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The lights went out (The last fuse blew).
The clocks all stopped (It can't be true). The program's wrong (What can we do?). The printout's blocked (It relied on you). The turbine cracked up. The buildings froze up. The system choked up. What can we do? Please remember to mention me, In tapes you leave behind. Chorus : We stood still. We all stood still. Still stood still. We're standing still. The screen shut down (There's no reply). The lifts all fall (A siren cries). And the radar fades (A pilot sighs). As the countdowns stall (The readout lies). The turbines cracked up. The buildings froze up. The system choked up. What can we do? Please remember to mention me, In tapes you leave behind. (Chorus) The black box failed (The codes got crossed). And the jails decayed (The keys got lost). Everyone kissed (We breathe exhaust). In the new arcade (Of the holocaust). The turbine cracked up. The buildings froze up. The system choked up. What can we do? Plese remember to mention me, In tapes you might leave behind. (Chorus - Repeat 2 times). |
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Reap the wild wind. (Repeat 3 times)
A finger points to show a scene. (Take my hand. Take my hand.) Another face where mine had been. (Take my hand. Take my hand.) Another footstep where I once walked. (Take my hand) Take it all. Chorus: You take my hand and give me your friendship. I'll take my time and send you my slow reply. Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it. Take all you want and leave all the rest to die. Reap the wild wind. A footprint haunts an empty floor. (Take my hand. Take my hand.) A fading coat that I once wore. (Take my hand. Take my hand.) Oh, desolation where I once lived. I have seen in times gone by. I have felt a different shadow on the wall, A stranglehold on a certain feeling. (Chorus) Reap the wild wind. (Repeat 2 times) (Chorus) Reap the wild wind. |
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We came to dance.
Making moves from a passion play. The ties that bind us just slip away. We came to dance. The piper calls out a different rhyme. He cracks the whip and we step in time. Standing as the parade goes passing by. I hear a voice around me cry. Like the sound of distant drums. Rejected and alone. A heart without a home. And someone said... (Chorus) We came to dance. Waiting as the panic grips my hand. Hearing prose from high command. Like a million times before. No dignity or grace. It's the prize and not the race. And someone said... (Chorus) We came to dance. We came to dance. Making moves from a passion play. The ties that bind us just slip away. "Take what you can" they said. Take it while you may. But keep in mind the penalty fits the crime. And it deals no softened blow. (Chorus - Repeat 3 times and fade) |
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Chorus:
Serenade, in rhythm and swing. Serenade, the gift that we bring. Serenade, youth runs wild with the beat in their hearts. Dance a wild dance, be torn apart. Voices ringing in their heads. Their crashing hands in time. In sequence and in rhyme. The chant of a thousand-fold. The song of a million strong. Echoes their perfect praise. (Chorus) From the mouths of babes and fools. Hunted melodies. With gracefulness and ease. Compose their gifted words. Orchestrate their moves. Echo the perfect praise. Serenade. (Chorus) Prophets tell the tale. The legend and the lies. The fable and the rhymes. The chant of a thousand-fold. The song of a billion strong. Echoes the perfect praise. Serenade! (Chorus) In rhythm and swing. The gift that we bring. Youth runs wild with the beat in their hearts. Dance the wild dance, be torn apart. Serenade, in rhythm and swing. ( Repeat 5 times and fade. ) Serenade, the gift that we bring. |
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If the stack is high against you And the hammer's coming down And the time that's yours lies heavy in your hands Oh my sentimental friend The fast much reach an end Lying face down on the cold stone And they give their all to you But their all is slipping through your hands Oh my sentimental friend Your time will come again Chorus: One day where I didn't die a thousand times Where I could satisfy this life of mine One small day One day where every hour could be a joy to me And live a life the way it's meant to be One small day How many times has it turned against you How many times will they walk away How many times have you let depression win the fight Oh my sentimental friend We'll walk as one again (Chorus) How many times has it turned against you How many times will they walk away One day where I didn't die a thousand times Where I could satisfy this life of mine One day where every hour could be a joy to me And live a life the way it's meant to be One day where I wouldn't feel my senses die Where nothing made me hang my head and cry One day where I could see myself as others do Where I could feel the strength of love at hand One day where I didn't die a thousand times Where I could satisfy this life of mine One day where every hour could by a joy to me And live a life the way it's meant to be |
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Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by Dancing with tears in my eyes Living out a memory of a love that died It's five and I'm driving home again It's hard to believe that it's my last time The man on the wireless cries again It's over, it's over (Chorus) It's late and I'm with my love alone We drink to forget the coming storm We love to the sound of our favourite song Over and over (Chorus) It's time and we're in each others arms It's time but I don't think we really care |
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And just as my eyes start seeing
After all the pain The twist in my life starts healing Just to twist again In stillness, in sorrow Returns that softly sighing lament And just as the smile's returning After all the pain The fire inside stops burning Just to burn again In moments of madness Returns that softly sighing lament |
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Standing on my own,
It didn't mean that much to me. I thought I had it all, I didn't see the mystery. I stood the test of time, And took the step to find, Love's great adventure. I spoke a million words. They didn't mean that much to me. They rang around my head, Like empty tuneless harmony. Love's great adventure's mine! Lying side by side, It didn't mean that much to me. Or starting to enjoy, The poetry and symphonies. I took it in my stride, And hailed the day I tried, Love's great adventure. A fool who couldn't see. It didn't mean that much to me. I couldn't understand, That's how the game is meant to be. Love's great adventure's mine! My great adventure. Love's great adventure. Love's great adventure! Standing on my own, It didn't mean that much to me. I thought I had it all, I didn't see the mystery. I stood the test of time. I took the step to find. Love's great adventure's mine! |
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Telling me the same old story
When the storm grows I find your face behind your helpless hands When the cracks show In your mirrored mirrored eyes When the words come round So splintered and predictable again Then I find you Telling me the same old story Stories of love Stories and lies Stories of love The same old story Telling me the same old story When the day goes I can hear you crying out behind your paper smile And the light that shines Won't give you strength to talk to me at all And the sound I hear Is not the sound I want to hear from you Cos you're always The same old story Telling me the same old story Telling me the same old story |
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When I was a boy there's a dream that I had
That a war if it's fought was for good against bad And I woke up to find that the world had gone mad And we'd all fall down And I feel like a child again sitting observing You're toying with power, your fingers are burning You're pushing so hard that the worms won't be turning We'll all fall down While you try to pretend you're a god upon high With your party ideals and your squeaky clean lies When it comes to the crunch you're no smarter than I And we'll all fall down If it's colour or creed or your old time religion Well fighting for that shows a pure lack of vision The fight that we strive is the fight to survive And we'll all fall down Well look in the mirror and what do you see An American, Russian, a soldier or me When you've all pressed the buttons just where will you be When we all fall down It gets harder to see just what future's in store for us Hard to see through all the wool you pull over us Words that you give are just words to console us We'll all fall down And what will you do when you've pulled the release When the sound of the thunder has drowned out the pleas Cos after all that was your idea of peace When we all fall down No sun for a world that once stood still No wind's going to blow and no rain's going to fall No flowers for graves, in fact no graves at all When we all fall down |
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