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Late at night when I turn towards the door
And pray you're not angry with me
Do you believe that I really don't care
When you own my heart and its key?
How can you feel that I don't give a damn when all I have got may be you?
When all I have got may be you
When you're asleep and your dreams come alive,
Do I reside in your head?
Can you feel my heart bleed straight into yours as I lay awake in your bed?
How can you feel that I don't give a damn when all I have got may be you?
When all I have got may be you...
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Smoke & Mirrors
03:48
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When you open your eyes
And look back through the years
It's suddenly clear from the things that appear...
Smoke and mirrors
Been quite a while since I've managed to smile when I'm here,
I remember a time when it wasn't a crime to be near,
You've taken all that I had left in me,
and forced me to crawl through a maze,
You spun me around and then swallowed the key,
Insisting that I am to blame...
When you open your eyes
And look back through the years
It's suddenly clear from the things that appear...
Smoke and mirrors
How can you see what has happened to me when you're blind?
Well I've been searching for days but I'm lost in a haze in my mind...
You tried making a fool out of me and left me to die in the night,
I'm bound to this fear but I finally see the memories that fade in the light...
When you open your eyes
And look back through the years
It's suddenly clear from the things that appear...
Smoke and mirrors
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Healed
03:06
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I've walked the darkest nights at the corners of the world,
I've walked the darkest paths, my mind's all in a whirl..
I've felt the storm clouds pushing down on me,
Sailed far from sight of land, alone and lost at sea...
I'm here to tell you that there ain't no need to cry,
I'm here to tell you that there ain't no reason why,
I'm here to tell you that there ain't no need to cry,
I'm here to tell you that we all can fly
I've felt the magic, the science and the love,
The lightness of the raven, the darkness of the dove,
All these things I've felt, a scalpel not a knife,
Not just survival but this thing that we call life...
I'm here to tell you that there ain't no need to cry,
I'm here to tell you that there ain't no reason why,
I'm here to tell you that there ain't no need to cry,
I'm here to tell you that we all can fly
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4. |
Beyond Our Eyes
03:28
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Is this not quite what you expected to see?
Are you afraid that things might not return again?
Beyond our eyes are things that welcome you,
But all along they've been beneath the surface waiting to claw in
To claw right through...
Do I alarm you with disgrace?
Or is it buried deep within your yearning to be me?
Beyond our eyes are things that frighten you,
But now they're gone to leave a lust that you will never satisfy...
Are you afraid?
Are you afraid to let me die?
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Crimson Sun
05:07
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A palace
A dynasty
They vanish
Secrets written on the stone
Deception
The jealousy
Redemption
Blood is spilled upon the throne
Back where we've begun
Journey together as one
A band of thieves on the run
Burning in the crimson sun
A legend
A prophecy
A lesson
Whispered on the desert dune
A danger
The tragedy
A stranger
Dancing to an ancient tune
Back where we've begun
Journey together as one
A band of thieves on the run
Burning in the crimson sun
A palace
A dynasty
They vanish
Secrets written on the stone
Deception
The jealousy
Redemption
Blood is spilled upon the throne
Back where we've begun
Journey together as one
A band of thieves on the run
Burning in the crimson sun
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Stranger to This Town
02:28
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I know how things ought to be
And it's not quite like what you now see
But there's a faint reflection of quaint familiarity...
The bank became a liquor store
It's near the bar in case you need some more
Up the road's a pawn shop
Where they'll let you sell your dignity
Vacant buildings all around
A giant cross planted in the ground
...and I feel so disconnected
From the life I knew from memory
They say you never can go home again
'Cause it will only bring you down
Well there's a part of me that I've never left behind
I'm now a stranger to this town...
I keep on trying to go home again
Oh, but it only brings me down
There's a part of me that I'm trying hard to find
That's now a stranger to this town
That's not a stranger to this town
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Fire Without a Flame
03:49
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Did you ever stop to think
That the poison that you drink
Is the very thing that’s keeping you alive?
Or the people that you meet
You encounter on the street
Were always waiting for you to arrive?
Do you believe that there’s a lie in every truth?
Or for every right there has to be a wrong?
Do you expect to have exceptions to the rules?
Where everything you sing must be a song?
You can’t fight fire if you cannot find a flame
Do you let your friends inside?
Or is there something you must hide?
Maybe there’s a secret they could find?
If you keep the lights down low,
Perhaps they’ll never know
Whether they can’t see or if they’re blind
Do you believe that there’s a lie in every truth?
Or for every right there has to be a wrong?
Do you expect to have exceptions to the rules?
Where everything you sing must be a song?
You can’t fight fire if you cannot find a flame
Oh, what’s your name?
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Sacrificial Fire
05:38
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The hero rises on wounded foot to make his final stand
He summons up the strength to speak and raises up his hand
The time has come to cast myself into the flames
To rise up from the ashes and take another name
I’ve sacrificed so much, I’ve been through hell
The only option left is to sacrifice myself
My eyes are wild with fire as I quickly ignite
I feel myself fading fast, fade into the light
All the people gather ‘round to watch my body burn
There shall come a day when I shall return
The hero rises another day and gazes to the sky
Remnants of his tragic past are burning in his eyes
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The Puzzle
03:32
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Here we are again, where we’ve been before
It’s all so familiar, yet nothing’s for sure
I sense a problem...No, everything is fine
I just have to sit here with one thing on my mind
The known is unknowable and no one’s left to blame
Every game has rules, yet no one plays the same
Can you see my reflection in the things that you do?
Your image still haunts me...reminders of you
You say you don’t believe me when I say something kind
I just have to sit here with one thing on my mind
The known is unknowable and no one’s left to blame
Every game has rules, yet no one plays the same
Why don’t you believe me? Why won’t you talk to me?
Who am I to you? Talk to me...What’s your problem?
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Together
03:25
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Intimate distance, hidden need
Helpless control entrusting jealousy
Minimize all empathy over me
Celebrate captivity, forbidden freedom in dishonesty
Solitude in company over me
Together in our misery
The flame is gone and we’re both dead inside
We’re both pretending not to see that you and me
Won’t keep us satisfied
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Christmas Eve
04:11
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The clock read 3:07 in the middle of the night
I got out of bed to the glow of Christmas lights
The stockings were all empty, nothing there under the tree
Remorseful realization that there were no gifts for me
A noise rose from the chimney and the embers clearly shone
A boot torn from the ankle filled with bloody flesh and bone
...on Christmas Eve
It climbed out from the chimney with my father’s severed head
It started up the staircase toward my sister’s bed
My mother in the kitchen sadly didn’t have a clue
So I dove behind the sofa before the monster got me too...
My father ripped to pieces...and my sister ripped in two...
My mother, she tried to save them...
...but the monster got her too...
...on Christmas Eve
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12. |
Deadly Dance
05:07
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Such a deadly game to play
Beware she’ll take your breath away
This is now your only chance
Suddenly you’re victim to the dance
Gaze not into her eyes
Look away lest you meet your demise
All the music fills the room
She’ll drag you by the hand into your doom
...and she’ll leave you in a trance
You can’t escape the deadly dance
Only looking for a thrill
Blissfully unaware that looks can kill
Encaptured by her deadly charms
Lying pale and lifeless in her arms
All the sinners play their parts
Slowly they all die of broken hearts
Choking on the bittersweet
A thousand fallen lovers at her feet
She will leave you in a trance
You can’t escape the deadly dance
...and she’ll leave you in a trance
You can’t escape the deadly dance
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Features a re-recording of "Stranger to this Town", originally written for Zadoc's Eternal Circus.
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