I look at my face in the mirror
And I don't understand
Don't feel like a boy and it's not getting clearer
But I don't feel like a man


I'm sevetneen and I'm somebody's son
My dad don't know where I stand
Cause when he looks at me
He don't like what he sees
He don't know what I am
				

I was the boy unwanted, a prisoner I'm born to them
My brother was the one, that couldn't do no wrong
And I was there dying in the shadow of him


Red, crimson red, am I the invisible boy?
Feel the strap, cross my back
Yeah I'm the new whipping boy


Who am I - the orphan son you would never need?
Who am I - cause I'm the boy only the mirror sees
Who am I - the slave you gave just the air I breathe?
Who am I - cause I'm the boy only the mirror sees


Oh I got the same old reruns, horror movies in my head
And I can't rest, the scare me to death
But if I'm not alive, how can I be dead?


Red, crimson red, am I the invisible boy?
Feel the strap, cross my back
Yeah I'm the new whipping boy


Oh, why me?
Why him
Can you tell me?


It's confession again?
Come talk to me, I see in your eyes
Titantic misery, ashamed that you're alive
I'm the face that you see
When the face isn't yours
I'm the mirror my boy


Some people never go crazy
What truly boring lives they must lead
Is there no love to shelter me?
Only love, love sets me free
				

I don't know where I'm going, but I can't wait to get there,
All I know is, I'm just going
I ran away from home last night, gone forever
I was running for my life
And I've heard the words of what I should be
Live, Work, Die, I am the orphan of the night


Take me down, I'm coming home, the road to ruins
Inside the pleasure dome
Take me down, I'm coming home, arena of pleasures
Where I belong


I'm in the eye of my rage, where no hurricane dies
I'm in the eye of my rage, where the hurricane lies
Oh, a storm's in my eyes
And like the beast that's in my soul, I'm the restless child
Ah mama, I'm running for my life


I was sixteen going nowhere, will I see seventeen alive
And I was running from the nightmare
I stand at the promised land with fire in my eyes
I'm at the crossroad of my destiny and desire
Oh, God, what will I be
And my obsession is the gasoline to feed my fire
Oh it's burning in me


Don't waste the tears on my wasted years
Mama I'm outta here


They are poisoned snakes with double tongues
Horney hedgehogs who do their wrong
Deaf men and blind worms, they'll be not seen
They are pawns and rooks for a crimson king
They are a government with a parliament of whores
Can you hear the screams from the fame machine
Down in Chainsaw Charlies morgue?
				

Charlie to Jonathon
O.K. boy now here's your deal
Will you gamble your life?
Sign right here on the dotted line
It's the one you've waited for all of your life


Ah - will it feed my hunger
If I swallow lies right down my throat?
Or will it choke me till I'm raw?
And tomorrow when I'm gone
Will they whore my image on?
I'll will my throne away, to a virgin heir and Charlie's slave


Murders, murders in the new morgue
Murders, murders in the new morgue
See old Charlie and the platinum armys
Making me their boy


Murders, murders in the new morgue
Murders, murders in the new morgue
He'll make you scream for the cash machine
Down in Chainsaw Charlie's morgue


We'll sell your flesh by the pound you'll go
A whore of wrath just like me
We'll sell you wholesale, we'll sell your soul
Strap on your sixstring and feed our machine


Ah - will it feed my hunger
If I swallow lies right down my throat?
Or will it choke me till I'm raw?
And tomorrow when I'm gone
Will they whore my image on?
I'll will my throne away, to a virgin heir and Charlie's slave


Welcome to the morgue boy
Where the music comes to die
Welcome to the morgue son
I'll cut your throat just to stay alive
Ah, trust me boy
I won't steer you wrong
If you trust me son
You won't last very long


I'm the president of showbiz, my name is Charlie
I'm a cocksucking asshole, that's what they call me
Here from my Hollywood tower I rule
I'm lying motherfucker, the chainsaw's my tool
The new morgue's our factory, to grease our lies
Our machine is hungry, it needs your life
Don't mind the faggots, and the ruthless scum
Before we're done, son we'll make you one


I'm the tin man, I've never had a heart
I'm the tin man, But I'll make you a star
I'm the tin man, I've never had a heart
I'm the tin man, but i'll make me the star
				

The tarot is fate, said the Gypsy Queen
And she beckoned me, to glimpse my future she'd seen


She said, do you see what I see?, be careful to choose
Be careful what you wish for, cause it may come true
When I lay the card down will it turn up the fool?
Will it turn up sorrow? If it does then you lose


I'm the lost boy can you help me
Yeah, I'm the lost boy can you help me


Then the illusion was real, a crimson idol I saw
But the higher he'd fly, then the further he'd fall


I'm the lost boy can you help me
Yeah, I'm the lost boy can you help me


I just wanna be, I just wanna be, I just wanna be
The crimson Idol of a million
I just wanna be, I just wanna be, I just wanna be
The crimson Idol of a million eyes
Of a million
				

[Instrumental]
				

Lost inside a room
The priest at the door with news
Said you were gone now I knew
Oooh my world was broken in two
I prayed that you were here
To hold my heart
I'd hide myself in your bed
And cry myself numb

Oh god I miss you
Tell me can you hear me
Oh god I miss you
I can't scream and I can't speak
Show me now
Will I ever be free from you

Lost inside my head
I close my eyes and fled
No pain no gain
No death no more
I drown myself in flesh
There's no way out
No way how
Do you even know me now
I finally see how amazing
Can you hear me now

Oh god I miss you
Tell me can you hear me
Oh god I miss you
I can't scream and I can't speak
Show me how
Will I ever be free from you

Oh god I miss you
Tell me can you hear me
Oh god I miss you
I can't scream and I can't speak
Show me now
Will I ever be free from you
Oh god I miss you

Why did you go and leave me alone
And now I'm running away from my home
No they'll never know I'm gone
They don't know how
Know how
Can you hear me now
Oooh can you see somehow
Oooh here's to new love
From your great beyond
Can you hear me now

Oh god I miss you
Tell me can you hear me
Oh god I miss you
I can't scream and I can't speak
Show me now
Will I ever be free from you

Oh god I miss you
Tell me can you hear me
Oh god I miss you
I can't scream and I can't speak
Tell me how
Will I ever be free from you
				

He's the king of sting, Mr. Morphine my friend
Uncle Slam, the medicine man
And I'm a junkie with a big King Kong sized monkey
Crawling up and down my back


Oh, I'll help you son to rearrange your mind
Oh, I'll help you son but you gotta buy this time
I'm your doctor


Help me please, oh Doctor, help me please
Doctor Rockter, you know I need you
Doctor please, my M.D., fix me in my time of need
But, can you see the fire that's in my eyes


It's the mirror from the wall, that's on the table
Feeding me little white lies
And I'm wasted in a waste land, I'm a junk man
I got tombstones in my eyes


Ah, help me Uncle Slam, the beast claims another man
Cocaine, Codine, 714, a tuinol blindfold just what I need
Help me, help me, help me


Help me please, oh Doctor, help me please
Doctor Rockter, you know I need you
Doctor please, my M.D., fix me in my time of need
But, can you see the fire that's in my eyes
				

Demolition, mission-man
The old boy is hating me
I've become the one, they warned me about 
-oh he's gonna die before me
Oh I am one
Love I am one
I got something to prove
And nothing to lose
Oh I am one


18 bloody roses, each a year that bled my soul
18 and numb, I'm somebody's son
Mama, look what I've become


Will he take me down to the gallows
And kill the boy inside the man
I'm just a rock and roll nigger
I know he don't know what I am


I don't see my face in the mirror
And more, or understand
Why am I the chosen one
I'm the crimson man
Long live, long live, long live the king of mercy
Long live, long live
Is there no love, I am one
The side you see, is the nasty me
				

Will I be alone this morning
Will I need my friends
Something just to ease away the pain
And now I never see the loneliness
Behind my face
I am just a prisoner to my faith


If I could only stand and stare in the mirror would I see
One fallen hero with a face like me
And if I scream, could anybody hear me
If I smash the silence, you'll see what fame has done to me


Kiss away the pain and leave me lonely
I'll never know if love's a lie
Ooh - being crazy in paradise is easy
Can you see the prisoners in my eyes
Where is the love to shelter me
Give me love, love set me free
Where is the love, to shelter me
Only love, love set me free
Set me free
				

There's a flame, flame in my heart
And there's no rain, can put it out
And there's a flame, it's burning in my heart
And there's no rain, ooh can put it out
So just hold me, hold me, hold me


Take away the pain, inside my soul
And I'm afraid, so all alone
Take away the pain, that's burning in my soul
Cause I'm afraid that I'll be all alone
So just hold me, hold me, hold me


Hold on to my heart, to my heart, to me
Hold on to my heart, to my heart, to me
And oh no, don't let me go cause all I am
You hold in your hands, and hold me
And I'll make it through the night
And I'll be alright, hold on, hold on to my heart
				

Hey mama
Hey, why'd you need me?
Was I something left undone?
Hey mama
Hey, why'd you feed me?
You should have left me orphaned one
You could have let me know I'm loved
You could have left me be unborn

When blamed me and shamed me
No, I should never no never needed you
Like I do.
				

I was born the orphan scorned
And raised to be some king
This throne I've known
I've wished on no one
A fool's crown I've reigned

I claimed the world
To lose my soul
Empty so it seems
A thousand ways to lose my tomorrows
Hanging from the headlines' screams

Hey mama, hey mama
Tell me why'd you make me
Hey mama, hey mama
Oh tell me why

I'm the lost boy
Can you help me?
Where is this love to save me
Come set me free
I'm the lost boy
Can you help me?
There's a son belongs to no one
Mama, it's me

Is it just the peace I seek
The truths between your lies
Hey mama, can you read me
From behind my crimson eyes

If there's a note that I last wrote
For all the world to see
"Dead noses smell no roses"
Hanging from my crimson strings

Hey mama, hey mama
Tell me why'd you make me
Hey mama, hey mama
Oh tell me why

I'm the lost boy
Can you help me?
Where is this love to save me
Come set me free
I'm the lost boy
Can you help me?
There's a son belongs to no one
Mama, it's me
				

Is there no soul that I can borrow
A way to be another me
Free of pain
All I want is
The peace I'm passing now
Save me from what I can't change

Show me one - ooh
Better world to come - ooh

Give me peace, give me hope, give me love
All I need in all my life
Love

Lord, when will we ever see
Wipe the sorrow from our eyes
And let me see
I lay my dreams
And the broken wings on peace
Down at your feet

Show me once - ooh
All I need is love - ooh

Give me peace in my life
Give me hope in my heart
Give me love
Give me peace in my life
Give me hope in my heart
Give me love

Can you free my soul?
Can you make me whole?
Will I ever love again?
Heal my broken heart
And maybe hope and wash
My forever tears away

Is there some soul now that I can borrow, yeah
And free me from this pain
All I want is
The peace that's lacking now
Some days of grace and pouring rain

Do you love me now
Do you want me how
To take away what I can't change

Is there love somehow
Is there hope for now
Unchain my breaking heart
				

And so, again we meet
You've changed

I heaven't changed
You have changed!
I have not changed!

The idol, the great crimson king
You can't even see what you've become

Become what?
I have not fallen yet!

Oh, really?
You're dead, and don't even know it yet!
You just heaven't stopped breathing
It's 8:59 Jonathan
Show time
				

Welcome to the show the great finale's finally here
I thank you for coming into my theatre of fear
Welcome to the show, you're all witnesses you see
A privileged invitation to the last rights of me


Remember me? You can't save me
Mama you never needed me
No crimson king, look in my eye, you'll see
Mama I'm lonely, it's only me, only me


I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be
The crimson idol of a million
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be
The crimson idol of a million eyes, of a million


I am the prisoner of the paradise I dreamed
The idol of a million lonely faces look at me
Behind the mask of sorrow, four doors of doom behind my eyes
I've got their footprints all across my crimson mind


Long live, long live, long live the king of mercy
Long live, long live


There is no love, to shelter me
Only love, love set me free
No love, to shelter me, only love, love set me free
I was the warrior, with an anthem in my soul
The idol of eight thousand lonely days of rage ago
And remember me when it comes your time to choose
Be careful what you wish for, it might just come true


Red, crimson red, am I the invisible boy
The strap on my back
Red, crimson red, no I was never to be
Only one crimson son, no it never was me


Living in the limelight little did I know
I was dying in the shadows and the mirror was my soul
It was all I ever wanted, everything I dreamed
But the dream became my nightmare and no-one could hear me scream
With these six-strings, I make a noose
To take my life, it's time to choose
The headlines read of my suicide, of my suicide


Oh sweet silence, where is the sting
I am no idol, no crimson king
I'm the imposter, the world has seen
My father was the idol, it was never me
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be
The crimson idol of a million
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be
The crimson idol of a million eyes 

No love, to shelter me, only love
Love set me free
No love, to shelter me, only love
Love set me free