1. Hate (4.36)
2. Rain (4.46)
3. Master & Slave (4.57)
4. Childhood's End (4.20)
5. I Will Be There (3.49)
6. Jungle (6.49)
7. In My Head (4.00)
8. It Never Goes Away (5.42)
9. Seduction Of The Innocent (5.16)
10. I Confess (5.23)
11. In The Mirror (4.26)
12. I Walk Alone (6.07)
Produced by Toby Wright with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
Recorded and Mixed in November-December 1995 at Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, California.
Engineered and Mixed by Toby Wright and David Bryant.
Mastered by Steve Marcussen at Precision Mastering.
Bruce Kulick: Lead & rhythm guitar/acoustic guitar on 5/bass/lead vocals on 12/back-up vocals.
Gene Simmons: Bass/lead vocals on 1, 4, 7, 9 & 10/back-up vocals.
Eric Singer: Drums/back-up vocals.
Paul Stanley: Rhythm guitar/lead vocals on 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 11/back-up vocals.
Hate is what I am
'Cause underneath this heart
There beats the heart of a man
You'll wear your crown
When you're lyin' six feet underground
Don't ya think it's odd
Man was created in the image of God
Chorus
All you martyrs and saviours
Go through the same door
Listen all you butchers, saints and sinners
We've all been here before
Yes, hate is what I am
'Cause underneath this heart
There beats the heart of a man
So you're lookin' for a savior
But I'm here to tell ya
You gotta save yourself
Lead a lamb to slaughter
All you ever did was follow orders
Repeat Chorus
All you martyrs and saviours
Go through the same door
Hey, listen all you butchers, saints and sinners
We've all been here before
Hate, hate
Yes, hate is what I am
'Cause underneath this heart
There beats the heart of a man, man, man
Took me like a hurricane
I think it's gonna rain, yeah
I think it's gonna rain
Rain down on me
Tell me what you want me to hear
Whisper words inside of my head
Thunder like a gun in my ear
Clouds are burstin' over my bed
Wash me like a hurricane
I think it's gonna rain, yeah
I think it's gonna rain
I think it's gonna rain, down, down, down
I think it's gonna rain
Chorus
Open your eyes, you can't deny
It's just a fantasy, yeah
Some things will end, some will begin
Some things will never be, yeah
Rain down on me
Tell me what you want me to know
Tell me what you're dying to say
Throw your feelings up in the air
Let the pieces fall where they may
Repeat Chorus
I think it's gonna rain, I think it's gonna rain
I think it's gonna rain, yeah
I think it's gonna rain
Rain down on me, rain down on me, rain down on me
Time, a race you never win
Look back at where we've been
And throw the towel in
Every time I see a sign
Tell me me what's the bottom line, tell me
I just wanna take my turn
Now before I crash and burn, yeah
Hope, a candle burning bright
A temporary light
Till we return tonight
Love, the mighty drug we crave
The master and the slave
Will rule us to our grave
Every time I see a sign
Tell me me what's the bottom line, tell me
I just want a place to rest
Count to four and catch my breath
One, two, three, four
I don't know what to feel
Don't know what to say
Don't know what to do
I don't know where to go
Don't know who to be
Don't know who to know
Life, is never what it seems
It shakes you from your dream
Wake up and start to, ohh
Every time I see a sign
Tell me me what's the bottom line, tell me
I just want a place to rest
Stop and let me catch my breath
Every time I see a sign
Tell me me what's the bottom line, tell me
Forget all that I've been told
I just wanna lose control
Every time I see a sign
Tell me me what's the bottom line, tell me
I just wanna take my turn
Now before I crash and burn
And you were always my friend from childhood's end
It was forever and ever
Did you understand, it's childhood's end
But never, the dream is over
Sunday morning in the New York Times
I read you died last night
It said you were smilin' when you blew your mind
And the note you left behind, said
You were always my friend from childhood's end
Seems like forever and ever
Yeah, you won't have to pretend, it's near the end
You won't ever be a rock and roller
Yeah, you were always my friend since childhood's end
But never the dream is over
You were just like me, I was just like you
For eternity, I'll think of you
Yeah, you were always my friend from childhood's end
It was forever and ever
Did you understand, it's childhood's end
But never, the dream is over
You were always my friend from childhood's end
It was forever and ever
Did you understand, it's childhood's end
But never, the dream is over
Repeats Out
Overlapping To Fade
You were just like me, I was just like you
From childhood's end, I think of you
You were just like me, I was just like you
For eternity, I'm gonna think of you
You were just like me, 'cause I was just like you
'Cause for eternity, I think of you
You've got something about you
You've got something I need, I think of you
You were just like me, I was just like you
From childhood's end, I think of you
You were just like me, I was just like you
For eternity, always I think about you
We can never know
Where our lives will lead
Wherever you go
Whenever you need
I will be there, wanna be there
I will hear you when you call
Give you anything at all
I will be there, anywhere
Like a father to his son
You are just a child
All is yet to be
Growing all the while
Knowing when you leave
I will be there, wanna be there
Only blood will run so deep
Seal the promise I will keep
I will be there, anywhere
Like a father to his son
I can swear to only one
Time moves quickly as the years go by
All these moments slip away
When I'm gone and life will carry on
You will know someway
I will be there, I will be there
I will be there, wanna be there
Only blood will run so deep
Seal the promise I will keep
I will be there, like a father to his son
I must swear to only one
I can't sleep, in too deep
The man with nothing left
Without a place to hide
Will take a final breath
And tumble in the night
Chorus
Yeah, someone's safe at home
Someone dies alone, someone's fallenprey
Yeah, some will take their fill
Like lions to the kill, livin' day to day
Whoa, the jungle
Mothers mourn, fathers groan
The child takes a hit
And then he starts to cry
A mother never hears
Her baby's last goodbye
Repeat Chorus
The sun is coming up
A city comes alive
The lamb will never see
A jungle in the sky
Yeah, someone's safe at home
Someone dies alone, someone's falling prey
Yeah, some will take their fill
Like lions to the kill, livin' day to day
Yeah, someone dies alone
Someone's safe at home, all is flesh and bone
Whoa, the jungle
Look behind the mask
Try to find peace of mind, and you'll find
Just look behind the man
And lead me by the hand
Faded smiles behind dark shades
In my head, in my head
Plastic icons, glowin' red
In my head, they're in my head
I experiment with myself
In my head, in my head
Look behind the glass
Try to find peace of mind, and you'll find
Just look behind the man
And lead me, ahh, ahh
Look behind the glass
Try to find peace of mind, and you'll find
Just look behind the man
And lead me
Look behind the man
Look behind the glass
Look behind the mask
People (people), deep in trouble
Let their money run for double
Outside, they search for something
Inside, they still have nothing
It never ends, there's nothing I can do
There's nothing I can say
And even if I could, and even if I would
It never goes away, yeah
Heartless(heartless), rich and greedy
Watch the churches rape the needy
While we pray for salvation
Preachers yield to temptation
It never ends, there's nothing I can do
There's nothing I can say
And even if I could, and even if I would
It never goes away
Chorus
There's nothing I can do
There's nothing I can say
And even if I could, and even if I would
It never goes away
Blinded believers and doomsday deceivers
Are driving you out of your head
Look in the mirror, the answer is near
Though your sanity hangs by a thread
Chorus Repeats Twice
His sandaled feet don't touch the ground
Ears don't hear a sound
Seduction of the innocent
Chorus
Everybody thinks there's always a reason
Need a reason to cry
You kiss the hand of the man for all seasons
And don't know why
Say it friend, if you had to do it all over again
Would you know the trickery that he's prayin'
The padre looks well fed
Remember what the good book said
Vultures circle overhead
Whatever gets you through the night
Friends sing to clear your mind
Seduction of the innocent
Chorus Repeats Twice
So you tell me all your secrets
And you tell me that you're innocent
There's something in your eyes I can see
And my face keeps looking back at me
Chorus
You confess, you can't help yourself
This livin' lie that you can't go on
You're possessed, you can't fool yourself
You're the crime and you can't go on
Another day, another sorrow
No today and no tomorrow
Try and wash away the shame
And you smile in your picture frame
You had a charmed life, but you think from grace
And you're long gone without a trace
You're all alone and wonder why
And you laugh when you wanna cry
Repeat Chorus
You confess, you can't help yourself
This livin' lie that you can't go on
You're possessed, you can't fool yourself
You're the crime and it can't go on
God never spoke to me about your sins
So livin' in our lies will test the faith
So cut your straight lines on the mirror
And dip your hands in holy water
Try and wash away the shame
'Cause all you've got is your father's name
Chorus Repeats Twice
You tell me you're only
Scared to be lonely, on and on
You livin' on credit
Want it, you get it, right or wrong
Chorus
You oughtta take a look in the mirror
Every line's gettin' clearer
See the face you can't deny
You appear to me
Appear to be lost in confusion
I don't wanna live
Only to die in your illusion
You dial information
Station to station, on and on
You lie to your lover
Make him your cover, blindfold on
Repeat Chorus
Take a look in the mirror
All your fear gettin' nearer
Nothin' left to get you by
Only a matter of time
Leavin' illusion behind, tick tock
You won't realize
Till all the eyes are truly open
You can't hide away
Throw what you may, when all is broken
Go on and take a look in the mirror
All your fear gettin' nearer
Nothin' left to get you by
Repeat Chorus
Searching for myself again
Here I'm all alone and when
I close my eyes, no one else can see
I walk alone, can't you see
I don't belong, let me be
Everything I dreamed of being is me
And I got myself to lean on
Got both my feet on the ground
And you don't know me, I don't know me
I can't see you, you can't see me
Close my eyes and leave the world behind
So I got no heart, got no home
Got no somewhere I belong
I don't know if everything is just fine
I walk alone, can't you see
I don't belong, let me be
Everything I dreamed of being
And I don't belong, can't you see
I walk alone, let me be
Everything I dreamed of being is me
And I got myself to lean on
Got both my feet on the ground
So I got no heart and I got no home
And I got no somewhere I belong
I don't know if everything is just
And I got myself to lean on
Got both my feet on the ground
Repeats Twice
And I look deep inside of me
There's a place but it's not plain to see
Where I belong where no one else can be
And I'm searching for myself again
And here I'm all alone and when
I close my eyes and no one else can see
This album was released a year and a half after it was recorded. Bruce Kulick sings lead for the first time with KISS and played bass on at least half of the tracks. Last album with Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer. For the first time in 19 years (solo albums in 1978) and for obvious reasons, no videos were done for this album. Track 6 and 3 came out as singles.
