1.The State Of Play
There is a choice to be made here
There is a will to be known
Either you live your own life or
Follow wherever I go
Nothing's forever
And maybe I'll lonely cause you pain
Nothing's forever
Or will we remain？
So tell me what's the state of play
Do I leave or do I stay
Tell me what's the state of play
Do you love, do you love, do you love me？
Tell me your darkest of secrets
Offer no thread of a lie
For if there's a key to the future
You're looking him right in the eyes
Nothing's forever
And time always changes everything
Nothing's forever
From pauper to king
Do I leave or do I stay
Nothing's forever, forever, forever, forever
Forever and ever
2.Drowning My Sorrows
I read the letter through a haze of alcohol
A close encounter with the weak and pitiful
Although my conscience said 'She's absolutely right'
The thought was buried in the blindness of the night
I'm free at last
I'm drinking to the past
Those best-forgotten memories are fading fast
And now I'm drowning my sorrows
Here's to you
Dreams of love are finally through
And when I'm frowning my sorrows
Life is sweet
The bitter world is an echo in my heartbeat
The chair is empty where I slaved my years away
Please save your tears for someone else's rainy day
Where once your picture stood, a bottle's in it's place
Another chapter in my epic fall form grace
I can't believe
That you are so naive
To think that losing you would give me cause to grieve
I thought you really loved me
But what am I gonna do know you are gone
The nights are long
And when the stars are gone
I stagger to my sense and I carry on
3.Crown Of Thorns
You were yesterday's hero
An ordinary man of flesh and blood
Took the World on your shoulders
A hopeless crusade, and act of love
But it's a world obsessed with religion
And now you wear the face of a god
Like the words you said, you're as good as dead
Just a work of art on the wall
And that's why nobody wears a crown of thorns
Nobody cares
Nobody wears a crown of thorns anymore
Holy men talk of hunger
While standing beneath a cross of gold
And there are preachers on the TV
In their thousand dollar suits, who sell your soul
To think you died for what you believed in
Only to be exploited and used
Now you're supermen from the promised land
Just a vision of Hollywood
...anymore
You showed me that there's hope for humanity
But once more you're being betrayed
So many countries torn by their idols
Too many prophets screaming for blood
And they only hear what they want to hear
When it comes to God up above
4.Close To The Edge
All my emotion have intertwined
Or could it be that I've lost my mind？
There is a feeling of hopelessness
Now that I've cracked up my life's a mess
The pressure's building up
This world has got too much
Can't take society
You are my enemy
I'm close to the edge
And I don't want to fall
I'm losing my head
My body and soul
I'm close to the edge
And I don't want to fall
I'm losing my head
My body and soul
I can't stop shaking, I'm so afraid
Caught in a gap between night and day
Living in silence behind closed doors
I'm not the man that I was before
This grip on sanity
Is slipping out of me
The fear of facing life
There is no end in sight
If I am still that strong
Enough to just hold on
I've got to stand and fight
In this eternal night
5.It's Better This Way
Answers can come too late
And time is not one to wait
I no longer believe
Feelings of deep despair
I tell myself I don't care
It wasn't meant to be
Maybe it's better this way
Maybe it's better than the games we used to play
Maybe it's better this way
Won't give in to fear of falling
When I hear tomorrow calling
If I should fee the need
You know that my heart must bleed
I will not touch that phone
And maybe I'll mourn my loss
But after the caring stops
Desire turns to stone
Pride has taken hold of me
I must escape this apathy
And should wake to deep regret, I'd suffer
'Cos I stand alone
And if there was any doubt
That this was the one way out
I'd never let you go
Tomorrow's calling, tomorrow's calling
My fear of falling - don't be afraid
Tomorrow's calling
6.The Last Emotion
Here, where I stand
The final touch is close at hand
Where once joy was found
The weathered walls are crashing down
If only you could feel my feelings
Then you'd realise
This is the last emotion
I'm gonna feel for anyone else
This is the last emotion left within my tortured heart
Now let the love depart
Thoughts through my head
The many things we left unsaid
Will fade into dust
Eternity betrayed my trust
I don't need you to cry
Just show me how to die
7.Raindance
If paradise is such a fragile affair
Then why have we the lion's share？
As if we walk the earth alone
Like infants breaking the cradle
There isn't anything we fail to corrupt
The flip-side of the Midas touch
We're walking in a world of glass
With iron footsteps
We do the raindance every night
And I hope the gods will treat us right
And if the sky should tumble down
Will it quench out thirst or crush us to the ground？
Have you a ticket to the greatest event？
The world inside a circus tent
Where clowns debate disarmament
And wildlife live within cages
The parody is never far from the truth
And mankind is the living proof
A dying planet in our arms
We walk the tightrope
The answer's very simple
A World without it's people
Has got to be better than this
8.Heart Of Hearts
Why do you hide in the shadows？
Are you afraid of the sun？
You've got a lifetime before you
And many wars to be won
You've got to look to the future
And never dwell in the past
And though you'll never forget me
Some things are not meant to last
So why don't you open the door？
It's a beautiful day
Nothing will stand in your way
Just take look in your heart of hearts
It's true
For everything there's reason
Sometimes it's hard to define
But maybe you can take comfort
Knowing you're one of a kind
In the darkness
There's a light that shines on you
It's not over, I'll be waiting
In another place and time
I will still be by your side
9.True Confessions
I never doubted a single word
I put my trust in your hands
And in the wake of a fatal vow
I thought that love was the plan
But see how the tables have turned
And nothing is sacred
The lesson is there to be learned
By tearing the mask from your face
Now it's time for true confessions
I wanna know what you want from me
For true confessions
I need to know why you show no sympathy
The satisfaction you take in this
Is growing ever more clear
If truth be known in this bitter dawn
It's like you never were here
The struggle for my self-respect
Has never been harder
And if I have any regrets
It's knowing you wasted my life
If we're to be logical
I should be strong and walk right out that door
It's so hypocritical
'Cos deep inside I want you all the more
Reality cuts like a knife
The fantasy's over
And here I am, paying the price
For all of your dark indiscretions
10.Autumn Years
Picking up the pieces of my life
I wonder why the hell I ever came here
A man without a future left to face
And nothing but a memory to embrace
Holding on to threads of sanity
Imagining the roads I could have taken
It fills me with a deepening sense of shame
And outside I can hear the pouring rain
There is a place
Where in my mind I escape
And there I understand the way I feel
And deep in this world of make-believe
I will spend my autumn years with you
Sitting in this grey and sunless world
I try to come to terms with guilty feelings
A man about to pay the final price
And nothing but his breath to sacrifice
There'll be a time
When I'll be gone from your mind
A fading ghost that soon will disappear
And deep in my would of endless pain
I must face my autumn years
I'm picking up the pieces, I'm picking up the pieces
I'm picking up the pieces, I'm picking up the pieces
Picking up the pieces of my life
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