"Signs of Life"
When the child like view of the world went, nothing replaced
it...nothing replaced it...nothing replaced it...
I do not like being asked to.....I do not like being asked to...
I do not like being asked to....
Other people replaced it
Someone who knows
(Instrumental)
"Learning to Fly"
Into the distance, a ribbon of
black
Stretched to the point of no
turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept
field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me
fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible
grasp?
Can't keep my eyes from the circling
skies
Tongue-tied and twisted Just
an earth-bound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of
my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought
I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way
home
Unladened, empty and turned
to stone
A soul in tension that's learning
to fly
Condition grounded but determined
to try
Can't keep my eyes from the
circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just
an earth-bound misfit, I
Friction lock - set.
Mixture - rich
Propellors - fully forward
Flaps - set - 10 degrees
Engine guages and suction - check
Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck
Flight instruments...
Altimeters - check both
(grabled word) - on
Navigation lights - on
Strobes - on
(to tower): Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure
(tower): Hello again, this is now 129.4
(to tower): 129.4. It's to go.
(tower): You may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.
(to tower): 3-8-Echo
Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time.
Just hand the power gradually, and it...
Above the planet on a wing and
a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail
in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow
fly
Out of the corner of my watering
eye
A dream unthreatened by the
morning light
Could blow this soul right through
the roof of the night
There's no sensation to compare
with this
Suspended animation, A state
of bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the
circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just
an earth-bound misfit, I
"The Dogs of War"
Dogs of war and men of hate
With no cause, we don't discriminate
Discovery is to be disowned
Our currency is flesh and bone
Hell opened up and put on sale
Gather 'round and haggle
For hard cash, we will lie and
deceive
Even our masters don't know
the web we weave
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will
smash it down
One world
... One world
Invisible transfers, long distance
calls,
Hollow laughter in marble halls
Steps have been taken, a silent
uproar
Has unleashed the dogs of war
You can't stop what has begun
Signed, sealed, they deliver
oblivion
We all have a dark side, to
say the least
And dealing in death is the
nature of the beast
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will
smash it down
One world
... One world
The dogs of war don't negotiate
The dogs of war won't capitulate,
They will take and you will
give,
And you must die so that they
may live
You can knock at any door,
But wherever you go, you know
they've been there before
Well winners can lose and things
can get strained
But whatever you change, you
know the dogs remain.
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will
smash it down
One world
... One world
"One Slip"
A restless eye across a weary
room
A glazed look and I was on the
road to ruin
The music played and played
as we whirled without end
No hint, no word her honour
to defend
I will, I will she sighed to
my request
And then she tossed her mane
while my resolve was put to the test
Then drowned in desire, our
souls on fire
I lead the way to the funeral
pyre
And without a thought of the
consequence
I gave in to my decadence
One slip, and down the hole we
fall
It seems to take no time at
all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life
A small regret, you won't forget,
There'll be no sleep in here
tonight
Was it love, or was it the idea
of being in love?
Or was it the hand of fate,
that seemed to fit just like a glove?
The moment slipped by and soon
the seeds were sown
The year grew late and neither
one wanted to remain alone
One slip, and down the hole we
fall
It seems to take no time at
all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life
A small regret, you will never
forget,
There'll be no sleep in here
tonight
"On the Turning Away"
On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we won't understand
"Don't accept that what's happening
Is just a case of others' suffering
Or you'll find that you're joining
in
The turning away"
It's a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting it's shroud
Over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we're all
alone
In the dream of the proud
On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord
Using words you will find are
strange
And mesmerised as they light
the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must
share
It's not enough just to stand
and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll
be
No more turning away?
"Yet Another Movie"
One sound, one single sound
One kiss, one single kiss
A face outside the window pane
However did it come to this?
A man who ran, a child who cried
A girl who heard, a voice that
lied
The sun that burned a fiery
red
The vision of an empty bed
The use of force, he was so tough
She'll soon submit, she's had
enough
The march of fate, the broken
will
Someone is lying very still
He has laughed and he has cried
He has fought and he has died
He's just the same as all the
rest
He's not the worst, he's not
the best
And still this ceaseless murmuring
The babbling that I brook
The seas of faces, eyes upraised
The empty screen, the vacant
look
A man in black on a snow white
horse,
A pointless life has run its
course,
The red rimmed eyes, the tears
still run
As he fades into the setting
sun
M: You're going on that plane to take you
where you belong.
W: But no, I have...
M: You have got to listen to me. Do
you have any idea what
you have to look forward to if you stay here? Nine chances
out of 10 we both end up in a concentration camp and that....
W: You're only saying these things to make
me go.
M: I'm saying it 'cause it's true.
Inside us, we both know we
belong in different......
....maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the
rest of your life.
W: But what about us?
But what about us?
But what about us?
"Round and Round"
(Instrumental)
"A New Machine - Part I"
I have always been here
I have always looked out from
behind the eyes
It feels like more than a lifetime
Feels like more than a lifetime
Sometimes I get tired of the
waiting
Sometimes I get tired of being
in here
Is this the way it has always
been?
Could it ever have been different?
Do you ever get tired of the
waiting?
Do you ever get tired of being
in there?
Don't worry, nobody lives forever,
Nobody lives forever
Terminal Frost
(Instrumental)
"A New Machine - Part II"
I will always be in here
I will always look out from
behind these eyes
It's only a lifetime
It's only a lifetime
It's only a lifetime
"Sorrow"
The sweet smell of a great sorrow
lies over the land
Plumes of smoke rise and merge
into the leaden sky:
A man lies and dreams of green
fields and rivers,
But awakes to a morning with
no reason for waking
He's haunted by the memory of
a lost paradise
In his youth or a dream, he
can't be precise
He's chained forever to a world
that's departed
It's not enough, it's not enough
His blood has frozen & curdled
with fright
His knees have trembled &
given way in the night
His hand has weakened at the
moment of truth
His step has faltered
One world, one soul
Time pass, the river rolls
It's not enough it's not enough
His hand has faltered
.... .... ......
And he talks to the river of
lost love and dedication
And silent replies that swirl
invitation
Flow dark and troubled to an
oily sea
A grim intimation of what is
to be
There's an unceasing wind that
blows through this night
And there's dust in my eyes,
that blinds my sight
And silence that speaks so much
louder that words,
Of promises broken