I never have the time to remember
If I lose it will make me tough
No, I just cannot lie to myself ever
I am not scared of pain
What are you living for?
Won't curry the favor
If you wanna have something
Just take it away
Got myself everything all on my own
Doesn't matter what you say
My fate is in my hands, nobody can stop me
I will start the history
Welcome all to the fall and rise
I believe in myself and go
I never have the time to remember
If I lose it will make me tough
No, I just cannot lie to myself ever
I am not scared of pain
What are you living for?
Won't curry the favor
If you wanna have something
Just take it away
Got myself everything all on my own
Doesn't matter what you say
My fate is in my hands, nobody can stop me
I will start the history
Got myself everything all on my own
Doesn't matter what you say
My fate is in my hands, nobody can stop me
Who fed you full of shit and threw you to the floor?
Then grabbed you by the neck and threw you into war?
Who gave you nothing when it was answers you were searching for?
Who will you trust for now?
Forevermore?
No one had taken notice of her smile
No one had spotted her tears
No one had deemed her good or vile
No one had calmed her fears
But she brought me a golden heart
on a velvet chain
You know we'll never be apart
or experience pain
She whispered
Never be apart
Never going back to the start
Experience pain
never again
No one had taken notice of my smile
No one had spotted my tears
No one had deemed me good or vile
No one had calmed my fears
But her blood lives inside me
in every vain
She shows me what I can not see
keeps me sane
She whispered
Never be apart
Never going back to the start
Experience pain
Waiting for the Spirit of Truth to tell
Power on Earth to stand in the way of hell
Waiting for the sky to clear
Waiting for the sun to appear
Waiting to see you
Waiting to hear you
Waiting for vision
To see your, your
Revelation
Learning the purifying flame
Regeneration after the growing pain
Longing for the words to flow
Longing for the world to know
Waiting to see you
Waiting to hear you
Waiting for vision
To see your, your
Mother please forgive them
For they known not what they do
Looking back in history's books
It seems it's nothing new
Oh! Let my mother live!
Heaven is for heroes
And Hell is full of fools
Stupidity, no will to life
They're breaking God's own rules
Please, let my mother live
Father of all creation
I think that we're all going wrong
The course they're faking
Seems to be breaking
And it won't take too long
Children of the future
Watching empires fall
Madness the cup they drink from
Self destruction the tool
I had a vision, I saw the world burn
And the seas had turned red
The sun had fallen, the final curtain
In the land of the dead
Mother, please, show the children
Before it's too late
To fight each other, there's noone winning
Mother please forgive them
For they know not what they do
Looking back in history's books
It seems it's nothing new
Oh! Let my mother live
Heaven is for heroes
All hell is full of fools
Stupidity, no will to live
They're breaking God's own rules
Please let my mother live
Father, of all creation
I think we're all going wrong
The course they're taking
Seems to be breaking
And it won't take too long
Children of the future
Watching empires fall
Madness the cup they drink from
Self-destruction the toll
I had a vision,
I saw the world burn
And the seas had turned red
The sun had fallen,
The final curtain
In the land of the dead
Mother, please show the children
Before it's too late
To fight each other,
There's no one winning
Hey you
Child, standin' over there
Girl, you look so good
Yeah, you look all right
Hey girl
Hear me callin' your name
Baby, the way uou walk
Say you drive me insane
Oh you're lookin' so good
When you're in my bed
Baby, I feel so good
Till you give me a little head
On your knees, on your knees
So good, all right, do it, yeah
Say it's sweet, say it's sweet
All right, yeah yeah
Get it on, do it, baby
Do it baby
Tell me baby, do you want my lovin'
All right, baby
So good, you're so good
Oh hear me talkin' to you, mama
So good, get it on
Get it on, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You're so good, so good
So good, so good
So good, so good, so good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,yeah, yeah
All right, do it, baby
On your knees, oh yeah
Everybody, everybody
Everybody, yeah yeah
I said they need somebody
To love, to love, to love
To love, to love, to love
To love, to love, to love
Love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love
All the time, all the time
All the time, yeah
All the time
All the time I feel all right
All the time I feel so good
All the time I feel all right
So good, I feel allright
Yes it is, yes it is
Yes it is, mama, yes it is, mama
Yes it is, mama, feel all right
Feel all right, feel all right
I wanna scream
I feel, I feel, I feel good
I feel so good
Feel all righ, feel all right
I feel so good
I feel so good, yeah
Everybody, everybody feel good
Everybody feel good
Yeah, yeah
Feel so -
Can you, can you feel it, mama
Can you feel it, mama
can you feel it, mama
Do you feel like I do
Do feel all right
Do you feel all right, yeah
I feel all right
I feel all right
I feel all right
I feel all right, yeah
If I look familiar, it's only what you see
It's your perception, what I used to be
So saturated, I wear a different face
I'm so frustrated with the human race
No, you can't live for me, don't want your sympathy
The cut's too deep you see, I got your remedy
Do you really wanna go there with me?
Don't you know it's really something to see?
Do you really wanna go there with me?
Don't you know it's really something to see
Here comes the change so let's open the door
I'm not the same anymore
Don't want your conversation, don't need no aggravation
That's when I knew I had my revelation
Don't need no demonstration, I'm in my transformation
That's when I knew I had my revelation
Am I a stranger? Am I a friend?
Do you think you know me, you better look again
Feel so infected with all the lies
Get resurrected, open up your eyes
I got so much to say
You're gonna hear me anyway
Ain't gonna make no big display
So what's up? Get outta my way
Do you really wanna go there with me?
Don't you know it's really something to see?
Do you really wanna go there with me?
Don't you know it's really something to see?
Here comes the change, so let's open the door
I'm not the same anymore
Don't want no confrontation, don't need no situation
That's when I knew I had my revelation
Don't want no condemnation, I got my inspiration
That's when I knew I had my revelation
Here comes the change, so let's open the door
I'm not the same anymore
Don't want no confrontation, don't need no situation
That's when I knew I had my revelation
Don't want your conversation, don't need no aggravation
welcome the prince of a royal family
we accept your heritage, of carnage, and all of the dirty dealings
heir to a throne, by all means, necessary
all hail to the thieves of democracy
take some action, and reclaim that
which at once, we held in the palms of our hands
overthrow the incompetent
consider the source
off with the serpents head
rape our traditions and values as they are left for dead
victimizing demons while demonizing victims
look past the lie
divide, conquer, pillage, destroy
first of the agenda
fulfill the patriarchs revenge
and reeking havoc upon our land
let me ask one question,
who children did you slaughter before your rest today
divide, conquer, pillage, destroy
take some action, and reclaim
that which at once we held in our hands
overthrow the incompetent
consider the source
off with the serpents head
off with the serpents head
rape our traditions and values as they are left for dead
victimizing demons, while demonizing victims
look past the lie
look past the lie
rape our traditions and values as they are left for dead
victimizing demons while demonizing victims
The last thing that I remember
I think it was mid December
I rolled out of bed to take on another day
Of bills to pay
Oh, I should have noticed the signs
When reading the morning headlines
But all I could see wass what mattered then and there
Like what to wear
Before I left for work I kissed my wife and kids goodbye
Then fumbling for my keys, my eyes were drawn up to the sky
Sky is blackened, could it be a thunderstorm, it looks like rain
Wind is twirling, clouds are swirling, could it be a hurricane?
I pulled myself together
And said it was just the weather
'Cause I never dreamed it could be my final day
To live that way
Yeah, I went to church on Sundays
Believed there was only one way
But when it began, I guess I was in denial
For just a while
So I turned on the radio to occupy my mind
But as I drove to work my thoughts were pulled back to the sky
Sky is blackened, could it be a thunderstorm, it looks like rain
Wind is twirling, clouds are swirling, could it be a hurricane?
Then suddenly, the sun eclipsed and tremors struck the ground
As brilliant light had split the sky I heard the trumpet sound
Halleluia, Halle-Halleluia
O the angels sang
Halleluia, Halle-Halleluia
Finally redeemed
Halleluia, Halle-Halleluia
Prophecy fulfilled, Jesus is revealed
Halleluia, Halle-Halleluia
O the angels sang
Halleluia, Halle-Halleluia
Finally redeemed
Halleluia, Halle-Halleluia
Prophecy fulfilled, Jesus is revealed
Revelation
Revelation
Revelation
Revelation
They take off their coats and they start to fill the rows
The scene is all laid out
It's what we always dreamed about
Cause you and me have stood the test of time
And proved that we will make it out all right
Today is when faith will turn to sight
The preacher takes his place, all eyes watching as I wait
The doors open wide and I can't believe my eyes
Funny thing is it doesn't matter much
What the world could try and throw at us
[Words: A. Loostrm Music: A.Loostrm, S. Johansson, K. Johansson, T. Bjrn, S. Berglund]
I am hanging by a thread on the edge of knowledge
I've seen Jesus, so I thought
He will grant me my wings if I do as told
Hear them calling me to pray
Redeem yourself, come my way
Cut of your tongue, you have nothing to say
I have staggered in my wonder
Follow me to the kingdom of salvation
I've seen him our saviour
They talk to me when it's dark
I shy the light, I welcome the night
With the love of God I peel your skin
I talk with closed mouth and open eyes
You shall behold the beholder
Stumble no more in blindness
And my visions for you are clear
I am the lord, my dear
Hear them calling me to pray
[talking:]
Is it all about the bling-bling
Mouth full of medal, or moving out of the ghetto
Or is it about the slaves suffering, getting beat
Being sold like raw meat, getting raped
Kids coming out another race
And the wife acting like oh, just another light skinned nigga
Cool ain't rolling blunts, smoking weed
Cool is running away, just to be freed
From the misery, of suffering through hard life
[Hook:]
Misery, is what I'm in
Inside of hell, I don't wanna go again
Can you hear, my prayer
Before, my flesh die
The revelation is here, for you and I
And soon we'll see his face, in the sky in the sky
[Ill Tactics:]
The rapture's at the edge, contest a few obliterate
So quick, your wrist watch'll break
See opinions or lies, which made the wrong votes raise
We appointed Bush, with power that shouldn't of been gave
Facts is varied, between the red and blue states
Over ruled every risk, that democrats take
New Orleans, got impossible damage to assist
Even policemen, but can't to people they arrest
How does feel, to hide behind torment
I thought helping victims was good, it brought war in
We been, looking for a job
But instead of us, evacuees the first ones employed
No funds was given, to repair our broken dam
But they can give millions of dollars, to a NASA program
Even my c.d., revelation struck
God shows no mercy, to whom he interrupts
[Hook]
[E.S.G.:]
God spare me, I'm living on the edge
Most my peers dead, or doing time in the FED's
I broke bread with my homie, named Dwayne
Lost his house in the hurricane, then turned around and stole my chain
That's a damn shame, can't escape the pain
21 can't cope mayn, he putting dope in his veins
Who am I, to rebel against that
When I'd prolly be guilty, for what selling him that
Revelations man, last book in the bible
Plagues war diseases, illegal assault rifles
Bootleggers hurting profit, I don't wish em death
Just wish the true fans, leave that bullshit on the shelf
Medicade and health care, ain't helping my granny
They banging in the South, better watch your family
Calculating my steps, through this gritty war zone
What the President gon do, when they bring the war home revelations
[Hook]
[E.S.G.:]
R is for the way, they running this world
Education is a must, that what they tell these boys and girls
And V, cause it's still very hard to get a job
E for E.S.G., Everyday Serving God
Now L is for the long line, waiting to get to heaven
A for anybody, grinding 24/7
T is for the talon, in the room of monsters
I mill independent, man I'm a monster
O for opresent, labels due to artists
The fake had it good, look the real have it hardest
N, cause a playa never plan to go starving
And I see, why you got the mask and you're robbing
Revelation, tell me what you gon do
When the end of time, is coming for you
Better strap up, with your automatics
Revelations boy, E.S.G. and Ill Tactics g'eah
Pretty mamma break me from these chains
You told me that I was your only man
Wrapped me up in all these guises of grace
Now I've seen it face to face
Revelation
Revelation
Revelation
Revelation
I've got a line on you
Silent charade you're a master of thought
Indiscretion mounting as you gather your loss
Undercover darkness was your veil
Words were stolen, love for sale
Revelation
Revelation
Revelation
Revelation
I've been listenin' to what you're saying baby
But what your sayin' I know it ain't true
I've been playing what your playing
But baby I played you
When you're lying all the time
Don't you know it makes it hard to see the truth
And you were blind to the fact
That a man can be just as evil as you
Now the tide is turning
And mamma you wonder where you stand
I got a wild card in my deck, little baby
Guess that gives me the upper hand
I ain't gonna fall in line like all those other fools
On many lands we live again
Divine blood flows in our veins
Descendents of these islands
Amenptah was called our land
Here we stand again
Scepter of Life in hand
For this world it's soon the end
The secrets are well hidden
In the future, from the past
The secrets of all mankind
Was brought by the Redmen
Coming from the Great Homeland
We are here to purify
We are here among the lies
We are here across the time
And we help you to die
We have made the secrets
The great mysteries
Of all humanity
And we know your destiny
Die!
Of course you will die
Just a question of time
And time is just a lie
A lie who blinds your mind
That's why you have to die
And re-open your eyes
Declining down the depths, down the depths of despair
Gathered in the masses, in the masses of neglect...
Amend your life - empathize - concede
Improve your life - comprehend - take control
Feel the breeze, feel the touch of god and see
How it all will end, your fate is in his hands...
Coming
A revelation
In denial...
Gathered in the masses, in the masses of neglect
Elude the facts, the facts of your life
Gathered in the masses, in the masses of neglect
Evade the facts, the facts of your life...
Coming
A revelation
In denial...(coming closer)
Coming
A revelation
In denial...(take control)
Gathered in the masses, in the masses of neglect and hate
Amend your life, concede, improve, your fate is in your father's hands
So take control, proffer your soul, the truth lays open, take control...
Feel the breeze, feel the touch of god and see
[Spoken]
Into Amystika I was born
Now as I reflect upon my journey
I've come to realize
That I'm complete
I finally found myself
Here I can see
How my life has passed me by
And if I could have just one more chance
I'd go back and change it all
Am I alone?
In a world I can't control
My trials here have left me
At peace with my own soul
So I'll just put on my mask
And put on your face
Let's break off the past
And get out of this place
'Cause I am for you
And you are for me
Now that I know that I have what I need
Revelation
Revelation
Revelation
I would die for you
(Just to be with you)
And I would die (would die) for you
(For you, to be with you)
I would
Die for you
(Just to be with you)
I would die, I would die for you
(For you, for you, I would die for you)
[Whispered] you
[Female] My love
I'm always here
Just dream of me
Criss, Criss
[Criss] I can finally see you
I would die for you
(Just to be with you)
And I would die for you
(For you, for you, to be with you)
I would
Die for you
(Just to be with you)
I would die, I would die for you
(For you, for you, if I could)
They take off their coats and they start to fill the rows.
The scene is all laid out; it's what we always dreamed about.
Chorus:
Cause you and me have stood the test of time
and proved that we will make it out all right.
Today is when faith will turn to sight.
The preacher takes his place, all eyes watching as I wait.
The doors open wide and I can't believe my eyes.
(Chorus)
Funny thing is it doesn't matter much,
what the world could try and throw at us.
Cause they could never touch us now
[Words: John Brenner]
The time was right to rid the world
Of the serpent's filth and decay
Immaculate purity gave birth to a Son
To enlighten and pave the way
You taught us by example how to be one with the Soul
To be humble and give with your heart,
That Your Kingdom is our goal
Your blood was on our hands
But You returned to wash it away
Forgiving all who deceived themselves
In believing they'd turned You away
You left us with Your Spirit to guide us thru troubled times
But we have lost the light you've placed in us
And replaced it with lust and crime
Thank You for being there, for taking away my pain
For accepting me the way I am, for teaching me
For opening my eyes, For returning my love for You
I need You more every day, to cope with the hate and fear
I know You'll never leave me here alone
[Words: John Brenner]
A noble pursuit is the search for truth,
But it brings little earthly gain
And the hatred of those who don't dare to be different,
Can freeze the heart with bitter pain
A vile pursuit is the search for wealth,
A status to debase your peers
Green flames burn hot to warm egos,
A rot that grows with the years
A lonely pursuit is the search for love,
Sincerity now so hard to find
But to reap this reward should be our goal,
Forever 'till the ends of time
Some do believe greater wealth is in deeds,
That further the mind, heart, and soul
Yet most can't conceive the true value of self,
Just a minuscule part of the whole
To not blend in with the backdrop of sin,
Brings on the hate of the masses so cruel
Their mediocrity serves to forge the chains,
That bind us drowning in this stagnant pool
Though all of perdition hate the poet,
And the majority omits the poor
Neither can deny our salvation,
Nor close the perennial door
Society's outcasts are those with the truth
Individuals in a world of 'the norm'
Shamed into thinking we have no worth
And useless since the day we were born
They tell me I've accomplished naught
And sometimes I believe it's true
Yet all of my endeavors are justly spent,
If with these words I reach you
[Words: John Brenner]
Here is the night
And here I am
Where I remain within the walls
Which protect and hide
My thoughts on fast-forward
To empty promises I've made myself
To a place everywhere...
And nowhere
racing thoughts no stop them please won't someone make me
laugh again I just want to sleep forever only without dreams
just black nothing but sleep never comes I reach out call out
no one is there no one hears where are you maybe I'll
never know find me save me from all choices all futures
no answers never come
I'm alone
No one watches me
In no one's thoughts am I now
Must it be as if it never were?
I can't see beyond yesterday
As I fade from your memory
So do I fade from my own
(goodbye...)
[Words: John Brenner]
How many years ago, I dreamed of simple goals
But life's so complicated now
A child at heart, a man in soul
I still dream the same dreams
Not too long ago - you were young, pure as snow
Untouched by life's pressures
Not more lovely than full of life
And of the hopes of the future
How many people do you know
Who've grown up overnight
Thrust into competing for no prize
No gold at the end of the rainbow
Because anti-septic truths and unimportant views
Have dimmed the true meaning of youth
I wish I could save you from my fate
And preserve your innocence forever
Ignorance to knowledge
Adolescent to mature
overnight
Dreams to reality
Youth to old age
all too soon
Why can't I save you
from the pain of growing up,
the pressures of your peers
Why can't I help you
fight the evils of the world
the sins of casual pleasure
[Words: Jim Hunter]
Have you ever felt alone in a crowd?
Voices all around but you didn't hear a sound
Sometimes I get lost in my mind
My thoughts are my only friends
This world filled with loveless souls
All emotions are only pretend
Two-faces are all I see
Is there any other way??
Is it me against the world?
I wonder what it's like
To feel truly fulfilled
I wonder what it's like
To feel you're needed
I cry out all my pain
but my echo just laughs at me
I'm the outcast
The lone fool
I can't laugh because the joke is on me
But I pray better days will come
When I can truly connect with someone
And break this deadened shell
For now I hope and wait for that day
People tell me
Always smile
Ignore what you feel inside
Deception
Their way of life
But I cannot lie to myself
I know this won't be forever
Real love I know you're out there
So please remember me
I'll be here waiting for you
[Words: John Brenner]
Lonely spirits hide behind my sight
They search the ruins of a dying mind
Dredging deeply for my will and courage
To face the future cleansing of my dreams
Piles of ashes sifting through my fingers
Wailing to the winds of remorse and regret
The only remnant of the Past and of tomorrow
A shriveled life, a withered destiny
Upon a pyre, the ruins of my vision
Are burned away, freeing them of sin
Who cares to resurrect the unremembered and unknown
When even the ashes are just a memory
[Words: John Brenner]
What's in the future?
And what's it hold for me?
Will things ever change?
I think I know
Lurking in the shadows
Something hidden lies in wait
It always seems to win
A game I'm not allowed to play
I can see clearly
That no one will be there
Least of all, you
Won't be at my side
How many times does right go wrong?
And who's the one to blame?
I pray to God the time will come
When someone will ease the pain
Is it just a premonition?
Or is it just my fate?
The long and lonely answer
Gnaws at my heart forever
It's the inevitable
Images etched in stone
A life of entropy
A death alone
Sometimes I scream late at night in my head
In vain to release the frustrations
And I find no solace in the knowledge and lore
That is at the heart of my coping with life
And though I try to be not a sinner
I am yet a slave to temptation
Sometimes I cry when I look at the world
And watch it rushing hastily by
Without but a glance at my wretched self
Unconcerned with anguish and pain
A speck in the void, a fleeting cloud on the wind
I can't preserve even a second of love
But is it too late, Lord, help me not to hate
And to show the world that true sincerity lives
[Words: Jim Hunter]
Something pure
If left undisturbed
But is it made of stone or sand?
Can it last forever?
If it falls away
Will I even understand
Things are said
To open the cracks
And begin the decay
Misunderstandings shatter
It to dust, gone, fallen away
It's hard to see eye to eye
When paths never cross
There's nothing left to rebuild
This love forever lost
[Words: Steve Branagan]
Searching for the one, the one who is to come
Will it ever happen for me?
Waiting is like staring into the deceitful winter sun
The endless lonely journey that clings to a merciless hope
I believe the moment will come
I have to believe it will happen
I believe the moment will come
Will there ever be a point that I will just give up?
Am I to walk the beaten path without questioning my fate?
If I ever get there I may not even know it
A myriad of thoughts, a plethora of forgotten dreams
...The never ending search for truth
...A nameless face in a sea of unsurmounting falsities
I must trudge the weathered path
[Words: John Brenner]
Your scars remain before my eyes
Even those you choose not to reveal
Sensitive enough to yet bring tears
A burden of grief that I cannot ease
Dejectedly I sit and stare
Feeling all of my wounds afresh
Deep they reach into repressed
Feelings which I ever hoped to hide
Driven to our self-inflicted pain
And compelled to re-live again
All of our vulnerable yesterdays
Thus we cope in our different ways
Who can tell me where to hide
What will make you whole inside
Most things I know will never change
Especially not the ones we wish
I torture myself
For I haven't any answers
So in despair we continue on
Fearful of another sunrise
Of another harmful dream
[Words: John Brenner]
Some have said they wished they were me
But what could I ever offer
You might say I just want attention
Only I know it isn't true
You ask why I'm so sad all the time
It's because I walk the road alone
The only One who waits for me
Waits on the other side
I can't change the way things are
Don't you think that I have tried
I can't pretend everything's all right
That would only be living a lie
How long must this go on?
I'm just Waiting for the End
For the end of my death
The truth is I'm not good enough
For someone who deserves much better
I hope that in God's eyes
I can live up to my expectations
[Words: John Brenner]
Lost inside the waking world
Where all is fear and decay
Playing the fool of society
The lonely game of life
Where is true sincerity
My own emotions I can't even trust
In the web of conformity
It seems there are no answers
[Words: John Brenner]
Follow me not in the depths of what is real
Into the objective vision over all
And do not join me in my misery
In my decision to remain as one apart
Deceive me not with false hopes of relief
Into believing that good can come of life
For I know that belief comes only from insanity
When I feel the pain of tortures unknown
What do I see in visions discreet
Futures unseen, paths not meant to be
Where can I find inside my mind
A means of escape from all of their kind
[Words: John Brenner]
In the darkness of night
The silence slowly takes form
The black velvet of loneliness
Stealthily moves to envelope my mind
And I relive morbid scenes of my life's tragedies
The icy touch of regretful woes,
The spectre that is past grips my heart
Inflicting torture and deadly hindsight,
Demanding correction of my wrongs
I walk back in time on the path of despair
The memories seem so painfully real
Ever shackled thus to my present days
I reside in the shadow of depression
In the churning maelstrom of emotion
The spectre bears me along unrelentingly...
[Words: Dennis Cornelius]
Why do people try to steal the moment
When my perception is what really matters
I can't think for myself
Somebody must do it for me
I can't get into that reality
Stress I feel on me everyday
Can't relax can't control my anxiety
It's hard to face the truth
I'm afraid of my inner self
Can't be who I really am
[Words: John Brenner]
Decisions
Are sometimes cruel
When you want to be an individual
And not another's tool
Which way does the pendulum swing?
Does it matter what the truth may bring?
Subjective viewpoints examine thin air
Objective reality only proves nothing is there
Motives
Are not well understood
Should you believe in "right or wrong"
Or in "evil and good"
Can we win in a game
That has no rules?
Can we live in a world
Of intelligent fools?
Is gray just a color
Such as black or white?
Is deceit an entity
Or just inner fright?
Is there more than
The human mind can conceive?
Or is there an answer
Beyond our beliefs?
Uncertainty
May well be the end
Another facet overly simplified
Brings Paradox again...........
[Instrumental]
[Words: John Brenner]
I stand on the edge of darkness, small and insignificant
Balanced between compromise and conviction
The abyss sweetly calls my name
I stare at this empty page, reflecting my future
Unable to express my inner trepidations
In hollow meaningless empty words
Who stands between me and self control
How small the straw that is the last
How thin the walls which seal my mind
How close the final episode of apathy
[Words: Steve Branagan]
I move on as if something keeps pulling me forward
I don't want to go too far for fear of not wanting to return
One eye looking forward, the other looking back
I wander from the external world
An impressionable soul in an inherent spectacle
A minuscule player in a monstrous entity
I stare at the palatial displays
Yearning to be a part of it
If I could fly, I would fly the infinite heavens
If I could paint, I would paint the endless skies
I take the natural steps to my destiny
The strive for immortality is awakened by thoughts of reality
For what seems like days, turns out to be only minutes
The pleasure of the soul is only an arm's length away
[Words: Dennis Cornelius, Steve Branagan]
Like a circle, the morning sun begins and ends
From the sight of it, I hold back always waiting
Every aspect, every possible point of view you can fathom
My unavoidable destiny
The human idiosyncrasy
It is exigent that I must deviate
From this fear of unimaginable pain
At the crossroads I seem to take wrong turns
Perfect hindsight reveals the true route
If I can learn from the past, can I become
The individual I aspire to be?
Like a circle, the morning sun begins and ends
From the sight of it, I hold back always waiting
I can continue to put off life, but how long will
It wait for me?
[Words: John Brenner]
Frozen in a state of non-existence
This moment of pain is an eternity
A second stretched out into forever
Shakes the very frame of my soul
An eon of the present is the penance of hell
Time slowly ticks away the centuries
Another second passes, a foolish respite
Because those to come are infinity
Long after midnight, I build castles in the air
I touch and I feel them in my heart
Why can't they be real?
Everyone watches, but no one is near
All seem to listen, but few really hear
The silence is deep, yet in an uproar
And there's no escape, for they've locked the door
Long after midnight, immortality seems so true
I dream of a better time to come
For me and also for you
The battle is over but the war is not won
The evil's chasing me and I cannot run
All around me ideals are rotting away
But I cannot ever give up the fight
[Words: John Brenner]
Why does no one question
The aspects of our reality
Yet place such a heavy value
On knowledge they do not have
Tear down the facade of infallibility
Sentient, indeed, but imperfect man
Can only create imperfect works
Thus even a book can be wrong
I have little faith in the religion of man
Repetition and rote, does not salvation create
Bright and clear I must open my mind
To unlock the manacles of tradition
Why do they fall into roles
Society insists they must enact from birth
Deviation is termed as abnormal
By those who are afraid to live
I have little faith in the ways of man
As faulty creatures we are at best
What is the difference between them and me?
My views and dreams, at least I can feel
[Words: John Brenner]
Yesterday I saw the flowers crying
Mourning for what used to be
And then I touched them with my mind
And saw they also cried for me
Today I saw the high sun frowning
Saddened by what I have become
No longer able to unfreeze my heart
Forever frozen until numb
Outside I found the air was dying
Stale and lifeless, short of breath
Poisoned by my thoughtless needs
To slowly lead us both to death
And all that is green has now been paled
The colors have faded, their brightness assailed
And, though I wish to make amends
The path of nature now only descends
The lonely creature of the woods are going
The way of the hopelessly forlorn
Until all that remains is myself, wretched man
Condemned to die before the morn
[Words: Dennis Cornelius]
Turning my back to the breeze
I lift my feet off the ground and I soar
With no apparent reason
I am looking for direction
For something real
In the distance on the horizon
I see the cloud it draws near
And all at once I'm surrounded
By the fear of what can never be
Why am I made to suffer
In the darkness I search for you
Groping through an eternal mist
In the daylight I have no self-control
Over wanderings in my head
I found the room
You're crying
In the darkness we found a new
Place with fear put aside
In the daylight I remember
Things I could not see at night
The detective finds much of the crazy story is related
to prophecies in the bible.
He is hearing strange voices in his head. They are
telling him to go back to the field where he first
encountered them.
Something is familiar about this crazy story
Where have I heard of this plot before?
Something I read somewhere or a film I've seen
Why is there always darkness at my door?
There's a shadow hanging over me
I hear voices in my head
Revelation, of prophecy!
Is this the end?
Devastation! A tragedy!
Is this the end?
As I search through every library
Desperately looking for an answer
Is my past catching up with me
I can almost see the pages turning faster
What are these voices trying to tell me?
"You will go back to field where you first encountered
us. We have something for you"
I think this is what I'm looking for
This old book so revered by man
Revelation, of prophecy?
Is this the end?
Devastation! A tragedy?
Is this the end?
I think this is what I'm looking for
This ancient book revered by man
Revelation, of prophecy?
Is this the end?
Devastation! A tragedy?
Is this the end?
Dark! The only part that troubles me
Fear! What stands out in my mind
Loss! According to this prophecy
Pain! There's no hope for mankind
I think this is what I'm looking for
This old book so revered by man
Revelation, of prophecy?
Is this the end?
Devastation! A tragedy?
Trailing triangles,
the lion crawls
Lonely, her throne empty,
yellow, abandoned,
the bruised widow moon,
arm covering her face.
Below, the horizon glow,
a sunrise unfulfilled.
Nodding, we race
in long arcs homeward,
Lost in this familiar famine,
Stone cistern of a sky.
Fly over the unseen stream
Under the spinning bear;
Overtaking, being overtaken,
So easily we avoid claws and doubts.
Home, home,
Hammered horizon-thin,
Where stars drown unheard,
One face for self
While another for you
Cannot the difference
See between the two
Which one is real
And which is fake
The sustenance of which
Is hard to partake
I feel like I''m dying
With a thirst to quench
But I can''t reach
Far enough down that hole
To taste the water
Sweetening my life
We met in the southern harbor,
Your cerulean gaze absorbing my creosote heart,
Your fingers like spine bones on a clothesline.
Come give me my soul again:
See, where it flies!
Children play in front of a fountain...
Stories I told you of bees disappearing.
I am equally afraid.
My gutter heart fell then and again.
Come give me my soul again:
I hide behind
This smile on my frozen face
A side of depression
One should not bear
Not content with death
I toil on through despair
Every once in awhile
Someone sees through this face
That I wear
Once I met
A person such as this
But I was in a strange land
Not understanding
How much honesty
Flowing from her
And I see
That with her kind words
I found me
That with her generosity
I don''t need this,not now
Just leave my mind
Every night you visit me
Taunting visions & emotions within
All I want is to be finished with you
To move on
But somehow I can''t
You''re in disguise,fooling my heart
Revealing yourself when I am weak
Every night you visit me
Taunting visions & emotions within
All I want is to be finished with you
To move on
But somehow I can''t
Do you wake up angry at yourself
Augur intently
under air molasses-thick.
Divine
runes traced along your scarred hands,
emblems of
yesterdays.
Cast glances, bones, spheres, or
other
likely stories.
Little sums co-operate
in a final cause--did you guess?
Necromancy or
When you lose your gaze in nimbus musing,
when tears spill and rain blur
into one smeared stain,
when highway sighs,
the chime in ears pressed to ground,
the sound between them,
merge into static white:
Wait for lightening sky;
watch cirrus claw the sun to noon;
touch tongue to wound, fingers to flame;
To neither God nor Nature
Nor mediocrity
Do I owe a death
Nor pleasurable difficulty
No spirit, no psyche
No machine, no gene
Nor exhilarating moments
Nor the coldest utopia
Beware, be wary
I just imagine I'm asleep
No reason to speak
Become flesh quietly
Motionless
Lying here in the quiet
Serene thoughts never come
The canvas of black
Offers a perfect still
For the flashes of life
When the switch is thrown
The nightly ritual of sleep
At bay for the moment
I want the truth
The underlying answer
To the burning question
Who am I
Truth is I know & I''m frightened
I have become what everyone sees
What they want me to be
And not even I know
What it''s doing to me
So I lay here,try to rest
A sometimes wisdom
A lonely vision
A love of life
A lone revision
This disguise is for the season
I need only a reason
The edge of a precipice
A simple matter, reckless
Willing more than needing
Drinking more than bleeding
A compact letter
Unfold it if you will
The word stuck in time
The whole a crime
A token of victory
Orthodox insincerity
We throw a rain of pearls
Hard tried by destiny
This particle of faith
If I had a story,
A vow or a prayer,
A brilliant conclusion, a tonic,
Removed the world from our shoulders,
We could walk on then regardless of others,
Like the Seine snaking through Paris arrondisements.
Music by Marco Kehren/Deinonychus Lyrics by Marco Kehren and Alex Kurtagic
There, where I returned, a time of unrelenting horror...
Magicians clouded wisdom, revering names in solemn books.
A gust from an obscured epoch, when fear caged the hearts of men;
With a dagger in my hand, menace soaks the moment.
Dreamt glimpses of encrypted memories:
A journey far from here;
Am I you, who knows of my damned soil?
Later on they found me, all life drained, my eyes wide open.
Flowers on the tomb remind of life eternal;
Devolved to me, the wisdom of recondit centuries...
Dreaming of pure damnation...I remember...
Iron clouds of thunder, roaring 'cross the sky
Speeding to the war-scene, many about to die
Radiation warheads ready to destroy
Like fire-breathing dragons, making all life void
This is the ending of the earth!
Revelation is at birth!
Man has fallen into black!
They warned us about this death attack!
Approaching from the darkness, to mankinds surprise
Missiles launched in fury, claiming all our lives
Fire and death surrounds us, falling from the sky
Welcome the prince of a royal family
We accept your heritage, of carnage, and all of the dirty dealings
Heir to a throne, by all means, necessary
All hail to the thieves of democracy
Take some action, and reclaim that
Which at once, we held in the palms of our hands
Overthrow the incompetent
Consider the source
Off with the serpents head
Rape our traditions and values as they are left for dead
Victimizing demons while demonizing victims
Look past the lie
Divide, conquer, pillage, destroy
First of the agenda
Fulfill the patriarchs revenge
And reeking havoc upon our land
Let me ask one question,
Who children did you slaughter before your rest today
Divide, conquer, pillage, destroy
Take some action, and reclaim
That which at once we held in our hands
Overthrow the incompetent
Consider the source
Off with the serpents head
Off with the serpents head
Rape our traditions and values as they are left for dead
Victimizing demons, while demonizing victims
Look past the lie
Look past the lie
Rape our traditions and values as they are left for dead
Victimizing demons while demonizing victims
Look past the lie
Through lies
The revelation is coming
Ancient orders crossing their ways
Celebrating the truth which I create
Delve in secrets of their sick thoughts.
Waiting for glory...
I create the universe
They worship and are bowing to me
I need human things
And they will do it for me.
Blinders and no ears
Beings with no soul
Revelation like a divine touch
Wonderful material for orders to make
Unconscious of their deeds and convictions
Escaping the fear
They...
Waiting for glory
I create the universe
They worship and are bowing to me
I need human things
And they will do it for me.
Blinders and no ears
The Revelation is coming
The end is coming soon.
Humanity has reached its doom.
Fire falls from the sky.
The earth erupts into flames.
No escape from the inevitable, end of days.
Planets have aligned.
We have no more time this is the end.
The end of existence, the end of mankind [x2]
Witness the end of existence, we have no more time [x4]
The hate you hold
It hits your chest
Wont hit you locked it all
Don't let this one go to waste
[chorus]
Worse stoned, good home
You find another one
Step inside of you
Right behind you
Inside which one are you on
ohhhh ....
yeah ....
To have an hold
To have and hate
To have and hold is not
Don't let this one go to waste
[chorus]
[break]
The hate you hold
It hits your chest
To have and hold is not
Don't let this one go to waste
Worse stoned, good home
You find another one
the thoughts behind you
My friend Billy he was actin' kinda silly by the seashore
He started goofin', countin' all the grains of sand
About a thousand and thirty he was gettin' kinda dirty
And he looked at himself and he laughed
He said "I'll never even finish what I got right here in my hand"
He had a revelation, had a revelation
He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from somewhere else for free
He had a revelation, special information
And I'm hopin' they'll be catchin' it from sea to shining sea
A girl named Nancy started talkin' kinda fancy over dinner
Usin' clever phrases she would always hafta stop and explain
As each sentence ended all her guests were more offended
And she looked at herself and she laughed
She said "I'll never ever use those hundred dollar words again"
She had a revelation, she had a revelation
She had some kinda knowledge comin' in from somewhere else to see
She had a revelation, a special situation
And I'm sure they'll be catchin' it from sea to shining sea
Well there's a time and a place for everything
A way of standin' up and never tippin' your canoe
Sometimes it's better if you just give in
Never use a hammer on a screw
Mister L. da Vinci said he wouldn't budge an inch he
Was convinced that someday humans would fly
He made some little paper aeroplanes to show them what he had on his mind
Even men of learnin' would have rather seen him burnin' like the devil or the witch they thought he was
So he kept his big mouth shut and he didn't have to say goodbye
He had a revelation, he had a revelation
He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from A to Z
Had a revelation, a pile of information
And I'm hopin' they'll be catchin' it from sea to shining sea
Revelation, revelation
Special information
Special situation
Pile of information
Yesterday was the longest day I have seen
But tomorrow could be longer baby
Indecision rising up like steam
From an early morning highway
If things were different everything might work itself out fine
I'd like to see right through the windows in your mind
I know that everyone's got something up their sleeve
So what have you got for me my baby
Chorus:
I'm gonna give it up I think I've had enough
I'm praying for a revelation
Could you set me free 'cause this is killing me
I'm begging for a revelation
And I know that you know the way
yeah you know the way, ohh ohhh oh ohhh
Twenty-one and the lifeboat is starting to sink
Yeah the water's rushing over my face
Growing tired of living life on my knees
Yeah, I'm begging for some mercy
If things were different everything might work itself out fine
I'd like to see right through the windows in your mind
I know that everyone's got something up their sleeve
So what have you got for me and my baby
Chorus
I'm gonna give it up because I've had enough
I'm praying for a revelation
Could you set me free 'cause this is killing me
I'm begging for a revelation
And I know that you know the way
I know now, I know that you know that way
Revelation
I open my eyes one day
I look by the window and I say
Why don't you care about me
Why don't you give me a holy life
I was sitted in my bed
Remembering the day I lost the way
I was crying for my lost soul
And paying the price, the price of this deal
But in the sky, the lightning strykes
From the clouds na angel come
From his mouth comes a revelation
A prophecy to my life
The wind of salvation blow in my hair
A new blood is on my vein
I feel the freedom in my life
I cry how I cry
Those bloody tears, those bloody tales
The kingdom i'd buy with my soul
My bloody tears fall from my face
The devil is waiting me
Revelation simple thruth, anestesing my sensation
Intuition, killing my self, geting out of me
Revelation, endless time, reconstructing devastated
I have seen Your love and Im infected. On this day of truth, I will open my
eyes... I will open my eyes. I will clean my hands, they are filthy. To the
light of truth, I will open my eyes... I will open my eyes. To the sounds
of earth, Ive adjusted. In the name of truth, I will open my eyes. To the
God Almighty, I surrender it all. Oh... To the God Almighty, I surrender it
all. To the God Almighty, I surrender it all... it all. I surrender it
all... Hear oh earth, the Lord our God is one. Hear oh earth, the Lord our
God is one... Hear oh earth, the Lord our God is one. Hear oh earth, the
Lord our God is one. Hear oh earth, the Lord our God is one. Hear oh earth,
I am entering the winter of my life
Reflecting on my days gone by
The process has begun, the picture is abstract
There’s no turning back from the voice inside my head
From inside my head
Looking back on my life
A sadness always chilling me
Within a distant childhood dream
The din of beating wings
Are muffled by the drugs that keep me sane
The snow white sheets they hide the pain
It’s sad to say…
The whispered truth can lead her to salvation
My setting sun will turn the page
A prophecy born of grace and its dedication
My broken body will be shed
All the groundwork is set
And what we learn from the Bible, we know
These are the words I believe
Oh, the angel she’ll weep, then read between all these lines
Then she’ll be filled with the light
This sick and dying man in room 316
(Thirty years, strong in my heart)
He’ll provide all the answers, tell them what this all means
It’s a rare form of cancer and my family’s curse
For it will be end of life… of life
The whispered truth can lead to her salvation
My setting sun will turn the page
A prophecy born of grace and its dedication
My broken body will be shed
Tommy:
John’s been gone for days
and I can’t even find his shadow
No depth of self-restraint to commiserate
Mild minds and soft solutions, she’s crying on my shoulder
I’ve sustained resistance long enough
Now I won’t turn her away
The whispered truth has lead me to this revelation
My setting sun will turn the page
A prophecy born of grace and its dedication
My broken body will be shed
These hidden truths can lead you to your salvation
The trumpets’ call will turn the page
Words of wisdom are cloaked in a careful narration
‘Cause this fallen world soon shall pass
Can you see the stars tonight?
Do you hear them calling?
They're breathing love into my life
Like a brand new morning
This is how it's meant to be
I just want you to believe
All you need's already here…in me
On and on and on
It's a revelation
On and on and on
Like a deep blue ocean
Nothing to hide
We've gotta share this simple life
On and on and on
Revelation
(On and on and on...)
Can you feel the love tonight?
Do you share my vision?
There's a bright, eternal light
Like a new dimension
This is how it's meant to be
I just want you to believe
All you need's already here…in me
It goes on and on and on
It goes on and on and on
On and on and on
It's a revelation
On and on and on
Like a deep blue ocean
Nothing to hide
We've gotta share this simple life
On and on and on
Revelation
This is my revelation
This is my revelation
This is my revelation
This is my revelation
We've been around for the longest time
Always pushed aside by your messed up minds
It's time now, heavy metal soldier, load your gun
Stand up for your rights, the revival has come
We will rise again
Under my command
Join me, join me, we will rise again
Better you step back and release the crown
Oh-oh revelation
We gonna rock your world right into the ground
Oh-oh revelation
Besides my music cries out proud and vain
Oh-oh-revelation
You know by tomorrow Heavy Metal prevails
Oh-oh-revelation
We will rise again
Under my command
Join me, join me, we will rise again
We will rise again
Under my command
Join me, join me, we will rise again
We'll stay around for the longest time
And Heavy Metal rules the world until the end of the
time
Oh-oh revelation
Oh-oh revelation
Oh-oh revelation
You better release the crown
Oh-oh revelation
We're gonna rock, bringin' you down to the ground
We will rise again
Under my command
Join me, join me
can't you feel it risin' through you
so alive now closin' in
I'm your deviant I'm your hero
from this dog's life can't seem to win
but I want it all
I got my eyes on your salvation
and I want it all
comin' alive with a new revelation
that I want it all
long time gone now since you've been able
to find your way home through the dark
underrated super-jaded
can't decide now whose side you're on
I want it all
I wanna know
if you got your mind on a revolution of the soul
'cause I got my eyes on your salvation
and I want it all
comin' alive with a new revelation
I've been up
I've been down
But everything is just
Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine
It's true
Tougher skin?
Guess again
But not because I don't
Try, try, try, try
I always do
And I don't want nobody
Telling me I'm nobody
I've got a Revelation
I'm a new creation baby
The world can't bring me down
You think what?
Why the rut?
Cause if you're towing the
Line, line, line
Those days are through
You know it says it right here
Right here
Take a good look at this
Intent
No, you're no accident
Why let life get you confused?
Don't let anybody
Tell you you're nobody
I've got a Revelation
You're a new creation baby
The world can't bring you down
I've got a Revelation
You've been elevated baby
The world can't bring you down
Big screen tells ya,
"You gotta look this way
You got no beauty
Beyond what you display"
But don't they get it?
It's what's inside you
So take your place,
And don't ever hide your face
All those fashion victims
Seem so aggravated
Going with the flow
Is very overrated
I've got a Revelation
You're a new creation baby
The world can't bring you down
I've got a Revelation
You've been elevated baby
The world can't bring you down
The world can't bring you down
The world can't bring you down
The world can't bring you down
The world can't bring you down
2 Corinthians 5:17
Romans 6:4
I am the night in which you sleep
I am the day in which you wake
I am the shade in which you hide
I tell the stories in your sleep
Whisper the words you cannot find
I am your forsaken mind
I am the light that shines on you
I am the dark you're going through
I am the prince in your dreams
I kiss the kiss you're longing for
And make you land just on your feet
Revelation
I open my eyes one day
I look by the window and I say
Why don't you care about me
Why don't you give me a holy life
I was sitted in my bed
Remembering the day I lost the way
I was crying for my lost soul
And paying the price, the price of this deal
But in the sky, the lightning strykes
From the clouds na angel come
From his mouth comes a revelation
A prophecy to my life
The wind of salvation blow in my hair
A new blood is on my vein
I feel the freedom in my life
I cry how I cry
Those bloody tears, those bloody tales
The kingdom i'd buy with my soul
My bloody tears fall from my face
The devil is waiting me
Revelation simple thruth, anestesing my sensation
Intuition, killing my self, geting out of me
Revelation, endless time, reconstructing devastated
Somewhere in Vietnam
a nineteen year old soldier stumbled from a bar room
he said I must be seeing things
that bourbon hit me like a baseball bat
In Belfast, Ireland a little lady dropped her shovel in her garden
as she raced across her yard to ask her neighbor Mrs. Clancy
"what was that?"
In Memphis, Tennesse a teacher raised the window closest to the river
and the children in her classroom swore they heard a choir singin down the street
In Washington, D.C. a private secretary's lips began to quiver
and the President just put aside some papers and rose quickly to his feet
I lay in a cheap motel in the arms of someone else's woman
when a loud explosion rocked the room and turned the morning into night
I jumped out of bed and ran into the street with hardly any clothes on
and as the sky lit up my heart stood still and I could feel my face turn white
All at once the clouds rolled back and there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory
and I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen were lookin straight at me
I guess I was awakened by the penetrating sound of my own screaming
it didn't take me long to stumble out of bed and fall down on my knees
as tears rolled down my face I cried "Dear God I'm thankful I was only dreaming.
Revelation
I open my eyes one day
I look by the window and I say
Why don't you care about me
Why don't you give me a holy life
I was sitted in my bed
Remembering the day I lost the way
I was crying for my lost soul
And paying the price, the price of this deal
But in the sky, the lightning strykes
From the clouds na angel come
From his mouth comes a revelation
A prophecy to my life
The wind of salvation blow in my hair
A new blood is on my vein
I feel the freedom in my life
I cry how I cry
Those bloody tears, those bloody tales
The kingdom i'd buy with my soul
My bloody tears fall from my face
The devil is waiting me
Revelation simple thruth, anestesing my sensation
Intuition, killing my self, geting out of me
Revelation, endless time, reconstructing devastated
Somewhere in VietNam a 19-year-old soldier walked out of a barroom
And he said I must be seeing things that bourbon hit me like a baseball bat
In Bellfast Ireland a little lady dropped her shovel in her garden
She raced across the yard and ask her neighbor Mrs Clancy what was that
In Memphis Tennessee a teacher raised the window closest the river
And the children in her classroom swore they'd heard a choir singing down the street
In Washington DC a private secretary's lips began to quiver
And the President just put aside his papers and rose quickly to his feet
I lay in a cheap motel in the arms of someone else's woman
When a loud explosion rocked the room and turned the morning into night
I jumped out of bed and ran into the street with hardly any clothes on
As the sky lit up my heart stood still and I could feel my face was turnin' white
All at once the clouds rolled back and there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory
And I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen were lookin' straight at me
I guess I was awakened by the penetrating sounds of my own screamin'
And it didn't take me long to stumble out of bed and fall down on my knees
As tears rolled down my face I cried dear God I'm thankful I was only dreamin'
Days pass us,
spilling black blood.
Under the weight of conceited thoughts.
New age tomorrow mudded with shame,
for sins that bleed,
for sins that stain.
Considering the body,
a prison cell.
To change from within,
tears all hiding inside.
Living in fear,
break out from your soul.
Set power on fire and squat now the world.
Listening to the echo of your hollow truth.
Reflections of logic on a broken glass.
Constant vows of misguided decisions.
Can't bring back what's lost,
Can't bring back what's gone.
Burn down.
Revelation.
Revelation
This morning
I woke up with the sun shining in my eyes
I'm alive
I was once blind but now I see
I see the truth
I see the battle over heaven and hell
The dark shadow of our lost philosophies
I hear a voice in my head
It's calling out
Calling out and saying, “What's your name?”
I feel a change coming over me
And in my soul I know that I will never be the same
It's like pins and needles in my eyes
Revelation on my mind
(Don't let it go)
I see this world around me
Like the pale horse rider coming crashing down
It's got people following pages
You pray, but what ya doing with your life?
You need indoctrination now
I hear a voice in my head
It's calling out
It's saying, “Give me everything you've got”
I've got a new soul
And no one has control over me cuz I'm a free mind
And I will never stop
It's like pins and needles in my eyes
Revelation on my mind
Be careful what you pray
You've got to sever the shepherd away
Careful what you pray or you'll be preyed upon
And then there was light
