Sleepy city in the midnight calm All awoken by death's alarm Frenzied panic everyone's in shock Search-lights show the coming of the iron flock Blockbusters falling down like rain Birds of steel deliver death and pain
Chorus: Blackout when the sirens sound Bombs be fallin' y'all you better get down Blackout all over town Woman and children go down in the ground
Blackout [4x]
Dictators and terror kings Invade us with their war machines Nowhere to run, nowhere to go Think we're gonna lay down and die Ya cry "hell no" Man the cannons and open fire Flames of war burning higher and higher
Chorus [2x]
Blackout when the sirens sound Yeah, the blitz is coming, oh the blitz is coming Blackout all over town Armageddon coming, yeah, Armageddon coming Blackout [3x]
81 billion beats the soldier's drum Price of living too high to overcome Politician preaching that war's the only way While another bum dies in the streets of L.A
It's all a lie unjustified It's all for black gold
Killing Christian, killing Hebrew Killing Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu You can't take life So sayth the holy books that you read Manipulated minds Serving prophets of greed
It's all a lie unjustified It's all for black gold And another one dies unjustified We're selling our souls
Woe to the beggars catching pity in their hands While the rich feast on the blood media Broadcast across the land And somewhere there's a child in a distant house Feeling only what children know Fed from a cauldron of hate Grows to deliver a badly blow
It's all a lie unjustified And another one dies unjustified We're all terrorized and horrified All for black gold
Late one night I was fixin' to fight A dirty hustler tryin' to cop my $$$ When from behind a whiskey bottle Cracked me then I hit the floor Barely alive I could feel him drive A black needle in to draw my blood With an evil grin he sang a mojo hymn And left me face down in the mud Dark angel gonna get me Lord, set me free
I've been cursed by a voodoo hand Black magic all around Oh mama, pray for my soul I'm dying on this killing ground Cursed by a voodoo hand Death's needle pushing down Oh mama, pray for my soul I'm dying on this killing ground
Well, I headed south by word of mouth To a shack down Louisiana way I meet another man with voodoo hands And this is what he had to say I feel it in my bones That your restless soul's Tormented by an evil curse But if this mojo man Got your blood in his hands No way the spell can be reversed Dark angel ain't gonna let me be
I've been cursed by a voodoo hand Black magic all around Oh mama, pray for my soul I'm dying on this killing ground Cursed by a voodoo hand Death's needle pushing, pushing Oh mama, pray for my soul I'm dying on this killing ground Oh Lord, I'm dying
Cursed by a voodoo hand Black magic all around Oh mama, pray for my soul I'm dying on this killing ground Cursed by a voodoo hand Death's needle pushing down Oh mama, pray for my soul I'm dying on this killing ground
Feeling heavy, got this stone on my back It's driving me insane Like a levee that's beginning to crack Holding back this river of pain
Desperation has captured my soul My mind stricken with fear Don't see why I should try to go on The voice of reason's calling me It's calling me, but I can't hear it Oh, my hands are shaking Rattled nerves on the verge of breaking That blade is turning on me Turning, turning
(Guardian) Angel, where are you now? No one can save me, only you know how (Guardian) Angel, out on a ledge Pull me away and save me from the bleeding edge
Lonely days and lonelier nights No love come around my door Oh, then demons they just screamin' away Lord, I can't take it I can't take enough to make it go away
I'm feeling jaded Tired eyes on the verge of fading Oh no, oh here they come again Trying to tell me death is my friend
(Guardian) Angel, where are you now? No one can save me, only you can save me now (Guardian) Angel, out on a ledge Pull me away and save me from the bleeding edge
I hear you knocking But you can't come in My shotty's cocked I'm playing hell to win You can't imagine How it can consume The game is winning Can't avoid my doom
I guess you've noticed That I'm not the same Devils conspire To control my brain
[Chorus:] Yeah, I can feel Mad seasons changing Everything and nothing's real My eyes are going Yeah, I can't feel my reasons changing Everything and nothing's real My spirits blown away
The moon is talking And I must comply The dead are walking Can't avoid their eyes The dawn's upon me now I cannot quit Reduced to defecating Where I sit, oh no
I guess you've noticed That I'm not the same Devils conspire To control my brain
She was born in a sea of rage A star we call the sun forged her body In an ancient age
She fought hard to raise us But still we look to the stars Seeking life in the great beyond Life beyond this life of ours
She reigns on and on Spinning into oblivion
Silver string She pulls me back Within her sentinel moon Shielding me from the lifeless black
When all her children leave I will stay behind To guard the queen And hold the line
She reigns on and on Spinning into oblivion Oh, she's divine The envy of all around her Oh, a beautiful aura of blue surrounds her She reigns on and on Spinning into oblivion
She reigns on and on Spinning into oblivion Oh, she's divine The envy of all around her Oh, the mystical aura of life Surrounds her
After all is dead and gone Her spirit lives on forever
Well, here we are It's the world against us again Again and again Heartbreak after heartbreak We force the wings of love into the wind Again and again All our lives we struggled I've come to realize I've always found the strength to fight When I see your eyes In your eyes
[Chorus:] We will fly, you and I Wherever we go Whatever road we choose We can't lose There'll be days when the going is hard But it's just another bend Just another little bend in the road Oh yes, it is Just a little bend A little bend in the road
Where do they go? Youthful years, they slip away Far, far away Been gone too long Home is where I want to stay Always, always For so long we struggled just to get by I've always found the strength to fight When I see your eyes In your eyes
[Chorus]
So here we are Playing the same old game again Again and again Against the odds We seem to find a way to win Again and again All of life's a struggle You've come to realize In faith you find the strength to climb To reach the skies
It's all perpetual dreams, this hidden life ain't what it seems Walking dead we are Victims of misfortune and lies, and tortured bringers of demise Circling above like vultures
They reap the harvest that we sew and take, like trusting fools Promising charade All days now disappear from weeks to months, from months to years Forever bound, shackled to the wall
The night falls, I've seen 1000 moons rising in the sky The night calls, I feel the midnight as it slowly cloaks my eyes Touched by the kiss of the sunrise
Live with shadows and fears -behind smoke and mirrors Try to turn back the years -living inside smoke and mirrors
Sacred and serpentine, a hypnotizing twisted theme Weaves our souls to roar Like candles in the wind, our echoed cries above the din Fade into this faceless sculpture
In the wheel of chance and fate, spinning as we watch and wait A mystery to us all On the edge of sanity, we tread the seas of destiny Forever bound, silent voices call
The night falls, I've seen 1000 moons rising in the sky The night calls, I feel the midnight as it slowly cloaks my eyes Touched by the kiss of the sunrise
Live with shadows and fears -behind smoke and mirrors Try to turn back the years -living inside smoke and mirrors
Live with shadows and fears -behind smoke and mirrors Try to turn back the years -living inside smoke and mirrors
Bow down in the platinum maze Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen Merciless judgement in the church of the machine
I'm the master, looking down from the edge of space and time Flesh and steel intertwined I am the future, sacrifice your soul and succumb to me Nailed to your faith, you'll believe
Scream-and no one hears my pleas Faceless masses falling to their knees
Bow down in the platinum maze Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen Merciless judgement in the church of the machine
Pyramids in the sky, playing out their cosmic games Rulers of us all, forever cursed we live in pain Cursed-we live in pain...
The creator, 'Neath the darkened sun, my empires rise Artificially devised The destroyer, fierce intentions flow from a virtual rage Forever lost and enslaved
Total mesh of soul and steel Life-force force under my command Twisted baptism of fire Between machine and man
Scream-and no one hears my pleas Faceless masses falling to their knees
Bow down in the platinum maze Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen Merciless judgement in the church of the machine
Bow down in the platinum maze Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen Merciless judgement in the church of the machine
Placid skies, through crystal gazing eyes Slaves to our desire, in a ring of smoke and fire The dungeons call, two faces on the wall Candles light the way, for a moonlight serenade
Through the nights and days, we will find a way A way to carry on what we believe
An empty door, ashes on the floor Hypnotic array of lights, dragons calling throughout the night Omen in black, chained down to the rack The end never in sight, soaring through an endless plight
Through the nights and days, we will find a way
Silence fills the shrine, giving us the sign Forever lost, forever in the dragon's den Born with second sight, essence burning bright Forever lost, forever in the dragon's den
Silence fills the shrine, giving us the sign Forever lost, forever in the dragon's den Born with second sight, essence burning bright Forever lost, forever in the dragon's den
Look to the other side, reach the undefined Curious to what she doesn't know Step through the empty air, reveal what wasn't there A fantasy-her looking glass world
Is it as it seems? Or just a dream within a dream (dream within, dream within a dream)
Like she's been here before, locked behind the door Held within the grasp of mystic hands Everything's so strange, the same but rearranged Through a bird's eye view-Can it all be true?
The final answer she seeks, with the three to be crowned Queen Essence of rule divides the land-YEAH!
Dark shape, above in the sky, captures her prismatic eye Again she walks in wonder, With no, with no tearful good-byes
Part II
Alice...Alice...Run Alice...Run
And there she stood, in misery Searching for the final ring within A dream, (dream within a dream)
Dream within a dream
"I'm not afraid..."
Part III
Scepter in hand-all the numbers so deceiving The small dreaming child who wears the crown Watches the pieces falling down
Like knights in the game-her next move is so unsure 'Waken the Queen of Nevermore Hidden behind the royal doors
White on her right, Red on her left Talking in riddles, on ears fallen deaf
"Stop with all the lies", all the questions so confusing Answer the riddles they deny, losing hope, the child cries
Dream on... Do you believe...all the things that you're seeing are true? The start's where the end's leading you Do you believe...all's as twisted as one would perceive? Seek the answers...and soon you'll believe
The royal child, in a rage of desperate fury Shattering all that lies before, screaming dolls fall to the floor Now remove the masque, that's obscuring this dimension Illusions so clear to me now, her invention is unwound
Escape the dream- like an unwritten book There at my feet-lies the knight, the queen and the rook
Dream on... Do you believe...all the things that you're seeing are true? The start's where the end's leading you Do you believe...all's as twisted as one would perceive? Seek the answers...and soon you'll believe
Dream on... Do you believe...all the things that you're seeing are true? The start's where the end's leading you Do you believe...all's as twisted as one would perceive? Seek the answers...and soon you'll believe
Silver cross in ancient halls, deep inside the castle walls Bound to sleep, forever locked in chains Evil carved into the stone, ancient words they've never known A serpent's silent shroud still remains
Come with me and I'll make all your wishes come true Lifting the chains of oppression from you Wiping away the lines carved in your face Take the Relic from this place...
Carry on, into the horizon, wielding courage, staff in hand Journey on, through shadows and dreams, and what lies beyond the guardian's keep
Prey and siege in voiceless woe, who's dust was scattered long ago Awaken from this dark and endless sleep Man's desires-now mortal wounds, believing tales and shallow truths Hardened hearts now tremble in the keep
Trust in me and I'll lay all your nightmares to waste Take the Relic from this place
Carry on, into the horizon, wielding courage, staff in hand Journey on, through shadows and dreams, and what lies beyond the guardian's keep
Child of the oceans I am, walking on the waves Stirring the pools, I silence and calm the tides to a glaze Touched by a vision of love, her beauty recognized Elusive to me, progressions are now violence in disguise
On a quest for light, and braving the seas Chasing the morning star, wait for me... Now I'm blinded, this vision I cannot see I cannot see my future destiny
Ohh...the hunter looks at you with eyes to kill Praying for your life-the mighty rage against the still
For whom the God's destroy, they first make mad Receiving the sun, and falling like hourglass sand Child of the sea I am, in starlight I reside Glow silver and white, eternal and bright in the sky
On a quest for light, and braving the seas Chasing the morning star, wait for me... Now I'm blinded, this vision I cannot see I cannot see my future destiny
Ohh...the hunter looks at you with eyes to kill Praying for your life-the mighty rage against the still
Ohh...the hunter looks at you with eyes to kill Praying for your life-the mighty rage against the still
Ohh...the hunter Ohh...the hunter Ohh...the hunter I'm the hunter
Garden of ice, ivory trees dimly glow Maiden in white, led by lanterns of stone
Captured-by the light of moon Diamonds and Jade-dressed in ashen blue
From the North, a mistress dressed in silvery blaze The feel of her kiss steals my breath away In the night, shadows dance through lucid doors With a pale and frigid gaze
Lady of the snow, calling me Her silhouette awaits in the cold A kiss of stone, tempting me Radiant lady in white, Maiden of the Snow A winter's stare through veils that still my sight In the night...she calls
Bound by this passion, I'm begging you please let me go There is no escaping the feeling, I can't fight anymore
My desire echoes from a tale of ancient lore As before, mystery fills my eyes Beauty and bliss, I feel the hands that hold me now I surrender myself to the night
Lady of the snow, calling me Her silhouette awaits in the cold A kiss of stone, tempting me Radiant lady in white, Maiden of the Snow A winter's stare through veils that still my sight In the night...she calls
Lady of the snow, holding me Her silhouette awaits in the cold I can't fight anymore
