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| THE COMPLETE LYRICS |
| PHIL SHOENFELT: CAROLINE SAYS ... AND MORE (2024) |
| Come Along With Me |
| Blindest Love |
| Caroline Says II |
| Road Of No Return |
| COME ALONG WITH ME lyrics by Volker Regner, Anna-Lisa Schulig, Phil Shoenfelt / music by Volker Regner, Phil Shoenfelt |
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The night I met you I was too confused To kiss and hold you like I wanted to I was too busy breathing on While you stole my heart I feel your touch, my heart goes wild When our eyes meet, my mouth runs dry It’s hard to say what you mean to me Because words can’t describe In your eyes I read a painful past A part of you that will forever last And how I’d love to take this burden from you To make you laugh and smile Your black dress, you wear it like a shell With a hidden sun inside: yourself Let me take your tender hand And come, come along with me You’re beautiful, so fragile and true I never met a girl like you Your soul is strong, you’re acting light You make my senses wild Come along with me Come along with me Come along with me… |
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Down the road of no return The villages and valleys burn There’s something evil in the air Through the streets the killers roam House to house and home to home God’s Destroying Angel drawing near They spit upon humanity Invaded by the memory Of battles lost a thousand years ago You crave to wield the iron cuffs You say it’s right, you say it’s just What values do you think you’re fighting for What are you fighting for What are you fighting for Soldiers spit upon the graves Of those who sank beneath the waves Of mediated lies and bigotry Pictures on my TV screen Images I wish I’d never seen Vestiges of lost humanity The words you say, they make no sense You say it’s all in self defense It’s murder and the Devil’s in your ear With crooked lies and strategies Black magic and psychology You can make a million people disappear Who are you fighting for Who are you fighting for Who are you fighting for Who are you fighting for Your twisted ideology Justifies impunity But that’s a poisoned dagger in your hand Down the road of no return The villages and deserts burn You left your mark upon this savage land Your religion and your history Bring only pain and misery To those whose lives you stole without a qualm So drill me with your killer’s eyes You think you live but you have died Abandoned on the road of no return What are you fighting for What are you fighting for What are you fighting for What are you fighting for… |
| PHIL SHOENFELT & BAND OF HEYSEK: MUMBO JUMBO GUMBO (2023) |
| Monkey Brain |
| One Way Street |
| Mystery Shoes |
| Let It Burn |
| Childhood Dreams |
| Alligator Shoes |
| Tiny Coffee Shop |
| Rainy Day Window |
| How Do You Sleep At Night |
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I can’t remember what you said, I can't remember what you did Can't understand what I'm hearing at all Feels like I’m stretched out on a metal grid. Does it mean I’m just an ol’ Monkey Brain Or am I really on my way to forgetting it all Do you think I’m still a little insane Or from now on can we both learn how to play ball I can see from your eyes what you’re probably thinking That I’m still the naked essence of ol’ Monkey Brain When I see you roll your eyes, feel like my ship is sinking You’re probably thinking to yourself, “My God, this guy is lame” Ol’ Monkey Brain He’s storming like the rain He got a big ol’ Mama Gonna put his ass in chains Poor ol’ Monkey Man He got a crazy dame She gonna whup his ass tonight She gonna cause him pain Can’t remember what you said last night, I can't remember what I did I can't understand what I'm hearing at all Feels like I’m stretched out on a metal grid. Does it mean I’m just an ol’ Monkey Brain Or am I really on my way to forgetting it all Do you think I’m still a little insane Or can we both learn how to get along and play ball I can see from your eyes what you’re probably thinking That I’m still the naked essence of ol’ Monkey Brain When I see you roll your eyes, it’s like my ship is sinking You’re probably thinking to yourself, “This guy is awful lame” Monkey Brain, ol’ Monkey Brain He bought himself a ride An ol’ Buick from the 70s With a set of whitewall tires Monkey Brain, ol’ Monkey Brain He’s gonna drive an’ drive He’s gonna leave that crazy witch Before she skins his hide Ol’ Monkey Brain He’s storming in like the rain He got a brand new Mama She gonna put his ass in chains Poor ol’ Monkey Man Another crazy dame She gonna whup his ass tonight She gonna cause him pain Cause him pain |
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I keep asking myself what it is that I need Can you give me a hint? That would be so sweet Cos I get so confused between a want and a need It gets me in trouble, sends me down a one-way street Pain and obsession, I know only too well It’s a one-way street all the way to Hell But the question remains, do I want or I need I can’t tell the difference, because suffering’s my creed One way street Two people missing One lane closed And two souls hissing It's just a one way street, So how can we meet I’m staring in the mirror but you’re all I can see A green-eyed female devil looking back at me I’m caught up in the coils of your long black hair I gave you all my love, but you act like you don’t care One way street Two people missing One lane closed And two souls hissing It's just a one way street, How can we meet A storm is coming soon, I can feel that in my bones Trying to save my soul, I need some more modern drones Flying around, trying to get to your vein Searching for a safe way to the center of your brain One way street Two people missing One lane closed And two souls hissing It's just a one way street, So how can we meet One way street Two people missing One lane closed And two souls hissing It's just a one way street, So how can we meet |
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Sitting in the corner with the motel blues Got my Jack and cigarillos and my alligator shoes My friends they told me just to shut up and wait But I’ll keep spoonin’ up the sugar, and we’ll see how long it takes Alligator shoes, alligator skin Saved me from wild animals Saved me from my sin Saved me from my sin I saw them coming for me, they were rolling through the gate They picked me up and carried me just before it got too late They said, “Hey buddy, are you ready for some fish?” I said, “Whoa brother, now that sure is some pretty dish…” Alligator shoes, alligator skin Saved me from wild animals Saved me from my sin Saved me from my sin So I took a little walk around the old ghetto I saw her walking down the street as sexy as her little toe I said, “Mary, oh sweet Mary, tell me how your garden grows I like the way you swing your hips and that piercing through your little nose Alligator shoes, alligator skin Saved me from wild animals Saved me from my sin Saved me from my sin They said, “Stop staring at the ladies, we have to move on” My buddies and me, ready for a hunt just before the dawn Standing in the swamp, I see the alligators moving Checking my shoes, cos they are really grooving Alligator shoes, alligator skin Saved me from wild animals Saved me from my sin Saved me from my sin |
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Did you ever have a dream About a game that never ends Where you’re walking through the long grass Up around the river bend Falling through the branches Like a bird above the trees When your feet don’t touch the ground And your wings don’t catch the breeze You’re standing at the bright side of the dark end of the street your room is filling up with all the strangers that you meet don’t you hear the whistle blowing as another levee breaks I’m fighting hard against the tide and a hundred million fakes, oh no! Each story is a chapter Of a dream that never ends It seems to be all safe inside But maybe, there again The chaplain comes on bended knee To give you some advice The things he says, you’ve heard before You forget them in a trice You’re standing at the bright side of the dark end of the street your room is filling up with all the strangers that you meet don’t you hear the whistle blowing as another levee breaks I’m fighting hard against the tide and a hundred million fakes, alright! Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, let it burn Let it burn, let it burn, just let it burn Well, I met a band of jakeys, They were walking down the street They said, “Come on and join us, man, Our band ain’t quite complete We wanna drink ourselves to death, But we ain’t got a dime We need some petty cash To buy a gallon of moonshine You’re standing in a doorway at the dark end of the street your room is filling up with all the strangers that you meet don’t you hear the whistle blowing as another levee breaks I’m fighting hard against the tide and a hundred million fakes, come on! Well, I cursed them all to hell I went running out the door They said, “The rich have got their fingers In the pockets of the poor” I’ll give myself to Jesus I’ll go begging for my soul I gave him all the women And all the money that I stole I’m standing at the bright side of the dark end of the street my room is filling up with all the strangers that I meet don’t you hear the whistle blowing as another levee breaks I’m fighting hard against the tide and a hundred million fakes, alright! Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, let it burn Let it burn, let it burn, just let it burn Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, let it burn Let it burn, just let it burn, just let it burn Let it burn, just let it burn, let it burn |
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Did you ever have a childhood dream About a game that never ends Walking through the long, long grass To a place around the river bend Falling through holes you are digging Flying like a bird over the gardens When your feet can no longer touch the ground And your wings are dangling down Are you staying on the bright side or is your room getting darker Are you staying on the bright side or is your room getting darker when the night comes Each dream is a chapter Each dream tells a story It seems to be all safe But every second I can’t help but worry About losing my childhood dreams And the world around me then People who were part of it back then Are leaving me now, or so it seems Are you staying on the bright side or is your room getting darker Are you staying on the bright side or is your room getting darker when the night comes In the garden of games Faces full of loving looks Is it just my idea Did I read too many books So what will you do with all those images Following you every second Turning your day into a sequence of memories Are your dreams just fading away Are you staying on the bright side or is your room getting darker Are you staying on the bright side or is your room getting darker when the night comes |
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I'm sitting in the corner with the regulator blues Got my Jack and cigarillos and my alligator shoes My friends they keep on telling me to just shut up and wait I’ll keep on spoonin’ sugar and we’ll see how long it takes Alligator shoes, alligator shoes, saved me from the animals saved me from the blues alligator skin, alligator skin saved me from my nightmares saved me from my sin I saw them coming for me, they were rolling through the gate They picked me up and carried me, they told me it’s too late They said, “Now, hey there buddy, are you ready for some fish?” I said, “Whoa there, little brothers, that’s sure some pretty dish…” Alligator shoes, alligator shoes, saved me from the animals saved me from the blues alligator skin, alligator skin saved me from my nightmares saved me from my sin, alright Well, I took a little walk around the stinky old ghetto I saw her walking down the street as sexy as a ho I said, “Mary, oh sweet Mary, tell me how your garden grows I like the way you swing your hips and the gold ring through your nose Alligator shoes, alligator shoes, saved me from the animals saved me from the blues alligator skin, alligator sin saved me from my nightmares saved me from my skin “Stop gawping at me, man,” she said, “it’s time for us to move” It’s time for us to rock ‘n’ roll, it’s time for us to groove My buddies seemed more interested in going for some eats So me an’ Mary rocked an’ rolled between the dirty sheets Alligator shoes, alligator shoes, saved me from the animals saved me from the blues alligator skin, alligator skin saved me from my nightmares saved me from my sin, yeah yeah I’m standing in the swamp, I see the alligators move They’re checking out my shoes, oh man, they really are a groove Who here is the hunter and who here is the dinner My alligator shoes have made a winner of a sinner Alligator shoes, alligator shoes, saved me from the animals saved me from the blues alligator skin, alligator skin saved me from my nightmares saved me from my sin, alright Alligator shoes, alligator shoes, saved me from the animals saved me from the blues alligator skin, alligator skin saved me from my nightmares saved me from my sin, alright |
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There’s a tiny room with a big window In the coffee shop where we sometimes meet She comes, she goes, she leaves me with a smile Says, "We gotta be discreet..." I said, "Close those blinds baby, I like to drink my black coffee in the dark" She looks at me with a smoky eye Says, "Do you think you can hit the mark?" Then I wonder again as I usually do When I taste her so bitter and sweet Do I need an evil witch or some kind of mystic healer? I’ve had enough of feeling like a creep Hanging round her back door since she crawled under my skin Watching rain fall from the ink black sky I don’t know if this was such a good idea Every day I hold my head and cry In the tiny coffee shop with the big window Trying to get back to my favorite dream I cried myself a river and the current’s pulling me But I’m fighting back against the stream And then I wonder again, as I usually do When I taste her so bitter and dark Do I need an evil witch or some kind of mystic healer? I’m shooting but I’m wide of the mark In the tiny coffee shop where we sometimes used to meet Watching raindrops falling down outside Every cut is like a river and I know she’s killing me But I’m fighting back against the tide Hanging round her back door since she crawled under my skin Trying to get back to my favorite dream I don’t know if this was such a good idea Is she evil or just plain mean? Then I wonder again as I usually do When I taste her so bitter and sweet Do I need an evil witch or some kind of mystic healer? I sure don't need another wheeler-dealer Then I wonder again as I usually do When I taste her so bitter and sweet Do I need an evil witch or some kind of mystic healer? I’ve had enough of feeling like a creep |
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I look out through my window side I still watch the people passing by Sometimes I feel so goddamn low I ask myself, "Oh, why, oh why?" Why do I still sit here, sit here crying? Where do they get the power to go-go-go? Why is everything running so fast? While I'm getting so old and slow Down by the wide muddy river I watch the ships go sailing by I can’t see any way out of this place So I just hang my head and cry One day the doctor came to examine me He shone his light right down my throat Sore as it always is when I get some kind of trouble I had the feeling that he wanted to gloat He said, “I wanna tell you something son, It’s one of the reasons that you feel so weak, Your throat is stuck and your teeth will soon wobble You’re turning into some kind of freak” Down by the wide muddy river I watch the ships go sailing by I can’t see any way out of this place So I just hang my head and cry When I woke up the doctor had disappeared I sure hope I don’t see him anymore I hope he’s out of my dreams for good And my wobbly teeth won’t go flying out his door Why do I still sit here crying? Where do they get the power to go-go-go-go-go? Why is everything running so fast? While I'm getting so old and slow Down by the wide muddy river I watch the ships go sailing by I can’t see any way out of this place So I just hang my head and cry Down by the wide muddy river I watch the ships go sailing by I can’t see any way out of this place So I just hang my head and cry |
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Don’t let the light Shine in your eyes Don’t let the light Shine in your eyes Don’t let the light Shine in your eyes Don’t let the light Shine in your eyes How do you sleep at night How do you sleep at night How do you sleep at night How do you sleep at night Don’t let the light Shine in your eyes Don’t let the light Shine in your eyes Don’t let the light Shine in your eyes Don’t let the light Shine in your eyes |
| PHIL SHOENFELT: RIVER OF LIGHT (1992/2020) |
| Love Makes Her Shine |
| Only You |
| River Of Light |
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My wheels are turning I'm in motion But I need more energy Feel like I'm dying When I could be flying My eyes are blinded by this light I see Well I get lost in adoration I can't tell where she's coming from Cars are crashing Fields are burning This revolution All night long Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Sister-lover Have mercy I can't tell myself away I'm on my knees to you, baby And I like these games we play Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine And she shines like the stars in the sky Like a ship at sea She's a mystery And she holds the key To the gates of the kingdom And her love is gonna set me free And her love is gonna set me free And I got to let her go Then her love will surely grow She's a mystery and she holds the key Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine |
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The summer's over Fields have turned to brown Winter shadows fill our souls with fear The carnivals and festivals Have all gone away Another faded love, another year Sometimes I lie awake at night Staring at the view Twisting, turning in my head I think of you … Only you Could ever save me from myself Only you Could ever take me from this hell Only you Could ever save me from myself Only you Could make me feel like someone else I see the light within your darkness I seek beauty in your pain I could search a thousand years And never quench this flame You build the walls around you And you fill your head with fear And fade into the distance Every time I get too near And whispered conversations That echo in my brain Through walls of twisted shadows They still haunt me just the same … Only you Could ever save me from myself Only you Could ever take me from this hell Only you Could ever save me from myself Only you Could make me feel like someone else I see the light within your darkness I seek beauty in your pain I could search a thousand years And never quench this flame Oh, the days they are so empty And the nights they burn so cold Nothing I could do Could chase those shadows from your soul Oh my darling, do you think of me The way I think of you I try to kill my memory But there's nothing I can do … Only you Only you Only you |
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I went down to the river Down to the River of Light Your love came shining to me Out of the blackest night Take me down, Lord You know it feels so right Take me down, Honey Down to the River of Light I got faith in Jesus He got faith in me The moon shines like a mirror I get down on my knees and say… Take me down, Lord You know it feels so right Take me down, Honey Down to the River of Light Yeah, come on, take me down Come on, take me down Down to the River of Light Yeah, Honey, take me down Come on, take me down Down to the River of Light I got faith in Jesus He got faith in me I'm adrift on your ocean I’m drowning in your sea Take me down, Lord You know it feels so right Take me down, Honey Down to the River of Light Come on, take me down Come on, take me down Down to the River of Light Oh, Honey, take me down Come on, take me down Down to the River of Light |
| PHIL SHOENFELT: CASSANDRA LIED (2020) |
| Ghost Song |
| I Hate Myself Today |
| Shadowland |
| Just A Man |
| Resurrection Day |
| Fly Away |
| Complicated |
| Cathy Says |
| Psycho |
| Ionian Dream |
| Kingdom Come |
| The Brighter Side Of Darkness |
| When Did The Feeling Die? |
| Queen Of Emptiness |
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Every day we were in so long I never thought it would be so long I saw her face in my dream last night She came into my dream last night Why did she make me wait so long? I am weak and she is strong She came to me in a dream last night Her spirit was bathed in light She died a long, long time ago She died a long, long time ago She didn’t want to be alone She died a long, long time ago I saw her in my dream last night I saw her in my dream last night Her spirit was bathed in light She came into my dream last night She died a long, long time ago She didn’t want to be alone Life is sweet and death is cold She didn’t want to be alone She doesn’t want to let me go Life is sweet and death is cold She doesn’t want to be alone My name is written on her headstone I didn’t think it’d take so long I am weak and she is strong Why did she wait so long? My flesh is weak and her spirit’s strong She died a long, long time ago She doesn’t want to be alone My name is written on her headstone She doesn’t want to let me go… |
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I hate myself today I heard her say I hate myself today I really hate myself today The things we said Are going through my head They’re coming back to me Back to me Just for a moment I thought I knew what I could be Just for a moment Then you took it all from me And now I hate myself I really hate myself Oh, what a feeling I thought I was in heaven Just for a moment I thought I’d found myself I was in heaven Now I’m back in hell And you took it all from me You took it all away I really hate myself today And all the things we said Are coming back to me They’re going through my head They’re coming back to me I’ll reconnect myself I’ll reconnect myself But oh what a feeling Such a magic feeling You took it all from me I really hate myself… I hate myself today It was just an illusion It was just an illusion I hate myself today |
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There is no light There’s only darkness in your soul Nothing left to cling to Nothing left to hold And if you ask me What it is that you should do Well, I can’t imagine But I’d tell you if I knew It must get lonely In your tiny attic room Staring from your window Into the mirror of the moon You say this predicament Is not what you deserve Some are born to riches While some are born to serve Only fear and emptiness Is it life or is it death? I see the madness in your eyes It’s not my place to criticize You are the victim of your lies I see the panic in your eyes There used to be a rival But now he’s gone away Your life is breaking down It happens every day I beg you to relinquish Your hysterical attacks You must accept the deal He’s never coming back Only fear and emptiness Is it life or is it death? I see the madness in your eyes… Time keeps on slipping There’s darkness in the light Everything is over now You’ll disappear from sight I see the emptiness And the skull beneath the skin I hear the laughter From the evil place you’re in Only fear and emptiness Is it life or is it death? |
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If I should forget myself Forgive me if you can There’s nothing I can offer you I hope you understand And all those rules I made for you Forget them if you can When everything is said and done I am just a man I’m just a man Just a man... Death will conquer, Death will win On that you can depend And every fool’s opinion Will mean nothing in the end But if I should forget myself Remind me who I am When everything is said and done I am just a man I’m just a man Just a man… If I were to say to you Existence is a lie Love is just a fleeting glimpse A pleasure doomed to die And if I should repeat myself Would you understand? When everything is said and done I am just a man I’m just a man Just a man… When you come to question me With hatred in your eyes You’re not the one you seemed to be But this is no surprise And if I need protection From the demon that I am Don’t question my integrity Just save me if you can I’m just a man Just a man… Locked inside a paradigm An actor with no fate You’re never who you think you are You’ve left it much too late You’re in the grip of circumstance You’re sinking in the sand When everything is said and done You are just a man You’re just a man Just a man… Standing at the end of Time Lost inside myself Introspection weakens me Damages my mental health I’ve travelled round the universe And now I’m back again Love and Death are mysteries And I am just a man I’m just a man Just a man… |
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I’ve been evil, I’ve been bad I blew every chance I had There’s gonna be a price to pay But I don’t regret it No, I don’t care anyway Resurrection Day – it all comes back to you Resurrection Day – you’re gonna find out what is true Resurrection Day – it all comes back to you Resurrection Day – you’re gonna find out what is true There’s a feeling you can’t touch When it goes you hurt too much You gotta reconnect yourself Only you can do it There ain’t nobody else Resurrection Day – it all comes back to you Resurrection Day – you’re gonna find out what is true… Now the future’s coming fast Nothing here was built to last Now the future’s coming fast Nothing here was built to last Oh Lord, now I feel sad How everything has turned out bad No matter what you say or do One day you’ve gotta face What’s inside of you Resurrection Day – nobody knows what to do Resurrection Day – it all comes back to you Resurrection Day – you’re gotta find out what is true Resurrection Day – it all comes back to you Now the future’s coming fast Nothing here was made to last Now the future’s coming fast Nothing here was made to last Resurrection Day – it all comes back to you Resurrection Day – you’re gonna find out what is true… |
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Oh my love, come to me, let me hold you in my arms Kiss your eyes, kiss your lips, keep you safe from all harm Turn around, turn around see our life go rushing by We’re just bubbles in a stream, we’re just clouds across the sky Fly away Forget me if you can Fly away Don’t try to understand Fly away I’d go with you if I could Fly away, fly away Cos this life ain’t no good Hold me close, hold me close, for one day we’re gonna die And all we are will disappear in the blink of an eye Like the pages of a book that is finished all too fast Like the wind in the trees, nothing stays and nothing lasts So fly away It’s time to dry your eyes Fly away I don’t wanna see you cry Fly away One day we’ll meet again Fly away, fly away But just don’t ask me when Fly away Forget me if you can... Now the days are getting shorter, and my life is almost done Will there be time to finish off all the things that I’ve begun? I tried to keep a balance between the Evil and the Good Between the Devil and the deep blue sea, I did more than I should So fly away Did I meet you in a dream? Fly away I don’t know just what it means Fly away Did I know you once before? Fly away, fly away I need you more and more Fly away |
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Why
can’t you just stay the
same?
You’re different every time I see you One day hot and one day cold I wonder what it’s like to be you You could never understand It’s a complicated situation You could never feel this way You’re lacking in imagination Complicated So complicated The things you do drive me insane But I could never live without you One day up and one day down It must be difficult to be you You could never understand And there’s no time for explanation Only you can make me feel this way You fire my imagination Complicated So complicated Complicated So complicated… Have you told me everything? Is there something you forgot to mention? How much longer can it last? You’re in a parallel dimension Ever since you went away I’m losing all my concentration One day up and one day down It’s a complicated situation Complicated… |
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Cathy says I leave her incomplete My heart’s too young, too indiscreet She feels much better now we’re through I guess she’s found somebody new She says I make her insecure She gives so much, but I want more It was never her intention She didn’t mean to cause me pain I’ll never feel this way again Cathy says it’s just my vanity That when I’m older I will see Maybe one day I’ll understand That she was never underhand She says it’s pure dishonesty To pretend to be what she can’t be She’s not the sentimental kind She sees things that I don’t see And she can’t fake it anymore… She feels much better now we’re through I guess she’s found somebody new Cathy says that she just can’t compete With all my lies and self-deceit Did I think it’d last forever? That’s such a fantasy Heaven knows I’m on my knees Oh Cathy, won’t you please? She says it’s just futility To deny what always had to be She says I’m really such a fool And that ain’t smart, no that ain’t cool |
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I saw my lover yesterday I could not tear myself away She was walking with someone So I shot him with my gun I guess I’m just a jealous guy The kind who’d punch you in the eye Happy people ain’t no fun That’s why I shot ’em with my gun Oh yes, I shot ’em Oh yes, I shot ’em Yes Sir, I shot ’em With my gun… Well you can say I’m a psycho But I loved that woman so Couldn’t bear to see her having fun That’s why I shot her with my gun My mom, she never gave me love Now I bring justice from above My pop he said I was no good Now he lies buried in the wood Because I shot him Yes Sir, I shot him Oh yes, I shot him With my gun… I used to think that she was true Mr. Whiskey told me what to do I loved her till death did us part Then I shot her through her cheating heart Now I’m sitting on Death Row There’s only one place left to go That’s just the price I have to pay She had it coming anyway That’s why I shot her That’s why I shot her Yes Sir, I shot her With my gun… |
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You can’t see the future You can’t touch the past The present will escape you It’s moving much too fast Strong men come and strong men go Nations rise and fall In the end it’s all the same It doesn’t mean that much at all For those obsessed with power And occupied by gain Ambition will defeat you And send you back again The universal memory Is hidden in the clouds The surface is deception Well it looks that way right now And if I were a killer And if you were a saint You’d beg me to complete you And fathom your complaint Once you were my lover Then you were my friend Soon you’ll be my enemy That’s how the story ends It’s just a dream Just a dream… Once I was a sinner I killed the one I loved The Devil raged inside me I’d whip him if I could Some men live for pleasure Some men die in pain Some men find salvation In a wilderness of shame And when I was a soldier I said I’d die for you But I was just a coward Nothing I said was true The quality of mercy Lies buried in the dust This world is an illusion Believe it if you must And if you find a meaning It will surely slip away It’s only there to trick you To lead your mind astray It’s just a dream Just a dream… I thought I was a wise man But I was just a fool Trapped in my delusions A figure of ridicule And when I was a dreamer I dreamed I dreamed of you It filled my heart with anger To know all that I knew The books I read just poisoned me And filled my heart with dread I remember that I spoke with you But who knows what I said? And then I met an angel Who said he was my friend She filled me up with energy And followed me till the end Love replaces anger Hatred turns to lust Sand becomes a diamond Flesh turns into dust I sailed around the islands Of the Ionian Sea But the place that I was looking for Lay deep inside of me It’s just a dream Just a dream… |
| KINGDOM COME lyrics by Phil Shoenfelt / music by Phil Shoenfelt, Rex Joswig, Thorsten Beckmann, Hans Narva, Torsten Füchsel |
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Come and take me by the hand I’m a stranger in this land Be my angel Show me the wonders I can’t see Let me breathe and set me free From this danger For these people are so cold Their anger penetrates my soul And I’m crying Are they alive or are they dead? Is everything just in my head? But I’m flying In this dream that is my life I’ve been wrong and I’ve been right So impatient Looking out across the sea The fabric of my memory Forever turning There is dark and there is light In the forest of the night I lose my vision So go and tell it to the wind Where you end you will begin Behind the curtain And I know where the kingdom lies Yes I know but I’m mystified You don’t know how much I tried To get closer And I’m defined by the sins I’ve done Been crucified for what I’ve become And I won’t know till the race is run If it’s forever And I know where the kingdom lies Yes I know but I’m mystified By the love that I feel inside Honey believe me Yes I know where the kingdom lies And I know but I’m mystified By the light that burns inside Don’t try to deceive me |
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She calls me up when she’s feeling down Invites me over to sit around With Iggy Pop, Lou Reed and David Bowie She builds me up then she puts me down Sometimes I feel like such a clown She says she’d really like to get to know me And the stars fall from the sky The pain I feel inside tells me that I’m alive And the darkness at the break of day Turns the world around and nothing stays And all those things I did before They don’t mean nothing anymore I’m sick and tired of all those complications And I know I’ll miss you when you’re gone But nothing stays and life goes on And the music plays inside my heart forever And the tears fall from my eyes The love I feel inside makes me feel so alive And the darkness at the break of day Turns the world around, but nothing stays Now I’m looking back on yesterday I guess there’s nothing more to say Soon there’s gonna be nowhere left to hide And I know I’ll miss you when you’re gone I remember how you turned me on To the New York Dolls, Ramones and Suicide And the tears fall from my eyes The pain I feel inside tells me that I’m alive And the darkness at the break of day Turns the world around, but nothing stays So meet me on the other side We will laugh and we will cry Fly me to the brighter side of darkness And you’re gonna miss me when I’m gone But nothing stays and life goes on The love you gave will be with me forever And the stars fall from the sky… |
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There’s no loving in your eyes When did the feeling die? I’ve loved you so long baby But now there’s nothing left to say No sunshine, only grey And the emptiness inside There’s no loving in my soul There’s no loving in my soul Where did the feeling go? There’s no loving in my soul Our love was deep and strong Now I can’t believe it’s gone I miss you so much baby There’s no fire in my soul Where did the feeling go? Now there’s only emptiness There’s no loving in your eyes There’s no loving in your eyes When did the feeling die? There’s no loving in your eyes In your eyes No loving in your eyes In your eyes No loving in your eyes In your eyes In your eyes There’s no loving in your eyes I hear the voices in my head Telling me I’d be better off dead Too much darkness in my soul Love or death will set you free Will you still remember me? I miss you too much baby There’s no loving in my soul There’s no loving in my soul When did the feeling go? There’s no loving in my soul There’s no loving in your eyes… |
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The light comes shining through the darkness The light comes shining for you and me The light comes shining through the darkness The light comes shining so we can see She keeps the balance between good and evil She lives between the dark and light She keeps the balance between good and evil She keeps the balance between wrong and right And there’s a shadow in the darkness And the first will be the last There’s no returning from the darkness And each moment will soon become the past Yeah, she’s the Queen of Emptiness She remembers everything I’ve said Yeah, she’s the Queen of Emptiness She’ll lead me gently into death And the world keeps right on turning Through this void of empty space And the rich man and the poor man Will disappear without a trace So don’t wait for revolution For the centre will never hold The evil tide keeps right on coming And the kingdom is within your soul Yeah, she’s the Queen of Emptiness She remembers everything I said Yeah, she’s the Queen of Emptiness She’ll lead me gently into death And you can try to understand it From here till the end of time Nobody knows the answer And if they do, they’re surely lying So keep her in your memory As you step into the abyss There’s no returning from the darkness There’ll be no time for one last kiss Yeah, she’s the Queen of Emptiness She remembers everything I said Yeah, she’s the Queen of Emptiness She’ll be the one I see as I take my last breath |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS : A TASTE OF MOLOKO + (2016) |
| Resurrection Day |
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I know there's gonna be a price to pay … I've been evil, I've been sad I've wasted every chance I had I know there's gonna be a price to pay Now the future's coming fast Nothing here was built to last But it won't matter anyway Resurrection Day Resurrection Day Resurrection Day There's a feeling you can't touch When it goes you hurt too much You gotta lose to find out what is true Oh Lord, now I feel sad How everything has turned out bad It doesn't matter what you say or do Resurrection Day Resurrection Day Resurrection Day Now the future's coming fast Nothing here was made to last You gotta face that truth inside of you Oh Lord, now I feel sad How everything has turned out bad Nobody here knows what to do Resurrection Day Resurrection Day Resurrection Day |
| DIM LOCATOR : WORMHOLE (2013) |
| Carolyn |
| Rudi |
| Dan The Man From Ampellang |
| Touch |
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Carolyn - with eyes that see the darkness in the sun Carolyn - a prisoner of the image she's become Carolyn - heaven knows, I once believed in you Carolyn - one day I'm gonna find out what is true There's fever in her eyes She shuns the world outside Sweet and bitter, calm and trouble There's no air inside her bubble No remainders left to gain An endless sea of mystery and pain Carolyn - with eyes that see the knife in every hand Carolyn - victim of the game that she began Carolyn - whispers like the voices in her dreams Carolyn - tells me nothing's ever what it seems There's darkness in her eyes She sits alone and cries What to do and what to say When all the feeling's stripped away Carolyn, the things you do... One day I'm gonna get my hands on you There's darkness in her eyes She fears the world outside Nothing ventured, nothing gained What to do and who to blame Carolyn, the things you do... One day I'm gonna get my hands on you |
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I'm a rock star baby My name is Rudi baby I'm so groovy baby I'm a rock star baby See me walking down the street I'm the coolest guy to meet The chicks are falling at my feet It feels so good, yeah it feels so sweet To be a rock star, baby Yeah I'm a rock star, baby Call me Rudi, baby I'm a rock star, baby Everybody wants to be just like me Well that’s cool But it could never be Any chance, I'll put you down You're nobody when I'm around You're a zero, you don't exist I don't know why you still persist Cos I'm a rock star, baby Yeah I'm a rock star, baby Call me Rudi, baby I'm a rock star, baby Everybody wants to be just like me Well that's cool But it could never be Take a look, it's plain to see Your girlfriend's got the hots for me It's time for you to disconnect What the hell did you expect? Cos I'm a rock star, baby Yeah I'm a rock star, baby Call me Rudi, baby I'm a rock star, baby |
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Dan the Man he pulled a scam, got a million dollar loan Bought himself a Cadillac and built a brand new home One day while he was out driving he came upon a man A traveller with a suitcase selling diamond ampellangs He said his name was Murphy, he's the one that wrote the song Now he's shacked up in a hotel room, everything about him is wrong Murky Dave and Minky Jane had sex with Dan the Man I heard it through the wall with a recorder in my hand And I wasn't meant to be there They got me in a bind It must have been the Devil That made me drop that dime And my angel was incognito She came here in disguise Watching from the shadows Like she was hypnotized They robbed a store and killed a cop and now they're on the lam Murky Dave and Minky Jane and Dan from Ampellang Cops and investigators are crawling around the hall If they come for me I'll be ready, I'll be waiting for the call Dan the Man from Ampellang is turning in his grave Things have gone from bad to worse since Janey ran away Murphy's sitting pretty with his million dollar tune Every day's a party day up in his hotel room And the rain falls down It looks like the bitter end Holed up in a shotgun shack Around the river bend Dan the Man is dying A bullet hole in his chest Dave and Jane made a sweet getaway Now they're headed west |
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Everything I touch Everything I see Slips away from me Slips away from me Slips away from me Slips away from me Slips away from me Slips away from me All those words I said Echo in my head Make me feel so cold Make me feel so cold Make me feel so cold Make me feel so cold Make me feel so cold Make me feel so cold There’s a place inside Where I go to hide To get away from me To get away from me To get away from me To get away from me To get away from me Everything I touch Everything I see Every place I go Slips away from me Slips away from me Slips away from me |
| GOLDECK: SAMTMARIE - GALERIE DER SCHÖNEN KÜNSTE (2012) |
| All Colours Go By |
| Pride |
| In My Hand |
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Wrap
yourself in darkness The darkness of soft velvet Wrap yourself in crime The crime of warm flesh Of the fallen night Wrap yourself in crime The crime of flesh and might And all the colours are fading And all the colours go by Colours pressed in diamonds All the colours go by Wrap yourself in longing Wrap yourself in doubt Wrap yourself in destruction Destruction of pure pleasure Wrap yourself in longing For this sick obsession Embrace your destruction The destruction of your life And all the colours are fading And all the colours go by Colours pressed in diamonds All the colours go by And all the colours are fading And all the colours go by Colours pressed in diamonds All the colours go by |
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On some
lost day I kissed the smile from your lips On fire with pride and madness Your heart, your pulse Your perfect looks The sun slipped down Beneath the horizon Memory and downfall On some lost day You kissed the pain from my lips Soul burning in no man’s land You said, “My heart is in a thousand pieces” The moon looked down And smiled so sickly Pride you are the world Memory and downfall Pride you are the world |
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In my hand A bird is lying In my hand A sheet of paper I write the words So I can forget So I can give Myself to you Cold luminescence Frigid moons Made of crystal Nothing to grasp Not even a shadow On the wall No echo A light is shining From underground I press my heart Between these pages To Velvet Mary Across distant seas My soul is aching I’ll never love again Cold luminescence Frigid moons Made of crystal Nothing to grasp Not even a shadow On the wall No echo She disappears Between the lines I wrote for her So I could forget I wear this crown This crown of thorns I’ll press a rose For Velvet Mary And in the senses Cold luminescence Frigid moons Made of crystal Nothing to grasp Not even a shadow On the wall No echo |
| GOLDECK: SAMTMARIE III (2012) |
| Mary Under Glass |
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Should I
grasp at nothing I can’t catch the dream Which I created of me for you As sign and as sense You bed yourself on needles And play the game of Chance You look into the distance Where I will never be Mary under ice Mary under veils Mary without a smile In a parallel dimension You perform your task each day Until the end of time Neutral and protected The game is your obsession You play the cards and images And hide yourself in mirrors Mary under ice Mary under veils Mary without a smile |
| PHIL SHOENFELT & SOUTHERN CROSS : PARANOIA DOT COM (2010) |
| Paranoia Dot Com |
| Stupid Rock Star |
| Footsteps Of A Dream |
| Undertow |
| Bloodshot Eyes |
| Bitter Man |
| Tired Of Loving You |
| Forgiven |
| Shrine |
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I took a drive by the side of the ocean I took a ride to the end of the line I was looking for the celebration I left the streets and the city behind I climbed to the top of the mountain I crawled through the Valley Of Death Looking for the keys to the Promised Land I haven't found them yet No, I haven’t found them yet Propaganda, lies and corruption The world is spinning out of control All the people gonna need protection When the walls of the citadel fall Idiots and criminals rule my life I see them on the TV Selling that snake oil, they don't give a damn I've been sold down the river to the sea I've been sold down the river to the sea Is it false or is it true No one here knows what to do It's just a dirty compromise I can't escape this web of lies TV images, cheap sensation It's just emotional masturbation The world is slipping sideways And I've got this sinking feeling in my heart Now I'm standing at the edge of the future Where the present and the past collide The train is rolling out of the station I'd better get aboard while I can ride Paranoia dot com feeds my fear With visions of mayhem and death Agents of happiness feed my need Everything's cool, I guess And I feel like I've been blessed |
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Watching the rock star on the TV Talking about saving you and me Making his money, pushing his line He feels like Jesus, yeah he feels so fine I don't care, I don't care I don't care Too many crazies out on the street Everyone hating everyone they meet What in this world are we coming to What in this world are we gonna do I don't care, I don't care I don't care What I feel is what I know The human race has just got to go This is ego, this is greed Get out of my way, gimme what I need I don't care, I don't care I don't care Look at the faces out on the street Zombies and cannibals giving me heat We've got no future, we've crossed that line Stupid rock star, you're out of time I don't care, I don't care I don't care |
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As I walk alone Down these dark and empty streets Feeling like a stranger Hating everyone I meet Did I lose my soul? Did I give it up too soon? Tossed around on a stormy sea Beneath the bitter yellow moon And should I fall Would you take my hand? Lead me through adversity I'm sinking where I stand Or would you look down on me? And turn your heart to stone Abandon me to fatality Leave me down here all alone When I first set eyes on you A cold wind filled my soul The devil walked beside me And I stepped into that role And as the lightning flashed I saw your face unveiled I fell into your empty arms Imprisoned and curtailed And as I twist and turn Through this endless space Everything I believed was true Disappears without a trace The rain falls down on me It chills me to the bone A sense of utter futility I'm so far away from home I try to find my way back to you In the footsteps of your dreams Blinded by your mirrors Where nothing is ever what it seems I'm locked inside this hole Waves of darkness crashing in Poisoned words and memories That burn right through my skin And as I rise and fall Through this dark and shining night Cast out into eternity Forever banished from your sight Lord, I feel so cold Yeah I feel so dead inside I can't even remember What I believed in and what I denied |
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I feel such fascination When I look into your eyes I'm lost in your evasions I'm mesmerised And though my life is stranger now I don’t believe in it anyhow There is no beginning and there is no destination I bring you my confessions Right here on bended knee I crave a love imperious This beauty that I see The stars are windows in the sky I kneel to kiss your evil eye I sink to the bottom and I wait for the next illusion I put myself in this situation I embrace this degradation I've fallen under your spell Where it's leading I can't tell There is no mercy when I look into your eyes No hint of recognition, but that comes as no surprise You maintain a distance with the rules that you impose You play the Ice Queen, so perfectly composed The words you say are hateful Your lies are too profound I find myself unworthy As if by rings and shackles bound There's too much pleasure, too much pain I crawl to you, I'm not ashamed I lost my soul to the power of the undertow I put myself in this situation I embrace this degradation I've fallen under your spell Where it's leading I can't tell There is no mercy when I look into your eyes No hint of recognition, but that comes as no surprise You maintain a distance with the rules that you impose You play the Ice Queen, so perfectly composed But now this story's ended The veils have disappeared The power has slipped away from you That much is clear And all the things you say and do And after all the trials you put me through I don't believe, I don't believe in you – anymore |
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Well, I call her the Raven She flies high up in the sky Her naked body rises above me And the planets shine in her eyes She's my curse, she's my addiction I can't tear myself away I'm in pain, I'm in trouble Still I beg for one more day I took a walk to see my friend the doctor I said "Hey Jim, I wanna take the cure For my heart is sorely troubled And I can't raise my spirits anymore" His yellow eyes were bloodshot and empty There was nothing there for me From a great distance I heard him laughing He said, "Don’t you know, I died in 1983" Late last night while I was sleeping Someone came knocking upon my door The stars were shining through my window Like a shadow I crossed the floor She's my gold, she's my silver And her love will bleed me dry If I don't leave this place of sorrow Then I know that I will surely die |
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If you leave me this way You can go right to hell I don't need you anyhow And I won't wish you well I won't get down on my knees I won't beg you to stay And if that's how you feel By all means walk away Don't bring me down Don't bring me down Don't bring me down anymore Don't bring me down, baby Don't bring me down Don't bring me down anymore I can see by the look in your eyes You're just selling alibis I mean what I say and I say what I mean You can take it or leave it but just do it clean All the games that you play don't impress me at all Yeah, I don't want you anymore Take a look at yourself Do you like what you see? How could I be your friend When you act like my enemy? You're so stupidly cool You've got nothing to say You just follow the crowd You're so foolish and fey Don't bring me down Don't bring me down Don't bring me down anymore Don't bring me down, baby Don't bring me down Don't bring me down anymore I can see by that look in your eyes You're just selling alibis I mean what I say and I say what I mean You can take it or leave it but just do it clean All the games that you play don't impress me at all Yeah, I don't want you anymore Keep all your secrets, I don't wanna know The names and the faces and the places you go Your friends they just bore me and I don't dig your scene And I won't be a part of your second hand dream So take all your actors and go make a play You can pull on their strings but their feet are still made of clay How can you lose when there's nothing to win? Yeah, I don't want you anymore |
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Every day I sit and watch you cry How long until this well of tears runs dry? I'm tired - tired of loving you babe All of my friends they say I've got it made I don't believe a single word they say Cos I'm tired - tired of loving you babe You were so happy when I first met you Now you're acting like your life is through And I'm tired - tired of loving you babe I'm so sick of hearing you complain Your voice is like a needle in my brain Yeah, I'm tired - tired of loving you babe There's nothing more that I could say or do No way that I could make it up to you I'm tired - tired of loving you babe I'll free myself from your dark embrace Then you can disappear without a trace I'm tired - tired of loving you babe Now weep and wail is all you ever do Is suicide the end you're coming to? I'm tired - tired of loving you babe All of your friends say I'm selfish and vain That all I ever did was bring you pain Well, I'm tired - tired of loving you babe Every day I sit and watch you cry How long until this well of tears runs dry? I'm tired - tired of loving you babe All of my friends they say I've got it made I don't believe a single word they say Cos I'm tired - tired of loving you babe There's nothing more that I could say or do No way that I could make it up to you I'm tired - tired of loving you babe I'll free myself from your dark embrace Then you can disappear without a trace I'm tired - tired of loving you Tired of loving, tired of loving Tired of loving you babe |
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You say a stranger lives inside of me And all those poisoned words won't set me free I try to live but I just fake it through The fear inside that leads me back to you I never thought I'd see it end this way And I can't find the words that I should say I try to reach that place inside of me But I don't think it's gonna set me free And will your sins all be forgiven When the light fades from your eyes And all the beauty that you left behind Joins with the love that never dies I hear your voice, it lives inside of me A certain touch, a sense of destiny It leads me to another side of you When you lose you find out what is true And as you rage against that dark night Will the world just disappear And will it justify existence You came so far, so very near And will your sins all be forgiven When the light fades from your eyes When all the beauty that you left behind Joins with the love that never dies |
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A child goes down to the ocean Throws his arms around the sky He sees how the stars are turning He laughs then begins to cry And the moon is blessed She rises in the west In his heart he feels uncertain His dreams are pinned like the wings of a butterfly And he hides behind the curtain And the sins and the lies of the fathers Shall rain down on the heads of their sons And the dreams of the daughters and the mothers Shall turn to dust in their hands And all of this will surely come to pass And nothing in this world will stay the same Just the wind and the dust and the ashes of a dream No winner at the end of the game And the child screams, "I see nothing There's darkness at the heart of the sun" And he calls to the souls of the children Who lived and died by the gun "Graves and lies and crooked alibis Pay heed to the words that were spoken Cast out your hate, touch me with your love Don't let yourselves be broken" And I see your face in my dreams sometimes Like a vision I had so long ago In the chamber where the books and the keys were laid Buried so far below And all of this will surely come to pass And nothing in this world will stay the same Just the wind and the dust and the ashes of a dream No winner at the end of the game |
| PHIL SHOENFELT & PAVEL CINGL: LIVE AT THE HOUSE OF SIN (2008) |
| Shivers Inside |
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Baby, I can’t take my eyes off you I love everything that you do I never believed it could be true I can’t take my eyes off you I can’t take my eyes off you I get shivers deep inside When we’re together I feel alive A love like this can’t be denied I get shivers deep inside I get shivers deep inside So forget all we’ve been through Let me lose myself in you It’s the best thing I could do I can’t take my eyes off you I can’t take my eyes off you |
| FATAL SHORE : REAL WORLD (2007) |
| Black Venus |
| Six Miles Deep |
| Blind Jesus |
| Rainy Sunday Morning |
| Out Of The Sky |
| Faithfless |
| Vivi The Flea |
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The light of love is shining in your eyes You can’t deceive, I see through your disguise I feel, I bleed and I wait for you To say you don’t need me anymore Don’t turn away I need to feel your touch Like a flower needs the sun To keep from dying Give me something to believe A kiss or a dagger or a tear How can you deny all that you feel And give yourself to those who only steal You kill my heart with those cruel games you play I want you, I’ll love you endlessly Don’t hush your lips I need to hear you call my name Like a whisper on the wind Take this heart That beats for only you And crush it like a slave beneath your heel Don’t walk away If I lose you now, my dear How can I go on living Should I take this dagger to my vein Or kill you and set my spirit free |
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Seven nights and seven days Since my baby went away Now I’m sitting in the ruins of a broken world All those poisoned words I said Must be some demon in my head Oh honey, won’t you come back one more time? I hear those footsteps walking outside my door I feel disconnected, I’m sick inside Ain’t got no future, just a twisted sense of pride I’ve seen the sun rise in Berlin I’ve been to Paris in the spring And I ain’t gonna play that way no more Life ain’t easy, life is tough I drink that whiskey and shoot that stuff I’m getting by, but this ain’t rock & roll Every day I just sit here in my room Dead in the water, caught in a spin There ain’t no cure for the state of mind I’m in I’m feeling empty, I‘m cold inside But I ain’t thinking of suicide I’m just sitting here doing time My hands are shaking, I got the fear The demon whispers in my ear I need protection, nothing feels right at all I get so lonesome living here by myself Feel like a killer, feel like a fool I’m just a shadow of that ghost walking in my shoes |
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Blind Jesus was down on the corner A white cane in his hand The mountains of the moon shining in his eyes Looking for the Promised Land Along came old Ebeneezer In a beat up cadillac He said, “Hey Jim, we’re leaving home And we ain’t never coming back“ He took Blind Jesus by the hand And led him to the Miracle Mile And while the angels wept, Ebeneezer slept And Jesus he began to smile The children they all came running And the women they gathered round Cos when Jesus sang, the church bells rang Man, it was a beautiful sound Down in the square by the market Stood a man with a big cigar He joined the crowd and gasped out loud When Jesus played guitar He watched those lightning fingers Dollar signs in his eyes And when Jesus sang the cash bells rang He stood there hypnotised He took Ebeneezer by the arm And led him to the nearest bar He said, “Name your price I’m gonna treat your boy nice I’m gonna make him a star“ A moment’s hesitation Then Ebeneezer shook his hand He said, “A deal’s a deal I need a set of new wheels I can see you’re The Man“ Well Jesus he went travelling All across the land From honky-tonk bars to the Street of Stars Playing with a rock & roll band All the people came to see him It was a wonder to behold The sick and the lame, he cured their pain Chased the evil from their souls Fame and riches came and went Wine and women too The angels cried and hid their eyes Said, “Jesus, you’re untrue!“ But all those lost believers They followed him to the end And when Jesus died the women testified From Delaware to Bethlehem |
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A rainy Sunday morning Church bells are ringing They pull me from some twisted dream Of the night before I feel so low-down My head is spinning I’ve got to change my stupid life I can’t do this anymore I could sail a ship across the ocean I could take a plane across the sky And free myself from yesterday I don’t read those pages anymore I don’t need those cold and empty feelings Poisoning my soul And all the friends I left behind Love is a faded memory It slips away between my fingers There’s nothing left to hold But if this life is just an illusion Then there’s nothing there for me to fear I walked out this morning The city streets were shining Some crystal vision filled my soul And then it slipped away And all those words I said Well, I was only dreaming Now she’s so far from me And I’ve lost my way I’m gonna sail right down that river And let this pain just disappear |
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Love is a river That flows to the sea And it closes the distance Between you and me Stars keep on falling Right out of the sky This love’s forever Until we die Oh my darling I’m so deep inside you And when you walk away I walk beside you We live together I see you each day You are my lover I guess I like it this way Eyes like an ocean Deep blue and wide I’m gonna sail on this ocean Till the day that I die And when we touch A shock goes right through me And when we kiss Oh, it moves me And the river it whispers Between you and me And this river keeps rolling All the way to the sea And the sky keeps on turning And the stars up above Are falling like diamonds From a velvet glove Oh my darling You’re so deep inside me And when I walk away You walk beside me |
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You shine like the sun Before you my life hadn't begun And you can make me believe In a soul conditioned to deceive And you are fresh as the wind Without you I could never win Cos the world, oh it murders your heart You know the game, you've played your part And tears fall like rain I kneel to kiss you once again And my flesh burns with a holy fire Corrupt and consumed with desire You are deep as the ocean While I spin around in perpetual motion And I've fallen as far as I can Nobody else could understand And tears fall like rain I kneel to kiss you once again And my flesh burns with a holy fire Corrupt and consumed with desire And your eyes look right into me At my lies and my stupidity And I know that I've hurt you again Cold and faithless till the end And tears fall like rain I kneel to kiss you once again And my flesh burns with a holy fire Corrupt and consumed with desire Baby don't walk away Baby don't walk away Don't walk away Baby don't walk away |
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Vivi the Flea, scars on her hand Dances in bars from Berlin to Taiwan Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes A diamond and silver pin through her nose And her dance is the dance of oblivion Her darkest and truest romance And her eyes are the eyes of a victim Of tragical circumstance Up in her room she closes the door Drowning her sorrows, her life is a bore She’s saving one bottle but nobody calls Her life is a prison and she’s climbing the walls And her life was the life of a gypsy New York, Paris and Rome But now she’s washed up completely In this hovel that she calls a home Down by the docks in a smokey old bar She dances all night and she winks like a star At Jimmy and Johnny and all of the boys Lost in a world of chaos and noise And she waits for the bells of the morning to ring With fear in her heart for what the daylight will bring Avoiding the eyes of the strangers who stare Everywhere… Vivi the Flea, head like a tree So many bad apples in her memory Haunted by visions that come in the night Abandoned and lost in the grey morning light She remembers the French Riviera Champagne and moonlight on the beach And she wonders just how to get back there But now it’s so far out of reach Vivi the Flea Head like a tree Dances for you Dances for me… |
| FATAL SHORE : FREE FALL (2003) |
| Free Fall |
| Angel Street |
| Don't Know Why |
| The Fields Of Summer |
| Devil's Gate |
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Crackheads on the corner by the liquor store My hands are shaking and my body's sore Cops crawl by, look me in the eye The sun beats down from the pale blue sky I got all these scenes going through my head The things we did and the things we said I closed that door, threw away the key Now it's just another faded memory All my friends have gone away On this cold and empty day And I've got nothing left to say 'Cos I've been down Yeah, I've been down Sitting in a room with the motel blues Watching all the killing on the late-night news Sirens in the canyons of the cities of the night My dreams are evil and I don't feel right It seems I left home a long time ago I'm feeling disconnected and I just don't know... If life's an illusion and death is a dream Then I'm just sitting here in between All my friends have gone away On this cold and empty day And I've got nothing left to say 'Cos I've been down Yeah, I've been down On the corner with the junkies and the funky whores I've lived downtown, I've been there before I know the self-hate and I know the pain Don't ever want to be back there again And I don't know where it goes from here The sky's all hazy and the view's unclear So many things that I wanted to do But the plans I make keep falling through All my friend's have gone away On this cold and empty day And I've got nothing left to say 'Cos I've been down Yeah, I've been down |
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The darkness is falling Down on Angel Street The whores and the junkies are walking around My life is so beat My body lies broken On the cross of your love There's some kind of evil Coming down from above Oh baby, you're using Your sexuality Like some lethal weapon The waters around you run muddy and deep Oh yeah, but I'm wondering Just how it'll be When the devil in you Meets the devil in me I sit by my window Down on Angel Street The cops and the dealers are nervous In this summer heat The moon shines like a mirror And I'm thinking of you You're cheating me, baby I know that it's true 'Cos the devil in me Knows the devil in you 'Cos the devil in me Knows the devil in you |
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Oh my pretty darling, can't you see? The love we had is just a memory I'm so burned out I can't even cry Crucified beneath the empty sky I've been bad, I've been untrue I fooled around, I cheated you Don't even know the reason why No excuse, no alibi No excuse, no alibi ... Oh my darling, when you're over me And all this pain is just a memory Don't sacrifice your heart to bitterness It's down to me, it's my own emptiness I've been bad, I've cheated you Even though your love was true Yeah, I was born with an evil heart Cold and fucked up from the start I feel sad and I feel sorry It's gone too far for me to change Your eyes are filled with disappointment Everything is messed up It's gone too far to ever rearrange Oh my darling, I'll make a deal with you Hurt me bad now, just like I hurt you Shine a light right down into this hole Suck the poison, try to cure my soul I feel sad and I feel blue I fooled around, I cheated you Don't even know the reason why No excuse, no alibi No excuse, no alibi ... |
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Another cold and rainy afternoon The shadows deepen in this empty room All our promises have some untrue The fields of summer where we used to play The icy blast of winter Stole away There's nothing left to say Nothing left to do As we sit and watch love die On this cold and empty day And the leaves fall from the sky I heard a voice inside me say "You ain't gonna make it this way It's time to stop this lying Something beautiful is dying You've got to face it some day ..." The mirror stands amidst this disarray Our faded lives within its depths portrayed Tear down the walls my love Let the light shine in These swelling waves of sorrow fill my soul With bitterness and bile As black as coal Let's drink to Destiny We could never win As we sit and watch love die On this cold and empty day And the leaves fall from the sky I heard a voice inside me say "You ain't gonna make it anyway It's time to stop this crying The light of love is dying And all the fields of summer fade away ..." And all the fields of summer fade away And all the fields of summer fade away And all the fields of summer fade away And all the fields of summer fade away ... |
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Outside the gates of Heaven There's evil going down I can feel it all around me It's time that I left town The Devil walked beside me With a suitcase in his hand He said, "Hey son, I'm just like you I was born a travellin' man ..." Once I had a woman Her heart was sweet and true I filled it up with evil I left her sad and blue I walked down to the river With a pistol in my hand The Devil sat by my shoulder He said, "Yeah, you're my man!" Aboard the ship "Endeavour" I sailed the seven seas I put it all behind me I thought that I was free Then one day I met a stranger With eyes as black as sin He said, "My name is Abadon But you can call me King ..." Now my soul it lies abandoned Kept under lock and key And I drink to the Devil Underneath the gallows tree So I took my sack of silver And I wandered back alone I never looked behind me For years and years I roamed And all that I held precious Turned to ashes in my hands And I'm lost without direction On the road to the Promised Land |
| PHIL SHOENFELT & SOUTHERN CROSS : ECSTATIC (2002) |
| Closer |
| Twisted |
| Don't Look Down |
| Magdalena |
| The Spirit And The Flesh |
| Waiting For You |
| Wasted Life |
| Love And Destruction |
| Heaven Or Hell |
| The Streets Tonight |
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Oh, these empty streets How they shine with rain I can feel my life Burning like a flame I can see further Than I used to see Now I'm so far away From the place I used to be And the words you say And the things you do Turn the world around Then lead me back to you You are my angel I know where you hide You never show your face You keep it deep inside And these fears I've known They're so far behind In a different place And a different time You take me higher Than I've ever been You show me all those things That I've never seen All those empty rooms And those winding stairs Twisting through my soul Back through all the years When I get closer To where I have to be I won't need all those things That I used to need Oh my precious love You're so deep inside I can see you now There's no need to hide This is forever You know where I've been Out on those windy streets That follow me like a dream Now I'm standing here By the shining sea I've got to get myself To where I have to be Then I can figure How it was before I don't need those deceptions I don't need that anymore Now that I'm older Than I used to be I can see further Than I used to see |
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You sit alone in a darkened room While the shadows fill your mind Your life is a mess, you're in distress The world has treated you unkind I can't tell you what to do You've got to find your way But I feel sick and I feel tired Of the stupid games you play There's no use in talkin' about it 'Cos you don't understand… What are you living for? Say, what are you living for? Oh baby, there's so much more… So what are you waiting for? Lost in the deeps of a waking dream The world just passes you by One day you feel like Jesus Christ The next you hold your head and cry You fill your heart with jealousy And you're so underhand All of the words I say to you Just turn to weapons in your hands But your evil eye don't work on me Oh baby, you're so twisted What are you living for? Say, what are you living for? Oh baby, there's so much more… So what are you waiting for? No, your evil eye don't work on me Desperation is all I see When that poison comes back to you… It's time for you to wake up! What are you living for? Say, what are you living for? Oh baby, there's so much more… So what are you waiting for? |
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She turns around for just a moment And lights a candle in her room Outside the streets are cold and rainy Big black clouds across the moon And I can see the pain she's hiding Like a veil behind her eyes The world has turned and left her naked With no defence against its lies And she said, "Don't look down We're safe while we're dreaming Don't open your eyes to the cruel day…" Well, I walked out again this morning Back to this lonely hotel room Deep inside my soul was aching Love is a dark and evil bloom And I can't see the light come shining No, I can't hear the angels sing I thought of love as my salvation Now love has taken everything And she said, "Don't look down We're safe while we're dreaming Don't open your eyes to the cruel day…" |
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Magdalena, you're killing me Love is a prison and I can't get free When we're together I'm alone The sky's black and the wind it moans I sleep all night by your wishing well My dreams are evil and I feel like hell There's too much sadness and too much pain Silver tears falling down like rain Magdalena Magdalena Oh Magdalena, Magdalena Oh Magdalena On my knees in the Church of Love Weeping angels up above The sky's black and the stars they shine Can't let her go, I can't make her mine And in my dreams I fall away Lost in these evil games we play Magdalena, you're killing me There's too much pain, too much jealousy Magdalena Magdalena Oh Magdalena, Magdalena Oh Magdalena She holds the key to the wishing well Love is a secret that she won't tell A magic mirror to kill my bones The sky's black and the wind it moans I feel my life start to slip away Black as the thunder at the break of day There's too much madness and too much pain A fever burning in my veins Magdalena Magdalena Oh Magdalena, Magdalena Oh Magdalena |
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The lights are shining On the city streets tonight We walk down to the river And sit beneath the pale moonlight My body is open I feel so far away My head is spinning like a carnival ride I can't find the words to say And like a sacred vision From somewhere deep inside The light shines around you So deep and so wide My body is falling Through fields of emptiness And I'm caught somewhere between The spirit and the flesh She said, "I'll be with you And if your heart is true There's nothing on God's earth That I would not do for you… And if you take my hand I'll show you the promised land And I'll wrestle your adversary Together we will stand" Take me down to the ocean Let me disappear See my shadow pass across the moon She said, "Don't you fear… 'Cos I'll be with you And if your heart is true There's nothing on God's earth That I would not do for you… And if you take my hand I'll show you the promised land And I'll wrestle your adversary Together we will stand" And when all these trials Have come to nothing in the end Nothing left to cling to And nothing left to defend Well, maybe I'd feel better Knowing that I'd tried Or am I my own worst enemy Forever to be denied? She said, "I'll be with you And if your heart is true There's nothing on God's earth That I would not do for you… And if you take my hand I'll show you the promised land And I'll wrestle your adversary Together we will stand" |
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A candle's burning in the window Throwing shadows on the wall Outside the wind is blowing in the trees It's getting colder every day Down the stairs and back again Past the junkies by the door It's just a day like all the rest This cold and empty life is killing me But when I fall into your arms The storm inside my heart is calm You wait for me, I wait for you That's all we can do I saw you standing in the shadows By the fountain in the square Walking through the backstreets Past the ruins of the places you once knew Now that everything has changed They can't reach you anymore Your heart is aching And you need a new direction in your life But when I look into your eyes I don't remember all the lies I told for you, you told for me So that we could be Standing by the station where I left you On that cold and rainy day Down the road and back again I sit and watch the riverboats go by Now you're half the world away from me And I can't reach you anymore And all the words we ever said Come back to me like voices in the wind But when I fall into your arms The storm inside my heart is calm You wait for me, I wait for you That's all we can do |
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We sit together up in her room She combs her hair by the light of the moon People say she's a little insane She lost herself in a dangerous game I wanna look inside "You can't come in", she cried "Don't try to set me free I'll bring you pain and misery" Well, we go walking out in the street She feels unsteady on her feet Back up the stairs to a darkened room Another wasted afternoon I wanna look inside "You can't come in", she cried What's in her mind? The more I look, the more I find And she says "It's a drag to be alive today So come on … Come on and take my blues away…" She calls me up when she's feeling down We watch T.V. and we sit around She lights another cigarette She can't remember but she don't forget I wanna look inside "You can't come in", she cried I wanna look inside The more I look, the more she hides Her eyes are heavy and her skin is pale She paints her lips and her fingernails Down the stairs and back again With pills and powders to kill the pain I wanna look inside "You can't come in", she cried I wanna make her mine A weeping saint in a painted shrine And she says "Time has taken all my dreams away I don't know How it all ended up this way…" I wanna look inside "You can't come in", she cried What's in her mind? The more I look, the more I find I wanna look inside "You can't come in", she cried I wanna make her mine A weeping saint in a painted shrine A weeping saint in a painted shrine |
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I poisoned my soul With the fruit of deception I stumbled and fell And I cried out for more I laid myself down In the path of destruction Pain was my friend And love was a war I went down that road I never came back again Now heartache and sorrow Are all I can feel And I'm sitting here crying All wounded inside Oh my darling, I wish That we'd never taken that ride I've been alone and it seems like forever Since you said goodbye Goodbye … She went down that road She never came back again She froze up inside Though her heart was a torturing flame She laid herself down In the path of love and destruction And I loved her much more I could never abandon my claim Nobody knows about my baby Nobody knows anymore Anymore … Now I'm sitting here thinking That I was wrong from the start Possession and jealousy How they tore us apart So fierce and defensive In a fight for your life You run like a river And you cut like a knife We went down that road We never came back again Now heartache and sorrow Are all I can feel And I'm sitting here crying All wounded inside Oh my baby, I wish That I'd never taken that ride I've been alone and it seems like forever Since she said goodbye Goodbye … |
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I've got this empty feeling Deep inside my soul Nothing to believe in Nothing left to hold There's a cold wind blowing Down the avenue And all the streets I walk along Just lead me back to you My life keeps changing And the time goes by so fast So many beautiful feelings But feelings never last … I couldn't close the circle I couldn't find the key I took a wrong direction But it led me where I had to be And if I wake up dreaming Under an evil moon I'll walk through that mirror Into a different room Sometimes it feels like heaven Sometimes it feels like hell But I don't ever listen To those lies I tell myself My life keeps changing And the time goes by so fast So many beautiful feelings, yeah But feelings never last … I'll choose a destination Some kind of different view Can't live in isolation That's not what I wanna do But the world's so phoney Futile, absurd and cold And I've worn too many faces I've got to clean my soul Sometimes it feels like prison Sometimes it hurts so bad But there's no use in crying For those things I've never had |
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All these nights I'm without you Tender kisses so far away A love that aches so deep inside I want to live while I'm still alive The lights are shining on the streets tonight Like stars reaching out to eternity I've been alone and it seems like forever Locked in my time, so near and so far Oh my darling, how I need you now And this twisting pain, it won't go away And while you sleep I'll be there beside you This is a dream, this is our destiny This is a dream, this is our destiny This is a dream, this is our destiny |
| PHIL SHOENFELT & SOUTHERN CROSS : DEAD FLOWERS FOR ALICE (1999) |
| Ballad Of Elijah Cain |
| Shining World |
| Veronika's Veil |
| Darkest Hour |
| Demon Seed |
| Traitor's Eyes |
| Dead Flowers For Alice |
| Letter From Berlin |
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I dreamed that I was a sailor John Pilgrim was my name I sailed a ship out of Bristol town Headed for the coast of Maine My love she was a young girl To me she was a queen Her daddy was rich, I was poor She was just seventeen I held her close beside me And I told her my goodbye How could I know that within a year She was doomed to die? Now my fortune is a legend Won by force of arms But I'd give it all up just to get her back With all her woman's charms And the rain falls down And the rain falls down And the rain falls down On me The Lord came down on Moses And he said, "Now listen well, Write these words in stone And take them down to Israel." As the thunder came crashing I went reaching for my gun When in truth I was only aching To put an end to what I'd become When I woke up the sun was shining And I knew that you're gone I know I said that I didn't care Ah, but honey, I was wrong And I felt just like a soldier When I walked into your room You said you'd never betray me But you spoke too soon And the rain falls down And the rain falls down And the rain falls down On me Now the road goes on forever And the sky it never ends East to west and north to south And right back again And as I lose my vision Like some leper refugee Out of space and out of time And out of destiny The last time that I saw her She was standing in the street The crowd flowed all around her Like a river at her feet I remember how she looked at me With her dark and haunted eyes Like a saint thrown to the fire Stripped of all disguise And the rain falls down And the rain falls down And the rain falls down On me |
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When I lay down beside you All I heard was the sound Of wheels in motion Spinning in the ground You can't tell What it means to me To be here beside you Beneath this hanging tree I walked out this morning Under the cruel sun The world was shining Like it had just begun But I felt so empty Way down inside With words of anger I rode her till she cried "You need salvation" Is what she said to me "You put yourself on trial So you can be set free Nobody knows About those torture games you play But I don't care I've got you anyway I've got you anyway" The wind was howling All around the door She said, "I'm leaving you - I can't take anymore" And I looked in the mirror Saw the mark of Cain I walked out of the garden Out through the wind and rain And I cried, "Oh Father - What have I done? Save me from this vision Of what I have become" I don't understand No, I don't understand Save me from this vision I'm just a hollow man I don't understand No, I don't understand Save me from this vision I'm just a hollow man I'm just a hollow man |
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There's a street at the edge of town That I used to walk down The wind blows through the broken doors She don't live there anymore It's so long ago Where she is now, I don't know She stayed just out of reach Love cut me much too deep Time slips away Oh the time slips away She was young and she was cold I felt the dagger in my soul Something inside me died With a smile I was denied I felt down on my knees She was like a saint for me Too proud and too damn pure I couldn't open up her door Time slips away Oh the time slips away Time slips away Time slips away Oh the time slips away Oh my darlin' I loved you so But it's so long ago And in the deeps of the darkest night I kiss your lips and I hold you tight You were young and you were cold I felt the dagger in my soul But babe, if I could find you now I'd tear your veils and I'd break your vows Time slips away Oh the time slips away Time slips away Time slips away Oh the time slips away |
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In my darkest hour of need I stop and I wonder Just what the hell I'm doing here The thunder crashes down From the angry heavens I hear the demon clawing at my door Oh Lord, I'm innocent I'm guilty, but I'm innocent Gone are the riches that I stole Oh Lord, I'm innocent I'm stupid, but I'm innocent For that whore I sacrificed my soul I hear those church bells ring But I shall not weaken I will not take my eyes from you Build a river in my sight I'm out of season My love, you know I'd kill for you Oh, I'd kill for you Oh Lord, I'm innocent I'm false, but I'm innocent Deep in this tangled web I spun Oh Lord, I'm innocent I'm blinded, but I'm innocent Show me all this evil that I've done And with these words You seek to criticise Blind to the values That you compromise And should I lie And say that I sympathise Then I'd shrink to less than nothing In your eyes The road goes on and on Through the Vale of Sorrow I swear I did not foresee your downfall So take the chains from my eyes Give me direction You cannot choose but heed my call Oh, heed my call Oh Lord, I'm innocent I'm evil, but I'm innocent Should I not reap this blood I sow? Oh Lord, I'm innocent I'm weak, but I'm innocent Don't leave me lying down here below Don't leave me lying down here below |
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Oh my darlin' With your skin as white as snow Your arms are a prison Your heart is on death row Arms that encircle And hold me, oh, so tight And keep me from falling To the end of the night In a room filled with shadows Above the neon liquor sign I'll come back to you baby Time after time after time Ectoplasmic and strange now As you turn and slip away As pale as a candle At the break of the day And I turn my face And I pull the curtains down And explode inside myself Without a sound Everything that I feel I buried underground Underground In a hotel called Sorrow Down a street called Shame I'll come back to you darlin' Again and again and again and again For this poison that kills you Is the cure that I need Come softly my darlin' My tiny demon seed And the lightning hits me Right between the eyes My nerves are shot And my hands are paralysed And the flower of love Within your heart, it dies And I cry, yeah, I cry |
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I never wanted you The way that you wanted me to In a wilderness Of anger and dismay And from myself concealed To deny my own existence Far away from you Beneath the dark and empty sky And black as Gideon's bible The night came thick and fast And the flower of love It died within me Now I'm locked inside These shadows of my own design To those traitor's eyes Still enmanacled and chained And to myself betrayed For one blind and passing moment In a shining world Lord, have mercy on my soul And black as Gideon's bible The night fell thick and fast And the flower of love It died within me Now the stars they shine While in this tangled web I twist and turn Far away from you Who all these secrets did unveil And in a winding world Behind the shadows of existence Where I wait for you Lord, have mercy on this soul And black as Gideon's bible The night came thick and fast And the flower of love It died within me |
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I'm up in her room There's nothing living here All the windows are closed I can't breathe this air She doesn't sleep at night She listens to the rain I'm a drowning man In her sea of pain Dead flowers for Alice Dead flowers for Alice There's tears in her eyes As she walks down the street And she goes to a place Where young lovers meet And she sits for awhile Feeling empty and small And she thinks once again What's the point of it all? Dead flowers for Alice Dead flowers for Alice Back in her room She closes the door She's sick of her life She can't face it anymore And I don't understand What I'm doing up here Locked in her world Of sickness and fear Dead flowers for Alice Dead flowers for Alice Dead flowers for Alice Dead flowers for Alice |
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Well, you say your time is running wild And you're not the girl you used to be You've lost direction in your life You can't see the things you used to see And the crooked moon is shining in the sky You say your life is like a river running dry But your eyes still shine with an inner light I'll walk you home again tonight I'll walk you home again tonight And I know you've thought of suicide When your heart was breaking with despair Your friends are dead, or dying, or insane Sometimes it's too much for you to bear And that crooked moon keeps shining in the sky You say your life is like a dream that's passed you by When the cruel sun is out of sight I'll walk you home again tonight I'll walk you home again tonight Now, I hear, you're living in Berlin Like a princess in a story or a song Working hard on your disasters Talking tough and acting strong And that sick old moon keeps shining in the sky Like some obscene, all-seeing eye I don't know what's wrong or right I'll walk you home again tonight I'll walk you home again tonight |
| NIKKI SUDDEN & PHIL SHOENFELT : GOLDEN VANITY (1998/2009) |
| Cloak Of Virtue |
| Love Makes Her Shine |
| Waiting For You |
| Wage A Crown |
| Hangman's Daughter |
| Angel Wings |
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All the things that you said Are going through my head But the things that you do Make me lonely and blue And these roads they never end They take me down and back again And I’m crushed beneath the weight Leaving pebbles at your gate With your cloak of virtue You can break my heart in two Spanning decades of dignity And all the things that you do And all the things that she gave me Are vanished beneath the cloth All the things that she gave me Are stolen back from where they are On this winter’s day The skies are cloudy and grey And I dream for you Cause what I dream is true This well of loneliness runs deep Spinning faces in the wall With all the secrets that she told me Where the velvet shadows call Loneliness still leaves you Blessed beneath its depths Turning shadows to solid gold As you stove in the hold Never let it be said Never let it be said again That she ever gave me More than a handful of pain All the things that you said Lie buried in the depths And I’m cursed beneath the weight Of your cloak of virtue Now I feel so cold Deep down inside Dark mirror flame of eternity An ocean I can’t hide For these stars are haunting me And your shadow’s all I see Behind this cloak of Spanish gloom In the corner of a darkened room All the things that she gave me Are scattered beneath the depths All the things tha she gave me Are washed in her scent All the things that she gave me Are stained so deep inside All the things that you gave me Can never - never be denied |
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My wheels are turning I'm in motion But I need more energy Feel like I'm dying When I could be flying My eyes are blinded by this light I see Well I get lost in adoration I can't tell where she's coming from Cars are crashing Fields are burning This revolution All night long Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Sister-lover Have mercy I can't tell myself away I'm on my knees to you, baby And I like these games we play Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine And she shines like the stars in the sky Like a ship at sea She's a mystery And she holds the key To the gates of the kingdom And her love is gonna set me free And her love is gonna set me free And I got to let her go Then her love will surely grow She's a mystery and she holds the key Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine Love makes her shine |
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A candle's burning in the window Throwing crazy shadows on the wall Outside the wind is blowing in the trees It's getting colder every day Down the stairs and back again I put my shopping bag upon the shelf It's just a day like all the rest I wonder if it matters anyway But when I fall into your arms The storm inside my heart is calm You wait for me, I wait for you That's all we can do I can still remember Drinking whisky by the fountain in the square You were just a young girl Selling jewels at the end of the arcade Now you say that everything has changed And you can't reach me anymore Clothes you wear don't suit you And you need a new direction in your life But when I look into your eyes I don't remember all the lies I told for you, you told for me So that we can be Standing by the station Where your fathers used to work the morning trains Down the road and back again I sit and watch the river boats go by Now you're half the world away from me And I can't reach you anymore And all the words we ever said Come back to me like voices in the wind But when I fell into your arms The storm inside my heart was calm You wait for me, I wait for you That’s all we can do |
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I waged a crown You found me around the bend And the gate fell in Our love was down Crashing and reeling All over the ground And the light came shining Unbound and unblessed And the raven she flew She knows I’m waiting there And my love she's waiting By the tower gate And she waits Yeah, she waits |
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She was standing in a broken doorway Down by the river at the break of day She was smiling like a hangman's daughter Ten silver pieces and a wedding veil I said, "Well, hello, and please forgive me But don’t I know you some time ago?" She said, "Hey, your stars are burning That's not the question that I'm looking for" Then I met her mother down by Buck’ House I followed her down Gallows Lane Jack Ketch just stood there, a noose in his hand And a wallet for his pay He’d hoisted many a scoundrel up to the gates of heaven Far better men than ever he would be But then his colleague, a Mr. Sampson Said, “Jump aboard for the jamboree!” I was walking through the burning streets Up to the bridge of the suicides I saw her standing like a Vision of Mercy She said, "Come with me, let's take a ride" Well, we fell down through the shining stars Onto the debris by the cellar door All wrapped around me like a snake-eyed woman From the ancient gates of old Babylon Then I saw her standing in Shepherd's Market Just by the sign of “The Dank Dubloon” She was dressed in crushed velvet And on her legs she wore satin loons I walked on by, past “The Dark Lantern” Around the dungeon and the old wine press Past the exhibition, where on display Was the hangman's daughter without her dress “Right this way, ladies and gentlemen, right this way…” |
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Well, it's a sweet place of refuge Here in your arms If I fall you keep me safe from harm With angel wings Spreading all around I keep you from flying too close to the ground Perfumed memories Of your silken heart I hold them close when we’re far apart When I'm in darkness And I can't break free I see your eyes shining down on me Spreading wings to hold you close (Spreading wings to hold you close) Don't let them read our lovers' notes Angel wings to lift you high (Angel wings to lift you high) Don't let them see the tears you cry I was tossed by the waves of a stormy sea Cast up on the sands down by your sanctuary Betrayed and stranded beneath a burning sky I watched the waters of my soul run dry A candle shining Deep in the night Leads me home like some guiding light Ghosts and memories That don't make a sound In your house love is all around Spreading wings to hold me close (Spreading wings to hold me close) Don't let them read our lovers' notes Angel wings to lift me high (Angel wings to lift me high) Don't let them see the tears you cry Spreading wings to hold me close (Spreading wings to hold me close) Don't let them read our lovers' notes Angel wings to lift you high (Angel wings to lift you high) Don't let them see the tears we cry |
| NIKKI SUDDEN : EGYPTIAN ROADS (1997) |
| Broken Glove |
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She falls, she cuts her hand She breaks her gloves again Love is falling down quite swift She cuts her little wrist She breaks her glove and falls She knows she’s all she’s got She knows she cannot stop The lies that have been told about her Unblessed, unwarranted, she’s touched Unfortunate she came She’s given into shame, again Love falls and then relaxes She pays her taxes She never cuts the corn Love is fortunate in life She’s broken in your door And now she must pay the price She knows she’s all she’s got She knows she cannot stop The lies that have been told about her She knows she cannot ever dream Knows she cannot ever see The things she’s given up in her life Love is broken in her sight She knows she cannot hide The tears that must be cried Oh, love, she falls and cuts her hand She falls deep across the sand And then she breaks her gloves, again Love is fortunate to be blessed Oh, deep in her caress See her in her wedding dress Love stumbles as she walks along the lane She always complains Of being hurt once again Love hitches up her skirt She tries not to get hurt Like she knows she’s been hurt before Oh, she lies there quite naked in the rain Kisses me without a stain And without a tear Perfumed coins, they fill her hands Perfume she can understand Perfume leaves but the scent remains From a bottle on her shelf This unrequited wealth Stains her time and time again |
| FATAL SHORE : THE FATAL SHORE (1997) |
| City Of Dreams |
| Town Called Misery |
| Where Are You My Lover? |
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I’m going down to the city of dreams Where nothing is what it seems to be The women are evil, the streets are tough And the boys on the corner of the neighbourhood Are all looking at me like I’m some freakshow Hey baby, where do you go? When the lights go down and the heat is high And your soul is running dry You go down to the city The City of Dreams Where nothing is what it seems to be Now I’m sitting here in my room Where nothing is what it seems to be The future’s unreal, the past is a dream Everything else is in between And the lights from the street are shining through my window Shadows creeping all around my door The temperature’s rising and the streets are wild That low-rent baby, she ain’t got no style She’s going down to the city The City of Dreams Where nothing is what it seems to be Down in the City of Dreams Nobody’s who they seem to be The cop is a dealer, the killer’s a priest And all of my friends are so indiscreet And I’m looking down this old stairwell Hotel blues have got me on the run And I stick my cash through a hole in the wall When I get that stuff I don’t care at all I‘m going down to the city The City of Dreams Where nobody’s who they seem to be I’m going down to the city Down to the city Where nothing is what it seems to be |
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Oh pretty baby, we’ve been down too long I’ve got the feeling it’s time that I was gone Oh pretty baby, you’re looking good tonight Your eyes are shining in the candlelight Well I was born in a town called Misery Between the river and the factory Yeah, I was born to be a ramblin‘ man I let the Devil lead me by the hand Oh I was born in a town called Misery Yeah, I was born in a town called Misery And if you let me in then I’ll take you down with me Well I was cursed with a heart so cold I’ve been used, I’ve been bought and sold And I know that I’m no good for you There’s bitterness in everything that I do Oh I was born in a town called Misery Yeah, I was born in a town called Misery And if you let me in then I’ll take you down with me Oh pretty baby, you’ve been down too long Our love was beautiful, but now it’s gone Last night I heard you crying next to me Feel like I’m drowning, I’ve gotta set you free Oh I was born in a town called Misery Yeah, I was born in a town called Misery And if you let me in then I’ll take you down with me |
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I‘ve been lost, I’ve been found I buried my head in the ground In the streets and the bars Everybody knew me by name And I suffered like a saint For the money I stole and then spent On the drugs and the booze and the moonlight That shines when the wind blows So where are you my lover? Did you run for cover? Where are you my lover When I call your name? I got down on my knees I’ve been tossed like a sail on the sea Through the heartache and struggle I kept up my side of the deal And I laughed at my pain Cos the world is so fucking insane For the wars of religion And the wars of self-determination So where are you my lover? Did you run for cover? Where are you my lover When I call your name? And I long for your touch And your carnival smile Oh I need you so bad now Even just for a while So where are you my lover? Did you run for cover? Oh my darling, take me down You’ve been beat up and kicked to the ground But you stand up so proud and so true I can’t hope to contend You don’t care anymore You dress like a ten dollar whore But I love you for more than the pain And the fear that you show For the wind in your sails And the moon in your eyes And the vision of truth That cuts through my lies So where are you my lover? Did you run for cover? Where are you my lover When I call your name? |
| PHIL SHOENFELT & SOUTHERN CROSS : BLUE HIGHWAY (1997) |
| Blue Highway |
| Damage |
| Draggin' Me Down |
| Saviour's Day |
| Black Snake Woman |
| The Ghosts Of My Dead Lovers |
| Back In The Underworld |
| Candlemas |
| Lonely Street |
| House Of Pain |
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Blue highway Has taken her away Left me in this hotel room Where the crazy shadows play Yeah, blue highway This time she's gone to stay When I saw her walking Through that door I got down on my knees and prayed Oh, blue highway There's nothing left to say The jack of hearts Is on my back I got a crooked hand to play Blue highway Has taken her away Big silver bird Fly, fly away Down the blue highway Day after day I dream my life away I close my eyes And disappear Down the blue highway Yeah, blue highway There's a heavy price to pay She said, "I've had enough Of your cheating heart And your double-dealing ways" Blue highway Has taken her away Big silver bird Fly, fly away Down the blue highway Love sits at her shoulder Love lies at her feet Love is at her fingertips Her love is so sweet Day after day I get down on my knees and pray Oh Lord, won't you send her Back to me Down the blue highway Yeah, blue highway This time she's gone to stay Left me in this hotel room Where the crazy shadows play Blue highway Has taken her away Big silver bird Fly, fly away Down the blue highway |
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Pretty baby, you've been down so long I've got the feeling it's time that I was gone Pretty baby, you're looking good tonight Your eyes are shining in the candlelight Well I was born in a town called Misery Between the river and the factory Yeah, I left home to be a ramblin' man I let the devil take me by the hand Oh my darling, can't you see? I was born for misery Look into my eyes, you'll see I'll take you down with me And you know it's true I'll damage you … Well, I was cursed with a heart so cold I've been sad, I've been bought and sold And I know that I'm no good for you There's bitterness in everything that I do Oh my darling, can't you see? I was born for misery Look into my eyes, you'll see I'll take you down with me And you know it's true I'll damage you … Oh pretty baby, we've been down too long Our love was beautiful, but now it's gone Last night I heard you crying next to me Feel like I'm drowning, I've got to set you free Oh my darling, can't you see? I was born for misery Look into my eyes, you'll see I'll take you down with me Oh pretty baby, I'll take you down with me Oh pretty baby, I'll take you down with me Oh pretty baby, I'll take you down with me Down, down, down, down, down with me … |
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What did you do? The world is so down on you For the seeds that you sow Of trouble and woe And I look into your eyes For the beauty that hides And the love that you gain Between pleasure and pain Oh my darlin' I reached out my hand to you But you pushed me down to my knees Tell me, please … What did you do? Your eyes are so blackened And so blue With all the tears that flow So much trouble and woe And that poison you threw Is all coming back onto you Now you're losing the game Between pleasure and pain You need somebody to blame Oh my darlin' May all the bells in heaven's kingdom Ring for you You stole the lock You stole the key Can't you see? You're draggin' me down You're draggin' me down Like a hole in the ground Why you draggin' me down? What did you do? Why's this hoodoo keep on following you? Cold and twisted and unkind Like a knife from behind And I'm so sad that it's this way But I can't stand The things you do or say You're the ruler You're the queen - yeah, yeah I'm bowing out of your scene I'm bowing out of your scene Oh sweet darlin' Please don't bring your troubles To my doorstep anymore You stole the lock You stole the key Can't you see? You're draggin' me down You're draggin' me down Like a hole in the ground Why you draggin' me down? Why you draggin' me down? |
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It's time for you to wake up She don't love you anymore When silence is her weapon You can't fight it any way And the words have all been spoken And she's walking out the door It's too late for you to make up She don't need you anymore And I can't see Any hope for me Till Saviour's Day Till Saviour's Day Sooner or later There's a price you've got to pay What was taken, what was given? Well, it's hard enough to say And the snow falls down like candy And you're crawling in the street And you write your book of lies Illuminations and deceit And I'll wait and see Who'll forgive me On Saviour's Day On Saviour's Day Well, you've hit a losing streak You can see it in their eyes Your friends they don't believe you They say your moves are all unwise And the wind blows down the alleys And the backstreets shine with rain And you wait to hit the bottom Then you crawl back up again And I'll wait and see Who'll still love me On Saviour's Day On Saviour's Day |
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Well, the Devil sent me a woman She fights me all the time She put some kind of hoodoo Over my body and my mind Yellow moon is dripping With honey, milk and blood Drowning me in energy I'm swimming in the flood I went down to the doctor To get myself a cure In a house down by the railroad tracks With a ju-ju on the door He took me to the swampland And he led me to the lake I swam right down to the bottom And there I found the snake She's a woman Black snake woman Black snake woman She's a woman Well the ocean moves within her She falls like the healing rain Earth and blood and fire She sets my soul aflame She moves like a panther Crawlin' on her hands and knees Old mojo is workin' I can feel her body heave She's a woman Black snake woman Black snake woman She's a woman I went down to the preacher I said, "Preacher save my soul" He scourged my flesh with fire To keep the Devil down in the hole Then he opened up his bible And there I saw the snake Curled in a pit of fire Waiting on his mate She's a woman Black snake woman Black snake woman She's my woman Black snake woman Black snake woman |
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In my end is my beginning I heard a voice call out to me I saw you standing by the window A face unveiling And her face is now unveiled Behind the cloak of skin And our bodies fall away And our bodies fall away And the ghosts of your dead lovers They pass right through me Right through me They pass right through me And the burden now is shifting Without end is my beginning Truth made flesh between us Beneath the bitter yellow moon Dark mirror flame of endless night Who shall be witness to this slaughter? Hate I will endure thee Grace I still await thee And the ghosts of my dead lovers They pass right through you Right through you They pass right through you In the darkness of this room In a place beyond despair In my end is my beginning We are no longer sacred All down these empty murderous streets I deny my claim to virtue Love is lust in the beginning Then our bodies fall away And the ghosts of my dead lovers They pass right through me Right through me They pass right through me |
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Standing in the rain Waiting for the man to show The lights are flashing on across the river I took a ride downtown Then up to 42nd street Don't even know the name Of the place that I'm looking for In the silence of the night Down the broken avenue A doorway yawns And steps lead down to the underworld See all of my friends Looking so strange Yellow skin And fingers held up to their eyes I'm back in the underworld Can't see a way out of here I'm back in the underworld I need a way out of here I wake up in the morning And I feel so scared I bought a one-way ticket There's no way back from here Oh, I'm out of control I need it too much It hits me deep inside It's better than a woman's touch Well, I saw my life Down the barrel of a gun Faces I knew They flashed before my eyes "Take off those shoes! Get up those stairs! Don't even think to run There's nowhere you can hide…" I'm back in the underworld Can't see a way out of here I'm back in the underworld I need a way out of here I had a dream last night Well, I was back ten years ago I've seen the light my darlin' But still won't let me go I was shaking like a thief As if my soul had died I've got this hollow feeling It haunts me deep inside I'm back in the underworld Can't see a way out of here I'm back in the underworld I need a way out of here I need a way out of here Oh baby, get me out of here I need a way out of here … |
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When I look into your eyes All my walls come tumbling down There's nothing that I could say That would take this pain away And the darkness crashes in And all the candles burn out slowly Love has brought us here again And the streets they are so lonely And you say to me "Why can't you see? That I need you Much more, than you need me …" I thought our love was strong But now the feeling's gone And I grieve, my dear For everything that we did wrong Out in the street the dawn is breaking And the night is fading fast So many promises lay broken All buried in the past And I'm standing in the corner Of some faded mystery Take me walking through the chambers Of your dark and haunted sea And you say to me "Why can't you see? That I love you Much more, than you love me …" I thought our love was strong But now the feeling's gone And I grieve, my dear For everything that we did wrong And the rain falls down Like the blood of Christ Your skin is pale As cold as ice This well of tears Is all run dry Love has gone So let the spirit fly And it's gone forever And it's gone forever … |
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She waits until All of her friends have gone away She sits alone and wonders About the price she's got to pay Her mother stares Into the darkness of her eyes Was it love? Or just an ordinary lie … Out in the street The rain is falling on the ground Up in her room She cries, but doesn't make a sound She thinks about All of the love she used to know It's hard to believe That she could ever let it go There is a place Down by the winding riverside Beneath the trees Where lovers go to hide She waits until There's no-one else around She sits alone and wonders While the leaves fall to the ground I saw her today I was walking down some lonely street I looked in her eyes But we did not stop to speak I thought about All of the love we used to know It's hard to believe That we could ever let it go … |
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My love she keeps rolling Deep as a river You don't know her Like I know her There's a shadow in her eyes Like a cloud across the sky Wheels keep on turning All through the dark night Till the light comes shining I see it shining Down these dirty city streets That lead me back into your arms And I feel no shame In your house of pain I'll come back again And watch you cry And deep as a river My body is aching Oh my darling You're sweeter than sorrow Take this poisoned cup away I don't need it anymore Red lights are flashing In the wind and rain This stormy weather Is clouding my vision And though my heart Still aches for you I can't stay here anymore We've been holding on For way too long Come on, break these chains And set us free Set us free Out on the ocean Dark ships are sailing I can hear the sirens Weeping and wailing Floating down these empty streets That lead me back Into your arms But I see a vision Of sweet love and mercy Shining like heaven On all of these sorrows Oh my darling hold me close We will never meet again We've been holding on For way too long Come on, break these chains And set us free Set us free |
| PHIL SHOENFELT : GOD IS THE OTHER FACE OF THE DEVIL (1993) |
| Charlotte's Room |
| The Gambler |
| Alchemy |
| Hospital |
| Black Rain |
| Only You |
| Martha's Well |
| The Killer Inside |
| Well of Souls |
| Pale Light Shining |
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In her room It's black as night She can see with second-sight She's just an image That you try to define The shadows weep She never sleeps She keeps a silver spoon Day turns to night in Charlotte's room Never too soon in Charlotte's room Voices echo in her trance And twisted strangers dance Between the shadows In her eyes And every day She fades away The games you play All end too soon Candles light the gloom in Charlotte's room Never too soon in Charlotte's room In Charlotte's room Lay the cards Upon the floor She can't see you anymore Now she's gone so far away Her mother weeps She never sleeps She just stares into the moon Day turns to night in Charlotte's room Never too soon in Charlotte's room In Charlotte's room... Lay down to die in Charlotte's room |
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Each day I wake up and wonder Just what I'm livin' for Can't see no release from this prison of time The walls of this empty room Won't take me away I can't forget all the sin that I've done No, I can't forget All the sin that I've done But I'll take my chances I put a gun against my head Yeah, I'll take my chances I'll play a little Russian Roulette With my life My empty wasted twisted life A candle is burnin' in the window At the break of day I poisoned my life Ran poison through my veins An' I pray to Jesus, Son of Heaven To deliver up my soul I bin livin' too long In the Devil's ragged hole Bin livin' too long In the Devil's ragged hole But I'll take my chances I put a gun against my head Yeah, I'll take my chances Play a little Russian Roulette With my life My empty wasted twisted useless life Take me down to the river Put a gun in my hand Take me down to the river I'm a gamblin' man Take me down to the river Put a gun in my hand Take me down to the river I'm a gamblin' man Take me down to the river Let me swim to the sea Take me down to the river Where my spirit, my spirit is free Take me down to the river Put a gun in my hand Take me down to the river I'm a gamblin' man |
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Love has thrown a shadow over me She takes me as far as I can see She is in each second that I breathe Love has thrown a shadow over me In her eyes I see The Spirit shine She lives outside space and time Love is changing everything I see Love has thrown her shadow over me Love has thrown her shadow over me Love has thrown her shadow over me Love is changing everything I see Love has thrown her shadow over me She can touch this darkness in my soul She can turn this metal into gold Love will kill your heart or set you free Love has thrown her shadow over me Love has thrown her shadow over me Love has thrown her shadow over me Love is changing everything I see Love has thrown her shadow over me Love has thrown her shadow over me |
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Well, I wake up in the morning As the sunlight hits the stain upon my window I reach to touch your body But my body is the cross on which I'm dying And the whores and the junkies and the winos Are all down on Park Avenue South Oh my dear - it's a brand new year And I just can't remember The words or the feelings I'm staring through the darkness As the streetlights cast a shadow on the ceiling I start my thirty second year In this hospital of fools and sad-eyed killers And the silver ball is falling on the square And all the cops are looking nervous tonight Ah my dear - it's a brand new year And I just can't remember The words or the feelings Some kind of darkness Feeds my soul But what it is - I just can't say All I feel is emptiness As you slip away … Now I'm standing in the corner Of some memory that I used to be so sure of Looking down upon some crazy stinkin' scene That I no longer recognise And the years come spinning 'round me Like some carnival of dreams All dressed in rags and bows Oh my dear - it's a brand new year And I just can't remember The words or the feelings Ah my dear - it's a brand new year … |
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Black rain fallin' down on me Storm clouds keep on buildin' An' the sun don't shine Black rain put a spell on me These ghost wheels have bin turnin' For such a long time now An' my body is just a notion That I still cling onto But I can see right through These holes in my skin Yeah, I see a shinin' perfect vision Rainin' mercy down on me But this hoodoo keeps on changin' The shape that he's in Black rain fallin' down on me Storm clouds keep on buildin' An' the sun don't shine Black rain put a spell on me These ghost wheels have bin turnin' For such a long time now An' this blinded ol' river Just keeps on rollin' Somebody must have bin around here An' fixed these holes in my skin An' I feel just like a weepin' Jesus But don't you cut me down I've bin a-changin' the shape Of this flesh that I'm in Black rain fallin' down on me Storm clouds keep on buildin' An' the sun don't shine Black rain put a spell on me These ghost wheels have bin turnin' For such a long, long, long, long, lonely time Turnin' an' turnin' an' turnin' an' turnin' …yeah … |
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The summer's over Fields have turned to brown Winter shadows fill our souls with fear The carnivals and festivals Have all gone away Another faded love, another year Sometimes I lie awake at night Staring at the view Twisting, turning in my head I think of you … Only you Could ever save me from myself Only you Could ever take me from this hell Only you Could ever save me from myself Only you Could make me feel like someone else I see the light within your darkness I seek beauty in your pain I could search a thousand years And never quench this flame You build the walls around you And you fill your head with fear And fade into the distance Every time I get too near And whispered conversations That echo in my brain Through walls of twisted shadows They still haunt me just the same … Only you Could ever save me from myself Only you Could ever take me from this hell Only you Could ever save me from myself Only you Could make me feel like someone else I see the light within your darkness I seek beauty in your pain I could search a thousand years And never quench this flame Oh, the days they are so empty And the nights they burn so cold Nothing I could do Could chase those shadows from your soul Oh my darling, do you think of me The way I think of you I try to kill my memory But there's nothing I can do … Only you Only you Only you |
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Martha take these chains from my soul My heart is sick, my blood runs cold I need guidance from above To lead me through this jungle you call love I see darkness, I see pain An' Sorrow spreadin' like a stain Now love has gone An' I feel so underhand When I kiss your lips Do you get what you demand? When I look into your eyes my pretty one I can see the battle's just begun There's poison flowin' through my veins An' bitterness cloudin' my brain Lord, won't you take these dreams away? This well of Sorrow floods each day I've been crucified I've been pushed down to my knees By the cross of love Oh honey, won't you please Have mercy on me … Well, I've been behind those walls where you came from An' I've seen that fallen house where you belong There's a candle burnin' in the window An' a shadow that follows me wherever I go Lord, won't you heed me when I pray? I can't tear myself away I'm goin' down Into this well of pain My heart is sick But I feel no shame Have mercy on me Have mercy on me … |
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"Well, I just got in on the 6.59 An' I'm lookin' for somethin' That's bin on my mind I can see by your face That you're the helpful kind I'm a stranger in town Just a stranger in town … Take me where the action is Where the liquor flows An' the girls are free My desires have bin kept under lock and key For so long now An' I feel like bustin' out if you know what I mean Yeah, I feel like bustin' out If you know what I mean Said I feel like bustin' out if you know what I mean Ah, you know what I mean …" Well, she looked in his eyes He was a short little guy Something about him made her smile He had a bulge in his pants Worth a hundred dollar bill She got up, she moved in for the kill On the stranger in town He was just a stranger in town He said, "My body is achin' I'm all broken inside I don't even know my name anymore An' the church bells are ringin' They're way out of tune An' I'm stuck in this bottomless pit With a scum-suckin' whore…" Well, they went to a room And he laid out his cards She poured him a drink The she lowered her guard She asked him the name Of the game that he played He was a stranger in town Just a stranger in town Then he looked at his watch And he looked at his ring He looked down at the cage of her body All covered in skin He said, "I know a way That I could set you free Lie down and relax, close your eyes An' let me come in …" Then he cut his way in… Well, they pulled her from the river With her shoes full of sand Her head full of memories Still spinning like a hurdy-gurdy man Her eyes they were open Just frozen in time By the stranger in town He was just a stranger in town Then the police came And they broke down the door They said, "Hey son what did you do that thing for?" He said, "The church bells were ringin' They were way out of tune I was stuck in this bottomless pit With a scum-suckin' whore She was just a scum-suckin' whore…." |
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Your anger is your only virtue I see that dagger in your glove And if the path of love's a trial You'd bear false witness to a hanging judge All your prisoners cry for mercy And all your missionaries sing You say compassion is a weakness Like a fool I throw my heart into the ring Drawn by a fatal taste for danger I did not see the warning sign I cried, "Oh Jesus, Lord, I'm drowning - Won't you turn this water into wine...?" Then I crawled back to my dungeon My jailer's arms were open wide As I hit the ground my head was reeling My sins were envy, jealousy and pride Oh sweet Mother of Mercy Do not desert this Well of Souls And for myself, I am no stranger to these terms Gone is the fire that I stole And so I quit that fortune-teller All the lessons had been learned And I will live within my body Although my spirit has been burned And the circus sky just keeps on falling Clouded and broken in the mire And like a thief I'm only turning Caught in the chains of my own desire Oh sweet Mother of Mercy Do not desert this Ship of Fools And for myself, I am no stranger to these terms I serve, but you were born to rule Oh sweet Mother of Mercy Do not desert this Well of Souls And for myself, I am no stranger to these terms Gone is the fire that I stole |
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She's the final destination Though I've seen her in my dreams Her face is always hidden Or at least that's how it seems She is sweeter than religion She's the end of all emptiness An' I keep my eyes upon her She's the Spirit and the Flesh An' when I feel her arms surround me Then I'll know that the end is near And I'll leave behind this prison Of darkness and despair … I thought I saw a pale light shinin' All across the universal night Like some ancient revelation Reachin' back behind my sight An' I stood behind the curtain Between this world and the next I thought I was beyond all Good and Evil Well I was cursed, yeah, but I was blessed Then I chose my victim I let murder fill my soul I laughed as I pulled the trigger An' I watched as his blood ran cold Then I wake up an' look around me An' I see these four walls still standin' here An' I realise there's no turnin' back the pages This life of mine is just history And though I stand in the shadow of the gallows I feel her presence walkin' next to me An' I know that she will not desert me Her everlastin' love is gonna set me free As I walk from the shadows into the light I walk from the shadows into the light I walk from the shadows into the light Into the light |
| PHIL SHOENFELT : BACKWOODS CRUCIFIXION (1990) |
| Garden Of Eden |
| Marianne, I'm Falling |
| The Light That Surrounds You |
| Psyche |
| Devil's Hole |
| Hateful Heart |
| Walkaway |
| Salvation Hotel |
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Dancing colours all around I lost my head in a web of sound Now I don't know what to do Like Kubla Khan in Xanadu I need inspiration I got no motivation Life is a dream but I'm not sleeping Life is a dream but I'm not sleeping Outside of the gates of the Garden of Eden Outside of the gates of the Garden of Eden Garden of Eden All the city lights go out All her friends have gone away She doesn't need a helping hand But she thanks you anyway She needs inspiration There's been too much hesitation Life is a dream but she's not waiting Life is a dream but she's not waiting Outside of the gates of the Garden of Eden Outside of the gates of the Garden of Eden Garden of Eden I went down to the City of Night I stepped up and took a look inside I went down to the City of Night I stepped up and took a look inside I went down I went down I went down And I stood outside the Garden of Eden I closed my eyes... And I walked right in I walked right in I walked right in I said I walked right in Into the Garden of Eden All the bridges are in flames I kiss your tears like the falling rain All the city lights go out Everybody scream and shout We need inspiration There's been too much hesitating Life is a dream but we're not waiting Life is a dream but we're not waiting Outside of the gates of the Garden of Eden Outside of the gates of the Garden of Eden Garden of Eden Garden of Eden |
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She wakes up in the morning light Her eyes are dark, her skin is white She's not the girl she used to be I wonder what's inside her head To make her say those things she said Well, you know how it can be Marianne, take my hand I'm slipping backwards, Marianne Marianne, take my hand And lead me home, Marianne Her friends all say it's just a laugh And take another photograph She sends it home across the sea She messed up all her mother's plans They sent her off to Switzerland Where she's got everything she needs Marianne, take my hand I'm slipping backwards, Marianne Marianne, take my hand And lead me home, Marianne Oh Marianne, I'm falling Oh Marianne, I'm falling In the darkness of her room She reaches for a spoon She feeds her body dreams enough to spare Her eyes reflect the morning light Death was an oversight Life was a cross she had to bear Marianne, take my hand I'm slipping backwards, Marianne Marianne, take my hand I'll lead you home, Marianne Oh Marianne, I'm falling Oh Marianne, I'm falling |
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Never thought I'd fall so hard Down on my hands and knees The sky was dark and the door was open I said, "Oh baby please don't leave..." She built a wall Back in the corner of her mind That she just sit behind And the nightmares never end They just go on and on forever Like a river to the sea And it's killin' me Said, "Baby turn your lights up high Lead me to the other side" Said, "Baby turn your lights up high Lead me to the other side" And I swear one day I'm gonna crawl Said I swear one day I'm gonna crawl I'm gonna crawl right to the top of that wall Reach down under Pull her out of that hole I'll pull her out of that hole Pull her out of that hole, yeah I'm gonna save my baby's soul She said, "Baby, if you please I've been diggin' this hole forever Don't you try to set me free Just let me be..." Take me down under the ocean The night is so dark I can't breathe And we'll meet at the end of forever And I'll know when I've found you By the light that surrounds you And sometimes I still think I see her standing there Sunlight shinin' in her hair But the Sandman came And took that little girl away Dragged her down beneath the waters Cold and grey Beneath the waters cold and grey She walks on waters cold and grey Yeah, this time I know she's gone to stay Where the nightmares never end They just go on and on forever Like a river to the sea And it's killin' me Take me down under the ocean The night is so dark I can't breathe And we'll meet at the end of forever And I'll know when I've found you By the light that surrounds you |
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When I look in her eyes My whole life flashes by I'm drowning in her mystery I can't draw another breath I must be close to death There's no escape that I can see She lives inside her mind She's out of space and out of time But she's not mine She sits up in her room Clothed in her robes of gloom Her face is turned to yesterday She stares with eyes forlorn And waits to be reborn Within the words that you must say And she has no shame I turn around, she's gone again What's her game? And she walks among the willows There's danger when she's near I don't know if I can reach her Her intention is unclear... I used to know my way But that was yesterday And now confusion fills my life She kills all certainty With demonic energy I think she is the Devil's wife Could you set her free? Break the chains and let her breathe She's so deep... |
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Last night I dreamed I saw Saint Peter The Book he held was black with sin We stood outside the gates of Heaven He would not let me in Last night I dreamed I saw Saint Peter He looked at me, my blood ran cold "Abandon Hope all ye who enter And may the fires purge your soul Down in the Devil’s Hole" I told this story to my woman Last thing I heard, she was still runnin' My words of love remained unspoken Drowned by the sound of the thunder comin' I told this story to my woman Last thing I heard she was on the run With my best friend who was discovered Shot through the head with his own gun Shot through the head With his own gun... I saw them standin' by the river A crowd of people 'round the Hangin' Tree An' that Laughin' Boy, he was fairly swingin' He looked a lot like me... Last night I dreamed I saw Saint Peter He looked at me, my blood ran cold We stood outside the gates of Heaven He said, "The Man Downstairs has won your soul Now get down to the Devil’s Hole To the Devil's Hole To the Devil's Hole The Devil's Hole To the Devil's Hole..." |
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Well, I hear those church bells ringin' Like a madman singing at the moon I feel like a sinner sittin' in jail On a Sunday afternoon And I look for the eyes of some angel To deliver me from myself I sit like a bird in the Valley of Death Knockin' at the gates of Hell Don't turn around, baby Just walk away Don't turn around, baby Just walk away She whispers the names of the Stations Of the Cross that Christ died on She laughs at me with my thorny crown Says, "You gotta be puttin' me on..." Then she drives the nails through her fingers Says, "Don't leave me here all by myself I can't face another night alone I'm in need of some kind of help..." Don't turn around Just walk away No, don't turn around Just walk away 'Cos I don't want to see your face again, baby And I won't be comin' back this way again, baby My heart is so full up with hate for you, baby Oh baby, can't you see Like a stranger asleep in the shadows I've been runnin' like Abraham's son I can feel that sword right over my head I've been runnin' till the Kingdom comes And I look for the eyes of some angel To deliver me from myself But the angel I need She rides a white horse Right through the gates of Hell Don't turn around Don't open your eyes No, don't turn around Don't open your eyes Don't open your eyes 'Cos I don't want to see your face again, baby And I won't be comin' back this way again, baby My heart is so full up with hate for you, baby Oh baby, can't you see My blood runs cold My eyes don't see My spirit is already gone My dreams they creep So dark, so deep I've been runnin' so long I've been runnin' so long So where are you now My pretty young babe? Tell me the place that you've gone And if we're alive Then there's nothing to hide For right or for wrong For right or for wrong So where are you now My pretty young babe? Tell me the place that you've gone Your heart is unsaved As cold as the grave You've been runnin' too long You've been runnin' too long Too long... |
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I tried everything I can To make you understand I can see you don't believe A word I say Stranded all alone With all your senses blown How you can say That I don't know what's going on I lost everything I owned To stand crucified and stoned I don't want your promises or alibis The fire in your eyes Flickers then dies Nothing I could say Could ever change your mind As you walk away You walk away from me You walk away You just walk away from me You walk away You just walk away from me And you walk away The thunder in your heart Tears my soul apart I can't understand A word you're saying to me You're lying through your eyes You don't even realize Your plans and dreams and evil schemes Are just a fantasy As you walk away You walk away from me You walk away You just walk away from me The fire in your eyes Flickers then dies Nothing I could say Could ever change your mind |
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At Salvation Hotel They're pullin' down the shades That woman's heart is Black as the Ace of Spades My body is achin' And I don't know why Each day I sit here cryin' Till my tears run dry She walks alone up in her room A candle is burnin' In the light of the moon I can't go on feelin' this way She hides in my dreams each night I can still hear her say: "Come stay for awhile At Salvation Hotel See the Beautiful People Get all shot to hell Step inside of this evil spell You'll never leave Salvation Hotel" Long gloves of black satin She got her high heels on Now I'm callin' her name out loud But she's already gone I gave my love to her Ah, but she don't care She just stand by the mirror Combing her long black hair She walks alone up in her room Burnin' a candle To the lonesome moon I can't go on feeling this way She hides in my dreams each night I can still hear her say: "Come stay for awhile At Salvation Hotel See the Beautiful People Get all shot to hell Just step inside of this evil shell" Now I'm climbin' the stairways Of Salvation Hotel Well, I close my eyes Ah, but she's still there I don't eat or sleep much anymore Honey, I don't care There's cracks in the ceiling An' there's cracks in the floor An' the sounds of love Comin' from behind her door She walks alone up in her room A candle is burnin' By the light of the moon I can't go on feelin' this way She just hides in my dreams each night I can still hear her say: "Come stay for awhile At Salvation Hotel See the Beautiful People Get all shot to hell Yeah, just step inside of this evil spell You're never gonna leave Salvation Hotel... Salvation Hotel... Salvation Hotel..." |
| PHIL SHOENFELT : CHARLOTTE'S ROOM (1989) |
| Charlotte's Room |
| The Long Goodbye |
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In her room It's black as night She can see with second-sight She's just an image You try to define The shadows weep She never sleeps She keeps a silver spoon Day turns to night in Charlotte's room Never too soon in Charlotte's room Voices echo in her trance And twisted strangers dance Between the shadows In her eyes And every day She fades away The games you play All end too soon Candles light the gloom in Charlotte's room Never too soon in Charlotte's room In Charlotte's room Lay the cards Upon the floor She can't see you anymore Now she's gone so far away Her mother weeps She never sleeps She just stares into the moon Day turns to night in Charlotte's room Never too soon in Charlotte's room In Charlotte's room... Lay down to die in Charlotte's room |
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Well they say She is strong And you know Life goes on Well so do I Yes so do I Will I see you tomorrow Or is this our last goodbye? There's a price That you pay When you go You go to stay So far away So far away Well I'll miss you like a prison But I haven't got a word to say By the look In your eyes I see the past Is just a lie Just a lie Just a wicked lie Will I see you tomorrow Or is this our last goodbye? Well you say That Life is strong But sometimes Things go wrong And then you're gone Now you are gone Well I'll miss you like a prison 'Cos I can't tell the right from the wrong Yes, I'll miss you like a prison 'Cos I can't tell the right from the wrong Will I see you tomorrow Or is this our last goodbye? Will I see you again tomorrow Or is this just a long goodbye? Will I see you tomorrow Or is this just a long goodbye? |
| KHMER ROUGE : NEW YORK - LONDON 1981-86 (2004) |
| New Assassins |
| Labyrinth |
| Shoot |
| Hinterland |
| Africa |
| Perspective |
| Silence Fills Our Lives |
| City Primeval |
| Age Of Iron |
| Ghosts Of Love |
| Information |
| Tunnel Vision |
| Parasites |
| Paradise Row |
| Generation |
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A room of empty faces
The new assassins stand in a line Waiting for their orders Waiting for their time How can we go on pretending Day after day? Living our lives in the same way Day after day Day after day Day after day Day after day The forces of darkness Guide us into decay The room becomes a prison As I dream my life away Dream my life away Dream my life away Dream my life away Things are getting harder All the time Is there a future Or is this the end of the line End of the line End of the line End of the line End of the line Dream my life away … |
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Running in circles Locked in time Under the walls Too tall to climb We were the first To understand We made the rules We made the plans You saw us fall You saw us rise You saw the murder In our eyes You gave us power You set us free We called it Truth We called it Destiny Where are we now Where are we now Where are we now, now Where are we now? We strained your souls With repetition We gave you masks And television We dreamed of an order Pure and true We saw the end We neglected you Disgraced by hate We could not win It's over now Too late to begin We’re caught in illusion Line on line We are the deaf And you are the blind We are the deaf And you are the blind We are waiting for you We are waiting for you We are all waiting for you Where are we now Where are we now Where are we now, now Where are we now |
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Danger in the East There's danger in the West Nation against nation Who's hardest who’s the best? Zion on the loose Shout “Death!” to the PLO America steps in There's nowhere left to go Fascists in control How long will we survive? Power leads to fear Death and genocide Assassins in the street Gun the heroes down Religion makes them fools Propaganda all around Shoot Shoot Shoot Move your body to the beat Shoot Shoot Shoot There's murder in the street Shoot Shoot Shoot Confusion everywhere Shoot Shoot Shoot There's danger in the air Soldiers of fortune Controlled by the CIA War in Africa Gets closer every day No jobs for the youth Government tell them lies, lies Royal wedding celebration Hunger striker dies Shoot Shoot Shoot Move your body to the beat Shoto Shoot Shoot There's a riot in the street Shoot Shoot Shoot Confusion everywhere Shoot Shoot Shoot There's danger in the air There's murder in the street Move your body to the beat Confusion everywhere There's murder in the street / Move that body, move that thing… Move your body to the beat Confusion everywhere / Move that body, move that thing… … There's danger in the air Danger everywhere Confusion in the air Danger in the air Confusion everywhere |
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You never remember the things you do or say You never remember the stupid games that you play You call it perfection, it's just control You think that it's all true, that's what you're told And all of these dangers you can't ignore You stand in your own world, that's what you're for The streets of the old town where no one goes And no one remembers and no one knows When we're dancing We feel no pain inside It's too late to question why All we feel is all we hide Torn by destruction, now confusion shows Our eyes look between us and the distance grows We're losing emotion, afraid to fall Our feelings betray us and leave us cold When we're dancing We feel no pain inside We will live, we will survive All we feel is all we hide When we're dancing We feel no pain inside It's too late to question why All we feel is all we hide When we're dancing … |
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Undercover operators Crawl around the doors White man in the jungle They’re only making sure T.V. images flicker Mass security The hills are all on fire Like rivers to the sea Like rivers to the sea There’s loss in all directions Our destiny has changed It comes like second nature This legacy of shame Scale the walls and prisons The fear that builds inside Our hearts are filled with darkness We fight against the time In Africa In Africa In Africa In Africa Distorted situation Mass psychology Listen to the radio See the murderers on T.V. A self-destructive master raise All with strings attached The gold mines and the factories Are safe against attack In Africa In Africa In Africa When will we see? … Africa … |
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A change of direction, a change of ways Motion in silence through the final days Stand on the outside and wait for the time There’s beauty in danger, only fit for the blind We fight without anger, we feel no pain The final solution, nothing left to gain Nowhere to run to and nothing to hide It's already over, we could never decide We see all the dangers, we stare out ahead Remember the lies, all the things that they said We’re living like strangers, your rules or mine? Parallel lives in parallel time I see the world through your eyes But losing sight in the distance Our bodies are changing Only futile resistance As we run from destruction As we run from destruction As we run from destruction I see the world through your eyes Losing sight in the distance Of the times we remember Though we treasure each instant I see the world through your eyes I see the world through your eyes I see the world through your eyes Through your eyes Through your eyes Through your eyes You were right You were right You were right |
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I remember it all The Truth and the Beauty, the Word and the Law Present and future, future and past I remember it all from the first to the last When silence fills our lives When silence fills our lives When silence fills our lives When silence fills our lives Moving in closer, open your eyes See the pain in their faces Loved then abandoned By television, communication Takes away the sensation Takes away the sensation Takes away the sensation We’re losing sensation When silence fills our lives When silence fills our lives When silence fills our lives When silence fills our lives Held at a distance Stand and watch In helpless anger As language dies in the face of hatred And genocide kills the seed of the future And we're the spectators, losing sensation We're the spectators, losing sensation When silence fills our lives When silence fills our lives When silence fills our lives When silence fills our lives … |
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Sooty metal city / sun rises grey /coal dust in the
air / smudges of people / drip along the sidewalks / like slug trails glisten /
dirty canals / floating iridescent scum / smeared across the landscape / rises
metal city / clanging, pile-driven / welded flowing metal /no sparks to stone
towers / bleached bones under a steely sky…
When I found you in this part of the city Down here, here, where the sun never shines You were surrounded by the smiles of indifference Wounded, all broken inside Your parents they told you about the City Primeval You left home, home, for a season in hell And abandoned by the councils and government No place, no place, to ever call your own From station to basement, you gotta keep moving You go around and around and around and around Down and down and down in the City Primeval City Primeval, City Primeval, evil, evil, City Primeval Dull angry people, stupid with fear Clocks in their veins, the time’s drawing near Sooty metal city, dark jagged towers Teeth to devour souls by the hour The rain that deafens, too botched to change Glistening streets, rivers of souls And the smack and the speed and the pushers you need And all too soon another mouth to feed Is this what you wanted, is this what you need Down down, down, down, down in the City Primeval City Primeval, City Primeval, evil, evil, City Primeval From station to basement, from the park to the pavement You gotta keep moving, no place of your own Or the councils and government take away your subsistence Then you go down, down, down, down Around and around and around in the City Primeval City Primeval, City Primeval, evil, evil, City Primeval |
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I followed you To the heart of the night To a world of silence Where the dark meets the light And I called your name And I called your name I can hear the echoes in my brain I can hear the echoes in my brain These empty streets / I followed you They never end / To the heart of the night Never rise up, rise up, rise up They just descend Then I called your name / I followed you And I followed you / And I called your name Too far to fall Too much to lose Too far to fall Too much to lose No place to run / These empty streets No place to hide / They never end I heard a voice call from within And I stepped inside And we prayed for the children / And we prayed for the children For the beautiful children / For the beautiful children They closed their eyes and turned away They closed their eyes and turned away Turned away They closed their eyes and turned away |
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Standing at the edge We close our eyes and move on by In the distance moving fast Forms receding never last Never last All the laughter and the tears And all your dreams and all my fears And your secrets and your shame And all your beauty and your pain Take me back again Take me back again Take me back again Take me back again All the laughter and the tears And all your dreams and all my fears And all your demons and your saints And all your beauty and your pain Take me back again Take me back again Take me back again Take me back again Lying on my side In the darkness try to hide But these doubts return again To haunt my mind until the end But these doubts return again To haunt my mind until the end Until the end And the faces I have seen Come back to me – what might have been And the friends we used to know And the lovers we held so close And the friends we used to know And the lovers we held so close Now turn to go Again and again Turn to go Again and again and again… |
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You sit alone in the dark You never make your mark Outside history Outside society You're just a moment in time Just a face in a line And it's breaking your heart There's no place to begin And you're trying to break out And you're trying to break in You're just a moment in time Just a face in a line No information for me No information for you No information for free No information, it's true No information Only frustration And there's a look in your eyes Sometimes it seems like despair You don't know where to look You know that nobody cares You're just a moment in time A face in a line You think you're going insane There's so much you could do Is it all in your head? Well, it's up to you Yes, it's up to you It's always up to you No information for me No information for you No information for free No information, it's true No information Only frustration No information for me No information for you No information for free No information, it's true No information Only frustration |
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Now the end is getting nearer Will I see things any clearer? Is this how it's got to be? Lost in a sea of dead emotion Is this what you call devotion? What do you want from me? I scan your eyes like television Though our worlds are in collision I wonder what it is I see I closed the door, there's no way out Now feel the implosion of suspicion and doubt It's nothing words could say You needed someone to complete you You needed someone to defeat you Now this is the price you pay Where is the light at the end of the tunnel? It feels like we’re sliding back into the funnel Look at what you've done Time has passed, now hold your fire We could speak across the wire This battle never will be won Where is the light at the end of the tunnel? It feels like we’re sliding back into the funnel Look at what you've done Time has passed, now hold your fire We could speak across the wire This battle never will be won |
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We’re never alone There's someone on our tracks To subvert our ideas And distort all the facts Stay out of here It's someone else’s affair They're building a future Where nobody cares There's too many faces And too many views And too many voices Singing the blues In love with the danger That's all we can feel When love and affection Seem so unreal Singing the blues Keep singing the blues They keep singing the blues Look into to our faces See we're having fun Welcome to the party The party's just begun Look into to our faces See we're having fun Welcome to the party The party's just begun The party's just begun The party's just begun The party's just begun They kill you with pleasure They kill you with pain They kill you with boredom Again and again They kill you in anger They kill you in jest And if you succeed They're gonna love you to death Keep singing the blues They're gonna love you to death |
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I've got to find Something to believe in Living like this Is driving me wild There's nothing left Of the things I've believed in Mistrust and delusion Are driving me crazy Day after day In a world with no values Living like strangers We touch in the dark Go on pretending With nothing to say There's nothing left When I look in your eyes No trace of emotion long gone Sweet love sensation Yielded to lies The moment of truth passed us by Now let it die Drifting around Now my life is a dream Working and working My hands to the bone War and repression And more exploitation Who stands to lose And just who stands to gain By playing the rules of the game Trapped by these words That just keep us apart We fall for them time and again Where will it end? Yeah, where will it end? And all I have Are these memories I do what I have to do To set me free I’m making up for lost time Love is the last thing on my mind Yeah! I've got to find Something to believe in Living like this Is driving me wild Love turns the wheels Keeps your eyes on the road There's nothing left When I look in your eyes No trace of emotion long gone Sweet love sensation Yielded to lies The moment of truth passed us by Bye-bye Now let it die |
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Safe from redemption No place inside This is our future The world outside We search without vision For sanctuary We doubt the existence Of the things that we see Follow this road To wherever it leads you Signs in the night Only there to deceive you Follow this road You’d better follow this road Another walks beside you Another walks behind you Another walks beside you Generation – we’re born again Generation - until the end Generation – what will become? Generation – into the sun Look in those eyes Do you think that they’ll feed you Look in those eyes Do you think that they need you Can you see to the end? Can you see to the end? Another walks beside you Another walks behind you Another walks beside you Generation – we’re born again Generation - until the end Generation – what will become? Generation – into the sun Circle on circle In the heart of the storm The limbs of their bodies Lay broken and torn A silent desertion Now the armies have gone A temple of ashes Both the weak and the strong Follow this road To wherever it leads you Signs in the night Only there to deceive you Follow this road You’d better follow this road Another walks beside you Another walks behind you Another walks beside you Generation – we’re born again Generation - until the end Generation – what will become? Generation – into the sun Into the sun Into the sun Into the sun |