Thought I had a witness to this crime
Thought I had a witness
Thought we were on the same side of becoming
Then the judges called in a witness C'mon...
So then when did you then begin your cravin for white powder
Exotic matter that cells divide arresting time
So in your furnace then
You drank my tenderness
Feldspar and Mica then
You thought that you would own my temple of gold
Gotta rise in the night
Pick myself off the floor
I know now that it's over
Had a life before
You left me burnin' in
Your petrol emotion
Your petrol emotion
Wanting more
Thought I had a witness C'mon...
Thought we had a friendship C'mon...
Thought I heard you whispering murder
Thought this witches brew was more than bullet-proof
But words are like guns when you shoot the moon
'Cause everybody whispers C'mon...
Is there anyone? Is it any wonder...I'm out the door
Is there any way? Is there any way forward?
Thought I had a witness
Thought you were you
Thought I was a witness
You could turn to, not in
Thought I had a witness to this crime
Will you join me ?
I want to live these years again.
There is no dignity in losing a friend.
We were younger and thought our time would never end.
And if I try too hard I miss you.
And if I miss too hard I find you.
And we have ten years gone to get through but it all feels over.
Do you have the time ?
Inclination ?
Does it feel too right ?
How can we continue with better things behind you ?
Do we have to fight ?
Complications.
Just to feel alright ?
We spent our years dreaming but our dreams were misleading and now we're through.
Please forgive me, I won't invite you in next time.
But did you change at all when you witnessed the crime ?
Stand your ground now and make sure it's a happy home.
And while your choice of friend was touching, was it reason for adjusting ?
And when you go to sleep are you wondering if it all makes sense now ?
Do you have the time ?
Inclination ?
Does it feel too right ?
How can we continue with better things behind you ?
Do we have to fight ?
Complications.
Just to feel alright ?
We spent our years dreaming but our dreams were misleading and now we're through.
Do you have the time ?
Inclination ?
Does it feel too right ?
How can we continue with better things behind you ?
Do we have to fight ?
Complications.
Just to feel alright ?
We spent our years dreaming but our dreams were misleading and now we're through.
And I hope you've found what you're after.
Leave another town.
Visits in the country were over all too quickly.
And I hope we meet before we're older.
Have a chance to speak.
Inter-planetary frequency
Alteration of destiny
Surrendering to my ultimate destiny
The spaceship will come to take us away
Out of the orbit and into the light
We're going to be picked up and sent on a flight
Get ready to join us
Escape the destruction enjoy the abduction
Surrender Supernova
I will always prase my maker
I will always return to my taker
I will never be a faker
I will never be a forsaker
They are visting us for their genetic testing
I don't think it's such a blessing
But then again how can I know
I must not judge so much
You know
The message I got is simple and easy
When we get on the spaceship we must not flip
We have to be fearless it helps to keep smiling
Are you ready to join us
Avoid the disaster and be with the master
Surrender bend over
Immortality
Mortality
I am unsterblich
Sterblich
I'm a witness
You're sorry now
And you'll change some how--
And I am what you need to get out, but--
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
Cause I'm crawling back
I'm searchin the right track--
I'm standin--at last I'm sure
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh--witness
No, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh--witness
Jailbird chained to walk
How you used to--talk, talk, talk--
But the melody--none at all my love--
And I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
I don't wanna be
No I don't...
Oh, oh, oh, oh...witness--witness--
Make me a witness
take me out
out of darkness
out of doubt
I won't weigh you down
with good intention
won't make fire out of clay
or other inventions
will we burn in heaven
like we do down here
will the change come
while we're waiting
everyone is waiting
and when we're done
soul searching
as we carried the weight
and died for the cause
is misery
made beautiful
right before our eyes
will mercy be revealed
or blind us where we stand
will we burn in heaven
like we do down here
will the change come while we're waiting
It's taken everything
Everything I got and it's hung me on the line
Water rising up over me
And I think I'm gonna die
Think I'm gonna die
I told a lie
That's what I said
I told the one you know I'll always keep
Whose God is mine (3x's)
Whose God is
The one with the witness
Shine your lonely light on me
I'll be there to hold the mirror
I can take you down with me
Show you lonely, lonely, lonely
Death wastes no time it seems
And it's hung me on the line
Hung me on the line
Hard rain falling all over me
And I think I'm gonna die
Think I'm gonna die
I told a lie
That's what I said
I told the one you know I'll always keep
Whose God is mine (3x's)
Whose God is
The one with the witness
No more secrets
No more games
Not another day of living this way
Cigarette smoke filled room concealing
Everthing your heart is feeling
You took away the only thing left worth fighting for
The lock is broken on the front door
And everybody's walking in covered in mud
To take turns on the thing that you've become
What's done is done and done is gone so
Let what's coming come
All this ends here and now
Cause I'm about to put my foot down
I've been a witness
To all of your lies and games
I've been a witness
You are the worst mistake i ever made
I've been a witness
To all of the games you play
So sick of your bullshit
You are the worst mistake i ever made
Not another word
Not until they heard
Every single bad situation that occured
Every wrong look and feeling
You got me crawling on the god damn ceilings
I'm taking all the evidence calling all the papers
Plastering your face on every television station
No more back ally cover-up bullshit
I'm leaving and I'm taking what I came with
What's done is done and done is gone so
Let what's coming come
All this ends here and now
Cause I'm about to put my foot down
I've been a witness
To all of your lies and games
I've been a witness
You are the worst mistake i ever made
I've been a witness
To all of the games you play
So sick of your bullshit
You are the worst mistake i ever made
I've been a witness to you
And all of the things that you do
You make my job so easy
Because you look so guilty
I've been a witness
To all of your lies and games
I've been a witness
You are the worst mistake i ever made
I've been a witness
To all of the games you play
So sick of your bullshit
You are the worst mistake i ever made
Can I get a witness, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lookin' for some ladies and some young men
To run the race and endure to the very end
No turnin' back, no quittin' if you're gonna win
Your mark, get set, runnin' like a champion
Have you heard the story about Joshua?
He was young, strong, and courageous
Not by power nor was it by might my friend
"But by my spirit," that's what the Lord says
Witness, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I get a witness, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I believe God is callin' you my friend
To shake your world upside-down and back again
Might be a hundred you might just be a little kid
But you can slay giants just the way that David did
I remember times when it was difficult
And I prayed that God would send a miracle
I don't know how but right up to the very end
He made a way outta no-way and sure enough delivered
Witness, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I get a witness, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sling shot in my back pocket track
Bumpin' with a rocket
Battle rocks by my side
Ready for apocalypse
Even these inventions unseen but heard
Not by power or might but by my spirit says the word
And who can be against us if you for us?
(Nobody)
And who can shut us down if you with us?
(Nobody)
And who can stop a thing that you started?
(Nobody)
If you with us, put 'em up and be a witness
Can I get a witness, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I get a witness, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this, ah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I get a witness?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I get a witness?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I get a witness?
(And who can be against us if you for us?)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this?
(And who can be against us if you for us?)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I get a witness?
(And who can stop a thing that you started?)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can you get with this?
(If you with us, put 'em up and be a witness)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you with us, put 'em up and be a witness?
If you with us, put 'em up and be a witness?
If you with us, put 'em up and be a witness?
I'm standing outside your window, baby
And there you are
Another year, another candle's burning
for the party girl
No one even knows that you're there
Happy Birthday, no one cares
You come around here,
You'd better bring a witness
Everyone in here's on the guest list
And when you're gone you won't be missed
Keep one eye open
when you kiss
Your wishes won't be coming true this year
Now darling don't you cry
We're going to teach you everything
You'll learn to get by
Now lesson number one in homicide
is emotional murder is no crime
You come around here,
you'd better bring a witness
Everyone in here's on the guest list
And when you're gone you won't be missed
Keep one eye open
when you kiss
Now sticks and stones, baby, break your bones
But the names, in here, can kill
We'd let you leave
but no one else wants you
Your ransom was not made
Now you ain't got to stand up tall
But now baby, you must stand up
You come around here,
you'd better bring a witness
Everyone in here's on the guest list
Now we've never been so impressed
(music: r. graber/s.macdonald lyrics: s.macdonald)
Can I get a witness
To your constant pain
Hear you're spinning downwards
Thought you were the same
Take some pride in who you are
Stop the tide of self defeat
Can I get a witness
Not someone to blame
Throwing rocks at glass houses shatters everything
Is there anyone I know who hasn't done the same?
But it's all their fault and you didn't do nothin' did you now?
And it's all their fault and you didn't do nothin' did you now?
Can I get a witness
Where's your sense of pride
I know you used to have one
It's been pushed aside
Think about responsibility
You don't have to be the victim
Can I get a witness
Not just one more ride
And you want to play all aces, all you have's a duce
You're the last one at the table anyway
And we all make mistakes but we all learn from them and move on
And we all make mistakes but we all learn from them and move on
Can I get a witness
Is there one at all
What's the best for yourselves
Is what you both recall
Drop it now and move along
Everyone has forgotten it
Can I get a witness
To your free fall
Cause I worry that this story's just the iceberg's tip
It gets so hard to know just what I believe
But it's all about trust and you know I trust you I do now
And it's all about trust and you know I trust you I do now
Can I get a witness?
I'm standing outside your window, baby
And there you are
Another year, another candle's burning
for the party girl
No one even knows that you're there
Happy Birthday, no one cares
You come around here,
You'd better bring a witness
Everyone in here's on the guest list
And when you're gone you won't be missed
Keep one eye open
when you kiss
Your wishes won't be coming true this year
Now darling don't you cry
We're going to teach you everything
You'll learn to get by
Now lesson number one in homicide
is emotional murder is no crime
You come around here,
you'd better bring a witness
Everyone in here's on the guest list
And when you're gone you won't be missed
Keep one eye open
when you kiss
Now sticks and stones, baby, break your bones
But the names, in here, can kill
We'd let you leave
but no one else wants you
Your ransom was not made
Now you ain't got to stand up tall
But now baby, you must stand up
You come around here,
you'd better bring a witness
Everyone in here's on the guest list
Now we've never been so impressed
Keep one eye open when, whenever you kiss
Written by: Das, Savale, Pandit, Thorpe, Zaman, Tailor
We never had it so good
Day to day It's the government plan
To grind them down Every man and woman
To grind them down Every man and woman
To grind them down Every man and woman
Day to day It's the government plan
To grind them down Every man and woman ....
To fuck up their minds
Pat their lives in their hands
To mash up their brains
Unable to understand
This is a message to those in command
There was never any freedom
Look into my eyes
Tell me your alive
Look into my eyes
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear us now?
Speaking the words that will never cross your mind.
Can you see us now?
Hope you found a place to bury the bodies
and you can't live without it.
I'm in your head
I won't forget.
Your love is dead and you got nothing left.
Your promises have all been broken.
Sorry to say were so better off.
Sorry to say you're not.
Can you hear us now?
Speaking the words that will never cross your mind.
Can you see us now?
Hope you found a place to bury the bodies
and you can't live without it.
And you can't breathe without it.
And you can't live without it.
Don't try so hard we see right through you.
Your a liar you don't need to breathe.
You said, you said, you said we're done.
Can you hear us now?
Speaking the words that will never cross your mind.
Can you see us now?
Hope you found a place to bury the bodies
and you can't live without it.
And you can't breathe without it.
Everyday I find another way
Something more to get me through this life, life, life
You don?t believe in what you see
Then tell me baby, does it make you blind, blind, blind?
That ain't the way it is
I need a witness when you talk to me
I need a witness, won't you set me free?
I need a witness when you talk to me
I need a witness baby, now won't you set me free?
All these people travel on, travel on in the road, road, road
Now you tell me how to plant my seed
Then you tell me baby, it won?t grow, grow, grow
Now it ain?t the way it is
I need a witness when you talk to me
I need a witness, won't you set me free?
I need a witness when you talk to me
Oh, I need a witness baby, now won't you set me free?
Oh, set me free child, c'mon
Oh, yeah, yeah, listen to me people
People die when we don?t try, we walk away
Don?t you see there?s a better way of life?
People die when we don?t try, we walk away
Don?t you see there?s a better way, people pray?
People die when we don?t try, we walk away
Don?t you see there?s a better way of life?
People die when we don?t try, we walk away
I need a witness when you talk to me
Yeah, I need a witness baby, won't you set me free, yeah, set me free?
I need a witness, now won't you talk to me?
Oh, I need a witness baby, now won't you set me free?
Oh, set me free, child
I said, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Tell me what you'll do baby
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Tell me what you'll do child
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Tell me what you'll do baby
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
The whine in your hand is worth two at the bar
And everybody knows what you've been drinking
Disgraceful night flecked in a nightmare of stars
And everybody knows how you've been syncing
Long distance century buzzes and fades
I wonder why you've not resigned
Previews, processions and parades
We've got to grind, grind it out
We've got to grind, grind it out
Line up the arrows, push off the top
This can cause sustain forever
And once it's started up, it cannot be stopped
At least it's holding us together
Long distance century buzzes and fades
An automatic charge on your mind
The glittering minutes, jangled decades
We've got to grind, grind it out
I've got to grind, grind it out
A vortex appears, unleashed by the crash
A moment marred by hesitation
Bedazzled surgeon chases the gash
And we don't need that operation
Long distance century buzzes and fades
Elysian Fields not far behind
Now find me a witness amongst these shades
They've got to grind, grind it out
They've got to grind, grind it out
Long distance century buzzes and fades
I hope the deaf can lead the blind
Lift me up into those whirling blades
I've got to grind, grind it out
I've got to grind, grind it out
We've got to grind, grind it out
streetlights spark to life as we pass by, caught in panes of warehouse windows and reflected in your eyes. lying on your lawn on our sides. we'll stay outside. all our friends are all alright and all around. the grass and dust and summer dusk is just settling down. there's nowhere that we would rather be. as day wanes, our shadows stretch below. it's perfect where we are, as the sun hangs red and low. when night falls, there's an electricity in the air on your bare arms that sings of what could be. the city glimmers underneath the fading light. what joy to be a witness, to be alive and with this night. we breathe in the ghosts of loves, waiting above to be once again drea
streetlights spark to life as we pass by, caught in panes of warehouse windows and reflected in your eyes. lying on your lawn on our sides. we'll stay outside. all our friends are all alright and all around. the grass and dust and summer dusk is just settling down. there's nowhere that we would rather be. as day wanes, our shadows stretch below. it's perfect where we are, as the sun hangs red and low. when night falls, there's an electricity in the air on your bare arms that sings of what could be. the city glimmers underneath the fading light. what joy to be a witness, to be alive and with this night. we breathe in the ghosts of loves, waiting above to be once again drea
There's a shadow in your heart
keeps you in the dark
you're staring out the window all alone
You keep yourself apart
from everything you long for
could you walk away from everything you've known
And don't look back
right or wrong, it's your release so
don't give up
find the love to finally find your way out
of the life that let you
life that let you down
would you dare to open your heart?
would you dare to come out of the dark?
who'll be there to catch your fall?
someone there to see it all
if you dare then I'll be there
You see the sun go down
The emptiness surrounds you
you only know the war inside your head
You barely hear a sound
in all the world around you
you only hear the echo of regret
And don't be afraid
right or wrong, you'll always have your
right to change
find the strength to finally find your
Way out of the loneliness
loneliness inside you
would you dare to open your heart?
would you dare to come out of the dark?
who'll be there to catch your fall?
someone there to see it all
who'll be there to honor your life
if you dare then I'll be there
would you dare to open your heart?
would you dare to come out of the dark?
who'll be there to catch your fall?
someone there to see it all
who'll be there to honor your life
if you dare then I'll be there
It's not truth you heard
Don't substitute my word
Have faith in me
All we can expect
If our luck goes astray
Still we could find a way
Have faith in you
With no feet on the ground you're not easily found
Not fooling around
I need a witness
Need to show you more
Need a witness, need to show
And all we suspect
Will appear so small
Inside our world is all
Have faith in us
And all we reject
All accusations made
However strong will fade
Have faith in me
With no feet on the ground you?re not easily found
Not fooling around
I need a witness
Need to show you more
Need a witness, need to show
And the truth in your eyes shows something
That I've been waiting to find
I need a witness
Need to show you more
Mockup flies up the hill left to burn immoral chill
Winding clever never storing doubts
The kingdoms left to kill
Found the pain fond of pain
But that feeling back again
Out of sorts and sort of a fit
Good bye closest one of dealers
Can I get a witness to the other side
Of choosers you should all just die
I need to speak some things inside
To crucify my mind
Can I get a witness to be on my side
Of users if you change your mind
The need to hide the things inside to crucify their minds
What’s left of it
Left of feeling stripped of meat
Ticking crack the glass is cold again
The scaly trust cays trusting pain
Go to hell what’s the hell
Is it fortune wrapped do tell
Is it wise to smell the other side of all there is to tell
Can I get a witness to the other side
Of choosers you should all just die
I need to see some things inside
To crucify my mind
Can I get a witness to be on my side
Of users if you change your mind
The need to hide the things inside to crucify their minds
Got me stooped on my floor
And I’m thinking stupid fall
Chemical war of running things
Has got to stop blasting the rest of time
You gotta get a life
You gotta make a body and die
Shake your maker go away go on and make some time
Now get me out you maybe under my name under my name
You’re my everything now come out here and die
You gotta pay something now go make your money and die
Pain pain now come on where's my money at and die
Pain, my pain, the pain, the money and you're burying and die
Come on pain make a heart ache make your money get down and get high
Ahh come on make your money and die
Go on make your.....
Beast of the flies reach my wig?? room
Come take off my wings
So off to Wal-Mart to clean bomb
Can we make way for an Amen
This round we go
This mustache traffic
You can make a wish on anything
Word lord
Super bad this machine
Here in the back of my chevy van on a waterbed filled with Chinese tea
Restless spirit in my breast saving the best for you
Pearls before swine what’s yours is mine
And the road is calling me
If not for your unquenchable kiss
I’d be storming the white house demanding to be heard
Expose me for all that I am
The man behind the masquerade
I am my own false witness
Fact resides solely in the depths of my mind
And will I ever really let it come to surface?
You only see what I want you to see
And you believe all that you're told
Serenity is a beautiful hoax, a liar
I have the whole world convinced of my contentment
No truth in this
I've lost count of all the times I've made it home alive...
And wished I hadn't
Expose me for all that I am
The man behind the masquerade
I am my own false witness
I'm left to conquer the mountains in my mind
And I am my maker
Life is what's killing me
I hate the fact that I'm just fine
Forever seeking anything to take responsibility
Life is what's killing me
I hate the fact that I'm alive
Forever searching for my scapegoat because
I refuse to face reality
At least I can say I tried to cherish
Every single day when I woke up and didn't want to die
I'd work my hands to the bone
Trying to stay suspended in those specific seconds
But I know I'm just counting down the minutes
And evil began to spread through his body
One by one, paralysing each muscles
And reduced to be a prisoner of his own body
Memories was replaced by a vision of horror
Witness in sorrow!
Don't promise to keep your faith
To keep your life!
And never say goodbye!
The evil's eyes of life is more powerful
Than you can imagine...
Like a train far away in the dark mist
He was trapped and forced to see
The life broke his wings
And make him tumble down!
Despite his vision that could change
He could see those who love him
Through this tragedy he understood
The meaning of life...
Blind Eyes
They say Justice is blind but the hand is numb
No compassion for the people held under it’s thumb
As the chains of oppression were left to rust
Another man took a seat at the back of the bus
Blind Eye
Blind Witness
They say Justice is blind but the hand is numb
No compassion for the people held under it’s thumb
Witness
Progress made can’t be denied yet so many lives remain
cast aside
Free from guilt? I didn’t light the match...
Turn away from the flame as it burns my back
My mouth is dry, but if the levee burst
Would I douse the flames or quench my thirst?
When we close our eyes we close our fists
Our blindness ensures that oppression exists
Blind Eye
She was a witness, a silent player
The missing link that they never found
Lose a best friend...Watch a life end...
Two shots went off and they both hit the ground
From out of nowhere...In like a nightmare...
Why did it go the way that it went down?
"He really did it! I won't forget it!
It's painful now that mom is all gone!"
Peripheral visions cut down on the sides
Your set of blinders they don't bother your new eyes
Tread round in circles cut holes in the place
I can't get past your tired face
Does it...Does it boil your blood?
She was a witness, a silent player
The missing link that they never found
Steps are retraced...Feelings replaced...
Ears are ringing 'cause the sound is too loud
Sit back and recline...The tapes on rewind...
Hit the switch 'cause it's time to shutdown
"I'm frustrated! They could've waited!
I'm gonna blow my lid and let it all out!"
Peripheral visions cut down on the sides
Your set of blinders they don't bother your new eyes
Tread round in circles cut holes in the place
I can't get past your tired face
Does it...Does it boil your blood?
Say goodbye...No more lies...
In disguise...Truth will rise...
Say goodbye...No more lies...
In disguise...Truth will rise...
Peripheral visions cut down on the sides
Your set of blinders they don't bother your new eyes
Tread round in circles cut holes in the place
I can't get past your tired face
Does it...Does it boil your blood?
Cave dweller, cave dweller hide from the pain
So here be well again
And lover of mine to run from the same
So here be well again
Plot your disease with lies and with blame
So here be well again
Prison with the sun, washed down by the rain
So here be well again
Inside the cages, the beasts they are tame
So here be well again
Fed three times daily and kept in the frame
So here be well again
Incentive to work and driven insane
So here be well again
Come don your best clothes and join the parade
So here be well again
Well, the water's never been there automatically describing words
When the last to begin can be finished the first
And when the drink flows but it won't quench the thirst
So here be well again
So for another, so for the same
So here be well again
They say he had a method for only a shame
So here be well again
Sing to the darkness, an awkward refrain
So here be well again
The road needs repair and the horse it is lame
So here be well again
Did you ever try to work out how life went sour so soon?
You must have had some idea, you were cut from the womb
There's excess baggage but there's no storage room
Come on, clap your hands
Chorus:
Clap your hands
All ye people clap your hands
If you really wanna take a stand
Clap your hands
That is what I want you to do
Verse 1:
When you put your hands together, the enemy gets confused
He says why would you give God praise
When Ive done so much to ruin your day?
Ive got the weapon of praise to overcome the enemy
Resisting him through my word
And now the devils got to flee
Chorus:
Clap your hands
All ye people clap your hands
If you really wanna take a stand
Clap your hands
That is what I want you to do
Verse 2:
Clappin your hands to the rhythm
Not just the right thing to do
An ovation for the presence of the king
While his spirit is moving on you
Everybody does it
But it doesnt really mean the same thing
Unless you plan to clap your hands to let the praises ring
Chorus:
Clap your hands
All ye people clap your hands
If you really wanna take a stand
Clap your hands
That is what I want you to do
Verse 3:
Clap your hands
Do your dance
Lift him up
Clap your hands
Do your dance
Lift the savior up
Chorus:
Clap your hands
All ye people clap your hands
If you really wanna take a stand
Clap your hands
That is what I want you to do
Verse 4:
Let me see you clap your hands
Everybody clap your hands
Let me see you clap your hands
Everybody clap your hands
Handed it all over
Back to my creator
I know it appears to be worn and faded
But its hardly ever been used
I skipped a lot of lessons
The landscape passed me over
I feared a lot of wasted time
I let it all take hold and its rotted me
I need a result again
My mind has got to take shelter
From the hell coming down
The warning signs, the warning signs
No ulterior motives
And no outside interference
Order in the morning, we're quite disciplined at night
So keep me here
It seems I've tipped the balance
And wired out of sequence
There's smoke coming from the motor
Like the whole things gonna blow
So don't you go yet
I need a result again
My mind has got to take shelter
From the hell coming down
The warning signs, the warning signs
I'll swim in the freezing sea
While my friends still pass me
Like my list of every simple truth that I have learned
And if I can make you happy
The favour will be instantly returned
I need a result again
My mind has got to take shelter
From the hell coming down
Set sail
We're leaving the harbor now
Christen the ship
Let the city slip from the starboard bow
Remember when the waves were only waist deep?
When the only thing we knew about pain was scraped knees?
When we would still walk where the shells were in shards,
If it meant that we could find that starfish before dark
But, as the comfort grows
We become the flow
And the ebbing tide that swept our lives into the undertow
And while I'm foolish
For building sandcastles where the waves break
You fought the current
And focused on yesterday's wake
You vacated our oasis on the premise
That our complicated promises were tarnished by the present
And I fear the tempest hasn't left your lips yet
But I love you
That's why I'm staying anchored to this shipwreck
So should the water ever rise above our collarbones
I'll be close by, closed eyes, cause I'm not alone
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
Open up your eyes, baby doll, cause you're not alone
Sitting on a suitcase, knees to elbows,
Hands to face, like "Damn, it's damp today"
And the transits late again
I make friends with the night sky
Calling each star on it's white lies
But, from the sand I sit wondering where the candlelit nights
That used to be life decided to abandon ship
I won't stand for it, I can't handle it
Been waiting for a little bit of wind since the anchor slipped
I've got five fingers clinging to the driftwood
Looking for riptide that you travel on
But safe harbors and stagnant ponds
I found a picture perfect pigment on the palette for once
And if I spilled it on the sky, it could challenge the challenge the sun
I'm gathering umbrellas just to salvage it from
The doubt on your tongue and any rain clouds if they come
Because you got watercolors underneath your eyelids
Painted on the oleander canvas of your iris
And it's a shame they get diluted and dim
Every time a little rain comes through with the wind
We've been separated by the longitude
And we'll be woven back together when the needle in the compass moves
I can't promise you the moon
But I could guarantee a garden if you'd let the sunshine soon
So sugar show me the symmetry hidden beneath your breastbone
Break a piece that I can carry with me when you've left home
And if the weather ever finger paints your day black
I'll light another match so you can navigate your way back
Because I've met a lot of those that put the "lie" in "I believe in you"
But I believe you do, I believe you do
Misunderstood
Lost the footing and I fell hard
That's when the fireflies died in the bell jar
I used to pray that they would be awake in June
When that origami sunset folds to a paper moon
The skyline blushes when it breaks dawn
The highway stretches and the interstate yawns but
I never sleep when the give and take's gone
When it's freezing in the place that we used to wake on
I was too ambitious and too damn timid
And too thrilled when the glass was half filled to wonder what was in it
But you're a cynic when the magic still exists
Till you stifle all the winds that send the daffodils adrift
And that's the reason that the kite fell flat, love
And if you wanted it might sail right back up
Just hold the tether tight when the black wind blows
Bless its soul, you followed me home
And I didn't want, I didn't want, I didn't want to know
But I bet that I keep it, I cannot say no
And if it wont go then it wont go and this will be its home
Tomorrow I bet that I fall out of bed
And the first thing, the first thing, the first thing that's said
Is "oh no, not again"
Where are all my friends when I need their jokes that I don't get
Can't get the energies I need
To get a follow up or lead
Too much space, too much time, too much sound
Can't get the energies I need, the energies I need
But the meter is on and the world's going round
He gave me that look and then it slung its hook
And my whole world, my whole world, my whole world it shook
I said "curse your soul, then curse the home of your family, your
Friends, even future friends". So
Can't get the energies I need
To get a follow up or lead
Too much space, too much time, too much sound
Can't get the energies I need, the energies I need
But the meter is on and the world's going round
There are traps, you could get snared up
Something could flare up and blind you
Pass it on to the next one along
Pass it up like its something new
Can't get the energies I need
To get a follow up or lead
Too much space, too much time, too much sound
Can't get the energies I need, the energies I need
Before the days that never ended descended to a day job
The Enemy was Public, the Soul spoke De La
Broke like a clay vase when charity left town
So we were on our own til our reality checks bounced
Well ain't nothing like a little bit of rain
Just to wash away the rust from the swing set chains
Faint for a sudden til it all comes rushing
Like "Was that the way it was back then?"
Cause back then dedication meant you kept it on the grind
Til the first slice of sunshine bled through the blinds
I thought that we were kings, I thought she was in love with me
I thought I knew the world til the summer we were twenty three
I thought I knew the world til the summer we were twenty three
I thought I knew the world back then
We weren't allowed to play after dark
When "cool" was Lisa Frank and Jurassic Park
When art was still a macaroni necklace, the summers were golden
We would only play at home when we'd get sick
It's kind of funny how complicated love got
Since the first kiss on the corner by the bus stop
Bloodshot sunsets run red underneath
Thought I knew the world til the summer we were twenty three
Nineteen we were lucky, twenty we were kings
Twenty one sunk to the bottom of the drink
By twenty two, we kept misery for company
I cannot read minds and its taking its toll
I might leave in an ambulance but I will leave in control
And they wont recognise me, not one single one of them
No they wont see me going or coming back again
No they wont see me going or coming back again
So shine out a light, then I can see where I'm gonna go
And take the chill out of night
Until the morning helps me out
I cannot read minds and nobody will speak
Its all getting older by the week
So swing on a hinge, construct a joint
Rotate round at fixed points
Rotating around at fixed points
It wasn't right but then the energies work for me
They took the chill out of night
And let the morning help me out
Well I cannot read minds so give me a line
And I will act it out in real time
A fear is warm and cities burn
If you cant be fair at least be firm
Some must leave, others return
And everybody's got a lot to learn
So shine out a light, then I can see where I'm gonna go
And take the chill out of night
Until the morning helps me out
So shine out a light, then I can see where I'm gonna go
And take the chill out of night
Last year, I was told by a gentleman
You're looking at the best years of your life, kid
Well, I guess they they're scheduled settle in
Cause anything is better than a best like this
Now the wise men whisper in their wisdom
And they're telling me that "nothing lasts"
But I would bet that these bridges have been burning
Back before I ever struck a match (nothing lasts)
I'm not betting man, but if I was?
I would bet my bottom dollar that the world is flat
They said I'm wrong, cause I'm looking at the surface
And I'll never find a pearl like that
I wish my mother would have took us back home
When she threatened our behavior on the way to the beach
This house once echoed with the sounds of laughter
Till we shattered it's eyes and nailed boards to it's teeth
Last year I was told by a gentleman
That trust can be a neighbor to regret and mistake
We're just children in the garden of tomorrow
Playing ding dong ditch with the heavenly gates
When I was seven or eight
I would wait for the winter months
Making snow angels
Till the wings made my fingers numb
And then I'm twenty one, wishing I was twelve
Feeling like I'm forty-seven, bored to death of this living hell
Someday I'll bundle all the children up in layers
For the February blizzard blowing over Pennsylvania
And pray they never learn the lesson that I have tonight
That the moments in the photographs are never coming back to life
Well is that cloud painted on the sky?
Or is it simply where the canvas is blank?
I realize as I stand at the banks
Of the river at the feet of the city
Where I can see the bigger picture
And it triggers something deep within me
Philly
That would be the backdrop
Home to a million little cafes
With lattes and laptops
And that's when I noticed it
People only seem to leave their homes
To float in daydreams and postpone the loneliness
But sunshine don't mean sunburn
And a stone is only a stone if you're gonna leave them unturned
Some learn just a little quicker than others
You've gotta live like you never knew the definition of it
And sunshine don't mean sunburn
But a stone is only a stone if you're gonna leave them unturned
Some learn just a little quicker than others
You've gotta love like you never knew the definition of it
I met a girl at the Jersey Shore
That wore clip on earrings and stumbled in high heels
And no I wasn't sober when she tapped me on the shoulder
But I told her that I thought her smile wasn't quite real
And it must have been the drinks
Cause I ain't that smooth
Well it could have been the ink
She had a few tattoos
But dude it's hard to find a woman at a cover band bar
That prefers a conversation to another man's car
On the real
And maybe all she wanted was a cigarette
Or may she was just a shadow in my drunk dream
She gave a name and a number that wasn't hers
Said we all got a shadow moonlighting as a sunbeam
They tell me sleep is the cousin of death
So I would guess that a dream is the daughter of sleep
Sometimes I wonder whether Witness even exists
Or if it's just a dream that was caught in the beat
They're like kid, you got it going on
Tell me that my flow is strong
Now I'm in the basement til the break of dawn
Making songs
Seeking validation from the Hip Hop heads
Like the praise and adulation is the only thing I got left
But on the surface the water appears still
Unaffected by the children skipping stones on it's skin
Sometimes I bet it wishes it could just disappear
Like a feather in the city being blown by the wind
We all wanna disappear sometimes
There's a method to the madness of this attic I'm accustomed to
But every spring I try to visit with a brush and broom
Dust consumes this collection of souvenirs
And tonight I'd like to erase any proof that you were here
Let's begin with a look inside of a shoe box
Here's my youthful aspiration to be tupac
A book on Darwin with photos of the Galapagos
Here's a picture of the father that I never got to know
A shot my mother bathing her babies in a sink
A mediocre poem that I wrote in golden ink
And over here is a crate of academic records
I traded in for vinyl when I learned I could apply em better
It's apparent that I haven't cleaned in ages when I'm finding
Social studies books with porn between the pages
Born in fetal stages and cluttered ever since
This attic needs the vacancy to make some room to think
But in the corner there's a chest that's under lock and key
And possibly the target of the cleansing
And as it opens there's a part of me that's over it and part of me that wants to keep remembering
Dear John,
I'm ecstatic that we met and I
Haven't been upset from the night we spoke on the beach
It feels like there's a part of me that's hollow
And I'll follow you because I think you've got the missing piece
Dear John,
Can't believe it's been a year, wish that you were here with me in this unfamiliar city
I know you're insecurities are eating you alive, but I'm thinking of your eyes every time we...
Dear John,
I'm the victim of a city serpent's venom and I'm being sent away
In search of purpose
It hurts that anniversaries are only words to me and lately I've been wondering why you thought I was worth it
She ran shoe less through shards of my heart of glass toward a garden of golden roses with invisible thorns
And her presence in my attic is an umbilical cord that pulls my physical form towards her miserable storm
I stripped the picture frames of their faces
And liberated shackled chain letters from my ankles and wrists
And kept my fingers from the edges of the envelopes and anything
I've always hated these long good-bye poems
If I saw the face of death, it's cause I kissed her with my eyes open
Lipstick on my closed funeral casket
Asking "what for" like a roman numeral math quiz
It's enigmatic, the way a soul can hang-glide
In a world of diamonds but remain a pearl like Shanghai
I aim jewels at the heads of angels
To examine when the gold in their halos became Fool's
They played pool with my options for eternity
But missed the cue and chose purgatory out courtesy
I was seduced to slumber by Serendipity's lips
And tied to a swan feather like a rotisserie spit
Heaven's on earth and I'm glad that I caught a glimpse
Before they lured me to a sea of slaughtered men with water nymphs
And it's torturing to think it's like this where the light ends
Reminds me of America the way it's run by white men
I'm tiptoeing this tempered katana edge
When I take the time to wonder what's under the monster's bed
These perverts play with feelings while they work nerves
And a piece of me is murdered every time I say a curse word?
Their land of milk and honey doesn't seem fake
Cause they know you couldn't paint it in your wildest dream-scape
But on the other side, we can hear our mother's cry
And linger on the muffled highs of their final lullabies
Your soul is scented by a potpourri of lotus leaves
They float the breeze and grow beneath the rosewood trees
It's poetry, no, it's closer to a finger painting
From the simpler days when everything
Was crayon-wax and pencil shavings
I'm integrating 8 millimeter memories
With letters in lipstick that ended with "Remember Me"
Blanketed in purity, security's tight wrap
If this is forever, fuck that, I want my life back
If I was death, if I was life, if was pain, if I was strife
I've got a car picking me up
I don't know where its going
It's not something I labour on I'm a follower
There is a place we can go now
Knock on the door and they're open
Well thanks for the offer but not tonight my friend
We all need a cure
Let's take comfort in that
I went there lord and now I'm coming back
My time alone here is not detached from you
Every thought I have I want you to think it too
I need your angle
To balance what I see
My time alone it gets too much for me
We all need a cure
Let's take comfort in that
I went there lord and now I'm coming back
Yeah, we all need a cure
Let's take comfort in that
I went there lord and now I'm coming back
The elements corrode the colours on the mast
I knew that they would fade
But I didn't know it would be this fast
I feel too old to run the final mile
But I can fake a smile
We all need a cure
Let's take comfort in that
I went there lord and now I'm coming back
Yeah, we all need a cure
Let's take comfort in that
Weird laws and strangers
Put the fear of god in me
I'm building this boat to cross the sea
I'm building this boat to cross the sea
There's holes in holes in this town
Digging it up like its gold
The young just dig quicker than the old
The young just dig quicker than the old
Who's gonna drag them out of the hole they dug in yesterday?
The hole they're digging themselves in now?
The hole they're digging tomorrow
The hole that children'll fall in
Who could've thought the people that I like
Have so much influence on my mood
But now that influence is showing through
But now that influence is showing through
Who's gonna drag me out of the hole I dug in yesterday?
The hole I'm digging myself in now?
The hole I'm digging tomorrow
The hole that children'll fall in
There's holes in holes in this town
Digging it up like its gold
The young just dig quicker than the old
Its strange the way they make you close one eye
Before they let the clearest signal pass you by
But I believe everything I read
And every line there is its seed
But cheap wine and weed is all I need
Its strange the way you make me realise
Hey stranger we're in danger of becoming wise
You don't need that cos you've got me
To live in perfect sincerity
Its all I really need to be free
I didn't choose the path
That led me here no no no
And I didn't set my sentence they were set for me
But I know its words that why alone
Until the day you tell me to go
I believe what you know
It is so
If its fine by you
Its fine by me
If its fine by you
Its fine by me
If its fine by you
Its fine by me
If its fine by you
I sleep inside the moment that we stood upon a frozen lake
When we were still in love and only spoke in lower case
I live with memories of waking to your shoulder blades
That overstay their welcome and they very seldom go away
Somewhere inside your body is a photograph of us
Whoever framed the subject wasn't holding back enough
Cause every blemish that we buried was in bloom again
When they decided that they'd try to magnify it through a lens
We picked names for the garden in between your hips
That harbored every dream that drifted far enough to seem amiss
She exists when I shut my eyes for long enough
Her tiny fingers cling to mine but when I blink they've gone to dust
I don't suppose that you remember back before the war
When I could call the bluff that hid behind your poker face
And even though you've ever only called me "baby" once
I heard a ghost that spoke the words you'd never say in lower case
"Darling don't forget that I'll be leaving in the morning
Witness:
(Excuse me, have you...)
Got a house of cards that they're forcing you to fold
While you're traveling the labyrinth you built inside your skull?
Call me Holden Caulfield, leave me in the sandbox
Trap me in the moment when our fingers first land locked
My friends are worried that I've buried my potential
Like I'm on my way to thirty at the mercy of a pencil
Ever get the feeling that this island stays afloat
Because it knows it's gonna sink without the buoyancy of hope?
Too many tend to marinate in safe harbors
Their only contribution is another grave marker
The imminence of night only makes the day harder
Never wore the mask of a self-made martyr
Aggravated that it never rains anymore
Because I need a little wind to face this weather vane north
You know?
Tortured souls, of course I'm cold
I was born in the house of cards I was forced to fold
Good foot forward, second next, baby steps
Open hand, take it, cause I haven't tied the laces yet
Unsung:
Songs sung in high notes
All left to sign
Contracts written in bass
To replace your lifeline
People tend to go their different ways
When they break up
Or run like mascara in their DNA makeup
Close call
I almost believed it
But leapt before the myths like a runaway phoenix
I burst towards the city
Left in blinding sunlight to find
That it's all designed
With the help of an upper hand
Sketches in it's notebook
I will write my own songs and focus on your sad looks
Pause a moment
I want to taste the grittiness
No bright ideas cause I've been stripped of filament
It's all head first on a steam ship
Blue waters press upon the viewers
Seeming scenic
I'm giving ten to one odds
That somebody resists
But the odds are now doubled
Hair is scribbled on the pillows where I'm watching her sleep
As I ponder if I'm on the wrong side of a dream
Illustrated from a page of god's favorite sketches
But I guess that he suggested she edit me from the scene
She's been depicted in complimentary colors designed to distract the viewer from her black and white demeanor
Complete with a dash of burgundy to symbolize heart,
Which I'm starting to notice ain't exactly her brightest feature
I feel connected with the negative space
That's been respectfully shaded to signify a human life
I called it love and she called it suicide
Cause if we're gonna do it
Then we better do it right
I've never met him, but I question his selection of position
As the missing jigsaw that doesn't fit
This picture needs a frame
And I needs a pane of glass
That can separate the subject
From the days that they missed
Our little microcosm might have blossomed into something better
When luck be a lady in a district of red lights
Truth be a whisper in a concert of dead mics
I said right, options are limited
Got a predicament
Let me stop and think a bit and figure out who witness is? Who?
The one who masqueraded as a man of steel
What?
Behind the curtains he sips on his chamomile
While dancing on banana peels a cancer that he can't reveal would cancel
Any chance he had to stand upon his damaged heels
The Xanax pills killed the panic till he managed real feelings for once
Dumping depression for the prom queen
He builds an arc with a head above water, sorting disorders and interpretations
Of what this song means
At 16 I learned it isn't difficult to six step
17 I learned a girl can rip a soul to fishnet
18 I learned that all my rituals were mislead
At 20 they're surprised I haven't tried to slit my wrists yet
Well don't hold your breath baby cause I found a cure
That Buddhist monks scale the Himalaya mountains for
The clouds are torn in half and shattered to dust and I'm scattering cups of
Ashes
Where the passion had rust
And as a sapling I but a catholic looking for my Nazareth and nowadays I
Couldn't get raise if I was Lazarus
That ain't the half of it, adjectives couldn't capture it
The cat that searched a sea of asterisks to find a Capulet.
I'm not happy yet.
They said Chill
Love it or leave it
I said fuck it I will
Cause I heard that blood and oil sound the same when they're spilled
Kind of like the promises from those who claim to rebuild
It's a revival of diving with eyes closed
Jesus saves! (on insurance switching to Geico)
My soul is Mister Clean, my health is nicotine
My life is depicted through Precious Moments Figurines
I skipped hovering over the porcelain goddess
The unfortunate product of the modern portrait of college
With feminine templates while living at Penn State
They're getting an F grade whenever she menstruates
I was busy paying the dues to become an artist
When my friends were busy cutting the rug and munching the carpet
And that's fine, but after an album of wack lines
I decided to make this music more than a past time
Too many alchemists have miscounting the calculus
Or Stumbled on a power trip or showed the crowd their cowardice
Staying alive in a do or die world.
Sweet and low,
Wondering how deep he goes
So she's being bold and plunging 20, 000 leagues below
The breed of fishes that she frequently swims with
Cause she's seeking difference and
This bottom feeder just might peak her interests
He drinks it black
While her half and half provides a fog
To the diner coffee and the complicated dialogue
Conversation cascades
Adding to the ashtray
Overlapped, he's getting last place in this rat race
Shes got the benefits
He's got the penmanship
But she's not impressed with
All his cliches and references
But he seems competitive
At least for a pessimist
So maybe she's a victim of the unexpected twist?
Nah, this can't be serious, she'd never date a lyricist
They get another round, just to keep themselves delirious
3:30 am, they're on the seventh cup
And he's nice, but he's not the type that she could ever love, right?
Swallowed by an art deco cushioned booth seat
They'll discuss novels that they've never read and dress like extras in a movie
The kind they don't make anymore
He always dug the diners where it's quiet aside from the plates and the forks
And she, she admires any dive that lacks familiar faces
Shallow conversation or the ignorance they fill her days with
He's certain that's he's got her purpose exposed
"Who you kidding, little liberal in conservative clothes"?
Before the stars short circuit and the moon is in a free fall
It joins the sun in the center of the see saw
And in the moments just before they descend
You can look up in the sky and it all makes sense
But he's a designated Dear John Letter in the making
And she's a wall street road block on the pavement
It's 8:30 am, they're on the ninth cup
As they waltz with the words that tries to define love
She's an over-achiever where he's afraid to attempt
He's got the soul of a dreamer where she's created a fence
And she's painted it white picket, so the neighbors wouldn't notice
That she's hopelessly devoted to her motives as a poet
But, now they're finished skipping stones across the surface
He's got her body language written out in cursive
Over-analytical, the typical wordsmith
Maybe it's a mismatch, maybe this is perfect
Tonight the pen is gonna play the part of therapist
He'll flesh the story out in third person narrative
He's not embarrassed but it's difficult to tell
Since he never really wrote a love song about himself
They had the caffeine and clever conversation
Till the patrons said good morning when they ordered eggs and bacon
Now There's a hesitation waiting at the bottom of the mug
Come on, clap your hands
Chorus:
Clap your hands
All ye people clap your hands
If you really wanna take a stand
Clap your hands
That is what I want you to do
Verse 1:
When you put your hands together, the enemy gets confused
He says why would you give God praise
When Ive done so much to ruin your day?
Ive got the weapon of praise to overcome the enemy
Resisting him through my word
And now the devils got to flee
Chorus:
Clap your hands
All ye people clap your hands
If you really wanna take a stand
Clap your hands
That is what I want you to do
Verse 2:
Clappin your hands to the rhythm
Not just the right thing to do
An ovation for the presence of the king
While his spirit is moving on you
Everybody does it
But it doesnt really mean the same thing
Unless you plan to clap your hands to let the praises ring
Chorus:
Clap your hands
All ye people clap your hands
If you really wanna take a stand
Clap your hands
That is what I want you to do
Verse 3:
Clap your hands
Do your dance
Lift him up
Clap your hands
Do your dance
Lift the savior up
Chorus:
Clap your hands
All ye people clap your hands
If you really wanna take a stand
Clap your hands
That is what I want you to do
Verse 4:
Let me see you clap your hands
Everybody clap your hands
Let me see you clap your hands
Everybody clap your hands
Dividing Line
Party animal or a bird in a cage
mine is a double the spirit of the age
money for old rope, the coin spinning round
your time is up, your time is down
I could read a book, I could watch a film
I could spend a day perfectly still
A solitary ring on a link in a chain
we could look alike but we're not all tame
I want it, I want it all the same
but I'm learning on the way
I wanna remember all the colours and the sounds and the shades
but I'm learning on the way
There's someone here to freeze, it couldn't be
A lot of people tease that we were free
I fell off my chair, I flew into the air
but I didn't land, didn't land nowhere
I want it, I want it all the same
But I'll learn it on the way
I wanna remember all the colours and the sounds and the shades
But I'll learn it on the way
I don't care what they were doing before
I don't care what, they could do it again, again
I don't even care what they are doing here right now
But I'll learn it on the way
and the margin's so wide there's a line down the middle
straight down the middle a dividing line
never, never, never getting anything together
never getting anything together one time
I want it, I want it all the same
But I'll learn it on the way
I wanna remember all the colours and the sounds and the shades
But I'll learn it on the way
Closing Up
It's cold out here mother
What you doing to me
This isn't my idea of good company
It seems like I've heard everything I need to have heard
But I still don't understand a word
The humour here is dry
I don't get the joke
I seem to attract the weirdest folk
Our minds are of the same kind,
They're tired and worn
We were born in a strange time to be born
Closing up on reasoning
Closing up on the middle ground
Into the night-time mind
and the day-time grind
and the finding strength
and the first light of morning
and before I risk
all that to relying on luck
I'm closing
Closing up, I'm closing up
Well I drink another drink
But I pace my self
If I want a good life
I must take care of my health
Think about tomorrow
Tie up all the loose ends
Never forget who are my real friends.
Closing up on reasoning
Closing up on the middle ground
Into the night-time mind
and the day-time grind
and the finding strength
and the first light of morning
and before I risk
all that to relying on luck
I'm closing
Closing up, I'm closing up
Did you here about the man
Who wrote the story of his life
On the back of his hand
He gotta start his life over again
Look round for someone to blame
When it all got washed up in the rain
He gotta start his life over again
Closing up on reasoning
Closing up on the middle ground
Into the night-time mind
and the day-time grind
and the finding strength
and the first light of morning
and before I risk
all that to relying on luck
I'm closing
Closing up, I'm closing up
Night sky looking down,
Its my own.
Feel free to fly a plane,
but its my own
Scratch a symbol in the dirt,
for the earth and the sea,
saying you can't hurt the night sky.
No you can't hurt the night sky,
that won't hurt me.
I'll take a walk to clear my head,
cos some things are better not said,
but taken apart,
from the inside,
instead of the out.
You are all my own.
You are all my own Invention.
Nothing to do with an afternoon,
in my home.
Any place with a space to breath,
and its my home.
Every shape and every colour,
how I want it to be,
living off the same heartbeat,
living off the same heartbeat as me.
I'll take a walk to clear my head,
cos some things are better not said,
but taken apart,
from the inside,
instead of the out.
You are all my own.
You are all my own.
But I don't need
expert opinions
I don't need signs of the times
and when I'm left to myself
all those things are left behind.
I'll take a walk to clear my head,
cos some things are better not said,
but taken apart,
from the inside,
instead of the out.
You are all my own
You are all my own
You are all my own
A home for hire
I haven't any money to purchase one but I need a home
Old and tired but working
Need a good home, you shouldn't be alone
And you shouldn't be alone
You shouldn't be alone
And you shouldn't be alone
You shouldn't be alone
A gift from God
A seminal tried to lead a spirit down the darkest mile
Words of fear carved in stone
Need a good home, you shouldn't be alone
A journeys end, send the messenger
Let it be known that there is a good home
Forget everything that you don't wanna remember
Let it be known, let it be known
That there is a good home
There is a good home, there is a good home
Let it be known that you shouldn't be alone
You shouldn't be alone
You shouldn't be alone
And you shouldn't be alone
You shouldn't be alone
Seal my fate for me inside
When it's easier to believe, it's easier to hide
Remember every turn that you took to get here
Leave me alone, leave me alone
To find my home
Hasn't he grown, hasn't he grown?
Leave me alone to find my home
Here's one for you
We follow the leads
But the clues offer nothin' of any
So you work and you sleep and you wake
And then you've got to wait there
For an avalanche to cover you
But you know you gotta scream
To shake the ice on the side
Of the mountain free
So scream your lungs raw
Till you can't do it anymore
Then work and sleep and wake
And then you've got to wait there
For an avalanche to cover you
But you know you gotta scream
To shake the ice on the side
Of the mountain free
Have you ever thought of children?
Is the world here a heaven?
Are the secrets in the walls here
That I never had been given?
I spend half of my lifetime
Just trying to work for Jesus
I only wish my folks had told it
And he didn't really need us, no
But you know you gotta scream
To shake the ice on the side
My heavenly father rescued me
Uncovered my eyes so I can see
He gave to the world His only Son
And a new life we have just begun
I give my life to you
These hands are yours to use
I wanna be your witness
I wanna be your proof
I wanna be a living testimony
That you are the truth
I wanna teach forgiveness
I wanna show your love
To everyone that I can
So they know that you're the God above
Make me your witness
Make me your witness
I want to live the best I can
I wanna be a better man
And I will take every chance I get
So far from finished I am yet
I give my life to you
These hands are yours to use
I wanna be your witness
I wanna be your proof
I wanna be a living testimony
That you are the truth
I wanna teach forgiveness
I wanna show your love
To everyone that I can
So they know that you're the God above
Make me your witness
Make me your witness
The greatest among you they will serve
The faithful and the weary all deserve
To know of your love
Jesus
My heavenly father rescued me
Uncovered my eyes so I can see
He gave to the world His only Son
And a new life we have begun
I wanna be your witness
I wanna be your proof
I wanna be a living testimony
That you are the truth
I wanna teach forgiveness
I wanna show your love
To everyone that I can
So they know that you're the God above
I wanna be your witness
I wanna be your proof
I wanna be a living testimony
That you are the truth
I wanna teach forgiveness
I wanna show your love
To everyone that I can
So they know that you're the God above
Make me your witness
Hey my brother are you free?
Shaking up the pages of my history
The waking hours before my eyes
Are shattered by illusions creeping, into lies
I walk along with ageless songs like something I could be
Can I get a ",witness for me?
The letter writing, slowed me down
From the crowd this clown appears to wear a frown
Pulling teeth to tune it in
And rustle up enthusiasm from within
Hey ma, I have saved the human race from blind reality...
Can I get a witness for me
Trouble me cause it troubles you
The music in your mind a black expressive fortitude
Hesitate and I'll bleed some more
For my minds an open chest contents ravaged by the poor
I'll wait for you to take your view on how I ought to be
Hey my brother are you free?
Shaking up the pages of my history
The waking hours before my eyes
Are shattered by illusions creeping, into lies
I walk along with ageless songs like something I could be
Can I get a ",witness for me?
The letter writing, slowed me down
From the crowd this clown appears to wear a frown
Pulling teeth to tune it in
And rustle up enthusiasm from within
Hey ma, I have saved the human race from blind reality...
Can I get a witness for me
Trouble me cause it troubles you
The music in your mind a black expressive fortitude
Hesitate and I'll bleed some more
For my minds an open chest contents ravaged by the poor
I'll wait for you to take your view on how I ought to be
Oh Lord, what manner of man is this?
All nations in him are blest,
all things are done by his will;
he spoke to the sea and the sea stood still.
Rit. Now, ain't that a witness for my Lord?
Ain't that a witness for my Lord?(2v.)
My soul is a witness for my Lord.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees,
His name was Nicodemus and he didn't believe.
The same came to Christ by night.
Wanted to be taught out of human sight.
Nicodemus was a man who desired to know
how a man can be born when he is old.
Christ told Nicodemus as a friend,
"Man you must be born again."
Said, "Marvel not, man, if you wanna be wise,
Repent, believe and be baptized".
Rit. Then you'll be a witness for my Lord,
You'll be a witness for my Lord (2 v.)
My soul is a witness for my Lord.
Now you read about Samson, from his birth
strongest man that ever lived on earth,
'way back yonder in ancient times
he killed ten thousand Philistines.
Then old Samson went wandering about;
Samson's strength was never found out
Till his wife sat upon his knee.
She said: "Tell me where your strength lies, if you
please".
Now, Samson's wife, she talk so fair,
Samson said: "Cut off my hair,
shave my head as you clean your hand
and my strength will become like a natural man".
Rit. Old Samson was a witness for my Lord. (3 v.)
My soul is a witness for my Lord.
There's another witness for my Lord. (3 v.)
To the legion of man,
Your story draws to an end.
Witness
Collapse of society, in a state of tribal warfare
Astronomical destruction nothing in sight
Degradation of order, anarchy alive
Once again begin the cyclic ending of human life
Follow me through destiny
Witness humanity's collision with the blades of fate
Crushing of the weakened soul, in a state of constant
battle
Disintegration of the mind, nothing is real
Degradation of order, anarchy alive
Once again begin the cyclic ending of every life
Follow me through destiny
Witness depravity, Dominion of mankind erased
Kneel before me as I
Rebuild this world in my image
For too long you've defied
And now you suffer eternally
Upon the precipice of restoration
Upon the dawn of Armageddon
While you are gasping for air I will say
To the legion of man,
Your story draws to an end.
Witness humanity's collision with the blades of fate
Is killing a sin? Is it?
If it is let our Lord be my Judge
If I'm above the laws of man, am I above the law of God?
I did what I had to do and now I gotta suffer the consequence
I heard a loud gunshot
Who was it? I don't really know
All I saw was this cadillac creepin' real slow
They popped him at McGregor park
And left him bleedin' on a bench
Saw a brotha rollin' off wearin' some locs
And a black trench.
Hopped in the lac right a round 12 o clock
Realised that I've saw the whole murder, so he stopped
Called me over to his window
Pulled out the glock to me, in the back seat
The windows rolled up, the doors locked
He said: I know you saw this murder that just took place
So I can't let you make it cause I know you saw my face
But I got one little proposle and that might save you G
I can kill you now or you can come and work for me
He saw me thinking so he paused and than removed his locs
Looked in his eyes
I realised he wasn't tellin' jokes
I pictured money, cars and women than my mind went DAMN!
What's my first assignment?
[Chorus:]
Shoot 'em down shoot 'em down
Commit murder for the cash
Place his body in the ground
Friend or foe I got to blast
Gunfire all around
This ain't personal, it's business
I'm bustin' everybody, family members and the witness.
He started rollin' down a dark street and took a left
I'm havin' flashes of that fool that just got shot to death
Flipped to his mansion where all my feel would soon decrease
Gave me a strap and then they fit me for a new three piece.
Spent several hours in his office runnin' down a game
Gave me a map, a brand new pager and a list of names
And plus a picture of my victim kinda looked familiar
I know this sucka, what's the deal man? He tried' to kill ya?
He said: Don't never ask me questions
Just kill the man
Complete the job by twelve o' clock
It's good for 20 grand
I understand within a week I'm quick to strike a foe
I'm pullin' moves and make Al Capone look like a hoe.
Vision the man that went shyfe during his life and done
Some shit that brought about the murder of his wife and son
I came up in the village witnessed all them gangsta hits
Needed a lick so I pulled my gun and cocked it quick
A killers life it gets rougher when he is bustin' men
Multiple massacres, murders and human suffering
Obligated to bring life loss without a consciense
Funeral services arranged over some non shit
[Chorus]
Received a call and got a name, a victim, time to spill em
His familymembers at my feet begging me not to kill him
Seven months deep, organised crime, no love in mind
The man I had to drop was in a wheelchair and blind
His wife was crying, he lost a batch[? ], trying to work his way up
But he was 30 gees behind and it was time to pay up
I never missed a hit, I had a perfect record, check it
Done witness body shot up, burned and left in kitchen's neggit
Before some reason, man, I'm feelin' kind of bad bout this one
I always think my hits so damn, it wouldn't hurt to miss one
I let him ride, but what about that thirty thousand, Black?
I say: He gave it back and paid the boss straight out my stack
Knew from the start that in this game I couldn't have a heart
All of the tactics I was taught, somehow I came up short
I told the man about my plan, I thought I left him gutless
The door flew open, I heard a voice sayin:
Man you shouldn't have done this!
It was the boss, he was testin' me to see if I
Was true to him but since I sold out it was time to die
I understood and knew the consequences of going left
Multiple gunshots to the body brought about my death!
Yeah, a little spinekiller from the mindkiller
Get with it
I can get with it
I can get with it
I can get with it [fading]
[Chorus x2]
And the witness
It's all the same, yeah
The excuses don't ever change
Wasted life, yeah
Too prone to hesitate
It's gone on much too long
I just sit and think
Analysing everything
Don't know what to do
Why, where, or how to
They say if you're ever stuck
In a rut
Just go with your gut
My reflection is very clear
Is to stare into the mirror
What's in front of me
A view of insecurity
This moment's wearing thin
It's now time to begin
It's time
It's time to begin
So much I kept inside
Never sharing, never trying
Every can't becomes
A means to an end
No more will I sit and wait
For my answer's in my fate
For now this will have to do
Leaves too young to fall
Wonder if they've heard it all
Hoping just to breeze through
Panes we raised too low
Sometimes it would get so cold
Wake me like you used to
Letting in the chill again
Every now and then
Just too close to miss
Now I'm left with only this
Moment I can see you
Talking as we'd milk it out
The sun was slowing down
Setting off, still lost one night
How could we have been surprised
By things that only we knew
Waiting though you couldn't stay
Keeping little ones awake
Then finally coming from your room
