Don't tell me what you are Don't tell me what you're after Don't tell me what you want Don't tell me what you need Aren't you just the one to always point the finger I don't care for you 'cos you don't care for me !
U bring me down........repeat
COUNTER RAP U bring me down/You're giving me no hope Sucking off our land/Blowing off the smoke Virus in the veins/That run into the sea Poisoning the world/With you're generosity
U bring me down/You're killing me with lies You take away our ears/ Won't take away my eyes The red red sea will return unto the vein Covering the world/Are you happy with your gain
REFRAIN
I could breathe, I could fly The day before you came (Think you own my skin now) Break the chains, free the slave Turn the tides against you now
Talking to the sky You promise evolution Progression of the mind By selling of the soul The last will be the first In the dust of revolution
Someone cares for me But no one cares for you
REFRAIN 2
Will I breathe? Will I see? Far beneath the clearest stream (To the deepest ocean) Break the chains, free the slaves Give back the blood, that you drain from this world now
Took the ground, From underneath my feet. Silent town, Ghosts this empty street.
I see the home that once was mine, Now just bones of former life. Touch this page of sacred time, again, I see you call...
You don't have to be strong for me. I won't shoot your defences down. Whatever happens, I want you to see We can face it together. And turn it around.
A new life Grows within his hands. Coming back To this promised land.
And with these bones we will rebuild, To the flesh of future life. Giving back that sacred time, again...
You don't have to be strong for me. I won't shoot your defences down. Whatever happens, I want you to see, We can face it together. And turn it around.
"what passing-bells for these who die as cattle? - only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, - The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires."
(wilfred owen, 1918) Now the day has run When the cover comes But any fool can see Ahead
Silence is my friend But it has to end Any fool can see Ahead
It's the longest night It's the longest night Cold winds may blow On the longest night
So we write our letters To those far away Any fool can see Ahead
The distant sound of thunder A choir of wailing shells Any fool can see Ahead
It's the longest night It's the longest night Cold winds may blow On the longest night I don't want to fight I don't know who's right Cold winds they blow On this longest night
It's the longest night It's the longest night Cold winds may blow On this longest night
Music & lyrics by: geoff downes, john payne & ben woolfenden
Whenever your shadow falls on stony ground And there's not a hand for you to hold Whenever the dreams you dream come crashing down Every time you think of home Remember that you're not alone And we'll be with you heart and soul Wherever you are
And if you should lose your path along the way And find yourself walking in the dark Whenever the ones you love seem far away
Every time you think of home Remember that you're not alone And we'll be with you heart and soul Wherever you are
Whenever the fears you hide come reaching through
Every time you think of home Remember that you're not alone And we'll be with you heart and soul
Every time you think of home Remember that you're not alone And we'll be with you heart and soul We'll be with you heart and soul Wherever you are
We're with you heart and soul
Music & lyrics by: andrew gold, graham gouldman, geoff downes & john payne
On the street below these walls Where i used to walk Now i can barely crawl All this darkness rising tall Lord, shine a light for me I'm waiting to be called I'm ready to go home I'm ready to receive Forgiveness for my sins I'm ready to begin
Take this river to the sea Where the delta flows The tide is washing over me Guide this soul to heaven's door Show me where tomorrow lies I'm waiting to be home
I'm ready to lay down I'm ready now to sleep A promise i must keep I'm ready to go home
Sometimes i lay down with these memories Breathe shallow, deep inside of me Time has run its course with me And i'm ready to go home
When the evening shadows fall When the time has come I let defences fall To surrender's to survive I will give up everything To those i leave behind
I'm ready to go home I'm ready to receive Forgiveness for my sins I'm ready to begin
I'm ready to lay down I'm ready now to sleep A promise i must keep I'm ready to go home Again
If you want it Don't look at my face It's the last time It's not forever The dust in the wind It's the last time
One world, one dream The stars in your hand No light, no life The scars are made by man Heaven can't help you now
In this madness Take it while you can It's the last time
This holy water Running away For the last time
One world, one dream The stars in your hand No light, no life So heal the scars of man One chance, this night To shine on this land This time, with pride Give back now while you can
All these fields, that once were green Have turned to smoke and steel The sun will fall, and the last moon rise Don't turn this tide away
If you want it So start it again It's the last time (the scars were made by man)
It's not forever The dust is the wind For the last time
One world, one dream The stars in your hand No light, no life So heal the scars of man One chance, this night To shine on this land This time, with pride Give back now while you can
Heroes of the future The keepers of the past And objects of our beauty Remaining till the last Walking on the water The oceans at our feet The passage of our nature The taste of bitter-sweet
So shall we be kings? Born just to win Proud voices sing And we wish that this life would go on and on
Looking in the distance The fever on the street Cast away the covers Let my people see
Rulers of the network Leaders from the dark Embrace a generation The first will be the last
So shall we be kings? Born just to win Proud voices sing And we wish that this life would go on and on
Shall we be kings? Born just to win Proud voices sing We will never give up till the day is done
Shall we be kings? Born just to win Proud voices sing And we hope that the word will live on and on
Do you remember years ago? All our hopes would ebb and flow We thought we'd find a promised land Our footprints in the sand
The mysteries, the twists of fate Have changed the path from love to hate But won't erase sins of the past They hide behind the mask If i could conquer all our fears Can forgiveness dry the tears? If i falter, my soul i'll sell On the coldest day in hell
I'll never let you down How can i tell you now? But only heaven knows I won't let you go
I dream of demons through the night A restless fever till morning light My body's cold, my head's on fire Give me back my life
Kill this ghost inside of me Let me sail on deep blue seas A new beginning, another page Dawn gives in to day
I will conquer all our fears Let forgiveness dry the tears If i falter my soul i'll sell On the coldest day in hell
I'll never let you down How can i tell you now? But only heaven knows I won't let you go I swear i'll stand my ground How can i turn this round? As this time heaven knows I won't let you know
When i'm dreaming, i'm dreaming of you When i'm breathing, i'm breathing with you
But only heaven knows I won't let you go
Music & lyrics by: geoff downes, john payne & ben woolfenden
Look into the distance, you're living in a cage A fire burns inside you, that fuels all the rage You're thinking of the outside, and dream of the past The gates to freedom lie within your grasp
They're changing the system, rewriting the laws Renaming religion, reshaping your cause You always be lonely, walking with fools The shadows in the doorways make the rules Because you're free, this time Don't be scared of who you are Free, to find There's no hiding in the dark
A new day is dawning, a new age begun Nobody told you which way you should run Wait for the thunder, break from the shell Is this the gate to freedom from this hell?
Because you're free, this time Don't be scared of who you are Free, to find There's no hiding in the dark Free, this time You can learn to live again Free, to find There is shelter from the rain Free
They're razing the fences in the pastures of doom The fields of our heroes, the land won by few The call of a new world, dream to transcend Now it's time to fight and start again
Because you're free, this time Don't be scared of who you are Free, to find There's no hiding in the dark Because you're free, this time You can learn to live again Free, to find There is shelter from the rain
Don't hang that sign on me You're the stranger Don't try to talk to me You're the stranger On the seas They came from far away From the skies Their silver birds of prey
In one day Ten thousand years could change We are fools To live your pilgrim ways
Don't hang that sign on me You're the stranger Don't try to talk to me You're the stranger
And we drive Five hundred miles this time To the edge Of crystal-cut blue sky
Silence breathes South of the border line Silent trees Look back and wonder why
Did father and his holy son Spread the word and point the gun? And where the eagle used to fly They carve their concrete in the sky Tearing at our mother's skin Taking all her blood within Remember how it used to be?
Did father and his holy son Spread the word and point the gun And where the eagle used to fly They carve their concrete in the sky Tearing at our mother's skin Taking all her blood within Remember how it used to be? Stand up again and say:
Don't hang that sign on me You're the stranger Don't try to talk to me You're the stranger Don't hang that sign on me You're the stranger Don't try to talk to me You're the stranger
"the dawning of a brand new day The waking of the whispers say: That sleeping heavens will return In deepest night the secret learned And from these walls this city lies The past will be our future The journey will be over, Awake!" I saw the writing on the wall The story of our birth then fall Within their tombs of holy stone The scrolls of life, one man alone So if we try, we can live and learn The sands will pull you under Don't let them pull you under Awake!
I travelled to a foreign land Through stormy seas and burning sand Led by the stars the ancient stream
The call of treasures yet unseen So if we climb to the rocks of kings Together we'll discover The source of all our wonder Awake!
Someday we're going to go back to the stars And find the answer, who we really are A traveller through the lonely mists of time Creation from the sky
The dawning of a brand new day The waking of the whispers say: That sleeping heavens will return In deepest night the secret learned From these walls this city lies The past will be our future The journey will be over Awake!
Someday we're going to go back to the stars And find the answer who we really are A traveller through the lonely mists of time Creation from the sky
Someday we're going to back to the stars And find the answer who we really are If we try, we can live and learn Together we'll discover The source of all our wonder Awake!
You can take it If you want it You can break it If you need it
I'll never fight another day But you can take the flesh not the soul away They're calling from the lions den They're fighting for the ghosts of holy men
Into the arena we climb We look to the sky Into the arena we climb You and I
Is it over When the light goes? Bella nova Tell me who knows
Scars will beat the minds of men Can you feel the thorns upon the skin? I'll never fight another day till I die
{Chorus} Yes I hear you Yes I see you Yes I feel you And I need you
Is it over, I'll never fight another day When the light goes? But you can take the flesh, not the soul away Bella nova, they're calling from the lions den Tell me who knows? They're fighting for the souls of holy men
In the distance, I can see them On the trade winds, across stormy seas. They are many, please believe me, There's something to find, There's someplace here deep inside of my mind.
There is a time where, There is no place here. Tell me if you get there... Heaven
Can you see this land I'm dreaming? Such a place, I hope we will find. Is it there now? Tell me where now, 'Cos I need to know. Believe... It's still deep inside of my mind.
There is a time where, There is no place here. Tell me if you get there... Heaven
