1.Ain't It Strange
Ain't it strange that we destroy what we embrace
And we leave what we seek
It's such a shame
Ain't it strange that we smile when we cry
And no one knows why we are here
And where we're going to
Ain't it strange
We could be, we could be so good together
We could be, we could be so good together
Ain't it strange that we share what we hate
That we break what we love, what we love
It's such a shame
Ain't it strange when we pray we betray anyway
And no one knows what we are for
Why we're so tough, when we're so fragile
Ain't it strange
We could be, we could be so good together
We could be, we could be so good together
Ain't it strange still wecould fall into a dream
I'd wish no one will catch that fall for we could fall for love
Life is but a dream, life is but a dream
All the tears in the world not in vain for the pain is gone
The shame is washed away when we're all one
Life is but a dream, life is but a dream
It's hard to believe after thousands of years
The world's still drowning in blood and tears
We're quite advanced but again we fail
It is dog eat dog on the rat-race trail
It is getting too much and we're getting nowhere
While hatred and fear is all that we share
I can't take it no more when I'm watching the news
We must stick together or we're bound to lose
Stick together or we're bound to lose
Now listen to this...
We could be, we could be so good together
2.All In The Golden Afternoon
All in the golden afternoon full leisurely we glide
For both our oars, with little skill, by little arms are plied
While little hands make vain pretence our wanderings to guide
Our wanderings to guide
Ah, cruel three! In such an hour, beneath such dreamy weather
To beg a tale of breath too weak to stir the tiniest feather
Yet what can one poor voice avail, against three tongues
together
Against three tongues together
Anon, to sudden silence won, in fancy they pursue
The dream child moving through a land of wonders wild and new
In friendly chat with bird or beast--and half believe it true
And half believe it true
And ever, as the story drained the wells of fancy dry
And faintly strove that weary one to put the subject by
The next time--'It is next time' the happy voices cry!
The happy voices cry!
Thus grew the tale of wonderland, thus slowly one by one
Its quaint events were hammered out--and now the tale is done
And home we steer
A merry crew
Beneath the setting sun
3.Apollo
Show me a place that ain't hell
If there's space, give me room to breathe
That is all that I need
For this body can't fail
And if music be the food of love
Play on, give me excess of it
Let it all out!
Please let me out of here
And I shall rise from the ashes
Grow like a rose from the ruins
There must be light in the darkness
Hope at the end of the night
Yes, I've been trying all my life to get to Heaven
But awoke in the eye of a storm
But I shall rise from the ashes
Grow from the ruins
And return back home
This is the call from the gaols
Coming up to the prisoners of pleasure
Drunk on the blood of the next generations
And I've been through many strange confusions
Splitting myself into too many faces
Now the mirror is broken, I can see the worms behind
But I shall rise from the ashes...
You may well have your ways of triumph
You may well have your ways of truth
Just gimme some room to breathe
That's all that I need
That's all that I need, me and my strange friends
Take my hand and I'll take you out of here
We all belong to the grand astral body
And there's you behind these legendary curtains
Take my hand before you wither in the crowd
I'll take you out of here
Take my hands, take my hands
This is the end of the show
I don't know, was I wrong, was I right？
Oh, love, I don't know,
I wasn't perfect for sure
But now I feel like a new-born baby
Lying in the dew of the morning,
Laughing at the sky, like a brave new Apollo
And I shall rise from the ashes
Grow like a rose from the ruins
There must be light in the darkness
Hope at the end of the night
Yes, I've been trying all my life to get to Heaven
But awoke in the eye of a storm
But I shall rise from the ashes
Grow from the ruins
And return back home
Back home
4.Ascension Day
These are the days of evil perfection
This is the world of torture and fame
This is the age of most vicious infection
These are the times of terror and pain
Let them inside and they'll build you a nightmare
Show them, you fool, it'll not be in vein
Here is your costume of deepest surrender
These are the times of terror and pain
I wanna ride on the crest of sensation
I wanna scream in the whirlpools of love
I wanna drown in a climax of thunder
I wanna be with the fools in the storm
Do what you want and then die when you want to
We're gonna walk on the blood of the meek
We're gonna sail through the oceans of wonder
We're gonna live in the dreams that we seek
Send in the parasite clowns on their horses
Send in those idiots and let them advance
Send in the monsters of your own creation
Send them all in and give them a chance
We're gonna dance to the sweetest of music
We're gonna play with the whores in the rain
We'll dissipate the Lord's last temptations
All in the cross-fire of torture and fame
I wanna ride on the crest of sensation
We're gonna live in the dreams that we seek
We're gonna live in the dreams that we seek
5.Beethoven
There's a tremor in the city
But it looks so quiet
There is something awful brewing
But there ain't no fights
Beethoven, Beethoven
You can read between the lines
That there must be more
You're alarmed, but you don't know
What you're waiting for
Beethoven
The boots are back in town
When ignorance and fear
Are closing mouths and ears
The skins are on their way
When it gets dark in Europe
It's just a state of mind
The blind leading the blind
Beethoven
The boots are back
There's a scrawling on a tombstone
Judenschweine raus!
Once again, the racial fury
Is burning down the house
Beethoven, listen to me, Beethoven
There's a bleeding yellow man
Lying in the street
But there isn't anybody
Doing anything
Beethoven
The boots are back in town...
SF Prayer
And one grey day shall rise the flood
No dikes will stem the heavy tides
When cold pierced heavy bodies scream
They fall as if the monstrous scythe
Of clouds has smashed them from the skies
The scattered squadron of mankind
Stabs right into the churned up ether
Of long forgotten birdless flights
Beethoven
The boots are back in town...
Beethoven
The boots are back in town
The demons of the past
Will be replaced at last
There are smarter ones to stay
How can you stay away
From the order of disgrace
How can you close your eyes？
Beethoven
The boots are back
The boots are back
6.Euphoria
Kind of thunder from my heart
Flooding my eyes, flooding my eyes
Kind of armies marching through my head
Sombre soldiers from nowhere
Kind of someone's moving out of me
Have no fear, have no fear
Kind of someone's moving out of me
Going somewhere, going somewhere
Ship is leaving right on time
Empty harbour, wave goodbye
Evacuation of the isle
Cavemen's paintings drowning
Famous last words on the air
I stay here and you are there
While our city softly sinks
Cavemen's paintings drowning
Drowning...
7.Iron John
If you open up the cage, you will hurt yourself
The King said it's forbidden or you may get hell
But the prisoner lets you know where to find the key
Under her satin pillow, yes, there it has to be
Modesty is fine, but it doesn't get you very far
When you make your decision, don't be afraid of the dark
Longing for the golden ball, that it will be yours for keeps
Be sure about it as you sow, so shall you reap
Let's take a ride on Iron John's shoulders
He has more gold than anybody in this world
Let's take a ride, heigh-ho on Iron John
He has more gold than anyone in this world
Jump on the train to nowhere, from now on you are free
After rising from the ashes, you'll become a mystery
Too many of those strange injections, too many gazes at the sun
The lady smiled 'Well, that's my business, running after number
1'
For all their childish daydreams, you caught their falling stars
Just for the cheapest contracts, you signed your autographs
And if you started much too early, therefore you've stopped too
late--
Make sure that no one stops you now
Here comes the ultimate
Let's take a ride on Iron John's shoulders...
He will be with you, he will be there
If you call out the magic words
Let's take a ride on Iron John's shoulders...
8.Ivory Tower
Here is the news from my little hideaway
My sweet Ivory Tower
I've sent you songs about so many thing
Mighty moondogs skipping waves
Dolphins playing their lives away
Golden circus girls and pharaohs
Fallen angels, streetside Romeos
Patricia's park and Anyway
Eternal youth and neverending summer days
Lonely girls, music halls, the mysteries of love
In the event that I don't return
Please take this message to understand...
In the event...
I am a stranger in a strange land
Welcome, stranger, to the land of the free
Welcome, Carol, to Phantasy
Oh my God, I feel so alone
A million lightyears far from home
It seems to be a tragedy
How can I live in Germany？
Another house is burning down
It's time to face the cruel reality
This is a game no more
Disasters in the 20th Century
In the event that I don't return
Please take this message to understand
In the event that I don't return...
9.Oh Patti
Patti can't take it, she gotta give it back
The world is a big place and she's frightened
And if you kiss her, she gotta kiss you back
She couldn't stand a kiss for free--
on her own
And while she's playing with all she exchanged
Yawning at the multitude
Her world is a big place
Full of toys and boys and teddy bears
Where nothing is for free
That's what her mother told her once
And Patti has a big, big heart
Bigger than her life
She just forgot the most fantastic thing within
She's sitting in her glasshouse but she does not dare
To throw the stones to make it all come true
Of what she's dreaming of and so it seems to me
Patti can't take it, she gotta give it back
Her world is a big place and she's frightened
But if you love her, maybe she'll accept
Maybe she'll take your love for free
On her own
All alone
10.Parade
The crowd is looking drowned and a mother in tears
There are flip-flapping flags in the silence
And a national anthem's a blues in these days
Flag him down, rest in peace
What peace do you mean when the boys are coming back
The boys are coming back
When the boys are coming back in coffins
He's live on TV
He's dead as a hero can be
But... he didn't die for nothing, my dear
The video of his death is travelling the world
Flag him down, rest in peace
What peace do you mean when the boys are coming back
The boys are coming back
When the boys are coming back in coffins
Way back in the crowd
A girl says goodbye to a boy
To a boy who's parading to heaven
And she puts all the blame on the government
Flag him down, rest in peace
What peace do you mean when the boys are coming back
The boys are coming back
When the boys are coming back in coffins
11.Paradigm Shift
Let's dance, stop to fight
We do the paradigm shift tonight
Yeah, it's a natural drift alright
And it's coming up out of the blur
Out of your mind from deep below
The hidden harmonies discover
Chaos which means order
Its evolution is a spiritual way
For quietness is stronger than motion
Silence is stronger than sound
Listen to the tone which is not played
Nothing is what we want
Quietness is stronger than motion
Silence is stronger than sound
Nothing is what we get
But the holistic movement of all
Yes, that is the way
Do you hear the river flow？
Do you hear it？.. Yes!
Do you hear it flow
You talked yourself into wrong questions
You don't care about the answers
You let the others be the good ones
You're part of the death-bringing system
There is no place where you can hide
Stop chasing the wrong Gods of time (ter)
Chasing the wrong Gods of time (bis)
Running out of time (ter)
Time kills!
You're lowering hopes much too much
You get into the grind much too much
And losing faith in your abilities
The loyalty to your beloved system
Of belief must surrender
To chaos which means order
Evolution's not a model of yours
For quietness is stronger than motion
Silence is stronger than sound
Listen to the tone which is not played
Nothing is what we want
Quietness is stronger than motion
Silence is stronger than sound
Nothing is what we get
But the holistic movement of all
Yes, that is the way
Do you hear the river flow？
Do you hear it flow？
Do you hear it？？？
12.The Impossible Dream
Sometimes it feels so strange
The way I feel for you
It makes my life so quiet and free
And when you smile at me
It's just that special love
A kind of liberty I've never felt before
And I don't need to be a poet
I don't need to be a hero
When all I need to do is keep on
Loving you
I just have to be me
And I don't need to be
The stranger anymore I used to be
In my impossible dream
I keep my fingers crossed
I never want to lose
This new found world that's so alive, Angel
I'm so in love with you
My heart has circled in the past
The demons of deceit but now
Aside I've cast
And I don't need to be a poet
I don't need to be hero
When all I need to do is keep on
Loving you
I just have to be me
And I don't need to be
The stranger anymore I used to be
In my impossible dream
13.The One Thing
With all the grace that you possess you're telling me your lies
A kiss, a touch, a gentle stroke, a look into my eyes
Your promises and fairy tales have allturned into dust
Your star was high, your kingdom grew in vain now fades at last
That is the one thing I know
Stop talking, stop talking witht hat voice
Stop! I can't stand it when I look into your eyes
Stop talking, who do you think you are？
Stop, you're too perfect, but this time you've gone too far
How can you be so sure about those tears you're giving me
Your mysteries and agonies show no effect on me
I can't believe the love we shared would ever grow so old
Your warm embrace was heaven, but tonight it feels so cold
That is the one thing I know
Stop talking, stop talking with that voice
Stop! I can't stand it when I look into your eyes
Stop talking, who do you think you are？
Stop, you're too perfect, but this time you've gone toofar
Stop talking
Stop talking
That is the one thing I know
When I look into your eyes
That is the one thing I know
I can't stand it, I can't stand it no more
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