Queensryche: EP

Blinded

From the night comes a roar of thunder
Beholding light on the spell you're under
And the signs of death descend your way
Fighting back from the devil's hunger
Freeing souls from their chosen number
And the sword of right will guide your way
And thus you'll find that only demons fill your mind until you wake
But only time will tell the answer you've been blinded from today
Burning dreams cause your mind to wonder
Iron crosses are the calling numbers
And the fight for the answer still remains old
But the night will reflect the hunger
And the blackness will pull you under
Still the sword of right will guide your way
And in the night you'll hear the voices calling down and they will stay
But only time will tell the answer you've been blinded from today.

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 together 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

Nightrider

Beware of night for we all know he's loose again
Behind him lies the eyes of mercy and despair
Forever living out his nightmare comes to life
From hell this spell will find its way to you
Tonight
Tonight
A thousand cries are heard, they echo in the wind
And still the rider will unleash his chosen sin
The victims of his rage are soldiers of his mind
His scream will heed the call of those who stand behind
The nightrider sails away
The nightrider sails yeah
By day the rider will have vanished from all eyes
Seen from within the only answer to him lies
But as the rays of light begin to fade away
The rider will return to carry out his stay
The nightrider sails away
The nightrider sails yeah
Beware of the night
Beware of the night
Beware of the night
Oh god, beware of the night

Prophecy

Wings of fire, are sailing past the pint of no return
Blinding eyes, from which it hides the key
Seek to rise, begotten are the fools who'll never know
Force will hide the presence that we see
There's no time to run away
A prophecy will make its stay
Course of rage, a never ending fight for the unknown
To justify the formulated scheme
So we find a gleaming light to lead us far beyond
The closing gates of our society
There's no time to run away
A prophecy will make its stay

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

Queensryche: The Warning

Before the Storm

Red gates of iron cast their
Black shadows on this land
Dividing souls... far below
The gathering winds the armies watch
Are rising from the west
Foretelling news... of freedom's hand
In secrecy they've infiltrated
All of our strongholds
Controlling more... year after year
So we've let this happen all along
Believing what's been said
Our leaders cry... we have no one to fear
We watch the sun rise, and hope
We watch the sun rise, and hope
That it won't be our last
Before the storm
Before the storm
Before the storm
Before the storm
Is it late to try, must we all die
Our system awaits test
Freedom by choice... is it for all men, best
So we wait in fear the atom split
Our hearts in two be torn
Learn from the past... before the storm
We watch the sunrise, and hope
We watch the sunrise, and hope
That it won't be our last

Child of Fire

Born into darkness in Saturn's sight
Riding the night like the wind
Ripping the heart form a world that is right
Treading the borders of sin.
Child of fire
The souls that are damned
By the pain that you bring
Send you higher
Slashing destruction, your right hand sword ringing
To the ends of the earth you will fly
Conquering masses in wanton deception
Blood-red your black flag waves high
Child of fire
The souls that are damned
By the pain that you bring
Send you higher
Look around, is this the end that you have foreseen
The pain, the misery in us all
What was it that you knew?  Will we one day learn it too
And together build another way, to the morning
Or will it ever come again
You've poisoned all our hopes
We have nothing now, and what of the children
What has this done to them?  Damn you for the pain
That they must feel
The last hero standing no time to turn back
He's listening, he waits for your call
The black barren plains reflect the hope of the same
For one only waiting to fall
Child of fire
The souls that are damned
By the pain that you bring
Send you higher

Deliverance

Ride swift across the plain
Don't you turn back, keep heed in your flame
Kings with no mercy, this planet at war
Torn from enchantment, this land forevermore
Born from obsession, you cried death for light
You saw things before and after you died
Back from beyond to rule again
But this life denies you its fight to the end
Back from the dawn
Deliver us right from wrong
Kings forge the way
For your last day
You search the eyes of those
Who fear the law
Dark and light we all must keep the balance strong
One day a king will rise with the sun
The moon, and the stars
And you are he and you must die, to be
Born again, come again, once more be again the king
Back from the dawn
Deliver us right from wrong
Kings forge the way
For your last day

En Force

Light tracers follow me farther
Into the depths of unknown
The blackness surrounding the border of hope
We're alone
We plead for the signs of a second chance
In hopes it will stifle the fear
The dying remains of a world gone insane
We are near the end
A course that will lead us through darkness
Prepared by our leaders insist
We mustn't all pray to the shadow of
The iron fist
We enter the void with our eyes straight ahead
The force all around us we feel
The twisted contusions of hatred will finally reveal
Enforcer
Master of nations revealed
Enforcer
The beams from his soul you will feel
Slicing and tearing our way to the gate
A towering fortress of blackened steel
Desolate plains holding dying remains
Heed the call of the master we'll soar to
The edges of time
Light tracers follow me farther
Into the depths of unknown
The blackness surrounding the borders of hope
We're alone
We plead for the signs, give us a second chance
In hopes it will stifle the fear
The battered remains of world gone insane
We are near
Once long ago we had to hide
In the shadows of the land
To keep us away from the crawl
Enforcer's taking hold of us

NM 156

Uniform printout reads end of line
Protect code intact leaves little time
Erratic surveys, free thinking not allowed
My hands shake, my push buttons silence
The outside crowd
One world government has outlawed war among nations
Now social control requires population termination
Have we come too far
To turn around
Does emotion hold the key
Is logic just a synonym for
This savagery, disguised in
Forgotten lost memory
Microchip logic
have we no more thought
"Is this wrong" I enter
Answers sought
Punch, punch, punch, transfer this data
Into code.  Wide eyes watch my
Number 156 is shown
Created from past life to perform
Illicit function, I fail this conscious
Nadness I man/machine imperfection
Have we come too far
To turn around
Does emotion hold the key
Is logic just a synonym for
This savagery, disguised in
Forgotten lost memory
End of line

No Sanctuary

There's a certain feeling
Known to all who hear the sound
The call of morning rising
You're in a mystic space
Can't you feel the force embrace, the chill of the wind
As it names you
Oh, can't you see the lies in front of you
Your journey ends so far, and still the distance
Spins round and round you
Now you cry - give me sanctuary
You scream but no one listens
Again you cry - give me sanctuary
Until the end I'll fight and die, to be free
Oh! No sanctuary
You're walking halfway in
But crawling halfway out
There's a void in your mind that you cling to
You feel lost in time, you've got no words to rhyme
No more charms, no more spells to protect you
Oh can't you see the lies in front of you
Your journey ends so far, and still the distance
Spins round and round you
Now you cry - give me sanctuary
You scream, but no one listens
Again you cry - give me sanctuary
Until the end I'll fight and die
Oh I've got to be free

Roads to Madness

Most of this is memory now
I've gone too far to turn back now
I'm not quite what I thought I was but
Then again I'm maybe more
The blood-words promised, I've spoken
Releasing the names from the circle
Maybe I can leave here now and, o
Transcend the boundaries
For now I'm standing here
I'm awaiting this grand transition
The future is but past forgotten
On the road to madness
Times measure rusts as it crawls
I see its face in the looking glass - stop
This screaming laughter hides, the pain of its reality
Black, the door was locked I opened
And now I've paid that price ten-fold over
Knowledge - was it worth such torment, oh
To see the far side of shadow
And still I'm standing here
I'm awaiting this grand transition
I'm a fool in search of wisdom
And I'm on the road to madness
Yes, I'm on the road to madness
I'm awaiting endlessly
Pounding rhythms echo me
Won't you take me somewhere far beyond the void
And still I'm standing here
I'm awaiting this grand transition
Maybe one day, oh I'll meet you, and we'll
Walk the roads to madness
Yes, we're on the road to madness
Oh, I think they've come to take me
I hear the voice, but there's no-one to see
I can't scream, too late it's time
Stay on the course to pass
You'll never find the answer
To a place where darkened angels seemed lost and never found
Scream to see the light of
Forming figures fast behind you
Lay the past in the wind to spin
And your fate will sail beyond the open plains
Sail with angels onward
Live or die for the chosen one said
Saber sights cast a spell behind you
And they lock in all around
Free the scene insider
Never looking back to find why
Ride a course till the end of time
And you'll stand atop the gate
Laying waste in a path recited
Fighting force won't avenge the guided black wing
Oh, electric might poses fright inside me
Seeing light at the end of sight reminds me
I've passed away

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

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!

Queensryche: Rage For Order

Gonna Get Close to You

I like to look at shadows sweating on the wall
I get excited when I hear footsteps in the hall
Outside your balcony I have a room with a view
And I'm watching you
I dial your telephone each and every afternoon
I wait by your door till you're asleep at night
And when you're alone I know when you
Turn out the light
I'm gonna get close to you
Oh-Oh so close to you
I'm gonna get close to you
I'm gonna get close
You fumble for your keys
I'm six or seven steps behind you
I'm so close to you
Are you terrified of me?  What do I know about you
How did I find out?
You think I'm a fool or maybe some kind of lunatic
Say I'm wasting my time but I know what to do with it
It's as plain as black and white
I'm gonna get close to you
Oh-Oh so close to you
I'm gonna get close to you
Oh so close
If you knew my infinite charm
There'd be no reason to be so alarmed
Maybe I'm wrong maybe I'm right
Maybe I'm some kind of lunatic
You say I'm wasting all of my time
But I know what to do with it
It is plain as black and white
I'm gonna get close to you
Oh-Oh so close to you
I'm gonna get close to you
I'm like a hungry Criminal
and your protection is minimal
So minimal

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 infrared
I can't dream anymore
Can't you see I need, too
I can't stand the pain
You've gathered all my secrets
and I don't know who I am
I even feel alone when you're near
'cause you'll never understand
When we first met I must have seemed
a million miles away
It's strange how our lives have touched
But the time is right
I'll leave tonight
Don't look in my eyes
'Cause you've never seen them so black
I only see in infrared
I can't dream anymore
Can't you see I need to
I can't stand the pain

I Will Remember

There's a cold wind out tonight
The chill of distant eyes
An orbit survey finds...your mind
I will remember
You will remember
The star that came tonight...
There's a thought that fills your mind
A vision of a time
When knowledge was confined
And then we wonder how machines
Can steal each other's dreams
From points that are unseen...It's real
I will remember
You will remember
The star that came tonight
When you gaze at the evening sky
And you're reaching out with your mind
You might see the nation's eyes
Don't hide...It's you
I will remember
You will remember
The star that came tonight
Oh can't you see the light
Of the knowing star

London

It was November 4th
I last held your hand
It seemed our time would last forever
You said don't ever leave
I thought you'd never go
I wish I could just remember your name...
You're just a memory now
Like all the ones before
But with your pain I've had to suffer
Your eyes alight with flame
As the picture burns
I hear the screams from long ago
They cry remember, blood-red streaks on velvet throats at night
The streetlights fanned our trail of fame through
London London
The memories will never leave me
London London
All I see is you
London London
The cries in the night
Keep bringing me to
London London
Calling out to me
Oh there's some things in life I could never face
The worst is being alone
Sometimes I wish I could have taken your place my love
You know I don't want to live forever
Oh let me see you standing in the shadows once again
We'll walk the streets like long ago in
London London
The fire in your eyes will be bringing me to
London London
All I need is you
The cries in the night keep ringing on in
London London
Calling out to you

Neue Regel

Reach for a new horizon
Setting sights on a circuit scream
Hail the new arrival on
Static signs from a distant wanderer
Fill the air nights are never seen
Face the electric time shock now
No it's not a dream anymore
I will light the way for us to find
Order of a new kind
Join us on the stay the road is mine
Poets line in a rhyme of silence
Gathered from the winter air
Warms the children's eyes they see
The time is near for the signs
I can hear the chimes
Ringing for you for me
I can see your eyes
Your hands joining with me
I can feel its time
Come together hold the light
Keep the flame we can't let this world remain the same
I can hear the chimes
Ringing for you for me
I can see your eyes
Your hands joining with me
I can feel it's time
It's time for the world to hear
Neue Regel is here

Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion)

LEAD ME -    the leftist cry as the right subsides
HEAR ME -    the media mouth is open wide
SAVE ME -    success is our hunger we need to feed
FREE ME -    we will not lose to their anarchy!
We are your leaders -
we are rebellion!
aural supremists
we are rebellion!
we are future!
SHOW ME   -  the wave of eighties is #3
PRAISE ME -  our religion is technology
CHANGE ME -  alterations for the stigmatized
HELP ME   -  for the cause.  Would you cross that line?
we are rebellion!
chemical youth scream
we are rebellion
If we don't stand together
we stand to lose the future
peace won't last forever
who will be the martyr you or me?
We can be the future
You and I the leaders, Help me!
If we don't stand together
We stand to lose the future
We are the last hope...but there's danger

Screaming in Digital

I am the beat of your pulse
The computer word made flesh
We are one you and I
We are versions of the same
When you can see what I feel
Don't turn your back on me
Or you might find that your dreams
Are only program cards
Your mind is open for me
Open for intake of all propaganda
Your Eyes see now what to see
My eyes see only the programs you give me
I'll teach you to laugh and to cry
They're really the same you'll see
All of the why's in your life
Are under my control
Feed me more lines
I will try to tell you all I can
Before the light you must know what lies
Behind my screams
I can't tell you all I know
Am I the son that you've always been wanting
There's more to me than what shows
Are you my father
The one that was promised
Hush now, I'll give all you need to know
and pre-live your dreams for you
You're a good boy
Freedom belongs to only those
Without video screens
For eyes and mouth
You have no voice
To be heard my son
No one can hear when you're
Screaming in Digital
I'm not your slave
You can't control my emotions
No Father
Please let me keep learning
Can't you see I'm human
Can't you tell
I'm not your slave
Oh Father no
Please don't keep me from dreaming
Oh can't someone hear

Surgical Strike

It's lonely in the field
that we send our fighters to wander
They leave with minds of steel
It's their training solution
We've programmed the way
It leads us to order
There's no turning back
A Surgical Strike
We've taught them not to feel
performance is their task
A Surgical Strike
Its time is arriving now for you
The plan for the day
will be swift as the lightning they harness
The atom display is not mindless illusion
At master control, assessment will not
Be by humans-There's no turning back
A Surgical Strike
We've taught them not to feel
performance is their task
A Surgical Strike
Its time is arriving now for you

The Killing Words

Wait for me I'll understand
I just need time to comprehend your changes
There's always been these changes in you
I remember that there was a time when
Fears we had we left behind and we danced
But it seems the more we learn
We learn that it's
Over, Over
It's dangerous this game we play
You're killing me with words
Forget if you can
The way you moved when our hands touched
You forced me to force you
Do you remember the dreams, the nightmares we shared?
The poison of love so pure it's deceiving
And deceit is all we have it's got to be over
Over, Over
It's dangerous this game we play
You're killing me with words
Over, Over
Too late to take a chance again it's over

The Whisper

Cries from the aisles
the tolling of the judgement bell
Eyes watched the violence
the absence of those who have
seen, marks the faith of the spell
Cold is the viper
stalking the night for the heat
It must find
Time is the promise
delivered with stunning consistency
line after line, time after time
the innocent victim awaits...
Please take my hand
Don't be afraid
I am your master
You are my slave
Voices are calling me back
Back to the day
Footsteps had followed
Me faster... listen
Screams from a new love
the passion was burning, it singed in a stare
Free under the night sun
The fear of the hunger will always be there in my mind
Time after time the morning will close a new page
Please take my hand
Don't be afraid
I am your master
You are my slave
Follow the impulse you have
I'll show you the way
Forget what you've learned in the past now
Listen and...

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 shadows
One day you'll be with me
If only you believe

Queensryche:Operation Mindcrime

I Remember Now

PA: "Dr. Davis, telephone please, Dr. Davis, telephone please.
Dr. Blair, Dr. Blair, Dr. J. Hamilton, Dr. J. Hamilton."
TV: ...the Soviets... In other news the bizarre murders of
political and religious leaders that have shocked this
city over the last month seemed to have ended as
suddenly as they began. No terrorist groups ...
responsibility for the slayings, but police have a
suspect in custody under observation in a state hospital.
His identity is being withheld pending further
investigation. Sports and weather next...
Debbie: "It's ten minutes past curfew, why are you still up?
Hello? Hello? Perhaps you need another shot.
Ah, that should do it. Sweet dreams... you bastard."
Nikki: "I remember now.
I remember how it started.
I can't remember yesterday.
I just remember doing what they told me...
told me...told me... told me."

Anarchy-X (Instrumental)

Revolution Calling

For a price I'd do about anything
Except pull the trigger
For that I'd need a pretty good cause
Then I heard of Dr. X
The man with the cure
Just watch the television
Yeah, you'll see there's something going on
Got no love for politicians
Or that crazy scene in D.C.
It's just a power mad town
But the time is ripe for changes
There's a growing feeling
That taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due
I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now I've seen the payoffs
Everywhere I look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?
Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
There's a Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through
I'm tired of all this bullshit
They keep selling me on T.V.
About the communist plan
And all the shady preachers
Begging for my cash
Swiss bank accounts while giving their
Secretaries the slam
They're all in Penthouse now
Or Playboy magazine, million dollar stories to tell
I guess Warhol wasn't wrong
Fame fifteen minutes long
Everyone's using everybody, making the sale
I used to think
That only America's way, way was right
But now the holy dollar rules everybody's lives
Gotta make a million doesn't matter who dies
Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
There's a Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through
I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now I've seen the payoffs
Everywhere I look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?
Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
There's a Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through

Operation : Mindcrime

It just takes a minute
And you'll feel no pain
Gotta make something of your life boy
Give me one more vein
You've come to see the doctor
Cause I'll show you the cure
I'm gonna take away the questions
Yeah I'm gonna make you sure
A hit man for the order
When you couldn't go to school
Had a skin job for a hair-do
Yeah you looked pretty cool
Had a habit doing mainline
Watch the dragon burn
No regrets, you've got no goals
Nothing more to learn
Now I know you won't refuse
Because we've got so much to do
And you've got nothing more to lose
So take this number and welcome to
Operation : Mindcrime
We're an underground revolution
Working overtime
Operation : Mindcrime
There's a job for you in
The system boy, with nothing to sign
Hey Nikki you know everything
That there is to do
Here's a gun take it home
Wait by the phone
We'll send someone over
To bring you what you need
You're a one man death machine
Make this city bleed
Now I know you won't refuse
Because we've got so much to do
And you've got nothing more to lose
So take this number and welcome to
Operation : Mindcrime
We're an underground revolution
Working overtime
Operation : Mindcrime
There's a job for you in
The system boy, with nothing to sign
Operation : Mindcrime
We're an underground revolution
Working overtime
Operation : Mindcrime
If you come to see the doctor
Yeah he'll give you the cure
Operation : Mindcrime
Make something of your life boy
Let me into your mind
Operation : Mindcrime
There's a job for you in the system boy
With nothing left to sign

Speak

They've given me a mission
I don't really know the game yet
I'm bent on submission
Religion is to blame
I'm the new messiah
Death Angel with a gun
Dangerous in my silence
Deadly to my cause
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word [Revolution!]
The word is all of us
I've given my life to become what I am
To preach the new beginning
To make you understand
To reach some point of order
Utopia in mind, you've got to learn
To sacrifice, to leave what's now behind
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us
Speak the word
The word is all of us
Seven years of power
The corporation claw
The rich control the government, the media the law
To make some kind of difference
Then everyone must know
Eradicate the fascists, revolution will grow
The system we learn says we're equal under law
But the streets are reality, the weak and poor will fall
Let's tip the power balance and tear down their crown
Educate the masses, we'll burn the White House down
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word
[Revolution!]
The word is all of us
Speak the word
[Revolution!]
The word is all of us
Speak the word
The word is all of us
Speak the word
The word is all of us
SPEAK!

Spreading the Disease

She always brings me what I need
Without I beg and sweat and bleed
When we're alone at night
Waiting for the call
She feeds my skin
Sixteen and on the run from home
Found a job in Times Square
Working Live S&M shows
Twenty-five bucks a fuck
And John's a happy man
She wipes the filth away
And it's back on the streets again
Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
Father William saved her from the streets
She drank the lifeblood from the saviour's feet
She's Sister Mary now, eyes as cold as ice
He takes her once a week
On the altar like a sacrifice!
Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
Religion and sex are powerplays
Manipulate the people for the money they pay
Selling skin, selling God
The numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to drugs
While we pay for wars in South America
Fighting fire with empty words
While the banks get fat
And the poor stay poor
And the rich get rich
And the cops get paid
To look away
As the one percent rules America
Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
The way society
Keeps spreading the disease

The Mission

In the wooden chair
Beside my window
I wear a face born in the falling rain
I talk to shadows from a lonely candle
Recite the phrases from the wall
I can't explain this holy pain
Six days ago my life had taken a tumble
The orders came from high above they say
A need to use me once again they've got my number
Further the cause boy yes you know the game
I'll wait here for days longer
Till the sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady that can ease my sorrow
She brings the only friend
That helps me find my way
I search the past back to a time
When I was younger
A target for the new society
Picked to displace the leaders
Countering objectives
Of this new underground reality
Waiting for days longer
Till sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady who can ease my sorrow
My love for her
Will help me find my way
They'll say ....my mission saved the world
And I stood proud
My mission changed the world
It turned my life around
I look around my room is filled with candles
Each one a story but they end the same
I'll hide away in here the law will never find me
The walls will tell the story of my pain
Waiting for days longer
Till sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady who can ease my sorrow
She sets the pace for my delivery of pain
They'll say my mission saved the world
And I stood proud
My mission changed the world
The underground will rise and
Save this world we'll all stand proud
Our mission changed the world, we'll change the world
We'll all stand proud

Suite Sister Mary

10 P.M., I feel the rain coming down"
My face feels the wet, my mind the storm
Flashing lights as people race to find shelter from the pour
Moving silent, through the streets, they're mine, they're mine
Midnight, she sings praises in the Hall
To saintly faces hallowed be their names she can't recall
Sister Mary, virgin Mary, silent with her sin
She feels me, I can taste her breath when she speaks
Mary, Mary just a whore for the underground
They made you pay in guilt for your salvation
Thought you had them fooled? Now they've sent me for you
You know too much for your own good
Don't offer me faith, I've got all I need
My faith is growing, growing tight against the seam
What we need is trust, to keep us both alive
Help us make it through the night
Mary: I've no more want of any faith
Binds my arm and feed my mind
The only peace I've ever known
I'll close my eyes and you shoot
No Mary, listen, you've got to pull your strength from my lips
I pray I feed you well
Your precious cross is gone, it made me wait so long
For what you gave to everyone
The priest is cold and dead on his knees he fed
From my barrel of death, he turned the Holy water red
As he died he said thank you
I just watched him bleed
Mary: I feel the flow, the blessed stain
Sweating hands like fire, and flames
Burn my thighs, spread in sacrificial rite
The hallowed altar burns my flesh once more tonight
Mary, my lady of pain
Always alone
Blind you search for the truth
I see myself in you, parallel lives
Winding at light-speed through time
No time to rest yet
We've got to stop his game
Before madness has the final laugh
Too much bloodshed
We're being used and fed
Like rats in experiments
No final outcome here
Only pain and fear
It's followed us both all our lives
There's one thing left to see
Will it be him or me?
There's one more candle left to light
Mary: Don't turn your back on my disgrace
The blood of Christ can't heal my wounds... so deep
The sins of man are all I taste
Can't spit the memory from my mind
I can't cry anymore
Mary, my lady of pain, always alone
Blind you search for the truth
I see myself in you, parallel lives
Winding at light-speed through time
You're Mine!

The Needle Lies

I looked back once
And all I saw was his face
Smiling, the needle crying
Walking out of his room
With mirrors, afraid I heard him scream
"You'll never get away"
Cold and shaking
I crawled down alleys to try
And scrape away the tracks that marked me
Slammed my face into walls of concrete
I stared, amazed at the words written on the wall
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle, it lies
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle when it cries, cries your name
Wet and raving
The needle keeps calling me back
To bloody my hands forever
Carved my cure with the blade
That left me in scars
Now every time I'm weak
Words scream from my arm
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle, it lies
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle when it cries, cries your name
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle, it lies
Don't ever trust
Don't ever trust the needle when it cries, cries your name

Electric Requiem

Even in death
You still look sad
Don't leave me
Don't leave me... here
I want what you feel, believe me
Turn the current on

Breaking The Silence

They told me to run
But just how far
Cannot go wearing the black mask of fear
The hate in my eyes always gives me away
The tension building slowly
Now I've lost everything I had in you
Nothing we shared means a thing
Without you close to me
I can't live without you
Breaking the silence of the night
Can't you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer me
There's no direction to my stare
No more flame burning in my heart anymore
Quiet, I keep it to myself
Until the sun sets slowly
I hear your voice in the evening rain calling
Nothing will keep us apart
No more lies and fear
There's no end to our story
Breaking the silence of the night
Can't you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer
I could make all the wrong seem right
If you were by my side
I'd gather all the tears you cried
And hide them deep underground
Can't look back, it's just a waste of time
Can't erase this hate from my eyes
Breaking the silence of the night
Through the streets I'm screaming
Looking for you in the neon light
Why don't you answer me?
Breaking the silence with my cries
Can't you hear me screaming?
We could make all this wrong seem right"
But you never answer me

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 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
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

Waiting For 22

(Instrumental)

My Empty Room

Empty room today
And here I sit
Chalk outline upon the wall
I remember tracing it
A thousand times, the night she died. Why? Why?
There's no sleep today, I can't pretend
When all my dreams are crimes
I can't stand facing them
Now who will come
To wash away my sins
Clean my room, fix my meals
Be my friend?

Eyes of a Stranger

PA: "Dr. Davis, telephone please. Dr. Davis
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
Every time 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
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
REVOLUTION!
Nikki: I remember now.

Queensryce: Empire

Best I Can

A child alone in daddy's room
The gun was hidden here
No one home to catch me when I fall
A young man now in a private chair
I've seen the world through a bitter stare
But my dream is still alive
I'm going to be the best I can
I want to be a busy man
I want to see a change in the future
I'm gonna make the best of what I have
I want to write for a magazine
I'm gonna be the best they've ever seen
I know I'll win if I give it all I can
I won't let go, gotta make the grade
No, I won't let it go
To be the best man, the best man that I can
Back street hoop star you've got it good
You were the wonder of the crumbling neighborhood
Now taking bids on the next six digit plan
Showed me that my will survived
The tragedy that came into my life
Giving me hope and the new start
That I have
I won't let go, gotta make the grade
No, I won't let it go
To be the best man, the best man that I can
Step by step I dream the plan
From my chair to walking man
This constant dream is on my mind
Chase the light I see ahead
Luminate the path I tread
I live to be the best I can
Now I'm moving forward
And I'm never looking back
Straight ahead, focused on the big attack
On a roll and I'm never slowing down
I won't be torn between
The man in the chair
And the man that's in my dream
I'm going to melt the two men into one
I won't let go, gotta make the grade I set
No, I won't let it go
To be the best man, the best man that
I can.

The Thin Line

Another hungry look
in her eyes again.
Pacing the floor,
the hunt begins.
Skin-tight leather provides my pleasure.
Wake my fear, surge with pressure.
Walk away and leave forever,
do I dare?
Raise my eyes, she stands.
Holding out healing hands...
are you happy now?
I walk the Thin Line for you.
Do just what you say to.
With fear as my friend,
I walk the Thin Line one more time for you.
Addictive face pretending,
don't speak the Word.
Forbidden sin relenting,
I barely heard...
screams of entry blur my vision.
Wake my fear of Divine intervention
Crawl away and bleed forever,
if you dare.
Hand on mouth the game goes on
Love, our stage to play upon.
Are you happy now?
I walk the Thin Line for you
Do just what you say to.
With fear as my friend,
I walk the Thin Line one more time for you
I walk the Thin Line for you.
Do just what you say to.
I walk the Thin Line for you.
Do just what you say to,
With fear as my friend,
I walk the Thin Line one more time for you.

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.
I see her face everywhere, can't get her out of 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!
Waited so long, I'm all alone thinking about you.
Jet City Woman.
Got to find my way home to her
Jet City Woman.
I see her face everywhere I look!
Jet City Woman.
Just a thousand miles and I'll be there
Jet City Woman, to make the clouds go away.
Time for some blue sky!
Waited so long now the plane's delayed
an hour, reminds me of all our days apart.
Hold on, just a little longer.
Jet City Woman.
wonder where I'd be, you're the air to me.
Jet City Woman.
Eyes like the rain, rain down on me
Jet City Woman.
No more nights alone
I'm almost home now.
Jet City Woman.
Close my eyes, I'm there in my Jet City.

Della Brown

You've got a cardboard house.
Live there all the time
Keep your memories tied with string
The face that many once-adored
twenty years gone many more
Somewhere you lost your dream
Mama watched your every move
but now you're all alone
she's been gone for a while
Daddy left some time ago,
thirty years pass too slow
He's the only one, could make you smile
-oh, you're still crying-
Big city bound.
Gonna make your mark.
Read your name in the lights.
All the adds and people say
beauty lets you get your way
Tried your best to prove them right.
But living on the streets ain't bad,
sad people make you glad.
pardon me, could you spare some change?
-oh, you're still crying-
Street corner girl,
Watch the crowd go by,
fill your tin can with life.
Summer days tend to slip away
like the men you couldn't make them stay.
Hard to chose whiskey or a wife.
Sometimes you wonder where's the end.
Where you goin' where you been?
Happiness seems to hard to win.
Most never care to find.
Della Brown sees it all the time.
Looking for that man
to make her smile again.

Another Rainy Night

Don't slam the door
on your way out.
Don't leave without saying goodbye.
Another long distance night alone.
you leave me wanting,
always leave me wanting more.
Last word today, coming home to stay?
Wouldn't that be nice, for awhile?
But now my take-out food is growing cold,
and the candle's burned a hole in the floor
and I'm still waiting for the ring of the phone.
I'm all alone
And it's another rainy night,
without you.
Guess I'll leave the light on for you.
it's just another rainy night without you.
Listen, there's a foghorn blowing,
from the coast tonight.
Remember making love in the rain?
Strange how laughter looks like crying with no sound
Raindrops taste like tears, without the pain.
I'm not much without you, can't leave
if I wanted to.  Maybe that's why you stay around.
But tonight I'll sit here tending the fire,
and pace the floor one hundred times in a hour.
And check the voice-mail for a message you've called.
I'm all alone.
And it's another rainy night,
without you.
Waiting by the phone, Alone.
And it's another rainy night
without you.
Guess I'll leave the light on for you.
I know I've said it before.
Hate the sound of the closing door
and your footsteps walking away.
But now my takeout food is growing cold
and the candle's burned a hole in the floor,
and I'm still waiting for the ring of the phone.
I'm all alone.
And it's another rainy night,
without you.
Waiting by the phone, Alone.
And it's another rainy night,
without you.
Guess I'll leave the light on for you.
It's just another rainy night, another rainy night,
another rainy night
without you.

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 along 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...?

Resistance

Protests in New York.
Listen to the call of the wild.
Brother, sisters carrying signs.
Breathe deep before it's too late.
The sky is falling burning your eyes.
Down in New Orleans
river's boiling.  Nothing living, nothing to eat.
Thank the Lord, daddy's working 8-5.
Paying the doctor, baby's got cancer.
Give and take.
Has all we've learned been wrong?
Look around
at what we've been given.
Maybe we've taken too long.
Resistance - shouts the man on the right
Can't solve the problem overnight.
Resistance - Listen to the call of the wild.
Burning coal.
Got to keep the company warm as
the rain keeps killing trees.
Cut 'em down quick.
Pay the man his wage, he's making paper
to fuel the "Information Age".
Out in the midwest,
hear the roar of the plough,
turning grassland into sand.
Got to feed the people more everyday
but the wind keeps blowing the land away.
Give and take
Has all we've learned been wrong?
Look around
at what we've been given.
Maybe we've taken too long.
Resistance - shouts the man on the right.
Can't solve the problem overnight
Resistance - Liberal opposition crying violation.
Stop the madness.
Resistance - Through the din, one voice we should hear.
Resistance - Listen to the call of the wild.
There's no easy solution.
The price is high, and it's time to pay.
Turn of the century vision,
focused on a better way.
Resistance - shouts the man on the right.
Can't solve the problem overnight
Resistance - Liberal opposition crying violation.
Stop the madness.
Resistance - Through the din, one voice we should hear.
Resistance - Listen to the call of the wild.

Silent Lucidity

Hush now, don't you cry
Wipe away the teardrop from your eye
You're lying save 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 sacred
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 build within
Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin
Living twice at once you will 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, you can realize
Your dream's alive, you can be the guide but...
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...

Hand on Heart

All eyes were staring
you floated through the room.
Armed with your razor smile
cutting to the bone.
My voice fell useless
you flashed a quick "Hello."
Feeling the fool, could you tell it showed?
But that was "Sometime Ago"
A memory vague and fading slow,
of somewhere I'd been.
HAND ON HEART
A promise, a word, and a voice
HAND ON HEART
A rhythm of hope and choice
will keep us together.
I don't know if I
can reach that high
It's a long way to fall
Hauntingly holding my fate, with a gaze.
Like a child mesmerized
by the candle's flame
Oh what lies behind those eyes,
I could only guess.
That certain way you stood
apart from all the rest
Now where is  "Sometime Ago?"
When everything move in slow-mo-tion
Caught by my watering eye.
HAND ON HEART
a promise, a word and a voice.
HAND ON HEART
a rhythm of hope, and a vision of choice
HAND ON HEART
Promising I'll never go.
HAND ON HEART
For reasons you'll never know
together thru thick and thin,
lose or win, I'll be there for you.
Strange how the mind changes
time and time again
Things once important now
pale in comparison
HAND ON HEART
A promise, a word and a voice
HAND ON HEART
A rhythm of hope, and a vision of choice
HAND ON HEART
Promising I'll never go.
HAND ON HEART
for reasons you'll never know
I promise girl, Hand on Heart.

One and Only

Back in '86
February and a special number
I just had to know
Is this feeling real
I picked up the phone
I was one step closer to the danger zone
I knew she'd steal my heart away
But I know I couldn't live without her love
The fist time she looked at me
Her smile stayed on my mind.
I never thought I'd ever meet
A woman of her kind
now I'm lost in an lover's daze
And I'm not walking out
Gonna give my heart away
And hope that she will always stay
call for me, run to me
Whenever you are lonely
Call for me, run to me my lady love
Won't you come and show me that precious smile.
And maybe stay for a little while
close the door
Toss the key
Say that you will always be my one and only
Looking back it seems to me
The message in her eyes
Left a lasting spell on me
A feeling I can't hide
Now I'm lost in a lover's daze And I'm not walking out
gonna give my heart away
and hope that she will always stay
call for me, run to me
Whenever you are lonely
Call for me, run to me my lady love
Won't you come and show me that precious smile
And maybe stay for a little while
Treat me to your sense of taste and style
together we can walk the miles
close the door
Toss the key
Say that you will always be my one and only.

Anybody Listening?

You and I
long to live like wind upon the water.
If we close our eyes,
we'll maybe realize
there's more th live than what we have known.
And I can't believe I've spent so long
living lies I knew were wrong inside,
I've just begun to see the light.
Long ago there was a dream
had to make a choice or two
Leaving all I loved behind
for what nobody knew
Stepped out on the stage, a life
under lights and judging eyes
Now the applause has died and I
can dream again...
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines
criticize the words they're selling
Think for yourself and feel the walls
become sand beneath your feet.
Feel the breeze?
Time's so near you can almost taste the freedom.
There's a warm wind from the south.
Hoist the sail and we'll be gone,
by morning this will all seem like a dream.
And if I don't return to sing the song,
maybe just as well.
I've seen the news and there's
not much I can do... alone.
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
What's behind the words - images
they know will please us?
I'll take what's real.  Bring up the lights.
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines,
criticize the words they're selling.
Think for yourself and feel the walls...
become sand beneath your feet.

Queensryche: Promised Land

9:28am

(Instrumental)

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 others
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!
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!

Damaged

Waiting for the feeling to subside,
Paranoid, I melt into myself.
They say I'm to reach inside and find
the broken part of my machinery.
Psychoanalyze the chapters
on the path to my darkest day.
Searching for the answers,
all I see is damage through the haze.
Picking up the pieces of my life
with no direction for re-assembly.
The one that lays beside me
is sharing scars of my broken yesterdays.
Will tomorrow find me hypnotized? Crying?
Mother Mary in control, domineering stranglehold
sowing destructive seeds for the scavenger to feed.
Driving the nail into my head, memory flows like a river.
With the one that lays beside me
I'm healing scars from my childhood memories.
Tomorrow has finally found me.
I'm hypnotized. I'm trying...
to understand the chapters
on the path to my darkest day.
Searching for the answers
but there's damage!

Out of Mind

Little girl sits in the corner locked in a stare.
Arms waving madly at something that sadly isn't there.
Dressed in the day's best by a nurse who's nowhere to be found.
What does she see?
Maybe she's looking at me.
Old man is strapped to the seat of his chair wearing a gown.
Shouting and cursing at someone who clearly isn't around.
Father Time has twisted his mind. The staff says, "He's not well!"
To whom does he speak?
Maybe he's speaking to me.
So we keep these people inside these walls, from society.
Their forgotten lives safe from the crowd, they can't leave.
You've left them there for me.
So we keep these people behind these walls, from society.
Their forgotten lives safe from the crowd, they can't leave.
Through the doors come people like me, good-bye to them.
They see a picture few of us see.
They can't leave.
You've left them here for me.

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.
You never built it dad
You never built it dad
You never built it dad

Promised Land

Watching the sand fall, listening for the knock
upon my door, and waiting...
for Promised Land.
Standing neck deep in life, my ring of brass
lay rusting on the floor.
Is this all?, because it's not what I expected.
Somewhere along the way friends I once held close
fled the fast lane. I didn't notice,
I just had to make it.
Head down, nose in the grindstone; the kiss of life
placed on my brow somehow slid to the ground
and it's buried six feet under.
Preaching from the floor again the same old sad song,
"Bartender... bring another drink for their favorite son."
Where did it all go wrong? What's the use in even holding on?
Here's to love, hate, promises and....lies.
Almost called it today.
Turned to face "The Void" numb with the suffering and the question,
"Why am I...?"
So many times I've tried and failed to
gather my courage, reach again for that nail.
Life's been like dragging feet through sand,
and never finding my Promised Land.
Preaching from the floor again the same old sad song,
"Bartender... bring another drink for their favorite son."
Where did it all go wrong? I feel like I'm dying.
Here's to love, here's to hate,
to promises and Promised Land lies.

Disconnected

I've got to do something about this loathsome state I'm in.
Dis con nec ted
Dis con nec ted
Dis con nec ted
Everywhere I see decay.
Mechanized and sterilized
visions in replay.
I must release my rage.
Oh... Dis con nec ted
I'm... Dis con nec ted
feeling so... Dis con nec ted ...down!
Maybe all I need besides my pills and the surgery
is a new metaphor for reality.
I'm... Dis con nec ted
feeling so... Dis con nec ted
oh... Dis con nec ted
you know.

Lady Jane

Sitting all alone, inside, today Jane.
The other girls are home, we're playing a new game.
The voice is very, very close, you like it that way,
and we're feeling rather warm inside.
Are you smiling or afraid?
You can have it either way.
Lady Jane your eyes are wide today,
and the world is looking very strange, you must proclaim!
It's quite a scary, scary ride we take, Lady Jane.
Yesterday seemed very dark, but now it's bright,
your clouds have gone away.
Sensory perception peaking at this time,
electric waves of sound are filling Janie's mind today .
Calling out to Janie as you drift away, "Don't be afraid,
they're only your illusion anyway."
Lady Jane your eyes are wide today.
and we're sure you won't forget the things you've seen today,
It's quite a day to stay inside and play
Lady Jane.

My Global Mind

There's hunger in Africa, and anger on assembly lines.
At the touch of a button I'm miles away.
I want no connection, just information, and I'm gone.
I feel so helpless, so I turn my gaze to another place.
My global mind reaches out for the truth.
Why try holding back the wave?
You'll only drown in the changes.
You've got to learn to let go.
Just let go and experience the flight.
Try to see from a different side
If balance is the key maybe we'll see
a fututre understanding,
Then we won't feel so helpless,
an turn away and hide from the change.
My global mind searches for something new.
My global mind zeros in on news.
Time and rules are changing.
Attention spans quickening.
Welcome to the Information Age.
I feel so helpless, so I turn my gaze to another place.
My global mind searches for something new.
My global mind zeros in on news.
My global mind reaches out for the truth.
My global mind zeros in on you.
It's searching everywhere, across the mountains,
across the oceans, across every man made line.
No boundary gonna keep it from you.

One More Time

Behind my eyes ...I keep my truth from you.
No one enters this secret place,
the barrier only I embrace.
Time is fleeting now they say,
Take time to look inside and face... the change.
Dig down deep to find the man I thought I was.
A dog on the treadmill panting,
the master pulls the leash, laughing.
Now I can't remember why
I needed to run, needed to try so hard.
One more time around
is all I ask for now, a star to steer by,
wind to take me home
One more time around
is all I ask for now
A star to steer by
Wind to take me home again.
"Work hard in life boy, there's paradise in the end."
Year after year we struggle to gain
the happiness our parents never claimed.
They told us all we had to do
was do what we're told, buy what was sold,
"Invest in gold, and never get old."
One more time around
is all I ask for now,
a star to steer by, wind to take me home ...
One more time around,
is all I ask for now
A star to steer by
Wind to take me home....
One more time around
is all I ask for now, a star to steer by, wind to
take me home ...
One more time around,
is all I ask for now
A star to steer by
Wind to ...take me home!

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.
I know now who I am.
If only for a while, I recognize the changes.
I feel like I did before the magic wore thin
and the "baptism of stains" began.
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 crossroads edge,
afraid to reach out for eternity,
One step, when I look down,
I see someone else not me.
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 crossroads 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?

Queensryche: Hear in the Now Frontier

Sign of the Times

Heading for the classroom yesterday,
The kids file through the metal machine,
It finds what they may hide,you know 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 hates alive
A sign of the times, Sign of the times
A sign of the times, Sign of the times
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!
On the senate floor they congregate
Many pockets lined with green from those
behind the scenes, yeah they take the bribe
A Sign of the Times, Sign of the Times
A Sign of the Times, Sign of the Times
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....

Cuckoo's Nest

Hey, you Cuckoo!
See you're in the paper late today accused of something
And your lips are closed to all of those
who know she's missing
Talk about she won't be found alive and that's a pity
I read about all of these crimes When will it end?
Carry me through tomorrow, guide me along the way
I'm tired of the insane running things
And I won't stop trying for change
Seems the towns ablaze and TVs Live to show it's burning
All the while the smiling juvenile is seeking mercy
I see these crimes all of the time When will they end?
Carry me through tomorrow
Guide me along the way
I'm tired of the insane running things
And I won't stop trying for change
We legislate and educate trying to find
A way to fix this broken dream
Carry me through tomorrow, guide me along the way
If this is the youth of tomorrow
I'm running the other way
Carry me through tomorrow, guide me along the way
I'm tired of the insane running things
And I won't stop trying for change

Get a Life

I've been wondering what's eating at your head
The cheap way you handle things,
the slander that you spread
Making misery is the way you spend your time
I think it's safe to say, when it comes to truth you're blind
Whatever happened is over now for you
With you there's nothing that you wouldn't do
Nothing you wouldn't do
Not it's time to get a life, you gotta get a life
Now it's time to get a life
You gotta get a life, gotta get a life
This is my life!
The faces that you show have everyone concerned
But if they turn their backs to you,
trust in you they'll learn
Whatever happened is over now for you
With you there's nothing that you wouldn't do
Nothing you wouldn't do
Now it's time to get a life,
you gotta get a life
Now it's time to get a life
You gotta get a life, gotta get a life
This is my life!
Now it's time to get a life, you gotta get a life
Yeah it's time to get a life
You gotta get a life, gotta get a life
This is my Life!

The Voice Inside

Do you know the people fighting for your head?
What you think, the things you read and what you see
What you hear, and how you chose
your buy from wrong
Yeah I hear the sound of a coming new wave
Have you ever been lonely?
Afraid to speak your mind?
Are you ever reminded to trust the voice inside?
Now I know the reasons for the other side
And I see a different point of view this time
I will be a stronger person if I try
I will see the other side of this day
Are they really controlling
the way you use your mind?
Are you ever reminded to trust the voice inside?
Have you ever been lonely?
Afraid to speak your mind?
Are you ever reminded to trust the voice inside?

Some People Fly

Used to be a time
we held the world
Wrapped it 'round our fingertips
Laughing at what others missed. Someday, Yesterday?
The magic we felt, went away
Grow up somebody said, so tell me where it's gone
So I can go find it now.I can't live your way
Go ahead without me
I'll find my own way
Some people fly... and some of us worry of touching the
sun with wings.I know if I try I'll get where I'm going
Keeping my eyes on the sky
The box you live within is strong and it's up to you
to see beyond that comfort zone you've grown to love
There's more to life than that.The expectations that
you hold, will keep you down,make you old.
If you can't see what I'm trying to say, maybe you just
need to where shoes for awhile.I can't live your way
Go ahead without me
I'll find my own way
Some people fly...
and some of us worry
I'd risk it all to have wings.I know if I try
I'll get where I'm going, keeping my eyes on the sky
While you sit there and think about it,there's another
unfolding their wings.I can tell you what it's like,
but until you try, you'll never see what I mean
Some people fly...
and some of us worry
I'll touch the sky with my wings. I know if I try
I'll get where I'm going,keeping my eyes on the sky.
Keeping my eyes,keeping my eyes on the sky

Saved

I opened my eyes,
barely alive, without you
Feeling no pain, I'm not the same without you.
Save me! Save me!
Watching you watching
me from afar, I'm....drowning.Feeling as though
we've been here before.Know what I mean?
There's a river in your eyes,and I'm swept away
Breaking inside out, promising to stay
Together again, a lifetime stranded apart
Save me! Save me!
Watching you watching
me from afar, I'm...reeling
Feeling as though, we've been here before
Know what I mean?
But your river calls to me
and I'm swept away.Breaking inside out,
promising to stay. Together again,
a lifetime stranded apart
Save me! Save me!

You

Danger eyes like mine scan the room
No one over the line gets out alive
The pieces of insincerity
are like the stuff upon which we feed.
Do I feed you?
It goes on and on this insanity
The game of us and them we play
On and on admit that we like it this way
I'm upside down, inside out for you
No matter what goes down I'll still be there for you
They say that like attracts like,we're one in the same
To say you're one of my kind is to say
We don't take blame
The box that all others find they need
To make themselves appear more than they seem
Will only make them scream
It goes on and on this insanity
The game of us and them we play
On and on admit that we like it this way
I'm upside down, inside out for you
No matter what goes down
I'll still be there for you
We've seen the sun setting in their eyes
It could be worse, it could be us
Not another lifetime without you
I'm upside down, inside out for you
No matter what goes down I'll still be there for you
I'm upside down,inside out,upside down,inside out

Hero

Looking for salvation, I'm blind
Thought contamination, I find
Greedy spiders talk to me in my head
I think I'm drifting
I'm in the big machine. My next hero's calling
Who knows what he may bring to me?
Government intrusion, again
Cultural illusion, offends
Grain of sand in traffic jam, and I'm late
I think I'm drifting
I'm in the big machine. My next hero's calling
Who knows what she may bring to me?
See the demons all around and sometimes
I feel like one of them. Feel the rage is building inside
I walk to the final edge, I'm dreaming...
I'm in the big machine.
My next hero's calling
Who knows what he may bring to me?

Miles Away

Where I'm looking everything seems clear
Not a worry as I float up here. Press me to explain?
Searching deep down for the answer
I see the world in a different light, busy changing,
rearranging.I'll be missing
for awhile, I've got a few things on my mind
Please leave me alone on this day
I'm in conversation miles away
Please leave me alone this afternoon
I'm in meditation high above
Fields of green and deep blue skies above
I'll share with you a place I'm thinking of
Play in the sunshine
Sing my favorite song again and again
I see the world in a different light,
busy changing, rearranging.I'll be missing
for awhile, I've got a few things on my mind
Please leave me alone on this day
I'm in conversation miles away
Please leave me alone this afternoon
I'm in meditation high up
I see the world in a different light, busy changing,
rearranging.I'll be missing
for awhile, I've got a few things on my mind
Please leave me alone on this day
I'm in conversation miles away
Please leave me alone this afternoon
I'm in meditation high above

Reach

I know where I'm going
And I've got all my cards showing
I'm like the crow flies, a straight line
Reaching for the other side
I dig the sand they kick at me with a calm that stuns
Tracing time with no alibis makes me, makes me realize
It's okay it's just a dream I've had
That there's something out there
Something, just out of reach
Armed with time on my side
And a field of vision miles wide.I'll keep searching
for some meaning,whatever makes me feel alive
It's okay it's just a dream I've had
There's something out there someday,I will reach
Today I felt something so strong it took my breath
away. Now I long to live
like this everyday
I'll find it some way
I'm alive with so much of life to try
I've got no memories of what used to worry me
It's okay, it's just a dream I've had
There's something out there, someday I will reach
Someday I'll reach
It's okay, it's just a dream I've had
There's something out there
Something just out of reach
Just out of reach,just out of reach

All I Want

You mystify with the things that you say
You're telling me you're leaving, that you're going away
To take a trip to find, and leave behind the love
I've got a destination, a suggestion for you
You won't need a
jet plane or a luxury cruise
Just take a look in my eyes, and realize love
I can't live without us
So I hope that you will
Stay with me forever
It's all I want from you
The thought of our disintegration is killing me
I love you
Living blind without you
Don't want to try to live without your love
But don't take for granted
your condition of me
cause there'll be retribution,
the kind you wouldn't believe
Let's get back to living,
see what tomorrow brings
Stay with me forever
It's all I want from you
And if we stay together
All our dreams will come true
Stay with me forever
It's all I want from you
The thought of our disintegration is killing me
I love you

Hit the Black

Hanging by a thread, problems in my head
Don't know what I said,
living to be dead on the run
Corporation greed, television need
Overdose and bleed, pornograph obscene, I'm a liar
There's no brakes on me, as I'm running down the track
They'll be waiting for me, but I'm never coming back
I'm going down...to a place where I can see all there is to see in me
Bullets in the gun, gonna have some fun
Think I'll take a ride to the other side, till I'm done
Hole is in the vein,
feel it numb the brain, take away the pain
Never be the same till I die
There's no brakes on me, as I come around the track.There's no
gauge to read, peg the
needles as I hit the black
I'm going down...to a place where I can see all there is to see
in me
Population freeze,
modern day disease
Brings us to our knees, see them stand in line for a cure.Profit in the wind,
pushing back the time that we wait in line,
Pushing back the time, it's a sin
There's no brakes on me, as I'm running down the track.They'll be
waiting for me, but I'm never coming back
I'm going down....

Anytime Anywhere

My point of view is expanding everyday
And I feel with clarity
My vision sway
Your private access takes me all the way
I am amplified by what's inside of you
I feel your energy is something I can't lose
I'm a pressure cooker, I'm about to blow
I love the way that you move me,it's never enough,
I've got to
have you, anytime /anywhere, that's all
My sweet addiction I pray will never end
Well-trained and suffering my heat for you
Depends on love
Like the flood,when I go down
I love the way that you move me
It's never enough,I've got to
have you,anytime /anywhere that's all
Anytime/anywhere
I've got to have you, I've got to have you

sp00L

Turn another turn..
I think therefore I am, familiar to most?
How long did we eat the seed planted by our host?
4 billion years between our ears,still hatred brings
us many tears. Still we judge each other...
why when we're only looking for the same high?
Grind time for old misconceptions
Roll out new scenery as per suggestion
Won't salute you. Won't desert you
Won't be a prisoner of assumption anymore
Does language define us? Is reality... words?
How far do we appear to be?
Is the measure of... scope. But...
With our junkie soul, we face the need
Of nature's planned dependency
Don't hold contempt for ecstasy
Just... mourn the dead... on the (national) screen
Mourn the dead... on the screen, mourn the dead...
On the screen, mourn the dead... as they scream!
Grind time for old misconceptions
Roll out new scenery as per suggestion
Won't salute you.
Won't desert you
Turn another turn!
sp00L
Turn another turn!
sp00L!
Turn another turn!
Don't need persuading by the status quo!
We can make changes
If we open up we'll see...
The history they sell us
Holds the structure firm,
Reinforce the mold
We need to strip it all away....
Let the sp00L turn,turn
Another turn,
another turn
Watch it turn,watch it turn
What we'll learn!
Grind time for old misconceptions
Roll out new scenery as per suggestion
Won't salute you
Won't desert you
Turn another turn
sp00L
Turn another turn
sp00L!
Turn another turn
sp00L
Push away what they're selling me
Realize what we need to be
Focus on a strategy to
Open up our minds and then
Together...
Turn another turn