a nightmare to remember
i'd never be the same.
what began as laughter
so soon would turn to pain.
the sky was clear and frigid
the air was thick and still
now i'm not one to soon forget
and i bet i never will

picture for a moment
the perfect irony
a flawless new beginning
eclipsed by tragedy.
the uninvited stranger
started dancing on his own
so we said goodbye
to the glowing bride
and we made our way back home.

life was so simple then
we were so innocent.
father and mother
holding each other.

without warning
out of nowhere
like a bullet
from the night
crushing glass
rubber and steel
scorching fire
glowing lights
screams of terror
pain and fear
sounds of sirens
smoke in my eyes
sudden stillness
blackened silence
no more screaming
no more cries

stunned and bewildered
cold and afraid
torn up and broken
frightened and dazed

stunned and bewildered
cold and afraid
torn up and broken
frightened and dazed

lying on the table
in this unfamiliar place
i'm greeted by a stranger
a man without a face
he said, "son, do you remember?
do you even know your name?"
then he shined a light into my eyes
and said, "take this for the pain."

hopelessly drifting,
bathing in beautiful agony.
i am endlessly falling,
lost in this wonderful misery.
in peaceful sedation, i lay half awake
and all of the panic inside starts to fade.
hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony.

"tell me does this hurt you?"
said the faceless man.
"can you move all of your fingers?
can you try your best to stand?"
i asked about the others
is everyone ok?
he told me not to worry
as he turned and looked away.

hopelessly drifting,
bathing in beautiful agony.
i am endlessly falling,
lost in this wonderful misery.
in peaceful sedation, i lay half awake
and all of the panic inside starts to fade.
hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony.

day after day
and night after night
replaying the events
did they ever see the red light?

over and over
scene by scene
like a recurring nightmare haunting my dreams.
how can you prepare for what would happen next?
no son should ever have to see his father such a mess
it's a miracle he lived
it's a blessing no one died
by the grace of god above
everyone survived

life was so simple then
we were so innocent.
it will stay with us forever
a nightmare to remember
				

since the new world order
played upon our fears
spreading accusations
of radical ideas

the brotherhood of wisdom
strength and dignity
its rituals and secrets
remain a mystery

beneath an ever watchful eye
the angels of the temple fly

turn the key
walk through the gate
the great ascent
to reach a higher state
a rite of passage

the final stage
a sacred home
unlock the door
and lay the corner stone
a rite of passage

men of wealth and power
influence and fame
philosophers and leaders
all members of the trade

bound by oath and honor
like the rose and cross
an enigmatic union
of esoteric thought

beneath an ever watchful eye
the angels of the temple fly

turn the key
walk through the gate
the great ascent
to reach a higher state
a rite of passage

the final stage
a sacred home
unlock the door
and lay the corner stone
a rite of passage

turn the key walk through the gate
the great ascent to reach a higher state
a rite of passage

the seven stars
the rising sun
a perfect world
where new life has begun
a rite of passage
				

let it out, let it out
feel the empty space
so insecure
find the words
and let it out

staring down, staring down
nothing comes to mind
find the place
turn the water into wine

but i feel i'm getting nowhere
and i'll never see the end

so i wither
and render myself helpless
i give in
and everything is clear
i breakdown
and let the story guide me

turn it on
turn it on
let the feelings flow
close your eyes
see the ones you used to know

open up open up
don't struggle to relate
lure it out
help the memory escape
still this barrenness consumes me
and i feel like giving up

so i wither
and render myself helpless
i give in
and everything is clear
i breakdown
and let the story guide me

i wither
and give myself away

like reflections on the page
the world's what you create

i drown in the hesitation
my words come crashing down
and all my best creations
burn into the ground
the thought of starting over
leaves me paralyzed

tear it out again
another one that got away

so i wither
and render myself helpless
i give in
and everything is clear

i wither
and render myself helpless
i give in
and everything is clear
i breakdown
and let the story guide me
i wither
and give myself away

like reflections on the page
the world's what you create
				

this is the continuing of the glass prison, this dying soul, the root of all evil and repentance

freedom calls my name
serenity keeps me sane
happiness -- it dulls the pain
honest to see my place

open to other ways
willingness to understand
justice but do not judge
courtesy for others' flaws

kindness -- it's not that hard
self-restraint of tongue and pen
inventory -- my daily friend
analysis let down your guard

look in the mirror
what do you see?
the shattered fortress
that once bound me

faithful ascent, through darkest fires
i've found the path to take me higher

you're smart enough for me to trust go live your life now
just keep these steps in your life and you'll know how
if you're not sure, ask yourself,
"have i done to them as i would have them do to me?"

look in the mirror
what's that you see?
the shattered fortress
fly now be free

faithful ascent, through darkest fires
i've found the path to take me higher

i once thought it better to be right
but now i have finally seen the light
sometimes you've got to be wrong
and learn from mistakes
i live with serenity now
not self-righteous hate
					

(help me be a channel of thy peace
that where there is hatred, i may bring love;
that where there is wrong, i may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
that where there is discord, i may bring harmony;
that where there is error, i may bring truth;
that where there is doubt, i may bring faith)

now that you can see all you have done
(that where there is despair, i may bring hope;
that where there are shadows, i may bring light)

it's time to take that step into the kingdom
(that where there is sadness, i may bring joy)

all your sins will help to make you strong
(that i may seek rather to comfort, than to be comforted.
that i may seek to understand than to be understood)

and help you break right through the prison wall
(that i may seek to love, rather than to be loved,
for it is by self-forgetting that one finds,
it is by forgiving that one is forgiven)

keep all of me,
the desires that once burned me deep inside
help me live today
and help to give me grace
to carry out your ways

i am ready, help me be all i can be
i am ready, help guide me and keep me free

					

i am responsible when anyone, anywhere
reaches out for help, i want my hand to be there
i am responsible when anyone, anywhere
reaches out for help, i want my hand to be there
					

remember days of yesterday
how it flew so fast
the two score and a year we had,
i thought it would always last
those summer days and west coast dreams
i wished would never end
a young boy and his father,
idol and best friend

i'll always remember
those were the best of times
a lifetime together
i'll never forget

the morning shows on the radio
the case of the missing dog
lying on the pillows at the old 812
watching harold and maude
the record shops, the stickball fields
my home away from home
and when we weren't together
the hours on the phone

i'll always remember
those were the best of times
i'll cherish them forever
the best of times

but then came the call
our lives changed forever more
"you can pray for a change
but prepare for the end..."

the fleeting winds of time
flying through each day
all the things i should've done
but time just slipped away
remember seize the day
life goes by in the blink of an eye
with so much left to say

these were the best of times
i'll miss these days
your spirit lit my life each day

thank you for the inspiration
thank you for the smiles
all the unconditional love
that carried me for miles
it carried me for miles
but most of all thank you for my life

these were the best of times
i'll miss these days
your spirit lit my life each day
my heart is bleeding bad
but i'll be ok
your spirit guides my life each day
				

several years ago
in a foreign town
far away from home
i met the count of tuscany

a young eccentric man
bred from royal blood
took me for a ride
across the open countryside

get into my car
let's go for a drive
along the way
i'll be your guide
just step inside

maybe you recall
a cannibal curator
a character inspired by my brother's life

winding through the hills
the city far behind
on and on we drove
down narrow streets and dusty roads

at last we came upon
a picturesque estate
on sprawling emerald fields
an ancient world of times gone by

let me introduce
my brother
a bearded gentleman
historian
sucking on his pipe
distinguished accent
making me uptight
no accident

i want to stay alive
everything about this place
just doesn't feel right
i
i don't want to die

suddenly i'm frightened for my life

i want to say goodbye
this could be the last time
you see me alive

i-
i may not survive
knew it from the moment we arrived

would you like to see
our secret holy place?
i come here late at night
to pray to him by candle light

the peering through the glass
i saw with belief
still dressed in royal clothes
the saint behind the altar

history recalls
during times of war
legend has been traced
back inside these castle walls

where soldiers came to hide
in barrels filled with wine
never to escape
these tombs of oak are where they died

down the cellar stairs
i disappear
like the angel's share
the end is near

come and have a taste
a rare vintage
all the finest wines
improve with age

i want to stay alive
everything about this place
just doesn't feel right
i
i don't want to die
suddenly i'm frightened for my life

i want to say goodbye
this could be the last time
you see me alive

i
i may not survive
knew it from the moment we arrived

could this be the end?
is this the way i die?
sitting here alone
no one by my side

i don't understand
i don't feel that i deserve this
what did i do wrong?
i just don't understand

give me one more chance
let me please explain
it's all been circumstance
i'll tell you once again

you took me for a ride
promising a vast adventure
next thing that i know
i'm frightened for my life

now wait a minute man
that's not how it is
you must be confused
that isn't who i am

please don't be afraid
i would never try to hurt you
this is how we live
strange although it seems
please try to forgive

the chapel and the saint
the soldiers and the wine
the fables and the tales
all handed down through time

of course you're free to go
go and tell the world my story
tell about my brother
tell them about me
the count of tuscany...
				

rainbow's song

high noon, oh i'd sell my soul for water
nine years worth of breakin' my back
there's no sun in the shadow of the wizard
see how he glides, why he's lighter than air?
oh i see his face!

where is your star?
is it far, is it far, is it far?
when do we leave?
i believe, yes, i believe

in the heat and the rain
with the whips and chains
to see him fly
so many die
we built a tower of stone
with our flesh and bone
just to see him fly
but don't know why
now where do we go?

hot wind, moving fast across the desert
we feel that our time has arrived
the world spins, while we put his dream together
a tower of stone to take him straight to the sky
oh i see his face!

where is your star?
is it far, is it far, is it far?
when do we leave?
hey, i believe, i believe

in the heat and the rain
with the whips and chains
just to see him fly
too many die
we built a tower of stone
with our flesh and bone
to see him fly
but we don't know why
ooh, now where do we go

all eyes see the figure of the wizard
as he climbs to the top of the world
no sound, as he falls instead of rising
time standing still, then there's blood on the sand
oh i see his face!

where was your star?
was it far, was it far
when did we leave?
we believed, we believed, we believed

in heat and rain
with the whips and chains
to see him fly
so many died
we built a tower of stone
with our flesh and bone
to see him fly

but why
in all the rain
with all the chains
did so many die
just to see him fly

look at my flesh and bone
now, look, look, look, look,
look at the tower of stone
i see your rainbow rising
look there, on the horizon oh no, who's rising
and i'm coming home, i'm coming home, i'm coming home

time is standing still
you, give back my will
ooh ooh ooh ooh
going home
i'm going home

my eyes are bleeding
and my heart is lead ahead
but it's not home
but it's not home
ooh

take me back
you, give me back my will
ooh ooh ooh ooh

going home
i'm going home

my eyes are bleeding
and my heart is lead ahead
but it's not home
but it's not home

take me back, take me back
back to my home ooh, ooh, ooh
				

queen's songs

my new purple shoes
bin amazin' the people next door
and my rock'n'roll forty fives
bin enragin' the folks on the lower floor

i got a way with the girls on my block
try my best to be a real individual
and when we go down to smokies and rock
they line up like it's some kind of ritual
oh give me a good guitar
and you can say that my hair's a disgrace
or just find me an open car
i'll make the speed of light outa this place

i like the good things in life
but most of the best things ain't free
it's the same situation just cuts like a knife
when you're young and you're poor and you're crazy
young and you're crazy...

oh give me a good guitar
and you can say that my hair's a disgrace
or just find me an open car
i'll make the speed of light outa this place
					

dislocate your spine if you don't sign
he says i'll have you seeing double
mesmerize you when he's tongue tied
simply with those eyes ooh
synchronize your minds and see
the beast within him rise
don't look back don't look back
it's a rip off
flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
blow him a kiss and you're mad
flick of the wrist he'll eat your heart out
a dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
he's taken an arm and taken a leg
all this time honey baby you've been had

intoxicate your brain with what i'm sayin'
if not you'll lie in knee deep trouble
prostitute yourself he says
castrate your human pride ooh
sacrifice your leisure days
let me squeeze you 'till you've dried
don't look back don't look back
it's a rip off

work my fingers to my bones
i scream with pain i still make no impression
seduce you with his money make machine
cross collateralise big time money money
reduce you to a muzak fake machine
then the last goodbye
flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
blow him a kiss and you're mad
flick of the wrist he'll eat your heart out
a dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
he's taken an arm and taken a leg
all this time honey baby you've been had
					

baby you've been had

i am forever searching high and low
but why does everybody tell me no
neptune of the seas an answer for me please
the lily of the valley doesn't know

i lie and wait with open eyes
i carry on thru' stormy skies
i follow ev'ry course my kingdom for a horse
but each time i grow old
serpent of the nile relieve me for a while
and cast me from your spell and let me go

messenger from seven seas has flown
to tell the king of rhye he's lost his throne
wars will never cease
is there time enough for peace?
the lily of the valley doesn't know
					

dixie dregs's song

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zebra's song

take your fingers from my hair
they have gotten us nowhere
we can't last another second
for we are two, too lost for open doors
take your memories and your ways
let me see a brighter day
greener fields aren't hard to hope for
it's just hard to go on living here without you

chorus:
somewhere i have dreamed
that you haven't got the time to be with me
somewhere though it seems
that you have been making lovin' without me

starshine, moonshine
you're the light that shines upon me baby
i know, you'll go
find yourself another lover lady

let me tell you how i feel
loving others isn't real
you are blind
too blind to notice
that their love is not the love we share together

chorus:
somewhere i have dreamed
that you haven't got the time to be with me
somewhere though it seems
that you have been making lovin' without me

starshine, moonshine
your the light that shines upon me baby
i know, you'll go
find yourself another lover lady

starshine, moonshine
you're the light that shine upon me baby
i know, you'll go
find yourself another lover lady
				

king crimson's song

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iron maiden's song

he is the king of all the land
in the kingdom of the sands
of a time tomorrow.

he rules the sandworms and the fremen
in a land amongst the stars
of an age tomorrow.

he is destined to be a king
he rules over everything
on the land called planet dune.

bodywater is your life
and without it you would die
on the desert the planet dune.

without a stillsuit you would fry
on the sands so hot and dry
in a world called arrakis.

it is a land that's rich in spice
the sandriders and the "mice"
that they call the "muad'dib".

he is the kwizatz haderach.
he is born of caladan
and will take the gom jabbar.

he has the power to foresee
or to look into the past
he is the ruler of the stars

the time will come for him
to lay claim his crown,
and then the foe yes
they'll be cut down,
you'll see he'll be the
best that there's been,
messiah supreme
true leader of men,
and when the time
for judgement's at hand
don't fret he's strong
and he'll make a stand,
against evil and fire
that spreads through the land,
he has the power
to make it all end.
				

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