Welcome
the lights come on
the set is down
the curtain's flown away
to all you creature of the night
i say it's time we play
we'll show you things
that in your life
you'd never dreamed you'd know
so now before the ghosts arrive
it's welcome to the show
mistrels, kings, explorers
fantasies on order
ghosts and dreams awakened
stories long forsakened
the mistrel and the sorcerer
are switching their disguise
the jester drinks and starts to think
that he alone is wise
the governor and journalist
exchange a judas kiss
and now before the song is done
the plot begins to twist
ghosts and lost explorers
fate with all her daughters
saints and hopeless sinners
wise men in their winters
know
welcome to the show
Turns To Me
stands all alone
safely unknown
she was prophesied
well kept beauty queen
no erasing
all those pieces
for all those moments of yesterday
she had oscar wilde's
still she was afraid
youth and time collide
time was catching up
for all those moments of yesterday
wait for me now
but it won't be
i don't understand what i'm feeling tonight
Morning Sun
when you look at the morning sun
i envision a different man
everyone's leading
i can't wait for the morning sun
somewhere else there's a different world
and perhaps it's a better world
here in the dark where the sky shows its grace
i can't wait for the morning sun
no, no, time doesn't wait for you
when your time is up it's true
when your time is up it's through
can't keep it
Another Way
times were changing
on an island
dreams and visions
hope and glitter
don't tell me now
stay and follow
each day earn them
neatly drowning
each illusion
don't tell me now
Blackjack Guillotine
blackjack guillotine
skin tight
so tell me what you had in store
but can't think of nothing i
junkie
gentlemen
and so we found it very mod
and so we're out there laying tracks
Paragons of Innocence
day
but i stand
you've been gone away too long
paragons of innocence
moments on the carousel
that no one leaves
time
thinking back
paragons of innocence
moments on the carousel
there always comes a time
but the lines turned to lies
paragons of innocence
moments on the carousel
Complaint In the System (Veronica Guerin)
welcome to the system
i will be your mentor
got a complaint in the system
welcome to the park now
what good's causing proglems
everybody knows us
every politician
got a complaint in the system
you should understand it
the right and the wrong of it
in the dead of the night
so we laugh in delight
Underture
The Wake of Magellan
as he stood upon the watch deck
so he took hold of the reasons
dear god
dear god
i believe what the prophets said
there are wounds that bleed insdie us
there are wounds that bleed in silence
dear god
dear god
i believe what the prphets said
i believe what the prophets said
don't see the storms are forming
columbus and magellan and de gama
don't hear it
got to keep it underground
if they find it kill it blind it
lord tell me waht is to be
Anymore
don't want to walk upon the water
but in the fading of a season
close your eyes and just believe again
anymore
and in the night he sees the ocean
and every message it would leave him
close your eyes and just believe again
anymore
and all at once the waves were getting higher
The Storm
The Hourglass
standing alone by the edge of a river
the ending is near
the man climbed aboard and set sail for the ocean
runaway reasons
the wind touched the sail and the ship moved the ocean
runaway reasons
in the dark he heard a whisper
in the dark he heard a whisper
and there in the waves
and all he had prayed
could you keep our lives together
could you keep our lives together
and all at once the heavens bled their fire
coudl you keep our lives together
everything i ever had for one more tomorrow
did you ever really want to
lord, tell me how it will be
standing once more by a boat on a river
and somewhere that boat's now adrift on the ocean
welcome to the show
welcome to the show
welcome to the show Top
looks in the mirror
and sees what she wanted to be
to anyone near her
she sees what she wanted to see
and turns to me
and turns to me
and turns to...
for an early slide
followed it to the letter
if there, always seen
still you thought she'd know better
the time you're wasting
but when you're wasting
you don't care
in short term leases
but when you need them
they're not there
she's traded every tomorrow
and now all those moments are so far away
ghosts haunt each word she would say
as she walks among the decay
timeless sense of style
as had been her intention
time must be repaid
and there'd be no redemption
she could not decide
on a certain direction
carefully made up
she avoided detection
she's traded every tomorrow
and now all those moments are so far away
i saw it too
closer than you
what else is there left to say
i will be there for you
this i will vow
if you still want me to
this i have always known
and in the dark
there's no one to pray for me now
i don't understand but i'm waiting
searching the shadows that fade in the light
but i'm feeling alive
trying to survive
float with the time
till you arrive and i.... Top
do you see what i see
or could i be the only one
seeing just what i need
than the one i've become
pray the ocean will understand
that my time isn't done
but nobody's dancing
you stand on the stage
just to turn all alone
i have waited this way
for a lifetime of days
as i stand with the sea
and the ocean she understands
just the man i could be
with a sun that will rise
and a moon that will take its place
in another man's eyes
than the one that i see
or if better for no one else
perhaps better for me
revealing each star while the moon plays the fool
saying how it must be while the night disagrees
as i stand with the sea
and the ocean she understands
just the man i could be
no, no, leave it alone
no, no your days are far too few
this thing i have always known
they never give another day to you
no one cares how
can't save it
can't take it away with you
so i say we use it now Top
eighteen years and fading
ain't a lot of time left to be a star
all alone and dying
walk upon the water
but you won't get far
tied into decisions
saw you on a postcard
from the other side
never feeling bitter
walk upon the water
just to be your bride
that there is nothing more
there is a how
just like there is a door
and if there's not to be another way
you tell me why
why
why
why
if the words are hollow
gotta go along
cause it's all you got
turn around and burn them
think you're fitting in
but you hope you're not
every drink your downing
if you drink enough
you'll forget the game
wrapped in absolution
live your life in weekends
but it's not the same
that there is nothing more
there is a how
just like there is a door
and if there's not to be another way
you tell me why
why
why
why Top
razor sharp
always clean
gotta lie
very wide
once inside she knows what to do
she knows what to do
china white
just another neon life
in the vein
leaves a stain
all the time you know that it's true
you know that it's true
it doesn't matter anymore
it never did, it never will
but i'll be out there waiting still
you're moving fast but leaving tracks
a compromise to your attacks
there comes a time you want to take it back
back
back
back
can't think of nothing i
can't think of nothing i
lack
credit card
gotta vein
goes for yards
hypnotised
you decide
every neuron's changing its view
changing its view
summarize
every lie
well disguised
don't forget
neuron death
in the mind awaiting its cue
awaiting its cue
the worshiping of lesser gods
and lie they do
for lie they must
for they know it's the lie we trust
wherever there's a vein to pack
there comes a time you want to take it back
back
back
back
back
but i can't think of nothing
i can't think of nothing
i can't think of nothing
i lack Top
into night
into day
into i don't know you anymore
where you say
thinking all the time you planned it
leaving us to carry on
though in truth you never tried
just stepped back and watched the slide
questioning of your intent
never quite sure what you meant
from the other side
must admit we ride it well
and the horses never tell
all throughout the ride
no one leaves
no one leaves...
alive
on my hands
slips away
till i just don't feel it anymore
when i can
to the time when it gegan with
bits of dreams all in a line
and somehow we missed the signs
that it all was never real
and in truth a fatal deal
questioning of your intent
never quite sure what you meant
from the other side
must admit we ride it well
and the horses never tell
all throughout the ride
no one leaves
no one leaves
no one leaves...
alive
when you do what you want to do
you know you shouldn't do it
but you do it anyway
and when he had that time
when he knew what he wanted to
he quickly placed his order
though he never thought he'd pay
and the lies turned to tangles
and you're pale as a cadaver
though you think it doesn't show
so you live with the lies
and the friends that it gathers
but somewhere in your heart you kno wyou
got to let it
got to let it
got to let it
got to let it
got to let it
got to let it
got to let it
got to let it
got to let it
go
questioning of your intent
never quite sure of what you meant
from the other side
must admit we ride it well
and the horses never tell
all throughout the ride
no one leaves
no one leaves
no one leaves...
alive Top
here's the situation
it's a bit ocnfusing
welcome to the maze
everybody sees what
everybody wants to
everyone avoids
every other gaze
i'll be your advisor
i'll do what i do
and you will look away
forgetting what you see
has always been much wiser
but someone in the back is missing what i say
got a complaint in the system
we supply amusements
everybody rides
but everybody pays
when no one's complaining
what good is a martyr
if no one is saved
everybody sees us
every single child
can tell you where we are
says that we are leaving
but in all this time
we haven't gone too far
got a complaint in the system
got a complaint in the system
got a complaint in the system
it's not underganded
it's really quite simple you see
long and the short of it
black and the white of it
forget the sight of it
it is so much cheaper
to be no noe's keeper
trust me
you can stab with a knife
but it's rare you'll ever get anywhere
till you turn on a light
and we scatter for the darkness
or the corners filled with blackness
and we're
there
there
there
there
there
there
where
where
where
where
where
where
there Top
(instrumental)
looking out onto the sea
it would offer no solutions
only silent company
as he tried to understand
but they offerend just confusion
as they bled into his hands
couldn't you decide
what should happen to a man's assassins
is it suicide
i have never been a man of passions
that the oceans hold their dear
but at night when the waves are near
they whispers
and i hear
there are wounds that we never see
they are part of our refinements
that allow a man to be
with aristocratic grace
there are tears we keep beside them
never seen upon a face
do you think it's wise
to remember everything that's ever happened
could we compromise
or must the shadows of this night be everlasting
that the oceans hold their dead
as i contemplate this stand
what i do
is who i am
that the oceans hold their dead
but at night when the waves are near
they whisper
and i hear
don't see or head the warning
don't hear the sound of tyrants
surrounded by the silence
sailed upon the ocean
in a world of ignorance
with thoughts so primitive
that men were killed
with no more will
than that they simply had the notion
but in this world of heartless men
this thing they never did
don't hear it
don't hear it
don't hear it
pretend you never heard a sound
if they find it kill it blind it
lord tell me what is to be
they whipser and i hear Top
don't want to look across the waves
instead of seeing hills of water
i just see markers on their graves
to look across an empty sky
for a forgotten childhood reason
to once more with that you could
there's a god does he remmber when
we were young and faith was not pretend
anymore
anymore
anymore
carve its thoughts upon the shore
for in the way it was created
it can do this and nothing more
the next wave carefully erased
as the tears that passed between them
were so real that you could
there's a god and he remembers when
we were young and faith was not pretend
anymore
anymore
anymore
and as they crashed i thought i heard them say
there'd be a time when men would ass be wiser
when everone, everone,
yes everyone is
saved Top
(instrumental)
he's traded his life for a glass full of tears
the bargain was quick for the one's life is less dearer
when the sand's running out and the ending is near
the ending is near
the ending is...
he put on the mst all the canvas she'd take
then laid himself down on the deck 'neath the tiller
the ship was his coffin this moment his wake
runaway seasons
time is a treason
that i give back to you now
the wind from the storn set the course she would teak
from a journey to nowhere towards a soul on the ocean
from the wake of magellan to magellan's wake
runaway seasons
everything in it
hours and minutes
you take tomorrow
because it means nothing
to me
to me
to...
asking him to understand
in the desert look for water
on the ocean look for land
asking him to understand
in the desert look for water
on the ocean look for land
was a man in his grave
that he saw in the night
'tween the flashes of light
and he
could not be there
or had given away
he now found to be wrong
in the grip of the storm
and he
could not be there
safely back onto the shore
could you grant this last illusion
only thing and nothing more
safely back onto the shore
could you grant this last illusion
only this and nothing more
the anchor broke the chains they flew away
and suddenly the waves were reaching higher
and in the dark i thought i heard him say
safely back onto the shore
could you grant this last illusion
only this and nothing more
everything i ever had for just one more night
and if this is not to be i pray could i borrow
just another final hour onto my life
did you ever really want to
lord, tell me how it will be
he pushes it off while he stays on the land
and seeing hte hourglass now so much clearer
which someone had refilled by hand
the mast at full sail and there's no one on board
the hourglass no longer sits by the ocean
only his footprints all alone on the shore
and soon they're no more
no more
no more Top