Yesterday my troubles seemed so far away And now there's nothing left to do but watch the choices slip away And all the voices ricochet ? our conversation disappears In recrimination ? voices ricochet ? they're just Words in the distance, like birds inside my head, and The water runs red ? you're a Stone on the windscreen, you shatter the world ahead
Voices ricochet ? you can picture a big ‘thirteen', try to extinguish me Relinquish me from the damage It's only mortality… It's the echoes of carnage Now the view is all tarnished ? the rest is just wreckage The sky's a varnish, furnished with thoughts of flight And the pain still visible in light and sound and sight
Dismiss the sky ? voices ricochet
Grip is precarious There's various ways the path of truth can bury us Too many variables, too much chit-chat Too much of this and that Too much zig-zag, yin yang, yak yak
I'm all right, Jack, pull up the plank, I'm aboard Fall on your sword ? a humming repetitive Feels like a sedative, nerves are the last to decay Don't worry, it'll fade away
Voices ricochet ? our conversation disappears In recrimination ? voices ricochet ? they're just Words in the distance, like birds inside my head
And all the manacles that bind, the pinnacles you climb To the background of a cynical ‘who' and ‘what' and ‘why' And ‘why not?' ‘Scuse me while I dismiss the sky
The floor you walk on is smooth. There is no ground there. Magic begins with blood. Outside, there are trees, With concrete under their roots. But I have passed the tombs of kings, Regaled them with pacing, checked bins for food and wrappings. I have scoured the seas for miles, cloaked my face with ash. My fingertips opening, accepting my time.
The dark cylinders of half-smoked cigarettes For me, I’m your sorrow Calling in your dreams For me, I’m your shadow Howling in the streets
Tomorrow, I will walk the streets And steel myself for the familiar. Your eyes Will not settle, a hunger. You’d be happier in your grave. When we meet, share stories, you stretch me. I see, I see a semi-circle of teeth.
The dark cylinders of half-smoked cigarettes For me, I’m your sorrow Calling in your dreams For me, I’m your shadow Howling in the streets
I was all alone, going for a ride Travelling solo, off my guard I had to follow this calling from the wild Into the shadows Into the shadows of my heart
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
Come and dance, come
And as I moved on, thought I'd blow my mind But as it turned out, I was wrong I met my sorrow, saw her in the eyes She tried my courage She tried my courage, but left me stronger
(You better stand up straight and you gotta be strong You gotta fight for your right and reclaim your own song)
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
History is just beginning It’s like leaves creating a canopy And, woven in the tapestry, my testimony A ceremony of souls, a symphony of sounds of sounds and forms A cacophony ? I’ll keep that energy
I’ll keep that energy flowing through the whole range of me So you can focus on the rage in me And my obituary? Well, I’m re-writing it every second, every century Well, I’m re-writing it
I was all alone, going for a ride Travelling solo, off my guard I had to follow this calling from the wild Into the shadows Into the shadows of my heart
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
Come and dance, come
And as I moved on, thought I'd blow my mind But as it turned out, I was wrong I met my sorrow, saw her in the eyes She tried my courage She tried my courage, but left me stronger
(You better stand up straight and you gotta be strong You gotta fight for your right and reclaim your own song)
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
I was all alone, going for a ride Travelling solo, off my guard I had to follow this calling from the wild Into the shadows Into the shadows of my heart
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
Come and dance, come
And as I moved on, thought I'd blow my mind But as it turned out, I was wrong I met my sorrow, saw her in the eyes She tried my courage She tried my courage, but left me stronger
(You better stand up straight and you gotta be strong You gotta fight for your right and reclaim your own song)
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
I was all alone, going for a ride Travelling solo, off my guard I had to follow this calling from the wild Into the shadows Into the shadows of my heart
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
Come and dance, come
And as I moved on, thought I'd blow my mind But as it turned out, I was wrong I met my sorrow, saw her in the eyes She tried my courage She tried my courage, but left me stronger
(You better stand up straight and you gotta be strong You gotta fight for your right and reclaim your own song)
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
I was all alone, going for a ride Travelling solo, off my guard I had to follow this calling from the wild Into the shadows Into the shadows of my heart
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
Come and dance, come
And as I moved on, thought I'd blow my mind But as it turned out, I was wrong I met my sorrow, saw her in the eyes She tried my courage She tried my courage, but left me stronger
(You better stand up straight and you gotta be strong You gotta fight for your right and reclaim your own song)
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
I was all alone, going for a ride Travelling solo, off my guard I had to follow this calling from the wild Into the shadows Into the shadows of my heart
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again
Come and dance, come
And as I moved on, thought I'd blow my mind But as it turned out, I was wrong I met my sorrow, saw her in the eyes She tried my courage She tried my courage, but left me stronger
(You better stand up straight and you gotta be strong You gotta fight for your right and reclaim your own song)
I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again