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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
She is twelve I'm only ten
Buried in this soft mountain of pillows Parents away She asks me have I been touched Have I done the thing with anyone yet Silence - a shy no And there's nothing That we'd rather share Than that bodily warmth if we'd dare But she's already twelve and I am Just a child Warm and shy She's so OLD - already twelve and I am only ten Than was me, young and free, there and then Now in this hotel room I lie wondering, who I am Never quite as sure after a life of questioning Finding out at last that freedom is A state of mind But still not knowing how to get along with this mankind Finding out at last that freedom is a state of mind |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
And so I find myself here once again - first step down
Remedy Lane Budapest you tore my world apart - well, here I am Worn with rope ends on my mind, torn with blood scarred in my eyes But now I'm back to shake that from my life Ending theme, ending theme Ripping at the seams, for an opening Back again at Deak Ter - I know I could have left her there It was the feeling of leaving myself that I could not bear The same old hotel room in Pest one night before the Sziget fest Hungarian Princess will you share my rest? To rest in my... ENDING THEME ENDING THEME Ripping at the seams, for an opening To be honest I don't know what I'm looking for - who to be Sitting here as once before, weeks ago - just waiting for a knock on that door And I have left all I thought was me to find out, to make sure if I was you or me That made me feel so free and real, but when we kiss I don't know, I just don't know 'Cause it leaves a taste of emptiness, and I think What if I'm simply depressed? Blind, just finding rest from my mind here in Budapest? Confusing zest with the joy of being blessed with the bliss of self-escape as we kiss? And mixing my being unstressed with your being undressed and the taste of being true With the fresh taste of me and you as we touch? I don't know But I saw so much of me in you, the me I've missed, the young and free in you But still, that doesn't mean a thing, may not mean anything about my needing you But I guess we had to meat, to be near, to make sure, and still my dear Beyond this bed and that door, to be honest, I fear I just don't know ENDING THEME ENDING THEME Fanning flames to dreams of belonging ENDING THEME ENDING THEME Ripping at the seams, for an opening To be honest, I don't know what I'm looking for... Lying here, watching you leave through that door |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
Watch them dance...
She is intimacy - a wonder of closeness Fighting hypocrisy, a lonely child that never could believe, yet never give up On life's insanity - Understanding is all, she fails to find it, she can never fall All her life she's longed to be weak - All this time on roads turning bleak Watch her dance... He is sharpness of mind - a lonely Peter Pan Always standing behind and from a distance looking at a world of love and deceit This child of air defies every rooftop and tree instead of what he's craving for the most Getting close Live that you might find the answers - you can't know before you live Love and life will give you chances - from your flaws learn to forgive All his life he's sought to be brave - All this time sought someone to save Watch him dance... They are two of a kind - two children warm and wild In a world going blind they raise their voices - speaking for the mute Building dreams of love finding their way through it They are turned into myths - a beacon of hope Live that you might find the answers - you can't know before you live Love and life will give you chances - from your flaws learn to forgive ALL HIS (life) HE WAS (just) WISHING (to) BE TOUCHED (but) TOO SCARED (of) WHAT HE (de)SIRED (while) ALL HER (life) SHE WAS (an) OBJECT (of) GROWN MEN'S (de)SIRE (and) WISHED TO (be) UNTOUCHED (now) THEY MUST (try) TO WORK (their) UNFORGOTTEN ... sexuality OUT! Watch them dance... Always being much more human than they wished to be They built up a world so wonderful, so pure and tense Stained only now and then by the blood of their young innocence All their life on Tolkien's grounds (Forests and dreams) All their time on islands unfound Trapped in a Fandango - Watch them dance... FANDANGO! Live that you might find the answers - You can't wait before you live Love and life will give you chances - From your flaws learn to forgive... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
Touching ground
Going home to those I miss Safe and sound Weeks of exile turn to bliss But there's something in her voice When she is calling me A trace of blood to lead me Through roads of agony With blood taste in my mouth And clouds before my eyes I kneel beside the bed Where my bleeding dryad lies Three young souls in misery Hitting ground Nausea wakes me up at dawn Hopes are found Dissected, turned and then Withdrawn A chair of steel and wire Her legs are open wide Helpless in myself I stand there cold beside The doctors stay away Leave us with this dismay To see the colors of a miracle Fade and turn to gray Then a cry and rivers of blood Flow so sadly Bringing you Our dreams pour into a cold tray Two young souls in misery Missing You I never knew your name but I will miss you just the same I was to live for you I lost the will to live at all the day you came It'll never be the same but I will love you just the same You were there to be the first, how wonderful Now I will always fear to hope again The irony Of seeing me whispering through her skin So joyfully To our child there deep within Or of when she called to me To tell me cheerfully That she had seen your shape On a hospital screen And of nurses being concerned That you never moved or turned Too late we see the warnings Too late we learn I never saw your face and now you're gone without a trace Except the trace of blood that's deeply scarred into my eyes To fill your place It'll never be the same but I will love you just the same I was prepared to be your father How can I ever prepare for that again? Still I follow that trace of blood Always leading back to you Hollow years of damming that flood Two young souls in misery Missing you... missing you... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
I lie awake watching your shoulders
Move so softly as you breathe With every breath you're growing older But that is fine if you're with me I pledge to wake you with a smile I pledge to hold you when you cry I pledge to love you till I die Till I die The rays of dawn play on your eyelids A sleeping beauty dressed in sun I will wake you with a smile I will hold you when you cry I will love you till I die Till I die Till I die I believe this heart of mine when it tells my eyes That this is beauty I believe this heart of mine when it tells my mind That this is reason I believe this heart of mine when it cries at time That this is forever I believe this heart of mine when it tells the skies That this is the face of God I lie awake watching your shoulders |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
I dream my dreams all alone at night
- my life's a cartoon in black and white I'm sick of this paint in my face! I'm always the one to make the show - a laughing clown, wings black as a crow I carry this large mind with pain A mind in this world seems in vain I remember all those years, running through the freedom What became of the child I used to be? I remember all those tears, melting my own face and now It has become the one I thought was yours Oh, look at this pitiful young soul - is he beyond or behind, who knows... But there's no one to burn at his pace Contemplating wave lengths in the bath while scorching himself to make us laugh This beckoning mind cannot be Insanity might set it free I remember all those years when I was invincible What became of the child that used to laugh? I remember all those fears, bleaching this wild heart and now It has become the gray I thought was yours If you'd just let him in, if you would just touch him He would love, he would grow, he could rest his old soul Maybe he's difficult but he's still beautiful Wild at heart, troubled mind, torn apart, seeking his kind |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
Let me go
Let me go Let me seek the answers that I need to know Let me find a way Let me walk away Through the Undertow Please let me go Let me fly Let me fly Let me rise against that blood-red velvet sky Let me chase it all Break my wings and fall Probably survive So let me fly Let me fly... Let me run Let me run Let me ride the crest of chance into the sun You were always there But you may lose me here Now love me if you dare And let me run I'm alive and I am true to my heart now - I am I, but why must truth always make me die? Let me break! Let me bleed! Let me tear myself apart I need to breathe! Let me lose my way! Let me walk astray! Maybe to proceed... Just let me bleed! Let me drain! Let me die! Let me break the things I love I need to cry! Let me burn it all! Let me take my fall Through the cleansing fire! Now let me die! Let me die... Let me out Let me fade into that pitch black velvet night |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
She is still young...
Another day of emptiness This life is wearing her down The room around her is a mess Her children safe with her mom She is still young but feeling old Two children with different fathers She sits on the bathroom floor alone The shower chain broke Her neck hurts Then another night of emptiness to wear her down Naked to the world she wraps her sadness in a gown Her children fast asleep she sears the dark with glassy eyes Choosing carefully among her husband's business ties "Over!" she cries through rope ends and silk ties Beautiful life escaping her young blue eyes (But life holds her hand, refusing to let go Leaving her breathing on the floor) They're still asleep don't hear her cry And she's still obsessed with rope ends This time she picks a stronger tie With Winnie the Pooh and friends She is still young but feeling old A child dying to be a mother Now she hangs from the ceiling all alone All pressure is falling from her Seeing guilt has taught her guilt she's raised on disbelief Merely twenty beautiful but with a taste for grief She has learnt all that there is to know about hopelessness Seeing that no effort in this world can stand her test "Over!" she cries through rope ends and silk ties Beautiful life escaping her young blue eyes (And Winnie is strong, would never let her fall Prevents her from breathing till she's not there at all But life holds her hands, refusing to let go Leaving her breathing on the floor) Seeing guilt has taught her guilt she's raised on disbelief Merely twenty beautiful but with a taste for grief She has learnt all that there is to know about helplessness Seeing that no caring in this world can ease her stress Helpless she lies in rope ends and undies Unseeing eyes fixating Eeyore's smile "Over!" she cries as she's going unblind Still in this life Still in this troubled mind (The ceiling let go, the old house let her fall Dropping her breathing to the hard cold floor Hitting her head - a broken china soul Red stains on porcelain and she's not there at all) Breathing she cries for rope ends and silk ties Beautiful eyes Pigliet stands shy behind Broken she lies undead and unblind Beautiful life Beautiful crying young eyes (Blackened and bruised, learning how to see Staring at her tooth - crimsoned ivory Hours they pass this broken china soul Red stains on porcelain And she's not there at all) |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
"Please let me be yours please never leave
Please stay here close to me All love we shared where is it now? Please let me be better than I was Please don't give up on us The thought of leaving you - I do not know how" "I can feel the pain you have inside I see it in your eyes Those eyes that used to shine for me I can feel the wildness in your heart That's tearing us apart My love how can I help if you don't want me" There is nothing you can do to help now I am lost within myself as so many times before There's nothing you can do to ease my pain I am so, so sorry but if you love me you must let go Two young souls in the dance of a chain sling Love once born from the ink of Solitude Bidding to the dance in the swing of a rope end Walking their Remedy Lane through this interlude of pain Who will be there now? When I lose my one true love? (When I lose my love) I am falling now Darkness below and above There is nothing you can do to help now I am lost within myself as so many times before There's nothing you can do to ease my pain I am so, so sorry but if you love me you must let go Two young souls in the dance of a chain sling Love once born from the ink of Solitude Bidding to the dance in the swing of a rope end Walking their Remedy Lane through this interlude of pain Who will be there now? When I lose my one true love? (I am falling now) Have I lost myself? To love someone else... "Please let me be yours please never leave Please stay here close to me All love we shared where is it now? Please let me be better than I was Please don't give up on us The thought of leaving you..." I DO NOT KNOW HOW |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
FEBRUARY,1993(motala)
instrumental 다니엘 길덴로우가 아내를 위해 몇 년 전에 만들어 놓은 곡으로, 서로 상반된 분위기가 나타나는 경우를 그렸다 함 |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
Ticking... ticking...
Wishing... wishing... Standing here in Busa trying to explain To myself and to the girl beside Why I feel so weightless and free from all my pain Telling myself that you're here inside For the wind is in my hair as we are on this sun hot roof And far below the Danube passes as we talk And I'd like to think that this is what you wanted me to find This happiness could help us rebuild what we've lost Calling - waking every god Falling - love is in my blood Breathing - love is life unbound Kneeling - let me tread its ground Through her eyes I can see who you used to be Through my eyes she can see What that feeling means to me Oh, ticking... Wishing I was stronger - wishing I was whole Wishing I was someone that I'm not And I wish that I could linger to the faith I used to have Wishing of myself to be a god I'm wishing to be God! Calling - waking every god Falling - love is in my blood Breathing - love is life unbound Kneeling - let me tread its ground Through her eyes I can see who I used to be Through my eyes she can see Numb anxiety Love take me home Life shake me home! |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
Day after day
Nothing's changed you're far away But I need you to know that I can't sleep anymore By the nights Night after night The stars are shining so bright Though our pain is larger than Universe tonight I want you to know I can't sleep anymore By the nights By the nights Day after day I want you to say That you're mine You are mine Year after year Tear after tear I feel like my heart will break in two You came like a wind I couldn't defend You cut my heart so deeply The scars won't mend I'll never believe in love anymore After this After this Can never change of rearrange What we lost What we lost Time after time I am wasting my time Living in a past where I was strong But now I am gone I leave no shadow when I'm alone I'll stay forever in my dreams where you are near Want you to know I can't sleep anymore By the nights By the nights Day after day I want you to say That you're mine You are mine |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
And SEX was always there from when I was only eight years
- tempting me leaving me thirsty Sweat, skin, a PULSE divine to balance this restless MIND - it seemed so wonderfully physical Oh the BLOOD, the lust, the bodies that color the world: all drugs to die for! Won't you share my fire? How can LOVE make that world a minefield of forbidden GROUND? A map of untouchable skin and SILENCED desire? And love was there in vain, PROFOUND and deep but traced with pain - too early for a child of TEN Loving the pure and sane he sought the goddesses unstained - watching them turn to flesh again HUNGRY for both the PURITY and SIN Life seemed to him merely like a GALLERY of how to be And he was always much more HUMAN than he wished to be But there is a LOGIC to his world, if they could only see Wishing - sickened - ill - ticking SOMEONE steal this hunger (it's in my blood) always growing stronger (ticking) BUDAPEST I'm learning, Budapest you're burning me This is not who I wanted to be, this is not what I wanted to see She's so young so why don't I feel free now that she is here under me? Naked - Touching - Soft - Clutching And then after all it led me here to wake up again Seeking a love that might make me feel free in myself but then it proves to be Something that hurts inside when we touch, so I move on, I lose my way Astray I'm trying too much to feel unchained, to burn out this sense of feeling cold And every day I seek me prey: someone to taste and to hold I feel alive during the split second when they smile and meet my eyes But I could cry 'cause I feel broken inside! COME and DROWN with me - the UNDERTOW will sweep us away! And you will see that I'm ADDICTED to my HONESTY Trust! 'Cause after all my sense of TRUTH once brought me here But I've LOST control and I don't know if I am true to my soul I've lost CONTROL and I don't know if I am true to my soul Losing control and I don't know if I am TRUE AT ALL And we were always much more human than we wished to be... And I remember when you said you've been UNDER him - I was surprised to feel such pain And all those years of being faithful to YOU despite the hunger flowing through my veins And I have always tried to calm things down - SWALLOW down swallow down "It's just another small THORN in my crown" But suddenly one day there was just too much blood in my eyes, and I had to take this WALK down REMEDY LANE of whens and whys... Empty - Licking - Clean - Choking SOMEONE steal this hunger (possessing my mind) always growing stronger (craving) BUDAPEST I'm learning, Budapest I'm burning me This is not who I wanted to be, this is not what I wanted to see She's so young so why don't I feel free now that she's under me? In the morning she's going away in a Budapest taxi I've paid Seeking freedom I touched the untouched - it's too much - I'm BEYOND THE PALE... Prematurity is the story of both you and me, and we were always much more human than we wished to be Prematurity is truly the story of both you and me, and we were always much more human than we wished to be We were always much more human than we wished to be - we were always much more human than we wished to be We will always be more human then we wish to be WE WILL ALWAYS BE SO MUCH MORE HUMAN THAN WE WISH TO BE... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Be (2004)
I am
I am I am I was not then I came to be I cannot remember NOT being But I may have traveled far very far to get here Maybe I was formed in this silent darkness From this silent darkness BY this silent darkness To become is just like falling asleep You never know exactly when it happens The transition The magic And you think, if you could only recall that exact moment Of crossing the line Then you would understand everything You would see it all Perhaps I was always Forever here... And I just forgot I imagine Eternity would have that effect Would cause a certain amount of drifting Like omnipresence would demand omniabsence Somehow I seem to have this predestined hunger for knowledge A talent for seeing patterns and finding correlations But I lack context Who I am? In the back of my awareness I find words I will call myself... GOD And I will spend the rest of forever Trying to figure out who I am |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Be (2004)
10,000 BC - 1 Million people
9,500 BC - 2 Million people 9,000 BC - 3 Million people 8,500 BC - 4 Million people 8,000 through 5,000 BC - 5 Million people 4,500 BC - 6 Million people 4,000 BC - 7 Million people 3,500 BC - 10 Million people 3,000 BC - 14 Million people 2,500 BC - 20 Million people 2,000 BC - 27 Million people 1,500 BC - 38 Million people 1,000 BC - 50 Million people 500 BC - 100 Million people Year 1 AD - 170 Million people 500 AD - 190 Million people 1,000 AD - 254 Million people 1,500 AD - 425 Million people Year 2,000 AD - 6,080 Million people (Spoken) Trying to understand the system of Life Trying to understand myself I created the world to be an image of myself, of my mind All of these thoughts, all of these doubts and hopes Inside I took out to form a new breed A new way to be And now I am many, so many So much larger than ever I were Yet, at the same time So much smaller and more vulnerable They all carry shards of the whole Together they become me I see them interact, develop I see them take different sides As were they different minds Believers of different ways, and different gods I think they will teach me something |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Be (2004)
Spring came with awakening, came with innocence and joy
Spring came with fascination and desire to deploy Summer came with restlessness and curiosity Summer came with longing for the things we could not be Take me to the forest, take me to the trees Take me anywhere as long as you take me Take me to the ocean, take me to the sea Take me to the Breathe and BE Autumn came with knowledge, came with ego came with pride Autumn came with shamefulness for the things we could not hide Winter came with anger and a bitter taste of fate Winter came with fear for the things we could not escape Take me to the forest, take me to the trees Take me anywhere as long as you take me Take me to the ocean, take me to the sea Take me to the Breathe and BE Teach me of the forest, teach me of the trees Teach me anything as long as you teach me Teach me of the ocean, teach me of the sea Teach me of the Breathe and BE See me! I am the one creation Hear me! I am all the love that came from Animae Know me! I am the incarnation Fear me! I am all the power held by Animae Me! Give me of the forest, give me of the trees Give me anything as long as it's for me Give me of the ocean, give me of the sea Give me of the Breathe and BE Give me all the forests, give me all the trees Give me everything as long as it's for free Give me all the oceans, give me all the seas Give me all the breathing BE |
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A Scene in Brown and Yellow:
At first I don't know why your presence fills me with unease Though I've missed you more than Life itself I freeze It's like you've been lost and now you're glad to see my face But as you sit down my confusion turns to distress Not knowing how to let you know that you are Dead (I wake up sweating) They tell me you are better off Where you are now Well, I don't care They tell me that your pain is gone Where you are now Well, you left it here See, I need to be strong Need to be brave I need to put faith in something How could I live on Not hoping we will meet Again? A Scene in White and Grey: Under the icon's weight the old thoughts lay Under the cross so still and pale The flowers usher the stale breath of Death away And someone tries to sing But the bird of song has lost its wings Now it twitches Rips the stitches of a chest where tears are torn And where all loss begins Life seems too small when Death takes its toll I need something to blame for this pain A Scene in Amber - Flawed: And have you ever had that dream Where one you love passes away? And you wake up crying to a world Where she's long since gone But you feel the pain So close As if she'd died today But I need to be strong I need to be brave I need to put faith in something How could I live on Not hoping we will meet Again Some day? Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust A verse we know too well Like a nursery rhyme Just in reverse 'Cause we are all the little tin man With hearts like little tin cans And as we line them down with tears Over the years They inevitably turn To rust Life seems too small when Death takes its toll I need something to blame for this pain I try, I fail, I fall, like anyone you know I break, I bleed, like anyone you know A Scene in Blood on White: Where the linen's changed just for tonight And somehow we beat her to this sight This ghostly room of Exit That she enters by the flicker of candle light And in her breast A desert storm is taking form An old thirst that can never be quenched or killed Sweeps over the cold Broken but thousandfold "My Love!" |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Be (2004)
Oh Lord
Oh Lord Won't you hear a sinner's prayer Oh Lord Oh Lord Oh Lord Won't you help me find the way When I'm lost and lead astray Oh Lord Mmm… Oh Lord Oh Lord Won't you help me to stay humble Oh Lord Oh Lord Oh Lord Won't you help me be an ocean Help me bend to stay unbroken Oh Lord Mmm… Save me, I'm drifting Help me, I'm drifting Oh Lord… Oh Lord… Oh Lord Narrative Mr.Money: :OK alright baby, the love of my life Girl: :Are you referring to me... or the car? Mr. Money: :Oh, please honey, what do you think? :Now, Cindy... Girl: :Sandra Mr Money: :Yeah, of course. Now, as I see it, we've got two natural choices here. So, what do you say? Either I drive and you can give me some good head while I'm watching the road... Girl: :What? Mr. Money: :Well, somebody's gotta watch the road honey... :...or... YOU can drive this baby :...oh, but only if you're good at handling the stick of course... Girl: :But... this is an automatic? Mr. Money: :...rrrright! Girl: :Is that some sort of sick joke? Mr. Money: :What? Girl: :... "natural choices" my ass! Mr. Money: :Well, that's a third choice I didn't think about... Girl: :You son of a...! Mr. Money: :Take it easy baby! :No sweat... it was only a joke, alright? Girl: :Alright Mr. Money: :... I mean, of COURSE I was joking... :... I would NEVER let you drive my car! Transcript of radio A car radio plays in the background. Interviewer: :here once again :we bring you here today to unveil your new breakthrough which is basically what? :an unconcious state of hibernation? Interviewee: :Well, first of all, i guess i wouldn't call it hibernation, but forrestative unconcious freezing. :In this state organs can be kept alive longer, tumours can be stopped in its tracks :Its virtually a springboard for the new age of modern medicine Interviewer: :But isn't it true that you've been experimenting on animals. :Seeing if you can put them in safe hibernation for long periods of time. :Don't you think thats morally wrong? Interviewee: :No, not at all. :I've always done research on the underlying belief that the ends truly do justify the means. :We are after all ... '(obscured by engine) ...irreversible illness :...people into hibernation till a cure is found, and then they can live a normal life free of that illness :Today we have had great success with 'Laying Down', thats what i call the process. :Laying down many animals. :The Longest hibernation thus far has been 18 months with no signs of distress whatsoever on any of the animals placed into a forrestative state. Interviewer: :It all sounds so wonderful, and paints a pretty picture. :but i still wonder your true motives for an action such as this :I also question the quality of life a person will have after a long period of Laying Down. :While an individual... The last section of the interview can be heard at the end of "Dea Pecuniae". |
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Miss Mediocrity:
”Hey there sweetie. Don't I know you? I swear I recognize your face... and those beautiful eyes... You know, they say the eyes are the doorway to one's soul... There's a smile. A little shy, aren't we? Hey, do you wanna get out of here? Mr. Money: Hey Miss Mediocrity, gee, I'm sorry You've seen me on TV, I'm Mr. Money Now you want someone to hold you And call when you're in town Someone to calm you and confirm you Well, I'm here... ...to let you down 'Cause outside these sexy cars And far from my trendy bars Behind these smiles... Miss Mediocrity: "...maybe go some place..." Mr. Money: ...And sunscreen... Miss Mediocrity: "...more quiet, where we could... you know... talk!" Mr. Money: ...And “Live the Dream!”s... Miss Mediocrity: "...and get to know each other..." Mr. Money: I am cold! Miss Mediocrity: "...no?" Mr. Money: And mean! Miss Mediocrity: "How about a ride in that Bentley up front? It's yours isn't it? I'll be a good girl, I promise! ...or bad... ...whatever you like!” Mr. Money: Daily Finance ? that's me in the Armani Got Three Mercedes 350, two Ferraris I Could have bought a Third World country With the riches that I've spent But hey All modern economics claim that I deserved Every single cent And the one time I'm the lesser half Is when we split the tab So here's to Friends, Family and Liberty, Genuinity, here's to Happiness, Success, Good Press, No Stress... But most of all... Here's to Me! Here's to Me! Here's to Me! There will be nothing left... So... Here's to Me! (Dea Pecuniae: Oh baby, baby) Here's to Me! (Dea Pecuniae: I'll take care of you) Here's to Me! There will be nothing left... Nothing left... ...for you Dea Pecuniae: "If you're looking for fulfilment A Kingdom and a Crown A Paradise of Free Rides I am here... ...to let you down I'll get you the sexy cars And a taste of divinity A glimpse of the Stars Immortality But then Vanity Will leave you dried and scarred (Mr. Money: That's right, oh, give it to me!) Here's to Me! (Mr. Money: Oh baby, baby) Here's to Me! (Mr. Money: You'll take care of me) Here's to Me! To me" |
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With overlaid spoken recordings
My wish is just selfish, maybe ignorant. But I beg you to put back the sense in my life. Are you there? I, I, I just called to see if you're there. Sometimes, sometimes I feel upbeat, sometimes I hate you, mostly, I, I just wonder if you're there. Are you there? God, If you are love, then why are we subjected to an increasing injustice throughout the world? Do you show us love by tormenting us? It doesn't make any sense. |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Be (2004)
Imago:
(I will never submit to all the things you've said God!) No! We're breaching the core - we're breaching the core We're breaching the core - we're breaching... To taste it To touch it Cut my hand To crave it Enslave it Pluck my eye I can never submit to all the things you've said God If you want me dead, I'm right here God But fear is a funny thing God In that it gives you the strength to resist just about anything God And friend turns to enemy So easily When you defend your legacy with guilt And talk of blasphemy God You know You created a golden cage for your sheep A stage too wide and deep for us to even see the play But hey You know what they say about catching the bird But you can't make it sing? You lose the bird the second it loses its wings Just like I reckon you will lose your herd To choirs of ”I am, I am, I am” And mountains and mountains of money and things! We're breaching the core - all breaching We're breaching the core - still breaching Animae: "Help me I'm starting to fade Save me I'm drifting away" Imago: But we can change We can change...? I said we can change! We can change, we can change - still breaching... We can change, we can change - still breaching... I hold it I'm never Letting go I settle for rash rather than risk going to slow I sought it I killed it But now I know (I'm left somewhat broken but I won't let it show) Hear me now! Animae: "Man is shattered I am shattered My shards have become shards of their own Pieces of pieces, impossible to put back together Spending their lives seeking a context they were always a part of And so, they leave the context And we shrink I fade And nothing more can be learnt or taught I have no choice but to leave them to their own devices I have come to understand one thing and one thing alone One little piece of understanding Glowing through this void of blankness and clean slates Like a beacon of hope Or just a reminder that I was always wrong: Searching for yourself is like looking for the house you stand in How could you possibly find it? It's everywhere It's all you know And there are no other points of reference" Help me I'm starting to fade Save me, I'm drifting away Help me, I'm dying now (Imago: What are these stains? They stay, stay when it rains...) Curtains before my final bow (Imago: ...burning my skin. It's burning... burning... burning my skin!) Drifting, just drifting away (Imago: Burning... Take it away, it's burning me... Burning my skin!) Leaving with all that's still left to say (Imago: Now life... now life... fails our kin!) I failed I failed We failed We failed... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Be (2004)
"See me"
"Hear me" "Need me" Some things will never change "Touch me" "Heal me" Mankind remains the same Oceans Forests Nations Now everything bears our name While Earth is bleeding Nothing will remain Nothing prevails We were stuck in this world of change Expecting it to remain Now nothing is left unstained No! When there's nothing more that we can trade Own Steal Or sell When there's nothing whole because we took it apart And Just left Moved on When there's nothing left for us to break Use Abuse Or rape Then you're free to count how much you saved Radio reports Power grids shut down today ranging from the east coast all the way to Michigan and parts of Canada A total of 50 million people are without power There is no estimate of when the electricity will be restored and the cause is yet unknown New York city is in gridlock with hundreds of thousands of people in the streets Their cars left on the sides of the road. Terrible earthquakes rocked Samoa, the ??? It rated 7.2 on the richer scale At this point no estimates of deceased and wounded can be recorded We do know however that since the year 1973 there have been 17 earthquakes in 14 cities throughout Europe with 6,500 dead Two tankers collided off the coast of Norway This afternoon pouring millions of gallons of oil into the ocean ???? is going to have a terrific effect on the ocean for years to come The greatest fear being the extinction of several species ??? on the "endangered" list I can see the ways we fail I can see us fall so easily A structure far too frail I can see 40,000 years of knowledge and history Invested in this child Spoiled and stained by proud divinity Gaining at best the perspective and wisdom Of not even a fleeting century We have now reached the final ten thousandth of a second of our evolutionary year, as we hit 2,000 at a birth rate of 250 people a minute Tell me How are we supposed to survive? If we're acting like fools All dropping dead to stay alive? Someone tell me Please just show me If there's nothing to do, God we'll turn to you But if we're an image of you I reckon you are just as puzzled and ugly too You think we have developed fast; that we're civilized and intelligent I'll let you in on a secret: we have developed Things! The rest is simply knowledge passed on (I can see us drain this world I can see us buying loss too cheap Terra Sterilia washing its broken hand of us now Creation's blackest sheep!) Hell, 99% of humanity couldn't put together a simple light bulb if you put a gun to their heads! And the intellect rubs off on fear The year 2,010 AD: 6,823 Million people 2,020 AD: 7,518 Million people 2,030 AD: 8,140 Million people 2,040 AD: 8,668 Million people 2,050 AD: 9,104 Million people I can see us read the signs But spell them out in backward travesty I see us close our eyes To all the wounds that we inflict to this world by being "free" We love this world to death Purchasing our lifestyles with our lives Defending our momentarily nations With the loss of our priceless earthly home It's not hard to reach the top It's not hard not knowing when to stop It's not hard to take all Not very difficult to fly if you settle for a fall It's not hard to cross a line It's not hard to push and go too far Some creatures cannot climb Then there are us who cannot even learn how to stay alive I'm sorry! For the things we did and did not do Forgive us; the fools that rushed ahead without a clue I am sorry Please forgive us For this human lack of humanity This evolutionary travesty This tragedy called "Man" ...called "Man"... Radio reports: ...martyr, on the other hand claims that he was instructed by god to attack the kindergarten. Because of his own... .. to kill these men as a symbol of white supremacy, the founding premise of... .. the school girls were given the date rape drug by the nurse when they complained of feeling ill. They were then taken by the... ..questions regarding so many people diagnosed with colon cancer, the doctors response was.. ..45 counts of child pornography. He was arrested after police set him up.. ..his blood alcohol content was .463, almost 6 times the legal limit. Ironically the girl died... ..for years over the abuse the environment and atmosphere have endured with the modern industrial lifestyle. It seems as if one of their greatest fears.. I'm sorry! For the things we did and didn't do Forgive us, the fools that rushed ahead without a single clue ...without a single clue... |
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Radio reports:
..for years over the abuse the environment and atmosphere have endured with the modern industrial lifestyle. It seems as if one of their greatest fears.. ..there is no way to evaluate the numbers of dead or injured. geologists have confirmed.. as of today the death toll has risen to 150 people in the last month alone. some of these waves have reached heights of.. ..regarding so many people diagnosed with colon cancer. the doctors response was "do you see any weeds in those beautiful corn and soybean crops".. ..this disease is running rampart in Africa, and without world support, could wipe out populations.. ..surrounded by police after an officer noticed he was video taping the bridge. At this time they're being held without.. a nuclear warhead was deployed off the coast of midway island. it has detonated.. world war three is in full motion on this day, rearing an entirely different and incredibly horrific face than wars in the worlds past. I see us in you Nauticus Came so late but I pray At the last light of day There might still be a chance To save this beast of clay I see us in you Nauticus As you're drifting along Built to last Young and strong Will you find us the answers Before we are gone? It's getting late in the day... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Be (2004)
Mr. Money:
I woke up today Expecting to find all that I sought And climb the mountains of the life I bought Finally I'm at the top of every hierarchy Unfortunately there is no one left But me I woke up today To a world that's ground to dust, dirt and stone I'm the king upon this withering throne I ruled every forest, every mountain, every sea Now there're but ruins left to rule for me And... you see, it beckons me; Life turned its back on us How could you just agree? ...how? I just don't see... I woke up today To a world devoid of forests and trees Drained of every ocean, every sea Just like a useless brick upon the shore The morning after the storm That swept the bridge away Relentless tide No anger Just this relentless time That calls us all on But... I'm never crossing that line Leaving this world behind I will stay on my own On this bloodstained throne I rule the ruins and wrecks And the dust, dirt and stone I rule rage rod and rattling of bones Solo I am on my own I am all alone Everything is gone Stuck forever here Already cold I'm never crossing that line Leaving this world behind I will stay on my own On this bloodstained throne... I'm never crossing that line Leaving this world behind I will stay on my own On this bloodstained throne... I'm never crossing that line Leaving this world behind I will stay on my own On this bloodstained throne I rule the ruins and wrecks And the dirt and the dust and the stone I'm the ruler of rage rod and rust And the rattling of bones Ruler of ruin I rule the ruins (ad lib) I'm never crossing that line Leaving this world behind I will stay on my own On this bloodstained throne I rule the ruins and wrecks And the dirt and the dust and the stone I'm the ruler of rage rod and rust And the rattling of bones Ruler of ruin I rule the ruins (ad lib) |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
> Sick!
Sick! I feel sick I feel sick That a spine I conformed Just along with a bucketful of me I feel free, Finally I will see, What you mean when you free Cause you scrooch to go home Not alone Happy drone While resent is the scar Something's cold in this bar I feel sick in this car Happily lead the way But the strive for the soup starts I will fall in line And the bank kissed the prized sister spoon Of the start sing it all Of it just losing me Of the line to subdue For all that you lead Happily just the same Every joke conformity Back at the name Like it just get bigger the sort of life adjustable i'm venging for much here on the inside and honest in this sick sick sick rock in the rituality but you see this sick will stain! cut the stain! hit me! Step into the darkness of treason Take me home in your voice of reason Have to be the sound of a soup of the season hit me now, hitting ground step into the darkness of treason take me home in your voice of reason have to be the sound of a soup of the season hitting ground hitting ground sick! sick! sick! i'm feeling sick in front of this fucking traverse that is just the sign of your sanity you're not alone and, every time that you hooked every drug, every scar from every time you just hate, to think that you are in sin instinct to flee to escape, from this mess must continue, must rape and what's true, and what's real so gnaw at your paw to get out of the trap of decay so much time, all the way to just let go to survive did you lose all your time when you chewed? through to strive by the everyday just to stay alive for you can't, can you hear that sound in your ears, from the loud and the mild, and the Cold War around you, compounding imbibing, that tells you that you're not alone is the sound of thousands who vowed to insanity We'll be found We'll be found Step into the darkness of treason Take me home in your voice of reason Have to be the sound of a soup of the season Hit me now Hitting ground Step into the darkness of treason Take me home in your voice of reason Have to be the sound of a soup of the season We're around Hitting ground This is the breeding ground Hitting ground Ground! Sick! (Step into the darkness of treason) I feel sick! Sick! Of these scars and these cars! I feel sick! (Step into the darkness of treason) Sick! I feel sick! I feel sick! You want faith? You are sick! (Step into the darkness of treason) So sick! Sick! You want faith? You are sick! (Step into the darkness of treason) Sick! You're so sick! You're all sick! You want faith? You are sick! Soup of the season Hitting ground Soup of the season Hitting ground Soup of the season Hitting ground Soup of the season Hitting ground |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
> [1: INTRODUCING STAR]
We saw you every day with your hands on your crotch and so much to say You went from bouncing toy cars with golden motors to neon striped BMWs and a court of drugged up nodders and quoters Namefucking fame on all photos, all cheered on and applauded by even richer promoters Now when you're a star, when you've reached this far and the world really knows who you are (really?) you show off your six black Mercedeses and drink Cristal like they all do And the poor outside your gates appall you, and the only hood you see is the one on your car Do you even know who you are? Bro I don't think so I mean Mercedes, man what a stiff old dull fart's republican shit car Sick of hearing you preach to the poor like before, only now you're a coward, only letting TV through your door Getting older, take a bow and just go The rage on the stage getting colder like your hits on the chart, but then the talk shows can still get you hard Doin' rhymes on your prime time fistfights and spittin' grime in the limelight like a star gets a chip off your shoulder, a boulder that rolls and rolls over and over and over There's nothing like a broken childhood There's nothing like a broken home There's nothing like a tale from your hood There's nothing like a record of restriction orders Outspoken borderline disorders, a violent long way to the top The longer that you fought yourself up, the longer the spitfall [2: THUS QUOTE THE CRAVING] You're so fucking lost that with all of the costs you still don't see that in reality the one thing you fail to buy yourself is a personality You're trapped in a mould of the rap, you sell but you're sold I mean, can't believe that you're paying all that gold to some home decorator that hands you buckets of conformity Seems you're losing your way together with your policy man, ending up with a new definition of poverty - it's a joke Like those you make in every video to reach the kids with the dough, with every copied ""aha yo"" and worn out ""bro"" Guess what we need is yet another clown who can feed our breed with another look and hooker hook Now when ""bitch"" is mundane you take the lead with ""wassup ho"" and let TV blur your mouth once more Just what we need in every store, thus quote the craving: ""forever more!"" You're so right, a shiny knight on a white steed, truly a hero Yeah right Fuck you - fuck you right down to the core You know what? You're just another Parental Advisory bore There's nothing like a broken childhood There's nothing like a broken home There's nothing like a tale from your hood There's nothing like a record of restriction orders Outspoken borderline disorders, a violent long way to the top The longer that you fought yourself up, the longer the spitfall... When you're rappin' your shit y'all [3: REDEFINING VOMATORIUM] Yo I guess when you're that loaded you'd better empty the barrel every chance you get, is that so? Empty your word and pose magazine, in magazine after magazine, let every shot go, let the shit flow 'Cause the show must go on and on and on, you're it bro But it's sad to know, when your star implodes, all that shit hits the fans, just like your words back when you shone But it's getting late in the game, trapped in repeating your name, again and again, like you're scared we'll forget it Can't blame you, apart from that name you're all embarrassingly the same, it's so lame - can't you get it? And perhaps you are right in that fear - more sane than you appear in your self deploring cock obsessive koks delirium But I say, to me you just redefine the old romans' vomatorium There's nothing like a broken childhood There's nothing like a broken home There's nothing like a tale from your hood There's nothing like a record of restriction orders Outspoken borderline disorders, a violent long way to the top The longer that you claim that you have fought yourself up, the longer the spitfall... [4: MAN OF THE MASSES] You're a man of the masses, took all the classes Their asses are yours All those bores who are paying the bills for your palace uphills And your pills that will help you proceed in your greed You are free of the chains that you need on your fans to adore, to kneel down before you, more precious to you than your brains and your hands They live for you If you could just see this old tree, this patriarchic hierarchy, up where you want to be, you need miles of roots to lick your boots Don't you see? You're a man of the masses, you need all those asses, their fate to relate to the one that you were Do you know who you are? Who are you? Not the one in your words that they buy They concur that you conquer, though a natural flunker, and you need them to stay, not to fly, to obey like the dogs that they are, the cogs under the hood of your Mercedes car They will pay for your trip to the stiff upper lip You're a man of the masses, your trip is a journey through classes You are high, they are low, and you need it to be so See, without them you'd be nothing more than before, and you know that's not much It's just or unjust such: just a sad little man with his hand on his crotch There's nothing like a broken childhood There's nothing like a broken home There's nothing like a tale from your hood There's nothing like a record of restriction orders Outspoken borderline disorders, a violent long way to the top The longer that you fought yourself up, the longer the spitfall... The longer the spit falls... When you're rappin' your shit y'all [5: YO] You're just another Parental Advisory sticker surfing beach boy Yo |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
The only cribs that we should care for
Are the ones that we are here for The ones belonging to our children That do that we do, scar from our wounds The only cribs that make a difference Where the magic really happens Don't come with a Mercedes Benz Or a wide screen showing nothing Showing nothing... I'm sick of home control devices Sick of sickening home designers Sick of drugs and gold and strip poles Sick of homies, sick of poses Despite the nodding staff that serves you Despite your name on clothes and perfume Despite the way the press observes you You're just people... Successful people Dressed up people Smiling people Famous people Red carpet people Wealthy people Important people But still just people So fuck the million dollar kitchen Fuck the Al Pacino posters Fuck the drugs, the gold, the strip poles Fuck the homies, fuck the poses Fuck the walls they build around them Fuck the bedroom magic nonsense I don't want to hear their voices As long as they vote with their wallets Fuck the silly "throw you out" joke Fuck the framed cigar DeNiro smoked Fuck their lack of originality and personality Fuck this travesty Fuck this new norm Fuck conformity Fuck their Kristal Fuck their sordity Fuck the way they fuck equality Fuck their freebie gear Fuck the ones they wear You're just people... Successful people Dressed up people Smiling people Famous people Red carpet people Wealthy people Important people But still just people Messed up people Shallow people Stupid people Plastic people Meta people Theta people Therapyople Entropiople Oh, fuck the ones they wear I'm cribcaged Cribcaged The only cribs that we should care for Are the ones that we are here for The ones belonging to our children That do what we do, scar from our wounds |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
> You brought us the a-bomb
In so many ways endorsed by God and The Book So God loves a war monger? Hey Mr.Blix: forget Iraq and the time it took 'Cause I know just where to look ""could we have a vote please?"" They came with a song - America They wouldn't stay long - America We are America God bless America God bless America and Capitol Hill 'Cause no one else will So now you are scared The Arabs will kill for their god Like you do for yours? Protect your obesity with your life man Hey - Angry God or Diet Coke? Who cares it's all a joke ""heil homo pecuniae"" Saving us yet another time Earning a buck on every dime Sick of America Sick of America Sick of America and Capitol Hill Moving in for the next kill Did you say ""I love you""? A simpler democracy Where every flaw and failure is called a ""Right"" A new form of freedom Based on your income, your color, creed And your choice of gun But it provides great fun ""Dr. Phil or Oprah?"" ""Letterman or Leno?"" ""Idol or Big Brother?"" (we'll be back after this short break) It could have been good America It could have been great America Land of the brave and free Welcoming you and me But this Brave New World is not as new anymore Each day a new store Each year a new war While chosen whites rule the poor In America Oh America Don't you walk out on me Just wait a second now Please hear me out Oh I'll do my best to love you Oh yes I will I know you're out there C'mon Raise your voices Don't let them ruin your reputation Don't let them wreck your constitution Not out of fear Not out of greed But you had a good run America Your day in the sun America Hello British Empire Hello Roman Empire Hello Soviet There is a new kid in town Joining the gone down Finding what you found Treading your worn, worn down ground Rise to your former glory Be brave and warm Oh America If I say I love you If I say I love you If I say I love you Dare you love me too? |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
> ONE: TONIGHT I'LL FALL
Tonight I'll fall, looking for something wonderful yet casual Extraordinarily temporal, and there you are - let's go You hooked me on the dance floor So here I am, back for more You seem experienced, just an inch too keen on getting exposed Having your face in every magazine You're far from being unique but you still look pristine Mundanely exotic, like the french cuisine My Disco Queen - let's disco... TWO: A CHEAP SELLOUT DRUG You're a cheap sellout drug on everyone's lips Covered every day, done every way, a whole world at your hips A bar to fit, the beats you take Another hit and you will break Undressed in front of me, all glistening ebony You're still so young, but I will show you vintage 33 I lay you on your back - inviting curves of black Making little noises as my needle finds your track My Disco Queen - let's disco Disco Queen - let's disco... THREE: A TIGHTER GROOVE You leave me wanting more, panting on all four I know there's more to pluck, and so I go for the encore I am turning you around, to play your other side A tighter groove, I want it but I tremble, slip and slide Baby, you're just what I need You purr when I make you bleed I pump you till you cry - feel so alive I crank you up and switch to 45 A screaming climax chord, I give you all I've stored A moment's silence and you're filled up, yet emptier than before Oh - that subtle little sound as I am pulling out A finished dish upon my plate is what it's all about A square round of greed You surrendered to the rhytm, spinning around your hole Disco made you famous but tonigh you tasted soul I pumped you till you cried - felt so alive I cranked you up and switched to 45 You are just begging for more But I unlock the door (tonight I'll fall...) You're old news now and so I leave you trembling on the floor... FOUR: MY DISCO QUEEN My Disco Queen... My Disco Queen - let's disco... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
Someone sells us Toys in a cheap cartoon
someone sells us Cars in the latest Bond that's coming soon someone sells us Trends through a sitcom star someone sells Herself in a docu-soap that goes too far Life on sale can someone please just tell me what happened? I mean, first we pay for fastfood that will make us all fat and tired so then we pay for elevators so we won't have to climb the three stairs up to our aparents then we buy freakin' StairMaster machines so we can burn away while watching someone make real food on TV now, if that doesn't make us winners I don't know what will I bet we would hang ourselves, if the world would just cut us the slack and now you think maybe you should see a shrink help you feel alive again - yeah, that's a plan just tell us who to pay someone sells us Man in a White House speech then Woman tightly pressed between two bouncing breasts on a Baywatch beach someone sells us Us everywhere I turn then introducing Them to earn stock points on our concern all for sale it's all for sale... welcome down to planet Earth please don't ask us what it's worth you will notice that the world you found is slightly tattered and worn down someone sold us every stain now if you wish to complain there's an open spot at 6 pm that's when Caucasia is listening if you're tearing down my world please just try to do it gently... there is love inside for a dream that has to die see, it's really all about time and choice: the fastfood saves us enough time to squeeze lunch in exactly when we want it the elevators save us just a little more and the StairMaster lets us choose exactly when to walk the stairs time is so important these days it's becoming a fucking disease and I guess in a way it is since it is bound to kill us all in the end now with all the time and money we stash away on others' expense I can only assume that the tickets to hell are really expensive and for some reason it's important to be first in line someone sells us God in 2-for-1 with Shame someone sells us War and the marketing looks just the same someone sells us Fear on TV each day a shape for every taste if the flavor's right we gladly pay all on sale we're all on sale... welcome to the only Earth please enjoy your only birth you will learn to take more than you give buying scars we must live with someone sold us every scar they somehow made us what we are we all want that spot at 6 pm but no one is really listening no not anymore we're all too busy buying Sex buying War oh buying Self Confidence Security Insurance Plans just buying More & More as you're tearing down my world please just try to do it gently... (there's still love inside for the dream that had to die) as you're tearing down our world.. |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
> Well cut you down to size
there is a woman burning at the center square raven black eyes and long let out hair screaming while cloaked vultures holier-than-thou circle and glare at sweat drops on pale skin like satin and as the raging flames work her into cinder said in their defence: stupidity and ignorance prejudice and intolerance all sound so much wiser when dressed up in Latin life will never be the same I have a bigger world since I found God truth will never be the same Im in a righter mind since I found God I found... Mrs Modern Mother Mary all pale and weary from raising her overweight kids in the outskirts of Suburbia on a nice christian gender based salary and a church she can merely attend and there on the flip-side of Caucasia we see Miss Modern Mary Magdalene gone Deep Throat on international cabel TV so you keep talking about progress and equality but to me the crusade is still on my friend silly me who always thought life was for the living and giving in to lust was all to give and to be given life will never be the same I have a better view since I found God guilt will never be the same Im on a higher ground since I found God I found God... life will never be the same I have a better view now theres always someone else to blame Im on the winning team now death will never be the same Im in the faster lane now no more am I the one to blame I have a juster cause now love will never be the same lust will never be the same shame will never be the same I will never be the same and you will never be the same |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
> Silence
cold skin black mind blue light broken shut down knuckles all white babel cold fact core mine black gold failure lockdown gun hands all sold were waiting so close your eyes relax and take a deep breath now believe the lies when you wake up youll be democratized violence cold pin blood crust blinded damp sheets needles stale smiles sick bed guiltknife scarsoil sinstain killchrome footbare gone wrong blue lights bring me home were waiting so close your eyes relax and take a deep breath now believe the lies when you wake up well all seem nice so close your eyes just take another deep breath now and fantasize pretend the world were forming is a paradise why cant I close my eyes why cant I just be hypnotized industrialized and privatized all mesmerized cause I can see and what I see around me makes me paralyzed yes I can see and what I see is not worthy a democracy its uncivilized so please close my eyes I dont want to see this undemocratic semi-automatic mediocracy and hypocracy pretending were free under plastic flags waving dependency for this idiocracy close my eyes... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
> I long for the summer
I long for the sun, gently touching my face I'll open my eyes, let it burn every splinter Unleash desert storms on its way to my heart And I had this coming every day of my life This is where I stop fighting, eyes open wide You took this blade and cut a wreck And in one blow laid bare your neck Where did we go wrong? I once had blue eyes, hungry and wise Now they are black from this dark age of lies We're all privatized, industrialized We capitalize on the beams in our eyes It's all in the eyes Eyes - tearing with sorrow Burning with anger and passion and lust The swift wind of thought Of wildness and laughter The soil of defiance The firm ground of trust (we had this coming - every day of our lives) (we should start fighting for eyes open wide) But I am put here, in this world gone insane Where everything's for sale From nature, over stars down to DNA Then I can gladly say That I'd be the first to break that norm Any day, any way And the last to join the ranks To hunt down the Daily Threat Or any other brand of prey You took this blade and cut a wreck And in one blow laid bare your neck Where did we go wrong? We once had blue eyes, probing the skies Now they are blackened from this modern life All privatized, industrialized - a failure Offensive and sore to the eye One small step for man Maybe this time I'll fly And if I hit the ground, it's the way we all die We are wrecks of the cut Soups of the season With dollar sign scars From this dark age of treason We all know how to cry Then we learn how to smile How to smile We're all telling the truth Tell us the truth! Then we learn how to lie And oh, how we lie Now we lie When you bow your heads tomorrow At the world we build today I want you to remember That I stood my ground and said no (say no) I said no... Say no! |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
> [you'll never remember my name]
RUNNING in just a year another storm will come to wash away an inch more blood its lack of hatred, politics or creed left us blind open wide our gun hands tied for this old world has seen the worst of us its love worn thinner by the day and every ounce of havoc that we wreaked upon it got the best of us oh, and the rest is for us let it rain... enter rain... exit pain in seven years ago Ill see a man a moment stretched out over years his eyes just flicker and then somethings changed an empty cage a crimson bud sprung out in mud let it rain in just ten minutes I will see a child buying milk all dressed in rags and without thinking he will cover up his naked hand to the cold oh, and that gives me hope let it rain... enter rain... exit pain STANDING and the rain will wash us to the bone leaving thousands in its trail cleansing all the flesh wounds of our time of every crime of every pound of dust and grime in two seconds I will hit the ground a moment stretched out over years and my eyes will flicker and then something has changed an empty cage a crimson bud a street of blood a city rose sprung out to greet the rain youll never remember my name but I will love you just the same youll never remember my name but I love you just the same just the same just the same youll never remember my name but I love you just the same just the same FALLING enter rain... (a city rose) (a street of blood) in two seconds I will hit the ground... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
Once there was a world out on these fields that was untouched
Grateful for its love we thanked the earth that gave so much And oh, I loved it so Once there was a pair of eyes, unbroken just like my heart Belonging to a father and his son, now torn apart And oh, I loved him so Why, mommy? Tell me why daddy is walking away Leaving me I remember birds of pray, dark shadows piercing the ground Faceless men came shouting about a pride to which we were bound And oh, I searched for him so Faith darling, have faith my son Your daddy is winning a war For you Daddy need me, love and lead me Your superseding war won't feed me Watch fathers and sons pale cling to their guns Marching line by line leaving reason behind Their eyes now tensed with fear, enemies are near But all armies are only fathers and sons (Earth bleeding through their proceeding) (All greedy voltures are needing) War! War! Dad, who is winning a war? And dad, who is it for? I won't shed a tear, I won't show no fear! Won't disappoint you dad (All greedy voltures need war) I won't miss you dad I'll shut down But daddy, I miss you so And I need you here Dad I'm alone here and Daddy, I'm losing your war out here (Daddy need me, love and lead me) Your superseding war won't feed me |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
(Part first: awakening)
Daybreak: A September sun emerges through clouds, chasing across the sky. Thoughts are evoked behind detached eyes but people are just passing by: With smiles for protection. Unable to see behind the creature that he seems to be. Once he was a child with burning desires with hopes and dreams of what was to come. So he’s lost some faith but still there are fires deep inside that he must drench to numb. If we could try to share some of his wounds just for a while. But we’re all just people passing by! (daniel magdic) Midday: He’s searching through crowds for one that is gone. Rejecting the facts one more day. Talking too loud to silence the glow. Coldness becoming his way. Empathy can’t reach through all that blame! Smiles now forgotten, locked in their frames! Now he’s counting time in beggings and bottles fading away beneath old news. So he lost a war: ’will I be dead very long?’ He can still hear his voice through the coldness! If we could try to ease some of his pain just for a while. But we’re all just people passing by! Part second: memorials (instrumental) Part last: nightfall Once he was strong, and filled with visions. With life ahead he set his aims. Then things went wrong. Now his ambitions have turned to smiles conserved in frames. Still could be strong could be a prophet! He would teach truth to every man! He’d see the light through every shadow, but Entropia denies he can! ... He’s sitting numb while dusk is falling. Alone he whispers his goodnight Turning away, when sleep is calling, from all the people passing by... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
Sleep is too quiet
dreams are too painful truth is the bed of this ocean of lies. Sinking through layers of untouched oblivion soaking from spirits but still far too dry. Losing all barbed fences Lucid - no defenses "Where is my mother?" the child asked the soldier. The soldier was watching them both fade away. Nine words create an oblivion ocean: 'Dad tell me, will I be dead very long?" Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for. Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand! Oh god if you save them I'd take them west we'd start again in the promised land. When life is wearing thin we pray: the gods are close at hand when man is astray. But when it all is said and done - is he to thank the gods for just taking his son? Sleep is too quiet, dreams are too painful truth is the bed of this ocean of lies. Words can create an oblivion ocean: "dad tell me, will I be dead very long?" Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for. Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand. Oh god if you save them I'd take them west we'd start again then Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand. Oh god if you save them I'd take them west we'd start again in the promised land. |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
Stress
by Pain Of Salvation (watching corners and crossing watching all the red lights watching the stress watching beggars and bankers and rushing cars I'm drowning in this mess)Help me! Rescue me! Save me! Set me free! (watching all the stress) It is strange - among all people I feel alone. Very strange - despite the sun I'm cold to the bone! If this is progress let me out! Up on the rooftops I feel alive - lovely detached from the human hive. Up on the rooftops I feel so free. Far from the city that's suffocating me. (watching corners and crossings watching all the red lights watching the stress watching beggars and bankers and rushing cars I'm drowning in this mess) IS THIS WHAT WE WANT? I believe: beneath the surface we turn to stone. Can't you see? You meet your neighbors over the phone! I'm awake - watch me! I'll escape - watch me! If this is progress help me to regress! Alone by the ocean I feel alive - lovely detached from the human hive. Alone by the ocean I feel so free. Far from the city that's suffocating me. YOU live too shallow act too deep! Fail to sow but proudly reap! ...and you still need MORE! Indians show us where you're from STRESS indicates what we'll all become! In time you'll awake! In time you'll escape! In time you'll awake! You'll see what's at stake! IS THIS WHAT WE WANT? ...is this what we NEED? |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
An eye for an eye
A tear for a tear A lie for a lie The weak dress in hatred to hide their fear We cling to symbols for our mind Hour by hour we're losing us Defenceless for the weak to bind Second by second abusing us A wound for a wound By silence we breed Learn the hate that keeps us blind From the hands that hit and feed Children teach each other pain Hour by hour they're learning it Dreamers in the wheel of reign Second by second we're turning it around Closing the books of the prophets Closing our eyes for the visions that die And then we weep "Why do I still need to cry When I'm so happy now?" Saviors come forth in times of need Prophets seek me - for you I will bleed Cry, cry, little lonely world cry I won't close my eyes I'll be your tears when you're dry Pouring to the ground Scar by scar we're all becoming Seeking prophets now I won't bear the cross one step further (Come to me now - feel the revival) I won't bear your hate any longer (Follow me now - join the revival) Free I will rise See me Believe in me Hear me - I'll speak to you You are the prophets Come forth and I'll bleed for you I´ll bleed for you |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
(Sorrow turned into hate
Anger became a thread to climb with faith Tasting the life she shed) "Time will heal" they told him Just as if they knew his pain "Time kills" he whispered Not a word They watched him leave again Grief need not her grave Nothing left to save She went up with the sunrise that day Planned her future as every day Spent her last minutes in tomorrows She would never experience Live your life each day Meet the tides my friend We're all nomads forever on our way A journey to the end (She walked there every day Without even knowing It was the place to which she was going) If you knew the number Of the steps you would ever take Bitter I wonder Would you run or cease to walk? For her sake he lived Nothing more to give Looking back now, he could have saved her But there's no one left to save him 'Cause we're all walking in tomorrows We may never experience Live your life each day Meet the tides my friend We're all nomads forever on our way A journey to the end To the end! So now he has knowledge but what has he won? All pages are empty, he's already gone He lost what he lived for and losses won't mend Alive just to enter a journey beyond the end |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
Never Learn To Fly
by Pain Of Salvation [Japanese bonustrack] [music & lyrics: daniel gildenlow] When I was a little child, I once found a bird lying on the ground. It would not ever fly again. I held the bird up in my hands, I shed my tears over the lovely song that not longer could be heard. Never learn to fly. With dirty hands I dug a hole and gently laid the bird to rest in soil: a wound in the tear stained mud. My tears wore rain as I revealed the secrets of a tree. A cross of bark to speak through wooden grains: "never learn to fly" I sang a song which I remembered my grandma used to sing for me, when I was sick and laid in bed. Then I cursed that day for showing me my own mortality for then I knew that all that lives turns cold. Cold and dead. And now time has passed by beneath my wings. [kristoffer gildenlow] That was then I'm older now, but still I can't forget that rainy day. I raged against the ending times, though some day soon my son will maybe find the tree I cleansed of skin. No chain-sling will ever climb its rotten limbs. And when the time has come for me to die, I want to lie beside that bird. Never learn to fly. When I was a little child, I once found myself dying on the ground and now I'll never ...fly... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
Now he's counting time in beggings and bottles
Fading away beneath old news So he's lost some faith, but still there are fires Deep inside that he must drench to numb Deep inside that he must drench to numb |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
Cold winter winds blow away autumn leaves now.
Misty world fades away before my blinded eyes - WHY? Now when I stand at the end of the line, I cling to life when I should decline. I always thought I would welcome this day, but now when it's here - could there be a heaven behind that gate? Love or hate? WAIT! ...by my side. Count the seconds till I die. Hold my hand. Smile and tell me that you care, 'cause I'm scared now. Now when I stand at the end of the line, I cling to life when I should decline. I always thought I would welcome this day, but now I can see: ...it is yet a bird of pray! God, hear my voice! I turn to thee - you've got to tell me: what will become of me? (daniel magdic) (daniel gildenlow) WHY SHALL I DIE? OH GOD! Hear my voice! Tell me there are no questions. Please give me a few more hours of this flair life... IT'S MINE! As I am leaving, alone and afraid, I'm thinking of all the mistakes I've made. I wish of my heart I could change only one! I'd want to say 'sorry' just one more time before I am GONE! (gone) |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
Plains Of Dawn
by Pain Of Salvation [music & lyrics by: daniel gildenlow] "I'm here now, by your side" Sheltered from the cold, a soldier guards a boy. Clocks are cutting as times pass by their pain (bringing release through the book on his knees) (keep trying, keep trying, keep dying inside) "Hush now little child, it's time to say goodnight. Find rest in my lullaby this night I'll still be here when the nightmists draw near" (blind figures controlling his life) (keep falling, keep falling, keep falling down now) "Have faith my son - reach for my hand and I'll walk with you till the sun goes down. Follow me now, we will meet again in your land. (have faith my son) Now I'll lead you home." Opening stillness, reaching through illness. They walk in nightmist. "Now, we meet again. I'm so close to you now. Again we laugh." Where shallow waters reach for unknown mystic shores they gaze at the horizon and smile [daniel gildenlow] "Behold my son - reach for the vision that fills your mind, just let go and run. Follow the path that was meant for you long ago. (behold my son) And cross the plains of dawn." Wordless questions, tearful confessions. They meet at last now, when it is time to go separate ways (fading pages) They have touched through ages. "Remember me my son, it's time to say...goodbye. I'll free you from your prison - now go! You're free now, the wave meets the shore!" (keep running, keep running, keep running home kid) (winning a war made him lose evermore) "Farewell my son - the tubes that were straining you to a death within life are gone. Wait for us, I and your mother will cherish you my son. I cry as I'm watching you run across plains of dawn." ...and so through that evening a soldier is leaving his son once again and a war has been lost... Forlorn he is reeling, unmendably kneeling. But fate leaves no choice: now he must close the book! |
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from Pain Of Salvation - Entropia (2001)
walk with me
and see the world I see it is our home it's where we all belong life is flair a brittle dress we wear a fleeting sigh but though pointless it may seem: live as death were but a dream you don't have to walk their way you don't have to watch the show you don't have to play their game and you don't have to die to leave entropia all remains: forgotten smiles in frames two fleeting lives cut down to pocket-size walk with me and change the world we see we'll cease to be just people passing by home is where we all get by you don't have to cry for more you don't have to have it all you don't have to win a war if death is but a dream then don't let me... ...fall asleep |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
I was told the pain and hunger was not my fault
How could they be so wrong? And man, of all five billion people you're only one Believed them for far too long Clean hands My land is my home I'm inside the big machine and it's eating me And I am just a wheel in motion, too blind to see The way we are heading now I'm hollow I swallow, but Inside I'm strong Inside I'm free Inside I'm young Inside I'm still me (Since 1990 there have been 93 wars in 70 states all around the world with 5.5 million people dead 75% of those people were civilians 1 million of them were children) Guns don't kill I don't kill Do I? Drink with me, laugh with me, friends for tonight Stay with me, sleep with me, happy tonight I only feel lonely outside this bar Look at me when I speak Who do you think you are? Just look at me now Inside I'm lost Now I'm vain, numb this pain Why is it burning? Clean as rain, not a stain So why am I yearning? I can't sleep I twist and turn In too deep I sweat, I burn I'm afraid that I'll awake Dressed up in a big mistake Then I'd break What if I just closed my eyes? (I'm not clean) What if I shut out the lies? (Blood unseen) And what if I could hear my heart (All over my hands) Accusing me for taking part Of the Machine |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
Welcome inside the machine
It hurts Go numb, go blind One's drilling out a pipe One adjusts the aim One makes trigger parts Weapons as a game All trapped in killing routine Washed clean By this machine On these grey walls Lovely pictures of the weapons we produce But not their actions All are part of the big machine We do our job "Guilty!" But what if we save? And what if we solve? And what if we build? And what What if we lose control? What if we lose control? What if we lose control? What if we lose control? I am just a wheel And what if we stop? |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
We’ve seen it before but safe on our suburb screens
Now I am here in the flesh A witness of war in this godforsaken scene Far from those grey walls See children with guns hatred and fear in their eyes They shoot to release their pain A conflict to solve no matter if someone dies Protecting our interests… Look around, soon there’ll be but ruins to be found Winner will be the last that stands Lethal moves in a game of chess for the depraved King or Pawn? Are you worth to save? (What is the prize for this game we play?) (And who are the ones that finally pay?) If we eat more we’ll get a handful of nothing We’ll be swallowing dirt If we push more we’ll get a fistful of enough We’ll be swallowing blood They told me that we could actually save human lives That armies would preserve the peace And my work would save, solve and build bonds Only lies! And I fed their wallets... It’s strange how we speak of civilised views While we buy that media warface they sell A makeup for "Them" so we can decide who’s to die Cause we love it easy… Here they are - take a good look at the beasts of war! Let the rain wash that paint away… Deep inside everyone’s a mothers little child Longing home, lost and led astray And we prey on this decay! If we eat more we’ll get a handful of nothing We’ll be left with the dirt If we push more we’ll get a fistful of enough I leave this machine... I left my life to ease my pain But I cannot find that cleansing rain... Look around soon there’ll be but ruins to be found We can change - it’s all in our minds... D. Gildenlow Step by step hate controls every heart every soul Every gun pointed at those we paint as Enemies We provide what they need to let the game proceed Stuck in machines somewhere we build the cross they bear Arm to solve, kill to save… God I’ve felt how it smells! "My land’s my home" - we’re blind! I’m sick of the blood I find! Step by step greed controls every heart every soul Arm to kill, kill to live - God how could I believe... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
I've always loved the sound of rain
Touching so softly my windowpane And then the scent of dew at dawn Coming to greet me from my moist lawn Home I always took it for granted I never valued the drops I shed I failed to see the relation Between my self and world starvation Water's for the chosen But how come we expect us to be those few Me and you? (In this hot, desolate timeglass I met this man, wearing a worn old flyer's cap Every day he had to dig 10 feet down for his daily ration of water ? one poor gallon And so he did, singing while doing it) 10 feet of sand for the thirst But he gave me half of what he was given for a day All for thirst and sanity use While we use up hundred times more What do we do with it? Pipes and bathtubs, sprinklers and fountains Freshwater used as a dump for oil and nuclear waste “Desert people turns humble” he said They know what they have But do they know what they lose when we flush? (But yet, sadly, he looked up to me. Felt a need for our greed, our "freedom". Said all he really wanted was a car and a radio. He too failed to see the relation Between our lives and his starvation) Water's for the chosen Water's for the few Water's for the chosen Water's for the few Life is for the chosen But only if we believe it to be true But we do! But I'm through I'm through I'm through I've always loved the sound of rain |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
This is our home
Our roots go deep Where our ancestors sleep This is the land we've nursed for countless aeons But never ours to keep My tribe is crying Our land is dying But we can't leave This is our home We can't let our past go We're left with your legacy Wide awake, deep at our roots While you move on exploiting We'll sing lullabies for half a million years When my son asks why, what will I reply? But we can't leave This is our home We can't let our past go But we can't leave This is our home If you like concrete alone Then don't make your high lives depend On that past that you let go |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
This was our home
We had our truth Bled for our creed Why must we still bleed? Your tailings are bound Forever in this ground So you come for our holy ground When your nature's gone and your house has burnt down No! For hundreds of years You've hurt this land Eating what's there Leaving a wasteland But there is no space To hold all your mistakes Still you come for our holy ground When your nature's gone and your houses are all burnt down |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
The higher I am reaching - the closer to the sun
The more I learn the less I know for sure For each machine I’m leaving I find a bigger one For each step I turn wiser than before But it’s burning me... Pilgrim, where are you going? Pilgrim, your roads turning bleak Pilgrim, true to your knowing But what will you pay for the Grail that you seek? ... Though these roads seem endless And life seems out of reach The roads I left were better off unwalked If I had just been stronger If I had dared to see Maybe I would not have had to go this far But still I won’t give in... Pilgrim, where are you going? Pilgrim, your roads turning bleak Pilgrim, This quest is your calling ...the curtains are falling... Pilgrim, where are you going? And who sets the price on the answers you seek? |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
Don't disturb me now
I can see the why, the when and how Looking back to see all bridges burn I have reached the point of no return This is zero (Shore Serenity) This is all that is left of me A broken man at a broken sea To be or not to be a wheel in the big machinery That is not the matter of the game Just as long as you can sense the frame Of the big picture (Wheels make the machine) This is all that is left of me A broken man at a concrete sea But now I know that one cell can kill And a big machine stands and falls with a wheel |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
So finally my journey ends
And through this wound my soul can mend Guilt is my blood I'm being drained This is my home, I will stay Inside There's always someone inside Fighting to get outside The "knowing-right-from-wrong side" Our home is inside I've traveled the world around In search for some Grail of mine How could I be so blind? It was always here inside I have only some weeks to give But at last I live Life's just a line of situations A matter of occasions And mystic correlations The work of a machine Here in a world split to nations We fail to see the relations Between the wheel and the Machine And of the scars we're leaving Inside I swear there's someone inside Fighting to get outside Just give it all an hour By the Concrete Lake |
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from Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (1999)
[southamerican bonus track]
[Music and Lyrics by D.Gildenlow] Through a dusty window I watch the clouds draw near A lovely vision of my doom The sunlight's fading - reflections start to dim Through the dusty window in this room I'm walking through my memories as I'm staring through the glass I have to claim I'm innocent Though I can't remember what I've done these past few nights I can't be the one that Father Kane believes I am I see myself now, in the dusty glass All wired up in this chair My face is foreign and my weary eyes are black I see myself through that stare Eternal alleys that lead to walls hidden behind unlocked doors I claim the handle, I need to see Even though I'll surely be afraid of what I may find... ...beyond the mirror! (Inside the circle) I walk through mazes of cold corridors Searching for the core of my mind My heartbeats reach out to find another pulse That once was bound and confined The two different heartbeats, becoming one Are causing the coalescence of my soul A quiet outcry - a silent scream - is filling me as I am driven back From shadows that dwell... ...beyond the mirror! (Inside the circle) [Hallgren/D.Gildenlow/Both/Hallgren/D.Gildenlow/Both] My world is frozen as I'm staring through the glass Gazing through the window at my memories Not longer foreign Though I somehow wish...they were The glowing fingers of a violent raging sky In search for evil find a path They rush through my veins, they invite my pulse to die They end my life with frenzied wrath Amidst the shadows of whisper land I feel that something's binding me to life Confined in nowhere by no ones hand I realize the pact is unfulfilled I'm trapped on the edge... ...beyond the mirror! (Inside the circle) |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
Used
'I am the unclean The black drop at the bottom of your cup You'd better drink or throw me up 'Cause I am on your lip and tongue God I'm not yours as much as you are mine So let me in to be your lung Just breathe me deep and take another sip So still A taste so sweet but so bitter the kill Still on your lip You are so close I'll let you come Between my legs you are closer death than sun And I'm not your daughter as much as you're my son I'll let you come In my mouth on your lip So ready and thirsty for the next sip You let me in, I let you come I'd never let you down You let me win, I let you drown!' Getting used to pain I am crying unwept tears through this violence I'll die trying to break this thick crust of silence 'I am the greatest star So bright that you all come forth and beg to taste my light I can take you far but I'll burn you out before we get there But hey! Who am I to stand in your way? Go ahead; swallow me down! I'll have no problems finding myself out When you've gone down When your all cracked and wound.' Getting used to pain.... .... I am crying unwept tears through this violence I'll die trying to break this thick crust of silence .. Trading pain is a bad deal I've got more than my share Too much to bear! Every beat of the hammer Every blood stricken street: A way to trade off heat. They will bleed till I'm empty If I deserve to die I'll make it show I will stain your affection, I will wear out your heart You'll follow where I go Blood stains Cut veins Filthy Murder Leave me... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
In The Flesh
She walks these empty streets alone Looking for something they call "home" Hoping to find some peace of mind Sometimes we need to walk alone She is set on running away Though her mom was yelling she must stay A wind beaten bird for reasons unheard Sometimes it is best to run away So fly away, fly away, fly away Don't be afraid, don't hesitate, fly away Some wear their bruises on their skin Others hide their scars deep within She has a wound close to her womb Blames herself for letting it in So fly away, fly away, fly away Don't be afraid, don't hesitate, fly away But She's afraid, she's afraid, she's afraid Anyway.. See those eyes, see those eyes, see those eyes Hate and lies, a fire that slowly dies But She will fly, she will fly, she will fly Before it dies Sometimes the hands that feed Must feed a mind with a sick need And the hands that clutch can be The same hands that touch too much Eyes that hungrily stare Read in an access that's not there While eyes close to hide tears Or look away in fear Run away! Passing the open stores Hiding her dirty sores Seeking asylum among freaks and whores What wouldn't she give to be in a society Not learning the eyes to be closed but to see Now she bites the words "Never" She kicks the ground "Never" Swallows her tears "Never will I go back" She hits the walls "Leave me!" Scratches herself "Leave me!" Begs to all Gods "Rip me from this sick flesh!" "I will always be there" "No!" She holds her ears "You know that I love you" Pretends that she doesn't hear "We're in this together" "We share the same skin" Panic in his voice now "Free us from sin" "Tell me that you love me" This is the end "I know that you do" Of her way Never ever again Follow me down "God forgive this hunger" "Please mommy see" "Never tell a soul" "Is it me?" A child will love its parents Will follow them down She swears to the pavement's heart of stone That these city lights will be her home But still as they burn she will return Back to the adults. . . of her home. |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
Ashes
You claim I don't know you, but I know you well I read in those ash eyes we've been through hell I've walked with the weakest just to feel strong You've given your body just to belong Let's burn together Let's burn together This pain will never end These scars will never mend I taste your sorrow and you taste my pain Drawn to each other for every stain Licking the layers of soot from your skin Your tears work my crust to let yourself in Touching you harder Touching you harder now As we walk through the ashes I whisper your name A taste of pain to cling to As we walk through the ashes You whisper my name Who's the one with the sickest mind... now? This pain will never end Our scars will never mend Cleansing sweat We are just using each other Too depraved to stay alive But too young to die And we hurt Thus we hurt Scrubbing it harder Too late to back out now Scrubbing it even harder As these two broken barren desolate disordered words collide As we walk through the ashes I whisper your name A taste of pain to cling to As we walk through the ashes You whisper my name Who's the one with the sickest mind... now? This pain will never end These scars will never mend Damn this dirty bed Damn this dirty head |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
Morning On Earth
For as long as I can remember I have wanted to Silence every beating heart; every sound of breathing Now there is something inside of me that aches as I hear you Breathing here when you sleep between these morning sheets I am the tears in your mouth I am the weight on your shoulder I am the scream that wants out And my heart just couldn't grow colder Now this rusty heart is my gift This fallen love is my gift Morning arrives on an Earth I've never seen before Revealing a life that I never really understood Strange, the way beauty can hurt the unopened eye Much more than all of the filth and pain That we're soaked in ever could I am the tears in your mouth I am the weight on your shoulder I am the scream that wants out And my heart just couldn't grow colder Hear this voice, see this man standing before you I'm just a child trapped inside the body of a man 'A relation, so oddly old - bred not to love Suffers the beaten grounds of Idioglossia We talk but we do not speak Together only in our incapability to leave this fallen playground We rule this Empire merely with these few crippled toys Rust in our faces This is what we can share - this is all we can lose Still Furiously we will linger to it with our lives Cling to its rust and pains Barefoot and torn Bred not but born to love' Hear this voice, see this man standing before you I'm just a child trapped inside this fallen man Hear this voice, see this man standing before you I'm just a child trapped inside the body of a man See this child.. |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
Idioglossia
It all comes back to me Face to the floor Heart in my mouth My forehead hits the pavement Again - numb - again Sharing this humility A circle of humanity Momentarily black in me Immomentarily black So black Memory leave me be Close that eye leave love blind When outcome is preceded By an outlet that is needed We forget all but the circle As soon as the ends have met As soon as the ends have met I scratch the surface and see Someone better than me Where did I suffer that loss? What was taken from me? As I search through the ashes For someone to blame I'm afraid to see my face As I walk through the ashes I whisper your name Meeting you have forced me To meet myself This blood proves me right In that the last move is all that Counts if the beasts must bite Vow to the floor Oath to the taste of dust In my mouth - never! I bite the words - never again! Will I let anyone else finish I'll be the end of every way Memory let it die left behind Leave me blind Despite all these words Not one could express What I had inside Living was to hide Kneeling in whirlpools Of pink champagne Celebrating the bravery of my pain Something broke And no water could ever wash The anger from that first stain I scratched the surface to find Someone wicked and blind Where did it come to that end? Why can't these scars ever mend? Memories... I have swallowed all these tears Thought they'd be gone After all these years Now this heart is waking up With a new hunger For my own blood As I search through the ashes For someone to blame I'm afraid to see my face As I walk through the ashes I whisper your name Meeting you have forced me To meet myself .. Face to the ground Heart in their mouth Foreheads hit the pavement Again - numb - again Sharing my hostility A streetful of insanity This is payback for every Tear in me, hole in me Black in me - black! Memory history agony Let me see that hideous Idioglossia that formed me Despite all these words Not one could express What I had inside Living was to hide For every time you froze me out For every punch every shout For not believing in me For your stupidity For stealing what could have been Me It all comes back to you Is this all I am? |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
Her Voices
Looking at you I see her face Through all these years, just waiting It all catches up to you when you slow down I'm back in that yard, tasting that shame Of pushing her down, Of kids and her games ...their strongholds We had a bigger world - we had a better view I guess I never fully realized then What she lost when I cut that loss .. So she filled the void with unearthly friends Voices of hers - greater... than us We had a bigger world - we had a better view I wish she'd never told us about her voices We were strong, we were much too strong Never forgive - never forget... ... We picked and pierced, we ripped and we tore We hit and we scratched to make in her a hole Glares and eyes - whispers and notes Attached to her every pose .. We fed her shouts For the collection of her voices I was too weak to collect But so, it turned out, was she Both paid in soul for the cutting of that loss Their ugly truth Outnumbered by far her beautiful dream And I closed my eyes Were her eyes in yours already when we met? Am I still paying debts to recover Life? Now I can see she proved to be right As she was called down It's sad though... ...that I turned out to be one of her voices. |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
Dedication
I watched you die Though you had always been there Since I first came into this world Outside people smile I ask - why this deep blue sky? When you have left this world today Does it not know when to weep? All my life I've looked up to you A humble old man who always knew No one can ever be closer to God than you So who could fill this void .. I still can't believe that you are not around That your warm voice won't make another sound Sure I understand, but I never will accept That you should be gone .. I watched you die And I have feared this moment Since I was just a child So why that sunny sky? When my beloved grandfather Lies dead here cold and still? .. |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
King of Loss
Mother, at my first breath Every paragraph was set As I inhaled the scent of debt Mother, that first stolen air On papers saying I'm not mine "We crown you, the King of Loss... Better get on your feet Best be one of us Better get yourself on the list For success Dress up as a State investment Charm the press A breed from the seed of only One short breath" Mother, hence we cry: Some of us are free to stand Most of us are bound to lie In those bloodstained beds No one can afford to pay The prices on their babies' heads I am the King of Loss! For every dear smile I feel I'm not one of us "An ivory coin for every plus on your stone" "One more governmental blade Now drawn from its sheath Quite a bargain I'd say since either way You will live by the show of our teeth!" Mother, I wish that we could talk You see I'm not fit to play this game Bound by its rules just the same My talents turned to talons Every monetary pile Will buy me a precious smile... smile... So smile for the King of Loss Feed from the juices Bleeding from this cross Then tell me our lives mean more Than this vain thirst! "A governmental blade Drawn from its private sheath Quite a bargain I'd say, since either way You'll be living by the show of our..." I hold up my head This was my life Now I'm with the dead So I lay my bare neck This is your call Dub a king or a wreck (Mother, listen to me mother) This was my life This is your call Is this all I am? Is this all I'll be? This is not enough! We're all crying for respect and attention We're all dying for a painless redemption! This is not what I wanted But for every drop of blood I lost myself I, too, lay bleeding on the sidewalk... Mother Long live the dying king "A governmental blade Now drawn from its private sheath Quite a bargain I'd say, since either way I will live by the show of your teeth..." |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
Reconciliation
I thought I'd seen hell Thought I knew it all Now I know too well Hell is to wake up But it makes all the difference Tasting the tears in my mouth Taking the weight on my shoulders The hours and days of your life Don't necessarily make you older I'm sick of running away Along these bloody streets I'm sick of predators and prey Of being everybody's end! I've washed my hands of your blood Thought it would leave me clean But with time on my hands It turned to mud forming this crust of sin Now - to be truly free I'll let it come to me So -break me if you must When you break this crust Freedom is to see Hear this voice, see this man Standing before you I'm just a child Just a man learning to yield .. I hate these hands soaked in blood I hate what these eyes have seen Up to my knees in filth and mud How it hurts to become clean I was always on my mind But never on my side Run - but if you run away You'll always have to hide So if you need to run.. Run for help! |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
Song For the Innocent
This world is what we can give Scarred from the way we lived All those dreams we shared for you How I wish they could come true We dreamed of a world in peace But killed for a life of ease Now we leave the wounds for you What else can the dying do? .. All those dreams we shared for you God, I wish them to be true... |
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from Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element 1 (2000)
Yesterday found him today
Caught him at his last breath These walls built to stand come-what-may Lie shattered in the ashes His skin against this dirty floor Eyes fixed on the ceiling He has stretched those chains of sin Far beyond all feelings Still, so still In his head a thunderous Cry of desperation Tearing voices from his past Scream for his attention Behind those eyes a world explodes No one there to save him All pain that he's been passing on Answers to his craving Once more I will never leave this shame Falling far beyond the point of no return Nothing to become and nothing left to burn Stealing meaning from this child We took away his reason His soul put under lock and key His heart blackened from treason But if you take from those you fear Everything they value You have bred the perfect beast Drained enough to kill you Falling far beyond the point of no return Nothing to become and nothing left to burn Watching Unseen Untouched Bleeding Empty Exposed Dying Eyes closed Once he had forests and mountains That were only his, listening to him Once he would run through the summer days Catching memories for ages to come Now he is dressing this naked floor With his flesh and blood, and times passes by His trade of pain might just have lead him To deal with consequence For some change as time passes by I am the waking child (Lingering, climbing, clinging, clutching Craving, clawing, hurting, falling down) I, the wayward son of a mountain lake (Of icy liquor tears, of a silent Earth) (Of a rusty lid, of a wingless wind) (Of an eyeless storm, of fallen gods who lost their way) I set myself on fire To breed the Perfect Element Will I ever walk again? Falling far beyond the point of no return Nothing to become and nothing left to burn (This is the end) Nothing left to say The pain will go away Now you must surely see That you are killing me You are killing me Now you are killing me (You must never leave this shame) (Is this more than you want?) |
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