-
-
-
-
- ENTER
SANDMAN
-
- Say
your prayers little one
- don't
forget, my son
- to
include everyone
- tuck
you in, warm within
- keep
you free from sin
- till
the sandman he comes
- sleep
with one eye open
- gripping
your pillow tight exit light
- enter
night
- take
my hand
- off
to never never land
- something's
wrong, shut the light
-
- heavy
thoughts tonight
- and
they aren't of snow white
- dreams
of war, dreams of liars
- dreams
of dragon's fire
- and
of things that will bite
- sleep
with one eye open
- gripping
your pillow tight
- exit
light
- enter
night
- take
my hand
- off
to never never land
- now I
lay me down to sleep
- pray
the lord my soul to keep
- if I
die before I wake
-
- pray
the lord my soul to take
- hush
little baby, don't say a word
- and
never mind that noise you heard
-
- it's
just the beast under your bed,
- in
your closet, in your head
- exit
light
- enter
night
- grain
of sand
- exit
light
- enter
night
- take
my hand
- we're
off to never never land
-
- SAD
BUT TRUE
-
- Hey
- I'm
your life
- I'm
the one who takes you there
- hey
- I'm
your life
- I'm
the one who cares
- they
- they
betray
- I'm
your only true friend now
- theythey'll
betray
- I'm
forever there
- I'm
your dream, make you real
- I'm
your eyes when you must steal
- I'm
your pain when you can't feel
-
- sad
but true
- I'm
your dream, mind astray
- I'm
your eyes while you're away
- I'm
your pain while you repay
- you
know it's sad but true
- you
- you're
my mask
- you're
my cover, my shelter
- you
- you're
my mask
- you're
the one who's blamed
-
- dodo
my work
- do my
dirty work, scapegoat
- do
- do my
deeds
- for
you're the one who's shamed
- I'm
your dream, make you real
- I'm
your eyes when you must steal
- I'm
your pain when you can't feel
- sad
but true
- I'm
your dream, mind astray
- I'm
your eyes while you're away
- I'm
your pain while you repay
- you
know it's
-
- sad
but true
- hate
- I'm
your hate
- I'm
your hate when you want love
- paypay
the price
- pay,
for nothing's fair
- hey
- I'm
your life
- I'm
the one who took you here
- hey
- I'm
your life
-
- and I
no longer care
- I'm
your dream, make you real
- I'm
your eyes when you must steal
- I'm
your pain when you can't feel
- sad
but true
- I'm
your truth, telling lies
- I'm
your reasoned alibis
- I'm
inside
- open
your eyes
- I'm
you
- sad
but true
-
- HOLIER
THAN THOU
-
- No
more!
- the
craps rolls out your mouth again
- haven't
changed, your brain is still gelatin
- little
whispers circle around your head
- why
don't you worry about yourself instead
- who
are you? where ya been? where ya from?
- gossip
is burning on the tip of your tongue
- you
lie so much you believe yourself
- judge
not lest ye be judged yourself
- holier
than thou
- you
are
- holier
than thou
- you
are
- you
know not
- before
you judge me take a look at you
- can't
you find somethig better to do
- point
the finger, slow to understand
- arrogance
and ignorance go hand in hand
-
- it's
not who you are it's who you know
- others
lives are the basis of your own
- burn
your bridges build them back with wealth
- judge
not
- lest
ye be judged yourself
- holier
than thou you are
- holier
than thou
- you
are
- you
know not
-
- THE
UNFORGIVEN
-
- New
blood joins this earth
- and
quikly he's subdued
- through
constant pain disgrace
- the
young boy learns their rules
- with
time the child draws in
- this
whipping boy done wrong
- deprived
of all his thoughts
- the
young man struggles on and on he's known
- a vow
unto his own
- that
never from this day
- his
will they'll take away
- what
I've felt
- what
I've known
-
- never
shined through in what I've shown
- never
be
- never
see
- won't
see what might have been
- what
I've felt
- what
I've known
- never
shined through in what I've shown
- never
free
- never
meso I dub thee unforgiven
- they
dedicate their lives
- to
running all of his
- he
tries to please them all
- this
bitter man he is
- throughout
his life the same
- he's
battled constantly
- this
fight he cannot win
- a
tired man they see no longer cares
- the
old man then prepares
-
- to
die regretfully
- that
old man here is me
- what
I've felt
- what
I've known
- never
shined through in what I've shown
- never
be
- never
see
- won't
see what might have been
- what
I've felt
- what
I've known
- never
shined through in what I've shown
- never
free
- never
me
-
- so I
dub the unforgiven
- you
labeled me
- I'll
label you
- so I
dub the unforgiven
-
- WHEREVER
I MAY ROAM
-
- ...and
the road becomes my bride
- I
have stripped of all but pride
- so in
her I do confide
- and
she keeps me satisfied
- gives
me all I need
- ...and
with dust in throat I crave
- only
knowledge will I save
- to
the game you stay a slave
- rover
wanderer
- nomad
vagabond
- call
me what you will
- but
I'll take my time anywhere
- free
to speak my mind anywhere
- and
I'll redefine anywhere
-
- anywhere
I may roam
- where
I lay my head is home
- ...and
the earth becomes my throne
- I
adapt to the unknown
- under
wandering stars I've grown
- by
myself but not alone
- I ask
no one
- ...and
my ties are severed clean
- the
less I have the more I gain
- off
the beaten path I reign
- rover
wanderer
- nomad
vagabond
- call
me what you will
- but
I'll take my time anywhere
-
- I'm
free to speak my mind anywhere
- and
I'll never mind anywhere
- anywhere
I may roam
- where
I lay my head is home
- but
i'll take my time anywhere free to speak my mind
- and
I'll take my find anywhere
- anywhere
I may roam
- where
I lay my head is home
- carved
upon my stone
- my
body lie, but still I roam
- wherever
I may roam
-
- DON'T
TREAD ON ME
-
- Liberty
or death, what we so proudly hail
- once
you provoke her, rattling of her tail
- never
begins it, never, but once engaged
- ...never
surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
- don't
tread on me
- so be
it
- threaten
no more
- to
secure peace is to prepare for war
- so be
it
- settle
the score
- touch
me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
- don't
tread on me
- love
it or live it, she with the deadly bite
- quick
is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
- shining
with brightness, always on surveillance
-
- the
eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance
- don't
tread on meso be it
- threaten
no more
- to
secure peace is to prepare for war
- so be
it
- settle
the score
- touch
me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
- don't
tread on me
- so be
it
- threaten
no more
- to
secure peace is to prepare for war
- liberty
or death, what we so proudly hail
- once
you provoke her, rattling on her tail
- so be
it
- threaten
no more
- to
secure peace is to prepare for war
-
- so be
itsettle the score
- touch
me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
- don't
tread on me
-
- THROUGH
THE NEVER
-
- All
that is, was and will be
- universe
much too big to see
- time
and space never ending
- disturbing
thoughts, questions pending
- limitations
of human understanding
- too
quick to criticize
- obligation
to survive
- we
hunger to be alive
- all
that is, ever
-
- ever
was
- will
be ever
- twisting
- turning
- through
the never
- in
the dark, see past our eyes
- pursuit
of trhuth no matter where it lies
- gazing
up to the breeze of the heavens
- on a
quest, meaning, reason
- came
to be, how it begun
- all
alone in the family of the sun
- curiosity
teasing everyone
- on
our home, third stone from the sun all that is, ever
- ever
was
-
- will
be ever
- twisting
- turning
- through
the never
- on
through the never
- we
must go
- on
through the never
- out
of the
- edge
of forever
- we
must go
- on
through the never
- then
ever comes
- all
that is, ever
- ever
was
- will
be ever who we are
-
- ask
forever
- twisting
- turning
- through
the never
- never
-
- NOTHING
ELSE MATTERS
-
- So
close no matter how far
- couldn't
be much more from the heart
- forever
trusting who we are
- and
nothing else mattersnever opened myself this way
- life
is ours, we live it our way
- all
these words I don't just say
- and
nothing else matters
- trust
I seek and I find in you
-
- every
day for us something new
- open
mind for a different view
- and
nothing else matters
- never
cared for what they do
- never
cared for what they know
- but I
know
- so
close no matter how far
- couldn't
be much more from the heart
- forever
trusting who we are
- and
nothing else mattersnever cared for what they do
- never
cared for what they know
- but I
know
- never
opened myself this way
-
- life
is ours, we live it our way
- all
these words I don't just say
- trust
I seek and I find in you
- every
day for us something new
- open
mind for a different view
- and
nothing else matters
- never
cared for what they say
- never
cared for games they play
- never
cared for what they do
- never
cared for what they know
-
- and I
know
- so
close no matter how far
- couldn't
be much more from the heart
- forever
trusting who we are
- no
nothing else matters
-
- OF
WOLF AND MAN
-
- Off
through the new day's mist I run
- off
from the new day's mist I have come
- I
hunt
- therefore
I am
- harvest
the land
- taking
of the fallen lamb
- off
thruogh the new day's mist
- I
runoff from the new day'smist I have come
- we
shift
- pulsing
with the earth
-
- company
we keep
- roaming
the land while you sleep
- shape
shift nose to the wind
- shape
shift feeling I've been
- move
swift all senses clean
- earth's
gift back to the meaning of life
- bright
is the moon high in starlight
- chill
is the air cold as steel tonight
- we
shift
- call
of the wild
- fear
in your eyes
- it's
later than you realized
- shape
shift
-
- nose
to the windshape shift
- feeling
I've been move swift
- all
senses clean
- earth's
gift
- back
to the meaning of life
- I
feel I change
- back
to a better day
- hair
stands on the back of my neck
- in
wildness is the preservation of the world
- so
seek the wolf in thyself
- shape
shift nose to the wind
-
- shape
shift feeling I've been
- move
swift all senses clean
- earth's
gift
- back
to the meaning of wolf and man
-
- THE
GOD THAT FAILED
-
- Pride
you took
- pride
you feel
- pride
that you felt when you'd kneel
- not
the word
- not
the love
- not
what you thought from above
- it
feeds
- it
grows
- it
clouds all that you will know
- deceit
- deceive
- decide
just what you believe
- I see
faith in your eyes
- never
your hear the discouraging lies
- I
hear faith in your cries
- broken
is the promise, betrayal
- the
healing hand held back by the deepened nail
- follow
the god that failed
- find
your peace
-
- find
your say
- find
the smooth road in your way
- trust
you gave
- a
child to save
- left
you cold and him in grave
- it
feeds
- it
grows
- it
clouds all that you will know
- deceit
- deceivedecide
just what you believe
- I see
faith in your eyes
-
- never
you hear the discouraging lies
- I
hear faith in your cries
- broken
is the promise, betrayal
- the
healing hand held back by the deepened nail
- follow
the god that failed
- I see
faith in your eyes
- broken
is the promise, betrayal
- the
healing hand held back by the deepened nail
- follow
the god that failed
-
- pride
you took
- pride
you feel
- pride
that you felt when you'd kneel
- trust
you gave
- a
child to save
- left
you cold and him in grave
- I see
faith in your eyes
- never
you hear the discouraging lies
- I
hear faith in your cries
- broken
is the promise, betrayal
- the
healing hand held back by deepened nail
- follow
the god that failed
-
- MY
FRIEND OF MISERY
-
- You
just stood there screaming
- fearing
no one was listening to you
- they
say the empty can rattles the most
- the
sound of your voice must soothe you
- hearing
only what you want to hear
- and
knowing only what you've heard
- you
- you're
smothered in tragedy
- you're
out to save the world
- misery
-
- you
insist that the weight of the world
- should
be on your shoulders
- misery
- there's
much more to life than what you see
- my
friend of misery
- you
still stood there screaming
- no
one caring about these words you tell
- my
friend before your voice is gone
- one
man's fun is another's hell
- these
times are sent to try men's souls
- but
something's wrong with all you see
- you
- you'll
take it on all yourself
- remember,
misery loves company
-
- misery
- you
insist that the weight of the world
- should
be on your shoulders
- misery
- there's
much more to life than what you see
- my
friend of misery
- you
just stood there creaming
- my
friend of misery
-
- THE
STRUGGLE WITHIN
-
- Reaching
out for something you've got to feel
- while
clutching to what you had thought was real
- kicking
at a dead horse pleases you
- no
way of showing your gratitude
- so
many things you don't want to do
- what
is it? what have you got ot lose
- what
the hell
- what
is you think you're gonna find?
- hypocrite
- boredom
sets into the boring mind
- struggle
within it suits you fine
- struggle
within your ruin
- struggle
within you seal your own coffin
- struggle
within the struggling within
- home
is not a home it becomes a hell
- turning
it into your prison cell
- advantages
are taken, not handed out
- while
you struggle inside your hell
- reaching
out
-
- grabbing
for something tou've got to feel
- closing
in
- the
pressure upon you is so real
- struggle
within it suits you fine
- struggle
within your ruin
- struggle
within you seal your own coffin
- struggle
within the struggling within
- reaching
out for something you've got to feel
- while
clutching to what you had thought was real
- what
the hellwhat is you think you're gonna find
- hypocrite
- boredom
sets into the boring mind
- struggle
within it suits you fine
- struggle
within your ruin
- struggle
within you seal your own coffin
- struggle
within the struggling within
