Learning To Fly
Into
the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched
to the point of no turning back
A flight
of fancy on a wind swept field
Standing
alone my senses reeled
A fatal
attraction holding me fast, how
Can
I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can't
keep my eyes from the circling sky
Tongue-tied
& twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Ice
is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded
warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No
navigator to guide my way home
Unladened
empty and turned to stone
A soul
in tension that's learning to fly
Condition
grounded but determined to try
Can't
keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied
& twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Above
the planet on a wing and a prayer
My
grubby halo a vapor trail in the empty air
Across
the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out
of the corner of my watering eye
A dream
unthreatened by the morning light
Could
blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There's
no sensation to compare with this
Suspended
animation a state of bliss
Can't
keep my mind from the circling sky
Tongue-tied
& twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
The Dogs Of War
Dogs
of war and men of hate
With
no cause we don't discriminate
Discovery
is to be disowned
Our
currency is flesh and bone
Hell
opened up and put on sale
Gather
round and haggle
For
hard cash we will lie and deceive
Even
our masters don't know the webs we weave
One
world, it's a battleground
One
world, and we will smash it down
One
world...one world
Invisible
transfers long distance calls
Hollow
laughter in marble halls
Steps
have been taken a silent uproar
Has
unleashed the dogs of war
You
can't stop what has begun
Signed
sealed they deliver oblivion
We
all have a dark side to say the least
And
dealing in death is the nature of the beast
One
world, it's a battleground
One
world, and we will smash it down
One
world...one world
The
dogs of war don't negotiate
The
dogs of war won't capitulate
They
will take and you will give
And
you must die so that they may live
You
can knock at any door but wherever you go
You
know they've been there before
Well
winners can lose and things can get strained
But
whatever you change you know the dogs remain
One
world, it's a battleground
One
world, and we will smash it down
One
world...one world
One Slip
A restless
eye across a weary room
A glazed
look and I was on the road to ruin
The
music played and played as we whirled without end
No
hint, no word her honour to defend
I will,
I will she sighed to my request
And
then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put
To
the test
Then
drowned in desire, our souls on fire
I led
the way to the funeral pyre
And
without a thought of the consequence
I gave
in to my decadence
One
slip and down the hole we fall
It
seems to take no time at all
A momentary
lapse of reason
That
binds a life for life
A small
regret you won't forget
There'll
be no sleep in here tonight
Was
it love or was it the idea of being in love?
Or
was it the hand of fate that seemed to fit just like a glove?
The
moment slipped by and soon the seeds were sown
The
year grew late and neither one wanted to remain alone
One
slip and down the hole we fall
It
seems to take no time at all
A momentary
lapse of reason
That
binds a life to a life
The
one regret you will never forget
There'll
be no sleep in here tonight
One
slip...one slip...
On The Turning Away
On the
turning away
From
the pale and downtrodden
And
the words they say
Which
we won't understand
Don't
accept that what's happening
Is
just a case of other's suffering
Or
you'll find that you're joining in
The
turning away
It's
a sin that somehow
Light
is changing to shadow
And
casting it's shroud
Over
all we have known
Unaware
how the ranks have grown
Driven
on by a heart of stone
We
could find that we're all alone
In
the dream of the proud
On the
wings of the night
As
the daytime is stirring
Where
the speechless unite
In
a silent accord
Using
words you will find are strange
And
mesmerized as they light the flame
Feel
the new wind of change
On
the wings of the night
No more
turning away
From
the weak and the weary
No
more turning away
From
the coldness inside
Just
a world that we all must share
It's
not enough just to stand and stare
Is
it only a dream that there'll be
No
more turning away?
Yet Another Movie
(
Round And Around)
One
sound one single sound
One
kiss one single kiss
A face
outside the window pane
However
did it come to this?
A man
who ran a child who cried
A girl
who heard a voice that lied
The
sun that burned a fiery red
The
vision of an empty bed
The
use of forge he was so tough
She'll
soon submit she's had enough
The
march of fate the broken will
Someone
is lying very still
He has
laughed and he has cried
He
has fought and he has died
He's
just the same as all the rest
He's
not the worst he's not the best
And
still this ceaseless murmuring
The
babbling that I brook
The
seas of faces eyes upraised
The
empty screen the vacant look
A man
in black on a snow white horse
A pointless
life has run it's course
The
red rimmed eyes the tears still run
As
he fades into the setting sun
A New Machine (Part 1)
I have
always been here
I have
always looked out from behind these eyes
It
feels like more than a lifetime
Feels
like more than a lifetime
Sometimes
I get tired of the waiting
Sometimes
I get tired of being in here
Is
this the way it has always been?
Could
it ever have been different?
Do you
ever get tired of the waiting?
Do
you ever get tired of being in there?
Don't
worry nobody lives forever
Nobody
lives forever
Terminal Frost
(Instrumental)
A New Machine (Part 2)
I will
always be here
I will
always look out from behind these eyes
It's
only a lifetime
It's
only a lifetime
It's
only a lifetime
Sorrow
The
sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land
Plumes
of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky
A man
lies and dreams of green fields and rivers
But
awakes to a morning with no reason for waking
He's
haunted by the memory of a lost paradise
In
his youth or a dream he can't be precise
He's
chained forever to a world that's departed
It's
not enough it's not enough
His
blood has frozen & curdled with fright
His
knees have trembled & given way in the night
His
hand has weakened at the moment of truth
His
step has faltered
One
world one soul
Time
pass the river roll
And
he talks to the river of lost love and dedication
And
silent replies that swirl invitation
Flow
dark and troubled to an oily sea
A grim
intimation of what is to be
There's
an unceasing wind that blows through this night
And
there's dust in my eyes that blinds my sight
And
silence that speaks so much louder than words
Of
promises broken