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"the dawning of a brand new day
The waking of the whispers say: That sleeping heavens will return In deepest night the secret learned And from these walls this city lies The past will be our future The journey will be over, Awake!" I saw the writing on the wall The story of our birth then fall Within their tombs of holy stone The scrolls of life, one man alone So if we try, we can live and learn The sands will pull you under Don't let them pull you under Awake! I travelled to a foreign land Through stormy seas and burning sand Led by the stars the ancient stream The call of treasures yet unseen So if we climb to the rocks of kings Together we'll discover The source of all our wonder Awake! Someday we're going to go back to the stars And find the answer, who we really are A traveller through the lonely mists of time Creation from the sky The dawning of a brand new day The waking of the whispers say: That sleeping heavens will return In deepest night the secret learned From these walls this city lies The past will be our future The journey will be over Awake! Someday we're going to go back to the stars And find the answer who we really are A traveller through the lonely mists of time Creation from the sky Someday we're going to back to the stars And find the answer who we really are If we try, we can live and learn Together we'll discover The source of all our wonder Awake! We saw the writing We read the story Awake! Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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Whenever your shadow falls on stony ground
And there's not a hand for you to hold Whenever the dreams you dream come crashing down Every time you think of home Remember that you're not alone And we'll be with you heart and soul Wherever you are And if you should lose your path along the way And find yourself walking in the dark Whenever the ones you love seem far away Every time you think of home Remember that you're not alone And we'll be with you heart and soul Wherever you are Whenever the fears you hide come reaching through Every time you think of home Remember that you're not alone And we'll be with you heart and soul Every time you think of home Remember that you're not alone And we'll be with you heart and soul We'll be with you heart and soul Wherever you are We're with you heart and soul Music & lyrics by: andrew gold, graham gouldman, geoff downes & john payne |
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On the street below these walls
Where i used to walk Now i can barely crawl All this darkness rising tall Lord, shine a light for me I'm waiting to be called I'm ready to go home I'm ready to receive Forgiveness for my sins I'm ready to begin Take this river to the sea Where the delta flows The tide is washing over me Guide this soul to heaven's door Show me where tomorrow lies I'm waiting to be home I'm ready to lay down I'm ready now to sleep A promise i must keep I'm ready to go home Sometimes i lay down with these memories Breathe shallow, deep inside of me Time has run its course with me And i'm ready to go home When the evening shadows fall When the time has come I let defences fall To surrender's to survive I will give up everything To those i leave behind I'm ready to go home I'm ready to receive Forgiveness for my sins I'm ready to begin I'm ready to lay down I'm ready now to sleep A promise i must keep I'm ready to go home Again Music & lyrics by: andrew gold & graham gouldman |
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| 4:58 |
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If you want it
Don't look at my face It's the last time It's not forever The dust in the wind It's the last time One world, one dream The stars in your hand No light, no life The scars are made by man Heaven can't help you now In this madness Take it while you can It's the last time This holy water Running away For the last time One world, one dream The stars in your hand No light, no life So heal the scars of man One chance, this night To shine on this land This time, with pride Give back now while you can All these fields, that once were green Have turned to smoke and steel The sun will fall, and the last moon rise Don't turn this tide away If you want it So start it again It's the last time (the scars were made by man) It's not forever The dust is the wind For the last time One world, one dream The stars in your hand No light, no life So heal the scars of man One chance, this night To shine on this land This time, with pride Give back now while you can Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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| 5. |
| 5:24 |
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Silent wave coming down on me
Washing out the lie Living inside me Life's not hard Now i'm on tv This sudden twist of fate I am direct salvation Just send in your donation I can promise that you'll be saved Forgive me, world I'm just a man who's lost his way Forgive me, these two words i pray It's time to make a change Yesterday was a different day Thought i knew the answer A vision in my mind Search my soul And then you will find A shelter for my pain The truth is in the open And now my heart has spoken Hoping maybe you'll hear my cry Forgive me, world I'm just a man who's lost his way Forgive me, these two words i pray It's time to make a change Forgive me, world I'm just a man who sins today Forgive me, these two words i pray My faith is still the same Maybe i can't change the past Maybe love can bring us back Maybe we can try and start again. Forgive me, world Music & lyrics by: jimmy santis/richard tancredi/geoff downes & john payne |
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| 6:40 |
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Heroes of the future
The keepers of the past And objects of our beauty Remaining till the last Walking on the water The oceans at our feet The passage of our nature The taste of bitter-sweet So shall we be kings? Born just to win Proud voices sing And we wish that this life would go on and on Looking in the distance The fever on the street Cast away the covers Let my people see Rulers of the network Leaders from the dark Embrace a generation The first will be the last So shall we be kings? Born just to win Proud voices sing And we wish that this life would go on and on Shall we be kings? Born just to win Proud voices sing We will never give up till the day is done Shall we be kings? Born just to win Proud voices sing And we hope that the word will live on and on Time waiting Time taking Life Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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| 6:24 |
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Do you remember years ago?
All our hopes would ebb and flow We thought we'd find a promised land Our footprints in the sand The mysteries, the twists of fate Have changed the path from love to hate But won't erase sins of the past They hide behind the mask If i could conquer all our fears Can forgiveness dry the tears? If i falter, my soul i'll sell On the coldest day in hell I'll never let you down How can i tell you now? But only heaven knows I won't let you go I dream of demons through the night A restless fever till morning light My body's cold, my head's on fire Give me back my life Kill this ghost inside of me Let me sail on deep blue seas A new beginning, another page Dawn gives in to day I will conquer all our fears Let forgiveness dry the tears If i falter my soul i'll sell On the coldest day in hell I'll never let you down How can i tell you now? But only heaven knows I won't let you go I swear i'll stand my ground How can i turn this round? As this time heaven knows I won't let you know When i'm dreaming, i'm dreaming of you When i'm breathing, i'm breathing with you But only heaven knows I won't let you go Music & lyrics by: geoff downes, john payne & ben woolfenden |
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| 8:13 |
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Look into the distance, you're living in a cage
A fire burns inside you, that fuels all the rage You're thinking of the outside, and dream of the past The gates to freedom lie within your grasp They're changing the system, rewriting the laws Renaming religion, reshaping your cause You always be lonely, walking with fools The shadows in the doorways make the rules Because you're free, this time Don't be scared of who you are Free, to find There's no hiding in the dark A new day is dawning, a new age begun Nobody told you which way you should run Wait for the thunder, break from the shell Is this the gate to freedom from this hell? Because you're free, this time Don't be scared of who you are Free, to find There's no hiding in the dark Free, this time You can learn to live again Free, to find There is shelter from the rain Free They're razing the fences in the pastures of doom The fields of our heroes, the land won by few The call of a new world, dream to transcend Now it's time to fight and start again Because you're free, this time Don't be scared of who you are Free, to find There's no hiding in the dark Because you're free, this time You can learn to live again Free, to find There is shelter from the rain Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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| 5:47 |
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Don't hang that sign on me
You're the stranger Don't try to talk to me You're the stranger On the seas They came from far away From the skies Their silver birds of prey In one day Ten thousand years could change We are fools To live your pilgrim ways Don't hang that sign on me You're the stranger Don't try to talk to me You're the stranger And we drive Five hundred miles this time To the edge Of crystal-cut blue sky Silence breathes South of the border line Silent trees Look back and wonder why Did father and his holy son Spread the word and point the gun? And where the eagle used to fly They carve their concrete in the sky Tearing at our mother's skin Taking all her blood within Remember how it used to be? Did father and his holy son Spread the word and point the gun And where the eagle used to fly They carve their concrete in the sky Tearing at our mother's skin Taking all her blood within Remember how it used to be? Stand up again and say: Don't hang that sign on me You're the stranger Don't try to talk to me You're the stranger Don't hang that sign on me You're the stranger Don't try to talk to me You're the stranger Music & lyrics by: geoff downes & john payne |
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| 10. |
| 5:21 |
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"what passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, - The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires." (wilfred owen, 1918) Now the day has run When the cover comes But any fool can see Ahead Silence is my friend But it has to end Any fool can see Ahead It's the longest night It's the longest night Cold winds may blow On the longest night So we write our letters To those far away Any fool can see Ahead The distant sound of thunder A choir of wailing shells Any fool can see Ahead It's the longest night It's the longest night Cold winds may blow On the longest night I don't want to fight I don't know who's right Cold winds they blow On this longest night It's the longest night It's the longest night Cold winds may blow On this longest night Music & lyrics by: geoff downes, john payne & ben woolfenden |
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