lost in the shy
clouds roll by and i roll with them
arrows fly
seas increase and then fall again

this world is spinning around me
this world is spinning without me
every day sends future to past
every breath leaves me one less to my last

watch the sparrow falling
gives new meaning to it all
if not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day

i'll take seven lives for on
and then my only father's son
as sure as i did ever love him
i am not afraid

this world is spinning around me
the whole world keeps spinning around me
all life is future to past
every breath leaves me one less to my last

pull me under pull me under
pull me under i'm not afraid
all that i feel is honor and spite
all i can do is set it right

dust fills my eyes
clouds roll by and i roll with them
centuries cry
orders fly and i fall again

this world is spinning inside me
the whole world is spinning inside of me
every day sends future to past
every step brings me closer to my last

pull me under pull me under
pull me under i'm not afraid
living my life too much in the sun
only until your will is done
				

just let me catch your breath...
i've heard the promises
i've seen the mistakes
i've had my fair share of tough breaks
i need a new voice, a new law, a new way
take the time, reevaluate
it's time to pick up the pieces,
go back to square one
i think it's time for a change

there is something that i feel
to be something that is real
i feel the heat within my mind
and craft new changes with my eyes
giving freely wandering promises
a place with decisions i'll fashion
i won't waste another breath
you can feel the waves coming on
(it's time to take the time)
let them destroy or carry you on
(it's time to take the time)
you're fighting the weight of the world
but no one can save you this time
close your eyes
you can find all you need in your mind

the unbroken spirit
obscured an disquiet
finds clearness this trial demands
and at the end of this day sighs an anxious relief
for the fortune lies still in his hands

if there's a pensive fear, a wasted year
a man must learn to cope
if his obsession's real,
suppression that he feels must turn to hope

life is no more assuring than love
(it's time to take the time)
there are no answers from voices above
(it's time to take the time)
you're fighting the weight of the world
and no one can save you this time
close your eyes
you can find all you're need in your mind

i close my eyes
and feel the water rise around me
drown the beat of time
let my senses fall away
i can see much clearer now, i'm blind

find all you need in your mind
if you take the time
				

daybreak
at the bottom of lake
it's a hundred degree's i can't breeth
and i won't get out
'til i figure it out
thought i'm weak like i can't believe
so you tell me "trust me" i can't trust you
just let me show you
but i gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt
'cause i don't know if i know you
doing fine but i don't waste my time
tell me what it is you want to say
you sin, you win, just let me in - hurry
i've been out in the rain all day
so you tell me "trust me" i can't trust you
as far as i can throw you
and i'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt
'cause i don't know if i know you
don't tell me you wanted me
don't tell me you thought of me
i won't, i sware i won't
(did)
i'll try, i sware i'll try
(lie)
mother mary quite contrary
kiss the boys and makes then wary
things are getting just a little bit scary
it's awonder i can still breathe
never been much of a doubting thomas
but nothing breaks like a broken promise
you tell me 'bout your two more coming
but once is just enough for me
i had gotten used to being a soul destroyed
she comes in apparently to fill the void
all dogs need a leash and at least i forgot it
and she would never hurt me though she's never said it
but i'm gonna ask her today
i din't wanna scare her away
your town, i'm all alone
and i just can't stare at the phone
i wanna talk about lifelong mistakes
and you can tell your stepfather i said so
				

there, there it is
i swear he's gonna murder that poor kid
wait, i hear it again
don't turn on the lights until we
hear the way it ends

under peruvian skies
vanessa regretfully waits
the story unfolds in her eyes
where midnight hysteria's
no big surprise
battered and bruised
always confusing
the love that she's losing for hate
poor vanessa
poor, poor vanessa

hey, i hope you know
i'm taking all of this with me when i go
shame, you're not to blame
i'm the monster you created
in your daddy's name

under peruvian skies
vanessa regretfully waits
the story unfolds in her eyes
where midnight hysteria's
no big surprise
battered and bruised
always confusing
the love that she's losing for hate
poor vanessa
poor vanessa

terror by night
liar by day
telling her secrets
won't take them away

under peruvian skies
vanessa regretfully waits
the story unfolds in her eyes
where midnight hysteria's
no big surprise
battered and bruised
always confusing
the love that she's losing for hate
				

the sleeper :
shine- lake of fire
lines takes me higher
my mind drips desire
confined and overtide

living this charade
is getting me nowhere
i can't shake this charade
the city's cold blood calls me home ...
home ... it's what i long for
back home ... where i belong

the city- it calls to me
decadent scenes from my memory
sorrow- eternity
my demons are coming to drown me

help- i'm falling, i'm crawling
i can't keep away from its clutch
can't have it this habit
it's calling me back to my home

the miracle :
i remember the first time she came to me
poured her soul out all night and cry ...

i remember i was told there's a new love that's born
for each one that has died ...

i never thought that i
could carry on with this lie
but i can't resist myself
no matter how hard i try

living their other life
is getting there nowhere
i'll make her my wife
her sweet temptation calls me home ...
home ... it's what i long for
my home ... where she belongs

her ecstasy- means so much to me
even deceiving my own blood
victoria watches and thoughtfully smiles
she's taking me to my home

help- he's my brother, but i love her
i can't keep away from her touch
deception, dishonor
it's calling me back to my home

nicholas :
her story- it holds the key
unlocking dreams from my memory
solving this mystery
is everything that is a part of me

help- regression, obsession
i can't keep away from its clutch
leave nodoubt, to find out
it's calling me back to my home
				

waiting in the calm of desolation
wanting to break from this circle of confusion
how can i feel abandoned, even when the world surrounds me?
how can i bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me?
how can i know so many, never really knowing anyone?
if i seem superhuman i have been misunderstood
it challenges the essence of my soul
leaves me in a state of disconnection
as i navigate the maze of self-control
playing while im being led to a cage
i turn from a thief to a beggar, from a god to - god, save me
how can i feel abandoned, even when the world surrounds me?
how can i bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me?
how can i know so many, never really knowing anyone?
if i seem superhuman i have been misunderstood
misunderstood ...
playing a lion being led to a cage
i turn from subreal to seclusion, from love to disdain
from a life to illusion, from a thief to a beggar, from a god to -
god, save me
how can i feel abandoned, even when the world surrounds me?
how can i bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me?
how can i know so many, never really knowing anyone?
if i seem superhuman i have been misunderstood
misunderstood ...
				

standing in the darkness
waiting for the light
smell of pure adrenaline
burning in the night
rain and blinding flashes
aiming at the stage
intro taking is to rome
tonight it's sonic rage
still the cage made between these hollow walls
hoping to find in me the answers to
the test that stumped them all
the boy is just simply crazy
he has all these delusions
we honestly think that maybe
he might need an institution
he lives in a world of fiction
i'm afraid he could use some help
we've just got the place to fix him
save him from himself
curled up in the darkness
searching for the light
the smell of pure stale sweat and shit
steaming in the night
random urine testing
pills - red, pink and blue
counseling and therapy
finding not a clue
they will gate made between these hollow walls.
hoping for to find in me the answers to
the test that stumped them all
we've come here to find the answers
looking for a clue in the case
we just cannot just let him live here
and put all this work to waste
why don't we try shock treatments?
i figured he could use some help
we have just the tools to fix him
save him from himself
				

don't
tell me what's in
tell me how to write
don't tell me how to win
this fight

isn't your life
it isn't your right
to take the only thing that's
mine

proven over time
it's over your head
don't try to read between the
lines
are clearly defined
never lose sight of
something you believe in

takin' in the view from
the outside
feeling like the underdog
watching through the
window i'm on the outside
living like an underdog

i've been trying
to justify you
in the end
i will just dely you

to those who understand
i extend my hand
to the doubtful i demand
take me as i am

i've been wasting my breath
on you
open minds will descend
uopn you

to those who understand
i extend my hand
to the doubtful i demand
take me as i am

not under your command
i know where i stand
i won't change to fit your plans
take me as i am

to those who understand
i extend my hand
to the doubtful i demand
take me as i am

not under your command
i know where i stand
i won't change to fit your plans
take me as i am
				

cold
lying in my bed
staring into darkness

lost
i hear footsteps overhead
and my thoughts return
again

like a child who's run away
and won't be comming back
time keeps passing by
as night turns into day

i'm so far away
and so alone
i need to see your face
to keep me sane
to make me whole

try to stay alive
un til i hear your voice
i'm gonna lose my mind
someone tell me why
i chos this life
this superficial lie
constant compromise
endless sacrifice

pain
it saddnes to me know
the helplessness you feel
your light
shines on my soul
while a thousand candle
burn

outside this barren room
the rain is pouring down
the emptiness inside
is growing deeper still

you're so far away
and so alone
you long for love's embrace
to keep you sane
to make you whole

try to stay alive
until i hear your voice
i'm gonna lose my mind
someone tell me why
i chose this life
this superficial lie
constant compromise
endless sacrifice

moments wasted
isolated
time escaping
endless sacrifice

over the distance
we try to make sense
of surviving together
while living apart

striving for balance
we rise to the chalenge
of staying connected
in spite of circumstance

all you've forsaken
and all thaht you've done
so that i could live out
this undying dream

won't be forgotten
or taken for granted
i'll always remember
your endless sacrifice

moments wasted
isolated
time escaping
endless sacrifice

moments wasted
isolated
time escaping
endless sacrifice
				

this is the continuing of the glass prison and this dying soul

proud enough for you to call me arrogant
greedy enough to be labeled a thief
angry enough for me to go and hurt a man
cool enough for me to feel no grief

never could have just a part of it
i always need more to get by
getting right down to the heart of it
the root of all evil  has been running my whole life

dirty enough for me to lust
leaving nothing left to trust
jealous enough to still feel envious
lazy enough to sleep all day
and let my life just waste away
selfish enough to make you wait for me

driven blindly blindly by our sins
misled so easily
entirely readyhave to leave it behind
i'm begging to break free

take all of me
the desires that keep burning deep inside
cast them all away
and help to give me strength to face another day
i am ready
help me be
what i can be 
					

self-centered fear has got a hold me
clutching my throat
self righteous anger running all through me
ready to explode

procrastination paralyzing me
wanting me dead
these obsessions that keep haunting me
won't leave my head

help to deal for me what i can't do myself
take this fear and pain
i can't break out of this prison all alone
help me break these chains

humility now my only hope
won't you take all of me
heal this dying soul

i can feel my body breaking
i can feel my body breaking
i'm ready to let it all go
i can feel my body shaking
wrapped into the foundation
the root of it all

take all of me
an the drive that keep burning deep inside
cast it all away
and help to give me strenght to face another day
i am ready
help me be what i can't be
i am ready
come to me
take me away
					

walls are closing anxiously
channel surfing frantically
burning city, smoke and fire
planes, we're certain.
faith inspired?

no clues a complete surprise
who'll be coming home tonight?

heads are turning towards the sky
towers crumble, heroes die

who would wish this on our people?
and proclaim that his will be done
scriptures say he had misled them
all praise their sacrificed sons
all praise their sacrificed sons

[instrumental section]

teach them what to think and feel
your ways saw in lightening
watch them preach i can't relate
it cuts true love, ?? of hate

who would wish this on our people?
and proclaim that his will be done
scriptures say he had misled them
all praise their sacrificed sons
all praise their sacrificed sons

god on high
a mistake
will mankind
be extinct

there's no time
time to waste
who serves the truth
for heaven's sake?
				

live another day
climb a little higher
find another reason to stay
ashes in your hands
mercy in your eyes
if you're searching for a silent sky...

you won't find it here
look another way
you won't find it here
so die another day

the coldness of his words
the message in his silence,
"face the candle to the wind..."
this distance in my voice
isn't leaving you a choice
so if you're looking for a time to run away...

you won't find it here
look another way
you won't find it here
so try another day

they took pictures of our dreams
ran to hide behind the stairs
and said maybe when it's right for you, they'll fall
but if they don't come down
resist the need to pull them in
and throw them away
better to save the mystery
than surrender to the secret

you won't find it here
look another way
you won't find it here
so try another day
				

if i'd started from the top
and worked my way down
there'd be no reason
to live forever
to live forever

the starvation has turned
me outside in
and the wind has blown
me halfway across the world
across the world

why was i born
in an age of distrust
i'd offered some change
for a photograph

it will always stay the same
always be the same

until i show desire for revenge
my heart never once went astray
as long as i have to die in the attempt
then there'd be no reason
to live forever

until i show desire for revenge
as long as i have to die in the attempt
as long as i have to die in the attempt
then there'd be no reason
no reason
no reason
to live forever
to live forever
  'this just in from baghdad... seven patriot missiles
have been spotted above cuba.'
				

he seems alone and silence
thoughts remain without an answer
afraid and uninvited
he slowly drift away
moved by desire and fear
breaking delicate wings
lifting shadows
off a dream once broken
she can turn a drop of water
into an ocean
as the rain is pouring down
tears of sorrow wash his mind
drifting with the current
this stream of life flows on
he seems alone and silent
waiting on his hands and knees
the chill's of winter's darken sits quietly
moved by desire and fear
he takes a few steps away
lifting shadows
off a dream once broken
she can turn a drop of water
into an ocean
and she listens openly
he pours his soul into the water
reflesting the mystery
she carries him away
and the winds die slowly
lifting shadows
off a dream once broken
she can turn a drop of water
into an ocean
lifting shaws off a dream
				

a question well served
"is silence like a fever ?"
"a voice never heard ?"
"or a message with no receiver ?"
pray they won't ask
behind the stained glass
there's always one more mask
has man been a victim 
of his woman, of his father ?
if he elects not to bother,
will he suffocate their faith ?
desperate to fall
behind the great wall
that separates us all
when there is reason
tonight i'm awake
when there's no answer
arrive the silent man
if there is balance
tonight he's awake
if they have to suffer
there lies the silent man
				

he's just the kind of man
you hear about
who leaves his family for
an easy out
they never saw the signs
he never said a word
he couldn't take another day

carry me to the shoreline
bury me in the sand
walk me across the water
and maybe you'll understand

once the stone
you're crawling under
is lifted off your shoulders
once the cloud that's raining
over your head disappears
the noise that you'll hear
is the crashing down of hollow years

she's not the kind of girl
you hear about
she'll never want another
she'll never be without
she'll give you all the signs
she'll tell you everything
then turn around and walk away

carry me to the shoreline
bury me in the sand
(into the waves)
walk me across the water
and maybe you'll understand

once the stone
you're crawling under
(once the stone)
is lifted off your shoulders
once the cloud that's raining
over your head disappears
the noise that you'll hear
is the crashing down of hollow years

carry me to the shoreline
bury me in the sand
(into the waves)
walk me across the water
and maybe you'll understand

once the stone
you're crawling under
is lifted off your shoulders
once the cloud that's raining
over your head disappears
the noise that you'll hear
is the crashing down of hollow years

once the stone
you're crawling under
once the stone
you're crawling under
(the sound you'll hear,)
once the stone
(the crashing)
you're crawling under
(down of hollow years)
once the stone
you're crawling under
once the stone
you're crawling under
once the stone
you're crawling under
(the sound you'll hear, the crashing down of hollow years)
				

she never really had a chance
on that fateful moonlit night
sacrificed without a fight
a victim of her circumstance

now that i've become aware
and i've exposed this tragedy
a sadness grows inside of me
it all seems so unfair

i'm learning all about my life
by looking through her eyes

just beyond the churchyard gates
where the grass is overgrown
i saw the writing on her stone
i felt like i would suffocate

in loving memory of our child
so innocent, eyes open wide
i flet so empty as i cried
like part of me had died

i'm learning all about my life
by looking through her eyes

and as her image
wandered through my head
i wept just like a baby
as i lay awake in bed

and i know what it's like
to lose someone you love
and this felt just the same

she wasn't given any choice
desperation stole her voice
i've been given so much more in life
i've got a son, i've got a wife

i had to suffer one last time
to grieve for her and say goodbye
relive the anguish of my part
to find out who i was at last

the door has opened wide
i'm turning with the tide
looking through her eyes
				

nicholas :
where did we come from ?
why are we here ?
where do we go when we die ?
what lies beyond
and what lay before ?
is anything certain in life ?

they say, life's too short
the here and the now
and you're only given one shot
but could there be more,
have i lived before,
or could this be all that we've got ?

if i die tomorrow
i'd be allright
because i believe
that after we're gone
the spirit carries on

i used to be frightened of dying
i used to think death was an end
but that was before
i'm not scarred anymore
i know that my soul will transcend

i may never find all the answers
i may never understand why
i may never prove
what i know to be true
but i know that i still have to try

if i die tomorrow
i'd be allright
because i believe
that after we're gone
the spirit carries on

victoria :
move on, be brave
don't weep at my grave
because i am no longer here
but please never let
your memory of me disappear


nicholas :
safe in the light that's surrounds me
free of the fear and the pain
my questioning mind
has helped me to find
the meaning in my life again
victoria's real
i finaly feel
at peace with the girl in my dreams
and now that i'm here
it's perfectly clear
i found out what all this means

if i die tomorrow
i'd be allright
because i believe
that after we're gone
the spirit carries on
				

he seemed no different from the rest
just a healthy normal boy
his momma always did her best
and he was daddy's pride and joy
he learned to walk and talk on time
but never cared much to be held
and steadily he worked to climb
into his solitary shell
as a boy he was considered somewhat odd
kept to himself most of the time
he would daydream in and out of his own world
but in every other way he was fine
he's a monday morning lunatic
disturbed from time to time
lost within himself
in his solitary shell
temporary, katatonic
madman on occasion
when will he break out
of his solitary shell
he struggled to get through his day
he was helplessly behind
he poured himself onto the page
writing for hours at a time
as a man he was a danger to himself
fearful and sad most of the time
he was drifting in and out of sanity
but in every other way he was fine
he's a monday morning lunatic
disturbed from time to time
lost within himself
in his solitary shell
a momentary maniac
with casual delusions
when will he be let out of his
solitary shell
				

there's a story in your eyes
i can see the hurt behind your smile
for every sign i recognize
another one escapes me

let me know what plagues your mind
let me be the one to know you best
be the one to hold you up
when you feel like you're sinking

tell me once again
what's beneath the pain you're feeling
don't abandon me
or think you can't be saved

i walk beside you
wherever you are
whatever it takes
no matter how far
through all that may come
and all that may go
i walk beside you
i walk beside you

summon up your ghost for me
rest your tired thoughts upon my hands
step inside this sacred place
when all your dreams seem broken

let's remain inside this temple
let me be the one who understands
be the one to carry you
when you can walk no further

tell me once again
what's below the surface bleeding
if you've lost your way
i will take you in

i walk beside you
wherever you are
whatever it takes
no matter how far
through all that may come
and all that may go
i walk beside you
i walk beside you

oh, when everything is wrong
oh, when hopelessness surrounds you
oh, the sun will rise again
the time you sweep against will carry you back home
so don't give up
don't give in

i walk beside you
wherever you are
whatever it takes
no matter how far
through all that may come
and all that may go
i walk beside you
i walk beside you
				

look around
where do you belong
don't be afraid
you're not the only one

don't let the day go by
don't let it end
don't let a day go by, in doubt
the answer lies within

life is short
so learn from your mistakes
and stand behind
the choices that you make

face each day
with both eyes open wide
and try to give
don't keep it all inside

don't let the day go by
don't let it end
don't let a day go by, in doubt
the answer lies within

you've got the future on your side
you're gonna be fine now
i know whatever you decide
you're gonna shine

don't let the day go by
don't let it end
don't let a day go by, in doubt
you're ready to begin

don't let a day go by, in doubt
the answer lies within
				

why - tell me the reasons why
try - still i don't understand
will i ever feel this again?
blue, sky - i'll meet you in the end
free, love - free the memories of you
free, me - and rest tell on with you
a day like today my whole world has been changed
nothing you say will help me ease my pain
turn - i'll turn slowly around
burn - burn to feel alive again
she - she'd want me to live on
see - me this place i still belong
give - chase to find more that i've found
and face this time it all on my own
days disappear
and my world keeps changing
i feel you here
and it keeps me sane
so i'm moving on, i'd never forget
as you lay there, i'm watching you
accept in the end, i knew you were scared
you were strong i was trying
i gave you me hand
i said it's ok, let it go
time to leave here, now carry on
the best that i can, without you here beside me
let them come take you home