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Heart sick at the sight of the
Status Seeker
In a sense I'm not beyond reproach
the aspiration to drop a name
When any rose might smell the same
Maybe you'll figure it out someday
'I want to know you now...
You know I've always believed in you.'

Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were unable to see

In a garden where the seeds were spilled
I favored the few that stood strong in the sun
As I reached for the profit of my prize
I found I had trampled the forgotten ones.

Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were unable to see

You're running in circles
And I'm turning away
You refused to believe
Now I'm turning away

Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were unable to see

You're running in circles
And I'm turning away
You refused to believe
Now I'm turning away
				

"i don't know, i feel a lot of           [sample is robert deniro from the ]
distance and i feel far away.           [film "the deer hunter".          ]
i'll see you later..."

i have seen you born before me
i have watched you die
i have heard every word you said to me

leave no question in your mind
there is no brighter star to guide you
don't look past me to the sun, the sun is i
i am the sun...

so close the door behind him
he wanders slowly to the car
trying to lift his heavy heart
he says...

"i feel bad about this.                  [sample is timothy hutton from the]
i feel really bad about this.           [film "ordinary people".          ]
just, just let me feel bad about this."

i'm through just getting by
countless times a friend has told me
watch out for the wave
now it seems the sea will be my grave
and still you swim to save me
even though the water is much colder now
even though the water is much colder now

sometimes you can act on intuition
sometimes you can use a different point of view
i've found that in such a position
i could always come to you
(sun) i've seen you weep
i have seen you tired and lonely (without you)
but it only takes one heart (one heart)
to lift you up and send you on
can you understand the life i've shown you
understand it's me, i'm giving you

i have seen you born before me
i have watched you die
i have heard every word you said to me

i have no question in my mind
there's been no brighter star to guide me
i don't look past you to the sun,
so don't look past me to the sun,
the sun is...

and so love is broken
they're asking me how can you help
when you don't even know how that feels
i don't need one thousand reasons
when someone starts to cry
when someone says my heart needs lifting
don't ask how come, ask how high

i have seen you born before me
i have watched you die
i have heard every word you said to me

leave no question in your mind
there is no brighter star to guide you
don't look past me to the sun, the sun is i

leave no question in your mind
there is no brighter star to guide you
don't look past me to the sun, (it knows where you are)
				

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
				

silence disguised
i watch you
show me the hurt
that haunts you
would you despise the thrill
if all you hide were mine ?
i can't hold on any longer
these feelings keep growing stronger
echoes that deafen the mind
will bury my voice in their wake
caught in a web
removed from the world
hanging onby a thread
spinning the lies
divised in my head
i've seen the path
the one you take
shows the truth
for you to make
this turn of phrase
we might not see
is the thirst of desire
found so easily
try to push me 'round
the world some more
and make me live in fear
i bare all that i am
made of now
attractive i don't care
'cause even when i danced with life
no one was there to share
does this voice the wounds of your soul ?
caught in a web
removed from the world
hanging on by a thread
spinning the lies
devised in my head
tried to live the life
youlive and saw
it doesn't work for me
i bare all that i am
made of now
attractive, i can't be
inside the dance of life is one
i'll never hold to me
you can't heal the wounds of my soul
caught in a web
refused by the world
hanging on by a thread
spinning a cage
denied and misread
				

"...i need some pencils...               [various samples, seemingly from  ]
will you be using 'em for company       [flipping through news broadcasts.]
business?...one eight hundred nine 
nine two...for cash back, see store for details...
meeting rebel leaders, he says he also plans to thank 
russian soldiers for their work in chechnya...work better..."

people around here are driving me crazy
watching them run is making me lazy
trying to buy a place in my head
selling me lines i've already read
speaking my name to try to confuse me
say it again you're starting to lose me

that's alright i'm okay
it happens every single day
it's all the same
but i'm not blind

nevermind
it's either you or me
and i can't see the difference
you or me
i find that i can't see the difference

when are these changes going to stick
eating my words is making me sick
some of the time 
i'm practically sacred
reading my mind
is leaving you naked
you'd rather give it away than receive it
one of these days i'm gonna believe it.

that's alright i'm okay
it happens every single day
it's all the same
but i'm not blind

nevermind
it's either you or me
and i can't see the difference
you or me
i find that i can't see the difference

you or me
and i can't see the difference
you or me
i find that i can't see the difference

you or me
that's alright i'm okay
it happens every single day
and i can't see the difference
it's all the same
but i'm not blind
nevermind
it's either
you or me
that's alright i'm okay
it happens every single day
i find that i can't see the difference
it's all the same
but i'm not blind

"...my position was that if anybody      [right-channel samples from ???]
who's a christian would go there, 
they're not only aligning themselves to the demagogue, 
they're aligning themselves to the antichrist! which 
by the way, this man is an antichrist..."
"did you see the video?"
"i didn't need to see the video to call the guy an antichrist..."

"...if you can truly appreciate..."      [left-channel samples from ???]

"...sins, so that we'll go to heaven     [center-channel sample from ???]
anyway. he came to save his people
from their sins."
				

a thorn in my side, a chip on my shoulder
a lump in my throat, the size of a boulder
the chill up my spine, can't get any colder
and you wonder why i can't smile

a knot in my gut, an ape on my back
in the heat of the moment
i'm knocked off the track
you drop the ball, i pick up the slack
and you ask me why my hair's gray

twisting, turning
losing all sense of yearning
living and learning
the pressure keeps on burning my soul
burning my soul
burning my soul

i say it's green and then you tell me it's red

keep your thoughts and ideas
locked inside of your head
we've got someone
who can think for you instead
and he sounds just like the last one

twisting, turning
losing all sense of yearning
living and learning
the pressure keeps on burning my soul
burning my soul
burning my soul
burning my soul
burning my soul

responsible thinkers
throw caution to the wind
but i find myself
speaking from within
i can't live my life
walking on eggshells
to stay on your good side

using your words
controlling my life
can't you see it's my words
that gives you your life
so i hurt your feelings
well i'm really sorry
but i don't give a shit, no...

twisting, turning
losing all sense of yearning
living and learning

the pressure keeps on burning my soul
burning my soul
burning my soul
burning my soul
burning my soul
burning my soul
burning my soul, yeah
				

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
				

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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