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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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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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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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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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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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Crawling through the poison pool
Hiding eyes with bleeding hands Every step another fool Kings and Queens of sand Over there an angry god Violent brow and negligence Making waves that can't be stopped Unafraid of consequence Chosen faith's a lottery Heaven sent down forgeries Miracles and travesties Irreligion sows that seed Staring through the Judas Hole See what I can see? Every covenant of souls Drum roll payments paid to me... Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around This place - So far gone Darker than hell - A stagnant field of dreams That face - Speaks to me So much to say - But nothing's what it seems You're only human - Just mortal to me You're only human ? Just an earthbound disease! Those eyes ? Madness reigns Acid tears ? A constant stream of pain That life ? wasted here Nothing left ? No mourners, no name You're only human - Just mortal to me You're only human ? Just an earthbound disease! Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around |
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Crawling through the poison pool
Hiding eyes with bleeding hands Every step another fool Kings and Queens of sand Over there an angry god Violent brow and negligence Making waves that can't be stopped Unafraid of consequence Chosen faith's a lottery Heaven sent down forgeries Miracles and travesties Irreligion sows that seed Staring through the Judas Hole See what I can see? Every covenant of souls Drum roll payments paid to me... Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around This place - So far gone Darker than hell - A stagnant field of dreams That face - Speaks to me So much to say - But nothing's what it seems You're only human - Just mortal to me You're only human ? Just an earthbound disease! Those eyes ? Madness reigns Acid tears ? A constant stream of pain That life ? wasted here Nothing left ? No mourners, no name You're only human - Just mortal to me You're only human ? Just an earthbound disease! Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around |
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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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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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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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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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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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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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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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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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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 the first to stand on the fields of Waterloo
Through the two world wars and landing on the moon The search to find forgiveness and to bury all my shame Got to let this burden go, got to shoulder all the blame One day, I will lie down And rest here forever Till then my heart beats ? heart beats! I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers They fall at the hands of dark corruption From saintly deeds to poisonous intentions Living with remorse on Purgatory Road Keeping me alive ? watch the evil grow One day, I will lie down And sleep here I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to follow all my prayers I'm here to stay - Till humans walk the ocean floor Won't fade away - Till man can find an end to war I'm here to stay - Till the polar caps freeze up again Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers |
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From the first to stand on the fields of Waterloo
Through the two world wars and landing on the moon The search to find forgiveness and to bury all my shame Got to let this burden go, got to shoulder all the blame One day, I will lie down And rest here forever Till then my heart beats ? heart beats! I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers They fall at the hands of dark corruption From saintly deeds to poisonous intentions Living with remorse on Purgatory Road Keeping me alive ? watch the evil grow One day, I will lie down And sleep here I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to follow all my prayers I'm here to stay - Till humans walk the ocean floor Won't fade away - Till man can find an end to war I'm here to stay - Till the polar caps freeze up again Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers |
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From the first to stand on the fields of Waterloo
Through the two world wars and landing on the moon The search to find forgiveness and to bury all my shame Got to let this burden go, got to shoulder all the blame One day, I will lie down And rest here forever Till then my heart beats ? heart beats! I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers They fall at the hands of dark corruption From saintly deeds to poisonous intentions Living with remorse on Purgatory Road Keeping me alive ? watch the evil grow One day, I will lie down And sleep here I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to follow all my prayers I'm here to stay - Till humans walk the ocean floor Won't fade away - Till man can find an end to war I'm here to stay - Till the polar caps freeze up again Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers |
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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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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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
Scooping the moon from a starlit pool
It ripples and breaks into luminous jewels And shards of light float through the night Moonbeams of magic shining like eyes Shooting the breeze as the clouds roll by A face in the rain and a voice in the sky Showering wisdom like newly formed pearls That fall to the ground in this innocent world Here in this Darkest House - Living with these ancient wounds Here in this Darkest House - Trapped inside those shattered rooms So many lies - blighted ambitions Caught in a race - a certain collision Stumbling over the paths of depression Too scared to search for the answers to questions Lost in this Darkest House ? Living with these ancient wounds Lost in this Darkest House ? Trapped inside those shattered rooms Hide brother hide ? Veiled in disguises Circle of spies - Fighting for the highest prize Offer a culture - Must now divide them Melt into every crowd - Bringing our defences down Lost in this Darkest House - Living with these ancient wounds Lost in this Darkest House - Trapped inside those shattered rooms I see the shadow of this lupine condition Howling in the mountains with a wolverine heart He's always running from this state of aggression Given half a chance he can tear you apart No mercy for you! No sleep for the doomed! I see the shadow of a vampire's obsession Eternity's a curse that will drive him insane A life of guilt and such violent confession Don't look away; he'll drain the last drop of blood from your veins Lost in this Dark House ? Watch your back and stay awake Lost in this Dark House ? Sleep would be a cruel mistake Lost in this Dark House - living with these ancient wounds Lost in this Dark House - Trapped inside these cold and shattered rooms Lost in this Darkest House - Lost in this Darkest House Living with these ancient wounds - Trapped inside these cold and shattered rooms |
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from Arena - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
Scooping the moon from a starlit pool
It ripples and breaks into luminous jewels And shards of light float through the night Moonbeams of magic shining like eyes Shooting the breeze as the clouds roll by A face in the rain and a voice in the sky Showering wisdom like newly formed pearls That fall to the ground in this innocent world Here in this Darkest House - Living with these ancient wounds Here in this Darkest House - Trapped inside those shattered rooms So many lies - blighted ambitions Caught in a race - a certain collision Stumbling over the paths of depression Too scared to search for the answers to questions Lost in this Darkest House ? Living with these ancient wounds Lost in this Darkest House ? Trapped inside those shattered rooms Hide brother hide ? Veiled in disguises Circle of spies - Fighting for the highest prize Offer a culture - Must now divide them Melt into every crowd - Bringing our defences down Lost in this Darkest House - Living with these ancient wounds Lost in this Darkest House - Trapped inside those shattered rooms I see the shadow of this lupine condition Howling in the mountains with a wolverine heart He's always running from this state of aggression Given half a chance he can tear you apart No mercy for you! No sleep for the doomed! I see the shadow of a vampire's obsession Eternity's a curse that will drive him insane A life of guilt and such violent confession Don't look away; he'll drain the last drop of blood from your veins Lost in this Dark House ? Watch your back and stay awake Lost in this Dark House ? Sleep would be a cruel mistake Lost in this Dark House - living with these ancient wounds Lost in this Dark House - Trapped inside these cold and shattered rooms Lost in this Darkest House - Lost in this Darkest House Living with these ancient wounds - Trapped inside these cold and shattered rooms |
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from Arena - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
Scooping the moon from a starlit pool
It ripples and breaks into luminous jewels And shards of light float through the night Moonbeams of magic shining like eyes Shooting the breeze as the clouds roll by A face in the rain and a voice in the sky Showering wisdom like newly formed pearls That fall to the ground in this innocent world Here in this Darkest House - Living with these ancient wounds Here in this Darkest House - Trapped inside those shattered rooms So many lies - blighted ambitions Caught in a race - a certain collision Stumbling over the paths of depression Too scared to search for the answers to questions Lost in this Darkest House ? Living with these ancient wounds Lost in this Darkest House ? Trapped inside those shattered rooms Hide brother hide ? Veiled in disguises Circle of spies - Fighting for the highest prize Offer a culture - Must now divide them Melt into every crowd - Bringing our defences down Lost in this Darkest House - Living with these ancient wounds Lost in this Darkest House - Trapped inside those shattered rooms I see the shadow of this lupine condition Howling in the mountains with a wolverine heart He's always running from this state of aggression Given half a chance he can tear you apart No mercy for you! No sleep for the doomed! I see the shadow of a vampire's obsession Eternity's a curse that will drive him insane A life of guilt and such violent confession Don't look away; he'll drain the last drop of blood from your veins Lost in this Dark House ? Watch your back and stay awake Lost in this Dark House ? Sleep would be a cruel mistake Lost in this Dark House - living with these ancient wounds Lost in this Dark House - Trapped inside these cold and shattered rooms Lost in this Darkest House - Lost in this Darkest House Living with these ancient wounds - Trapped inside these cold and shattered rooms |
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from Arena - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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 - Smoke & Mirrors [video] (2006)
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 - Pepper's Ghost (2005)
Crawling through the poison pool
Hiding eyes with bleeding hands Every step another fool Kings and Queens of sand Over there an angry god Violent brow and negligence Making waves that can't be stopped Unafraid of consequence Chosen faith's a lottery Heaven sent down forgeries Miracles and travesties Irreligion sows that seed Staring through the Judas Hole See what I can see? Every covenant of souls Drum roll payments paid to me... Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around This place - So far gone Darker than hell - A stagnant field of dreams That face - Speaks to me So much to say - But nothing's what it seems You're only human - Just mortal to me You're only human ? Just an earthbound disease! Those eyes ? Madness reigns Acid tears ? A constant stream of pain That life ? wasted here Nothing left ? No mourners, no name You're only human - Just mortal to me You're only human ? Just an earthbound disease! Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around Bethlehem to Bedlam Fayre - No one helps, no one cares! Let the people mock and stare - See them run around, around, around |
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from Arena - Pepper's Ghost (2005)
Gather close my friends - Attend to my confusion
These thoughts till now have been too far for you to reach Gather close to me - My students of delusion Listen carefully to what I have to teach So finally, you will walk with me - As an equal in the heart of my prophecies No struggle now, and no falling down - No hiding from the attitudes and jealousies The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship me! Then hand in hand, we will make that stand I was once myself, but now I am another man There's a sense of urgency - Flawed invisibility The negative converge - feel the synchronicity A union of consequence beyond this lost adversary The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship me! There's nothing more to fear - A question of a few degrees From sane to maniac - We're feathers on a dying breeze You trust your life to float - Across the gentle ebb and flow And on the random whims - A God that no one really knows The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship… There's nothing more to fear - A question of a few degrees From care to negligence - In freedom or captivity Perhaps there is a place - Far outside these prison walls Where I may live your life - A cleaner slate, a stronger cause The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship me! So I exist in this fragile equilibrium Which glues the substance of the universe to me The stars they're falling down, drawn to me in millions Only I can set them free… set them free Set them free! Only I can set them free! You try to live without me by your side You try to live without me now but I will always be there, just a single breath away And I will always be there ? I will share your fate again The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship me! The King is dead, so worship me - No voices in my head, so worship me! |
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from Arena - Pepper's Ghost (2005)
From the first to stand on the fields of Waterloo
Through the two world wars and landing on the moon The search to find forgiveness and to bury all my shame Got to let this burden go, got to shoulder all the blame One day, I will lie down And rest here forever Till then my heart beats ? heart beats! I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers They fall at the hands of dark corruption From saintly deeds to poisonous intentions Living with remorse on Purgatory Road Keeping me alive ? watch the evil grow One day, I will lie down And sleep here I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers I'm here to stay - Till the Martians land on London Town Won't fade away - Till the science world takes cancer down I'm here to stay - Till they synthesise the ozone layer Won't fade away - Going to follow all my prayers I'm here to stay - Till humans walk the ocean floor Won't fade away - Till man can find an end to war I'm here to stay - Till the polar caps freeze up again Won't fade away - Going to hold out for an answer to my prayers |
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from Arena - Pepper's Ghost (2005)
Do you hear the voice?
Shouting down the Midnight Friend Do you hear the voice? An empty requiem Tell me who you are To treat me like a fool, can't you be Honest from the start Explain these tainted rules Calm me down A siren's crown Graceful sounds Ease me round More than smoke and mirrors Can't you see me on the stage? More than misdirection Don't you let me fade away! Spinning out your web You planned to bring me down ? Wrong again! You crawled inside my head Corrupted what you found ? Wrong again! Lead me on A siren's song Draw me in Break my wings More than smoke and mirrors Can't you see me on the stage? More than misdirection Don't you let me fade away! More than smoke and mirrors Can't you see me on the stage? More than misdirection Don't you let me fade away! More than smoke and mirrors Can't you see me on the stage? More than misdirection Don't you let me fade away! More than smoke and mirrors I'm more than smoke and mirrors! |
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from Arena - Pepper's Ghost (2005)
Standing in water, but dying of thirst
This is my thanks and this is my curse Try as I might, the fruit on the trees All remain beyond reach, beyond wishes or pleading for One last chance Waiting for time to pass me by Waiting for freedom, waiting to die Where can I go, in a world without hope? There is never a place for a soul that has broken so Trust in no one - Trust in no one Linking the chains that weigh down your reason Nothing to blame, but the actions you choose Driven insane by the conscience of treason Running in vein from a life of abuse The closer I get the further I am The journey I make is the course of the damned The distance I go is no distance at all And I climb to the sky but find myself falling so Trust in no one - Trust in no one Quench my thirst - Fill my heart Feed my mind - Don't leave me starving Hold my hand - stay close by Talk to me - Don't leave me crying here Standing in water, yet dying of thirst This is my thanks and this is my curse Empty forgiveness for old indiscretions And such condemnation for just one transgression Find me now - set me free Find me now - set me free Waiting for time to pass me by Waiting for freedom, waiting to die Why do you smile at my timeless ordeal here And why do you laugh at my hopeless appeal for your mercy? Tear away the chains - Free me now No one else to blame ? Let me go Tear away the chains - Free me now Driving me insane ? Let me go Tear away the chains - Free me now No one else to blame ? Let me go Tear away the chains - Free me now Driving me insane ? Let me go |
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from Arena - Pepper's Ghost (2005)
There in a dream ? More than it seems
A Morbid theme - Through the eyes of Lara Moon Back from the grave ? A twilight state Help came too late - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon No chance to change - What came before The senseless rage - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon And so we wait - Night after night To share that fate - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon You saw it coming - But you did nothing You just kept watching ? Through the eyes of Lara Moon It's hard to fight When you're struggling for breath And it's hard to smile Noble in the face of death There's no defence To quell a greater force of will One desperate flight But needlessly their blood is spilt Endure the bleakest days Light the visions crowding in Identify the blame Expose the guilty and the sinners Vocation holds us here Even to the end of days There's no inaction That will feed the hungry flames And so we wait - Night after night To share that fate - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon Nowhere to hide - Night after night So dead inside - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon And so we wait - Night after night To share that fate - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon And so we wait - Night after night So dead inside - Through the Eyes of Lara Moon Through the Eyes of Lara Moon |
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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 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 - 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)
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 - Live & Life [live] (2004)
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 - 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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from Arena - Live & Life [live] (2004)
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 - Live & Life [live] (2004)
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 - Live & Life [live] (2004)
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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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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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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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)
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 - 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)
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 - Live & Life [live] (2004)
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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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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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)
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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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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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 - 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'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)
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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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)
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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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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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)
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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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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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)
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 - Contagious (2003)
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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