the smile of dawn
arrived early may
she carried a gift from her home
the night shed a tear
to tell her of fear
and of sorrow and pain
she'll never outgrow

death is the first dance, eternal

there's no more freedom
the both of you will be confined to this mind

i was told there's a miracle for each day that i try
i was told there's a new love that' born for each one that has died
i was told there'd be no one to call on when i feel alone and afraid
i was told if you dream of the next world
you'll find yourself swimming in a lake of fire

as a child, i thought i could live without pain withpout sorrow
as a man i've found it's all caught up with me
i'm asleep yet i'm so afraid

somewhere like a scene of a memory
there's a picture worth a thousand words
eluding stares from faces before me
it hides away and will never be heard of again

deceit in the second without end

the city's cold blood teaches us to survive
just keep my heart in your eyes and we'll stay alive

the third arrives...

before the leaves have fallen
before we lock the doors
there must be the third and last dance
this one will last forever
metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles
she's taken you to your home

it can only take place
when the struggle between our children has ended
now the miracle and the sleeper know that the third is love

love is the dance of eternity
				

i can remember when,
in the unity of our five-day sessions
not even once did we hear the siren song
what kind of imagination
asleep in some lyrical coma
who's vain futile memory
could have been so wrong?

you can make a fortune in lies
you can keep a giant alive
you can ride the red
until everybody smiles

a trifling euphoria
was such an untimely religion
maybe your life can explain
the reason for my indecision
here is a poor man
the heart of this monster creation
he said we both will be heroes
and i was led into temptation

you can make a fortune in lies
you can keep a giant alive
you can ride the red
until everybody smiles

can you show me your gold
and your silver?
a hero in frozen water

"for the first time in a long time...
everything was right in my world...     [sample from a television prison  ]
and then i woke up..."                  [documentary.                     ]

now you've made a fortune in lies
and you kept a giant alive
you rode the red
you rode the red
				

tell me
remind me
chase the water racing from the sky
always beside me
taste the memories running from my eyes
nervous flashlights scan my dreams
liquid shadows silence their screams
i smile at the moon
chasing water from the sky
i argue with the clouds
stealing beauty from my eyes

outside the soundness of your mind
bathing your soul in silver tears
beneath a blackened summer sky
praying for time to disappear

beneath a summer sky
under glass moonlight
niht awaits the lamb's arrival
liquid shadow crawl
silver teardrops fall
the bride subsides to her survival

by your hand
i've awakened
bear this honor in my name
				

morning comes too early and nighttime falls too late
and sometimes all i want to do is wait
the shadow i've been hiding in has fled from me today

i know it's easier to walk away than to look in the eye
but i will raise a shelter to the sky
and here beneath this tar tonight i lie
she will slowly yield the light
as i awaken from the longest night

dreams are shaking
set sirens waking up tired eyes
with the light of the memories all rush into his head

by a candle stands a mirror
of his heart and soul she dances
she was dancing thru the night above his bed
and walking to the window
he throws the shutters out against the wall
and from an ivory tower hears her call
"let light surrounded you"

it's been a long, long time
he's had a while to think it over
in the end he only sees the change
light to dark
dark to light
light to dark
dark to light

heaven must be more than this
when angels waken a kiss
sacred hearts won't take the pain
but mine will never be the same

he stands before the window
his shadow slowly fading from the wall
and from an ivory tower hears her call
"let the light surrounded you"

once lost but i was found
when i heard the stained glas shatter all around me
i sent the spirits tumbling down the hill
but i will hold this one on high above me still
she whispers words to clear my mind
i once could see but now at last i'm blind

i know it's easier to walk away than look in the eye
but i had given all that i could take
and now i've only habits just to break
tonight i still be lying here
surrounded in all the light
				

[instrumental]
				

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.'
				

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
				

[instrumental]

[samples]
"chapter one. once upon a time, and a very good time it was,
there was a moo cow coming down along the road."

"so he came himself in weakness not in power
and he sent thee, a creature in his stead,
with a creature's comeliness and luster
suited to our state.
and now thy very face and form dear mother,
speak to us of the eternal;
not like earthly beauty, dangerous to look upon,
but like the morning star which is thy emblem,
bright and musical, breathing purity,
telling of heaven and infusing peace.
o harbinger of day! o light of the pilgrim!
lead us still as thou hast led.
in the dark night, across the bleak wilderness
guide us on to our lord jesus, guide us home."

"'tower of ivory?' they used to say, 'house of gold?'
how could a woman be a tower of ivory or a house of gold?"

(james joyce's book : "portrait of an artist as a young man")
				

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
				

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
				

an angel's kiss now fallen
descending scarlet cuts the sky
faded names left on the wall
honor the fighting leave life to die
remembered is the sacrifice but
no praisal of blood still flowing
who were the leaders?
what controlled the killing hand
that caused this mourning?
   crossing over...
					

lowered deep into the sea
being awaits to cleanse his soul
senses weakening time is still
motionless by stiffening cold

the wheels race back and
scorch his mind
traveling all to find the land
revelation warms a touch
and now, he will begin to
understand
					

extended a view to yesterday
manifestation for none the same
walking amidst a frightening still
no sound, no smoke, no scorching
flames
   he is risen...

sipping his poison the raven sings
yet another to add more bodies fallen
king from below
this one controls
the killing hand that caused this mourning.
   is it all over?
   is it all over?
					

evil genius this secret plan
mercy dealt with the losing hand
will he ever fall?
can he end it all?
our savior must make his stand.

only a prophet of years to come
wanting mortality i'm all alone
he heard my voice
it was my choice
i've stopped the killing hand.
					

when i go back again
will it be the same?
i've stopped the cries
but now they know my name

the sea is calling me
my spirit must return
as i get closer,
was it really worth
what i have learned?

i'm in the valley
and the saddened chimes i hear
race toward the wall to find
one more name appears.

no one is left now
my one and only land
i laugh at what i've done
i am the killing hand.
					

[instrumental]
					

i remember a time
my frail, virgin mind
watched the crimson sunrise
imagined what it might find
life was filled with wonder
i felt the warm wind blow
i must explore the boundaries
transcend the depth of winter's snow
innocence caressing me
i never felt so young before
there was so much life in me
still i longed to search for more
but those days are gone now
changed like a leaf on a tree
blown away forever
into the cool autumn breeze
the snow has now fallen
and my sun's not so bright
i struggle to hold on
with the last of my might
in my den of inequity
viciousness and subtlety
struggle to ease the pain
struggle to find the sane
ignorance surrounding me
i've never been so filled with fear
all my life's been drained from me
the end is drawing near....
					

'carpe diem, seize the day'
i'll always remember
the chill of november
the news of the fall
the sounds in the hall
the clock on the wall ticking away
'seize the day'
i heard him say
life will not always be this way
look around
hear the sounds
cherish your life while you're still around

"gather ye rosebuds while ye may,        [sample is james waterston from   ]
old time is still a-flying;             [the film "dead poet's society".  ]
and this same flower that smiles today, [from the poem "to the virgins, to]
tomorrow will be dying."                [make much of time" by robert     ]
				    [herrick.                         ]  

we can learn from the past
but those days are gone
we can hope for the future
but there might not be one
the words stuck in my mind
alive from what i've learned
i have to seize the day
to home i returned
preparing for her flight
i held with all my might
fearing my deepest fright
she walked into the night
she turned for one last look
she looked me in the eye
i said, 'i love you...good-bye'

"it's the most awful thing you'll        [various samples mainly john      ]
ever hear."                             [voight from the film "table for  ]
"if you're lying to me..."               [five", some are from the film    ]
"oh, you dearly love her."               ["dead poet's society".           ]
"...just have to leave... all our lives."
"seize the day!"
"something happened."
"gather ye rosebuds while ye may."
"she was killed."
					

[instrumental]
					

so far or so it seems
all is lost with nothing fulfilled
off the pages and the t.v. screen
another world where nothing's true
tripping through the life fantastic
lose a step and never get up
left alone with a cold blank stare
i feel like giving up
i was blinded by a paradise
utopia high in the sky
a dream that only drowned me
deep in sorrow, wondering why
oh come let us adore him
abuse and then ignore him
no matter what, don't let him be
let's feed upon his misery
then string him up for all the world to see
i'm sick of all you hypocrites
holding me at bay
and i don't need your sympathy
to get me through the day
seasons change and so can i
hold on boy, no time to cry
untie these strings, i'm climbing down
i won't let them push me away
oh come let us adore him
abuse and then ignore him
no matter what, don't let him be
let's feed upon his misery
now it's time for them to deal with me
					

[instrumental]
					

i'm much wiser now
a lifetime of memories
run through my head
they taught me how
for better or worse, alive or dead
i realize there's no turning back
life goes on the offbeaten track
i sit down with my son
set to see the crimson sunset
(gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
many years have come and gone
i've lived my life, but now must move on
(gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
he's my only one
now that my time has come
now that my life is done
we look into the sun
'seize the day and don't you cry,
now it's time to say good-bye
even though i'll be gone,
i will live on, live on.'
					

standing by the window
eyes upon the moon
hoping that the memory leave her spirit soon
she shuts the doors and lights
and lays her body on the bed
where images and words are running deep
she has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head
so quietly she lays and waits for sleep

she stairs at the ceiling
and tries not to think
and pictures the chain
she's been trying to link again
but the feeling is gone

and water can't cover her memory
and ashes can't answer her pain
god give me the power to take a breath from a breeze
and call life from a cold metal frame

in with the ashes
or up with the smoke from the fire
with wings up in heaven
or here, lying in bed
palm of her hand to my head
now and forever curled in my heart
and the heart of the world
				

there was no time for pain
no energy for anger
the sightlessness of hatred sleeps away
walking winter streets alone
he stops and takes a breath
with confidence and self-control

i look at the world and see no understanding
i'm waiting to find some sense of strength
i'm begging from the bottom of my heart to show me understanding

i need to live life
like some people never will
so find me kindness
find me beauty
find me truth
when temptation brings me to my knees
and i lay here drained of strength
show me kindness
show me beauty
show me truth

the way your heart sounds makes all the difference
it's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel
the way your heart beat makes all the difference
in learning to live
here before me is my soul
i'm learning to live
i won't give up
till i've no more to give

listening to the city
whispering its violence
i set out watching from above
the 90s bring new questions
new solutions to be found
i fell in love to be let down

once again we dance in the crowd
at times a step away
from a common fear that's all spread out
it won't listen to what you say
once you're touched you stand alone
to face the bitter fight
once i reached for love
and now i reach for life

another chance to lift my life
free the sensation in my heart
to ride the wings of dreams into changing horizons
it brings inner peace within my mind,
as i'm lifted from where i've spilt my mind
i hear an innocent voice
i hear kindness, beauty and truth

the way your heart sounds makes all the diffrence
it's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel
the way your heart beats makes all the difference
in learning to live
spread before you is your soul
so forever hold the dreams within our hearts
through nature inflexible grace
i'm learning to live