TRUTH?
(Collen/Elliott/Savage/Campbell)
I've been burning and dousing the flames
I feel the whiplash of the backlash on my face
I melt to sleep at night but I wake to trip the day
Never for you, never for me, would I kiss your feet of clay
I'm still alive and so should I
Soak up the wave of compromise
Am I the victim of youth
Is this the truth
Why don't you tell me
Why don't you tell me
There's no conscience in charity or shame
The voice deceives me but believe me it's the same
I see the black in white and the colour in the gray
Better for me better for you, gonna bleach it all away
I'm still alive and so should I
Soak up the wave of compromise
Am I the victim of youth
Is this the truth
Why don't you tell me
Why don't you tell me
The left hand gives
And the right hand takes away
Why don't you tell me
Why don't you tell me
I'm still alive and so should I
Soak up the wave of compromise
I see the scars, I hear the lies
So what's the truth
Why don't you tell me
TURN TO DUST
(Collen)
The concentration drifts in and out of me
Conversation slides away
Turn and face the change in apathy
Take a rise to fall
Won't you save me, don't you blame me
I got the feel that I'm gone
Turn to dust
Sentence, rape me, segregate me
I got the fear that I'm gone
Turn to dust
Slave or sympathy, it atrophies
Save but ancient hearts
Hiding scars and knives in symphonies
Still we rise to fall
Won't you save me, don't you blame me
I got the feel that I'm gone
Turn to dust
Sentence, rape me, segregate me
I got the fear that I'm gone
Turn to dust
Ahh ... ah ...
Won't you save me, don't you blame me
I got the feel that I'm gone
Turn to dust
Sentence, rape me, segregate me
I got the fear that I'm gone
Turn to dust
SLANG
(Collen/Elliott)
Slang . . .
Sittin' dark, getting taken
'Cause I said something lewd
In a low down accent
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Kinda love those eyes
I wanna get down honey
I ain't your guy
I'll rap 'n' ruch 'n' jam it up
But count me out
'Cause all I ever wanna get is slang
All right
Slang with me, I don't wanna get my hands dirty
Slang with me, I just wanna get soakin' wet
Slang with me, I don't wanna get my hands dirty
All I ever wanna get is slang
What's affectin' my condition
What's about to knock you down
Said wrapped 'n' bound and goddamn
I'd love to get connected
But it's outta my hands
I'll rap 'n' ruch 'n' jam it up
But count me out
'Cause all I ever wanna get is slang
Slang with me, I don't wanna get my hands dirty
Slang with me, I just wanna get soakin' wet
Slang with me, I don't wanna get my hands dirty
All I ever wanna get is slang
It's my intention to be your obsession
It's my obsession to be your addiction
Slang
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro
Wah ...
Slang with me, I don't wanna get my hands dirty
Slang with me, I just wanna get soakin' wet
Slang with me, I don't wanna get my hands dirty
All I ever wanna get is . . .
Slang with me, I don't wanna get my hands dirty
Slang with me, I just wanna get soakin' wet
Slang with me, I don't wanna get my hands dirty
All I ever wanna get is slang
ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING
(Elliott)
I don't know how to leave you
And I don't know how to stay
I've got things that I must tell you
That I don't know how to say
The man behind these empty words
Is crying out in shame
Holding on to this sinking ship
When nothing else remains
All I want is everything
Am I asking too much
All I want is everything
Like the feel of your touch
But all I have are yesterdays
Tomorrow never comes
It's hard to hold your head up
When you're kneeling down to pray
And talking don't come easy now
When the words get in the way
And if you could see what's going on
Behind these private eyes
The truth would look so easy now
But I'm running out of lies
All I want is everything
Am I asking too much
All I want is everything
Like the feel of your touch
All I have are yesterdays
Tomorrow never comes
You think the shadow of doubt
Is hangin' over my head
It's just an angel whose wings hide the sun
And it's myself I betray
I can not wish this away
Took my chance now the damage is done
All I want is everything
Am I asking too much, yeah
All I want is everything
Like the feel, the feel of your touch
All I have are yesterdays
Tomorrow never comes
Oohooh
Oohooh
WORK IT OUT
(Campbell)
Day and night, black and white
You take it all for granted
I'm the one who turns you on
When you don't know where you belong
And nothin' seems to matter
I'm the one who's holding on
It's all right to be wrong
All we need's a little time
But nothing here can last that long
We show the world a brand new face
It's taken us all this time
All this time
All of this doubt
We get to work it out
All of this doubt
We get to work it out
Yesterday, lost your way
Still looking for an answer
I'm the one who holds the key
When you don't know where you belong
And nothing seems to matter
I'll unlock this mystery
We show the world a brand new face
It's taken us all this time
All this time
All of this doubt
We get to work it out
All of this doubt
We get to work it out
We show the world a brand new face
It's taken us all this time
All this time
All of this doubt
We get to work it out
All of this doubt
We get to work it out
All of this doubt
Day and night, black and white
Take it all for granted
We get to work it out
I'm the one who turns you on
Turns you on, turns you on
All of this doubt
When you don't know where you belong
And nothin' seems to matter
We get to work it out
I'm the one who's holdin' on
Holdin' on, holdin' on
BREATHE A SIGH
(Collen)
Let me down slow and easy
'Cause there ain't nothin' I can do
I hope and pray my faith won't leave me
When it comes down to me and you
Try a little tenderness
I die a little for a long lost sweet caress
You lyin' next to me
Fulfilled some destiny
I wanna cry
But I breathe a sigh
Just a little bit of letting go
I don't want you to know
I wanna cry
But I breathe a sigh
Overflow of emotion
And a hurt that'll never heal
If you close the door forever
The fate of pain is sealed
Try a little tenderness
I die a little for a long lost sweet caress
You lyin' next to me
Out of my head
Fulfilled some destiny
And into my heart
I wanna cry
But I breathe a sigh
Just a little bit of letting go
Taking a new day
I don't want you to know
And make a new start
I wanna cry
But I breathe a sigh
I more than long for your affection
I love you day and night
I tell you now that ain't so
I want you more than life
Not even gentle persuasion
Fulfills some destiny
Is ever gonna let me go
I want to say . . .
No . . .
You lyin' next to me
Out of my head
Fulfilled some destiny
And into my heart
I wanna cry
But I breathe a sigh
Just a little bit of letting go
Taking a new day
I don't want you to know
And make a new start
I wanna cry
But I breathe a sigh
Won't you let me breathe
Won't you let me breathe
Let me breathe
Won't you let me breathe
Breathe a sigh
Won't you let me breathe
Won't you let me breathe
Breathe a sigh
Won't you let me breathe
oooh ... no no
Won't you let me breathe
DELIVER ME
(Collen/Elliott)
I'm tired of feeling hateful
I'm tired and I can't breathe
So tired, I would be grateful
If you close the door when you leave
That's me diggin' my heels in
That's me with the holy ghost
'Scuse me but I don't remember
Where were you when I needed you most
And I'm tied to the sky
As you claw at my eyes
And I wait for the flood
I swim in blood
As I crawl to my knees
And I beg your disease
Taste the ice on your breath
As you catch your death
I close my eyes
Embrace the wave
Deliver me
Hey you, the voice of reason
Hey you, are you listening to me
It's you that I can't believe in
I don't buy what I don't see
Say good-bye 'cause I don't need
And I'm tied to the sky
As you claw at my eyes
And I wait for the flood
I swim in blood
As I crawl to my knees
And I beg your disease
Taste the ice on your breath
As you catch your death
And I'm tied to the sky
As you claw at my eyes
And I wait for the flood
I swim in blood
As I crawl to my knees
And I beg your disease
Taste the ice on your breath
As you catch your death
I close my eyes
Embrace the wave
Abandon me
Save the day
That I won't see
Deliver me
GIFT OF FLESH
(Collen)
I am all destiny, a trade, a grain of sand
I am the lesson to be learned
I take the throat of innocence and leave decay
I stain the way for all to see
No fear, no voice, no reason
In God no guiding light
When all the guilt that's in your head
Turns its back and plays for dead
You scorch the earth and torch the sky
Conscience low with head held high
Indulge and multiply and sacrifice
As lack of breath chokes underground
Divulge, degenerate, the darker side
From windows watch the screaming sky
No fear, no voice, no reason
In God no guiding light
When all the guilt that's in your head
Turns its back and plays for dead
You scorch the earth and torch the sky
Conscience low with head held ...
When all the guilt that's in your head
Turns its back and plays for dead
You scorch the earth and torch the sky
Conscience low with head held high
From all the truth comes all the shame
The curse of flesh just takes its aim
On hallowed ground and tortured sky
Walk in fear with spirits high
BLOOD RUNS COLD
(Collen/Elliott)
I heard this line one time 'bout tryin' to save the world
But have you ever tried to save yourself
A wide-eyed suicide drive, remains a fake
As if you'd ever, ever go and make the same mistake
Strung out as the night comes crawlin'
Your halo of thorns is fallin'
Blood runs cold
I feel it in my bones
But you don't know
Your time is up
Blood runs cold
Somebody somewhere is screamin' out the words
But do they ever really ease the pain
I guess what I'm trying to say is whose life is it anyway
Because livin', living is the best revenge you can play
This fall from grace, I see your face
It's over
Blood runs cold
I feel it in my bones
But you don't know
Your time is up
Blood runs cold
From you love was kind
Whoah
Resolved left scarred and blind
Whoah
Wasted and naked in the wings
Ooh
Denying twist of fate
Whoah
Demanding Heaven's gate
Lying in wait above the wind
Ooh, ohhh ...
Strung out as the night comes crawlin'
Your halo of thorns is fallin'
Blood runs cold
I feel it in my bones
But you don't know
Your time is up
Blood runs cold
Blood runs cold
Blood runs cold
WHERE DOES LOVE GO WHEN IT DIES
(Elliott/Collen)
Could you ever steal a prayer to deny your god
Could you ever buy your love and not count the cost
Could you ever take a life when all was lost
And would it ever be enough
Could you bite the hand that feeds and then ask for more
Could you kiss the wound that bleeds spit it on the floor
Could you open up your heart and then close the door
Would it ever be enough
Every word you whisper
All the tears you hide
You die for love when it's alive
But where does love go when it dies
If you came across your dream would you walk on by
Hold a candle to the wind and just let it die
And is there room inside your mind for one more try
Would it ever be enough
I watch the time go rushing by it's like an ocean wave
Showing you no mercy throwing dirt upon your grave
You're drowning in the darkness and you're blinded by the light
And there ain't no prayer that's gonna save you now
And if you woke up from your sleep, blood on your hands
Would you wash the pain away, no one understands
There must be someone out there who can help you breathe again
Would it ever be enough
Every word you whisper
All the tears you hide
You die for love when it's alive
But where does love go when it dies
PEARL OF EUPHORIA
(Elliott/Collen/Savage)
Your price, name the time
The suspect or the crime
The shadow of my gun
Get down or you can run
Feed the demon
Kiss the flame
Feel your desire
Empty room, turn the key
You're never alone, when you're with me
Temptation, break the vow
Cut flesh from the sacred cow
Unchain the tiger
Kiss the flame
Feel your desire
Feed the demon
Kiss the flame
Feel your desire
... Run ...
Soaked in fear, the curtain falls
Religion within these walls
Mystify my soul beliefs
Confession is my release
Feed the demon
Kiss the flame
Feel your desire
Unchain the tiger
Crucify
Feed your desire
Pearl of euphoria
Pearl of euphoria
Pearl of euphoria
Pearl of euphoria
Pearl of euphoria
Pearl of euphoria ...
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