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  • Enter Sandman
  • Sad But True
  • Holier Than Thou
  • The Unforgiven
  • Wherever I May Roam
  • Don't Tread On Me
  • Through The Never
  • Nothing Else Matters
  • Of Wolf And Man
  • The God That Failed
  • My Friend Of Misery
  • The Struggle Within

    Enter Sandman

     Say your prayers little one
     Don't forget, my son
     To include everyone
     Tuck you in, warm within
     Keep you free from sin
     Till the sandman he comes
        Sleep with one eye open
        Gripping your pillow tight
           Exit light
           Enter night
           Take my hand
           Off to never never land
    
     Something's wrong, shut the light
     Heavy thoughts tonight
     And they aren't of snow white
     Dreams of war, dreams of liars
     Dreams of dragon's fire
     And of things that will bite
        Sleep with one eye open
        Gripping your pillow tight
           Exit light
           Enter night
           Take my hand
           Off to never never land
    
     Now I lay me down to sleep
     Pray the lord my soul to keep
     If I die before I wake
     Pray the lord my soul to take
     Hush little baby, don't say a word
     And never mind that noise you heard
     It's just the beast under your bed
     In your closet 
     In your head
           Exit light
           Enter night
           Grain of sand
           Exit light
           Enter night
           Take my hand
           We're off to never never land
    

    Sad But True

     Hey, I'm your life
     I'm the one who takes you there
    
     Hey, I'm your life
     I'm the one who cares
    
     They, they betray
     I'm your only true friend now 
     They, they'll betray
     I'm forever there
        I'm your dream, make you real
        I'm your eyes   when you must steal
        I'm your pain   when you can't feel
        Sad but true
        I'm your dream, mind astray
        I'm your eyes   while you're away
        I'm your pain   while you repay
        You know it's sad but true
    
     You, you're my mask
     You're my cover, my shelter
     You, you're my mask
     You're the one who's blamed
     
     Do, do my work
     Do my dirty work, scapegoat
     Do, do my deeds
     For you're the one who's shamed
    
        I'm your dream, make you real
        I'm your eyes, when you must steal
        I'm your pain, when you can't feel
        Sad but true
        I'm your dream, mind astray
        I'm your eyes, while you're away
        I'm your pain, while you repay
        You know it's sad but true
    
     Hate, I'm your hate
     I'm your hate when you want love
     Pay, pay the price
     Pay, for nothing's fair
     Hey, I'm your life
     I'm the one who took you here
     Hey, I'm your life
     And I no longer care
    
        I'm your dream, make you real
        I'm your eyes, when you must steal
        I'm your pain, when you can't feel
        Sad but true
        I'm your truth, telling lies
        I'm your reasoned alibis
        I'm inside, open your eyes
        I'm you
        Sad but true
    

    Holier Than Thou

     No more!
     The craps rolls out your mouth again
     Haven't changed, your brain is still gelatin 
     Little whispers circle around your head
     Why don't you worry about yourself instead
     Who are you? where ya been? where ya from?
     Gossip is burning on the tip of your tongue
     You lie so much you believe yourself
     Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
    
       [Chorus:]
     
       Holier than thou
       You are
       Holier than thou
       You are
       Hou know not
    
     Before you judge me take a look at you
     Can't you find somethig better to do
     Point the finger, slow to understand
     Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand
     It's not who you are it's who you know
     Others lives are the basis of your own
     Burn your bridges build them back with wealth
     Judge not lest ye be judged yourself
    
       [Chorus]
    

    The Unforgiven

     New blood joins this earth
     And quikly he's subdued 
     Through constant pain disgrace
     The young boy learns their rules
     With time the child draws in
     This whipping boy done wrong
     Deprived of all his thoughts
     The young man struggles on and on he's known
     A vow unto his own 
     That never from this day
     His will they'll take away
    
       [Chorus:]
    
       What I've felt
       What I've known
       Never shined through in what I've shown
       Never be 
       Never see
       Won't see what might have been
       What I've felt
       What I've known
       Never shined through in what I've shown
       Never free
       Never me
       So I dub thee unforgiven
    
     They dedicate their lives
     To running all of his
     He tries to please them all
     This bitter man he is
     Throughout his life the same
     He's battled constantly
     This fight he cannot win
     A tired man they see no longer cares
     The old man then prepares
     To die regretfully
     That old man here is me
     
       [Chorus]
    
     You labeled me
     I'll label you 
     So I dub the unforgiven
    

    Wherever I May Roam

     ...and the road becomes my bride
        I have stripped of all but pride
        So in her I do confide
        And she keeps me satisfied
        Gives me all I need
    
     ...and with dust in throat I crave
        Only knowledge will I save
        To the game you stay a slave
        Rover, wanderer
        Nomad, vagabond
        Call me what you will
        But I'll take my time anywhere
        Free to speak my mind anywhere
        And I'll redefine anywhere
        Anywhere I may roam
        Where I lay my head is home
    
     ...and the earth becomes my throne
        I adapt to the unknown
        Under wandering stars I've grown
        By myself but not alone
        I ask no one
    
     ...and my ties are severed clean
        The less I have the more I gain
        Off the beaten path I reign
        Rover, wanderer
        Nomad, vagabond
        Call me what you will
        But I'll take my time anywhere
        I'm free to speak my mind anywhere
        And I'll never mind anywhere
        Anywhere I may roam
        Where I lay my head is home
        But i'll take my time anywhere
        Free to speak my mind
        And I'll take my find anywhere
        Anywhere I may roam
        Where I lay my head is home
        Carved upon my stone
        My body lie, but still I roam
        Wherever I may roam
    

    Don't Tread On Me

     Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
     Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
     Never begins it, never, but once engaged...
     Never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
    
       [Chorus:]
    
       Don't tread on me
           So be it 
           Threaten no more
           To secure peace is to prepare for war
           So be it 
           Settle the score
           Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
       Don't tread on me
      
     Love it or live it, she with the deadly bite
     Quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
     Shining with brightness, always on surveillance
     The eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance
    
       [Chorus]
    
       So be it
       Threaten no more
       To secure peace is to prepare for war
     Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
     Once you provoke her, rattling on her tail
    
       [Chorus]
    

    Through The Never

     All that is, was and will be
     Universe much too big to see
     Time and space never ending
     Disturbing thoughts, questions pending
     Limitations of human understanding
     Too quick to criticize
     Obligation to survive
     We hunger to be alive
    
       [Chorus:]
    
       All that is, ever
       Ever was
       Will be ever
       Twisting
       Turning
       Through the never
    
     In the dark, see past our eyes
     Pursuit of trhuth no matter where it lies
     Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens
     On a quest, meaning, reason
     Came to be, how it begun
     All alone in the family of the sun
     Curiosity teasing everyone
     On our home, third stone from the sun
      
       [Chorus]
    
     On through the never
     We must go
     On through the never
     Out of the
     Edge of forever
     We must go
     On through the never
     Then ever comes
    
       [Chorus]
    
     Never
    

    Nothing Else Matters

     So close no matter how far
     Couldn't be much more from the heart
     Forever trusting who we are
     And nothing else matters
     Never opened myself this way
     Life is ours, we live it our way
     All these words I don't just say
     And nothing else matters
     Trust I seek and I find in you
     Every day for us something new
     Open mind for a different view
     And nothing else matters
    
       [Chorus:]
    
       Never cared for what they do
       Never cared for what they know
       But I know
    
     So close no matter how far
     Couldn't be much more from the heart
     Forever trusting who we are
     And nothing else matters
    
       [Chorus]
      
     Never opened myself this way
     Life is ours, we live it our way
     All these words I don't just say
     Trust I seek and I find in you
     Every day for us something new
     Open mind for a different view
     And nothing else matters
      
       Never cared for what they say
       Never cared for games they play
       Never cared for what they do
       Never cared for what they know
       And I know
    
     So close no matter how far
     Couldn't be much more from the heart
     Forever trusting who we are
     No, nothing else matters
    
    

    Of Wolf And Man

     Off through the new day's mist I run
     Off from the new day's mist I have come
     I hunt therefore I am
     Harvest the land
     Taking of the fallen lamb 
     Off thruogh the new day's mist I run
     Off from the new day'smist I have come
     We shift
     Pulsing with the earth
     Company we keep
     Roaming the land while you sleep
    
       [Chorus:]
    
       Shape shift, nose to the wind
       Shape shift, feeling I've been
       Move swift, all senses clean
       Earth's gift, back to the meaning of life
    
     Bright is the moon high in starlight
     Chill is the air cold as steel tonight
     We shift
     Call of the wild
     Fear in your eyes
     It's later than you realized
    
       [Chorus]
    
     I feel I change
     Back to a better day
     Hair stands on the back of my neck
     In wildness is the preservation of the world
     So seek the wolf in thyself
    
        Shape shift, nose to the wind
        Shape shift, feeling I've been
        Move swift, all senses clean
        Earth's gift
        Back to the meaning of wolf and man
    

    The God That Failed

     Pride you took
     Pride you feel
     Pride that you felt when you'd kneel
     Not the word
     Not the love
     Not what you thought from above
    
       [Chorus:]
    
       It feeds
       It grows
       It clouds all that you will know
       Deceit
       Deceive
       Decide just what you believe
    
         I see faith in your eyes
         Never your hear the discouraging lies
         I hear faith in your cries
         Broken is the promise, betrayal
         The healing hand held back by the deepened nail
         Follow the god that failed
     
     Find your peace
     Find your say
     Find the smooth road in your way
     Trust you gave
     A child to save
     Left you cold and him in grave
    
       [Chorus]
    
       Broken is the promise, betrayal
       The healing hand held back by the deepened nail
       Follow the god that failed
    
     Pride you took
     Pride you feel
     Pride that you felt when you'd kneel
     Trust you gave
     A child to save
     Left you cold and him in grave
    
          I see faith in your eyes
          Never you hear the discouraging lies
          I hear faith in your cries
          Broken is the promise, betrayal
          The healing hand held back by deepened nail
          Follow the god that failed
    

    My Friend Of Misery

     You just stood there screaming
     Fearing no one was listening to you
     They say the empty can rattles the most
     The sound of your voice must soothe you
     Hearing only what you want to hear
     And knowing only what you've heard
     You, you're smothered in tragedy
     You're out to save the world 
    
       [Chorus:]
    
       Misery
       You insist that the weight of the world
       Should be on your shoulders
       Misery
       There's much more to life than what you see
       My friend of misery
     
     You still stood there screaming
     No one caring about these words you tell
     My friend before your voice is gone
     One man's fun is another's hell
     These times are sent to try men's souls
     But something's wrong with all you see
     You    you'll take it on all yourself
     Remember, misery loves company 
    
       [Chorus]
     
     You just stood there creaming 
     My friend of misery
    

    The Struggle Within

     Reaching out for something you've got to feel
     While clutching to what you had thought was real
     Kicking at a dead horse pleases you
     No way of showing your gratitude
     So many things you don't want to do
     What is it? what have you got ot lose
     What the hell
     What is you think you're gonna find?
     Hypocrite
     Boredom sets into the boring mind
    
       [Chorus:]
    
       Struggle within, it suits you fine
       Struggle within, your ruin
       Struggle within, you seal your own coffin 
       Struggle within, the struggling within
    
     Home is not a home it becomes a hell
     Turning it into your prison cell
     Advantages are taken, not handed out
     While you struggle inside your hell 
     Reaching out 
     Grabbing for something tou've got to feel
     Closing in
     The pressure upon you is so real
    
       [Chorus]
    
     Reaching out for something you've got to feel
     While clutching to what you had thought was real
     What the hell
     What is you think you're gonna find
     Hypocrite
     Boredom sets into the boring mind
    
       [Chorus]
    

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