Corrosion Of Conformity

Left behind what a waste of time
They're coming to get you, run on
How can I respect your crime
When all you criminals whine
They bought and sold you, run on run on

You can call me crazy
You can call me wrong
Cause I was born a liar, albatross
Fly on

My home is kind man it pays to be blind
I promise to forget you run on
No swallowed pride no conspiracy lined
Broken promise of the virtue run on

You can call me lazy
But I know where I belong
Cause I was born a liar, albatross
Fly on with your trust in love
>From your god above...

I believe the albatross is me

I should have seen the signs
Now the memories far behind
It was no big loss, fly on albatross
Yeah

Deep in the soul of a man whose seen it all
He stands alone with borrowed time
Dealing with two nothings new but the look at you
With broken backs and bleeding minds
And tell you they now even though you fall behind
You'll be the one who walks the line-standing tall
They're so fragile, but they always find you when you hide...

Cause your a broken man in a broken land
And don't they wish they were blessed like you

The struggle in side of your mind is a waste of time
Purest thoughts evaporate
Dark clouds reveal how you feel in your idle time
Your own tail becomes the bait
You don't even know even though your blood flows
Destroy yourself, your the one you hate-standing tall
They're so fragile, but they always catch you when you're late...

Cause your a broken man in a broken land
And don't they wish they were blessed like you

Standing tall they look so small with your world up their shoulders
But a broken man on broken land looks far beyond his bothers...

Break for the sun your the one, the chosen one,
Your time is up yor time is due
Craked like a whip from the hand of a broken man
To find out that he's just like you
But you've seen it all in your mind,
You've seen it all you built it up and they made it fall
Because your killing yourself-your so fragile,
But they cannot crush you if you don't crawl..

Now I'm a broken man in a broken land
Now I'm a broken man in a broken land...

And don't they wish they were blessed like you
And don't they wish they were blessed like you
And don't they wish they were blessed like you
And don't they wish they were blessed like you
And don't they wish they were blessed like you
And don't they wish they were blessed like you

I see the world through bloodshot eyes
Streets filled with blood from distant lies.
The dogs of war never compromise,
No real time for rearranging.

"Help me Jesus, Help me clean my wounds"
He said he cannot heal that kind.
Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind.
He said it happens every time...
Knock it down,
Knock it down,
That's how the story goes
In the Land of 1000 No's.
I'm all over you
In time my mind is changing.
Knock it down.

Black on black gives me a heart attack
And the silence makes it deadly.
Some choose to kill with simple will.
I've seen them fall fast and steady.

"Help me Jesus, Help me clean my wounds"
He said he cannot heal that kind.
Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind.
He said it happens every time...
Knock it down,
Knock it down,
That's how the story goes
In the Land of 1000 No's.
I'm all over you
In time my mind is changing.

Twist of fate won't give me a break
& myself, I'm slow and tired.
I've got to rise with these bloodshot eyes
But I keep falling when I'm higher.

"Help me Jesus, Help me clean my wounds"
He said he cannot heal that kind.
Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind.
He said it happens every time...
Knock it down,
Knock it down,
That's how the story goes
In the Land of 1000 No's.
We are bleeding sins but our sins
Are always fading...

Knock it Down,
Knock it Down.

Is there no one to deliver you from your ignorance
Maybe you'll look and see there'll be no deliverance
Turn to vulture parasites who pray on lost souls
Suck the blood of hapless fools who give them control

No deliverance
Pick your own deliverance
No deliverance
Pick your own deliverance

Sad domination by those who say more that you'll ever know
To the depths of dogma hollow
It's them you follow...

No deliverance
Pick your own deliverance

Irredemption pure decption won't see what's if or true
Shutter your world and you won't be shut out
The devastating truth
Will you I ever come to trial against devasting proof
Denial on trial like a jumbo cap
Vile brother are you through

No deliverance
Pick your own deliverance
No deliverance
Pick your own deliverance

Sad domination by those who say more that you'll ever know
To the depths of dogma hollow
It's them you follow...

Bleeding inside breathing with pride
They tow the line
We feed the crime with borrowed time select and find
No longer will they know
We amputate the shown

I have been hunting on the I-10 with Jesus and a liar
And watched an ancient man use a gun to retire
I seen the wall fall down and crush the old
So now everybody's hungry but they'ed rather be cold

Let it go, let it go, let it go
Before we lose it all in time whats
Deserved always get served

Cause we stick therefore we can, break down end time
Hey fool haven't you heard heaven's not overflowing

And I been to a seance for the Klu Klux Klan,
I've seen a brother kill another with his own bare hand
I seen your rising son fall in your mama's eye
And now the cops got a medal but he calls it a prize

Let it go, let it go, let it geaux
Before we lose it all in the time
Whats deserved always get served

Cause we stick therefore we can, break down end time
Hey fool haven't you heard heaven's not overflowing

You know the rules only apply on the witness stand
At that you never get in trouble if you stick with your plan
This is why I'm livin for the day like a necromancer
Cause when you go your gone take the pain back stabber

Stick me and let it go

Grace, pride, tell me whats your name
Crippled will with tomorrows pill
And I feel no pain bit I can't remember
Whose to blame...

This is not my home
This is not my home
But the source was always known

My Grain
I beg you steal, do you show me your signs of a sin
Blistered and torn by the pure and reborn
But there he just like up and remember
Man, they cave in..

This is not my home
This is not my home
But the source was always known

My Grain

This is not my home
This is not my home
But the source was always known

My Grain
War stone, do you write your name in trust
Word to the wise my instincts rise
All your heros are gone and the proud
Ones have turned to dust... seven dust
You can kill my pride but my heads still flying

My Grain
My Grain
My Grain
Migrane

Father forgive me
Mother forsake me
I think they've all become to strong

Brother believe me
Silence is deadly
And it's giving me the strength to carry on

Time has come, now I'm blind deaf and numb
Your killing me, your killing me
When I look into your eyes I can see it's
The world that you despise
And your giving me the strength to carry on
Forgive me...

Look for the devils in their eyes,
Laughing, the blood has long been dried
To hide in your disguise it goes on and on and on....
Wallow, pearls before swine

If the liar deceives you
The the sin will appear true
Even if it leads me to the end

Killer accuse me
The devil breathes easy
Giving me the strength to carry on

Time has come, now I'm blind deaf and numb
Your killing me, your killing me
When I look into your eyes I can see it's
The world that you despise
And your giving me the strength to carry on

Look for the devils in their eyes,
Laughing, the blood has long been dried
To hide in your disguise it goes on and on and on....
Wallow, pearls before swine

Now you've blown away the sun
Darkened eyes and bitten tongue
Now you've blown away the son

Busted flat and dusted boy your minds a terrible thing
Said the man with a dirty hand who claimed that he was king
Choking angels from inside trying to make them sing
Cause your short of breath and close to death from sleeping on
the wing

Dirty king, dirty king now your strapped in for
The ride its so hard to be a fighter when
Your hands are always tied

Mr. Innocent blood says he kills but just for love
Too bad the good ones always have to take the blame
Hey sharp tongue liar making pay in a bed of fire
To bad your dreams are always made of losing games

Dirty king, dirty king now your strapped in for
The ride its so hard to be a fighter when
Your hands are always tied

But I want to I want to I want to but my hands were always tied up
Yes in deed
But I want to I want to I want to but my hands were always tied up
Dirty king
And I wish I had myself a dime for every time I cursed your
Goddamn name...Mister Clean

Sweatin on the line doin 40 wasting time
Ain't it funny how dat money rots your brain
Put your sould on trial cause you lost it all to a tiny vial
Look in the mirror whenyou tell me whose insane

Dirty king, dirty king now your strapped in for
The ride its so hard to be a fighter when
Your hands are always tied

But I want to I want to I want to but my hands were always tied up
Yes in deed
But I want to I want to I want to but my hands were always tied up
Dirty king
And I wish I had myself a dime for every time I cursed your
Goddamn name...Mister Clean

Over time mistakes were few but I believe they're mine
Faded mind youth was old and the years were so unkind
I'm the one I face the change I know that stands before me
Believe in me cause I damn sure don't believe in you

I cannot deny myself my anger and pride
I cannot deny another lie
Waiting to find another spike right through my hand
Hope I'm killed before I die

Worlds divide, long ago the memorys still inside
Chances shine, seven days our fears become entwined
Seasons change our time is gone our souls have
grown much colder
Believe in me cause I damn sure don't believe in you

Never again are words that echo in my mind
Leaving still hold back the tide
Crucified with lies my blood turns in wine
Take a sip before I die

I cannot deny myself my anger and pride
I cannot deny another lie
Waiting to find another spike right through my hand
Hope I'm killed before I die

I cannot deny...
Before I

Beginning of this world swelled with mankind
Who built a tool to kill a fool and lead the blind
Invent a rule to keep you down and call it a sin
The stand behind the wall and watch the games begin

Separate by class but keep the middle low
Instill the order with a border just for show
Give them weapons and let them have their piece of mind
Then tip them off so they can kill what's not their kind

And watch them shake like you

If tales come true when judgements due they'll call us all liars
And put us in their hell and set our souls on fire
Remember sin your only friend he brought your through
Hallucenate with hate and watch them shake like you

Once in a while you
Be better listening to the fools for a change
I can see it in your eyes, it's the ones not like you
You despise

I'm no different than you, it's just that I do whatever I want to
That's what sets us apart I was free from the start, now your leaving
Tell me whose heart is bleeding

So, once in a while you'd
Be better listening to the fools for a change

What comes around follows and the truth becomes harder to swallow
So, bang, bang they shoot you down
No one says a word as your body hits the ground
Pick her up and put her down
The crowd screams aloud "she's not breathing"
And the only hands that reaches, is the one alone
You've been cheating my friend
Tell me whose heart is bleeding again

So, once in a while you'll
Be better listening to the fools for a change

Once in a while you'll
Be better listening to the fools

My problems seem a world away
Close the line and they'll all go away
Close the line and listen close your eyes to me and sell in
My mind my face sell in and you'll be replaced
Clothes the line and listen close your eyes to me and sell in
I think that I've seen you before

Ultimate, desolate condition of man
Laid to waste
Born again, dead again, once again
Take me out of this place

You're in violation, you cross the line
The line you found within your mind
And when the process come undone
You die alone, the victory's none

(Chorus)
Hear the warning, the end's Beginning
When you break the circle, you have no right to live

It's the breaking of the circle right at the start
Which make this mother fall apart
In this division of the law
You're driven to the one last flaw

(Chorus)

Heal these wounds

Terminal, criminal sedition of man
On the earth
Born Again, dead again, once again
Tyranny awaits rebirth

Greed kill the need and bleeds the lines
Now your brilliance no longer shines
Charred remains the way you feel
And still in time these wounds won't heal

(Chorus)

When you kill the mother, there's no other

I've been looking for answers to set you free
Black are the reasons you gave to me

Never, never look back
Just move, move ahead
You were lucky, friend
You could be dead

Ignore the future or bury your head in the sand
It's a two-bit fantasy that the man in your
head demands
You can say it with a vengeance - you'll be
back from the grave

Time waits for no one - this has to be true
Mine ran out a long time ago - there's nothing
nothing you can do

Never...

Now you're living with a burden that rests
upon your mind
You were lying to yourself 'cos you were
afraid of what you'd find
You can say it with a vengeance - you'll be
back from the grave
We'll be waiting a long, long time before
you're ever saved

Drifting so far away - things seem so strange
Thought you could escape - believed things
would change

Never...

Ignore the future or bury your head in the sand
It's a two-bit fantasy that the man in your
head demands
Now you're living with a burden that rests
upon your mind
You were lying to yourself 'cos you were
afraid of what you'd find
You can say it with a vengeance - you'll be
back from the grave

They say they live their lives with purity
Only looking through the whites of their eyes
One nation under God, just like protectory
Are they really hearing the third world cries?

History repeats itself

Self-emulation breeding prosperity
As the nation grows, the brotherhood dies
"Free as a bird" are words meant for you and me
Words that never fit between the lies

History repeats itself

I was born in a nightmare - didn't have a choice
No one seems to listen to 'cos no one seems to
hear my voice
I am but one of billions - teaming faceless legions
Damned to repeat the crimes of those who went before

(Chorus)
The teeth in the gears of the killing machine
Are getting sharper as time moves on
As the politician's wingtip presses on the gas
A thousand soldiers will soon be gone
Plowing through the land to annihlate for peace
Another war child is spawned
Sowing seeds of destruction in the name of the beast
Damned for all time

Burning future remembers the smoldering past
Just a cruel lesson - chalked-up experience
Life is a sin when it begins in an iron mask
Die if you try using your biased sense

History repeats itself

Rivers of corruption flowing way too fast
Racing to pollute for their own greed
Malnutritioned wings don't have the strength to last
Fight to the death over one last seed

History repeats itself

I am a witness to all that is and all that should not be
I am cursed with a vision that forces me to see
Sometimes I prayto an unmoving void
For the day that I may close my eyes to
the horror which fills me inside

(Chorus)

Damned for all time..

Heard too much, know too much - don't know
if I can take it
If the system had one neck, you know I'd
gladly break it
They've got us where they want us - stuck in
this sick romance
They need no chain - it's in our brain
And we don't stand a chance

If we keep doing this deadly dance
End this sick romance
The dance of the dead
It's all in my head

Know the deal, the way we feel - those of us who care
Constant pain, the endless rain becomes
too much to bear
Feel the need to concede - pretend it's all ok
But the horror, today, tomorrow, will never
ever go away

If you give in to the deadly dance
You've got to take that chance
The dance of the dead
It's all in your head

Ain't got the time or peace of mind to deal
with the likes of you
Your narrow views, your two-bit moves just
tell me that you're through
You're dead
You're dead
You're dead

Don't give in, live the sin - let them see the sight
There's no answer in the end - live free, fall or fight
Keep in mind, that you'll find them standing in the way
Run them down to the ground - make the guilty pay

And there'll be no more deadly dance
End their idiot prance
The dance of the dead
It's all in their heads

The dance of the dead
The dance of the dead

Dead

The water drips from wells of shame
Spilling through these words (of blame)

Listen to the battle cries of a race that knows
it's dying
Read the bleeding words of those
Who fell the wheel is at their heal
Then somebody tells me that's the way it was
meant to be
These things will never be

(Chorus)
All they see is nothing
They just hear the echoes in the well
All they see is nothing
Silence of the sin, the echoes in the well

Stare deep into the frigid eye of a man
who knows he's lying
These are those men who make mistakes
But don't erase the pain
Then they whisper to me that's the way it
was meant to be
These things will never be

(Chorus)

There are those who find these times a crime
And those whose souls will never mind
Or those who need to plant these seeds
Living in sin's been induced again
By beating the paths of downtrodden men
Or those who think they know their souls
Stab deep in their hearts and listen to the echoes...

All they hear are the echoes in the well

Powers is the heroin of the small-minded man
And force, force is the needle - the gun in his hand
He lusts to control all the people and the land
Complete, total destruction - his ultimate end

All love lost will be reborn
Fire will burn
Take your first breath
Breathe your first freedom

Our Fourth world - nearing its end
Purification - close at hand

Try but you cannot deny the earth is alive
Our rivers, they are dying and smoke kills the sky
Modern man's cities are built on their lies
When cleansing flames burn, no one can hide
(from the truth)

All love lost...

Our Fourth world - nearing its end
Purification - close at hand

The time it happened all before, the end was a flood
Man became so arrogant and paid with his blood
No lesson was wver learned - our fate stays the same
Profane civilization will perish in flame

All love lost...

Burn

Taught to believe from the onset, of heaven
and hell and between
The institution's retribution - damnation from on high
Living and dying together never did nothing at all
Except for the few who got rich off of you
And the rest, they were herded like sheep

(Chorus)
Mine are the eyes of god
And what I see is not what was meant to be
Mine are the eyes of god
Mine are the eyes
Mine are the eyes of god

Down the road to betrayal of values they
held to be true
An abberation, deviation to get to hte spirit of life
The whole goddamn world is riding on words
for thousands of years
It's just like the west, to think it knows best
When answers are subject to change

(Chorus)

They took what could have been
And turned it upside down
They twisted all things seen
What's lost must now be found
I got to see it
Got to believe it
I got to be there

I got to see it
Got to believe it

Given the power of reason yet throwing it all
to the wind
No solution in evolution - only the blood-stained glass
A soul full of lies in contention, begs sacred
yet worships profane
Lose sight of the fact that you're where it's at
Not the stars, not the cross, nor the moon

(Chorus

The number in nations
The god in their hearts
The justice in swine
The devil in God

VOTE

This long hand that breaks our backs
Still casting shadows on all that we see
Unjustified...mercy killing is just a feeling
To keep our numbers from being free

(Chorus)
Prison for praise is not worth thinking
Sin is still in and our ballots are shrinking
So unleash the dogs - the only solution
Forgive and forget, fuck no
I'm talking about a revolution

The prophet man's got a needle in his hand
Draws his dreams from your soul - bleeding
minds into sand
The year of the fear has arrived decades too late
And our right to stand and fight is now
solely sealed in fate

(Repeat first chorus)

One last chance mission with a vision
'cos our lives are just cards i their stack
Our time is short but theirs is shorter
How much longer can they hold us back

(Chorus)
Prison for praise - the obvious answer
Once had power mad - living disaster
Don't fuck with me 'cos I'm on a freedom train
That bears no name - this time
I'm voting with a bullet

This view they once knew made our nooses too tight
This justice in swine
This devil in god

So God bless my soul - I've got total control
And the crosshairs lined up dead in my sight

I'm voting with a bullet

Blind - product of pride
Fuck, you don't speak for me
Proud is what I am
But I never condemn a man
One race - no way
Nightmares come true these days
We all know this fight is for real

(Chorus)
Howling like a jackal, begging to be heard
Growing like a cancer, beliefs that fight the word
White noise

Pain triggers the mind
This pale solution lied
Time - the names will change
But still these scars remain
More lies - more hate
Your strength controls your fate
Go inside - do you like what you find?

(Chorus)

Rise - fight
Wrong - right
Lost - sight

Stand - victim of fear
Your voice is screaming clear
Power reveals the need
Addictive dreams still bleed
Instinct - breaks through
These few can't hide what's true
This noise won't stop the way we feel

(Chorus)

When they cracked the whip, nothing was said
When the flames burned, nothing was said
When they notched the barrels, nothing was said
When the bays opened, nothing was said
When the dogs were set loose, nothing was said
When colors run red, nothing was said
When innocents cried in the face of the guilty
No one said anything

When you live your life uptight untrusted
but their blind from the grind but only you can see
when the bones that you own have long been dusted
you realize who you're not supposed to be

I've been told things get better
Isolation grind
My life is Hazy Hazy Hazy
So I'm born again for the last time

when your life was lived fully cocked and loaded
but your soul was empty through and through
it makes me realize maybe you sold it
for the dream of a lifetime or maybe two...YEAH YOU

I've been told things get better
Isolation grind
My life is Hazy Hazy Hazy
So I'm born again for the last time

One last stand for this dying man
can we get a round of sympathy
I think it's too late he was never forward or straight
much like the one watching over me

Dizzy with greed now you've got everything you need
as you cling to the one who stands second to none
walls start to fall at the thought of it all
poorer by dawn then I was at the dawn; I'm gone...TAKE ME

I've been told things get better
Isolation grind
My life is Hazy Hazy Hazy
So I'm born again for the last time

There's a question mark in the place of a spark
That used to be an answer
Aiming straight for the heart
It missed it's mark & the arrow turned to cancer
No no

Now you get so high that you still can't fly
& you wonder if you're really where you wanna be
Cause the sun don't rise if you close your eyes
& you're sinking low
I thought that you would like to know

Like me
You're drowning in a daydream

There's a man who watches over me (Oh oh oh)
There's a man where I used to be (Oh oh oh)
Mr. Tambourine play one more song for me
Cause I gotta leave
I lost what I believe

There's a snake up in the tree
Only hearing what he sees
But the years go by & you don't know why
Did you take it all for granted?
No

Now you get so low that you can't say no
& you wonder if you're really where you wanna be
Cause the tide does rise and it's no surprise
That it washes you away
& Now you're far from home

Like me
Drowning in a daydream

There's a man who watches over me (Oh oh oh)
There's a man where I used to be (Oh oh oh)
Mr. Tambourine play one more song for me
Cause I gotta leave
I lost what I believe
Yea hea

There's a man who watches over me (Oh oh oh)
There's a man where I used to be (Oh oh oh)
Mr. Tambourine play one more song for me
Cause I gotta leave
I lost what I believe
Yea hea hea

Daddy's gonna miss you when you're gone
Heavy
Gonna kick you when you're wrong
Daddy's gonna miss you when you're gone (You get the blues & it makes you)
Heavy
Gonna kick you when you're wrong (You get the blues and it makes you wonder)

here we stand before the call accused of fire,
it's too cold and you're too old for me it's time to expire

serve to see of what could be
burn the freak and set him free
outta sight outta sight outta time
and you're way outta line

they cool the tongue to tame the flame
we burn the soul and still remain
they freeze the tongue to stay the same
control me...

cast the stone when in Rome thick as a brick and the lams alone
bend the knee but don't you pray for me cause I fly for free

finding flame without a name
holy sound and no sustain
outta sight outta sight outta time
and you're way outta line

they cool the tongue to tame the flame
we burn the soul and still remain
they freeze the tongue to stay the same
control me...

free to run deaf and numb lock and load unholy son
within reach bleach the leach he's a smoking gun

serve to see of what could be
burn the freak and set him free
outta sight outta sight outta time
and you're way outta line

they cool the tongue to tame the flame
we burn the soul and still remain
they freeze the tongue to stay the same
control me

Past regrets and future fears
turns a boy to a man sooner than planned
all the same, the boy remains
even though he's free, he can't fly with these heavy chains
saw your mother yesterday
and she had these words to say like a judgement day

i tHiNk He SHoUldA knOwN BETter
i tHiNk He SHoUldA knOwN BETter

I'D RATHER HAVE HOLES IN MY EYES
I'D RATHER HAVE HOLE IN MY EYES
THEN TO WATCH YOUR SOUL PARALYED...GOODBYE
your shining son no longer glows
through the goodbye window
through the goodbye window

Thirsty from the start
very soon you learned the part of the redeemer, what a dreamer
so you're waiting on the call
pretty soon you'll know it all, holy mountains fall

AND HE SAYS...One might make you you lazy
2 might make you crawl
3 might make you crazy
and 4 ends it all

I'D RATHER HAVE HOLES IN MY EYES
I'D RATHER HAVE HOLE IN MY EYES
THEN TO WATCH YOUR SOUL PARALYED...GOODBYE
your shining son no longer glows
through the goodbye window
through the goodbye window...

ShoUlD'Ve KnOWn betTER

If I was king of all the rotten
stealing filth from those forgotten
would you be my queen of this desperate land, do you give a damn?

What if I had to scold you
listen once but never tried and true
What if I had to trade you for another man, do you think I can?

I won't call on the angels no
beating on the line as I turn to amputate...
I'm bleeding on you

What if you were torn in two
what if I wanted to be like you
what if I was high like an aeroplane, would you look at me the same?

I won't call on the angels no
beating on the line as I turn to amputate...
I'm bleeding on you

If we walked side by side
would you step stab my back and kill my pride
or would you fall ahead, or would you move behind,
tell me what's unkind

Now if I was king of all the rotten
stealing filth from those forgotten
would you be my queen of this desperate land, do you think I give a damn?

I won't call on the angels no
beating on the line as I turn to amputate...
I'm bleeding on you

Saw the news today, some D.C. suit trying to break away,
said he lost another million
just another old man trying to pass the buck with a dirty hand
good thing he knows his bible

Stick his ass in hell ever better in in this tiny cell
make him understand the meaning
of these words they try to preach just to keep them out of the nations reach
I guess it's all for the better

Take it all away
take me
won't you take me far away
HEY HEY HEY what's that game you play
will it make me richer?
cause I do not have a dime and I hate to waste your time
maybe I'm wrong but I think this whip is too long

now I was barely 21 lying in a ditch with a loaded gun
so I gave my heart away
but I got it back today in a velvet box stamped USA
now all the neighbors call me hero.

I was about to lose my mind so I buckled down and did some crime
but it wasn't what they taught me
hit the road in high pursuit now I'm on the run just like a suit
didn't know it was this easy

Take it all away
take me
won't you take me far away
HEY HEY HEY what's that game you play
will it make me a poor man?
cause I got an extra dime and I lose it every time
maybe I'm wrong but I think this whip is too long

HEY HEY HEY what's that game you play
will it make me richer?
cause I do not have a dime and I hate to waste your time
maybe I'm wrong but I think this whip is too long

No more, no more
see I can't find the time to crawl across the line
but I can't stay here...

No more, no more
see I can't find the time to crawl across the line
but I can't stay here till I die

Far from reach how the serpents preach
life is a sin when the shepherds are breeding
In the quiet place force the mind to erase
so the people can pray to the distant drummer

These are primitive times
These are primitive times
These are primitive times
no care no less
divine surpass
be it man or...

Ashes cover the man which the decades demand
and paves the way for the sick and the dying
The devil hides his tail behind the virgin's veil
so the dead can dance to a distant drummer

These are primitive times
These are primitive times
These are primitive times
no care no less
divine surpass
be it man or...

Ashes fall like rain as the blind go insane
the shepherds fall to the feet of the martyr
Baptize with gasoline holy flame unholy scene
as the ashes rise to the distant drummer

These are primitive times
These are primitive times
These are primitive times
no care no less
divine surpass
be it man or ash

Not Man Or Ash

Lost in a dream high and wide
Whatever price to keep it by our side
The steps to the top are very steep
King of the hill when all are fast asleep

but I'm Stuck in between
and I know you know what I mean
What a pity...Redemption City

Broken hearts toast another round
And drink to the lost there's not a soul to be found
lonely boy says come what may
I hate to see it always end this way...

but I'm Stuck in between
and I know you know what I mean
What a pity...Redemption City

Simple words remind me
Cluttered room haunts me...come back yesterday

The soul is tired and I wanna go home
And close the curtain on everything you've known
But the curtain is high wide and long
And kills the dream, so we sing this simple song

Stuck in between
and I know you know what I mean
What a pity...Redemption City
What a pity

break neck fat race world does it taste just like it should?
you only own what's etched in stone better get it while it's good
don't weep big city sheep I'm just trapped in your hemisphere
you tell me what I should know and I can tell you what you wanna hear

say tunnel vison there is no purpose served
by staying aboard this runaway wreck
while you're losing is on the curve
right there's the door

don't knock little can't rock he's the one huffin' gasoline
been keepin' time with a cloudy mind since they hit him with a limosine
still the lil' ones eat off the cold concrete
and the bleedin' hearts don't care
you tell me where I can go and I'll bet you that I see you there

say tunnel vison there is no purpose served
by staying aboard this runaway wreck
while you're losing is on the curve
right there's the door

don't deny, purify said the man on the golden throne
guilty times have made you lie and you realize you're all alone
so now you're throwin' stones at some old bag of bones
and you can't even knock him down
and there's one last thing that you should know
and I can tell you without a sound
Right there's the door

Invalid at last
Smothers the working class
Nihilist to be
turns the scrape into a gash
Walking tall and ignorant
This man is now a militant
Deceiving the prophet's confession
To release endless agression

One is the soul
Amplified suicide
Keep the masses terrified
Nothing to kill
Nothing to kill
Nothing to kill
Nothing left unsaid
'Cause the snake has no head

But the body fills with greed
And we spill it when in need
And all the slaves are on probation
Growing fat in a comfortable nation
So the snake keeps on recruiting
We need one more royal shooting
Nothing left to lose
So we create another wound

One is the soul
Amplified suicide
Keep the masses terrifired
Nothing to kill
Nothing to kill
Nothing to kill
Nothing left unsaid
'Cause the snake has no head

Fear of death is gain
Consuming the weak in shame
It's a power we can't see
But it leaves ourselves to blame
The shameless mourn another day
Slithering sins fade away
But the snake is just a pawn
And remains when we are gone

When I was young some wise fool told me
live & learn but nothing comes for free
so I did what I could when I was able
to keep the truth away from our table

Young blood creepin what you need
Wiseblood shake em down to his knees
guaranteed

Well I never walked I just learned to fly
heaven or high was the way I stayed alive
I've seen them devils pound our bible
you saints and sinners are both my rival

Young blood creepin what you need
Wiseblood shake em down to his knees
aim to please

there's blood on the street but there's nothing to steal from me
cause I walk alone but at least I walk for free
I listen to few and I'm fueled by fire
guess now I'm old but not much wiser

Young blood creepin what you need
Wiseblood shake em down to his knees
Young blood creepin what you need
Wiseblood shake em down to his knees
guaranteed

Blind - product of pride
Fuck, you don't speak for me
Proud is what I am
But I never condemn a man
One race - no way
Nightmares come true these days
We all know this fight is for real

(Chorus)
Howling like a jackal, begging to be heard
Growing like a cancer, beliefs that fight the word
White noise

Pain triggers the mind
This pale solution lied
Time - the names will change
But still these scars remain
More lies - more hate
Your strength controls your fate
Go inside - do you like what you find?

(Chorus)

Rise - fight
Wrong - right
Lost - sight

Stand - victim of fear
Your voice is screaming clear
Power reveals the need
Addictive dreams still bleed
Instinct - breaks through
These few can't hide what's true
This noise won't stop the way we feel

(Chorus)

When they cracked the whip, nothing was said
When the flames burned, nothing was said
When they notched the barrels, nothing was said
When the bays opened, nothing was said
When the dogs were set loose, nothing was said
When colors run red, nothing was said
When innocents cried in the face of the guilty
No one said anything

Sleep, sleep, sleep, oh sleep for me
And rest your soul, just like the roses at your feet
Dream, dream, dream, dream awhile for me
And travel far away 'till the distance is complete

There's 13 Angels standing on display
I think they're gonna take you away
One life time gone and now your soul is dead
The angels just shake their heads

Oh faith, faith, faith, have faith for me
I lost it long ago somewhere I shouldn't be
Heart heart heart, save your heart for me
It's the only place I've been with everything I need

There's 13 Angels standing on display
I think they're gonna throw me away

One life time gone and now my soul is dead
The angels just shake their heads

Oh, Maybe I'm a life time soldier never dying, never gettin' older
Maybe I'm a life time soldier lost along the way....

High, high, high, stay high for me
And let me see the things I never thought I'd be
Wait, wait, wait, please wait for me
I've travelled far and wide without a destiny

There's 13 Angels standing on display
I think they're gonna take you away

One life time gone and now my soul is dead
The angels just shake their heads

Oh, Maybe I'm a life time soldier never dying, never gettin' older
Maybe I'm a life time soldier lost along the way....

Standin' on the ceiling, it's alright
Suspended by the dreams you seem to lose
You've been floatin' for a while, a while, can't hold on
Standin' on the ceiling, it's alright, it's alright

Somebody is tryin' to get the best of me
Congratulations song
So now your'te flying like you wanna be
Right where you belong

Starin' at the wall like it's window,don't know
Blinded by the dreams you seem to lose.
You've been starin' for a while, knock it down
Starin' at the wall, you don't know, don't know...

Somebody is tryin' to get the best of me
Congratulations song
So now you're flying like you wanna be
Right where you belong

Runnin' from the sun again, it's alright, alright
Runnin' from the dreams you seem to lose
You've been runnin' for a while, a while...
You can't slow down...

Runnin' from the sun again, it's all right, all right Somebody is
tryin' to get the best of me
Congratulations song
So now you're flying like you wanna be.....

Some wonder, some filter, some trip to pass the time
Just ask him and he'll tell you nothing better then a desparate mind

I'm in love with a widow soon to be,
I don't think I can fight it
Anthems broke and I'm spinning 'round again,
Stayin' dizzy 'cause I like it

You can have it if you want it,
just remember it's a lonely ride
Ain't that hard to fight

Kickin' hard time, they split you to the bone. Kickin' hard time, risin'

Home is your destination, do you think you can find it
Feelin' green once again, downtown you go, the arrows rising

You can have it if you want it,
just remember it's a lonely ride
Ain't that hard to fight

Kickin' hard time, they split you to the bone. Kickin' hard time, risin'
Some wonder, some filter, some trip to pass the time
Just ask him and he will tell you there is nothing better then a deperate mind

Diablo, talk to me, tell me what's on your mind
I can't boy, cuz I'll ramble, we don't need no war inside

Kickin' hard time, kickin' hard time, risin'
Once so magnetic but you do it so poetic
And you lay it on the line and singin' kickin' hard time, it ain't that
hard to find
Kickin' hard time, they split you to the bone. Kickin' hard time, risin'

New, the sky is clear, you reappear
And I lost my way a million to one
and you come around when the day is done

And I wonder which one knows ?
And I wonder which one goes ?
I'm doublewide.. I'm doublewide

And I don't have a reason, something's gone wrong
And I still don't remember, I been here too long
Gonna lose my way behind the sun
Then I'll come around when the day is done

And I wonder which one knows ?
And I wonder which one goes ?
I'm doublewide.. I'm doublewide

Over time, on judgement day, overdrawn passion play
If I die before I wake, I think I got an even break

I'm doublewide....

Rain, sleepless rain is comin' down again
It's the same, same, same just like you know when...
Yes I do.

Oh.. it's floodin' in the holy land
Oh.. I'm drownin' like a workin' man...
Oh.. but there is nowhere else that I would rather be, yeah...

One more time..
If you were mine, if you were mine, if you were mine...

Over me, rain or shine. I'd be satisfied

Blame, burnin' blame is underneath my skin
Such a shame, shame, shame, shame, wish I knew it then
Yes I do, yes I do

Oh.. sing another lullaby
Oh.. I think we need an alibi
Oh.. but there is nowhere else that I would rather be

One more time
If you were mine, if you were mine, if you were mine....

Over me, rain or shine. I'd be satisfied yeah

Rain, tired rain slowin' down again..
But the pain doesn't feel the same like I remember then..
Yes I do, yes I do

Oh.. it's floodin' in the holy land
Oh.. I'm Drownin' like a workin' man
Oh.. but there is nowhere else that I would rather be, yeah.....

One more time..
If your were mine, if you were mine, if you were mine..

Over me, rain or shine
I....I'd be satisfied

You'd be over me, over me
You'd be over me, one more time....

There's a boy they call the sleepin' man, he's been asleep for days
There's a girl lyin' next to him, following his ways

Dreaming of a foreign place, where the people always pray
Nowhere else to run to...now
So this is where they stay

That's all she wanted to hear
That's all she wanted to hear
Sleep another year....

I will in time forget the order, wake up the sleepin' martyr
Somethin' don't seem right....In you

A broken will to testify, a thorn on either side
Empty bottles lyin' next to him, keeps him satisfied

Voices on that dead end street, make you feel so fine
Wake up son it's time to go, you're runnin' out of time...

And that's all he wanted to hear
That's all he wanted to hear
Sleep another year...

I will in time forget the order, wake up the sleepin' martyr
Somethin' don't seem right..In you

He dreamed until his heart was still or so the story goes..
Can't remember how he got that way cause he's forgot more than he knows...

Drift into a foreign place, seems like yesterday..
Nowhere else to run to...now, alone he starts to pray

And that's all she wanted to hear
That's all she wanted to hear
Sleep another year...

I will in time forget the order, wake up the sleepin' martyr

Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight
Cause it's gonna' be a long night, anytime, everytime....
Anytime In you...

Oh lord I must be crazy, Settled down and I find nothing new..

Older days, they used to matter but I don't care
Cause I got nothin' to lose

And if I stare too long, I might not see you right
Over time, the heart goes out of sight
And if I stare too long, I might not see you right
Close the door. Where the heart is out of sight

Many a dreams across the river
But it's too strong for a boy like me, yeah....

Now you're gone but I still remember
Better days as they wash into the sea

And if I stare too long, I might not see you right
Over time, the heart goes out of sight
And if I stare too long, I might not see you right
Close the door. Where the heart is out of sight

I've got the time but I got no reason
I'm broken down, waiting patiently
Now the sun don't shine for me and that's a different season
but she comes around one more time for me...

And if I stare too long, I think I might go blind
Over time the heart goes out of sight
And if I live too long, I might not treat you right
Close the door....Now you're shining way too bright...
Shine on......

Just as long as we are here, standing tall for one more year
Sing out loud and keep away the cold

When you're blind and you can't see
Realize it's them, not me
I might be hard to find, you know it happens everytime

When I'm tired I crawl, I can't stand to see you fall
And the years they don't treat you like they used to

When you're wide and I'm awake
I got time enough for days Take a-want you want
It just might set you free, not me ...

Oh no way, I've been up for a thousand days
But you can cut me down when I'm old and gray
And if you catch me on the move, you can come along
Or you can disapprove

I might be hard to find, you know it happens every time

When I'm tired, I crawl, I can't stand to see you fall
And the years they don't treat you like they used to

When you're wide and I'm awake
I got time enough for days take a-want you want
It just might set you free and not me...

Does it feel the same

When I'm tired I crawl like the savior in us all
But I don't mind it's somethin' that I'm used to

And when it's time to go, I just thought I'd let you know
Farewell this time, you're always on my mind

When I'm tired I crawl, it's a shame to see you fall
And the years they don't treat you like they used to

But when you're wide and I'm awake
Baby, I got enough damn time for a million days
Take a-want you want and it just might set you free....

When you're up you roam, it's a shame to see you go
And the years they don't treat you like they used to

Just as every light you see might be the one that sets you free
Keep on rising like the ones you used to know, let's go.......

Oh say man, are you still alive, cause I heard your ship was sinking
Back in town, but there's nothin' around, man, I know the feeling'
I'm talkin' bout it

Who's got the fi-yah?
Who's got the fi-yah?
Who's got the fi-yah?
Leave it for the love, and try to call me a liar.

Hey you. Mr. Highball, too young to walk, to old to crawl
Quittin' time, but is your soul better, never mind, never mind
Quit talkin' bout it

Who's got the fi-yah?
Who's got the fi-yah?
Who's got the fi-yah?
Leave it for the love, put me out

To' up, from the Flo' up, I say Stop...wait a minute now Ho' up
Heat come around to hunt you down
I know you know the feelin'
I'm talkin' bout it

Who's got the fi-yah?
Who's got the fi-yah?
Who's got the fi-yah?
Leave it for the love, put me out

Amplified on fire, strapped to take you higher
Queens appear, strapped you made it clear

Is everybody with me, is everybody cool
Is anybody lazy, am I the only fool ?

Hell yeah maybe you a rock n roller
Hey, hey maybe I should of been colder
Ditch that wish and sell your soul

Is everybody with me is everybody cool
Is anybody lazy am I the only fool ?

That's what makes it so damn hard to find her
I was down beat crazy, lumps to make it hazy
Ride on fear, wings they disappear

Is everybody with me, is everybody cool
Is anybody lazy, am I the only fool ?

Hell yeah maybe you a rock n roller
Hey hey maybe I should of been colder
Ditch that wish and sell your soul

I was down town freaky, strapped you made it tricky
Heads go under, sho nuff gonna roll you over

Is everybody with me is everybody cool
Is anybody lazy am I the only fool ?

Hell yeah maybe you a rock n roller
Hey, hey maybe I should of been colder
Ditch that wish and sell your soul

Ditch that wish and sell your soul
Life that touch and make your body rock, ah
Make yo body rock, ah...Make yo body rock, ah...

Well I'm feeling left behind
Lord, what a waste of time
They're coming to get you
Run on

How can I respect your crime
When all you criminals whine?
They bought and sold you
Run on, run on

Well you can call me crazy
Or you can call me wrong
'Cause, see I was born a liar
Albatross - fly on, fly on

My home is kind
Man, it pays to be blind
Well, I promise to forget you
Run on, yeah

No swallowed pride
No conspiracy lined
Broken promise of virtue
Run on, Lord, run on

Well you can call me lazy
But I know where I belong
'Cause, 'cause I was born a liar
Albatross - fly on

With your trust in love
From your God above

Ooh I believe
The albatross is me

Well you can call me crazy
You can call me wrong
'Cause, 'cause I was born a liar
Albatross - fly on, fly on

I should have seen the signs
Now the memory's far behind
It was no big loss
Fly on albatross, yeah

Fly on
Fly on abatross, yeah
Fly on
Fly on

I see the world through bloodshot eyes
Streets filled with blood from distant lies.
The dogs of war never compromise,
No real time for rearranging.

"Help me Jesus, Help me clean my wounds"
He said he cannot heal that kind.
Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind.
He said it happens every time...
Knock it down,
Knock it down,
That's how the story goes
In the Land of 1000 No's.
I'm all over you
In time my mind is changing.
Knock it down.

Black on black gives me a heart attack
And the silence makes it deadly.
Some choose to kill with simple will.
I've seen them fall fast and steady.

"Help me Jesus, Help me clean my wounds"
He said he cannot heal that kind.
Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind.
He said it happens every time...
Knock it down,
Knock it down,
That's how the story goes
In the Land of 1000 No's.
I'm all over you
In time my mind is changing.

Twist of fate won't give me a break
And myself, I'm slow and tired.
I've got to rise with these bloodshot eyes
But I keep falling when I'm higher.

"Help me Jesus, Help me clean my wounds"
He said he cannot heal that kind.
Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind.
He said it happens every time...
Knock it down,
Knock it down,
That's how the story goes
In the Land of 1000 No's.
We are bleeding sins but our sins
Are always fading...

Knock it Down,
Knock it Down.

Standin' on the ceiling, it's alright
Suspended by the dreams you seem to lose
You've been floatin' for a while, a while, can't hold on
Standin' on the ceiling, it's alright, it's alright

Somebody is tryin' to get the best of me
Congratulations song
So now your'te flying like you wanna be
Right where you belong

Starin' at the wall like it's window,don't know
Blinded by the dreams you seem to lose.
You've been starin' for a while, knock it down
Starin' at the wall, you don't know, don't know...

Somebody is tryin' to get the best of me
Congratulations song
So now you're flying like you wanna be
Right where you belong

Runnin' from the sun again, it's alright, alright
Runnin' from the dreams you seem to lose
You've been runnin' for a while, a while...
You can't slow down...

Runnin' from the sun again, it's all right, all right Somebody is
tryin' to get the best of me
Congratulations song
So now you're flying like you wanna be.....

If I was the king
Of all the rotten
Stealing filth
From those forgotten
Would you be my queen
Of a desperate land?
Do you give a damn?

What if I had to scold you?
Listen once, tried and true
What if I had to trade you
For another man?
Do you think I can?

I won't call on the angels, no
Beating on the line
As I turn to amputate
I'm bleeding on you

What if you were torn in two?
What if I wanted to be like you?
What if I were high, like an aeroplane?
Would you look at me the same?

I won't call on the angels, no
Beating on the line
As I turn to amputate
I'm bleeding on you

If we walked side by side
Would you stab my back
And kill my pride?
Would you fall ahead
Or would you move behind?
Tell me, words unkind?

Now if I was the king
Of all the rotten
Stealing filth
From those forgotten
Would you be my queen
Of this desperate land?
Do you think I give a damn?

I won't call on the angels, no
Beating on the line
As I turn to amputate
I'm bleeding on you

Grace, pride, tell me what's your name
crippled will with tomorrow's pill
cause I feel no pain and I can't remember who's to blame...

this is not my home, this is not my home
but the source was always known
My grain

I beg, you steal, do you show me your signs of sin
blistered and torn by the pure and reborn
when they're just like us and remember man, they cave in...

this is not my home, this is not my home
but the source was always known
My grain
this is not my home, this is not my home
but the source was always known
My grain

war stone, do you write your name in trust?
word to the wise my instincts rise
all your heroes are gone and the proud ones have turned to dust, seven dust
you can kill my pride but my heads still flying

my grain
my grain
my grain
my.......

Busted flat and dusted boy your minds a terrible thing
Said the man with a dirty hand who claimed that he was king
Choking angels from inside trying to make them sing
Cause your short of breath and close to death
From sleeping on the wing

Dirty king, dirty king now your strapped in for the ride
It's so hard to be a fighter when your hands are always tied

Mr. Innocent blood says he kills but just for love
Too bad the good ones always have to take the blame
Hey sharp tongue liar making pay in a bed of fire
To bad your dreams are always made of losing games

Dirty king, dirty king now you're strapped in for the ride
It's so hard to be a fighter when your hands are always tied

But I want to but my hands were always tied up
Yes indeed


But I want to but my hands were always tied up
Dirty king
But I wish I had myself a dime for every time
I cursed your Goddamn name...Mister Clean

Sweatin on the line doin 40, wasting time
Ain't it funny how dat money rots your brain
Put your soul on trial cause you lost it all to a tiny vial
Look in the mirror when you tell me who's insane

Dirty king, dirty king now your strapped in for the ride
Its so hard to be a fighter when your hands are always tied
But I want to but my hands were always tied up
Yes in deed
But I want to but my hands were always tied up
Dirty king
And I wish I had myself a dime for every time
I cursed your Goddamn name...Mister Clean

Once in awhile you'd be better listening to the fools for a change
I can see it in your eyes, it's the one who's not like you, you despise
I'm no different than you, it's just that I do whatever I want to
that's what sets us apart, I was free from the start, now you're leaving

tell me whose heart is bleeding
so once in awhile you'd be better listening to the fools for a change

What comes around follows and the truth becomes harder to swallow
so bang bang they shoot you down, no one says a word as your body hits the ground
oh pick her up and put her down the crowd screams aloud she's not breathing
and the only hand that reaches is the one alone you've been cheating my friend

tell me whose heart is bleeding again
so once in awhile you'd be better listening to the fools for a change
once in awhile you'd be better listening to the fools for a change

The number in nations
The god in their hearts
The justice in swine
The devil in God

VOTE

This long hand that breaks our backs
Still casting shadows on all that we see
Unjustified...mercy killing is just a feeling
To keep our numbers from being free

(Chorus)
Prison for praise is not worth thinking
Sin is still in and our ballots are shrinking
So unleash the dogs - the only solution
Forgive and forget, fuck no
I'm talking about a revolution

The prophet man's got a needle in his hand
Draws his dreams from your soul - bleeding
minds into sand
The year of the fear has arrived decades too late
And our right to stand and fight is now
solely sealed in fate

(Repeat first chorus)

One last chance mission with a vision
'cos our lives are just cards i their stack
Our time is short but theirs is shorter
How much longer can they hold us back

(Chorus)
Prison for praise - the obvious answer
Once had power mad - living disaster
Don't fuck with me 'cos I'm on a freedom train
That bears no name - this time
I'm voting with a bullet

This view they once knew made our nooses too tight
This justice in swine
This devil in god

So God bless my soul - I've got total control
And the crosshairs lined up dead in my sight

I'm voting with a bullet

When I was young
Some wise fool told me
Live and learn
But nothing comes for free
So I did what I could
When I was able
To keep the truth
Away from our table

Young blood creepin'
What you need?
Wiseblood shake him down
To his knees guaranteed

Well I never walked
I just learned to fly
And your heaven or high
Was the way I stayed alive
I've seen them devils
Pound our bible
You saints and sinners
Are both my rival

Young blood creepin'
What you need?
Wiseblood shake him down
To his knees
Aim to please

-Solos-

Well there's blood on the street
But there's nothin to steal from me
Cause I walk alone
But at least I walk for free
I listen to few and I'm fueled by fire
Guess now I'm old and now much wiser

Young blood creepin'
What you need?
Wiseblood shake him down
To his knees guaranteed

Amplified on fire, strapped to take you higher
Queens appear, strapped you made it clear

Is everybody with me, is everybody cool
Is anybody lazy, am I the only fool ?

Hell yeah maybe you a rock n roller
Hey, hey maybe I should of been colder
Ditch that wish and sell your soul

Is everybody with me is everybody cool
Is anybody lazy am I the only fool ?

That's what makes it so damn hard to find her
I was down beat crazy, lumps to make it hazy
Ride on fear, wings they disappear

Is everybody with me, is everybody cool
Is anybody lazy, am I the only fool ?

Hell yeah maybe you a rock n roller
Hey hey maybe I should of been colder
Ditch that wish and sell your soul

I was down town freaky, strapped you made it tricky
Heads go under, sho nuff gonna roll you over

Is everybody with me is everybody cool
Is anybody lazy am I the only fool ?

Hell yeah maybe you a rock n roller
Hey, hey maybe I should of been colder
Ditch that wish and sell your soul

Ditch that wish and sell your soul
Life that touch and make your body rock, ah
Make yo body rock, ah...Make yo body rock, ah...

Well I'm feeling left behind
Lord, what a waste of time
They're coming to get you
Run on

How can I respect your crime
When all you criminals whine?
They bought and sold you
Run on, run on

Well you can call me crazy
Or you can call me wrong
'Cause, see I was born a liar
Albatross - fly on, fly on

My home is kind
Man, it pays to be blind
Well, I promise to forget you
Run on, yeah

No swallowed pride
No conspiracy lined
Broken promise of virtue
Run on, Lord, run on

Well you can call me lazy
But I know where I belong
'Cause, 'cause I was born a liar
Albatross - fly on

With your trust in love
From your God above

Ooh I believe
The albatross is me

Well you can call me crazy
You can call me wrong
'Cause, 'cause I was born a liar
Albatross - fly on, fly on

I should have seen the signs
Now the memory's far behind
It was no big loss
Fly on albatross, yeah

Fly on
Fly on abatross, yeah
Fly on
Fly on