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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
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 {chorus} |
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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
Another meltdown,
Another change of state. Some other big town, Where he can make his break. And she said, "No, I like it this way." And he said, "Oh, does this mean I can stay?" I feel like I'm just caving in I really do And what is to be must be Help me, now I'm falling Give me early warning Help me, I'm in danger, over you So how you feeling? You know it's not too late. Don't hold your head down, You must recuperate. And she said, "No, I like it this way." And he said, "Oh, does this mean I can stay?" I feel like I'm just caving in I really do And what is to be must be Help me, now I'm falling Give me early warning Help me, I'm in danger, over you |
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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
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 |
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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
It seems such a long year
Since our eyes last met. You were a lone child, I have no regrets. Oh, you know sometimes how I wonder, If I am a fool. The rocks that are pulling me under Are heading a fall. Dont be afraid Youre not alone, now By the guard of angels A new rock will rise As mountains cut sky, now Heaven knows Never, Never, I could never lose my faith in you (could I ever break my faith to you) Never, Never, Will I ever turn my back on you You must be strong now And stand as a man. As I will be leaving, Leaving this land. Sometimes I wonder, If I am a fool. The rocks that are pulling me under Are heading a fall. Turn my back on you |
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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
Tell me why,
I don't believe in you. I don't believe it's true. I don't believe in you. Happens nearly every time, If you let them, they'll control your mind, Yes your mind. But that was only yesterday, So you had to wash your head in hate. In hate, in hate. Tell me why, I don't believe in you. I don't believe it's true. I don't believe in you. Shall we stand against the wind? Staring at the justice of their sins, Their sins. What have they done to live this way? In a modern world, the fragile pay They pay, oh yes they pay. Tell me why, I don't believe in you. I don't believe it's true. I don't believe in you. |
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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
Standing on the border,
Waiting on the line. Silence is a stranger, In these troubled times. I recall a better place, Where I controlled my mind. We had no fears at all... The day before the war. Hands across the water, The sun is in the East. Who will feed the famine After lions feast? In the name of Jesus, In the name of God, You took it all in vain... The day before the war. Standing on the border, Waiting on the line. Feet in bloody water, Deafened by the crime. I recall the beauty, Young will never see. We had no fears at all... The day before the war. Hearts across the water, The sun is in the East. Ships arrived this morning, From the burning sea. Take away the glory, Take away the pain. You were a friend of mine... The day before the war. |
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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
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. |
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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
Laser, breathing on my window
Two strings, beating out of time Koto, warning of the danger Wake up, is your head still mine? Now they give you reasons To fight for love That's enough In a paper world That's enough Said the Chinese girl That's enough Another city falls Just because we're two sides of the moon Data, streaming through my window Chrome stars, whispering their lies Black sky, hides approaching stranger Reach out, two should now be one Disregard the reasons And look above That's enough In a paper world That's enough Said the Siamese girl That's enough Another city falls Just because we're two sides of the moon |
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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
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 |
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from Asia, Asia - Arena (1996)
If I whispered words, would you hear them now?
Would you cross the deepest seas? In the fiercest winds, on the burning trail, Seal it with your word. If I whispered words, would you keep a lie? Would you promise me till time? So if we grow old and the distance parts, So seal it with your word. Oh, I'll scream upon the hill, So, you can hear me still. Now, will we ever fade? I seal it with my word. If I whispered words, would you hear them now? Would you cross the deepest seas? In the fiercest winds, on the burning trail, Seal it with your word. |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
"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! We saw the writing We read the story Awake! Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
Silent wave coming down on me
Washing out the lie Living inside me Life's not hard Now i'm on tv This sudden twist of fate I am direct salvation Just send in your donation I can promise that you'll be saved Forgive me, world I'm just a man who's lost his way Forgive me, these two words i pray It's time to make a change Yesterday was a different day Thought i knew the answer A vision in my mind Search my soul And then you will find A shelter for my pain The truth is in the open And now my heart has spoken Hoping maybe you'll hear my cry Forgive me, world I'm just a man who's lost his way Forgive me, these two words i pray It's time to make a change Forgive me, world I'm just a man who sins today Forgive me, these two words i pray My faith is still the same Maybe i can't change the past Maybe love can bring us back Maybe we can try and start again. Forgive me, world Music & lyrics by: jimmy santis/richard tancredi/geoff downes & john payne |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
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 Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
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 Time waiting Time taking Life Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
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 |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
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 Music & lyrics by: andrew gold & graham gouldman |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
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 Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
"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 |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
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 |
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from Asia, Asia - Aura (2001)
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 Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
So scared of the dark
Frightened now to close heavy eyes Escape this dream Haunts my every cell Whenever I sleep I wake into a world After the war Cities turned to sand We live underground Ever since the end of the fall Nations erased Programmed 20 years ago I'm alive Blue Moon Monday Blue Moon Monday I can't believe the scene Some day, some day So safe within my arms One day, one way We will return again Blue Moon Monday Again I awake Into a perfect world The sun always shines Here I feel so safe I'm living two lives The darkness and the light Heaven and Hell I don't wanna die Don't let me sleep Why can't just you hear what I say? Which is the dream Now I don't understand Am I alive? Blue Moon Monday Blue Moon Monday I can't believe the scene Some day, some day So safe within my arms One day, one way We will return again Blue Moon Monday |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
So
Do you believe? The truth Of who we are Everyone must kneel Everyone must bow No matter how you feel In the sacred hour And the sun don't shine Cos the moon won't fall And the sun won't shine Is there light at all? Its darkness day Ghost I feel it to the bone Enough The messages in stone Now the day has come Everyone will see A new age has begun For eternity And the sun don't shine Cos the moon won't fall And the sun won't shine Is there light at all? Its darkness day |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
I've been hearing voices
Voices in my head Can't escape the noises Lying in my bed The winter nights grow colder The darkness falls too soon I will hide till morning How silent is this moon? Just one look and I will find Someone else on the other side A trick of light or the darker mind Ghost in the mirror And as the dawn is waking The shadows burn away The sun reborn the savior The safety of the day Just one look and I will find Someone else on the other side A trick of light or the darker mind Ghost in the mirror The darkness calls me The shadows fool me Is it safe on the other side? Is this my future? If it's a dream why can't I wake? Just one look and I will find Someone else on the other side A trick of light or the darker mind Ghost in the mirror |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
Kelly stands by the water
With a gun in her hand She won't believe in the future In a world made by man There's nowhere to run Nowhere to hide With so much to say and no time Have we gone too far? In a world so scarred Have we gone too far? Dream away Joseph stands in the desert With a gun in his hand Brother still killing brother Cold within this eastern land There's nowhere to run There's nowhere to hide With so much to do and no time Have we gone too far? In a world so scarred Have we gone too far? Dream away Gone too far In a world so scarred Have we gone too far? Dream away There must be some other way A hundred years from green to grey Close my eyes I'm safe today Blindly fade away Gone too far In a world so scarred Have we gone too far? Dream away Dream away |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
There's a black Siberian
Look a white guy in the sun Miles away from where the quest begun From the ice to the sand Nations moved across the land Ever since time designed the man Someday to return To the place of my birth I'm a long way from home But I know where I belong It's a long way I know But the heart will still carry me home Firewater in the blood Took away the livelihood Giving thanks every single year Who the hell Owns this land? Is it God or is it man? With the blood we draw the line again I'm called to return To the place of my birth I'm a long way from home But I know where I belong It's a long way I know But the heart will still carry me home I'm a long way from home But I know where I belong It's a long way I know But the heart will still carry me home |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
They put away the DDT now
But gave metal to the sea A hundred years can't wait A hundred years can't wait another day The only eagle, only tree Within a desert that was green A hundred years can't wait A hundred years can't wait another day Midnight Draws ever near Daylight Is fading so fast It's so close to midnight Midnight The melting ice will fuel the sea By burning gold from ancient tree A hundred years can't wait A hundred years can't wait another day This is progress, this is sin Injecting poison in her skin A hundred years can't wait A hundred years can't wait another day Midnight Draws ever near Daylight Is fading so fast It's so close to midnight Midnight |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
Rise (Japanese Release)
(Payne/Downes) Read in the papers See on the screen Oppressive behavior A foreign regime That don't happen here That can't happen here Rise Legion of hope Rise Don't give in Land of the sun To where West was won Rise To the future Political stranger Under attack Forever in danger For stating a fact So don't you speak your mind You may lose you life Rise Legion of hope Rise Don't give in Land of the sun To where West was won Rise To the future |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
Shake the hand of time
With the builders of stone Are you recognized? You're not going home Have to find a hideaway So turn up the neighbors The eagle is listening today It's not up to me To change what has been done It's not up to me A speechless world looks on It just has to be! Silent nation No longer have a name A number will do Cutting the wires of doom 'Cos they're watching you Raging in thought Mouthless, the millions obey So call off your dogs You preachers of what we can say It's not up to me To change what has been done It's not up to me A speechless world looks on It just has to be! Silent nation In a silent nation We must change what has been done It's a travesty Silent nation It's not up to me To change what has been done It's not up to me A speechless world looks on It just has to be! In a silent? |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
He often wondered where he's from
The Holy Grail, the bloodline son In his veins the answer comes The Promised Land, Parisian We sail today Into the sun To the place where life begun From the sea Into the soul Tell Mother Earth to conquer all Their temple stones will point the way They kept their secret to the grave A final journey he must run The Promised Land, Parisian We sail today Into the sun To the place where life begun From the sea Into the soul Tell Mother Earth to conquer all |
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from Asia - Silent Nation (2004)
It crawls inside you
Like a strange disease One time the giver Next time the thief I know what you know So I won't let this go You choose your brother If he looks the same You dirty white boy It's all for gain But I know what you know So I won't let this go What about love? And the human race What about love? It's a different face What about love? Why can't we embrace? I've got to know I want to know The start of reason Is the end of hate Progressive healing For the corporate But I know what you know So I won't let this go What about love? And the human race What about love? It's a different face What about love? Why can't we embrace? I've got to know What about love? And the human race What about love? It's a different face What about love? It's a big disgrace I've got to know I want to know |
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