Tribe

            Tribe

Album : Tribe 

Artist : Queensrÿche

Release Date : 2003

Label : EMI 

Track List :

1. Open

2. Losing Myself

3. Desert Dance

4. Falling Behind

5. The Great Divide

6. Rhythm of Hope

7. Tribe

8. Blood

9. The Art of Life

10. Doin' Fine

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LYRIC

Open

You're an angel with your wings broken,

wearing sandals that I tripped in.

You're a holiday already taken,

a cocktail that's stirred never shaken.

Your heads in overload.

You've reached your threshold

and you're about to explode.

Open your eyes. Just say what you want to say?

Open your eyes, you see yours isn't the only way .

Open your eyes. To you everyone is blind.

Open your eyes and your mind.

You're like a hand gun that's fully loaded

making idle threats of violence.

Your heads in overload.

You've reached your threshold

and you're about to explode.

Open your eyes. You take what you want for free,

Open your eyes. and you see what you want to see.

Open your eyes. To you everyone is blind.

Open your eyes and your mind.

Open your eyes. Just say what you want to say?

Open your eyes, you see yours isn't the only way .

Open your eyes. Do you really think I'm blind?

Open your eyes and your mind.

Open your mind.

Open your eyes. and you see what you want to see.

Open your eyes. To you everyone is blind.

Open your eyes and your mind.

Open your eyes. Just say what you want to say?

Open your eyes, you see yours isn't the only way .

Open your eyes. Do you really think I'm blind?

Open your eyes and your mind.

Open your mind.

Losing Myself

There's a thunder in my head,

a roar I can't escape.

I can't ignore this certain fate

I'm experiencing something.

I can't explain.

There's a frame of reference fragile at best.

An itching fear that's stronger than the rest.

Follow the black ribbon into the sun.

Push it further baby, careful with this burnout now.

I'm losing myself in you

and trying to get back to me.

But I'm so far away, I'm losing myself.

The sand in my mouth,

the wind and heat I feel numb.

Ten days on the road and it feels

like where I've been ain't so bad.

Gotta get back home to you.

Gotta get back home to you.

Gotta get back home.

Throttle back slowly there's no time like now.

Red line it baby I'm pushing to the edge now.

I'm losing myself in you

and trying to get back to me.

But I'm so far away, I'm losing myself.

I'm beating down this desert highway

one hundred miles an hour times two.

But I'm so far away, I'm a million miles away.

I'm losing myself in you

and trying to get back to me.

But I'm so far away, I'm losing myself.

Get me off this desert highway.

Gotta get back to you but I'm so far away.

I'm a million miles away.

Desert Dance

With a simple wave,

her hand creates my universe.

She spins and dances around the fire.

Eyes search the open road,

caught up in the sound of

transmissions burning down the wire.

We reach out for the sky

and were never coming down.

We reach out for the sky

and were never coming down.

Live life in extreme

better then any magazine could ever hope to describe.

Ripped, we sweat this desert dance, baby do your best.

We're on our way to higher consciousness.

We reach out for the sky

and we're never coming down.

Keep reaching, keep reaching.

We're never coming down.

High on a million breaths of her,

I surrender to the magic all around me.

We reach out for the sky

and we're never coming down

Falling Behind

We are all equal but we're individually different

and able to reach the impossible if we try.

We find faith and strength in the most unlikely places

and love sometimes eludes us, but we try.

We keep searching and one day we find ...

life goes on and around like a wheel

it keeps on turning, that's the deal.

Why are we running?

We're running so fast to keep from falling behind.

Problems come and they go and

in the end what will you show?

Why are we worried?

We worry so much, worry about falling behind.

Is it really all about the thing

of what you wear and what you think I'll think?

Who has more?

Arabs and Jews at war, I don't care anymore.

It's always the same tired story.

How many dead in the name of some god?

And what's the difference?

Don't give a damn about their differences.

Nothing's sacred once the shooting starts .

Life goes on like a wheel,

it keeps on turning, that's for real.

Why are we running?

We're running so fast to keep from falling behind.

What may come and what may go

and in the end what will you show for all your worries?

Why worry so much, why worry about falling behind?

The plans already in motion,

it happens whether we say.

The old world order is over,

intelligence and love win the day.

I won't regret one moment

life is too short for that, bring it on.

Life goes on and around like a wheel,

it keeps on turning, that's the deal.

Why are we running?

We're running so fast to keep from falling behind.

Problems come and they go and

in the end what will you show?

Why are we worried?

Why worry so much? Don't worry about falling behind.

The Great Divide

I'd reconciled my anger got outside of danger.

I was waiting for some signal, a sign from angels.

When the tide turns against you

it's a strange sensation, a revelation of imagination.

I could change my course and face the flow,

reap the seeds that I had sewn or follow that old river south.

Here's what I found out.

I was standing on the Great Divide looking out across America.

Trying to find my truth, define it for myself.

I died the day when I saw this place.

I saw what I could lose.

A very simple mechanism separates the fool from wisdom.

The lines between us are not real.

Conditioning is what makes us feel ignorant.

And apathy will feed our hate.

So we can never give in.

There I was standing at the Great Divide, looking for the truth in America.

For all that time I searched, when I closed my eyes,

I found the thing I was looking for.

I had it all the time.

So are we standing at the Great Divide?

Is there hope for America?

Take the flag we wave, the freedoms that we sing.

Without respect for one other,

it doesn't mean a thing.

Rhythm of Hope

Lying here awake again.

Minutes before dawn I hear your breathing,

your heart beat like a song.

Lately I've been feeling a little less then good but

seeing things for the first time like I never could.

I've had my head down against the door,

trying to get to something I couldn't find before.

That special something, that feeds my soul,

is a rhythm to live by, it's a rhythm of hope.

Something drives us onwards.

Something gives us strength.

What makes our judgment falter is the questions we think.

Who am I to fly so high?

What gives me the right to dream of what could be,

keep reaching for the light?

I've been standing in front of that door,

basing my happiness on what' I knew before.

Searching for something that moves my soul.

A rhythm to hold to, a rhythm to live to.

Have you been down like this before?

I guarantee there's something waiting for you just open that door.

A rhythm to live by, that moves your soul.

A rhythm that holds you.

A rhythm to live to.

And if there's one thing we all need now,

it's a rhythm to live by, a rhythm of hope.

Lying here awake again.

Tribe

Taken to a place underground,

a cavern, ten thousand steps down.

The only light was fire fly glow,

reflecting in the blue crystal show.

Feeling in the darkness surrounding me,

roots of giant Sequoia trees

anchor the canopy of life that's above.

The answer to the mystery of life is _

Traveled through the jungles of the Yucatan

and drank the potion from the magic man.

Held the starlight inches from my face,

pushed the door open, # 7.

I walked the path way to heaven.

Saw the same face of God.

Seems every where I go

I see the same face, I feel the same flow.

With every one I meet and every hand I shake,

I'm every man, trying my best to get to know

because everything's at stake.

We're the same tribe.

Passing through Morocco for the faithful is a trip.

Hallucinating visions drives my desert ship.

For a thousand miles we could not fail,

can't enjoy if you can't inhale.

Clearly a lifetimes need of some experience and

for the record, peace.

Seems every where I go

I see the same face, I feel the same flow.

With every one I meet and every hand I shake,

I see myself in every man, trying my best to get to know

because everything's at stake.

We're the same tribe.

Blood

Thank-you for the lies, the lies you sold us.

Thank-you for this vision of violence.

Thank-you for this song you gave me to sing.

Thank-you for the capping day

of a culture that lay dying.

Yes it's us dying.

Maybe it won't be long,

now that it's all gone on.

It's all gone wrong and

there's blood on our hands.

We saw them lying there

with their arms around each other,

staring through their fear and

the miles between our heads.

You could have told the truth.

It was your decision to

sacrifice integrity and compassion for greed.

Now it's all gone wrong and

there's blood on our hands.

The Art of Life

When I asked him,

he described a thousand lifetimes.

At each turn, a hint of what one still must learn.

Now I've read the thoughts of philosophers,

the words of liars, who say that underneath I'm worthless.

Incomplete?

Some one said we live our lives in between the extremes.

Is the art of life discipline?

Is that the sweet mystery?

The art of life is ...

without rushing, without faltering we push it as far as we can.

Observe with patience.

Free your mind.

Efficiency, control.

To develop the form starts with acceptance,

then submission to the goal.

Some one said somewhere we live our lives in between the extremes.

Is the art of life discipline?

Is that the sweetest mystery?

The art of life is ...

without rushing, without faltering, unraveling the secrets of knowledge.

We must challenge and defeat our four natural enemies;

Fear.

Clarity of mind.

Power and the desire to rest.

Doin' Fine

Have you noticed The way people seem today?

Look in their eyes, you can feel their uncertainty.

Working hard for what they fear others would think.

Empty hearts are afraid to break away:don't be afraid.

We could all use a little sunshine

Take the day off :outside.

Hey look around, everything's better now

And here we are and we're doin' fine.

If we look inside, breath deep, and count to ten.

We'll find what we need to see us through

All the way to the end.

We'll know all the answers

Once we stop this judgment game

And realize deep down we're all the same.

We could all use a little sunshine

Take the day off and smile.

Hey look around everything's better now,

And here we are and getting along fine.

Yeah, we're doin' just fine.

We could all use some sunshine

Take the day off and smile.

Hey look around, everything's better

And here we are getting along just fine.

Next time we could try a little harder

And quickly put out the fire,

By working out our differences and

Finding truth we can all believe in.

We're looking at life from a different side.

We're looking at like from a different side.

And I know that we'll all be fine.

And I know that we'll all be fine.

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Greatest Hits

           Greatest Hits

Album : Greatest Hits 

Artist : Queensrÿche

Release Date : 2000

Label : EMI 

Track List :

1. Queen of the Reich

2. The Lady Wore Black

3. Warning

4. Take Hold of the Flame

5. Walk in the Shadows

6. I Dream in Infrared

7. I Don't Believe in Love

8. Eyes of a Stranger

9. Jet City Woman

10. Empire

11. Silent Lucidity

12. I Am I

13. Bridge

14. Sign of the Times

15. Chasing Blue Sky

16. Someone Else?

PLAYING x OF y

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LYRIC

Queen of the Reich

In the dead of night

She'll come and take you away

Searing beams of light and thunder

Over blackened plains

She will find her way

Flying high through the night

She will hide your fate

As she takes your soul from under

And the blinding light of the castle fades

There is no escape

It's the ending of your precious life

Your soul slipped away

It belongs to the Queen of the Reich

The Queen of the Reich

Yeah she's coming for you

You're fading away

Your life cast astray

A victim the beast shall obtain

The light will not shine

For you'll die tonight at her shrine

And black is the last thing you'll see

Over and over

Dreams of dying fill your head

It's the sign of the cross

That you'll find ahead

No one will answer

The light is fading away

Captive souls are screaming out in pain

There is no escape

It's the ending of your precious life

Your soul slipped away

It belongs to the Queen of the Reich

You're fading away, No, No, No

The Queen of the Reich

You're slipping away, yeah

The Queen of the Reich

The Lady Wore Black

On a lonely walk this morning

A light mist in the air

Dark clouds laughing at me in silence

Casting shadows through my hair

In the distance I saw a woman

Dressed in black with eyes of grey

She wore her pain like a shackled spirit

Eternal life was her debt to pay

The lady wore black

It's the sign of the prisoners lives

The lady wore black

See the years through the tears in her eyes

The lady wore black

Her mystic power calls to me

The lady wore black

Her love can set me free

The wind song whispered a warning

Telling me to beware

Of the quiet shadowed woman

And of the sadness I would share

We sat for sometime together in silence

Never speaking in words

Of all her thoughts she spoke with her eyes

And I listened remembering all I heard

The lady wore black

It's the sign of the prisoners lives

The lady wore black

See the years through the tears in her eyes

The lady wore black

Her mystic power calls to me

The lady wore black

Her love can set me free

The words she spoke were of forgotten lives

And of all knowledge gained

Mem'ries I had and didn't know why

With a smile she explained

I should have listened to the wind's cold warning

And walked the other way

I touched her soul and now I bear her sentence

But for her love I'll gladly pay

The lady wore black

It's the sign of the prisoners lives

The lady wore black

See the years through the tears in her eyes

The lady wore black

Her mystic power calls to me

The lady wore black

Her love can set me free

Warning

I remember I was asking why

And someday you said I'd know

All these years, of fighting hard

And now it's finally come too close

I can't believe it's now happening to me

Oh, couldn't it wait a few hundred years

Destiny can't rest you see, now it's time

Time to cry your tears! Now cry!

The child of centuries, forgotten in time

You talk in circles of rhyme

Seer of places future and past

The warning you gave us is surely our last

Warning!

Behold the child, his pointing hand

Is raised in solemn grace

His eyes once wide with learning wonder

Now leave stains upon his face

Now see the hands of the working man

He's leaning back against the wall

Once busy hands are idle now

Standing ready for the fall! Our fall!

The signs will come as days past by

For those that claim to see

The blind will stay not choosing to die

Not believing the visions I've seen

Warning!

Take Hold of the Flame

We see the light of those who find

A world has passed them by

To late to save a dream that's growing cold

We realize that fate must hide its face

From those who try

To see the distant signs of unforetold

Oh... oh, take hold

From a haze came a rage of thunder

Distant signs of darkness on the way

Fading cries scream of pain and hunger

But in the night the light will guide your way

So take hold of the flame

Don't you see life's a game

So take hold of the flame

You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain

Ride, to a place beyond our time

Reach, for the edges of your mind, and you are there

See, that the light will find its way

Back to a place where it will stay, make it stay

Throw down the chains of oppression that bind you

With the air of freedom the flame grows bright

We are the strong, the youth united

We are one, we are children of the light

So take hold of the flame

Don't you see life's a game

So take hold of the flame

You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain

Walk in the Shadows

What? You say you're through with me.

I'm not through with you.

We've had what others might call love.

You say it's over now, what's done, what's through?

You can't stay away, you need me, I need you.

When the fire starts the pain's too much for your mind.

You need attention, what's good is only mine.

I can cure the hunger that burns in your heart.

Just come to me I'll take you home.

We'll walk in the shadows by day we'll live in a dream,

we'll walk in the shadows.

You say you don't feel safe

alone tonight 'cause you feel the pressure building in your head.

Our secret's safe for one more night

but when the morning comes remember I'll be with you.

We'll walk in the shadows

By day we'll live in a dream

We'll walk in the shaodws

One day you'll be with me if only you believe

I Dream in Infrared

As you woke this morning and opened up your eyes

did you notice the tear-stains lining your face were mine.

Don't you wonder, can't you see what's happening to our lives?

I can't keep living this masquerade

when my lonely eyes see only your face at night.

I only see in infra red, I can't dream anymore

Can't you see I need too (to)

I can't stand the pain

You've gathered ame kind of lunatic but I know what to do with it.

It's plain as black and white.

I'm like a hungry criminal and your protection is minimal, so minimal.

I Don't Believe in Love

I awoke on impact

Under surveillance from the camera eye

Searching high and low

The criminal mind found at the scene of the crime

Handcuffed and blind, I didn't do it

She said she loved me

I guess I never knew

But do we ever, ever really know?

She said she'd meet me on the other side

But I knew right then, I'd never find her

I don't believe in love

I never have, I never will

I don't believe in love

It's never worth the pain that you feel

No more nightmares, I've seen them all

From the day I was born, they've haunted my every move

Every open hand's there to push and shove

No time for love it doesn't matter

She made a difference

I guess she had a way

Of making every night seem bright as day

Now I walk in shadows, never see the light

She must have lied 'cause she never said goodbye

I don't believe in love

I never have, I never will

I don't believe in love

I'll just pretend she never was real

I don't believe in lovev I need to forget her face, I see

it still

I don't believe in love

It's never worth the pain that you feel

No chance for contact

There's no raison d'etre

My only hope is one day I'll forget

The pain of knowing what can never be

With or without love it's all the same to me

I don't believe in love

I never have, I never will

I don't believe in love

I'll just pretend she never was real

I don't believe in love

I need to forget her face, I see it still

I don't believe in love

It's never worth the pain that you feel

Eyes of a Stranger

[page:] Dr. David, telephone please. Dr. David

Dr. Blair, Dr. Blair, Dr. J. Hamilton, Dr. J Hamilton

All alone now

Except for the memories

Of what we had and what we knew

Everytime I try to leave it behind me

I see something that reminds me of you

Every night the dreams return to haunt me

Your rosary wrapped around your throat

I lie awake and sweat, afraid to fall asleep

I see your face looking back at me

And I raise my head and stare

Into the eyes of a stranger

I've always known that the mirror never lies

People always turn away

From the eyes of a stranger

Afraid to know what

Lies behind the stare

Is this all that's left

Of my life before me

Straight jacket memories, sedative highs

No happy ending like they've always promised

There's got to be something left for me

And I raise my head and stare

Into the eyes of a stranger

I've always known that the mirror never lies

People always turn away

From the eyes of a stranger

Afraid to know what

Lies behind the stare [Lies behind my stare]

How many times must I live this tragedy

How many more lies will they tell me

All I want is the same as everyone

Why am I here, and for how long

And I raise my head and stare

Into the eyes of a stranger

I've always known that the mirror never lies

People always turn away

From the eyes of a stranger

Afraid to know what

Lies behind the stare

Eyes of a Stranger

Jet City Woman

Every time I leave you say you won't be there and you're

always there.

Every time I cry your name at night you pull close and say

it's alright.

I look in your eyes, just like the rain washing me, rain

wash over me.

Touching your face, I feel the heat of your heartbeat echo

in my head like a scream.

What you do to me! Waited so long I can't wait another day

without you, Jet City Woman.

It's a long way, home to my Jet City Woman.

I see her face everywhere, can't get her out my mind.

Whenever I'm alone I'm thinking there's a part missing from

my life.

Wonder where I'd be without your love holding me together

now I'm watching the time tick,

tick away. Face grows longer every day,

fortunes are lost on the women I've seen but without you I

can't breathe.

You're the air to me! Waite

Empire

Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown.

Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place at

the wrong time.

Too bad, people say, what's wrong with the kids today?

Tell you right now they've got nothing to lose.

They're building EMPIRE!

Johnny used to work after school at the cinema show.

Gotta hustle if he wants an education,

he's got a long way to go.

Now he's out on the street all day selling

Crack to the people who pay.

Got an AK-47 for his best friend.

Business the American way.

Eastside meets Westside downtown.

No time the walls fall down.

Can't you feel it coming?

EMPIRE!

Can't you hear it calling?

Black man trapped again,

holds his chains in his hand.

Brother killing brother for the profit of another,

game point, nobody wins. Decline, right on time.

What happened to the dream sublime?

Tear it all down we'll put it up again.

Another EMPIRE?

Eastside meets Westside downtown.

No time, no line, the walls fall down.

Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!

Can't you hear it coming? EMPIRE!

Can't someone here stop it...?

Silent Lucidity

Hush now, don't you cry.

Wipe away the teadrop from your eye.

You're lying safe in bed.

It was all a bad dream spinning in your head.

Your mind tricked you to feel the pain of someone close to

you leaving the game of life.

So here it is, another chance.

Wide awake you face the day.

Your dream is over... or has it just begun?

There's a place I like to hide.

A doorway that I run through in the night.

Relax child, you were there but only didn't realize it and

you were scared.

It's a place where you will learn to face your fears,

retrace the years and ride the whims of your mind.

Commanding in another world.

Suddenly, you hear and see this magic new dimension.

I - will be watching over you

I - am gonna help you see it through.

I - will protect you in the night.

I - am smiling next to you...

... In Silent Lucidity

If you open your mind for me you won't rely on open eyes to

see.

The walls you built within come tumbling down,

and a new world will begin.

Living twice at once you learn you're safe from pain in the

dream domain.

A soul set free to fly, a round trip journey in your head.

Master of illusion,

can you realize your dream's alive,

you can be the guide but...

I Am I

Beating with life you promised life,

security, happiness.

Unfortunate son cornered,

cowering in the pit of

circling panes of glass that

surround and reveal the ever present "It".

"It" is my move, my every look,

interpreting gestures,

informing other

what's undercover and

lurking beneath my mask

of this year's featured model.

Is this too much?

Close your eyes.

Care to look inside? I am I!

What may appear

might easily be explained,

but given the situation

of info saturation,

what you feel can never go away.

Steering perception? I am!

Inviting contradiction? I am!

It's my insistence

you keep your distance

from the glare behind my stare.

So this is the way

the game is played.

You can leave now...

but I think you'll stay. I am I!

Bridge

You called me up on the phone today

struggling with the right words to say.

Time can change a thing or two.

Time has changed the lives of me and you,

but you know... it could have been different dad.

The word brings back a sweet memory.

I'm sitting on a bluff on a broken tree,

by my side a distinguished man

giving me encouragement, telling me I can,

and you know... you're not there.

You say, "Son, let's forget the past,

I want another chance, gonna make it last."

You're begging me for a brand new start,

trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart,

but you know... you never built it dad.

So I sit here through the night,

and I write myself to sleep,

and time keeps ticking...

Time has made you finally realize

your loneliness and your guilt inside.

You're reaching for something you never had,

turning around now you're looking back,

and you know... I'm not there.

You say, "Son, let's forget the past.

I want another chance, gonna make it last."

You're begging me for a brand new start,

trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart,

but you know... you never built it dad.

Sign of the Times

Heading for the classroom yesterday

The kids file through the metal machine

It finds what they may hide

No it just ain't right...

A sign of the times

Another church is burning to the ground...

Looking for the vandals and they're nowhere to be found

But the hate's alive

A sign of the times, Sign of the times...

A sign of the times, Sign of the times...

(Accoustic Break)

Would someone please let me know how we have spun out of control?

Has the captain let go of the wheel?

Or could we please try to find a way to be a bit more kind?

I see the road to tomorrow in the haze!

(solo)

On the Senate floor they congregate

Many pockets lined with green,

From those behind the scenes, yeah they take the bribe ( it's on the side )

A sign of the times, Sign of the times...

A sign of the times, Sign of the times...

Chasing Blue Sky 

Shakin’ time, she needs

Taking rides...to somewhere

Let’s lose our minds, no hurry

I’m the wakeful night, with dreams...or something

Chasing blue sky,

We’re chasing blue sky

Taking time from all this worry

Mesmerized by the waves of your smile

I wish that I could say something

But you’re the rose colored glass I see through

I’ll see you through

Chasing blue sky, We’re chasing blue sky

Chasing blue sky, We’re chasing blue sky

Chasing blue sky, We’re chasing blue sky

Chasing blue sky, We’re chasing blue sky

Someone Else? 

When I fell from grace I never realized

How deep the flood was around me

A man whose life was toil was like a kettle left to boil

And the water left these scars on me

The chains I wore were mine, dragging me towards my fate

Planned for me long ago

I played by all their rules, went to their right schools

Who was I to question?

They used to say I was nowhere man

Heading down was my destiny

But yesterday I swear that was

Someone Else not me

Here I stand at the crossroad's edge

Afraid to reach out for eternity

One step when I look down

I see someone else, not me

I know now who I am, if only for awhile

I recognize the changes

I feel like I did, before the magic wore thin

And the baptism of stains began

Sacrifice, the always say... is a sign of nobility

But where does one draw the line in the face of injury?

I'm just trying to understand

Standing here at the crossroad's edge

Looking down at what I used to be

A drowning man, trying to stay afloat

Heavy with the past, but somehow keeping hope

That there's something more that is seen

But it's somewhere out of reach

So I keep looking back

Looking back and I see someone else

All my life they said I was going down

But I'm still standing stronger proud

And today I know, there's so much more I can be

I think I finally understand

From where I stand at the crossroad's edge

There's a path leading out to sea

And from somewhere deep in my mind

Sirens sing out loud, songs of doubt, as only they know how

But one glance back reminds and I see

Someone Else, not me.

I keep looking back at Someone Else... me?

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Q2K

Q2K

Album : Q2K 

Artist : Queensrÿche

Release Date : 1999

Label : EMI 

Track List :

1. Falling Down

2. Sacred Ground

3. One Life

4. When the Rain Comes...

5. How Could I?

6. Beside You

7. Liquid Sky

8. Breakdown

9. Burning Man

10. Wot Kinda Man

11. The Right Side of My Mind

PLAYING x OF y

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Track Artist

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LYRIC

Falling Down

Today is just the same as any other day to me.

Walking wall to wall to pass the time,

 I picture what it’s like on the other side.

Because I’m here on the inside of blue, without you.

Day in day out on and on ... I’m missing you.

Nothing seems to work as well, my face in the mirror looks like hell. 

I think I need to see a doctor.

I watch the slow hand move line by line. 

I can’t even think of the words that rhyme.

Day in day out on and on ... I’m missing you.

Some days it feels, just like falling down.

Some days it’s easy, just like falling down.

Some days it’s real, just like falling down.

Some days it’s easy, just like falling down.

Day in day out on and on ... I’m missing you.

Sacred Ground

Iced over, close your eyes. Whisper the flame, it takes us higher.

Seems our world is closing around. When I’m inside you, 

you bring me to sacred ground.

When I’m inside you, you bring me to sacred ground.

Now you’re the one that I want, you know it’s true.

Let go of everything, open up to me.

I’m right beside you, I’ll be your watchful eye.

I send waves of devotion over you. You take it all in and give it back, 

give it back again.

You bring me to sacred ground, when I’m inside you.

You bring me to sacred ground.

Yes we’ll love till there’s nothing left to give...

matching every movement, swimming in an ocean of sweat, 

and scent of you. It drives me to ...

You bring me to sacred ground, when I’m inside you.

You bring me to sacred ground.

I know I can change your mind. Give it to me the same way.

Giving it all up for love, I know that you feel the same way.

I’d give it all up for you, I swear I would.

Now I’m falling, falling inside ...

You bring me to sacred ground, when I’m inside you.

You bring me to sacred ground.

I’m inside you.

You bring me to sacred ground, when I’m inside you.

You bring me to sacred ground.

One Life

One life, is like one prayer, one love to share.

One thought, one dream. One world, one meaning.

A man that’s lost everything holds his faith in his heart.

Speaks to god of broken dreams, 

never wondering why when nothing’s heard ... one prayer.

A woman cries in frustration, 

her man holds it inside.

They forgot what got them here,

 the vows they promised to stand by ... one love.

One life is like one prayer, one love to share.

One thought, one dream. One world, one meaning.

It don’t cost much for you to get to heaven, 

you just got to say your prayers.

If you want to stand with your saviors, 

you better learn how to bow your head.

Now bend your knees and bruise the earth and pray.

Heed the cries of the war child. 

Mothers hold them to their breasts.

Fathers fight an enemy and fear breeds unto itself ... one world.

One life, is like one prayer, one love to share.

One thought, one dream. 

One world, one meaning. One life ... One.

When the Rain Comes...

You’ve come to me again my friend. 

I’ve been waiting so long.

Life seems strange and hard sometimes, 

maybe I won’t make it this time.

Oh They’ve taken all I have, 

but I just need what’s left of today, 

and you can wash it all away.

When it all comes down and I’m feeling tired and afraid,

you’re always there, and seem come when I’ve nothing left to give away.

Now I wait for your winds to come and give me breath for another day, 

and your rain to wash me.

I feel the rain coming. I feel it in my heart, 

take away my pain.

I feel the rain coming. Wash me down, 

wash me down.

Here comes the rain. Hold me now, just for awhile.

I feel like a candle flame in the wind. The dust of my deeds past, 

covers me, like a fading lie.

I feel the rain coming. 

I feel it in my heart, wash away my pain.

Wash me down, wash me down. 

I feel the rain coming.

Here comes the rain.

How Could I?

There you were like a ghost from my early days, 

staring straight ahead at me.

How could I ever guess,

 from that moment on, just how everything would change.

How could I know?

I recall something strange coming over me, 

somewhat at a loss for words.

I’d been around and had my share of what I thought my soul could bare, 

but never seen what I saw in your eyes.

How could I know?

We never took it slow.

We gave it all we had and more.

How could I know?

We never took it slow.

We gave it all we had and more.

Looking back at where we’ve been, 

the road ahead is so uncertain.

We keep passing open windows forever.

I’ve tried before I’ll try again, 

I never know where were going.

I only know that I’ll be yours forever ... 

yours forever ... forever ... forever.

How could I know?

We never took it slow.

We gave it all we had.

We gave it all we had.

Beside You

*** Take your children down to the water 

wash their heads and sing .. holy holy

Last night I dreamed you were standing there, 

strong and tall beside me.

All my life ... behind me.

You gently took me by my hand 

and led me to where I couldn’t see,but where I’ve always been ... an island.

In my dreams I’ve been an island ...

where I’m all alone, and I’ve built these walls stone by stone.

I want to leave but I don’t know where to go.

I’ve tried the best I can, 

but it’s hard to be a man and feel the way you feel.

I’m different on the inside. 

I’ve tried to give to you what you need to get you through.

I’ll always be ... beside you.

The day you were born I held you ... 

small and helpless crying, your life and mine entwining.

As I looked into your eyes I saw myself in an overview, 

reaching out to you from this island in the sea.

I don’t want to be an island.

I’ve tried the best I can, 

but it’s hard to be a man and feel the way you feel.

I’m different on the inside.

I’ve tried to give to you what you need to get you through.

I’ll always be ... beside you.

Liquid Sky

I ain’t no Romeo. I’m just the man for you.

Holding out as secrets travel, they kind of get to you.

Everybody says that it could’ve been something.

Never was a smart kid, never knew a good thing.

Always hearing voices swim ... in your liquid sky.

Liquid Sky ... Always hearing voices, 

like no more choices in disguise.

I ain’t no sacred idol or a saint pretending.

I’ll build you up. I’ll tear you down. 

Turn you wrong side in.

What am I afraid of? Everyone’s listening.

Standing on my soapbox, lost the beginning.

Always hearing voices ... swim ... in your liquid sky.

Liquid Sky ... I’m always hearing voices, 

like no more choices, like a lie.

It’s just, it’s just liquid sky.

I’m always hearing voices like electric shock waves in disguise.

I don’t know what this means. 

I’ll leave it for your interpretation. It’s just me at the edge ...

Everybody says that it could have been something.

Never was a smart kid, never knew a good thing.

Always hearing voices ... swim in your liquid sky.

Liquid Sky ... I’m always hearing voices, 

like no more choices, like a lie.

It’s just, it’s just liquid sky. 

I’m always hearing voices like electric shock waves in disguise.

Always hearing voices swim ...

Breakdown

When the whirlwind of noise surrounds and get intense,

and when words can’t hide their anger or intent.

I feel it in my bones and in my head, 

can’t make sense of what is said.

Ready for the take down, headed for a breakdown.

Fear has me backed against these walls that I follow and pace.

Time moves in and out of phase of everything that I face.

I feel it in my bones they rattle and shake, 

can’t find a trace of what it takes to stop this take down.

Can’t stop this breakdown!

Welcome to my scene. A place that’s in-between where squares fit the round.

Some affectionately call it ... my breakdown....

When I feel the pressure mounting and my hands begin to clutch, 

I reach my limit of pain and I’ve had enough.

It feels good to pound on tables and chairs and feel the frenzy start to wear.

Breakdown this take down, gotta stop this breakdown.

Welcome to my scene. 

A place that’s in-between where squares fit the round.

It’ll never be, never be more than this. Never

Burning Man

Miles of desert fly, the quiet of dawn.

I ride the winds of morning to see the man that’s burning.

*** BurningMan

Miles of desert fly, the quiet of dawn.

I ride the winds of morning to see the man that’s burning.

In my head I hear the song a million voices strong.

I feel the heart of conscious returning,

 that’s why the man is burning.

*** BurningMan

Wot Kinda Man

Don’t know you man or where you’re from. 

Some say a crazy man, came undone.

Please man, make it all make sense.

Gotta be some man to keep a promise, 

you can count on this.

Wot kind of man are you?

Tell me, tell me what do I do?

When you left you took part of me, 

all the things I’ll never see.

I fake it, break it, whatever makes it right, 

can't see the truth through the web of all your lies.

Wot kind of man are you?

Sometimes life’s not too clear for me, 

apologizes never come easily.

I suck up, and buck up and fuck up...

I've spent all my life wondering, what did I to you, 

what was I supposed to think?

Hate man, why didn't you tell me? Now I’m the man, 

at the end of your family tree.

Wot kind of man are you? Tell me, 

tell me what do I do?

The Right Side of My Mind

Hey, are you okay? Better luck on another day. 

This path some weren’t meant to follow.

You’re curious I can see, always looking behind the trees. 

Keeping one eye on tomorrow.

Re-engineer your head, 

is really what the door mouse said. Push the lies away.

If you take time and look for clues ...scrape the shit off your shoes, 

you’ll feel the real today.

I’d love to take you to see what I see there, 

on the right side of my mind.

On the right side, on the right side ... of my mind.

Hey, one more thing, these things are hard to explain. For some, 

it seems strange to swallow.

The frontier of our minds is the last place we find, 

but maybe the first place we should go.

I’d love to take you to see what I see there... 

on the right side of my mind.

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