THE WAKE OF MAGELLAN

1.OCEAN
2.WELCOME
3.TURNS TO ME
4.MORNING
5.ANOTHER WAY
6.BLACKJACK GUILLOTINE
7.PARAGONS OF INNOCENCE
8.COMPLAINT IN THE SYSTEM
9.UNDERTURE
10.THE WAKE OF MAGELLAN
11.ANYMORE
12.THE STORM
13.THE HOURGLASS

OCEAN
(Opening Instrumental)

WHEN THE NIGHT WILL GATHER DARKNESS
AND BLACK CLOUDS UNADORNED
ONLY POETS, DREAMS AND MADMEN
WILL SAIL OUT INTO THE STORM

WELCOME

THE LIGHTS COME ON
THE SET IS DOWN
THE CURTAIN'S FLOWN AWAY
TO ALL YOU CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
I SAY IT'S TIME WE PLAY
WE'LL SHOW YOU THINGS
THAT IN YOUR LIFE
YOU'D NEVER DREAMED YOU'D KNOW
SO NOW BEFORE THE GHOSTS ARRIVE
IT'S WELCOME TO THE SHOW
MINSTRELS, KINGS, EXPLORERS
FANTASIES ON ORDER
GHOSTS AND DREAMS AWAKENED
STORIES LONG FORSAKENED
THE MINSTREL AND THE SORCERER
ARE SWITCHING THEIR DISGUISE
THE JESTER DRINKS AND STARTS TO THINK
THAT HE ALONE IS WISE
THE GOVERNOR AND JOURNALIST
EXCHANGE A JUDAS KISS
AND NOW BEFORE THE SONG IS DONE
THE PLOT BEGINS TO TWIST
GHOSTS AND LOST EXPLORERS
FATE WITH ALL HER DAUGHTERS
SAINTS AND HOPELESS SINNERS
WISE MEN IN THEIR WINTERS
KNOW
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
HIS LIFE WAS NEARLY OVER
AS HE STOOD UPON THE BEACH
THINKING ABOUT DEATH AND THE OCEAN
WHILE STILL SAFELY OUT OF REACH
AND HE HELD THERE IN HIS HAND
A WELL WORN HOURGLASS
AND THOUGH THE SAND WAS STILL INSIDE
SOON THIS TOO WOULD PASS
THEN HE KNELT TO TOUCH THE WATER
WHERE THE WAVES WOULD GENTLY FALL
THINKING HERE I TOUCH THE OCEAN
AND THE OCEAN TOUCHES ALL
FOR FROM A LINE OF COUNTLESS SAILORS
HE WAS THE LAST MAN OF HIS KIND
AND THE WORLD HAD CHANGED AROUND HIM
HE HAD NO MOUNTAINS LEFT TO CLIMB
AND HIS LAST NAME WAS MAGELLAN
A DESCENDANT OF THE SAME
OR SO HE SAID IN LATE NIGHT BARS
THOUGH FEW BELIEVED HIS CLAIM
AND SO HE NOW TALKED WITH THE OCEAN
AS HE HAD OFTEN DONE BEFORE
BUT NOW THE WAVES SPOKE BACK TO HIM
AS HE WALKED ALONG THE SHORE
FOR EIGHTY YEARS PLUS SEVEN
HE HAD BEEN UPON THIS EARTH
AND ALL OF THEM BUT EIGHT
HE'D SPENT ON THAT OCEAN SINCE HIS BIRTH
BUT HE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE
WHO WALKED ALONG THIS COAST
THERE WAS A LADY OLD AND PALE
TO SOME NEARLY A GHOST
SHE HAD ONCE BEEN A GREAT BEAUTY
IT WAS RUMORED IN SOME BARS
WHEN SHE'D LEFT HERE MANY YEARS BEFORE
TO BECOME A MOVIE STAR
BUT EVERY WISH IS NOT TO BE
AHH THIS IN TIME SHE LEARNED
AND WHEN HER FINAL CHANCE HAD PASSED
BACK HERE SHE HAD RETURNED
AND EVERYDAY AT SIX O'CLOCK
SHE CAME TO A SMALL CAFE
AND HAD HERSELF A GLASS OF WINE
AND THEN SHE'D WALK AWAY
TO OTHERS SHE WAS GRAY AND OLD
NOT THE BEAUTY SHE'D BEEN BEFORE
BUT IT DID NOT MATTER WHAT SHE WAS
WHAT MATTERED WAS WHAT HE SAW
AND SO FOR NEAR THREE YEARS NOW
HE'D WATCH HER EVERYDAY
AND THOUGH THEY ALWAYS WERE SO CLOSE
HE FELT SO FAR AWAY
FOR HE COULD NEVER QUITE ARRANGE
THE WORDS INSIDE HIS MIND
THAT HE COULD SAY TO MAKE HER STAY
AND HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF TIME
HE COULD NOT FIND THE WORDS TO SAY
TO SUCH A WORK OF DREAMS
AND SO HE WATCHED HER WALK AWAY
AND ALWAYS STAYED UNSEEN

TURNS TO ME

STANDS ALL ALONE
LOOKS IN THE MIRROR
AND SEES WHAT SHE WANTED TO BE
SAFELY UNKNOWN
TO ANYONE NEAR HER
SHE SEES WHAT SHE WANTED TO SEE
AND TURNS TO ME
AND TURNS TO ME
AND TURNS TO...
SHE WAS PROPHESIED
FOR AN EARLY SLIDE
FOLLOWED IT TO THE LETTER
WELL KEPT BEAUTY QUEEN
IF THERE, ALWAYS SEEN
STILL YOU THOUGHT SHE'D KNOW BETTER
NO ERASING
THE TIME YOU'RE WASTING
BUT WHEN YOU'RE WASTING
YOU DON'T CARE
ALL THOSE PIECES
IN SHORT TERM LEASES
BUT WHEN YOU NEED THEM
THEY'RE NOT THERE
FOR ALL THOSE MOMENTS OF YESTERDAY
SHE'S TRADED EVERY TOMORROW
AND NOW ALL THOSE MOMENTS ARE SO FAR AWAY
GHOSTS HAUNT EACH WORD SHE WOULD SAY
AS SHE WALKS AMONG THE DECAY
SHE HAD OSCAR WILDE'S
TIMELESS SENSE OF STYLE
AS HAD BEEN HER INTENTION
STILL SHE WAS AFRAID
TIME MUST BE REPAID
AND THERE'D BE NO REDEMPTION
YOUTH AND TIME COLLIDE
SHE COULD NOT DECIDE
ON A CERTAIN DIRECTION
TIME WAS CATCHING UP
CAREFULLY MADE UP
SHE AVOIDED DETECTION
FOR ALL THOSE MOMENTS OF YESTERDAY
SHE'S TRADED EVERY TOMORROW
AND NOW ALL THOSE MOMENTS ARE SO FAR AWAY
I SAW IT TOO
CLOSER THAN YOU
WHAT ELSE IS THERE LEFT TO SAY
WAIT FOR ME NOW
I WILL BE THERE FOR YOU
THIS I WILL VOW
IF YOU STILL WANT ME TO
BUT IT WON'T BE
THIS I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN
AND IN THE DARK
THERE'S NO ONE TO PRAY FOR ME NOW
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M FEELING TONIGHT
I DON'T UNDERSTAND BUT I'M WAITING
SEARCHING THE SHADOWS THAT FADE IN THE LIGHT
BUT I'M FEELING ALIVE
TRYING TO SURVIVE
FLOAT WITH THE TIDE
TILL YOU ARRIVE AND I....
SO HE NOW TURNED TO THE OCEAN
SAYING IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE
AND THE OCEAN NEVER SAID A WORD
THOUGH IN TRUTH SHE DISAGREED
AND ON THE SAND BEFORE HIM
WHILE THE WAVES BROKE GENTLY WHITE
THE OCEAN LISTENED CAREFULLY
AS HE TOLD HER OF HIS LIFE
I HAVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD
I'VE PURSUED THE MOON IN FLIGHT
I HAVE READ THE WORDS OF SHAKESPEARE
BY A MIDNIGHT ARCTIC LIGHT
I HAVE RUN BETWEEN THE DRAGON'S TEETH
AND LIVED TO TELL THE TAIL
I HAVE DANCED ACROSS A STARDUST SKY
AND NEVER LEFT A TRAIL
I'VE SEEN THINGS FEW COULD IMAGINE
AND I NEVER WILL FORGET
BUT I'VE NEVER HAD A FAMILY
AND THIS I DO REGRET
NOW ALL I'VE LOVED HAVE GONE BEFORE ME
AND OF THE FUTURE I HAVE GREAT DOUBTS
AND THOUGH IT SEEMS I STILL HAVE TIME LEFT
I NOW FEEL TIME I CAN DO WITHOUT
AND I HAVE WONDERED TO MYSELF
WHY SHOULD DEATH SET ITS OWN TIME
IS IT JUST A FINAL JEST FROM FATE
TO ADD ONTO HER OTHER CRIMES?
FOR I HAVE NO WISH TO WAIT AROUND
WHILE ALL MY SENSES FADE
AND ONE BY ONE RETURN THE GIFTS
THAT YOUTH SO FREELY GAVE
WIRED TO SOME COLD MACHINE
THAT MAPS MY EVERY BREATH
AND SIGNALS AT THE PROPER TIME
LESS THEY SHOULD MISS MY DEATH
AND ALL THIS SERVICE I SUSPECT
IS LESS DONE BY GOODWILL
THAN BY THE FEAR THAT THEY SHOULD MISS
A FINAL CHANCE TO BILL
SO I'VE DECIDED TO LEAVE THIS WORLD
AND HAVE DEVISED A PLAN
TO SAIL TO SEA IN A SMALL BOAT
WELL OUT OF SIGHT OF LAND
TO SAIL ONCE MORE UPON THE DEEP
LIKE A VIKING TO HIS RESTING PLACE
THEN SLIP FOREVER NEATH THE WAVES
AN EXIT WITH SOME GRACE
AND THE SHIP SHALL BE MY COFFIN
ON THIS LAST VOYAGE THAT I TAKE
AND MY TRAIL LEFT THROUGH THE WATER
WILL BE MY FINAL WAKE
I HAVE DONE MORE THAN THOUGHT ABOUT THIS
ON MY LIFE I'VE CLOSED EVERY DOOR
I HAVE LEFT A WILL BESIDE MY BED
AND THE BOAT IS THERE OFFSHORE
AND ALL I ASK IS YOUR ASSISTANCE
WHEN THAT SHIP IS WELL AWAY FROM THE LAND
THAT YOU SEND A STORM TO EMBRACE US
AND TAKE US GENTLY IN YOUR HAND
WHEN HE HAD FINISHED SPEAKING
SOME POINTS THE OCEAN DID CONCEDE
BUT WHEN HE SAID HIS FINAL WORD
SHE ONCE MORE DISAGREED
I'LL THINK ABOUT THIS IF I MAY
I NEED NOT RUSH THE TIDE
FOR IN THIS WORLD OF TOO LITTLE TIME
THERE'S ALWAYS TIME TO DIE
YOU SEEM SO EAGER TO END THIS LIFE
AND WITH YOUR DEATH TO DANCE
THAT YOU IGNORED HIS PUTRID BREATH
NOW PERFUMED WITH ROMANCE
THE SAILOR SAID YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND
THE NEEDS OR WANTS OF MEN
SO I'LL ASK YOU ONCE MORE FOR YOUR HELP
AND I SHALL NOT ASK AGAIN
THEN THE OCEAN PULLED HER WAVES BACK
AND BECKONED HIM STAND NEAR
AND WHEN HE HAD STEPPED CLOSER
SHE WHISPERED IN HIS EAR
THAT EVERY MAN
IS BORN YOU SEE
BENEATH THE SWORD
DAMOCLES
FOR YOUNG AND OLD
ARE ALL ALIVE
ON THAT NEXT BEAT
ON WHICH WE RIDE
AND THAT BEAT IS SUCH
A FRAGILE THING
IN BOTH OLD MEN
OR YOUTHFUL KING
AND THAT BEAT
STANDS ALL ALONE YOU SEE
BETWEEN US
AND BLACK ETERNITY
AND THOUGH DEATH IS SURELY
EACH MAN'S FATE
UNTIL THAT TIME
LET EACH MAN WAIT
SO BE CAREFUL AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE
WHAT YOU ROMANTICIZE
I FIND SUCH THINGS ARE RARELY TRUE
AND FAR MORE RARELY WISE
THE SAILOR THEN LISTENED CAREFULLY
AND EVERY THOUGHT WAS FILED
AND THOUGH HE WAS STILL NOT QUITE CONVINCED
HE AGREED TO WAIT AWHILE
AND MEANWHILE FURTHER DOWN THE BEACH
THERE STOOD A YOUNGER MAN
AND HE TOO FELT THE SAND OF TIME
WAS RUNNING THROUGH HIS HANDS
BUT THIS YOUTH FELT THEY RAN TOO FAST
AS HE STOOD NEAR A RUSTING DOCK
AND HEARD THE WAVES MARKING TIME
LIKE SOME RELENTLESS CLOCK
HE FELT HIS FUTURE WAS NOT HERE
OF THIS HE HAD NO DOUBT
AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS EIGHTEEN
HIS TIME WAS RUNNING OUT

MORNING SUN

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MORNING SUN
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE
OR COULD I BE THE ONLY ONE
SEEING JUST WHAT I NEED
I ENVISION A DIFFERENT MAN
THAN THE ONE I'VE BECOME
PRAY THE OCEAN WILL UNDERSTAND
THAT MY TIME ISN'T DONE
EVERYONE'S LEADING
BUT NOBODY'S DANCING
YOU STAND ON THE STAGE
JUST TO TURN ALL ALONE
I HAVE WAITED THIS WAY
FOR A LIFETIME OF DAYS
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MORNING SUN
AS I STAND WITH THE SEA
AND THE OCEAN SHE UNDERSTANDS
JUST THE MAN I COULD BE
SOMEWHERE ELSE THERE'S A DIFFERENT WORLD
WITH A SUN THAT WILL RISE
AND A MOON THAT WILL TAKE ITS PLACE
IN ANOTHER MAN'S EYES
AND PERHAPS IT'S A BETTER WORLD
THAN THE ONE THAT I SEE
OR IF BETTER FOR NO ONE ELSE
PERHAPS BETTER FOR ME
HERE IN THE DARK WHERE THE SKY SHOWS ITS GRACES
REVEALING EACH STAR WHILE THE MOON PLAYS THE FOOL
SAYING HOW IT MUST BE WHILE THE NIGHT DISAGREES
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MORNING SUN
AS I STAND WITH THE SEA
AND THE OCEAN SHE UNDERSTANDS
JUST THE MAN I COULD BE
NO, NO, TIME DOESN'T WAIT FOR YOU
NO, NO, LEAVE IT ALONE
NO, NO, YOUR DAYS ARE FAR TOO FEW
THIS THING I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN
WHEN YOUR TIME IS UO IT’S TRUE
THEY NEVER GIVE ANOTHER DAY TO YOU
WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP IT’S THROUGH
NO ONE CARES HOW
CAN'T KEEP IT
CAN'T SAVE IT
CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY WITH YOU
SO I SAY WE USE IT NOW
NOW HIS THOUGHTS GAVE WAY TO ANGER
AND HE LOUDLY CURSED AT FATE
THAT IN A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES
THAT HE WAS DOOMED TO WAIT
THAT HIS LIFE COULD BE PREDESTINED
TO BE STUCK HERE ON THIS SHORE
HE COULD NOT MAKE HIMSELF BELIEVE
THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE

ANOTHER WAY

TIMES WERE CHANGING
EIGHTEEN YEARS AND FADING
AIN'T A LOT OF TIME LEFT TO BE A STAR
ON AN ISLAND
ALL ALONE AND DYING
WALK UPON THE WATER
BUT YOU WON'T GET FAR
DREAMS AND VISIONS
TIED INTO DECISIONS
SAW YOU ON A POSTCARD
FROM THE OTHER SIDE
HOPE AND GLITTER
NEVER FEELING BITTER
WALK UPON THE WATER
JUST TO BE YOUR BRIDE
DON'T TELL ME NOW
THAT THERE IS NOTHING MORE
THERE IS A HOW
JUST LIKE THERE IS A DOOR
AND IF THERE'S NOT TO BE ANOTHER WAY
YOU TELL ME WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
STAY AND FOLLOW
IF THE WORDS ARE HOLLOW
GOTTA' GO ALONG
CAUSE IT'S ALL YOU GOT
EACH DAY EARN THEM
TURN AROUND AND BURN THEM
THINK YOUR FITTING IN
BUT YOU HOPE YOU'RE NOT
NEATLY DROWNING
EVERY DRINK YOUR DOWNING
IF YOU DRINK ENOUGH
YOU'LL FORGET THE GAME
EACH ILLUSION
WRAPPED IN ABSOLUTION
LIVE YOUR LIFE IN WEEKENDS
BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME
DON'T TELL ME NOW
THAT THERE IS NOTHING MORE
THERE IS A HOW
JUST LIKE THERE IS A DOOR
AND IF THERE'S NOT TO BE ANOTHER WAY
YOU TELL ME WHY
WHY
WHY
WHY
AND AS HE STOOD THERE CURSING FATE
FOR MAKING LIFE SO HARD
IT SEEMED THAT FATE HAD LISTENED
FOR SHE DEALT ANOTHER CARD
FOR ARRIVING IN THE HARBOUR
SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE SKY
WAS A SHIP BOUND FOR AMERICA
AND HER NAME, "MAERSK DUBAI"
AND SO WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS LOOKING
AND THE SHIP WAS SAFELY MOORED
HE WAITED FOR HIS MOMENT
THEN HE QUICKLY SNUCK ON BOARD
THEN HE FOUND HIMSELF A HIDING PLACE
BETWEEN TWO CRATES OF IRON WARE
AND AS FOR DISTANT AMERICA
IN HIS MIND HE WAS ALREADY THERE
BUT WHAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF
AS THEY SAILED AWAY FROM SHORE
WAS THAT THERE WERE OTHER STOWAWAYS
AND HE WAS ONE OF FOUR
AND MEANWHILE THE OLD SAILOR
HAD WALKED RIGHT PAST THAT PIER
WHILE STILL CONVERSING WITH THE OCEAN
ON THE STRENGTHS OF HIS IDEA
AND AS HE WALKED HE CAME UPON
A YOUTH HE THOUGHT ASLEEP
BUT THE OCEAN SAID THAT HE WAS NOT
AND BRUSHED A WAVE AGAINST HIS FEET
AND WHEN THE YOUNG MAN DIDN'T STIR
BUT LAY QUITE STILL INSTEAD
THE SAILOR TOOK A CLOSER LOOK
AND SAW THAT HE WAS DEAD
AND ALL AROUND THE BODY
WAS SOMETHING HE HAD NEVER SEEN
LITTLE CELLOPHANE PACKAGES
MARKED "BLACKJACK GUILLOTINE"
AND SO HE ASKED THE OCEAN
WHAT THESE STRANGE PACKETS WERE
AND SHE ANSWERED THEY HELD THE HEROIN
THAT IN HIS BLOOD THE YOUTH HAD STIRRED
AND IT IS CERTAINLY A SIGN
THAT THINGS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF HAND
WHEN ONE CAN PURCHASE ONES OWN DEATH
AND CHOOSE IT BY THE BRAND

BLACKJACK GUILLOTINE

BLACKJACK GUILLOTINE
RAZOR SHARP
ALWAYS CLEAN
GOTTA LIE
VERY WIDE
ONCE INSIDE SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO
SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO
SKIN TIGHT
CHINA WHITE
JUST ANOTHER NEON LIFE
IN THE VEIN
LEAVES A STAIN
ALL THE TIME YOU KNOW THAT IT'S TRUE
YOU KNOW THAT ITS TRUE
SO TELL ME WHAT YOU HAD IN STORE
IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
IT NEVER DID, IT NEVER WILL
BUT I'LL BE OUT THERE WAITING STILL
YOU'RE MOVING FAST BUT LEAVING TRACKS
A COMPROMISE TO YOUR ATTACKS
THERE COMES A TIME YOU WANT TO TAKE IT BACK
BACK
BACK
BACK
BUT CAN'T THINK OF NOTHING I
CAN'T THINK OF NOTHING I
CAN'T THINK OF NOTHING I
LACK
JUNKIE
CREDIT CARD
GOTTA VEIN
GOES FOR YARDS
HYPNOTISED
YOU DECIDE
EVERY NEURON'S CHANGING ITS VIEW
CHANGING ITS VIEW
GENTLEMEN
SUMMARIZE
EVERY LIE
WELL DISGUISED
DON'T FORGET
NEURON DEATH
IN THE MIND AWAITING ITS CUE
AWAITING ITS CUE
AND SO WE FOUND IT VERY MOD
THE WORSHIPING OF LESSER GODS
AND LIE THEY DO
FOR LIE THEY MUST
FOR THEY KNOW IT'S THE LIE WE TRUST
AND SO WE'RE OUT THERE LAYING TRACKS
WHEREVER THERE'S A VEIN TO PACK
THERE COMES A TIME YOU WANT TO TAKE IT BACK
BACK
BACK
BACK
BACK
BUT I CAN'T THINK OF NOTHING
I CAN'T THINK OF NOTHING
I CAN'T THINK OF NOTHING
I LACK
THE SAILOR ASKED HOW SO YOUNG A MAN
COULD HAVE FALLEN INTO SUCH A TRAP
AND THE OCEAN SAID THE FIRST TIME WAS WITH A FRIEND
WHO NOW CAN'T TAKE IT BACK
IT WAS A FRIENDLY GESTURE
AS THEY ALL CLAIM AT THE TIME
WHEN THAT FRIEND OR KINDLY STRANGER
FREE OF CHARGE GAVE HIM HIS FIRST LINE
TO HARM THIS BOY THEY'RE SURE TO SAY
WAS NEVER OUR INTENT
AND WE WERE AS SHOCKED AS ANYONE
WITH JUST HOW FAR HE WENT
HE NEVER THOUGHT IT DANGEROUS
AS HE STUCK IT IN HIS VEIN
THAT A NEEDLE THAT HAD SEEMED SO SHORT
COULD REACH STRAIGHT INTO HIS BRAIN
IT WAS UPON THIS VERY BEACH
THAT HIS FIRST LINE WAS TRIED
AND WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT WAY BACK THEN
THAT HERE IS WHERE HE'D DIE
IF THESE WORDS SEEM REPETITIOUS
AND THE SUBJECT BEATEN DEAD
THE REASON THAT I STILL SAY IT
IS IT STILL NEEDS TO BE SAID

PARAGONS OF INNOCENCE

DAY
INTO NIGHT
INTO DAY
INTO I DON'T KNOW YOU ANYMORE
BUT I STAND
WHERE YOU SAY
THINKING ALL THE TIME YOU PLANNED IT
YOU'VE BEEN GONE AWAY TOO LONG
LEAVING US TO CARRY ON
THOUGH IN TRUTH YOU NEVER TRIED
JUST STEPPED BACK AND WATCHED THE SLIDE
PARAGONS OF INNOCENCE
QUESTIONING OF YOUR INTENT
NEVER QUITE SURE WHAT YOU MEANT
FROM THE OTHER SIDE
MOMENTS ON THE CAROUSEL
MUST ADMIT WE RIDE IT WELL
AND THE HORSES NEVER TELL
ALL THROUGHOUT THE RIDE
THAT NO ONE LEAVES
NO ONE LEAVES
NO ONE LEAVES...
ALIVE
TIME
ON MY HANDS
SLIPS AWAY
TILL I JUST DON'T FEEL IT ANYMORE
THINKING BACK
WHEN I CAN
TO THE TIME WHEN IT BEGAN WITH
BITS OF DREAMS ALL IN A LINE
AND SOMEHOW WE MISSED THE SIGNS
THAT IT ALL WAS NEVER REAL
AND IN TRUTH A FATAL DEAL
PARAGONS OF INNOCENCE
QUESTIONING OF YOUR INTENT
NEVER QUITE SURE WHAT YOU MEANT
FROM THE OTHER SIDE
MOMENTS ON THE CAROUSEL
MUST ADMIT WE RIDE IT WELL
AND THE HORSES NEVER TELL
ALL THROUGHOUT THE RIDE
NO ONE LEAVES
NO ONE LEAVES
NO ONE LEAVES...
ALIVE
THERE ALWAYS COMES A TIME
WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT
BUT YOU DO IT ANYWAY
AND WHEN HE HAD THAT TIME
WHEN HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED TO
HE QUICKLY PLACED HIS ORDER
THOUGH HE NEVER THOUGHT HE'D PAY
BUT THE LINES TURNED TO LIES
AND THE LIES TURNED TO TANGLES
AND YOU'RE PALE AS A CADAVER
THOUGH YOU THINK IT DOESN'T SHOW
SO YOU LIVE WITH THE LIES
AND THE FRIENDS THAT IT GATHERS
BUT SOMEWHERE IN YOUR HEART YOU KNOW YOU
GOT TO LET IT
GOT TO LET IT
GOT TO LET IT
GOT TO LET IT
GOT TO LET IT
GOT TO LET IT
GOT TO LET IT
GOT TO LET IT
GOT TO LET IT
GO
PARAGONS OF INNOCENCE
QUESTIONING OF YOUR INTENT
NEVER QUITE SURE WHAT YOU MEANT
FROM THE OTHER SIDE
MOMENTS ON THE CAROUSEL
MUST ADMIT WE RIDE IT WELL
AND THE HORSES NEVER TELL
ALL THROUGHOUT THE RIDE
NO ONE LEAVES
NO ONE LEAVES
NO ONE LEAVES...
ALIVE
THEN THE SAILOR PICKED A COAT UP
THAT HAD BEEN LAYING THERE
AND PLACED IT OVER THE BODY
AND THEN HE SAID A LITTLE PRAYER
AND THE OCEAN BROUGHT IN ON A WAVE
AN OLD WATERLOGGED WREATH
AND PUSHED IT UP ALONG THE SAND
TILL IT TOUCHED THE DEAD MAN'S FEET
AND WRITTEN ON THAT WREATH
IN LETTERS OF GOLD FOIL
WAS THE NAME VERONICA GUERIN
BUT THE LETTERS WERE BENT AND SOILED
THE SAILOR SAID I SEE THESE FLOWERS
THAT YOU SO KINDLY GAVE
ARE OBVIOUSLY FROM FAR AWAY
AND FROM ANOTHER'S GRAVE
AND I CANNOT HELP BUT TO THINK
THE SAILOR GENTLY SAID
THAT IT'S UNWISE IN GOD EYES
TO STEAL FLOWERS FROM THE DEAD
THE OCEAN SAID PLEASE TRUST ME FRIEND
THIS GIFT WILL CAUSE NO PAIN
AND THE PERSON TO WHOM THEY ONCE BELONGED
WOULD SURELY SAY THE SAME
YOU SEE THIS WREATH WAS FROM THE FUNERAL
OF A WOMAN WHO SHOWED NO FEAR
OF MEN WHO LIVED IN MANSIONS
BOUGHT WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S TEARS
OF MEN WHO LIVED IN MANSIONS
BOUGHT WITH BITS OF OTHERS LIVES
WHO AT NIGHT STILL HUGGED THEIR CHILDREN
AND BROUGHT GIFTS HOME TO THEIR WIVES
WITH MONEY MADE FROM HEROIN
AND PACKETS OF COCAINE
AND IF A BUYER OVERDOSED
THEY NEVER FELT THE PAIN
THERE WERE MANY FLOWERS AT HER FUNERAL
BUT NONE FOR THIS BOY I FEAR
SO THE WIND HAS BLOWN THIS WREATH TO ME
AND I HAVE BROUGHT IT HERE
SHE GAVE HER LIFE TO STOP THE SPREAD
OF DRUGS AMONG HER KIND
AND IF WE LEAVE THESE FLOWERS FOR THIS BOY
I'M SURE SHE WOULDN'T MIND

COMPLAINT IN THE SYSTEM
(Veronica Guerin)

WELCOME TO THE SYSTEM
HERE'S THE SITUATION
IT'S A BIT CONFUSING
WELCOME TO THE MAZE
EVERYBODY SEES WHAT
EVERYBODY WANTS TO
EVERYONE AVOIDS
EVERY OTHER GAZE
I WILL BE YOUR MENTOR
I'LL BE YOUR ADVISOR
I'LL DO WHAT I DO
AND YOU WILL LOOK AWAY
FORGETTING WHAT YOU SEE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN MUCH WISER
BUT SOMEONE IN THE BACK IS MISSING WHAT I SAY
GOT A COMPLAINT IN THE SYSTEM
GOT A COMPLAINT IN THE SYSTEM
WELCOME TO THE PARK NOW
WE SUPPLY AMUSEMENTS
EVERYBODY RIDES
BUT EVERYBODY PAYS
WHAT GOOD'S CAUSING PROBLEMS
WHEN NO ONE'S COMPLAINING
WHAT GOOD IS A MARTYR
IF NO ONE IS SAVED
EVERYBODY KNOWS US
EVERYBODY SEES US
EVERY SINGLE CHILD
CAN TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE
EVERY POLITICIAN
SAYS THAT WE ARE LEAVING
BUT IN ALL THIS TIME
WE HAVEN'T GONE TOO FAR
GOT A COMPLAINT IN THE SYSTEM
GOT A COMPLAINT IN THE SYSTEM
GOT A COMPLAINT IN THE SYSTEM
GOT A COMPLAINT IN THE SYSTEM
YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND IT
IT'S NOT UNDERHANDED
IT'S REALLY QUITE SIMPLE YOU SEE
THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG OF IT
LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
BLACK AND THE WHITE OF IT
FORGET THE SIGHT OF IT
IT IS SO MUCH CHEAPER
TO BE NO ONE'S KEEPER
TRUST ME
IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT
YOU CAN STAB WITH A KNIFE
BUT IT'S RARE YOU'LL EVER GET ANYWHERE
SO WE LAUGH IN DELIGHT
TILL YOU TURN ON A LIGHT
AND WE SCATTER FOR THE DARKNESS
OR THE CORNERS FILLED WITH BLACKNESS
AND WE'RE
THERE
THERE
THERE
THERE
THERE
THERE
WHERE
WHERE
WHERE
WHERE
WHERE
WHERE
THERE
THEN THE SAILOR TURNED AROUND
AND WALKED BACK ALONG THE BEACH
TOWARDS THE BOAT ANCHORED OFFSHORE
FOR HIS DECISION HAD BEEN REACHED
HE THEN SAT DOWN ON THE SAND
THINKING OF ALL HE’D SEEN THAT DAY
AND THEN DECIDED IN HIS MIND
IT WAS TIME TO SAIL AWAY
FOR THE WORLD THAT I WAS BORN TO
CLEARLY NO LONGER EXISTS
AND THE FEELING I SHOULD LEAVE IT
I CAN NO LONGER RESIST
AND AS HE SAT THERE THINKING
A MOTHER AND HER CHILD WALKED BY
AND THE OLD SAILOR'S HOURGLASS
HAD CAUGHT THE YOUNG BOY'S EYE
SO HE WALKED UP TO THE STRANGER
AS ONLY A YOUNG CHILD WILL DO
TO ASK IF HE COULD SEE THE HOURGLASS
BUT THEN HE NOTICED SOMETHING NEW
THAT THE OLD MAN HE WAS CRYING
THOUGH HE TRIED TO WIPE HIS EYES
SO THE CHILD FORGOT THE HOURGLASS
AND INSTEAD ASKED THE OLD MAN WHY
BUT BEFORE THE SAILOR COULD ANSWER
THE MOTHER SAID TO LEAVE THE MAN ALONE
AND TAKING THE CHILD BY THE HAND
SHE GENTLY LED HIM HOME
AND AS THEY LEFT THE BEACH
THE SAND RECORDED BOTH THEIR TRACKS
UNTIL THEY REACHED THE FINAL DUNE
WHEN THE YOUNG CHILD HE LOOKED BACK
THEN HE SAW THE SAILOR STANDING UP
THE GLASS FALLING FROM HIS HAND
WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND THE TOP BROKE OFF
AND SPILLED OUT ALL ITS SAND
THEN THE SAILOR WALKED UP TO THE SEA
AND WADED TO THE BOAT
BUT INSTEAD OF PULLING UP THE ANCHOR
HE SIMPLY CUT THE ROPE
AND THE LAST THING THAT THE CHILD SAW
AS THEY WALKED OUT OF SIGHT
WAS THE SAILOR AND HIS SAILBOAT
SAILING OUT INTO THE NIGHT

UNDERTURE

( Instrumental )

( Back on the Maersk Dubai )

EACH MAN HAS A SOUL
THAT STRUGGLES TO ESCAPE
AND IN THE SHALLOWS OF HIS DREAMS
WE CAN OFTEN SEE ITS WAKE
FOR WE ALL HAVE OUR SECRETS
THAT WE ALL KEEP DEEP INSIDE
AWAY FROM LIGHT, IN DARKEST NIGHT
WHERE IT'S ALWAYS SAFE TO HIDE
AWAY FROM ALL THAT WE SHOULD MEET
LESS SOMEONE ELSE SHOULD SHARE
THAT THING THAT HIDES INSIDE OUR SOUL
THAT WE PRAY WAS NEVER THERE
AND OUT UPON THAT OCEAN
A LIFETIME FROM THE SHORE
MIGUEL STOOD HIS NIGHT WATCH
RECALLING EVERYTHING HE SAW
FOR HE WAS A DECKHAND
ABOARD THE "MAERSK DUBAI"
HE HAD SAILED HER ROUND THE WORLD
FROM HAMBURG TO SENDAI
BUT THIS TRIP HAD BEEN DIFFERENT
MORE THAN ANY HE HAD KNOWN
FOR ON BOARD THERE WAS AN EVIL
AND THE EVIL HAD BEEN SHOWN
FOR HALFWAY THROUGH THIS VOYAGE
THEY HAD FOUND TWO STOWAWAYS
THAT THE CAPTAIN HAD THROWN IN THE SEA
AND LEFT THEM TO THE WAVES
AND WHEN HE TRIED TO CLOSE HIS EYES
AND PRETEND HE DID NOT KNOW
THE EVIL DID NOT GO AWAY
BUT USED THE TIME TO GROW
FOR LATER ON THAT SAME TRIP
THEY FOUND A STOWAWAY ONCE AGAIN
BUT THE CAPTAIN SOON MET THIS ONE TOO
AND BROUGHT HIM TO THE SAME COLD END
HE WONDERED WHAT THAT BOY THOUGHT INSIDE
BEFORE THAT FINAL SLEEP
WHEN WATER WAS ALL THAT WAS AROUND
AND HIS LUNGS HAD SCREAMED BREATHE DEEP
HE WONDERED WHAT WENT THROUGH HIS MIND
AS HE GASPED FOR AIR
AND THE LAST MOMENT WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HELP
TO FIND NOBODY THERE
HE WONDERED TO HIMSELF
IF HE COULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE
TO STAND UP AT THAT MOMENT
AND SAY THIS CANNOT BE DONE
TO STAND UP TO THE CAPTAIN
AND SAY THIS THING IT CANNOT BE
BUT THERE IS NOTHING CLOSER TO GOD ON EARTH
THAN A CAPTAIN ON THE SEA
AND HE WAS JUST A DECKHAND
WITH NO RIGHT TO PLEAD THE CASE
OF THIS STRANGER IN THEIR MIDST
AND SO HE KEPT HIS PLACE
AND WHAT IS DONE IS DONE
AND UNDONE CANNOT BE
AND SO HE PUSHED IT FROM HIS MIND
AND STARED OUT ACROSS THE SEA

THE WAKE OF MAGELLAN

AS HE STOOD UPON THE WATCH DECK
LOOKING OUT ONTO THE SEA
IT WOULD OFFER NO SOLUTIONS
ONLY SILENT COMPANY
SO HE TOOK HOLD OF THE REASONS
AS HE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND
BUT THEY OFFERED JUST CONFUSION
AS THEY BLED INTO HIS HANDS
DEAR GOD
COULDN'T YOU DECIDE
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO A MAN'S ASSASSINS
DEAR GOD
IS IT SUICIDE
I HAVE NEVER BEEN A MAN OF PASSIONS
I BELIEVE WHAT THE PROPHETS SAID
THAT THE OCEANS HOLD THEIR DEAD
BUT AT NIGHT WHEN THE WAVES ARE NEAR
THEY WHISPER
AND I HEAR
THERE ARE WOUNDS THAT BLEED INSIDE US
THERE ARE WOUNDS WE NEVER SEE
THEY ARE PART OF OUR REFINEMENTS
THAT ALLOW A MAN TO BE
THERE ARE WOUNDS THAT BLEED IN SILENCE
WITH ARISTOCRATIC GRACE
THERE ARE TEARS WE KEEP BESIDE THEM
NEVER SEEN UPON A FACE
DEAR GOD
DO YOU THINK IT'S WISE
TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT’S EVER HAPPENED
DEAR GOD
COULD WE COMPROMISE
OR MUST THE SHADOWS OF THIS NIGHT BE EVERLASTING
I BELIEVE WHAT THE PROPHETS SAID
THAT THE OCEANS HOLD THEIR DEAD
AS I CONTEMPLATE THIS STAND
WHAT I DO
IS WHO I AM
I BELIEVE WHAT THE PROPHETS SAID
THAT THE OCEANS HOLD THEIR DEAD
BUT AT NIGHT WHEN THE WAVES ARE NEAR
THEY WHISPER
AND I HEAR
DON'T SEE THE STORMS ARE FORMING
DON'T SEE OR HEED THE WARNING
DON'T HEAR THE SOUND OF TYRANTS
SURROUNDED BY THE SILENCE
COLUMBUS AND MAGELLAN AND DE GAMA
SAILED UPON THE OCEAN
IN A WORLD OF IGNORANCE
WITH THOUGHTS SO PRIMITIVE
THAT MEN WERE KILLED
WITH NO MORE WILL
THAN THAT THEY SIMPLY HAD THE NOTION
BUT IN THIS WORLD OF HEARTLESS MEN
THIS THING THEY NEVER DID
DON'T HEAR IT
DON'T HEAR IT
DON'T HEAR IT
DON'T HEAR IT
GOT TO KEEP IT UNDERGROUND
PRETEND YOU NEVER HEARD A SOUND
IF THEY FIND IT KILL IT BLIND IT
IF THEY FIND IT KILL IT BLIND IT
LORD TELL ME WHAT IS TO BE
LORD TELL ME WHAT IS TO BE

THEY WHISPER AND I HEAR

AFTER A NIGHT OF LITTLE SLEEP
HE OPENED THE GANGWAY DOOR
AND FELT HIS WORLD COLLAPSING
NOT BELIEVING WHAT HE SAW
FOR THERE WITH HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD
WAS A FOURTH STOWAWAY
TRYING TO SURRENDER
NOT KNOWING THE PRICE HE WOULD PAY
MIGUEL KNEW HE MUST ACT QUICKLY
IF THE LAD WAS TO HAVE ANY HOPE
SO HE POINTED TO THE CAPTAIN
AND RAN A FINGER CROSS HIS THROAT
AND THOUGH HE SPOKE LITTLE ENGLISH
THE STOWAWAY SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND
AND FOLLOWED MIGUEL TO A HIDING SPOT
AND PLACED HIS LIFE INTO HIS HANDS
AFTER MANY DAYS IN FEAR
THEY SAFELY REACHED THE PORT
AND THERE THE STOWAWAY WAS SET FREE
AND THE CAPTAIN BROUGHT TO COURT
BUT THEN THINGS TOOK AN EVIL TWIST
AND JUSTICE SEEMED TO FAIL
FOR MIGUEL WAS HELD AS A REFUGEE
AND THE CAPTAIN FREED ON BAIL
AND THE COMPANY OF THE MAERSK DUBAI
BROUGHT LAWYERS BY THE PACK
WHO WOULD SEARCH FOR TECHNICALITIES
TO LET THE CASE SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS
SO WHILE THE LAWYERS SEARCH FOR LOOPHOLES
MIGUEL STILL SITS AND WAITS
IN SOME SMALL ROOM, HIS FUTURE RUINED
WHILE JUSTICE HESITATES
AND I WONDER WHAT THE CAPTAIN THINKS
EACH EVENING IN HIS BED
AND IF HE SHARES HIS DREAMS AT NIGHT
WITH THE RECENT DEAD
FOR CAPTAIN THERE WILL BE A DAY
WHEN YOUR SOUL WILL WASH UP ON HEAVEN'S SHORE
I PRAY THAT WHEN YOU REACH THAT DAY
THAT GOD'S MERCY IS MORE THAN YOURS
AND SOMETIMES IN THE EVENING
MIGUEL WILL TAKE LONG WALKS
AND LIKE THE OLD SAILOR BEFORE HIM
WITH THE OCEAN HE WILL TALK
AND AS HE WALKS ALONG
HE BREATHES IN THE OCEAN'S MORPHINE MIST
AND LOOKING ONCE MORE ACROSS THE NIGHT
DARES THE STARS TO GRANT A WISH

ANYMORE

DON'T WANT TO WALK UPON THE WATER
DON'T WANT TO LOOK ACROSS THE WAVES
INSTEAD OF SEEING HILLS OF WATER
I JUST SEE MARKERS ON THEIR GRAVES
BUT IN THE FADING OF A SEASON
TO LOOK ACROSS AN EMPTY SKY
FOR A FORGOTTEN CHILDHOOD REASON
TO ONCE MORE WISH THAT YOU COULD
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND JUST BELIEVE AGAIN
THERE'S A GOD DOES HE REMEMBER WHEN
WE WERE YOUNG AND FAITH WAS NOT PRETEND
ANYMORE
ANYMORE
ANYMORE
ANYMORE
AND IN THE NIGHT HE SEES THE OCEAN
CARVE ITS THOUGHTS UPON THE SHORE
FOR IN THE WAY IT WAS CREATED
IT CAN DO THIS AND NOTHING MORE
AND EVERY MESSAGE IT WOULD LEAVE HIM
THE NEXT WAVE CAREFULLY ERASED
AS THE TEARS THAT PASSED BETWEEN THEM
WERE SO REAL THAT YOU COULD
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND JUST BELIEVE AGAIN
THERE'S A GOD AND HE REMEMBERS WHEN
WE WERE YOUNG AND FAITH WAS NOT PRETEND
ANYMORE
ANYMORE
ANYMORE
ANYMORE
AND ALL AT ONCE THE WAVES WERE GETTING HIGHER
AND AS THEY CRASHED I THOUGHT I HEARD THEM SAY
THERE'D BE A TIME WHEN MEN WOULD ALL BE WISER
WHEN EVERYONE, EVERYONE,
YES EVERYONE IS
SAVED
AND AS HE WALKED AWAY HE THOUGHT ABOUT
THAT THIRD STOWAWAY ONCE MORE
AND WONDERED IF THE BODY HAD WASHED UP
UPON SOME FAR AND DISTANT SHORE
OR IF IT SANK DOWN THROUGH THE DEPTHS
OF COLD REALITY
TO REST UPON THE OCEAN FLOOR
FOR ALL ETERNITY
FOR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
THE DEAD DO NOT FEEL PAIN
AND NEATH THE OCEAN MADE OF TEARS
THEY NEVER FEAR THE RAIN
BUT WHAT HAD REALLY HAPPENED
WAS A STRANGER TWIST OF FATE
THAT THE DECKHAND WAS TO NEVER KNOW
BUT TO YOU I WILL RELATE

THE STORM

( Instrumental )

THE HOURGLASS

STANDING ALONE BY THE EDGE OF A RIVER
HE'S TRADED HIS LIFE FOR A GLASS FULL OF TEARS
THE BARGAIN WAS QUICK FOR ONE'S LIFE IS LESS DEARER
WHEN THE SAND'S RUNNING OUT AND THE ENDING IS NEAR
THE ENDING IS NEAR
THE ENDING IS NEAR
THE ENDING IS...
THE MAN CLIMBED ABOARD AND SET SAIL FOR THE OCEAN
HE PUT ON THE MAST ALL THE CANVAS SHE'D TAKE
THEN LAID HIMSELF DOWN ON THE DECK NEATH THE TILLER
THE SHIP WAS HIS COFFIN THIS MOMENT HIS WAKE
RUNAWAY REASONS
RUNAWAY SEASONS
TIME IS A TREASON
THAT I GIVE BACK TO YOU NOW
THE WIND TOUCHED THE SAIL AND THE SHIP MOVED THE OCEAN
THE WIND FROM THE STORM SET THE COURSE SHE WOULD TAKE
FROM A JOURNEY TO NOWHERE TOWARDS A SOUL ON THE OCEAN
FROM THE WAKE OF MAGELLAN TO MAGELLAN'S WAKE
RUNAWAY REASONS
RUNAWAY SEASONS
EVERYTHING IN IT
HOURS AND MINUTES
YOU TAKE TOMORROW
BECAUSE IT MEANS NOTHING
TO ME
TO ME
TO ...
IN THE DARK HE HEARD A WHISPER
ASKING HIM TO UNDERSTAND
IN THE DESERT LOOK FOR WATER
ON THE OCEAN LOOK FOR LAND
IN THE DARK HE HEARD A WHISPER
ASKING HIM TO UNDERSTAND
IN THE DESERT LOOK FOR WATER
ON THE OCEAN LOOK FOR LAND
AND THERE IN THE WAVES
WAS A MAN IN HIS GRAVE
THAT HE SAW IN THE NIGHT
'TWEEN THE FLASHES OF LIGHT
AND HE
COULD NOT BE THERE
AND ALL HE HAD PRAYED
OR HAD GIVEN AWAY
HE NOW FOUND TO BE WRONG
IN THE GRIP OF THE STORM
AND HE
COULD NOT BE THERE
COULD YOU KEEP OUR LIVES TOGETHER
SAFELY BACK ONTO THE SHORE
COULD YOU GRANT THIS LAST ILLUSION
ONLY THIS AND NOTHING MORE
COULD YOU KEEP OUR LIVES TOGETHER
SAFELY BACK ONTO THE SHORE
COULD YOU GRANT THIS LAST ILLUSION
ONLY THIS AND NOTHING MORE
AND ALL AT ONCE THE HEAVENS BLED THEIR FIRE
THE ANCHOR BROKE THE CHAINS THEY FLEW AWAY
AND SUDDENLY THE WAVES WERE REACHING HIGHER
AND IN THE DARK I THOUGHT I HEARD THEM SAY
COULD YOU KEEP OUR LIVES TOGETHER
SAFELY BACK ONTO THE SHORE
COULD YOU GRANT THIS LAST ILLUSION
ONLY THIS AND NOTHING MORE
BUT WHAT THE SAILOR DID NOT KNOW
AND WOULD NEVER LEARN
WAS ON THAT BEACH NOW FAR AWAY
THE YOUNG CHILD HAD RETURNED
AND FINDING THE BROKEN HOURGLASS
HE RESET IT UPRIGHT
THEN PLACED SAND FROM THE BEACH INSIDE
AND PLACED THE LID ON TIGHT
THEN EXAMINING HIS HANDIWORK
HE LEFT IT IN THE SAND
AND THEN HE QUICKLY RAN BACK HOME
THINKING GOD WOULD UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING I EVER HAD FOR ONE MORE TOMORROW
EVERYTHING I EVER HAD FOR JUST ONE MORE NIGHT
AND IF THIS IS NOT TO BE I PRAY COULD I BORROW
JUST ANOTHER FINAL HOUR ONTO MY LIFE
DID YOU EVER REALLY WANT TO
DID YOU EVER REALLY WANT TO
LORD, TELL ME HOW IT WILL BE
LORD, TELL ME HOW IT WILL BE
STANDING ONCE MORE BY A BOAT ON A RIVER
HE PUSHES IT OFF WHILE HE STAYS ON THE LAND
AND SEEING THE HOURGLASS NOW SO MUCH CLEARER
WHICH SOMEONE HAD REFILLED BY HAND
AND SOMEWHERE THAT BOAT'S NOW ADRIFT ON THE OCEAN
THE MAST AT FULL SAIL AND THERE'S NO ONE ON BOARD
THE HOURGLASS NO LONGER SITS BY THE OCEAN
ONLY HIS FOOTPRINTS ALL ALONE ON THE SHORE
AND SOON THEY'RE NO MORE
NO MORE
NO MORE
NOW OUR STORY'S NEARLY OVER
AND WE'VE REACHED THE FINAL SCENE
BUT WE'RE SURE THAT SOME HAVE WONDERED
WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN-BETWEEN
FROM THE MOMENT WHEN THE BOY WAS SAVED
AND THEIR BOAT HAD REACHED THE SHORE
WELL, THEY TALKED ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH
AND PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE
THE BOY SAID HE'D BEEN A STOWAWAY
ABOARD THE "MAERSK DUBAI"
WHEN THE CAPTAIN HAD HIM THROWN TO THE SEA
AND LEFT HIM THERE TO DIE
AT THIS THE OLD SAILOR HAD STOOD UP
HIS FACE NOW FILLED WITH RAGE
AND SWORE THAT HE WOULD NEVER REST
UNTIL THAT CAPTAIN HAD BEEN CAGED
BUT THE BOY IMPLORED THE SAILOR
THAT HE NOT SAY A WORD
BECAUSE HE WAS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
AND AS OF RECENTLY HE'D HEARD
THAT GOING TO THE AUTHORITIES
COULD OFTEN BE UNWISE
WHEN ONE'S PAPER WERE ILLEGAL
THE POLICE JUST MIGHT NOT SYMPATHIZE
SO WHEN THEY REACHED THE HARBOR
WITH THEIR JOURNEY AT AN END
HE LEFT THE BOY ON ANOTHER SHIP
WHOSE CAPTAIN WAS A FRIEND
AND WHEN HE SAW IT PULL TO SEA
AND WAS ONCE MORE ALL ALONE
HE LEANED AGAINST THE TILLER
AND TURNED HIS SHIP BACK HOME
EVENTUALLY HE REACHED THAT BEACH
HE'D LEFT THE NIGHT BEFORE
THEN STEPPED A LAST TIME FROM THE BOAT
AND WADED TO THE SHORE
THEN THE OLD MAN PICKED THE GLASS UP
THAT HE HAD LEFT BEHIND
AND HEADED FOR THE SMALL CAFE
FOR IT WAS NEARLY TIME
AND THE OCEAN WATCHED HIM LEAVING
TO FIND HIS LADY FAIR
AND AS HE LEFT HE HEARD HER LAST WORDS
DRIFTING IN THE AIR
THAT EVERY MAN
IS BORN YOU SEE
BENEATH THE SWORD
DAMOCLES
FOR YOUNG AND OLD
ARE ALL ALIVE
ON THAT NEXT BEAT
ON WHICH WE RIDE
AND THAT BEAT IS SUCH
A FRAGILE THING
IN BOTH OLD MEN
OR YOUTHFUL KING
AND THAT BEAT
STANDS ALL ALONE YOU SEE
BETWEEN US
AND BLACK ETERNITY
AND UNTIL THAT TIME
WHEN DEATH WON'T WAIT
LET EACH MAN RAGE
AGAINST HIS FATE

Dead Winter Dead(1995)

Sarajevo

In the town of Sarajevo, there's an old medieval square
There's a church aside one corner most believe was always there
It was built a thousand years before any now were born
And its glory was its belfry with its stones all gray...and worn
Now there's a gargoyle on that belfry and he's been up there for years
And he has watched and he has pondered: "What is laughter, what are tears?"
And he's never found his answers as he sees the years go by
But he watches and he wonders with his stone unblinking eyes

This Is The Time (1990)

Watching in silence, I hesitate: It was not in the plans
All of our lives we could only wait: It was out of our hands
And every war where we took the day, it was all in our heads
And though in the dark we dream at night, they were better unsaid
(chorus)
But this is the time and this is the place
And these are the signs that we must embrace
The moment is now, in all history
The time has arrived and this is the one place to be
Yeah, yeah
We placed our years in the hourglass, they were never unearned
And we seemed destined to watch them pass - it was never our turn
(chorus)
But this is the time and this is the place
And these are the signs that we must embrace
The moment is now, in all history
The time has arrived and this is the one place to be
Yeah, yeah
(lead break)
(solo)
(chorus)
This is the time and this is the place
And these are the signs that we must embrace
The moment is now, in all history
The time has arrived and this is the one place to be
Yeah, yeah
(extro)

I Am

I see a little man sitting and he's wondering
If over his little plot he might be king
And he finds his present world a little boring
There's no land that is so small that it cannot divide
So come, I'll draw the line and you just pick your side
Ignoring anyone who gives a warning
(chorus)
For I am the answer you seek, the dream in your sleep
You never wanted to awaken
I have the plan that won't fail, a crime without trail
And all I really need right now is you!
(laugh)
I see a little man, thinking that he might need more
And so his eyes are drifting to the house next door
He wonders if his neighbors might be leaving
So he makes a little offer that they'll understand
There is no point in letting things get out of hand
For no one wants to see their widows grieving
(chorus)
For I am the answer you seek, the dream in your sleep
You never wanted to awaken
I have the plan that won't fail, a crime without trail
And all I really need is you!
(laugh)
(middle 8)
I am the word without deeds, the lie that exceeds
For lies are always most impatient
I am the guide for the lost, who never counts cost
And all I really need right now is you!
All I really need right now is you!
All I really need right now is you!
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he's wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he's wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he's wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he's wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he's wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he's wondering
All I really need right now is you!
You! You! You! You! You!

Starlight

We never fear the night, we bring our own starlight
Dropped on the world below, wait for the afterglow
We never fear the night, we bring our own starlight
Dropped on the world below, wait for the afterglow
And in the dark they wed, we're dancing with the dead
And if the ground's been stained, colors run in the rain
(chorus)
Run away, no delay - do we have to show you?
Don't expect mercy yet, we don't even know you
Hear the press, nothing less - saying that we don't care
Understand it's the land and you'd have to be there
We never contemplate, we only offer fate
And in the night they arc, flowering in the dark
Filling the sky with red, till all their needs are fed
Then like the childhood tear they quickly disappear
(chorus)
Run away, no delay - do we have to show you?
Don't expect mercy yet, we don't even know you
Hear the press, nothing less - saying that we don't care
Understand it's the land and you'd have to be there
(middle 8)
(chorus)
Run away, no delay - do we have to show you?
Don't expect mercy yet, we don't even know you
Hear the press, nothing less - saying that we don't care
Understand it's the land and you'd have to be there
(coda)

Doesn't Matter Anyway

It don't matter what you said
In the mind of someone, you are now dead
What makes it bad is they're living next door
So you'll need some weapons? That's what I'm here for!
Seems you got us a war
AK-47, Tomcat, F-11 hardly ever used, tell me what am I bid?
You on the back wall, this is it last call
Better buy 'em now or you'll wish that you did
You'll wish that you did
(chorus)
I know, you know, in this world you gotta pay
It's all for sale, what's your side? You couldn't say...
No...doesn't matter anyway
Claymore land mines, anti-personnel kind
Good for lining borders and they're easy to hide
Bury 'em in the ground, only one way they're found
Another fine product we deliver with pride
Swing a deal on the side
M-1's, ammo too - Stinger missiles got a few
Better get 'em now, while we got 'em in store
Good for a last stand, straight out of Afghanistan
If you never use 'em, you can save 'em till your next civil war
Cause that's what they're for
(chorus)
I know, you know, in this world you gotta pay
It's all for sale, what's your side? You couldn't say...
Hmmm, doesn't matter anyway
(solo)
Whoa, yeah!
(chorus)
I know, you know, in this world you gotta pay
It's all for sale, what's your side? You couldn't say...
No...doesn't matter anyway
(laugh)
Ow!
(lead break)
No!
Doesn't matter anyway
Doesn't matter anyway
No! No! No! No! No! Ow!
(chorus)
I know, you know, in this world you gotta pay
It's all for sale, what's your side? You couldn't say...
Aaaaah...doesn't matter anyway

This Isn't What We Meant

We dared to ask for more
But that was long before the nights began to burn
You would have thought we'd learned
You can't make promises all based upon tomorrow
Happiness, security are words we only borrowed
For is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
The future couldn't last, we nailed it to the past
With every word a trap that no one can take
Back from all the architects who find their towers leaning
And every prayer we pray at night has somehow lost its meaning
For is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
(bridge)
A long time ago when the world was pretty
Standing right here in a different city
They're not coming back any more
They're not coming back any...
(lead break)
(solo)
(extro)
Is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant

Dead Winter Dead

Feel the rush, feel the rush in the back of your head
"Breathe it in, breathe it in," isn't that what they said
As you stood in the night 'neath the glow of the fires?
Watch it burn, watch it burn, watch it reach through the night
Feel the heat, feel the heat as you bask in its light
As the puppets hang upon their wires
(chorus)
I've lost my way, kneel down and pray
It all decays, it takes me down, down, down
Like the minister said, like the minister said
Where this all has led...dead winter dead
Can you hear what I hear in the back of your mind
As you stand on the stage when they tell you it's time
To read words from a past you can't remember?
Gotta keep what you have, tell me what is it for
If it made sense my friend well then not anymore
Every dream I'm told has its December
(chorus)
I've lost my way, kneel down and pray
It all decays, it takes me down, down, down
Like the minister said, like the minister said
Where this all has led...dead winter dead
(lead break)
(coda)

One Child

One child stood before the altar
One child stood out in the rain
One child spent his time imagining
And I don't believe he's coming home again, home again, home a...
(chorus)
Right there in the earth, I've been drawing a line
I'm digging it deep, don't know if I'll find
A tunnel out so we all can be saved
If not, just take this earth and bury me, for this will be my grave
One child hid inside the darkness
One child never said a thing
One child closed his eyes and disappeared
But at night I still can hear him whispering, whispering, whisper...
(chorus)
Right there in the earth, I've been drawing a line
I'm digging it deep, don't know if I'll find
A tunnel out so we all can be saved
If not, just take this earth and bury me, for this will be my grave
(lead break/coda)
I will believe in you
If you still want me to
Or tell me I'm on my own
There on the other side
Tell me the Pilate's died
And we're no longer alone
(bridge)
Take your answers and your promises, believe me I don't care
I have held on to your words until I found them only air
What good are your promises if you can always take them back?
Still, I hang on every word till my hands are bleeding
(coda)
I will believe in you
If you still want me to
Or tell me I'm on my own
There on the other side
Tell me the Pilate's died
And we're no longer alone
(simultaneously)
I will believe in you         We had no choice but to stay and follow
If you still want me to       We have nothing left except tomorrow
Or tell me I'm on my own      We have nothing left except what will be
There on the other side       What we need here are some real decisions
Tell me the Pilate's died     While you only offer mindless visions
And we're no longer alone     Visions that nobody else here can see
(simultaneously) / = where stanza 1 lines begin in comparison to other stanzas
1.) We're on our own
We're on our own
We're on our own
We're on our...
2.) /I will believe in you
If you still want me to
/Or tell me I'm on my own
/There on the other side
Tell me the Pilate's died
/And we're no longer a...
3.) /We had no choice but to stay and follow
We have nothing left except tomorrow
/We have nothing left except what will be
/What we need here are some real decisions
While you only offer mindless visions
/Visions that nobody else here can...
(all together)
I will believe in you
If you still want me to
Or tell me I'm on my own
There on the other side
Tell me the Pilate's died
And we're no longer a...
(chorus)
Right there in the earth, I've been drawing a line
I'm digging it deep, don't know if I'll find
A tunnel out so we all can be saved
If not, just take this earth and bury me, for this will be my grave

Not What You See

No life's so short it can't turn around
You can't spend your life living underground
For from above you don't hear a sound
And I'm out here, waiting
I don't understand what you want me to be
It's the dark you're hating, it's not who I am
But I know that it's all that you see
No life's so short that it never learns
No flame so small that it never burns
No page so sure that it never turns
And I'm out here, waiting
I don't understand what you want me to be
It's the dark you're hating, it's not who I am
But I know that it's all that you see
(bridge)
Can you live your life in a day, putting every moment in play?
Never hear a word that they say as the wheels go around
Tell me if you win would it show - in a thousand years, who would know?
As a million lives come and go on this same piece of ground
(simultaneously)
Can you live your life in a day      I've been waiting
Putting every moment in play?
Never hear a word that they say      I don't understand what you want me to be
As the wheels go around
Tell me if you win would it show     It's the dark you're hating
In a thousand years, who would know?
As a million lives come and go       It's not who I am, but it is what you see
On this same piece of ground
(simultaneously)
1.) I've been waiting
I don't understand what you want me to be
It's the dark you're hating
It's not who I am, but it is what you see
2.) /Can you live your life in a day
Putting every moment in play?
/Never hear a word that they say
As the wheels go around
/Tell me if you win would it show
In a thousand years, who would know?
/As a million lives come and go
On this same piece of ground
3.) /Tell me would you really want to
See me leave this night without you
/Would you ever look about you
Wondering where we might be
/New York is so far away now
Tokyo, Berlin and Moscow
/Only dreams from here but somehow
One day that world we will see
(simultaneously again, except substitute this for stanza 1 and
clip last three syllables of the last line of stanzas 2 and 3)
1.) I don't understand
I don't understand
I don't understand
I don't understand
I don't understand
I don't understand
I don't understand
I don't understand...
(together, immediately)
...what I see.
(solo)
(coda)
I swear on tomorrow, if you take this chance
Our lives are this moment, the music - the dance
And here in this labyrinth of lost mysteries
I close my eyes on this night and you're all that I see
You're all that I see

Handful of Rain -- Lyrics

1.TAUNTING COBRAS
2.HANDFUL OF RAIN
3.CHANCE
4.STARE INTO THE SUN
5.CASTLES BURNING
6.VISIONS (Instrumental - No lyrics)
7.WATCHING YOU FALL
8.NOTHINGS GOING ON
9.SYMMETRY
10.ALONE YOU BREATHE

TAUNTING COBRAS

Hey you
She's gonna get you
If you go walking by
This corner slow
Don't think she's gonna let you leave
Just because you want to go
Boy you
Ain't seen nothing yet
It's a long train of regret
Puppets get
No second chance
Pull that string
They gotta dance
Parellel addiction is
A double crucifixion
When you're always out there
Feeding your head
Always channel surfing cause
Your brain it isn't working
When you're looking for
That moment just remember
Don't look
Don't stray
Don't talk it over
No time
No way
Listen to me I'm cold sober
You're just out there
Taunting cobras
Hey you
Who's gonna warn you
When it's something
You don't want to know
Don't think
It won't deform you
Twist your mind
Then let it go
Boy you
Ain't seen nothing yet
It's a long train of regret
Puppets get
No second chance
Pull that string
They gotta dance
Welcome to the prison
Let me tell ya
What you're missing
I've been coming here
For nearly a year
Out there was my corner
'Till I came in for a water
Mixed with whiskey
And a chaser of
Sideways glances
Don't look
Don't stray
Don't talk it over
No time
No way
Listen to me I'm cold sober
You're just out there
Taunting cobras
Don't look
Don't stray
Don't talk it over
No time
No way
Listen to me I'm cold sober
You're just out there
Taunting cobras

HANDFUL OF RAIN

The night is growing dark
From somewhere deep within
It shelters like an ark
And always takes you in
And the mind goes numb
'Till it's feeling no pain
And the soul cries out
For a handful of rain
Wash your women
In your whiskey
When your future's
In the past
And you're staring
Up at heaven
From the bottom
Of a glass
And you need some insulation
From the years you've
Had and lost
And you feel the perspiration
As you're adding up the cost
And the night rolls on
Like a slow moving train
And the soul cries out
There's a land
Beyond the living
There's a land
Beyond the dead
If it's true that
God's forgiving
Of the lives that we have led
In the distance
There's a thunder
And the air is thick and warm
And the patrons
Watch with wonder
The approaching of the storm
And the night rolls on
Like a slow moving train
And the soul cries out
For a handful of rain
All right
There's an old man in the corner
And he's smoking all the time
And the smoke is drifting
Upward and it's
Twisting in my
Twisting in my
Mind
In my mind
The whiskey's getting deeper
And I use it like a moat
There's a blues man in the distance and he's
Lost inside his
Lost inside his note
His note
His note
The night is growing dark
From somewhere deep within
It shelters like an ark
That always takes you in
And the night rolls on
Like a slow moving train
And the soul cries out
For a handful of rain

CHANCE

He was standing all alone
Trying to find the words to say
When every prayer he ever prayed was gone
And the dreams he's never owned
Are still safely tucked away
Until tomorrow he just carries on
Carries on
Carries on
Carries on
See the devil on the streets at night
See him running in the pouring rain
See him grinning 'neath a twisted light
I'll be back again
See the people standing in a row
See them nodding like a field of grain
No one sees the sickle though
Coming 'cross the plain
And this he knows, if nothing more
That waiting in the dark like destiny
Are those who kiss the dogs of war
And there is no tomorrow, no tomorrow
Take a chance
Take a, take a chance yeah
See the devil he is so intense
See the devil go and change his name
What's the going price of innocence
It can't be the same
Is it dark when the moon is down
Is it dark with a single flame
If there's glass falling all around
I am not to blame
And this he knows, if nothing more
That waiting in the dark like destiny
Are those who kiss the dogs of war
And there is no tomorrow, no tomorrow
Take a chance
Take a, take a chance yeah
Take a chance
Take a, take a chance oh yeah
Burn the night away
Burn the night away
Burn the night...
Pictures at an exhibition
Played as he stood
In his trance
Staring at his inhibitions
All the time believing
That it now came down to nothing but this chance
Chance
Chance
Chance
I fear you
Your silence
Your blindness
See what you want to see
In darkness
One kindness
One moment
Tell me what you believe
I believe in nothing
Never really had to
In regards to your life
Rumors that are not true
Who's defending evil
Surely never I
Who would be the witness
Should you chance to die
Father can you hear me
This is not how it was meant to be
I am safe and so are you
As for the other's destiny
(simultaneously - add a new stanza each time
throughand continue as a round)
Father can you hear me
This is not how it was meant to be
I am safe and so are you
As for the other's destiny
I believe that situations
All depend on circumstance
Look away
Look away
Pictures at an exhibition
Played as he stood
In his trace
Staring at his inhabitions
All the time believing
That it now came down to
Nothing but this chance

STARE INTO THE SUN

He never closed his eyes
Or so we theorized
But we were young and bold
And he was mostly old
And his time nearly done
He came back from a war
On some forgotten shore
And sat and watched
The world
And never said a word
And so I asked for one
Watching waiting
Old man tell me what have we become
Anticipating
All the hating that was yet undone
He turned around and stared into the sun
He fought for things so clear
And never thought he'd fear
A brother or his child
Or killing having style
Watch the colors run
Watching waiting
Old man tell me what have we become, oh yeah
Anticipating
All the hating that was yet undone
He turned around and stared into the sun
And now he only hears
And his eyes they only tear
So tread most carefully
For he's still listening
Watch the colors run
Watching waiting
Old man tell me what have we become, oh yeah yeah
Anticipating
All the hating that was yet undone
He turned around and stared into the sun

CASTLES BURNING

In the dark and bleeding
With the shadows seething
There he stands alone
Fools and faith conspire
Questions of desire
That they never owned
Kings without their armor
Men without their honor
Spit out desecration
Pieces of a nation
Buried in the ground
Screams without a sound
Burn the castle down
In the end the children cried
That the jackal surely lied
When he said please listen all
Do not look behind these walls
Coffins drowned in roses
And the war he chose is
Fought inside the mind
Death becomes compelling
When the soul's for selling
And the world is blind
In the maze he wanders
Looks about and ponders
shadows mock and taunt him
And the ghosts that haunt him
Chain him to the ground
Screams without a sound
Burn the castle down
In the end the children cried
That the jackal surely lied
When he said please listen all
Do not look behind these walls
And does the pendulum toll
Against the side of the soul
When he feels the final moment is near
Do you rage 'gainst the dark
Try to re-write the part
Turn around and face what you fear
What you fear
He's seen it all before
Close your eyes and close the door
And the dreams that nights embrace
Slowly leave without a trace

VISIONS

(Instrumental - No Lyrics)

WATCHING YOU FALL

There in the dark
There's a child and she's waiting
Lost in the maze of a fait accompli
Is it a crime to be just hesitating
While we're pretending that we never see
On a tv mounted on the wall
From this distance I can see it all
And I've been out here watching you
Watching you fall
Is there a trick to the art of not feeling
Safe in our world while another's child bleeds
Praying that God won't demand a redealing
Of cards we have held and pretend you don't need
Don't need
On a tv mounted on the wall
From this distance
I can see it all
And I've been out here
Watching you
Watching you fall
Better not think about it
Anytime we'll start to doubt it
Christ has risen
Keep him hidden
God forbid he sees
It's not that we lack the vision
Only just a quick desision
Who will blame us, rules restrain us
It's all in history
So close my eyes and pretend I am sleeping
Avoiding the chance that you'll visit my dreams
On a tv mounted on the wall
From this distance I can see it all
And I've been out here watching you Watching you, watching you, watching you Watching you fall yeah yeah

NOTHINGS GOING ON

Cheshire cat
Done rip you soul
Don't turn your back
Don't turn your back
Car rolls by
Move real slow
Fade it to black
Fade it to black
But nothing's going on
Nothing's going on
Twisted nerves
On shifting feet
Taking up slack
Taking up slack
Gone too far
Can't retreat
Cover your tracks
Cover your tracks
Nothing's going on
She's no queen of hearts
But she's good to me
Bring her coffin roses
Brush her thorns and
Let it bleed
Just a hardcore dancer
Puppet on a string
One crippled romancer
Strung so tight
Gotta watch her swing
Nothing's going on

SYMMETRY

So would you tell me now
Are life and death a symmetry
Balanced on scales, either side chosen
And could these moments balance out against eternity
Promise inferred, words never spoken
My life is burning
Could you read by the light
Letters I've written, never to follow
Poets and madmen all defy reason
Still in my mind I know
I want to live my life with you
Dying hard
Play the whole hand 'til it's through
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard
And in your arctic night
You contemplate eternity
Walking on water
Frozen in silence
And in that moment would you
Turn around and turn to me
Laughing away night's darker tyrants
My life is burning
Could you read by the light
Letters I've written, never to follow
Poets and madmen all defy reason
Still in my mind I know
I want to live my life with you
Dying hard
Play the whole hand 'til it's through
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard
Some nights I spend alone inside my head
But it's better than losing it
And if you want to turn it all around
It's your life you're choosing it
I want to live my life with you
Dying hard
Play the whole hand 'til it's through
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard

ALONE YOU BREATHE

You were never one for waiting
Still I always thought you'd wait for me
And have you from your dreams awakened
And from where you are what do you see
Which of us is now in exile
Which in need of amnesty
Are you now but an illusion
In my mind alone you breathe
You believed in things that I will never know
You were out there drowning but it never showed
Till inside a rainswept night you just let go
You've thrown it all away
And now we'll never see the ending to the play
The grand design, the final line
And what was meant to be
In the dark a distant runner
Now has disappeared into the night
Leaving us to stand and wonder Staring from this end into your life
You believed in things that I will never know
You were out there drowning but it never showed
'Til inside a rainswept night you just let go
You've thrown it all away
And now we'll never see the ending to the play
The grand design, the final line
And what was meant to be
And if this is all illusion
Nothing more than pure delusion
Clinging to a fading fantasy
Like Icarus who heeds the calling
Of a sun but now is falling
As the feathers of his life fall free
Can you see
See
Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here believing
That in the dark there is a clue
Perhaps inside this midnight sky
Perhaps tomorrow's newborn eyes
Or could it be, we'll never know
And after all this was the show
What am I to do
Gotta get back
Gotta get back
Gotta get back
What am I to do
Gotta get back
Gotta get back
Gotta get back
What am I to do
Standing on a dream isn't what it seems
Could we then reclaim a dream refused
Knowing what we know could we let it go
Realizing that all the years are used
Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here believing
That in the dark there is a clue
I am the way, I am the light
I am the dark inside the night
I hear your hopes, I feel your dreams
And in the dark I hear your screams
Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here believing
That in the dark there is a clue

EDGE OF THORNS -- Lyrics

1.EDGE OF THORNS
2.HE CARVES HIS STONE
3.LIGHTS OUT
4.SKRAGGY'S TOMB
5.LABYRINTHS(Instrumental - No Lyrics)
6.FOLLOW ME
7.EXIT MUSIC(Instrumental - No Lyrics)
8.DEGREES OF SANITY
9.CONVERSATION PIECE
10.ALL THAT I BLEED
11.DAMIEN
12.MILES AWAY
13.SLEEP
14.BONUS TRACKS Two tracks off of the Japanese release.
15.FOREVER AFTER
16.SHOTGUN INNOCENCE

EDGE OF THORNS

An offering of reasons
We put them all away
A covering of treasons
That one by one we let slip away
A solitary dancer
So lost upon her stage
I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you there before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore
A study made of winter
Of summers long ago
And dreams that use to glitter
Safely now hidden under snow
And so we end this chapter
And let the stage lights fade
I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you there before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore

HE CARVES HIS STONE

Among the images of dear departed
Here with memories so closely guarded
There's an old man standing all alone
As he waits among the unforgiven
Here among the souls no longer living
Lost in chains of sin still unatoned
He carves his stone
Well a man's got to do what a man must do
But I'll never give my soul to you
No fallen angel's prophecy
Will ever take hold of the man you see
So here I stand all alone
With chisel in hand I work my stone
And leave a message for all to see
I've lived a life of insanity
And carve that stone
And on that final night
You know I dream of you
And in a flash of light
I carved that stone right through
Yeah I carved that stone right through

LIGHTS OUT

Squirmin' like a live wire
Vaporizing red line
Gonna take her down
Yeah I'm really gonna make her motor run, oh yeah
No brakes can't stop
In a ditch to the top
Just another junkie
Looking for a rush
Lights out
Runnin' with the devil
Shouldn't gamble with your soul
Lights out
Never on the level
And you know you got to roll, you're gonna roll
Look (yeah look)
Yeah she really makes your blood cook
Got you in a corner
Where you're doing things you never have done, oh no
You (yeah you)
Yeah she's got you like a big fool
Keeps you in a collar
Till it's time to watch you run
Lights out
Runnin' with the devil
Shouldn't gamble with your soul, yeah
Lights out
Never on the level
And you know you're gonna roll
You know you're gonna roll

SKRAGGY'S TOMB

Summer was the season
When he took a ride
Women were the reason
And they say whiskey was the slide
Living on the action
Till it took him down
Crawled into his bottle
Oh...and let us watch him drown
In Skraggy's tomb
Yeah Skraggy's tomb
Sometimes in the evening
Before the moon goes down
Before the dark is leaving
I could swear
Swear I see him
Hanging round
So I watch the shadows
And I stop and think
And wade into the shallows
And I have another drink
From Skraggy's tomb
Welcome to
He was a loaded man going down
Always out there screaming at the moon
And every night he'd load another round
From Skraggy's tomb
There are certain things we can't explain
We all have our attractions
But then that boy he was insane
Skraggy made his life
Made his life a crime of passion
Talkin' bout
Skraggy's tomb
Yeah
From Skraggy's tomb

LABYRINTHS

(Instrumental - No Lyrics)

FOLLOW ME

I really want to know
What you had in store
I couldn't really tell
Perhaps it's just as well
I came here with a dream
And I just had to see
If my dream would soar
I knocked on every door
His whole life was written
Written there inside
The new weekly bible
His modern T.V. Guide
Every night he stares back at the screen, yeah
A man only sees want he wants to see
When he's in his mind
Where he is that he wants to be
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night
And follow me
Won't you follow me (repeat)
Don't need no super heros
Don't need no movie stars
Don't need no politicians
In big black shiny cars
Don't need no preacher
Whose church is my T.V.
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind
Where he is what he wants to be
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night child
And follow me
Won't you follow me (repeat)
Once was a broken hero
The kind that we all know
The kind that hides inside us
For we never show
The kind we say that could never be me
His whole life was written
Written there inside
The new weekly bible
His modern T.V. Guide
Stare back at the screen, yeah yeah
A man only sees want he wants to see

EXIT MUSIC

(Instrumental - No Lyrics)

DEGREES OF SANITY

And so I sit here in the dark
You made the rules I played the part
I never rushed or pushed my fate
When time was tight I knew to wait
And circumstance
So well disguised
Within a gathering of lies
And in the dark I lie awake
So I can watch you drive your stake
What's that you said to me
The moment dies
Degrees of sanity
All alone
Lost unknown
And whispered in our sighs
And in the dark it all unwinds
I pray for change
The kiss of time
And in my thoughts
I sit and dwell
The labyrinth's there
I know it well
What's that you said to me
The moment dies
Degrees of sanity
All alone
Lost unknown
And whispered in our sighs
And all the things you never heard
While in my mind I search for words
But time was lost
The curtain fell
I take my bows and wish you well
What's that you said to me
The moment dies
Degrees of sanity
All alone
Lost unknown
And whispered in our sighs

CONVERSATION PIECE

I haven't thought about you for awhile
It seemed so far away
I keep your picture hidden in a file
Of favorite one act plays
Like pieces of myself
Cut off in desperation
As offerings to thee
I keep them on a shelf
They're good for conversation
Over a cup of tea, yeah, cup of tea
I put it all down in a letter once
A letter I don't send
It made me feel much better at the time
I thought it'd help me mend
The pieces of myself
Cut off in desperation
As offerings to thee, yeah
I keep them on a shelf
They're good for conversation
Over a cup of tea, yeah, cup of tea

ALL THAT I BLEED

Someone
Got themselves a letter
In the mail the other day
It's already worn and tattered
And I guess
It gives away
All the things we keep inside
All the things that really matter
The face puts on it's best disguise
And all is well
Until the heart
Betrays
She knows
As she reads her letter
That things were bound to stray
Winds blow
She pulls her coat tighter
And the letter flies away
With all the things she keeps inside
All the things that really matter
The face puts on it's best disguise
And all is well
Until the heart betrays
Lord bring on the night
Wrap it all around me
Let it hold me tight
Soak up all that I bleed
Lord bring on the night
Wrap it all around me
Let it hold me tight
Soak up all that I bleed
And I'll fly away
Yeah I'll fly away
Yeah I'll fly away
Watch me
Lord bring on the night
Wrap it all around me
Let it hold me tight
Soak up all that I bleed, yeah yeah
I bleed

DAMIEN

In this city of raw emotion
What's this message you bring to me
In my world of blind devotion
You were there
But I could never see
Damien
Is your heart harder
What's inside your head
Is the dark your father
Have all your years been bled
From my world I have watched and wondered
Safely here behind these walls
And your tears could they mean nothing
If from this distance
No one sees them fall
Damien
Is your heart harder
What's inside your head
Is the dark your father
Have all your years are bled
Sometimes late at night
When I'm there in bed
I lie there wondering
Where do you lay your head
And do you say your prayers anymore?
And do you say your prayers?
Damien
Is your heart harder
Do you still feel pain
Does the night go farther
When you're sleeping in the rain
In the dark I have heard a calling
Broken wings that beg to fly
Is there time or is it too late
Is the cut flower no longer alive
Damien
Is your heart harder
Do you still feel pain
Does the night go farther
When you're sleeping in the rain
Damien, Damien, yeah yeah Damien, oh, Damien

MILES AWAY

And a cool, cool rain comes down
On a world burned by the sun
And the moon arises like a child
And the moment is undone
And the stars never say what they see
As the moon flirts with shadows it makes
Through the fallen trees
Some would wait for the morning light
But I fall asleep 'til I'm safe
In the arms of night
Yeah
Let the darkness roll in
Let it wipe the light away
In the distance
Always calling
Morpheus he beckons play
Still the morning is preordained
But I believe light is the source of all our pain
It reveals the smallest sin
But dark covers all and will always take you
Armed and gunning
I'll be running
Always just before the day
In the distance
Day is dawning
But I'm already miles away, miles away
In the night there's wonder
Always there for you to see
In the light of morning
Visions fade
And dreams can flee
With the darkness the night forgives
Covers our scars and lets
The lost souls live
And the morning's a distant fear
But if we move fast they'll never find us
Armed and gunning
I'll be running
Through a world that's in decay
Let them thunder, stare and wonder
Cause I'm already miles away, miles away, yeah
Oooh miles away
I've been running
Armed and gunning
Always just before the day
In the distance
Day is dawning
But I'm already miles away
Miles away yeah yeah yeah yeah
Miles miles away
Miles away yeah
Miles miles away, oooh yeah
Away, away, away
And the rain comes down

SLEEP

Hey there you
Way out there in the distance
Can you hear me
Are you there
I know it's late
So please forgive my persistence
But I'm hanging
Do you care
So lay back
Call off the attack
Cause if you look deep
Dreams are nothing that I lack
And all I seek
A final chance to speak
And I would let the whole thing keep
If I could just sleep
Hey there you
Way out there could you show me
Just a signal
Or a sign
That after all
All these years that you've known me
And I'm not just killing time
So lay back
Call off the attack
Cause if you look deep
Dreams are nothing that I lack
And all I seek
A final chance to speak
But I would let the whole thing keep
If I could just sleep
As I lay there late at night
Building castles in the air
Out of alibis and all those little lies
And then I look inside
And pray that I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
Hey there you way out there in the distance

THE BONUS TRACKS
These are from the Japanese release

FOREVER AFTER

You watch the news on your color tv
Are you immune to what you see
Death and destruction
Till it numbs your mind
To the rise and fall of all mankind
Hey you
What ya gonna do
When it's your world they're selling out
But, you got your plot
Smokin' your pot
Till the trees are all dead
You never knew, hadn't a clue
You can't hide your head, head
In your hands
Nobody's safe
Forever after
Let's kill the leaders
Make it end
But then we realize
We are them
We buy the plastics
Burn the fuels
We make the choice
We are the rules
Hey you
What ya gonna do
When it's your world they're selling out
But, you got your plot
Smokin' your pot
Till the trees are all dead
You never knew, hadn't a clue
You can't hide your head, head in your hands
No one's safe
Forever after
Hey you
What ya gonna do
When it's your world they're selling out
But, you got your plot
Smokin' your pot
Till the trees are all dead
You never knew, hadn't a clue
You can't hide your head, head in your hands
Nobody's safe
Forever after
Forever after
Forever after
Forever after

SHOTGUN INNOCENCE

She's got shotgun innocence
In her eyes so intense
Never sure of her intent
She's a Paris pretty child
Even got a wink that's styled
Keeps it all behind a smile
Look into those worldly eyes
And you've got to wonder what she's done
No use thinking you can win her
Cause this child's already won
And it's time that you stand up
Show's on
Here's why you paid
Hold tight
Net's gone
So welcome to the stage
And it's too late to be saved
She don't need designer dress
Has them all though I would guess
Got the wardrobe of the blessed
Cover of a magazine
Movie star, beauty queen
All wrapped up and razor clean
Locking up with paradise
Is really so much harder than it seems
See her as a revelation
Much more safely visited in dreams
And it's time that you stand up
Show's on
Here's why you paid
Hold tight
Net's gone
So welcome to the stage
And it's too late to be saved
So you find you're dreaming about her
But it's such a little vice
And if you think you've got a chance, boy
Well it's time to roll the dice
Stand up
Show's on
Here's why you paid
Hold tight
Net's gone
So welcome to the stage
Stand up
Show's on
Here's why you paid, yeah
Hold tight, yeah
Net's gone
So welcome to the stage
And it's too late to be saved
Before it's too late Shotgun innocence Innocence

STREETS -- Lyrics

1.STREETS
2.JESUS SAVES
3.TONIGHT HE GRINS AGAIN
4.STRANGE REALITY
5.A LITTLE TOO FAR
6.YOU'RE ALIVE
7.SAMMY AND TEX
8.ST. PATRICK'S
9.CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW
10.NEW YORK CITY DON'T MEAN NOTHING
11.GHOST IN THE RUINS
12.IF I GO AWAY
13.AGONY AND ECSTASY
14.HEAL MY SOUL
15.SOMEWHERE IN TIME
16.BELIEVE

STREETS

As darkness falls so hard
Come and play, yeah
Somewhere
Out there
Alone and out of place
Streets of illusion
Sooth the shattered faith
I've been a runner
I've been a sinner
I've been inside my head
I sit here staring
Never quite caring
And this is where it has led
These streets
Glitter in the dark
Don't sleep
Red eyes sunken and stark
Dream deep
In her arms where you are safe
These streets
Never sleep still they never wake
Somewhere out there
Gardens bloom and grow
Children awaken
To a world they know
Somewhere there's sunshine
Somewhere the light's kind
Somewhere they seek the day
Somewhere there's no scene
Somewhere the air's clean
But somewhere is so far away
These streets
Glitter in the dark
Don't sleep
Red eyes sunken and stark
Dream deep
In her arms where you are safe
These streets
Never sleep still they never wake
Somewhere the light is kind, is kind...no...oh yeah
Welcome children
From the other side
In the darkness
Your eyes are opened wide
Here there are answers
On the edge dancers
Here the night hides our sins
And if you listen
While the streets glisten
Here's where our story begins
These streets
Glitter in the dark
Don't sleep
Red eyes sunken and stark
Dream deep
In her arms where you are safe
These streets
Never sleep still they never wake

JESUS SAVES

[intro to Jesus saves spoken by the bum
"Hey, man, got a quarter?
You ain't got nothin' that's ok man, that's ok.
God bless you anyway. Here, I hope I didn't scare you or nothing like that. I,I ain't no bum or nothing like that. Yeah, I I use to
live uptown once once before too you know. No, no, I did I did really. Use to come down here and look at all the characters.
Never thought I'd be one of them though. Characters, man a lot of characters.
He he, you got a minute, you got a minute, let me tell you a story about this friend of mine. D.T. Jesus use to stand for Down
Town Jesus. He use to sell drugs and stuff down there, and they called him- that's why we use to call him DeTox. He was one
character, one character that made it outa here. Let me tell you about him."]
Jesus was a talker
Just an out-of-place New Yorker
He hung out on the boulevard
He was sellin' nickel candies
He was saving up all his quarters
Bought himself a cheap guitar
Started playin' bars
Kids came in their cars
Hear them shouting at the stage
Jesus saves
Jesus saves
Yes he does
Jesus saves
You know
Jesus he started changin'
Things got really strange
He saw his tee shirts everywhere
He started missing shows
The band came down to blows
But Jesus he just didn't care
Things got out of hand
And so he quit the band
Still the critics they would rave
Jesus saves
Jesus saves
Yes he does
Jesus saves
So the dice were cast
Today become the past
Jesus just disappeared
He was headed for New York
Or so his little label thought
And there he gave away the years
Last seen drinking wine
Beneath a flashing sign
Promising salvation to strays
Jesus saves
Jesus saves
Yes he does
Jesus saves
Hear him cut through the night
On those late night radio waves
Jesus saves
Yes he does
Jesus saves

TONIGHT HE GRINS AGAIN

Nighttime again
Seems I'm my only friend
Wander the streets alone
The lost in search of his own
Once again I've played the clown
Used my friends and let them down
Walk the streets just staring out
Late at night the strange come out
Time, time, time again
I'm just looking for a friend
But no one seems to be around
Just this monkey that I've found
Still he is my only friend
And tonight he grins again
Tonight he grins again
Oh yeah
Tonight he grins again
It's cold this pain
It's burning inside my veins
I walk away
A shadow of Dorian Gray
Once again I've played the clown
Used my friends and let them down
Walk the streets staring out
Late at night the strange come out
Time, time, time again
I'm just looking for a friend
No one seems to be around
Just this monkey that I've found
Still he is my only friend
And tonight he grins again
Tonight he grins again
Oh yeah
Tonight he grins again
Oooh, livin' on the...edge

STRANGE REALITY

Who's this before me
Dressed in rags, soaked in gin
Is it a sign or a warning
Am I now where he's been
Am I losing my way
Strange insanity
It's an illusion away
This reality
You know that could be me, oh yeah
That could be me
Wake every morning
I don't know where I've been
All my excuses
Showing strain wearing thin
Am I losing my way
This strange insanity
It's an illusion away
This reality
That could be me, oh yeah
That could be me
Another day
Another night
Another drink another fight
Somehow it's all the same
And so I wake in my gin
Never knowing where I've been
Still play the game
So strange
So strange
So strange to me
So strange
So strange...reality, yeah
I look to the future
With the eyes of the blind
Can't see much further
Than this haze in my mind
Am I losing my way
Strange insanity
It's an illusion away
This reality
You know
That could be me
Now that could be me
oh yeah
Another day
Another night
Somehow it's all the same
Another drink
Another fight
Still I play the game
So strange
So strange reality
So strange
So strange to me
So strange
So strange reality
So strange
So strange to me
I'm losing my way
Don't know where I've been
Don't know where I've been

A LITTLE TOO FAR

Do you remember
Look at me
At all the things we said we'd be
We'd beat the house
We'd push the odds
We'd take it all we had the cards
With years to burn
And years to trash
Livin' life based on flash
But somehow reaching for the stars
I think we went a bit too far
Got to get back
Got to get back
Got to get back
I never meant to take it this far
Got to get back
Got to get back
Got to get back
When everything you touch turns gold
Can weigh you down
Can make you old
When metal doesn't ring the same
Reaction from inside your brain
And all the years we offered up
To gods who couldn't get enough
Though we still stay up all night
The mornings aren't quite as bright
Got to get back
Got to get back
Got to get back
I never meant to take it this far
Got to get back
Got to get back
Got to get back
And all those things we thought we learned
As we watch our bridges burn
While standing in the afterglow
I guess we gave them quite a show
And who's to say what it's about
When John Wayne caught the last train out
And Spock and Kirk have had enough
And no one's left to beam me up
Got to get back
Got to get back
Got to get back
I never meant to take it this far
Got to get back
Got to get back
Got to get back
I never meant to take it this far
Yeah
Oh ho
I never meant to take it this far

YOU'RE ALIVE

So D.T. returned
To the ground he had burned in the past
And the press they all laughed
And they said it never lasts
Well the crowd they came in
Just to see a man back from the dead
As he stood on the stage
It echoed in his head
When you're skating on ice too thin to take it
You got to move fast or else you'll break it
So throw back your hair and let the wind rush by
And you're alive
So people take care when you're chasing a dream in the night
That the walls of the past don't interrupt your flight
Never stop never turn
Never look never learn
So they say
Somewhere in time we must pay
For yesterdays
When you're skating on ice too thin to take it
Got to move fast or else you'll break it
Throw back your hair and let the wind rush by
And you're alive
Yeah you're alive
And you're alive
And you're alive
All right

SAMMY AND TEX

Hey D.T. what you been up to
It's been a real long time
And your bill's past due
Stop right there
Don't you look away
'Cause you've had your fun
Now it's time to pay
Well you know that I've been waiting
And I'm really very patient
But you've pushed me way too far
'Cause you own me thirty thousand
And with interest it's been growing
While you've hidden in these bars
Now I would have said duck it
But then money by the bucket
I hear you're raking in
So please forgive my diction
And prepare for crucifixion
While I write your next of kin
So please don't turn away
You borrowed now you've got to pay
Seems your mind's
Gone a bit off track
Time to readjust
'Cause Sammy's back
So Sammy started dealing
D.T. started reeling
As they tumbled to the floor
The furniture was flying
D.T. had thought of dying
When Tex walked through the door
Now Tex wasn't waiting
And without hesitation
Grabbed Sammy by the throat
Sammy started shakin'
A frightened slab of bacon
Hanging like a coat
Seemed things were going all right
Till Sammy pulled a knife
"If you want to cut the cards
Sammy's gonna up the odds"
Then everything was quiet
A street after the riot
Silence hung like death
And Tex he wasn't breathing
His body lay bleeding
A knife inside his chest
When D.T. saw his friend there
He quickly lost his terror
As something tore inside
His face was clenched in hatred
As his mind formulated
How this pimp would die
Sammy saw it in his eyes
Thought a retreat would be wise
"Seems I've stayed
A bit too long
So I'll take my things
And Sammy's gone"

ST. PATRICK'S

Hey there Lord it's me
I wondered if you're free
Or not asleep
This just won't keep
It seem I just don't see
Why all the things we asked
Or prayed would come to pass
Have gone unheard
Like silent words
That slip into the past
'Cause Lord they're not schemes
Can't you tell dreams
Why do you let them slip by
Never even tried
Is it you don't hear
There's far too many tears
Or can't you feel
Are we unreal
To one who knows no peers
You say we must pay dues
But still I am confused
I need to walk
And with you talk
Instead of to statues
'Cause Lord they're not schemes
Can't you tell dreams
Why do you let them slip by
Never even tried
'Cause you take all the fame
Who'll accept the blame
All the hurt
Down here on earth
Unnecessary pain
Surely you must care
Or are you only air
Built in our minds
We're in binds
Never really there
Can we be tired of you
Is that something we're allowed to do
For even the blind change their views
And it's time we tried something new
So I pled my case
I'll now pull my escape
Didn't mean to doubt
What it's all about
Seems I forgot my place
But if you find the time
Please change the story line
Or give a call
Explain it all
I'll even leave the dime

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW

If I closed me eyes
Would it all subside
To an echo in the night
Of a distant fading light
Then a stranger's silhouette
A burning cigarette
And somewhere in the haze
A passage through the maze
Can you hear me now
Or are there just too many doors
Between then and now
For me to ever reach on through
Pull you back somehow
That don't happen anymore
Still in the night
I think I hear you calling
I have walked this stage
As the music played
They knew every word
But they never heard
For they never changed
It's all very strange
As I'm standing here
Contemplating years
Can you hear me now
Are there just too many doors
Between then and now
For me to ever reach on through
And pull you back somehow
Well that don't happen anymore
Still in the night
I swear I hear you calling
Can you hear me now
Are there just too many doors
Between then and now
For me to ever reach on through
And pull you back somehow
But that don't happen anymore
Still in the night
I think I hear you calling

NEW YORK CITY DON'T MEAN NOTHING

I've been here since '81
That's a long time
I've seen all there is to see
Had a space on Astor Place
Had it all once
Now these streets
Are my reality
Because
New York City
Don't mean nothing
It's just a good place when you're running
Lights they cut so bright they make you bleed
Neon children live their lives there
Mad magicians tinsel nightmares
Still you know I'm never gonna leave
Never sleep alone on the subway
Never walk alone on the tracks
Never take a ride to the edge of your mind
Unless you've got a ticket back
Don't believe in T.V. preachers
Don't believe in talk show stars
Never follow trends if they turn on your friends
Just be sure you know who your friends are
'Cause if you're running blind
On a refueled mind
Better watch the time
Careful you don't go too far
Never burn the bridges before you
Never burn the bridges behind
Don't burn the one that you're walking on
Gonna hit the water in time
Don't believe in expectations
Don't believe in shooting stars
If you make a stand on a dead empty hand
Never let 'em see your cards
'Cause if you're running blind
On a refueled mind
Better watch the time
Careful you don't go too far
Too far
New York City
Don't mean nothing
It's just a good place when you're running
Still you know I'm never gonna leave

GHOST IN THE RUINS

Got a limousine
I wanna show it
Future's looking good
I'll probably blow it
Had some parents once
But you'd never know it
Bank roll oversize
So what if I stole it
But who am I foolin'
I'm the king of the ruins
But I'm doin' well tonight
Got dreams to sell tonight
Got to belong
Try to hang on
Got to belong
Ghost in the ruins
I'm runnin' the street scene
Ghost in the ruins
Burnin' like gasoline
Ghost in the ruins
I'm takin' you in deep
Ghost in the ruins
East Side West Side playin' for keeps
See the runaway there on the corner
Just a throwaway but somebody's daughter
Had a pretty face so somebody bought her
Sellin' her soul away so put in your order
She knows what she's doin'
She's a ghost in the ruins
She's doin' it well tonight
She got dreams to sell tonight
She wants to belong
She knows what to do
She's got to hang on
Ghost in the ruins
I'm runnin' the street scene
Ghost in the ruins
Burnin' like gasoline
Ghost in the ruins
I'm takin' you in deep
Ghost in the ruins
East Side West Side
Playin' for keeps
Playin' for keeps
Yeah, yeah
Wants to belong
Knows what to do
You got to hang on
Ghost in the ruins
I'm runnin' the street scene
Ghost in the ruins
Burnin' like gasoline
Ghost in the ruins
I'm takin' you in deep
Ghost in the ruins
East Side West Side
Playin' for keeps
You know
I don't know anymore
I know
I know that you know
I know
I know that you know
I know
I know that you know
I don't know anymore
I know
I know that you know
I know
I know that you know
I know
I know that you know
I don't know anymore
I'm tellin' you
I don't know anymore
No, no
I don't know anymore

IF I GO AWAY

Somewhere on that long lonely road
We all stand alone
Looking for clues
From our different views
In the dark I've called out your name
It echoes in vain
Over again
In an empty room
If I go away
What would still remain of me
The ghost within your eyes
The whisper in your sighs
You see
Believe
And I'm always there
Staring down a long empty hall
Pictures on walls
All with your name
But it's not the same
Searching for the chord I can't hear
Been searching for years
It's somewhere inside
But it's well disguised
If I go away
What would still remain of me
The ghost within your eyes
The whisper in your sighs
You see
Believe
And I'm always there
Someday I'll take a chance
You find them where you can
They tend to slip away
Those doors to yesterday
Forever is a long time they say
Maybe some day
I'll meet you there
If you've time to spare
Tell me then
Where I can go
Where they won't know
Who I have been
Can we start again
And if I go away
What would still remain of me
The ghost within your eyes
The whisper in your sighs
You see
Believe
And I'm always there

AGONY AND ECSTASY

Listen to me from deep down inside
I'm the madness that just will not die
With no regrets of what I'll do to you
Before the night is over
You'll be crawling to me
Call me when you're weak
For me you'll lie and cheat
You'll never get away
With me me you're here to stay
Listen D.T. can't you see
You stay with me and you'll be free
Even as I soothe your soul
I tear you down and make you old
You just keep on coming back
To buy another nickel sack
Twelve o'clock time to greet
Agony and ecstasy
Ecstasy
I'm the cries from within
When the day begins
You know you'll follow me like sheep
This shepherd never sleeps
Tell me what's your price
Come skate on my ice
My blades they never rust
I'm asking you to trust
Listen now the time is right
And what a way to start the night
Spend your money endlessly
Another grand insanity
So D.T. here is the plan
I'll make your brain a rubber band
Time to stretch it out and greet
Agony and ecstasy
Ecstasy
Ecstasy
Ecstasy
Ecstasy
Ecstasy
Feel my whisper through your haze of pain
Hear the calling of the neon vein
See my name upon your soul's marquee
I am agony and ecstasy
And just remember
If you ever need me I'm here

HEAL MY SOUL

I've been waiting, long forgotten
Shipwrecked on a distant shore
Am I drifting, no more wanted
Floating outward evermore
All the dreams that I have harbored
In the labyrinth of my soul
Gone forever
Not discarded
Only sleeping
Till they're whole
In the graveyard of my heart now
Sleep the years that I've long sold
For their markers is there nothing
Only ghost I cannot hold
And Father hear me
I am tired
Shall I waken
In thy home
And hold me closer
I am trying
Sweet Lord Jesus
Heal my soul

SOMEWHERE IN TIME

So what can I tell you
If life's the length of this play
Perhaps God gave the answers
To those with nothing to say
The years are forgiven
If God's forgiving and kind
Perhaps we'll all find the answers
Somewhere in time
Somewhere in time
I've been changing
Redefining
All the things I thought I knew
So long ago
When I was flying
Through the years that seem so far away
In the back of a reason
In the back of my mind
Where I've piled up the seasons
That I've traded for time
I've been grasping at rainbows
Hanging on till the end
But the rain is so real lord
And the rainbows pretend
The rainbows pretend
I've been changing
Redefining
All the things I thought I knew
So long ago
When I was flying
Through the years
That seem so far away

BELIEVE

So after all these one night stands
You've ended up with heart in hand
A child alone
On your own
Retreating
Regretful for the things you're not
And all dreams you haven't got
Without a home
A heart of stone
Lies bleeding
And for all the roads you followed
And for all you did not find
And for all the things you had to leave behind
I am the way
I am the light
I am the dark inside the night
I hear your hopes
I feel your dreams
And in the dark
I hear your screams
Don't turn away
Just take my hand
And when you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
All I ask of you
Believe
Your childhood eyes were so intense
While bartering your innocence
For bits of string
Grown-up wings
You needed
But when you had to add them up
You found that they were not enough
To get you in
Pay for sins repeated
And for all the years you borrowed
And for all the tears you cried
And for all the fears you had to keep inside
I am the way I am the light I am the dark inside
the night I hear your hopes I feel your dreams
And in the dark I hear your
screams
Don't turn away
Just take my hand
And when you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe
I never wanted to know
Never wanted to see
I wasted my time
Till time wasted me
Never wanted to go
Always wanted to stay
'Cause the person I am
Are the parts that I play
So I plot and I plan
Hope and I scheme
To the lure of a night
Filled with unfinished dreams
And I'm holding on tight
To a world gone astray
As they charge me for years
I can't pay
I am the way
I am the light
I am the dark inside the night
I hear your hopes
I feel your dreams
And in the dark
I hear your screams Don't turn away
Just take my hand
And when you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe
Believe

Gutter Ballet -- Lyrics

1.OF RAGE AND WAR
2.GUTTER BALLET
3.TEMPTATION REVELATION(Instrumental - No Lyrics)
4.WHEN THE CROWDS ARE GONE
5.SILK AND STEEL(Instrumental - No Lyrics)
6.SHE'S IN LOVE
7.HOUNDS
8.THE UNHOLY
9.METALLY YOURS
10.SUMMER'S RAIN
11.THORAZINE SHUFFLE

OF RAGE AND WAR

You got Libya you got the Russians
You got civilian planes crashing to the oceans
Airports full of terrorists
Nazi skins, anarchists
When are you gonna learn
Better listen to me you son of a bitch
Better disarm those missiles sleeping in the ditch
You have no goddamn right to do those things you do
The world would be a better place if we were rid of you
Of rage and war
Of rage and war
Of rage and war
Of rage and war
Every country's got the bomb
The scientists are working on
Chemical weapons to melt the flesh
With no source of defense
Shoot me I'll shoot you
Like there's nothing better to do
Who's the loser in the end
Better listen to me you son of a bitch
Better disarm those missiles sleeping in the ditch
You have no goddamn right to do those things you do
The world would be a better place if we were rid of you
Of rage and war
Of rage and war
Of rage and war
Of rage and war
War broods in foreign lands
Missiles launch upon command
Islam, Lebanon, what the hell is going on
Ambassadors who say they try
Negotiating suicide
Are they prepared to face the end
Of rage and war
Of rage and war
Of rage and war
Of rage and war

GUTTER BALLET

Another sleepless night
A concrete paradise
Sirens screaming in the heat
Neon cuts the eye
As the jester sighs
At the world beneath his feet
It's a gutter ballet
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To a distant fading light
Balanced on their knives
Little parts of lives
Such a strange reality
Kill the unicorn
Just to have its horn
Soon he's just a fantasy
It's a gutter ballet
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To a distant fading light
The jester takes his bows
Slips into the crowd
As the actors fade away
Another death to mourn
Another child is born
Another chapter in the play
It's a gutter ballet
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To a distant fading light

TEMPTATION REVELATION

(Instrumental - No Lyrics)

WHEN THE CROWDS ARE GONE

I don't know where the years have gone
Memories can only last so long
Like faded photographs, forgotten songs
And the things I never knew
When the skin is thin, the heart shows through
Please believe me what I tell you is true
Where's the lights, turn 'em on again
One more night to believe and then
Another note for my requiem
A memory to carry on
The story's over when the crowds have gone
All my friends have been crucified
Made life a long suicide true
Guess we never figured out the rules
But I'm still alive, my fingers feel
Gonna play on till the final reel's through
And read the credits from a different view
Where's the lights, turn 'em on again
One more night to believe and then
Another note for my requiem
A memory to carry on
The story's over when the crowds have gone
When the crowds are gone
When the crowds are gone
And I'm all alone
Playing the saddest song
Now that the lights are gone
Turn them on again
One more time for me my friend
Turn 'em on again
I never wanted to know
Never wanted to see
I wasted my time
Till time wasted me
Never wanted to go
Always wanted to stay
'Cause the persons I am
Are the parts that I play
So I plot and I plan
Hope and I scheme
To the lure of a night
Filled with unfinished dreams
I'm holding on tight
To a world gone astray
As they charge me for years
I can no longer pay
Turn 'em on again (repeat)
I never wanted to know
Never wanted to see
I wasted my time
Till time wasted me
I Never wanted to go
Always wanted to stay
'Cause the persons I am
Are the parts that I play
The parts I play
And the light
Turn then off my friend
And the ghosts
Well just let them in
Cause in the dark
It's easier to see

SILK AND STEEL

(Instrumental - No Lyrics)

SHE'S IN LOVE

She likes what she sees
Starts to drop to her knees
Gazing with an appetite
Licks her lips in sheer delight
She's one of a kind
Sight for sore eyes
It's all she needs to be happy
And I bet she never knew
It would taste so good
No she's in love
I know she's in love
Oh no no she's in love
I know she's in love
She just loves to please
Kiss of life her specialty
Oh how well she knows
Just how to make it grow
She's one of a kind
A sight for sore eyes
It's all she needs to be happy
And I bet she never knew it would taste so good!
No she's in love
I, yeah yeah she's in love
I know she's in love
Oh yeah she's in love

HOUNDS

Sun sets on the moor
The cries of the hounds live forevermore
Stalking the night
They roam the countryside till morning's light
Do you hear the hounds they call
Scan the dark eyes aglow
Through the bitter rain and cold
They hunt you down
Hunt you down
They run wild and free
Across the fields and valleys of their native land
Nature's beasts deranged
Beyond belief no one understands
Do you hear the hounds they call
Scan the dark eyes aglow
Through the bitter rain and cold
They hunt you down
Hunt you down
Can you see them in the night
They've got you in their sight
Can you hear the hounds they call
Scan the dark eyes aglow
Through the bitter rain and cold
They hunt you down
Hunt you down

THE UNHOLY

Oh yeah
In distant ages long ago
Before the birth of Christ
Lived a race trapped in soul
Terror on the rise
United beyond the storm
They ruled the astral plane
No one could stop them
They wouldn't fall
In a while they would soon reign
A step beyond the grave
Visions so insane
They opened the gates of Hell
Calling, Calling
Unholy light is calling
Faster, faster
Prelude for disaster
Get straight
But no
Here's your prize
Oh yeah
They're unholy
Raging spirits kept from the light
Enslaved in worlds of doom
Marching armies to the darker side
The devil's black platoon
Torches raised no mercy
Victory was theirs
Such was life
In the unholy years
Step beyond the grave
A vision so insane
They opened the gates of Hell
Calling, Calling
The lonely night is calling
Faster, faster
Prelude for disaster
Get straight
But no
Here's your prize
Oh yeah
The unholy
Oh yeah
They're unholy
They're unholy
No
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy
Unholy

MENTALLY YOURS

Timmy went out to play
With the friends he made
Why did they send him away
He drove his mommy mad
His daddy ran
They didn't understand
Now he gazes his cold nights through
Reliving all the things he would do
If only he had another chance
If that was all he had
His tension life
He beats the wife
Douse the cat with gasoline
Gotta try
The other side
He just has to get away
That's when it all began
Timmy lost his mind
Was just a matter of time
Before he went crazy
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Running wild
Cause that's his style
Can't be held by any cage
Crossed the line
The final time
Tonight he takes his stage
That's when it all began
Timmy lost his mind
No one cried
When Timmy died
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
I am mentally yours
Mentally yours
Mentally yours
Mentally yours
Mentally
Mentally
Mentally
Yours

SUMMER'S RAIN

Standing alone in a dream
Where nothing is real
But oh how real it feels
There were times I lost my way
I was alone, lost in a haze
Where are you now
I'll find you somehow
And do I stand alone
Like a fool out in the rain
Hanging on somehow
To an ancient vow
Where there's nothing left to gain
And do you know
How it feels inside
To be all alone
A fool and his pride
Scars are the wounds that we show
Time only heals
When you're letting go
Many night I'd lay awake
Tossing and turning till daybreak
Where are you now
I'll find you somehow
And do I stand alone
Like a fool out in the rain
Hanging on somehow
To an ancient vow
Where there's nothing left to gain
And do you know
How it feels inside
To be all alone
A fool and his pride
In a summer's rain
In a summer's rain
In a summer's rain
In a summer's rain
Sometimes you got to believe
Beyond yesterday
I'm gonna find my way
In the summer's rain
In a summer's rain
In a summer's rain
In a summer's rain
I'm gonna find a way
Run away
Far away

THORAZINE SHUFFLE

Thinking about yesterday
How my life use to be
Now I'm locked inside this place
I'm a schizophrenic case
All the faces I now see
Never show a sign of glee
Every night we start to bustle
It's time to do the Thorazine shuffle
It's the Thorazine shuffle
Everyday half past four
They push my food through the door
Every night right at eight
They put me back into my straight
All the paintings I have made
They look kind of strange
Every night we start to hustle
It's time to do the Thorazine shuffle
It's the Thorazine shuffle
I'm getting anxious
I want it now
Oh yeah

Hall of the Mountain King-- Lyrics

1.24 HRS. AGO
2.BEYOND THE DOORS OF THE DARK
3.LEGIONS
4.STRANGE WINGS
5.PRELUDE TO MADDNESS (Instrumental - No lyrics)
6.HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING
7.THE PRICE YOU PAY
8.WHITE WITCH
9.LAST DAWN (Instrumental - No lyrics)
10.DEVASTATION

24 HRS. AGO

Behind the wheel just went along
I'm tired of hearing the same old song
Look
I rule the night
No end in sight
I think I'm going insane, oh yeah
Engines grind
I hit the red line
I'm movin' fast
Forget the past
I'm burning tread
In my head
I am gone
Twenty four hours ago
Yeah
Got to escape
Can't take any more
I grabbed my suitcase
And kicked down the door
Yeah
I've got blood shot eyes
Hypnotized
I feel no pain
Oh yeah
Engines grind
I hit the red line
I'm movin' fast
Forget the past
I'm burning tread
In my head
I am gone
Twenty four hours ago
Yeah
Engines grind
I hit the red line
I'm movin' fast
Forget the past
I'm burning tread
In my head
I am gone
Twenty four hours ago
Yeah
Twenty four hours ago
Yeah

BEYOND THE DOORS OF THE DARK

Listen to me children of the night
Beyond the doors of darkness you will find
A thousand worlds for you to see here
Take my hand and follow me, oh
Beyond the doors of the dark
Demon in your heart
Scream and thrash your head
Turn around now you're dead
Under the darkened haze
Lost here in glaze
Are you looking to be free
A never ending suicide
Of nightmares you have inside
Another day's begun
Under the moon and sun
Circle has been drawn
Life has been prolonged
Hell is eternity
Hell is your destiny
I'll tell you to die
A never ending suicide
Of nightmares you have inside
Oh, beyond the doors of the dark yeah
Beyond the doors of the dark
Oh yeah
It's time to meet your fate
Heaven can wait
All the walls are closing in
Things crawl on your skin
He's grabbing down at you
There's nothing you can do
No place to run and hide
A never ending suicide
Of nightmares you have inside
He wants to take your soul
You know you're dreaming
Call your precious little life under my knife
Hell is eternity
Hell is your destiny
I'll tell you to die
Never ending suicide
Of nightmares you have inside
Beyond the doors of the dark
Beyond the doors of the dark
Oh yeah
Beyond the doors of the dark
Beyond the doors of the dark
Oh yeah
No no

LEGIONS

A call from the night
metal storming masses
In the lies
Battle cry
Screaming to the night
Oh no
Summon up the legions
To do our deeds
Our legion's needs
Are growing every day
We're coming out tonight
We come from the darker light
Join your hands and pray
Maybe you can all be saved
Legions of the night
Legions of the night
Good god
Legions of the night
Can they hear your battle cry
Cry out
But what does it matter?
There's no way to escape
The hold we have on you
Ohh ho
Controlled by the master
Infiltrate
Penetrate
Your little precious minds
We're coming out tonight
We come from the darker light
Join your hands and pray
Maybe you can all be saved
Legions of the night
Legions of the night
Good god
Legions of the night
Can they hear your battle cry
Scream loud
Let the masses hear you
Banging hard across the ground
Shatter the darkest lights
Oh no
Heed the master's calling
Congregate
Celebrate
The power you've obtained
Good god
Legions of the night
Legions of the night
Good god
Can I hear your battle cry, yeah

STRANGE WINGS