Impellitteri - The Very Best Of : Faster Than The Speed Of Light [compilation] (2002) by Impellitteri (보컬) on maniadb.com

Living in the city where the proverty prevails
sleeping on the side walk you can hear the sirens wail
dining with the rats down on 42nd street
begging for some money, hungry for something to eat

wasted and falling through the cracks
dying while lying on your back

VICTIM OF THE SYSTEM

Freezing by the fire while you’re chilling to the bone
Faceless in the crowd
And there’s no place you call home
Crazy from the heat and lost in deep despair
Is there no solution, doesn’t anybody care?

Can’t get your back on the ground
Can’t you hear your voice, you can’t be found

Victim of the system, there’s no place you can go
Stranded by your country, left here on your own

Victim of the system, isnt’ a pity
Victim of the system, living in the city

Wanted and falling through the cracks
Dying while lying on your back

Victim of the system there’s no place you can go
Left here by your country, left here on your own

Victim of the system, isnt’ a pity
Victim of the system, living in the city

BEWARE OF THE DEVIL

Beware, beware of the devil

The devil looked into my eyes when I was seventeen
He said,

Rock and Roll Heroes


There's blood on the boards where passionate words
Bleed down from the stage to arena
The pilgrims are back with money they stashed
A gift to the gods of the hour
Never too loud drummer kicks the band right in the ass
No one shot gun, they're all drivers - this is the master class

Rock & Roll heroes
Forever immortal
The masters of music
Idols and legends

The man with the voice has opened his throat
Spits out the words of the story
His fingers are speeding, shredding the strings
Stripping them down to the wire
Photographs on cotton T-shirts - 30 bucks a pop
Ball hats, sweatshirts, come and get your pictures autographed

Rock & Roll heroes
Forever immortal
The masters of music
Idols and legends
Rock & Roll heroes
Forever immortal
The masters of music
Idols and legends

[solo]

I want my Rock & Roll heroes
I want my Rock & Roll heroes
I want my Rock & Roll heroes
I want my Rock & Roll heroes

Rock & Roll heroes
Forever immortal
The masters of music
Idols and legends
Rock & Roll heroes
Forever immortal
The masters of music
Idols and legends

Perfect Crime


I'm sucking on a 40 with friends who just adore me
Oh how they love that old English accent
They of the black persuasion, missed out of being African
Hard to hold back that bottled up tension

Hide in the color of the white man's skin
We'll do the evil deed, he'll fall for our sin
Shoot to kill, can't blame that white
His mom and dad will make it right
Hide in the color of the white man's skin
Do the evil deed, he'll fall for our sin
No judge or jury would convict a white
Your deceptions are black and white

Broke out that golden carriage
To ride to Greenwich Village
Your turn to drive somebody said to me
Because you're of that white persuasion
You will never draw attention
Who we take down and who is left bleeding

Hide in the color of the white man's skin
We'll do the evil deed, he'll fall for our sin
Shoot to kill, can't blame that white
His mom and dad will make it right
Hide in the color of the white man's skin
Do the evil deed, he'll fall for our sin
No judge or jury would convict a white
Cause the color is black and white

[solo]

Hide in the color of the white man's skin
We'll do the evil deed, he'll fall for our sin
No judge or jury would convict his kind
The money and the power would make them all blind
Hide in the color of the white man's skin
Do the evil deed, he'll fall for our sin
Shoot to kill, can't blame that white
Mom and Dad will make it right
Hide in the color of the white man's skin
Do the evil deed, he'll fall for our sin
Shoot to kill, can't blame that white
Mom and Dad will make it right
No judge or jury would convict his kind
The money and the power would make them all blind
Hide in the color of the white man's skin
The deception - It's the perfect crime

Like the movers and the shakers, I can feel the pressure burn
Like you, I’m caught up in the race
I’m addicted to the rush, under stress, a prisoner
And I don’t even know my name

Sometimes I feel like I’ve been wasting precious time
Life passes by when you’re slaving to the grind
What really matters when I cross the finish line
Am I wasting my life?

When I’m reaching for the answers I can never trust my lust
I’m only reaping what I sow
If I’m a lover of the money, I will never have enough
Can’t take it with you when you go

Right now I feel like I’ve been wasting precious time
Life passes by when you’re slaving to the grind
What really matters when I cross the finish line
I know I’m wasting my life

Caught up in a rat race, playing in the devil’s game
Living in the fast lane, and I’m burning the flame
Caught up in a rat race, playing in the devil’s gave
Living in the fast lane, and I’m feeling the strain
On my life, my life, on my life!

I can’t take it any longer
I can not take much more, oh, no!
I won’t waste it any longer
My life is mine no more

I’m caught up in a rat race, playing in the devil’s game
Living in the fast lane, and I’m burning the flame
Caught up in a rat race, playing in the devil’s gave
Living in the fast lane, and I’m feeling the strain

I’m caught up in a rat race, playing in the devil’s game
Living in the fast lane, and I’m burning the flame
Caught up in a rat race, playing in the devil’s gave
Living in the fast lane, and it’s time for a change
In my life, my life, in my life!

Rat, rat, rat race!
Caught up in a rat race

I could see the city lights
then they turned to black
then I heard a sirens crying sounding out ATTACK!
I could see the rockets glare
shooting in the night
everyone was praying for their lives

am I dreaming
I don’t believe it
am I wrong or right
then I heard a voice say in the night

I’m a warrior, take my hand!
let me lead you to the promised land
I’m a warrior, take my hand!
I’m a soldier under his command

then I saw this blinding light
I heard a sonic boom
I could feel the earth shake in the doom

I couldn’t see him
but I could feel him
lift me to the sky
I could hear the voice that saved my life

I’m a warrior, take my hand!
let me lead you to the promised land
I’m a warrior, take my hand!
I’m a soldier under his command

(solo)

am I dreaming
I don’t believe it
am I wrong or right
then I heard a voice say in the night

I’m a warrior, take my hand!
let me lead you to the promised land
I’m a warrior, take my hand!
I’m a soldier under his command

I’m a warrior
take my hand!

Everybody’s got their cross to bear
The cards were dealt, life ain’t fair
It’s what you do with what you got
You can cry a little, you can give a lot
There’s always something to share

The miracle of love is all you need
To break the chains, to set you free
And lately, I see the loneliness will fade

Falling, like a river from your eyes
See the tears roll down
Another victim of the night

How far will people go
How long until it shows
That we’ve been hiding from the light

I want to know
What love always meant to be
Cause I’ve been blinded by the lie

I’ve come this far to find
I don’t know what I need
Everyone’s got their cross to bear

Calling, in the middle of the night
When you need a friend
Cause something ain’t right

Your heart is bought and sold
And now it leaves you cold
I want to know
What love always meant to be
Cause I’ve been blinded by the lie

I’ve come this far to find
I don’t know what I need
Everyone’s got their cross to bear

The cards have been dealt
And life’s unfair
Everybody’s got their cross to bear

Cross to bear, cross to bear
Everybody’s got their cross to bear

누구나 짊어져야 할 십자가가 있어요
카드는 돌려지고 인생은 공평치 않죠
가진 것으로 사는 수밖에 없어서
슬퍼할 수도 있지만, 나누어 줄 수도 있죠
나눌 수 있는 것이 언제나 있기 마련이에요

사슬을 풀고 자유로워지기 위해
필요한 것은 사랑의 기적이에요
당신의 외로움이 서서히 사라지고 있군요

당신의 눈에서 강물처럼
흘러 내리는 눈물을 봐요
암흑의 또다른 희생양

얼마나 멀리 가야 하는 걸까요
얼마나 시간이 지나야
빛을 피해 있었다는 걸 알게 될까요

거짓에 눈멀었었던 난
항상 사랑의 운명이
어떻게 될지 알고 싶었어요

해답을 찾아 여기까지 왔지만
내가 무엇을 원하는지 모르겠어요
누구나 짊어져야 할 십자가가 있죠

친구가 되어 줄 사람을 찾아
어둠 속에서 소리치는 당신
그건 무언가 잘못되었기 때문이에요

이리저리 시달리다가
싸늘히 남겨진 당신의 마음
거짓에 눈멀었었던 난
항상 사랑의 운명이
어떻게 될지 알고 싶었어요

해답을 찾아 여기까지 왔지만
내가 무엇을 원하는지 모르겠어요
누구나 짊어져야 할 십자가가 있죠

카드는 돌려 지고
인생은 공평치 않아요
누구나 짊어져야 할 십자가 있어요

짊어져야 할 십자가
누구나 짊어져야 할 십자가가 있어요

STAND IN LINE

Standing like a statue waiting for the train
In front of the cigarette vendor
Slicking back his hair looking at the machine
Reflecting like a mirror

Pulling up his collar to avoid the breeze
Of the oncoming bullet
Taking inventory of the things he needs,
He's checking out his wallet
Standing before our eyes straight and tall

*Here comes your hero, stand in line,
Straight as an arrow, stand in line

The mother's son, as perfect as his pompadour
A Spanish-American lover
Heading from the East into West LA
He has to dance La Bamba

So sophisticated is the French cologne
He borrowed from his father
Just another pistol, waiting for someone
To come and pull the trigger
So let his bullet fly through the air...

He'll take you home, stand in line,
If you deserve him, stand in line

(Repeat *)

That perfect stranger, stand in line
IF you deserve him, stand in line

(Repeat *)

Time’s tickin’ money’s slippin’ away
Can’t keep a hold of it any way
Sick and tired of being pushed around

You don’t know me, like you think you do
No you can’t show me

Goin’ down to the river, when the well runs dry
Drownin’ in my sorrows, ’cause I’m living a lie
Searchin’ for a savior before I die
See the dirty water as it turns to wine

Love’s quicker throw the liquor away
No rhyme and reason so get out of my way
Lost and found don’t be messin’ around
Can’t hear the river run without a sound

You don’t know me, like I think you do
Honey, you can’t show me

Down to the river, when the well runs dry
Drownin’ in my sorrows, ’cause I’m living a lie
Searchin’ for a savior before I die
See the dirty water as it turns to wine

I used to think that I could jump and touch the sky,
But now I know my time has come, it’s do or die.

solo

double chorus

POWER OF LOVE



Well I believe in the power of love,
It give me strength to carry on
It뭩 the only hope that keeps me alive,
When I feel I can뭪 go on

Out in the streets I뭭e seen a thousand empty eyes
Never surrender, no, take the power of love

When you뭨e down so low, the only way is up,
Just try reaching for the sky
When you뭭e got nothing else, nothing left to lose,
That뭩 when you open your eyes

Out in the streets I뭭e seen a thousand broken dreams,
Nothing is ever like it seems

Never surrender, never give up on your love
Never surrender, 멵ause the only way is up
Never surrender, take the power of love
and never surrender

solo

pre-chorus

chorus

Shed Your Blood
Sung by Impellitteri

Lyrics

* Shed Your Blood *

(when you shed your blood for me)
(when you shed your blood for me)

You shed your blood for me, I finally realize
I never want to be so far from your light
You got a hold on me, I know it can’t be wrong
And I know our love is strong

Well, I was on the road, that never satisfied
I’ve finally found my home with you by my side
All I really need, I find inside of you
And I know that it’s right

I know you shed your blood for me
Now I realize, can’t live without you
Shed your blood for me
Need your sacrifice, I’m burning without you

You defy the fire, take up your cross
Lifting me higher, saving the lost

Shed your blood for me
Now I realize, can’t live without you
Shed your blood for me
Need your sacrifice, I’m burning without you

You defy the fire, take up your cross
Lifting me higher, saving the lost
You defy the fire, take up your cross
Lifting me higher, saving the lost

I was a young boy when I heard the music call
staring at the concert stage my spirit craved it all
blinded by the spotlight, seduction rules the game
sold my soul to rock and roll,
there’s no one else to blame

I still feel the power
I still feel it knocking at my door

hungry days
I remember hungry days

now I’m a young man I see a different light
shining down upon me, there’s no fear, no end in sight
music is the magic and money is the slave
standing on the solid rock now
nothing seems the same

I still feel the power
I still hear it knocking at my door

hungry days!
I still remember hungry days
searching for my only fantasy
hungry days, oh, remember hungry days
time forever slips away

Lost In The Rain


They bring on the night
the sun slowly fading away
nothing will tame
the nightmare that runs through your day

Still you remain, Lost in the rain
with nothing to gain, Lost in the rain.

You never come down
you never stop running away
fall to your knees
they control you whatever you say

Still you remain, Lost in the rain
You're Lost in the rain
with nothing to gain, you're Lost in the rain

When will you learn
your life's quickly slipping away
Break from your chains
free yourself before it's too late

Still you remain, Lost in the rain, with nothing gain
Lost in the rain
You're Lost in the rain, with nothing to gain
You're Lost in the rain!

Anti social is my name, no rules apply to me
I live the law that this man will be free
Stick's and stone's may break these bones, so call me what you see
I give myself all the praise that I need

I stay alive with the voice in my brain
I stay alive with my anti social ways

Anti social, my disease, anti social

Don't tell me how to think your way, 'cause your rap don't matter to me
You need control over him over me
I don't kiss ass and I ain't your slave, so get the f**k away from me
I rock to the music that's inside of me

You stay alive with the voice in your brain
I stay alive with my anti social way
Anti social, anti social, anti social, anti

Chrous:
Anti social disease, it's you or it's me
Anti social disease, your rules ain't for me
Anti social disease, we live to be free
The rebellion in me, it's my history
Anti social disease, it's you or it's me
Don't you like what you see, your rules ain't for me
Anti social disease, we live to be free
The rebellion in me, it's my history

Chorus

Anti social

Huh!