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i saw a white light
shining there before me
walking to it
i waited for the end
a final vision
promising salvation
a resurrection
for a fallen man

do you still wait for your god
and the symbol of your faith ?

i can free you from this hell and misery
you should never be ashamed, my son
i can give you power beyond anything
trust me you will be the chosen one

i was forgotten
a body scorned and broken
my soul rejected
taken by his blood
beyond redemption
i said i'm not worth saving

forever taken
from the one i loved

do i still wait for my god
and a symbol of my faith ?

i can lead you down the path and back to life
all i ask is that you worship me
i can help you seek revenge and save yourself
give you life for all eternity

servants of the fallen
fight to pave the way
for their saviour's calling
of this wicked day
through a veil of madness
with a vicious play
one man rises on
standing in their way

redemption
redemption for humanity
				

headline : murder, young girl killed
desperate shooting at echoe's hill
dreadful ending, killer died
evidently suicide


a witness heard a horrifying sound
he ran to find a woman dead and
lying on the ground

standing by her was a man
nervous, shaking, gun in hand
witness says he tried to help
but he'd turned the weapon on himself

his body fell across that poor young girl
after shooting out in vain
the witness ran to call for assistance
a sad close to a broken love affair

our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

she wanted love forever
but he had another plan
he fell into an evil way
she had to let him down
she said, i can't love a wayward man

she may have found a reason to forgive
if he had only tried to change
was their fatal meeting prearranged ?

had a violent struggle taken place ?
there was every sign that lead here
witness found a switchblade on the ground
was the victim unaware ?
they continued to investigate
they found a note in the killer's pocket
it could have been a suivide letter
maybe he had lost her love

i feel there's only one thing left to do
i'd sooner take my life away
than live with losing you

our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

all that we learn this time
is carried beyond this life

all that we learn this time
is carried beyond this life
				

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 ...
				

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"love, just don't stare"
he used to say tome
every sunday morning
the spider in the window
the angel in the pool
the old man takes the poison
now the widow makes the rules
"so speak, i'm right here"
she used to say to me
no a word, not a word
judas on the ceiling
the devil in my bed
i guess easter's never coming
so i'll just wait inside my head
like a scream but sort of silence
living off my nightmares
voices repeating me
"feeling threatened ? we reflect your hopes and fear"
voices discussing me
"others steal your thoughts they're not confined within your mind"
thought disorder
dream control
now they read my mind on the radio
but where was the garden of eden ?
i feel elated
i feel depressed
sex is death, death is sex
says it right hear on my crucifix
like a scream but sort of silent
living off my nightmares
voices protecting me
"good behavior brings the savior to his knees"
voices rejecting me
"others steal your thoughts they're not confined to your mind"
i'm kneeling on the floor
staring at the wall
like the spider in the window
i wish that i could speak
is there fantasy in refuge ?
god in politicians ?
should i turn on my religion ?
these demons in my head tell me to
i'm lying here in bed
swear my skin is inside out
just another sunday morning
seen my diary on the newstand
seems we've lost the truth to the quicksand
it's a shame no one is praying
'cause this voices in my head keep saying...
"love, just don't stare"
"reveal the word, when you're supposed to"
withdrawn and introverted
infectiouly perverted
"being laughed at and confused keeps us pleasantly amused enough to stay"
maybe i'm just cassandra fleeting
twentieth century icon bleeding
willing to risk salvation
to escape from isolation
i'm witness to redemption
heard you speak but never listened
can you rid me of my secrets ?
deliver us from darkness ?
voices repeating me
"feeling threatened ? we reflect your hopes and fears"
voices discussing me
don't expect your own messiah
this neverworld which you desire
in only in your mind
				

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

hello, mirror
so glad to see you my friend
it's been a while

staring at the empty page before me
all the years of wreckage running through my head
patterns of my life i thought i don't ...
revealing hurt for shame and deep lament

overwhelming sorrow now absorbs me
as the pen begins to trace my darkest past
signs throughout my life that should have warned me
of all the wrongs i've done for which i must repent

i once thought it better to regret
things that i have done and haven't

sometimes you've got to be wrong
learn the hard way
sometimes you've got to be strong

when you think it's too late

staring at the finished page before me
all the damage now so clear and evident
thinking 'bout the dreaded task in store for me
a bitter fear at the thought of my amends

hoping that the step will help restore me
to face my past and ask for forgiveness
cleaning up my dirty side of this unswept street
could this be the begin of the end

i once thought it better to regret
things that i have done and haven't

sometimes you've got to be wrong
learn the hard way
just when you're through hanging on
you're saved
					

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no one dared to
speak of the terrible danger
the hideous ancient warnings
forged in the void of night

he has risen up
out of the blackness
chaos
the last of the prophets
sinister
a sickening monstrous sight

through the stifling heat
underneath the pale green moon

i burned with a thirst
to seek things not yet seen

climbing endless stairs
leading to the choking room

eager to explore
his most shocking mysteries

drifting beyond all time
out of a churning sky
drawn to the beckoning light
of the dark eternal night

black forces
rage in the vortex,
fighting
waves of destruction
swallowing
the echo of the universe

i am the last
born of the blood of the pharaohs
the ultimate god of a rotting creation
sent to unleash this curse

restless crowds draw near
nameless hooded forms appear

amidst fallen ruins
grotesque creatures battle

shadowed on a screen
yellow evil faces leer

vacant monuments
corpses of dead worlds left behind

drifting beyond all time
out of a churning sky
drawn to the beckoning light
of the dark eternal night

trapped in a hellish dream
spinning past worlds unseen
and frightfully vanishing
into the dark eternal night

drifting beyond all time
out of a churning sky
drawn to the beckoning light
of the dark eternal night

trapped in a hellish dream
spinning past worlds unseen
and frightfully vanishing
into the dark eternal night
				

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
					

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
					

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.'