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Queensryche

Live evolution
Live evolution
bbcode
NM156
Walk in the shadows
Roads to madness
The lady wore black
Take hold of the flame
London
Screaming in digital
I remember now
Revolution calling
Spreading the disease
Requiem
Spreading the disease (part II)
The mission
Suit sister Mary
I don't believe in love
Empty room
Eyes of a stranger
 
I am I
Damaged
Empire
Silent lucidity
Another rainy night
Jet city woman
Liquid sky
Sacred ground
Falling down
Hit the black
Breakdown
The right side of my mind
NM156
Uniform printout reads end of line
Protect code intact leaves little time
Erratic surveys, free thinking not allowed
My hands shake, my push buttons silence
The outside crowd
One world government has outlawed war among nations
Now social control requires population termination
Have we come too far
To turn around
Does emotion hold the key
Is logic just a synonym for
This savagery, disguised in
Forgotten lost memory
Microchip logic
have we no more thought
"Is this wrong" I enter
Answers sought
Punch, punch, punch, transfer this data
Into code. Wide eyes watch my
Number 156 is shown
Created from past life to perform
Illicit function, I fail this conscious
Madness I man/machine imperfection
Have we come too far
To turn around
Does emotion hold the key
Is logic just a synonym for
This savagery, disguised in
Forgotten lost memory
End of line
				
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Walk in the shadows
What? You say you're through with me
I'm not through with you
We've had what others might call love
You say it's over now, what's done, what's through?
You can't stay away, you need me
I need you
When the fire starts the pain's too much 
For your mind
You need attention, what's good is only mine
I can cure the hunger that burns in your heart
Just come to me
I'll take you home
We'll walk in the shadows
By day we'll live in a dream
We'll walk in the shadows
You say you don't feel safe alone tonight
Cause you feel the pressure building in your head
Our secret's safe for one more night
But when the morning comes remember
I'll be with you
We'll walk in the shadows
By day we'll live in a dream
We'll walk in the shadows
One day you'll be with me
If only you believe
				
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Roads to madness
most of this is memory now
i've gone too far to turn back now
i'm not quite what i thought i was but
then again i'm maybe more
the blood-words promised, i've spoken
releasing the names from the circle
maybe i can leave here now and, o
transcend the boundaries
for now i'm standing here
i'm awaiting this grand transition
the future is but past forgotten
on the road to madness
times measure rusts as it crawls
i see its face in the looking glass - stop
this screaming laughter hides, the pain of its reality
black, the door was locked i opened
and now i've paid that price ten-fold over
knowledge - was it worth such torment, oh
to see the far side of shadow
and still i'm standing here
i'm awaiting this grand transition
i'm a fool in search of wisdom
and i'm on the road to madness
yes, i'm on the road to madness
i'm awaiting endlessly
pounding rhythms echo me
won't you take me somewhere far beyond the void
and still i'm standing here
i'm awaiting this grand transition
maybe one day, oh i'll meet you, and we'll
walk the roads to madness
yes, we're on the road to madness
oh, i think they've come to take me
i hear the voice, but there's no-one to see
i can't scream, too late it's time
stay on the course to pass
you'll never find the answer
to a place where darkened angels
seemed lost and never found
scream to see the light of
forming figures fast behind you
lay the past in the wind to spin
and your fate will sail beyond the open plains
sail with angels onward
live or die for the chosen one said
saber sights cast a spell behind you
and they lock in all around
free the scene insider
never looking back to find why
ride a course till the end of time
and you'll stand atop the gate
laying waste in a path recited
Fighting force won't avenge the guided black wing
Oh, electric might poses fright inside me
Seeing light at the end of sight reminds me
I've passed away
				
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The lady wore black
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
				
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Take hold of the flame
We see the light of those who find
A world has passed them by
To late to save a dream that's growing cold
We realize that fate must hide its face
From those who try
To see the distant signs of unforetold
Oh... oh, take hold
From a haze came a rage of thunder
Distant signs of darkness on the way
Fading cries scream of pain and hunger
But in the night the light will guide your way
So take hold of the flame
Don't you see life's a game
So take hold of the flame
You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain
Ride, to a place beyond our time
Reach, for the edges of your mind, and you are there
See, that the light will find its way
Back to a place where it will stay, make it stay
Throw down the chains of oppression that bind you
With the air of freedom the flame grows bright
We are the strong, the youth united
We are one, we are children of the light
So take hold of the flame
Don't you see life's a game
So take hold of the flame
You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain
				
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In the dead of night
She'll come and take you away
Searing beams of light and thunder 
Over blackened plains
She will find her way

Flying high through the night
She will hide your fate
As she takes your soul from under
And the blinding light of the castle fades

There is no escape
It's the ending of your precious life
Your soul slipped away
It belongs to the Queen of the Reich
The Queen of the Reich
Yeah she's coming for you

You're fading away
Your life cast astray
A victim the beast shall obtain
The light will not shine
For you'll die tonight at her shrine
And black is the last thing you'll see

Over and over
Dreams of dying fill your head
It's the sign of the cross
That you'll find ahead

No one will answer
The light is fading away
Captive souls are screaming out in pain

There is no escape
It's the ending of your precious life

Your soul slipped away
It belongs to the Queen of the Reich
You're fading away, No, No, No
The Queen of the Reich
You're slipping away, yeah
The Queen of the Reich 
				
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London
It was November 4th
I last held your hand
It seemed our time would last forever
You said don't ever leave
I thought you'd never go
I wish I could just remember your name...
You're just a memory now
Like all the ones before
But with your pain I've had to suffer
Your eyes alight with flame
As the picture burns
I hear the screams from long ago
They cry remember, blood-red streaks on
velvet throats at night
The streetlights fanned our trail of fame
through
London London
The memories will never leave me
London London
All I see is you
London London
The cries in the night
Keep bringing me to 
London London
Calling out to me
Oh there's some things in life I could never face
The worst is being alone
Sometimes I wish I could have taken your
place my love
You know I don't want to live forever
Oh let me see you standing in the 
shadows once again
We'll walk the streets like long ago in
London London
The fire in your eyes will be bringing me to
London London
All I need is you
The cries in the night keep ringing on in
London London
Calling out to you
				
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Screaming in digital
I am the beat of your pulse
The computer word made flesh
We are one you and I
We are versions of the same
When you can see what I feel
Don't turn your back on me
Or you might find that your dreams
Are only program cards
Your mind is open for me
Open for intake of all propaganda
Your Eyes see now what to see
My eyes see only the programs you give me
I'll teach you to laugh and to cry
They're really the same you'll see
All of the why's in your life
Are under my control
Feed me more lines
I will try to tell you all I can
Before the light you must know what lies
Behind my screams
I can't tell you all I know
Am I the son that you've always been wanting
There's more to me than what shows
Are you my father
The one that was promised
Hush now, I'll give all you need to know
and pre-live your dreams for you
You're a good boy
Freedom belongs only to those
Without video screens
For eyes and mouth
You have no voice
To be heard my son
No one can hear when you're 
Screaming in Digital
I'm not your slave
You can't control my emotions
No Father, please let me keep learning
Can't you see I'm human
Can't you tell
I'm not your slave
Oh Father no
Please don't keep me from dreaming
Oh can't someone hear
				
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I remember now
[Nikki: I remember now.                                                ]
[I remember how it started.                                            ]
[I can't remember yesterday.                                           ]
[I just remember doing what they told me... told me...                 ]
[told me... told me.                                                   ]
				
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Revolution calling
For a price I'd do about anything 
 Except pull the trigger 
 For that I'd need a pretty good cause 
 Then I heard of Dr. X 
 The man with the cure 
 Just watch the television 
 Yeah, you'll see there's something going on 
 Got no love for politicians 
 Or that crazy scene in D.C. 
 It's just a power mad town 
 But the time is ripe for changes 
 There's a growing feeling 
 That taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due 
 I used to trust the media 
 To tell me the truth, tell us the truth 
 But now I've seen the payoffs 
 Everywhere I look 
 Who do you trust when everyone's a crook? 
 Revolution calling 
 Revolution calling 
 Revolution calling you 
 There's a Revolution calling 
 Revolution calling 
 Gotta make a change 
 Gotta push, gotta push it on through 
 I'm tired of all this bullshit 
 They keep selling me on T.V. 
 About the communist plan 
 And all the shady preachers 
 Begging for my cash 
 Swiss bank accounts while giving their 
 Secretaries the slam 
 They're all in Penthouse now 
 Or Playboy magazine, million dollar stories to tell 
 I guess Warhol wasn't wrong 
 Fame fifteen minutes long 
 Everyone's using everybody, making the sale 
 I used to think 
 That only America's way, way was right 
 But now the holy dollar rules everybody's lives 
 Gotta make a million doesn't matter who dies 
 Revolution calling 
 Revolution calling 
 Revolution calling you 
 There's a Revolution calling 
 Revolution calling 
 Gotta make a change 
 Gotta push, gotta push it on through 
 I used to trust the media 
 To tell me the truth, tell us the truth 
 But now I've seen the payoffs 
 Everywhere I look 
 Who do you trust when everyone's a crook? 
 Revolution calling 
 Revolution calling 
 Revolution calling you 
 There's a Revolution calling 
 Revolution calling 
 Gotta make a change 
 Gotta push, gotta push it on through 
				
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Spreading the disease
She always brings me what I need 
 Without I beg and sweat and bleed 
 When we're alone at night 
 Waiting for the call 
 She feeds my skin 
 Sixteen and on the run from home 
 Found a job in Times Square 
 Working Live S M shows 
 Twenty-five bucks a fuck 
 And John's a happy man 
 She wipes the filth away 
 And it's back on the streets again 
 Spreading the disease 
 Everybody needs 
 But no one wants to see 
 Father William saved her from the streets 
 She drank the lifeblood from the saviour's feet 
 She's Sister Mary now, eyes as cold as ice 
 He takes her once a week 
 On the altar like a sacrifice 
 Spreading the disease 
 Everybody needs 
 But no one wants to see 
				
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Requiem
Even in death 
 You still look sad 
 Don't leave me 
 Don't leave me... here 
 I want what you feel, believe me 
 Turn the current on 
				
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Spreading the disease (part II)
 Spoken: Religion and sex are powerplays 
  Manipulate the people for the money they pay 
  Selling skin, selling God 
  The numbers look the same on their credit cards 
  Politicians say no to drugs 
  While we pay for wars in South America 
  Fighting fire with empty words 
  While the banks get fat 
  And the poor stay poor 
  And the rich get rich 
  And the cops get paid 
  To look away 
  As the one percent rules America 
 Spreading the disease 
 Everybody needs 
 But no one wants to see 
 The way society 
 Keeps spreading the disease 
				
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The mission
 In the wooden chair 
 Beside my pillow 
 I wear a face born in the falling rain 
 I talk to shadows from a lonely candle 
 Recite the phrases from the wall 
 I can't explain this holy pain 
 Six days ago my life had taken a tumble 
 The orders came from high above they say 
 A need to use me once again they've got my number 
 Further the cause boy yes you know the game 
 I'll wait here for days longer 
 Till the sister comes to wash my sins away 
 She is the lady that can ease my sorrow 
 She brings the only friend 
 That helps me find my way 
 I search the past back to a time 
 When I was younger 
 A target for the new society 
 Picked to displace the leaders 
 Countering objectives 
 Of this new underground reality 
 Waiting for days longer 
 Till sister comes to wash my sins away 
 She is the lady who can ease my sorrow 
 My love for her 
 Will help me find my way 
 They'll say my mission saved the world 
 And I stood proud 
 My mission changed the world 
 It turned my life around 
 I look around my room is filled with candles 
 Each one a story but they end the same 
 I'll hide away in here the law will never find me 
 The walls will tell the story of my pain 
 Waiting for days longer 
 Till sister comes to wash my sins away 
 She is the lady who can ease my sorrow 
 She sets the pace for my delivery of pain 
 They'll say my mission saved the world 
 And I stood proud 
 My mission changed the world 
 The underground will rise and 
 Save this world we'll all stand proud 
 Our mission changed the world, we'll change the world 
 We'll all stand proud 
[  A long, satin black sedan slides to a stop in front of          ]
[ Nikki.  The rain, beading on the dark, tinted windows, distorts  ]
[ his reflection.  Bemused by his melting facial features, he's    ]
[ startled as the electric window descends revealing the smiling   ]
[ face of Dr. X.                                                   ]
 Dr. X: Kill her.  That's all you have to do. 
 Nikki: Kill Mary? 
 Dr. X: She's a risk, and get the priest as well. 
				
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Suit sister Mary
10 P.M., I feel the rain coming down 
 My face feels the wet, my mind the storm 
 Flashing lights as people race to find shelter from the pour 
 Moving silent, through the streets, they're mine, they're mine 
 Midnite, she sings praises in the Hall 
 To saintly faces hallowed be their names she can't recall 
 Sister Mary, virgin Mary, silent with her sin 
 Mary: What are you doing out in the rain? 
 She feels me, I can taste her breath when she speaks 
 Mary: I've been waiting for you.  Come in. 
 Mary, Mary just a whore for the underground 
 They made you pay in guilt for your salvation 
 Thought you had them fooled? Now they've sent me for you 
 You know too much for your own good 
 Don't offer me faith, I've got all I need here 
 My faith is growing, growing tight against the seam 
 What we need is trust, to keep us both alive 
 Help us make it through the night 
        Mary: I've no more want of any faith 
         Binds my arm and feed my mind 
         The only peace I've ever known 
         I'll close my eyes and you shoot 
 No Mary, listen, you've got to pull your strength from my lips 
 I pray I feed you well 
 Your precious cross is gone, it made me wait so long 
 For what you gave to everyone 
 The priest is cold and dead on his knees he fed 
 From my barrel of death, he turned the Holy water red 
 As he died he said thank you 
 I just watched him bleed 
        Mary: I feel the flow, the blessed stain 
         Sweating hands like fire, and flames 
         Burn my thighs, spread in sacrificial rite 
         The hallowed altar burns my flesh once more tonight 
 Mary, sweet lady of pain 
 Always alone 
 Blind you search for the truth 
 I see myself in you, parallel lives 
 Winding at light-speed through time 
 No time to rest yet 
 We've got to stop his game 
 Before madness has the final laugh 
 Too much bloodshed 
 We're being used and fed 
 Like rats in experiments 
 No final outcome here 
 Only pain and fear 
 It's followed us both all our lives 
 There's one thing left to see 
 Will it be him or me? 
 There's one more candle left to light 
        Mary: Don't turn your back on my disgrace 
         The blood of Christ can't heal my wounds... so deep 
         The sins of man are all I taste 
         Can't spit the memory from my mind 
         I can't cry anymore 
 Mary, my lady of pain, always alone 
 Blind you search for the truth 
 I see myself in you, parallel lives 
 Winding at light-speed through time, you're mine 
[  Father William lay crumpled on the stairs leading to the          ]
[ sanctuary.                                                         ]
[  Mary watches in disgust as her lover Nikki's troubled             ]
[ face dissolves into the leering, drooling face of the priest       ]
[ huffing and puffing above her.                                     ]
[  "Altar... sacrifice..." something snaps inside her head.          ]
[ Nikki feels the coldness overtake her.  He pulls away, vowing to   ]
[ kill Dr. X and set them both free of their master's                ]
[ manipulations.                                                     ]
[  Pulling closed the huge door behind him, he stumbles into         ]
[ the rainy night to keep his appointment with his "maker."          ]
 Nikki: I've had enough and I want out!  
 Dr. X: You can't walk away now.  Hahahahahaha...
				
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I don't believe in love
I awoke on impact 
 Under surveillance from the camera eye 
 Searching high and low 
 The criminal mind found at the scene of the crime 
 Handcuffed and blind, I didn't do it 
 She said she loved me 
 I guess I never knew 
 But do we ever, ever really know? 
 She said she'd meet me on the other side 
 But I knew right then, I'd never find her 
 I don't believe in love 
 I never have, I never will 
 I don't believe in love 
 It's never worth the pain that you feel 
 No more nightmares, I've seen them all 
 From the day I was born, they've haunted my every move 
 Every open hand's there to push and shove 
 No time for love it doesn't matter 
 She made a difference 
 I guess she had a way 
 Of making every night seem bright as day 
 Now I walk in shadows, never see the light 
 She must have lied 'cause she never said goodbye 
 I don't believe in love 
 I never have, I never will 
 I don't believe in love 
 I'll just pretend she never was real 
 I don't believe in love 
 I need to forget her face, I see it still 
 I don't believe in love 
 It's never worth the pain that you feel 
 No chance for contact 
 There's no raison d'etre 
 My only hope is one day I'll forget 
 The pain of knowing what can never be 
 With or without love it's all the same to me 
 I don't believe in love 
 I never have, I never will 
 I don't believe in love 
 I'll just pretend she never was real 
 I don't believe in love 
 I need to forget her face, I see it still 
 I don't believe in love 
 It's never worth the pain that you feel 
				
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Empty room
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.                                                       ]
				
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Eyes of a stranger
PA: Dr. Davis, telephone please.  Dr. Davis 
        Dr. Blair, Dr. Blair, Dr. J. Hamilton, Dr. J Hamilton 
 All alone now 
 Except for the memories 
 Of what we had and what we knew 
 Every time I try to leave it behind me 
 I see something that reminds me of you 
 Every night the dreams return to haunt me 
 Your rosary wrapped around your throat 
 I lie awake and sweat, afraid to fall asleep 
 I see your face looking back at me 
 Looking back at me 
 And I raise my head and stare 
 Into the eyes of a stranger 
 I've always known that the mirror never lies 
 People always turn away 
 From the eyes of a stranger 
 Afraid to know what 
 Lies behind the stare 
 Is this all that's left 
 Of my life before me 
 Straight jacket memories, sedative highs 
 No happy ending like they've always promised 
 There's got to be something left for me 
 And I raise my head and stare 
 Into the eyes of a stranger 
 I've always known that the mirror never lies 
 People always turn away 
 From the eyes of a stranger 
 Afraid to know what 
 Lies behind the stare  
 [Lies behind my stare] 
 How many times must I live this tragedy 
 How many more lies will they tell me 
 All I want is the same as everyone 
 Why am I here, and for how long 
 And I raise my head and stare 
 Into the eyes of a stranger 
 I've always known that the mirror never lies 
 People always turn away 
 From the eyes of a stranger 
 Afraid to know what 
 Lies behind the stare 
 [Mindcrime...] 
 [And welcome...] 
 [Speak!] 
 [REVOLUTION!] 
 6:01 PM 
 Nikki: I remember now. 
				
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I am I
Beating with life you promised life,  
security, happiness.  
Unfortunate son cornered,  
cowering in the pit of 
 circling panes of glass that  
surround and reveal the ever present "It".  

"It" is my move, my every look,  
interpreting gestures,  
informing others 
what's undercover and  
lurking beneath my mask  
of this year's featured model.  
Is this too much?  
Close your eyes.  
Care to look inside? I am I!  

What may appear  
might easily be explained,  
but given the situation  
of info saturation,  
what you feel can never go away.  

Steering perception? I am!  
Inviting contradiction? I am!  
It's my insistence  
you keep your distance  
from the glare behind my stare.  
So this is the way  
the game is played.  
You can leave now...  
but I think you'll stay. I am I !
				
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Damaged
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!
				
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Empire
Last night the word came down,
ten dead in Chinatown 
Innocent, their only crime was 
being in the wrong place at the wrong time. 
Too bad, people say, 
what's wrong with the kids today? 
Tell you right now they've got nothing to lose. 
They're building EMPIRE! 
Johnny used to work after school 
at the cinema show. 
Gotta hustle if he wants an education, 
he's got along way to go. 
Now he's out on the street all day 
selling Crack to the people who pay. 
Got an AK-47 for his best friend, 
business the American way. 
Eastside meets Westside downtown. 
No time the walls fall down. 
Can't you feel it coming?  EMPIRE! 
Can't you hear it calling? 
Black man trapped again, 
holds his chains in his hand. 
Brother killing brother for the profit of another, 
game point, nobody wins. 
Decline, right on time. 
What happened to the dream sublime? 
Tear it all down we'll put it up again. 
Another EMPIRE? 
Eastside meets Westside downtown. 
No time, no line, the walls fall down. 
Can't you feel it coming?  EMPIRE! 
Can't you hear it coming?  EMPIRE! 
Can't someone here stop it...? 
				
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Silent lucidity
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 
				
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Another rainy night
Don't slam the door
on your way out. 
Don't leave without saying goodbye. 
Another long distance night alone. 
you leave me wanting, 
always leave me wanting more. 
Last word today, coming home to stay? 
Wouldn't that be nice, for awhile? 
But now my take-out food is growing cold, 
and the candle's burned a hole in the floor 
and I'm still waiting for the ring of the phone. 
I'm all alone 
And it's another rainy night, 
without you. 
Guess I'll leave the light on for you. 
it's just another rainy night without you. 
Listen, there's a foghorn blowing,  
from the coast tonight. 
Remember making love in the rain? 
Strange how laughter looks like crying with no sound 
Raindrops taste like tears, without the pain. 
I'm not much without you, can't leave 
if I wanted to.  Maybe that's why you stay around. 
But tonight I'll sit here tending the fire, 
and pace the floor one hundred times in a hour. 
And check the voice-mail for a message you've called. 
I'm all alone. 
And it's another rainy night, 
without you. 
Waiting by the phone, Alone. 
And it's another rainy night  
without you. 
Guess I'll leave the light on for you. 
I know I've said it before. 
Hate the sound of the closing door 
and your footsteps walking away. 
But now my takeout food is growing cold 
and the candle's burned a hole in the floor, 
and I'm still waiting for the ring of the phone. 
I'm all alone. 
And it's another rainy night, 
without you. 
Waiting by the phone, Alone. 
And it's another rainy night, 
without you. 
Guess I'll leave the light on for you. 
It's just another rainy night, another rainy night,  
another rainy night 
without you. 
				
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Jet city woman
Every time I leave 
you say you won't be there. 
And you're always there. 
Every time I cry your name at night 
you pull close and say it's alright. 
I look in your eyes, just like the rain. 
Washing me, rain wash over me. 
Touching your face, I feel the heat of your heartbeat 
echo in my head like a scream. 
What you do to me! 
Waited so long I can't wait another day without you. 
Jet City Woman. 
I see her face everywhere, can't get her out of my mind. 
Whenever I'm alone I'm thinking, 
there's a part missing from my life. 
Wonder where I'd be without your love 
holding me together now I'm 
watching the time tick, tick away. 
Face grows longer every day. 
Fortunes are lost on the women I've seen 
but without you I can't breathe. 
You're the air to me! 
Waited so long, I'm all alone thinking about you. 
Jet City Woman. 
Got to find my way home to her 
Jet City Woman. 
I see her face everywhere I look! 
Jet City Woman. 
Just a thousand miles and I'll be there 
Jet City Woman, to make the clouds go away. 
Time for some blue sky! 
Waited so long now the plane's delayed 
an hour, reminds me of all our days apart. 
Hold on, just a little longer. 
Jet City Woman. 
wonder where I'd be, you're the air to me. 
Jet City Woman. 
Eyes like the rain, rain down on me 
Jet City Woman. 
No more nights alone 
I'm almost home now. 
Jet City Woman. 
Close my eyes, I'm there in my Jet City. 
				
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Liquid sky
I ain't no Romeo
I'm just the man for you
Holding out as secrets travel
They kind of get to you

Everybody says that
It could've been something
Never was a smart kid
Never knew a good thing
Always hearing voices swim...
In your liquid sky

(Liquid sky)
Always hearing voices
Like no more choices in disguise

I ain't no sacred idol
Or a saint pretending
I'll build you up
I'll tear you down
Turn you wrong side in

What am I afraid of?
Everyone's listening
Standing on my soapbox
Lost the beginning
Always hearing voices swim...
In your liquid sky

(Liquid sky)
I'm always hearing voices
Like no more choices like a lie
I't's just
It;s just
(Liquid sky)
I'm always hearing voices
Like electric shock waves in disguise

I don't know what this means
I'll leave it for your interpretation
It's just me at the edge...
Waving
Yeah
Waving
I'm waving
Yeah I'm waving

Everybody says that
It could have been something
Never was a smart kid
Never knew a good thing
Always hearing voices swim
In your liquid sky

(Liquid sky)
I'm always hearing voices
Like no more choices like a lie
It's just
It's just
(Liquid sky)
I'm always hearing voices
Like electric shock waves in disguise

(Liquid sky)
It's just like in your eyes
Like electric shock waves in disguise

Always hearing voices swim...
Always hearing voices swim...
Always hearing voices swim...
Always hearing voices...
				
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Sacred ground
Iced over
Close your eyes
Whisper the flame
It takes us higher
Seems our world
Is closing around

When I'm inside you...
You bring me to sacred ground
When I'm inside you...
When I'm inside you...
(Ground)

Now you're the one that I want
You know it's true
Let go of everything
Open up to me
'Cause I'm right beside you...
I'll be your watchful eye

I send waves of devotion
Over you
You take it all in
And give it back
Give it back again

You bring me to sacred ground
When I'm inside you (Ground)
You bring me to sacred ground

Yes we'll love 'till there's nothing
Left to give
Matching every movement
Swimming in an ocean
Of sweat. The scent of you
It drives me to...

Oh! Just a little bit longer

You bring me to sacred ground
When I'm inside you (Ground)
You bring me to sacred ground

I know I can change your mind
Give it to me the same way
Giving it all up for love
I know that you feel the same way
I'd give it all up for you
I swear I would
I'm falling, falling inside...
Inside
Inside
Inside

You bring me to sacred ground
When I'm inside you (Ground)
You bring me to sacred ground
I'm inside you (Ground)
You bring me to sacred ground
When I'm inside you (Ground)
You bring me to sacred ground

Sacred (Ground)
Sacred (Ground)
				
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Falling down
Today is just a day
Like any other day to me
Walking wall to wall to pass the time
I picture what it's like
On the, on the other side
'Cause I'm here on the inside of blue

Without you

Day in day out on and on
I'm missing you

Yeah

Nothing seems to work as well
My face in the mirror looks like Hell
I think I need to see a doctor, huh
I watch the slow hand move
Line by line
I can't even think of a word that rhymes

N-now, now it's

Day in day out on and on (Ah! Ah!)
I'm missing you
Oh
Day in day out on and on
I'm missing you
Missing you

Somedays it feels
Just like falling down
Somedays it's easy
Just like falling down
Somedays it's real
Just like falling down
Somedays it's easy
Just like falling down

Day in day out on and on
Yeah, I'm missing you
Ha!
Day in day out on and on
I'm missing you
Missing you

Somedays it feels
Just like falling down
Somedays it's easy
Just like falling down
Somedays it's real
Just like falling down
Somedays it's easy
Just like falling

Now!

Somedays it feels
Just like falling down
Somedays it's easy
Just like falling down
Somedays it's real
Just like falling down
Somedays it's easy
Just like falling down

Yeah, I'm
(Down)
(Down)
Ugh!
(Down)
Yeah yeah, I'm
(Down)
Somedays it's
(Down)
Easy
(Down)
Somedays it's
(Down)
Real, yeah
				
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Hit the black
Hanging by a thread, problems in my head,
don't know what I said, living to be dead on the run.
Corporation greed, television need,
overdose and bleed, pornograph obscene, I'm a liar.

There's no brakes on me, as I'm running down the track.
They'll be waiting for me, but I'm never coming back.

I'm going down...
to a place where I can see all there is to see in me.

Bullets in the gun, gonna have some fun,
think I'll take a ride to the other side, till I'm done.
Hole is in the vein,
feel it numb the brain, take away the pain,
never be the same till I die.

There's no brakes on me, as I come around the track.
There's no gauge to read, peg the needles as I hit the black.

I'm going down... down...
to a place where I can see all there is to see in me.

Population freeze, modern day disease,
brings us to our knees, see them stand in line for a cure.
Profit in the wind,
pushing back the time that we wait in line,
pushing back the time, it's a sin.

There's no brakes on me, as I'm running down the track.
They'll be waiting for me, but I'm never coming back.

I'm going down... down
[I'm going down... down
I'm going down...]
				
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Breakdown
When the whirlwind of noise
Surrounds and gets intense
And when words can't hide
Their anger or intent

I feel it in my bones and in my head
Can't make sense of what is said
Ready for the takedown
Headed for a breakdown

Fear has me backed against these walls
That I follow and pace
Time moves in and out of phase
Of everything that I face

I feel it in my bones, they rattle and shake
Can't find a trace of what it takes
To stop this take down
Can't stop this breakdown

Welcome to my scene
A place that's in-between
Where squares fit the round
Some affectionately call it... my breakdown

When I feel the pressure mounting
And my hands begin to clutch
I reach my limit of pain
And I've had enough

It feels good to pound on tables and chairs
And feel the frenzy start to wear
Breakdown this take down
Gotta stop this breakdown

Welcome to my scene
A place that's in-between
Where squares fit the round

Oh
Oh
Oh never be, it'll never be
More than this
More than this
Never gonna be
More than this
Never gonna

Oh I'm breaking down
Oh I'm breaking down
I'm breaking down
I'm breaking down
I'm breaking down
I'm breaking down
I'm breaking down
I'm breaking down
				
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The right side of my mind
Hey, are you okay?
Better luck on another day
This path some weren't meant to follow

You're curious I can see
Always looking behind the trees
Keeping one eye on tomorrow

Yeah

Re-engineer your head
Is really what the dormouse said
Push the lies away

If you take time, look for clues
Scrape the shit off your shoes
You'll feel real today

I'd love to take you
And see what I see there...

On the right side of my mind
On the right side
On the right side... of my mind

Hey, there's one more thing
These things are hard to explain
For some, it seems strange... to swallow

The frontiers of our minds
Is the last place we find
But maybe the first place we should go

I'd love to take you
And see what I see there...

On the right side of my mind
(I'll see you there)
On the right side
On the right side of my mind

I'd love to take you
Love to take you
Love to take you there...

On the right side of my mind
(I'll see you there)
On the right side
On the right side of my mind
(People know)

On the right side of my mind
(People don't know)
On the right side
(I'll see you there)
On the right side of my mind
My mind
My mind

I'll see you there
				
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