The Boxer Rebellion, also known as Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901, opposing foreign imperialism and Christianity. The uprising took place in response to foreign "spheres of influence" in China, with grievances ranging from opium traders, political invasion, economic manipulation, to missionary evangelism. In China, popular sentiment remained resistant to foreign influences, and anger rose over the "unequal treaties", which the weak Qing state could not resist. Concerns grew that missionaries and Chinese Christians could use this decline to their advantage, appropriating lands and property of unwilling Chinese peasants to give to the church. This sentiment resulted in violent revolts against foreign interests.
Give us vision and quick decision
To help us see the light
Spouting drivel to stupid people
Still learning wrong from right
Behave yourself
Blame someone else
A face you trust
Just don't blame us
Former glories from front-page stories
To keep the dream alive
Stop responding to what you say and do
Past the point you try
Behave yourself
Blame someone else
A face you trust
Lanterns in view
Warm breath is thin
Stems of light
In the cold, in the cold still of night
Careless as any hidden spark
Spreads quickly to the darkest places
Ohhhh - there's doubt
Ohhhh - there's doubt
Deadbolts guard against
Stave off the chance
Of a break away, away from this cloudy place
Spellbound by the stripping of the walls
You're leaving here with all this doubt
Ohhhh - there's doubt
Ohhhh - there's doubt
Doubt, there's doubt
What you celebrate
The errors from here from the errors you made
Doubt, there's doubt
To love as you should
The trouble, the time that you did all you could
Doubt
Doubt
Doubt
I dont wanna say
If it goes away
And I dont wanna try
You dont have to lie
And I dont think I said
What I should have said
I never caught you out
Though I had my doubts
Wait
When theres nothing left to waste
On a promise I can make
You dont want no one this way
Wait
And I dont see inside
Where you try to hide
And I dont wanna do
What you asked me to
Wait
When theres nothing left to waste
On a promise I can make
You dont want no one this way
Wait
We see each other from the corners of the room
I think that when this mess is over
Never make a move
When all I see is broken down to every size
I will remember how I got here
Love in every eye
I dont remember if the rest are ever good enough
And I dont remember if the rest will ever mean as much
And I dont wanna say
If it goes away
And I dont wanna try
What's the use in my advice that you just turn down?
Swaying to a serenade, you never hear a sound
But I know you know now
Generate the false alarms
The verdict: counterfeit
Flashing lights to bring you back from who you're running with
But I know you know now
Tell me why you're leaving us
Moving to a caged mistake
Expression isolates
Owing up for deals you struck
For deals you can't replace
But I know you know now
And you can't say no
You can't say
And you can't say no
You can't
You can't say
Tell me why you're leaving us
i am waiting in a world you don't want
suffocating by an endless weak spot
please know, up here,
my hands are tied up too from
all i can see
makes it hard for me
the last one to say
good son
one more day
you know i am here, but i am losing
faith in what i see you celebrating
i know, up here,
You don't need a reason
For I know that, what I've done is wrong
No one there to [warn] you
About the way that [our moment's go]
It's the same, right or wrong
It's the same thing, right or wrong
These are my [suspensions]
And I'll never know how this was [a lost cause]
And both sides are even
They are even [and alone]
It's the same, right or wrong
It's the same thing, right or wrong
Ah...
And both sides are even
They are even [and alone]
And both sides are even
They are even [and alone]
It's the same, right or wrong
It's the same thing, right or wrong
Caught by the light aware but asleep
Never as close as the friends that you keep
Drifting away on one final breath
The further you climb, calm silhouette
And takes you along, long, long, long
And takes you along, long, long, long
Far from a world ailing to live
Far from the wreckage you were left in
And the crossing is over where the righteous remain
In the memory it's deeper, survived by a name
The rest is sufficient, a midnight complaint
Left waiting in silence, left only to sleep
It takes you along, long, long, long
Caught on a tongue that can never speak
Empty threats that scratch your cheek
Tattooed on in crimson red
Velvet bruise beneath this head
Offer up another limb
Want to make it alright
Nothing you can do for them
And only with your own life
Strained your eyes you've started it
Sleepy thoughts that can't commit
Brushed aside as emptiness
Empty eyes you always miss
And they don't ever need to find out
You know this better than you know now
Offer up another limb
Want to make it alright
Nothing you can do for them
And only with your own life
Offer up another limb
Offer up another limb
And they don't ever need to find out
Step out of the car, inner-city action,
It's already won, it's already won
Charges bring a swarm to rumors of corruption,
It's already war, it's already war
And I'm looking for you, so surrender to me
In this storm, it's hard to see
There's a thin line between love and hate, love and hate
Step out of the car
Acts of desperation leave you in a mess, leave you in a mess
Americana's glow is gone without a place to go,
It's already war, it's already war
And I'm looking for you, so surrender to me
In this storm, it's hard to see
There's a thin line between love and hate, love and hate
Voices winning me instead,
Undercover in my head,
Voices winning me instead,
Triggers pointed at my head.
Breached in straight lines
Asked to stop
Tunnel vision
Wasted up
We got lost
We found ourselves
Surrounded by things
Getting closer
All around us
Blinding lights began to set fire to our minds
Long directions mixing up
Points of reference bound and stuck
Talks to nothing falls apart
Constant questions from the start
We got lost
We found ourselves
Surrounded by things
Getting closer
All around us
Blinding lights began to set fire to our minds
I don't want to be myself
What's done is done
What's done is done to me
What's done is done
What's done is done because
We got lost
We found ourselves
Surrounded by things
Getting closer
All around us
Heading Westwards towards the sun
When the past starts to bleed into one
And the rest will disagree
How your innocence can sway easily
But oh I can tell
Your words so well
And all I can see
Is that I
I'm sorry, sorry
I'm sorry, sorry
Heading Westwards towards the sun
Where we're going everything comes undone
We were lost from the start
We won't be here when the rest falls apart
But oh I can tell
Your words so well
And all I can see
Is that I
I'm sorry, sorry
I'm sorry, sorry
(And I will track you down)
Run so long
Don't run away from me
How long
Don't run away from me
Oh I can tell
Your words so well
And all I can see
Is that I
I'm sorry, sorry
What the rest did
I was average
But I dont mind
Drawn on two sides without disguise.
But I dont mind
But I spit fire on lovers and liars
And you, you dont believe me
And I, I find it easy
Easy
You're recruited
Head diluted through a glass eye
Dreams in fiction
Lost religion
But I dont mind
Cause I spit fire on lovers and liars
And you, you dont believe me
And I, I find it easy
Easy
Easy
What the rest did
I was average
But I dont mind
Runs on no sleep
Drawn to defeat
But I dont mind
And I, I spit fire on lovers and liars
And you, you dont deceive me
And I, I find it easy
Throw yourself in front of this
Before it goes too long
Ask the questions that you want
When they all seem wrong
Because
I saw you first drift right by
I saw you first drift right by
Open up, let us in
When you shut down you
Open up, listen here
When you shut down you
Open up, stay right here
When you look down you slide
Keep the pace for every move
When it goes too fast
Take the place the absentee
If they're running back
Because, because
I saw you first drift right by
I saw you first drift right by
Open up, let us in
When you shut down you
Open up, listen here
When you shut down you
Open up, stay right here
When you look down you slide
Don't throw it all away
I can be your guide
Don't throw it all away
I can be your guide
Inside I was restless
Left awake to the clocks
Outside wailing helpless
Ridden out by the locks
Inside, outside, inside your love
Inside, outside, inside your love
You said you want diamonds
Well I think you'll like pearls
And you said you want cigarettes
Well I think I want girls
Inside, outside, inside your love
Inside, outside, inside your love
Come on
Music is the life man
Music is the life man
It cries and cries and feels so nice
Music is the life man
Music is the life man
It cries and cries and feels so nice
I think I've found
I think I've found
I think I've found you out
I think I've found
I think I've found
I think I've found you out
Inside, outside, inside your love
Inside, outside, inside your love
Private Eye, it's spy versus spy,
Fly away, fly away.
It's not so bad, ah but she's just a drag
Not like you, nothing like you.
If you want me, come and get me
If you want me, come and get me
Private Eye, I wish I could fly,
Fly away, fly away.
Oh what a shame,
Cause you still act the same,
It's not like you, nothing like you.
If you want me, come and get me
If you want me, come and get me
If you want me, come and get me
If you want me, come and get me
It's all right, it's all right.
It's all right, it's all right.
Come and get me. Come and get me.
Come and get me. Come and get me.
Dear friend
They'll destroy you
But it ain't nothing
It ain't nothing to me
Dear friend
They'll destroy you
But it ain't nothing
It ain't nothing to me
Dear friend, they'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me
(Disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation, the only thing, the only thing you need)
Veil of the departed, is alive, is alive
(Dear friend, they'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me)
(Disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation, the only thing, the only thing you need)
Veil of the departed, is alive, is alive
(Dear friend, they'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me)
(Disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation, the only thing, the only thing you need)
Honesty, honesty, on a string, on a string
Honesty, honesty
Dear friend
They'll destroy you
But it ain't nothing
It ain't nothing to me
Dear friend
They'll destroy you
But it ain't nothing
It ain't nothing to me
Honesty, honesty, on a string, on a string
Honesty, honesty, on a string, on a string
Disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation, the only thing, the only thing you need
Disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation, the only thing, the only thing you need
(Dear friend, they'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me)
Disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation, the only thing, the only thing you need
(Dear friend, they'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me)
Veil of the departed, is alive, is alive
(Disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation, the only thing, the only thing you need)
(Dear friend, they'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me)
Veil of the departed, is alive, is alive
(Disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation, the only thing, the only thing you need)
(Dear friend, they'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me)
Disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation, the only thing, the only thing you need
I'm always here
Waiting for you all alone
Eyes of the night
Just to see, see you home
There's two of us in here
The only, only
There's two of us in here
And it's only
I'm always here
All alone without you now
Lights of the night
Just to see you somehow
There's two of us in here
The only, only
There's two of us in here
And it's only
Just you wait
Just you wait
Just you wait
Just you wait
If you run
If you run
If you run
I'll wait
(If you run, if you run)
I'll wait
(If you run)
I'll wait for you
(If you run, if you run)
I'll wait for you
(If you run)
I'll wait for you
(If you run, if you run)
I'll wait for you
(If you run)
You said you want it all but what you've got
You just talk, talk, all you do is talk
I see your superstitions run around in your mind
And you talk, talk, all you do is talk
You don't seem to listen
You don't seem to know
Your time is ours now
And we won't go away
You are everything, you're everything that I'm not
And you talk, talk, all you do is talk
You are the one and only thing I've got in my heart
And you talk, talk, all you do is talk
You don't seem to listen
You don't seem to know
Your time is ours now
And we won't go away
And you don't mind me now, me now
And you don't mind me
You don't seem to listen
Surface, take to the breeze
Offhand misdeeds
Prudent motherly eye has passed me by
Build on all of your guards
Hopeless die hard
Crawling low on all fours
Resolve my scores
Vacant taste in your mouth
Deuces, fallout
Silent silhouette
You give, you get
Triggered break to the head
We've been misled
Keep up fast as you can
On false commands
And I don't want to believe
You put me up for release
But I just want some peace
Private eye
It's spy versus spy
Fly way, fly away
It's not so bad
Ah but she's just a drag
Not like you, nothing like you
If you want me come and get me
If you want me come and get me
Private eye
I wish I could fly
Fly way, fly away
Oh what a shame
Cause you still act the same
It's not like you, it's nothing like you
If you want me come and get me
If you want me come and get me
If you want me come and get me
If you want me come and get me
It's all right
It's all right
It's all right
It's all right
Come and get me
Come and get me
Come and get me
Come and get me
Come and get me
Caught on a tongue that can never speak
Empty threats that scratch your cheek
Tattooed on in crimson red
Velvet bruise beneath this head
Offer up another limb
Want to make it alright
Nothing you can do for them
And only with your own life
Strained your eyes you've started it
Sleepy thoughts that can't commit
Brushed aside as emptiness
Empty eyes you always miss
And they don't ever need to find out
You know this better than you know now
Offer up another limb
Want to make it alright
Nothing you can do for them
And only with your own life
Offer up another limb
Offer up another limb
And they don't ever need to find out
You know this better than you know now
Look brave, look brave, my innocent
Don't talk, these walls are thin
Shield your ears
Shield your ears from your vertigo
Won't hear us roam 'round here again
Just stay where you are
Don't start, don't start
So here we are now
Misguided, misguided casualty
Always more concerned about TV
Take a break, take a break in luxury
Satisfaction forever guaranteed
Just stay where you are
Don't start, don't start
So here we are now
Throw yourself in front of this
Before it goes too long
Ask the questions that you want
When they all seem wrong
Because
I saw you first drift right by
I saw you first drift right by
Open up, let us in
When you shut down you
Open up, listen here
When you shut down you
Open up, stay right here
When you look down you slide
Keep the pace for every move
When it goes too fast
Take the place the absentee
If they're running back
Because, because
I saw you first drift right by
I saw you first drift right by
Open up, let us in
When you shut down you
Open up, listen here
When you shut down you
Open up, stay right here
When you look down you slide
Don't throw it all away
I can be your guide
Don't throw it all away
I can be your guide
I saw you first drift right by
Lost the plot
Without regard or thought
Never getting caught
Never your own
Endless threats
From a nervous wreck
Showing no regrets
Never alone
Forces, dark forces are everywhere
They won't stop
They won't stop till you're here
Sly remarks
A reaction starts
When things fall apart
Past any doubt
Well aware
A naive grudge to bear
A deadlocked affair
With our without
Forces, dark forces are everywhere
They won't stop
They won't stop till you're here
Don't save yourself for someone else
Eh why you looking at me
You got something to hide
I got something to see
Stay
Right where you stand
And then when I say go
You gonna take what you can
Look at the things you've done
At the things you've done
At the things that you've done
We're on fire
Stand and fight
We could be in flight
You mean nothing to me
Can I feed you a lie
For a pledge to be free
Take
And then make what you can
Quit choosing a side
Stay right where you stand
Wait before you let it go on
Before you let it go on
Before you let it go on
We're on fire
Stand and fight
We could be in flight
We'll burn it down...
We're on fire
Stand and fight
We could be in flight
Lost and tired
Read our rights
Do you know me or even see
That my aggravations get the best of me
And I'm tired of your side
Which should be so easy
And when it comes to pass my dear
Will you get me out of here
I wish you knew me enough to care
That my frustrations can go nowhere
And I'm tired of your side
Which should be so easy
And when it comes to pass my dear
Will you get me out of here
I'm always here
Waiting for you all alone
Eyes of the night
Just to see, see you home
There's two of us in here
The only, only
There's two of us in here
And it's only
I'm always here
All alone without you now
Lights of the night
Just to see you somehow
There's two of us in here
The only, only
There's two of us in here
And it's only
Just you wait
Just you wait
Just you wait
Just you wait
If you run
If you run
If you run
I'll wait
(If you run, if you run)
I'll wait
(If you run)
I'll wait for you
(If you run, if you run)
I'll wait for you
(If you run)
I'll wait for you
(If you run, if you run)
I'll wait for you
I never know now what you want
You say nothing if you say it all
Never want to take a stand
Be outspoken in a spoken plan
Listening, I'm not listening, to -
Listening, I'm not listening, to -
Indecision into stop
Stand off if you can give it up
[?] on your own
To love for love and love alone
Listening, I'm not listening, to -
Listening, I'm not listening, to you
A cold heart
Hits me
Just choose
Between
We'll chase
Both ends
'Til both hearts
Wear thin
You don't listen,
You don't listen,
Man you don't listen
You don't listen,
You don't listen,
Man you don't listen
You don't listen,
You don't listen,
Man you don't listen
You don't listen,
You don't listen,
I will lock you down,
I will lock you down,
I will lock you down,
I will, oh I will
I am on your side,
I am on your side,
I will, oh I will
If you could be be all of this for me,
And I know you will be mine
(OOOOHHHHH-ing)
I will lock you down in a bunker underground,
Sealed and windowless inside,
I will, oh I will.
Uninspired and complacent,
To be left with the arrangement
This is always one thing you can't win,
It is harder when you say it,
Life is never yours to make it,
It is always one thing you can't win
I don't want anything, anything more,
Rip up the proof before the damage is done
Don't stop talking when no one's listening
What you want
Red eyes are worn thin
You're thrown off the deep end
Gone under
You know your place
Look for the quick escape
Rip up the proof before the damage is done
Judgment your false sense
You go on the defense
You don't want
You know your place
Look for the quick escape
Misplaced
Given chances you won't take
Shy away from the heart ache
Just a means to an end
Your quick fix
In the ring of the conflict
With nothing to work with
And nothing in mind
And then
We'll rise
With fire in our eyes
And take you by surprise
Make up, decieve
a voice to recieve
A light that never leaves
Slow right down
Lost love
With little to speak of
These feelings of bad blood
Must go quickly away
Your loose ends
Realising your true friends
In a war that no one wins
Moving as an unknown, to forget it
No-one left to bother, when I rebuild it
There is nothing inbetween
Born unravelled at the seams
Lost where others seem to be
The first horizon, wakes with me underneath
I've seen all directions as seens uncertain
Another world in another world
A past unspoken
There is nothing inbetween
Born unravelled at the seams
Lost where others seem to be
The first horizon, wakes with me underneath
As quick as the hope I was living on, it's gone
There is nothing inbetween
Born unravelled at the seams
Lost where others seem to be
Pull us out of this
One by one
Wrapped up into your arms
One by one
Never knowing how or why we could disappear
With white lights from the sky
When all I want is here
You say so many things
That I want to hear
And I want you and you want me
One by one
Never knowing how or why we could disappear
With white lights from the sky
When all I want is here
We go
We don't seem to try
You die you die
We don't seem to try
You die you die
Never knowing how or why we could disappear
With white lights from the sky
When all I want is here
We don't seem to try
You die you die
We don't seem to try
Rest your eyes
This goes on for miles
Watch it all go by
And in the night the lights went out
The world without end
And in the night the lights went out
The world without end
Easy moves
From higher stakes
Watch as it all goes by
And in the night the lights went out
The world without end
And in the night the lights went out
Look brave, look brave, my innocent
Don't talk, these walls are thin
Shield your ears
Shield your ears from your vertigo
Won't hear us roam 'round here again
Just stay where you are
Don't start, don't start
So here we are now
Misguided, misguided casualty
Always more concerned about TV
Take a break, take a break in luxury
Satisfaction forever guaranteed
Just stay where you are
Don't start, don't start