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from Arena - The VIsitor (1998)
Dead calm
Raining all over me Too late Sense of mortality Dark skies Threaten to swallow me Down to the flame While my flesh and my bone melt away I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice With the power of your hand On the crack in the ice Men Raped and discarded Are left dead The vultures will feed on them Lost cause Tearing this life apart Thrown to the flame While my flesh and my bone melt away I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice With the power of your hand On the crack in the ice Take this moment so close to my heart You held the white rose out Just before we parted Take this moment so far away in dreams I can feel the thorns bite But the flower died, it seems Hold this feeling so close to my heart You brought the passion out Just before we parted Hold this feeling so far away in dreams I can feel the thorns bite But the flower starts to bleed I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice With the power of your hand On the crack in the ice |
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from Arena - The VIsitor (1998)
Lying here
Can't even feel the cold Just a tingle in my spine A bitter line of hope Lying here Can't even see the sky Just a tingle in my fingers A shiver in my soul Don't walk towards the light Still got those pins and needles Turn back, embrace the night Am I ready to be judged like this? Lying here Can't even turn my head Just a tingle in my feet A shimmering before my eyes Lying here Can't even touch my face Just a tingle in my throat A living moment, isolated Don't walk towards the light Still got those pins and needles Turn back, embrace the night I'm not ready to be taken yet Don't walk towards the light Still got those pins and needles Turn back and hold the night I'm not ready to be taken yet This is not my time I'm not ready yet I'm not ready........after all |
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I've seen that face before
Demon eyes watch what an Angel once saw I've seen that face before Lying in shadows but hard to ignore No where to run No where to hide I've seen this place before A wilderness born from the torment of souls (Yes!) I've seen this place before A memory lost as the story unfolds No where to run No where to hide No where to run No where to hide ...."I will always find you!" We played this game before Counting no cost but keeping the score (Yes!) We played this game before Eyes to the front and backs to the wall I've stood right here before |
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from Arena - The VIsitor (1998)
Walk along the waterfall
Watching as the world turns red Wonder where the river flows And the blood on the river bed Poison lies too close to us Reach across the salt and sand Moving deeper into the land Following the waterfall Watching as the world turns green Wonder where the river flows The copper face remains unseen Ignorance has failed to cleanse Reach across the salt and sand Moving deeper into the land Crying as the earth cries out Weeping as the land decays Wonder if I could have helped Maybe I'd have found a way Poison lies too close to us Reach across the salt and sand Moving deeper into the land Cling to the branch of a tree That was waiting for Something to preach Someone to teach The Word was the first And the last to be heard From the branch of the tree It was praying for me to fall down Climb to the top of a tree That was waiting for Someone to warn A life to be torn into Pieces of gold For a soul to be sold And the heart of the tree Was crying for me to come back Take me to the hanging tree There's a man in the light And he's pointing at me Guide me to the hanging tree It's the place that I come from Walk along the waterline Reach across the salt and the sand Moving deeper into the land Take me to the hanging tree There's a boy in the light And he's staring at me Take me to the hanging tree It's the place that I come from Walk along the waterline Reach across the salt and the sand Moving deeper into the land I'm falling.....Falling down again! |
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from Arena - The VIsitor (1998)
Thinly veiled, a cruel disguise
Vengeance lies behind these eyes Glaring from the pulpit As the Fallen Angels follow me Plageristic sermons Hiding voyeuristic undertones Foolishly they will embrace And ignorant they follow me You've never truly known The kind of place that I come from You turned your back on all the signs That bore the words of warning Come to me my simple child Tear apart your innocence Pray with me beloved son And I will help you find a way Think before you throw yourself Upon the tables and the merchant s Are you sure this temple Isn't just another cruel perversion? You've never truly known The kind of place that I come from You turned your back on all the signs That bore the words of warning Don't look for comfort in this house of mine Don't ask for mercy at my image or my shrine Don't seek forgiveness at this house of mine Don't build a temple here And wait for me to walk into the fire I will make this promise now A simple thing, a sacred vow Come with me my pretty Angel I will show you how to fly We will fall together Into unforgiving night we plunge! Chained by sin and clothed by guilt We will be as one forever Don't look for comfort in this house of mine Don't ask for mercy at my image or my shrine Don't look for comfort in this house of mine Don't break the Holy bread or drink the Holy wine Don't seek forgiveness at this house of mine Don't build a temple here And wait for me to walk into the fire |
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from Arena - The VIsitor (1998)
Why should all the wise survive
When nothing is what it may seem? Why do all the living die When only the dying remain? Helpless are the broken wishes Dashed upon the window pane So close! But I'm one step ahead My shadow is all you will touch Too late! You waited too long I stole the freedom You needed so much Do you hide away from me? There's nothing here you should ignore Do you close your eyes on me? You've made that mistake once before Helpless are the shattered wishes Dashed upon the window pane So close! But I'm one step ahead My shadow is all you will touch Too late! You waited too long I stole the freedom You needed so much Search far, search wide Lying down is not a matter of pride Look hard, look deep Never try to take this line of retreat Don't let the bastards grind you down So close! But I'm one step ahead My shadow is all you will touch Too late! You waited too long I stole the freedom you needed so much So close! But I'm one step ahead My shadow is all you will touch Too late! You waited too long I stole the freedom I know that you needed so much |
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from Arena - The VIsitor (1998)
This is a clown's tale
Falling over Again and again He paints his face With colours from the sun But he is living in the rain This is a clown's tale Jumping up Spinning round and around He kicks his heels To the laughter of the crowd But from inside there is no sound Why do we all fail to see The darkness in another's heart Why do we all turn our backs On open wounds And failed attractions Painted on the canvas there Written in the books we share This is a fool's tale Rolling over Again and again Telling jokes To cool the anger of a king But he can never be the same This is a fool's tale Tripping up Spinning round and around Try to walk Beyond words of the wise Then reach a place too high Show them you can fly And dream until you hit the ground.... Don't offer sympathy When you've just walked away Don't play apologies And sentimental games I stood before the world And gave you my heart And it may never beat again! Don't give me hollow tears Or empty cries of shame Don't try to turn away By throwing me the blame I stood before the world And gave you my soul And now I'm living in the rain! This is a clown's tale Falling over Again and again He paints his face With colours from the sun But he is lying in.... He is dying in.... He is crying in the rain |
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from Arena - The VIsitor (1998)
Something on the edge of this place
Something on the edge of my mind Getting closer to me Growing stronger in me all the time The young foretell a life ahead The old look back on a life that's been led But I - I see nothing Got too much sand across my head Sit there waiting for the phone to ring Hopes in the attic, tied up with string On a top shelf, bottom drawer Any place I could ignore The falling of this hero No! Don't let the child die here Don't let the child die here Don't let his life just fade away Don't let the child die.... I made a promise - my soul laid bare Signed and sealed on a wing, on a prayer But thrown to the darkness It lies beyond repair This solemn oath I swore to you Has been neglected and unused In a back room, not on show Anywhere just not to know The falling of this hero No! Don't let the child die here Don't let the child die here Don't let his life just fade away Don't let the child die.... |
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from Arena - The VIsitor (1998)
There's a light behind the veil
And it's calling to me There's a force behind the veil And it's waiting for me There's a hand Reaching out Holding on Won't let go! I defy you to stand On the crack in the ice With the power of your hand On the crack in the ice Rising, rising I can feel your hands upon me I can feel your arms around me Rising, rising I can feel a breath inside me I can feel a warmth inside me Rising, rising I can feel your hands upon me I can feel your arms around me Rising, rising I can feel a breath inside me I can feel my heart begin to burn "Open your eyes" I can hear the Visitor! Shaking me Rousing me Waking me "Open your eyes" I can hear the Visitor Warning me Rousing me Calling my name "Open your eyes Open your eyes now!" |
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from Arena - The VIsitor (1998)
Did it really make a difference?
Was there strength enough to set me free? Am I even sure I'm living now? Or is this some kind of dream? Is it really that important? Did I really need to find this way? Have I never looked inside before? Have I always been afraid? The vampire waits on the corner of the street Past the clown and the words of the preacher Try to run, but you'll never beat the thief Are these the faces of The Visitor? It was there in a desperate breath It was born from a moment of death It was held in the weakest of faith But it seemed to last forever It was over in a moment of sight It was gone in a flash of a light It was lost in the heart of the night But it seemed to last forever You're never alone Take it from me You're never alone Just take it from me Take it from me Did it really make a difference? Am I really what I seem to be? Did I ever truly breathe again? Or is this some kind of dream? |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
Pouring fuel across the fire
Let the flesh evaporate I can hear it in their crazy voices They're opening the floodgates Shout loud that burning mantra With the confidence of fools Let it be me Who sets you free! Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away And you can drag this new pariah down Till the lifeless body breaks I can see it in their angry faces They're opening the floodgates Shout loud that burning mantra With the unity of fear Let it be me Who sets you free! Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
An Angel falls, so fragile and exposed
Soon lies crushed and wasted - Too delicate to hold A soulful melody innocent and pure Rises to the sky and is lost for ever more As guilt rains down And scars the faith of man It flows into the ground We will never wipe the bloodstains from our hands A failing heart, vulnerable and weak Waiting for the moment to beat the final beat Surely there is someone who'll reach out Surely there is someone who'll reach out |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
I am the painted man
With a frown on my face And a language you don't understand A wild refugee That is all you people can see I am the painted man With a smile on my lips And a living tattoo on my hand That's no guarantee Of the truth you people can see Why - With poison so strong in our hearts And the world torn apart Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain Can't you see that we're painted the same? I am the painted man With bile in my veins From a dark and sinister plan Blind and deceived That is all you people believe I am the painted man No thought for the world I was here when the nightmare began Wrongly conceived That is all you people believe Why - With poison so strong in our hearts And the world torn apart Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain Can't you see that we're painted the same? Come down from your ivory towers Corruption devours us all Come down from your ivory towers The hunger devours us all |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
There's a spectre at the feast
Feeding on my soul and drinking my hopes away There's a wind from the east My heart grows cold, my rainbows turn to grey There's a spectre at the feast Tearing me up and tossing my bones to the wolves On the brink of defeat We're moving the goals and changing the rules Hey don't fall asleep Don't close your eyes and drift away to some foreign land I know who you are - My fate is in your hands There's a spectre at the feast Panic has a face; it's looking at me right now There's the shadow of defeat Got to rise and bring those demons down Hey don't fall asleep Don't close your eyes and drift away to some foreign land I know who you are - My fate is in your hands Are they so pure, that they should judge me everyday? Am I so low in estimation, that none will hear a word I say? Are they so sure, the human race should turn away? In every home to be unwelcome, and none will hear a word I say! This brave new world has fallen and decayed Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay? Are they so weak, that they despise me everyday? A painful demonstration that none will hear a word I say! This brave new world has fallen and decayed Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay? Are you so pure? This brave new world has fallen and decayed Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay? |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
Just a simple thought, cast into the light
Leads to such destruction - never ending night In my blind obsession to avoid the fools I've seen How could I not recognize the fool was always me? As guilt rains down And scars the faith of man It flows into the ground I will never wipe the bloodstains from my hands This seed of hate was carried in my soul Waiting for the moment when it could take control Surely there is someone who'll reach out Surely there is someone who'll reach out A failing heart, vulnerable and weak Waiting for the moment to beat the final beat As guilt rains down And scars the faith of man It flows into the ground I will never wipe the bloodstains from my hands Is there someone who'll reach out? Surely there is someone who'll reach out |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
Knowing what I know
I'm never free to come and go But when I try to open doors I burn when daylight hits the floor Playing the skin game Breathing the blue flame Playing the skin game In sight, insane Knowing what I know I've been looking for a space to grow And maybe I can set you free Yes maybe I can set you free Playing the skin game Breathing the blue flame Playing the skin game In sight, insane I'm content to live in the vacuum I have made A comfortable existence on my own The problems of the world are there for others to debate I prefer to face my days alone! Kneeling down before I sleep Never said a prayer that I believed One day you'll understand Why have I become this way? Maybe it's another quirk of fate Yielding to my DNA Try to live on my own Reborn once more as a whisper on the telephone Unafraid of it all Every thought, every dream, I will call! I will call! Now I'm living alone And all I am is a whisper on the telephone Making sense of it all Every thought, every dream, I will call! I will call! |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
Blue fire, spreading across
From my finger tips - a powerful chaos Ice cold, consuming all Unstoppable advancing wall of Radiance, marching forth For the final throws of a world war Bow down before the truth I hear the cry - too late to stop you Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name Burn - Like a moth to the flame Blue fire, spreading across From the farthest shore - the final cost Go back to the other place Another side of a well known face Blinding light, the world falls down I will draw you in to the slightest sound Reach out, follow your heart To the end of time - You will not be the last Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name Burn - Like a moth to the flame Blue fire, a creeping curse There is nowhere safe in the universe Too late, you are hypnotised By the gentle waves, as they dive and rise One strike of a single match And the human race is reduced to ash Bow down before the truth I hear the cry - too late to stop you Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
A wave that rushes headlong through the darkness
An eternal flood that violates our minds A mighty river thirsty for our sanity A waterfall that crashes down upon mankind The foam that smashes deep into the shoreline A tidal force that's pumping through our veins A wordless voice that echoes in our beating hearts Driving every living soul insane There's nowhere to hide now There's nowhere to run A skyline that is changed beyond redemption The planet with it's back against the wall Man was overflowing with self confidence The time was overdue that he would take the fall There's nowhere to hide now Nowhere to run There's nowhere to hide now Nowhere to run |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
We've sown the seeds now
Don't know where they may fall Just lonely ghost towns Empty churches, empty town halls We've travelled far now And so into the wilderness we crawl I'm floating through the debris Of reference books and catalogues Climbing over sun baked bones Of Kings and Queens and Demigods You can take away my crown But you'll never bring my spirit down I won't give in Try to push me off the rope I will float down on the wings of hope I won't give in I wander through the dead lands Computer chips and stereos Powerless technology Instruction books and videos You can take away my crown But you'll never bring my spirit down I won't give in Try to push me off the rope I will float down on the wings of hope I won't give in Time may fly - And I will search the world for you Rainbow skies - And I will cross the seven seas for you Race on by - And I will find my way to you Rainbow skies - And I will cross the universe for you |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
Oh my brother, kneel with me
And share this dream of paradise Through this cold and freezing night We will survive Oh my sister, walk with me And share this dream of paradise Through this unforgiving night We will survive As the Lantern City lights Burn ever bright |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
So here I am
Sitting on a pile of stones Waiting for the rain to fall To wash away the dust from my hands So here I am Sitting on a pile of broken bones Waiting for the sun to shine Just to find my way to another day I hear you call to me But there's nothing I can do I hear you call to me But I can't help you So here I am Nothing more to give the world Hoping for another chance As I try to make a stand against the tide And now I walk in fire I see the flames are grower stronger, dancing higher And voices from the blue Their screams will not be silenced, as I stand accused I look for mercy in their eyes But only find despising gazes So here I am Wasted and torn apart Waiting for the end to come Release me from the guilt I've had to bear So here I am Sitting on a pile of broken hearts Waiting for the end to come And take away the burden of my fear I hear you call to me But there's nothing I can do I hear you call to me But I can't help you - But I can't help you So here I am, sitting on a pile of stones... |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
Some bitter puppeteer tore away my right to choose
Dealt me shit instead of cards Watched me bluffing from the start Some warring cavalier rode the truth into the ground Dragged me screaming by the feet Left me sprawling in defeat Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again Some deep deluded author wrote new chapters in my life Threw my hat into the ring Let the lady start to sing So here we face each other, in the blackness of the night I don't care how it appears This ends now, this ends here Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again I can read your mind - Your future's so defined Beware you've crossed the line this time Are you so sure of what you'll find A victim of your lies A witness to your own demise There's nowhere else to turn Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again I can feel your craving - The way that you behave I can hear the thunder roll The pleading of a million souls You've done this to yourself You've done this to yourself There's nowhere else to turn Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again And you know, yes you know We can't survive alone... on our own! |
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from Arena - Contagion (2002)
I feel vindicated
Looking back on what I've done Not so complicated When moments meet as one Are you ready to part the veil? And write a new beginning to this tale Rising up I see creation from the sky I'm learning to fly Rising up I see creation from the sky This freedom is mine Standing on the mountain The olive leaf in hand Drinking at that fountain So that I might understand Are you ready to start once more? With no idea of what's in store Are you ready to part the veil? And write a new beginning to this tale Rising up I see creation from the sky I'm learning to fly Rising up I see creation from the sky This freedom is mine Rising up I see creation from the stars We've travelled so far Rising up I see creation from the stars We've travelled so far Rising up I am rising up |
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from Arena - Breakfast In Biarritz [live] (2001)
Stay down! Like a shadow in a hallway
Watching all the blues and greens As I hide from the glare of the monitor screen Run fast! Like a shadow in a subway Try to remain unseen As I hide from the glare of the T.V. screen We're all sucked in Part of the core collective We're all dragged in Blind to the cause we've been selected for....Elected for Stand still! Like a ghost in the Firewall Watching all the blues and greens As I listen to the rhythm of the fax machine What will I be when winter comes again? And we're wrapped in furs, and life has begun again And it hurts to be away from you From the world you made so well What will I be when the summer comes once more? And we're naked and weak in the eye of the sun once more We're all sucked in 'Leave it on the net' demands the optimist 'No room for slaves to high tech reform' Maybe there's a way to save the pessimist He could make it to the hills and ride out the storm 'Formulas are set' declares the analyst 'This is the road for everyone' Maybe we can hide, continue to exist With a crate of bottled water and a sawn off shot gun Try to survive - Don't look into his eyes Try to stay alive - Don't look into his dead dead eyes You can send me codes From the safety of a chat room In your grey ether clothes I have looked into your soul Looked into your soul! I'm sitting with my head in the radiogram Waiting for some sign of a ghost or a little green man Glued to the glowing of a sun behind the plastic hood And the bass heavy tones That ooze from the pores in the wood Oh no.... I can't go there again Oh no..... Was this ever meant to be? I'm sitting on the floor with the book in my hand Dreaming of the world in a way that only children can And I listen for the emanating sounds from the hidden choirs The message in the radiant valves and red hot wires Oh no.... I can't go there again Oh no..... Was this ever meant to be? To think it has come to this Ruled by indifference Underlying waves of doubt Such arrogant self reliance Too far we have travelled out Nervous in our sentience Ordinary people Objects and events Now is a time of foolish fears Emotions run high and needless tears are shed He has the face of a friend And shall reach across the world into every home We invite him in and offer no defence And with every given soul he reaches for his throne He has the face of an Angel As he leads us in the dance Until we find ourselves......alone! So we're standing in the Moviedrome Staring at the shadows and the falling lights Prisoners forever in the Moviedrome Letting all the pictures be the Guide to our fragile lives Did we ever really learn? Did we never really learn? The human race has found it's own true home The dwelling places of these high tech lies The few that see the world beyond the Moviedrome Must march on through the wilderness Of fantasy, False images, And pride |
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from Arena - Breakfast In Biarritz [live] (2001)
I've seen that face before
Demon eyes watch what an Angel once saw I've seen that face before Lying in shadows but hard to ignore No where to run No where to hide I've seen this place before A wilderness born from the torment of souls (Yes!) I've seen this place before A memory lost as the story unfolds No where to run No where to hide No where to run No where to hide ...."I will always find you!" We played this game before Counting no cost but keeping the score (Yes!) We played this game before Eyes to the front and backs to the wall I've stood right here before |
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from Arena - Breakfast In Biarritz [live] (2001)
Creeping out into the night
Keep your hands outstretched and your eyes closed tightly Running out on your own Don't answer the door or the telephone This is no kind of a dream Not a blessing but a curse This is no illusion You've had them before - this isn't the first Reaching out - so cold! What did I say - did I do To lose my hold on you Everything you touch With your finger tips - Hurts so much There's a fallen wish it's shattered on the ground like a broken gift The Midas Vision Was always beating in your heart The foolish greed, the golden seed Is dragging out of the reason and tearing you apart! Reaching out - so cold! What did I say - did I do To lose my hold on you? Reaching out with all that I could give What should I say - should I do To make you.... Holding out, holding out your hands Open up, open up your eyes Is that the knock or the ringing of the bell Open the door to your own private hell. Reaching out - so cold! What did I say - did I do To lose my hold on you? Reaching out with all that I could give What should I say - should I do To make you live again? Reaching out - so cold! What did I say - did I do To lose my hold on you? Reaching out with all that I could give What should I say - should I do to make you live again? |
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from Arena - Breakfast In Biarritz [live] (2001)
He waits in the dark for lives, misguided and wrecked
The catcher of innocent souls He's proud of his human collection Of losers who give up the chase Of winners who fail to look round He creeps up behind the fallen and blind They're gone! With hardly a sound 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from eternity caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' He waits in the dark for the scent of anger or hate He hides behind ignorance And it's never for long that he has to wait A gentle caress Is enough before fear takes a hold The warning signs come far too late By then he'll have captured your soul 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from the agony caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from eternity caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' 'I've been here for so long Don't even know what my purpose ever was I don't even know where I belong Through the years I've been waiting Even time has lost it's meaning Don't even know where I belong' 'Can't ever turn from this path Don't even know what alternatives there are Perhaps I wandered too far I've been here for so long Don't even hope for an end to all of this I have no choice, but to carry on' There you are fighting to escape from the womb Dying in the snares of your chosen beliefs Were you not set free far too soon? There you are bathing in the warmth of creation Drowning in the blood of your chosen beliefs Prisoners of fate Living in a state of sedation 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from eternity caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' He waits in the dark The catcher of elegant souls Extravagant souls Belligerent souls He waits in the dark His arms open wide Never too short Never too tall He'll take them all |
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from Arena - Breakfast In Biarritz [live] (2001)
Walk along the waterfall
Watching as the world turns red Wonder where the river flows And the blood on the river bed Poison lies too close to us Reach across the salt and sand Moving deeper into the land Following the waterfall Watching as the world turns green Wonder where the river flows The copper face remains unseen Ignorance has failed to cleanse Reach across the salt and sand Moving deeper into the land Crying as the earth cries out Weeping as the land decays Wonder if I could have helped Maybe I'd have found a way Poison lies too close to us Reach across the salt and sand Moving deeper into the land Cling to the branch of a tree That was waiting for Something to preach Someone to teach The Word was the first And the last to be heard From the branch of the tree It was praying for me to fall down Climb to the top of a tree That was waiting for Someone to warn A life to be torn into Pieces of gold For a soul to be sold And the heart of the tree Was crying for me to come back Take me to the hanging tree There's a man in the light And he's pointing at me Guide me to the hanging tree It's the place that I come from Walk along the waterline Reach across the salt and the sand Moving deeper into the land Take me to the hanging tree There's a boy in the light And he's staring at me Take me to the hanging tree It's the place that I come from Walk along the waterline Reach across the salt and the sand Moving deeper into the land I'm falling.....Falling down again! |
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from Arena - Breakfast In Biarritz [live] (2001)
Thinly veiled, a cruel disguise
Vengeance lies behind these eyes Glaring from the pulpit As the Fallen Angels follow me Plageristic sermons Hiding voyeuristic undertones Foolishly they will embrace And ignorant they follow me You've never truly known The kind of place that I come from You turned your back on all the signs That bore the words of warning Come to me my simple child Tear apart your innocence Pray with me beloved son And I will help you find a way Think before you throw yourself Upon the tables and the merchant s Are you sure this temple Isn't just another cruel perversion? You've never truly known The kind of place that I come from You turned your back on all the signs That bore the words of warning Don't look for comfort in this house of mine Don't ask for mercy at my image or my shrine Don't seek forgiveness at this house of mine Don't build a temple here And wait for me to walk into the fire I will make this promise now A simple thing, a sacred vow Come with me my pretty Angel I will show you how to fly We will fall together Into unforgiving night we plunge! Chained by sin and clothed by guilt We will be as one forever Don't look for comfort in this house of mine Don't ask for mercy at my image or my shrine Don't look for comfort in this house of mine Don't break the Holy bread or drink the Holy wine Don't seek forgiveness at this house of mine Don't build a temple here And wait for me to walk into the fire |
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Something on the edge of this place
Something on the edge of my mind Getting closer to me Growing stronger in me all the time The young foretell a life ahead The old look back on a life that's been led But I - I see nothing Got too much sand across my head Sit there waiting for the phone to ring Hopes in the attic, tied up with string On a top shelf, bottom drawer Any place I could ignore The falling of this hero No! Don't let the child die here Don't let the child die here Don't let his life just fade away Don't let the child die.... I made a promise - my soul laid bare Signed and sealed on a wing, on a prayer But thrown to the darkness It lies beyond repair This solemn oath I swore to you Has been neglected and unused In a back room, not on show Anywhere just not to know The falling of this hero No! Don't let the child die here Don't let the child die here Don't let his life just fade away Don't let the child die.... |
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from Arena - Breakfast In Biarritz [live] (2001)
Help me, help me.........help me
Let us share this hope That we may close our eyes in peace Follow what may rise from this Standing in the halls of grace Let my people go Was the cry I heard from far away I should have known Not to trust every word I heard them say Help me, help me.........help me There's a face I can see Staring back in desperation Nowhere to turn to now Drowning in this sea of fate Don't run! Don't hide! The devil will find you anywhere We should never have lied The sin was always there Help me, help me.........help me This choice must be free Answers do not grow on trees We must face our enemies With faith in one another Don't fall down! Don't lie down! You can lean on me my friend The future may not bring us luck But together we can go down fighting! Help me, help me.........help me Help me, help me.........help me |
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from Arena - Breakfast In Biarritz [live] (2001)
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out!
We live amongst you In the guise of the mortal men You'll never see us in the crowd We only look towards What purpose we've been sent And wait until the time is now Take a leap of faith if you want to find out Better hold on tight if you want to know how Take a leap of faith if you want to find out You have been chosen! Imagine you can tell us all apart From prophecy or old wives tales Or from the warnings of a singular birthmark But these are merely all false trails Wisdom spat from the whirling chair Shaking the bars when they stop and stare at me Take a leap of faith if you want to find out Better hold on tight if you want to know how Take a leap of faith if you want to find out You have been chosen....Now! The faceless followers knelt in prayer Near Whited sepulchres and lightly coded software Freedom of speech - But we have no voice Freedom of spirit - But we have no choice Given no help - To meet these demands Given no help - It's out of our hands Never turn around never look behind Got to turn the water into wine Take a leap of faith if you want to find out Better hold on tight if you want to know how Take a leap of faith if you want to find out You have been chosen....Now! |
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from Arena - Breakfast In Biarritz [live] (2001)
What I dream tonight may rest with me
Till morning comes again From the truth comes light We're vulnerable, as we shelter from the rain This is a place where all I touch May not be as it seems When I close my eyes I pray that you May shield me from this pain Hidden from my sight So dangerous, as we shelter from the rain This is a place where all I touch May not be as it seems And still we go on waiting for Friday's Dream It's a world that's far away From the sound of people calling 'free me from these chains' It's a moment of escape As the blood of fallen angels scars the earth Tearing at the innocent once more What I dream tonight may rest with me Till morning comes again Weakened by our doubts We cling to this as we shelter from the rain It's a world that's far away From the sound of people calling 'free me from these chains' It's a moment of escape As the blood of fallen angels scars the earth Tearing at the innocent once more It's a world that's far away From the sound of people calling 'free me from these chains' It's a moment of escape As the blood of fallen angels scars the earth Burns the earth Tearing at the innocent once more When I close my eyes I pray we'll find A shelter from the rain What I dream tonight may rest with me Till morning comes Till morning comes and I wake up |
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Pouring fuel across the fire
Let the flesh evaporate I can hear it in their crazy voices They're opening the floodgates Shout loud that burning mantra With the confidence of fools Let it be me Who sets you free! Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away And you can drag this new pariah down Till the lifeless body breaks I can see it in their angry faces They're opening the floodgates Shout loud that burning mantra With the unity of fear Let it be me Who sets you free! Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
I am the painted man
With a frown on my face And a language you don't understand A wild refugee That is all you people can see I am the painted man With a smile on my lips And a living tattoo on my hand That's no guarantee Of the truth you people can see Why - With poison so strong in our hearts And the world torn apart Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain Can't you see that we're painted the same? I am the painted man With bile in my veins From a dark and sinister plan Blind and deceived That is all you people believe I am the painted man No thought for the world I was here when the nightmare began Wrongly conceived That is all you people believe Why - With poison so strong in our hearts And the world torn apart Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain Can't you see that we're painted the same? Come down from your ivory towers Corruption devours us all Come down from your ivory towers The hunger devours us all |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
There's a spectre at the feast
Feeding on my soul and drinking my hopes away There's a wind from the east My heart grows cold, my rainbows turn to grey There's a spectre at the feast Tearing me up and tossing my bones to the wolves On the brink of defeat We're moving the goals and changing the rules Hey don't fall asleep Don't close your eyes and drift away to some foreign land I know who you are - My fate is in your hands There's a spectre at the feast Panic has a face; it's looking at me right now There's the shadow of defeat Got to rise and bring those demons down Hey don't fall asleep Don't close your eyes and drift away to some foreign land I know who you are - My fate is in your hands Are they so pure, that they should judge me everyday? Am I so low in estimation, that none will hear a word I say? Are they so sure, the human race should turn away? In every home to be unwelcome, and none will hear a word I say! This brave new world has fallen and decayed Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay? Are they so weak, that they despise me everyday? A painful demonstration that none will hear a word I say! This brave new world has fallen and decayed Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay? Are you so pure? This brave new world has fallen and decayed Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay? |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
Knowing what I know
I'm never free to come and go But when I try to open doors I burn when daylight hits the floor Playing the skin game Breathing the blue flame Playing the skin game In sight, insane Knowing what I know I've been looking for a space to grow And maybe I can set you free Yes maybe I can set you free Playing the skin game Breathing the blue flame Playing the skin game In sight, insane I'm content to live in the vacuum I have made A comfortable existence on my own The problems of the world are there for others to debate I prefer to face my days alone! Kneeling down before I sleep Never said a prayer that I believed One day you'll understand Why have I become this way? Maybe it's another quirk of fate Yielding to my DNA Try to live on my own Reborn once more as a whisper on the telephone Unafraid of it all Every thought, every dream, I will call! I will call! Now I'm living alone And all I am is a whisper on the telephone Making sense of it all Every thought, every dream, I will call! I will call! |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
Blue fire, spreading across
From my finger tips - a powerful chaos Ice cold, consuming all Unstoppable advancing wall of Radiance, marching forth For the final throws of a world war Bow down before the truth I hear the cry - too late to stop you Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name Burn - Like a moth to the flame Blue fire, spreading across From the farthest shore - the final cost Go back to the other place Another side of a well known face Blinding light, the world falls down I will draw you in to the slightest sound Reach out, follow your heart To the end of time - You will not be the last Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name Burn - Like a moth to the flame Blue fire, a creeping curse There is nowhere safe in the universe Too late, you are hypnotised By the gentle waves, as they dive and rise One strike of a single match And the human race is reduced to ash Bow down before the truth I hear the cry - too late to stop you Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
We've sown the seeds now
Don't know where they may fall Just lonely ghost towns Empty churches, empty town halls We've travelled far now And so into the wilderness we crawl I'm floating through the debris Of reference books and catalogues Climbing over sun baked bones Of Kings and Queens and Demigods You can take away my crown But you'll never bring my spirit down I won't give in Try to push me off the rope I will float down on the wings of hope I won't give in I wander through the dead lands Computer chips and stereos Powerless technology Instruction books and videos You can take away my crown But you'll never bring my spirit down I won't give in Try to push me off the rope I will float down on the wings of hope I won't give in Time may fly - And I will search the world for you Rainbow skies - And I will cross the seven seas for you Race on by - And I will find my way to you Rainbow skies - And I will cross the universe for you |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
Some bitter puppeteer tore away my right to choose
Dealt me shit instead of cards Watched me bluffing from the start Some warring cavalier rode the truth into the ground Dragged me screaming by the feet Left me sprawling in defeat Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again Some deep deluded author wrote new chapters in my life Threw my hat into the ring Let the lady start to sing So here we face each other, in the blackness of the night I don't care how it appears This ends now, this ends here Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again I can read your mind - Your future's so defined Beware you've crossed the line this time Are you so sure of what you'll find A victim of your lies A witness to your own demise There's nowhere else to turn Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again I can feel your craving - The way that you behave I can hear the thunder roll The pleading of a million souls You've done this to yourself You've done this to yourself There's nowhere else to turn Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again And you know, yes you know We can't survive alone... on our own! |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
I feel vindicated
Looking back on what I've done Not so complicated When moments meet as one Are you ready to part the veil? And write a new beginning to this tale Rising up I see creation from the sky I'm learning to fly Rising up I see creation from the sky This freedom is mine Standing on the mountain The olive leaf in hand Drinking at that fountain So that I might understand Are you ready to start once more? With no idea of what's in store Are you ready to part the veil? And write a new beginning to this tale Rising up I see creation from the sky I'm learning to fly Rising up I see creation from the sky This freedom is mine Rising up I see creation from the stars We've travelled so far Rising up I see creation from the stars We've travelled so far Rising up I am rising up |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out!
We live amongst you In the guise of the mortal men You'll never see us in the crowd We only look towards What purpose we've been sent And wait until the time is now Take a leap of faith if you want to find out Better hold on tight if you want to know how Take a leap of faith if you want to find out You have been chosen! Imagine you can tell us all apart From prophecy or old wives tales Or from the warnings of a singular birthmark But these are merely all false trails Wisdom spat from the whirling chair Shaking the bars when they stop and stare at me Take a leap of faith if you want to find out Better hold on tight if you want to know how Take a leap of faith if you want to find out You have been chosen....Now! The faceless followers knelt in prayer Near Whited sepulchres and lightly coded software Freedom of speech - But we have no voice Freedom of spirit - But we have no choice Given no help - To meet these demands Given no help - It's out of our hands Never turn around never look behind Got to turn the water into wine Take a leap of faith if you want to find out Better hold on tight if you want to know how Take a leap of faith if you want to find out You have been chosen....Now! |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
I've seen that face before
Demon eyes watch what an Angel once saw I've seen that face before Lying in shadows but hard to ignore No where to run No where to hide I've seen this place before A wilderness born from the torment of souls (Yes!) I've seen this place before A memory lost as the story unfolds No where to run No where to hide No where to run No where to hide ...."I will always find you!" We played this game before Counting no cost but keeping the score (Yes!) We played this game before Eyes to the front and backs to the wall I've stood right here before |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
He waits in the dark for lives, misguided and wrecked
The catcher of innocent souls He's proud of his human collection Of losers who give up the chase Of winners who fail to look round He creeps up behind the fallen and blind They're gone! With hardly a sound 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from eternity caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' He waits in the dark for the scent of anger or hate He hides behind ignorance And it's never for long that he has to wait A gentle caress Is enough before fear takes a hold The warning signs come far too late By then he'll have captured your soul 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from the agony caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from eternity caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' 'I've been here for so long Don't even know what my purpose ever was I don't even know where I belong Through the years I've been waiting Even time has lost it's meaning Don't even know where I belong' 'Can't ever turn from this path Don't even know what alternatives there are Perhaps I wandered too far I've been here for so long Don't even hope for an end to all of this I have no choice, but to carry on' There you are fighting to escape from the womb Dying in the snares of your chosen beliefs Were you not set free far too soon? There you are bathing in the warmth of creation Drowning in the blood of your chosen beliefs Prisoners of fate Living in a state of sedation 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from eternity caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' He waits in the dark The catcher of elegant souls Extravagant souls Belligerent souls He waits in the dark His arms open wide Never too short Never too tall He'll take them all |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
Something on the edge of this place
Something on the edge of my mind Getting closer to me Growing stronger in me all the time The young foretell a life ahead The old look back on a life that's been led But I - I see nothing Got too much sand across my head Sit there waiting for the phone to ring Hopes in the attic, tied up with string On a top shelf, bottom drawer Any place I could ignore The falling of this hero No! Don't let the child die here Don't let the child die here Don't let his life just fade away Don't let the child die.... I made a promise - my soul laid bare Signed and sealed on a wing, on a prayer But thrown to the darkness It lies beyond repair This solemn oath I swore to you Has been neglected and unused In a back room, not on show Anywhere just not to know The falling of this hero No! Don't let the child die here Don't let the child die here Don't let his life just fade away Don't let the child die.... |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
In the distance
Hidden from sight - patiently Waiting for me Part of the night - enemy mine This horizon Darkness and light - opposites Drawn together, one forever Wrong and the right - enemy mine Now is the time to decide Don't answer me with the same old questions Don't patronise with those tired old solutions I've heard these before, I've been here before Don't pay me back with the same old deceptions Don't give me facts and predictable suggestions I've heard these before, I've been here before Then you're screaming all the time You don't listen any more When you threw out the hope with the dustbin liners You were standing alone with your coat of kindness Covered in mud - it was soaked in my blood When you fed me to the lions in your personal arena And you watched till the cries and the prayers grew weaker Head in my hands - Dripping tears in the sand The roar of the lions As the victim lies damned and alone When agony comes more from hope than failure Look further than your preconceptions, expectations Where the power of the mind can take you out beyond this reach Higher than the dull and simple world you know so well Back to paradise... Who keeps the child - Tell me which is the mother? The need in her eye, and the eyes of the other and I've seen this before, I've been here before Cut the child in half, give a piece to each woman A desperate chance, the last hope has fallen Just like before, I've felt this before And the gurgles of laughter are echoes once more in my heart So I lie down in my mothers arms And I cry in my mothers arms, praying Praying for the end to come A friend to come and rescue me - right now So I listen to my mother's voice And I listen to the Only choice she had to make Living fear cold and naked Throw me away? Don't throw me away "Take the child - it's yours!" Was the only thing she could have said Does it matter to you? In the lion's cage we're all the same Does it matter to you? It's a child's game with a child's name Does it matter to you? If I place the blame upon your shoulders Don't try to fool the world Don't try to rule the world again Throw away my life in the fireplace With the old love letters And the Nottingham laces; Trying to forget the warm embraces Video suppers and the funny faces Does it matter to you? Does it matter to you? Does it matter to you? Does it matter at all? |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
Forget the lights
Forget the sounds You no longer need me round Lost my patience Lost my pride The story of my life Innocence is no way to hide Forget the light Forget the sound Why do you have to drag me down Men of night, In disguise Slay this barren child Sadness is your only friend "Please forgive me I didn't mean to play with your emotions Tear apart your passions Please forgive me I didn't mean to Hurt you with false meanings Hurt you with false feelings" Is what you see Is what you get Overhearing distant sounds Is what you wish Is what you hope Given both ends of the rope Both ends of the rope? When you turn against the system and the rules that are taught The true unconscious law an action without thought To free yourself forever from the shackles and the chains Of any kind of hell You can call this need by any other name When you stay held down for most of your life It's not hard to find a cause It's the catalyst behind the knife... the knife! Gonna turn the tide against you Gonna make this private revolution Gonna smash the gates and march right through Gonna tear apart this institution I'm coming down to find you Gonna make this private revolution Better keep this faith behind you Gonna lead the way to new solutions. Jericho - I'll bring those walls right down on you! Jericho - I'll bring those walls right down on you! Gonna turn the tide against you Gonna make this private revolution Gonna smash the gates and march right through Gonna make this private revolution Jericho - I'll bring those walls right down on you! Jericho - I'll bring those walls right down on you! |
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from Arena - Caught In The Act [video] (2003)
Help me, help me.........help me
Let us share this hope That we may close our eyes in peace Follow what may rise from this Standing in the halls of grace Let my people go Was the cry I heard from far away I should have known Not to trust every word I heard them say Help me, help me.........help me There's a face I can see Staring back in desperation Nowhere to turn to now Drowning in this sea of fate Don't run! Don't hide! The devil will find you anywhere We should never have lied The sin was always there Help me, help me.........help me This choice must be free Answers do not grow on trees We must face our enemies With faith in one another Don't fall down! Don't lie down! You can lean on me my friend The future may not bring us luck But together we can go down fighting! Help me, help me.........help me Help me, help me.........help me |
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Pouring fuel across the fire
Let the flesh evaporate I can hear it in their crazy voices They're opening the floodgates Shout loud that burning mantra With the confidence of fools Let it be me Who sets you free! Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away And you can drag this new pariah down Till the lifeless body breaks I can see it in their angry faces They're opening the floodgates Shout loud that burning mantra With the unity of fear Let it be me Who sets you free! Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away |
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from Arena - Edits [single] (1996)
No more choices born from freedom
No more kings and no more kingdom come Live in fear of what your doubts are You may find all your nightmares Knocking down your ivory tower Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage Welcome, welcome to the world we made Forced apart by blind divisions Inspiration, rash decision making Ignorance and tears, innocence and early years Beware the chaos that will tear apart that game you play Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage Welcome, welcome to the world we made Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage Welcome, welcome to the heart and soul that freed the slaves When you're forced to the wall By the sheer weight of will When you're fighting between one another Be sure that you know who the prisoners are And don't turn against your own brother Behind every thought is a far greater plan You can feel as the elements gather Be sure on which side of the bars you are on You will live with your choices forever.....forever.....forever! Forever........ever.....ever.....ever.....ever.....ever Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage Welcome, welcome to the world we made Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage Welcome, welcome to the heart and soul that freed the slaves Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage Welcome, welcome to the world we made Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage Welcome, oh, to the shattered world we tried to save The spirit that will never fade Heart and soul that freed the slaves Welcome, welcome to the cage! |
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from Arena - Edits [single] (1996)
It's just a matter of course now
Like some ritual or formality, that's guiding me Violent flows the venomous dance Chasing through the system in a frenzy of enhancement Addicted to your belladonna kiss I am running in the shadows Anonymous, invisible to all the world but you How can you be so proud of the things you do Medusa! Hollow words and promises Bow down in servitude before this throne Medusa! You always know my weaknesses Only with a heart of anger Could you freeze the lifeblood in my veins Only with a heart of anger Could you bleed the strength, put out the flame Poisoned by your belladonna kiss I am trapped in the web I am drowning in the bitterness and all that I can pray Is that I die in your embrace again Medusa! Hollow words and promises Bow down in servitude before this throne Medusa! You always know my weaknesses I turn to stone All I need is a bloodstained jewel Or a poisonous flower All I yearn for is the siren's cry Or the torment and endurance in the final hour Medusa! Hollow words and promises Bow down in servitude before this throne Medusa! You always know my weaknesses Oh! I'm paralyzed before this vision Medusa! Hollow words and promises Bow down in servitude before this throne Medusa! You always know my weaknesses I turn to stone Addicted to your belladonna kiss I am running in the shadows Anonymous, invisible |
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from Arena - Edits [single] (1996)
You think you can hide from the life that you made
You think you can run from the hell you created Never a thought for the fruits of your labour Just some vague and fading picture You think I would laugh in the face of neglect You think I would smile in the light of rejection Never a thought to the flesh and the blood Just some weak and willing victim "All that glisters is not gold", or so the wise man said "When greed awakes upon your shoulder Hearts will turn to lead" Fools gold! Ah, fools gold! Fly to the valleys, fly to the hills Try to exist on your own without feelings Ripping your soul beyond all recognition Unforgiven, twisted vision Let your conscience decide! Can you live with yourself and the deed you have done Conquer your thoughts when all this has begun It's tearing your mind into guilt and regret Troubled dreams - You'll not forget this! "All that glisters is not gold", or so the wise man said "When greed awakes upon your shoulder Hearts will turn to lead" Fools gold! Fools gold! No........It's not all right to call No........It's not all right to haul me over hot coals Burning the soles of my feet Biting deep - Deep into my flesh - My hands Vengeance - Be sure that I will repay you Vengeance - Be sure that I will be the one to betray you! Vengeance - I'll strike like a snake when your back is turned Vengeance - I shall light the fire and leave you to burn Digging deep for something of value How much more must I tear at the soil? Then at my feet I find angels and saints Pleading for forgiveness Digging deep for something of value Will I find what I touched in a dream? Then at my feet I find demons and devils Waiting to drag me down into the pit! Digging deep for something of value Searching hard for answers and clues Then at my feet I find bigots and sinners Screaming their abuse at me Digging deep for something of value Will I find what I lost once before From my soul there springs home for redemption A chance to walk the farthest shore I made my own bed - I must lie here forever I made my own prison - I must live out my life in it now Are you really afraid when the sun sets at night Are you really afraid when you lie down and close your eyes Never a chance to retreat into sleep The damage is done - now you shall reap justice You wanted it all but now you have nothing Lost to the wind are the chances you threw You wanted it all but now you have nothing You killed for the gold but this won't help you "All that glisters is not gold", or so the wise man said "When greed awakes upon your shoulder Hearts will turn to lead" That's fools gold! Fools gold! |
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from Arena - Edits [single] (1996)
Silently calling
I hear myself speak My breath is in my hands I cry out your name Silently calling I feel so at peace And the time to surrender Is the time you will take hold of me What did you do when you woke today What did you feel, were you sad or afraid Searching your thoughts for reasons or meanings And the choices you made Silently calling In a field of dreams Where memories fade They keep passing through this soulless maze What did you do when you woke today What did you feel, were you sad or afraid Searching your thoughts for hope or relief Looking for safety in the falling leaves Splinters of virtue From splintering hearts The door is always closed As it was from the start Masters of freedom Masters of light Will you ever let me go Take away this second sight What did you do when you woke today What did you feel, were you sad or afraid Searching your thoughts for warnings and traps Nothing in your life will be the same! Hanging to the sail Caught behind the storm Wait for the waves to come Know the fear Hide behind your smile Crying for mercy Hanging to the mast Caught behind the storm Wait for the sea to foam Climb....Climb....Climb up to me Hanging to the sail Far beyond the storm Lightning across the sky Catch the rope Cling to hope Watch as our lives flash by Hanging to the mast Beyond the storm Saltwater burning Shield your face from whiplash sprays Hold your breath and Neptune will make his next move Hanging to the rail Caught within the storm Watch for the jagged land Follow a line From another time Washed up on stone and sand Grab the mast Caught within the storm Reach for a helping hand We could share this calm experience now In shadows I can see the light I whisper your name But it's lost in the night Watching reflections of my own solitude Heartfelt indifference towards actions and truths In shadows I can see light I whisper your name In the night Spare me from those sirens' lies Spare me from this grand illusion Spare me from those weeping eyes And promises of absolution Shall I stand without defense Now that death is all around me Did you hope for my surrender Leaving me to die on the bloodstained ground It's only a lifetime Where heroes need heroic deeds It's only a lifetime Where children dream of breaking free Follow the cause Follow the signs Drawn by a song to our own demise It's only a lifetime Dragged across the rocks by the sirens' whisper! |
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from Arena - Edits [single] (1996)
Traitors - Heathens....don't thank me!
Empires - Princes....don't thank me! The fellowship started here With bleeding hearts and fine cause The brotherhood started here With fevered brows - malevolence Beaten - Howling....I'll drag you down! Kneeling - Cowering....I'll drag you right down! Soldiers - Victims....don't thank me! Warriors - Pilgrims....don't thank me! The fellowship started here With righteousness and lunacy The covenant started here With screaming souls and vitriol Can there be comfort left For one who lies bleeding in the fields Remorse and second thoughts are not enough To shield me from the consequence Horses - Warcries....Don't thank me! Forces - Armies....Don't thank me! Dedicate your life to this With blood vows and loyalty Dedicate your life to me With suicide - atrocity Onward - Fervent....I'll drag you down! Torture - Torment....I'll drag you right down! Can there be a heaven still For one who lies bleeding in the fields A pardon for these actions and passions Committed in the name of our salvation Innocence of acquaintance or liaison The darker side of hunger and need We reach a path - the way beyond reason Now we have sown that nemicidal seed And I can count on you to let me bleed An act of trust is as fragile as a child And we have led as far as we can lead We'll make a pact from threats and insecurities Things will arise from lies and disagreements And I can count on you to let me bleed Let the meek lie down! For they shall not inherit the earth from me Let the meek lie down! I will never set your people free Take no prisoners! For they shall not receive any hope from me Take no prisoners! I will never set your people free Death is the enemy! For he waits in the field of blood for me Death is the enemy! I will never set your people free Let the meek lie down! Let the meek lie down! Let the meek lie down! Down! Let the meek, let the meek lie down! |
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from Arena - Immortal ? (2000)
Take a leap of faith if you want to find out!
We live amongst you In the guise of the mortal men You'll never see us in the crowd We only look towards What purpose we've been sent And wait until the time is now Take a leap of faith if you want to find out Better hold on tight if you want to know how Take a leap of faith if you want to find out You have been chosen! Imagine you can tell us all apart From prophecy or old wives tales Or from the warnings of a singular birthmark But these are merely all false trails Wisdom spat from the whirling chair Shaking the bars when they stop and stare at me Take a leap of faith if you want to find out Better hold on tight if you want to know how Take a leap of faith if you want to find out You have been chosen....Now! The faceless followers knelt in prayer Near Whited sepulchres and lightly coded software Freedom of speech - But we have no voice Freedom of spirit - But we have no choice Given no help - To meet these demands Given no help - It's out of our hands Never turn around never look behind Got to turn the water into wine Take a leap of faith if you want to find out Better hold on tight if you want to know how Take a leap of faith if you want to find out You have been chosen....Now! |
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from Arena - Immortal ? (2000)
Many times this world has been my playground
An endless field of images, not too profound I let you read between the lines, if you think you can Part of someone's grand design of Sainthood, childhood....Slipping through our fingers.... There it is in black and white for you to shout out loud But all those empty promises just sow more seeds of doubt Let my vision smother you in heartache It freezes like the venom from a rattlesnake It really doesn't matter now, the end will be the same It really doesn't matter how the world will rise again There's nothing you can do to stop the river flowing blood The betting man has played his hand He's waiting.....waiting Look for me in everything material live and breathe philosophy and spiritual escape You'll find me in the films and in the theatres Through the minds of novelists and orators It really doesn't matter now, the end will be the same It really doesn't matter how the world will rise again There's nothing you can do to stop the river flowing blood The betting man has played his hand He's waiting for the flood You walked with me before, you know We crossed this land before, you know You talked with me before, you know You held my hand before, you know It really doesn't matter now, the end will be the same It really doesn't matter how the world will rise again There's nothing you can do to stop the river flowing blood The betting man has played and we're just Waiting for the flood You followed me too far and it's too late to turn around You followed me too far to stop the world from being drowned There's nothing you can do to stop the river flowing blood The betting man has played and we're just Waiting for the flood |
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from Arena - Immortal ? (2000)
He waits in the dark for lives, misguided and wrecked
The catcher of innocent souls He's proud of his human collection Of losers who give up the chase Of winners who fail to look round He creeps up behind the fallen and blind They're gone! With hardly a sound 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from eternity caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' He waits in the dark for the scent of anger or hate He hides behind ignorance And it's never for long that he has to wait A gentle caress Is enough before fear takes a hold The warning signs come far too late By then he'll have captured your soul 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from the agony caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from eternity caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' 'I've been here for so long Don't even know what my purpose ever was I don't even know where I belong Through the years I've been waiting Even time has lost it's meaning Don't even know where I belong' 'Can't ever turn from this path Don't even know what alternatives there are Perhaps I wandered too far I've been here for so long Don't even hope for an end to all of this I have no choice, but to carry on' There you are fighting to escape from the womb Dying in the snares of your chosen beliefs Were you not set free far too soon? There you are bathing in the warmth of creation Drowning in the blood of your chosen beliefs Prisoners of fate Living in a state of sedation 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand 'Save me - somebody reach out a hand Save me from eternity caught in the grip of The Butterfly Man' He waits in the dark The catcher of elegant souls Extravagant souls Belligerent souls He waits in the dark His arms open wide Never too short Never too tall He'll take them all |
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from Arena - Immortal ? (2000)
Look for me here
It's blacker than the night Look for me here But don't throw me in the light Keep me on the inside A part of the team Keep me on the inside I don't care what that means Oh - Like the ghost in the Firewall Oh - Like a virus in the system Oh - Like the ghost in the Firewall Let me in Let me fade away Look for me here My name is Legion Look for me here We are many - we are one Keep me on the inside Lost in the crowd Keep me on the inside Don't try to force me out Oh - Like the ghost in the Firewall Oh - Like a virus in the system Oh - Like the ghost in the Firewall Let me in Let me fade away Let me in Let me fade away Let me fade away |
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from Arena - Immortal ? (2000)
I can see the other side
Keeping my head bowed down I can see them all around Dead staring eyes Donning their Ascension robes Waiting for the time Shouting down below 'I told you once before - I told you so!' Got to build a tower Need a better line of sight We're climbing up the net We're reaching for the sky Got to keep on rising Take a ray of burning light We're climbing up the net - through the sky I can see the other side Try to keep a hold Take the rollercoaster ride On some binary code Speaking in a single tongue Think a single thought Touching everyone Reaching out - we've been here before Do I join in the race, keep my enemies near? Am I forced to embrace this modern veneer? Will I ever break free from this house of cards? The truth is the victim - it was dead from the start! Got to keep on rising Take a ray of burning light Got to keep on rising We're climbing - We're climbing up the net We're climbing - We're reaching for the sky We're climbing - We're climbing up the net We're climbing - We're reaching for the sky We're climbing up the net A ray of burning light A better line of sight We're reaching for the sky We're climbing up the net A ray of burning light A better line of sight We're reaching for the sky |
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from Arena - Immortal ? (2000)
Stay down! Like a shadow in a hallway
Watching all the blues and greens As I hide from the glare of the monitor screen Run fast! Like a shadow in a subway Try to remain unseen As I hide from the glare of the T.V. screen We're all sucked in Part of the core collective We're all dragged in Blind to the cause we've been selected for....Elected for Stand still! Like a ghost in the Firewall Watching all the blues and greens As I listen to the rhythm of the fax machine What will I be when winter comes again? And we're wrapped in furs, and life has begun again And it hurts to be away from you From the world you made so well What will I be when the summer comes once more? And we're naked and weak in the eye of the sun once more We're all sucked in 'Leave it on the net' demands the optimist 'No room for slaves to high tech reform' Maybe there's a way to save the pessimist He could make it to the hills and ride out the storm 'Formulas are set' declares the analyst 'This is the road for everyone' Maybe we can hide, continue to exist With a crate of bottled water and a sawn off shot gun Try to survive - Don't look into his eyes Try to stay alive - Don't look into his dead dead eyes You can send me codes From the safety of a chat room In your grey ether clothes I have looked into your soul Looked into your soul! I'm sitting with my head in the radiogram Waiting for some sign of a ghost or a little green man Glued to the glowing of a sun behind the plastic hood And the bass heavy tones That ooze from the pores in the wood Oh no.... I can't go there again Oh no..... Was this ever meant to be? I'm sitting on the floor with the book in my hand Dreaming of the world in a way that only children can And I listen for the emanating sounds from the hidden choirs The message in the radiant valves and red hot wires Oh no.... I can't go there again Oh no..... Was this ever meant to be? To think it has come to this Ruled by indifference Underlying waves of doubt Such arrogant self reliance Too far we have travelled out Nervous in our sentience Ordinary people Objects and events Now is a time of foolish fears Emotions run high and needless tears are shed He has the face of a friend And shall reach across the world into every home We invite him in and offer no defence And with every given soul he reaches for his throne He has the face of an Angel As he leads us in the dance Until we find ourselves......alone! So we're standing in the Moviedrome Staring at the shadows and the falling lights Prisoners forever in the Moviedrome Letting all the pictures be the Guide to our fragile lives Did we ever really learn? Did we never really learn? The human race has found it's own true home The dwelling places of these high tech lies The few that see the world beyond the Moviedrome Must march on through the wilderness Of fantasy, False images, And pride |
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from Arena - Immortal ? (2000)
What I dream tonight may rest with me
Till morning comes again From the truth comes light We're vulnerable, as we shelter from the rain This is a place where all I touch May not be as it seems When I close my eyes I pray that you May shield me from this pain Hidden from my sight So dangerous, as we shelter from the rain This is a place where all I touch May not be as it seems And still we go on waiting for Friday's Dream It's a world that's far away From the sound of people calling 'free me from these chains' It's a moment of escape As the blood of fallen angels scars the earth Tearing at the innocent once more What I dream tonight may rest with me Till morning comes again Weakened by our doubts We cling to this as we shelter from the rain It's a world that's far away From the sound of people calling 'free me from these chains' It's a moment of escape As the blood of fallen angels scars the earth Tearing at the innocent once more It's a world that's far away From the sound of people calling 'free me from these chains' It's a moment of escape As the blood of fallen angels scars the earth Burns the earth Tearing at the innocent once more When I close my eyes I pray we'll find A shelter from the rain What I dream tonight may rest with me Till morning comes Till morning comes and I wake up |
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from Arena - Live & Life [live] (2004)
Pouring fuel across the fire
Let the flesh evaporate I can hear it in their crazy voices They're opening the floodgates Shout loud that burning mantra With the confidence of fools Let it be me Who sets you free! Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away And you can drag this new pariah down Till the lifeless body breaks I can see it in their angry faces They're opening the floodgates Shout loud that burning mantra With the unity of fear Let it be me Who sets you free! Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away Exile! You show no mercy You're living in a mindless state Exile! You've crossed the line this time You've thrown it all away |
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from Arena - Live & Life [live] (2004)
An Angel falls, so fragile and exposed
Soon lies crushed and wasted - Too delicate to hold A soulful melody innocent and pure Rises to the sky and is lost for ever more As guilt rains down And scars the faith of man It flows into the ground We will never wipe the bloodstains from our hands A failing heart, vulnerable and weak Waiting for the moment to beat the final beat Surely there is someone who'll reach out Surely there is someone who'll reach out |
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from Arena - Live & Life [live] (2004)
I am the painted man
With a frown on my face And a language you don't understand A wild refugee That is all you people can see I am the painted man With a smile on my lips And a living tattoo on my hand That's no guarantee Of the truth you people can see Why - With poison so strong in our hearts And the world torn apart Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain Can't you see that we're painted the same? I am the painted man With bile in my veins From a dark and sinister plan Blind and deceived That is all you people believe I am the painted man No thought for the world I was here when the nightmare began Wrongly conceived That is all you people believe Why - With poison so strong in our hearts And the world torn apart Why - when our actions bring nothing but pain Can't you see that we're painted the same? Come down from your ivory towers Corruption devours us all Come down from your ivory towers The hunger devours us all |
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from Arena - Live & Life [live] (2004)
There's a spectre at the feast
Feeding on my soul and drinking my hopes away There's a wind from the east My heart grows cold, my rainbows turn to grey There's a spectre at the feast Tearing me up and tossing my bones to the wolves On the brink of defeat We're moving the goals and changing the rules Hey don't fall asleep Don't close your eyes and drift away to some foreign land I know who you are - My fate is in your hands There's a spectre at the feast Panic has a face; it's looking at me right now There's the shadow of defeat Got to rise and bring those demons down Hey don't fall asleep Don't close your eyes and drift away to some foreign land I know who you are - My fate is in your hands Are they so pure, that they should judge me everyday? Am I so low in estimation, that none will hear a word I say? Are they so sure, the human race should turn away? In every home to be unwelcome, and none will hear a word I say! This brave new world has fallen and decayed Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay? Are they so weak, that they despise me everyday? A painful demonstration that none will hear a word I say! This brave new world has fallen and decayed Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay? Are you so pure? This brave new world has fallen and decayed Are there no heroes just men with feet of clay? |
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from Arena - Live & Life [live] (2004)
Knowing what I know
I'm never free to come and go But when I try to open doors I burn when daylight hits the floor Playing the skin game Breathing the blue flame Playing the skin game In sight, insane Knowing what I know I've been looking for a space to grow And maybe I can set you free Yes maybe I can set you free Playing the skin game Breathing the blue flame Playing the skin game In sight, insane I'm content to live in the vacuum I have made A comfortable existence on my own The problems of the world are there for others to debate I prefer to face my days alone! Kneeling down before I sleep Never said a prayer that I believed One day you'll understand Why have I become this way? Maybe it's another quirk of fate Yielding to my DNA Try to live on my own Reborn once more as a whisper on the telephone Unafraid of it all Every thought, every dream, I will call! I will call! Now I'm living alone And all I am is a whisper on the telephone Making sense of it all Every thought, every dream, I will call! I will call! |
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from Arena - Live & Life [live] (2004)
Blue fire, spreading across
From my finger tips - a powerful chaos Ice cold, consuming all Unstoppable advancing wall of Radiance, marching forth For the final throws of a world war Bow down before the truth I hear the cry - too late to stop you Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name Burn - Like a moth to the flame Blue fire, spreading across From the farthest shore - the final cost Go back to the other place Another side of a well known face Blinding light, the world falls down I will draw you in to the slightest sound Reach out, follow your heart To the end of time - You will not be the last Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name Burn - Like a moth to the flame Blue fire, a creeping curse There is nowhere safe in the universe Too late, you are hypnotised By the gentle waves, as they dive and rise One strike of a single match And the human race is reduced to ash Bow down before the truth I hear the cry - too late to stop you Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name Burn - Like a moth to the flame We'll burn - As the fire calls us by name |
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from Arena - Live & Life [live] (2004)
We've sown the seeds now
Don't know where they may fall Just lonely ghost towns Empty churches, empty town halls We've travelled far now And so into the wilderness we crawl I'm floating through the debris Of reference books and catalogues Climbing over sun baked bones Of Kings and Queens and Demigods You can take away my crown But you'll never bring my spirit down I won't give in Try to push me off the rope I will float down on the wings of hope I won't give in I wander through the dead lands Computer chips and stereos Powerless technology Instruction books and videos You can take away my crown But you'll never bring my spirit down I won't give in Try to push me off the rope I will float down on the wings of hope I won't give in Time may fly - And I will search the world for you Rainbow skies - And I will cross the seven seas for you Race on by - And I will find my way to you Rainbow skies - And I will cross the universe for you |
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from Arena - Live & Life [live] (2004)
Some bitter puppeteer tore away my right to choose
Dealt me shit instead of cards Watched me bluffing from the start Some warring cavalier rode the truth into the ground Dragged me screaming by the feet Left me sprawling in defeat Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again Some deep deluded author wrote new chapters in my life Threw my hat into the ring Let the lady start to sing So here we face each other, in the blackness of the night I don't care how it appears This ends now, this ends here Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again I can read your mind - Your future's so defined Beware you've crossed the line this time Are you so sure of what you'll find A victim of your lies A witness to your own demise There's nowhere else to turn Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again I can feel your craving - The way that you behave I can hear the thunder roll The pleading of a million souls You've done this to yourself You've done this to yourself There's nowhere else to turn Right - right to the end We are joined till the universe fades into darkness again And you know, yes you know We can't survive alone... on our own! |
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