| THE CRIMSON IDOL 1992 THE TITANIC OVERTURE I look at my face in the mirror And I don't understand Don't feel like a boy and it's not getting clearer But I don't feel like a man I'm seveneen and I'm somebody's son My dad don't know where I stand Cause when he looks at me He don't like what he sees He don't know what I am THE INVISIBLE BOY Jonathon: I was the boy unwanted, a prisoner I'm born to them My brother was the one, that couldn't do no wrong And I was there dying in the shadow of him Jonathon to his father: Red, crimson red, am I the invisible boy? Feel the strap, cross my back Yeah I'm the new whipping boy Who am I - the orphan son you would never need? Who am I - cause I'm the boy only the mirror sees Who am I - the slave you gave just the air I breathe? Who am I - cause I'm the boy only the mirror sees Jonathon: Oh I got the same old reruns, horror movies in my head And I can't rest, the scare me to death But if I'm not alive, how can I be dead? Jonathon to his father: Red, crimson red, am I the invisible boy? Feel the strap, cross my back Yeah I'm the new whipping boy Jonathon to the mirror: Oh, why me? The mirror: Why him? Jonathon: Can you tell me? The mirror: It's confession again? Come talk to me, I see in your eyes Titantic misery, ashamed that you're alive I'm the face that you see When the face isn't yours I'm the mirror my boy Some people never go crazy What truly boring lives they must lead Is there no love to shelter me? Only love, love sets me free ARENA OF PLEASURE i don't know where I'm going, but I can't wait to get there, All I know is, I'm just going I ran away from home last night, gone forever I was running for my life And I've heard the words of what I should be Live, Work, Die, I am the orphan of the night Take me down, I'm coming home, the road to ruins Inside the pleasure dome Take me down, I'm coming home, arena of pleasures Where I belong I'm in the eye of my rage, where no hurricane dies I'm in the eye of my rage, where the hurricane lies Oh, a storm's in my eyes And like the beast that's in my soul, I'm the restless child Ah mama, I'm running for my life I was sixteen going nowhere, will I see seventeen alive And I was running from the nightmare I stand at the promised land with fire in my eyes I'm at the crossroad of my destiny and desire Oh, God, what will I be And my obsession is the gasoline to feed my fire Oh it's burning in me Don't waste the tears on my wasted years Mama I'm outta here They are poisoned snakes with double tongues Horney hedgehogs who do their wrong Deaf men and blind worms, they'll be not seen They are pawns and rooks for a crimson king They are a government with a parliament of whores Can you hear the screams from the fame machine Down in Chainsaw Charlies morgue? CHAINSAW CHARLIE (MURDERS IN THE NEW MORGUE) Charlie to Jonathon: O.K. boy now here's your deal Will you gamble your life? Sign right here on the dotted line It's the one you've waited for all of your life Jonathon to Charlie: Ah - will it feed my hunger If I swallow lies right down my throat? Or will it choke me till I'm raw? And tomorrow when I'm gone Will they whore my image on? I'll will my throne away, to a virgin heir and Charlie's slave Jonathon: Murders, murders in the new morgue Murders, murders in the new morgue See old Charlie and the platinum armys Making me their boy Murders, murders in the new morgue Murders, murders in the new morgue He'll make ya scream for the cash machine Down in Chainsaw Charlie's morgue Charlie to Jonathon: We'll sell your flesh by the pound you'll go A whore of wrath just like me We'll sell ya wholesale, we'll sell your soul Strap on your sixstring and feed our machine Jonathon to Charlie: Ah - will it feed my hunger If I swallow lies right down my throat? Or will it choke me till I'm raw? And tomorrow when I'm gone Will they whore my image on? I'll will my throne away, to a virgin heir and Charlie's slave Charlie to Jonathon: Welcome to the morgue boy Where the music comes to die Welcome to the morgue son I'll cut your throat just to stay alive Ah, trust me boy I won't steer you wrong If you trust me son You won't last very long Charlie to Jonathon: I'm the president of showbiz, my name is Charlie I'm a cocksucking asshole, that's what they call me Here from my Hollywood tower I rule I'm lying motherfucker, the chainsaw's my tool The new morgue's our factory, to grease our lies Our machine is hungry, it needs your life Don't mind the faggots, and the ruthless scum Before we're done, son we'll make you one I'm the tin man, I've never had a heart I'm the tin man, But I'll make you a star I'm the tin man, I've never had a heart I'm the tin man, but I'll make me the star THE GYPSY MEETS THE BOY Jonathon: The tarot is fate, said the Gypsy Queen And she beckoned me, to glimpse my future she'd seen Gypsy to Jonathon: She said, do you see what I see?, be careful to choose Be careful what you wish for, cause it may come true When I lay the card down will it turn up the fool? Will it turn up sorrow? If it does then you lose Jonathon to the Gypsy: I'm the lost boy can you help me Yeah, I'm the lost boy can you help me Jonathon: Then the illusion was real, a crimson idol I saw But the higher he'd fly, then the further he'd fall Jonathon to the Gypsy: I'm the lost boy can you help me Yeah, I'm the lost boy can you help me Jonathon to the Gypsy: I just wanna be, I just wanna be, I just wanna be The crimson Idol of a million I just wanna be, I just wanna be, I just wanna be The crimson Idol of a million eyes Of a million DOCTOR ROCKTER Jonathon: He's the king of sting, Mr. Morphine my friend Uncle Slam, the medicine man And I'm a junkie with a big King Kong sized monkey Crawling up and down my back Doctor Rockter: Oh, I'll help ya son to rearrange your mind Oh, I'll help ya son but ya gotta buy this time I'm your doctor Jonathon to Doctor: Help me please, oh Doctor, help me please Doctor Rockter, you know I need you Doctor please, my M.D., fix me in my time of need But, can ya see the fire that's in my eyes Jonathon: It's the mirror from the wall, that's on the table Feeding me little white lies And I'm wasted in a waste land, I'm a junk man I got tombstones in my eyes Ah, help me Uncle Slam, the beast claims another man Cocaine, Codine, 714, a tuinol blindfold just what I need Help me, help me, help me Help me please, oh Doctor, help me please Doctor Rockter, you know I need you Doctor please, my M.D., fix me in my time of need But, can ya see the fire that's in my eyes I AM ONE Demolition, mission-man The old boy is hating me I've become the one, they warned me about -oh he's gonna die before me Oh I am one Love I am one I got something to prove And nothing to lose Oh I am one 18 bloody roses, each a year that bled my soul 18 and numb, I'm somebody's son Mama, look what I've become Will he take me down to the gallows And kill the boy inside the man I'm just a rock and roll nigger I know he don't know what I am I don't see my face in the mirror And more, or understand Why am I the chosen one I'm the crimson man Long live, long live, long live the king of mercy Long live, long live Is there no love, I am one The side you see, is the nasty me THE IDOL Will I be alone this morning Will I need my friends Something just to ease away the pain And now I never see the loneliness Behind my face I am just a prisoner to my faith If I could only stand and stare in the mirror would I see One fallen hero with a face like me And if I scream, could anybody hear me If I smash the silence, you'll see what fame has done to me Kiss away the pain and leave me lonely I'll never know if love's a lie Ooh - being crazy in paradise is easy Can you see the prisoners in my eyes Where is the love to shelter me Give me love, love set me free Where is the love, to shelter me Only love, love set me free Set me free HOLD ON TO MY HEART There's a flame, flame in my heart And there's no rain, can put it out And there's a flame, it's burning in my heart And there's no rain, ooh can put it out So just hold me, hold me, hold me Take away the pain, inside my soul And I'm afraid, so all alone Take away the pain, that's burning in my soul Cause I'm afraid that I'll be all alone So just hold me, hold me, hold me Hold on to my heart, to my heart, to me Hold on to my heart, to my heart, to me And oh no, don't let me go cause all I am You hold in your hands, and hold me And I'll make it through the night And I'll be alright, hold on, hold on to my heart THE GREAT MISCONCEPTION OF ME Jonathon to the audience: Welcome to the show the great finale's finally here I thank you for coming into my theatre of fear Welcome to the show, you're all witnesses you see A privileged invitation to the last rights of me Jonathon to his mother: Remember me? You can't save me Mama you never needed me No crimson king, look in my eye, you'll see Mama I'm lonely, it's only me, only me Jonathon to all: I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be The crimson idol of a million I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be The crimson idol of a million eyes, of a million Jonathon to all: I am the prisoner of the paradise I dreamed The idol of a million lonely faces look at me Behind the mask of sorrow, four doors of doom behind my eyes I've got their footprints all across my crimson mind Jonathon to the King of Mercy: Long live, long live, long live the king of mercy Long live, long live Jonathon to all: There is no love, to shelter me Only love, love set me free No love, to shelter me, only love, love set me free I was the warrior, with an anthem in my soul The idol of eight thousand lonely days of rage ago And remember me when it comes your time to choose Be careful what you wish for, it might just come true Jonathon to the King of Mercy: Jonathon to all: Jonathon to his father Red, crimson red, am I the invisible boy The strap on my back Red, crimson red, no I was never to be Only one crimson son, no it never was me Jonathon to all: Living in the limelight little did I know I was dying in the shadows and the mirror was my soul It was all I ever wanted, everything I dreamed But the dream became my nightmare and no-one could hear me scream With these six-strings, I make a noose To take my life, it's time to choose The headlines read of my suicide, of my suicide Jonathon to the king of mercy: Oh sweet silence, where is the sting I am no idol, no crimson king I'm the imposter, the world has seen My father was the idol, it was never me I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be The crimson idol of a million I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be The crimson idol of a million eyes Jonathon to all: No love, to shelter me, only love Love set me free No love, to shelter me, only love Love set me free |
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