You called me up on the phone today  
struggling with the right words to say.  
Time can change a thing or two.  
Time has changed the lives of me and you,  
but you know... it could have been different dad.
   
The word brings back a sweet memory.  
I'm sitting on a bluff on a broken tree,  
by my side a distinguished man  
giving me encouragement, telling me I can,  
and you know... you're not there.   

You say, "Son, let's forget the past,  
I want another chance, gonna make it last."  
You're begging me for a brand new start,  
trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart,  
but you know... you never built it dad.   

So I sit here through the night,  
and I write myself to sleep,  
and time keeps ticking...   

Time has made you finally realize  
your loneliness and your guilt inside.  
You're reaching for something you never had,  
turning around now you're looking back,  
and you know... I'm not there.   

You say, "Son, let's forget the past.  
I want another chance, gonna make it last."  
You're begging me for a brand new start,  
trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart,  
but you know... you never built it dad.
				

Live

Waiting for the feeling to subside,  
Paranoid, I melt into myself.  
They say I'm to reach inside and find  
the broken part of my machinery.  
Psychoanalyze the chapters  
on the path to my darkest day.  
Searching for the answers,  
all I see is damage through the haze.  
Picking up the pieces of my life  
with no direction for re-assembly.  
The one that lays beside me  
is sharing scars of my broken yesterdays.  
Will tomorrow find me hypnotized? Crying?  
Mother Mary in control,  
domineering stranglehold  
sowing destructive seeds  
for the scavengers to feed.  
Driving the nail into my head,  
memory flows like a river.  
With the one that lays beside me  
I'm healing scars from my childhood memories.  
Tomorrow finally found me.  
I'm hypnotized. I'm trying...  
to understand the chapters  
of the path from my darkest day.  
Search for the answers  
but there's damage!
				

Live

Wait for me I'll understand
I just need time to comprehend your changes
There's always been these changes in you
I remember that there was a time when
Fears we had we left behind and we danced
But it seems the more we learn
We learn that it's
Over, Over
It's dangerous this game we play
You're killing me with words
Forget if you can
The way you moved when our hands touched
You forced me to force you
Do you remember the dreams, 
the nightmares we shared?
The poison of love so pure it's deceiving
And deceit is all we have it's got to be over
Over, Over
It's dangerous this game we play
You're killing me with words
Over, Over
Too late to take a chance again it's over
				

Live

On a lonely walk this morning
A light mist in the air
Dark clouds laughing at me in silence
Casting shadows through my hair

In the distance I saw a woman
Dressed in black with eyes of grey
She wore her pain like a shackled spirit
Eternal life was her debt to pay

The lady wore black
It's the sign of the prisoners lives
The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes
The lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black
Her love can set me free

The wind song whispered a warning
Telling me to beware
Of the quiet shadowed woman
And of the sadness I would share

We sat together for sometime together in silence
Never speaking in words
Of all her thoughts she spoke with her eyes
And I listened remembering all I heard

The lady wore black
It's the sign of the prisoners lives
The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes
The lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black
Her love can set me free

The words she spoke were of forgotten lives
And of all knowledge gained
Mem'ries I had and didn't know why
With a smile she explained
I should have listened to the wind's cold warning
And walked the other way
I touched her soul and now I bear her sentence
But for her love I'll gladly pay

The lady wore black
It's the sign of the prisoners lives
The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes
The lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black
Her love can set me freeThe lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black
Her love can set me free

The words she spoke were of forgotten lives
And of all knowledge gained
Mem'ries I had and didn't know why
With a smile she explained
I should have listened to the wind's cold warning
And walked the other way
I touched her soul and now I bear her sentence
But for her love I'll gladly pay

The lady wore black
It's the sign of the prisoners lives
The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes
The lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black
Her love can set me free
				

You called me up on the phone today  
struggling with the right words to say.  
Time can change a thing or two.  
Time has changed the lives of me and you,  
but you know... it could have been different dad.
   
The word brings back a sweet memory.  
I'm sitting on a bluff on a broken tree,  
by my side a distinguished man  
giving me encouragement, telling me I can,  
and you know... you're not there.   

You say, "Son, let's forget the past,  
I want another chance, gonna make it last."  
You're begging me for a brand new start,  
trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart,  
but you know... you never built it dad.   

So I sit here through the night,  
and I write myself to sleep,  
and time keeps ticking...   

Time has made you finally realize  
your loneliness and your guilt inside.  
You're reaching for something you never had,  
turning around now you're looking back,  
and you know... I'm not there.   

You say, "Son, let's forget the past.  
I want another chance, gonna make it last."  
You're begging me for a brand new start,  
trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart,  
but you know... you never built it dad.
				

Live

Hush now, don't you cry
Wipe away the teardrop from your eye 
You're lying save in bed 
It was all a bad dream 
Spinning in your head 
Your mind tricked you to feel the pain 
Of someone close to you leaving the game of life. 
So here it is another chance 
Wide awake you face the day 
Your dream is over... or has it just begun? 
There's a place I like to hide 
A doorway that I run through in the night 
relax child, you were there 
But only didn't realize it and you were sacred 
It's a place where you will learn 
To face your fears, retrace the years 
And ride the whims of your mind 
Commanding in another world 
Suddenly, you hear and see 
This magic new dimension 
I - will be watching over you 
I - am gonna help you see it through 
I - will protect you in the night 
I - am smiling next to you... in Silent Lucidity 
If you open your mind for me 
You won't rely on open eyes to see 
The walls you build within 
Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin 
Living twice at once you will learn 
You're safe from pain in the dream domain 
A soul set free to fly 
A round trip journey in your head 
Master of illusion, you can realize 
Your dream's alive, you can be the guide but... 
I - will be watching over you 
I - am gonna help you see it through 
I - will protect you in the night 
I - am smiling next to you... 
Visualize your dream 
Perform it in the present tense 
Make it fit to a pattern or form 
If you persist in your efforts 
You will achieve dream control 
				

Live

Empty room today 
 And here I sit 
 Chalk outline upon the wall 
 I remember tracing it 
 A thousand times, the night she died.  Why?  Why? 
 There's no sleep today, I can't pretend 
 When all my dreams are crimes 
 I can't stand facing them 
 Now who will come 
 To wash away my sins 
 Clean my room, fix my meals 
 Be my friend? 
[  Charged with several murders, Nikki is committed to State        ]
[ Hospital to overcome his addiction.  Awaiting trial, he suffers   ]
[ insomnia and is delirious.                                        ]
[  Searching through his past, he tries to find reasons for         ]
[ his actions and his weaknesses.  Staring into the mirror, he sees ]
[ a stranger.                                                       ]
				

Live

trange, the view from here
Words we spoke, forgotten at the time
Now replay in my mind
What went wrong, what was right
Looking back, I never was there for you
You didn't say, but I know it's true

I can't find the real world alone
Every time I think I've won
I hear your voice inside, questioning
Where have you gone
Can't you remember feeling so alone
You always had the anwer that I could not see

I can't find the real world
I can't find the real world
I can't find the real world alone
I can't find the real world
I can't find the real world
I can't find the real world alone