PULL ME UNDER:
Lost in the sky Clouds
roll by and I roll with them Arrows fly Seas increase and then fall again
This world is spinning
around me This world is spinning without me Every day sends future to past
Every breath leaves one less to my last
Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other
day
I'll take seven lives for
one And then my only father's son As sure as I ever did love him I am not
afraid
This world is spinning
around me The whole world keeps spinning around me All life is future to
past Every breath leaves me one less to my last
Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid All that I feel in honor and spite All I can
do is set it right
Dust fills my eyes Clouds
roll by and I roll with them Centuries cry Orders fly and I fall again
This world is spinning
inside me The whole world is spinning inside of me Every day sends future
to past Every step brings me closer to my last
Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid Living my life too much in in the sun Only
until your will is done.
ANOTHER DAY:
Live another day Climb
a little higher Find another reason to stay Ashes in your hands Mercy in
your eyes If you're searching for a silent sky...
Chorus: You won't find
it here Look another way You won't find it here So die another day
The coldness of his words
The message in his silence "Face the candle to the wind..." This
distance in my voice Isn't leaving you a choice So if you're looking for
a time to run away...
Chorus
They took pictures of our dreams Ran to hide behind
the stairs And said maybe when it's right for
you, they'll fall But if they don't come down Resist the need to pull them
in And throw them away Better to save the mystery Than surrender to the
secret
Chorus.
TAKE THE TIME:
Just let me catch my breath
I've heard the promises I've seen the mistakes I've had my share of tough
breaks I need a new voice, a new law, a new way To take the time, reevaluate
It's time to pick up the peices, Go back to square one I think it's time
for a change
There is something that
I feel To be something that is real I feel the heat within my mind And
craft new challenges with my eyes Giving freely wandering promises A place
with decisions I'll fashion I won't waste another breath
You can feel the waves
coming on (It's time to take the time) Let them destroy you or carry you
on (It's time to take them time) You're fighting the weight of the world
But no one can save you this time Close your eyes You can find all you
need in your mind The unbroken spirit Obscured and disquiet Finds clearness
this trial demands And at the end of this day sighs an anxious relief For
the fortune lies still in his hands
If there's a pensive fear,
a wasted year A man must learn to cope If his obsession's real, Supression
that he feels must turn to hope
Life is no more assuring
than love (It's time to take the time) You're fighting the weight of the
world And no one can save you this time Close your eyes You can find all
that you need in your mind
I close my eyes And feel
the water rise around me Drown in the beat of time Let my senses fall away
I cna see much better now, I'm blind
Find all you need in your
mind If you can take the time
SURROUNDED:
Morning comes too early
and nighttime falls too late And sometimes all I want to do is wait The
shadow I've been hiding in has fled from me today
I know it's easier to walk
away than look it in the eye But I will raise a shelter to the sky and
beneath this star tonight I'll lie She will slowly yield the light As I
awaken from the longest night
Dreams are shaking Set
sirens waking up tired eyes With the light memories all rush into his head
By a candle stands a mirror
Of his heart and soul she dances She was dancing through the night above
his bed
And walking to the window
he throws the shutters out against the wall And from an ivory tower hears
her call "Let the light surround you"
It's been a long, long
time He's had awhile to hink it over In the end he only sees the change
Light to dark Dark to light Light to dark Dark to light
Heaven must be more than
this When angels waken with a kiss Sacred hearts won't take the pain But
mine will never be the same
He stands before the window
His shadow slowly fading from the wall And from an ivory tower he hears
her call "Let the light surround you"
Once lost but I was found
When I heard the stained glass shatter all around me I sent the spirits
tumbling down the hill But I will hold this one on high above me still
I once could see but now at last I'm blind
I know it's easier to walk
away than look it in the eye But I had given all than I could take And
now I've only habits left to break Tonight I'll still be lying here Surrounded
in all the light
METROPOLIS - PART I
"The Miracle and the Sleeper":
The smile of dawn Arrived
early May She carried a gift from her home The night shed a tear To tell
her of fear And of sorrow and pain She'll never outgrow
Death is the first dance,
eternal
There's no more freedom
The both of you will be confined to this mind
I was told there's a miracle
for each day that I try I was told there's a new love that's born for each
one that has died I was told there'd be no one to call on when I feel alone
and afraid I was told if you dream of the next world You'll find yourself
swimming in a lake of fire
As a child, I thought I
could live without pain without sorrow As a man I've found it's all caught
up with me I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid
Somewhere like a scene
from a memory There's a picture worth a thousand words Eluding stares from
faces before me It hides away and will never be heard of again
Deceit is the second without
end
The city's cold blood teaches
us to survive Just keep my heart in your eyes and we'll survive
The third arrives...
Before the leaves have
fallen Before we lock the doors There must be a third and last dance This
one will last forever Metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles She's
taken you to your home
It can only take place
When the struggle between our children has ended Now the Miracle and the
Sleeper know that the third is love
Love is the Dance of Eternity.
UNDER A GLASS MOON:
Tell me Remind me Chase
the water racing from the sky Always beside me Taste the memories running
from my eyes Nervous flashlights scan my dreams Liquid shadows silence
their screams I smile at the moon Chasing water from the sky I argue with
the clouds Stealing beauty from my eyes
Outside the soundness of
your mind Bathing your soul in silver tears Beneath a blackened summer
sky Praying for time to disappear
Beneath a summer sky Under
glass moonlight Night awaits the lamb's arrival Liquid shadows crawl Silver
teardrops fall The bride subsides to her survival
By your hand I've awakened
Bear this honor in my name.
WAIT FOR SLEEP:
Standing by the window
Eyes upon the moon Hoping that the memory will leave her spirit alone She
shuts the doors and lights And lays her body on the bed Where images and
words are running deep She has too much pride to pull the sheets above
her head So quietly the lays and waits for sleep
She stares at the ceiling
And tries not to think And pictures the chain She's been trying to link
again But the feeling is gone
And water can't cover her
memory And ashes can't answer her pain God giveme the power to take breath
from a breeze And call life from a cold metal frame
In with the ashes Or up
with the smoke from the fire With wings up in heaven Or here, lying in
bed Palm of her hand to my head Now and forever curled in my heart And
the heart of the world
LEARNING TO LIVE:
There was no time for pain
No energy for anger The sightlessness of hatred slips away Walking through
winter streets alone He stops and takes a breath With confidence and self
control
I look at the world and
see no understanding I'm waiting to find some sense of strength I'm begging
you from the bottom of my heart to show some understanding
I need to live life Like
some people never will So find me kindness Find me beauty Find me truth
When temptation brings me to my knees And I lay here drained on stength
Show me kindness Show me beauty Show me truth
The ways that your heart
sounds makes all the difference It's what decides if you'll endure the
pain that we all feel The way that your heart beats makes all the difference
In learning to live Here before me is my soul I'm learning to live I won't
give up Till I've no more to give
Listening to the city Whispering
its violenceI set out watching from above The 90's bring new questions
New solutions to be found I fell in love to be let down
Once again we dance in
the crowd At times a step away >From a common fear that's all spread
out It won't listen to what you say Once you're touched and you stand alone
To face the bitter fight Once I reached for love And now I reach for life
Another chance to lift
my life Free the sensation in my heart To ride the wings of dreams into
changing horizons It brings inner peace within my mind, As I'm lifted from
where I've split my life I hear an innocnet voice I hear kindness, beauty
and truth
The way your heart sounds
makes all the difference It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that
we all feel The way your heart beats makes all the difference In learning
to live Spread before you is your soul So forever hold the dreams within
our hearts Through nature's inflexible grace
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